Civil War Id’d Smith’s Patent 1st Lt. of the Infantry – Lt. Calvin Pardee Co. C 147th Pa. Infantry

Civil War Id’d Smith’s Patent 1^st Lt. of the Infantry – Lt. Calvin Pardee Co. C 147^th Pa. Infantry – This is a most interesting set of rank straps – they are superior examples of early war, Smith’s Patent, 1^st Lt. of the Infantry straps, but are accompanied by the original receipt for their initial purchase and the brown tissue paper in which they were wrapped when purchased. The receipt indicates that the straps were purchased from the well-established, wartime firm of Canfield Brothers & Company; this Maryland entity had their main establishment in Baltimore, although this receipt has that location crossed out and Frederick (Maryland) “Branch House”, inked in place of the printed, Baltimore location. The receipt indicates that the straps were purchased by Calvin Pardee; the receipt is dated Jan. 7^th, 1862. Lt. Pardee, as indicated by the receipt, paid cash for his purchase. Enumerated in the area that lists the purchase, is handwritten: “1 pr. Lieut metal Straps 1^st Lieut     $2.25

Rec  Pay Canfield Brothers” – beneath here is the salesman’s signature which is not distinguishable. Lt. Pardee, at the time of this purchase, had just transferred, with a promotion to 1^st Lt., from the 28^th Pa. Infantry, to the 147^th Pa. Infantry, joining his brother, Ario, also an officer in the 147^th. Both the 28^th and 147^th Pa. were located, at this time, in the Frederick, Maryland area. Lt. Pardee would remain with the 147^th Pa. until just prior to the Antietam campaign, when he left the service after being designated as “unfit”, after a significant bout of Typhoid. Pardee’s brother, Ario, would become a decorated and courageous officer, with meritorious service at Antietam, Gettysburg and in the western theater, ultimately being breveted to the rank of Brigadier General.

These straps remain in superb condition, with a vivid, sky blue felt in the center of each strap, with a pair of faux bullion, 1^st Lt. bars at each end of the strap and surrounded by faux bullion, stamped sheet brass borders. The receipt was folded, in the period and exhibits the old fold lines, but is highly legible; there is a small torn area at the lower right corner of the receipt. The original tissue, packing paper remains totally intact.

Calvin Pardee

Residence was not listed.
Enlisted on 8/30/1861 as a 2nd Lieut.

On 8/30/1861, he was commissioned into “N” Co. Pennsylvania 28th Infantry.
He transferred out on 10/28/1862

On 10/28/1862, he was commissioned into “C” Co. Pennsylvania 147th Infantry.
(Date and method of discharge not given.)

Promotions:

