PA Civil War Volunteer Soldiers
48th Pennsylvania RegimentThree Years' Service - Recruited in Schuylkill county, PA.
48th PA Regiment Soldier Biographies
48th PA Regiment 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....
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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
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