73rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
Union Army infantry regiment during American Civil War
The 73rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The 73rd Pennsylvania Infantry was organized at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania beginning in June 1861 and mustered in for a three year enlistment on September 19, 1861 under the command of Colonel John A. Koltes.
The regiment was attached to Steinwehr's Brigade, Blenker's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. 2nd Brigade, Blenker's Division, II Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April 1862. 2nd Brigade, Blenker's Division, Department of the Mountains, to June 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, I Corps, Army of Virginia, to September 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XI Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October 1863, and Army of the Cumberland to April 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, XX Corps, to July 1865.
The 73rd Pennsylvania Infantry mustered out July 14, 1865.
Detailed service
Left Pennsylvania for Washington, D.C., September 24.
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