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46th
Pennsylvania Infantry
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46th
Pennsylvania Infantry Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 1 by Samuel P Bates, 1869
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| Regimental History |
| Forty-sixth Infantry. — Cols., Joseph F. Knipe, James
L. Selfridge ; Lieut.-Cols., James L. Selfridge, William L. Foulke; Majs.,
Arnold C. Lewis, J. A. Matthews, Cyrus Strouse, Patrick Griffith. The
46th was composed of the Logan Guards of Mifflin county, Co. A of the
1st militia, Co. E of the 15th, two companies from Allegheny county, one
from Berks, two from Potter, one from Luzerne and one from
Northumberland. It was mustered in for three years at Harrisburg, Oct.
31, 1861, and was ordered to Harper's Ferry, where it was assigned to
the 1st brigade, 2nd division of Gen. Banks' force. Three companies
participated in the engagement at Kernstown in Feb., 1862, and the
entire regiment in the battle at Winchester. Banks' army then joined the
Army of Virginia and the 46th participated in the battles of Cedar
mountain and Antietam, losing heavily. The regiment was at Fairfax
during the battle of Fredericksburg and wintered at Falmouth. With the
2nd brigade, 1st division, 12th corps, the regiment fought at
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg and remained with the Army of the
Potomac until it reached the Rapidan, when the 11th and 12th corps were
ordered to join Gen. Rosecrans in Tennessee. The 46th was posted on
guard duty along the Nashville & Chattanooga railroad between Bridgeport
and Chattanooga. In Jan., 1864, many of the men reenlisted and the
regiment continued in the field as a veteran organization. With Gen.
Sherman on the march to Atlanta, it shared in the many battles of that
historic movement and continued with the army through the march to the
sea and to Washington. The regiment was mustered out at Alexandria, July
16, 1865. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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