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Decendant Brigade

The Camp Curtin Historical Society has created a new organization.  Membership in the Camp Curtin Descendant Brigade is open to men, women and children (12 years of age or older) who are direct or collateral descendants of a soldier who passed through Camp Curtin from April 18, 1861 to November 11, 1865.

 

Descendants of civilians who worked or volunteered at Camp Curtin are also eligible.  The Ladies Union Relief Association of Harrisburg is one of the civilian organizations that worked at Camp Curtin.

 

The application fee is $25.00 (make your check payable to Camp Curtin Historical Society). 

 

 

Accepted members will receive a membership medal, membership certificate, and a one year membership in the Society. Subsequent dues will be $15.00 per year.   

 

LINK TO CCDB APPLICATION PAGE

 

UNITS THAT PASSED THROUGH CAMP CURTIN

OR SUBSIDARY HARRISBURG CAMPS

 

PLEASE NOTE: Not all members of these units passed through Camp Curtin.  Each individual soldier will have to be documented by muster in/out rolls, pension records, hospital records, diaries, letters, etc.  We are always looking for documentation of other units.

 

Pennsylvania Volunteers (PV) Regiments: 1-16, 25, 28, 29, 30-44 (1-15 Reserves), 45-59, 61, 62, 64, 67, 68, 73-76, 78-81, 83-84, 87. 89, 92, 94, 100-103, 105-108, 110, 111, 114, 115, 116, 122-138, 140-143, 145, 147-151, 153, 155, 161-163, 166-169, 171-173, 176-179, 181, 182, 184, 185, 187, 190-192, 194, 195, 200-202, 205, 207-211.

 

Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiments: 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22.

 

Pennsylvania Independent Cavalry Troops/Companies: Baldwin, Brown (Luzerne), Comly, Jones, Lambert, Murray, Myers, Sanno, Stroud, Warren, Young (Middletown).

Pennsylvania Artillery Regiments: 1

 

Pennsylvania Independent Artillery Batteries: B, G, I, Dougherty, Hasting, Landis, Miller.

 

Pennsylvania Militia of 1862 Regiments: 1, 2, 7, 15, 20

 

Pennsylvania Emergency Militia of 1863 Regiments: 20, 26, 28, 29,  30-33, 35-37, 39, 40, 43-47, 49, 50, plus 1Independent Battalion of Infantry, and 1 Independent Battalion of Cavalry.

 

Units from other states: 1, 2, 4, 26 Michigan, 1 Minnesota, 1, 23 New Jersey, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, 13, 22, 23, 28, 37, 56, 65, 68, 71, 74, New York State National Guard, 11 NY Heavy Artillery, 176 NY Volunteer Infantry, 2, 4, 5, 6, 19, Wisconsin, Patterson’s Cavalry Company of 1st Virginia Union Volunteers.

 

United States Units: 2 US Cavalry Co E, 5 US Artillery Battery I.     

 

 

SUBSIDIARY CAMPS AROUND HARRISBURG

USED WHEN CAMP CURTIN WAS TOO CROWDED

(Might be mentioned in correspondence)

 

 

Camp Cameron

Camp Couch

Camp Cox

Camp Dodge

Camp Greble

Camp Hinks

Camp Keystone

Camp McClellan

Camp Necessity

Camp Return

Camp Russell

Camp Sands

Camp Simmons

Capital Park

Fort Couch

Fort Washington

Fort Yahoo

Skirmish/Battle of Oyster Point

Skirmish/Battle of Sporting Hill

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