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Pennsylvania 151st Volunteer Infantry (Union)

10/1/62

Organized - Pennsylvania 151st Volunteer Infantry - Pennsylvania

4/30/63

Battle - Chancellorsville - Spotsylvania County, Virginia

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Chancellorsville

On April 27, 1863, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker launched a turning movement designed to pry Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia out of its lines at Fredericksburg.READ MORE

7/1/63

Leadership Change - Regiment - Colonel Harrison Allen, Captain Walter L. Owens, and Lieutenant Colonel George F. McFarland

ColonelHarrison Allen

CaptainWalter L. Owens

Lieutenant ColonelGeorge F. McFarland

7/1/63

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Thomas A. Rowley, and Colonel Chapman Biddle

Brigadier GeneralThomas A. Rowley

ColonelChapman Biddle

7/1/63

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Thomas A. Rowley, and Major General Abner Doubleday

Brigadier GeneralThomas A. Rowley

Major GeneralAbner Doubleday

7/1/63

Leadership Change - Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel George F. McFarland

Lieutenant ColonelGeorge F. McFarland

7/1/63

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Chapman Biddle

7/1/63

Leadership Change - Brigade - Brigadier General Thomas A. Rowley

Brigadier GeneralThomas A. Rowley

7/1/63

Battle - Gettysburg - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

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Gettysburg

In the summer of 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee launched his second invasion of the Northern states. Lee sought to capitalize on recent Confederate victories and defeat the Union army on Northern soil, which he hoped would force the Lincoln administration to negotiate for peace. Lee also sought to take the war out of the ravaged Virginia farmland and gather supplies for his Army of Northern Virginia. Using the Shenandoah Valley as cover for his army, Lee was pursued first by Union Maj. Gen. Joseph Ho…READ MORE

7/27/63

Mustered Out - Pennsylvania 151st Volunteer Infantry - Pennsylvania

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