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21st
Pennsylvania Regiment Infantry
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21st
Pennsylvania Infantry Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 1 by Samuel P Bates, 1869
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Regimental History |
Twenty-first Infantry. — Col., John F. Ballier;
Lieut.-Col., Charles Ernenwein ; Maj., Adolph Mehler. This regiment was
a Philadelphia organization and it was there mustered in for three
months' service on April 29, 1861. It was the outgrowth of a rifle
battalion attached to the 1st brigade, 1st division of the state
militia. On May 20 it was ordered to Suffolk Park; on the 28th to
Chambersburg, where it became part of the 1st brigade, 1st division of
Gen. Patterson's army. It crossed the Potomac on June 17 but the force
soon returned to the Maryland side and encamped. On July 2 the army
moved to Martinsburg and thence after a fortnight, to Bunker Hill,
Charlestown and Harper's Ferry. While in Martinsburg the 21st was
presented with a beautiful flag by the loyal Union Germans of that city.
On Aug. 8 the regiment was mustered out at Philadelphia. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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