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PA Civil War Volunteer Soldiers


5th Pennsylvania Regiment

Recruited in Allegheny County, Allegheny County, Schuylkill County, Huntingdon County, Lebanon County, Berks County, PA


5th PA Regiment Companies




5th PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

    Organization
  • Organized at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, April 20, 1861.
    Service & Battles - 1861
  • Moved to Philadelphia April 22, then to Perryville and Annapolis, Md., April 23,
  • And to Washington, D.C., April 27.
  • At Alexandria, Va., May 28.
  • Moved to Shutter's Hill June 3.
  • Attached to McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia.
  • Duty at Alexandria till muster out.
  • Mustered out July 25, 1861.




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