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The 150th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, serving in the 2d Brigade, 3d Division, 1st Corps, fought on July 1, 1863, near Chambersburg Pike beyond the town, where it lost 53 killed, 134 wounded, and 77 missing, a total of 264 out of 397 engaged. On July 2, in the evening, it skirmished to Emmitsburg Road in front of this position, recovering two guns, and remained on the skirmish line until morning. On July 3, it held this position under heavy fire until the close of battle. The regiment was recruited in Phila., Crawford, McKean, and Union Counties, mustered in on Sept. 4, 1862, and mustered out June 23, 1865.
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