Comprised of men from Bradford, Centre, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Lancaster, Lycoming, Northumberland and Union County.
Organized at Camp Curtin in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, June 1861.
The companies comprising the Fifth Regiment were recruited in the counties of Centre, Lancaster, Huntingdon, Lycoming, Northumberland, Clearfield, Union and Bradford. They were ordered to report at Camp Curtin, where on the 20th of June the regiment was organized by the choice of the following…Read More