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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

Henry Whaley
(mentioned in the Wren biography)

191st PA Regiment Photographs

William J. Kendig
Musician, Company B
Pvt. James A. Morrison
Private, Company C

191st PA Regiment Companies

Bates' Regimental History & Rosters

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.

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