I retrieved this newspaper article from an item that is being sold on ebay under Whitney. I copied it the best I could but it appears to have a line or two missinf. CAPTAIN JOHN J. WHITNEY Of all the brave and good men who have fallen in the late battles in Virginis, there were none braver or better than Capt. John J. Whitney, of Company F, 5th Regiment Pa. Vol. Originally from Wyoming county, He came to Dallas in this county about the year 1857, and engaged in the mercantile business, where, by his uprightness and affabillity, he won many warm and ardant friends. At the breaking out of the rebellion he closed his business, and in September of 1861 enlisted as a private in the same company that he commanded at the time of his death. Soon after enlisting he was appointed a Sergeant, but upon the organization of the regiment he was detailed for duty in the quartermaster's department. In this capacity he won the respect and ( ? ) of the officers and men of the whole regiment. For nearly one year he was acting quartermaster of the regiment, and could have continued in theat capacity to the end of the war, but receiving his commission as Capt. he preferred to join his company and share with them their hardships. He enlisted from patriotic motives, and in all the changes in rank and duty through which he passed,he never forgot them. Impailed by such motives, he was always found at his post. During the late battles in Virginia he was not found wanting. In the grand charge made by his division ( Barlow's, of Hanebek's corps. ) it was he who first laid his hands upon the rebel General Stuart of the rest of the line I could not read. Then it went on to say or my father did not desert the old ??? set up factious opposition to the government in her trying hour; but that he gave ?? comforts of home, and the society of friends ? loved ones, and finally his life in de???? his country. Scranton, May 27 1864 I hope this is of use to someone. Bev Hanner ************************************************************** Searching for LORD, HANNER, HAWKINS, WHITNEY, WRIGHT,McGEE,McKEE,COOPER,SMITH,TWITCHELL,BILLINGS. SYLVESTER, LAWRENCE, WHORF,WHARFF