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A. B. Longaker, he was admitted to practice law in
1859.
He was Colonel of the 1st Regiment Montgomery
County Militia when President Lincoln issued his call
for 75,000 men for the defence of the Government.
Colonel Hartranft at once tendered the services of his
regiment and was accepted; this was the 4th Penn-
sylvania Regiment, enlisted for ninety days. Colonel
Hartranft, upon the expiration of the time of service
of the 4th Regiment, served upon the staff of General
Franklin at the battle of Bull Run. July 27, 1861,
he was commissioned Colonel in the three years' ser-
vice, and in the following September organized, at
Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, the 51st Regiment Penn-
slvania Volunteers. On the 18th of November the
regiment left Camp Curtin, and ws assigned to the
corps of General Burnside, who was organizing the
North Carolina expedition.
It is not intended to give an extended biography of
General Hartranft in this work, as the active part he
took in the suppression of the Rebellion would involve
too large a space, but merely to note the chief incidents
of his valuable and busy life.
He participated in the battles of Roanake Island, New-
bern, second Bull Run, Chantilly, South Mountain,
Antietam, Fredericksburg, Vicksberg, Jackson, Camp-
bell's Station, Knoxville, Wilderness, Spottsylvania,
North Anna, Cold Harbor, Petersburg Mine, Weldon
Railroad, Ream's Station, Poplar Spring Church, first
and second Hatcher's Run, Fort Steadman, Peters-
burg, and Richmond. For his gallantry at Spottsylva-
nia Court-house he was commissioned a Brigadier Gen-
eral, dating from May 12, 1864. For meritorious ser-
vices he was breveted Major-General March 25, 1865.