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73rd Pennsylvania Regiment - Pennsylvania Legion

Recruited in the city of Philadelphia, PA


73rd PA Regiment Soldier Biographies




73rd PA Regiment Companies




73rd PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

    Organization
  • Organized at Philadelphia September 19, 1861.
  • Left State for Washington, D.C., September 24.
  • Attached to Steinwehr's Brigade, Blenker's Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862.
  • 2nd Brigade, Blenker's Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to April, 1862.
  • 2nd Brigade, Blenker's Division, Dept. of the Mountains, to June, 1862.
  • 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862.
  • 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1863, and Army of the Cumberland to April, 1864.
  • 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
    Service & Battles - 1862
  • Duty in the Defences of Washington, D.C., till March, 1862.
  • Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15. Near Catlett's Station, Va., till April 6.
  • Moved to Petersburg, W. Va., April 6-May 11.
  • Operations in the Shenandoah Valley till June. Battle of Cross Keys June 8.
  • Duty in the Shenandoah Valley and at Sperryville till August.
  • Occupation of Luray July 22.
  • Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9 (Reserve).
  • Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2.
  • Fords of the Rappahannock August 21-23.
  • Sulphur Springs August 24.
  • Gainesville August 28.
  • Groveton August 30.
  • Bull Run August 30.
  • Duty in the Defences of Washington, D.C., till November.
  • Movement to Centreville November 1-19,
  • Thence to Fredericksburg December 9-16.
    Service & Battles - 1863
  • "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863.
  • At Stafford Court House till April 27.
  • Operations at Welford's, Kelly's and Beverly Fords April 14-15.
  • 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.
  • Guard duty along Orange & Alexandria Railroad till September.
  • Movement to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24-October 3.
  • Operations in Lookout Valley October 19-26.
  • Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29.
  • Battle of Wauhatchie, Tenn., October 28-29.
  • Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27.
  • Battles of Orchard Knob November 23;
  • Tunnel Hill November 24-25.
  • Mostly captured November 25 at Tunnel Hill.
    Service & Battles - 1864
  • Duty in Lookout Valley till May, 1864.
  • Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8.
  • Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11.
  • Dug Gap or Mill Creek May 8.
  • Battle of Resaca May 14-15.
  • Near Cassville May 19.
  • New Hope Church May 25.
  • Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 26-June 5.
  • Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
  • Pine Hill june 11-14.
  • Lost Mountain June 15-17.
  • Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15.
  • Muddy Creek June 17.
  • Noyes Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm June 22.
  • Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
  • Ruff's Station or smyrna Camp Ground July 4.
  • Chattahoochie River July 5-17.
  • Peach Tree Creek July 19-20.
  • Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25.
  • Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2.
  • Occupation of Atlanta September 2-November 15.
  • Expedition to Tuckum's Cross Roads October 26-29.
  • Near Atlanta November 9.
  • March to the sea November 15-December 10.
  • Siege of Savannah December 10-21.
    Service & Battles - 1865
  • Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865.
  • Averysboro, N. C., March 16.
  • Battle of Bentonville March 19-21.
  • Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
  • Advance on Raleigh April 9-13.
  • Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
  • Bennett's House April 26.
  • Surrender of Johnston and his army.
  • March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20.
  • Grand Review May 24. Duty in the Defences of Washington till July.
  • Mustered out July 14, 1865.
    Regimental Losses
  • Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 98 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 113 Enlisted men by disease. Total 216.