United States Regiments & Batteries > Pennsylvania
The 106th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 9 officers and 95 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 92 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. It is honored with the Philadelphia Brigade on a monument at Antietam, and by two monuments at Gettysburg.
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1861
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| August 14 -October 31 | Organized at Philadelphia |
| November | Moved to Washington, D.C. Attached to Baker’s Brigade, Stone’s (Sedgwick’s) Division, Army of the Potomac for duty on Upper Potomac |
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1862
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| March | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac | |
| March 24-April 1 | Moved to Virginia Peninsula | |
| April 5-May 4 | Siege of Yorktown | |
| May 7 | Moved to West Point | |
| May 8-31 | At Tyler’s Farm | |
| May 31-June 1 | Battle of Fair Oaks or Seven Pines | |
| June 8 | Skirmish at Fair Oaks | |
| June 25-July 1 | Seven days before Richmond | |
| June 29 | Peach Orchard and Savage Station | |
| June 30 | Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale | |
| July 1 | Malvern Hill | |
| July – August | At Harrison Landing | |
| August 16-28 | Movement to Newport News, then to Alexandria | |
| August 28-30 | To Centreville | |
| August 31-September 1 | Cover Pope’s retreat | |
| September 1 | Chantilly (Reserve) | |
| September 6-22 | Maryland Campaign | |
| September 16-17 |
Battle of AntietamFrom the War Department marker for the brigade on the Antietam battlefield at the west edge of Philadelphia Brigade Park: Howard’s Brigade, following Gorman and Dana in their attack, passed through the East Woods, crossed the Cornfield and the Hagerstown Pike and reached the edge of the West Woods, where its advance was checked about 90 yards east of this point. Its left flank having been attacked and turned by McLaws’ and Walker’s Divisions, it was forced to retire to the fields north of D.R. Miller’s, where it was reformed and placed in position in support of a part of the Artillery of the First and Twelfth Coprs and of Sedgewick’s Division of the Second Corps. |
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| September 22 | Moved to Harper’s Ferry | |
| October 30-November 20 | Movement to Falmouth, Va. | |
| December 12-15 | Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. | |
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1863
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| January 20-24 | Burnside’s 2nd Campaign, “Mud March” |
| February-April | At Falmouth |
| February 25 | Hartwood Church |
| 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 11-July 24 | Gettysburg Campaign |
| June 21 and 25 | Haymarket |
| July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgThe regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Lieutenant Colonel William L. Curry. It brought 335 men to the field, losing 9 killed, 54 wounded and 1 missing. From the monument on Emmitsburg Road by the Codori farmhouse: July 2d. Morning. Companies A & B on skirmish line. Co. B. by order of Gen. Meade, advanced and uncovered enemy’s position on Seminary Ridge. Afternoon. Co. B advanced to Bliss House. Held by 16th Miss. where it was repulsed losing 1 officer, 11 men. Later. In connection with 4 companies of 12th N.J. again advanced and captured the Bliss House & number of prisoners. From the monument by the Copse of Trees: Position of the Regiment July 2, 1863. In the evening the Regiment assisted in repulsing a charge of the enemy on this line and made a counter charge to the Emmitsburg road in which 3 guns of Battery B, 1st Rhode Island were recovered and at the Codori House captured 250 prisoners. The evening of July 2nd the Regiment moved to East Cemetery Hill to reinforce the 11th Corps and remained there as indicated by monument. During the 3rd, companies A and B continued here an assisted in repulsing the final assault of the enemy on the afternoon of the 3rd. |
| July 5-24 | Pursuit of Lee |
| September 13-15 | Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan |
| October 9-22 | Bristoe Campaign |
| November 7-8 | Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
| November 26-December 2 | Mine Run Campaign |
| November 27 | Payne’s Farm |
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1864
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| February 6-7 | Demonstration on the Rapidan |
| May 4-June 12 | Rapidan Campaign |
| May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8 | Laurel Hill |
| May 8-12 |
Battle of Spottsylvania Court House |
| May 10 | Po River |
| 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 16-18 |
First Assault on PetersburgSiege of Petersburg begins. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps |
| June 22-23 | Jerusalem Plank Road |
| July 27-29 | Demonstration on north side of the James at Deep Bottom |
| July 27-28 | Deep Bottom |
| July 30 | Mine Explosion, Petersburg |
| August 18-20 | Demonstration on north side of the James at Deep Bottom |
| August 14-18 | Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom |
| August 25 | Ream’s Station |
| October 27-28 | Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run |
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1865
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| February 5-7 | Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run |
| March 25 | Watkins’ House, Petersburg |
| March 28-April 9 | Appomattox Campaign |
| March 29 | Vaughan Road, near Hatcher’s Run |
| March 31 | Crow’s House |
| April 2 | Fall of Petersburg |
| April 6 | Sailor’s Creek |
| April 7 | High Bridge and Farmville |
| April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
| May 2 | At Burkesville |
| May 2-12 | March to Washington |
| May 23 | Grand Review |
| June 30 | Mustered out |