Publisher's Synopsis
During the 1863 Confederate invasion of the north, Gov. Curtin of Pennsylvania asked for Emergency Militia Troops to be raised. This Battalion was formed partly from students of the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania, which later became Penn State University. Following Gettysburg, they were discharged in August, 1863.
Company A - recruited in Cambria County
Company B - recruited in Cambria County and Franklin County
Company C - recruited in Centre County
Company D - recruited across Pennsylvania
Company E - recruited in Fulton County and Huntingdon County
