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212th
Pennsylvania Regiment, 6th Pennsylvania Artillery
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212th
Pennsylvania Regiment, 6th PA Artillery Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 5 by Samuel P Bates, 1869
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| Regimental History |
| Sixth Artillery. — Col., Charles Barnes; Lieut. -Col.,
Joseph B. Copeland; Majs., Robert H. Long, Joseph R. Kemp, Frank H.
White. More men than the standard required had been recruited for the
5th artillery, the 204th of the line, and it was therefore decided to
organize the 6th artillery, which became the 212th regiment. It was
mostly composed of men from the counties of Allegheny, Butler,
Westmoreland, Fayette, Washington and Lawrence, who rendezvoused at Camp
Reynolds, Pittsburg, and were mustered into the U. S. service during the
first half of Sept., 1864, for one year. On Sept. 17 the regiment left
for Washington, where it was assigned to the 2nd brigade of DeRussy's
division, then garrisoning the defenses of the capital. On the 29th it
was detached, to perform railroad guard duty on the Orange & Alexandria
railroad between Alexandria and Manassas, with headquarters at Fairfax
Court House. It was engaged in this service until about the middle of
November, when it returned to the defenses of Washington. Thus far it
had served as infantry, but the men were now drilled as artillery and
soon became proficient in this arm of the service. It remained in the
forts about Washington until June 13, 1865, when it was mustered out at
Fort Ethan Allen, returned to Camp Reynolds, where the men were finally
paid and discharged on the 17th. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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