The Civil War in the East

105th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
"Wild Cat Regiment"

 

The 105th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment lost 14 officers and 231 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 officer and 139 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

 

It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.

Monument to the 105th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment at Gettysburg

1861

September 9

Organized at Pittsburg and ordered to Washington, D.C. Attached to Jameston's Brigade, Heintzelman's Division, Army of the Potomac

1862

March

Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

March 16-18

Moved to the Virginia Peninsula

April 5-May 4

Siege of Yorktown

May 5

Battle of Williamsburg

May 31-June 1

Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines

June 25-July 1

Seven days before Richmond

June 25

Battles of Oak Grove

June 30

Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale

July 1

Malvern Hill

July-August

At Harrison's Landing

August 16-26

Movement to Centreville. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps

August 26-
September 2

Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia

August 27

Bristoe Station or Kettle Run and Buckland's Bridge, Broad Run

August 29

Battles of Groveton

August 30

Bull Run

September 1

Chantilly

September

Guard fords from Monocacy River to Conrad's Ferry

October 11-November 19

March up the Potomac to Leesburg, thence to Falmouth, Va.

December 12-15

Battle of Fredericksburg, Va.

1863

January 20-24

Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March"

February-April

At Falmouth

April 27-May 6

Chancellorsville Campaign

May 1-5

Battle of Chancellorsville

June 11-July 24

Gettysburg Campaign

July 1-3

Battle of Gettysburg

The regiment was commanded by Colonel Calvin A. Craig, who was wounded on July 2. Second Lieutenants Isaac A. Dunsten of Company A and George W. Crossley of Company H were mortally wounded.

 

"July 2nd. Position from 2 to 4 p.m. Moved across the Emmitsburg road. Being outflanked the Regiment changed front facing south and formed line along the lane at right angles to the road from which it retired fighting."

 

"Present at Gettysburg 17 officers 257 men; killed or died of wounds 2 officers 18 men; wounded 13 officers 95 men; missing 9 men. Total loss 132."

July 5-24

Pursuit of Lee

July 23

Wapping Heights

August-October

Duty on line of the Rappahannock

October 9-22

Bristoe Campaign

October 13-14

Auburn and Bristoe

November 7-8

Advance to line of the Rappahannock

November 7

Kelly's Ford

November 26-
December 2

Mine Run Campaign

1864

February 6-7

Demonstration on the Rapidan

March

Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps

May 4-June 12

Rapidan Campaign

May 5-7

Battle of the Wilderness

May 8

Laurel Hill

May 8-12

Spottsylvania

May 10

Po River

May 12-21

Spottsylvania Court House

May 12

Assault on the Salient

May 19

Harris Farm, Fredericksburg Road

May 23-26

North Anna River

May 26-28

On line of the Pamunkey

May 28-31

Totopotomoy

June 1-12

Cold Harbor

June 16-18

Before Petersburg. Beginning of Siege of Petersburg

June 22-23

Jerusalem Plank Road

July 27-29

Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom

July 27-28

Deep Bottom

July 30

Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve)

August 13-20

Demonstration on north side of James at Deep Bottom

August 14-18

Strawberry Plains

September 29-
October 2

Poplar Springs Church

October 27-28

Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run

December 7-12

Warren's expedition to Hicksford

1865

February 5-7

Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run

March 25

Watkins' House, Petersburg

March 28-April 9

Appomattox Campaign

March 30-31

Boydton Road

March 31

Crow's House

April 2

Fall of Petersburg

April 6

Sailor's Creek

April 7

High Bridge, Farmville

April 9

Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army.

April - May

At Burkesville

May 2-12

March to Washington, D.C.

May 23

Grand Review

June-July

Duty at Alexandria

July 11

Mustered out