Excerpt from History of the Seventeenth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry: Or One Hundred and Sixty-Second in the Line of Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiments; War to Suppress the Rebellion, 1861-1865; Compiled From Records of the Rebellion, Official Reports, Recollections, Reminiscences, Incidents, Diaries and Company Rosters<br><br>Immediately after the Seventeenth Regiment, Penn sylvania Volunteer Cavalry, was mustered out of the ser vice, Brevet Lieutenant-colonel Theodore W. Bean, of the regiment, issued The Roll of Honor of the Seventeenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, which was to have been followed by a more comprehensive history. After waiting a reasonable time and the history not materializing, the author called on Brevet Lieutenant - colonel Theodore W. Bean, and was informed that, because the men who had composed the regiment were widely scattered, and because of pressing professional duties, the contemplated history, for the time being at least, was abandoned and before the project was again taken up, Colonel Bean had died.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.