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The bucktail was the insignia of the 1st Pennsylvania, Co. F, "Pennsylvania Bucktail Rifles." A copy of the Famous Bucktail Order reads "June 12, 1862--Order 30--In commemoration of the gallant conduct of the First Maryland [Infantry] on the 6th of June, when, led by Col. Bradley T. Johnson, they drove back with loss the Pennsylvania Bucktail Rifles in the engagement near Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Va, authority is given to have one of the captured Bucktails (The insignia of the Federal unit) appended to the color staff of the 1st Maryland [Infantry] --By order of Maj. Gen. Com. James Barbour."
The bucktail was the insignia of the 1st Pennsylvania, Co. F, "Pennsylvania Bucktail Rifles." A copy of the Famous Bucktail Order reads "June 12, 1862--Order 30--In commemoration of the gallant conduct of the First Maryland [Infantry] on the 6th of June, when, led by Col. Bradley T. Johnson, they drove back with loss the Pennsylvania Bucktail Rifles in the engagement near Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Va, authority is given to have one of the captured Bucktails (The insignia of the Federal unit) appended to the color staff of the 1st Maryland [Infantry] --By order of Maj. Gen. Com. James Barbour."
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