93rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

 

The Regiment lost 11 officers and 161 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 officer and 111 enlisted men to disease, a total of 274. It is honored by two monuments at Gettysburg.

 

Timeline of the 93rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

September 21 - October 28 1861

Organized at Lebanon

November 21

Left State for Washington, D.C. for duty in the Defenses of Washington attached to Peck's Brigade, Couch's Division, Army Potomac

March, 1862

Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army Potomac

March 10-15

Advance on Manassas, Va.

March 25

Moved to the Peninsula

April 5-May 4

Siege of Yorktown

May 5

Battle of Williamsburg

May 20-23

Reconnaissance to the Chickahominy and Bottom's Bridge

May 31-June 1

Battle of Fair Oaks (Seven Pines)

June 25-July 1

Seven days before Richmond

June 27

Seven Pines

July 1

Malvern Hill

July-August

At Harrison's Landing

August 16-30

Movement to Alexandria, then to Centreville

August 30-September 1

Cover Pope's retreat to Fairfax C. H.

September 1

Chantilly

September 6-24

Maryland Campaign. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac

September 12-14

Reconnaissance to Harper's Ferry and Sandy Hook

September 16-17

Battle of Antietam (Reserve)

September 23-October 20

At Downsville, Md.

October 20-November 18

Movement to Stafford C. H.; attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps

December 5

To Belle Plains

December 12-15

Battle of Fredericksburg

January 20-24, 1863

Burnside's second Campaign, "Mud March"

February-April

At Falmouth

April 27-May 6

Chancellorsville Campaign

April 29-May 2

Operations at Franklin's Crossing

May 3

Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg

May 3-4

Salem Heights

May 4

Banks' Ford

June 13-July 24

Gettysburg Campaign

July 2-4

Battle of Gettysburg

The regiment was commanded by Major John I. Nevin. It brought 20 men to the battlefield, losing ten wounded.

 

From the Wheatfield Avenue monument: "After charging with the Brigade from the right of Little Round Top in the evening of July 2nd and assisting in the repulse of the enemy and in the capture of a number of prisoners, the Regiment retired to and held this position until after the close of the battle."

"Present at Gettysburg 270 officers and men. Loss 1 officer and 9 men (1 mortally) wounded."

 

From the Sedgwick Road monument: "93rd Regiment Penn. Volunteers formed line of battle at this point under the immediate direction of Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick, commander of the 6th Corps evening of July 2, 1863 and advanced against the enemy taking the position indicated by the monument at the foot of this hill where it remained until the close of battle."

July 5-24

Pursuit of Lee

August-October

Duty on the 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

January, 1864

Wheaton's Brigade, Dept. West Virginia

February 7

Regiment reenlisted

February-May

Duty at Brandy Station

March

Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac

May 4-June 12

Rapidan Campaign

May 5-7

Battle of the Wilderness

May 8-21

Spottsylvania

May 12

Assault on the Salient

May 23-26

North Anna River

May 26-28

On line of the Pamunkey

May 28-31

Totopotomoy

June 1-12

Cold Harbor

June 17-18

Before Petersburg; Siege of Petersburg begins

June 22-23

Jerusalem Plank Road

July 9-11

Moved to Washington. D.C.

July 11-12

Defense of Washington against Early's attack

July 14-18

Pursuit to Snicker's Gap

August - December

Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign; attached to Army of the Shenandoah

August 21-22

Charlestown

September 13

Demonstration on Gilbert's Ford, Opequan Creek

September 19

Battle of Opequan, Winchester

September 21

Strasburg

September 22

Fisher's Hill

October 19

Battle of Cedar Creek

October-December

Duty in the Shenandoah Valley

December 9-12

Moved to Petersburg; continue Siege of Petersburg

February 5-7, 1865

Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run

March 25

Fort Fisher, Petersburg

March 28-April 9

Appomattox Campaign

April 2

Assault on and fall of Petersburg

April 3-9

Pursuit of Lee

April 9

Appomattox C. H. Surrender of Lee and his army.

April 23-27

March to Danville

May 23-June 3

Moved to Richmond, Va., then to Washington. D.C.

June 8

Corps Review

June 27, 1865

Mustered out