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17th Pennsylvania Regiment Infantry

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17th Pennsylvania Infantry Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 1 by Samuel P Bates, 1869     View Entire Book

Regimental History
Seventeenth Infantry. — Col., Francis E. Patterson ; Lieut.-Col., Robert O. Tyler; Maj., William A. Lerch. This regiment, from Philadelphia, was a militia regiment (the 1st artillery), afterward called the Quaker regiment because of the hats presented by patriotic citizens of the city. The regiment was mustered into the U. S. service April 25, 1861, and ordered to Perryville on May 8, where it embarked for Baltimore and occupied the city on the 13th. No troops had passed through since the attack on the 6th Mass., but the 17th met with no resistance and opened the city to the passage of regiments from the north. The regiment took part in the Rockville expedition and details guarded the Potomac at Edwards' and Conrad's ferries. On July 8 it joined Gen. Patterson's army at Martinsburg and was assigned to the 7th brigade, 3d division, under Col. Stone. The marches to Bunker Hill, Charlestown and Harper's Ferry followed and on Aug. 2 the men were mustered out at Philadelphia, although they offered to remain longer in service if needed.

Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing Company, 1908 - Volume 1

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