Regiments: 151-200 - PA Civil War Flags Regiments: 151-200

Regiments 151 - 200

171st Infantry

1985.297 State Color Evans and Hassall v2p475
171st Infantry, State Color. When Pennsylvania did not meet Lincoln's August 1862 request for 300,000 nine-month volunteers, the Commonwealth drafted fifteen regiments between mid-October and early December, totaling 15,000 men. All fifteen regiments were mustered out of service by mid-August 1863. Few saw any combat action. Documentation for these regiments is lacking.

1985.298 National Color Unknown v2p475
171st Infantry, National Color. When Pennsylvania did not meet Lincoln's August 1862 request for 300,000 nine-month volunteers, the Commonwealth drafted fifteen regiments between mid-October and early December, totaling 15,000 men. All fifteen regiments were mustered out of service by mid-August 1863. Few saw any combat action. Documentation for these regiments is lacking.

1985.299 Regimental Color Unknown v2p475
171st Infantry, Regimental Color. When Pennsylvania did not meet Lincoln's August 1862 request for 300,000 nine-month volunteers, the Commonwealth drafted fifteen regiments between mid-October and early December, totaling 15,000 men. All fifteen regiments were mustered out of service by mid-August 1863. Few saw any combat action. Documentation for these regiments is lacking.


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