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The Pennsylvania State Police utilizes the Walther PDP (Service Pistol) which is a 9×19mm Parabellum semi-automatic pistol designed in 2021 by Walther Arms as a replacement for the Walther PPQ. The Walther PDP is also mounted with an Aimpoint Acro P-2 red dot reflex sight.
The Department of Pennsylvania (or General Patterson's Army) was a large military unit in the Union army at the outset of the American Civil War.Established on April 27, 1861, its territory consisted of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and all of Maryland not embraced in the Department of Annapolis (later renamed Department of Maryland) and the Department of Washington.
In May the regiment was ordered to Baltimore and encamped at Locust Point. Later, it moved to Patterson's park and at Mount Clare. It performed guard and police duty in Baltimore. At the end of its initial term, it extended to the end of August until relieved and mustered out on August 29, at Philadelphia. [3] [2]
The 1917 Chester race riot was a race riot in Chester, Pennsylvania, that took place over four days in July 1917.Racial tensions increased greatly during the World War I industrial boom due to white hostility toward the large influx of southern blacks who moved North as part of the Great Migration.
The Battle of Carlisle was an American Civil War skirmish fought in Pennsylvania on the same day as the Battle of Gettysburg, First Day. Stuart's Confederate cavalry briefly engaged Union militia under Maj. Gen. William F. "Baldy" Smith at Carlisle and set fire to the Carlisle Barracks.
Sergeant Albert Magnin, Company C - Pennsylvania State Representative for Delaware County, 1889-1892 [2] Sergeant Harvey M. Munsell , Company A - Medal of Honor recipient for action at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1–3; color sergeant who carried the regiment's colors through 13 battles
In May the regiment was ordered to Baltimore and encamped at Locust Point. Later, it moved to Patterson's park and at Mount Clare. It performed guard and police duty in Baltimore until mustered out on August 7, at Philadelphia. [3] [2]
After the Mexican War, the regiment returned to Pennsylvania in June 1848. Coulter then resumed his study of law and was admitted to the bar in 1849. His uncle had become a Pennsylvania Supreme Court judge in 1846, and Coulter took over his uncle's law practice in Greensburg. He practiced law until the beginning of the Civil War in 1861.