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4th Pennsylvania Regiment

Recruited in Montgomery county, Delaware county, Union county, Centre county, PA


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4th PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

    Organization
  • Organized at Harrisburg April 20, 1861.
    Service & Battles - 1861
  • Moved to Philadelphia April 21.
  • Occupation of Perryville, Md., April 22.
  • Right Wing moved by boat to Annapolis, Md., April 23.
  • Regiment moved to Washington, D.C., May 8, and camp near Bladensburg.
  • Moved to Shutter's Hill, near Alexandria, June 24.
  • Picket attack on Shutter's Hill July 1 (Co. "E").
  • Attached to 1st Brigade, Franklin's Heintzelman's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia.
  • Advance on Manassas, Va.. July 16-21.
  • Battle of Bull Run July 21.
  • Mustered out July 27, 1861


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