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 | | Civil War Veterans Buried In Union & West End Cemeteries
Allentown, Pennsylvania |
Some of the Military units (there were others) in which men from Lehigh County served follows:
| 5th Pennsylvania Militia | |
| 27th Pennsylvania Militia | |
| 38th Pennsylvania Militia | |
| 41st Pennsylvania Militia | |
| 46th Pennsylvania Volunteers | |
| 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers | |
| 54th Pennsylvania Volunteers | |
| 104th Pennsylvania Volunteers | |
| 128th Pennsylvania Volunteers | |
| 129th Pennsylvania Volunteers | |
| 147th Pennsylvania Volunteers | |
| 153rd Pennsylvania Volunteers | |
| 167th Pennsylvania Drafted Militia | |
| 176th Pennsylvania Drafted Militia | |
| 202nd Pennsylvania Volunteers | |
| 209th Pennsylvania Volunteers | |
The following is an estimate of the number of men from Lehigh County that served with units raised in Lehigh County during the Civil War:
3-Year Volunteers
| Regiment | Company | Number |
| 46th Pennsylvania Volunteers | C | 58 |
| 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers | B | 58 |
| 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers | F | 58 |
| 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers | G | 58 |
| 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers | I | 58 |
| 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers | K | 58 |
| 54th Pennsylvania Volunteers | K | 58 |
| 92nd Pennsylvania Volunteers | A | 58 |
| 147th Pennsylvania Volunteers | H | 58 |
| Total | 9 | 1,107 |
Nine Month Volunteers
| Regiment | Company | Number |
| 128th Pennsylvania Volunteers | D | 81 |
| 128th Pennsylvania Volunteers | G | 101 |
| Total | 2 | 182 |
Nine Month Drafted Militia
| Regiment | Company | Number |
| 176th Pennsylvania Volunteers | A | 81 |
| 176th Pennsylvania Volunteers | B | 101 |
| 176th Pennsylvania Volunteers | D | 81 |
| 176th Pennsylvania Volunteers | E | 101 |
| 176th Pennsylvania Volunteers | G | 81 |
| 176th Pennsylvania Volunteers | I | 101 |
| 176th Pennsylvania Volunteers | K | 81 |
| Total | 7 | 460 |
One Year Volunteers
| Regiment | Company | Number |
| 202nd Pennsylvania Volunteers | E | 81 |
| 209th Pennsylvania Volunteers | H | 101 |
| Total | 2 | 205 |
State Service Militia 1862 - Thirty Days
| Regiment | Company | Number |
| 5th Pennsylvania Militia | F&S | 4 |
| 5th Pennsylvania Militia | C | 85 |
| 5th Pennsylvania Militia | F | 85 |
| 5th Pennsylvania Militia | G | 85 |
| 5th Pennsylvania Militia | H | 85 |
| Total | 4 | 344 |
Militia 1863 - Thirty Days
| Regiment | Company | Number |
| 27th Pennsylvania Troops | H | 80 |
| 38th Pennsylvania Militia | B | 100 |
| 38th Pennsylvania Militia | C | 13 |
| 38th Pennsylvania Militia | I | 79 |
| 41st Pennsylvania Militia | D | 88 |
| 41st Pennsylvania Militia | I | 77 |
| 41st Pennsylvania Militia | K | 76 |
| Total | 7 | 513 |
It is estimated that about 200 Lehigh County men served in companies not raised in Lehigh County. Also, the above calculations did not take into account the fact that some individuals served in two or more units at various times during the conflict.
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