PA Civil War Volunteer Soldiers

95th Regiment - Gosline's Pennsylvania Zouaves *

95th PA Regiment Newspaper Transcription

• Indiana Democrat - July 17, 1862
  Pennsylvania Colonels Killed in the War...
  
  
• Miner's Journal - June 17, 1865
  Sudden death of a returned soldier...

95th PA Regiment Battles Fought

• 95th Regiment Battle Fought

95th PA Regiment Companies

• Bates' Regimental History & Rosters
  
  

95th PA Regiment Books

• American Civil War Zouaves (Elite)
  
  
• The Ninety-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers (Gosline's Pennsylvania Zouaves") in the Sixth Corps

95th PA Regiment Service and Organization

• Organized at Philadelphia August to October, 1861.
• Left State for Washington, D.C., October 12.
• Attached to Newton's Brigade, Franklin's Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862,
• 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army Potomac, to April, 1862.
• 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to May, 1862.
• 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to May, 1863.
• 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army Potomac, And Army Shenandoah, to June, 1865.

  Service & Battles - 1861

• Camp at Kendall Green, Defences of Washington, D.C., till October 29, 1861,

  Service & Battles - 1862

• And at Fairfax Seminary, Va., till March, 1862.
• Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15.
• McDowell's advance on Falmouth, Va., April 4-17.
• Moved to Shipping Point, Va., April 17,
• Thence to the Virginia Peninsula April 22.
• Siege of Yorktown April 24-May 4 (on transports).
• West Point May 7-8.
• Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1.
• Gaines' Mill June 27.
• Charles City Cross Roads, and Glendale June 30.
• Malvern Hill July 1.
• At Harrison's Landing till August 16.
• Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville August 16-28.
• In works at Centreville August 28-31.
• Cover Pope's retreat to Fairfax Court House September 1.
• Maryland Campaign September 6-24.
• Crampton's Pass, South Mountain, September 14.
• Antietam September 16-17.
• Duty in Maryland till October 29.
• Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 19.
• Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., 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.
• Bernard House April 29.
• 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.
• At and near Funkstown July 10-13.
• Hagerstown July 14.
• 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.

  Service & Battles - 1864

• At Brandy Station till May, 1864.
• Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12.
• Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7;
• Spottsylvania Court House May 8-12.
• 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.
• Repulse of Early's attack on Washington July 11-12.
• Pursuit of Early to Snicker's Gap July 14-18.
• Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to December.
• Summit Point August 21.
• Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19.
• Fisher's Hill September 22.
• New Market September 24.
• Battle of Cedar Creek October 19.
• Duty in the Shenandoah Valley till December.
• Moved to Petersburg, Va., December.

  Service & Battles - 1865

• Siege of Peters,burg December, 1864, to April, 1865.
• Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 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.
• Moved 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 July 17, 1865.

  Regimental Losses

• Regiment lost during service 11 Officers and 171 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 72 Enlisted men by disease. Total 255.

95th PA Regiment Medal of Honor Recipients

• FOX, WILLIAM R. Private, Company A, 95th Pennsylvania Infantry. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Citation: At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865, bravely assisted in the capture of one of the enemy's guns; with the first troops to enter the city, captured the flag of the Confederate customhouse. Date of issue: 28 March 1879.
  
  
• GALLOWAY, GEORGE N. Private, Company G, 95th Pennsylvania Infantry. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Citation: Voluntarily held an important position under heavy fire at Alsops Farm, Va., 8 May 1864. Date of issue: 24 October 1895.
  
  
• WILSON, FRANCIS A. Corporal, Company B, 95th Pennsylvania Infantry. Entered service at: Philadelphia Pa. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa Citation: Was among the first to penetrate the enemy's lines and himself captured a gun of the 2 batteries captured. At Petersburg, Va., 2 April 1865. Date of issue: 25 June 1880.