Federal Regiment

72nd Pennsylvania Infantry

The 72nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was originally raised in Philadelphia by Colonel Edward D. Baker, as an effort to have the state of California represented by regiments in the Union Army. There were four regiments in the California Brigade. The 72nd was originally named the 3rd California Volunteer Infantry Regiment from August 1861 to October 1861. At that time, with the death of the brigade commander, Colonel Baker [Balls Bluff], the state of Pennsylvania reclaimed the brigade and renumbered the regiments as the 69th, 71st, 72nd and 106th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiments. Since all four regiments were predominantly raised in Philadelphia, they were brigaded together as the Philadelphia Brigade. This was the only brigade, throughout the Civil War, in the Union Army to bear its city's name.

Taken from: Philadelphia in the Civil War, 1861-1865, by Frank H. Taylor, published by the City of Philadelphia in 1913. - found online at the 72nd Pennsylvania reenactor's site

We have 66 individuals in the AotW database for this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?	Details*
A	Pvt	Curnan, John	KIA   09/17
A	Pvt	Edwards, William	KIA   09/17
A	Pvt	Evans, Tyson	KIA   09/17
A	Sgt	Gartland, John	KIA   09/17
A	Lt	Peabody, Adolphus W.	KIA   09/17
A	Pvt	Pike, Theodore	MIA   09/17
A	Pvt	Shaw, Albert J.	KIA   09/17
B	Sgt	Butler, William H.	MIA   09/17
B	Pvt	Murrow, William	KIA   09/17
B	Pvt	Walto, George M.	KIA   09/17
C	Pvt	McAleer, Philip	MWIA   09/17
C	Capt	Willetts, Peter H.	KIA   09/17
D	Pvt	Anderson, George L.	MWIA   09/17
D	Pvt	Baxter, B.	Died   10/02
D	Pvt	Conner, Edmund	MWIA   09/17
D	Pvt	Cornwall, John	MIA   09/17
D	Pvt	Harrigan, James	KIA   09/17
D	Pvt	Hesson, Bernard	KIA   09/17
D	Pvt	Longyear, Ernest	MWIA   09/17
D	Pvt	Martin, Francis	MWIA   09/17
D	Pvt	McCanna, John J.	MIA   09/17
D	Pvt	Neal, Joseph	MWIA   09/17
D	Pvt	Nock, William H. H.	KIA   09/17
E	Sgt	Ball, Samuel L.	MWIA   09/17
E	Pvt	Collier, Edmund Y.	MWIA   09/17
E	Pvt	Cooper, Charles C.	WIA   09/17
E	Pvt	Huntley, Louis D.	KIA   09/17
E	Sgt	Place, William	KIA   09/17
F	Pvt	Bauder, John F.	KIA   09/17
F	Pvt	Baxter, David	WIA   09/17
F	Pvt	Berg, William H.	KIA   09/17
F	Pvt	Henry, Joseph	WIA   09/17
F	Corp	Mackin, Peter	KIA   09/17
F	Sgt	Martin, William R.	KIA   09/17
F	Pvt	McAfee, William	KIA   09/17
F	Capt	McBride, Isaac	WIA   09/17
F	Corp	Slaven, Thomas	KIA   09/17
G	Pvt	Clark, James E.	MWIA   09/17
G	Pvt	Miller, Isaiah	WIA   09/17
G	Pvt	Mireer, William	WIA   09/17
G	Pvt	Oppenlander, Jacob	WIA   09/17
G	Capt	Roussel, Edward G.	MWIA   09/17
G	Pvt	Starr, James	WIA   09/17
H	Pvt	Wells, Charles B.	KIA   09/17
I	Pvt	Barger, William	KIA   09/17
I	Pvt	Brown, George	WIA   09/17
I	Pvt	Campbell, Daniel	KIA   09/17
I	Pvt	Cottrell, Edwin	KIA   09/17
I	Pvt	Dawson, William	KIA   09/17
I	Pvt	Dotter, Albert H.	KIA   09/17
I	Pvt	Hollingsworth, John	MWIA   09/17
I	Corp	Huber, Edward	KIA   09/17
I	Pvt	Humphries, John	WIA   09/17
I	Pvt	Reid, John	KIA   09/17
I	Pvt	Rever, Jacob	KIA   09/17
I	Pvt	Shutler, Bernard	KIA   09/17
L	Pvt	Smith, James P.	KIA   09/17
M	Pvt	Gibb, Davis A.	KIA   09/17
N	Pvt	Clark, John	MWIA   09/14
P	Sgt	Warren, Joseph	KIA   09/17
R	Lt	Park, Jr., Robert J.	MWIA   09/17
F&S	Col	Baxter, DeWitt Clinton
Unk	Pvt	Douglass, Edward	Died   00/00
Unk	Pvt	Haughliter, C. M.	Died   00/00
Unk	Pvt	Hectrick, J.	Died   00/00
Unk	Pvt	Shoemaker, William	Died   00/00

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