PA Civil War Volunteer Soldiers

39th Pennsylvania Regiment - 10th Pennsylvania Reserve Corps

39th PA Regiment Soldier Biographies

• John William Barr
• Peter Filbert

39th PA Regiment Companies

• Company D
  Washington County

39th PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

Organization

• Organized at Camp Wilkins, near Pittsburg, June and July, 1861.
• Ordered to Harrisburg, Pa., July 18, and mustered in July 21, 1861.
• Moved to Baltimore, Md., July 22; Thence to Washington, D.C., July 24.
• Attached to 3rd Brigade, McCall's Pennsylvania Reserves Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862.
• 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862.
• 3rd Brigade, McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862.
• 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August, 1862.
• 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862.
• 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863.
• 3rd Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserves Division, 22nd Corps, Dept. of Washington, to June, 1863.
• 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1864

  Service & Battles - 1862

• At Tennallytown, Md., August 1 to October 10, 1861, and at Camp Pierpont, near Langley, Va., till March, 1862.
• Expedition to Gunnell's Mills December 6, 1861.
• Action at Dranesville December 20.
• Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15, 1862.
• McDowell's advance on Falmouth April 9-19.
• Duty at Fredericksburg till June.
• Moved to White House June 9-12.
• 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, Md., 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, duty there
• And at Alexandria till June 25.
• Ordered to Join Army of the Potomac in the field.
• 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

• Bristoe Station April 15, 1864 (Detachment).
• Rapidan Campaign May 4-31.
• 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 Totopotomoy May 28-31.
• Left front May 31.
• Mustered out June 11, 1864.

  Regimental Losses

• Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 153 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 47 Enlisted men by disease. Total 207.