Clark County WI
Civil War Unit Histories
Compiled by Paul Forester, Janet Schwarze, Allan Wessel & Ken Wood
179th Pennsylvania Regiment
|
Our Civil War Veterans who fought with this unit |
|
(1) Jesse Crane (2) George Hubbell |
Organized at Harrisburg November 20, 1862.
At Camp Curtin until December 3. Moved to Washington, D.C., thence to Newport News, Virginia. and duty there until December 17.
Moved to Suffolk, Virginia. December 17.
Attached to Gibbs' Brigade, Division at Suffolk, Virginia. 7th Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to March, 1863.
Viele's Brigade, Norfolk, Virginia. 7th Corps, to July, 1863.
2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August 1863.
Duty at Suffolk, Virginia until March, 1863, and in District of Norfolk, Virginia.
At Deep Creek until July 1863.
Ordered to Washington July 10, thence to Funkstown, Maryland
Pursuit of Lee until July 24.
At Maryland Heights until August 1.
Mustered out August 4 and 7, 1863
Regiment lost during service 24 by disease.
Related Links
Burials of Greenwood, Wisconsin Civil War Soldiers.
|
© Every submission is protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998.
Show your appreciation of this freely provided information by not copying it to any other site without our permission.
Become a Clark County History Buff
|
|
A site created and
maintained by the Clark County History Buffs
Webmasters: Leon Konieczny, Tanya Paschke, Janet & Stan Schwarze, James W. Sternitzky,
|
