15th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861)

Brief History
This regiment was organized at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, April 26, 1861. It mustered out August 8, 1861.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

Field Staff and Officers - See Roster Company A - many men recruited in Scranton, Luzerne County - See Roster

Company B - many men recruited in Pittston, Luzerne County - See Roster

Company C - many men recruited in Pittston, Luzerne County - See Roster

Company D - many men recruited in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County - See Roster

Company E - many men recruited in Harrisburg, Dauphin County - See Roster

Company F - many men recruited in Mount Joy, Lancaster County - SeeRoster

Company G - many men recruited in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County - See Roster

Company H - many men recruited in Johnstown, Cambria County - SeeRoster

Company I - many men recruited in Bellefonte, Centre County - See Roster

Company K - many men recruited in Marietta, Lancaster County - See Roster

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 1,133 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.

Other Sources

 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Pennsylvania in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Pennsylvania in the Civil War describes many sources, specifically for Pennsylvania, and how to find them. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * PaRoots gives a history of this regiment with its organization, battles, rosters.


 * Bates, Samuel P. "History of Pennsylvania Volunteers: 1861-5" (Harrisburg: B. Singerly, State Printer, 1869. Vol. 1).  U. of Michigan MOA.Internet Archives.


 * Palmer, William Jackson. Letters, 1853-1868 / Wm. J. Palmer. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1992),

Regimental History and Roster

 * History of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania volunteer cavalry which was recruited and known as the Anderson cavalry in the rebellion of 1861-1865; by Charles Kirk, H., ed. and comp, Publisher Philadelphia, 1906, Online at: