United States Regiments & Batteries > Pennsylvania
The 208th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment lost 2 officers and 19 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 7 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. The regiment is honored on the monument to Hartranft’s Division in Petersburg, Virginia.
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1864
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| August 16-September 12 | Organized at Harrisburg under the command of Colonel Alfred B. McCalmont. |
| September 13 | Left State for Bermuda Hundred, Va. |
| September | Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond, Va. Picket and fatigue duty on the Bermuda Hundred front attached to Provisional Brigade, Defenses of Bermuda Hundred, Army of the James |
| November 27 | Joined Provisional Brigade, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac before Petersburg. |
| December 7-11 | Movement in support of Weldon Railroad Expedition |
| December | Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps |
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1865
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| February 5-7 | Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run |
| March 25 |
Defense of Fort Stedman |
| March 28-April 9 | Appomattox Campaign |
| April 2 |
Final Assault on Petersburg |
| April 3-9 | Pursuit of Lee |
| April 9-20 | At Nottaway C. H. |
| April 20-28 | Moved to City Point, then to Alexandria |
| May 23 | Grand Review |
| June 1 | Mustered out |