United States Regiments & Batteries > Pennsylvania
The 83rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 11 officers and 271 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 151 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg, as is Colonel Vincent.
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1861
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| September 8 | Organized at Erie and mustered into United States service |
| September 18-20 | Moved to Washington, D.C. Attached to Butterfield’s Brigade, Fitz John Porter’s Division, Army of the Potomac for duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. |
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1862
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| March | Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac |
| March 10-15 | Advance on Manassas, Va. |
| March 22-24 | Moved to the Virginia Peninsula |
| March 30 | Reconnaissance to Big Bethel |
| April 5 | Warwick Road |
| April 5-May 4 | Siege of Yorktown. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
| May 10 | Reconnaissance up the Pamunkey |
| May 27 | Action at Hanover C. H. |
| May 27-29 | Operations about Hanover C. H. |
| June 25-July 1 | Seven days before Richmond |
| June 26 | Battle of Mechanicsville |
| June 27 | Gaines Mill |
| June 29 | Savage Station |
| June 30 | Turkey Bridge or Malvern Cliff |
| July 1 | Malvern Hill |
| July – August | At Harrison’s Landing |
| August 16-27 | Movement to Fortress Monroe, then to Centreville |
| August 27- September 2 |
Pope’s Campaign in Northern Virginia |
| August 30 |
Second Battle of Bull RunThe regiment was commanded by Captain Thomas McCoy. It is referenced on a trailside marker along the Deep Cut loop trail on the Bull Run battlefield. |
| September 6-24 | Maryland Campaign |
| September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam |
| September 19 | Sharpsburg and Shepherdstown Ford |
| September-October | Duty at Sharpsburg, Md. |
| October 30- November 19 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
| December 12-15 |
Battle of FredericksburgCommanded by Colonel Strong Vincent |
| December 29-30 | Expedition to Richards and Ellis Fords, Rappahannock River |
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1863
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| January 20-24 | Burnside’s second Campaign, “Mud March” |
| February-April | At Falmouth, Va. |
| April 26-May 6 | Chancellorsville Campaign |
| May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
| June 13-July 24 | Gettysburg Campaign |
| June 17 | Aldie |
| June 21 | Middleburg and Upperville |
| July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgThe regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Captain Orpheus S. Woodward while its colonel, Strong Vincent, led the brigade. Colonel Vincent was mortally wounded in his heroic defense of Little Round Top. From the monument on the south slope of Little Round Top: The brigade was hurried to Little Round Top about 5 p.m. of July 2nd. This regiment taking position in front of this monument and repulsed several desperate charges of the enemy after which this Regiment assisted in driving the enemy beyond and taking possession of Big Round Top. On the morning of the 3rd, rejoined the Brigade on the left centre. Present at Gettysburg 308 officers and men. Killed 1 officer and 9 men. Wounded 3 officers and 42 men.” |
| July 5-24 | Pursuit of Lee |
| August-October | Duty at Warrenton, Beverly Ford and Culpeper |
| November 7-8 | Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
| November 7 | Rappahannock Station |
| November 26-December 2 | Mine Run Campaign |
| December-May | At Beverly Ford |
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1864
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| May 4-June 12 | Rapidan Campaign |
| May 5-7 |
Battls of the Wilderness |
| May 8-21 |
Battle of Spottsylvania Court House |
| May 8 | Laurel Hill |
| May 12 | Assault on the Salient |
| May 23-26 | North Anna River |
| May 25 | Jericho Ford |
| May 26-28 | Line of the Pamunkey |
| May 28-31 | Totopotomoy |
| June 1-12 |
Battle of Cold Harbor |
| June 1-3 | Bethesda Church |
| June 16-18 | Before Petersburg, Siege of Petersburg begins |
| July 30 | Mine Explosion, Petersburg |
| August 18-21 | Weldon Railroad |
| September 7 | Old members mustered out. Consolidated to 6 Companies. |
| September 29-October 2 | Peeble’s Farm, Poplar Springs Church |
| October 27-28 | Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run |
| December 7-12 | Warren’s Expedition to Weldon Railroad |
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1865
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| February 5-7 |
Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run |
| March 28-April 9 | Appomattox Campaign |
| March 31 | Lewis Farm, near Gravelly Run |
| March 29 | Junction of the Quaker and Boydton Roads |
| March 31 |
White Oak Road |
| April 1 |
Battle of Five Forks |
| April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
| May 2-12 | March to Washington, D.C. |
| May 23 | Grand Review |
| June 28 | Mustered out |
| July 4 | Disbanded at Harrisburg, Pa. |