United States Regiments & Batteries > Pennsylvania > Infantry
The 55th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 7 officers and 201 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 268 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1862
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| November | Organized at Harrisburg |
| November 22 | Left Camp Curtin for Fortress Monroe, Va. |
| December 8 | Attached to Sherman’s South Carolina Expedition and moved to Port Royal, S. C. |
| December | Duty near Hilton Head, S.C. |
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1863
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| February 25 | Duty at Edisto Island, S.C., Dept. of the South |
| March 29 | Companies E, F and G attacked on Little Edisto |
| April 18 | Edisto Island (Detachment) |
| July | District of Beaufort, S.C., Dept. South |
| September | District Beaufort, S.C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. South |
| October 21-23 | Expedition up Broad River to Pocotaligo |
| October 22 | Caston’s and Frampton’s Plantations, Pocotaligo |
| November-December | Duty at Port Royal Ferry near Beaufort, S.C. |
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1864
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| January 1 | Regiment reenlisted |
| January 22- March 23 |
On furlough |
| April 12 | Embarked for Virginia, attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
| May 5-28 | Butler’s operations on south side of the James and against Petersburg and Richmond. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division. 18th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
| May 9-10 | Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church |
| May 12-16 | Operations against Fort Darling |
| May 14-16 | Battle of Drewry’s Bluff |
| May 17-28 | Operations on the Bermuda Hundred front |
| May 28-June 1 | Moved to White House, then to Cold Harbor |
| June 1-12 | Battle of Cold Harbor |
| June 15-18 | Before Petersburg. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond begin. |
| July 30 | Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Support) |
| September 28-30 | Battle of Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights, north of James River |
| October-December | Duty in trenches before Richmond |
| December 10 | Signal Hill |
| December | Attached to 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 24th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
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1865
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| March 26-April 9 | Appomattox Campaign |
| March 29-30 | Hatcher’s and Gravelly Runs |
| April 2 | Capture of Forts Gregg and Baldwin and fall of Petersburg |
| April 3-9 | Pursuit of Lee |
| April 6 | Rice’s Station |
| April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
| April 10-16 | At Appomattox C. H. |
| April 17 | At Richmond |
| May | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 24th Army Corps, Dept. Virginia |
| July | Duty in Virginia |
| August 30 | Mustered out at Petersburg. Va. |