Private Allen Vandegrift enlisted in Company A, 71st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, "The Fire Zouave Regiment", on May 21, 1861 and mustered out on July 2, 1864.
This regiment was recruited by a good friend of Abraham Lincoln, Col. Edward D. Baker a U.S. Senator from California. Not having been recognized by either Pennsylvania or New York, ( it was headquartered in New York), it was treated as belonging to the regular army . It was not until after the Battle at Ball's Bluff, Virgina, a disastrous day for the regiment where Col Baker and three hundred and twelve of his men were lost, that the regiment was reorganized and claimed as a part of the quota of Pennsylvania. Subsequently it became a part of the Army of The Potomac and fought in every engagement from Fair Oaks through to Cold Harbor after which the term of service of the regiment had expired. Accordingly, in pursuance of orders, the veterans and recruits were transferred to the Sixty-ninth, and withdrawing from the front line of breastworks, under cover of darkness, it moved to White House, and thence via Washington to Philadelphia.
Upon its arrival it was publicly received by the authorities, and escorted through the city by several military organizations. Of the twenty-two hundred who had stood in its ranks, only one hundred and fifty-three returned. It was mustered out of service on the 2d of July, 1864.
This regiment was recruited by a good friend of Abraham Lincoln, Col. Edward D. Baker a U.S. Senator from California. Not having been recognized by either Pennsylvania or New York, ( it was headquartered in New York), it was treated as belonging to the regular army . It was not until after the Battle at Ball's Bluff, Virgina, a disastrous day for the regiment where Col Baker and three hundred and twelve of his men were lost, that the regiment was reorganized and claimed as a part of the quota of Pennsylvania. Subsequently it became a part of the Army of The Potomac and fought in every engagement from Fair Oaks through to Cold Harbor after which the term of service of the regiment had expired. Accordingly, in pursuance of orders, the veterans and recruits were transferred to the Sixty-ninth, and withdrawing from the front line of breastworks, under cover of darkness, it moved to White House, and thence via Washington to Philadelphia.
Upon its arrival it was publicly received by the authorities, and escorted through the city by several military organizations. Of the twenty-two hundred who had stood in its ranks, only one hundred and fifty-three returned. It was mustered out of service on the 2d of July, 1864.
Private Allen Vandegrift enlisted in Company A, 71st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, "The Fire Zouave Regiment", on May 21, 1861 and mustered out on July 2, 1864.
This regiment was recruited by a good friend of Abraham Lincoln, Col. Edward D. Baker a U.S. Senator from California. Not having been recognized by either Pennsylvania or New York, ( it was headquartered in New York), it was treated as belonging to the regular army . It was not until after the Battle at Ball's Bluff, Virgina, a disastrous day for the regiment where Col Baker and three hundred and twelve of his men were lost, that the regiment was reorganized and claimed as a part of the quota of Pennsylvania. Subsequently it became a part of the Army of The Potomac and fought in every engagement from Fair Oaks through to Cold Harbor after which the term of service of the regiment had expired. Accordingly, in pursuance of orders, the veterans and recruits were transferred to the Sixty-ninth, and withdrawing from the front line of breastworks, under cover of darkness, it moved to White House, and thence via Washington to Philadelphia.
Upon its arrival it was publicly received by the authorities, and escorted through the city by several military organizations. Of the twenty-two hundred who had stood in its ranks, only one hundred and fifty-three returned. It was mustered out of service on the 2d of July, 1864.
This regiment was recruited by a good friend of Abraham Lincoln, Col. Edward D. Baker a U.S. Senator from California. Not having been recognized by either Pennsylvania or New York, ( it was headquartered in New York), it was treated as belonging to the regular army . It was not until after the Battle at Ball's Bluff, Virgina, a disastrous day for the regiment where Col Baker and three hundred and twelve of his men were lost, that the regiment was reorganized and claimed as a part of the quota of Pennsylvania. Subsequently it became a part of the Army of The Potomac and fought in every engagement from Fair Oaks through to Cold Harbor after which the term of service of the regiment had expired. Accordingly, in pursuance of orders, the veterans and recruits were transferred to the Sixty-ninth, and withdrawing from the front line of breastworks, under cover of darkness, it moved to White House, and thence via Washington to Philadelphia.
Upon its arrival it was publicly received by the authorities, and escorted through the city by several military organizations. Of the twenty-two hundred who had stood in its ranks, only one hundred and fifty-three returned. It was mustered out of service on the 2d of July, 1864.
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