UNION PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS
169th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (Drafted Militia)
- Overview:
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Organized at Pittsburg October 16, 1862. Duty at Camp Howe, Pittsburg, till December 1. Moved to Washington, D. C., thence to Fortress Monroe and Yorktown, Va., December 1-7, and to Gloucester Point, Va., December 8. Attached to Busteed's Independent Brigade, Yorktown, Va., 4th Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to April, 1863. King's Independent Brigade, 4th Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to June, 1863. 1st Division, 4th Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to muster out.
- Service:
- Duty at Yorktown and Gloucester Point, Va., till June, 1863. Expedition to Gloucester Court House April 7. Expedition from Yorktown to Walkerton and Aylett's June 4-5. Dix's Peninsula Campaign June 27-July 7. Ordered to Washington, D. C., July 9; thence march to Funkstown, Md. Joined Army of the Potomac at Hagerstown, Md., July 14. Pursuit of Lee to Williamsport, Md. Moved to Harrisburg, Pa., via Baltimore and Pniladelphia. Mustered out July 27, 1863.
Regiment lost during service 11 by disease.
- Soldiers:
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