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19th
Pennsylvania Regiment Infantry
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19th
Pennsylvania Infantry Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 1 by Samuel P Bates, 1869
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| Regimental History |
| Nineteenth Infantry. — Col., Peter Lyle; Lieut.-Col, D.
W. C. Baxter; Maj., J. W. Fritz. The 19th, a Philadelphia militia
regiment — the National Guards — was mustered in at Philadelphia on May
18, 1861. It was deemed so great an honor to be a member of this
regiment that its ranks were soon filled and many applicants refused.
Orders to proceed to Baltimore were received on May 10 and the regiment
was posted there during its term of service, its quarters being at Camp
Pennsylvania, just outside Fort McHenry. The duty of arresting Marshal
Kane was assigned to the 19th and was accomplished successfully. In
response to the urgent request of Gen. Dix, every member of the command
remained with him until other troops could be supplied, which was,
however, but a few days, and the 19th was mustered out at Philadelphia
on Aug. 29. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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