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The Philadelphia Brigade fought here on September 17, 1862, where it lost 545 men. It was mustered into U.S. service in 1861 under the first call for 300,000 three-year volunteers, and from 1861 to 1865 its total enrollment was 5,320 men. The brigade was organized from the Sixty-ninth, Seventy-first, Seventy-second, and One hundred and sixth Regiments of Pennsylvania Infantry in the Second Corps. During its term of service from 1861 to 1865, it took part in the operations, battles, and skirmishes of the Army of the Potomac from Balls Bluff to Appomattox, with a total loss of 3,409 men.
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Keedysville, Maryland · United States
