United States Regiments & Batteries > Pennsylvania
The 171st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment lost 38 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
1862
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October and November | Organized at Harrisburg under Colonel Everard Bierer, Lt. Colonel Theophilus Humphrey and Major Robert C. Cox |
November 27 | Moved to Washington, D.C. then to Suffolk, Va. |
December | Duty at Suffolk, Va, attached to Spinola’s Brigade, Division at Suffolk, Va., 7th Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
December 28-January 1 | Moved to New Berne, N. C. and attached to 1st Brigade, 5th Division, 18th Corps, Dept. of North Carolina |
1863
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March 6-10 | Expedition from New Berne to Trenton, Pollocksville, Young’s Cross Roads and Swansborough |
April 7-10 | Expedition to relief of Little Washington |
April 9 | Blount’s Creek |
April 13-21 | Expedition to Swift Creek Village |
April – June | Duty at Little Washington attached to District of the Pamlico, Dept. of North Carolina |
April 13 | Colonel Bierer takes over the brigade from Brigadier General spinola |
June | Ordered to Fortress Monroe, Va. and attached to Spinola’s Brigade, 7th Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
July 1-7 | Dix’s Peninsula Campaign |
July 7-9 | Moved to Washington, D. C. then to Harper’s Ferry, W. Va. |
July 11 | To Boonsboro, Md., and reported to General Meade |
July 11-24 | Pursuit of Lee |
August 3 | Ordered to Harrisburg, Pa. |
August 8, | Mustered out |