128th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

The 128th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment lost 2 officers and 31 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 26 enlisted men to disease during the Civi War.

1862
August,	Organized at Harrisburg
August 16	Left State for Washington, D.C. under the command of Captain William H. Andrews of Company E, as no field officers had yet been appointed.
August 21	Moved to Fairfax Seminary
August 25	Captain Samuel Croasdale of company C was appointed colonel, Captain William W. Hammersly of Company G as lieutenant colonel, and Joel B. Warner as major.
August 29	Moved to Fort Woodbury to erect fortifications and fell timber.
September 6-14	Moved to Frederick, Md. and assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac.
September 16-17	Battle of Antietam The regiment charged by the flank through the East Woods and into the Cornfield. While forming into line, Colonel Croasdale was killed. Lieutenant Colonel Hammersly took over, but was almost immediately severly wounded in the arm. Major Wanner then took command and rallied the regiment, holding it in place until it was relieved by General Williams. Captain William H. Andrews was also killed. Corporal Ignatz Gresser of Company D earned the Medal of Honor at Antietam for carrying a wounded comrade from the field under fire. From the monument: "Casualties at Antietam, Killed 26, Wounded 86, Missing 6, Total 118"
September 22 - December 10	At Sandy Hook and Maryland Heights. Lt. Colonel Hammersty's wounds were so severe that he never resumed command, and resigned his commission in January of 1863. Major Wanner also resigned shortly after the battle, returning to his office as mayor of Redding. Major Matthews of the 46th Pennsylvania was appointed colonel, Captain J. Heber Smith of Company A was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and Captain Cephas W. Dyers of Company C promoted to major
December 10-14	Moved to Fairfax Station, Va.
1863
January 19-23	Moved to Stafford Court House and moved into winter quarters
January 31	Lieutenant Colonel Hamersley was discharged on a Surgeon's Certificate for his wounds from Antietam
April 27	Chancellorsville Campaign
May 1-5	Battle of Chancellorsville Retiring after dark, the regiment found itself surrounded. While 172 men were able to make their way to safety, 9 officers and 225 men were captured, including Colonel Mathews and Lieutenant colonel Smith.
May 12	Relieved from duty and moved to Harrisburg. The captured men returned in time to muster out.
May 19	Mustered out under Major Dyers