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197th Regiment - Coal Exchange Pennsylvania Regiment

Recruited in the city of Philadelphia, PA

197th PA Regiment Companies

Bates' Regimental History & Rosters

197th PA Regiment Books

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197th PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

Organization

Organized at Philadelphia for 100 days July 22, 1864.
Service & Battles - 1864
Moved to Baltimore, Md., and duty at Camp Bradford, Mankin's Woods, till August, 1864.
Guard prisoners at Rock Island, Ill., till November.
Mustered out November 11, 1864.
Regimental Loss
Lost 6 by disease.

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