45th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

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45th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
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ActiveJuly 28, 1861 – July 17, 1865
Country United States of America
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Engagements Battle of Secessionville
Battle of South Mountain
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Siege of Vicksburg
Siege of Jackson
Knoxville Campaign
Rapidan Campaign
Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Battle of North Anna
Battle of Totopotomoy Creek
Battle of Cold Harbor
Siege of Petersburg
Battle of the Crater
Battle of Globe Tavern
Battle of Boydton Plank Road
Battle of Fort Stedman
Appomattox Campaign
Third Battle of Petersburg
Insignia
1st Brigade, 1st Division, IX Corps (Union Army), Army of the Potomac/Army of the Ohio/Army of the Tennessee
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1st Brigade, 2nd Division, IX Corps (Union Army), Army of the Potomac
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The 45th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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Service

The 45th Pennsylvania Infantry was organized beginning July 28, 1861 and mustered in October 21, 1861 at Camp Curtin in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania for a three-year enlistment under the command of Colonel Thomas Welsh. [1]

The 45th Pennsylvania Infantry mustered out July 17, 1865.

Affiliations, battle honors, detailed service, and casualties

Organizational affiliation

Attached to:

List of battles

The official list of battles in which the regiment bore a part: [3]

Detailed service

(NOTE Battles are Bolded, Italicized; campaigns are Italicized)

1861 [1]

  • Moved to Washington, D.C., October 21–23
  • Expedition into lower Maryland November 3–11, 1861
  • Moved to Baltimore, Md., then to Fort Monroe, Va., November 19–21
  • Sailed for Port Royal, S.C., December 6–8
  • Companies A, C, D, E, and I assigned to duty at Bay Point; Companies B, F, G, H, and K occupied Otter Island, S.C., December 11, and duty there until May 1862; Companies F and K occupied Fenwick Island December 20, 1861; Company F at Fenwick Island April 4 to May 20, 1862; Companies B, F, G, H, I, and K moved to North Edisto Island, S.C., May 21, 1862

1862 [1]

  • Operations against James Island, SC, May 21-June 28
  • Action on James Island June 10.
  • Battle of Secessionville [4] June 16
  • Evacuation of James Island and movement to Hilton Head June 28-July 1
  • Moved to Newport News, Va., July 18–21, then to Aquia Creek August 4–5
  • Operations on the Rapidan and Rappahannock Rivers until September
  • At Brook's Station August 5–29
  • Destruction of bridges at Potomac Creek and Brook's Station September 4
  • Destruction of stores at Aquia Creek September 6
  • Battle of South Mountain [5] September 14
  • Battle of Antietam [6] September 16–17
  • Duty at Pleasant Valley, Md., until October 26
  • Marched to Lovettsville, Va., October 26–29; then to Warrenton October 29-November 19
  • Battle of Fredericksburg [7] December 12–15

1863 [1]

  • Burnside's Mud March January 20–24, 1863
  • At Falmouth until February 11
  • Moved to Newport News February 11, then to Lexington, Ky., March 19–23
  • Duty at various points in Kentucky until June
  • Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., June 7–14
  • Siege of Vicksburg [8] June 14-July 4
  • Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5–10
  • Siege of Jackson July 10–17
  • At Milldale until August 5
  • Moved to Covington, Ky., then to Crab Orchard August 5–18
  • Burnside's Campaign in eastern Tennessee August 16-October 17
  • Blue Springs October 10
  • Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23
  • Lenoir Station November 14–15
  • Campbell's Station November 16
  • Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 4
  • Pursuit of Longstreet December 5–24

1864 [1]

1865 [1]

  • Fort Stedman March 25, 1865
  • Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2
  • Marched to Farmville April 3–9
  • Moved to Petersburg and City Point April 20–24, then to Alexandria April 26–28
  • Grand Review of the Armies May 23
  • Duty at Washington and Alexandria until July

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 479 men during service; 13 officers and 214 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 252 enlisted men died of disease. [1]

Commanders

Notable members

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Dyer (1908), p. 1588.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Dyer (1908).
  3. Dyer (1908), p. 11588; Higginson (1896), p. 255-268.
  4. Roberts (1964), p. 37.
  5. Roberts (1964), p. 45-46.
  6. Roberts (1964), p. 46-49.
  7. Roberts (1964), p. 52-57.
  8. Roberts (1964), p. 66-77.
  9. Roberts (1964), p. 151.
  10. The Werner Company (1896), p. 460-464.
  11. CMOHS (2014).
  12. VCOnline (2020).
  13. Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs (1968), p. 121.
  14. USACMH (2014).
  15. Sightline Media Group (2020).
  16. The Werner Company (1896), p. 464.
  17. NMOHM.

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