2024-07 Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions
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Langhorne Wesley Wister (1834-1891) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War. Wister recruited and served as colonel of the 150th Pennsylvania Infantry ("Bucktail") Regiment. He fought at the Battle of Chancellorsville in I Corps of the Army of the Potomac. Wister assumed command of a brigade on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg after Colonel Roy Stone was wounded. Wister was wounded a short time later that same day in the mouth with a minie ball and had to give up command. He, however, reported on the battle for the brigade
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