19th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

Union Army infantry regiment 19th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Flag of Pennsylvania.svg 200 Pennsylvania flag April 27, 1861 – August 29, 1861 USA 1864 United States Union United States Army/Union Army Infantry Philadelphia Light Guard Peter Lyle Colonel Pennsylvania U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861–1865 18th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment 20th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment The 19th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was a three-month infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Dyer 1908 1584 Federal Publishing Company 1908 364 Service This regiment was organized at Philadelphia and mustered into federal service on May 1, 1861.Dyer 1908 1584 Federal Publishing Company 1908 364 This regiment was also a Philadelphia militia regiment and was recruited in that city. It was known as the Philadelphia Light Guard. After mustering in, it went into camp near Philadelphia.Federal Publishing Company 1908 364 In May the regiment was ordered to Baltimore and encamped at Locust Point. Later, it moved to Patterson's park and at Mount Clare. It performed guard and police duty in Baltimore. At the end of its initial term, it extended to the end of August until relieved and mustered out on August 29, at Philadelphia.Civil War in the East, 19th Pennsylvania (2009)Federal Publishing Company 1908 364 Organizational affiliation Attached to the defenses of Baltimore in the Department of AnnapolisCivil War in the East, Department of Annapolis – May 1861 (2009) commanded by Brigadier General Benjamin F. ButlerA colorful and often controversial figure on the national stage and on the Massachusetts political scene, Butler was an American soldier, politician, lawyer, and businessman from Massachusetts. Born in New Hampshire and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts, Butler is best known as a political major general of the U. S. Army during the American Civil War and for his leadership role in the impeachment of U.S. President Andrew Johnson. He served five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and running several campaigns for governor before his election to that office in 1882. (until May 15) and then Major General George Cadwalader.A Philadelphia native from a prominent family, Cadwalader was an officer in the Pennsylvania militia and a general in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War and American Civil War. In 1834, a commander of the First Brigade, First Division of the Pennsylvania State Militia, he was criticized for his weak role in the Philadelphia anti-Catholic riots. Cadwalader refused to allow the militia to take action as rioters destroyed the Irish-Catholic neighborhood on Kensington in May 1844. When he did call out the militia five days after the violence began, his troops primarily stood as observers and did not actively try to suppress the riots. Cadwalader argued that he could not do so without express order from the governor. As a result, state law was changed several years later to permit emergency action without express approval from the governor. Two months later in July, during three days of rioting in Southwark, a largely Catholic neighborhood in South Philadelphia, Cadwalader ordered his troops to fire into the crowd of nativists trying to destroy St. Philip Neri Church, resulting in the deaths of twelve rioters and two militiamen, with many more injured. The ensuing concern over the use of the military against civilian populations and led directly to the creation of a much stronger and more professional police force in Philadelphia. He served in the Mexican-American War seeing action at Contreras, Churubusco, and Chapultepec, being brevetted major general in the Regular Army, September 13, 1847. When the Civil War broke out, Cadwalader immediately volunteered and was appointed major general of Pennsylvania Volunteers by Governor Andrew Curtin in April 1861. As military commander in Maryland, where Union communications were being threatened by local Confederate sympathizers, he was involved in the famous Ex parte Merryman habeas corpus case. Commissioned major general in the United States Volunteers, he Cadwalader commanded the post at Corinth, Mississippi, returning to command the post at Philadelphia and successively the District of Philadelphia, the District of the Brandywine, and the District of the Susquehanna before resigning in July 1865. List of battles The regiment participated in no battles during its service.Dyer 1908 1584 Federal Publishing Company 1908 364 Detailed serviceDyer 1908 1584 Federal Publishing Company 1908 364 Left Philadelphia for Baltimore, MD., May 10 Provost duty near Fort McHenry till August Mustered out in Philadelphia, August 29, 1861 Casualties The regiment suffered no losses during its service. Regimental staffFederal Publishing Company 1908 364 Colonel Peter Lyle Lieutenant-Colonel D.W.C. Baxter Major W. Fritz See also American Civil War Pennsylvania List of Pennsylvania Civil War Units Pennsylvania in the Civil War References Footnotes 50em Citations 40em Sources 40em Bates Samuel P. Samuel Penniman Bates Three Months Service-Three Years Service, Fiftieth Infantry Regiment https://archive.org/details/historyofpennsyl01bate/page/176/mode/1up B. Singerly, State Printer Harrisburg, PA 1869 History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5; prepared in compliance with acts of the legislature I 1887553 02015897 1st en pdf 176-184 June 15, 2026 University of Pittsburgh Library System Dyer Frederick H. Frederick H. 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Department of Annapolis – May 1861 The Civil War in the East 2009 https://civilwarintheeast.com/us-army-may-61/dept-annapolis-1861-may/ Civil War in the East, Department of Annapolis – May 1861 (2009) September 7, 2023 Category:Military units and formations established in 1861 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1861 Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Pennsylvania Category:1861 establishments in Pennsylvania