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The 110th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment lost 7 officers and 111 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 78 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.

1861
August 19 Organized at Harrisburg, Huntingdon and Philadelphia
1862
January 2 Left State for Hancock, Md. Attached to Tyler’s Brigade, Landers’ Division, Army of the Potomac. At Cumberland and south branch of the Potomac guarding bridges of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
January 5 Defense of Hancock
February 6 Moved to Paw Paw Tunnel and duty there
March 7-15 Advance on Winchester attached to 3rd Brigade, Shield’s 2nd Division, Banks’ 5th Corps and Dept. of the Shenandoah
March 18-21 Reconnaissance to Strasburg
March 23
Battle of Winchester
March 24-April 27 Pursuit of Jackson up the Valley
April 4 Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Department of the Shenandoah
April 17 Occupation of Mt. Jackson
May 12-21 March to Fredericksburg
May 25-30 To Front Royal. Attached to 4th Brigade, Shield’s Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock
May 31 Near Front Royal
June 9 Port Republic. Attached to 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of Virginia
August 9
Battle of Cedar Mountain
August 16-September 2

Pope’s Campaign in Northern Virginia

August 21-23 Fords of the Rappahannock
August 23 Manassas
August 28 Thoroughfare Gap
August 29 Groveton
August 30
Second Battle of Bull Run
September Duty at Arlington Heights, Defenses of Washington, Whipple’s Command.
October 18 Moved to Pleasant Valley
October 24-November 19 To Warrenton and Falmouth, Virginia. Assigned to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac
December 12-15
Battle of Fredericksburg
1863
January 20-24 Burnside’s 2nd Campaign, “Mud March”
February-April At Falmouth
April 27-May 6

Chancellorsville Campaign

May 1-5
Battle of Chancellorsville
June 11-July 24 Gettysburg Campaign. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps
July 1-3
Battle of Gettysburg

The regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel David M. Jones until he was wounded on July 2, losing his left leg. Major Isaac Rodgers then took command. The 110th had only six companies at Gettysburg: A, B, C, E, H & I.

From the monument in The Wheatfield at Gettysburg:

July 2nd. The Regiment fought on this line from 4 until 6 O’Clock p.m. July 3rd supported batteries on Cemetery Hill.

Present at Gettysburg 152. Killed and died of wounds 16 men. Wounded 6 officers and 31 men.

July 5-24 Pursuit of Lee
July 23
Wapping Heights, Va.
August-October On line of the Rappahannock
October 9-22

Bristoe Campaign

October 13-14
Auburn and Bristoe
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
1864
February 6-7 Demonstration on the Rapidan
February-May Duty near Brandy Station
March Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps
May 4-June 12 Rapidan Campaign
May 5-7
Battle of the Wilderness
May 8 Laurel Hill
May 8-21
Battle of Spottsylvania Court House
May 10 Po River
May 12
Assault on the Salient
May 19
Harris Farm
May 23-26
North Anna River
May 26-28 On line of the Pamunkey
May 28-31
Totopotomoy
June 1-12
Cold Harbor
June 16-18
First assault on Petersburg

Beginning of Siege of Petersburg

June 22-23
Jerusalem Plank Road
July 27-29 Demonstration north of the James 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
Poplar Springs Church
October 27-28
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run
December 7-12 Warren’s Raid on Hicksford
1865
February 5-7
Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run
March 25 Watkins’ House
March 28-April 9

Appomattox Campaign

March 30-31
White Oak Road
March 31 Crow’s House
April 2
Fall of Petersburg
April 6
Sailor’s Creek
April 7
High Bridge, Farmville
April 9
Appomattox Court House

Surrender of Lee and his army.

April At Burkesville
May 2-12 March to Washington, D.C.
May 23 Grand Review
June 28 Mustered out