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The 51st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry served in the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Corps. At Antietam, its position was 385 yards south 70 degrees east, and its casualties there were 21 killed and 99 wounded, for a total of 120. The regiment was recruited in Montgomery, Northampton, Union Centre, Lycoming, and Snyder Counties. Its service included the battles of Roanoke Island, Newbern, Camden, Second Bull Run, Chantilly, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Vicksburg, Jackson, Campbell's Station, Knoxville, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, the Crater, Reams Station, Weldon Railroad, Hatcher's Run, and the assault on Petersburg.
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