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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
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| 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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