• 1st Lieut 12/20/1861

28th PA Infantry

Organized: Philadelphia, PA on 6/28/1861

Mustered out: 7/18/1865

Pennsylvania 28th Infantry (3 years) Twenty-eighth Infantry.-Cols., John W. Geary, Gabriel De Korponay, Thomas J. Ahl, John Flynn; Lieut.-Cols., Gabriel De Korponay, Hector Tyndale, John Flynn, James Fitzpatrick; Majs., Hector Tyndale, Ario Pardee, Jr., William Raphael, Robert Warden, L. F. Chapman, James Fitzpatrick, Charles W. Borbridge, Jacob D.Arner. This regiment, from different parts of the state, was mustered in at Philadelphia, June 28, 1861, to serve for three years. It contained fifteen companies and from the surplus a battery was formed, called Knap’s battery of the 28th Pa. The command left Philadelphia on July 27, for Harper’s Ferry and was assigned to Col. Thomas’ brigade of Gen. Banks’ army. On Aug. 13,it moved to Point of Rocks and guarded the frontier, endeavoring to prevent communication between the Confederates and their sympathizers. Skirmishes ensued at Pritchard’s mill, Point of Rocks, Berlin and Knoxville. In October the battle was fought at Bolivar Heights with success to our troops, and as this action was the first victory after Bull Run it was an inspiration and received enthusiastic commendation. The regiment held back a force of the enemy at Noland’s ferry, who were on their way to Frederick to encourage the Maryland legislature to secede. During the winter of 1861-62 there were a number of sharp brushes with the opposing forces and in March the troops were able to gain and occupy Leesburg and Upperville, moving from there to Front Royal over disputed ground. In April, 1862, Col. Geary was made a brigadier-general, but the regiment remained under his command. It was attached in May to Gen Banks’ division and took part in the battle of Front Royal. Soon, however, it was again assigned to Gen. Geary’s command and became part of the 2nd brigade, 1st division, 2nd corps. Under Gen. Pope, in the Army of Virginia, the regiment fought bravely at Cedar mountain and the second Bull Run. It was engaged at Antietam and in various strategic movements that followed to Harper’s Ferry, Leesburg, Winchester, etc. From Jan. to April, 1863, the 28th was stationed at Acquia creek. Then followed the Chancellorsville campaign, in which it lost a third of its number in the three days, battle. On May 5, it returned to Acquia creek remaining there until June 13, when it marched to Gettysburg and participated in the battle. The regiment remained with the Army of the Potomac until September, when it was ordered to join the Army of the Cumberland. At Murfreesboro it engaged the enemy; remained guarding the road from Murfreesboro to Tullahoma for two weeks; arrived at Bridgeport, Ala., late in October; took part in the battle of Lookout mountain; and in the next few days participated in the battles of Missionary ridge and Ringgold. On Nov 29, Gen. Grant reviewed the troops who fought at Lookout mountain and praised them highly for their courage and discipline. Winter quarters were established at Bridgeport, where the men re-enlisted as a veteran regiment and were furloughed. After their return to the front the regiment fought at Guntersville Triana Rocky Face ridge, Resaca, Pumpkin Vine creek, New Hope Church, Pine knob, Lost mountain, Muddy creek, Nose’s creek, Kolb’s farm, Kennesaw mountain, and Marietta. Almost daily engaged, the army won its way to Atlanta. The 28th followed Sherman’s army through the Atlanta campaign, the march to the sea, and all its varied service until mustered out on July 18, 1865, near Alexandria, Va.

147th PA Infantry

Organized: Loudon Heights, VA on 10/10/1862

Mustered out: 7/15/1865

PENNSYLVANIA ONE HUNDRED and FORTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY (Three Years) One Hundred and Forty-seventh Infantry. – Cols., Ario Pardee, Jr., John Craig; Lieut.-Cols., Ario Pardee, Jr., John Craig; Majs., John Craig, William J. Mackey. Cos. A, B, C, D, and E of this regiment were formerly Cos. L, M, N, O and P, of the 28th, (q. v.), and were transferred to the 147th in Sept., 1862; Cos. F, G and H were mustered in at Harrisburg, Pa., from Aug. 22 to Nov. 20, 1862, for a three years’ term; Co. I was organized at Philadelphia on Oct. 10, 1863, and Co. K in Feb., 1864. Co. K was formed from the men of the first five compa- nies who did not reenlist for another term. It was disbanded in March, 1864, and its members were assigned to the other companies. The regiment was organized at Loudoun Heights, Va., Oct. 10, 1862, with Ario Pardee, Jr., as lieutenant-colonel, and John Craig, major. On Jan. 27, 1864, Pardee was commis- sioned colonel. The regiment moved from the vicinity of Harper’s Ferry to Fairfax Court House just after the battle of Fredericksburg. It shared in Burnside’s “Mud March” in Jan., 1863, and was stationed at Acquia Creek landing until the open- ing of the Chancellorsville campaign. As part of the 1st bri- gade (Col. Candy), 2nd division (Brig.-Gen. Geary), 12th corps (Maj.-Gen. Slocum), it took an honorable part in the battle of Chancellorsville, losing 94 killed, wounded and missing, in- cluding 3 officers killed and 4 wounded. It arrived on the field of Gettysburg on the evening of July 1 and during the night went into position to the right of Round Top, but was posted during the next two days of the battle on Culp’s hill, on the right of the line. It suffered a loss of only 5 killed and l5 wounded, on account of the favorable nature of the ground occupied. On its return to the Rappahannock it received 160 drafted men and a little later, with the 11th and 12th corps, it proceeded west and joined the Army of the Cumberland. It participated with some loss in the battles of Lookout moun- tain and Missionary ridge, and during the pursuit was active at Ringgold, after which it went into winter quarters at Wauhat- chie. On Dec. 29, 1863, a majority of the members re-enlisted and received the usual veteran furlough. A large number of re- cruits were also received during the winter and early in May, 1864, it moved with Gen. Sherman on the Atlanta campaign, being engaged at Dug gap, Resaca, New Hope Church, Kennesaw mountain and Peachtree creek. In the last named action, the regiment held its position at a critical point on the line with great tenacity and heroism and aided largely in saving its corps from serious disaster. After sharing in the operations about Atlan- ta it marched to the sea and then north through the Carolinas. When Gen. Johnston surrendered in April it moved with the army to the vicinity of Washington, and was there mustered out on July 15, 1865.

