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165th Pennsylvania Infantry

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165th Pennsylvania Infantry Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 4 by Samuel P Bates, 1869     View Entire Book

Regimental History
One Hundred and Sixty-fifth Infantry. — Col., Charles H. Buehler; Lieut.-Col., E. G. Fahnestock; Maj., Nash G. Camp. The 165th, a militia regiment, of which one company came from Franklin county, one from Cumberland and the remainder from Adams, was organized at Chambersburg between Nov. 25 and Dec. 4, 1862 and moved to Washington on Dec. 8. Proceeding to Suffolk it encamped there for some time and was attached to the 1st division, 7th corps. An expedition to the Blackwater was undertaken and in Jan., 1863, a part of the regiment was engaged at Deserted House and pursued the enemy for some distance. The command aided in the defense of Suffolk, when it was besieged by Gen. Longstreet in the spring of 1863, and in a raid upon the Weldon railroad in May. Its next movement was in the direction of Richmond and after destroying bridges on the South Anna river it withdrew to Yorktown and returned to Gettysburg, where it was mustered out July 28, 1863.

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

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