History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5; prepared in compliance with acts of the legislature, by Samuel P. Bates.

FORTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT.
AUITHORITY to raise a regiment for three years' service was granted by
Governor Curtin to Colonel Tilghman H. Good, of Allentown, Lehigh
county, on the 5th of August, 1861, and chiefly through his exertions ten full
companies were recruited during the month, as follows: Companies A and E
at ]Fston, B, G, I and K at Allentown, C at Sunbury, D at Bloomfield, Perry
county, F at Catasauqua, and H at Newport, Perry county, and at Harrisburg.
Companies B, E and G, as also a portion of company I, had previously served
in the First Regiment, during the three months' service, D in the Second, A and
a portion of I in the Ninth, C in the Eleventh, and K in the Twenty-fifth. The
companies rendezvoused at Camp Curtin, and on the 1st of September the following field officers were appointed: Tilghman H. Good, Colonel; G. W. Alexander, Lieutenant Colonel, and William H. Gausler, Major. James W. Fuller,
Jr., was appointed Adjutant. Schools of instruction for officers were here instituted, and although but little opportunity was presented for drill, the command was brought to a high degree of proficiency in discipline. The various
companies were uniformed and equipped as they were mustered in, at dates
varying from the 19th of August to the 20th of September.
From Harrisbirg the regiment proceeded to Washington, arriving on the
21st of September. It was accompanied by an excellent brass band, under the
leadership of Thomas Coates. Upon its arrival it was stationed on Kalorama
Heights until the 27th, when it was ordered to move across the Chain Bridge
and join the advance of the army. It encamped at Fort Ethan Allen, and was
assigned to the Third Brigade* of General W. F. Smith's Division. It had been
armed by the State with the Mississippi Rifle, and drilled exclusively in light
infantry tactics. Its commanding officer was a strict disciplinarian, having for
years commanded the Allen Rifles, a company well known in Pennsylvania for
its efficient drill. At the approach of winter the soldiers of the Forty-seventh
were not forgotten by their friends at home. Gloves, blankets and articles of
clothing, to protect them from the chilling blasts of winter, were provided in
abundance.
The evening of the 28th, the Forty-seventh occupied the fort, expecting an
attack from the enemy. The night was cold, and the men anxiously awaited
the approach of day. At four A. M., heavy firing was heard in the direction of
Falls Church. Volley after volley rolled out on the still air of the morning.
Hastily forming, the regiment marched at double-quick three miles in the di*Organization of the Third Brigade, Brigadier General I. I. Stevens. Forty-seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Colonel Tilghman H. Good; Thirty-third Regiment New York
Volunteers, Colonel Robert F. Taylor; Forty-ninth Regiment New York Volunteers, Colonel
Daniel D. Bidwell; Seventy-ninth Regiment (Highlanders) New York Volunteers, Colonel
Addison Farnsworth.