The 215th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (9th Union League) was an

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of the

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in the

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. It was raised in

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close to the end of the war, and spent most of its slightly more than three months of service guarding

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prisoners while garrisoning

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History

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The 1,117-strong 215th Pennsylvania Infantry was organized at

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on 21 April 1865, with men from

and the counties of Lancaster,

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, and

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, under the command of

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officer Colonel Francis Wister, the last Pennsylvania regiment raised for the war. Though most of the regiment was from Philadelphia, Company G was recruited at Easton in Northampton County. It was raised by the

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for a one year term of service to replace returning veteran units, and was also known as the 9th Union League Regiment. The regiment left Philadelphia on 26 April. After its organization, the regiment was sent to

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, and was split into detachments that served in Delaware and the

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on guard duty. The entire regiment was relocated to

in early June to guard Confederate prisoners and garrison the fort before being mustered out on 31 July. During its service, eleven men of the regiment died of disease.

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