30th Pa. Infantry (1st Pa. Reserves)

Regiment recruited in 1861 in Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, and Cumberland Counties. Attached to Army of the Potomac (I Corps, V Corps). Involved in 17 combat engagements including Seven Days, Mechanicsville, Savage Station, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor. Lost 175 enlisted men and officers to injury and sickness Mustered out June 10, 1864. 12 of its men went through Camp Discharge; 7 were Andersonville survivors.

12 Men at Camp Discharge

• Pvt. Franklin Aument, Company E POW/A
• Pvt. Miller Brady, Company D
• Pvt. John Elliot, Company E POW/A
• Pvt. Joseph Garret, Company H
• Pvt. Calvin Harbaugh, Company K POW/A
• Sgt. Abraham D. Heiser, Company H
• Cpl. Gottleib Hildwine, Company I POW/A
• Pvt. Passmore W. Hoopes, Company A POW/A
• Pvt. George Laird, Company F POW
• Pvt. William Moudy, Company I POW/A
• Pvt. William R. Paull, Company A
• Cpl. Hanford H. Rigg, Company A POW/A

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