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17th
Pennsylvania Regiment Infantry
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17th
Pennsylvania Infantry Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 1 by Samuel P Bates, 1869
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| Regimental History |
| Seventeenth Infantry. — Col., Francis E. Patterson ;
Lieut.-Col., Robert O. Tyler; Maj., William A. Lerch. This regiment,
from Philadelphia, was a militia regiment (the 1st artillery), afterward
called the Quaker regiment because of the hats presented by patriotic
citizens of the city. The regiment was mustered into the U. S. service
April 25, 1861, and ordered to Perryville on May 8, where it embarked
for Baltimore and occupied the city on the 13th. No troops had passed
through since the attack on the 6th Mass., but the 17th met with no
resistance and opened the city to the passage of regiments from the
north. The regiment took part in the Rockville expedition and details
guarded the Potomac at Edwards' and Conrad's ferries. On July 8 it
joined Gen. Patterson's army at Martinsburg and was assigned to the 7th
brigade, 3d division, under Col. Stone. The marches to Bunker Hill,
Charlestown and Harper's Ferry followed and on Aug. 2 the men were
mustered out at Philadelphia, although they offered to remain longer in
service if needed. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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