Calvin Pardee (1841-1923) was born in Hazelton, Pennsylvania to the owner of a successful coal-mining company, which Calvin continued with his brother after the Civil War. He volunteered for the Union Army when the war broke out, and was present for the Battle of Antietam although he was declared unfit for duty and resigned very soon after. Calvin’s brother Ario (1839-1901) was a famous Union officer known for defending of a portion of Culp’s Hill during the Battle of Gettysburg. Most of the Calvin Pardee family letters, 1860-1862 were written to or written by Calvin Pardee while he served in the 28th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. There are also many letters by or to Calvin’s brother, Ario (Jr.).

“Calvin Pardee was born on July 17, 1841 in Hazleton, Pennsylvania to budding industrial entrepreneur Ariovistus (“Ario”) Pardee, [II], and Elizabeth (Jacobs) Pardee. The success of Ario’s firm A. Pardee and Co. in the anthracite coal business soon made him a leading citizen of Hazleton. Calvin had an older brother, Ariovistus Pardee III, and two younger sisters, Alice and Ellen Eliza Pardee. Their mother Elizabeth died in childbirth in 1847, and a year later Ario married Anna Maria Robinson, with whom he had ten children, eight of whom survived past childhood.

“In 1851 Ario sent his two eldest sons to school at the Luzerne Presbyterian Institute in Wyoming, PA. A dispute with the headmaster in the fall of 1854, however, prompted Ario to withdraw Calvin from the school and send him to the West Jersey Collegiate Institute in Mt. Holly, NJ where his older brother Ario was by then studying. Calvin was admitted to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY in 1857, two years after his brother Ario had enrolled. The boys boarded together for a year until Ario graduated in 1858. Calvin was a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity during his three years at Rensselaer. He graduated in 1860 in a class of eighteen students.

“After graduating Calvin went to Easton, PA to work for the Glendon Iron Company, of which his father was the primary owner. In April 1861 at age nineteen, however, he enlisted in the army at the start of the Civil War, serving first with Company D, 1st Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and then as a second lieutenant with Company N, 28th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, a company funded by his father. This unit saw several minor engagements and held defensive posts and in September 1862 was present at the battle of Antietam. Calvin, then a captain, had a renewed attack of typhoid fever the day before the battle. Despite his desire to return to the army, he was declared unfit for further duty and resigned on October 30, 1862.

“Calvin spent the next 22 years working in his father’s business, A. Pardee and Co., in Hazleton as the superintendent of mines, a position held by his brother before the war. He married Mary Byrne Day on June 4, 1867, and they became parents of nine children: Estelle, Alice, Calvin, Alfred, Ario, Ellie (who died in childhood), Olive, Howard, and Helen. In 1884 he left his father’s company in order to pursue his own initiatives, including widespread ventures in coal, gas, and other enterprises in both Hazleton and beyond. He was already operating the Pardee Brothers Company, which he formed to develop the Lattimer mines near Hazleton. It was the largest source of his own fortune and was passed on to his children in 1903.

