Bucktails Monument (Driftwood, PA)
Union
Monument type:
Statue - standing soldier
Artist:
Dedication Date:
1908-04-27
Address:
Cameron
Pennsylvania
United States
Inscription:
This Monument
at the instance of the people of
Cameron County
was erected by
The State of Pennsylvania
on
April 27, 1908
Colonel Edward A. Irvin
Corporal Firmin F. Kirk
Sergeant William H. Raugh
commissioners
From this town on April 27, 1861, the Cameron County Rifles, the Elk County Rifles and the McKean County Rifles, under the leadership of Thomas L. Kane, afterwards Commanding-Officer of the regiment, and later a Major-General, embarked upon four rafts for Harrisburg, where they were mustered into the service of the State and formed the nucleus about which the Bucktail Regiment of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps was organized, which during its term of service was almost continuously attached to the Army of the Potomac.
Bucktails.
Kane Rifle Regiment of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps
13th Pennsylvania Reserves.
42nd Pennsylvania Volunteers [battles] Cameron County Rifles
Capt. John A. Eldred
Afterwards Company C, Bucktail
Mustered in June 1, 1861
Mustered out June 11, 1864
Elk County Rifles
Capt. Thomas B. Winslow
Afterwards Company G. Bucktails
Mustered in May 29, 1861
Mustered out June 11, 1864
McKean County Rifles
Capt. William T. Blanchard
Afterwards Company I, Bucktails
Mustered in May 30, 1861
Mustered out June 11, 1864
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Indigenous Land
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Historical Monument Database: https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=40048
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