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169th
Pennsylvania Infantry
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169th
Pennsylvania Infantry Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 4 by Samuel P Bates, 1869
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| Regimental History |
| One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Infantry. — Col., Lewis W.
Smith; Lieut.-Col., S. M. Wickersham; Maj., William Smyth. The 169th, a
militia organization, was composed of four companies from Crawford Co.,
two from Mercer, two from Erie, one from Clarion and one from Butler. It
was organized at Pittsburg in Oct. and Nov., 1862, and there mustered
into the U. S. service for a nine months term. Ordered to Washington on
Dec. 1, it was sent to Fortress Monroe, thence to Gloucester Point and
Fort Keyes, which it garrisoned until July 9, 1863, when it was ordered
to Funkstown and became part of the 11th corps, Army of the Potomac. On
July 15, the command was ordered home and was mustered out at Harrisburg
on the 27th. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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