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throughout the summit," according to park officials, and documents the exact position defended by the regiment from July 2–3, 1863. Created by the
Ryegate Granite Works in Ryegate, Vermont, the monument is composed of a series of five-foot-square blocks topped by a finial emblazoned with the 5th U.S. Army Corps' Maltese cross. Situated atop a square base that is seven feet high, the entire structure stands 25.6 feet tall, and is flanked by one-foot-square granite markers with flat tops and mitred edges. (Note: These edges were mitred later as part of a repair effort to fix the damaged corners on the flanking markers.) Polished, inscribed panels convey key details about the regiment's service.
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due to their severely depleted ammunition supplies. Leaving dead and wounded men behind, they were assaulted by intense artillery fire during their retreat, but were able to regroup and be reposted at the fork of the
Chancellorsville and United States Ford roads, where they remained until noon the next day (May 4) when they were ordered to move to the rear of the Union's lines and resume work on fortifications. Ordered back to the front that evening, they protected other retreating soldiers before being ordered to return to camp.
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353:. Ordered to support the 2nd Corps, regimental leaders marched their men through Fredericksburg, and stationed them behind the stone walls of a cemetery outside of the city, a post they held until ordered onto the Union's Fredericksburg Road line, where they were subject to heavy artillery fire and sustained several casualties, including the combat deaths of Lt. George Murphy and Maj. Todd. Todd sustained his mortal wound "when a shot tore off his right leg," according to historian Francis Augustin O'Reilly. The
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524:, at 11 p.m. on May 3, and headed for Germania Ford. Crossing the river early the next morning, they marched on to Wilderness Tavern, where they were ordered to post pickets and make camp. The next morning, they were positioned at the right side of their brigade's battle line near the vicinity of Parker's Store as part of the
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General Orders (No. 302, 307, 319, 320, 365, 368, and 394), issued by the U.S. War Department and Office of the Adjutant General in Washington, D.C., between September 7 and December 12, 1863, roughly 20 members of the regiment were declared physically unfit to continue
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Stoneman's Switch on May 28, the 91st Pennsylvanians guarded the railroad from the station to Potomac Bridge before being assigned to cavalry relief on June 4 at United States Ford. Five days later, they were ordered back to Mount Holly Church and then to Catlett's Station before being attached to
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to facilitate troop and equipment movements. When Union lines became bogged down and were unable to progress further, the regiment then returned to camp. By this time, the regiment was under the command of Joseph H. Sinex, who had been placed in charge following the departure of Lt. Col. Wallace, who
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Pennsylvania Volunteers incurred at least 200 casualties during its service tenure, including six officers and 110 enlisted men who were killed or mortally wounded in action and two officers and 82 enlisted men who died from disease-related causes. At least four members of the regiment were
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in driving away CSA troops stationed at the Myers' House. Following a brief respite from the action, during which they were relieved by a 6th Corps brigade which ultimately lost the ground they had just gained, they returned with the 140th New York to recapture the area around the court house. After
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Despite the intense combat experiences they had endured during the early part of their service, many of the 91st
Pennsylvanians opted to re-enlist when their initial three-year terms of service expired. For a significant number of these men, that reenlistment date was December 26, 1863. Some who did
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Ordered back to
Chancellor House, the 91st Pennsylvanians advanced into a tangled, wooded area, where they skirmished briefly with CSA troops before moving on. As they approached the CSA's main force, they fell under withering fire, but held their ground until noon when they were forced to withdraw
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Washington, D.C., with Company E assigned to patrol duties in the city. On March 19, Company D was assigned to duties at the central guard house, and Company G was moved to Long Bridge for duties there while the remainder of the regiment continued to reside at the regiment's barracks at Franklin
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While attempting once again to destroy the Weldon
Railroad in early January 1865 and engaging the CSA again at Hatcher's Run on February 6, the 91st Pennsylvania sustained further casualties, including Capt. John Edgar, Jr., who was killed, and Lt. William H. Frailey, who was wounded. In addition,
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Pennsylvania Infantry were presented with the regiment's First State Color on December 6, a flag which had been manufactured by Horstmann Brothers and Company and which was carried by regimental color bearers until January 1864 when it was retired from service. Returned to
