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32nd Pennsylvania Regiment - 3rd Pennsylvania Reserve Corps

Three Years' Service - Recruited in Berks County, Wayne County, Bucks County, and in the city of Philadelphia, PA


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32nd PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

    Organization
  • Organized at Philadelphia and moved to Easton, Pa., May 20, 1861.
  • Camp there till July 22.
  • Moved to Harrisburg, Pa., July 22,
  • And mustered into United States service July 28.
  • Moved to Washington, D.C., thence to Tennallytown, Md.
  • Attached to 2nd Brigade, McCall's Pennsylvania Reserves Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862.
  • 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862.
  • 2nd Brigade, McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862.
  • 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to August, 1862 .
  • 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862.
  • 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863.
  • 2nd Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserves Division, 22nd Corps, Dept. of Washington, D.C., to April, 1864.
  • 2nd Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserves Division, District of Alexandria, 22nd Corps, to January, 1864.
  • Dept. of West Virginia to April, 1864.
  • 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Dept. of West Virginia, to June, 1864.
    Service & Battles - 1861
  • Duty at Tennallytown, Md., till Oct. 9, 1861,
    Service & Battles - 1862
  • And at Camp Pierpont, near Langley, Va., till March, 1862.
  • Expedition to Grinnell's Farm December 6, 1861.
  • Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15, 1862.
  • McDowell's advance on Falmouth April 9-19.
  • Duty at Fredericksburg, Va., 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.
  • 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.
  • Battles of Gainesville August 28.
  • Groveton August 29.
  • Bull Run August 30.
  • Maryland Campaign September 6-24.
  • Battles of South Mountain September 14;
  • Antietam September 16-17.
  • Duty in Maryland till October 30.
  • Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19.
  • Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15.
    Service & Battles - 1863
  • "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863.
  • Ordered to Washington, D.C., February 6,
    Service & Battles - 1864
  • And duty there and in District of Alexandria till January 6, 1864.
  • Duty near Martinsburg, W. Va., till January 27.
  • Operations in Hampshire and Hardy counties, W. Va., January 27-February 7.
  • Duty near Kearneysville, W. Va., till March 27, and near Harper's Ferry till April 3.
  • Moved to Webster, thence to the Kanawha Valley, W. Va., April 22.
  • Crook's Expedition to Virginia & Tennessee Railroad May 2-19.
  • Battle of Cloyd's Mountain May 9.
  • New River Bridge May 10.
  • Expedition to Meadow Bluff, Fayette county, May 10-19.
  • Near Newport May 12-13.
  • Left front for Pittsburg, Pa., June 4.
  • Mustered out June 17, 1864. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 54th PA Regiment June 8, 1864.
    Regimental Losses
  • Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 69 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 54 Enlisted men by disease. Total 127.