The Regiment lost 6 officers and 126 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 officer and 86 enlisted men to disease. It is honored by a monment at Gettysburg.
September 9 - October 30, 1861 |
Organized at Pottsville |
November 18 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. Attached to Slocum's Brigade, Franklin's Division. Army Potomac for duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. |
March, 1862 |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army Potomac |
March 10-15 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. |
April 4-17 |
McDowell's advance on Falmouth, return to Alexandria and embark for the Peninsula. |
April 24-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown (on transports) |
May 7-8 |
West Point |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 27 |
Gaines' Mill |
June 30 |
Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July-August |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 16-28 |
Movement to Fortress Monroe, then to Centreville. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock |
August 28-31 |
In works at Centreville |
September 1 |
Cover Pope's retreat to Fairfax C. H. |
September 6-24 |
Maryland Campaign |
September 14 |
Crampton's Pass, South Mountain |
September 16-17 |
Antietam |
September-October |
Duty in Maryland |
October 30-November 19 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
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. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
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 William H. Lessig. It brought 356 men to the field and lost 1 man wounded.
From the monument: "Position of the 96th Regt. Penna. Volunteers, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Corps, from 5 p.m. of the 2nd until the morning of the 5th of july 1863." |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee |
July 10-13 |
At and near Funkstown, Md. |
July 14 |
Hagerstown |
July-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, 1864 |
Duty at Hazel River |
May 4-June 12 |
Rapidan Campaign |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
May 8-21 |
Spottsylvania C. H. |
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 |
June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road, Siege of Petersburg begins |
July 9-11 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. |
July 11-12 |
Repulse of Early's attack on Washington |
July 14-18 |
Pursuit of Early to Snicker's Gap |
August - October |
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
August 21-22 |
Near Charlestown |
August 24 |
Charlestown |
September 19 |
Battle of Opequan, Winchester |
September 22 |
Fisher's Hill |
September 24 |
New Market |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
October 21, 1864 |
Mustered out, expiration of term |
