. Philadelphia in the Civil War, 1861 1865 . , Mine Run, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy, Cold Har-bor, Petersburg, Strawberry Plain, Deep Bottom, Reams Station, Boydton Road,Dabne/s Mill, Hatchers Run, Appomattox Court House. SEVENTY=FIRST REGIMENT INFANTRY Colonel Edward D. Baker to October 21st, li^ Isaac J. Wistar to November 29th, R. Penn Smith to July 2d, 1864. Total Enrollment, 1,665 Officers and Men.* THE story of the formation of this command as the ist Cali-fornia Regiment has been outlined upon preceding pages. Soonafter the death of Col. Edw
. Philadelphia in the Civil War, 1861 1865 . , Mine Run, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy, Cold Har-bor, Petersburg, Strawberry Plain, Deep Bottom, Reams Station, Boydton Road,Dabne/s Mill, Hatchers Run, Appomattox Court House. SEVENTY=FIRST REGIMENT INFANTRY Colonel Edward D. Baker to October 21st, li^ Isaac J. Wistar to November 29th, R. Penn Smith to July 2d, 1864. Total Enrollment, 1,665 Officers and Men.* THE story of the formation of this command as the ist Cali-fornia Regiment has been outlined upon preceding pages. Soonafter the death of Col. Edward D. Baker at Balls Bluff, a lament-able affair in which the regiment lost heavily, the brigade wasclaimed as a part of its quota by the State of Pennsylvania and was socredited. The four commands were designated the 69th, the 71st,72& and io6th Regiments, and became the Philadelphia Brigade,Pennsylvania Infantry. Upon recovery from his wounds, inflicted at BallsBluff, Isaac J. Wistar became colonel of the 71st. The neglected little military cemetery at Balls Bluff. W. W. Burns commanded the brigade, which was attached to SedgwicksDivision of the Second Corps. Early in 1862 the 71st was engagedunder Gen. N. P. Banks in West Virginia. The Philadelphia Brigadewas soon transferred to the Virginia peninsula, where Gen. McClellanwas operating against the enemy at Yorktown and Williamsburg. TheUnion advance was pushed to within sight of Richmond. At Fair Oaksthe 71st was engaged in constant fighting and skirmishing for fourweeks. After the battle of Gaines Mills the change of base from the ♦A portion of this regiment was recruited at Odd Fellows Hall, Frankford. 89 go Chickahominy River to the James River developed several attacks uponthe armys endless wagon trains, in the course of which the regimentparticipated in four battles, making repeated charges and losing manyofficers and men before resting at Malvern Hill. At Harrisons Landing,upon the James Rive
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