BIO: CHARLES S. DERLAND, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 296-297
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    CAPT. CHARLES S. DERLAND, a retired merchant of Boiling Springs, Cumberland
  county, was born at Altoona, Blair Co., Pa., Oct. 16, 1840, a son of John and
  Mary (Harpst) Derland, who died while he was quite young. They left but two
  children: Asbury, who was born in 1837, and Charles S. These two boys were
  reared by their grandfather, John Harpst. John Derland was a resident of
  Huntingdon, Pa., in early life, but later went to Blair county, where he was
  engaged in the iron business. He was an only son.
    
    John Harpst, the grandfather, was a son of Henry Harpst, a soldier of the
  Revolutionary war, and John Harpst was a soldier in the war of 1812,
  participating in the battle of Lake Erie. The family originated in Scotland.
  John Harpst was a powerful man, standing six feet three inches in his
  stocking feet. A hard worker, he succeeded well in life, and lived to the
  surprising age of ninety-eight years. His wife, who was a Miss Cox, died aged
  102 years. Both parents of John Harpst lived to be 102. In politics John
  Harpst was an Old-line Whig, while in religious matters he was a Lutheran.
    
    The two grandsons were tenderly reared by this most excellent man, and were
  given a limited education in an old-fashioned school, which had slabs for
  seats, and was built of logs. At the age of twelve years the boys began
  working in a wholesale and retail store at Hollidaysburg, Pa., as errand
  boys. Within three years young Asbury was promoted to the position of
  bookkeeper, and Charles S. took his place, remaining with this house until
  the breaking out of the Civil war. Asbury had, in 1857, engaged with a firm
  of iron manufacturers, and become the chief clerk of his firm. On Aug. 24,
  1861, young Charles enlisted in the Anderson troop, composed of a selected
  man from each county in the State, 100 in number, to act as bodyguard to Gen.
  Anderson. Charles served one year as a private, when the troop was
  re-organized as the 15th Cavalry, and he was commissioned second lieutenant.
  In 1863 he resigned as an officer of the 156th Cavalry, and after a short
  period at home
    
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  went out as adjutant of the 22d Cavalry. After the battle of Gettysburg, in
  the spring of 1864, the 22d Cavalry was re-organized, and he was commissioned
  first lieutenant of Company I, and in the winter of 1864 he was promoted to
  the rank of captain of Company I, thus serving until Oct. 31, 1865, when he
  was mustered out by general orders. He never had a scratch, although three
  horses were shot under him. Among other battles he participated in the
  following: Shiloh, Corinth, Perryville, Murfreesboro, Antietam, Newmarket,
  Strasburg, Piedmont, Lynchburg, Ashby's Gap, Winchester, Martinsburg,
  Fisher's Hill, Port Republic, Cedar Creek, and many minor engagements. His
  record was all the more remarkable in that he was not only never wounded, but
  he was never sick, or taken a prisoner.
    
    After his term of service had expired Capt. Derland returned to
  Pennsylvania, and located at Boiling Springs, where he embarked in the
  mercantile line with his brother, thus continuing for three years. He then
  went to Antietam, Md., and took charge of a mercantile business for John S.
  Ahl & Co., continuing thus four years. He then moved to Newville, still in
  the employ of the Ahls, and in 1876 returned to Boiling Springs, once again
  embarking in a mercantile business here, which he conducted until 1903. His
  business operations were very successful, and he is one of the prosperous men
  of the place. Capt. Derland is one of the active Republicans of Boiling
  Springs, has represented his party as delegate to various conventions, and is
  a member of the Republican county central committee. He was appointed notary
  public by Gov. Pattison, and re-appointed by each succeeding governor. On May
  7, 1903, he became draftsman in the office of the secretary of internal
  affairs in Harrisburg, and still holds that position.
    
    For many years Capt. Derland has taken a prominent part in the affairs of
  his county, and is a live energetic, ambitious man, one calculated to advance
  the best interests of the community. Fraternally he is a member of G. A. R.
  Post No. 201. He was made a Mason in 1867, in St. John Lodge, Carlisle.
    
    On Dec: 4, 1864, Capt. Derland was married to Miss Sadie Embick, who died
  in November, 1900. Two children were born to them: Mary, wife of Rev. John E.
  McVeigh, of New York, member of the Philadelphia conference, has two children,
  Charles and William; Blanche is at home. Capt. Derland is an active member of
  the Second Presbyterian Church of Carlisle, to which his wife also belonged.