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July |
Organized at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, under Colonel Elisha B. Harvery, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Totten and Major Chauncey A. Lyman |
July 21 |
Ordered to Washington, D. C. |
July 27 |
Mustered into United States service and attached to 2nd Brigade, McCall's Pennsylvania Reserves Division, Army of the Potomac |
August 2 |
Duty at Tennallytown, Md. |
August 24 |
Marched to Great Falls on the Potomac |
October 10 |
At Camp Pierpont, near Langley |
September 4 |
Skirmish at Great Falls
Sergeant William Harper was the only casualty, a slight wound |
October 9 |
Marched to Langley, Va. |
November 1 |
Major Lyman detached as Division Provost Marshall. |
December 6 |
Expedition to Grinnell's Farm |
December 20 |
Battle of Dransville
The regiment marched eleven miles to the battlefield but arrived after the fighting was over |
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March 10-15 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
April 9 |
At Fairfax Station, attached to 2nd Brigade, McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock |
April 10-16 |
At Manassas Junction |
April 17 |
At Catlett's Station |
May 5 |
Lieutenant Colonel Totten resigned. Captain H. C. Bollinger of Company D was promted to lieutenant colonel, as Major Lyman was still serving as Division Provost Marshall. |
May 11 |
At Falmouth |
June 9-11 |
Moved to the Virginia Peninsula and attched to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond
The regiment lost 301 casualties, including Captains Henderson, Lentz, White and King and Lieutenants McCauley, Betty and Zug. |
June 26 |
Battle of Mechanicsville |
June 27 |
Gaines Mill
The regiment suffered the loss of nearly half its strength covering the retreat of the army's reserve artillery. |
June 30 |
Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale
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July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July-August |
At Harrison's Landing |
July 4 |
Colonel Harvey resigned. Lieutenant Colonel Bolinger was promoted to colonel and Captain R. M. Henderson of Company A was promoted to lieutenant colonel. |
July 30 |
The house of Edmund Ruffin, sheltering Confederate sharpshooters firing on transports in the river, was taken and burned. |
August 16-26 |
Movement to join Pope. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia |
August 29 |
Battle of Groveton
Lieutenant Colonel Henderson was badly wounded . |
August 30 |
Battle of Bull Run |
September 6-24 |
Maryland Campaign. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
September 14 |
Battle of South Mountain
Colonel Bolinger was badly wounded in the chest and arm leading the assault on the summit. |
September 16-17 |
Antietam
Commanded by Major Lyman, the regiment lost one third of its number, including Captain Colwell of Company A and Lieutenant Sanders of Company K, both killed. |
September |
Duty in Maryland |
October 3 |
The Pennsylvania Reserves were reviewed by President Lincoln |
October 12 |
Marched in ursuit of Stuart's raid |
October 26 |
Crossd the Potomac at Berlin and marched to Warrenton |
October 30-
November 19 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg
Colonel Bollinger returned to command only to be wounded again, in the leg. Lieutenant Comfort and six enlisted men were killed; Adjutant Stout, Lieutenants Snyder and Zug and 72 enlisted men wounded, and 22 enlisted men were missing. Corporal Jacob Cart of Company A captured the flag of the 26th Geiorgia Infantry. |
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January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
February 6 |
Ordered to Washington, D.C. and duty there and at Alexandria attached to 2nd Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserves Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington |
July 25 |
Major Lyman promoted to lieutenant colonel and Captain Le Grand Speese promoted to major |
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February 21 |
Lieutenant Colonel Lyman resigned |
April |
Rapidan Campaign. Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
April 30 |
Lieutenant Colonel Henderson resigned |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness
During an attack into Confederate lines the regiment found itself surrounded. Colonel Bollinger was forced to surrender 272 men. Company B had been separated during the advance through the dense woods, and 40 of their men escaped.
The surrendered officers were used as human shields during the bombardment of Charleston, and 67 enlisted men were known to have died died at Andrson Prison, with many others dying at Florence and after their release from malnourishment and exposure.
Captain Samuel King of Company H, who had been on recruiting duty, assumed command of the 110 survivors of the regiment that were collected from Company B and detached duries. |
May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania |
May 8 |
Laurel Hill |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania Court House |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
May 19 |
Harris Farm |
May 23- 26 |
North Anna River |
May 25 |
Jericho Ford |
May 26-28 |
Line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
May 31 |
Left front |
June 16 |
Mustered out |
