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June 28 | Fifteen companies were organized at Philadelphia and mustered in under Colonel John Geary, Lieutenant Colonel Gabriel De Korponey and Major Hector Tynsdale. The regiment was uniformed and equipped at Colonel Geary's expense, being provided with gray cloth uniforms and Enfield rifles. Enough surplus recruits were available to form Knap's Battery. |
July 27 | Ten companies moved via Baltimore, Md. to Harper's Ferry. Attached to Geo. H. Thomas' Brigade, Dept. of the Shenandoah. Duty at Sandy Hook, opposite Harper's Ferry. |
August | Assigned to 1st Brigade, Banks' Division, Dept. of the Shenandoah |
August 13 | Moved to Point of Rocks, Md., and guard frontier from Nolan's Ferry to Antietam Aqueduct |
September 15 | Pritchard's Mills, Va. (Companies B, D and I) |
September 24 | Point of Rocks |
October 2 | Knoxville |
October | Attached to Geary's Independent Brigade, Banks' Division, Army of the Potomac |
October 16 | Bolivar Heights (Cos. A, D, F, G) |
October 30 | Nolan's Ferry |
November 1 | Captain Ario Pardee of Company A promoted to major |
November 10 | Berlin |
December 19 | Point of Rocks |
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February 24-25 | Crossed Potomac at Sandy Hook Six men of Company P were drowned when their boat overturned |
February 25-May 6 | Operations in Loudon County, Va. |
February 26 | Occupation of Bolivar Heights |
March 1 | Lovettsville |
March | Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps |
March 7 | Wheatland |
March 8 | Occupation of Leesburg |
March 14 | Upperville |
March 15 | Ashby's Gap |
March 15-20 | Capture of Rectortown, Piedmont, Markham, Linden and Front Royal |
March 27-28 | Operations about Middleburg and White Plains |
April 2 | Thoroughfare Gap |
April 6 | Warrenton |
April | Attached to Geary's Independent Brigade, Dept. of the Shenandoah |
April 14 | Near Piedmont |
April 25 | Colonel Geary was promoted to Brigadier General, Lieutenant Colonel De Korponay to colonel and command of the regiment., Major Tyndale to lieutenant colonel and Captain Robert Warden of Company B to major |
May 15 | Linden (Company O) |
May 16 | Guard railroad from White Plains to Manassas |
May 24 | Reconnaissance from Front Royal to Browntown |
May 25 | Guard railroad and gaps of the Blue Ridge |
June | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia |
June 29 | Joined Banks at Middletown |
June 30 | Major Warden died |
July 1 | Captain William Raphael of Company C was promoted to major |
August 9 | Reconnaissance to Thoroughfare Mountain |
August | Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia |
August 16-September 2 | Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 24 | White Sulphur Springs |
August 30 | Bull Run |
September 6-24 | Maryland Campaign; attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
September 16-17 | Battle of Antietam Major Pardee commanded the regiment while Colonel Tyndale took command of the brigade in severe fighting in the Cornfield. It captured two guns and five flags, losing 266 men. Captain Peter Laws and Second Lieutenant Joseph Markle were killed and Lieutenant Colonel Tyndale and Captains James Fitzpatrick and William Jordan were wounded. Corporal Jacob G. Orth of Company D was awarded the medal of honor for capturing the flag of the 7th South Carolina Infantry, although he had been wounded in the shoulder. |
September-December | Duty at Bolivar Heights |
October 9 | Companies L - P were detched to serve as the nucleus of the 147th Pennsylvania Infantry, with Major Ario Pardee promoted to lieutenant colonel of the 147th |
October 21 | Reconnaissance to Lovettsville |
November 9 | Reconnaissance to Ripon, W. Va. |
November 29 | Lieutenant Colonel Tyndale promoted to brigadier general |
December 2-6 | Reconnaissance to Winchester |
December 10-14 | Moved to Fredericksburg, Va. |
December | At Stafford Court House |
January 15 | Major Raphail resigned and Captain Lansfield Chapman of Company E was promoted to major |
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January 20-24 | "Mud March" |
March 5 | Captain Thomas J. Ahl of Company H was promoted to colonel, replacing Colonel De Korponay, who was discharged on a surgeon's certificate. The regiment's Enfield rifles were exchanged for Springfield rifles. |
April 27-May 6 | Chancellorsville Campaign |
April 30 | Old Wilderness Tavern |
