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31st Pennsylvania Regiment - 2nd Pennsylvania Reserve Corps

Three Years' Service - Recruited in the city of Philadelphia, Blair county, Huntingdon County, PA


31st PA Regiment Books

  • Our Campaigns;
    The Second Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteers Or, the Marches, Bivouacs, Battles, Incidents of Camp Life and History of Our Regi: ... Life, and History of Our Regiment



31st PA Regiment Companies




31st PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

    Organization
  • Organized at Philadelphia. Moved to Easton, Pa., May 29, 1861; thence to Harrisburg, Pa., July 24.
  • Moved to Baltimore, thence to Sandy Hook, near Harper's Ferry, Va.
  • Ordered to Darnestown, Md., August 28; thence to Tennallytown, Md., September 25 and joined McCall.
  • Attached to 1st Brigade, McCall's Pennsylvania Reserves Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862.
  • 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862.
  • 1st Brigade, McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862.
  • 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August, 1862.
  • 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862.
  • 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863.
  • 1st Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserves Division, 22nd Corps, Dept. of Washington, to June, 1863.
  • 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1864.
    Service & Battles - 1862
  • Moved to Langley, Va., October 10, 1861,
  • And duty at Camp Pierpont till March, 1862.
  • Reconnoissance toward Dranesville October 18-21, 1861.
  • Expedition to Grinnell's Farm December 6.
  • Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15.
  • McDowell's advance on Falmouth April 9-19.
  • Duty at Fredericksburg till June.
  • Moved to White House June 9-11.
  • Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1.
  • Battles of Mechanicsville June 26.
  • Gaines Mill June 27.
  • Savage Station June 29.
  • Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale June 30.
  • Malvern Hill July 1.
  • At Harrison's Landing till August 16.
  • Movement to join Pope August 16-26.
  • Batties of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30.
  • Maryland Campaign September 6-24.
  • Battles of South Mountain September 14,
  • And Antietam, Md., September 16-17.
  • Duty in Maryland till October 30.
  • Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19.
  • Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15.
    Service & Battles - 1863
  • "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863.
  • Ordered to Washington, D.C.,
  • And duty in the Defences there till June 25.
  • Rejoined Army of the Potomac.
  • Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3.
  • Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22.
  • Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8.
  • Rappahannock Station November 7.
  • Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2.
    Service & Battles - 1864
  • Rapidan Campaign May, 1864.
  • Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7;
  • Laurel Hill May 8;
  • Spottsylvania May 8-12;
  • Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21.
  • Assault on the Salient May 12.
  • Harris Farm May 19.
  • North Anna River May 23-26.
  • Jericho Ford May 25.
  • On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28.
  • Totopotomoy May 28-31.
  • Left front June 1.
  • Mustered out June 16, 1864.
    Regimental Losses
  • Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 73 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 71 Enlisted men by disease. Total 151.