United States Regiments & Batteries > Pennsylvania
The 87th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 10 officers and 80 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 112 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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1861
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| September | Organized at Yorktown |
| September 16 | Guard duty on Northern Central Railroad from Pennsylvania line to Baltimore, Md. assigned to Dix’s Division, Army of the Potomac |
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1862
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| March | Attached to Railroad Guard, Middle Department |
| May 24 | Duty at Baltimore, Md. Assigned to Baltimore, Md., Middle Department |
| June 23 | At New Creek, W. Va. Attached to Railroad Division, 8th Corps, Middle Department |
| August 27-September 12 | Expedition under Gen. Kelly across Laurel Hill and Rich Mountain |
| October 31-November 12 | Expedition over Cheat and Allegheny Mountains |
| December 6-9 | March on Petersburg, W. Va. |
| December | At Winchester |
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1863
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| March | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Corps, Middle Department |
| April 20 | Expedition to Webster |
| May 20 | At Winchester |
| June 10 | Reconnaissance toward Wardensville and Strasburgurg. Attached to 1st Brigade, Elliott’s Command, 8th Corps |
| June 12 | Middletown and Newtown |
| June 13 | Bunker Hill (Companies G & H) |
| June 13-15 | Battle of Winchester and retreat to Harper’s Ferry. |
| July 1-3 | Escort stores from Harper’s Ferry to Washington, D.C. |
| July 5-24 | Joined 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac and pursuit of Lee |
| July 23 | Wapping Heights, Manassas Gap, Va. |
| 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 Campaign |
| November 27 | Payne’s Farm |
| December, 1863 | Reenlisted |
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1864
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| February 6-7 | Demonstration on the Rapidan |
| March | Assigned to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
| May 4-June 12 | Rapidan Campaign |
| May 5-7 | Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8-21 | Battle of Spottsylvania Court House |
| May 12 | Assault on the Salient |
| 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 17-18 | Before Petersburg |
| June 18 | Siege of Petersburg begins |
| June 22-23 | Weldon Railroad |
| July 6-9 | Moved to Baltimore, Md. |
| July 9 | Battle of Monocacy Junction |
| August 7-December 1 | Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
| August 21-22 | Charlestown |
| September 19 | Battle of Opequan, Winchester |
| September 22 | Fisher’s Hill |
| October 13 | Old members mustered out |
| October 19 | Battle of Cedar Creek |
| October-December | Duty at Kernstown |
| December 3-7 | Moved to Washington, D.C., then to Petersburg, Va |
| December-April | Siege of Petersburg |
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1865
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| March 25 | Fort Fisher, Petersburg |
| March 28-April 9 | Appomattox Campaign |
| April 2 | Assault on and fall of Petersburg |
| April 3-9 | Pursuit of Lee |
| April 9 | Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
| April 23-27 | March to Danville |
| May 23-June 3 | March to Richmond, Va., then to Washington, D.C. |
| June 8 | Corps Review |
| June 29 | Mustered out at Alexandria, Va. |