PA Civil War Volunteer Soldiers

49th Pennsylvania Regiment

49th PA Regiment Soldier Biographies

• Amos Hoffman

49th PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

Organization

• Organized at Lewistown and Harrisburg September, 1861.
• Left State for Washington, D.C., September 22, 1861.
• Attached to Hancock's Brigade, W. F. Smith's Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862.
• 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to May, 1862.
• 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to February, 1863.
• 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, to July, 1864.
• 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Shenandoah, to August, 1864.
• Reserve Division, Dept. West Virginia, to September, 1864.
• 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Shenandoah, to December, 1864, and Army Potomac, to July, 1865.

  Service & Battles - 1862

• Duty near Lewinsville, Va., Defences of Washington, D.C., till March, 1862.
• Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15.
• Return to Alexandria and embark for the Virginia Peninsula.
• Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Lee's Mills, Burnt Chimneys, April 16.
• Battle of Williamsburg May 5.
• Pursuit to the Chickahominy River and picket duty till June 25.
• Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1.
• Garnett's Farm June 27.
• Golding's Farm June 28.
• Savage Station June 29.
• White Oak Swamp Bridge June 30.
• Malvern Hill July 1.
• At Harrison's Landing till August 16.
• Movement to Centreville August 16-27.
• In works at Centreville August 27-31.
• Assist in checking Pope's rout at Bull Run August 30, and cover retreat to Fairfax Court House August 31-September 1. Maryland Campaign September 6-24.
• Sugar Loaf Mountain September 10-11.
• Crampton's Pass, South Mountain, September 14.
• Battle of Antietam September 16-17.
• Duty in Maryland till October 29.
• Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 19.
• Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15.

  Service & Battles - 1863

• Consolidated to four Companies January 9, 1863.
• "Mud March" January 20-24.
• At White Oak Church till April 27.
• Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6.
• Operations at Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2.
• Bernard House April 29. Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3.
• Salem Heights May 3-4.
• Banks' Ford May 4.
• At White Oak Church till June 6.
• Deep Run Ravine June 6-13.
• Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2-4.
• At and near Funkstown, Md., July 10-13.
• Duty on line of the Rappahannock 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

• Duty at Hazel River till May, 1864.
• Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 13.
• Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7;
• Spottsylvania May 8-12;
• Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21.
• Assault on the Salient May 12.
• North Anna River May 23-26.
• On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28.
• Totopotomoy May 28-31.
• Cold Harbor May 31-June 12.
• Before Petersburg June 17-19.
• Siege of Petersburg June 17-July 9.
• Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad, June 22-23.
• Moved to Washington, D.C., July 9-11.
• Repulse of Early's attack on Washington July 12-13.
• Pursuit of Early July 14-18.
• Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to December.
• Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19.
• Guard duty at Winchester till October 29, and in the valley till December 1.
• Ordered to Petersburg, Va. Siege operations against Petersburg December, 1864, to April, 1865.

  Service & Battles - 1865

• Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865.
• Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
• Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2.
• Sailor's Creek April 6.
• Detached to escort prisoners April 6.
• March to Danville April 23-29, and duty there till May 23.
• Moved to Richmond, Va., thence to Washington, D.C.
• Corps Review June 8.
• Duty at Hall's Hill till July 15.
• Mustered out July 15, 1865.

  Regimental Losses

• Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 184 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 168 Enlisted men by disease. Total 361.