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174th
Pennsylvania Infantry
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174th
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 Seventy-fourth Infantry. — Col., John
Nyce; Lieut.-Col., Edward T. Hess; Majs., Joseph B. Roberts, J. Mathias
Beans. This regiment of militia was composed of eight companies from
Bucks county and two from Northampton. It was mustered into the U. S.
service at Philadelphia, in Oct. and Nov., 1862, for nine months, and
left for Washington late in November. It was then ordered to Suffolk;
assigned to the brigade under Gen. Ferry; was a part of the force sent
to New Berne, N. C, late in December; was thence sent to Charleston;
arrived at Hilton Head on Feb. 5, 1863; encamped on Helena island until
Feb. 27, and then proceeded to Beaufort, where it remained until June.
The remainder of its term of service was spent at Hilton Head and on
Aug. 7, 1863, it was mustered out at Philadelphia. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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