United States Regiments & Batteries > Pennsylvania
“The Ringgold Regiment”
The 104th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment lost 2 officers and 68 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 115 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
The regiment is honored by a monument in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, paid for by profits left from the enlisted men’s commissary fund at the end of the war. The monument was erected in 1867, and was one of the first Civil War monuments.
From the monument:
To the memory of the Officers and Men of the One Hundred and Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment who fell in the late war. “Their good swords rust, and their steeds are dust, but their souls are with the saints we trust.”
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1861
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| September 20 – October 16 | Organized at Doylestown under Colonel William V. H. Davis, Lieutenant Colonel John W. Neilds and Major John M. Gries |
| November 6 | Left State for Washington, D.C. |
| November | Duty in the Defenses of Washington attached to Casey’s Division |
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1862
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| March 10-15 | Advance on Manassas, Va. Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
| March 28 | Moved to the Peninsula |
| April 5-May 4 | Siege of Yorktown |
| May 5 | Battle of Williamsburg |
| May 20-23 | Operations about Bottom’s Bridge |
| May 24-27 |
Reconnaissance to Seven PinesThe regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed and 4 wounded, 1 (Corporal Thompson of Company D) mortally |
| May 24 | Skirmishes at Seven Pines, Savage Station and Chickahominy |
| May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Fair Oaks or Seven PinesThe regiment took an advanced posiiton for much of the battle but was unsupported and forced to withdraw. Lieutenant E. Sayers McDowell was killed, Major Gries mortally wounded, Colonel Davis, Lieutenant Colonel Nields, Captains John Corcoran, James Orem, Jacob Schwartzlander and William Walter, Lieutenants G. W. Ashenfelter and Diller Groff and Quartermaster James Henldrie wounded and 166 enlisted men killed or wounded; Major Gries was mortaly wounded attempting to rescue the colors. Lieutenant Edward Croll and 63 enlisted men were cut off and captured during the retreat. Captain Edward Rogers took command of the regiment. |
| June | Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps |
| June 13 | Major Gries dies in Philadelphia of his wounds from Fair Oaks |
| June 25-July 1 | Seven days before Richmond |
| June 28-29 | Bottom’s Bridge |
| June 30 | White Oak Swamp |
| July 1 | Malvern Hill (in reserve). Captain Edward Rogers of Company A promoted to major |
| July | At Harrison’s Landing. the regiment had 20 officers and 433 enlisted men present for duty. |
| July 20 | Lieutenant Colonel Nields resigned |
| July 31 | Colonel Davis returned to command, although still recovering from his wound |
| August 8 | Adjutant Thompson Hart promoted to lieutenant colonel |
| August 16-23 | Moved to Yorktown, then to o Gloucester Point. Occupied and restored the old Revolutionary works |
| September 26 | Fourty-seven prisoners lost at Fair Oaks were returned to the regiment |
| November 16 |
Skirmish at Glouster Point1 enlisted man was killed, 3 were wounded and 3 captured |
| December 11-15 | Expedition to Matthews County |
| December 28 | Naglee’s Brigade, Dept. of North Carolina, and moved to Morehead City, N. C. |
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1863
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| January 1 | Arrived Morehead City |
| January 28-31 | To Port Royal Harbor, S.C., and attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina |
| February 10 | Moved to St. Helena Island, S.C. and attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of the South |
| April 4-12 | Expedition against Charleston, S. C. |
| April | Duty at Beaufort, S.C. Attached to District of Beaufort, S.C., 10th Army Corps |
| July 4 | Surgeon Win. Robinson was capture at John’s Island, South Carolina |
| July 9-16 | Expedition to James Island, S.C. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Dept. South |
| July 16 | Battle of Secessionville. James Island |
| July 16-18 | Moved to Folly and Morris Island, S.C. Attached to Davis’ Brigade, Folly Island, S.C., 10th Corps |
| July 18 | Assault on Fort Wagner, Morris Island |
| July 18-September 7 | Siege of Fort Wagner and operations against Fort Sumter and Charleston from Morris and Folly Islands |
| August | Attached to 5th Brigade, Morris Island, S.C., 10th Corps |
| August 31 | 1 enlisted man was killed and 6 wounded from a fatigue detail working in the advance trenches with the Engineers |
| September 21 | 2 enlisted men were mortally wounded and 5 wounded when a shell burst in their bomb-proof while they were sleeping at Battery Gregg |
| November | Attached to 2nd Brigade, Morris Island, S.C., 10th Corps |
| December | 110 men reenlisted for a second term, and 35 drafted men joined |
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1864
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| January | 289 recriuits joined the regiment |
| April | Attached to District of Hilton Head, S.C., Dept. South |
| May 11 | Reconnaissance to Dafuskie Island |
| June | Attached to Morris Island, Northern District, Dept. South |
| July 2-10 | Expedition to John’s Island |
| July 4-9 |
Operations against Battery PringleColonel Davis lost the fingers of his right hand to a shell |
| July 9 | Boudren’s Causeway, James IslandLieutenant Philip Burke was shot in the head and killed by a sharpshooter while on the picket line |
| July 10 | At Hilton Head, S. C. |
| July | In Florida attached to District of Florida, Dept. South |
| August | Ordered to Washington, D.C., and duty in the Defenses south of the Potomac attached to Defenses of Washington, 22nd Corps, South of the Potomac |
| September | Veterans and recruits formed into a battalion of five companies under Lieutenant Colonel Hart. |
| Septembe 23 | Non-Veterans left Washington for Philadelphia to muster out |
| September | Battalion moved to Harper’s Ferry, W. Va., and duty escorting trains to Sheridan’s army, attached to Train Guard, Army Shenandoah, Middle Military Division |
| September 30 | Non-Veterans, including Major Rogers, mustered out in Philadelphia. |
| November 19 | Lieutenant Colonel Hart discharged with the expiration of his term of service |
| November 22 | Moved to Bermuda Hundred, Va. |
| November | Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond attached to 1st Brigade, Defenses Bermuda Hundred, Va., Dept. Virginia and North Carolina |
| December 17 | Captain Theophilus Kephart of Company B promoted to major |
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1865
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| March 18 | Major Kephart was promoted to lieutenant colonel |
| March 27 | Captain J. McDonald Laughlin was promoted to major |
| April 1 | Five new companies were added to the battalion, returning it to regimental strength. Colonel Davis was promoted to brigadier general, Lieutenant Colonel Kephart was promoted to colonel, J. McDonald Laughlin to lieutenant colonel, and Captain T. B. Scarborough to major |
| April 2 | Fall of Petersburg |
| April 20-24 | Moved to Norfolk, Va. |
| August 25 | Mustered out under Colonel Kephart, Lt. Colonel Laughlin |