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301:' I Corps. Having spent the night of June 30 encamped along Marsh Creek roughly six miles southwest of the town of Gettysburg, the regiment received orders to march shortly before 8:00 AM the next morning. The regiment arrived at the scene of the morning's fighting northwest of town not long after 11:00 AM. McFarland and his regiment were placed at the
204:. Following his graduation, he became an assistant teacher and later principal at Freeburg. In 1856, at age twenty-one, he married Adeline "Addie" Griesemer, who was two years senior to him. While serving as principal at the school in Freeburg, he started a family with Addie. Their first child, Clara, was born in August, 1857, but died in 1860.
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336:. McFarland was treated in the Seminary. His left leg was amputated below the knee. Shortly after Gettysburg, McFarland and the 151st Pennsylvania Infantry were mustered out of the Union army, their nine-month term of enlistment expired.
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1615:Categories
1585:McConaughy
1544:Wainwright
1479:Muhlenberg
1444:McCandless
1086:Pleasonton
1046:Kilpatrick
976:Farnsworth
805:G. Steuart
720:Longstreet
395:References
340:Postbellum
285:Brig. Gen.
239:Harrisburg
231:Union Army
190:Harrisburg
180:Early life
162:Union Army
91:Union Army
75:Allegiance
44:1834-04-28
1590:McPherson
1565:Broadhead
1539:Trobriand
1454:McFarland
1449:McDougall
1176:Wadsworth
1151:Steinwehr
1036:Humphreys
971:Doubleday
921:Carpenter
830:R. Walker
825:J. Walker
780:Robertson
755:Pettigrew
655:Humphreys
590:Chambliss
575:Barksdale
570:Armistead
550:Alexander
292:Maj. Gen.
224:When the
166:Civil War
1459:McIntosh
1409:Jeffords
1404:Humiston
1384:Harrison
1329:Enderlin
1206:Williams
1141:Stannard
1126:Sedgwick
1101:Robinson
1091:Reynolds
1061:Meredith
966:Crawford
911:Caldwell
730:Marshall
685:W. Jones
680:J. Jones
462:Archived
419:Dreese,
410:, pp.5-6
406:Dreese,
353:See also
198:Freeburg
85:Service/
1580:McClean
1509:Salomon
1484:O'Rorke
1474:Morrill
1469:Melcher
1434:Latimer
1394:Hazlett
1389:Haskell
1349:Garrard
1314:Dearing
1299:Colvill
1284:Carroll
1279:Burling
1274:Burgwyn
1201:Willard
1171:Vincent
1131:Sickles
1066:Merritt
1056:Lincoln
1011:Hancock
951:Cushing
936:Claflin
857:leaders
840:Wofford
820:Trimble
775:Ramseur
765:Pickett
695:Kershaw
675:Johnson
670:Jenkins
665:Iverson
660:Imboden
630:Hampton
620:Garnett
580:Benning
536:leaders
475:Sources
271:I Corps
259:colonel
243:captain
1534:Taylor
1519:Sorrel
1504:Poague
1499:Perrin
1494:Pegram
1489:Pardee
1399:Howell
1369:Grimes
1354:Godwin
1344:Gamble
1309:Coster
1289:Carter
1259:Brooke
1254:Biddle
1249:Berdan
1186:Warren
1161:Tilton
1136:Slocum
1121:Schurz
1106:Rowley
1071:Newton
1031:Howard
1026:Hooker
1016:Harrow
1001:Greene
996:Graham
986:Gibbon
961:Cutler
956:Custer
946:Curtin
906:Buford
901:Birney
896:Biddle
891:Baxter
886:Barnes
881:Barlow
845:Wright
835:Wilcox
815:Thomas
795:Semmes
790:Scales
760:Perrin
750:Pender
740:O'Neal
735:McLaws
725:Mahone
715:W. Lee
710:F. Lee
690:Kemper
625:Gordon
595:Daniel
565:Archer
423:, p.6.
87:branch
1600:Wills
1575:Burns
1570:Bryan
1529:Stone
1524:Spear
1514:Smith
1439:Lewis
1424:Keogh
1419:Kelly
1414:Jones
1364:Gregg
1359:Goree
1324:Ellis
1319:Devin
1304:Corby
1269:Bryan
1264:Brown
1239:Baker
1234:Avery
1229:Alger
1166:Tyler
1156:Sykes
1146:Starr
1111:Ruger
1076:Nolan
1006:Gregg
991:Gilsa
981:Geary
941:Cross
916:Candy
876:Ayres
865:Meade
855:Union
800:Smith
785:Rodes
770:Posey
745:Oates
615:Ewell
610:Early
605:Doles
600:Davis
1595:Wade
1549:Ward
1464:Mayo
1429:Lang
1379:Hall
1374:Gwyn
1244:Belo
1211:Zook
1196:Webb
1191:Weed
1181:Ward
1096:Rice
1081:Paul
1041:Hunt
1021:Hays
926:Carr
871:Ames
700:Lane
650:Hood
645:Hill
640:Heth
635:Hays
120:Unit
105:Rank
70:, US
58:Died
53:, US
38:Born
1339:Fry
705:Law
544:Lee
265:'s
237:in
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273:.
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511:t
504:v
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