PA Civil War Volunteer Soldiers

31st Pennsylvania Regiment - 2nd Pennsylvania Reserve Corps

31st PA Regiment Photographs

• Musician William J. Kendig
  Musician, Company G

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 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.