. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . nal Guards organization, an effective and popular regi-ment, ready for any service required of it, was known in the Reservebrigade as the First Blue The 3d Regiment, Reserve Brigade, commanded by Col. Constant , served as the 25th Regiment, under the emergency call of Sep-tember, 1862, as guards at Camp Brandy wine, Delaware, for the protec-tion of the Dupont Powder works. The 4th Regiment, known as the Second Blue Reserves, was ident-ified, under Col. Alfred Day, as the 8th Regiment in the Emergencyforce of Se
. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . nal Guards organization, an effective and popular regi-ment, ready for any service required of it, was known in the Reservebrigade as the First Blue The 3d Regiment, Reserve Brigade, commanded by Col. Constant , served as the 25th Regiment, under the emergency call of Sep-tember, 1862, as guards at Camp Brandy wine, Delaware, for the protec-tion of the Dupont Powder works. The 4th Regiment, known as the Second Blue Reserves, was ident-ified, under Col. Alfred Day, as the 8th Regiment in the Emergencyforce of September, 1862, and as the 33d Regiment, Col. William WTaylor, in the Emergency Campaign of July, 1863. *The militia of the State of Pennsylvania was re-organized by Act of As-sembly dated April 7th, 1870, and by a supplement to the Act of 1864, as theNational Guard of the State of Pennsylvania, and thereafter the regimentalcommands were numbered serially. The 1st Regiment, Gray Reserves, retainedits original number. ■{■Historic Militia Commands of the HISTORIC MILITIA COMMANDS OF THE CITY F ROM these well-trained bodies of State and independent soldieryhundreds of officers, many of whom gained high rank, were sup-plied to the volunteer regiments of Pennsylvania and of otherStates. THE FIRST TROOP, PHILADELPHIA CITY CAVALRY
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