Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Col. David B. Birney” in year 1861, month August, day 21 of Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864:

...ry in Gen. McClellan's staff, yesterday was appointed brigadier-general of volunteers.--Philadelphia Press, August 22. The Twenty-third Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, under the command of Col. David B. Birney , numbering about five hundred and fifty men, passed through Baltimore, Md., en route for Washington city. A large proportion of the men were under Colonel Dare, in the same regiment, which had alre...
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