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2LT Frederick R Laubach

11 Apr 1840 – 29 Oct 1881

Birth11 Apr 1840
Death29 Oct 1881
CemeteryFairmount Springs Cemetery
Fairmount Springs , Luzerne County , Pennsylvania , USA
Added bySherry Keefer Bonham on 24 May 2023
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CIVIL WAR VETERAN Lt. Frederick R. Laubach; Promoted from Corporal to Sergeant, January 1, 1863; to 1st Sergeant, January 1, 1865; commissioned 2d Lt., May 15, 1865, not mustered; prisoner from May 3, to October 31, 1863; mustered out with Company, June 27, 1865. PA Civil War Volunteer Infantry Ninety-Third Regiment, Company H (Baldy Guards). HISTORY OF DANVILLE. The Baldy Guards. " This company was organized in Danville and mustered into the service of the United States on the 25th of September, 186 1, under the command of Capt. Joseph F. Ramsey. The best elements of young and vigorous manhood in Danville were embodied in this company, nor did it disappoint the ardent hopes of the friends it left behind. The company was named for P. Baldy, Sr., a millionaire and an old citizen of Danville. He recognized the honor by giving two dollars to each member on the eve of their departure. They were attached to the Ninety-third regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and were designated as Company H of that regiment. Their first battle was on the Peninsula, at Williamsburg, and they subsequently were in all the sieges and battles of the army of the Potomac, until the closing scene at Appomatox. On the resignation of Capt. Ramsey in 1862, Charles W. Eckman became captain of the Baldy Guards, on the 21st of October in that year. The company, in passing through the ordeal of the war lost many of its members and when the work was done the remnant of the gallant company was honorably discharged and returned to the peaceful duties of private citizenship. The following is the roll of the Baldy Guards as the company was mustered into the service on the 25th of September, 1861: Captain Joseph F. Ramsey Lieutenants: Leffred H. Kase,. Charles W. Eckman, First lieutenant. Second lieutenant. Sergeants: M. B. Goodrich, A. B. Patton, J. T. Howe, First sergeant. Second sergeant. Third sergeant. William Young, Seth C. Freeze, Fourth sergeant. Fifth sergeant. Corporals: Joseph Fenstermacher, Jared Runyan, Joseph H. Johnston, Charles W. Weaver, Orville D. Harder, Oscar Sharpless, Frederick Laubach, Silas Hartman, First corporal. Second corporal. Third corporal. Fourth corporal. Fifth corporal. Sixth corporal. Seventh corporal. Eighth corporal. Musicians. L. D. Houghavvout, Joseph L. Hale. Clerk. Shelden T. Gibbs. Quarter-master. James Auld. Teamster. John C. Snyder. Privates: John Ammerman, Joseph Bear, J. Byerly, H. C. Barnhart, L. S. Brocious, George Boyer, J. D. Cannady, B. A. Cleaver, P. H. Eckman, D. R. Eckman, B. N. Gearhart, P. Everett, T. J. Foley, W. Frymire, W. Flanigan, T. H. Mench, J. B. Mutchler, J. Miller, J. C. Miller, J. R. Mowrer, P. McClure, T. Morrall, P. Miller, P. P. Osmun, R. Perrin, Eli Pennsyl, J. W. Philips, S. Quinn, A. Reynolds, C. R. Rishel. Married Lucy P. Harrison (1845-1930) on 25 Oct 1865. Their Children: Clinton Wheaton Laubach, Merit Lees Laubach and John Warren Laubach. From a Poignant Civil War Diary: Kept by Frederick R. Laubach (1861-1865); Frederick R. Laubach (1841-1881) was soldier during the Civil War years of 1861-1865. He was mustered into the army on October 27, 1861, at Lebanon, Pennsylvania, as a private; he was mustered out on June 27, 1865, as a sergeant. He kept a diary during these years, faithfully entering information each day, whether or not eventful. His son Merrit Lees Laubach (1872-1967), transcribed those diaries and a copy of that transcription has been donated to the Laubach archives. Thinking that other Laubachs might be interested in Frederick's experiences, we requested and received permission from Leola Tacke from Livingston, MT., niece of Merrit Lees, to excerpt material for the publication of the newsletter. The following is the first of these excerpts and pertains to Frederick's resume of his first full year in the army, 1862, written on January 1, 1863. (Light editing has been done for ease of reading; omissions are marked with...; insertions are in brackets.) "To the reader I wish a Happy New Year. Today fins me still a soldier and the year 1862 has passed away and the war not yet ended. Today two years ago found me at home employed as a clerk in the dry goods store. Little did I think at that time that the storm that was already brewing would ever last so long at it