PA Civil War Volunteer Soldiers

161st Regiment - 16th Cavalry

161st PA Regiment Soldier Biographies

• Alexander Aiken
• Edmund Dunn
• George Hagan
• William Hagan

161st PA Regiment Companies

• Bates' Regimental History & Company Rosters

161st PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

Organization

• Organized at Harrisburg September to November, 1862.
• Left State for Washington, D.C., November 23, 1862.
• Attached to Defences of Washington to January, 1863.
• Averill's Cavalry Brigade, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863.
• 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army Potomac, to June, 1863.
• 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army Potomac, to August, 1863.
• 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army Potomac, to May, 1865.
• Dept. of Virginia to August, 1865.

  Service & Battles - 1863

• At Camp Casey, near Bladensburg, Md., till January 3, 1863.
• Moved to Falmouth, Va., January 3,
• And duty on line of the Rappahannock till April, 1863.
• Operations at Rappahannock Bridge and Grove Church February 5-7.
• Hartwood Church February 25. Kelly's Ford March 17.
• Operations about Bealeton Station April 13-27.
• Elk Run April 13.
• Chancellorsville Campaign April 26-May 8.
• Stoneman's Raid April 29-May 8.
• Kelly's Ford April 29.
• Ely's Ford May 2.
• Brandy Station, Stevensburg and Beverly Ford June 9.
• Aldie June 17.
• Near Middleburg June 18. Middleburg June 19.
• Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3.
• Steven's Furnace July 5.
• Shepherdstown, W. Va., July 14-16.
• Little Washington August 27.
• Advance to the Rapidan September 13-17.
• Culpeper Court House September 13.
• Crooked Run September 18.
• Bristoe Campaign October 9-22.
• Warrenton or White Sulphur Springs October 12-13.
• Auburn and Bristoe October 14.
• St. Stephen's Church October 14.
• Catlett's Station October 14.
• Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2.
• New Hope Church November 27.
• Parker's Store November 29.
• Expedition to Luray December 21-23.
• Amissville, Gaines Cross Roads and Sperryville December 22.

  Service & Battles - 1864

• Kilpatrick's Raid on Richmond February 28-March 4, 1864.
• Beaver Dam Station February 29.
• Fortifications of Richmond March 1.
• Rapidan Campaign May-June.
• Todd's Tavern, Wilderness, May 5-8.
• Sheridan's Raid to James River May 9-24.
• North Anna River May 9-10.
• Ground Squirrel Church and Yellow Tavern May 11.
• Brook Church, Fortifications of Richmond, May 12.
• Milford Station May 21.
• Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28.
• Haw's Shop May 28.
• Totopotomoy May 28-31.
• Cold Harbor May 31-June 1.
• Sumner's Upper Bridge June 2.
• Sheridan's Trevillian Raid June 7-24.
• Trevillian Station June 11-12.
• White House or St. Peter's Church June 21.
• Black Creek or Tunstall Station June 21.
• St. Mary's Church June 24.

  Service & Battles - 1865

• Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond July, 1864, to April, 1865.
• Warwick Swamp July 12, 1864.
• Demonstration on north side of the James at Deep Bottom July 27-29.
• Deep Bottom July 28-29.
• Malvern Hill July 28.
• Warwick Swamp July 30.
• Demonstration on north side of James River at Deep Bottom August 13-20.
• Gravel Hill August 14.
• Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18.
• Charles City Cross Roads August 16
• Dinwiddie Road, near Ream's Station, August 23.
• Ream's Station August 25.
• Reconnoissance to Poplar Springs Church September 13.
• Reconnoissance toward Dinwiddie Court House September 15.
• Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2.
• Arthur's Swamp September 30-October 1.
• Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28.
• Reconnoissance to Stony Creek November 7.
• Near Lee's Mills November 16 (Detachment).
• Stony Creek Station December 1.
• Hicksford Raid December 7-12.
• Bellefield December 8.
• Disputantia Station January 9, 1865.
• Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7.
• Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
• Dinwiddie Court House March 30-31.
• Five Forks April 1.
• Paine's Cross Roads and Amelia Springs April 5.
• Sailor's Creek April 6. Farmville April 7.
• Appomattox Court House April 9.
• Surrender of Lee and his army.
• Expedition to Danville April 23-29.
• Moved to Lynchburg, Va.,
• And duty there and in the Dept. of Virginia till August.
• Mustered out August 11, 1865.

  Regimental Losses

• Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 100 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 194 Enlisted men by disease. Total 302.

161st PA Regiment Medal of Honor Recipients

• SPILLANE, TIMOTHY: Erie, born in Ireland. Private, Company C, 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Hatchers Run, Va., 5 to 7 February 1865. Citation given: 16 September 1880. Gallantry and good conduct in action; bravery in a charge and reluctance to leave the field after being twice wounded.