Version 28.12.2018

 

Pennsylvania:

 

 

a. allgemeines:

 

Beim Aufruf Lincoln’s vom Sommer 1862 weitere 300000 Mann aufzustellen, wurden in Pennsylvania auf Anordnung von Governor Curtin einen Reihe von 9-Month-Regiments aufgestellt. Zwar bevorzugte die Army die Indienststellung von 3-Years Regimentern, Governor Curtin erschien es aber aus politischen Gründen, infolge des hohen Blutzolls und der in der Vergangenheit erlittenen Verlust­e, sinnvoller und politisch klüger, 21 Regimenter mit einer kürzeren Verpflichtungszeit aufzustellen (vgl. Gallagher u.a.: Fredericks­burg, a.a.O., S. 80).

 

Documents/Literature:

- **Bates, Samuel, P.: History of Pennsylvania Volunteers 1861-5, Prepared in Compliance with Acts of the Legislature. 5 vols. Harris­burg, Pa.: B. Singerly, 1869-1871

- **Sauers, Richard A.: Advance the Colors: Pennsylvania Civil War Battle Flags (Capitol Preservation Committee 1991); 2 Volumes; In­dex; List of Color Bearers; Full of Color Flag Plates

- **Sypher, Josiah: History of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps (Lancaster 1865)

- **Taylor, Frank: Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865 (Dunlap: Philadelphia 1913)

 

 

 

 

 

 

b. Infantry:

 

1st Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861):

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg April 20, 1861. Moved to Cockeysville on Northern Central Railroad April 20; thence to Camp Scott, near York, Pa., and duty there till May 14. Guard Northern Central Railroad, near Baltimore, May 14-25, and Harper's Ferry Road May 25-June 3. Moved to Catonsville, Md., May 25; to Franklintown May 29, and to Chambersburg, Pa., June 3. Expedition to Rockville, Md., June 10-July 7. Attached to Wyocoop's 2nd Brigade, Keim's 2nd Division, Patterson's Army. Duty at Hagerstown and Funk­stown, Goose Creek, Edward's Ferry, June 18. At Frederick June 22, and at Martinsburg, Va., July 8-21. Moved to Harper's Ferry July 21. Mustered out July 27, 1861.

 

 

1st Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (30th Volunteers):

 

Overview:

Organized at West Chester June 9, 1861. Moved to Harrisburg, Pa., July 20; thence reported to General Dix at Baltimore, Md., July 22, 1861. Mustered into United States service at Camp Carroll, near Baltimore, July 26. Moved to Annapolis, Md., July 27. Attached to Dix's Command to September, 1861. 1st Brigade, McCall's Pennsylvania Reserves Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862, 1st Brigade, McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863. 1st Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserves Division, 22nd Army Corps, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1864.

 

Service:

Duty at Annapolis, Md., July 27 to August 30, 1861. Moved to Washington, D. C., thence to Tennallytown, Md., August 30-31. March to Langley October 10, and duty at Camp Pierpont till March, 1862. Reconnoissance to Dranesville December 6, 1861. Action at Dranesville December 20 (Co. "A"). Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15. McDowell's advance on Fredericksburg, Va., April 9-19. Duty at Fredericksburg till May 31. Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula June. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battles of Mechanicsville June 26; Gaines' Mill June 27; Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale June 30; Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to join Pope August 16-26. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battles of South Mountain September 14, and Antietam September 16-17. Duty in Maryland till October 30. Movement to Falmouth October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Ordered to Washington, D. C., and duty in the Defences there till June 25. Rejoined Army of the Potomac. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Williamsport July 13. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Mine Run November 26-30. Rapidan Campaign May and June, 1864. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May l2. Harris Farm May 19. North Anna River May 23-26. Jericho Ford May 25. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Left front June 1. Mustered out June 10, 1864.


Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 102 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 64 Enlisted men by disease. Total 174.


Predecessor unit:

PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS. 30th REGIMENT INFANTRY, 1st RESERVES INFANTRY.

 

 

1st Battalion, Pennsylvania Infantry:

 

Overview:

"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit

 

 

1st Battalion, Pennsylvania Infantry (6 months, 1863-1864):

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg June and July, 1863. Mustered out January 9, 1864

 

 

1st Battalion, Pennsylvania Infantry (100 days, 1864):

 

Overview:

"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit

 

 

 

2nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861):

s. Pvt Philip *Becker (Co. D)

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg April 20, 1861. Moved to Cockeysville, Md., April 21. Return to York, Pa., and duty there till June 1. Moved to Chambersburg June 1. Attached to Wyncoop's 2nd Brigade, Kelm's 2nd Division, Patterson's Army. Moved to Hagerstown June 16. At Funkstown till June 23. Falling Waters July 2 (Support). Occupation of Martinsburg July 3. Advance on Bunker Hill July 15. Moved to Charlestown July 17, and to Harper's Ferry July 23. Mustered out July 26, 1861.

 

 

2nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (31st Volunteers):

s. Major Evan Morrison *Woodward

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia. Moved to Easton, Pa., May 29, 1861; thence to Harrisburg, Pa., July 24. Moved to Baltimore, thence to Sandy Hook, near Harper's Ferry, Va. Ordered to Darnestown, Md., August 28, thence to Tennallytown, Md., September 25 and join McCall. Attached to 1st Brigade, McCall's Pennsylvania Reserves Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade, McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863. 1st Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserves Division, 22nd Corps, Dept. of Washington, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1864.

 

Service:

Moved to Langley, Va., October 10, 1861, and duty at Camp Pierpont till March, 1862. Reconnoissance toward Dranesville October 18-21, 1861. Expedition to Grinnell's Farm December 6. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15. McDowell's advance on Falmouth April 9-19. Duty at Fredericksburg till June. Moved to White House June 9-11. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battles of Mechanicsville June 26. Gaines Mill June 27. Savage Station June 29. Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to join Pope August 16-26. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battles of South Mountain September 14, and Antietam, Md., September 16-17. Duty in Maryland till October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Ordered to Washington, D. C., and duty in the Defences there till June 25. Rejoined Army of the Potomac. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Rapidan Campaign May, 1864. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. Harris Farm May 19. North Anna River May 23-26. Jericho Ford May 25. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Left front June 1. Mustered out June 16, 1864.


Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 73 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 71 Enlisted men by disease. Total 151.

 

Predecessor unit:

PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS. 31st REGIMENT INFANTRY, 2nd RESERVES INFANTRY.

 

Documents/Literature:

- **Woodward, Evan Morrison (Major 2nd PA Reserve Vols): Our Campaigns: The Second Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteers (White Mane, 1995); Reprint of 1865 original; Edited by Stanley Zamonski; 305 pp; Index; Rosters; Maps; Illustrated. Woodward served as Adjutant and saw action at Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Glendale, 2ndBull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericks­burg, Gettysburg, Wilderness and Spotsylvania Courthouse

- **Woodward, Evan Morrison: History of the Third Pennsylvania Reserve (Treton, NJ: 1883)

 

 

2nd Battalion, Pennsylvania Infantry (6 months, 1863-1864):

 

Overview:

Organized at Pittsburg June and July, 1863, for six months. Mustered out January 21, 1864.

 

 

3rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861):

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg April 20, 1861. (Co. "G" the first Company to enter Camp Curtin on April 18.) Moved to Cockeysville, Md., April 20; thence to York, Pa., April 22, and duty there till May 27. At Chambersburg till June 7, and at Funkstown till July 1. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Patterson's Army. Occupation of Martinsburg, Va., July 3. Detached from Brigade and on duty at Williamsport till July 26. Moved to Harrisburg and mustered out July 29, 1861.

 

 

3rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (32nd Volunteers):

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia and moved to Easton, Pa., May 20, 1861. Camp there till July 22. Moved to Harrisburg, Pa., July 22, and mustered into United States service July 28. Moved to Washington, D. C., thence to Tennallytown, Md. Attached to 2nd Brigade, McCall's Pennsylvania Reserves Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862. 2nd Brigade, McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to August, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserves Division, 22nd Corps, Dept. of Washington, D. C., to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserves Division, District of Alexandria, 22nd Corps, to January, 1864. Dept. of West Virginia to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Dept. of West Virginia, to June, 1864.

 

Service:

Duty at Tennallytown, Md., till Oct. 9, 1861, and at Camp Pierpont, near Langley, Va., till March, 1862. Expedition to Grinnell's Farm December 6, 1861. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15, 1862. McDowell's advance on Falmouth April 9-19. Duty at Fredericksburg, Va., till June. Moved to White House June 9-11. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battles of Mechanicsville June 26. Gaines' Mill June 27. Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to join Pope August 16-26. Battles of Gainesville August 28. Groveton August 29. Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battles of South Mountain September 14; Antietam September 16-17. Duty in Maryland till October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Ordered to Washington, D. C., February 6, and duty there and in District of Alexandria till January 6, 1864. Duty near Martinsburg, W. Va., till January 27. Operations in Hampshire and Hardy counties, W. Va., January 27-February 7. Duty near Kearneysville, W. Va., till March 27, and near Harper's Ferry till April 3. Moved to Webster, thence to the Kanawha Valley, W. Va., April 22. Crook's Expedition to Virginia & Tennessee Railroad May 2-19. Battle of Cloyd's Mountain May 9. New River Bridge May 10. Expedition to Meadow Bluff, Fayette county, May 10-19. Near Newport May 12-13. Left front for Plttsburg, Pa., June 4. Mustered out June 17, 1864. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 54th Pennsylvania June 8, 1864.


Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 69 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 54 Enlisted men by disease. Total 127.


Predecessor unit:

PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS32nd REGIMENT INFANTRY, 3rd RESERVES INFANTRY.

 

 

3rd Battalion, Pennsylvania Infantry (6 months, 1863-1864):

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia June and July, 1863, for six months. Mustered out January 29, 1864.

 

 

4th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861):

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg April 20, 1861. Moved to Philadelphia April 21. Occupation of Perryville, Md., April 22. Right Wing moved by boat to Annapolis, Md., April 23. Regiment moved to Washington, D. C., May 8, and camp near Bladensburg. Moved to Shutter's Hill, near Alexandria, June 24. Picket attack on Shutter's Hill July 1 (Co. "E"). Attached to 1st Brigade, Franklin's Heintzelman's Di­vision, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia. Advance on Manassas, Va. July 16-21. Battle of Bull Run July 21. Mustered out July 27, 1861.

 

 

4th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (33rd Volunteers):

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg July 17, 1861. Moved to Washington, D. C., thence to Tennallytown, Md. Attached to 2nd Brigade, McCall's Pennsylvania Reserves Division, Army of the Potomac. to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862. 2nd Brigade, McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division. 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserves Division, 22nd Corps, Dept. of Washington, to January, 1864. Dept. of West Virginia to April. 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Dept. of West Virginia, to June, 1864.

 

Service:

Duty at Tennallytown, Md., till October 10, and at Camp Pierpont, near Langley, Va., till March, 1862. Expedition to Grinnell's Farm December 6, 1861. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15, 1862. McDowell's advance on Falmouth, Va., April 9-19. Duty at Fredericksburg till June. Moved to White House June 9-11. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battles of Mechanicsville June 26; Gaines' Mill June 27; Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale June 30; Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to join Pope August 16-26. Battles of Gainesville August 28. Groveton August 29. Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battles of South Mountain September 14; Antietam September 16-17. Duty in Maryland till October. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Ordered to Washington, D. C., February 6, and duty there and in the District of Alexandria till January 6, 1864. Duty near Martinsburg, W. Va., till January 27. Operations in Hampshire and Hardy counties January 27-February 7. Duty near Kearneysville till March 27. Moved to Webster, thence to the Kanawha Valley April 22. Crook's Expedition to Virginia & Tennessee Railroad May 2-19. Battle of Cloyd's Mountain May 9. New River Bridge May 10. Expedition to Meadow Bluff May 10-19. Near Newport May 12-13. Left front for Philadelphia via Pittsburg, Pa., June 4. Mustered out June 17, 1864. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 54th Pennsylvania June 8, 1864.


Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 76 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 60 Enlisted men by disease. Total 139.


Predecessor unit:

Pennsylvania Volunteers 33rd Regiment Infantry. 4th Reserves Infantry


 

 

5th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861):

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, April 20, 1861. Moved to Philadelphia April 22, then to Perryville and Annapolis, Md., April 23, and to Washington, D. C., April 27. At Alexandria, Va., May 28. Moved to Shutter's Hill June 3. Attached to McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia. Duty at Alexandria till muster out. Mustered out July 25, 1861.

 

 

5th Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (34th Volunteers):

s. Col Joseph W. *Fisher; Sergeant Charles Holland (Co. K); Sergeant James C. *Miller (Co. C)

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg June, 1861. Ordered to point on State line opposite Cumberland, Md., June 22; thence moved into West Vir­ginia in support of Lew Wallace. Moved to Washington, D. C., August 8. Attached to 1st Brigade, McCall's Pennsylvania Reserves Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade, McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army Poto­mac, to August, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September. 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to Fe­bruary, 1863. 3rd Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserves Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, to June 26, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1864.

 

Service:

Duty at Tennallytown, Md., till October 10, 1861, and at Camp Pierpont, near Langley, Va., till March, 1862. Expedition to Grinnell's Farm December 6, 1861. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15, 1862. McDowell's advance on Falmouth April 9-19. Duty at Fredericksburg till June. Moved to White House June 11-13. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battles of Mechanicsville June 26; Gaines' Mill June 27; Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale June 30; Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till Au­gust 16. Movement to join Pope August 16-26. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battles of South Mountain September 14. Antietam September 16-17. Duty in Maryland till October 30. Movement to Fal­mouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Ordered to Wa­shington, D. C., February 6. Duty in the Defences of Washington and Alexandria till June 25. Joined Army of Potomac in the field. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Duty at Alexandria till May, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May, 1864. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7. Laurel Hill May 8. Spottsylvania May 8-12. Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. Harris Farm May 19. North Anna River May 23-26. Jericho Ford May 25. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Left front May 31. Mustered out June 13, 1864.


Regiment lost during service 14 Officers and 127 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 68 Enlisted men by disease. Total 209.


Predecessor unit:

34th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

 

 

6th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861):

s. Captain Henry I. *Hendler (Co. F); Lt William *Burgess; Second Sergeant Christian Schlitzer (Co. F); Corporal Bernard *Becker (Co. F); Pvt Ignatius *Foss (Co. F); Pvt Jacob *Seymour (Co. D); Pvt Preston *Rossiter (Co. F)

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg April 22, 1861. Moved to Philadelphia April 22, and duty there till May 7. Duty along Pittsburg, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad May 7-28. One Company at Newark, one Company at Chesapeake City, one Company at North East, one Company at Charleston, three Companies at Elkton and three Companies at Perryville. Moved to Chambersburg May 28. Attached to George H. Thomas' Brigade, 1st Division, Patterson's Army. March to Greencastle June 6. Cross Potomac and advance on Martins­burg Road June 15. At Williamsport June 16-24. At Downsville till July 1. Falling Waters July 2. Occupation of Martinsburg July 3. Advance on Bunker Hill July 15. Moved to Charleston July 17. Mustered out July 27, 1861.

 

Documents/Literature:

- **Burgess, William: Letter, 1886. Letter written August 24, 1886, to General William D. Dixon from Burgess, formerly a first lieuten­ant in the 6th Pennsylvania Corps. Burgess describes the skirmish at Drainsville, Virginia (December 1861), and the actions of Gene­ral Edward O. Ord in that engagement. Virginia Tech, Univ. Libraries, Special Collections: Civil War guide. Manuscript Sources for Civil War Research in the Special Collections Department of the Virginia Tech Libraries Ms 89-050).

 

 

6th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (35th Volunteers):

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg June, 1861. At Camp Biddie, Greencastle, Pa., July 12-22, 1861. Moved to Washington, D. C., July 22. Mustered into United States service July 27, 1861. Attached to 3rd Brigade, McCall's Pennsylvania Reserves Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862. 3rd Brigade, McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to July, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to August, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863. 1st Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserve Division, 22nd Corps, Dept, of Washington, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1864.

 

Service:

Duty at Tennallytown, Md., July 27 to October 10, 1861, and at Camp Pierpont, near Langley, Va., till March, 1862. Expedition to Grinnell's Farm December 6, 1861. Action at Dranesville December 20. Advance on Manassas, Va,, March 10-15, 1862. McDowell's advance on Falmouth, Va., April 9-19. Duty at Fredericksburg, Va., till June. Moved to White House June 11-13. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Guarding supplies at Tunstall's Station and White House June 26-July 2. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to join Pope August 16-26. Battles of Gainesville August 28; Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battles of South Mountain September 14; Antietam September 16-17. Near Sharpsburg till September 26. Movement to Falmouth, Va., September 26-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15, "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Ordered to Washington, D. C., February 6, and duty there and at Alexandria till June 25, 1863. Rejoined Army of the Potomac in the field. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2, Bristoe Station February 1, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. Harris Farm May 19, North Anna River May 23-26. Jericho Ford May 25. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Mustered out June 11, 1864.


Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 107 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 73 Enlisted men by disease. Total 183.


Predecessor unit:
PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS. 35th REGIMENT INFANTRY, 6th RESERVES INFANTRY.

 

 

7th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861):

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg April 23, 1861. Moved to Chambersburg April 23, and duty there till June 8. At Camp Williams June 8-14. Attached to Williams' 3rd Brigade, Cadwalader's 1st Division, Patterson's Army. Advance to Williamsport June 14-16. Skirmish with Cavalry June 25. Occupation of Martinsburg July 3. Advance on Bunker Hill July 15. At Keyes Ford July 20. Mustered out July 29, 1861.

 

Documents/Literature:

- Catton: Reflections on the Civil War, a.a.O., S. 160 ff.

 

 

7th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (36th Volunteers):

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, July, 1861. Ordered to Washington, D. C., July 21, and mustered into United States service July 27, 1861. Attached to 2nd Brigade, McCall's Pennsylvania Reserves Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd Briga­de, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862. 2nd Brigade, McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863, 2nd Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserves Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1864.

 

Service:

Duty at Tennallytown, Md., August 2 to October 10, 1861, and at Camp Pierpont, near Langley, till March, 1862. Skirmish at Great Falls September 4, 1861. Expedition to Grinnell's Farm December 6. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15. At Fairfax Station till April 9. At Manassas Junction till April 17. At Catlett's Station till May 11, and at Falmouth till June 9. Moved to the Virginia Penin­sula June 9-11. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battles of Mechanicsville June 26; Gaines Mill June 27; Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale June 30; Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to join Pope August 16-26. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30, Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battles of South Mountain, Md., Septem­ber 14; Antietam September 16-17. Duty in Maryland till October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Ordered to Washington, D. C., February 6, 1863, and duty there and at Alexandria till April, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May. Battle of the Wilderness May 5-7. Regiment captured except Com­pany "B." Spottsylvania May 8-12. Laurel Hill May 8. Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. Harris Farm May 19. North Anna River May 23-26. Jericho Ford May 25, Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Left front May 31. Mustered out June 16, 1864.


Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 80 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 135 Enlisted men by disease. Total 218.

Predecessor units:

PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS:37th REGIMENT INFANTRY, 8th RESERVES INFANTRY

(See 7th Reserves Infantry.)


PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS: 36th REGIMENT INFANTRY, 7th RESERVES INFANTRY

(See 7th Reserves Infantry.)

 

 

8th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861):

s. 2ndLt Gustav E. *Hahn (Co. G); Sergeant George W. *Darby;

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, April 23, 1861. Duty at Chambersburg till June 7. Attached to Williams' 3rd Brigade, Cad­walader's 1st Division, Patterson's Army. Moved to Greencastle June 7. Guard duty along the Potomac. Guard of stores and fords at Williamsport July 2. Falling Waters July 2. Ordered to join Brigade at Martinsburg July 6. Advance on Bunker Hill July 15. Guard at Keyes Ford July 20. Mustered out July 29, 1861.

 

Documents/Literature:

- **Darby, George W. (8th PA Reserve Vols): The Civil War Memoirs of Sergeant George W. *Darby, 1861-1865 (Heritage Books); Edited by Rogan Moore; 185 pp; Index. Darby fought and was wounded at 2nd Manassas and imprisoned at Libby and Belle Isle. In­cludes appendices on 37th PA Vols, 191st PA Infantry and Private Goloden's wartime experiences

 

 

8th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (37th Volunteers):

Alonzo F. *Hill

 

Overview:

Organized at Pittsburg July, 1861, Ordered to Washington, D. C., July 30. Attached to 1st Brigade, McCall's Pennsylvania Reserves Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade, McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserves Corps, 22nd Corps, Dept. of Washington, to April, 1863. District of Alexandria, 22nd Corps, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1864.

 

Service:

Duty at Tennallytown, Md., August 2 to October 10, 1861, and at Camp Pierpont, near Langley, Va., till March, 1862. Skirmish at Great Falls September 4, 1861. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15, 1862. McDowell's advance on Falmouth April 9-19. Duty at Fredericksburg till June. Moved to White House June 9-11. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battles of Mechanicsville June 26; Gaines Mill June 27; Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale June 30; Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to join Pope August 16-26. Battles of Gainesville August 28; Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battles of South Mountain, Md., September 14; Antietam September 16-17. Duty in Maryland till October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battles of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Ordered to Washington, D. C., February 6, and duty there and at Alexandria till April, 1864. Rapidan Campaign. Battles of the Wilderness, Va., May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-17. Assault on the Salient May 12. Left the front May 17. Mustered out May 24, 1864.


Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 153 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 68 Enlisted men by disease. Total 226.

 

Documents/Literature:

- **Hill, Alonzo F.: Our Boys: The Personal Experience of a Soldier in the Army of the Potomac (Philadelphia, 1864)

 

 

9th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861):

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, April 24, 1861. Moved to Camp Wayne, West Chester, May 4; thence to Hare's Corners, Delaware, May 26, and duty there till June 6. Moved to Chambersburg, Pa., June 6. Attached to 4th Brigade, 1st Division, Patterson's Army. Duty at Chambersburg till June 13. Advance to the Potomac June 13-16. Near Williamsport till July 1. Falling Waters July 2. Occupation of Martinsburg July 3. Advance to Bunker Hill July 15. At Charlestown July 17-21, thence moved to Harrisburg via Hagerstown. Mustered out July 29, 1861.

 

 

9th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (38th Volunteers):

s. Pvt Charles Henry *Veil

 

Overview:

Organized at Pittsburg July, 1861. Ordered to Washington, D. C., July 22. Mustered into United States service July 27, 1861. Atta­ched to 3rd Brigade, McCall's Pennsylvania Reserves Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862. 3rd Brigade, McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863. 3rd Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserves Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, to June, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1864.

 

Service:

Camp at Capital Hill, Washington, till August 5, and at Tennallytown, Md., till October 10. Picket at Great Falls September 9-16. Moved to Camp Pierpont, near Langley, Va., October 10, 1861, and duty there till March 10, 1862. Companies "A," "B," "D," "F" and "G" on reconnoissance to Hunter's Mills November 19. Expedition to Gunnell's Farm December 6, and action at Dranesville De­cember 20, 1861. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15, 1862. McDowell's advance on Falmouth April 9-19. Duty at Fredericks­burg till June. Moved to White House, Va., June 9-12. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battles of Mechanicsville June 26. Gaines Mill June 27. Charles City Cross Roads or Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to join Pope August 16-26. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battles of South Mountain, Md., September 14; Antietam September 16-17. Duty in Maryland till October 30. Movement to Fal­mouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Ordered to Wa­shington, D. C., February 6. Duty there and at Alexandria till June 25. Ordered to rejoin Army of the Potomac in the field. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Rapidan Campaign. Battle of the Wilder­ness May 5, 1864. Ordered home while in line of battle. Mustered out May 12, 1864.


Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 131 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 49 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 187.


