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The 178th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 10 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

1862
October 22-
November 27
Organized at Harrisburg under Colonel James Johnson, Lt. Colonel John Wimer and Major J. W. Chamberlain
December 5 Moved to Washington, D.C. then to Newport News, Va.
December Duty at Newport News, Va. Attached to Busteed’s Brigade, 4th Corps, Dept. of Virginia
December 29 At Yorktown, Va., and on the Peninsula
1863
April Attached to West’s Independent Brigade, 4th Corps, Dept. of Virginia
May Attached to West’s Advance Brigade, 4th Corps
July 1-7 Reconnaissance to Bottom’s Bridge
July 2 Skirmish at Chickahominy
July 8 Moved to Washington, D.C. and duty there attached to 2nd Brigade, King’s Division, 22nd Corps
July 27 Mustered out under Colonel Johnson