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Col., Thomas A. Ziegle; Lieut.-Col., George J. Higgins ; Maj., Frank T. Bennett. The 16th was composed of five militia companies from Schuylkill county, four companies recruited in York county and one from Cumberland county, and was mustered in at Harrisburg from April 20 to 30, 1861. The company from Cumberland county volunteered for three years or during the war, being the first company from Pennsylvania to do so, and was mustered in for that term. The remainder of the regiment was mustered in for three months' service. The regiment was sent to York, then to Chambersburg and assigned to the 4th brigade, 1st division. It crossed the Potomac with the advance of the army; returned to the vicinity of Williamsport ; crossed again early in July ; moved to Martinsburg, Bunker Hill, Smithfield and Charlestown, and then returned to Harrisburg, where it was mustered out on July 30.
Roster:
The Roster of this unit contains the names of 986 men. Source:
The Union Army by Federal Publishing Company, 1908 - Volume 1 Bibliography:
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