Predecessor unit:

PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS.38th REGIMENT INFANTRY, 9th RESERVES INFANTRY.

 

Documents/Literature:

- Veil, Charles Henry(9th Regiment, PA Vol Infantry): Memoirs of Charles Henry Veil. A Soldier's Recollections of the Civil War and the Arizona Territory (Orion, NY 1993); edited by Herman Viola.

 

 

9th Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (38th Volunteers):

s. Pvt Wallace *Seymour (Co. F)

 

Overview:

Organized at Pittsburg July, 1861. Ordered to Washington, D. C., July 22. Mustered into United States service July 27, 1861. Atta­ched to 3rd Brigade, McCall's Pennsylvania Reserves Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862. 3rd Brigade, McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863. 3rd Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserves Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, to June, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1864.

 

Service:

Camp at Capital Hill, Washington, till August 5, and at Tennallytown, Md., till October 10. Picket at Great Falls September 9-16. Moved to Camp Pierpont, near Langley, Va., October 10, 1861, and duty there till March 10, 1862. Companies "A," "B," "D," "F" and "G" on reconnaissance to Hunter's Mills November 19. Expedition to Gunnell's Farm December 6, and action at Dranesville De­cember 20, 1861. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15, 1862. McDowell's advance on Falmouth April 9-19. Duty at Fredericks­burg till June. Moved to White House, Va., June 9-12. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battles of Mechanicsville June 26. Gaines Mill June 27. Charles City Cross Roads or Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to join Pope August 16-26. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battles of South Mountain, Md., September 14; Antietam September 16-17. Duty in Maryland till October 30. Movement to Fal­mouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Ordered to Wa­shington, D. C., February 6. Duty there and at Alexandria till June 25. Ordered to rejoin Army of the Potomac in the field. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Rapidan Campaign. Battle of the Wilder­ness May 5, 1864. Ordered home while in line of battle. Mustered out May 12, 1864.


Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 131 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 49 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 187.



Predecessor unit:

PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS.38th REGIMENT INFANTRY, 9th RESERVES INFANTRY.

 

 

10th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861):

s. Captain Henry A. *Bechtel (Co., D); Pvt Alphes *Reynard (Co E); Pvt James C. *Temple (Co E)

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, April 26, 1861. Moved to Chambersburg May 1, and duty there till June 8. At Newcastle till June 16. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Patterson's Army. March to Williamsport June 16. Occupation of Martinsburg July 3. Advance on Bunker Hill July 15. Moved to Harper's Ferry July 23. Mustered out July 31, 1861.

 

 

10th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (39th Volunteers):

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Wilkins, near Pittsburg, June and July, 1861. Ordered to Harrisburg, Pa., July 18, and mustered in July 21, 1861. Moved to Baltimore, Md., July 22; thence to Washington, D. C., July 24. Attached to 3rd Brigade, McCall's Pennsylvania Reserves Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862. 3rd Brigade, McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863. 3rd Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserves Division, 22nd Corps, Dept. of Washington, to June, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1864.

 

Service:

At Tennallytown, Md., August 1 to October 10, 1861, and at Camp Pierpont, near Langley, Va., till March, 1862. Expedition to Gunnell's Mills December 6, 1861. Action at Dranesville December 20. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15, 1862. McDowell's advance on Falmouth April 9-19. Duty at Fredericksburg till June. Moved to White House June 9-12. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battles of Mechanicsville June 26; Gaines Mill June 27; Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale June 30; Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to join Pope August 16-26. Battles of Gainesville August 28; Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battles of South Mountain, Md., September 14; Antietam September 16-17. Duty in Maryland till October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Ordered to Washington, D. C., February 6, and duty there and at Alexandria till June 25. Ordered to join Army of the Potomac in the field. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Bristoe Station April 15, 1864 (Detachment). Rapidan Campaign May 4-31. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. Harris Farm May 19. North Anna River May 23-26. Jericho Ford May 25. On line of the Totopotomoy May 28-31. Left front May 31. Mustered out June 11, 1864.


Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 153 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 47 Enlisted men by disease. Total 207.


Predecessor unit:

PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS. 39th REGIMENT INFANTRY, 10th RESERVES INFANTRY.
(See 10th Reserves Infantry.)

 

 

11th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Lt R. M. *Burkman; Corporal Philipp K. *Faulk (Co. F); Pvt Peter *Holland (Co. D)

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg and in Westmoreland County August, 1861. At Camp Curtin till November 27. Moved to Baltimore, Md., November 27; thence to Annapolis, Md. Attached to Annapolis, Md., Middle Department, to April, 1862. Wadsworth's Command, Military District of Washington, to May, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Ord's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, to May, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to March, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to July, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty at Annapolis, Md., till April 9, 1862. Moved to Washington, D. C., April 9-10; thence to Manassas Junction April 17, and guard Manassas Gap Railroad till May 12. Moved to Catlett's Station May 12 and to Falmouth May 14. Expedition to Front Royal June. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock Au­gust 21-23. Warrenton August 26. Thoroughfare Gap August 28. Bull Run August 30. Chantilly September 1. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battles of South Mountain September 14. Antietam September 16-17. Duty at Sharpsburg till October 30. Move­ment to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth and Belle Plain till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Pollock's Mill Creek April 29-May 2. Fitzhugh's Crossing April 29-30. Chancellorsville May 2-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettys­burg July 1-3 (served with 1st Brigade July 1 to 18). Duty on the Rapidan till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Ad­vance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864. Regiment re-enlisted January 5, 1864. Veterans on furlough February 5 to March 28. Rapidan Campaign May-June. Batt­les of the Wilderness May 5-7. Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Jericho Ford May 25. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. White Oak Swamp June 13. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion Petersburg July 30. 1864 (Reserve). Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Re­connoissance toward Dinwiddie Court House September 15. Warren's Raid to Weldon Railroad December 7-12. Dabney's Mills, Hat­cher's Run, Fe­bruary 5-7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Lewis Farm, Gravelly Run, March 29. White Oak Road March 31. Five Forks April 1. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Moved to Washington May. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out July 1, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 12 Officers and 224 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 177 Enlisted men by disease. Total 417.

 

Documents/Literature:

- **Faulk, Phil K.: „A Fighting Regiment. The Part Taken by the 11tr Pennsylvania on the plains of Manassas,“ National Tribune, 19.2.1891

 

 

11th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861):

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, April 26, 1861. Ordered to Camp Wayne, West Chester, Pa., and duty there and guarding Pittsburg, Wilmington, Baltimore Railroad till June 18. Ordered to Chambersburg June 18. Attached to Negley's 5th Brigade, Abercrombie's 2nd Division, Patterson's Army. Transferred to 6th Brigade June 20. Moved to Williamsport, Md., June 29. Falling Waters July 2. Occupation of Martinsburg July 3. Advance on Bunker Hill July 15. Moved to Harper's Ferry July 25. Mustered out August 1, 1861.

 

 

11th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (40th Volunteers):

s. Major Robert *Litzinger (at first Captain, Co. A)

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Wright, near Pittsburg, June, 1861. Moved to Harrisburg, Pa., June 24; thence to Baltimore, Md.. June 25, and to Washington, D. C., June 26. Mustered into United States service June 29, 1861. Attached to 2nd Brigade, McCall's Pennsylvania Re­serves Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862. 2nd Brigade, McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to Au­gust, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863. 3rd Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserves Division, 22nd Corps, Dept. of Washington, to June, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to November, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Corps, to June, 1864.

 

Service:

Duty at Tennallytown, Md., and picket at Great Falls August 2 to October 10, 1861. At Camp Pierpont, near Langley. Va., till March, 1862. Expedition to Grinnell's Farm December 6. 1861. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15, 1862. McDowell's advance on Fal­mouth April 9-19. Duty at Manassas Junction, Catlett's Station, and Falmouth, till June. Moved to White House June 9-12. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battles of Mechanicsville June 26; Gaines' Mill June 27 (most of Regiment captured, exchan­ged August 5, 1862); Charles City Cross Roads, Glendale, June 30; Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Move­ment to join Pope August 16-26. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battles of South Mountain. Md., September 14; Antietam September 16-17. Duty in Maryland till October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Moved to Washing­ton. D. C., February 6. Duty there and at Alexandria till June 25. Ordered to rejoin Army of the Potomac in the field. Battle of Gettys­burg, Pa., July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Duty on the Rapidan till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Duty at Alexandria till April, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May 4-30. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. Harris Farm May 19. North Anna River May 23-26. Je­richo Ford May 25. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-30. Left front May 30. Mustered out June 13, 1864.


Regiment lost during service 11 Officers and 185 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 112 Enlisted men by disease. Total 309.


Predecessor units:

PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS.40th REGIMENT INFANTRY, 11th RESERVES INFANTRY.

 

 

12th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861):

 

Overview:

Organized at Pittsburg April 22, 1861. Moved to Harrisburg, Pa., April 24; thence to York, Pa., April 25 and duty there till May 25. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Patterson's Army. Guard duty on Northern Central Railroad from State line to Baltimore Md. Headquarters at Cockeyville, Md., till August. Mustered out August 5, 1861.

 

 

12th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (41st Volunteers):

s. Col Marin D. *Hardin; First Sergeant Franklin Horner (Co. H)

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg August, 1861. At Camp Curtin till August 10. Moved to Washington, D. C.; thence to Tennallytown, Md., August 10-13. Attached to 3rd Brigade, McCall's Pennsylvania Reserves Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862. 3rd Brigade, McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863. 3rd Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserves Division, 22nd Corpr, Dept. of Washington, to June, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1864.

 

Service:

Duty at Tennallytown, Md., August 13 to October 10, 1861, and at Camp Pierpont, near Langley, Va., to March, 1862. Expedition to Grinnell's Farm December 6, 1861. Action at Dranesville December 20, 1861. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15, 1862. Mc­Dowell's advance on Falmouth April 9-19. Duty at Fredericksburg till June. Moved to White House June 9-12. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battles of Mechanicsville June 26; Gaines' Mill June 27; Charles City Cross Roads, Glendale June 30; Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to join Pope August 16-26. Battles of Gainesville August 28; Groveton August 30; Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battles of South Mountain September 14; Antietam September 16-17. Duty in Maryland till October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericks­burg. Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Ordered to Washington, D. C., February 6, and duty there and at Alexandria till June 25. Ordered to rejoin Army of the Potomac in the field. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Duty on the Rapidan till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappa­hannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Guard Orange & Alexander Railroad till April, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May 4-31. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. Harris Farm May 19. North Anna River May 23-26. Jericho Mills, or Ford, May 25. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Mustered out June 11, 1864.


Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 110 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 69 Enlisted men by disease. Total 181.


Predecessor unit:
PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS. 41st REGIMENT INFANTRY, 12th RESERVES INFANTRY.

 

Documents/Literature:

- **Hardin, Martin B.: History of the Twelfth Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserves Volunteer Corps (New York: Published by the Author, 1890)

- Nesbitt, Mark: 35 Days to Gettysburg. Campaign Diaries of Two American Enemies (Stackpole, Mechanicsburg); 224 pp, 15 b/w photos, 20 maps. A comparison study of the events leading up to and including the Battle of Gettysburg using diaries of Franklin Horner (12th Pennsylvania) and Thomas Ware (15th Georgia).

 

 

13th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861):

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, and mustered in April 25, 1861. Moved to York, Pa., April 26, and duty there till June 4. Moved to Chambersburg June 4. Attached to 4th Brigade, 1st Division, Patterson's Army. Moved to Greencastle June 14, thence advance on Williamsport June 15-16. Goose Creek, Edward's Ferry, June 18. At Williamsport till July 4. Escort Rhode Island Battery to Martinsburg. Moved to Bunker Hill July 16, and to Charlestown July 17. To Harper's Ferry July 21. Moved to Harrisburg, Pa., and mustered out August 6, 1861.

 

 

13th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (42nd Volunteers/1st Pennsylvania Rifles):

s. LtCol Thomas (Co. K)

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg June 21, 1861. Moved to a point opposite Cumberland, Md., June 22; thence into West Virginia in support of Lew Wallace. Duty on State line till July 27. Ordered to Harper's Ferry August 1. Assigned to George H. Thomas' Brigade, Banks' Di­vision, and duty at Harper's Ferry till October. Moved to Tennallytown, Md., October 1. Attached to 2nd Brigade, McCall's Pennsyl­vania Reserves Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862. 3rd Brigade, McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. (Cos. "C," "G," "H" and "I" detached May 12, 1862, and attached to Bayard's Cavalry Brigade, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 1st Corps, Army of Virginia, to Au­gust, 1862.) 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863. 1st Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserve Division, 22nd Corps, Dept. of Washington, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1864.

 

Service:

Moved from Tennallytown, Md., to Camp Pierpont. near Langley, Va., October 10, 1861, and duty there till March, 1862. Expedition to Hunter's Mills October 20, 1861 (Cos. "A," "G," "H," "I" and "K"). Expedition to Grinnell's Farm December 6. Action at Dranesville December 20. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15. McDowell's advance on Falmouth April 9-19. Duty at Frede­ricksburg till June. (Cos. "C," "G," "H" and "I" reported to Colonel Bayard May 15, 1862. Pursuit of Jackson up the Shenandoah Val­ley May 25-June 6. Harrisonburg June 1. Strasburg June 2. Strasburg and Staunton Road June 2. Woodstock June 3. Mount Jackson June 3. Harrisonburg June 6-7. Cross Keys June 8. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Catlett's Station August 22. Bull Run Bridge August 30-31. Rejoined Regiment September 7, 1862.) Regiment moved to White House June 9-12. Se­ven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battles of Mechanicsville June 26; Meadow Bridge, near Mechanicsville, June 26; Gaines Mill June 27; Savage Station June 29; Charles City Cross Roads or Glendale June 30; Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to join Pope August 16-26. Battles of Gainesville August 28; Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30. Mary­land Campaign September 6-24. Battles of South Mountain September 14: Antietam September 16-17. Duty in Maryland till October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Ordered to Washington, D. C., February 6, and duty there and at Alexandria till June 25. Ordered to join Army of the Potomac in the field. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Duty on the Rapidan till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Guard Orange & Alexandria Railroad till April, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May 4-31. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. Harris Farm May 19. North Anna River May 23-26. Jericho Ford May 25. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 190th Pennsylvania June 1. Mustered out June 11, 1864.


Regiment lost during service 11 Officers and 151 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 88 Enlisted men by disease. Total 252.

 

Documents/Literature:

- Bard, John P.: „The 'Old Bucktails,' 42d Regt. P.V. at the Battle of Gettysburg.“ Philadelphia Weekly Times, May 19, 1886

 

 

14th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861):

s. Captain William H. *Jennings (Co. B)

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg April 30, 1861. Moved to Lancaster May 9, and duty there till June 3. At Chambersburg June 3-16. Attached to Negley's 5th Brigade, Keim's 2nd Division, Patterson's Army. At Hagerstown, Md., June 16-20. Duty near Sharpsburg till July 2. Falling Waters July 2. Company "A" captured by Ashby's Cavalry and sent to Richmond, Va. Occupation of Martinsburg July 3. Ad­vance to Bunker Hill July 15. Moved to Charlestown July 18. Skirmish at Charlestown July 21. Moved to Harper's Ferry July 21, thence to Carlisle, Pa., and mustered out August 7, 1861.

 

 

15th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861):

s. Pvt Frederick *Holland (Co. B)

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, April 26, and duty there till May 9. At Lancaster, Pa., till June 3, and at Chambersburg, Pa., till June 16. Attached to Negley's 5th Brigade, Keim's 2nd Division, Patterson's Army. Moved to Hagerstown June 16, and to Wil­liamsport June 18. Affair with Ashby's Cavalry July 2 (Co. "I" captured). Occupation of Martinsburg, Va., July 3. Advance on Bunker Hill July 15. At Charlestown July 17-25. At Carlisle, Pa., July 27-August 8. Mustered out August 8, 1861.

 

 

16th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861):

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, May 3, 1861. (Co. "C" mustered for three years April 20, 1861, the first Company of Pennsylvania to so volunteer.) Moved to York, Pa., May 9, and duty there till June 3. Moved to Chambersburg June 3, thence to Williamsport June 16. Attached to Miles' 4th Brigade, Cadwalader's 1st Division, Patterson's Army. At Williamsport June 16-July 2. Occupation of Martinsburg July 3. Advance on Bunker Hill July 15. At Charlestown July 17. Mustered out July 30, 1861.

 

 

17th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861):

s. Major William Albert Leech; Drum Major Patrick *Holland (Co. F&S)

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia and mustered in April 25, 1861. Designated 17th May 15, 1861. Moved to Perryville, thence to Baltimore, Md., May 8, and to Washington, D. C., May 10. Camp on Kalorama Heights till June 10. Attached to Stone's Command, Rockville Expedition, June 10-July 1. Edward's Ferry June 18. Join Patterson at Martinsburg, Va., July 7. Attached to 7th Brigade, 3rd Division, Patterson's Army. Advance on Bunker Hill July 15. March to Charleston July 17, thence to Harper's Ferry July 21. Moved to Phil­adelphia and mustered out August 2, 1861.

 

 

18th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861):

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia and mustered in April 24, 1861. At Washington Square, Philadelphia, Pa., till May 14. Moved to Baltimore, Md., and duty near Fort McHenry till May 22, and at Federal Hill till August. (Cos. "B" and "K" at Pikesville Arsenal removing stores to Fort McHenry June 12 to July 23.) Companies "B," "C," "D," "E," "G," "H" and "K" and part of "I" re-enlisted for ten days at the request of General Banks. Mustered out August 6, 1861.

 

 

19th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861):

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia and mustered April 27, 1861. Moved to Baltimore, Md., May 10, and provost duty near Fort McHenry till August. Mustered out August 29, 1861.

 

 

19th Regiment Pennsylvania Emergency Infantry (19th Pennsylvania Militia) (Emergency, 1862)

s. Captain Gustav *Hahn (Co. K)

 

 

20th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861):

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia and mustered in April 30, 1861. Duty at Philadelphia till June. Moved to Chambersburg, Pa., and joined Patterson. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Patterson's Army. March to Williamsport, Md., June 16. Occupation of Martinsburg July 3. Advance on Bunker Hill July 15. Moved to Harper's Ferry July 23. Mustered out August 6, 1861.

 

 

20th Regiment Pennsylvania Emergency Infantry (20th Pennsylvania Militia) (Emergency, 1863):

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg June 17, 1863, to repel Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania. Duty in Dept. of the Susquehanna during Gettysburg Campaign. Mustered out August 10, 1863.

 

Eingesetzt unter Col Jacob G. *Frick (27th Pennsylvania Emergency Infantry Regiment(Emergency, 1863) Ende Juni 1863 an der be­deutenden Wrightsville-Columbia Bridge über den Susquehanna River gegen Ewell's Corps während Lee's Gettysburg Campaign Ende Juni 1863 (vgl. Valuska/Keller: Damn Dutch, a.a.O., S. 52-53; vgl. Valuska, David L.: „North Mus­ters Forces to Meet Rebel Thread to Pennsylvania“; in: Reading Eagle vom 19.2.1995).

 

Documents/Literature:

- Bates: Pennsylvania Volunteers, a.a.O., vol. V, S. 1193-1195

 

 

21st Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry (3 Months):

s. Col John F. *Ballier

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia and mustered in April 20, 1861. Moved to Chambersburg May 28. Attached to Geo. H. Thomas' Brigade, 1st Division, Patterson's Army. March to Greencastle June 6. Cross Potomac and advance on Martinsburg Road June 15. At Wil­liamsport June 16-24. At Downsville till July 1. Falling Waters July 2. Occupation of Martinsburg July 3. Advance on Bunker Hill July 15. Moved to Charlestown July 17; thence to Harper's Ferry. Mustered out August 9, 1861.

 

 

22nd Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861):

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia and mustered in April 23, 1861. Moved to Baltimore, Md., May 17. Duty near Fort McHenry, Locust Point, Patterson's Park and Mt. Clair till August. Mustered out August 7, 1861.

 

 

23rd Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Captain John B. *Fasset

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia August 31, 1861. Ordered to Washington, D. C., September. Attached to Buell's (Couch's) Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to July, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to September, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, to January, 1864. Johnson's Island, Sandusky, Ohio, to May 1864. 4th Brigade, 1st Divisi­on, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to July, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, to Septem­ber, 1864.

 

Service:

Duty in the Defences of Washington till March, 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15. Moved to the Virginia Peninsula March 26. Warwick River April 4. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Operations about Bottom's Bridge May 20-23. Reconnoissance toward Richmond May 23. Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, May 31-June 1. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. White Oak Swamp and Charles City Cross Roads June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Reconnoissance to Malvern Hill August 5-7. Movement to Alexandria, thence to Chantilly August 16-30. Chantilly Sep­tember 1. Maryland Campaign September-October. Guard Potomac from White's Ford to Nolan's Ferry September 11-24 during batt­les of South Mountain and Antietam. White's Ford September 15. (Company "B" captured at Nolin's Ford September 15 by Colonel White's Command.) Moved to Downsville September 24 and picket duty on the Potomac till November 1. Movement to Falmouth, Va., November 1-19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth till April. Chancel­lorsville, Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2. Fredericksburg, Maryes Heights, May 3. Sa­lem Heights May 3-4. Banks' Ford May 4. Operations about Deep Run Ravine June 6-13. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2-4. At War­renton and Culpeper to October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahan­nock Station November 7 (Reserve). Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Regiment re-enlisted December 30, 1863. Veterans on furlough till February 11, 1864. Moved to Johnson's Island, Lake Erie, Ohio, January 6, 1864, and guard Rebel Pri­soners at that place till May 6. Moved to Washington, D. C., May 9-13; thence to Belle Plains and guard Rebel Prisoners and escort trains to the front till May 23. Rapidan Campaign May 23-June 12. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey Novem­ber 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 17-19. Ream's Station, Weldon Railroad, June 22-23. Siege of Petersburg till July 9. Moved to Washington July 9-11. Repulse Early's attack on Washington July 11-12. Snicker's Gap Expedition July 14-18. Operations in Shenandoah Valley till September. Charlestown August 21. Ordered home for muster out. Mustered out September 8, 1864. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 82nd Pennsylvania September 8, 1864.


Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 110 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 70 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 188.

 

Medal of Honor: Captain John B. Fasset

 

 

23rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861):

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia and mustered in April 21, 1861. Moved to Perryville April 21, and duty by detachments along Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad till May 11. Moved to Chambersburg, Pa., May 11. Attached to Geo. H. Thomas' Brigade, 1st Division, Patterson's Army. March to Greensburg June 6. Cross Potomac and advance on Martinsburg Road June 15. At Williamsport June 16-24. At Downsville till July 1. Falling Waters July 2. Occupation of Martinsburg July 3. Advance on Bunker Hill July 15. Moved to Charlestown July 17, thence to Harper's Ferry. Mustered out July 31, 1861.

 

 

24th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861):

s. Pvt. Joseph *Seymour (Co. K)

 

  • Overview:
  • Organized at Philadelphia and mustered in May 1, 1861. Moved to Chambersburg, Pa., June 3. Attached to Negley's 5th Brigade, Keim's 2nd Division, Patterson's Army. Moved to Hagerstown, Md., June 16; thence to Williamsport June 18. Occupation of Martins­burg July 3. Advance on Bunker Hill July 15. At Charlestown July 17. Moved to Harper's Ferry; thence to Philadelphia and mustered out August 10, 1861.

