PA Civil War Volunteer Soldiers

89th Regiment, 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry

89th PA Regiment Companies

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89th PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

Organization

• Organized at Philadelphia August to October, 1861.
• Left State for Washington, D.C., October 4, 1861.
• Attached to Porter's Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862.
• Unattached, 4th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to April, 1862.
• Blake's Brigade, Cavalry Reserve, Army Potomac, to July, 1862.
• 2nd Brigade, Stoneman's Cavalry Division, Army Potomac, to September, 1862.
• 2nd Brigade, Pleasanton's Cavalry Division, Army Potomac, to February, 1863.
• 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, Army Potomac, to June, 1863.
• 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army Potomac, to July, 1865.

  Service & Battles - 1862

• Duty at Arlington Heights, Va., Defences of Washington, D.C., till March, 1862.
• Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15.
• Moved to the Virginia Peninsula April.
• Siege of Yorktown April 11-May 4.
• Baltimore Cross Roads, near New Kent Court House, May 13.
• Operations about Bottom's Bridge May 20-23.
• Reconnoissance toward Richmond and to Turkey Island Creek Bridge May 23. Savage Station May 24.
• Reconnoissance to Seven Pines May 24-27.
• Chickahominy May 24.
• Garnett's Farm and White Oak May 27.
• Battle of Fair Oaks (Seven Pines) May 31-June 1.
• Reconnoissance to White Oak Swamp June 22-23.
• Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1.
• Bottom's Bridge June 28-29.
• Savage Station June 29.
• Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16.
• (Co. "A" at Headquarters of Gen. Porter; Co; "B" at Headquarters of Gen. McClellan; Co. "D" at Headquarters of Gen. P. St. G. Cooke.)
• Turkey Island Bridge July 20.
• Reconnoissance to Malvern Hill July 23.
• Retreat from the Peninsula and movement to Alexandria.
• Maryland Campaign September.
• Falls Church September 3-4.
• Sugar Loaf Mountain September 10-11.
• Frederick September 12.
• Middletown September 13.
• Antietam September 16-17.
• Boteller's Ford, Sharpsburg, Md., September 19.
• Shepherdstown Ford September 19.
• Amissville September 30.
• Reconnoissance from Sharpsburg to Shepherdstown and Martinsburg, W. Va., October 1 (3 Cos.). Philomont November 1-2.
• Castleman's Ferry, Upperville, Union and Bloomfield November 2-3.
• Aldie and Ashby's Gap November 3.
• Markham Station November 4.
• Barbee's Cross Roads November 5.
• Waterloo Bridge November 7.
• Hazel River November 8.
• Newby's Cross Roads, near Amissville, November 10.
• Philomont November 19.
• Leed's Ferry and King George Court House December 2.
• Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15.

  Service & Battles - 1863

• Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. 1863.
• Richard's Ford and Barnett's Ford April 29.
• Ely's Ford Road April 30.
• Chancellorsville May 1-2.
• Salem Heights and Banks' Ford May 4.
• Aldie June 17. Middleburg June 19.
• Upperville June 21.
• Thoroughfare Gap June 25.
• Westminster, Md., June 30.
• Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3.
• Monterey Gap July 4.
• Smithsburg July 5.
• Williamsport and Hagerstown, Md., July 6.
• Boonsboro July 8.
• Jones' Cross Roads, near Williamsport, July 10 and 13.
• Hagerstown July 10-13. St.
• James College July 11-12.
• Williamsport Road July 14.
• Shepherdstown July 16. Rixey's Ford September 2.
• Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17.
• Culpeper Court House September 13.
• Rapidan Station September 15-16.
• Robertson's River September 22.
• Bristoe Campaign October 9-22.
• Near Warrenton October 11.
• Warrenton or White Sulphur Springs October 12.
• Auburn and Bristoe October 14. St. Stephen's Church October 14.
• Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8.
• Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2.
• New Hope Church November 27. Blind Ferry December 5.
• Raid to Luray Valley December 21-23.
• Regiment reenlisted December 31, 1863.

  Service & Battles - 1864

• Raid through Chester Gap January 1-4, 1864.
• Rapidan Campaign May-June. 1864.
• Todd's Tavern May 5-8.
• Spottsylvania Court House May 8-21 (Co. "A").
• Sheridan's Raid to James River May 9-24.
• Matapony Church May 9.
• North Anna River May 9-10.
• Ground Squirrel Church and Yellow Tavern May 11.
• Brook Church or Fortifications of Richmond May 12.
• Haxall's Landing May 18.
• Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28.
• Totopotomoy May 28-31.
• Haw's Shop May 28.
• Cold Harbor May 31-June 1.
• Sumner's Upper Bridge June 2.
• Sheridan's Trevillian Raid June 7-24.
• Trevillian Station June 11-12.
• White House or St. Peter's Church June 21.
• Black Creek or Tunstall Station June 21.
• St. Mary's Church June 24.
• Siege of Petersburg and Richmond June, 1864, to April, 1865.
• Warwick Swamp July 12.
• Charles City Cross Roads July 15-16.
• Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom July 27-29.
• Malvern Hill July 28. Warwick Swamp July 30.
• Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom August 13-20.
• Gravel Hill August 14. Strawberry Plains and Deep Run August 14-18.
• Charles City Cross Roads August 16.
• 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, Hatchers Run, October 27-28.
• Reconnoissance to Stony Creek November 7.
• Stony Creek Station December 1.
• Bellefield Raid December 7-12.

  Service & Battles - 1865

• Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865.
• Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
• Dinwiddie C. H, March 30-31. Five Forks April 1.
• Paine's Cross Roads and Amelia Springs April 5.
• Deatonville Road and Sailor's Creek April 6.
• Farmville April 7.
• Appomattox Court House April 9.
• Surrender of Lee and his army.
• Expedition to Danville April 23-29.
• Duty at Lynchburg and in the Dept. of Virginia till July.
• Mustered out by consolidated with 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry July 24, 1865.

  Regimental Losses

• Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 55 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 126 Enlisted men by disease. Total 188.

89th PA Regiment Medal of Honor Recipients

• GALLOWAY, JOHN Commissary Sergeant, 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Citation: At Farmville, Va., 7 April 1865. His regiment being surprised and nearly overwhelmed, he dashed forward under a heavy fire, reached the right of the regiment, where the danger was greatest, rallied the men and prevented a disaster that was imminent. Date of issue: 30 October 1897.
  
  
• VANDERSLICE, JOHN M. Private, Company D, 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Citation: At Hatchers Run, Va., 6 February 1865, was the first man to reach the enemy's rifle pits, which were taken in the charge. Date of issue: 1 September 1893.