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1st Pennsylvania Regiment

Recruited in Northampton county, Dauphin county, Lancaster ounty, Lancaster county, Berks county, PA


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Organization, Service & Battles

    Organization
  • Organized at Harrisburg April 20, 1861.
    Service & Battles - 1861
  • Moved to Cockeysville on Northern Central Railroad April 20;
  • Thence to Camp Scott, near York, Pa., and duty there till May 14.
  • Guard Northern Central Railroad, near Baltimore, May 14-25,
  • And Harper's Ferry Road May 25-June 3.
  • Moved to Catonsville, Md., May 25; to Franklintown May 29,
  • And to Chambersburg, Pa., June 3.
  • Expedition to Rockville, Md., June 10-July 7.
  • Attached to Wyocoop's 2nd Brigade, Keim's 2nd Division, Patterson's Army.
  • Duty at Hagerstown and Funkstown, Goose Creek, Edward's Ferry, June 18.
  • At Frederick June 22, and at Martinsburg, Va., July 8-21.
  • Moved to Harper's Ferry July 21.
  • Mustered out July 27, 1861.




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