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68th Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Bibliography
Source:Â Â U. S. Army Heritage and Education Center
(formerly the U. S. Army Military History Institute)
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laf;dan Apr 92Bates, Samuel P. Â Â History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot, 1993. Vol. 4, pp. 673-96 (13 photocopied pages). E527B32.1993v6. (Brief history and roster of the regiment).
Dyer, Frederick H. Â Â A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Â Vol. 2. Â Â Dayton, OH: Morningside, 1979. Â Â Ref. See p. 1596 (1 photocopied pages) for a concise summary of the regiment’s service.
Pennsylvania. Gettysburg Battlefield Comm. Pennsylvania at Gettysburg: Ceremonies at the Dedication of the Monuments Erected by the Commonwealth…. Vol. 1. Harrisburg, PA: Wm S Ray, 1914. pp. 393-402 (6 photocopied pages). E475.53P422v1. (Addresses delivered at the dedication of the regimental monument and a photo of that monument at the Gettysburg National Military Park).
Sauers, Richard A. Advance the Colors!: Pennsylvania Civil War Battle Flags. Vol. 1. Hbg, PA: Capitol Preservation Comm, 1987. pp. 186-87 (2 photocopied pages). E527.4S38.1987v1. (Brief unit history with emphasis on the regimental flags).
Taylor, Frank H. Philadelphia in the Civil War. Phila: By the City, 1913. pp. 83-84(2 photocopied pages). E527.97P54T39. (Brief history of the unit).
Our Photo Archive includes images of individuals of this unit.
The following pertinent personal papers are in the Institute’s Manuscript Archive:
Pennsylvania 68th Infantry Regimental Papers – BrakeColl (Enlisted man’s diary, Jul l-7, 1863)