Determined Courage: the 151st Pennsylvania in Meade’s Army of the Potomac

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On June 28, 1863, General George Meade inherited command of the Army of the Potomac. Since Chancellorsville, thousands of men had departed the army for home. Among the regiments still with Meade’s Army on that day was the 151st Pennsylvania Volunteers, who were due to muster out in four weeks. On July 1, these farmers, [...]