PA Civil War Volunteer Soldiers

109th Pennsylvania Regiment

109th PA Regiment Companies

• Bates' Regimental History & Company Rosters

109th PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

Organization

• Organized at Philadelphia March to May, 1862.
• Moved to Washington, D.C., May 10; thence to Harper's Ferry May 24, 1862.
• Attached to 1st Brigade, Sigel's Division, Dept. of the Shenandoah, to June, 1862.
• 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to August, 1862.
• 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862.
• 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1862.
• 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, to January, 1863.
• 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1863, and Army of the Cumberland to April, 1864.
• 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to March, 1865.

  Service & Battles - 1862

• Defence of Harper's Ferry, W. Va., May 24-30, 1862.
• Operations in the Shenandoah Valley till August. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9.
• Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2.
• Guarding trains during Battles of Bull Run. Maryland Campaign September 6-22.
• Battle of Antietam September 16-17 (Reserve).
• Duty at Bolivar Heights till December.
• Reconnoissance to Rippon, W. Va., November 9.
• Reconnoissance to Winchester December 2-6.
• March to Fredericksburg December 9-16.

  Service & Battles - 1863

• Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863.
• At Stafford Court House till April 27.
• Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6.
• Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5.
• Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24.
• Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3.
• Pursuit of Lee July 5-24.
• Duty near Raccoon Ford till September.
• Movement to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24-October 3.
• Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29.
• Battle of Wauhatchie, Tenn., October 28-29.
• Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27.
• Lookout Mountain November 23-24.
• Mission Ridge November 25.
• Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, Ga,, November 27.

  Service & Battles - 1864

• Duty on Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad till April, 1864.
• Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8.
• Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11.
• Battle of Resaca May 14-15.
• Near Cassville May 19.
• New Hope Church May 25.
• Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5.
• Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
• Pine Hill June 11-14.
• Lost Mountain June 15-17.
• Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15.
• Muddy Creek June 17.
• Noyes Creek June 19.
• Kolb's Farm June 22.
• Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
• Ruff's Station or Smyrna Camp Ground July 4.
• Chattahoochie River July 5-17.
• Peach Tree Creek July 19-20.
• Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25.
• Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2.
• Occupation of Atlanta September 2-November 15.
• Expedition to Tuckum's Cross Roads October 26-29.
• Near Atlanta November 9.
• March to the sea November 15-December 10.
• Siege of Savannah December 10-21.

  Service & Battles - 1865

• Campaign of the Carolinas January to March, 1865.
• Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21.
• Consolidated with 111th Pennsylvania Infantry March 31, 1865.

  Regimental Losses

• Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 61 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 71 Enlisted men by disease. Total 135.

109th PA Regiment Medal of Honor Recipients

• STOREY, JOHN H. R. Philadelphia, Sergeant, Company F, 109th Pennsylvania Infantry. Dallas, Ga., 28 May 1864. Citation given: 29 August 1896. While bringing in a wounded comrade, under a destructive fire, he was himself wounded in the right leg, which was amputated on the same day.
  
  
• VEALE, MOSES Born in Bridgeton, NJ. Captain, Company F, 109th Pennsylvania Infantry. Wauhatchie, Tenn., 28 October 1863. Citation: 17 January 1894. Gallantry in action manifesting throughout the engagement coolness, zeal, judgment, and courage. His horse was shot from under him and he was hit by 4 enemy bullets.