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187th Pennsylvania Regiment

Recruited in the city of Philadelphia, PA


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187th PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

    Organization
  • Organized at Philadelphia March 3 to May 4, 1864, from 1st Battalion Militia Infantry (6 Mos.).
    Service & Battles - 1864
  • Moved to Washington, D.C., May 18, 1864.
  • Moved to join Army of the Potomac May 26, and reported at Cold Harbor, Va., June 6.
  • Cold Harbor June 6-12.
  • Before Petersburg June 16-18.
  • Siege of Petersburg June 16 to September 22.
  • Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps.
  • Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad, June 21-23.
  • Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (Reserve).
  • Weldon Railroad August 18-21.
  • Relieved September 22 and ordered to Philadelphia.
    Service & Battles - 1865
  • Garrison and escort duty at Camp Cadwalader, Philadelphia, Pa, and provost duty at other points in Pennsylvania till August, 1865.
  • Guard of honor over remains of President Lincoln in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, and escort to funeral cortege May, 1865.
  • Mustered out August 3, 1865.
    Regimental Losses
  • Regiment lost during service 66 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 69 Enlisted men by disease. Total 136.

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