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Pennsylvania BUCKTAILS Identification ring!

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I dug this Civil War soldiers Identification Ring on April 9 2005. The ring is inscribed with "H. Williams Co.H 1st Rifles P.R.V.C.". P.R.V.C stands for Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps, and the 1st Rifles was part of the 13th PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES, 42nd Volunteers. This Regiment is one of the most famous Union regiments, known as the Pennsylvania "BUCKTAILS". The Bucktails fought in almost every major engagement with the Army of the Potomac. They even fought bravely at Antietam, and Gettysburg. I have done research at the national archives online and the Pennsylvania archive online and have a record of this soldier. His name was, Hutton Williams Co. H of the 13th Pennsylvania reserves/42nd Volunteers/1st Rifles. He signed on in 1861 at 19 years old and served his three year tour until the middle of 1864. I feel very lucky to have found this! Thanks for looking.
 
One of the neatest if not the neatest find I have ever seen. Great job...d2
 
They just don't get much better that that. Good work on the follow up research also. I am sure its nice to know exactly who's it was. WTG!
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John
 
Did your research perhaps mention Phoenixville PA as where they were mustered originally?
If not, can you share where they did? Thx.
 
And to have come out of a nearly hunted out site makes it even sweeter. Goes to show that if you hit hunted out sites hard they will still produce.
Good luck!
Jay
 
Fred, company H of the 1st Rifles formed in Chester County PA, at the town of Kennet Square. Below is a breakdown of all ten of the companies and where they formed at.
The 1st rifles Bucktail regiment consisted of ten companies:
Company "A"
Tioga County
Captain Philip Holland
"Anderson Life Guards"
Company "B"
Perry County
Captain Langhorne Wister
"Morgan Rifles"
Company "C"
Cameron County
Captain John A. Eldred
"Cameron County Rifles"
Company "D"
Warren County
Captain Roy Stone
"Raftsman Guard"
Company "E"
Tioga County
Captain Alanson E. Niles
"Tioga Rifles"
Company "F"
Carbon County
Captain Dennis McGee
"Irish Infantry"
Company "G"
Elk County
Captain Hugh Mulligan
"Elk County Rifles"
Company "H"
Chester County
Captain Charles F. Taylor
"Wayne Independent Rifles"
Company "I"
McKean County
Captain William T. Blanchard
"McKean County Rifles"
Company "K"
Clearfield County
Captain Edward A. Irvin
"Raftsman Rangers"
 
Since you found his ring in VA, can we assume he did not survive the war?
 
Actually Fred, his records show that he survived the war. Hutton Williams signed on in 1861 at 19 years old and served his three year tour until the middle of 1864. The spot where I found his ring was a Bucktails encampment for some period of time. He must have been a lucky man to have survived all those battles.
 
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