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177th
Pennsylvania Infantry
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177th
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 Seventy-seventh Infantry. — Col.,
George B. Wiestling; Lieut. -Col., Hugh J. Brady; Maj., John Power. The
177th was a militia regiment recruited in the counties of Lycoming,
Susquehanna, Dauphin, Luzerne, Perry and Indiana, and rendezvoused at
Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, where it was mustered into the U. S. service in
Nov., 1862, for nine months, and proceeded to Washington on Dec. 3.
Ordered to Suffolk, it was assigned to the brigade under Col. Gibbs. The
regiment spent the winter in camp on the Nansemond, in clearing a pine
forest across the river, and joining in frequent expeditions into the
surrounding country. In March, 1863, it was sent to Deep creek on the
Albemarle & Chesapeake canal to break up contraband trade. On July 10 it
was transferred to Washington, thence to the Army of the Potomac in
Maryland, and after a period of duty at Maryland heights returned to
Pennsylvania. It was mustered out at Harrisburg on Aug. 7, 1863. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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