118th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, "Corn Exchange Regiment"
The regiment lost 9 officers and 132 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 officer and 111 enlisted men to disease, a total of 253. It is hnored by a monument at Getttysburg.
Timeline of the 118th Pennsyvania Infantry Regiment
May 15-30, 1862 |
Organized at Philadelphia |
August 31 |
Moved to Baltimore, Md., then to Washington, D.C. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, |
September 6-24 |
Maryland Campaign |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam |
September 19 |
Shepherdstown Ford |
September-October |
At Sharpsburg |
October 30-November 19 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. |
December 29-30 |
Reconnaissance to Richard's and Ellis' Fords, Rappahannock River |
January 20-24, 1863 |
Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March" |
February-April |
At Falmouth |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Gwyn. From the monument: "First position July 2. July 3 on Big Round Top. Present at Gettysburg 332. Killed 3, wounded 19, captured or missing 3." |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee |
July 23 |
Wapping Heights, Va. |
August-Setpember |
At Warrenton and Beverly Ford |
September 17 |
At Culpeper |
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 |
At Beverly Ford |
May 4-June 12, 1864 |
Rapidan Campaign |
May 5-7 |
Battles of the Wilderness |
May 8 |
Laurel Hill |
May 8-21 |
Spottsylvania |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 25 |
Jericho Ford |
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 |
August 18-21 |
Weldon Railroad |
September 29-October 2 |
Poplar Springs Church |
October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run |
December 7-12 |
Warren's Expedition to Hicksford |
February 5-7, 1865 |
Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 29 |
Lewis Farm, near Gravelly Run and Junction of Quaker and Boydton Roads |
March 31 |
White Oak Road |
April 1 |
Five Forks |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
May 1-12 |
March to Washington, D.C. |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
June 1, 1865 |
Mustered out |
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