71st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

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The 71st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment was a Union Army unit in the American Civil War noted for its fierce fighting at Gettysburg, particularly near the High Water Mark of the Confederacy.

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71st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War military unit ⓘ
Union Army regiment ⓘ
infantry regiment ⓘ
allegiance Union ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1st California Regiment ⓘ
armyAssignment Army of the Potomac ⓘ
armyCorpsAssignment II Corps, Army of the Potomac ⓘ
associatedWithEvent High Water Mark of the Confederacy ⓘ
branch Union Army ⓘ
brigadeAssignment Philadelphia Brigade ⓘ
casualties suffered heavy losses in multiple major battles ⓘ
category Pennsylvania Civil War regiments ⓘ
commandStructure Brigade of the Philadelphia Brigade ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
corps II Corps ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
disbanded July 1864 ⓘ
engagedAt Cemetery Ridge ⓘ
the Angle, Gettysburg ⓘ
garrisonOrAssemblyLocation Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
militaryRole infantry ⓘ
notableCommander Colonel Isaac J. Wistar ⓘ
Colonel Richard Penn Smith ⓘ
notableEngagementDetail engaged at the High Water Mark of the Confederacy at Gettysburg ⓘ
fought near the Angle at Gettysburg ⓘ
notableFor fierce fighting at Gettysburg ⓘ
organized May 1861 ⓘ
organizedAt Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
participatedIn Battle of Antietam ⓘ
Battle of Ball's Bluff ⓘ
Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ
Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
Maryland Campaign ⓘ
Overland Campaign ⓘ
Peninsula Campaign ⓘ
Seven Days Battles ⓘ
raisedFor Union war effort in the American Civil War ⓘ
raisedIn Pennsylvania ⓘ
region Northern states ⓘ
serviceBranch volunteer infantry ⓘ
side Union ⓘ
size regiment ⓘ
state Pennsylvania ⓘ
tookPartIn repulse of Pickett's Charge ⓘ
linked to: Pickett’s Charge
typeOfUnit volunteer regiment ⓘ

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High Water Mark of the Rebellion → associatedWithUnit → 71st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment ⓘ
Philadelphia Brigade → composedOf → 71st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment ⓘ