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93rd Pennsylvania Regiment - Lebanon Infantry




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93rd PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

    Organization
  • Organized at Lebanon September 21. to October 28, 1861.
  • Left State for Washington, D.C., November 21.
  • Attached to Peck's Brigade, Couch's Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862.
  • 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to September, 1862.
  • 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to November, 1862.
  • 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, to January, 1864.
  • Wheaton's Brigade, Dept. West Virginia, to March, 1864.
  • 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac, and Army Shenandoah, to June, 1865.
    Service & Battles - 1862
  • Duty in the Defences of Washington till March, 1862.
  • Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15.
  • Moved to the Peninsula March 25.
  • Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4.
  • Battle of Williamsburg May 5.
  • Reconnoissance to the Chickahominy and Bottom's Bridge May 20-23.
  • Battle of Fair Oaks (Seven Pines) May 31-June 1.
  • Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1.
  • Seven Pines June 27.
  • Malvern Hill July 1.
  • At Harrison's Landing till August 16.
  • Movement to Alexandria, thence to Centreville August 16-30.
  • Cover Pope's retreat to Fairfax Court House August 30-September 1.
  • Chantilly September 1.
  • Maryland Campaign September 6-24.
  • Reconnoissance to Harper's Ferry and Sandy Hook September 12-14.
  • Battle of Antietam September 16-17 (Reserve).
  • At Downsville, Md., September 23-October 20.
  • Movement to Stafford Court House October 20-November 18, and to Belle Plains December 5.
  • Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15.
    Service & Battles - 1863
  • Burnside's second Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863.
  • At Falmouth till April.
  • Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6.
  • Operations at Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2.
  • Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3.
  • Salem Heights May 3-4.
  • Banks' Ford May 4.
  • Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 13-July 24.
  • Battle of Gettysburg July 2-4.
  • Pursuit of Lee July 5-24.
  • Duty on the 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.
    Service & Battles - 1864
  • Regiment reenlisted February 7, 1864.
  • Duty at Brandy Station till May.
  • Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12.
  • Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7;Spottsylvania 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.
  • Before Petersburg June 17-18.
  • Siege of Petersburg till July 9.
  • Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23.
  • Moved to Washington. D.C., July 9-11.
  • Defence of Washington against Early's attack July 11-12.
  • Pursuit to Snicker's Gap July 14-18.
  • Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to December.
  • Charlestown August 21-22.
  • Demonstration on Gilbert's Ford, Opequan Creek, September 13.
  • Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19.
  • Strasburg September 21.
  • Fisher's Hill September 22.
  • Battle of Cedar Creek October 19.
  • Duty in the Shenandoah Valley till December.
  • Moved to Petersburg December 9-12.
    Service & Battles - 1865
  • Siege of Petersburg December, 1864, to April, 1865.
  • Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865.
  • Fort Fisher, Petersburg, March 25.
  • 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.
  • Moved to Richmond, Va., thence to Washington. D.C., May 23-June 3.
  • Corps Review June 8.
  • Mustered out June 27, 1865.
    Regimental Losses
  • Regiment lost during service 11 Officers and 161 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 111 Enlisted men by disease. Total 274.



93rd PA Regiment Medal of Honor Recipients

  • MARQUETTE, CHARLES: Sergeant, Company F, 93rd Pennsylvania Infantry. Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Citation given: 10 May 1865. Sergeant Marquette, although wounded, was one of the first to plant colors on the enemy's breastworks.

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