United States Regiments & Batteries > Pennsylvania
The 131st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 2 officers and 36 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 44 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1862
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| August | Organized at Harrisburg for nine months service under Colonel Peter H. Allabach and Lieutenant Colonel William B. Shaut |
| August 20 | Moved to Washington, D.C., where the regiment’s “worthless” Austrian rifles were exchanged for Springfield smoothbore muskets. |
| September 14 | Moved to Sharpsburg, Md. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac. |
| October 30-November 19 | Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
| December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
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1863
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| January 20-24 | Burnside’s 2nd Campaign, “Mud March” |
| February-April | Duty at Falmouth |
| April 27-May 6 | Chancellorsville Campaign |
| May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
| May 23 | Mustered out |