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5th
Pennsylvania Regiment Infantry
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5th
Pennsylvania Infantry Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 1 by Samuel P Bates, 1869
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| Regimental History |
| Fifth Infantry.-Col., R P. McDowell; Lieut.-Col., Benjamin C. Christ;
Maj., R. Bruce Petriken. The 5th regiment, recruited at Alleghany City, Pittsburg,
Lebanon, Reading, Huntingdon and in Schuylkill county, was mustered in at Harrisburg,
April 20 and 21, 1861, for three months' service. It started for Baltimore, but returned
to Harrisburg; proceeded to Philadelphia, then to Annapolis and finally to Washington. The
first camp was Camp Washington, just outside the city; the next at Shuter's hill. Assigned
to Gen. McDowell's brigade, the regiment performed guard duty at Alexandria till the
return to Harrisburg for muster out, which took place on July 25. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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