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209th
Pennsylvania Infantry
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209th
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 Ninth Infantry. — Col., Tobias B.
Kaufman; Lieut.-Col., George W. Frederick; Maj., John L. Ritchey. This
regiment, recruited from the counties of Cumberland, York, Cambria,
Franklin, Columbia, Adams, Lehigh and Lebanon, rendezvoused at Camp
Curtin, Harrisburg, and was mustered into the U. S. service during the
first half of Sept., 1864, for a term of one year. Many of the officers
and men were veterans in the service. As soon as it was organized it
left for Petersburg, Va., and on its arrival was placed at Camp Potter
for 2 weeks, when it was stationed on the advanced line to the left of
Fort Harrison. A detachment under Capt. Landis was assigned to garrison
redoubt Carpenter on the left bank of the James. The regiment here
acquired a good state of discipline through the diligence of its
officers. During the engagement at Fort Harrison it was ordered upon the
parapet, as though about to charge the enemy's flank, while the real
charge upon the front was being prepared. In a sudden assault of the
enemy on the picket lines, Nov. 17, Col. Kaufman, Capt. Lee, Lieut.
Hendricks, and 19 men were captured, 1 man was killed and 2 wounded. A
week later it was transferred to the army of the Potomac and assigned to
the 1st brigade, 3d division, 9th corps, encamping near Meade Station.
The regiment was heavily engaged with its division on March 25, and by
its valor materially assisted in the recapture of Fort Stedman, where
its loss was 5 killed and 50 wounded. It shared in the final assault on
Petersburg, April 2, losing 7 killed and 52 wounded. Among the killed
was Capt. McCullough and among the wounded were Maj. Ritchey and
Lieutenants Bigler and Shugar. It then moved slowly along the South Side
Railroad with its division, having charge of the army trains and
repairing the tracks as it went. It rested at Nottoway Court House until
the 20th, when it returned to Alexandria. On May 31, 1865, the recruits
were transferred to the 51st Pa. and the original members were mustered
out. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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