Siege of Yorktown

The regiment was posted near Warwick Court House, constructing earthworks.

Battle of Williamsburg

This was the 93rd’s first battle. The regiment spent over three hours exchanging fire with the enemy, and most companies exhausted their ammunition. Six men were killed, including Captain Green B. Shearer. Twenty men were wounded, and Lieutenant Colonel Johnston’s horse was shot.

Battle of Fair Oaks (Seven Pines)

Eight companies were engaged. Companies A & F were on picket duty and narrowly escaped being surrounded and captured. The regiment was engaged for some time before being driven back from their position, but on several occasions during the withdrawal turned and fired on their pursuers, leaving the field in good order and with colors flying.

The 93rd lost 21 men killed, 108 wounded and 21 men missing. Lieutenant John E. Rodgers was killed. Captain Alexander Maitland was mortally wounded. Colonel McCarter, Captain Mark, and Lieutenants Ebur, Keller, and McCarter were wounded.

Malvern Hill

The 93rd Pennsylvania was on the extreme right of the line under the command of Captain Long. It lost 20 men casualties.

Chantilly

The regiment supported a battery. Captain John E. Arthur of Company B was promoted to lieutenant colonel.

Battle of Antietam

The regiment was in Pleasant Valley during the battle and did not reach the battlefield until the 18th. After the battle it helped bury the dead.

Battle of Fredericksburg

Crossed at the lower bridge. The regiment was again in reserve and suffered no losses.

Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg

Salem Heights, Banks Ford

In the two days of fighting the 93rd lost six men killed, including Lieutenants William Boltz and Washington Drua, 44 men wounded, and 21 men missing.

Battle of Gettysburg

The regiment was commanded by Major John I. Nevin. Colonel McCarter was present on the battlefield but too ill to command. It brought 270 men to the battlefield, losing ten wounded, one of whom was mortal, and capturing 25 Confederates.

From the Wheatfield Avenue monument:

After charging with the Brigade from the right of Little Round Top in the evening of July 2nd and assisting in the repulse of the enemy and in the capture of a number of prisoners, the Regiment retired to and held this position until after the close of the battle.

Present at Gettysburg 270 officers and men. Loss 1 officer and 9 men (1 mortally) wounded.

From the Sedgwick Road monument:

93rd Regiment Penn. Volunteers formed line of battle at this point under the immediate direction of Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick, commander of the 6th Corps evening of July 2, 1863 and advanced against the enemy taking the position indicated by the monument at the foot of this hill where it remained until the close of battle.

Overland Campaign

The 93rd Pennsylvania started the campaign with a little over 750 men.

Battle of the Wilderness

The 93rd and the 139th Pennsylvania formed at the intersection of Brock and Plank Roads to stop a Confederate advance. It became the center of the Union battle line in the area and the scene of hand to hand fighting. The 2nd Corps eventually took over the position, but the regiment was permitted only a short rest to bolster the battered 2nd Corps.

In the morning the Union launched a dawn attack which came close to breaking the Confederate line until it was thrown back by a desperate attack by the Texas Brigade. The Union line was thrown back to its starting point but held Brock Road. The two days fighting cost the regiment 18 men killed and 144 wounded. Major Nevin was wounded, Sergeant Major E.W.H. Stambach was killed, and 5 company commanders were among the casualties.

Battle of Spotsylvania Court House

The regiment was took part in three assaults on Confederate earthworks on May 10 and 18 as well as supporting the attack on the “Mule Shoe” on the 12th. The 93rd lost 4 officers and 73 men killed or wounded on the 12th alone, with an addition 52 killed or wounded in the rest of the battle. Captain Richard Rogers of Company C was among the killed at the “Mule Shoe.”

Battle of Cold Harbor

The regiment was assigned to guard the supply trains during most of the battle and escaped the blood bath. This was the final battle of the Overland Campaign.

By June 12 the 93rd Pennsylvania could muster only 325 men. Fifteen officers and 310 enlisted men had been killed or wounded and another 95 disabled by sickness or accident in the four weeks of the campaign. Only nine men had been lost as prisoners, all forced to have been left badly wounded on the battlefield. The regimental history states that during this time the regiment marched 350 miles, including 26 night marches. There were only five days that the regiment was not under fire.

First Assault on Petersburg

Siege of Petersburg begins. Captain Jacob Embitch of Company A was killed and five enlisted men were wounded.

Jerusalem Plank Road

The regiment lost 13 casualties in support of an attack by the 3rd Division.

Third Battle of Winchester (Opequan)

The 93rd Pennsylvania lost 11 men killed, 32 wounded and 5 missing.

Fisher’s Hill

The regiment captured six cannon with the loss of 12 wounded. One of the wounded was color bearer William Smith, who planted the colors on a Confederate cannon before losing both legs.

Battle of Cedar Creek

The 93rd Pennsylvania was positioned on the right flank of General Getty’s defensive line on the high ground at Middleburg Cemetery. The division put up a successful defense for long enough before pulling back to take the energy out of the Confederate attacks and allow the rest of the Union army time to start reforming. The regiment then took part in the overwhelming Union counterattack at the end of the day.

Captain Charles Eckman and Captain Penrose Mark, the author of the 93rd’s unit history, were wounded at Cedar Creek.

Fort Fisher, Petersburg

The regiment lost 15 killed and 136 wounded in an assault. Lt. Colonel Keller and Major Fritz were wounded and Captain George W. Meilinger was killed.

Assault on and fall of Petersburg

The regiment, under the command of Captain Frank Hean, took part in a charge which broke the Confederate lines near Fort Fisher. Color Sergeant Charles Marquette was awarded the Medal of Honor for placing the national colors on the enemy lines even after he had impaled his thigh on a sharpened stake. The 93rd continued on to capture a four gun battery around Lee’s headquarters and finally halted at darkness on the outskirts of Petersburg. The regiment lost two men killed and 31 wounded.

Appomattox Court House

Surrender of Lee and his army.