19th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment

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Active2 June 1863 – 14 May 1866
Country United States
AllegianceUnited States Union  Pennsylvania
19th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
180th Volunteers
Active2 June 1863 – 14 May 1866
Country United States
AllegianceUnited States Union  Pennsylvania
BranchUnion Army
TypeCavalry
SizeRegiment
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The 19th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry unit from Pennsylvania in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment organized at Philadelphia between June and October 1863. After reporting at Washington, D.C. in November 1863, the unit was sent to fight in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The regiment fought at Okolona, Brices Cross Roads, and Nashville, while one company was in action at Byram's Ford in Missouri. Thereafter, the regiment was assigned to occupation duties in Louisiana and Texas before being mustered out in May 1866.

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