1861 |
April - June |
Organized at Harrisburg under Colonel Charles Biddle, Lt. Colonel Thomas L. Kane, and Major Roy Stone |
June 21 |
Moved by rail to Hopewell, then marched 23 miles to Bedford Springs. a point opposite Cumberland, Md. |
June 27 |
Marched 40 miles to the Maryland - Pennsylvania state line and established Camp Mason and Dixon to support General Lew Wallace. |
July 7 |
Marched to Cumberland to protect the property of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad |
July 12 |
Lt. Colonel Kane led a scouting party of 60 men into Virginia, fighting a skirmish at New Creek Village |
July 27 |
Returned to Harrisburg and reviewed by Governor Curtin |
August 1 |
Ordered to Harper's Ferry and assigned to George H. Thomas' Brigade, Banks' Division |
October 1 |
Moved to Tennallytown, Md. and attached to 2nd Brigade, McCall's Pennsylvania Reserves Division, Army of the Potomac |
October 10 |
Moved from Tennallytown, Md., to Camp Pierpont, near Langley, Va. |
October 20 |
Expedition to Hunter's Mills under Lt. Colonel Kane (Companies A, G, H, I and K) |
December 6 |
Expedition to Grinnell's Farm |
December 12 |
Colonel Biddle resigns to take his seat in Congress. |
December 20 |
Action at Dranesville
Two men were killed and Lt. Colonel Kane and 25 other men wounded |
1862 |
January 22 |
Captain Hugh McNeil of Company D was elected to colonel, as Lt. Colonel Kane was still in the hospital from his Dranesville wound |
March 7 |
By order of General McClellan, Companies C, G, H & I were placed under Lt. Colonel Kane to be trained in tactics that he had devised |
March 10-15 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac. Major Stone commanded the six companies of the regiment that were not detached under Lt. Colonel Kane, as Colonel McNeil was absent sick |
April 9-19 |
McDowell's advance on Falmouth. Attached to 3rd Brigade, McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock |
April-June |
Duty at Fredericksburg |
May 12 |
Cos. C, G, H and I attached to Bayard's Cavalry Brigade, Dept. of the Rappahannock |
Companies A, B, D, E, F & K (June-August 1862) |
June 6 |
Harrisonburg
The regiment lost 52 casualties. Colonel Kane was wounded and captured, and Captain Taylor captured while attempting to bring Kane off the field |
June 9-12 |
Moved to White House and attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 26 |
Battle of Mechanicsville and Meadow Bridge, near Mechanicsville |
June 27 |
Battle of Gaines Mill |
June 29 |
Battle of Savage Station |
June 30 |
Battle of Charles City Cross Roads or Glendale |
July 1 |
Battle of Malvern Hill |
July-August |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 16-26 |
Movement to Join Pope. attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia |
August 28 |
Battle of Gainesville |
August 29 |
Battle of Groveton |
August 30 |
Battle of Bull Run |
Companies C, G, H and I while attached to Bayard's Cavalry Brigade (June-August 1862) |
May 15 |
Reported to Colonel Bayard |
May 25-June 6 |
Pursuit of Jackson up the Shenandoah Valley |
June 1 |
Harrisonburg |
June 2 |
Strasburg |
June 2 |
Strasburg and Staunton Road |
June 3 |
Woodstock |
June 3 |
Mount Jackson. Attached to 1st Corps, Army of Virginia |
June 6-7 |
Harrisonburg |
June 8 |
Cross Keys |
August 16-
September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 22 |
Catlett's Station |
August 29 |
Major Stone promoted to colonel of the 149th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment |
August 30-31 |
Bull Run Bridge |
September 7 |
Rejoined Regiment |
Regiment reunited |
September 6-24 |
Maryland Campaign. Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac. Colonel Kane was promoted to brigadier general September 6 |
September 14 |
Battle of South Mountain |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam
Colonel McNeil was killed |
September-October |
Duty in Maryland |
October 30-November 19 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
1863 |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
February 6 |
Ordered to Washington, D.C. and duty there and at Alexandria attached to 1st Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserve Division, 22nd Corps, Dept. of Washington |
March 1 |
Captain Charles Taylor of Company H promoted to colonel and Captain Alanson Niles of Company E to major |
May 15 |
Major Niles promoted to lieutenant colonel |
June 25 |
Ordered to join Army of the Potomac in the field attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded by Colonel Charles F. Taylor until he was killed on July 2nd. Major William R. Hartshorne then took command.
"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 30 officers and 319 men. Killed and died of wounds 2 officers and 9 men. Wounded 8 officers and 27 men. Captured or missing 2 men." |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee |
August-October |
Duty on the Rapidan |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 7 |
Rappahannock Station |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
December |
Guard Orange & Alexandria Railroad |
1864 |
March 28 |
Lt. Colonel Niles resigns |
May 4-31 |
Rapidan Campaign |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
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 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1 |
Veterans and Recruits transferred to 190th Pennsylvania Infantry |
June 11 |
Mustered out |
