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A practicing lawyer post-war,^[2] he also played an active part in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's memorialization of its role in the Civil War, persuading his fellow members of the Grand Army of the Republic and Gettysburg Battlefield Monument Association to place a small memorial stone at Little Round Top — the first of a series of monuments to be erected at the Gettysburg National Battlefield during the late 1800s and early 1900s."^[3]

During the late 1800s, he also researched and published his book, Gettysburg Then and Now: The Field of American Valor, Where and How the Regiments Fought and the Troops They Encountered.^[4]

Formative years

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 31, 1846, John Mitchell Vanderslice was a member of "one of the oldest families in Pennsylvania," according to historian Ellwood Roberts. He and his brothers, Thaddeus (1841–1907) and Theodore (1848–1924), were sons of Marcus Vanderslice (1813–1876), and were raised on "a farm adjoining Valley Forge Campground,^[5] and educated at the Freeland Seminary, a Mennonite preparatory school for boys which was located in Collegeville, Pennsylvania.^[6]

Civil War

While still a student at the Freeland Seminary, Vanderslice responded to a call by Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin for volunteers to defend the state from the threatened invasion by the Confederate States Army during the summer of 1863. After enrolling for state militia service in early July, he mustered in as a private with Company F of the 49th Pennsylvania Militia, Emergency of 1863, and was honorably discharged just over a month later when state officials declared the emergency over. His unit disbanded during the first week of September.^[7]^[8]

Less than six months later, he enlisted again — this time with a combat-hardened cavalry unit. After enrolling for service at Philadelphia on February 17, 1864, he mustered in that same day as a private with Company D of the 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry (also known as the 89th Pennsylvania Volunteers). Military records at the time described him as an 18-year-old native of Philadelphia who was employed as a clerk, and who was 5'5" tall with dark hair, blue eyes and a dark complexion.^[9]

He had joined just in time to fight with the 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry during one of the Union Army's most significant phases of duty — the Overland Campaign in Virginia commanded by Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant. Beginning with the Battle of the Wilderness (May 5–7, 1864), he and his fellow cavalrymen fought continuously in a series of battles at: Todd's Tavern (May 7), Spotsylvania Court House (May 8–21), Yellow Tavern (May 11), Haw's Shop (May 28), Cold Harbor (May 31–June 12), and Trevilian Station (June 11–12) before engaging in the Siege of Petersburg (June 9, 1864–March 25, 1865) and its battles at: Jerusalem Plank Road (June 21–23), St. Mary's Church (June 24), Deep Bottom I (July 27–29), Ream's Station II (August 25), and Poplar Springs Church (September 30–October 2).^[10]

Assigned next with his regiment to the war-ending Appomattox Campaign during the spring of 1865, he participated in the battles of Five Forks (April 1) and Sailor's Creek (April 6)^[12] before his fight was brought to a swift end at Farmville, Virginia during the April 7 Battle of Cumberland Church. Engaged at that time in a sabre charge, he was toppled from his saddle as the horse he was riding was killed. Captured by Confederate troops and held briefly as a prisoner of war until General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox on April 9, he was then honorably discharged by General Order on July 12, 1865.^[13]^[14]

Post-war life

An active member of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), who served as a department commander during the 1880s,^[18]^[19] and under whose leadership the G.A.R.'s membership was expanded across Pennsylvania from 4,500 to 25,000, he was also appointed to the commission which helped establish the Soldiers' Home in Erie, Pennsylvania,^[20] and became a key member of the Gettysburg Battlefield Monument Association. According to historian Tom Huntington, "Vanderslice persuaded a GAR post in Erie, Pa., to erect the first monument on the battlefield, a small stone on Little Round Top honoring Strong Vincent, a Pennsylvania brigade commander mortally wounded on the battle’s second day." During his tenure of service with the GBMA, Vanderslice was ultimately appointed as director of the association,^[21] representing the association at the dedication of monuments to the 69th and 71st Pennsylvania Volunteers at the Gettysburg National Battlefield nearly a quarter of a century after the Battle of Gettysburg had been waged there,^[22] as well as five years later when the High Water Mark Monument was unveiled.^[23]

Death and interment

Vanderslice died in Collegeville, Pennsylvania on March 12, 1915,^[25] and was buried at the Saint James Episcopal Church Cemetery, which is located on the north side of the Germantown Pike in Collegeville.^[26]

Medal of Honor citation

Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Place and date: At Hatcher's Run, Va.February 6, 1865. Entered service at:------. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of Issue: September 1, 1893. Citation:^[27]^[28]

