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198th Pennsylvania Regiment

Recruited in the city of Philadelphia, PA.


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198th PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

    Organization
  • Organized at Philadelphia September 9, 1864.
  • Left State for Petersburg, Va., September 19, 1864.
  • Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps.
    Service & Battles - 1864
  • Siege of Petersburg September, 1864, to April, 1865.
  • Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2, 1864.
  • Reconnoissance to Boydton Road October 8.
  • Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28.
  • Warren's Raid to Weldon Railroad December 7-12.
    Service & Battles - 1865
  • Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865.
  • Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
  • Junction, Quaker and Boydton Roads March 29.
  • Lewis Farm near Gravelly Run March 29.
  • White Oak Road March 30-31.
  • 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 4, 1865.
    Regimental Losses
  • Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 67 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 44 Enlisted men by disease. Total 117.

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