186th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

186th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Also known as the 186th Pennsylvania or the 186th Pennsylvania Volunteers Pennsylvania State Flag 1863 pubdomain.jpg January 29 to May 31, 1864 - August 15, 1865. United States Union Union Army Infantry Provost duties 1,079 Philadelphia The 186th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, also known as the 186th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment , was an infantry regiment that served in the Union army during the American Civil War. Recruited from Philadelphia, and served in the Department of the East, the regiment spent its service conducting duty on Philadelphia and Fort Mifflin until they were mustered out.186th Pennsylvania Infantry in the American Civil War - https://civilwarindex.com/pa-186th-infantry/ 2026-05-28 en-US Organization The regiment was recruited in Philadelphia and was mustered into service from January 29 to May 31, 1864, for three years' service, under the command of Colonel Henry A. Frink, who had previously served as a Major and Lieutenant Colonel of the 11th Pennsylvania. Upon taking command of the regiment, He was appointed to be the Provost marshal of Philadelphia.186th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers https://www.pa-roots.com/pacw/infantry/186th/186thorg.html 2026-05-28 www.pa-roots.com Service After being mustered into service, the 1,079-strong regiment conduct provost duty in Philadelphia,Taylor Frank H. (Frank Hamilton) http://archive.org/details/cu31924028861842 Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865 Philadelphia. Supervisory Committee on Historical Book 1913 (([Philadelphia] : The City)) Cornell University Library its primary responsibilities included: Maintaining civil order guarding military installations in Philadelphia (notably Fort Mifflin)186th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment https://civilwarintheeast.com/us-regiments-batteries/pennsylvania/186th-pennsylvania-infantry/ 2026-05-28 The Civil War in the East en-US Overseeing prisoners and deserters On may 6, 1864, two companies were assigned to serve garrison duty for a draft rendezvous at Camp Cadwallader in Philadelphia.The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies Government Printing Office 1891 Series I XXXVII Washington, D.C. 399-400 while the unit was primarily stationed in Philadelphia, several companies were temporarily deployed outside the city. By the summer of 1864, four companies were stationed in Wilmington, Delaware. On July 10, 1864, Major General Lew Wallace requested that four companies of the 186th be returned to Philadelphia.The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies Government Printing Office 1891 Series I XXXVII Washington, D.C. 184 On May 9, 1865, The Department of the Susquehanna was directed by Major General Hancock to deploy a company from either the 186th or the 187th Pennsylvania Infantry to Greencastle, McConnellsburg and Bedford, Pennsylvania, to prevent border incursions by Confederate guerillas and horse thieves. Because of its assignments, the 186th wasn't attached to any field army or corps, and would continue its provost duties until August, 1865.https://collections.library.cornell.edu/moa_new/moa_root.html The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies Government Printing Office 1893 Series I XLVI Washington, D.C. 1122 The regiment was mustered out of service in Philadelphia, on August 15, 1865. Detailed service 1864-1865 Source:Dyer Frederick H. (Frederick Henry) http://archive.org/details/08697590.3359.emory.edu A compendium of the War of the Rebellion : compiled and arranged from official records of the federal and Confederate armies, reports of the adjutant generals of the several states, the army registers, and other reliable documents and sources 1908 Des Moines, Ia. : Dyer Pub. Co. Manuscript Emory University Organized at Philadelphia January 29 to May 31, 1864 Duty at Fort Miflin and on provost duty at Philadelphia entire term Mustered out August 15, 1865 Casualties The regiment lost 17 by disease. Commanders Colonel Henry A. Frink (Promoted to Brevet Brigadier General on 4 October 1865)United States. Adjutant-General's Office http://archive.org/details/cu31924092911092 Official army register of the volunteer force of the United States army for the years 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65 .. 1865 Washington Cornell University Library See also List of Pennsylvania Civil War regiments Pennsylvania in the Civil War References Category:1864 establishments in Pennsylvania Category:1865 disestablishments in Pennsylvania Category:Military units and formations established in 1864 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Pennsylvania Category:Infantry regiments of the United States Army