196th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

Union Army infantry regiment 196th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry File:Pennsylvania State Flag 1863 pubdomain.jpg State Flag of Pennsylvania, circa 1863. 20 July–17 November 1864 United States of America Union Union Army Infantry 958 officers and men (total enrollment) The 196th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, alternately the 5th Union League 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 Camp Douglas. History alt=|left|thumb|A newspaper recruitment advertisement for the regiment|338x338px The regiment was organized at Camp Cadwalader near Philadelphia on 20 July 1864, under the command of printer and Volunteer officer Colonel Harmanus Neff;Hunt 2007 127–128 it had a total enrollment of 958.Taylor 1913 278 It was alternately known as the 5th Union League Regiment due to its being organized with the assistance of the Union League of Philadelphia. A week after its organization, on 27 July, the 196th Pennsylvania was sent to Camp Bradford at Mankin's Woods near Baltimore, attached to the 3rd Separate Brigade of VIII Corps. From there, it entrained for Chicago in mid-August, where it guarded Confederate prisoners of war at Camp Douglas. Company H was detached to perform provost duty at Springfield, Illinois on 26 August, and remained there until the end of its term. The regiment helped foil an escape on the night of 27 September by firing at outside sympathizers who had mobilized to facilitate the attempt.Levy 1999 243 In early November, the regiment was sent back to Philadelphia, and left for brief service at Fort Delaware on 5 November.Taylor 1913 355 It was mustered out at Philadelphia on 17 November,Bates 1871 436 having lost ten men to disease during its service.Dyer 1908 1624 Notable personnel Future baseball player Ned Cuthbert served with the regiment as a private in Company F.Bates 1871 443Morris 2013 249 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-Sixth%20Regiment&idno=ABY3439.0005.001&view=image&seq=00000464 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 Levy George https://books.google.com/books?id=0oy7Jp65qYcC&pg=PA443 To Die in Chicago: Confederate Prisoners at Camp Douglas 1862–1865 Gretna, Louisiana Pelican Publishing Company revised 1999 978-1-56554-331-7 1994 https://books.google.com/books?id=FQMRAAAAQBA Base Ball Founders: The Clubs, Players and Cities of the Northeast That Established the Game Morris Peter McFarland 2013 9781476603780 Jefferson, North Carolina Keystone Base Ball Club https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028861842 Philadelphia in the Civil War Taylor Frank H. City of Philadelphia 1913 Philadelphia External links 196th 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