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Assigned to relieve the cavalry stationed near Todd's Tavern around 7 a.m., they slowly advanced under heavy artillery fire to Laurel Hill. Holding this spot for several hours, they then retreated to a ridge at the rear, leaving regimental skirmishers to keep control of the knoll. The bulk of the
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On the Fourth of July, skirmishers from the regiment took several CSA soldiers prisoner as they infiltrated CSA positions. En route, the 91st sustained 21 casualties (two officers, 19 enlisted men). Departing Little Round Top the next afternoon at 4 p.m., they marched for Marsh Creek, where they
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Ordered to retreat at 8 p.m., the 91st Pennsylvania marched back into Fredericksburg. Four hours later, it was ordered back out to the front, where it assisted in transferring wounded men from where they had fallen to the care of Union medical personnel, working until sunrise. On December 15, the
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During the morning of May 12, the 91st Pennsylvania staged a diversion in the face of heavy rifle and artillery fire which enabled the 2nd Corps to effect a larger, surprise charge on the CSA. When Lt. Col. Sinex and Lt. Shipley were wounded during the ruse, Maj. Lentz assumed command. The 91st
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Three days later, on April 28, the 91st Pennsylvanians joined other Union troops from the 5th, 11th and 12th Corps in a march toward Chancellor House. Crossing Kelly's and Ely's Fords, they reached their destination during the morning of May 1, 1863. At noon, they were ordered to march again for
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By July 12, the 91st Pennsylvanians were once again engaged in strengthening Union fortifications. The next day, they fired heavily upon CSA troops nearby, forcing their continued retreat. Advancing toward Williamsport the next day, they captured more CSA soldiers. By campaign's end, they were
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granite tower which commemorates the service of the 91st Pennsylvania Volunteers during the Battle of Gettysburg. Erected on September 12, 1889, at the highest point of Little Round Top, "this monument appears to hang over the western edge of the hillside, just off the asphalt path that winds
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noted that the regiment had presented its commanding officer, Col. E. M. Gregory, "with an elegant sword, and a splendid horse, in token "of their approbation of his gallant conduct at the battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13th.'" The newspaper also noted that the regiment was part of Humphrey's
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The regiment, which was made up of 10 lettered companies (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, and K), was raised near Philadelphia during the fall of 1861. The majority of its men were volunteers who had initially enlisted for three-year tours of duty. After enrolling with the 91st Pennsylvania, they
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to begin recruiting soldiers for an entirely new regiment during the fall of 1861, and Edward E. Wallace, who had initiated his own recruitment efforts that October. Their recruits were volunteers, the majority of whom initially enlisted for three-year terms of service from their hometown of
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uniforms (dark blue Zouave-style jacket and vest with yellow trim, sky blue sash, sky blue pantaloons, and red fez with blue tassel). The regiment's leaders were presented with the unit's First State Color on December 6, a flag which had been manufactured by Horstmann Brothers and Company.
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Field and staff officers included: Edgar I. Gregory (colonel), Edward E. Wallace (lieutenant colonel), Isaac D. Knight, M.D. (surgeon), and George W. Todd (major). The first commanding officers of each company were: Frank B. Gilbert (A); Alpheus H. Bowman (B); Peter Keyser (C);
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Philadelphia; they were divided into 10 lettered companies upon muster in during early December 1861: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, and K. (In later years, as the war dragged on and the need for reinforcements arose, additional men were drafted from communities across the state.)
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on a valley reconnaissance mission, during which it skirmished with Confederate States Army (CSA) troops at Shepherdstown. On October 30, the regiment was moved to Warrenton as part of the Union Army's reorganization during the leadership transition from generals
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and was assigned to provost (military police) duty with Col. Gregory and Capt. Joseph H. Sinex appointed, respectively, as military governor and provost marshal of the city. Gregory was headquartered "at Mr. C. A. Baldwin's, on St. Asaph street," according to the
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Their furloughs over on February 16, the 91st Pennsylvanians reported back to headquarters, and were then moved to the Upland Institute in Chester, where they remained until leaving for winter quarters at Warrenton Junction on March 2. According to Bates'
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remained until ordered to drive CSA troops from Utica, Middletown, Boonsboro, and across the Antietam Creek. Within a week, major newspapers across American had begun to publish casualty reports from the 91st Pennsylvania and other Union regiments.
