The son of John Adams & Mary Ann (Ziegler) Humrich, in 1860, he presumably lived in Carlisle but is not on the census. His profession was lawyer. He married Amanda Rebecca Zeigler May 12, 1859, and fathered Charles F. (b. @1860), Ellen King (b. @1864), Carrie Amelia (b. @1866), Blanche Zeigler (b. @1869), Mary Ann (b. @1873), and Christian P. (b. @1875).
In September 1862, when Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River into Maryland, Pennsylvania governor Andre Gregg Curtin called for the formation of emergency militia regiments in case Lee continued into Pennsylvania. Christian responded, enlisted September 11, 1862, as captain of Co. I, 1st Pennsylvania Militia. When Lee retreated back into Virginia after the battle of Antietam, the need for the emergency units vanished, and the 1st Pennsylvania Militia dissolved September 25, 1862.
In September 1862, when Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River into Maryland, Pennsylvania governor Andre Gregg Curtin called for the formation of emergency militia regiments in case Lee continued into Pennsylvania. Christian responded, enlisted September 11, 1862, as captain of Co. I, 1st Pennsylvania Militia. When Lee retreated back into Virginia after the battle of Antietam, the need for the emergency units vanished, and the 1st Pennsylvania Militia dissolved September 25, 1862.
The son of John Adams & Mary Ann (Ziegler) Humrich, in 1860, he presumably lived in Carlisle but is not on the census. His profession was lawyer. He married Amanda Rebecca Zeigler May 12, 1859, and fathered Charles F. (b. @1860), Ellen King (b. @1864), Carrie Amelia (b. @1866), Blanche Zeigler (b. @1869), Mary Ann (b. @1873), and Christian P. (b. @1875).
In September 1862, when Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River into Maryland, Pennsylvania governor Andre Gregg Curtin called for the formation of emergency militia regiments in case Lee continued into Pennsylvania. Christian responded, enlisted September 11, 1862, as captain of Co. I, 1st Pennsylvania Militia. When Lee retreated back into Virginia after the battle of Antietam, the need for the emergency units vanished, and the 1st Pennsylvania Militia dissolved September 25, 1862.
In September 1862, when Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River into Maryland, Pennsylvania governor Andre Gregg Curtin called for the formation of emergency militia regiments in case Lee continued into Pennsylvania. Christian responded, enlisted September 11, 1862, as captain of Co. I, 1st Pennsylvania Militia. When Lee retreated back into Virginia after the battle of Antietam, the need for the emergency units vanished, and the 1st Pennsylvania Militia dissolved September 25, 1862.
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