The 1st Regiment, Philadelphia Reserve Brigade (Gray Reserves)
By Michael J. McAfee Shortly after the guns at Fort Sumter fell silent, the militiamen of Philadelphia conceived the idea of creating a home guard in defense of their city.
By Michael J. McAfee Shortly after the guns at Fort Sumter fell silent, the militiamen of Philadelphia conceived the idea of creating a home guard in defense of their city.
In March 1862, Joseph C. White enlisted as a private in the Natchez Fencibles, a Mississippi militia company formed in Natchez, about 35 miles north of his home in Woodville.