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on May 23. F Company's Capt. Henry Francis and another four were wounded while serving under heavy fire during the Union's relief of the 4th Division near the Richmond Turnpike. Francis had sustained wounds to his shoulder and back, according to
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forces. Stationed near Cloud's Mills, Virginia until August 28, the 91st Pennsylvania then served as an escort for eighty-seven wagons being moved to the Fairfax Court House, but was ordered back to camp upon reaching Annandale. Stationed at
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Harrisburg while members of the regiment were visiting Pennsylvania on an approved veterans' furlough, it was replaced in February of that same year with the regiment's Second State Color, which was also manufactured by Horstmann Brothers.
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The war technically over but the preservation of America's Union not yet completely assured, the regiment was subsequently marched to Petersburg and Sutherland Station, where it remained until May 4 when it was ordered to Richmond and then
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Ordered to Washington, D.C., on January 21, 1862, the regiment made camp three miles outside of the city along Bladensburg Road. Beginning on February 28, 1862, Company A was assigned to guard duty at the
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and involved in the capture of a neighboring fort. After building additional fortifications in the area in early October, they drove off CSA troops stationed at Davis House, and burned the structure.
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and Sailor's Creek, the regiment had less costly successes, however, and was able to assist in the capture of supply wagons and CSA troops while driving the larger body of the CSA toward the
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Assigned to strengthen Union fortifications during most of July and to garrison detail from the end of that month until August 18, the 91st Pennsylvanians briefly engaged the CSA near the
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officially mustered in with their regiment for Federal service on December 4 of that year, and received basic training at Camp Chase, Gray's Ferry in Schuylkill County
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468:. Gen. Weed was among those killed here during this time. As night fell, the 91st Pennsylvanians prepared for further combat by improving their fortifications.
429:. Ordered to head for Frederick City by way of Manassas Junction, Gum Spring and Aldie, they crossed the Potomac at Edwards' Ferry, they then continued on to
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and permitted to return home. Departing January 2, 1864, the regiment paraded down Chestnut Street after its arrival in Philadelphia, passing in front of
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beginning September 15, the 91st Pennsylvania moved to Antietam three days later. Connecting with the Third Division on October 16, the 91st crossed the
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U.S. Army Chief of Engineers' map showing key sites of the Union's 1864-1865 Overland, Petersburg and Appomattox campaigns (updated Nov. 30, 1865).
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Banks' Ford but, while en route, were redirected to Richardson's Ford, where they joined the Union Army's lines at the right during the
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uniforms (dark blue Zouave-style jacket and vest with yellow trim, sky blue sash, sky blue pantaloons, and red fez with blue tassel).
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both to honor the soldiers who had fought for the Union during the long war and to lift the spirits of the nation in the wake of the
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After serving for almost four years, they officially mustered out on July 10, 1865, and disbanded upon their return to Philadelphia.
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Capt. George P. Finney was captured, as were several other members of the regiment. Then, while fighting at Dabney's Mill in the
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succeeding under heavy artillery fire, they were then relieved again and repositioned in front and to the left of Spottsylvania.
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to relieve a segment of the beleaguered 3rd Corps, and were soon engaging CSA sharpshooters positioned in the
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1743:." John Banks' Civil War Blog, December 10, 2017.
1750:." PA Historian, retrieved online June 30, 2018.
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593:Battle of Peebles's Farm
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136:Battle of Cold Harbor
1406:Bates, pp. 190, 233.
1098:, December 20, 1862.
455:Battle of Gettysburg
437:Battle of Gettysburg
427:Gen. Stephen H. Weed
205:Battle of Gettysburg
166:Battle of Five Forks
131:Battle of North Anna
116:Battle of Gettysburg
1746:Gasbarro, Norman. "
1685:Bates, pp. 193-233.
1615:, Vol. III, p. 193.
1567:Bates, pp. 192–193.
1513:Bates, pp. 191–192.
1493:The New York Herald
1424:Bates, pp. 190–191.
1310:The New York Herald
1277:Bates, pp. 189–190.
1223:Bates, pp. 188–189.
1134:Bates, pp. 187–188.
1057:Bates, pp. 186–187.
889:, Vol. III, p. 193.
