The 86th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment lost 10 officers and 80 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 112 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
1861 |
September |
Organized at Yorktown |
September 16 |
Guard duty on Northern Central Railroad from Pennsylvania line to Baltimore, Md. attached to Railroad Guard, Middle Department |
1862 |
May 24 |
Duty at Baltimore, Md. attached to Baltimore, Md., Middle Department |
June 23 |
At New Creek, W. Va. attached to Railroad Division, 8th Corps, Middle Department |
August 27-
September 12 |
Expedition under Gen. Kelly across Laurel Hill and Rich Mountain |
October 31-November 12 |
Expedition over Cheat and Allegheny Mountains |
December 6-9 |
March on Petersburg, W. Va. |
December-
May |
At Winchester |
1863 |
March |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Corps, Middle Department |
April 20 |
Reconnaissance toward Wardensville and Strasburg |
May 20 |
Expedition to Webster |
May-June |
At Winchester |
June |
1st Brigade, Elliott's Command, 8th Corps |
June 10 |
Reconnaissance toward Strasburg |
June 12 |
Middletown and Newtown |
June 13 |
Bunker Hill (Cos. G and H) |
June 13-15 |
Battle of Winchester, retreat to Harper's Ferry |
July 1-3 |
Escort stores from Harper's Ferry to Washington, D.C. |
July 5-24 |
Joined Army of the Potomac and pursuit of Lee attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac |
July 23 |
Wapping Heights, Manassas Gap, Va. |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 7 |
Kelly's Ford |
November 8 |
Brandy Station |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
November 27 |
Payne's Farm |
December |
Reenlisted |
1864 |
February 6-7 |
Demonstration on the Rapidan |
March |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
May 4-June 12 |
Rapidan Campaign |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
May 8-21 |
Spottsylvania C. H. |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 26-28 |
Line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 17-18 |
Before Petersburg. Siege of Petersburg begins. |
June 22-23 |
Weldon Railroad |
July 6-9 |
Moved to Baltimore, Md. |
July 9 |
Battle of Monocacy Junction |
August 7 |
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign begins |
August 21-22 |
Charlestown |
September 19 |
Battle of Opequan, Winchester |
September 22 |
Fisher's Hill, Battle of Cedar Creek |
October 13 |
Old members mustered out |
October-December |
Duty at Kernstown |
December 3-7 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. then to Petersburg, Va. and Siege of Petersburg |
1865 |
March 25 |
Fort Fisher, Petersburg |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
April 2 |
Assault on and fall of Petersburg |
April 3-9 |
Pursuit of Lee |
April 9 |
Appomattox C. H. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
April 23-27 |
March to Danville |
May 23-June 3 |
March to Richmond, Va., thence to Washington, D.C. |
June 8 |
Corps Review |
June 29 |
Mustered out at Alexandria, Va. |
