The 209th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment lost 2 officers and 17 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 20 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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September 16 |
Organized at Harrisburg under Colonel Tobias B. Kauffman, Lt. Colonel George W. Frederick and Major John L. Ritchey |
September 17 |
Left State for Bermuda Hundred, Va. |
September |
Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond, Va. attached to Provisional Brigade, Defenses of Bermuda Hundred, Army of the James |
November 17 |
Colonel Kauffman, Captain Henry Lee, Lieutenant Thomas Hendricks and 19 men captured on picket line during a Confederate assault. Lt. Colonel Kaufman assumes command of the reigment. |
November 27 |
Joined Army Potomac before Petersburg. Attached to Hartranft's Provisional Brigade, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
December 7-11 |
Movement in support of Weldon Railroad Expedition attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps |
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February 5-7 |
Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run |
March 25 |
Fort Stedman
Lieutenant Hugh Jones and four enlisted men were killed and 50 wounded in the counterattack on the fort. |
April 2 |
Assault on and fall of Petersburg
The regiment lost Captain James McCullough and 6 enlisted men killed and Major Ritchey, Lieutenants Henry Bigler and Balzer Shugar and 49 enlisted men wounded. |
April 3-9 |
Pursuit of Lee |
April 9-20 |
At Nottaway C. H. |
April 20-28 |
Moved to City Point, then to Alexandria |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
May 31 |
Mustered out t Alexandria. Recruits were transferred to the 51st Pennsylvania Infantry |