 

 

25th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861):

 

Overview:

Organized by consolidation of First Defenders (5 Cos. and 5 new Cos.). Organized at Harrisburg, Pa., April 18, 1861. Moved to Washington, D. C. (see First Defenders), rest of Regiment camp near Arsenal till June 28. (Cos. "B," "E" and "H" Garrison Fort Washington till mustered out, and Cos. "A," "C" at Washington Arsenal till mustered out.) Companies "D," "F," "G," "I" and "K" march to Rockville, Md., to join Stone, June 29-80. Reported at Poolesville July 1, and moved to Sandy Hook, opposite Harper's Ferry, W. Va. Attached to Stone's 7th Brigade, Sanford's 3rd Division, Patterson's Army. March to Martinsburg July 6-8. Advance to Bunker Hill July 15. Camp at Harper's Ferry July 17-23. Mustered out August 1, 1861.


Predecessor unit:
PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS. "FIRST DEFENDERS."-(5 COMPANIES.)

Ringgold Light Artillery of Reading, Logan Guard of Lewiston, Washington Artillery of Pottsville, National Light Infantry of Pottsville, and Allen Rifles of Allentown tendered services April 13, 1861. Moved to Harrisburg April 16-17. Mustered in April 18, and moved to Washington, D. C., via Baltimore, Md., April 18. Quartered in the Capitol, guard Arsenal and Navy Yard. Logan Guard and Washington Artillery on duty at Fort Washington. Assigned to 25th Pennsylvania as Companies "A," "D," "E," "G" and "H" (which see).

 

 

26th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia April 20, 1861. Mustered in May 27, 1861 (a detachment attacked in streets of Baltimore April 19, 1861). Moved to Washington, D. C., June 15, 1861. Attached to Defences of Washington to August, 1861. Hooker's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October, 1861. Grover's Brigade, Hooker's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 2nd Army Corps, to June, 1864.

 

Service:

Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till October, 1861, and at Budd's Ferry, Md., October 20. 1861, to April 1, 1862. Moved to the Virginia Peninsula, Siege of Yorktown, April 5-May 4. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, May 31-June 1. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Oak Grove June 25. Savage Station June 29. White Oak Swamp and Glen­dale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. Duty at Harrison's Landing till August 16. Action at Malvern Hill August 5. Movement to Centre­ville August 16-26. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 26-September 2. Bristoe Station, Kettle Run, August 27. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30; Chantilly September 1. Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till November. Opera­tions on Orange & Alexandria Railroad October 10-12. Movement to Falmouth, Va., November 18-28. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Operations at Rappahannock Bridge and Grove Church February 5-7. At Fal­mouth till April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg (Pa.) July 1-3. Wapping Heights, Va., July 23. Duty on line of the Rapidan till October. Bristoe Cam­paign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Kelly's Ford November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Payne's Farm November 27. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864. Near Brandy Station till May. Rapi­dan Campaign May 4-28. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. Harris Farm, on Fredericksburg Road, May 19. North Anna River May 23-26. Ox Ford May 24. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Left front May 28. Mustered out June 18, 1864. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 99th Pennsylvania.


Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 143 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 71 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 222.

 

 

26th Regiment Pennsylvania Emergency Infantry (26th Pennsylvania Militia) (Emergency, 1863):

Col. William W. Jennings; Pvt Samuel *Pennypacker (Co. F); Pvt Henry Melchior Muhlenberg *Richards (Co. A); Pvt Jerome S. *Seymour (Co. B)

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg June 22, 1863, for the protection of Pennsylvania against Lee's invasion. Duty in Dept. of the Susquehanna, near Gettysburg, Pa., June 26. Mustered out July 31, 1863.

 

Documents/Literature:

- Black, Linda G.: Gettysburg's Preview of War: Early's June 26, 1863, Raid; aus The Gettysburg Magazin, Heft Nr. 3

- Pennypacker, Samuel W.: Six Weeks in Uniform: Being the Record of a Term in the Military Service of the United States in the Gettysburg Campaign of 1863. 26te PA Emergency Infantry June 16 to August 1, 1863 (Norristown, PA: County of Montgomery, 2002)

- Richards, H. M. M.: „Citizens of Gettysburg in The Union Army“; in: Battles & Leaders Vol. III S. 289

 

 

 

27th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Pvt James M. *Daniel (Co. I)

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia January, 1861. Moved to Baltimore, Md., April 18. Attacked in streets of Baltimore April 19. Returned to Philadelphia and reorganized for three years. Mustered in May 31 to date from May 5, 1861. Moved to Washington, D. C., June 17-18. Attached to 1st Brigade, Miles' Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia, to August, 1861. Blenker's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October, 1861. Stahel's Brigade, Blenker's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, Blenker's 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, March, 1862. 1st Brigade, Blenker's Division, Dept. of the Mountains, to June, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 11th Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1863, and Army of the Cumberland to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to May, 1864.


Service:

Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21, 1861. Battle of Bull Run July 21. Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till April, 1862. Operations in the Shenandoah Valley May to August. Battle of Cross Keys June 8. At Sperryville and Centreville till August. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30. Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till December. Reconnoissance to Snicker's Ferry and Berryville November 28-30. March to Fredericksburg, Va., December 10-15. Duty at Falmouth and Brooks' Station till April, 1863. Operations at Welford's, Kelly's and Beverly Fords April 14-15. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Duty on line of the Rapidan, near Bristoe Station, till September. Movement to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24-October 3. March along Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad to Lookout Valley, Tenn., October 25-25. Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29. Battle of Wauhatchie October 28-29. Battles of Chattanooga November 23-27; Orchard Knob November 23; Tunnel Hill November 23-24; Mission Ridge November 25. March to relief of Knoxville November 27-December 17. Duty in Lookout Valley till May, 1864. Atlanta Campaign May 1-25. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Dug Gap, or Mill Creek, May 8. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May 22-25. Left front May 25. Mustered out June 11, 1864. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 109th Pennsylvania.


Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 67 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 62 Enlisted men by disease. Total 134.

 

 

27th Regiment Pennsylvania Emergency Infantry (26th Pennsylvania Militia) (Emergency, 1863):

s. Col Jacob G. *Frick

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg June 22, 1863, for the protection of Pennsylvania against Lee's Invasion. Duty in the Dept. of the Susque­hanna. Duty at Columbia and Wrightsville. Defence and destruction of railroad bridge June 28. Gettysburg Campaign. Mustered out July 31, 1863.

 

Einsatz des Regiments an der bedeutenden Wrightsville-Columbia Bridge über den Susquehanna River gegen Ewell's Corps während Lee's Gettysburg Campaign Ende Juni 1863 (vgl. Valuska/Keller: Damn Dutch, a.a.O., S. 52-53; vgl. Valuska, David L.: „North Mus­ters Forces to Meet Rebel Thread to Pennsylvania“; in: Reading Eagle vom 19.2.1995). Beim Versuch von MajGen Early durch Gor­don's Brigade, die Brücke über den Susquehanna bei *Wrightsville zu nehmen, befahl Col Frick, die Brücke in Brand zu setzen (vgl. Coddington: Get­tysburg Campaign, a.a.O., S. 146-147).

 

 

28th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. 1stLt/Quartermaster John P. *Nicholson (Co. K); Pvt Henry Kauffman (Co. C); Pvt William S. *Seymour (Co. D)

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia and mustered in June 28, 1861. Moved to Baltimore, Md., and Harper's Ferry, W. Va., July 27. Attached to Geo. H. Thomas' Brigade, Dept. of the Shenandoah, to August, 1861. 1st Brigade, Banks' Division, Dept. of the Shenandoah, to Oc­tober, 1861. Geary's Independent Brigade, Banks' Division, Army of the Potomac, to March. 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps, to April, 1862. Geary's Independent Brigade, Dept. of the Shenandoah, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia, to August, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 1st Bri­gade, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac. to October, 1863, and Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. 1st Bri­gade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June, 1865. 3rd Brigade, Bartlett's Division, 22nd Corps, Dept. of Washington, to July, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty at Sandy Hook, opposite Harpers Ferry, till August 13. 1861. Moved to Point of Rocks, Md., and guard frontier from Nolan's Ferry to Antietam Aqueduct. Pritchard's Mills, Va., September 15 (Cos. "B," "D," "I"). Point of Rocks September 24. Knoxville Octo­ber 2. Bolivar Heights October 16 (Cos. "A," "D," "F," "G"). Nolan's Ferry October 30. Berlin November 10. Point of Rocks Decem­ber 19. Crossed Potomac February 24-25. Operations in Loudoun County, Va., February 25-May 6. Occupation of Bolivar Heights February 26. Lovettsville March 1. Wheatland March 7. Occupation of Leesburg March 8. Upperville March 14. Ashby's Gap March 15. Capture of Rectortown, Piedmont, Markham, Linden and Front Royal March 15-20. Operations about Middleburg and White Plains March 27-28. Thoroughfare Gap April 2. Warrenton April 6. Near Piedmont April 14. Linden May 15 (Co. "O"). Recon­noissance from Front Royal to Browntown May 24. Guard railroad from White Plains to Manassas till May 24, and railroad and gaps of the Blue Ridge till June 23. Joined Banks at Middletown June 29. Reconnoissance to Thoroughfare Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. White Sulphur Springs August 24. Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Duty at Bolivar Heights till December. Reconnoissance to Lovettsville Octo­ber 21. Reconnoissance to Rippon, W. Va., November 9. Reconnoissance to Winchester December 2-6. Moved to Fredericksburg, Va., December 10-14. At Stafford Court House till April 27, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Old Wilderness Tavern April 30. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Fair Play, wiederverwerte Md., July 13. Duty on line of the Rapidan till September. Movement to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24-October 3. Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29. Companies "L," "M," "N" and "O" transferred to 147th Pennsylvania October 28. Battle of Wauhatchie, Tenn., October 28-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Battles of Lookout Mountain November 23-24; Mission Ridge November 25; Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, November 27. Guard duty on Nash­ville & Chattanooga Railroad till April, 1864. Regiment re-enlisted December 24, 1863. Veterans on furlough January and Fe­bruary, 1864. Expedition down the Tennessee River to Triana April 12-16. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. De­monstration on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 5-13. Dug Gap, or Mill Springs, May 8. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Cass­ville May 19. Advance on Dallas May 22-25. New Hope Church May 25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills, May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Gilgal, or Golgotha Church, June 15. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm June 22. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station or Smyrna Camp Ground July 4. Chattahoochie Ri­ver July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2. Occupation of Atlanta September 2-November 15. Whitehall Road, near Atlanta, November 9. March to the sea No­vember 15-De­cember 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. North Edisto, S. C., February 12-13. Red Bank Creek February 15. Congaree Creek February 15. Averysboro, N. C., March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 9-13. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Sur­render of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Duty in the Dept. of Washington till July. Mustered out July 18, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 151 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 124 Enlisted men by disease. Total 284.

 

Documents/Literature:

- **Nicholson, John P.: Papers. Huntingdon Library, San Marina, Cal.

- **Nicholson, John Page: Pennsylvania at Gettysburg, 2 vols. (Harrisburg: Wm. Stanley Ray, 1904)

 

 

28th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry Militia (Emergency, 1863):

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg June 24, 1863, for the protection of Pennsylvania against Lee's invasion. Duty in the Dept. of the Susquehanna. Destruction of railroad bridge at Wrightsville June 28. Moved to Carlisle, Pa., thence over South Mountain to Boonsboro, Md. Skirmish near Hagerstown July 11. Mustered out July 28, 1863.

 

 

29th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Chaplain Lyman D. *Ames (Co. F&S); Pvt. Charles *Vautier (Co. E); Pvt William J. Vautier (Co. E)

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia July 1, 1861. Left State for Harper's Ferry, W. Va., August 3. Attached to Gordon's Brigade, Dept. of the Susquehanna, August, 1861. 3rd Brigade, Banks' Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Banks' 5th Corps, and Dept. of the Shenandoah to June, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps. Army of the Potomac, to March, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1863, and Army of the Cumberland to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June, 1865. Bartlett's Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, to July, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty at Harper's Ferry and on Upper Potomac till February, 1862. Operations about Dams 4 and 5 December 17-20, 1861. Advance on Winchester March 1-12. Occupation of Winchester March 12. Pursuit of Jackson up the Shenandoah Valley March 24-April 27. Woodstock April 1. Edenburg April 1-2. Stony Creek April 2. Operations in Shenandoah Valley May 15-June 17. Front Royal May 23 (Cos. "B" and "G"). Buckton Station May 23. Middletown and Newtown May 24. Retreat to Williamsport May 24-26. Battle of Win­chester May 25. At Williamsport till June 10. Moved to Front Royal June 10-18; thence to Warrenton and Little Washington July 11-18. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 6-September 2. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9 (Reserve). Guarding trains during Bull Run Battles. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17 (Provost and Rear Guard). Chambersburg, Pa., October 11. Duty at Maryland Heights till December. March to Fredericksburg, Va., December 10-16. Fairfax Station December 12. At Stafford Court House till April, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Pur­suit of Lee July 5-24. Duty on line of the Rappahannock till September. Movement to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24-October 3. Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29. Battle of Wauhatchie, Tenn., October 28-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Battles of Lookout Mountain November 23-24; Mission Ridge November 25; Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, November 27. Re-enlisted December 10, 1863. Guard duty on Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad till April, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8-13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Cassville May 19. New Hope Church May 25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 26-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm June 22. Assault on Kenesaw Mountain June 27. Ruff's Station or Smyrna Camp Ground July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Sie­ge of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2. Occupation of Atlanta Septem­ber 2-November 15. Expedition to Tuckum's Cross Roads October 26-29. Near Atlanta November 9. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Near Davidsboro November 28. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 9-13. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Duty in Dept. of Washington, D. C., till July. Mustered out July 11, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 99 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 84 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 187.

 

 

29th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry Militia (Emergency, 1863):

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg June 23, 1863, for the protection of Pennsylvania against Lee's invasion. Duty in the Dept. of the Susquehanna during Gettysburg Campaign. Mustered out July 29, 1863.

 

 

30th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry (1st Reserve):

s. Captain Henry N. *Minnigh (Co K)

 

Overview:

This regiment was organized at West Chester June 9, 1861.  It was mustered into service at Camp Carroll near Baltimore, Maryland July 26, 1861.  It was mustered out June 10, 1864.

 

This unit saw service at Manassas, Fredericksburg, Richmond, Antietam, South Mountain, Gettysburg and most other major engage­ments.

 

Documents/Literature:

- Bates: Pennsylvania Volunteers, vol. I, p. 545 ff.

- Minnigh, Henry N. (Captain 30th PA Infantry, 1st Reserve): History of Company "K" 1st Penn'a Reserves (Thomas Publications; Reprint of 1891); 152 pp

 

 

30th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry (2nd Reserve):

 

Documents/Literature:

- Bates: Pennsylvania Volunteers, vol. I, p. 575 ff.

 

 

30th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry Militia (Emergency, 1863):

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg June 25, 1863, for the protection of Pennsylvania against Lee's invasion. Duty in the Dept. of the Susquehanna at Chambersburg, Hagerstown, Md., Mercersburg, Pa., Fort Washington, etc. Oyster Point June 28. Carlisle July 1. Mustered out August 1, 1863.

 

 

31st Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. 2nd Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry

 

 

31st Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry Militia (Emergency, 1863):

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg June 30, 1863, for the protection of Pennsylvania against Lee's invasion. Duty in the Dept. of the Susquehanna. Mustered out August 8, 1863.

 

 

32nd Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (3rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry):

s Pvt Henry *Allbach (Co H)

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia and moved to Easton, Pa., May 20, 1861. Camp there till July 22. Moved to Harrisburg, Pa., July 22, and mustered into United States service July 28. Moved to Washington, D. C., thence to Tennallytown, Md. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Mc­Call's Pennsylvania Reserves Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862. 2nd Brigade, McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to August, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserves Division, 22nd Corps, Dept. of Washington, D. C., to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserves Division, District of Alexandria, 22nd Corps, to January, 1864. Dept. of West Virginia to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Dept. of West Virginia, to June, 1864.

 

Service:

Duty at Tennallytown, Md., till Oct. 9, 1861, and at Camp Pierpont, near Langley, Va., till March, 1862. Expedition to Grinnell's Farm December 6, 1861. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15, 1862. McDowell's advance on Falmouth April 9-19. Duty at Fre­dericksburg, Va., till June. Moved to White House June 9-11. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battles of Mechanics­ville June 26. Gaines' Mill June 27. Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to join Pope August 16-26. Battles of Gainesville August 28. Groveton August 29. Bull Run August 30. Mary­land Campaign September 6-24. Battles of South Mountain September 14; Antietam September 16-17. Duty in Maryland till October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Ordered to Washington, D. C., February 6, and duty there and in District of Alexandria till January 6, 1864. Duty near Martins­burg, W. Va., till January 27. Operations in Hampshire and Hardy counties, W. Va., January 27-February 7. Duty near Kearneysville, W. Va., till March 27, and near Harper's Ferry till April 3. Moved to Webster, thence to the Kanawha Valley, W. Va., April 22. Crook's Expedition to Virginia & Tennessee Railroad May 2-19. Battle of Cloyd's Mountain May 9. New River Bridge May 10. Expedition to Meadow Bluff, Fayette county, May 10-19. Near Newport May 12-13. Left front for Pittsburg, Pa., June 4. Mustered out June 17, 1864. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 54th Pennsylvania June 8, 1864. 


Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 69 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 54 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 127. 


Predecessor unit: 

PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS 32nd REGIMENT INFANTRY, 3rd RESERVES INFANTRY. 

 

 

33rd Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry (4th Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry:)

s. Pvt Charles H. *Allbach (Co G)

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg July 17, 1861. Moved to Washington, D. C., thence to Tennallytown, Md. Attached to 2nd Brigade, McCall's Pennsylvania Reserves Division, Army of the Potomac. to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Po­tomac, to April, 1862. 2nd Brigade, McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division. 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserves Division, 22nd Corps, Dept. of Washington, to January, 1864. Dept. of West Virginia to April. 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Dept. of West Virginia, to June, 1864. 

 

Service:

Duty at Tennallytown, Md., till October 10, and at Camp Pierpont, near Langley, Va., till March, 1862. Expedition to Grinnell's Farm December 6, 1861. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15, 1862. McDowell's advance on Falmouth, Va., April 9-19. Duty at Fre­dericksburg till June. Moved to White House June 9-11. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battles of Mechanicsville June 26; Gaines' Mill June 27; Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale June 30; Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to join Pope August 16-26. Battles of Gainesville August 28. Groveton August 29. Bull Run August 30. Maryland Cam­paign September 6-24. Battles of South Mountain September 14; Antietam September 16-17. Duty in Maryland till October. Move­ment to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Or­dered to Washington, D. C., February 6, and duty there and in the District of Alexandria till January 6, 1864. Duty near Martinsburg, W. Va., till January 27. Operations in Hampshire and Hardy counties January 27-February 7. Duty near Kearneysville till March 27. Moved to Webster, thence to the Kanawha Valley April 22. Crook's Expedition to Virginia & Tennessee Railroad May 2-19. Battle of Cloyd's Mountain May 9. New River Bridge May 10. Expedition to Meadow Bluff May 10-19. Near Newport May 12-13. Left front for Philadelphia via Pittsburg, Pa., June 4. Mustered out June 17, 1864. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 54th Pennsylvania June 8, 1864. 

Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 76 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 60 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 139. 

Predecessor unit: 

PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS 
33rd REGIMENT INFANTRY. 4th RESERVES INFANTRY. 

 

 

33rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry Militia (Emergency, 1863):

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg June 26, 1863, for the protection of Pennsylvania against Lee's invasion. Duty in the Dept. of the Susquehanna during Gettysburg Campaign. Mustered out August 4, 1863.

 

 

34th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. 5th Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry

 

 

35th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. 6th Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves

s. 74th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry

 

 

36th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. 7th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (36th Volunteers)

 

 

37th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. 8th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (37th Volunteers)

 

 

38th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. 9th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (38th Volunteers)

 

 

39th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. 10th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (39th Volunteers)

 

 

40th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. 11th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (41st Volunteers)

 

 

41st Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. 12th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (40th Volunteers)

 

 

42nd Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry (Bucktail Regiment):

s. 13th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (42nd Volunteers/1st Pennsylvania Rifles)

 

 

 

43rd Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. First Light Artillery - 15th Pennsylvania Reserve Corps

 

 

44th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. 1st Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry

 

 

45th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Corporal Horace B. *Seymour (Co. D); Pvt Allan D. *Albert (Co. D); Pvt Jerome *Seymour (Co. H)

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, October 21, 1861. Moved to Washington, D. C., October 21-23. Attached to Jameson's Briga­de, Heintzelman's Division, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1861. Unattached, Sherman's South Carolina Expeditionary Corps, to April, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the South, to July, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Po­tomac, to September, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1863, and Army of the Ohio to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to August, 1863, and Army of the Ohio to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to July, 1865.

 

Service:

Expedition into Lower Maryland November 3-11, 1861. Moved to Baltimore, Md., thence to Fortress Monroe, Va., November 19-21. Sailed for Port Royal, S. C., December 6-8. Companies "A," "C," "D," "E" and "I" assigned to duty at Bay Point; Companies "B," "F," "G," "H" and "K" occupy Otter Island, S. C., December 11, and duty there till May, 1862; Companies "F" and "K" occupy Fenwlck Island December 20, 1861; Company "F" at Fenwick Island April 4 to May 20, 1862; Companies "B," "F," "G," "H," "I" and "K" moved to North Edisto Island, S. C., May 21, 1862. Operations against James Island, S. C., May 21-June 28. Action on James Is­land June 10. Battle of Secessionville June 16. Evacuation of James Island and movement to Hilton Head June 28-July 1. Moved to Newport News, Va., July 18-21; thence to Aquia Creek August 4-5. Operations on the Rapidan and Rappahannock Rivers till Septemb­er. At Brook's Station August 5-29. Destruction of bridges at Potomac Creek and Brook's Station September 4. Destruction of stores at Aquia Creek September 6. Battles of South Mountain September 14; Antietam September 16-17. Duty at Pleasant Valley, Md., till October 26. March to Lovettsville, Va., October 26-29; thence to Warrenton October 29-November 19. Battle of Fredericks­burg December 12-15. Burnside's 2nd Campaign January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth till February 11. Moved to Newport News Fe­bruary 11, thence to Lexington, Ky., March 19-23. Duty at various points in Kentucky till June. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., June 7-14. Siege of Vicksburg June 14-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. At Milldale till August 5. Moved to Covington, Ky., thence to Crab Orchard August 5-18. Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee August 16-Octo­ber 17. Blue Springs October 10. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Lenoir Station November 14-15. Campbell's Station November 16. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 4. Pursuit of Longstreet December 5-24. Regiment re-enlisted Ja­nuary l, 1864. Ope­rations in East Tennessee till March, 1864. Strawberry Plains January 21-22. Movement to Annapolis, Md., March 21-April 6. Rapi­dan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. Stannard's Mill May 21. North Anna River May 23-26. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopoto­moy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2. Peeble's Farm October 1. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. At Fort Rice till April, 1865. Fort Sted­man March 25, 1865. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. March to Farmville April 3-9. Moved to Pe­tersburg and City Point April 20-24, thence to Alexandria April 26-28. Grand Review May 23. Duty at Washington and Alexandria till July. Mustered out July 17, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 13 Officers and 214 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 252 Enlisted men by disease. Total 479.

 

Documents/Literature:

- Albert, Allen D.: History of the Forty-Fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry 1861-1865 (Williamsport 1912); 1st Edition, 530 pp, Photos, Rosters

 

 

46th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Col Benjamin *Dornblaser (Co. F&S); Pvt Benjamin *Beidelman (Co. C); Pvt John A. *Gilger (Co. K)

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg October 31, 1861. Ordered to join Banks November, 1861. Attached to Gordon's Brigade, Banks' Division, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Banks' 5th Corps, and Dept. of the Shenandoah to June, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1863, and Army of the Cumberland to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps Army of the Cumberland, to July, 1865.

 

Service:

Guard and outpost duty on the Upper Potomac till February, 1862. Advance on Winchester March 1-12, 1862. Near Winchester March 7. Occupation of Winchester March 12. Ordered to Manassas, Va., March 18, and return to Winchester. Pursuit of Jackson up the Valley March 24-April 7. Columbia Furnace April 16: Skirmish at Gordonsville and Keazletown Cross Roads April 26. Operati­ons in the Shenandoah Valley May 15-June 17. At Strasburg till May 20. Retreat to Winchester May 20-25. Front Royal May 23. Kernstown and Middletown May 24. Battle of Winchester May 25. Retreat to Williamsport May 25-26. At Williamsport till June 10. Moved to Front Royal June 10-18. Reconnoissance to Luray June 29-30. Luray June 30. At Warrenton, Gordonsville and Culpeper, July. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Guard trains during the Bull Run battles. Manassas Junction August 28. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battle of Antietam September 16-17 (Reserve). Duty in Maryland till December 10. March to Fairfax Station December 10-14, and duty there till January 19, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24. Moved to Stafford Court House and duty there till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Duty on line of the Rappahannock till September. Movement to Bridgeport, Ala,, September 24-October 3. Guard duty on Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad till April, 1864. Regiment re-enlisted January, 1864. Atlanta Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Cassville May 19. New Hope Church May 25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Gilgal, or Golgotha Church, June 15. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm June 22. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station or Smyrna Camp Ground July 4. Chattahoochee River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Operations at Chattahoochee River Bridge August 26-September 2. Occupation of Atlanta September 2-November 15. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Thompson's Creek, near Chesterfield Court House, S. C., March 2. Thompson's Creek, near Cheraw, S. C., March 3. Averysboro, N. C., March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 9-13. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Ben­nett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Duty at Washington till July. Mustered out July 16, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 14 Officers and 165 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 136 Enlisted men by disease. Total 317.

 

 

47th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Pvt. Alfred C. *Pretz (Co. I; später 1stLt/Adjutant, 2nd Regiment Florida US-Cavalry)

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg August and September, 1861. Moved to Washington, D. C., September 20-21. Attached to 3rd Brigade, W. F. Smith's Division, Army Potomac, to January, 1862. District of Key West, Fla., to June, 1862. District of Beaufort, S. C., Dept. South, to November, 1862. District of Key West, Fla., 10th Corps, Dept. of the South, November, 1862, and Dept. of the Gulf to February, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to July, 1864, and Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, Provisional Division, Army Shenandoah, to April, 1865. 2nd Brigade, Dwight's Division, 22nd Corps, Dept. of Washington, to May, 1865. 3rd Brigade, Dwight's Division, District of Savannah, Ga., Dept. South, to July, 1865. 1st Sub-District, South Carolina, Dept. South Carolina, to December, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till January, 1862. Moved to Key West, Fla., via Annapolis, Md., and on Steamer "Orien­tal" January 22-February 4. Duty at Fort Taylor, Key West, Fla., till June 18. Moved to Hilton Head, S. C., June 18-22, thence to Be­aufort, S. C., July 2, and duty there till October. Expedition to Florida September 30-October 13. St. John's Bluff October 3. Capture of Jacksonville October 5 (Cos. "E" and "K"). Expedition from Jacksonville to Lake Beresford and capture of Steamer "Gov. Milton" near Hawkinsville October 6 (Cos. "E" and "K"). Expedition to Pocotaligo, S. C., October 21-23. Frampton's Plantation and Pocotali­go Bridge October 22. Ordered to Key West, Fla., November 15. Garrison Fort Taylor (Cos. "A," "B," "C," "E," "G" and "I") and Fort Jefferson (Cos. "D," "F," "H" and "K") till February, 1864. Moved to New Orleans, La., February 25. (Regiment re-enlisted October, 1863, to February, 1864.) At Algiers, La., February 28. Banks' Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Advance from Franklin to Alexandria March 14-26. Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8. Pleasant Hill April 9. Monett's Ferry, Cane River Crossing, April 23. Fatigue duty at Alexandria constructing dam across Red River April 30-May 10. Retreat to Morganza May 13-20. Mansura May 16. At Morganza till June 20. At New Orleans till July 5. Moved to Washington, D. C., July 5-12. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Cam­paign August to November. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. At Camp Russell, near Winchester, till December 20, and at Camp Fairview, Charlestown, and on outpost duty in West Virginia till April, 1865. Moved to Washington, D. C., April 19-21. Grand Review May 23-24. Moved to Savannah, Ga., May 31-June 4, and to Charleston, S. C., June 17. Duty at Charleston and other points in South Carolina till December. Mustered out December 25, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 112 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 170 Enlisted men by disease. Total 290.

 

 

48th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. LtCol William S. Friesner (zuvor Captain Co. A); Captain (Major) Oliver C. *Bosbyshell (Co. G); Captain James *Wren (Co. B); Quartermaster Sergeant Joseph *Gould (Co. F)

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg September, 1861. Moved to Fortress Monroe, Va., September 24-25, and duty there till November 11, 1861. Duty at Fort Clarke, Hatteras Inlet, till May, 1862. Attached to Williams' Brigade, Burnside's North Carolina Expedition, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Dept. North Carolina, to July, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to April, 1863, and Army of the Ohio to June, 1863. Unattached, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army Ohio, to October, 1863. 1st Bri­gade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Ohio, to April, 1864, and Army Potomac to July, 1865. 

 

Service:

Companies "A," "B," "C," "D," "H" and "I" at New Berne, N. C., March 14, 1862. Regiment reunited at New Berne May 23, and duty there till July 6. Moved to Fortress Monroe July 6-8, thence to Fredericksburg August 2-4. Joined Pope at Culpeper, Va., August 13. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run Au­gust 30; Chantilly September 1. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battles of South Mountain September 14; Antietam September 16-17. At Pleasant Valley, Md., till October 27. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 27-November 17. Corbin's Cross Roads, near Amissville, November 10. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. Burnside's second Campaign January 20-24, 1863. Duty at Fal­mouth till February 19. Moved to Newport News, thence to Covington, Ky., March 26-April 1. Provost and guard duty at Lexington, Ky., till September 10. At Knoxville, Tenn., till October 4. Blue Springs, Tenn., October 10. Knoxville Campaign November 4-De­cember 23. Campbell's Station November 16. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 5. Pursuit of Longstreet December 5-29. Regiment re-enlisted at Blain's Cross Road a December 7, and on Veteran furlough till March, 1864. Left Pottsville, Pa., March 14. At Annapolis, Md., till April. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania C. H. May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. Stannard's Mills May 21. North Anna River May 23-26. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28.Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23, 1864. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30. Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2. Boydton Plank RoadHatcher's Run, October 27-28. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2, 1865. Occupation of Petersburg April 3. March to Farmville April 3-9. Moved to Pe­tersburg and City Point April 20-24, thence to Alexandria April 26-28. Grand Review May 23. Duty at Washington and Alexandria till July. Mustered out July 17, 1865. 


Regiment lost during service 11 Officers and 145 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 142 Enlisted men by disease. Total 301.

 

Documents/Literature:

- **Bosbyshell, Oliver Christian (Captain Co. G): The 48th in the war. Being a narrative of the campaigns of the 48th regiment, infan­try, Pennsylvania veteran volunteers, during the war of the rebellion (1895)

- **Bosbyshell, Oliver Christian: Pennsylvania at Antietam (Harrisburg: Antietam Battlefield Memorial Commission, 1906)

- **Gould, Joseph: The 48th in the War (Regimental Association, 1908)

- 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Poll-Book, 1864. 1 item. Poll-book for an election held on October 11, 1864, noting votes cast by members of Company B, 48th Pennsylvania Infantry, encamped at Pegram's Farm in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. Book in­cludes a list of men, mostly from Schuylkill, Luzerne, Lebanon, and Berks counties, Pennsylvania, and how many votes were cast for candidates for the national offices of Congress and the county offices of Sheriff, Clerk of Orphan's Court, Coroner, County Com­missioner, Director of the Poor, and County Auditor. Virginia Tech, Univ. Libraries, Special Collections: Civil War guide. Manuscript Sources for Civil War Research in the Special Collections Department of the Virginia Tech Libraries Ms98-021.

- **Wren, James (Captain, 48th PA Vols): From New Bern to Fredericksburg (White Mane, Shippensburg); Edited by Michael Priest; 148 pp; Index; Photos; Maps

- **Wren, James: Diary, Manuscript, Antietam National Battlefield

 

 

48th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861):

 

Overview:

"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.

 

 

49th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Adjutant Lewis *Crater (Co. H&F); Sergeant Robert S. *Westbrook (Co. B&D); Corporal John Carvel *Arnold (Co. I); Pvt John *Frick (Co. E); Pvt Alfred *Thompson;

 

Overview:

Organized at Lewistown and Harrisburg September, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., September 22, 1861. Attached to Han­cock's Brigade, W. F. Smith's Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to May, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to February, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, to July, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Shenandoah, to August, 1864. Reserve Division, Dept. West Virginia, to September, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Shenandoah, to December, 1864, and Army Poto­mac, to July, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty near Lewinsville, Va., Defences of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15. Return to Alexandria and embark for the Virginia Peninsula. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Lee's Mills, Burnt Chimneys, April 16. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Pursuit to the Chickahominy River and picket duty till June 25. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Garnett's Farm June 27. Golding's Farms June 28. Savage Station June 29. White Oak Swamp Bridge June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Centreville August 16-27. In works at Centreville August 27-31. Assist in checking Pope's rout at Bull Run August 30, and cover retreat to Fairfax C. H. August 31-September 1. Maryland Campaign Septem­ber 6-24. Sugar Loaf Mountain September 10-11. Crampton's Pass, South Mountain, September 14. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Duty in Maryland till October 29. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., De­cember 12-15. Consolidated to four Companies January 9, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24. At White Oak Church till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2. Bernard House April 29. Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4. Banks' Ford May 4. At White Oak Church till June 6. Deep Run Ravine June 6-13. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2-4. At and near Funkstown, Md., July 10-13. Duty on line of the Rappahannock till Octo­ber. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Duty at Hazel River till May, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 13. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania C. H. May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor May 31-June 12. Before Petersburg June 17-19. Siege of Petersburg June 17-July 9. Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad, June 22-23. Moved to Washington, D. C., July 9-11. Repulse of Early's attack on Washington July 12-13. Pursuit of Early July 14-18. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to December. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Guard duty at Winchester till October 29, and in the valley till Decem­ber 1. Ordered to Petersburg, Va. Siege operations against Petersburg December, 1864, to April, 1865. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Sailor's Creek April 6. Deta­ched to escort prisoners April 6. March to Danville April 23-29, and duty there till May 23. Moved to Richmond, Va., thence to Wa­shington, D. C. Corps Review June 8. Duty at Hall's Hill till July 15. Mustered out July 15, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 184 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 168 Enlisted men by disease. Total 361.

 

One of Fox's Fighting 300, the 49th Pennsylvania fought at Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Mine Run, Wilderness, Petersburg, Williams­burg, Malvern Hill and Gettysburg

 

Documents/Literature::

- Arnold, John Carvel (1833-1865) Cpl., 49th Pennsylvania Volunteers Papers, 1856-1937; Library of Congress, Civil War Manus­cripts; Washington, DC. 192 items. Includes about 40 letters from Arnold to his wife, Mar. 1864-Apr. 1865, concerning the Wilder­ness, Spotsylvania, Petersburg, and Appomattox campaigns, Sheri­dan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign, and the movement of Federal troops during Gen. Jubal Early's Washington raid. Provides detai­led accounts of the Battle of Cold Harbor (1864), the Battle of Win­chester (Sept. 1864), and the Battle of Hatcher's Run (Oct. 1864). Also contains letters by Sgt. W. Harman, John W. Snoke (83d Pennsylvania Volunteers), and H. C. Shaffer.

- Crater, Lewis: History of the Fiftieth Regiment Penna. Vols., 1861-65 (Coleman Printing House: Reading, 1884)

- Thompson, Alfred: Correspondence, 1861-63. Union soldier in the 49th Pennsylvania Volunteers; wounded in May 1864 and died in November in Martinsburg. Nine letters from Thompson in various camps in Virginia to David May of Spruce Creek, Pennsylvania. Compliments his own poetry and compares himself to Edgar Allen Poe, compares soldiering to prostitution, and describes conditions during McClellan's Peninsular Campaign. (Virginia Tech, Univ. Libraries, Special Collections: Civil War guide. Manuscript Sources for Civil War Research in the Special Collections Department of the Virginia Tech Libraries Ms 90-004).

- Westbrook, Robert S.: History of the 49th Pennsylvania Volunteers (Butternut and Blue; Reprint of Scarce 1898 Original); 272 pp; Introduction by Richard Sauers.

 

 

50th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg October 1, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., October 2, 1861, thence moved to Annapolis, Md., October 9. Attached to Stevens' Brigade, W. T. Sherman's South Carolina Expedition, to April, 1862. District of Beaufort, S. C., Dept. South, to July, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1863, and Army of the Ohio to June, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Ohio, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army Potomac, to July, 1865.

 

Service:

Sherman's Expedition to Port Royal, S. C., October 21-November 7, 1861. Sailed on Steamer "Winfield Scott" and shipwrecked off coast of North Carolina. Occupation of Beaufort, S. C., December 6. Port Royal Ferry, Coosaw River, January 1, 1862. Duty at Port Royal Island, S. C., till July, 1862. Barnwell's Island, S. C., February 10 (Co. "D"). Pocotaligo May 29. Camp Stevens June 7. Moved to Hilton Head, S. C., thence to Newport News, Va., July 14-18, thence to Aquia Creek and Fredericksburg, Va., August 3-6. Operations in support of Pope August 6-16. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Sulphur Springs August 24. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30; Chantilly September 1. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battles of South Mountain, Md., September 14; Antietam September 16-17. March to Pleasant Valley September 19-October 2, and duty there till October 25. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 25-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. Burnside's 2nd Campaign January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth till February 12. Moved to Newport News February 12-14, thence to Kentucky March 21-26. Duty at Paris, Ky. till April 27. Moved to Nicholasville, Lancaster and Stanford April 27-29, thence to Somerset May 6-8, thence through Kentucky to Cairo, Ill., June 4-10, and to Vicksburg, Miss., June 14-17. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., June 17-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. At Milldale till August 12. Moved to Covington, Ky., August 12-23. Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee August to October. Action at Blue Springs, Tenn., October 10. Clinch Mountain October 27. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Campbell's Station November 16. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 5. Pursuit of Longstreet's army to Blain's Cross Roads December 5-26. Re-enlisted at Blain's Cross Roads January 1, 1864. Moved to Annapolis, Md., April, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Ny River May 9; Spottsylvania C. H. May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Ox Ford May 24. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Poplar Springs Church or Peeble's Farm September 29-October 2. Reconnoissance on Vaughan or Squirrel Level Road October 8. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run; October 27-28. Fort Stedman March 25, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee to Burkesville April 3-9. Moved to City Point, thence to Washington, D. C., April 21-28. Grand Review May 23. Present at the laying of corner stone at Gettysburg July 4. Mustered out July 30, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 8 Officers and 156 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 180 Enlisted men by disease. Total 348.

 

 

51st Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

Col William J. *Bolton; Col John F. *Hartranft; LtCol William *Allebaugh (Co. C); Captain Thomas *Parker (Co. F&S, I); Captain (Sergeant) Thomas D. *Reed (Co. E&G); Captain William F. *Thomas (Co. C)

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg November 16, 1861. Left State for Annapolis, Md., November 16. Attached to Reno's Brigade, Burnside's North Carolina Expeditionary Corps, to April, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Dept. of North Carolina., to July, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1863; Army of the Ohio to June, 1863; Army of the Tennessee to Au­gust, 1863, and Army of the Ohio to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to September, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to July, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty at Annapolis till January 9, 1862. Burnside's Expedition to Hatteras Inlet and Roanoke Island, N. C., January 9-February 8. Battle of Roanoke Island February 8. Moved to New Berne March 11-13. Battle of New Berne March 14. Expedition to Pollocksville March 21-22. Expedition to Elizabeth City April 17-19. Camden, South Mills, April 19. Duty at New Berne till July. Moved to New­port News, Va., July 6-9, thence to Fredericksburg August 2-4. March to relief of Pope August 12-15. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30; Chantilly September 1; Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battle of South Mountain September 14. Antietam September 16-17. Duty at Pleasant Valley till October 27. Move­ment to Falmouth, Va., October 27-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Burnside's second Campaign. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Moved to Newport News February 19, thence to Covington and Paris, Ky., March 26-April 1. Moved to Mount Sterling April 3, to Lancaster May 6-7 and to Crab Orchard May 23. Movement to Vicksburg, Miss., June 3-17. Sie­ge of Vicksburg June 17-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. At Milldale till August 6. Moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, August 6-20. Duty in Kentucky till October. Operations in East Tennessee till November 14. Knoxville Cam­paign November 4-December 23. Campbell's Station November 16. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 4. Pursuit of Longstreet December 5-29. Regiment re-enlisted January 1, 1864, and on Veteran furlough January 11-March 9. At Annapolis, Md., till April 23. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Ny River May 9; Spott­sylvania C. H. May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Ox Ford May 24. Line of the Pamun­key May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Pe­tersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Poplar Springs Church, Peeble's Farm, September 29-October 2. Reconnoissance on Vaughan and Squirrel Level Road October 8. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Fort Stedman March 25, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee to Farmville. Moved to City Point, thence to Alexandria April 20-28. Grand Review May 23. Duty at Washington and Alexandria till July. Mustered out July 27, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 12 Officers and 165 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 137 Enlisted men by disease. Total 314.

 

The 51st was one of Fox's Fighting 300 and participated in Burnside's N. Carolina Expedition, returning to Virginia for 2nd Bull Run. One of two units that stormed Burnside's Bridge at Antietam suffering 100 casualties. Subsequently fought with the 9th Corps in Mississippi and Tennessee and under Grant in t he Virginia Cam­paigns.

 

Documents/Literature:

- Bolton, William J.: The Civil War Journal of Colonel William J. Bolton: 51st Pennsylvania Infantry, April 20, 1861 - August 2, 1865 (ed. by Richard A. Sauers)

- Parker, Thomas H.: History of the 51st Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers (Butternut and Blue); Over 700 pp, New Introduction

 

 

52nd Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Quartermaster Smith B. *Mott, Corporal Peter Allabach, First Musician Allen M. *Haight (Co. F&S, vorher Co. E); Pvt Edward W. *Allabach (Co. A),

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg November 5, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., November 8. Attached to 1st Brigade, Casey's Divisi­on, Army Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to June, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Di­vision, 4th Army Corps, to December, 1862. Naglee's Brigade, Dept. of North Carolina, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. North Carolina, to February, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of the South, to April, 1863. District of Beaufort, S. C., 10th Corps, Dept. of the South, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Morris Island, S. C., 10th Corps, July, 1863. Davis' Brigade, Folly Island, S. C., 10th Corps, to August, 1863. 5th Brigade, Morris Island, S. C., 10th Corps, to November, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Morris Island, S. C., 10th Corps, to April, 1864. District of Hilton Head, S. C., Dept. South, to June, 1864. Morris Island, S. C., Northern District, Dept. of the South, to October, 1864. 1st Separate Brigade, Morris Island, S. C., Dept. South, to March, 1865. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. North Carolina, to July, 1865. 

 

Service:

Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15. Moved to the Virginia Penin­sula March 28. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Bottom's Bridge May 19-20. Operations about Bot­tom's Bridge May 20-23. Reconnoissance to Seven Pines May 24-27. Skirmishes at Seven Pines, Savage Station and Chickahominy May 24. Battle of Fair Oaks (Seven Pines) May 31-June 1. At Bottom's Bridge June 13-26. Seven days before Richmond June 25-Ju­ly 1. Bottom's Bridge June 28-29. White Oak Swamp Bridge June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 15. Mo­ved to Yorktown August 16-20, and duty there till December 31. Expedition to Gloucester, Matthews, King and Queen and Middle­sex Counties December 11-15. Ordered to Beaufort, N. C., December 31. At Carolina City till January 28. Moved to Port Royal, S. C., January 28-31. At St. Helena Island, S. C., February 10-April 4. Operations against Charleston April 4-15. Duty at Beaufort, S. C., till July 6. Moved to Folly Island July 6. Expedition to James Island, S. C., July 9-16. Secessionville July 16. Operations on Mor­ris and Folly Islands, S. C., against Forts Wagner and Gregg, Morris Island, and Fort Sumpter and Charleston July 18-September 7. Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg September 7. Operations against Charleston till April, 1864. Regiment re-enlisted December 31, 1863. Duty at Hilton Head. S. C., till June, 1864. Reconnoissance to Dafuskie Island May 11. Moved to Morris Island, S. C., and operations against Charleston till February, 1865. Assault on Fort Johnson and Battery Simpkins, James Island, July 3, 1864. Occupa­tion of Charleston February 18. Duty in Charleston Harbor till April 18. Ordered to North Carolina and duty at Salisbury till July. Mustered out July 12, 1865. 


Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 43 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 173 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 219.

 

Documents/Literature:

- Mott, Smith B. (Quartermaster, 52nd PA Vols): The Campaigns of the Fifty-Second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry first known as the Luzerne Regiment (Philadelphia 1911); 266 pp; Rosters

 

 

53rd Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Sergeant Daniel *Harrington (Co. F); First Corporal Paul *Frick (Co. B)

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg October, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., November 7. Attached to French's Brigade, Sumner's Divi­sion, Army Potomac, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to April, 1863. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty in the Defences of Washington and Alexandria till March, 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15. Ordered to the Virgi­nia Peninsula. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Duty near Yorktown till June 12. Construction of Grape Vine Bridge over the Chickahominy May 28-30. Battle of Fair Oaks (Seven Pines) May 31-June 1. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Gaines Mill June 27. Peach Orchard and Savage Station June 29. White Oak Swamp Bridge and Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. Tur­key Bend July 2. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Alexandria and Centreville August 16-30. Assist in checking Pope's rout at Bull Run August 30, and cover retreat to Fairfax C. H. August 31-September 1. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Duty at Bolivar Heights September 22-October 29. Reconnoissance to Charlestown October 16-17. Movement up Loudoun Valley and to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 17. Snicker's Gap No­vember 2. Manassas November 5-6. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. Duty at Falmouth till April, 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 13-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Funkstown, Md., July 12-13. Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17. Bristoe Campaign Oc­tober 9-22. Auburn and Bristoe October 14. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Payne's Farm November 27. Mine Run November 28-30. New Hope Church November 29. Regiment re-enlisted December 27, 1863. Duty near Stevensburg till April, 1864. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania C. H. May 8-21; Po River May 10. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Weldon Railroad June 22-23, 1864. Demonstration north of the Ja­mes at Deep Bottom July 27-29 and August 13-20. Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18. Ream's Station August 25. Re­connoissance to Hatcher's Run December 9-10. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Watkins' House, Petersburg, March 25. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, March 31. White Oak Road March 31. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Sutherland Station April 2. Sailor's Creek April 6. High Bridge, Farmville, April 7. Appomattox C. H. April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Washington, D. C., May 2-12. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out June 30, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 195 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 193 Enlisted men by disease. Total 394.

 

 

54th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Pvt Charles H. *Allabach (Co L, E)

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg August and September, 1861. Duty at Camp Curtin till February, 1862. Left State for Washington, D. C., Fe­bruary 27. Attached to Defences of Washington to April, 1862. Railroad Brigade, Middle Dept., to July, 1862. Railroad Brigade, 8th Corps, Middle Dept., to September, 1862. Defences Upper Potomac, 8th Corps, to March, 1863. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Corps, to June, 1863. Campbell's Brigade, Dept. West Virginia, to December, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Dept. West Virginia, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, West Virginia, to June, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, West Virginia, to July, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, West Virginia, July, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, West Virginia, to December, 1864. 2nd Briga­de, Independent Division, 24th Army Corps, Army of the James, to June, 1865. 1st Brigade, Independent Division, 24th Corps, to July, 1865. 

