PA Civil War Volunteer Soldiers

48th Pennsylvania Regiment

48th PA Regiment Soldier Biographies

• William Atkinson
• Charles Butts
• James Wren & Joseph Gilmore

48th PA Regiment Diary

• James Wren
  Excerpts from the diary of Captain James Wren.
  James Wren's complete diary

48th PA Regiment Newspaper Transcriptions

• Miner's Journal - Feb 4, 1865
  Victims of Rebel Cruelty....
  
  
• Miner' Journal - March 25, 1865
  A record of the names of the sons of Schuylkill who died that their country might live....
  
  
• Miner' Journal - April 1, 1865
  Henry Clay Graeff, 1st. Lieut. died....
  
  
• Miner' Journal - 1865
  Salisbury prisoners who died, victims of rebel brutality. The names of the following soldiers from Schuylkill....
  
  
• Miner' Journal - August 9, 1865
  Another victim of rebel cruelty, Walter P. Aims...
  
  
• Miner' Journal - July 15, 1865
  The following soldiers from this County, died in prison at Andersonville, Ga....

48th PA Regiment Companies

• Field and Staff Officers
  


• Company A
  Port Clinton, Schuylkill County
• Company B
  Pottsville, Schuylkill County
• Company C
  Schuylkill County
• Company D
  Pottsville, Schuylkill County
• Company E
  Schuylkill County
• Company F
  Minersville, Schuylkill County
• Company G
  Pottsville, Schuylkill County
• Company H
  Pottsville, Schuylkill County
• Company I
  Middleport, Schuylkill County
• Company K
  Cressona, Schuylkill County
• Regimental Band
  Roster
• Unassigned Men
  Roster
• Regimental History

48th PA Regiment Prisoners of War

• POWs

Schuylkill County

48th PA Regiment Re-enactors

• 48th Reenactors

Schuylkill County

48th PA Regiment Books

• The Story of the Forty-eighth: a record of the campaigns of the Forty-eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Regiment
  by Joseph Gould (online book)
  
  
• The 48th in the war : being a narrative of the campaigns of the 48th Regiment, Infantry, Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers by Bosbyshell, Oliver Christian Online at Ancestry.com.
  
  
• The 48th Pennsylvania in the Battle of the Crater:
  A Regiment of Coal Miners Who Tunneled Under the Enemy
  
  
• from New Bern to Fredericksburg; Captain James Wren's Diary
  Always insightful and frequently hilarious, this diary tells the story of the men of his company.

48th PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

Organization

• Organized at Harrisburg September, 1861.
• Moved to Fortress Monroe, Va., September 24-25, and duty there till November 11, 1861.
• Duty at Fort Clarke, Hatteras Inlet, till May, 1862.
• Attached to Williams Brigade, Burnside's North Carolina Expedition, to April, 1862.
• 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Dept. North Carolina, to July, 1862.
• 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to April, 1863, and Army of the Ohio to June, 1863.
• Unattached, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps. Army Ohio, to October, 1863.
• 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army Ohio, to April, 1864, and Army Potomac to July, 1865.
• Companies "A," "B," "C," "D," "H" and "I" at New Berne, N. C., March 14, 1862.

  Service & Battles - 1862

• Regiment reunited at New Berne May 23, and duty there till July 6.
• Moved to Fortress Monroe July 6-8,
• thence to Fredericksburg August 2-4.
• Joined Pope at Culpeper, Va., August 13.
• Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2.
• Battles of Groveton August 29;
• Bull Run August 30;
• Chantilly September 1.
• Maryland Campaign September 6-24.
• Battles of South Mountain September 14; Antietam September 16-17.
• At Pleasant Valley, Md., till October 27.
• Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 27-November 17.
• Corbin's Cross Roads, near Amissville, November 10.
• Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15.

  Service & Battles - 1863

• Burnside's second Campaign January 20-24, 1863.
• Duty at Falmouth till February 19.
• Moved to Newport News, thence to Covington, Ky., March 26-April 1.
• Provost and guard duty at Lexington, Ky., till September 10.
• At Knoxville, Tenn., till October 4.
• Blue Springs, Tenn., October 10.
• Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23.
• Campbell's Station November 16.
• Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 5.
• Pursuit of Longstreet December 5-29.
• Regiment reenlisted at Blain's Cross Roads December 7,

  Service & Battles - 1864

• And on Veteran furlough till March, 1864.
• Left Pottsville, Pa., March 14.
• At Annapolis, Md., till April.
• Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12.
• Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7;
• Spottsylvania May 8-12;
• Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21.
• Assault on the Salient May 12.
• Stannard's Mills May 21.
• North Anna River May 23-26.
• Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28.
• Totopotomoy May 28-31.
• Cold Harbor June 1-12.
• Bethesda Church June 1-3.
• Before Petersburg June 16-18.

  Service & Battles - 1865

• Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.
• Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23, 1864.
• Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30.
• Weldon Railroad August 18-21.
• Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2.
• Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28.
• Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2, 1865.
• Occupation of Petersburg April 3.
• March to Farmville April 3-9.
• Moved to Petersburg and City Point April 20-24,
• Thence to Alexandria April 26-28.
• Grand Review May 23.
• Duty at Washington and Alexandria till July.
• Mustered out July 17, 1865.

  Regimental Losses

• Regiment lost during service 11 Officers and 145 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 142 Enlisted men by disease. Total 301. Regimental Losses

48th PA Regiment Medal of Honor Recipients

• BLACKWOOD, WILLIAM R. D. Surgeon, 48th Pennsylvania Infantry. Entered service at Philadelphia, Pa. Born: 12 May 1838, Ireland. Citation: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865, removed severely wounded officers and soldiers from the field while under a heavy fire from the enemy, exposing himself beyond the call of duty, thus furnishing an example of most distinguished gallantry. Date of Issue: 21 July 1897.
  
  
• MONAGHAN, PATRICK Corporal, Company F, 48th Pennsylvania Infantry. Entered service at: Minersville, Pa. Birth: Ireland. Citation: At Petersburg, Va., 17 June 1864, recapture of colors of 7th New York Heavy Artillery Date of issue: 1 December 1864. more about Patrick Monaghan and other Schuylkill county Medal of Honor Recipients
  
  
• REID, ROBERT Private, Company G, 48th Pennsylvania Infantry. Entered service at: Pottsville, Pa. Birth: Scotland. Citation: At Petersburg, Va., 17 June 1864, capture of flag of 44th Tennessee Infantry (C.S.A.). Date of issue: 1 December 1864. more about Robert Reid and other Schuylkill county Medal of Honor Recipients