Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War

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PA Civil War Volunteer Soldiers

Samuel P. Bates'
History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865

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History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, #1.
    Search Volume one   First five regiments - 50th regiment

History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, #2.
   Search Volume two   51st regiment - 84th regiment

History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, #3.
   Search Volume three   85th regiment - 118th regiment

History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, #4.
   Search Volume four   119th regiment - 179th regiment

History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, #5.
    Search Volume five   180th regiment - 215th regiment; independent batteries; colored regiments

Each of the following regiments has the history of the organization and service of the regiment followed by muster rolls for the Field and Staff Officers, Regimental Band (if any), the Companies from Company A to Company K, and Unassigned Men (if any).

Three Months' Service

Three Years' Service

Three Months' Service

Three Years' Service

Nine Months' Service

Three Years' Service

Nine Months' Service

Three Years' Service

Roster Source: Bates, Samuel P. (Samuel Penniman), 1827-1902.: History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5; prepared in compliance with acts of the legislature, by Samuel P. Bates.

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