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169th Pennsylvania Regiment

Recruited in Mercer County, Clarion County, Crawford County, Butler County, Erie County, PA


169th PA Regiment Companies




169th PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

    Organization
  • Organized at Pittsburg October 16, 1862
  • Duty at Camp Howe, Pittsburg, till December 1
  • Moved to Washington, D. C, thence to Fortress Monroe and Yorktown, Va., December 1-7, and to Gloucester Point, Va., December 8
  • Attached to Busteed's Independent Brigade, Yorktown, Va,, 4th Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to April, 1863
  • King's Independent Brigade, 4th Corps, Dept of Virginia, to June, 1863
  • 1st Division, 4th Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to July, 1863
  • 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to muster out
    Service & Battles - 1863
  • Duty at Yorktown and Gloucester Point, Va., till June, 1863
  • Expedition to Gloucester Court House April 7
  • Expedition from Yorktown to Walkerton and Aylett's June 4-5
  • Dix's Peninsula Campaign June 27-July 7
  • Ordered to Washington, D.C, July 9;
  • Thence march to Funkstown, Md
  • Joined Army of the Potomac at Hagerstown, Md, July 14
  • Pursuit of Lee to Williamsport, Md
  • Moved to Harrisburg, Pa., via Baltimore and Philadelphia
  • Mustered out July 27, 1863
    Regimental Losses
  • Regiment lost during service 11 by disease.