 

Service:

Duty in the Defences of Washington till March, 1862. Ordered to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., March 29. Assigned to guard duty along line of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad by Detachments-Company "A" at South Branch Bridge, Company "B" at Paw Paw, Company "C" at Great Cacapon Bridge, Company "D" at Alpine Station, Company "E" at No. 12 Water Station, Company "F" at Sleepy Creek Bridge, Company "G" at Back Creek Bridge, Company "H" at Rockwell's Run, Company "I" at Sir John's Run and Company "K" at Little Cacapon Bridge till January, 1863. Skirmishes at Back Creek Bridge September 11, 1862 (Co. "G"); North Mountain Septem­ber 12 (Cos. "D," "I" and "G"); Back Creek Bridge September 21 (Co. Little Cacapon October 4 (Co. "K"); Paw Paw October 4 (Co. "B"); Hanging Rock, Blue's Gap, October 2. Moved to Romney January 6, 1863. Purgetsville and Going's Ford April 6-7. Duty at Romney till June 30. Moved to New Creek June 30. Pursuit of Lee July 6-19. Skirmishes with enemy July 10 and 19. Return to Rom­ney. March to relief of Mulligan at Petersburg, W. Va., August 1-5, and duty there till November 7. Moved to Springfield, thence to Cumberland, Md., January 4, 1864. Operations in Hampshire and Hardy Counties January 26-February 7. Patterson Creek February 3 (Co. "F"). Fremont's Ford April 1. Little Cacapon April 10 (Co. "K"). Sigel's Expedition from Martinsburg to New Market April 30-May 16. Battle of New Market May 15. Hunter's Expedition to Lynchburg May 26-July 1. Piedmont, Mount Crawford, June 5. Occu­pation of Staunton June 6. Middlebrook and Brownsburg June 10. Lexington June 11. Otter Creek, near Liberty, June 16. Diamond Hill June 17. Lynchburg June 17-18. Buford's Gap June 20. At and near Salem June 21. Movement to the Valley July 1-14. Reached Martinsburg July 14. Snicker's Gap July 17-18. Winchester and Kernstown July 24. Martinsburg July 25. Sheridan's Shenandoah Val­ley Campaign August to December. At Halltown till August 28. Berryville September 3. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Cedar Creek October 13. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Moved to Washington, D. C., December 19-20, thence to City Point, Va., and Bermuda Hundred, Va., December 20-23. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond December, 1864, to April, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9, 1865. Hatcher's Run March 29-April 1. Fall of Peters­burg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Rice's Station April 9. Regiment captured. Sent to Parole Camp, Annapolis, Md. Mustered out at Harrisburg, Pa., July 15, 1865.

 

Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 108 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 137 Enlisted men by disease. Total 152.

 

 

55th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Pvt George *Seymour (Co. A); Pvt Nicholas *Seymour (Co. A); Pvt Peter *Seymour (Co. A)

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg November, 1861. Left Camp Curtin for Fortress Monroe, Va., November 22. Attached to Sherman's South Carolina Expedition to February 1862. Edisto Island, S. C., Dept. of the South, to July, 1862. District of Beaufort, S. C., Dept. South, to September. 1862. District Beaufort, S. C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. South, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to May, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to December, 1864. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 24th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to May, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Divisi­on, 24th Army Corps, Dept. Virginia, to August, 1865.

 

Service:

At Fortress Monroe, Va., till December 8, 1861. Moved to Port Royal, S. C., December 8, and duty near Hilton Head, S. C., till Fe­bruary 25, 1862. Duty at Edisto Island, S. C., till October. Companies "E," "F" and "G" attacked on Little Edisto March 29. Edisto Is­land April 18 (Detachment). Expedition up Broad River to Pocotaligo October 21-23. Caston's and Frampton's Plantations, Pocotali­go, October 22. Duty at Port Royal Ferry near Beaufort, S. C., till January, 1864. Regiment re-enlisted January 1, and on furlough Ja­nuary 22-March 23. Embarked for Virginia April 12. Butler's operations on south side of the James and against Petersburg and Rich­mond May 5-28. Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church May 9-10. Operations against Fort Darling May 12-16. Battle of Drewry's Bluff May 14-16. Operations on the Bermuda Hundred front May 17-28. Moved to White House, thence to Cold Harbor May 28-June 1. Battle of Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 15-18. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864 (Support). Battle of Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, north of James River September 28-30. Duty in trenches before Richmond till March, 1865. Signal Hill December 10, 1864. Appomattox Campaign March 26-April 9. Hatcher's and Gravelly Runs March 29-30. Capture of Forts Gregg and Baldwin and fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Rice's Station April 6. Appomattox C. H. April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. At Appomattox C. H. till April 17, and at Richmond till July. Duty in Virginia till August. Mustered out at Petersburg, Va., August 30, 1865.


Regiment lost while in service 7 Officers and 201 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 268 Enlisted men by disease. Total 479.

 

 

56th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Col. Sullivan Amory Meredith; Col J. William *Hofmann

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, March 7, 1862. Left State for Washington, D. C., March 8. Attached to Defences of Washing­ton to May, 1862. Doubleday's Brigade, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to September, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to July, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty at Fort Albany, Defences of Washington, till April 4, 1862, and at Budd's Ferry till April 24. At Aquia Creek Landing till May 10. Guard railroad bridge at Potomac Creek May 21-27. (Five Companies moved to Belle Plains May 10.) Guard duty near Frede­ricksburg till August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Battles of Gainesville August 28; Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battles of South Mountain September 14; Antietam Septem­ber 16-17. Duty on the battlefield of Antietam till October 20. (Co. "A" at Fairfax October 20-30.) At Bakersville October 20-30. Mo­vement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Union, Va., November 2-3. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. Burnsi­de's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth and Belle Plains till April 27, 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Pollock's Mill Creek April 29-May 2. Fitzhugh's Crossing April 29-30. Chancellorsville May 2-5. Brandy Station and Beverly Ford June 9. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Duty on line of the Rappahannock till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864. On Veteran fur­lough March 10-April 17. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania C. H. May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Jericho Ford May 25. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864 (Reserve). Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Warren's Raid on Weldon Railroad December 7-12. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Lewis Farm near Gravelly Run March 29. Boydton and White Oak Road March 31. Five Forks April 1. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Appomattox C. H. April 9. Surren­der of Lee and his army. March to Washington, D. C., May 2-12. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out at Philadelphia, Pa., July 1, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 111 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 96 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 215.

 

Im Mai 1862 eingesetzt bei Belle Plain nahe Fredericksburg / VA (vgl. OR Ser. I Vol 12/1 S. 63; Boatner: Dictionary, a.a.O., S. 543).

 

Im Sommer 1863 war Col Hofmann Regimentskommandeur der 56th Pennsylvania Infantry 2nd Brigade BrigGen Lysander *Cutler 1st Division BrigGen James S. *Wadsworth I Army Corps MajGen Abner *Doubleday, Meade's Army of the Potomac und nahm mit 9 Kompanien am Battle von Gettysburg teil.

 

Am 1.7.1863 gegen 10.30 eingesetzt im Rahmen von Cutler's Brigade nördlich des Bloody Railroad Gap an Seminary Ridge, wo es zum Zusammentreffen mit Connally's 55th North Carolina Infantry aus Davis Brigade kam. Die 56th PA (nur mit 9 Co's [vgl. Pfanz: Gettysburg, a.a.O., S. 443]) hatte eine Stärke von lediglich 282 Mann und war der 55th North Carolina (640 Mann) unterlegen; die 56th PA eröffnete das Feuer auf zu große Entfernung und erlitt anschließend durch das Feuer der 55th NC schwere Verluste (vgl. Martin: Gettysburg, a.a.O., S. 107, 108).

 

 

57th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Pvt James *Martin

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg December 14, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., December 14. Attached to Jameson's Brigade, Heint­zelman's Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to August, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Moved to the Virginia Peninsula March 16-18. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Skirmish Yorktown April 11. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, May 31-June 1. Seven Days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Oak Grove June 25. Peach Orchard and Savage Station June 29. Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. Duty at Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Centreville August 16-26. Skirmish at Bull Run August 20. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia. Battles of Gainesville August 23; Groveton August 29; Bull Run Au­gust 30; Chantilly September 1. Guard fords from Monocacy River to Conrad's Ferry till October. March up the Potomac to Lees­burg, thence to Falmouth, Va., October 11-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth, Va., till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Wapping Heights, Va., July 23. Duty on line of the Rappahannock till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Auburn and Bristoe October 13-14. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Kelly's Ford November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Payne's Farm November 27. Veterans on furlough January to March, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Po River May 10; Spottsylvania C. H. May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. Harris' Farm May 19. North Anna River May 23-26. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Weldon Railroad June 22-23, 1864. Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom July 27-29, and August 13-20. Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18. Ream's Station August 25. Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, Oc­tober 27-28. Expedition to Weldon Railroad December 7-12. Consolidated to five Companies January 11, 1865. Dabney's Mills, Hat­cher's Run, February 5-7. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Boydton Road March 30-31. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Sailor's Creek April 6. High Bridge, Farmville, April 7. Appomattox C. H. April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. At Burkesville till May. March to Washington D. C., May 2-12. Grand Review May 23. Duty at Alexandria till June. Mustered out June 29, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 12 Officers and 149 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 217 Enlisted men by disease. Total 378.

 

The 57th PA served in Kearny's Division of the Third Corps and fought at Fair Oaks, Seven Days, 2nd Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania and others; after Appomattox, there were only 97 of the original men left in ranks

 

Documents/Literature:

- **Fuhrman, Robert: „The 57th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry at Gettysburg,“ The Gettysburg Magazine, Issue 17, July 1997

- **Martin, James (Private, 57th PA): History of the 57th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers (Belle Grove, Kearny: Reprint of 1904 Ori­ginal); 230pp, Index, Photos, Rosters

 

 

58th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Pvt John *Glover (Co. E); Pvt Patrick *Holland (Co. ?)

 

Overview:

Organized at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, September 21, 1861, to March 1, 1862. Moved to Fortress Monroe, Va., March 8-10. Atta­ched to Camp Hamilton, Va, Dept. Virginia, to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of Virginia, to July, 1862. Viele's Com­mand, Norfolk, Va., Dept. Virginia, to October, 1862. Foster's Provisional Brigade. Peck's Division, at Suffolk, 7th Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to December, 1862. Gibb's Provisional Brigade, Division at Suffolk, 7th Corps, Dept. Virginia, to January, 1863. 2nd Briga­de, 3rd Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to April, 1863. Jourdan's Independent Brigade, Defences of New Berne, Dept. North Carolina, to June, 1863. District of Pamlico, 18th Army Corps, Dept. North Carolina, to August, 1863. Sub-District Pam­lico, District North Carolina, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. Virginia and North Carolina, to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 24th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to June, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 24th Corps, to July, 1865. 2nd Independent Brigade, 24th Army Corps, to August, 1865. District of Southwest Virginia to September, 1865. Sub-District Staunton, District Central Virginia, Dept. Virginia, to January, 1865. Mustered out January 24, 1866.

 

Service:

Duty at Camp Hamilton, Va., till May 10, 1862. Occupation of Norfolk and Portsmouth May 10, and duty there till October 11. Orde­red to Suffolk, Va., October 11, and duty there till January, 1863. Embarked for Beaufort, N. C., January 5, thence moved to New Berne, and duty there till June. Expedition to Core Creek February 12-13. Sandy Ridge February 13. Demonstration on Kinston March 6-8. Near Dover March 7. Expedition toward Kinston April 16-21. Core Creek April 17-18. Sandy Ridge April 20. Demonst­ration on Kinston April 27-May 1. Wise's Cross Roads and Dover Road April 28. Demonstration on Kinston May 20-23. Gum Swamp May 22. Batchelor's Creek May 23. Moved to Washington, N. C., June 26, and duty there till April, 1864. Expedition from Washington to Chicora Creek December 17, 1863 (Co. "B"). Regiment re-enlisted January 1, 1864. Reconnoissance on Neuse River Road January 27-28. Near Blount's Creek April 5. 1864 (Detachment). Ordered to Yorktown, Va., April 28. Butler's operations on south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-28. Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church May 9-10. Operations against Fort Darling April 12-16. Battle of Drewry's Bluff May 14-16. Operations at Bermuda Hundred May 17-28. Movement to White House, thence to Cold Harbor May 28-June 1. Battles about Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 15-18. Siege ope­rations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Hare's Hill June 24 and 28, 1864. Veterans on furlough June 24-August 25. Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, September 28-30. Fair Oaks October 27-28. Expedition to Fredericksburg March 5-8, 1865, and into Westmoreland County March 11-13. Moved to White House March 13-18. March to Signal Hill before Richmond March 24-26. Occupation of Richmond April 3, and duty there till August. At Staunton till November and at Charlottes­ville till January, 1866. Mustered out January 24, 1866.


Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 68 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 139 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 217.

 

 

59th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s.2nd Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry

 

 

60th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s.3rd Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry

 

 

61st Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Sergeant Abraham T. *Brewer (Co. A)

 

Overview:

Organized at Pittsburg September 7, 1861. Ordered to Washington, D. C. Attached to Jameson's Brigade, Heintzelman's Division, Army Potomac, to February, 1862. Graham's Brigade, Couch's Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to July, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to September 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, to October, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, to February, 1863. Light Brigade, 6th Army Corps, to May, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to July, 1864. Army of the Shenandoah to December, 1864, and Army Potomac to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Reconnoissance to Pohick Church and Occoquan River November 12, 1861. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15, 1862. Reconnoissance to Gainesville March 20. Moved to the Peninsula, Va., March 26. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Operations about Bottom's Bridge May 20-23. Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, May 31-June 1. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Seven Pines June 27. White Oak Swamp and Charles City Cross Roads June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Reconnoissance to Malvern Hill August 5.7. Movement to Alexandria, thence to Chantilly August 16-30. Chantilly September 1. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17. Williamsport September 19-20. Duty in Maryland and on the Potomac till November. Movement to Falmouth, Va., November 1-19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth till April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2. Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4. Banks' Ford May 4. Operations about Deep Run Ravine June 6-13. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2-4. South Mountain, Md., July 6. Duty on line of the Rappahannock and Rapidan till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. At Brandy Station till April, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Parker's Store May 5; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania C. H. May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 17-19. Siege of Petersburg till July 9. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23. Moved to Washington, D. C., July 9-11. Repulse of Early's attack on Fort Stevens and the Northern Defences of Washington July 11-12. Pursuit of Early to Snicker's Gap July 14-19. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to December. Charlestown August 21. Gilbert's Ford, Opequan Creek, September 13. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley till December. Ordered to Petersburg, Va., December 1. Siege of Petersburg December, 1864, to April, 1865. Fort Fisher, Petersburg, March 25, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox C. H. April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Danville April 23-29, and duty there till May 23. Moved to Richmond, Va., thence to Washington, D. C. Corps Review June 8. Mustered out June 28, 1865.



Regiment lost during service 19 Officers and 218 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 100 Enlisted men by disease. Total 338.

 

Documents/Literature:

- **Brewer, Abraham T.: History Sixty-First Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865 (Pittsburgh, 1911); 234pp, Index, Rosters

 

 

62nd Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Corporal Charles B. *Fahnestock; Pvt Garrett *Seymour (Co. F)

 

Overview:

Organized at Pittsburg as 33rd Regiment August 31, 1861. Left state for Washington, D. C., August 31, 1861. Designation changed to 62nd Pennsylvania Volunteers November 18, 1861. Attached to Morrell's Brigade, Fitz John Porter's Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, to July, 1864.

 

Service:

Camp near Fort Corcoran, Defences of Washington, D. C., till October, 1861, and near Fall's Church, Va., till March, 1862. Moved to the Peninsula March 22-24. Reconnoissance to Big Bethel March 30. Howard's Mills, near Cockletown, April 4. Warwick Road April 5. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Hanover C. H. May 27. Operations about Hanover C. H. May 27-29. Seven days before Rich­mond June 25-July 1. Battles of Mechanicsville June 26; Gaines Mill June 27; Savage Station June 29; Turkey Bridge or Malvern Cliff June 30, Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville August 16-28. Battle of Bull Run August 30. Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17. Shepherdstown Ford September 19. Blackford's Ford September 19. Reconnoissance to Smithfield October 16-17. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Expedition to Ri­chard's and Ellis' Fords, Rappahannock River, December 30-31. Burnside's second Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth till April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Middleburg June 19. Upper­vile June 21. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Duty on line of the Rappahannock till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Cam­paign November 26-December 2. Duty at Bealeton Station till May, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilder­ness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania C. H. May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Jericho Ford May 25. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg till July 3. Left front July 3. Mustered out July 13, 1864. Companies "L" and "M" transferred to 91st Pennsylvania. Mustered out August 15, 1864. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 155th Pennsylvania.


Regiment lost during service 17 Officers and 152 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 89 Enlisted men by disease. Total 258.

Predecessor unit:

PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS 33rd REGIMENT INFANTRY.

 

 

63rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. LtCol John Danks (Co. F&S, zuvor Captain Co. E); Major James Ryan (zuvor Captain Co. I)

 

Overview:

Organized at Pittsburg August, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., August 26. Attached to Jameson's Brigade, Heintzelman's Di­vision, Army Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to August, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to September, 1864.

 

Service:

Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Reconnoissance to Pohick Church and the Occoquan November 12, 1861. Pohick Church and the Occoquan March 5, 1862 (Detachment). Moved to the Peninsula March 16-18. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Battle of Fair Oaks (Seven Pines) May 31-June 1. Seven days before Richmond June 25-Ju­ly 1. Oak Grove June 25. Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. Duty at Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Centreville August 16-26. Bristoe Station or Kettle Run August 27. Buckland's Bridge, Broad Run, August 27. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30; Chantilly September 1. Duty in the Defences of Washington and guarding fords in Maryland till October. March up the Potomac to Leesburg, thence to Falmouth, Va., October 11-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. Burnsi­de's second Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863.. At Falmouth till April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Batt­le of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Wapping Heights, Va., July 23. Duty on line of the Rappahannock till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Auburn and Bristoe October 13-14. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Kelly's Ford November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Payne's Farm November 27. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Po River May 10; Spottsylvania C. H. May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. Harris' Farm May 19. North Anna River May 23-26. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg and Richmond June 16-September 5. Weldon Railroad June 22-23. Demonstration on north side of the James River at Deep Bottom July 27-29. Deep Bottom July 27-25. Mine Ex­plosion July 30 (Reserve). Demonstration on north side of the James August 13-20. Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-15. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 105th Pennsylvania September 5, 1864. Mustered out September 9, 1864.


Regiment lost during service 17 Officers and 169 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 133 Enlisted men by disease. Total 320.

 

Documents/Literature:

- **Hays, Gilbert Adams: Under the Red Patch: Story of the Sixty-Third Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers (Pittsburgh: Sixty-Third Volunteers Regimental Association, 1908)

 

 

64th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. 4th Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry

 

 

65th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. 5th Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry

 

s. Pvt H. J. *Allabach (Co C)

 

 

66th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Pvt William *Seymour (Co. D)

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia as 30th Pennsylvania Volunteers July and August, 1861. Designation changed September, 1861. Moved to Washington, D. C., September 20, 1861. Attached to Abercrombie's Brigade, Banks' Division, Army Potomac. Duty on the Upper Po­tomac at Frederick, Md., till February, 1862. Operations on the Potomac October 21-24, 1861. Ordered to Washington, D. C., Februa­ry, 1862, and consolidated with 73rd and 99th Pennsylvania Volunteers March 1, 1862.


Predecessor unit:

PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS.30th REGIMENT INFANTRY.

 

 

67th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Col John F. *Staunton; Pvt William H. *Jennings (Co. D)

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia March 31, 1862. Left State for Annapolis, Md., April 3. Attached to District of Annapolis, Defences of Baltimore, Middle Dept., to July, 1862. Annapolis, Md., 5th Corps, Middle Dept., to January, 1863. Defences Upper Potomac, 5th Corps, to March, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Corps, to June, 1863. Elliott's Command, 5th Corps, to July, 1863. 3rd Briga­de, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac, and Army Shenandoah to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Guard and provost duty in East Maryland and at Camp Parole, Annapolis, Md., till February, 1863. Moved to Harper's Ferry, thence to Berryville. Duty on the Upper Potomac till June. Battle of Winchester, Va., June 13-15. Retreat to Harper's Ferry, W. Va. (Those captured paroled July 7 and declared exchanged October 11, rejoining Regiment October 13, 1862.) Guard stores from Harper's Ferry to Washington July 1-5. Join Army Potomac at Frederick, Md., and pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Wapping Heights, Va, July 23. Duty on line of the Rappahannock till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-5. Kelly's Ford November 7. Brandy Station November 5. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Payne's Farm November 27. Duty at Brandy Station till April, 1864. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7. Veterans on furlough March-April. Non-Veterans temporarily attached to 135th Pennsylvania till June. Veterans return to Washington, D. C., April. Rapidan Campaign May-June. Re­port to Gen. Abercrombie at Belle Plains, thence ordered to Fredericksburg and reported to Gen. Shriver. Escort trains to Front Royal and White House. Action at White House June 20. Joined Brigade at Yellow Tavern. Non-Veterans participated in battles of the Wil­derness May 5-7; Spottsylvania C. H. May 5-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-25. Totopotomoy May 25-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 17-19. Ream's Station June 22-23. Siege of Petersburg till July 6. Ordered to Baltimore, Md., July 6. Battle of Monocacy, Md., July 9. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to December. Charlestown August 29. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley till December. Moved to Washington, D. C., thence to Petersburg, Va., De­cember 3-6. Siege of Petersburg December, 1864, to April, 1865. Fort Fisher, Petersburg, March 25, 1865. Assault on and fall of Pe­tersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox C. H. April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Danville April 23-29, and duty there till May. March to Richmond, thence to Washington, D. C. Corps Review June 8. Mustered out July 17, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 77 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 150 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 232.

 

Die 67th Pennsylvania Infantry was a mixed regiment containing a sizable number of Pennsylvania Dutch as well as other ethnic groups (vgl. Valuska/Keller: Damn Dutch, a.a.O., S. 48). The highest percentage of Pennsylvania Dutch troops were found in compa­nies H and K, recruited in Northampton and Schuylkill Counties (vgl. Valuska/Keller: Damn Dutch, a.a.O., S. 216 n15).

 

Teilnahme am Battle of Winchester am 12.6.1863 (vgl. Valuska/Keller: Damn Dutch, a.a.O., S. 48). Das zur Brigade McReynolds ge­hörende Regiment bezog, eingesetzt auf dem linken Flügel der Division Milroy, nördlich von Williamsburg bei Stephenson's Depot, Stellungen hinter einer Steinmauer. The men of the 67th broke ranks to get water from the farmyard of J. Ester, and all military orga­nization collapsed. Col Staunton had committed a great error by allowing his men to become so disorganized. Choosing this propi­tious moment, the Confederates launched a vicious attack, routing McReynolds's brigade and sending the Unionists running to safety. The 67th was already in state of disorder, and the regiment broke. By the end, 17 men were killed, 38 were wounded and 791 were captured or missing. Only 117 men escaped the disaster (vgl. Valuska/Keller: Damn Dutch, a.a.O., S. 48).

