1861 |
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Recruited in Berks, Schuylkill, Bradford, Susquehanna, Lancaster and Luzerne Counties and organized at Harrisburg |
October 1 |
Mustered in under Colonel Benjamin C. Christ, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas S. Brenholtz and Major Edward Overton, Jr. |
October 2 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. |
October 9 |
To Annapolis, Md. Attached to Stevens' Brigade, W. T. Sherman's South Carolina Expedition |
October 21-November 7 |
Sherman's Expedition to Port Royal, S. C. Sailed on steamer Winfield Scott and shipwrecked off coast of North Carolina. |
1862 |
January 1 |
Occupation of Beaufort, S.C., December 6. Port Royal Ferry, Coosaw River and duty at Port Royal Island, S.C. |
February 10 |
Barnwell's Island, S.C. |
April |
District of Beaufort, S. C, Dept. South (Co. D) |
May 29 |
Pocotaligo |
June 7 |
Camp Stevens |
July |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
July 14-18 |
Moved to Hilton Head, S.C., then to Newport News, Va. |
August 3-6 |
To Aquia Creek and Fredericksburg, Va. |
August 6-16 |
Operations in support of Pope |
August 16-
September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 24 |
Sulphur Springs |
August 29 |
Battles of Groveton |
August 30 |
Bull Run
Lieutenant Colonel Brenholtz was wounded. With Colonel Christ commanding the brgade, Major Overton took over the regiment. |
September 1 |
Chantilly |
September 6-24 |
Maryland Campaign. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
September 14 |
Battle of South Mountain |
September 16-17 |
Antietam
Colonel Christ commanded the brigade and the regiment was commanded by Major Edward Overton until he was severely wounded in the advance from Burnside's Bridge. The regiment "charged with great spirit and gallantry, and attained a position in advance of the Union lines, where it was exposed to a terrible cross-fire of artillery; but it maintained its position until the rebels were forced to retreat."* After Major Overton was wounded Captain Diehl took command. The regiment lost 8 killed, 46 wounded and 3 missing.
*Bates, Samuel P., History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg: 1868-1871 |
September 19-October 2 |
March to Pleasant Valley and duty there |
October 25-November 19 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
1863 |
January 20-24 |
Burnside's 2nd Campaign |
February |
At Falmouth |
February 12-14 |
Moved to Newport News |
March 21-26 |
To Paris, Kentucky and assignment to Army of the Ohio |
April 27-29 |
Moved to Nicholasville, Lancaster and Stanford |
May 6-8 |
To Somerset |
June 4-10 |
Through Kentucky to Cairo, Ill. |
June 14-17 |
To Vicksburg, Miss. |
June 17-July 4 |
Siege of Vicksburg, Miss. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee |
July 5-10 |
Advance on Jackson, Miss. |
July 10-17 |
Siege of Jackson |
July-August |
At Milldale |
August 12-23 |
Moved to Covington, Ky. |
August to October |
Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio |
August |
Major Overton was promoted to lieutenant colonel with the death of Lieutenant Colonel Brenholtz.. |
October 10 |
Action at Blue Springs, Tenn. |
October 27 |
Clinch Mountain |
November 4-December 23 |
Knoxville Campaign |
November 16 |
Campbell's Station |
November 17-December 5 |
Siege of Knoxville |
December 5-26 |
Pursuit of Longstreet's army to Blain's Cross Roads |
1864 |
January 1 |
Reenlisted at Blain's Cross Roads |
April |
Moved to Annapolis, Md. and attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
May 4-June 12 |
Rapidan Campaign |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania |
May 9 |
Ny River |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania C. H. |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 24 |
Ox Ford |
May 26-28 |
Line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 1-3 |
Bethesda Church |
June 16-18 |
Before Petersburg. Siege of Petersburg begins. |
July 30 |
Mine Explosion, Petersburg |
August 18-21 |
Weldon Railroad
Sergeant Charles Brown of Company C earned the Medal of Honor for capturing the colors of the 47th Virginia Infantry Regiment |
September |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
September 29-October 2 |
Poplar Springs Church or Peeble's Farm |
October 8 |
Reconnaissance on Vaughan or Squirrel Level Road |
October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run |
1865 |
March 25 |
Fort Stedman |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
April 2 |
Assault on and fall of Petersburg |
April 3-9 |
Pursuit of Lee to Burkesville |
April 21-28 |
Moved to City Point, then to Washington, D.C. |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
July 4 |
Present at the laying of the corner stone at Gettysburg |
July 30 |
Mustered out |
