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122nd
Pennsylvania Infantry
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122nd
Pennsylvania Infantry Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 4 by Samuel P Bates, 1869
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| Regimental History |
| One Hundred and Twenty-second Infantry. — Col., Emlen
Franklin; Lieut.-Col., Edward McGovern; Maj., Thaddeus Stevens, Jr. This
regiment was recruited at Lancaster in July and Aug., 1862, and was
mustered into the U. S. service at Lancaster on Aug. 12 for nine months.
It proceeded to Washington and was assigned to the 3d brigade, 3d
division, 3d corps, which joined the army after the battle of Antietam
and went into camp at Falmouth. It was held in reserve at
Fredericksburg, but took part in the "Mud March" fiasco and then
occupied its camp at Falmouth until the Chancellorsville movement in
May, 1863. The 3d corps, under Gen. Sickles, was not actively engaged on
the opening day but the following day it was in the thick of the fight
and after holding its ground bravely till no longer tenable, it was
forced back with heavy loss — 135 in this one engagement. At Harrisburg
the regiment was mustered out of service on May 15 and 16, 1863. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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