History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5 prepared in compliance with acts of the legislature

Date: 1861 to 1865
Location: [unknown]

The Historical Record of the Military Units from Pennsylvania that served in the Civil War. This was ordained by an Act of The Pennsylvania Legislature on 4 May, 1867. It was provided that there should be prepared "a military history of the organization of Pennsylvania volunteers and militia, who have been, or may be in the field"

• Bates, Samuel P
• Publisher Harrisburg, B. Singerly, State Printer
• Vols. 1-5 Printed 1869 to 1871.
• Each Volume contains:
  • A Detailed Account of that Regiment's Organization and Services in the Field
  • Final Muster Rolls by Company including:
    • Name
    • Age
    • Residence
    • Date and Term of Enlistment
    • Promotions, Discharges and Casualties
  • Places of Burial
  • Alphabetical Index for Field Officers

Note: There is also an Alphabetical Index for Field Officers and Burial Records at the end of each volume which may not be noted in the Table Of Contents of that volume. The Burial Records are not specific to the Regiments in each volume and may contain records for for the burial of a soldier from a Regiment detailed in a previous volume as the record became known as each volume was printed.

Copyright.

This book is in the Public Domain Mark 1.0 as it was published before 1924.

Source Example:

* Bates, Samuel P, ''[[Space:History_of_Pennsylvania_volunteers%2C_1861-5_prepared_in_compliance_with_acts_of_the_legislature|History of Pennsylvania volunteers 1861-5 prepared in compliance with acts of the legislature]]'' Publisher Harrisburg, B. Singerly, State Printer Vols. 1-5 Printed 1869 to 1871. Vol. # Page ###

Inline Citation Example:

<ref> Bates, Samuel P, ''[[Space:History_of_Pennsylvania_volunteers%2C_1861-5_prepared_in_compliance_with_acts_of_the_legislature|History of Pennsylvania volunteers 1861-5 prepared in compliance with acts of the legislature]]'' Publisher Harrisburg, B. Singerly, State Printer Vols. 1-5 Printed 1869 to 1871. Vol. # Page ###</ref>

Available online at these locations:

• https://archive.org/details/historyofpenn00bate/page/n6 Vol 1 - 1st to 50th Regiments
• https://archive.org/details/histpennavol02baterich/page/n7 Vol 2 - 51st to 84th Regiments
• https://archive.org/details/historyofpennsyl03bate/page/n9 Vol 3 - 85th to 118th Regiments
• https://archive.org/details/historyofpennsyl04bate/page/n12 Vol 4 - 119th to 178th Regiments
• https://archive.org/details/histpennavol05baterich/page/n7 Vol 5 - 180th to 215th Regiments.
  Volume 5 also includes Militias, Independent Companies,, Colored Troops and other Misc. Units.

Additional online Sources for Pennsylvanian Soldiers of the Civil War:

• PARoots Online Pennsylvania in the Civil War

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