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Horace Knapp
Horace Knapp, an American Civil War veteran, a prospector in the Nome Gold Rush, and a strong advocate for education, was one of the pioneers that settled in and founded the community of Purdy, Washington. The nineteen acres of land that he purchased were platted into the lots and blocks that comprised the town.〔"Along the Waterfront" by Students of Goodman Middle School, Clinton-Hull Printing Co., Ltd., 1974-1975, Page 80〕 Knapp was born on March 23, 1845, in Titusville, Pennsylvania.
== Civil War ==
When the first call for volunteers for the American Civil War came after the firing on Fort Sumter in the Battle of Fort Sumter, Knapp went to Meadville, Pennsylvania, the county seat, and gave his age as eighteen. It was questioned, but the recruiting officer, Daniel Sickles, said, "I have known the boy since he was knee-high to a grasshopper." Knapp joined Company K of the 57th Pennsylvania Infantry Volunteers.〔Civil War Muster Roll, Pennsylvania, No. 8323〕 He served three years and three months in the Army of the Potomac, and was involved in three skirmishes and thirteen general engagements. A spent ball lodged in his knee at the Battle of Antietam, which he carried the rest of his life. He was in front of Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg. His company lost 113 out of 187 men.〔Recollections of Earl H. Knapp〕 After the war, Knapp made his way across the United States to the Washington Territory, current day Washington (state).
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