197th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

Union Army infantry regiment 197th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry File:Pennsylvania State Flag 1863 pubdomain.jpg State Flag of Pennsylvania, circa 1863. 22 July – 11 November 1864 United States of America Union Union Army Infantry 932 officers and men (total enrollment) The 197th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, alternately the 3rd Coal Exchange Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Union Army in the American Civil War. Raised in Philadelphia in mid-1864, the regiment was made up of Hundred Days Men in an effort to augment existing manpower for an all-out push to end the war within 100 days, and spent most of its service guarding Confederate prisoners of war at Rock Island. History left|thumb|A newspaper recruiting advertisement for the regiment, showing the bounty offered thumb|305x305px|A newspaper recruiting advertisement for the regiment The regiment was organized at Camp Cadwalader near Philadelphia on 22 July 1864, under the command of volunteer officer Colonel John R. Haslett, who had worked as a house painter before the war.Hunt 2007 80 It was alternately known as the 3rd Coal Exchange Regiment due to its having been organized with the assistance of the Coal Exchange Association of Philadelphia, and had a total enrollment of 932. All companies were recruited in Philadelphia, except for a portion of one company in Montgomery County.Taylor 1913 278–279 According to Samuel Penniman Bates' official history, "a large proportion" of the regiment were "well schooled soldiers." Shortly after its organization, the regiment was sent to Camp Bradford at Mankin's Woods near Baltimore on 29 July,Taylor 1913 354 where it trained for two weeks. From there, it entrained for Rock Island in August to guard Confederate prisoners of war. The number of guards was insufficient for the task, and this placed pressure on the 197th, which repeated the 133rd Illinois Infantry's practice of firing upon prisoners, but was otherwise undistinguished.McAdams 2000 109 The regiment returned to Philadelphia at the end of its term, and was mustered out there on 11 November.Bates 1871 450 During its service, six men of the regiment died of disease.Dyer 1908 1624 Notable personnel Emmet Crawford, who later served as a United States Army officer during the Apache Wars, served as first sergeant of Company K.Bates 1871 462Nalty Strobridge 1966 207–208 Future Pennsylvania National Guard General Wendell P. Bowman served as a corporal in Company K.Latta 1912 155 See also American Civil War Pennsylvania List of Pennsylvania Civil War regiments Pennsylvania in the Civil War References Citations Bibliography https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa&cc=moa&sid=778308149b189f58bf191421757c33c6&q1=One%20Hundred%20and%20Ninety-Seventh%20Regiment&idno=ABY3439.0005.001&view=image&seq=00000478 History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5 Bates Samuel P. State Printer 1871 V Harrisburg https://archive.org/details/08697590.3359.emory.edu A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Dyer Frederick H. Dyer Publishing Company 1908 Des Moines, IA https://books.google.com/books?id=7X97CKjWKLcC Colonels in Blue: Union Army Colonels of the Civil War : the Mid-Atlantic States : Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia Hunt Roger D. Stackpole Books 2007 9780811702539 Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania https://archive.org/details/historyoffirstre02latt History of the First Regiment Infantry, National Guard of Pennsylvania Latta James W. J.B. Lippincott 1912 Philadelphia https://archive.org/details/rebelsatrockisla00bent Rebels at Rock Island: The Story of a Civil War Prison McAdams Benton Northern Illinois University Press 2000 9780875802671 DeKalb registration Nalty Bernard C. Strobridge Truman R. April 1966 Emmet Crawford, Pennsylvania Volunteer Turned Indian Fighter https://journals.psu.edu/phj/article/viewFile/23147/22916 Pennsylvania History 33 2 204–214 https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028861842 Philadelphia in the Civil War Taylor Frank H. City of Philadelphia 1913 Philadelphia External links 197th Pennsylvania Rosters Category:Military units and formations established in 1864 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1864 Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Pennsylvania