United States Regiments & Batteries > Pennsylvania
The 101st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment lost 39 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 281 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1861
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| November 21 | Organized at Harrisburg under Colonel Joseph H. Wilson, Lieutenant Colonel David B. Morris and Major Joseph S. Hoard |
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1862
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| February 26 | Colors presented by Governor Curtin |
| February 27 | Moved to Washington, D.C. |
| March | Went into camp of Meridian Hill. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac. The regiment’s Harpers Ferry muskets were traden for Austrian Rifles. |
| March 10-15 | Advance on Manassas, Va. |
| March 28 | Ordered to the Peninsula |
| April 5-May 4 | Siege of Yorktown |
| May 5 | Battle of WilliamsburgThe regiment lost six wounded. Colonel Wilson sickened with fever and left at Roper’s Church. |
| May 22 | Companies D and I crossed the Chickahominy to dig rifle pits and slash timber |
| May 23 | The rest of the regiment crossed the Chickahominy |
| May 30 | Colonel Wilson died at Roper’s Church |
| May 31-June 1 |
Battles of Fair Oaks, Seven PinesThe regiment lost 1/3 of its strength, including Lt. Colonel Morris, who was wounded. Captain Charles May took command of the regiment. |
| June | Assigned to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps |
| June 25-July 1 | Seven days before Richmond |
| June 30 | Brackett’s |
| July 1 |
Malvern HillLt, Colonel Morris was promoted to colonel but still absent due to wounds. Major Hoard promoted to lieutenant colonel and Captain David Armour of Company A promoted to major |
| July | At Harrison’s Landing |
| August 16-23 | Moved to Fortress Monroe |
| September 18 | To Suffolk. Attached to Wessell’s Brigade, Division at Suffolk, Va., 7th Corps, Dept. of Virginia. |
| September 24 | Lt. Colonel Hoard resigns due to ill health. Captain May again took command of the regiment |
| October 6 | Major Armour promoted to lieutenant colonel |
| November 13 | Captain Alexander Taylor of Company H promoted to major, and took command of the regiment dur to Colonel Morris’ wounds and injures sustained by Lt. Colonel Armour |
| December 4 | Ordered to New Berne, N. C. and attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of North Carolina |
| December 10-21 | Foster’s Expedition to Goldsboro |
| December 14 | Kinston |
| December 16 | Whitehall |
| December 17 | Goldsboro |
| December – May | Duty at New Berne |
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1863
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| January | Attached to 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina |
| March 7-14 | Expedition from New Berne to Mattamuskeet Lake |
| April 4-6 | Operations on the Pamlico |
| April 7-10 | Expedition for relief of Little Washington |
| May | Moved to Plymouth and atached to District of Albemarle, Dept. of North Carolina, |
| May 2 | Lt. Colonel Armour discharged |
| June 28 | Expedition from Plymouth to Nichol’s Mills (Detachment) |
| July 1 | Major Taylor promoted to lieutenant colonel |
| July 5-7 | Expedition from Plymouth to Gardner’s Bridge and Williamston |
| July 26-29 | Expedition from Plymouth to Foster’s Mills |
| August | Attached to Sub District, Albemarle, District of North Carolina, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
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1864
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| January 20 | Harrellsville (Detachment) |
| January 30 | Windsor |
| February 16 | Fairfield |
| March | Moved to New Berne |
| April | To Roanoke Island and to Plymouth |
| April 17-20 | Siege of Plymouth |
| April 20 | Surender of Plymouth. The regiment lost 5 men killed. Captain Mays and 23 enlisted men were wounded. The rest of the regiment was captured, including Lt. Colonel Taylor, Adjutant J. H. Longenecker, Quartermaster Thomas King, Assistant Surgeon William Macpherson, Captains Benner, Bowers, Compher, Clark, Dawson, Freeman, Mullin and Sheafer, Lieutenants Begle, Conley, Cubbison, Davidson, Kirk, Morrow, Hippard, Verrick, and Helm.
Captains Bowers and Dawson, and Lieutenants Conley, Helm, and Davidson escaped captivity, and Captains Benner and Freeman, Lieutenants Beegle, and Hippard, and Adjutant Longeinecker escaped but were recaptured. Over half the enlisted men died before they were exchanged in March of 1865. |
| May | Those not captured at Plymouth – sick and detached men and men on furlough at the time – served as garrison at Roanoke Island under Lieutenant David Ramsey. |
| November 20 | Lt. Colonel Taylor mustered out |
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1865
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| January 24 | Colonel Morris mustered out |
| June 25 | Mustered out at New Berne |