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25th Pennsylvania Regiment

Three Years' Service - Recruited in Berks county, Schuylkill county, Mifflin county, Dauphin county, Lehigh county, Bucks county, Luzerne county, PA


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25th PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

    Organization
  • Organized by consolidation of First Defenders (5 Cos. and 5 new Cos.).
  • Organized at Harrisburg, Pa., April 18, 1861.
  • Moved to Washington, D.C. (see First Defenders), rest of Regiment camp near Arsenal till June 28.
  • (Cos. "B," "E" and "H" Garrison Fort Washington till mustered out,
  • And Cos. "A," "C" at Washington Arsenal till mustered out.)
  • Companies "D," "F," "G," "I" and "K" march to Rockville, Md., to Join Stone, June 29-30.
  • Reported at Poolesville July 1, and moved to Sandy Hook, opposite Harper's Ferry, W. Va.
  • Attached to Stone's 7th Brigade, Sanford's 3rd Division, Patterson's Army.
    Service & Battles - 1861
  • March to Martinsburg July 6-8.
  • Advance to Bunker Hill July 15.
  • Camp at Harper's Ferry July 17-23.
  • Mustered out August 1, 1861.

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