Problems Leading to Muster Out Formation: The 54th, 190th, 191st Pennsylvania Veteran...
The Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Infantry Corps, composed of 13 infantry regiments, formed in June 1861 for a three-year enlistment by Gov. Andrew Curtin. With a few minor exceptions, they were part of the Army...
When They Finally Went Home
June 28. 1865 - "Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, By virtue of Special Orders, No. 339, current series, from the adjutant general's office, this army, as an organization, ceases to exist."
Maybe on the paper...
Another Bucktail Regiment
Research of these two units has uncovered another piece of interesting information; the 190th Regiment was known unofficially as the Bucktails. I knew about the 134 Reserves, the original Bucktails, and the 149th and...
So Why Does A Man Reenlist?
Gen. William T. Sherman is given credit for saying it first, but it has been often repeated, "War is hell!" The past three years for the Pennsylvania Reserves fell under this description. Since they...
Jacob G. Chambers, 190th Reg’t., Pa. Vols.
JACOB G. CHAMBERS, M.D., who in 1882 abandoned the practice of his profession for the more congenial pursuits of farm life, is the possessor of a beautiful country estate located on section 11 of...
