PA Civil War Volunteer Soldiers

42nd Pennsylvania Regiment - 13th Pennsylvania Reserve Corps
1st Pennsylvania Rifles - Bucktails

42nd PA Regiment Soldier Biographies

• William Kamerer
• George Milner

42nd PA Regiment Newspaper Articles

• Indiana Democrat - July 17, 1862
  Federal Prisoners in Richmond
  
  
• Indiana Democrat - July 17, 1862
  Pennsylvania Colonels Killed in the War...

42nd PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

Organization

• Organized at Harrisburg June 21, 1861.
• Moved to a point opposite Cumberland, Md., June 22;
• Thence into West Virginia in support of Lew Wallace.
• Duty on State line till July 27.
• Ordered to Harper's Ferry August 1.
• Assigned to George H. Thomas' Brigade, Banks' Division, and duty at Harper's Ferry till October.
• Moved to Tennallytown, Md., October 1.
• Attached to 2nd 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.
• 3rd Brigade, McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862.
• (Cos. "C," "G," "H" and "I" detached May 12, 1862, and
• attached to Bayard's Cavalry Brigade, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862.
• 1st Corps, Army of Virginia, to August, 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.
• 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863.
• 1st Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserve 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 - 1861

• Moved from Tennallytown, Md., to Camp Pierpont, near Langley, Va., October 10, 1861,

  Service & Battles - 1862

• And duty there till March, 1862.
• Expedition to Hunter's Mills October 20, 1861 (Cos. "A," "G," "H," "I" and "K").
• Expedition to Grinnell's Farm December 6.
• Action at Dranesville December 20.
• Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15.
• McDowell's advance on Falmouth April 9-19.
• Duty at Fredericksburg till June.
• (Cos. "C," "G," "H" and "I" reported to Colonel Bayard May 15, 1862.
• Pursuit of Jackson up the Shenandoah Valley May 25-June 6.
• Harrisonburg June 1. Strasburg June 2.
• Strasburg and Staunton Road June 2.
• Woodstock June 3.
• Mount Jackson June 3.
• Harrisonburg June 6-7.
• Cross Keys June 8.
• Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2.
• Catlett's Station August 22.
• Bull Run Bridge August 30-31.
• Rejoined Regiment September 7, 1862.)
• Regiment moved to White House June 9-12.
• Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1.
• Battles of Mechanicsville June 26; Meadow Bridge, near Mechanicsville, June 26;
• Gaines Mill June 27; Savage Station June 29; Charles City Cross Roads or 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.
• "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863.
• Ordered to Washington, D.C., February 6, and 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.
• Duty on the Rapidan till October.
• 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

• Guard Orange & Alexandria Railroad till April, 1864.
• 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 Pamunkey May 26-28.
• Totopotomoy May 28-31.
• Veterans and Recruits transferred to 190th PA Regiment June 1.
• Mustered out June 11, 1864.

  Regimental Losses

• Regiment lost during service 11 Officers and 151 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 88 Enlisted men by disease. Total 252.

42nd PA Regiment Medal of Honor Recipients

• LOWER, CYRUS B.: Private, Company K, 13th Pennsylvania Reserves.. Wilderness, Va., 7 May 1864. Citation given: 20 July 1887. Gallant services and soldierly qualities in voluntarily rejoining his command after having been wounded.
  
  
• THOMPSON, JAMES B.: Sergeant, Company G, 1st Pennsylvania Rifles. Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863. Citation given: 1 December 1864. Capture of flag of 15th Georgia Infantry (C.S.A.). Born 1843, died August 31, 1875, buried Old Church Hill Cemetery, Port Royal, Juniata County, Pa.