PENNSYLVANIA ONE HUNDRED and SEVENTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY (Nine Months)

One Hundred and Seventy-seventh Infantry. Col., George B. Wiestling; Lieut.-Col., Hugh J. Brady; Maj., John Power. The 177th was a militia regiment recruited in the counties of Lycoming, Susquehanna, Dauphin, Luzerne, Perry and Indiana, and rendezvoused at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, where it was mustered into the U. S. service in Nov., 1862, for nine months, and proceeded to Washington on Dec. 3. Ordered to Suffolk, it was assigned to the brigade under Col. Gibbs. The regiment spent the winter in camp on the Nansemond, in clearing a pine forest across the river, and joining in frequent expeditions into the surrounding country. In March, 1863, it was sent to Deep creek on the Albemarle & Chesapeake canal to break up contraband trade. On July 10 it was transferred to Washington, thence to the Army of the Potomac in Maryland, and after a period of duty at Maryland heights returned to Pennsylvania. It was mustered out at Harrisburg on Aug. 7, 1863.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 1

Pennsylvania 177th Infantry Drafted Militia (Union)

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