History of the Eighty-fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry 1861-1865 [electronic resource]: comprising an authentic narrative of Casey's division at the Battle of Seven Pines . -??- /, fa^L^Z^Z. The Eighty-Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry A Chronological Historical Narrative from Its Organization until Mustered Out, with a Full Record of the Services of the Original Officers and Men, Veterans and Recruits. CHAPTER I. The Inception of the Organization of the Regiment, Camp Lafayette,Uniontown, Pa.—Departure for Seat of War.—Arrival at Camp Casey,near Washington, D. C From August
History of the Eighty-fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry 1861-1865 [electronic resource]: comprising an authentic narrative of Casey's division at the Battle of Seven Pines . -??- /, fa^L^Z^Z. The Eighty-Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry A Chronological Historical Narrative from Its Organization until Mustered Out, with a Full Record of the Services of the Original Officers and Men, Veterans and Recruits. CHAPTER I. The Inception of the Organization of the Regiment, Camp Lafayette,Uniontown, Pa.—Departure for Seat of War.—Arrival at Camp Casey,near Washington, D. C From August 2 to November 22, 1861. The Eighty-fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Infantry, was recruitedduring the months of August, September, October and November, 1861, fromfour counties in the extreme southwestern part of the State, all of which werebordered by the famous Mason and Dixon Line, viz.: Somerset, Fayette,Greene and Washington, the two former being separated from the State ofMaryland by the original Mason and Dixon survey, and the three latter fromVirginia (now West Virginia). The initial step toward the organization of this Regiment was taken byJoshua B. Howell, for thirty-three yea
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