Hi Laura, No ONE complete regiment was raised from Union County; however, there were several companies that were raised within the company. UNITS FROM UNION COUNTY Source: Sauers, Richard A. Advance the Colors!: Pennsylvania Civil War Battle Flags (Harrisburg, Capitol Preservation Committee, 1987) · 4th Infantry Co. G, "Lewisburg Infantry" (This company consisted of men from Union County.) · 34th Infantry (5th Reserves) Co. D, "Slifer Guards" (This company consisted of men from Union County.) · 51st Infantry Co. E, "Shriner Guards" (so called in the Union County Star & Lewisburg Chronicle, February 12, 1864) · 51st Infantry Co. H, "Linn Rifles" (so called in the Union County Star & Lewisburg Chronicle, February 12, 1864). Company supplemented by men from Lycoming and Snyder counties. · 51st Infantry Co. K, "Walls Guards" (so called in the Union County Star & Lewisburg Chronicle, February 12, 1864. Also called "Scott Guards" in the Northampton County Journal [Easton], November 6, 1861). Company supplemented by men from Northampton County. · 52nd Infantry Co. D, "Cameron Rifles" (so called in the Union County Star & Lewisburg Chronicle, May 23, 1862; another reference to the company on November 29, 1861.) Company supplemented by men from Snyder County. · 53rd Infantry Co. E (consisted of men from Carbon and Union counties) · 56th Infantry Co. F (consisted of men from Centre, Snyder and Union counties) · 74th Infantry Co. D (This company, first organized with men from Allegheny County, known as the "Kossuth Guards"; later was a replacement company with men from Union and Snyder counties) · 74th Infantry Co. E (This company, first organized with men from Allegheny County, known as the "Alliquippa Guards"; later was a replacement company with men from Northumberland, Union and Berks counties) · 101st Infantry Co. C (This company, first organized with men from Beaver and Lawrence counties, known as the "Agnew Guards"; later was a replacement company consisting of men from Union County. The new company was also known as Fichthorn's Company, named for Capt. William Fichthorn.) · 12th Cavalry (113th regiment) Co. F, "Curtin Company" (This company consisted of men from Mifflin, Union and Juniata counties) · 131st Infantry Co A, "Union County Fencibles" (This company consisted of men from Union County. Referred to as the "Union County Fencibles" in the Mifflinburg Telegraph, August 19, 1862.) · 142nd Infantry Co. E (This company consisted of men from Union County.) · 150th Infantry Co. D (This company consisted of men from Union County.) · 172nd Infantry (Drafted Militia) Co. G, "Beaver Guards" (This company consisted of men from Snyder and Union counties.) · 192nd Infantry Co. I · 202nd Infantry Co. I (This company consisted mostly of men from Union County and was supplemented by men from Lycoming County.) · 208th Infantry Co. D (This company consisted of men from Snyder, Union and Northumberland counties.) At 03:53 PM 2/17/00 EST, LWA101@aol.com wrote: >Hi, listers. I need some more Civil War advice. First, is there, anywhere, one > list of all the regiments that were raised in Union County? Would a fellow >from Lewisburg be likely to have gone over the Columbia County to enlist? I >know they went everywhere, but would like to set some priorities. Also, would >they have drafted all the boys in PA for the war, or would some of them have >stayed home? My boy was one of 14 children, so I doubt that he'd have been >only son of a widowed mother or anything like that that would have excluded >him. > >Now, another question. I am trying to figure out what happened to my great >grandfather, C. F. Diffenderfer, between the years of 1850 and 1872. The >obvious answer is the War. He was born abt. 1840-43 in Union County. I have >who I think is him in the 1850 census, but next I pick up his trail is 1872 >in Tioga County. He would have been 20 in 1860 and 30 in 1870, and I know >I've got to check the censuses for that. But that probably won't tell me who >his parents were, which is what I need to confirm. Is there an 1865 census >for Union County? What kind of other records should I look for? > >Many thanks in advance for your time. Laura Alderson, Raleigh, NC >LWA101@aol.com > > >