United States Regiments & Batteries > Pennsylvania
The 97th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 6 officers and 130 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 184 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
1861
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August 22 -October 28 | Organized at West Chester |
November 16-17 | Moved to Washington, D.C. |
November 20-22 | To Fortress Monroe, Va. Duty at Camp Hamilton, near Fortress Monroe, attached to Dept. of Virginia |
December 8-11 | Moved to Port Royal, S. C, and duty at Hilton Head, S.C. attached to Wright’s 3rd Brigade, Sherman’s South Carolina Expedition |
1862
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January 21 | Operations in Warsaw Sound, Ga., against Fort Pulaski |
February 25-March 5 | Expedition to Florida |
March 5 | Occupation of Fernandina |
March 24, | Moved to Jacksonville, Fla. |
April 9-14 | Moved to Hilton Head, S.C. attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the South |
April 19-20 | Expedition to Edisto Island, S.C. |
June 1-28 | Expedition to James Island. S.C. |
June 10 | Action on James Island |
June 16 | Battle of Secessionville |
June 28 | Evacuation of James Island and duty at North Edisto Island |
July 18 | Moved to Hilton Head, S.C. attached to District of Hilton Head, S.C., Dept. South |
September | Attached to District Hilton Head, S.C., 10th Corps, Dept. South |
November 20 | At St. Helena Island, S.C. |
1863
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January 15 | At Hilton Head and Seabrook Point |
April | At Seabrook Island attached to Stevenson’s Brigade, Seabrook Island, S.C., 10th Corps |
July 9-16 | Expedition to James Island attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Morris Island, S.C. Attached to 3rd Brigade, Morris Island, S.C., 10th Corps |
July 16 | Battle of Secessionville |
July 17-18 | Moved to Folly and Morris Islands |
July 18 | Assault on Fort Wagner, Morris Island |
July 18-September 7 | Siege of Fort Wagner, Morris Island, and operations against Fort Sumter and Charleston |
August | Attached to 1st Brigade, Morris Island, S.C., 10th Corps |
September 7 | Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg, Morris Island |
September | Duty on Morris Island |
October 2-5 | Moved to Fernandina, Fla. Attached to Dept. of the South |
1864
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February 15-23 | Expedition from Fernandina to Woodstock and King’s Ferry Mills |
April 23-28 | Moved to Hilton Head, S.C., thence to Gloucester Point, Va. Attache to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Army Corps, Dept. Virginia and North Carolina |
May 4-28 | Butler’s operations on south side of the James and against Petersburg and Richmond; attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Corps |
May 5 | Capture of Bermuda Hundred and City Point |
May 9-10 | Swift Creek or Arrow field Church |
May 12-16 | Proctor’s Creek and operations against Fort Darling |
May 14-16 | Battle of Drewry’s Bluff |
May 17-28 | Bermuda Hundred front |
May 18 | Chester Station |
May 20 | Green Plains |
May 28-June 1 | Movement to White House, then to Cold Harbor |
June 1-12 | Battles about Cold Harbor |
June 15-18 | First Assault on PetersburgAttached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Corps |
June 16 | Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond |
July 30 | Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve) |
August 13-20 | Demonstration on north side of James River at Deep Bottom |
August 14-18 | Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom |
August 24-25 | Bermuda Hundred |
September 28-30 | Battle of Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights |
October 7 | Charles City Road |
October 27-28 | Battle of Fair Oaks |
November | In trenches before Richmond |
December 6-27 | Expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 24th Army Corps |
1865
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January 3-15 | Second Expedition to Fort Fisher. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Terry’s Provisional Corps, Dept. North Carolina |
January 15 | Assault and capture of Fort Fisher |
February 11 | Sugar Loaf Battery |
February 18-19 | Fort Anderson |
February 22 | Capture of Wilmington |
March 6-21 | Advance on Goldsboro. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Corps, Dept. North Carolina |
April 9-13 | Advance on Raleigh |
April 14 | Occupation of Raleigh |
April 26 | Bennett’s House; Surrender of Johnston and his army. |
May-June | Duty at Raleigh |
July 10 | At Gaston and Weldon, N. C. |
August 28 | Mustered out at Weldon, N. C. |
September 4 | Moved to Philadelphia, Pa., and discharged |