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The Seventy-Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment ("75th Pennsylvania") was a unit of the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was composed almost entirely of German-speaking residents of Philadelphia and newly arrived German immigrants. Total enrollment, over the course of the war, was 1,293 officers and men. The 75th Pennsylvania participated in several major battles including Second Bull Run, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. The regiment was transferred to the Western Theater in September, 1863. There, it participated in operations in Tennessee, before it was mustered out of service on September 1, 1865, following the close of the war. ==Commanding Officers== Colonel Henry Bohlen (August 7, 1861 - April 28, 1862, promoted to brigadier general) Colonel Francis Mahler (April 1862 - July 1, 1863, killed at Gettysburg) Major August Ledig (July 1, 1863 - March 8, 1864, assumed command after Mahler wounded at Gettysburg) Lt. Colonel Alvin V. Matzdorff (March 8, 1864 - September 1, 1865, mustered out with regiment) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「75th Pennsylvania Infantry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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