1861 |
May - June |
Recruited in Cambria, Indiana, Butler, Fayette, Armstrong, Westmoreland and Jefferson Counties. Organized at Camp Wright, near Pittsburg, under Colonel Thomas Gallagher, Lieutenant Colonel James Porter and Major Samuel Jackson |
June 24 |
Moved to Harrisburg, Pa. |
June 25 |
To Baltimore, Maryland. Bivouacked on Federal Hill. |
June 26 |
To Washington, D.C. |
June 29 |
Mustered into United States service. Attached to 2nd Brigade, McCall's Pennsylvania Reserves Division, Army of the Potomac |
August 2 |
Duty at Tennallytown, Maryland |
September |
Picket at Great Falls, Maryland |
October 10 |
At Camp Pierpont, near Langley, Va. |
October 24 |
Lt. Colonel Porter resigns due to physical disability. Major Jackson promoted to lieutenant colonel |
November 1 |
Captain Robert Litzinger of Company A promoted to major |
December 6 |
Expedition to Grinnell's Farm. Two spies and 57 wagons loaded with grain were captured. |
1862 |
March |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March 10-15 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. |
April 1 |
Major Litzinger resigns due to illness |
April 9-19 |
McDowell's advance on Falmouth. Attached to 2nd Brigade, McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock |
April-May |
Duty at Manassas Junction, Catlett's Station, and Falmouth |
May 17 |
Adjutant Peter Johns promoted to major |
June 9-12 |
Moved to White House and attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 26 |
Battle of Mechanicsville
Deployedas skirmishers but not actively engaged |
June 27 |
Battle of Gaines' Mill
The regiment fought fiercely in dense woods much of the day and was unaware the rest of the Union line had retreated. Along with the 4th New Jersey Infantry, it found itself surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered and was forced to surrender. Captain Porter's Company B had been detached for fatigue duty earlier in the battle and escaped capture.
Captain Andrew Lewis, Lieutenant Newton Redic, Sergeants James Christie and Cyrus Rankin and Corporals John Dunbar, Silas Amberson, David Stuart and 39 other enlisted men were killed. Sergeant Richard Fair mortally wounded and Captain James Speer and 107 other men were wounded. |
June 30 |
Battle of Charles City Cross Roads, Glendale
The regiment consisted of Captain Porter's Company B, reinforced to just over one hundred men by the return of detachments. It lost 9 killed and 15 wounded.
Corporal Charles Shambaugh was awarded the Medal of Honor for capturing an enemy flag, and Corporal Howard Henderson was awarded the Medal of Honor for being three times wounded in action and, while pursuing a Confederate sharpshooter and encoutering two others, bayoneted them all. |
July 1 |
Battle of Malvern Hill |
July |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 5 |
The enlisted men captured at Gaines' Mill were exchanged at Aiken's Landing. |
August 12 |
The officers captured at Gaines' Mill were exchanged |
August 16-26 |
Movement to join Pope. The regiment was under the command of Lt. Colonel Jackson as Colonel Gallagher was sick in the hospital at Fortress Monroe. It marched seventy miles via Kelly's Ford and Warrenton to Gainsville, and was attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia. |
August 29 |
Battle of Groveton |
August 30 |
Battle of Bull Run
The regiment fought the Fifth Texas Infantry until outflanked and forced to withdraw. Sergeants Patrick Hanlin and Samuel Chrisley and 12 other men were killed and Captain William Stewart, Adjutant McCoy and Lieutenants Coder, Jones, Johnson and Kennedy were wounded |
September 6-24 |
Maryland Campaign. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac. Colonel Gallagher took over command of the brigade, leaving Lt. Colonel Jackson in command of the regiment. |
September 14 |
Battle of South Mountain
Captain Evans Brady, Lieuteant Walter Jackson, Sergeant James Johnson and 12 other men were killed, Captain Nathaniel Nesbitt mortally wounded and Colonel Gallagher, Captain Bierer, and Lieutenant J. S. Kennedy were wounded |
September 16-17 |
Antietam
Sergeant George Gourley and six other men were killed, Captain Daniel Kistler and Lieutenant John Kuhn died of wounds and Sergeant William Kuhns and 14 other men were wounded out of less than two hundred engaged. |
September-October |
Duty in Maryland. A detached detail of over 150 enlisted men that had been left at Fort Monroe finally rejoined the regiment, bringing its effective strength to near 400. |
October 30-November 19 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12 |
Colonel Gallagher discharged for disability due to his wound from South Mountain |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg
The regiment lost 112 casualties out of the 394 men engaged. Sergeant Major John Hill and Sergeant William Kuhns were killed, Captain William Stewart and Sergeant William Evans mortally wounded and Captain James Speer wounded. |
1863 |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
February 6 |
Moved to Washington, D. C. for duty there and at Alexandria. Attached to 3rd Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserves Division, 22nd Corps; Dept. of Washington |
March 30 |
Major Johns resigns |
April 10 |
Lt. Colonel Jackson promoted to colonel |
May 14 |
Captain Daniel Porter of Company B promoted to lieutenant colonel |
May 28 |
Captain James Speer of Company G promoted to major |
June 25 |
Ordered to rejoin Army of the Potomac in the field attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded by Colonel Samuel M. Jackson.
From the monument: "July 2nd in the evening charged from the hill in rear to this position and held it until the afternoon of July 3rd when the Brigade advanced through the woods to the front and left driving the enemy and capturing many prisoners."
"Present at Gettysburg 25 officers and 367 men. Killed 1 officer* and 4 men. Wounded 2 officers and 33 men."
*Lieutenant J. O'Harra Woods was killed and Lt. Colonel Porter and Lieutenants Fulton and Jones wounded. |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee |
August |
Duty on the Rapidan |
August 27 |
Major Speer discharged for disability for wounds |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 28 |
Adjutant Robert McCoy promoted to major |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock, attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Corps |
November 7 |
Rappahannock Station |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
December |
Duty at Alexandria |
1864 |
March 10 |
Lt. Colonel Porter resigns |
March 21 |
Major McCoy promoted to lieutenant colonel |
March 25 |
Captain James Burke of Company A promoted to major |
April 29 |
Left Bristoe Station and marched to Culpeper Court House |
May 4-30 |
Rapidan Campaign |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness
Captain Daniel Jones was killed and Lieutenant Archibald Stewart mortally wounded |
May 8 |
Laurel Hill |
May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania Court House |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
May 19 |
Harris Farm |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 25 |
Jericho Ford |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-30 |
Totopotomoy |
May 30 |
Left front. Veterans were transferred to the 119th Pennsylvania Infantry |
June 13 |
Mustered out under Colonel Jackson, Lt. Colonel McCoy and Major Burke |
