History of the First Battalion Pennsylvania Six Months Volunteers and the 187th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry: Six Months and Three Years Service, Civil War, 1863-1865Central printing and publishing house, 1905 - 320 pages |
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History of the First Battalion Pennsylvania Six Months Volunteers and 187th ... James M. Gibbs No preview available - 2015 |
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187th Regiment A.-June April Army artillery August August 9 Battalion battle Blain Brigade buried in National Camp Cadwallader Camp Curtin CHARLES City Point Colonel command Company F Comrades date unknown dead died at Philadelphia discharged by special discharged on Surgeon's Division duty enemy February February 25 Fifth Corps fire front George W gust H.-January H.-June Harrisburg HENRY JAMES January 27 January 9 JOHN JOHN-January JOHN-June 23 JOHN-May JOSEPH July 15 July 9 June 18 June 20 killed at Petersburg LIEUT Major March Merrick Mountaindale mule National Cemetery Newville night October officers pany Philadelphia picket line Potomac promoted to Corporal Rebels received at Petersburg Regi residing at Philadelphia residing at Wellsboro ROBERT SAMUEL SAMUEL-June SECOND LIEUTENANT Sergeant SERGT sick at muster soldiers special order Surgeon's Cer Surgeon's Certificate THOMAS tificate to-day transferred to Company uary 9 Veteran Warren's Washington Weldon Railroad Wellsboro WILLIAM-January wounded at Petersburg wounds received
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