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List Of Pennsylvania Civil War Regiments
This is a list of Civil War units from Pennsylvania. Infantry Volunteer Infantry Note: There are "gaps" in the numbering for the infantry regiments. This is because Pennsylvania numbered all regiments, regardless of branch, in sequence depending on when the regiment was raised. For example, the 6th Cavalry was also numbered the 70th Volunteer Regiment since it was raised between the 69th Infantry and the 71st Infantry, thereby there is no 70th Infantry. * 1st Regiment * 2nd Regiment *3rd Regiment * 4th Regiment *5th Regiment *6th Regiment *7th Regiment *8th Regiment *9th Regiment *10th Regiment * 11th Regiment * 12th Regiment *13th Regiment *14th Regiment *15th Regiment *16th Regiment *17th Regiment * 18th Regiment *19th Regiment * 20th Regiment *21st Regiment *22nd Regiment * 23rd Regiment *24th Regiment * 25th Regiment * 26th Regiment * 27th Regiment * 28th Regiment * 29th Regiment *30th through 44th Regiment – See Pennsylvania Reserves section below * 45th Regiment * 46th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Pennsylvania Infantry
The 1st Pennsylvania Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War that served for three months at the beginning of the war. History On April 13, 1861, Northampton County residents held a public meeting at Easton to discuss the secession of southern states from the United States of America. Several in attendance, including Charles Heckman and Captain Samuel Yohe, began recruiting local militia members and other volunteers willing to support and protect the federal government. Yohe, the owner-operator of a local distillery, mill and store, previously served his community as an associate judge, county treasurer and prothonotary, as well as the commanding officer of the Washington Grays, an Easton-based militia unit. Two days later, when President Abraham Lincoln issued his call for 75,000 volunteers to defend Washington, D.C., community leaders in Easton and neighboring cities offered the services of the local residents they had begun recru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
48th Pennsylvania Infantry
The 48th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, the "Schuylkill Regiment", was an infantry regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 48th Pennsylvania Infantry was recruited in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania and organized at Camp Curtin in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, during August and September 1861. It was mustered into federal service there, by detachments, in mid-September. Many members of the regiment had seen prior service in at least three Pennsylvania units which had seen service as 'three-month term of enlistment' organizations - the 6th, 14th, and 25th Pennsylvania Infantry regiments. A large number of men in the regiment had been miners prior to the war. Initially equipped with smoothbore muskets which had been converted from flintlock to percussion, the regiment was then re-equipped with Enfield rifles in May 1862. The regiment first saw action on March 14, 1862, when six of its companies took part in the Battle of New Bern, N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
63rd Pennsylvania Infantry
The 63rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 63rd Pennsylvania Infantry was organized at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in August 1861 and mustered in for a three-year enlistment under the command of Colonel Alexander Hays. The regiment was attached to Jameson's Brigade, Heintzelman's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, III Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, III Corps, to March 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, II Corps, to September 1864. The 63rd Pennsylvania Infantry mustered out beginning July 31, 1864, and concluding September 11, 1864. Veterans and recruits were transferred to the 105th Pennsylvania Infantry. Detailed service Left Pennsylvania for Washington, D.C., August 26. Duty in the defenses of Washington, D.C., until March 1862. Reconnaissance to Pohick Church and the Occoquan November 12, 1861. Pohi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
62nd Pennsylvania Infantry
The 62nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 62nd Pennsylvania Infantry was organized at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania beginning July 4, 1861 and mustered in on August 31, 1861, as the 33rd Pennsylvania Regiment for a three-year enlistment under the command of Colonel Samuel W. Black. Its designation was changed to 62nd Pennsylvania Infantry on November 18, 1861. The regiment was attached to Morrell's Brigade, Fitz John Porter's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, III Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, V Corps, to July 1864. The 62nd Pennsylvania Infantry mustered out August 15, 1864. Companies L and M were transferred to the 91st Pennsylvania Infantry. Veterans and recruits were transferred to the 155th Pennsylvania Infantry. Detailed service Left Pennsylvania for Washington, D.C., August 31, 1861. Camp near Fort C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
61st Pennsylvania Infantry
The 61st Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 61st Pennsylvania was organized at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in August 1861 and mustered in for a three year enlistment under the command of Colonel Oliver H. Rippey. The regiment was attached to Jameson's Brigade, Heintzelman's Division, Army of the Potomac, to February 1862. Graham's Brigade, Couch's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, IV Corps, Army of the Potomac, to July 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, IV Corps, to September 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, VI Corps, to October 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, VI Corps, to February 1863. Light Brigade, VI Corps, to May 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, VI Corps, Army of the Potomac, to July 1864. Army of the Shenandoah to December 1864, and Army of the Potomac to June 1865. The 61st Pennsylvania Infantry mustered out June 28, 1865. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
58th Pennsylvania Infantry
