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207th
Pennsylvania Infantry
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207th
Pennsylvania Infantry Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 5 by Samuel P Bates, 1869
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| Regimental History |
| Two Hundred and Seventh Infantry. — Col., Robert C.
Cox; Lieut.-Col., W. W. S. Snoddy; Maj., Victor A. Elliott. This
regiment, from the counties of Tioga, Clinton, Cumberland, Franklin,
Lycoming, Bradford, York and Lancaster, rendezvoused at Camp Curtin,
Harrisburg, where it was mustered into the U. S. service during the
latter part of August and the early part of Sept., 1864, for a one
year's term. On Sept. 12 it left for the front and on the 16th reached
City Point, Va., where it was assigned to picket duty with the army of
the James on the Bermuda front. The enemy suddenly charged the picket
line on the night of Nov. 17, and the regiment lost 2 killed and a
number wounded in the sharp engagement which ensued. It was afterwards
assigned to the 2nd brigade, 3d division, 9th corps, Army of the
Potomac, and was stationed on the Army Line railroad, near Fort
Prescott. It shared in the movement to Hatcher's run in Feb., 1865, but
was not engaged. It was active at Fort Stedman on March 25, losing 1
killed and 16 wounded. On the morning of April 2 it was formed in line
of battle immediately in front of Fort Sedgwick and joined in the final
assault which carried the works of Petersburg, the 207th planting its
colors on the fort which commanded the Jerusalem plank road, its losses
being 37 killed, 140 wounded and 8 missing, a total of 185. Col.
Mathews, commanding the brigade, stated in his official report: "To Col.
R. C. Cox, who commanded the leading regiment, I owe the entire good
success that attended the charge. Foremost among those who scaled the
enemy's works, cheering his men by his courage, preparing them to meet
the many charges of the enemy to retake the lines, and thus beating them
back each time, with heavy losses in killed and wounded, he is deserving
of the highest praise." With its division it was charged with keeping
open the line of supply for the army along the South Side railroad. It
advanced as far as Burkesville, where it halted, and the command was
engaged in picket duty and guarding and paroling prisoners. After the
surrender of Lee it returned to Alexandria, where it was mustered out on
May 13, 1865, the recruits being transferred to the 51st Pa. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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