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15th Pennsylvania Regiment Infantry

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15th Pennsylvania Infantry Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 1 by Samuel P Bates, 1869     View Entire Book

Regimental History
Fifteenth Infantry. — Col., Richard A. Oakford; Lieut.-Col, Thomas Biddle; Maj., Stephen N. Bradford. The 15th, of which five companies came from Luzerne county, two from Lancaster, one each from Center and Cambria, and one from Harrisburg, was mustered in for three months' service, April 23 to May 1, 1861, at Harrisburg. On May 9 it was ordered to Lancaster; on June 3 to Chambersburg; then to Hagerstown on the 16th and on the 18th to Williamsport. Near Falling Waters a body of the enemy, disguised as Union soldiers, captured Co. I, which had been sent forward as skirmishers. Of these first captives after Sumter, 6 died in prison and the others were exchanged in 1862, after suffering great hardships. July 4 found the regiment at Martinsburg, the movements to Bunker Hill, Charlestown and Hagerstown following, and on Aug. 7, the men were mustered out at Carlisle.

Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing Company, 1908 - Volume 1

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