{{Infobox military unit , unit_name= 58th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry , image=Flag of Pennsylvania.svg , image_size = 100 , caption=Pennsylvania flag , dates= February 13, 1862 – January 26, 1866 , country= {{flag, United States, 1863 , allegiance= Union , branch= Infantry , equipment= , battles=Battle of Drewry's BluffBattle of Cold HarborBattle of Chaffin's Farm The 58th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment which served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. History The 58th Pennsylvania was recruited during August and September 1861. The Army had originally planned to raise an additional regiment, the 114th, but failed to raise the required number of men. The companies were from the following counties: Company A Philadelphia Company B Philadelphia – Captained by Theodore Blakeley Company C Philadelphia – Captained by Daniel Linn Company D Philadelphia – Captained by Newton R. Bunker Company E McKean, Erie, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
57th Pennsylvania Infantry
The 57th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 57th Pennsylvania Infantry was organized at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, beginning October 1861 and mustered in December 14, 1861, for a three-year enlistment under the command of Colonel (United States), Colonel William Maxwell. The regiment was attached to Jameson's Brigade, Heintzelman's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, III Corps (Union Army), III Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, III Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, III Corps, to March 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, II Corps (Union Army), II Corps, to June 1865. The 57th Pennsylvania Infantry mustered out June 29, 1865. Detailed service Left Pennsylvania for Washington, D.C., December 14. Duty in the defenses of Washington, D.C., until March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
56th Pennsylvania Infantry
The 56th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The unit has the distinction of being the first Union Army infantry regiment to open fire at the Battle of Gettysburg. Service The 56th Pennsylvania Infantry was organized at Camp Curtin in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in Fall 1861 and mustered in March 6, 1862 for a three-year enlistment under the command of Colonel Sullivan A. Meredith. The regiment was attached to Defenses of Washington to May 1862. Doubleday's Brigade, Department of the Rappahannock, to June 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, III Corps, Army of Virginia, to September 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, I Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, V Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, V Corps, to July 1865. The 56th Pennsylvania Infantry mustered out July 1, 1865 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Detailed service Left Pennsylvani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
55th Pennsylvania Infantry
The 55th Pennsylvania Infantry was a Union army regiment active in the American Civil War. It was organized at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1861. During its service it lost 479 men: seven officers and 201 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded, and it lost three officers and 268 enlisted men by disease. It was in South Carolina in 1862, including at the Battle of Simmon's Bluff on June 21. For a time its commander occupied Frogmore (Edisto Island, South Carolina), Frogmore, a plantation house on Edisto Island, South Carolina. It was mustered out August 30. 1865, at Petersburg, Virginia. References {{reflist Military units and formations established in 1861 Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Units and formations of the Union Army from Pennsylvania 1861 establishments in Pennsylvania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
54th Pennsylvania Infantry
The 54th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment which served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. History The 54th was recruited during August and September 1861. The companies were from the following counties: * Company A Indiana and Cambria Counties * Company B Somerset County * Company C Somerset County * Company D Somerset County * Company E Cambria County * Company F Harrisburg * Company G Somerset County * Company H Northampton, Cambria, and Somerset Counties * Company I Cambria County * Company K Allentown, Lehigh County Jacob M. Campbell was selected as colonel of the regiment, Barnabas McDermit as lieutenant colonel and John P. Linton as major. The companies were gathered together and organized at Camp Curtin in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. On February 27, 1862, the regiment was ordered to Washington, D.C., and then sent to Harpers Ferry the following month. Once there, the companies were detached to various points along the Baltimore and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
53rd Pennsylvania Infantry
The 53rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was a Military volunteer, volunteer infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. History Formation The regiment was organized at Camp Curtin in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in the summer of 1861, with John R. Brooke, of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, was commissioned Colonel (United States), colonel on August 21. Brooke had previously served as a Captain (United States), captain in the three-month 4th Pennsylvania Infantry, and he immediately commenced recruiting his own regiment. By late September, the first companies had been organized and the first company was mustered into the service of the United States on September 28 at Camp Curtin. Ten companies were eventually formed, raised in the following counties: * Company A, Montgomery County * Company B, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Chester and Montgomery Counties * Company C, Blair County, Pennsylvania, Blair an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
52nd Pennsylvania Infantry
The 52nd Pennsylvania Infantry was a volunteer infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. History Formed in response to President Abraham Lincoln's calls, during the spring and summer of 1861, for volunteers to enroll for military service, the 52nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was composed primarily of men from Bradford, Clinton, Columbia, Luzerne, Union and Wyoming counties of Pennsylvania. Authority to recruit men for the regiment had been granted by Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin on August 1, 1861, to Lycoming County resident John C. Dodge, Jr., who had performed his three months' service during the opening months of the American Civil War. Following their muster-in at Camp Curtin in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, the members of this regiment engaged in basic training at this Union Army camp until November 8, 1861. While stationed here, John C. Dodge, Jr., Henry M. Hoyt, and John B. Conyngham were commissioned as field and staff officer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
