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179th
Pennsylvania Infantry
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179th
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-ninth Infantry. — Col., William
H. Blair; Lieut.-Col., Daniel M. Yost; Maj., William H. Yerkes. This
militia regiment was recruited in the autumn of 1862 in the counties of
Berks, Lancaster, Montgomery, Pike and Wayne and Philadelphia city and
mustered into the U. S. service early in December at Philadelphia for a
nine months term. Co. E was ordered to Chestnut Hill hospital at
Philadelphia, where it remained during its entire term of service, with
the exception of a detail for the custody of prisoners at West Chester
after the battle of Gettysburg. The remainder of the regiment was
stationed at Yorktown during the winter of 1862-63 and in July, 1863,
joined in the movement toward Richmond, engaging twice in skirmishes
with the enemy. The regiment proffered its services for the defense of
its native state at the expiration of its term of service, but the need
having passed with the battle of Gettysburg, the command 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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