Lower Merion Historical Society

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81st Pa. Infantry

Regiment recruited in 1861 in Philadelphia, Carbon and Luzerne Counties. Attached to Army of the Potomac (II Corps). Took part in 23 combat operations including Seven Pines, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor and Petersburg. 306 enlisted men and officers succumbed to injury or illness. 3 men died at Andersonville. Regiment mustered out June 29, 1865. 12 of its men transited Camp Discharge, including 1 Andersonville survivor.

12 Men at Camp Discharge

POW Held as a Confederate prisoner of war
POW/A Held at Andersonville prison, Georgia