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2nd
Pennsylvania Regiment Infantry
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2nd
Pennsylvania Infantry Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 1 by Samuel P Bates, 1869
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| Regimental History |
| Second Infantry.-Col., Frederick S. Stumbaugh; Lieut.-Col., Thomas Welsh;
Maj., James Given. The 2nd regiment, recruited in Franklin, Perry, Adams, Lancaster,
Chester, Center, Dauphin and York counties, was mustered into the U. S. service for a
three months' term on April 20, 1861, at Harrisburg. Like the 1st regiment, it was ordered
to proceed to Cockeysville, then to York and Chambersburg. It formed with the 1st and 3d,
the 2nd brigade, 2nd division, Department of Washington, and was chiefly employed about
Funkstown and Martinsburg. On July 15, Gen. Patterson's army marched to Bunker Hill, but
returned to Charlestown on the 17th, where the 2nd remained till its return to Harrisburg,
where it was mustered out of the service July 26. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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