 

 

68th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Pvt Alfred *Craighead (Co. K)

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia August, 1862. Left State for Washington, D.C., September 1, 1862. Camp at Arlington Heights till October. Moved to Poolesville, Md., and attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to April, 1864. Provost Guard, Army Potomac, to April, 1865. Hart's Island, N.Y., Harbor, Dept. of the East, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

March up the Potomac to Leesburg, thence to Falmouth, Va., October 11-November 19, 1862. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., Decem­ber 12-15. Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth till April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 13-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Wapping Heights, Va., July 23. Duty on line of the Rappahannock till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Au­burn October 13. Auburn and Bristoe October 14. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Kelly's Ford November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Payne's Farm November 27. At Brandy Station till April, 1864. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Assigned to provost duty at Meade's Headquarters April 18. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania C.H. May 8-21; Guinea Station May 21; North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamun­key May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Garrison and provost duty at City Point, Va., June 18, 1864, to April 1, 1865. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Occupation of Petersburg April 3. Moved from before Petersburg to Hart's Island, N.Y. Harbor, April, 1865, and duty there guarding prisoners till June. Mustered out June 9, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 10 Officers and 61 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 51 Enlisted men by disease. Total 122.

 

 

69th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Sergeant William C. *White (Co. I); Pvt Hugh *Holland (Co. I)

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia August 18, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., September 17. Attached to Baker's Brigade, Stone's (Sedgwick's) Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps. Army Potomac, to June, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till October. Affair at Vaderburg's House, Munson's Hill, September 29, 1861. Moved to Poolesville, Md., and duty on the Upper Potomac till February, 1862. At Harper's Ferry, W. Va. till March 24. Moved to the Virginia Peninsula March 24-April 1. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Moved to West Point May 7. Duty at Tyler's Farm till May 31. Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, May 31-June 1. Duty at Fair Oaks till June 25. Skirmish at Fair Oaks June 15. Seven days before Rich­mond June 25-July 1. Battles of Peach Orchard and Savage Station June 29. Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale June 30. Mal­vern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Newport News, thence to Alexandria August 16-25, and to Cent­reville and Chantilly August 29-30. Cover Pope's retreat August 31-September 1. Chantilly September 1. Maryland Campaign Sep­tember 6-24. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Moved to Harper's Ferry September 22, and duty there till October 30. Move­ment to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 20. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth till April. Hartwood Church February 25. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Banks' Ford May 1 and 4. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 13-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2-4. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. At Banks' Ford and Culpeper till October. Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17. Bristoe Campaign Oc­tober 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-5. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Robertson's Ta­vern or Locust Grove November 27. Duty on the Rapidan till May, 1864. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7. Veterans on furlough March and April. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 5; Spottsylvania May 5-12; Po River May 10; Spottsylvania C. H. May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-25. Totopotomoy May 25-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23, 1864. Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom July 27-29. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (Reserve). Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom August 13-20. Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-15. Ream's Station August 25. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Dabney's Mills, Hat­cher's Run, February 5-7, 1565. Watkins' House March 25. Appomattox Campaign March 25-April 9. Vaughan Road near Hatcher's Run March 29. Crow's House March 31. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Sailor's Creek April 6. High Bridge and Farmville April 7. Appomattox C. H. April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. At Burkesville till May 2. March to Washington, D. C., May 2-12. Grand Review May 23. At Ball's Cross Roads till July. Mustered out July 1, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 12 Officers and 166 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 107 Enlisted men by disease. Total 288.

 

Since Philadelphia possessed incredible ethnic diversity, including 94,000 Irish-Americans and 42,000 German-Americans, I made an effort to explore foreign-born companies. Irish-American companies almost always recruited larger percentages of younger men. Company I, 69th Pennsylvania Infantry, for instance, recruited onehundred-and-six men, of whom only seven were above thirty-year­s-old (vgl. Timothy J. Orr: “Calling Urban Men to Arms: Northern Cities Mobilize to Fight the Civil War”, Report to the Pennsylvan­ia Historical and Museum Commission Scholars-In-Residence Program June 19-July 1, 2006, n.p.).

 

 

70th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry (später 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment):

s. 6th Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry

 

s. Pvt Almon S. *Ames

 

 

71st Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Col. Edward Dickinson "Ned" *Baker; Pvt George Washington *Beidelman (Co. C); Pvt Joseph *Seymour (Co. P)

 

Das Regiment wurde als 1st California Infantry aufgestellt, zusammengesetzt aus früheren Be­wohnern von California, die nunmehr in den Oststaaten lebten; das Regiment war ein deshalb ein Unikum; Company G wurde in New York aufgestellt, Company R in Wa­shington / DC, die restlichen Kompanien in Philadelphia / PA. Das 1st California war als er­stes US-Regiment für den 3-Years-Service vollständig aufgestellt und aus US-Mitteln finanziert. Aufgestellt in Fort Schuyler in der Bronx / NY. Da die meisten Soldaten aus Pennsylvania stammten, wurde das Regiment nach Protesten von Pennsylvania-Gouverneur A. G. Curtin umbenannt in 71st Pennsyl­vania Infantry (vgl. Farwell, Byron: Ball's Bluff - A small Battle and Its Long Shadow, a.a.O., S. 17).

 

Overview:

At Fort Schuyler, N. Y., till July 1, 1861. Moved to Fortress Monroe, Va., thence to Washington, D. C., July 22. Duty in the Defences of Washington till October. Affair at Vanderburg's House, Munson's Hill, September 29. Ordered to Poolesville, Md. Attached to Ba­ker's Brigade, Stone's (Sedgwick's) Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to June, 1864.

 

Service:

Operations on the Potomac October 21-24, 1861. Ball's Bluff October 21. Duty on the Upper Potomac till February, 1862. At Har­per's Ferry, W. Va., till March 24. Moved to the Virginia Peninsula March 24-April 1. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. At Tyler's Farm till May 31. Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, May 31-June 1. At Fair Oaks till June 25. Skirmish at Fair Oaks June 15. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Peach Orchard and Savage Station June 29. Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Newport News, thence to Alexandria August 16-25, thence to Centreville and Chantilly August 25-30. Cover Pope's retreat August 31-September 1. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Moved to Harper's Ferry September 22, and duty there till October 30. Movement to Falmouth Octo­ber 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. Hartwood Church February 25. At Falmouth till April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Banks' Ford May 1 and 4. Gettys­burg (Pa.) Campaign June 13-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 2-4. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. At Banks' Ford and Culpeper till Octo­ber. Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to the line of the Rappahannock November 7-5. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Robertson's Tavern or Locust Grove November 27. Duty on the Rapidan till May. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilder­ness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 5; Spottsylvania May 5-12; Po River May 10; Spottsylvania C. H. May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Transferred to 69th Pennsylvania Infantry June 12, 1864. Mustered out July 2, 1864.


Regiment lost during service 14 Officers and 147 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 98 Enlisted men by disease. Total 260.

 

Documents/Literature:

- Donaldson, Francis A. Donaldson (Capt, 71st Penna): Inside the Army of the Potomac: The Civil War Experience of Captain Fran­cis Adams Donaldson (Stackpole 1998); 1st Edition; Photos; Maps; Biblio; Notes; Index (Donaldson was a member of the Philadel­phia Brigade, also known as the 1st California Regiment. After being wounded at Fair Oaks and returning to duty, he went on to ser­ve in the Corn Exchange Regiment [118th Penna]).

 

 

72nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Captain Charles H. *Banes (Co. E)

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia August 10, 1861. Moved to Washington, D. C., August, 1861. At Munson's Hill till September 30. Atta­ched to Baker's Brigade, Stone's (Sedgwick's) Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to June, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps to August, 1864.

 

Service:

Moved to Poolesville, Md., September 30, 1861, and duty on the Upper Potomac till February, 1862. At Harper's Ferry till March 24. Moved to the Virginia Peninsula March 24-April 1. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Moved to West Point May 7. At Tyler's Farm till May 31. Battle of Fair Oaks (Seven Pines) May 31-June 1. At Fair Oaks till June 25. Near Fair Oaks June 5. Seven Pines June 15. Fair Oaks June 19. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battles of Peach Orchard and Savage Station June 29; Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale June 30; Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Newport News, thence to Alexandria August 16-25, and to Centreville and Chantilly August 25-30. Cover Pope's retreat August 31-September 4. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Moved to Harper's Ferry September 22, and duty there till October 30. Reconnoissance to Charlestown October 16-17. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 20. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. Burnside's second Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth till April. Hartwood Church Fe­bruary 25. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Banks Ford May 1 and 4. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 13-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 2-4. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. At Banks Ford and Culpeper till October. Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-5. Mine Run Cam­paign November 26-December 2. Robertson's Tavern or Locust Grove November 27. Duty on the Rapidan till May, 1864. Demonst­ration on the Rapidan February 6-7. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 5; Spottsylvania May 5-12; Po River May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamun­key May 26-25. Totopotomoy May 25-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16-Au­gust 20. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23. Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom July 27-29. Deep Bottom July 27-25. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (Reserve). Mustered out, at Philadelphia August 24, 1864.


Regiment lost during service 11 Officers and 182 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 69 Enlisted men by disease. Total 264.

 

 

73rd Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. LtCol Gustav A. Muhleck; Corporal Jacob *Frick (Co. D&A)

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia September 19, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., September 24. Attached to Steinwehr's Brigade, Blenker's Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Blenker's Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to April, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Blenker's Division, Dept. of the Mountains, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps, Army of Virgi­nia, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1863, and Army of the Cum­berland to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, to July, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15. Near Catlett's Station, Va., till April 6. Moved to Petersburg, W. Va., April 6-May 11. Operations in the Shenandoah Valley till June. Battle of Cross Keys June 8. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley and at Sperryville till August. Occupation of Luray July 22. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9 (Re­serve). Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August 21-23. Sulphur Springs August 24. Gainesville August 25. Groveton August 30. Bull Run August 30. Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till Novem­ber. Movement to Centreville November 1-19, thence to Fredericksburg December 9-16. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Staf­ford C. H. till April 27. Operations at Welford's, Kelly's and Beverly Fords April 14-15. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Guard duty along Orange & Alexandria Railroad till September. Movement to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24-October 3. Opera­tions in Lookout Valley October 19-26. Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29. Battle of Wauhatchie, Tenn., October 25-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Battles of Orchard Knob November 23; Tunnel Hill November 24-25. Mostly captured November 25 at Tunnel Hill. Duty in Lookout Valley till May, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 5. Demonst­ration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 5-11. Dug Gap or Mill Creek May 5. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Cassville May 19. New Hope Church May 25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 26-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm June 22. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station or Smyrna Camp Ground July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of At­lanta July 22-August 25. Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2. Occupation of Atlanta September 2-No­vember 15. Expedition to Tuckum's Cross Roads October 26-29. Near Atlanta November 9. March to the sea November 15-Decemb­er 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Averysboro, N. C., March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 9-13. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Ben­nett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Duty in the Defences of Washington till July. Mustered out July 14, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 98 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 113 Enlisted men by disease. Total 216.

 

Besetzung von Luray Valley und Aufklärung gegen Columbia Bridge und White House Ford, Va. am 21./22.7.1862 (vgl. Lloyd's Re­port OR 12 [2] S. 97-85).

 

 

74th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Pvt Andrew *Ames (Co ?)

 

Overview:

Organized at Pittsburg as 35th Pennsylvania Volunteers September 14, 1861. Moved to Philadelphia, thence to Washington, D. C., September 23. Attached to Blenker's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to November, 1861. Bohlen's Brigade, Blenker's Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862. Bohlen's 3rd Brigade, Blenker's Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to April, 1862. 3rd Bri­gade, Blenker's Division, Dept. of the Mountains, to June, 1562. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 11th Corps, to July, 1563. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Corps, to August, 1863. 1st Brigade, Gordon's Division, Folly Island, S. C., 10th Corps, Dept. of the South, to April, 1864. Folly Island, S. C., Northern District, Dept. of the South, to August, 1864. 2nd Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Corps, Dept. of Washington, to October, 1864. Reserve Division, Dept. of West Virginia, to January, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, West Virginia, to April, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, West Virginia, to May, 1865. Sub-District of Clarksburg, W. Va., Dept. West Virginia, to August, 1865. 

 

Service:

Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. At Fairfax C. H., Va., March 10-24. Moved to Petersburg, W. Va., April 6-May 11. Operations in the Shenandoah Valley till June. Cross Keys June 8. At Sperryville July 7-August 5. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Freeman's Ford and Hazel Run August 22. Groveton August 29. Bull Run August 30. Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till November. Moved to Centreville November 1-19, thence to Fredericksburg, Va., De­cember 9-16. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Stafford C. H., Va., till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 13-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Moved to Folly Island, S. C., August 7-14 Duty on Folly Island, S. C., operating against Charleston, S. C., till August, 1864. De­monstration on James Island, S. C., May 21-22, 1864, and June 30-July 10. James Island, near Secessionville, July 2. Ordered to Wa­shington, D. C., August 17. Duty at Forts Ethan Allen and Marcy till October. Ordered to West Virginia, and duty guarding Baltimore & Ohio Railroad till April, 1865. At Beverly April 8-May 12, and at Clarksburg, W. Va, and guarding Parkersburg branch of Baltimo­re & Ohio Railroad till August. Mustered out August 29, 1865. 


Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 54 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 55 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 145. 

 

Cols., A. Schimmelfennig, John Hamm, A. Von Hartung, Gottlieb Hoburg; Lieut.-Cols., Edward Freyhold, John Hamm, A. von Har­tung, Alexander von Mitzel, Carl Veitenheimer; Majs., John Hamm, Franz Blessing, A. von Hartung, Alexander von Mitzel, Gustav *Schleiter, Frederick Klenker, E. P. Rohbach. The 74th regiment, composed of German citizens from the cities of Pittsburg and Phil­adelphia and the counties of Allegheny, Westmoreland, Indiana, Columbia, Wyoming, Northumberland, Snyder, Union, Adams and Berks, was recruited during the summer of 1861, by a committee of Pittsburg citizens duly authorized by the war department for that purpose. The recruits were largely trained soldiers, and rendezvoused at Camp Wilkins, near Pittsburg, where on Sept. 14, 1861, they were mustered into the U. S. service for three years, as the 35th Pa. Infantry. Col. Schimmelfennig had been a Prussian staff officer and was a military man of fine attainments. On Sept. 19, the regiment proceeded to Philadelphia, where it was joined by a large body of recruits under Capt. von Mitzel. Soon after it was ordered to Washington and a week later to Roach's mills, Va., thence to Hunter's Chapel, where it went into winter quarters. While here Capt. von Hartung's Philadelphia company, which had been on duty at Fort Delaware, was added to the regiment. The winter was spent in drill, fatigue duty and work on the fortifications. In the spring of 1862 it was ordered with its division to Franklin, W. Va., to reinforce Gen. Fremont, then in command of the Mountain Department, and joined in the pursuit of Stonewall Jackson, being engaged with the enemy for the first time at the battle of Cross Keys, where it lost 6 killed and 14 wounded. After the battle it moved to Mount Jackson and thence to Middletown; was posted at Sperryville, from July 7 to Aug. 8; then moved by forced marches the 40 miles to Cedar mountain, but arrived too late for the battle at that point. Falling back with Pope's army, it narrowly escaped being surrounded and captured at Freeman's ford on the Rappahannock by the adroit tactics of its commander, Col. Schimmelfennig. Its loss here was 12 killed, 2 officers and 35 men wounded, 3 drowned and 16 missing. Col. Schimmelfennig now assumed command of the brigade, Gen. Bohlen having been killed, and the regiment participated with its division under Gen. Carl Schurz in the disastrous battles at Groveton and the second Bull Run. In the Antietam campaign it was at Washington and it later went into winter quarters near Stafford Court House, Va., receiving there a large number of recruits. On the promotion of Col. Schimmelfennig to brigadier-general, Maj. von Hartung succeeded to the command of the regiment. The 74th arrived too late to share in the fighting at Fredericksburg, although ordered to the front at that time. As a part of Schimmelfennig's brigade, Schurz's division, Howard's corps, it was heavily engaged at Chancellorsville, fighting on the second day of the battle with the most determined bravery. When the regiments belonging to the 1st division on the right broke and came rushing through its ranks, causing considerable disorder for a time, the most perfect order was soon restored by Col. Von Hartung. With the other regiments of its brigade it quickly executed a change of front, checked the impetuous advance of the enemy, and held him at bay for over an hour. Its total loss in this battle was 52 killed, wounded and missing. It remained encamped at Stafford Court House until June 12, when it started with its corps for Gettysburg, where it arrived about noon on July 1, and immediately went into action, taking position on the left of the corps, to the right of the Mummasburg road, in front of Dilger's Ohio battery. Its thin line was forced back to Cemetery hill by the overwhelming forces of the enemy. Lieut-Col. Von Mitzel was again a prisoner ; and out of 14 officers and 120 men brought into action, 1 officer and 6 men were killed, 4 officers and 40 men were wounded, and 52 men were reported missing. For the next two days it held its position in front of the batteries stationed in the cemetery, where it was joined by the men who had been detached on picket duty. Its loss here was 1 officer and 8 men killed and 1 officer and 15 men wounded, a total in the battle of 136. On Aug. 7, with the division, it was ordered to Folly island, S. C, arriving there on the 14th. It remained in that vicinity for about a year, making frequent expeditions to other islands and taking part in the engagement on James island in July, 1864, where it was under fire for several days at the time of the grand assault on the works of Charleston. In Aug., 1864, it returned to Washington and garrisoned Forts Marcy and Ethan Allen for a time. In September 130 members whose term of enlistment had expired were mustered out, after which the regiment went to West Virginia, where Cos. G and K and part of the field and staff were mustered out. At Grafton many of the men reenlisted and a large number of recruits joined the regiment, which was from that time employed in guarding the line of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, with headquarters successively at Green Spring, Beverly, Clarksburg and Parkersburg. It was finally mustered out at Clarksburg on Aug. 29, 1865. The men proceeded to Pittsburg, where they were finally paid and discharged (vgl. http://www.civilwarindex.com/armypa/74th_pa_infantry. Html).


Predecessor: unit: PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS. 35th REGIMENT INFANTRY. 

 

 

75th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. 2ndLt Edward R. *Bowen (Co. D); Sergeant Hermann *Nachtigall (Co. E&K); Pvt August *Buehler (Co. A)

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia August and September, 1861, as 40th Pennsylvania Volunteers. Left State for Washington, D. C., Septem­ber 26, 1861. Attached to Casey's Provisional Division, Army Potomac, to November, 1861. Bohlen's 3rd Brigade, Blenker's Divisi­on, Army Potomac, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Blenker's Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to April, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Blenker's Division, Dept. of the Mountains, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army Cumberland, to April, 1864. Unattached, 4th Division, 20th Army Corps, Dept. Cumberland, to March, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Sub-District, Middle Tennessee, to September, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va, March 10-15. Near Catlett's Station till April 6. Moved to Petersburg, W. Va., April 6-May 11. Operations in the Shenandoah Valley till June. Battle of Cross Keys June 8. At Sper­ryville July 7-August 5. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Freeman's Ford August 22. Sulphur Springs August 24. Battles of Gainesville August 25; Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30. Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till November. Moved to Centreville November 1-19, thence to Fredericksburg December 9-16. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Stafford C. H. till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 13-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Guard duty along Orange & Alexandria Railroad till September. Move­ment to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24-October 3. Operations in Lookout Valley October 19-26. Re-opening Tennessee River Octo­ber 26-29. Battle of Wauhatchie, Tenn., October 28-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Orchard Knob November 23. Tunnel Hill November 24-25. Mission Ridge November 25. March to relief of Knoxville November 25-December 17. Duty in Pleasant Valley till January, 1864. Veterans on furlough till March. Moved to Bridgeport, Ala., March 8, and duty there till July. Mo­ved to Nashville, Tenn., July 31, and guard trains on Nashville & Northwestern Railroad till December. Moved to Franklin December 20, and duty there till September, 1865, guarding trains, scouting and provost duty. (Co. "C" was stationed on Tennessee & Alabama Railroad and captured.) Mustered out September 1, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 46 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 107 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 161.

 

Predecessor unit: PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS.40th REGIMENT INFANTRY.

 

Documents/Literature:

- **Nachtigall, Hermann: History of the 75th Regiment, PA. Vols (reprint North Riverside 1987)

 

 

76th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Corporal Conrad *Fisher; Pvt Edwin *Seymour (Co. C)

 

Overview:

Organized at Harrisburg October 18, 1861. Left State for Fort Monroe, Va., October 19. Attached to Wright's 3rd Brigade, Sherman's South Carolina Expedition, to April, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the South, to July, 1862. District of Hilton Head, S. C., 10th Corps, Dept. South, to April, 1863. Guss' Brigade, Seabrook Island, S. C., 10th Corps, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Folly Island, S. C., 10th Corps, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Morris Island, S. C., 10th Corps, July, 1863. 1st Brigade, Morris Island, S. C., 10th Corps, to August, 1863. District of Hilton Head, S. C., 10th Corps, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to May, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Army Corps, to June, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Army Corps, to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 24th Army Corps, Dept. Virginia, to January, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Terry's Provisional Corps, Dept. North Carolina, to March, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to July, 1865.

 

Service:

Sherman's Expedition to Port Royal, S. C., October 21-November 7, 1861. Duty at Hilton Head, S. C., till May 30, 1862. Operations on James Island, S. C., June 1-25. Battle of Secessionville, S. C., June 16. Evacuation of James Island and movement to Hilton Head June 25-July 7. Duty there till October. Expedition to Pocotaligo, S. C., October 21-23. Frampton's Plantation, Pocotaligo, October 22. Duty at Hilton Head, S. C., till April, 1863, and at Seabrook Island till June. Moved to Folly Island, S. C. Attack on Morris Island, S. C., July 10. Assaults on Fort Sumter, Morris Island, July 11 and 18. Siege operations against Fort Sumter till August. Ordered to Hilton Head, S. C., and duty, there till April, 1864. Moved to Yorktown, Va., April. Butler's operations on south side of the James Ri­ver and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-28. Capture of Bermuda Hundred May 5. Walthal Junction, Chester Station, May 6-7. Proctor's Creek and operations against Fort Darling May 12-13. Battle of Drewry's Bluff May 14-16. On Bermuda Hundred front May 17-28. Moved to White House, thence to Cold Harbor May 28-June 1. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 15-18. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16 to December 6. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864 (Reserve). De­monstration on north side of the James at Deep Bottom August 13-20. Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-15. Battle of Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, September 25-30. Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28. In trenches before Richmond till Decem­ber 6. Expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C., December 6-24. Second Expedition to Fort Fisher January 3-15, 1865. Assault on and capture of Fort Fisher January 15. Sugar Loaf Battery February 11. Wilmington February 15-19. Capture of Wilmington February 22. Advan­ce on Goldsboro March 6-24. Advance on Raleigh April 9-13. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Raleigh, N. C., till July. Mustered out July 15, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 161 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 192 Enlisted men by disease. Total 364.

 

 

77th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Pittsburg October 15, 1861. Left State for Louisville, Ky., October 18. Attached to Negley's 4th Brigade, McCook's Command, at Nolin, Army Ohio, to November, 1861. 5th Brigade, Army Ohio, to December, 1861. 5th Brigade, 2nd Division, Army Ohio, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Right Wing Army Cumberland, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army Cumberland, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army Cumberland, to June, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Corps, to August, 1865. Dept. of Texas to December, 1865.

