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191st Pennsylvania Regiment

When the Reserve Corps mustered out, the large number of veterans and recruits, whose terms had not expired were organized into two new regiments, the 190th Regiment and the 191st Regiment.


191st PA Regiment Biography




191st PA Regiment Photographs




191st PA Regiment Companies




191st PA Regiment Service

    Service & Battles - 1864
  • Battles about Cold Harbor, Va., June 1-12, 1864
  • Bethesda Church June 1-3
  • White Oak Swamp Bridge June 13
  • Before Petersburg June 16-18
    Service & Battles - 1865
  • Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865
  • Weldon Railroad June 21-23, 1864
  • Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (Reserve)
  • Weldon Railroad August 18-21
  • Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2
  • Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28
  • Warren's Expedition to Weldon Railroad December 7-12
  • 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 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 28, 1865.
    Regimental Losses
  • Regiment lost 3 Officers and 43 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 168 Enlisted men by disease. Total 214.



191st PA Regiment Medal of Honor Recipient

  • SHOPP, GEORGE J. Equinunk, Private, Company E, 191st Pennsylvania Infantry. Five Forks, Va., 1 April 1865. Citation: 27 April 1865. Capture of flag.