Pennsylvanians in the Civil War

The Pennsylvania Civil War Project/Pennsylvanians in the Civil War

by Steve Maczuga, Population Research Institute

Pennsylvania Monument at Gettysburg National Battlefield, May 2005

This Pennsylvania Civil War Project uses the book:
History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5; prepared in compliance with acts of the legislature by Samuel P. Bates., Bates, Samuel P. (Samuel Penniman), 1827-1902.

The data from the Bates book is entered into an Excel Spreadsheet and then a SAS program imports the data and creates a few new variables. The SAS dataset is then exported into an ACCESS database and therefore can be accessed by COLD FUSION through web pages.

"Lest we forget..........."

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So far, data has been entered for the 1st through 25th Regiments (3 month service), Erie Regiment, Philadelphia City Cavalry, Independent Artillery Batteries, 11th, 23rd, 26th through 29th, 30th through 42nd (also known as 1st through 13th Pennsylvania Reserves), 43rd through 184th, 187th, 188th, 190th through 195th, and 200th through 215th Regiments of Pennsylvania Volunteers. Also, the 'First Five Companies', the 1st through 18th Regiments of 1862 Emergency Militia, the 3rd, 6th, 8th, 22nd, 24th, 25th, 32nd, 41st, 43rd, 45th and 127th Regiments of United States Colored Troops and 2 Independent Battalions of 1863 Emergency Militia have been entered.

Clicking on the Unit Listing/Rosters will give you a up-to-date listing of units currently in the database. As of August 15, 2008, there are 326,240 entries in this database.

The 184th and 195th Regiments were added to the database on August 15, 2008.

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