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The 140th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the American Civil War, serving in the Eastern Theater. Recruited in late 1862, it fought from the Battle of Chancellorsville through the war until the Army of Northern Virginia's surrender at Appomattox Court House. [ 1 ]
140th Pennsylvania Infantry: July 2, 1863 & August 25, 1864 April 5, 1898 "While a sergeant and retiring with his company before the rapid advance of the enemy at Gettysburg, he and a companion stopped and carried to a place of safety a wounded and helpless comrade; in this act both he and his companion were severely wounded.
There are gaps in the numbering of infantry regiments because Pennsylvania numbered all volunteer regiments, regardless of branch, in sequence depending on when the regiment was raised. For example, the 6th Cavalry was also numbered the 70th Volunteer Regiment since it was raised between the 69th Infantry and the 71st Infantry, so there is no ...
140th Operations Group, unit of the Colorado Air National Guard, stationed at Buckley Space Force Base, Aurora, Colorado; 140th Pennsylvania Infantry, Union Army regiment in the American Civil War, serving in the Eastern Theater; 140th pope or Pope John XVII (died 1003), Pope for about seven months from 16 May to 6 November 1003
This unit was created by five men in western Pennsylvania, among them James J. Purman who would go on to win the Medal of Honor alongside Pipes. When the 140th was mustered, Pipes was ranked a sergeant, and Purman a second lieutenant. [1] In 1863, the 140th Pennsylvania Infantry fought in the Battle of Gettysburg. On the first day of battle ...
I Corps (First Corps) was the designation of three different corps-sized units in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Separate formation called the I Corps served in the Army of the Ohio/Army of the Cumberland under Alexander M. McCook from September 29, 1862 to November 5, 1862, in the Army of the Mississippi under George W. Morgan from January 4, 1863 to January 12, 1863 (which was ...
While the 140th District leans blue, it’s part of a key swing county. Galloway, who had held the seat for 16 years until he resigned , ran unopposed in 2022 and defeated his Republican opponent ...
Men Wanted for the Invalid Corps notice, 1863 10th VRC band in Washington, 1865. The Veteran Reserve Corps (originally the Invalid Corps) was a military reserve organization created within the Union Army during the American Civil War to allow partially disabled or otherwise infirm soldiers (or former soldiers) to perform light duty, freeing non-disabled soldiers to serve on the front lines.