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208th
Pennsylvania Infantry
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208th
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 Eighth Infantry. — Col., Alfred B.
McCalmont; Lieut.-Col., M. T. Heintzelmen; Maj., Alexander Bobb. This
regiment was mostly recruited from the counties of Perry, Snyder, Blair,
Lebanon, Dauphin and Bedford. The several companies rendezvoused at Camp
Curtin, Harrisburg, where they were mustered into the U. S. service from
Aug. 26 to Sept. 12, 1864, for one year. Both Col. McCalmont and
Lieut.-Col. Heintzelmen were veteran officers. On Sept. 13 it left for
the front and was there assigned to the provisional brigade commanded by
Col. Potter on the Bermuda Hundred front. Picket and fatigue duty and
drill occupied it until Nov. 27, when it reported to the Army of the
Potomac and was assigned to the 1st brigade of Gen. Hartranft's
division, 9th corps. It went into winter quarters near the Avery house,
Gen. Hartranft's headquarters. It was in support during the movement
upon Hatcher's run in Feb., 1865, where it was in line of battle and
fortified its position, but was not attacked. It was warmly engaged at
Fort Stedman, March 25, 1865, where it behaved with great gallantry,
losing 4 killed and 38 wounded. Among the mortally wounded was Capt.
Prosper Dalien, a brilliant officer and a native of France, who had
served through the Italian wars of 1859. It formed part of the
assaulting column on April 2, when the works of Petersburg were finally
carried, losing 9 killed and 39 wounded. It then moved in pursuit along
the line of the South Side railroad as far as Nottaway Court House,
which it reached on the day of Lee's surrender. On the 20th it returned
to City Point and thence to Alexandria, where it was mustered out on
June 1, 1865. The same day the recruits were transferred to the 51st Pa. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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