James Lochery Paul

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Husband James Lochery Paul ¹

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            AKA: James Laughery Paul 2
           Born: 1839 - Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Father: John Paul (1803-Aft 1882) 2 3
         Mother: Sarah Thompson (1804-Aft 1882) 2 4

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General Notes: Husband - James Lochery Paul

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In 1876 he published from the press of Lewis S. Hart, of Harrisburg, a neat volume of five hundred and twenty pages, elegantly illustrated by Frederick Haas, giving an able account of Pennsylvania's soldiers' orphans' schools. The book gave a brief historical statement of the origin of the Civil War, the rise and progress of the State orphan system, and legislative enactments relating thereto, with sketches and engravings of the several institutions, with names of pupils subjoined. It also contained engravings and historical sketches of ex-Governors Curtin, Geary, and Hartranft, and many other distinguished persons of both sexes who were connected with the orphan system or engaged in various capacities in the suppression of the Rebellion.
Col. Paul enlisted at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Aug. 1, 1861, "for three years or during the war," as a private in Company A, Sixty-third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Col. (afterwards general) Alexander Hays commanding. The regiment was assigned to the Army of the Potomac, Third Army Corps, Gen. Phil Kearney's division. He re-enlisted in the field as a veteran volunteer, Dec. 10, 1863, at Brady's Station, Virginia; and when the time (Aug. 1, 1864) for which his regiment enlisted had expired he was transferred to Company I, One Hundred and Fifth Regiment of Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, and served with it to the close of the war. While in active service he attained to the rank of second sergeant of his company. Immediately after the surrender of Gen. Lee he was detailed as a clerk in the War Department at Washington, by a special order of Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, and served in that capacity until Aug. 24, 1866, when, after having served for an unbroken period of five years and twenty-four days, he was mustered out of the military service under provisions of an order issued from the office of the adjutant-general of the armies of the United States.
For gallant and long-continued services in the war for the suppression of the Rebellion, and as a mark of personal regard, Governor John W. Geary, before retiring from the gubernatorial chair, in January, 1873, commissioned him to rank as a brevet lieutenant-colonel, reciting in the commission the names of the following battles in which he participated, viz.: Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Orchards, Seven-days' Battles, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wapping Heights, Auburn Mills, Mine Run, Petersburg, and also the pursuit and capture of the Confederate army at Appomattox. After the retirement of John Dickie Shryock, chief clerk of the department of soldiers' orphans' homes, in November, 1868, Col. Paul, at the instance of Hon. John Covode, his personal friend, was appointed by Governor Geary to fill the vacant position.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 244.

2 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 631.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 40.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 40, 244.