 

Service:

Camp at Nolin River till December, 1861, and at Munfordsville, Ky., till February, 1862. March to Bowling Green, Ky., thence to Nashville, Tenn., February 14-March 3, and to Savannah, Tenn., March 16-April 6. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Duty at Pittsburg Landing till May 28. Siege of Corinth, Miss., May 25-30. Skirmish near Corinth May 9. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 1. Buell's Campaign in Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-22. Floyd's Fork October 1. Near Clay Village October 4. Dog Walk October 9. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 7. Reconnoissance toward Lavergne November 19 and November 26-27. Lavergne, Scrougesville November 27. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Triune, Tenn., December 27. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31 and January 1-3, 1863. Duty near Murfreesboro till June. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Liberty Gap June 24-27. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga September 24-October 27. Re-opening Tennessee River October 26-29. Duty at Whitesides, Tyner's Station and Blue Springs, Tenn., till April, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 5. Tunnel Hill May 6-7. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8-13. Near Dalton May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Kingston May 18-19. Near Cassville May 19. Kingston May 21. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochie River July 6-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations in North Georgia and North Alabama against Hood September 29-October 26. Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-28. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-25. At Huntsville till March, 1865. Expedition to Bull's Gap and operations in East Tennessee March 13-April 25. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., April 25, and duty there till June. Moved to New Orleans, La. June 17-25 thence to Indianola, Texas, July 13-21. Duty at Indianola and Victoria, Texas, till December. Mustered out December 6, 1865.

 

Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 60 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 254 Enlisted men by disease. Total 319.

 

Documents/Literature:

- Obreiter; John: The Seventy-Seventh Pennsylvania at Shiloh (Harrisburg Pub., Harrisburg 1905); 1st Edition; Photos and Rosters

- Pennsylvania Battlefield Commission: The Seventy-Seventh Pennsylvania at Shiloh (Harrisburg, Pa., 1908)

 

 

78th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Pvt William Holland (Co. H)

 

Overview:

Organized at Pittsburg October 15, 1861. Left State for Louisville, Ky., October 18, thence moved to Nolin Station, Ky., October 24, and duty there till December. Attached to Negley's 4th Brigade, McCook's Division, at Nolin, to November, 1861. 7th Brigade, Army Ohio, to December, 1861. 7th Brigade, 2nd Division, Army Ohio, to March, 1862. Negley's Independent Brigade, Army Ohio, to Au­gust, 1862. 7th Brigade, 8th Division, Army Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Centre Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, Army Cumberland, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, to July, 1864. Unassigned, 4th Division, 20th Army Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to October, 1864. Garrison Nash­ville, Tenn., to September, 1865.

 

Service:

At Munfordsville, Ky., December, 1861, to February, 1862. March to Nashville, Tenn., February 14-March 3. Guard railroad from Nashville to Columbia till May, and at Decatur May. Expedition to Rodgersville May 13-14. Negley's Expedition to Chattanooga May 28-June 17. Chattanooga June 7-8. Garrison at Rodgersville and guarding Lamb's Ferry till July 18. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., and garrison duty there till December. Hermitage Ford October 20. Nashville November 5. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862. and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro till June. Middle Tennessee or Tulla­homa Campaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's' Gap June 24-26. At Dechard, Ala., July 8-August 15. Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River, and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Davis Cross Roads or Dug Gap September 11. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-21. Rossville Gap September 21. Siege of Chattanooga September 24-October 27. Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29. Battles of Chattanooga November 23-25; Mission Ridge November 24-25. Reconnoissance to Look­out Mountain November 29-December 2. Duty on Lookout Mountain till May, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-June 21. De­monstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Cassville May 19. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Pickett's Mills May 27. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-21. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Ordered to Chattanooga, Tenn., June 21. Duty guarding trains to the front July to September. Action at Dalton, Ga., August 14-15. Ordered to Decatur, Ala., September 24, thence to Nashville, Tenn., and to Tullahoma September 29. Returned to Nashville and duty there till September, 1865. Old members ordered home October, 1864, and mustered out at Pittsburg, Pa., November 4, 1864. Battles of Nashville, Tenn., December 16-17, 1864. Mustered out September 11, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 68 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 194 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 267.

 

Documents/Literature:

- **Gibson, J. T.: History of the Seventy-Eights Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (Pittsburgh Printing 1905; 1st Edition); Maps, Photos; Complete Rosters

 

The 78th Pennsylvania served throughout the war in the Western Theater, fighting at Stones River, Chickamauga, Lookout Mission, Missionary Ridge, Nashville and other battles

 

Documents/Literature:

- Gibson, J. T.: History of the Seventy-Eights Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (Pittsburgh Printing 1905; 1st Edition); Maps, Photos; Complete Rosters

 

 

79th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Lancaster September 19, 1861. Moved to Pittsburg, thence to Louisville, Ky., October 18, and to Nolin Station, Ky., Oc­tober 24. Attached to Negley's 4th Brigade, McCook's Command, at Nolin, to November, 1861. 7th Brigade, Army Ohio, to Decem­ber, 1861. 7th Brigade, 2nd Division, Army Ohio, to March, 1862. Negley's Independent Brigade, Army Ohio, to August, 1862. 28th Brigade, 3rd Division, Army Ohio, to September, 1862. 28th Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps, Army Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Centre Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1868. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, Army Cum­berland, to April, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, to July, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty at Nolin till December, 1861, and at Munfordsville till February, 1862. Moved to Bowling Green, Ky., thence to Nashville, Tenn., February 14-March 3. At Nashville till March 28. Ordered to Columbia, Tenn., and guard Nashville & Decatur Railroad till May. Expedition to Rodgersville, Ala., May 13-14. Lamb's Ferry May 14. Negley's Expedition to Chattanooga May 28-June 17. Jas­per, Sweeden's Cove, June 4. Chattanooga June 7-8. Ordered to Tullahoma, Tenn., and duty there till August. Ordered to Nashville, thence march to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-16. Battle of Perryville October 8. Guard Louisville & Nashville Railroad at Mitchellsville November 9-December 7. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Jefferson December 30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesbo­ro till June. Expedition to McMinnville April 20-30. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River, and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Davis Cross Roads or Dug Gap September 11. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-21. Rossville Gap September 21. Siege of Chattanooga September 24-October 26. Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29. Battle of Chattanooga November 23-25. Re-enlisted February 9, 1864. Veterans on furlough March and April. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Pickett's Mills May 27. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Operations in North Georgia and North Alabama against Hood September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. League Cross Roads, near Lexington, S. C., February 15. Cloud's House February 27. Averysboro, N. C., March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Golds­boro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 9-13. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out July 12, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 118 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 145 Enlisted men by disease. Total 268.

 

 

80th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. 7th Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry

 

 

81st Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Col H. Boyd *McKeen, LtCol Amos Stroh

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia October, 1861. At Easton, Pa., till October 10. Moved to Washington, D. C., October 10. Attached to Howard's Brigade, Richardson's Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty in the Defences of Washington D. C., till March, 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15. Reconnoissance to Gainesville March 20. Operations on Orange & Alexandria Railroad March 28-31. Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Construction of Grape Vine Bridge on Chickahominy May 28-30. Battle of Fair Oaks (Seven Pines) May 31-June 1. Fair Oaks June 18. Fair Oaks Station June 21. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Orchard Station June 28. Peach Orchard, Allen's Farm, June 29. Savage Station June 29. White Oak Swamp Bridge and Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Alexandria and Centreville August 16-30. Centreville September 1. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17. Moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., and duty there till October 29. Reconnoissance to Charlestown October 16-17. Advance up Loudoun Valley and movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 17. Snicker's Gap November 2. Manassas Gap November 5-6. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. At Falmouth till April, 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Reconnoissance to the Rappahannock June 9. Kelly's Ford June 10. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 13-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Duty on line of the Rappahannock till September. Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Auburn and Bristoe October 14. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Mine Run November 28-30. At Stevensburg till May, 1864. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Corbin's Bridge May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Po River May 10; Spottsylvania C. H. May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. Landron House May 18. North Anna River May 23-26. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 12. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1365. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23, 1864. Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom July 27-29. Deep Bottom July 27-28. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (Reserve). Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom August 13-20. Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18. Ream's Station August 25. Reconnoissance to Hatcher's Run December 7-10. Hatcher's Run December 8. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Watkins' House, Petersburg, March 25. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. On line of Hatcher's and Gravelly Runs March 29-30. Hatcher's Run or Boydton Road March 31. White Oak Road March 31. Sutherland Station April 2. Sailor's Creek April 6. High Bridge, Farmville, April 7. Appomattox C. H. April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Washington, D. C., May 2-12. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out June 29, 1865.

 

Regiment lost during service 18 Officers and 190 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 96 Enlisted men by disease. Total 306.


Predecessor unit:
PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS. 36th REGIMENT INFANTRY.

 

Das Regiment gehörte während der Gettysburg Campaign zur 1st Brigade Col Edward C. Cross; 1st Division BrigGen John C. Cald­well, II. Army Corps Winfield S. Hancock

 

 

82nd Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia as 31st Regiment Volunteers August, 1861, and ordered to Washington, D. C. Attached to Graham's Briga­de, Buell's (Couch's) Division, Army Potomac, October, 1861, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army Po­tomac, to July, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to September, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to October, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, to January, 1864. Johnson's Island, Sandusky, Ohio, to May, 1864. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to July, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac, and Army Shenandoah, to July, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15. Moved to the Virginia Penin­sula March 26. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Operations about Bottom's Bridge May 20-23. Batt­le of Fair Oaks (Seven Pines) May 31-June 1. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Savage Station June 29. White Oak Swamp June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Reconnoissance to Malvern Hill August 5-7. Movement to Alexandria, thence to Chantilly August 16-30. Chantilly September 1. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Williamsport September 19-20. Duty in Maryland and along the Potomac till November 1. Movement to Falmouth, Va., November 1-19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. Burnside's second Campaign. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth till April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations about Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2. Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4. Banks' Ford May 4. Operations about Deep Run Ravine June 6-13. Gettys­burg (Pa.) Campaign June 13-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 2-4. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. At and near Funkstown, Md., July 10-13. At Warrenton and Culpeper till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-3. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Moved to Johnson's Island, Lake Erie, January 6, 1864, and duty there guarding prisoners till May 6. Moved to Washington, D. C., thence joined Army of the Potomac in the field. Rapidan Campaign May 12-June 12. Spottsylvania C. H. May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 17-18. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23. Siege of Petersburg till July 9. Moved to Washington, D. C., July 9-11. Repulse of Early's attack on Wa­shington July 11-12. Snicker's Gap Expedition July 14-18. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to December. (Old mem­bers mustered out September 16, 1864.) Battle of Opequan, Winchestor, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley till December. Ordered to Petersburg, Va., December 1. Siege of Petersburg De­cember, 1864, to April, 1865. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Fort Fisher, Petersburg, March 25, 1865. Appo­mattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Sailor's Creek April 6. Appo­mattox C. H. April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. At Farmville and Burkesville till April 23. March to Danville April 23-27, and duty there till May 24. Moved to Richmond, Va., thence to Washington, D. C., May 24-June 3. Corps Review June 8. Mustered out July 13, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 106 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 67 Enlisted men by disease. Total 178.

 

Predecessor unit:
PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS. 31st REGIMENT INFANTRY.

 

 

83rd Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Captain Amos M. *Judson (Co. E&A)

 

Overview:

Organized at Erie and mustered into United States service September 8, 1861. Moved to Washington, D. C., September 18-20. Atta­ched to Butterfield's Brigade, Fitz John Porter's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to May, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15. Moved to the Virginia Penin­sula March 22-24. Reconnoissance to Big Bethel March 30. Warwick Road April 5. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Recon­noissance up the Pamunkey May 10. Action at Hanover C. H. May 27. Operations about Hanover C. H. May 27-29. Seven days befo­re Richmond June 25-July 1. Battle of Mechanicsville June 26. Gaines Mill June 27. Savage Station June 29. Turkey Bridge or Mal­vern Cliff June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville August 16-27. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 27-September 2. Battle of Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Sharpsburg and Shephardstown Ford September 19. Duty at Sharpsburg, Md., till October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. Expedition to Ri­chards and Ellis Fords, Rappahannock River, December 29-30. Burnside's second Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24. 1863. At Falmouth, Va., till April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 26-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 13-July 24. Aldie June 17. Middleburg and Upperville June 21. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Duty at Warrenton, Beverly Ford and Culpeper till October. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station No­vember 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. At Beverly Ford till May, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Batt­les of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania C. H. May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Jericho Ford May 25. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1365. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Old members mustered out September 7, 1864. Consoli­dated to 6 Companies. Peeble's Farm, Poplar Springs Church, September 29-October 2. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Warren's Expedition to Weldon Railroad December 7-12. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Lewis Farm, near Gravelly Run, March 31. Junction of the Quaker and Boydton Roads March 29. White Oak Road March 31. Five Forks April 1. Appomattox C. H. April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Washington, D. C., May 2-12. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out June 28, 1865, and disbanded at Harrisburg, Pa., July 4, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 11 Officers and 271 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 151 Enlisted men by disease. Total 435.

 

The second highest in the list of infantry regiments having the greatest number killed in battle, is the Eighty-third Pennsylvania, which lost 282 officers and men who died while fighting for the Union (vgl. Fox: Regimental Losses, a.a.O., S. 2)

 

Documents/Literature:

- **Judson, Amos M.: History of the 83rd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers (Erie 1865); 333 pp; Photos; Roster; Reprint of Scarce Regimental History originally published in 1865. Nevins calls this "...one of the better regimental histories that appeared immediately after the war; author recounts many experiences of regimental members during campaigns in the East."

 

 

84th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Col William G. *Murray; Captain Jesse Bowman Young (Co. B)

 

Overview:

Organized at Huntingdon and Camp Curtin August to October, 1861. At Camp Curtin, Pa., till December 31, 1861. Moved to Hancock, Md., December 31-January 2, 1862, thence to Bath. Action at Bath January 4, and at Hancock January 5. Attached to 1st Brigade, Lauder's Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade. Shield's 2nd Division, Banks' 5th Corps, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade, Shield's Division, Dept. of the Shenandoah, to May, 1862. 4th Brigade, Shield's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 2nd Army Corps, to May, 1864. 4th Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to July, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to January, 1865.

 

Service:

Retreat to Cumberland, Md., January 10-12, 1862. Duty guarding North and South Branch Bridges and at Paw Paw Tunnel till March, 1862. Advance on Winchester, Va., March 5-15. Battle of Winchester March 23. Occupation of Mt. Jackson April 17. Provost at Berryville till May 2. March to Fredericksburg May 12-22, and return to Front Royal May 25-29. Action near Front Royal May 31. Port Republic June 8-9. Moved to Alexandria June 29. Duty there till July. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August 20-24. Thoroughfare Gap August 28. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30; Chantilly September 1. Duty at Arlington Heights, Defences of Washington, Whipple's Command, till October. Moved to Pleasant Valley, Md., October 18, thence to Warrenton and Falmouth October 24-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth, Va., till April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Guarding Corps' trains during battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Wapping Heights, Va., July 23. Duty on line of the Rappahannock till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Kelly's Ford November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Payne's Farm November 27. Regiment re-enlisted January, 1864. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7. Duty near Brandy Station till May. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania C. H. May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. Harris Farm May 19. North Anna River May 23-26. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 23-31. Haw's Shop May 31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to January 6, 1865. Weldon Railroad June 22-23, 1864. Demonstration north of James River at Deep Bottom July 27-29. Deep Bottom July 27-28. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (Reserve). Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom August 13-20. Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18. Feeble's Farm, Poplar Grove Church, September 29-October 2. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Consolidated with 57th Pennsylvania Infantry January 13, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 119 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 98 Enlisted men by disease. Total 224.

 

Im Frühjahr 1862 gehörte die 84th Pennsylvania Infantry zur 1st Brigade Kimball, Division Shields, 5th Army Corps Banks; Teilnah­me am Battle of Kernstown am 23.3.1862; Murray war eingesetzt beim Flankierungsangriff gegen Stonewall Jackson's Infantry bei Sandy Ridge (vgl. Shriber's Report OR 12 [I] 351).

 

Documents/Literature:

- **Young, Jesse Bowman: The Battle of Gettysburg. The 84th Pennsylvania Infantry (Harper and Brothers, New York 1913; reprint Kallman Publishers); Index; Rosters; Maps; Illustrated

 

 

85th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry:

 

Overview:

Organized at Uniontown October 16 to November 12, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Casey's Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, to September, 1862. Wessell's Brigade, Division at Suffolk, Va., 7th Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of North Carolina, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to February, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Corps, Dept. of the South, to April, 1863. Folly Island, S. C., 10th Corps, Dept. South, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, Folly Island, S. C., 10th Corps, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Morris Island, S. C., 10th Corps, July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Morris Island, S. C., 10th Corps, to October, 1863. Howell's Brigade, Gordon's Division, Folly Island, S. C., 10th Corps, to December, 1863. District of Hilton Head, S. C., 10th Corps, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to November, 1864.

 

Service:

Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15. Moved to the Peninsula March 28. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Reconnoissance to Seven Pines May 24-27. Skirmishes at Seven Pines, Savage Station and Chickahominy May 24. Seven Pines May 29. Battle of Seven Pines, Fair Oaks, May 31-June 1. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Brackett's June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Moved to Fortress Monroe August 16-23, thence to Suffolk September 18, and duty there till December. Reconnoissance to Franklin on the Blackwater October 3. Ordered to New Berne, N. C., December 4. Foster's Expedition to Goldsboro December 10-21. Southwest Creek December 13-14. Kinston December 14. Whitehall December 16. Goldsboro December 17. Duty at New Berne, N. C., till January, 1863. Moved to Port Royal, S. C., January 28-31. At St. Helena Island, S. C., till April. At Folly Island, S. C., till July. Attack on Morris Island July 10. Assaults on Fort Sumter, Morris, Island, S. C., July 11 and 18. Siege of Forts Sumter and Gregg, Morris Island, and operations against Fort Sumpter and Charleston July 18-September 7. Duty on Morris and Folly Islands operating against Charleston till December. Moved to Hilton Head, S. C., and duty there till April, 1864. Expedition to Whitmarsh Island, Ga., February 22. Moved to Gloucester Point, Va., April. Butler's operations on south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-23. Ware Bottom Church May 9. Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church May 9-10. Proctor's Creek and operations against Fort Darling May 12-16. Battle of Drewry's Bluff May 14-16. Operations on Bermuda Hundred front May 17-30. Ware Bottom Church May 20. Port Walthal June 16-17. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16 to November 22, 1864. Ware Bottom Church June 20. Demonstration on north side of the James at Deep Bottom August 13-20. Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18. Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, September 28-30. Darbytown Road October 7. Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28. Mustered out November 22, 1864. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 188th Pennsylvania Infantry.


Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 90 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 146 Enlisted men by disease. Total 247.

 

Documents/Literature:

- **Dickey, Luther S.: History of the Eighty-Fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865 (Powers, NY 1915, 1st Editi­on). Nevins says of this "Dickey relied heavily on the Official Records and comrades' recollections; one fourth of the study concen­trates on the battle of Seven Pines." The 85th Pennsylvania saw service at Manassas, Williamsburg, Seven Pines, The Seven Days, Fair Oaks, Malvern Hill, Fort Wagner, Fort Sumpter, Petersburg, Richmond, Drewry's Bluff, and other battles in the East

 

 

86th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

failed to complete organization

 

 

87th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Col John B. *Schall; LtCol James A. *Stahle (zunächst Captain Co. A)

 

Overview:

Organized at Yorktown September, 1861. Attached to Railroad Guard, Middle Department, to May, 1862. Baltimore, Md., Middle Department, to June, 1862. Railroad Division, 8th Corps, Middle Department, to March, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Corps, Middle Department, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, Elliott's Command, 8th Corps, to July. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac and Army Shenandoah, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Guard duty on Northern Central Railroad from Pennsylvania line to Baltimore, Md., September 16, 1861, to May 24, 1862. Duty at Baltimore, Md., till June 23. At New Creek, W. Va., till August 20. Expedition under Gen. Kelly across Laurel Hill and Rich Moun­tain August 27-September 12. Expedition over Cheat and Allegheny Mountains October 31-November 12. March on Petersburg, W. Va., December 6-9. At Winchester till May, 1863. Reconnoissance toward Wardensville and Strasburg April 20. Expedition to Webs­ter May 20. At Winchester till June 15. Reconnoissance toward Strasburg June 10. Middletown June 12. Newtown June 12. Bunker Hill June 13 (Cos. "G," "H"). Battles of Winchester June 13-15. Retreat to Harper's Ferry. Escort stores from Harper's Ferry to Wa­shington, D. C., July 1-3. Joined Army of the Potomac and pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Wapping Heights, Manassas Gap, Va., July 23. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Kelly's Ford November 7. Brandy Station No­vember 8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Payne's Farm November 27. Re-enlisted December, 1863. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12, 1864. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania C. H. May 8-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 17-18. Siege of Petersburg till July 6. Weldon Railroad June 22-23. Moved to Baltimore, Md., July 6-9. Battle of Monocacy Junction July 9. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-December 1. Charlestown August 21-22. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. (Old members mustered out October 13, 1864.) Battle of Cedar Creek. Duty at Kernstown till December. Moved to Washington, D. C., thence to Petersburg, Va., December 3-7. Siege of Petersburg December, 1864, to April, 1865. Fort Fisher, Petersburg, March 25, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox C. H. April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Danville April 23-27, and duty there till May 23. March to Richmond, Va., thence to Washington, D. C., May 23-June 3. Corps Review June 8. Mustered out at Alexandria, Va., June 29, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 10 Officers and 80 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 112 Enlisted men by disease. Total 202.

 

The 87th Pennsylvania Infantry was made up a mixture of Pennsylvania Dutch soldiers and their English, Irish and Scots neigh­bors. The Pennsylvania Dutch, however, constituted more than 65 Percent of the men in the Ranks of the 87th Pennsylvania (vgl. Va­luska/Keller: Damn Dutch, a.a.O., S. 47; vgl. Bates: Pennsylvania Volunteers, a.a.O., vol. 3, S. 28-65).

 

Am 12.6.1863 befehligte Col Schall eine Reconnaissance südlich von Winchester/VA mit 5 Kompanien des 87th Regiment Pennsyl­vania Infantry, a battalion on the 13rd Pennsylvania Cavalry und 2 guns of Battery L, Fifth US Artillery, mit einer Gesamtstärke von 700 Mann (vgl. Nye: Here come the Rebels, a.a.O., S. 74).

 

Documents/Literature:

- Prowell, George R.: History of the 87th Pennsylvania Volunteers (York/PA, 1901)

 

 

88th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Major Benezet F. *Foust; Captain David *Jones; Pvt John D. Vautier (Co. I)

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia September, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., October 1. At Kendall Green, Washington, D. C., till October 12. Provost duty at Alexandria till April 17, 1862. (Cos. "A," "C," "D," "E" and "I" garrison forts on Maryland side of the Potomac River February 18 to April 17.) At Cloud's Mills, Va., April 17-23. Guard Orange & Alexandria Railroad between Bull Run and Fairfax C. H. till May 7. Attached to 1st Brigade, Ord's 2nd Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army Potomac, to March, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, to May, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, to June, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to March, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty near Fredericksburg, Va., till May 25. Expedition to Front Royal to intercept Jackson May 25-June 18. Duty at Manassas, War­renton and Culpeper till August. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August 21-23. Thoroughfare Gap August 28. Battle of Bull Run August 30. Cbantilly September 1. Ma­ryland Campaign September 6-24. Battles of South Mountain September 14; Antietam September 16-17. Duty near Sharpsburg, Md., till October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth and Belle Plains till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Pollock's Mill Creek April 29-May 2. Fitzhugh's Crossing April 29-30. Chancellorsville May 2-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Duty on line of the Rappahannock till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864. Regiment re-enlisted February 6, 1864, and on furlough till April 7. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania C. H. May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Jericho Ford May 25. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. To­topotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. White Oak Swamp June 13. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864 (Reserve). Weldon Railroad Au­gust 18-21. Hatcher's Run October 27-28. Warren's Expedition to Weldon Railroad December 7-12. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Lewis Farm near Gravelly Run March 29. White Oak Road March 30-31. Five Forks April 1. Pursuit of Lee April 2-9. Appomattox C. H. April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Moved to Washington, D. C., May 1-12. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out June 30, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 8 Officers and 101 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 72 Enlisted men by disease. Total 181.

