PA Civil War Volunteer Soldiers

151st Pennsylvania Regiment

151st Regiment Newspaper Articles

• Miner's Journal - March 8, 1865
  Paroled Prisoners...

151st Regiment Diary

• Charles P. Potts diary
  Diary describes Lt. Charles P. Potts ' part in battle of Gettysburg

151st PA Regiment Companies

• Company E
  Berks County
• Company G
  Berks County
• Company H
  Berks County
• Company I
  Berks/Schuylkill County
• Company K
  Berks County
• Bates' Regimental History & Company Rosters

151st PA Regiment Prisoners of War

• POWs
  Schuylkill County

151st PA Regiment Books

• The 151st Pennsylvania Volunteers at Gettysburg: Like Ripe Apples in a Storm
  During the course of the battle, the 151st lost over 72 percent of its men to death, wounds, or capture, the second-highest-percentage loss of all Federal units at the battle of Gettysburg. This is the account of that courageous and often overlooked unit and its role in this decisive moment in American history
  
  
• Appointment at Gettysburg
  Sergeant George W. Heilig 151st Pennsylvania Volunteers and the Civil War

151st PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

Organization

• Moved to Washington, D.C., November 26.
• Attached to 3rd Brigade, Casey's Division, Defences of Washington, to February, 1863.
• 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to July, 1863.

  Service & Battles - 1863

• Duty in the Defences of Washington till February, 1863.
• Moved to Belle Plains, Va., and Joined 1st Army Corps.
• Duty there till April 27.
• Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6.
• Operations about Pollock's Mill Creek April 29-May 2.
• Battle of Chancellorsville May 2-5.
• Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24.
• Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3.
• Pursuit of Lee July 5-24.
• Mustered out July 27, 1863.

  Regimental Losses

• Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 67 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 53 Enlisted men by disease. Total 123.