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127th
Pennsylvania Infantry
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127th
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-seventh Infantry. — Col.,
William W. Jennings; Lieut.-Col., Henry C. Alleman ; Maj., Jeremiah
Rohrer. Most of the 127th regiment came from Dauphin county, the
remainder from Adams, Lebanon and Schuylkill counties. At Harrisburg,
Aug. 16, 1862, the regiment was mustered into the U. S. service for nine
months. Co. A was detailed to act as provost guard at Harrisburg and
never served with the regiment in the field. On Aug. 17, nine companies,
consisting of 869 men, left for Washington and were soon assigned to
guard Chain bridge on the Potomac. The regiment was then ordered to
Fredericksburg, where it arrived on Dec. 9. The 127th became a part of
the 3d brigade, 2nd division, 2nd corps, which was the first brigade to
cross the river after the pontoons were laid, the crossing being made in
the face of the enemy's sharpshooters, thus clearing the way for the
rest of the army. The regiment joined with Owen's brigade in a desperate
attack on Marye's heights, but like others it was unsuccessful, 257 of
the regiment being killed or wounded. The 127th then went into camp at
Falmouth. In the Chancellorsville campaign of the following spring it
was with Gen. Gibbon's division, which made another assault on the same
heights, and this time succeeded. At Harrisburg, May 8 and 29, the 127th
was mustered out, having lost 52 by death from wounds and disease. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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