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Pennsylvania Regiments at the Seven Days Battles – Corps & Generals

The Seven Days Battles, occurring from 25 June 1862 to 1 Jul 1862, resulted in a retreat of Union forces away from the Confederate capital of Richmond and down the Virginia peninsula.  The Union Army was headed by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan and the Confederate Army by Gen. Robert E. Lee.  Battles took place […]

Corp. James Cox – 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry

James Cox (1833-1909), who was the son of Samuel Cox and Hannah [Padmore] Cox, was born in Abersychan, Montmouthshire, England on 15 November 1833.  Four years later his parents brought him to America along with his siblings Ben and and Mary.  At first they settled in Minersville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania but later moved to Swatara, […]

Photographic History – Index to Pennsylvania Regiments

(Part 12 of 12).  A condensed version of the index found in Volume X of The Photographic History of the Civil War:  Armies and Leaders, with reference to specific Pennsylvania regiments included in the ten volumes of The Photographic History. The year 1911 was the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War.  In […]