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The 145th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment lost 18 officers and 187 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 214 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
1862
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September 5 | Organized at Erie |
September 11-12 | Moved to Chambersburg. Pa |
September 15-17 | Moved to Hagerstown and Antietam, Md. and attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
September 22 | Moved to Harper’s Ferry, W. Va. and duty there |
October 16-17 | Reconnaissance to Charlestown. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps |
October 29-November 17 | Advance up Loudoun Valley and movement to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
December | Duty at Falmouth, Va. |
1863
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April 27 | Chancellorsville Campaign; attached to 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
June 11 | Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgColonel Hiram L. Brown commanded the 145th until he was wounded during the fighting on the 2nd. Capt. John W. Reynolds then took command until he, too was wounded, when Capt. Moses Oliver took over. From the monument: July 2nd. In the evening about 5 O’Clock the Regiment with the Brigade charged from the northerly side of the Wheatfield driving the enemy and capturing many prisoners. This position was held until the command was outflanked when it retired under orders. July 3. The Regiment was in position on the left center with the Division. Present at Gettysburg 228 officers and men. Killed and mortally wounded 3 officers 21 men. Wounded 9 officers 50 men. Captured or missing 10 men. |
July 5-24 | Pursuit of Lee |
August | Duty on line of the Rappahannock |
September 13-17 | Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan |
October 9-22 | Bristoe Campaign |
October 14 | Auburn and Bristoe |
November 7-8 | Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 26-December 2 | Mine Run Campaign |
December | At Stevensburg |
1864
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February 6-7 | Demonstration on the Rapidan |
May 4-June 12 | Rapidan Campaign |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
May 8 | Corbin’s Bridge |
May 8-21 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House |
May 10 | Po River |
May 12 | Assault on the Salient |
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 |
June 16 | 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 on north side of the James at Deep Bottom |
August 14-18 | Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom |
August 25 | Ream’s Station |
December 7-10 | Reconnaissance to Hatcher’s Run |
1865
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February 5-7 | Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run |
March 25 | Watkins’ House |
March 28-April 9 | Appomattox Campaign |
March 29-30 | Skirmishes on line of Hatcher’s and Gravelly Runs |
March 31 | Hatcher’s Run or Boydton Road; Crow’s House |
April 2 | Sutherland Station |
April 6 | Sailor’s Creek |
April 7 | High Bridge, Farmville |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
May 2-12 | March to Washington, D.C. |
May 23 | Grand Review |
May 31 | Mustered out |