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130th
Pennsylvania Infantry
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130th
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 Thirtieth Infantry. — Cols., Henry I.
Zinn, Levi Maish; Lieut.-Cols., Levi Maish, John Lee; Majs., John Lee,
Joseph S. Jenkins. Two companies from Cumberland county, three from York
and two from the counties of York, Montgomery, Cumberland, Dauphin and
Chester, made up the 130th, which was mustered in at Harrisburg on Aug.
15, 1862, for nine months, and moved to Washington on the 18th. It was
posted for a week at Camp Wells, near Arlington Heights, and was then
sent to Fort Marcy, near Chain bridge, which it garrisoned until Sept.
7, when it moved to Rockville, Md., where it was assigned to Morris'
brigade, French's division, Sumner's corps, which took an active part in
the battle of Antietam, the brigade, composed entirely of new troops,
behaving as coolly under fire as veterans and winning the praise of Gen.
French. The loss of the 130th in this battle was 296 in killed and
wounded. After a short time spent in camp at Harper's Ferry, the
regiment arrived at Falmouth in November and was posted at Belle Plain
landing on guard duty until Dec. 5. French's division made a gallant
charge at Fredericksburg, losing many brave men, and after the battle
retired to its camp near Falmouth, which it occupied, with the exception
of the "Mud March," until the opening of the Chancellorsville campaign
in the spring of 1863. In the battle of Chancellorsville the 130th was
closely engaged, after which it returned to Harrisburg, where it was
mustered out on May 21, 1863. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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