United States Regiments & Batteries > Pennsylvania > Infantry
The 57th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 12 officers and 149 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 217 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
1861
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October-November | Organized at Harrisburg under Colonel William Maxwell. |
December 14 | Left State for Washington, D. C.and Duty in the Defenses of Washington. Attached to Jameson’s Brigade, Heintzelman’s Division, Army Potomac |
1862
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February 27 | Colonel Maxwell resigned, “owing to difficulties which have arisen in the regiment, owing in part to the inefficiency of officers, and that from my efforts at discipline acquired a faction against me in the regiment.” |
March 4 | Charles T. Campbell was promoted to colonel. |
March | Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac |
March 16-18 | Moved to the Virginia Peninsula |
April 5-May 4 | Siege of Yorktown |
April 11 | Skirmish at Yorktown |
May 5 | Battle of Williamsburg |
May 31-June 1 | Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines |
June 25-July 1 | Seven Days before Richmond |
June 25 | Oak Grove |
June 29 | Peach Orchard and Savage Station |
June 30 | Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale |
July 1 | Malvern Hill |
July-August | Duty at Harrison’s Landing |
August 16-26 | Movement to Centreville. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac |
August 20 | Skirmish at Bull Run |
August 28 | Battle of Gainesville |
August 29 | Battle of Groveton |
August 30 | Battle of Bull Run |
September 1 | Battle of Chantilly |
September 15 | Captain Peter Sides of Company A was promoted to lieutenant colonel |
September | Guard fords from Monocacy River to Conrad’s Ferry |
October 11-November 19 | March up the Potomac to Leesburg, then to Falmouth, Va. |
November 29 | Colonel Campbell was promoted to Brigadier General. |
December 12-15 | Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. |
1863
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January 20-24 | Burnside’s 2nd Campaign, “Mud March” |
February-April | At Falmouth, Va. |
March | Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps |
March 12 | Lt. Colonel Sides was promoted to colonel |
April 27-May 6 | Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of ChancellorsvilleThe regiment was commanded by Colonel Peter Sides. It lost 10 men killed or mortally wounded, 43 men wounded and 18 men missing. |
June 11-July 24 | Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgThe regiment was commanded by Colonel Sides, who was wounded in the left hand on the 2nd. Captain Alanson H. Nelson then took command. The 57th brought 207 men to the field, losing 11 killed, 46 wounded and 58 missing. From the monument: The Regiment occupied this position, exposed to a heavy artillery fire on the afternoon of July 2, for two hours, when it advanced 170 feet and engaged the enemy. |
July 5-24 | Pursuit of Lee |
July 23 | Whapping Heights, Va. |
July-October | Duty on line of the Rappahannock |
October 9-22 | Bristoe Campaign |
October 13-14 | Auburn and Bristoe |
November 7-8 | Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 7 | Kelly’s Ford |
November 26-December 2 | Mine Run Campaign |
November 27 | Payne’s Farm |
1864
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January | Veterans on furlough |
March | Veterans return from furlough. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps |
May 4-June 12 | Rapidan Campaign |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the WildernessColonel Sides was wounded in the arm, permanently disabling him from command. |
May 8 | Laurel Hill |
May 8-21 |
Battle of Spottsylvania Court House |
May 10 | Po River |
May 12 | Assault on the Salient |
May 19 |
Battle of Harris’ Farm |
May 23-26 | North Anna River |
May 26-28 | Line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 | Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 | Battle of Cold Harbor |
June 16-18 |
First Assault on Petersburg. Siege of Petersburg begins. |
June 22-23 | Weldon Railroad |
July 27-29; August 13-20 |
Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom |
August 14-18 | Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom |
August 25 | Ream’s Station |
September 29-October 2 | Poplar Springs Church |
October 27-28 | Boydton Plank Road, or Hatcher’s Run |
November 28 | Colonel Sides was discharged for disability for his wound form the Wilderness. |
December 7-12 | Expedition to Weldon Railroad |
1865
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January 11 | The regiment was consolidated to a battalion of five Companies |
February 5-7 | Battle of Dabney’s Mills, or Hatcher’s Run |
March 28-April 9 | Appomattox Campaign |
March 19 | George Zinn was promoted to colonel |
March 30-31 | Boydton Road |
April 2 | Fall of Petersburg |
April 6 | Sailor’s Creek |
April 7 | High Bridge, Farmville |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
April | At Burkesville |
May 2-12 | March to Washington D. C. |
May 23 | Grand Review |
June | Duty at Alexandria |
1866
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June 29 | Mustered out |