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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     View Entire Book

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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