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

SIXTY-SEVENTH PEGIMENT.
0N the 24th -of July, 1861, John F. Staunton, of Philadelphia, received
authority from the Secretary of War to recruit a regiment. A camp was
established at Camac's woods, near the city, and recruiting was immediately
commenced in various parts of the Commonwealth. The first company was
raised in Carbon county, and was mustered into service on the 28th of August.
Recruiting for the remaiinng companies was prosecuted with vigor during the
fall, but in the winter, owing to the belief which widely prevailed, that no more
troops would be wanted, the progress was slow, and the companies were not
all in camp and the organization perfected until the spring of 1862. The men
were principally recruited in the counties of Monroe, Carbon, Wayne, Jefferson, Schuylkill, Indiana, Westmoreland, Luzerne, Northampton and Philadelphia. The field and staff officers were John F. Staunton, Colonel, Horace B.
Burnham, Lieutenant Colonel, Harry White, Major, John F. Young, Adjutant,
Thomas P. Parker, Quartermaster, tobert Barr, Surgeon, James W. Pittinos, Assistant Surgeon, and Edward C. Ambler, Chaplain. Thomas F. Corson subsequently joined as Assistant Surgeon.
On the 3d of April, 1862, the regiment in compliance with orders moved by
rail to Baltimore, and thence by water to Annapolis, Maryland, where it relieved the Eleventh Pennsylvania. It was here employed in guarding the
Branch Railhoad, in performing provost guard duty in the city, and in various
special duties at the post, and in different parts of Eastern Maryland. After
the establishment of Camp Parole near the town, early in the summer of 1862,
guards were also furnished for it. This latter duty was thoroughly performed,
and although there were several thousand paroled prisoners constantly at the
camp, the city under the charge of Captain Troch, Provost Marshal, was as
quiet and orderly, and its citizens as safe as in times of peace. During the period that it was on duty here, drill and discipline were strictly attended to, and
a high degree of proficiency attained.
In February, 1863, the Sixty-seventh, numbering about nine hundred men,
was relieved by a regiment of Maryland militia, and proceeded by rail to Harper's Ferry. After performing garrison and guard duty at that point for a few
weeks, it was transferred to Berryville, where it joined the Third Brigade of
General Milroy's command. The headquarters of the department were at
Winchester, and the force under him was charged with holding the rebels in
the valley in check, and in securing the eastern portion of the Baltimore and
Ohio Bailroad against depredations. "Late in March," says Milroy in his official report, "in pursuance of an order issued upon my own suggestion, I stationed the Third Brigade of my division, consisting of the Sixth Regiment
Maryland Volunteer Infantry, Sixty-seventh Begiment Pennsylvania Volunteer