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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
war from 1812 to 1815 it was not found wanting. In 1813
and 1814 no less than five companies, aggregating nearly 400
men, went into the military service of the nation from Rock-
ingham County. The captains of these companies were
Robert Magill, Thomas Hopkins, William Harrison, Robert
Hooke, and Daniel Matthews; the names of their men may be
found in the muster rolls in the Appendix. It is quite proba-
ble that other soldiers from Rockingham, not listed in these
rolls, also took part in the second war for independence.
For example. Col. Joseph Mauzy (1779-1863), who was for
many years a prominent citizen of the county, was in com-
mand of a company at Norfolk; and under date of January
11, 1861, the editor of the Rockingham Register made this
statement:
In 1812 we furnished more than enough men to form a regiment, yet
our men served under strangers.
But peace marks progress while war wins victory. Dur-
ing the war of 1812-15, as well as in the years preceding and
following, progress in the new county was steady and sub-
stantial. Things intellectual and spiritual were not lost sight
of in the growth of things material. As early as 1813 David-
son & Bourne had a printing establishment in Harrisonburg;
two or three years later Lawrence Wartmann, whose publi-
cations were to become famous, had opened his press in the
same town. Daniel Bryan was writing poetry; Joseph Funk
was publishing music; John Brown was advocating missions;
the Methodists and others were trying to get rid of slavery;
the palaces underground were being explored, and the foun-
tains among the hills were being sought for health and pleas-
ure: the day was at the morn in Rockingham.
war from 1812 to 1815 it was not found wanting. In 1813
and 1814 no less than five companies, aggregating nearly 400
men, went into the military service of the nation from Rock-
ingham County. The captains of these companies were
Robert Magill, Thomas Hopkins, William Harrison, Robert
Hooke, and Daniel Matthews; the names of their men may be
found in the muster rolls in the Appendix. It is quite proba-
ble that other soldiers from Rockingham, not listed in these
rolls, also took part in the second war for independence.
For example. Col. Joseph Mauzy (1779-1863), who was for
many years a prominent citizen of the county, was in com-
mand of a company at Norfolk; and under date of January
11, 1861, the editor of the Rockingham Register made this
statement:
In 1812 we furnished more than enough men to form a regiment, yet
our men served under strangers.
But peace marks progress while war wins victory. Dur-
ing the war of 1812-15, as well as in the years preceding and
following, progress in the new county was steady and sub-
stantial. Things intellectual and spiritual were not lost sight
of in the growth of things material. As early as 1813 David-
son & Bourne had a printing establishment in Harrisonburg;
two or three years later Lawrence Wartmann, whose publi-
cations were to become famous, had opened his press in the
same town. Daniel Bryan was writing poetry; Joseph Funk
was publishing music; John Brown was advocating missions;
the Methodists and others were trying to get rid of slavery;
the palaces underground were being explored, and the foun-
tains among the hills were being sought for health and pleas-
ure: the day was at the morn in Rockingham.
