PA Civil War Volunteer Soldiers

87th Pennsylvania Regiment

87th PA Regiment Soldier Biographies

• John Albright
• William Byers
• Abram Coble
• David Eberhart
• Henry Everhart
• William Frey
• Levi Fry
• James Grove
• Michael Heiman
• James Hendrix
• Edward Herr
• Michael Hose
• Benjamin King
• Casper Kleffman
• William Lanius
• Samuel Miller
• Solomon Myers
• Henry Neuman

87th PA Regiment Newspaper Articles

• Adams Sentinel, June 7, 1864
  Samuel Fisher, from this place...
• Adams Sentinel, June 7, 1864
  The 1st regiment of the Pennsylvania Reserves were mustered out...

87th PA Regiment Photographs

• Unidentified Private

87th PA Regiment Companies

• Company K

Chambersburg, Franklin County
• Regimental History
• Bates' Regimental History & Rosters

87th PA Regiment Books

• From Home Guards to Heroes: The 87th Pennsylvania And Its Civil War Community (Shades of Blue and Gray Series)

87th PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

Organization

• Organized at Yorktown September, 1861.
• Attached to Railroad Guard, Middle Department, to May, 1862.
• Baltimore, Md., Middle Department, to June, 1862.
• Railroad Division, 8th Corps, Middle Department, to March, 1863.
• 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Corps, Middle Department, to June, 1863.
• 1st Brigade, Elliott's Command, 8th Corps, to July.
• 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to March, 1864.
• 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac and Army Shenandoah, to June, 1865.

  Service & Battles - 1861-1862

• Guard duty on Northern Central Railroad from Pennsylvania line
• to Baltimore, Md., September 16, 1861, to May 24, 1862.
• Duty at Baltimore, Md., till June 23.
• At New Creek, W. Va., till August 20.
• Expedition under Gen. Kelly across Laurel Hill and Rich Mountain August 27-September 12.
• Expedition over Cheat and Allegheny Mountains October 31-November 12.
• March on Petersburg, W. Va., December 6-9.

  Service & Battles - 1863

• At Winchester till May, 1863.
• Reconnoissance toward Wardensville and Strasburg April 20.
• Expedition to Webster May 20.
• At Winchester till June 15.
• Reconnoissance toward Strasburg June 10.
• Middletown June 12.
• Newtown June 12.
• Bunker Hill June 13 (Cos. "G," "H").
• Battles of Winchester June 13-15.
• Retreat to Harper's Ferry.
• Escort stores from Harper's Ferry to Washington, D.C., July 1-3.
• Joined Army of the Potomac and pursuit of Lee July 5-24.
• Wapping Heights, Manassas Gap, Va., July 23.
• Bristoe Campaign October 9-22.
• Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8.
• Kelly's Ford November 7.
• Brandy Station November 8.
• Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2.
• Payne's Farm November 27.
• Reenlisted December, 1863.

  Service & Battles - 1864

• Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864.
• Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12, 1864.
• Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7;
• Spottsylvania Court House May 8-21.
• Assault on the Salient May 12.
• 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 17-18.
• Siege of Petersburg till July 6.
• Weldon Railroad June 22-23.
• Moved to Baltimore, Md., July 6-9.
• Battle of Monocacy Junction July 9.
• Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-December 1.
• Charlestown August 21-22.
• Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19.
• Fisher's Hill September 22.
• (Old members mustered out October 13, 1864.)
• Battle of Cedar Creek.
• Duty at Kernstown till December.
• Moved to Washington, D.C.,
• Thence to Petersburg, Va., December 3-7.

  Service & Battles - 1865

• Siege of Petersburg December, 1864, to April, 1865.
• Fort Fisher, Petersburg, March 25, 1865.
• Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
• Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2.
• Pursuit of Lee April 3-9.
• Appomattox Court House April 9.
• Surrender of Lee and his army.
• March to Danville April 23-27, and duty there till May 23.
• March to Richmond, Va.,
• Thence to Washington, D.C., May 23-June 3.
• Corps Review June 8.
• Mustered out at Alexandria, Va., June 29, 1865.

  Regimental Losses

• Regiment lost during service 10 Officers and 80 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 112 Enlisted men by disease. Total 202

87th PA Regiment Medal of Honor Recipients

• REIGLE, DANIEL P. Corporal, Company F, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry. Cedar Creek, Va., 19 October 1864. Citation given: 26 October 1864. For gallantry while rushing forward to capture a Confederate flag at the stone fence where the enemy's last stand was made. Born February 19, 1841, died March 19, 1917, buried Mount Carmel Cemetery, Littlestown, Adams County, PA.