Old Guard State Fencibles

Lineage of the State Fencibles is carried on by Troop B, 1-104th Cavalry Regiment of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard.

William Rice; Privates — George Gardner, Charles B. Packer, B. P. Button, Andrew Butler, Samuel Brown, Theodore Hesser.

There is an illustration of the Old Guard State Fencibles marching to a target firing exercise held by the Library Company of Philadelphia.

"Scene showing the State Fencibles militia marching past the Wetherill mansion on the Fatland estate.

The State Fencibles was a military organization raised in Philadelphia in 1813 as part of the Pennsylvania militia.

In 1871, the military company, recruited under James Page, became attached to the Eighth Regiment National Guard of Pennsylvania.

The Fatland seat was owned by William Bakewell beginning in 1803 before being sold to the Wetherill Family about 1821 and his death.

Fatland, named for the estate's great soil fertility, remained in the Wetherill family through the early 20th century.

[4] The Old Guard State Fencibles were called out by the governor of Pennsylvania to help keep the peace during the Scranton general strike of 1877.

The Old Guard State Fencibles were called out by the governor of Pennsylvania to restore order during the Homestead strike of 1892.