Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War

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Allegheny County Pennsylvania Soldiers in the Civil War

Allegheny County PA Civil War Rosters

For additional regiments and more detailed information about the following regiments including wounded, killed in action, promotions, regimental history and battles fought, see Bates' History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers

5th Regiment

Field and Staff Officers
Company A
Allegheny City, Allegheny County
Company B
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County
Company K
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County
Regimental History

7th Regiment

Field and Staff Officers
Company A
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County
Company B
Allegheny, Allegheny County
Company E
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County
Company F
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County
Company K
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County
Regimental History

10th Regiment

Field and Staff Officers
Company K
Lancaster and Allegheny Counties
Regimental History

14th Regiment

76th Regiment

Company K
Beaver, Allegheny and Schuylkill Counties

117th Regiment, 13th Cavalry

Company A
Philadelphia, Allegheny, Cumberland and Lycoming Counties
Company B
Philadelphia, Allegheny, Cumberland and Lycoming Counties
Company C
Philadelphia, Allegheny, Cumberland and Lycoming Counties
Company D
Philadelphia, Allegheny, Cumberland and Lycoming Counties
Company E
Allegheny County
Unassigned
unknown
Regimental History

5th West Virginia Cavalry

Company A
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Company D
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Company F
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Company G
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Allegheny County PA Civil War Conscientious Objectors

Pennsylvania men who refused military service during the American Civil War for reasons of conscience--primarily religious convictions.

Conscientious Objectors who refused Civil War military Service

Allegheny County PA Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients

The Medal of Honor is awarded to a person in the Armed Services who has distinguished himself conspicuously by gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. The deed performed must have been one of personal bravery or self-sacrifice so conspicuous as to clearly distinguish the individual above his comrades and must have involved risk of life.

Medal of Honor Recipients of Allegheny County

Allegheny County PA Civil War Soldier Biographies

Many biographies have genealogy info going back many generations and often include the country of origin of the original family immigrant. In addition to battles fought, injuries and POW info, if any, biographies of Pennsylvania Civil War soldiers and officers has genealogy data such as birthplace and birth date, parents, spouse, children, residence and occupation before and after the War.

Allegheny County PA Civil War Veterans' Census

This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1890 special census of Civil War Union veterans and widows of veterans and includes names of surviving soldiers, sailors, and marines, and widows; rank; name of regiment or vessel; date of enlistment; date of discharge, length of service; post office address; disability incurred; and remarks. If your county or township is not listed, try the complete Ancestry.com Special Veterans Census

1890 Veterans Special Schedule Census of Allegheny Co.

Allegheny County PA Online Civil War Books

The rebellion record of Allegheny County, from April, 1861 to October, 1862 :
containing the narrative of the organization of companies and regiments, the pecuniary aid tendered by corporations and individuals ; the history of the home guards ; the operation of the draft and the list of exempts

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in the war for the suppression of the rebellion, 1861-1865 :
roll of honor, defenders of the flag, attack on Fort Sumter, S.C., April 12, 1861, surrender at Appomattox, Va., April 9, 1865

History of Hampton battery F, independent Pennsylvania light artillery,
organized at Pittsburgh, Pa., October 8, 1861, mustered out in Pittsburgh, June 26, 1865

History of the Eighty-fifty regiment Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, 1861-1865,
comprising an authentic narrative of Casey's division at the Battle of Seven Pines, by Luther S. Dickey.

Elwood's stories of the old Ringgold cavalry, 1847-1865 : the first three year cavalry of the civil war /
by John William Elwood ;with introduction by the Rev. H. H. Ryland.

Under the red patch; story of the Sixty third regiment, Pennslvania volunteers, 1861-1864, comp. by Gilbert Adams Hays, with personal narrative by William H. Morrow, Company A.

General history of Company D, 149th Pennsylvania volunteers : and personal sketches of the members / compiled by John W. Nesbit.

Under the Maltese cross
Antietam to Appomattox, the loyal uprising in western Pennsylvania, 1861-1865; campaigns 155th Pennsylvania regiment, narrated by the rank and file.

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