PENNSYLVANIA TWO HUNDRED and TWELFTH INFANTRY (SIXTH ARTILLERY) (One Year)

Sixth Artillery. Col., Charles Barnes; Lieut.-Col., Joseph B. Copeland; Majs., Robert H. Long, Joseph R. Kemp, Frank H. White. More men than the standard required had been recruited for the 54th artillery, the 204th of the line, and it was therefore decided to organize the 6th artillery, which became the 212th regiment. It was mostly composed of men from the counties of Allegheny, Butler, Westmoreland, Fayette, Washington and Lawrence, who rendezvoused at Camp Reynolds, Pittsburg, and were mustered into the U. S. service during the first half of Sept., 1864, for one year. On Sept. 17 the regiment left for Washington, where it was assigned to the 2nd brigade of DeRussy's division, then garrisoning the defenses of the capital. On the 29th it was detached, to perform railroad guard duty on the Orange & Alexandria railroad between Alexandria and Manassas, with headquarters at Fairfax Court House. It was engaged in this service until about the middle of November when it returned to the defenses of Washington. Thus far it had served as infantry, but the men were now drilled as artillery and soon became proficient in this arm of the service. It remained in the forts about Washington until June 13, 1865, when it was mustered out at Fort Ethan Allen, returned to Camp Reynolds, where the men were finally paid and discharged on the 17th.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 1

Pennsylvania 6th Heavy Artillery (Union)

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