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145th Pennsylvania Regiment

Recruited in Erie county, Warren county, Mercer County, PA


145th PA Regiment Companies




145th PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

    Organization
  • Organized at Erie September 5, 1862.
  • Moved to Chambersburg. Pa., September 11-12, thence to Hagerstown and Antietam, Md., September 15-17.
  • Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1862.
  • 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, to April, 1863.
  • 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, to May, 1865.
    Service & Battles - 1862
  • Moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., September 22, 1862, and duty there till October 29.
  • Reconnoissance to Charlestown October 16-17.
  • Advance up Loudoun Valley and movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 17.
  • Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15.
    Service & Battles - 1863
  • Duty at Falmouth, Va., till April, 1863.
  • 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.
  • Duty on line of the Rappahannock till September.
  • Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17.
  • Bristoe Campaign October 9-22.
  • Auburn and Bristoe October 14.
  • Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8.
  • Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2.
    Service & Battles - 1864
  • At Stevensburg till May, 1864.
  • Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7.
  • Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12.
  • Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7;
  • Corbin's Bridge May 8;
  • Spottsylvania May 8-12;
  • Po River May 10;
  • Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21.
  • 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 16-18.
  • Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.
  • Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23, 1864.
  • Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom July 27-29.
  • Deep Bottom July 27-28.
  • Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (Reserve).
  • Demonstration on north side of the James at Deep Bottom August 13-20.
  • Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18.
  • Ream's Station August 25.
  • Reconnoissance to Hatcher's Run December 7-10.
    Service & Battles - 1865
  • Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865.
  • Watkins' House March 25.
  • Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
  • Skirmishes on line of Hatcher's and Gravelly Runs March 29-30.
  • Hatcher's Run or Boydton Road March 31.
  • Crow's House March 31.
  • Sutherland Station April 2.
  • Sailor's Creek April 6.
  • High Bridge, Farmville, 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 31, 1865.
    Regimental Losses
  • Regiment lost during service 18 Officers and 187 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 214 Enlisted men by disease. Total 422.



145th PA Regiment Burials

  • Libbey, Virgil; Private, Company F, died June 24, 1864, buried Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
  • Marsh, Joseph; Private, Company B, died July 3, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg, buried Marsh Cemetery, Erie County, PA