16th PA Cavalry

HISTORY of the 16th PA Cavalry (aka 161st PA Reg't)

From "The Civil War in the East" webpage.  [Provides a concise overview of the unit's service, dates of engagements and more.]

From: "PA Volunteers in the Civil War" webpage. [provides several soldier's biographies, a list of dates & engagements for the unit, information on the unit's Medal of Honor recipient--Timothy Spillane of Erie--recognized for valor at Hatcher's Run, and more.]. Sergeant Spillane of Co. C died on Dec. 3, 1901 and is buried in Knoxville National Cemetery.

"16th Pennsylvania Cavalry/161st PA Regiment". From Bates, Samuel P. History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers: 1861-1865 [Provides a synopsis of the unit's history and the names of key officers killed in its engagements.]

SOURCES RELATED TO THE 16th CAVALRY

"16th PA CAVALRY Monument at Gettysburg" [The monument was erected in 1884 near the Deardorff Farm. This link provides several pictures of the monument. A roster of the men who saw action at Gettysburg is on the unit's marker which is ensconced on the Pennsylvania Monument. See HERE.]. 

OTHER RESOURCES