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.
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