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178th
Pennsylvania Infantry
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178th
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-eighth Infantry. — Col., James
Johnson; Lieut. -Col., John Wimer; Maj., J. W. Chamberlain. The 178th, a
militia regiment, was recruited in the counties of Columbia, Lancaster,
Montour and Luzerne and rendezvoused at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, in the
autumn of 1862, where it was organized and mustered into the U. S.
service for a term of nine months. On Dec. 5, it left camp for
Washington, was ordered to Newport News and thence to Yorktown, where it
was posted during the winter. In April, 1863, the regiment went to the
relief of the troops at Fort Magruder, who were attacked by Gen. Wise,
and in June joined in an expedition to Providence ferry and the movement
toward Richmond, which skirmished with the enemy at Bottom's bridge on
July 2. After returning to Washington its term of service expired and it
was mustered out at Harrisburg on July 27, 1863. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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