. Red: white: and blue badge, Pennsylvania veteran volunteers. A history of the 93rd regiment, known as the "Lebanon infantry" and "One of the 300 fighting regiments" from September 12th, 1861, to June 27th, 1865 . tion of the city. We were at oncemarched along the line of a railroad track, with a train in readiness tocarry us to New York city at a moments notice, should our services be re-quired. As the elections passed over quietly, the Regiment on November11th returned to the Shenandoah Valley, where it remained until November30th, when it took up its march to Frederick City. The Regiment h
. Red: white: and blue badge, Pennsylvania veteran volunteers. A history of the 93rd regiment, known as the "Lebanon infantry" and "One of the 300 fighting regiments" from September 12th, 1861, to June 27th, 1865 . tion of the city. We were at oncemarched along the line of a railroad track, with a train in readiness tocarry us to New York city at a moments notice, should our services be re-quired. As the elections passed over quietly, the Regiment on November11th returned to the Shenandoah Valley, where it remained until November30th, when it took up its march to Frederick City. The Regiment had made long and weary marches before in which extremeheat predominated, but the march due to the guarding of trains of supply,was the severest of them all. The weather was cold, snow fell, followedby bitter cold winds, and as the men were not acclimated for it, intensesuffering was experienced by every one. The Regiment was placed incars at Frederick City Junction for Washington and were taken from thereby boat to Petersburg. And thus ended the campaign of 1S(»4 for the Regi-ment, in which it had made more marches by day and night, fought morebattles and lost more officers and men than any preceding COL. CHARLES W. ECKMAN. Part ^ix 1865 (316) 310 9SRD REGIMENT PENNA VETERAN VOLUNTEERS. CHAPTER XXXIV THE REGIMENT PARTICIPATES IN THE CHARGES OF MARCH 25TH AND APRIL 2ND, 1865, WHICH CAUSES THE CAPTURE OF PETERSBURG AND RICHMOND, VA. THE end of the war was iu sight at the opening of the year of war now narrowed down to a siege of Petersburg, after had spent two weeks and 15,000 men in trying to findsome weak spot in Lees lines. Gen. Early having been driven fromthe Shenandoah Valley by Sheridan, left Gen. Grant free from this timeto work out his campaign in his own way. With the opening of active operations, it was made manifest that thelosses of the army of the Potomac alone had been 88,387 men! The lossesof the Army of the James, raised the total to co
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