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18th
Pennsylvania Regiment Infantry
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18th
Pennsylvania Infantry Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 1 by Samuel P Bates, 1869
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| Regimental History |
| Eighteenth Infantry. — Col., William D. Lewis, Jr. ;
Lieut.-Col, Charles Wilhelm; Maj., Alexander E. Newbold. This regiment
was organized by the addition of recruits to the 1st regiment, 1st
brigade, 1st division, of the state militia. It was recruited and
mustered in at Philadelphia on April 24 and 25 for three months. On May
14 the regiment moved to Perryville, where it immediately embarked for
Locust Point. It was posted at Fort McHenry until May 22, when it
proceeded to Baltimore and there performed guard and police duty until
the end of the term of enlistment, with the exception of a detail sent
to Pikesville to garrison the national arsenal. Owing to the necessity
for their presence at Baltimore, Cos. B, C, D, E, G, H, K, and part of
Co. I were remustered into the U. S. service July 24 for ten days, and
on Aug. 7, the regiment was mustered out at Philadelphia. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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