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141st Pennsylvania Regiment

Recruited in Greene county, Mercer county, Washington county, Beaver county, PA

141st PA Regiment Companies

• Bates' Regimental History & Company Rosters

141st PA Regiment Books

• History of the 141st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers
  
  
• Quill of the Wild Goose: Civil War Letters and Diaries of Private Joel Molyneux, 141st P.V.
  Through his letters, Joel Molyneux, a private in the 141st presents, his thoughts about the Civil War, camp life, and his personal situation.

141st PA Organization, Service & Battles

Organization

• Organized at Harrisburg August 29, 1862, and moved to Washington.
• Duty in the Defences of that city till October.
• Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1864.
• 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to July, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to May, 1865.

  Service & Battles - 1862

• March up the Potomac to Leesburg,
• Thence to Falmouth, Va., October 11-November 19.
• Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15.

  Service & Battles - 1863

• Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863.
• Duty at Falmouth till April.
• Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6.
• Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5.
• Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24.
• Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3.
• Pursuit of Lee July 5-24.
• Wapping Heights, Va., July 23.
• Duty on line of the Rappahannock and the Rapidan till October.
• Bristoe Campaign October 9-22.
• Auburn October 13.
• Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8.
• Kelly's Ford November 7.
• Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2.
• Payne's Farm November 27.

  Service & Battles - 1864

• Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864.
• Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12.
• Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7;
• Laurel Hill May 8;
• Spottsylvania May 8-12; Po River May 10; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21.
• Assault on the Salient May 12.
• Harris Farm May 19.
• 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 16-18.

  Service & Battles - 1865

• Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.
• Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23, 1864.
• Demonstration north of James at Deep Bottom July 27-29.
• Deep Bottom July 27-28.
• Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (Reserve).
• Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom August 13-20.
• Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18.
• Ream's Station August 25.
• Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2.
• Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28.
• Expedition to Weldon Railroad December 7-12.
• Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865.
• Watkins' House March 25.
• Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
• Crow's House March 31.
• Fall of Petersburg April 2.
• Sailor's Creek April 6.
• High Bridge April 7.
• Appomattox Court House April 9.
• Surrender of Lee and his army.
• March to Washington, D.C., May 2-12.
• Grand Review May 23.
• Mustered out May 28, 1865.

  Regimental Losses

• Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 161 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 76 Enlisted men by disease. Total 246

141st PA Regiment Medal of Honor Recipients

• BENNETT, ORREN: Private, Company D, 141st Pennsylvania Infantry.. Sailors (Saylor's) Creek, Va., 6 April 1865. Citation given: 10 May 1865 for capture of flag.
  
  
• ROUGHT, STEPHEN: Sergeant, Company A, 141st Pennsylvania Infantry.. Wilderness, Va., 6 May 1864. Citation given: 1 December 1864. Capture of flag of 13th North Carolina Infantry (C.S.A.).