The Bucktails
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N 41° 20.370 W 078° 08.048
17T E 739795 N 4580408
Civil War Volunteers
Waymark Code: WMXG4
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/04/2006
Views: 48
Marker Text:
Famed Civil War volunteers departed from this point for Harrisburg, April 1861, where they were mustered into State service. A monument, erected in their honor, is just south of here. This highway and a State park are named for the Bucktails.
Lt. Colonel Thomas Leiper Kane recruited men from McKean, Elk, Tioga and Cameron Counties to fight in the Civil War. They recruited enought men to fill 7 companies. Before leaving the area the men adopted the tail of a white tail deer as their regimental badge of honor. Each man wore a tail on his cap.
Marker Name: The Bucktails
County: Cameron
Date Dedicated: 02/08/1950
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Junction Pa. 120 & 555, Driftwood
Category: Military, Civil War
Website: [Web Link]
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