748:Capt. John P. Carie
637:Bailey's Crossroads
605:
582:siege of Petersburg
559:The New York Herald
319:George B. McClellan
213:U.S. War Department
171:Appomattox Campaign
141:Siege of Petersburg
1720:External resources
1600:The New York Times
1167:Alexandria Gazette
1096:Alexandria Gazette
1001:Alexandria Gazette
708:
629:Gen. Robert E. Lee
568:after arriving at
522:Culpeper, Virginia
518:
447:
422:32nd Massachusetts
398:155th Pennsylvania
390:Alexandria Gazette
355:Alexandria Gazette
347:Rappahannock River
343:
283:Alexandria Gazette
263:Old Capitol Prison
241:
193:American Civil War
101:American Civil War
1637:Lord, Francis A.
857:Lord, Francis A.
842:Bates, Samuel P.
704:Joseph Hill Sinex
526:Overland Campaign
494:Independence Hall
490:veteran furloughs
310:Maryland Campaign
278:88th Pennsylvania
250:Joseph Hill Sinex
178:
177:
121:Overland Campaign
1786:
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1019:
1013:
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987:
984:
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975:
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966:The Evening Star
958:
952:
949:
943:
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927:
921:
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864:
855:
849:
840:
818:
813:
812:
811:
793:
781:
769:
757:
745:
733:
462:Little Round Top
323:Ambrose Burnside
294:Gen. John Pope's
288:Relieved by the
271:The Evening Star
209:Edgar M. Gregory
195:, including the
59:
57:
56:
33:
21:
1794:
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1602:, May 24, 1865.
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867:
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773:
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749:
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734:
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696:
679:
663:
608:
589:Weldon Railroad
510:
482:
439:
406:
374:
335:
258:
233:
181:
54:
52:
36:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1792:
1790:
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1776:
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1766:
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1663:
1654:
1645:
1630:
1617:
1604:
1587:
1578:
1569:
1560:
1551:
1549:Bates, p. 192.
1542:
1533:
1531:Bates, p. 192.
1524:
1515:
1506:
1497:
1480:
1478:Bates, p. 191.
1471:
1462:
1460:Bates, p. 191.
1453:
1444:
1442:Bates, p. 191.
1435:
1426:
1417:
1408:
1399:
1390:
1388:Bates, p. 190.
1381:
1372:
1363:
1361:Bates, p. 190.
1354:
1345:
1332:
1330:Bates, p. 190.
1323:
1314:
1297:
1295:Bates, p. 190.
1288:
1279:
1270:
1261:
1259:Bates, p. 189.
1252:
1243:
1241:Bates, p. 189.
1234:
1225:
1216:
1207:
1205:Bates, p. 188.
1198:
1189:
1187:Bates, p. 188.
1180:
1171:
1154:
1152:Bates, p. 188.
1145:
1136:
1127:
1118:
1116:Bates, p. 187.
1109:
1100:
1083:
1068:
1066:Bates, p. 187.
1059:
1050:
1041:
1039:Bates, p. 186.
1032:
1023:
1021:Bates, p. 186.
1014:
1005:
988:
986:Bates, p. 186.
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951:Bates, p. 186.
944:
931:
929:Bates, p. 186.
922:
909:
900:
898:Bates, p. 186.
891:
878:
865:
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834:
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728:
724:
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695:
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678:
675:
662:
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607:
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542:140th New York
509:
508:1864 campaigns
506:
481:
478:
438:
435:
425:the forces of
420:Relieving the
405:
402:
382:corduroy roads
373:
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334:
331:
303:Fort Stevenson
299:Fort Ellsworth
257:
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1734:91st Regiment
1731:
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1727:91st Infantry
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1626:91st Infantry
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874:91st Infantry
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839:
836:
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822:
821:
817:
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792:
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603:
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61:United States
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1192:
1183:
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1121:
1112:
1103:
1095:
1092:General News
1086:
1076:
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1062:
1053:
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1017:
1008:
1000:
997:Col. Gregory
991:
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912:
903:
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187:was a Union
184:
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18:
1306:Fifth Corps
716:castellated
574:James River
570:Cold Harbor
466:Devil's Den
97:Engagements
1758:Categories
830:References
677:Casualties
621:Five Forks
578:Petersburg
554:North Anna
67:Allegiance
378:Mud March
1163:War News
802:See also
615:and the
550:Richmond
266:Square.
189:infantry
91:Regiment
81:Infantry
1611:Bates,
885:Bates,
723:Gallery
714:is the
231:History
49:Country
671:Zouave
221:Zouave
77:Branch
58:
41:Active
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71:Union
203:and
183:The
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