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201st
Pennsylvania Infantry
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201st
Pennsylvania Infantry Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 5 by Samuel P Bates, 1869
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| Regimental History |
| Two Hundred and First Infantry. — Col, F. Asbury Awl;
Lieut. - Col., J. Wesley Awl; Maj., John T. Morgan. The 201st regiment,
principally from Dauphin county, was mustered into the U. S. service at
Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, Aug. 18 to 29, 1864, for one year. It was the
first ready for duty of the ten regiments furnished by the state under
the president's call of July 18, 1864, for 500,000 men, having been
recruited to the maximum strength in less than 30 days. All the field
officers had served in the 127th regiment and many of the line officers
and men had been in the service before. Immediately after its
organization it proceeded to Chambersburg, where it was schooled and
drilled for a short period. On Sept. 17 Co. H was detailed for special
duty at the general hospital in York; F and G were ordered to Bloody
run, where they reported to Gen. Ferry, commanding the Juniata District;
a little later Co. F was sent to McConnellsburg, where it was employed
during the fall and winter in arresting and forwarding deserters; Co. E
was detailed on Sept. 18, for provost duty at Scranton; the main body of
the regiment performed guard duty on the Manassas gap railroad near
Gainesville and Thoroughfare gap until Nov. 13, and was then placed in
Camp Slough, Alexandria, on guard duty. On May 26, 1865, it was ordered
to Fort Delaware, where it remained until the close of its term. It was
mustered out at Harrisburg on June 21, 1865. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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