PENNSYLVANIA TWO HUNDRED and FIRST INFANTRY (One Year)

Two Hundred and First Infantry. Col., F. Asbury Awl; Lieut.Col., J. Wesley Awl; Maj., John T. Morgan. The 201st regiment, principally from Dauphin county, was mustered into the S. service at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, Aug. 18 to 29, 1864, for one year. It was the first ready for duty of the ten regiments furnished by the state under the president's call of July 18, 1864, for 500,000 men, been recruited to the maximum strength in less than 30 days. All the field officers had served in the 127th regiment and many of the line officers and men had been in the service before. Immediately after its organization it proceeded to Chambersburg, where it was schooled and drilled for a short period. On Sept. 17 Co. H was detailed for special duty at the general hospital in York; F and G were ordered to Bloody run, where they reported to Gen. Ferry, commanding the Juniata District; a little later Co. F was sent to McConnellsburg, where it was employed during the fall and winter in arresting and forwarding deserters; Co. E was detailed on Sept. 18, for provost duty at Scranton; the main body of the regiment performed guard duty on the Manassas gap railroad near Gainesville and Thoroughfare gap until Nov. 13, and was then placed in Camp Slough, Alexandria, on guard duty. On May 26 1865, it was ordered to Fort Delaware, where it remained until the close of its term. It was mustered out at Harrisburg on June 21, 1865.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 1

Pennsylvania 201st Volunteer Infantry (Union)

29/8/64

Organized - Pennsylvania 201st Volunteer Infantry - Pennsylvania

21/6/65

Mustered Out - Pennsylvania 201st Volunteer Infantry - Pennsylvania

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