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166th Pennsylvania Regiment

Recruited in York county, PA

166th PA Regiment Soldier Biographies

• Francis Blasser
• Richard F. Elcock
• George Graybill
• Samuel Lightner
• Charles Williams
• Francis Zinn

166th PA Regiment Companies

• Bates' Regimental History & Company Rosters

166th PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

Organization

• Organized at York October 24 to December 8, 1862.
• Moved to Washington, D.C., thence to Newport News and Suffolk, Va., December 8-17.
• Attached to Foster's Brigade. Division at Suffolk, Va., 7th Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to April, 1863.
• 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Corps, to July 1863.

  Service & Battles - 1863

• Duty at Suffolk till June, 1863.
• Expedition toward Blackwater January 8-10, 1863.
• Deserted House January 30. Leesville April 4.
• Siege of Suffolk April 11-May 4.
• Edenton, Providence Church and Somerton Roads April 12-13.
• Somerton Road April 15 and 20.
• Edenton Road April 24.
• Operations on Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad May 12-26.
• Holland House, Carrsville, May 15-16.
• Dix's Peninsula Campaign June 27-July 7.
• Expedition from White House to South Anna River July 1-7.
• South Anna Bridge July 4.
• Moved to Washington, D.C., July 8.
• Mustered out July 28, 1863.

  Regimental Losses

• Regiment lost during service 6 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 11 Enlisted men by disease. Total 17.