“In 1886 Calvin moved to Philadelphia with his family and three years later purchased a summer farm in Whitemarsh sixteen miles outside of the city. Upon completing their schooling his sons Calvin, Alfred, and Ario joined the family businesses in Philadelphia and Hazleton. With them to share responsibilities, Calvin began diverse enterprises in West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, and Louisiana in land, coal, and other interests. In his later years Calvin began to travel throughout the world, including ventures to Europe, the Far East, Egypt, and Russia. His devotion to his family was fondly remembered by his descendents, and he hosted large numbers of Pardees at his summer home every year. In the spring of 1922 his health began to fail, and he died on March 18, 1923. He was survived by six of his children and his wife Mary, who died ten years later.”

PARDEE, CALVIN, 1841-1923    PAPERS, 1856-1861

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH     (SKILLMAN LIBRARY – LAFAYETTE COLLEGE)

Calvin Pardee was born on July 17, 1841 in Hazleton, Pennsylvania to budding industrial entrepreneur Ariovistus (“Ario”) Pardee, Jr., and Elizabeth (Jacobs) Pardee.  The success of Ario’s firm A. Pardee & Co. in the anthracite coal business soon made him a leading citizen of Hazleton.  Calvin had an older brother, Ariovistus Pardee III, and two younger sisters, Alice and Ellen Eliza Pardee.  Their mother Elizabeth died in childbirth in 1847, and a year later Ario married Anna Maria Robinson, with whom he had ten children, eight of whom survived past childhood. In 1851 Ario sent his two eldest sons to school at the Luzerne Presbyterian Institute in Wyoming, PA.  A dispute with the headmaster in the fall of 1854, however, prompted Ario to withdraw Calvin from the school and send him to the West Jersey Collegiate Institute in Mt. Holly, NJ where his older brother Ario was by then studying.  Calvin was admitted to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY in 1857, two years after his brother Ario had enrolled.  The boys boarded together for a year until Ario graduated in 1858.  Calvin was a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity during his three years at Rensselaer.  He graduated in 1860 in a class of eighteen students. After graduating Calvin went to Easton, PA to work for the Glendon Iron Company, of which his father was the primary owner.  In April 1861 at age nineteen, however, he enlisted in the army at the start of the Civil War, serving first with Company D, 1st Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and then as a second lieutenant with Company N, 28th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, a company funded by his father.  This unit saw several minor engagements and held defensive posts and in September 1862 was present at the battle of Antietam.  Calvin, then a captain, had a renewed attack of typhoid fever the day before the battle.  Despite his desire to return to the army, he was declared unfit for further duty and resigned on October 30, 1862. Calvin spent the next 22 years working in his father’s business, A. Pardee & Co., in Hazleton as the superintendent of mines, a position held by his brother before the war.  He married Mary Byrne Day on June 4, 1867, and they became parents of nine children: Estelle, Alice, Calvin, Alfred, Ario, Ellie (who died in childhood), Olive, Howard, and Helen.  In 1884 he left his father’s company in order to pursue his own initiatives, including widespread ventures in coal, gas, and other enterprises in both Hazleton and beyond.  He was already operating the Pardee Brothers Company, which he formed to develop the Lattimer mines near Hazleton.  It was the largest source of his own fortune and was passed on to his children in 1903. In 1886 Calvin moved to Philadelphia with his family and three years later purchased a summer farm in Whitemarsh sixteen miles outside of the city.  Upon completing their schooling his sons Calvin, Alfred, and Ario joined the family businesses in Philadelphia and Hazleton.  With them to share responsibilities, Calvin began diverse enterprises in West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, and Louisiana in land, coal, and other interests.

Lieut Calvin Pardee – Veteran

Birth

17 Jul 1841

Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA

Death

18 Mar 1923 (aged 81)

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

Burial

Saint Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery

Whitemarsh, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Ario Pardee

Ario Pardee, as the son of a prominent Pennsylvania industrialist, managed his father’s mines after graduating from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1858. When the Civil War broke out, he joined the 28th Pennsylvania Infantry as a captain, but was promoted to major in five months. He commanded the regiment at Antietam. He was appointed commanding officer of the 147th Pennsylvania Infantry upon its formation in October of 1862. He served as Brigade commander at Gettysburg and on Sherman’s March to the Sea. He was made a Brevet Brigadier General on January 12, 1865 “for special gallantry and noble conduct at the Battle of Peach Tree Creek” during the Atlanta campaign. After the war, he became involved with coal mining and manufacturing.