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75th Pennsylvania Regiment

Recruited almost exclusively of Germans in the city of Philadelphia, PA


75th PA Regiment Newspaper Transcription




75th PA Regiment Companies




75th PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles

    Organization
  • Organized at Philadelphia August and September, 1861, as 40th Pennsylvania Volunteers.
  • Left State for Washington, D.C., September 26, 1861.
  • Attached to Casey's Provisional Division, Army Potomac, to November, 1861.
  • Bohlen's 3rd Brigade, Blenker's Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862.
  • 3rd Brigade, Blenker's Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to April, 1862.
  • 3rd Brigade, Blenker's Division, Dept. of the Mountain, to June, 1862.
  • 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862.
  • 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to October, 1863.
  • 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army Cumberland, to April, 1864.
  • Unattached, 4th Division, 20th Army Corps, Dept. Cumberland, to March, 1865.
  • 1st Brigade, 1st Sub-District, Middle Tennessee, to September, 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 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.
  • At Sperryville July 7-August 8.
  • Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2.
  • Freeman's Ford August 22.
  • Sulphur Springs August 24.
  • Battles of Gainesville August 28; Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30.
  • Duty in the Defences of Washington, D.C., till November.
  • Moved 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.
  • Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6.
  • Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5.
  • Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 13-July 24,
  • Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3.
  • 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.
  • Orchard Knob November 23. Tunnel Hill November 24-25.
  • Mission Ridge November 25.
  • March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 17.
    Service & Battles - 1864
  • Duty in Pleasant Valley till January, 1864.
  • Veterans on furlough till March.
  • Moved to Bridgeport, Ala., March 8, and duty there till July.
  • Moved to Nashville, Tenn., July 31,
  • And guard trains on Nashville & Northwestern Railroad till December.
  • Moved to Franklin December 20,
    Service & Battles - 1865
  • And duty there till September, 1865,
  • guarding trains, scouting and provost duty.
  • (Co. "C" was stationed on Tennessee & Alabama Railroad and captured.)
  • Mustered out September 1, 1865.
    Regimental Losses
  • Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 46 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 107 Enlisted men by disease. Total 161.