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175th
Pennsylvania Infantry
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175th
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-fifth Infantry.— Col., Samuel
A. Dyer; Lieut. -Col., Francis C. Hooton; Majs., Isaac McClure, Joseph
D. Smith. Eight companies from Chester county and two from Montgomery
went into camp at West Philadelphia and in Nov., 1862, were organized
into the 175th infantry (militia), which entered the U. S. service for a
term of nine months. The regiment broke camp on Dec. 1, moved via
Washington and Fortress Monroe to Suffolk, where it became a part of the
brigade under Gen. Spinola. Later it was sent to New Berne, N. C, where
it was attached to the 5th division of the 18th corps, under Gen.
Foster. The winter was spent in New Berne, where an attack made by the
enemy in March was repulsed and in the spring the regiment assisted in
the relief of Little Washington, upon which the enemy's forces were
concentrated. Garrison duty near Little Washington followed and during
this time the command lost heavily from sickness. Moving north again in
June the 175th was sent to Harper's Ferry, thence to Frederick and Sandy
Hook. It was mustered out at Philadelphia, Aug. 7, 1863. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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