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9th
Pennsylvania Regiment Infantry
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9th
Pennsylvania Infantry Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 1 by Samuel P Bates, 1869
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| Regimental History |
| Ninth Infantry.-Col., H. C. Longnecker; Lieut.-Col., William H. H.
Hangen; Maj., Charles Glantz. This regiment was recruited in Chester, Armstrong,
Cumberland, Lehigh, Northampton, Schuylkill, and Delaware counties and was mustered into
the U. S. service at Harrisburg, April 22 to 24, 1861, to serve for three months. May 4,
it arrived at West Chester, encamped there until the 26th and then proceeded to
Wilmington, Del. On June 6 it joined Gen. Patterson at Chambersburg and was assigned to
the 4th brigade, 1st division, under Gen. Dixon S. Miles. Ten days later it crossed the
Potomac, camping near the river, and on the departure of Gen. Miles for Washington
reported at Williamsport. It remained near the river until July 1, when it advanced to
Martinsburg, and after participation in the movements to Bunker Hill and Charlestown
returned to Harrisburg, where it was mustered out on July 29. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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