1861 |
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Organized at Pittsburg as 33rd Regiment |
August 31 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. Camp near Fort Corcoran, Defenses of Washington, D.C. |
October |
Near Fall's Church, Va. |
November 18 |
Designation changed to 62nd Pennsylvania Volunteers. Attached to Morrell's Brigade, Fitz John Porter's Division, Army Potomac |
1862 |
March 22-28 |
Moved to the Peninsula. Attached to the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac |
March 30 |
Reconnaissance to Big Bethel |
April 4 |
Howard's Mills, near Cockletown |
April 5 |
Warwick Road |
April 5-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps |
May 27 |
Hanover C. H. |
May 27-29 |
Operations about Hanover C. H. |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 26 |
Battle of Mechanicsville |
June 27 |
Gaines Mill |
June 29 |
Savage Station |
June 30 |
Turkey Bridge or Malvern Cliff |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July-August |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 16-28 |
Movement to Fortress Monroe, then to Centreville |
August 30 |
Battle of Bull Run |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam, Md. |
September 19 |
Shepherdstown Ford and Blackford's Ford |
October 16-17 |
Reconnaissance to Smithfield |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. |
December 30-31 |
Expedition to Richard's and Ellis' Fords, Rappahannock River |
1863 |
January 20-24 |
Burnside's second Campaign, "Mud March" |
February-April |
At Falmouth |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
June 19 |
Middleburg |
June 21 |
Upperville |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James C. Hull.
From the monument, located on De Trobriand Avenue: "Position occupied by the Regiment on the evening of July 2, 1863 after the troops on the right had retired, and where the Brigade had a bayonet contest."
"Carried into action: Officers 26, men 400. Killed, Officers 4, men 24. Wounded, Officers 10, men 40. Captured or missing, men 40. Total loss 175." |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee |
August-October |
Duty on line of the Rappahannock |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 7 |
Rappahannock Station |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
December - May |
Duty at Bealeton Station |
1864 |
May 4-June 12 |
Rapidan Campaign |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
May 8 |
Laurel Hill |
May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania C, H. |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 25 |
Jericho Ford |
May 26-28 |
Line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 1-3 |
Bethesda Church |
June 16-18 |
Before Petersburg; Siege of Petersburg |
July 3 |
Left front |
July 13 |
Mustered out. Companies L and M transferred to 91st Pennsylvania. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 155th Pennsylvania. |
