United States Regiments & Batteries > Pennsylvania
The 138th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 6 officers and 90 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 70 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
It is honored on the Pennsylvania Monument on the Monocacy Battlefield outside Frederick, Maryland.
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1862
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| August 16 | Organized at Harrisburg under Colonel C.L.K. Sumwalt, Lt. Colonel M. R. McClennan and Major Lewis A. May |
| August 30 | Moved to Baltimore, Md. then to duty at Relay House. Attached to Relay House, Defenses of Baltimore, 8th Corps, Middle Dept. |
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1863
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| February | Attached to 3rd Separate Brigade, 8th Corps |
| March 30 | Colonel Sumwalt dismissed. |
| May 2 | Lt. Colonel McClennan promoted to colonel |
| June 16 | Moved to Harper’s Ferry, W. Va. and assigned to Elliott’s Command, 8th Corps |
| July 1-5 | Escort stores to Washington |
| July 7 | Join Division at Frederick, Md. atached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| July 7-24 | Pursuit of Lee |
| July 23 | Wapping Heights |
| October 9-22 | Bristoe Campaign |
| November 7-8 | Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
| November 7 | Kelly’s Ford |
| November 8 | Brandy Station |
| November 26-December 2 | Mine Run CampaignColonel McClennan was wounded |
| November 27 | Payne’s Farm |
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1864
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| February 6-7 | Demonstration on the Rapidan |
| February | Durty at and near Brandy Station |
| March | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division. 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| May 4-June 12 | Rapidan Campaign |
| May 5-7 | Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8-12 | Spottsylvania |
| May 12-21 | Spottsylvania Court House |
| 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 17-18 | Before Petersburg |
| June 22-23 | Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad |
| June 24- July 6 | Siege of Petersburg |
| July 6-8 | Moved to Baltimore, Md. |
| July 9 | Battle of Monocacy |
| July 14-24 | Pursuit of Early to Snicker’s Gap |
| August to December | Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign, asigned to Army of the Shenandoah |
| August 21-22 | Charlestown |
| September 19 | Battle of Opequan, Winchester |
| September 22 | Fisher’s Hill |
| October 19 | Battle of Cedar Creek |
| October-December | Duty at Kernstown |
| December | Moved to Washington, D.C., then to Petersburg, Va. to join siege |
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1864
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| February 12 | Major May promoted to lieutenant colonel |
| March 25 | Fort Fisher, Petersburg |
| March 28-April 9 | Appomattox Campaign |
| April 2 | Assault on and fall of Petersburg |
| April 6 | Sailor’s Creek |
| April 9 | Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
| April 23-27 | March to Danville and duty there |
| May 23-June 3 | March to Richmond, Va. then to Washington, D. C. |
| June 8 | Corps review |
| June 23 | Mustered out under Colonel McClennan and Lt. Colonel May |