 

Im Sommer 1863 gehörte das Regiment unter Regimentskommandeur Major Benezet F. Foust zur 2nd Brigade BrigGen Henry Bax­ter, 2nd Division BrigGen John C. Robinson I Army Corps Doubleday; Teilnahme am Battle of Gettysburg (vgl. Pfanz: Gettysburg, a.a.O., S. 444).

 

Documents/Literature:

- Vautier, John D.: History of the Eighty-Eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War for the Union, 1861-1865 (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1894)

 

 

89th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. 8th Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry

 

 

90th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Major Alfred J. *Sellers; 2ndLt Hillary *Beyer (Medal of Honor); Pvt Arnold *Seymour (Co. ?)

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia October 1, 1861. Moved to Baltimore, Md., March 31, 1862, thence to Washington, D. C., April 21 and to Aquia Creek Landing, Va., and duty there till May 9. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army Potomac, to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, to May, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, to June, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to November, 1864.

 

Service:

Duty near Fredericksburg, Va., till May 25. Expedition to Front Royal to intercept Jackson May 25-June 16. Duty at Manassas, War­renton and Culpeper till August. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August 21-23. Thoroughfare Gap August 28. Battle of Bull Run August 30. Chantilly September 1. Ma­ryland Campaign September 6-24. Battles of South Mountain September 14. Antietam September 16-17. Duty near Sharpsburg, Md., till October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth and Belle Plains till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Pollock's Mill Creek April 29-May 2. Fitzhugh's Crossing April 29-30. Chancellorsville May 2-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Duty on line of the Rappahannock till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864. Duty on Orange & Alexandria Railroad till May. Rapidan Campaign May 4-Ju­ne 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania C. H. May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Jericho Ford May 25. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. White Oak Swamp June 13. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16 to November 26, 1864. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30. Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Reconnoissance to Dinwiddie C. H. September 15. Consolidated with 11th Pennsylvania Infantry November 26, 1864.


Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 98 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 126 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 230.

 

Medal of Honor: Major Alfred J. Sellers, 2ndLt Hillary *Beyer

 

 

91st Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Col Edgar M. *Gregory; Major George *Todd; Captain John *Lentz

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia and mustered in December 4, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., January 21, 1862. Attached to Defences of Washington, D. C., to August, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to May, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, to March, 1864. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, to June, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, June, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, to July, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, to March, 1865. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to July, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty at Washington, D. C., till April 27, 1862, and at Alexandria, Va., till August 21. Near Fairfax C. H. till September 15. Reached Antietam, Md., September 18. Duty at Sharpsburg, Md., till October 30. Skirmishes at Kearneysville and Shepherdstown October 15-16. Reconnoissance to Leesburg, W. Va., October 16-17. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Burnside's second Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. Duty at Falmouth, Va., till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 13-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Duty on line of the Rappahannock till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-3. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Regiment re-enlisted December 26, 1863. Veterans on furlough January 2-February 16, 1864, and near Chester till March 2. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 3; Spottsylvania C. H. May 3-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864 (Reserve). Six Mile House, Weldon Railroad, August 18-21. Poplar Grove Church, Peebles' Farm, September 29-October 2. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Warren's Raid to Weldon Railroad December 7-12. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 23-April 9. Lewis Farm, Gravelly Run, March 29. Junction of Quaker and Boydton Roads March 29. White Oak Road March 30-31. Five Forks April 1. Appomattox C. H. April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Moved to Washington, D. C., May 1-12. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out July 10, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 110 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 82 Enlisted men by disease. Total 200.

 

Das Regiment gehörte seit Frühjahr 1862 zur Brigade von BrigGen Erastus Barnard Tyler, und seit Herbst 1862 zur Division von BrigGen Andrew Atchinson Humphreys; Teilnahme am Angriff auf den Stonewall im Battle von Fredericksburg (vgl. Gallagher u.a.: Fredericksburg, a.a.O., S. 83).

 

 

92nd Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. 9th Regiment Pennsylvania Cavalry

 

 

93rd Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Pvt John *Seymour (Co. I)

 

Overview:

Organized at Lebanon September 21 to October 28, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., November 21. Attached to Peck's Briga­de, Couch's Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, to January, 1864. Wheaton's Brigade, Dept. West Virginia, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Poto­mac, and Army Shenandoah, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty in the Defences of Washington till March, 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15. Moved to the Peninsula March 25. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Reconnoissance to the Chickahominy and Bottom's Bridge May 20-23. Battle of Fair Oaks (Seven Pines) May 31-June 1. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Seven Pines June 27. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Alexandria, thence to Centreville August 16-30. Cover Pope's retreat to Fairfax C. H. August 30-September 1. Chantilly September 1. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Reconnoissance to Harper's Ferry and Sandy Hook September 12-14. Battle of Antietam September 16-17 (Reserve). At Downsville, Md., September 23-October 20. Movement to Stafford C. H. October 20-November 18, and to Belle Plains December 5. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. Burnside's second Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth till April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2. Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4. Banks' Ford May 4. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 13-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 2-4. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Duty on the line of the Rappahannock till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Regiment re-enlisted February 7, 1864. Duty at Brandy Stati­on till May. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Be­fore Petersburg June 17-18. Siege of Petersburg till July 9. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23. Moved to Washington, D. C., July 9-11. Defence of Washington against Early's attack July 11-12. Pursuit to Snicker's Gap July 14-18. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to December. Charlestown August 21-22. Demonstration on Gilbert's Ford, Opequan Creek, September 18. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Strasburg September 21. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley till December. Moved to Petersburg December 9-12. Siege of Petersburg December, 1864, to April, 1865. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Fort Fisher, Petersburg, March 25. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox C. H. April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Danville April 23-27, and duty there till May 23. Moved to Richmond, Va., thence to Washington. D. C., May 23-June 3. Corps Review June 8. Mustered out June 27, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 11 Officers and 161 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 111 Enlisted men by disease. Total 274.

 

 

94th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry:

failed to complete organization

 

 

95th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Captain James M. *Treichler (Co. G; prior Sergeant Major Co. F&S)

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia August to October, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., October 12. Attached to Newton's Brigade, Franklin's Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army Potomac, to April, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to May, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to May, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac, and Army Shenandoah, to June, 1865.

 

Service:

Camp at Kendall Green, Defences of Washington, D. C., till October 29, 1861, and at Fairfax Seminary, Va., till March, 1862. Advan­ce on Manassas, Va., March 10-15. McDowell's advance on Falmouth, Va., April 4-17. Moved to Shipping Point, Va., April 17, thence to the Virginia Peninsula April 22. Siege of Yorktown April 24-May 4 (on transports). West Point May 7-8. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Gaines' Mill June 27. Charles City Cross Roads, and Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville August 16-28. In works at Centreville August 28-31. Cover Pope's retreat to Fairfax C. H. September 1. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Crampton's Pass, South Mountain, Septem­ber 14. Antietam September 16-17. Duty in Maryland till October 29. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Burnside's second Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth till April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Bernard House April 29. Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4. Banks' Ford May 4. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 13-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 2-4. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. At and near Funkstown July 10-13. Hagerstown July 14. Duty on line of the Rappahannock till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-De­cember 2. Regiment re-enlisted December 26. At Brandy Station till May, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania C. H. May 8-12. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pa­munkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 17-18. Siege of Petersburg till July 9. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23. Moved to Washington, D. C., July 9-11. Repulse of Early's attack on Washington July 11-12. Pur­suit of Early to Snicker's Gap July 14-18. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to December. Summit Point August 21. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. New Market September 24. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley till December. Moved to Petersburg, Va., December. Siege of Petersburg December, 1864, to April, 1865. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox C. H. April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Moved to Danville April 23-27, and duty there till May 23. March to Richmond, Va., thence to Washington, D. C., May 23-June 3. Corps Review June 8. Muste­red out July 17, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 11 Officers and 171 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 72 Enlisted men by disease. Total 255.

 

Documents/Literature:

- **Treichler, Don: Crimson Fields: Civil War Biography of Captain James Madison Treichler (2nd edition 2011)

 

 

96th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. LtCol Jacob G. *Frick; Captain John T. *Boyle; Sergeant Major James M. *Treichler (Co. F&S; prior Pvt Co. H); Corporal Erasmus W. *Reed (Co. B)

 

Overview:

Organized at Pottsville September 9 to October 30, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., November 18, 1861. Attached to Slo­cum's Brigade, Franklin's Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army Potomac, to April, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac, and Army of the Shenandoah, to October, 1864.

 

Service:

Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till March. 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15. McDowell's advance on Fal­mouth April 4-17. Return to Alexandria and embark for the Peninsula. Siege of Yorktown April 24-May 4 (on transports). West Point May 7-8. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Gaines' Mill June 27. Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale June 30. Mal­vern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville August 16-28. In works at Centreville August 28-81. Cover Pope's retreat to Fairfax C. H. September 1. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Crampton's Pass, South Mountain, September 14. Antietam September 16-17. Duty in Maryland till October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. Burnside's second Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth till April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2. Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4. Banks' Ford May 4. Gettysburg Campaign June 13-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2-4. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. At and near Funkstown, Md., July 10-13. Hagerstown July 14. Duty on line of the Rappahan­nock till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station No­vember 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Duty at Hazel River till May, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania C. H. May 8-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 17-18. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23. Siege of Petersburg till July 9. Moved to Washington, D. C., July 9-11. Repulse of Early's attack on Washington July 11-12. Pursuit of Early to Snicker's Gap July 14-18. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to October. Near Charle­stown August 21-22. Charlestown August 24. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. New Market September 24. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Mustered out October 21, 1864, expiration of term.

Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 126 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 86 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 219.

 

Photo:

Milhollen u.a.: Divided we Fought, a.a.O. S.33

 

Documents/Literature:

- **Reed, Erasmus W.: Letter to Parents, Brothers and Sisters, 3.4.1863; Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park

- **Treichler, Don: Crimson Fields: Civil War Biography of Captain James Madison Treichler (2nd edition 2011)

 

 

97th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Pvt John *Holland (Co. B); Pvt William P. *Seymour (Co. H)

 

Overview:

Organized at West Chester August 22 to October 28, 1861. Moved to Washington, D. C., November 16-17, thence to Fortress Mon­roe, Va., November 20-22. Attached to Dept. of Virginia to December, 1361. Wright's 3rd Brigade, Sherman's South Carolina Expedi­tion, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the South, to July, 1862. District of Hilton Head, S. C., Dept. South, to Sep­tember, 1862. District Hilton Head, S. C., 10th Corps, Dept. South, to April, 1863. Stevenson's Brigade, Seabrook Island, S. C., 10th Corps, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Morris Island, S. C., 10th Corps, July, 1863. 3rd Brigade, Morris Island, S. C., 10th Corps, to August, 1863. 1st Brigade, Morris Island, S. C., 10th Corps, to October, 1863. Fernandina, Fla., Dept. South, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Army Corps, Dept. Virginia and North Carolina, to May, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Corps, to June, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Corps, to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 24th Army Corps, to January, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Terry's Provisional Corps, Dept. North Carolina, to March, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Corps. Dept. North Carolina, to August, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty at Camp Hamilton, near Fortress Monroe, Va., till December 8, 1861. Moved to Port Royal, S. C., December 8-11. Duty at Hil­ton Head, S. C., till January 21, 1862. Operations in Warsaw Sound, Ga., against Fort Pulaski, January 21-February 25. Expedition to Florida February 25-March 5. Occupation of Fernandina March 5, and duty there till March 24. Moved to Jacksonville, Fla., March 24, and duty there till April 9. Moved to Hilton Head, S. C., April 9-14. Expedition to Edisto Island, S. C., April 19-20. Expedition to James Island. S. C., June 1-28. Action on James Island June 10. Battle of Secessionville June 16. Evacuation of James Island June 28, and duty at North Edisto Island till July 18. Moved to Hilton Head, S. C., July 18, and duty there till November 20. At St. Helena Is­land, S. C., till January 15, 1863. At Hilton Head and Seabrook Point till April. At Seabrook Island till July 8. Expedition to James Is­land July 9-16. Battle of Secessionville July 16. Moved to Folly and Morris Islands July 17-18. Assault on Fort Sumter, Morris Is­land, July 18. Siege of Fort Sumter, Morris Island, and operations against Fort Sumpter and Charleston July 18-September 7. Capture of Forts Sumter and Gregg, Morris Island, September 7. Duty on Morris Island till October 2. Moved to Fernandina, Fla., October 2-5, and duty there till April 23, 1864. Expedition from Fernandina to Woodstock and King's Ferry Mills February 15-23, 1864. Moved to Hilton Head, S. C., thence to Gloucester Point, Va., April 23-28. Butler's operations on south side of the James and against Peters­burg and Richmond May 4-28. Capture of Bermuda Hundred and City Point May 5. Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church May 9-10. Proctor's Creek and operations against Fort Darling May 12-16. Battle of Drewry's Bluff May 14-16. Bermuda Hundred front May 17-28. Chester Station May 18. Green Plains May 20. Movement to White House, thence to Cold Harbor May 28-June 1. Battles about Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 15-18. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16 to Decem­ber 7, 1864. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (Reserve). Demonstration on north side of James River at Deep Bottom August 13-20. Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18. Bermuda Hundred August 24-25. Battle of Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, September 28-30. Charles City Road October 7. Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28. In trenches before Richmond till December 6. Expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C., December 6-27. Second Expedition to Fort Fisher January 3-15, 1865. Assault and capture of Fort Fisher January 15. Sugar Loaf Battery February 11. Wilmington February 18-19. Capture of Wilmington February 22. Advance on Goldsboro March 6-21. Advance on Raleigh April 9-13. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Raleigh till July 10, and at Gaston and Weldon, N. C., till August 28. Mustered out August 28, 1865, at Weldon N. C. Moved to Philadelphia, Pa., and discharged September 4, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 130 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 184 Enlisted men by disease. Total 322.

 

 

98th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. Col John F. *Ballier

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia August 23 to November 6, 1861. Regiment moved to Washington, D. C., September 30, 1861. Companies "G" and "H" joined in December, 1861. Attached to Peck's Brigade, Couch's Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to July, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to October, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, to January, 1864. Wheaton's Brigade, Dept. West Virginia, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, and Army of the Shenandoah, to June, 1865. 

 

Service:

Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15. Moved to the Virginia Penin­sula March 25. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Slatersville, New Kent C. H., and Sister's Mills May 9. Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, May 31-June 1. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. About Fair Oaks June 26-29. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing to August 16. Movement to Alexandria, thence to Centreville August 16-30. Cover Pope's retreat to Fairfax C. H. August 30-September 1. Chantilly September 1 (Reserve). Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battle of Antietam September 16-17 (Reserve). At Downsville, Md., September 23-October 20. Movement to Stafford C. H. October 20-November 18, and to Belle Plains December 5. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth till April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2. Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4. Banks' Ford May 4. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 13-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 2-4. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Duty on line of the Rappahannock till October. Bristoe Cam­paign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8.Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Duty at Brandy Station till May, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-21. Assault on the Salient May 12.North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. To­topotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 17-18. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23. Siege of Petersburg till July 9. Moved to Washington D. C., July 9-11. Defence of Washington against Early's attack July 11-12. Pursuit to Snicker's Ferry July 14-18. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to December. Charlestown August 21-22. Demonstration on Gilbert's Ford, Opequan Creek September 13. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Strasburg September 21. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley till December. Ordered to Petersburg December 9-12. Siege of Petersburg December, 1864, to April, 1865. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Fort Fisher, Petersburg, March 25. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox C. H.April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Danville April 23-27, and duty there till May 23. Moved to Richmond, thence to Wa­shington May 23-June 3. Corps Review June 8. Mustered out June 29, 1865. 

 

Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 112 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 72 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 194.

 

Documents/Literature:

- Ballier, John F.: History of the 98th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment; in: Bates, Samuel Penniman: History of Pennsylva­nia volunteers 1861-65, printed 1871

 

 

99th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry:

s. LtCol William P. *Seymour (Co. F&S); 1stLt Peter B. *Ayars (Co. E); Pvt Peter Allabach (Co. D)

 

Overview:

Organized at Philadelphia as 32nd Pennsylvania Volunteers July 26, 1861, to January 18, 1862. Three Companies moved to Washing­ton, D. C., August 8, 1861. Attached to Defences of Washington, D. C., to October, 1861. Jameson's Brigade, Heintzelman's Division, Army Potomac, to February, 1862. Military District of Washington to June, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to August, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, to August, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to July, 1865.

 

Service:

Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till June 29, 1862. Moved to Harrison's Landing June 29-July 4, and duty there till Au­gust 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville August 16-26. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 26-Sep­tember 2. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30; Chantilly September 1. Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., and outpost picket duty till October. White's Ford, Md., October 12. Movement up the Potomac to Leesburg, thence to Falmouth, Va., October 11-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth till April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Wapping Heights, Va., July 23. Duty on line of the Rap­pahannock till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Auburn October 13. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Kelly's Ford November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Payne's Farm November 27. Demonstration on the Rapi­dan February 6-7, 1864. Duty near Brandy Station till May. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Po River May 10; Spottsylvania C. H. May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. Harris Farm, Fredericksburg Road May 19. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Jerusalem Plank Road June 21-23, 1864. Demonstration on north side of the James at Deep Bottom July 27-29. Deep Bottom July 27-28. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (Reserve). Demonstration on north side of the James at Deep Bottom August 13-18. Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18. Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Raid on Weldon Railroad December 7-12. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Watkins' House, Petersburg, March 25. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Crow's House March 31. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Sailor's Creek April 6. High Bridge, Farmville, April 7. Appomattox C. H. April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. At Burkesville till May 2. March to Washington. D. C., May 2-12. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out July 1, 1865.


Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 113 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 112 Enlisted men by di­sease. Total 235.

 

Predecessor unit:

PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS.32nd REGIMENT INFANTRY.

 

Documents/Literature:

- Ayars, Peter B.: „The 99th Pennsylvania.“ National Tribune, February 4, 1886

- Fastnacht, C. H. and E. K. Martin: Historical Sketch and Oration Delivered at Dedication of 99th Pennsylvania Monument (Lancaster/PA: Examiner Steam Book and Job Print, 1886)

 

 

100th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry ("Roundheads"):

s. Col (Captain Co. A) Daniel *Leasure; Assistant Surgeon Joseph P. *Rassiter (Co. F&S); Sergeant Andrew F. *Morrison (Co. B); Corporal Frank (Frederick) *Pettit; Pvt John *Holland (Co. H)

 

Overview:

Organized at Pittsburg August 31, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., September 2, and duty there till October 9. Moved to An­napolis, Md., October 9. Attached to Stevens' 2nd Brigade, Sherman's South Carolina Expedition, to April, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Dept. of the South, to July, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to September, 1862. 3rd Bri­gade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to April, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Dept. Ohio, to June, 1863. Army of the Tennessee, to August, 1863, and Army Ohio, to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to June, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to July, 1865.

 

Service:

Sherman's Expedition to Port Royal Harbor, S. C., October 21-November 7, 1861. Capture of Forts Walker and Beauregard, Port Royal Harbor, November 7. Occupation of Beaufort, S. C., December 8, and duty there till June, 1862. Port Royal Ferry, Coosa Ri­ver, January 1. Operations on James Island, S. C., June 1-28. Legaire's Point, James Island, June 3. Skirmishes on James Island June 3-4. Battle of Secessionville, James Island, June 16. Evacuation of James Island and movement to Hilton Head, S. C., June 28-July 7. Moved to Newport News, Va., July 12-17, thence to Fredericksburg August 4-6. Operations in support of Pope August 6-16. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30; Chantilly September 1. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battles of South Mountain September 14 and Antietam September 16-17. March up the Poto­mac to Leesburg, thence to Falmouth October 11-November 18. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. Burnside's 2nd Cam­paign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. Moved to Newport News, Va., February 13, thence to Covington, Ky., March 20-28. Duty in District of Kentucky. At Paris, Nicholasville, Lancaster, Stanford and Somerset till June. Movement through Kentucky to Cairo, Ill., June 4-10, thence to Vicksburg, Miss., June 14-17. Siege of Vicksburg June 17-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Sie­ge of Jackson July 10-17. Duty at Milldale till August 6. Moved to Covington, Ky., thence to Crab Orchard, Ky., August 6-18. March to Knoxville, Tenn., September 10-26, and duty there till October 3. Action at Blue Springs October 10. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Campbell Station November 16. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 4. Repulse of Longstreet's assault on Fort Saunders November 29. Pursuit of Lengstreet December 5-24. At Blain's Cross Roads till January, 1864. Veterans marched over Cumberland Mountains to Nicholasville, Ky., January, and on furlough till March. Ordered to Annapolis, Md., and duty there till April. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Ny River May 10; Spottsylvania C. H. May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 12-21. Ox Ford May 24. Line of the Pa­munkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Po­plar Springs Church September 29-October 2. Reconnoissance on Vaughan and Squirrel Level Road November 8. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Fort Stedman March 25, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Occupation of Petersburg April 3. Pursuit of Lee April 3-8. Moved to Washington, D. C., April 21-28, and duty there till July. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out July 24, 1865.

 

Regiment lost during service 16 Officers and 208 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 183 Enlisted men by disease. Total 409.

 

Ursprünglich eine lokale Miliz "Slippery Rock Volunteers", später "Washington Guards"; als Bürgerkriegsregiment gegründet von Daniel Leasure ab August 1861; in einem Vorbereitungsgespräch mit Verteidigungsminister Cameron und General Winfield Scott, schlug letzterer den Namen "Roundheads" vor, als besondere Anerkennung für Capt. Leasure, der iro-schottischer Abstammung war. Das Regiment stammt aus West-Pennsylvania, wo besonders die Counties Mercer und Lawrence hauptsächlich von Personen iro-schottischer Abstammung besiedelt waren, meist presbyterianischen Glaubens (mit Vorfahren aus dem englischen Bürgerkrieg 1660 und Cromwell-Anhänger).

 

Musterung des Regiments erfolgte am 29.8.1861; Grundausbildung in Kalorama Heights / Washington DC im September 186; Verle­gung im Eisenbahntransport nach Annapolis/MD am 10.10.1861; verschifft am 19.10.1861 nach Port Royal Island / South Carolina (Karte Atlas 135 A)

 

Documents/Literature:

- **Bates, Samuel P.: A Brief History of the 100th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry Veteran Volunteers

- Danville; Internet Datei: Brief History of the 100th Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment; Archiv 9, Stichwort Trup­penteile und Regimenter

- Gavin, William Gilfillan: Campaigning with the Roundheads, The History of the Hundredth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Re­giment in the American Civil War 1861-1865 (Morning Press, 1989)

- Gibson, William Morehead: "When the Gates of Hell prevailed in our Land - Escape from Dixie". Company B's Sgt. (100th Penn­sylvania Infantry; Petersburg Crater) William Morehead Gibson's Escape from Confederate Prison in Danville; Internet Datei; in: Bi­bliothek Ref Archiv 9 Kriegsgefangenenlager Stichwort Danville

- **Leasure, Daniel: „Personal Observations and Experiences in the Pope Campaign in Virginia“; in: Glimpses of the Nation's Struggle. A Series of Papers Minnesota Commandery of the Military Legion of the United States (St. Paul, Minnesota, 1887), pp. 185-166

- Pettit, Frank: Infantryman Pettit: The Civil War Letters of Corporal Frederick Pettit, late of Company C, 100th Pennsylvania Volun­teer Infantry Regiment "The Roundheads," 1862-1864 (Shippensburg, Pa.: White Mane, 1990)

- Stevenson, Silas: Battle of the Mine Explosion or Battle of the Crater in Front of Petersburg, VA; Internet Datei (Archiv 9, Schlach­ten); enthält die Verluste der 100th Penn. Infantry in der Schlacht von Petersburg Crater

 

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