May 1-5 | Battle of Chancellorsville The regiment lost over a hundred casualties out of the three hundred engaged. Major Lansfield Chapman, commanding the regiment, and First Lieutenant William Shields were killed. Captains Charles Borbridge and William Jordan and First Lieutenants Alfred Colgan and Charles Kennedy were wounded. |
June 11-July 24 | Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 | Battle of Gettysburg The regiment was commanded by Captain John H. Flynn. It brought 370 men to the field, losing 3 killed, 23 wounded (including Captain Flynn) and 2 missing. From the Slocum Avenue monument: "Arrived at 5 p.m. July 1st and went into position on the ridge north of Little Round Top. At 6:30 a.m. July 2nd moved to Culp's Hill where the regiment advanced to Rock Creek to support the skirmish line. At dark retired and moved with the Brigade. Returned at about 3 a.m. July 3rd and at 8 a.m. advanced and occupied the works from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m." From the Rock Creek monument: "The regiment took position here July 2nd abut 8 a.m. Deployed as skirmishers and was engaged with the enemy during the day. Remained until 7 p.m. when it was ordered to rejoin First Brigade" |
July 13 | Fair Play, Md. |
July - September | Duty on line of the Rapidan |
September 24-October 3 | Movement to Bridgeport, Ala.; Transferred to Army of the Cumberland |
October 26-29 | Reopening Tennessee River |
October 28 | Companies L, M, N and O transferred to 147th Pennsylvania |
October 28-29 | Battle of Wauhatchie, Tenn. |
November 23-27 | Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign |
November 23-24 | Battles of Lookout Mountain |
November 25 | Mission Ridge |
November 27 | Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge First Lieutenant Pete Katlor was mortally wounded |
December | Guard duty on Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad |
December 12 | Captain Flynn was promoted to lieutenant colonel |
December 24 | Regiment reenlisted |
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January - February | Veterans on furlough |
March 18 | Colonel Ahl resigned |
March 27 | Captain James Fizpatrick of Company A was promoted to major |
April | Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland |
April 12-16 | Expedition down the Tennessee River to Triana |
May 1 | Atlanta Campaign |
May 5-13 | Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton |
May 8 | Dug Gap, or Mill Springs Major Fitzpatrick was wounded |
May 14-15 | Battle of Resaca |
May 19 | Near Cassville |
May 22-25 | Advance on Dallas |
May 25 | New Hope Church |
May 25-June 5 | Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills |
June 9 | Lieutenant Colonel Flynn was promoted to colonel |
June 10-July 2 | Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain |
June 11-14 | Pine Hill |
June 15-17 | Lost Mountain |
June 15 | Gilgal, or Golgotha Church Captain Alfred Colgan of Company I was wounded for the second time, and eventually discharged |
June 17 | Muddy Creek |
June 19 | Noyes Creek |
June 22 | Kolb's Farm |
June 27 | Assault on Kenesaw |
July 4 | Ruff's Station or Smyrna Camp Ground |
July 5-17 | Chattahoochie River |
July 19-20 | Peach Tree Creek Captain Frank Bonsal wounded |
July 22 | Siege of Atlanta |
August 9 | Major Fitzpatrick promoted to lieutenant colonel |
August 26-September 2 | Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge |
September 2-
November 15 | Occupation of Atlanta |
November 9 | Whitehall Road, near Atlanta |
November 15-
December 10 | March to the sea |
December 10-21 | Siege of Savannah |
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January to April | Campaign of the Carolinas |
February 12-13 | North Edisto, S. C. |
February 15 | Red Bank Creek |
February 15 | Congaree Creek |
March 16 | Averysboro, N. C. |
March 19-21 | Battle of Bentonville |
March 24 | Occupation of Goldsboro Captain George Martin died |
April 9-13 | Advance on Raleigh |
April 14 | Occupation of Raleigh |
April 26 | Bennett's House. Surrender of Johnston and his army. |
April 29-May 20 | March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va. |
May 24 | Grand Review |
June | Duty in the Dept. of Washington attached to 3rd Brigade, Bartlett's Division, 22nd Corps, Dept. of Washington |
June 1 | Captain Jacob Arner promoted to major |
July 18 | Mustered out under Lieutenant Colonel Fitzpatrick and Major Arnor |
