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Bucks County Civil War museum

This Civil War Museum houses many Civil War related artifacts including maps, photographs and flags that are on permanent loan from the Bucks County Civil War Roundtable. The museum also documents Bucks County's rich history as well as Doylestown's very own fabled 104th Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment. Known as the Ringgold Regiment, this infantry comprised of local volunteers was mustered in 1861 by prominent Doylestown citizen W.W.H. Davis after he was instructed to do so by Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin.  As per the Governor's requisite, the regiment was required to serve three years in the Civil War. Before heading off into battle, they trained at Camp Lacey -- located on the west side of Doylestown -- which greatly prepared them for the war. During their time spent fighting in the war, the Regiment took part in the siege of Yorktown early in 1862, and the actions at Savage Station and Fair Oaks. Out of the 1,000 men who were in the Regiment, 46 were killed in action, 3 missing in action, 62 taken prisoner, and 104 who died in service. 

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