. History of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birneys Zouaves : three months and three years service, Civil War .. . e war. The original brigade in which the Twenty-third Penn-sylvania served was composed of the Sixty-first Pennsylvania,Eighty-second (or Thirty-first Pennsylvania), Sixty-fifth (TheChasseurs), Sixty-seventh (First Long Island)—September,1862,—the One Hundred andTwenty-second New York wasadded while the brigade wasbivouacked at Ofutts CrossRoads on the Maryland Cam-paign. Upon the reorganiza-tion of the army under GeneralHooker in 1863, the Sixty-firstPennsylvan
. History of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birneys Zouaves : three months and three years service, Civil War .. . e war. The original brigade in which the Twenty-third Penn-sylvania served was composed of the Sixty-first Pennsylvania,Eighty-second (or Thirty-first Pennsylvania), Sixty-fifth (TheChasseurs), Sixty-seventh (First Long Island)—September,1862,—the One Hundred andTwenty-second New York wasadded while the brigade wasbivouacked at Ofutts CrossRoads on the Maryland Cam-paign. Upon the reorganiza-tion of the army under GeneralHooker in 1863, the Sixty-firstPennsylvania was detached aspart of the Light Brigade, andever afterwards remained inthe Third Brigade of the Sec-ond Division, Sixth the reorganization ofthe army in 1864 the OneHundred and Twenty-secondNew York was transferred tothe Third Brigade of the Second Division, Sixth Corps, wherethey remained until muster out. Upon the reorganization ofthe army in 1865, the Sixty-fifth New York was transferredto the Second Brigade, First Division, Sixth Corps, so on thefinal campaign the old brigade regiments were separated, the. CHARLES HOGG,Co. I). 17S HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT Eig-hty-second Pennsylvania being assigned to the ThirdBrigade, Sixth Corps. In the early days of the brigade there was more or lesstrouble until the field service began, when they became the best of friends. When theoriginal term of service ex-pired, the veterans and re-cruits of the Twenty-thirdPennsylvania were trans-ferred to the Eighty-secondPennsylvania, while those ofthe Sixty-seventh New Yorkwere transferred to the Sixty-fifth New York. It is saidthat the Sixty-fifth New York(The Chasseurs) had thehonor of being the last regi-ment of volunteers to be mus-tered out. While the otherregiments of the brigadeserved in two divisions of theCorps, the One Hundred and Twenty-second New York hadthe honor to wear the three colors of the Greek Cross, havingserved in all three divisions of the Six
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