Publications

See also

References

1. ^"Vanderslice, John M.", in "Recipients". Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, Congressional Medal of Honor Society.
2. ^"[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045211/1915-03-12/ed-1/seq-13/#date1=1861&sort=relevance&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=11&words=JOHN+M+VANDERSLICE&proxdistance=5&date2=1915&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=%22John+M.+Vanderslice%22&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=2 John M. Vanderslice: Member of Bar and Once Active in Republican Politics]" (obituary). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Evening Public Ledger, March 12, 1915, p. 13.
3. ^Huntington, Tom. "[https://savingplaces.org/stories/a-monumental-effort A Monumental Effort: Restoring Monuments at Gettysburg]", in Preservation Magazine. Washington, D.C.: National Trust for Historic Preservation, July 1, 2013.
4. ^Vanderslice, John Mitchell. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/gettysburg-then-and-now/oclc/904346588&referer=brief_results Gettysburg Then and Now: The Field of American Valor, Where and How the Regiments Fought and the Troops They Encountered]. New York, New York: G.W. Dillingham Co., 1899 (reprint: Morningside, Dayton, Ohio, 1983). {{OCLC|904346588}}
5. ^Roberts, Ellwood, ed. [https://archive.org/details/biographicalanna01robe/page/n315 Biographical Annals of Montgomery County Pennsylvania Containing Genealogical Records of Representative Families, Including Many of the Early Settlers and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens], Vol. I, pp. 192-195. New York, New York and Chicago, Illinois: T.S. Benham & Company and The Lewis Publishing Company, 1904.
6. ^"Freeland Seminary", in "[https://www.ursinus.edu/about/history/ History]". Collegeville, Pennsylvania: Ursinus College, retrieved online October 11, 2018.
7. ^"Vanderslice, J.M. (F-49 I Mil 63)", in "Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866". Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State Archives.
8. ^Gayley, Alice J. "[https://www.pa-roots.com/pacw/1863militia/1863militiainfco49.htm Militia of 1863: 49th Regiment]", in "Pennsylvania in the Civil War". Brookville, Pennsylvania: PA-Roots, 2015.
9. ^"Vanderslice, J. M. (D-8 C)", in "Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866". Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State Archives.
10. ^Bates, Samuel P. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5; Prepared in Compliance with Acts of the Legislature, Vol. III: "[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=miun.aby3439.0003.001;view=1up;seq=125 Eighty-Ninth Regiment, Eighth Cavalry]", pp. 116-117. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: B. Singerly, State Printer, 1870.
11. ^"Vanderslice, John", in "Recipients", Congressional Medal of Honor Society.
12. ^Bates, History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5; Prepared in Compliance with Acts of the Legislature, Vol. III: "Eighty-Ninth Regiment, Eighth Cavalry", p. 117.
13. ^Roberts, Ellwood, ed. Biographical Annals of Montgomery County Pennsylvania Containing Genealogical Records of Representative Families, Including Many of the Early Settlers and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens, Vol. I, p. 192.
14. ^"Vanderslice, J. M. (D-8 C)", in "Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1866".
15. ^"John M. Vanderslice: Member of Bar and Once Active in Republican Politics" (obituary), Evening Public Ledger, March 12, 1915, p. 13.
16. ^Roberts, Ellwood, ed. Biographical Annals of Montgomery County Pennsylvania Containing Genealogical Records of Representative Families, Including Many of the Early Settlers and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens, Vol. I, pp. 192-193.
17. ^"John M. Vanderslice", in "[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86086852/1884-03-14/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1861&sort=relevance&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=10&words=John+M+Vanderslice&proxdistance=5&date2=1915&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=%22John+M.+Vanderslice%22&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=2 Latest Telegrams: Washington]". Canton, Dakota Territory: The Canton Advocate, March 13 1884, p. 2; and Mineral Point, Wisconsin: Iowa County Democrat, March 14, 1884, p. 1.
18. ^"[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016187/1883-02-01/ed-1/seq-6/#date1=1861&sort=relevance&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=8&words=John+M+Vanderslice&proxdistance=5&date2=1915&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=%22John+M.+Vanderslice%22&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=2 The Grand Army: Proceedings of Six Department Encampments-The Record of New Posts]". Washington, D.C.: The National Tribune, February 1, 1883, p. 6.
19. ^"John M. Vanderslice", in "Pennsylvania", in "[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016187/1889-06-20/ed-1/seq-6/#date1=1861&sort=relevance&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=12&words=John+M+Vanderslice&proxdistance=5&date2=1915&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=%22John+M.+Vanderslice%22&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=2 The Grand Army: News from the Departments-New Posts, etc.]". Washington, D.C.: The National Tribune, June 20, 1889, p. 6.
20. ^Roberts, Ellwood, ed. Biographical Annals of Montgomery County Pennsylvania Containing Genealogical Records of Representative Families, Including Many of the Early Settlers and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens, Vol. I, pp. 192.
21. ^Huntington, Tom. "A Monumental Effort: Restoring Monuments at Gettysburg", in Preservation Magazine, July 1, 2013.
22. ^"[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038125/1887-07-08/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1861&sort=relevance&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=3&words=John+M+Vanderslice&proxdistance=5&date2=1915&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=%22John+M.+Vanderslice%22&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=2 The Gettysburg Reunion: The Survivors of Pickett's Charge and Repulse Meet at the Bloody Angle]". Deer Lodge, Montana: The New North-West, July 8, 1887, p. 2.
23. ^"[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn94053256/1892-06-03/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1861&index=16&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=John+M+Vanderslice&proxdistance=5&date2=1915&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=%22John+M.+Vanderslice%22&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 On Gettysburg's Field: Dedication of the High Water Mark Monument]". Waterbury, Connecticut: Waterbury Evening Democrat, June 3, 1892, p. 2.
24. ^Roberts, Ellwood, ed. Biographical Annals of Montgomery County Pennsylvania Containing Genealogical Records of Representative Families, Including Many of the Early Settlers and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens, Vol. I, p. 193.
25. ^"John M. Vanderslice: Member of Bar and Once Active in Republican Politics" (obituary), Evening Public Ledger, March 12, 1915, p. 13.
26. ^"[https://www.stjames-episcopal.org/our-history/ Our History]". Collegeville, Pennsylvania: St. James Episcopal Church, retrieved online October 11, 2018.
27. ^"[https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/1970 John Mitchell Vanderslice]", in "The Hall of Valor", in Military Times. Tysons, Virginia: Sightline Media Group, retrieved online October 11, 2018.
28. ^"Vanderslice, John", in "Recipients", Congressional Medal of Honor Society.