United States Regiments & Batteries > Pennsylvania > Infantry
The 84th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 6 officers and 119 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 98 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
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1861
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| August – October | Organized at Huntingdon and Camp Curtin |
| November-December | At Camp Curtin, Pa. |
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1862
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| December 31-January 2 | Moved to Hancock, Md., then to Bath |
| January 4 | Action at Bath |
| January 5 | At Hancock. Attached to 1st Brigade, Lander’s Division, Army Potomac |
| January 10-12 | Retreat to Cumberland, Md. |
| January-March | Duty guarding North and South Branch Bridges and at Paw Paw Tunnel |
| March | Attached to 1st Brigade, Shield’s 2nd Division, Banks’ 5th Corps |
| March 5-15 | Advance on Winchester, Va. |
| March 23 |
Battle of KernstownColonel Murray was killed trying to rally the regiment when it was forced to fall back in the late afternoon. |
| April | Attached to 1st Brigade, Shield’s Division, Dept. of the Shenandoah |
| April 17 | Occupation of Mt. Jackson |
| April 18- May 2 | Provost at Berryville |
| May | Attached to 4th Brigade, Shield’s Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock |
| May 12-22 | March to Fredericksburg |
| May 25-29 | Return to Front Royal |
| May 31 | Action near Front Royal |
| June 8-9 | Port Republic |
| June 29 | Moved to Alexandria and duty there attached to 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia |
| August 9 |
Battle of Cedar Mountain |
| August 16-September 2 | Pope’s Campaign in Northern Virginia |
| August 20-24 | Fords of the Rappahannock |
| August 28 | Thoroughfare Gap |
| August 29 |
Battle of Groveton |
| August 30 |
Second Battle of Bull Run |
| September 1 |
Battle of Chantilly |
| September | Duty at Arlington Heights, Defenses of Washington, Whipple’s Command, |
| October 18 | Moved to Pleasant Valley, Md. |
| October 24-November 19 | To Warrenton and Falmouth, Virginia. Assigned to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac |
| 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 | At Falmouth, Va. |
| April 27-May 6 | Chancellorsville Campaign |
| May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
| June 11-July-24 | Gettysburg Campaign. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps |
| July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgThe regiment was not engaged during the battle of Gettysburg. It was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Milton Opp, mustered 240 men and suffered no casualties. From the monument on the Gettysburg battlefield: July 1. The regiment was on duty guarding the division wagon trains. Moved with the column on the road from Taneytown to Emmitsburg and on the opening of the battle was ordered with the train to Westminster Md. where it arrived July 2d at 7 a.m. and picketed the roads near the wagon parks until the close of the battle. |
| July 5-24 | Pursuit of Lee |
| July 23 | Wapping Heights, Va. |
| August-October | Duty on line of the Rappahannock |
| October 9-22 | Bristoe Campaign |
| 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 |
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1864
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| January | Regiment reenlisted |
| February 6-7 | Demonstration on the Rapidan |
| February-May | Duty near Brandy Station |
| March | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 2nd Army Corps |
| May 4-June 12 | Rapidan Campaign. Attached to 4th Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps |
| May 5-7 | Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8-21 | Battle of Spottsylvania Court House |
| 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 |
| May 31 | Haw’s Shop |
| June 1-12 | Battle of Cold Harbor |
| June 16-18 | Before Petersburg; Siege of Petersburg begins |
| June 22-23 | Weldon Railroad |
| July | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps |
| July 27-29 | Demonstration north of James River at Deep Bottom |
| July 27-28 | Deep Bottom |
| July 30 | Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve) |
| August 13-20 | Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom |
| August 14-18 | Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom |
| September 29-October 2 | Peeble’s Farm, Poplar Grove Church |
| October 27-28 | Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run |
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1865
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| January 13 | Consolidated with 57th Pennsylvania Infantry |