Cabinet Card Albumen of the 27th PA Infantry Monument / Sold

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Cabinet Card Albumen of the 27th PA Infantry Monument – Inventory Number: ALB 028 / Sold       “July 1, 1863. The Regiment moved with the Brigade on the afternoon to N.E. side of Gettysburg where it became actively engaged covering the retreat of the Corps. It then withdrew to this position where after dark of the 2nd it assisted in repulsing a desperate assault of the enemy.   It subsequently moved into the cemetery where it remained until the close of battle.” Present at Gettysburg – 19 officers and 305 men. Killed and mortally wounded 2 officers and 7 men. Wounded 3 officers and 23 men. Captured 1 officer and 75 men. Total 111. Inventory number: ALB 028 / Sold