PA Civil War Volunteer Soldiers

59th Pennsylvania Regiment, 2nd Cavalry

59th PA Regiment Soldier Biographies

• Joseph Bowers

59th PA Regiment Companies

• Company K
  Philadelphia County / Berks County

59th PA Regiment Books

• Philadelphia in the Civil War
  59th Regiment, 7th Cavalry Online at Ancestry.com.

59th PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

Organization

• Organized at Philadelphia and Harrisburg, Pa., September, 1861, to April, 1862.
• Seven Companies dismounted, left State for Baltimore. Md., April 1, 1862.
• Five Companies Joined at Baltimore April 14, 1862.
• Moved to Washington, D.C., April 25, and camp on Capital Hill till June 27.
• Attached to Sturgis' Cornmaud, Military District of Washington, to August, 1862.
• Buford's Cavalry Brigade, 2nd Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862.
• Price's Cavalry Brigade, Defences of Washington, to March, 1863.
• 2nd Brigade, Stahel's Cavalry Division, 22nd Army Corps, to June, 1863.
• Provost Guard, Army of the Potomac, to December, 1863.
• 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1865.
• Provost Guard, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1865

  Service & Battles - 1862

• Duty in Defences of Washington, D. C., till July 27, 1862.
• Moved to Warrenton, thence to Madison Court House, Va., July 27-August 5.
• Action at Wolftown August 7.
• Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9.
• Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2.
• Chantilly September 1.
• Reconnoissance to Thoroughfare Gap and Aldie September 16.
• Antietam September 16-17.
• Ashby's Gap September 22.
• Duty in the Defences of Washington, D.C., till June, 1863.
• Reconnoissance to Snicker's Ferry and Berryville November 28-30.
• Berryville November 30. Frying Pan, near Chantilly, December 27-28.
• Occoquan December 29.

  Service & Battles - 1863

• Mrs. Violet's and Seleman's Ford, near Occoquan, March 22, 1863 (Detachment).
• Expedition from Gainesville June 7-8 (Detachment).
• Headquarter Guard for General Meade June 29.
• Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3.
• Provost duty at Gettysburg July 5-7.
• Old Antietam Forge, South Mountain, Md., July 10.
• Provost Guard duty with Army of the Potomac till December.
• Bristoe Campaign October 9-22.
• Near Bealeton October 22.
• Fayetteville October 23.
• Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8.
• Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2.
• New Hope Church November 27.
• Parker's Store November 29.
• Expedition to Luray December 21-23.
• Luray December 23.

  Service & Battles - 1864

• Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May-June, 1864.
• Todd's Tavern May 5, 6, 7 and 8.
• Sheridan's Raid to James River May 9-24.
• North Anna River May 9-10.
• Ground Squirrel Church and Yellow Tavern May 11.
• Brook's Church, Fortifications of Richmond, May 12.
• Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28.
• Totopotomoy May 28-31. Haw's Church May 28.
• Cold Harbor May 31-June 1.
• Sheridan's Trevillian Raid June 7-24.
• Louisa Court House June 10.
• Trevillian Station June 11-12.
• White House or St. Peter's Church June 21.
• Black Creek or Tunstall's Station June 21.
• Germantown June 22.
• St. Mary's Church June 24.
• Charles City Cross Roads June 29.
• Warwick Swamp and Jerusalem Plank Road July 12.
• Demonstration on north side of the James at Deep Bottom July 27-29.
• Malvern Hill July 28. Warwick Swamp July 30.
• Demonstration north of James River at Deep Bottom August 13-20.
• Gravel Hill August 14.
• Strawberry Plains August 16-18.
• Deep Bottom and Malvern Hill August 18.
• Dinwiddie Road, near Ream's Station, August 23.
• Ream's Station August 25.
• Belcher's Mills September 17.
• Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2.
• Arthur's Swamp September 30-October 1.
• Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28.
• Reconnoissance toward Stony Creek November 7.
• Stony Creek Station December 1.
• Expedition to Hicksford December 7-11.
• Belle field December 8.

  Service & Battles - 1865

• Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865.
• On provost duty, Army of the Potomac, till June, 1865.
• Fall of Petersburg April 2.
• Pursuit of Lee April 3-9.
• Appomattox Court House April 9.
• Surrender of Lee and his army.
• March to Washington, D.C., May.
• Grand Review May 23.
• Consolidated with 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry June 17, 1865, to form 1st Provisional Cavalry.

  Regimental Losses

• Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 52 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 193 Enlisted men by disease. Total 253.