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September 21, 1911 |
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Pittsburgh, PA |
This event was hosted by Benjamin Franklin Ferree at his home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The following article appeared in the Pittsburgh Herald Vol. XVI No. 124, Saturday, September 23, 1911.
The 136th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers:
Organization: Four companies of this regiment, E, F, G, and H were recruited in Allegheny County. A and D were recruited in Tioga, B in Luzerne and Tioga, C in Dauphin, I in Crawford, Centre, and Columbia, and K in Cambria. The regiment was organized at Camp Curtin in Harrisburg on August 20, 1862 and attached to the 2nd Brigade, 2nd division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac. Field officers chosen were Col. Thomas M. Bayne of Allegheny County, Lt. Col. Isaac Wright of Allegheny County, and Major Charles Ryan of Tioga County. At the conclusion of their term of service, the regiment returned to Harrisburg and were mustered out on May 29, 1863. During that term of service they lost 3 officers, 23 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, and 30 enlisted men died from disease.
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Service |
Duty at Washington, D. C. |
Moved to Fort Frederick, Maryland |
Duty at Sharpsburg, Maryland |
Movement to Falmouth, Virginia |
Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia |
Burnside's 2nd Campaign "Mud March" |
Duty at Falmouth & Belle Plains |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
Operations at Pollock's Mill Creek |
Fitzhugh's Crossing |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
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Battle of Fredericksburg by Kurz & Allison |
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