PA Civil War Volunteer Soldiers

91st Pennsylvania Regiment

91st PA Regiment Newspaper Articles

• Gettysburg Compiler, January 12, 1863
  Singular Fidelity of a Dog on the Battle-Field...

91st PA Regiment Companies

• Bates' Regimental History & Rosters
  
  

91st PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

Organization

• Organized at Philadelphia and mustered in December 4, 1861.
• Left State for Washington, D.C., January 21, 1862.
• Attached to Defences of Washington, D.C., to August, 1862.
• 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to May, 1863.
• 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, to March, 1864.
• 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, to April, 1864.
• 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, to June, 1864.
• 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, June, 1864.
• 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, to July, 1864.
• 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, to December, 1864.
• 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, to March, 1865.
• 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to July, 1865.

  Service & Battles - 1862

• Duty at Washington, D.C., till April 27, 1862, and at Alexandria, Va., till August 21.
• Near Fairfax Court House till September 15.
• Reached Antietam, Md., September 18.
• Duty at Sharpsburg, Md., till October 30.
• Skirmishes at Kearneysville and Shepherdstown October 15-16.
• Reconnoissance to Leesburg, W. Va., October 16-17.
• Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19.
• Battle of Fredericksburg, Va.,December 12-15.

  Service & Battles - 1863

• Burnside's second Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863.
• Duty at Falmouth, Va., till April 27.
• Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6.
• Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5.
• Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 13-July 24.
• Battle of Gettysburg, Pa.,July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24.
• 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.
• Regiment reenlisted December 26, 1863.
• Veterans on furlough January 2-February 16, 1864, and near Chester till March 2.
• Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12.
• Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8;
• Spottsylvania Court House May 8-21.
• 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 June 1-12.
• Bethesda Church June 1-3.
• Before Petersburg June 16-18.
• Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.
• Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864 (Reserve).
• Six Mile House, Weldon Railroad, August 18-21.
• Poplar Grove Church, Peeble's Farm, September 29-October 2.
• Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28.
• Warren's Raid to Weldon Railroad December 7-12.
• Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865.
• Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
• Lewis Farm, Gravelly Run, March 29.
• Junction of Quaker and Boydton Roads March 29.
• White Oak Road March 30-31.
• Five Forks April 1.
• Appomattox Court House April 9.
• Surrender of Lee and his army.
• Moved to Washington, D. C:, May 1-12.
• Grand Review May 23.
• Mustered out July 10, 1865.

  Regimental Losses

• Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 110 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 82 Enlisted men by disease. Total 200