has. I still had hopes that it might blow away as the chaff goes before the wind, but my hopes were blasted; the dark cloud that was than hanging over our once peaceful country burst at Fort Sumter. That flag we all love so dearly was there first fired upon by the offspring of some of those that begot it, and then did commence this wicked rebellion: today will be found fighting father against son and son against father. A horrible sight has been past; what is yet to come, time alone will tell. Many of our brave comrades have fallen in the defense of that flag and today near a million armed men are in the field in support of same; perhaps before the next New Year many of them will find a soldiers grave, their deaths caused by disease and the various missiles used in warfare. "Summing up the whole time since my enlistment on October 10, 1861, amounts to this: The first six weeks of my soldier life was spent in Camp Coleman in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Those few weeks passed by as but one holiday but finally orders come to leave that camp of instruction. This order was obeyed and in a few days we were on our way to the city of Washington as fast as it was practicable to go, stopping but a short time in the city of Baltimore. At Washington we spent the winter and one year ago last night I performed my last military duty for 1861 as corporal of the guard at Ft. Greble opposite Alexandria. During the winter our regiment was attached to General Peck's Brigade, Couch's Division, Key's fourth Army corps. On the 10th of March we started on more active duty. we crossed the Potomac at the Chain bridge and proceeded into Virginia as far as Prospect Hill where we halted. After spending one week there without shelter of any kind, we returned to our old camp from where, in a few days, we took transportation at Georgetown on the 'John A. Warner.' We proceeded down the Potomac and in a few days were disembarked at Hampton near Fortress Monroe. From here we took out line of march up the peninsula. We arrived at Warwick and there we lay during the siege of Yorktown after which we were engaged in the Williamsburg battle. "Then commenced the long march to Fair Oaks where I took sick and was sent to the hospital and, in a few weeks, from there home. During my absence the 93rd was engaged in the Fair Oaks fight where it suffered severely. Following this came the terrible sickness in our army which thinned our ranks far more than the enemy had with their missiles of death. At the close of the month of June the army commenced falling back to the James River during which time the seven days' fight raged fiercely at Harrison's Landing. The army took up its new base and after six weeks of idleness, again commenced to fall back. I had rejoined my regiment a week previous to the last move. We left there on the 11th of August and arrived back in Yorktown the 23rd where we lay until the 30th when we embarked on the 'Daniel Webster', having served four months of a dogs life on the peninsula. After a voyage of a few days, we arrived at Alexandria and immediately started for Bull run, only to meet there our own defeated army."Then commenced the long march up though Virginia and Maryland. Following this were the battles of South Mountain and Antietam which proved victorious to our army. This gave things a new aspect and our hopes began to brighten. "So both armies, with the Potomac between them, took a good rest, excepting for the reconnoitering parties which are always on the alert if any danger is apprehended. On the first of November we got orders to advance, so the army moved across the river and was in fine spirits until General McClennan was super ceded by [General] Burnside at Warrenton. This caused another delay but finally all were ready to move forward again. An advance was made as far as Fredericksburg where a desperate battle was fought resulting in a defeat to our army which again must recross the Rappahannock where it now lays idle again. And so closes the campaign of 1862."Today [January 1] camp life is rather dull/ Instead of the good times and meals I used to have at home, I am content to sit in my tent all day and eat hard crackers and my good old bacon and between times play a good sociable game of seven up or euchre to pass time. In the evening several [soldiers] got rather noisy having taken rather much whiskey, but this was all done on a New Years Day. the day was warm and pleasant; the evening was clear and the moon shone brightly." (Additional excerpts will follow in the future)

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