The 211th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment lost 6 officers and 38 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 53 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. The regiment is honored on the monument to Hartranft’s Division in Petersburg, Virginia.
1864
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September 16 | Organized at Pittsburg under Colonel James H. Trimble, Lt. Colonel Levi A. Dodd and Major Augustus A. Mechling |
September | Moved to Bermuda Hundred, Va. and engaged in siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond, Va. attached to Provisional Brigade, Defenses of Bermuda Hundred, Army of the James |
November 28 | Joined Army of the Potomac before Petersburg for duty in the Defenses of Bermuda Hundred, Va. attached to Provisional Brigade, 9th Army Corps |
December 7-11 | Movement in support of Weldon Railroad Expedition. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps |
1865
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February 5-7 | Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run |
March 18 | Colonel Trimble discharged |
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 4 | Lt. Colonel Dodd promoted to colonel |
April 10 | At Nottaway C. H. |
April 20-28 | Moved to City Point, then to Alexandria |
May 10 | Captain William Coulter of Company D promoted to lieutenant colonel and Adjutant H. King Smith to major |
May 23 | Grand Review |
June 2 | Mustered out |