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200th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry

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  • Jesse Dierdorff, (USA) (1842 - 1920)
    The son of Peter & Mary Emig Dierdorff and the husband of Sarah Ann Leathery Dierdorff. In 1860, he was a laborer living in Washington Township, York County. He stood 5' 6" tall and brown hair and gray...

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UNION PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS 200th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry OVERVIEW: Organized at Harrisburg September 3, 1864. Left State for Bermuda Hundred, Va., September 9. Attached to Engineer Brigade, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1864. Provisional Brigade, Army of the James, to November, 1864. Provisional Brigade, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, to May, 1865.

SERVICE: Duty near Dutch Gap, Va., with Army of the James September 11 to November 28, 1864. Repulse of attack November 19. Transferred to Army Potomac November 28. Siege of Petersburg December, 1864, to April, 1865. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Fort Stedman March 25. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and capture of Petersburg April 2. Occupation of Petersburg April 3. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox C. H. April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Duty at Nottaway C. H. till May. Ordered to City Point, thence to Alexandria and duty there till May 30. Mustered out May 30, 1865. Recruits transferred to 51st Pennsylvania.

Regiment lost during service 30 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 24 Enlisted men by disease. Total 54.