PA Civil War Volunteer Soldiers
57th Pennsylvania RegimentRecruited in Susquehanna county, Wyoming County, Bradford county, Mercer County, Allegheny county, Tioga County, Venango County, Crawford County, PA
57th PA Regiment Soldier Biographies
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57th PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles
Organization
- Organized at Harrisburg December 14, 1861.
- Left State for Washington, D. C, December 14.
- Attached to Jameson's Brigade, Heintzelman's Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862.
- 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to August, 1862.
- 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to March, 1863.
- 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, to March, 1864.
- 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to June, 1865.
Service & Battles - 1862
- Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862.
- Moved to the Virginia Peninsula March 16-18.
- Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4.
- Skirmish Yorktown April 11.
- Battle of Williamsburg May 5.
- Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, May 31-June 1.
- Seven Days before Richmond June 25-July 1.
- Oak Grove June 25.
- Peach Orchard and Savage Station June 29.
- Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale June 30.
- Malvern Hill July 1.
- Duty at Harrison's Landing till August 16.
- Movement to Centreville August 16-26.
- Skirmish at Bull Run August 20.
- Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia.
- Battles of Gainesville August 28;
- Groveton August 29;
- Bull Run August 30; Chantilly September 1.
- Guard fords from Monocacy River to Conrad's Ferry till October.
- March up the Potomac to Leesburg, thence to Falmouth, Va., October 11-November 19.
- Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15.
Service & Battles - 1863
- Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863.
- At Falmouth, Va., till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6.
- Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5.
- Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24.
- Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3.
- Pursuit of Lee July 5-24.
- Wapping Heights, Va., July 23.
- Duty on line of the Rappahannock till October.
- Bristoe Campaign October 9-22.
- Auburn and Bristoe October 13-14.
- Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8.
- Kelly's Ford November 7.
- Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2.
- Payne's Farm November 27.
Service & Battles - 1864
- Veterans on furlough January to March, 1864.
- Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12.
- Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12;
- Po River May 10; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21.
- Assault on the Salient May 12.
- Harris' Farm May 19.
- North Anna River May 23-26.
- Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28.
- Totopotomoy May 28-31.
- Cold Harbor June 1-12.
- Before Petersburg June 16-18.
Service & Battles - 1865
- Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.
- Weldon Railroad June 22-23, 1864.
- Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom July 27-29, and August 13-20.
- Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18.
- Ream's Station August 25.
- Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2.
- Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28.
- Expedition to Weldon Railroad December 7-12.
- Consolidated to five Companies January 11, 1865.
- Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7.
- Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
- Boydton Road March 30-31.
- Fall of Petersburg April 2.
- Sailor's Creek April 6.
- High Bridge, Farmville, April 7.
- Appomattox Court House April 9.
- Surrender of Lee and his army.
- At Burkesville till May.
- March to Washington D. C, May 2-12.
- Grand Review May 23.
- Duty at Alexandria till June.
- Mustered out June 29, 1865.
Regimental Losses
- Regiment lost during service 12 Officers and 149 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 217 Enlisted men by disease Total 378.
57th PA Regiment Medal of Honor Recipients
- BISHOP, FRANCIS A.: Private, Company C, 57th Pennsylvania Infantry. Spotsylvania, Va., 12 May 1864. Citation given: 1 December 1864 for capture of flag.
- BREST, LEWIS F.: Mercer, Private, Company D, 57th Pennsylvania Infantry. Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Citation given: 10 May 1865, for capture of flag.
- BREST, LEWIS F.: Mercer, Private, Company D, 57th Pennsylvania Infantry. Sailors Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Citation given: 10 May 1865, for capture of flag.
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