PA Civil War Volunteer Soldiers

121st Pennsylvania Regiment

121st PA Regiment Soldier Biographies

• Presley Kerr

119th PA Regiment Companies

• Bates' Regimental History & Company Rosters

121st PA Regiment Books

• History of the 121st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers
  An account from the Ranks. by Pennsylvania infantry 121st Regiment, 1862-1865, United States Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 121st (1862-1865) Ancestry.com

121st PA Regiment Service and Organization

Organization

• Organized at Philadelphia August 22 to September 5, 1862.
• Moved to Washington, D.C., September.
• Camp at Arlington Heights, near Washington, till October 1.
• Moved to Frederick, Md., and Join Army of the Potomac.
• Attached to 1st Brigade. 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1864.
• 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 5th Army Corps, to June, 1864.
• 1st Brigade, 1st Division. 5th Army Corps, to September, 1864.
• 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

  Service & Battles - 1863

• Duty at Sharpsburg, Md., till October 30.
• Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19.
• Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15.
• Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863.
• Duty at Belle Plains till April.
• Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6.
• Fitzhugh's Crossing April 29-30.
• Battle of Chancellorsville May 2-5.
• Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24.
• Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3.
• Pursuit of Lee July 5-24.
• Duty on line of the Rappahannock till October.
• Bristoe Campaign October 9-22.
• Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8.
• Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2.
• Licking River Bridge November 30.

  Service & Battles - 1864

• Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864.
• Duty near Culpeper till April, 1864.
• Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12.
• Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7;
• Laurel Hill May 8;
• Spottsylvania May 8-12;
• Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21.
• Assault on the Salient May 12.
• North Anna River May 23-26.
• Jericho Ford May 25.
• On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28.
• Totopotomoy May 28-31.
• Cold Harbor June 1-12.
• Bethesda Church June 1-3.
• Before Petersburg June 16-18.
• Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.
• Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864 (Reserve).
• Weldon Railroad August 18-21.
• Poplar Springs Church, Peeble's Farm, September 29-October 2.
• Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28.
• Warren's Raid on Weldon Railroad December 7-12.

  Service & Battles - 1865

• Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865.
• Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
• Lewis Farm, near Gravelly Run, March 29.
• White Oak Road March 30-31.
• Five Forks April 1.
• Appomattox Court House April 9.
• Surrender of Lee and his army.
• March to Washington, D.C., May 1-12.
• Grand Review May 23.
• Mustered out June 2, 1865.

  Regimental Losses

• Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 104 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 64 Enlisted men by disease. Total 175.

121st PA Regiment Medal of Honor Recipients

• McANALLY, CHARLES Major, 121st Pennsylvania Infantry. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: Boston, Mass. Citation: Capture of flag of 46th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.). At Appomattox Courthouse, Va., 9 April 1865. Date of issue: 15 October 1872.
  
  
• FUNK, WEST: Born in Boston, Mass. Major, 121st Pennsylvania Infantry. Appomattox Courthouse, Va., 9 April 1865. Citation: 15 October 1872. Capture of flag of 46th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.).