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The 140th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the American Civil War, serving in the Eastern Theater. Recruited in late 1862, it fought from the Battle of Chancellorsville through the war until the Army of Northern Virginia's surrender at Appomattox Court House. [ 1 ]
100th Pennsylvania; Artillery Maine Light, 2nd Battery (B) Massachusetts Light, 14th Battery; Second Division BG Robert B. Potter. 1st Brigade Col Zenas Bliss [9] Col John I. Curtin 36th Massachusetts; 58th Massachusetts; 51st New York; 45th Pennsylvania: Col John I. Curtin; 48th Pennsylvania; 7th Rhode Island; 2nd Brigade Col Simon G. Griffin
99th Pennsylvania Infantry: July 1 – July 3, 1863 February 5, 1866 "Gallant and courageous conduct as color bearer. (This noncommissioned officer carried the colors of his regiment through 13 engagements.)" Henry D. O'Brien: Corporal 1st Minnesota Infantry: July 3, 1863 April 9, 1890
This unit was created by five men in western Pennsylvania, among them James J. Purman who would go on to win the Medal of Honor alongside Pipes. When the 140th was mustered, Pipes was ranked a sergeant, and Purman a second lieutenant. [1] In 1863, the 140th Pennsylvania Infantry fought in the Battle of Gettysburg. On the first day of battle ...
17th Pennsylvania: Ltc James Q. Anderson (w&c) Reserve Brigade BG Wesley Merritt Col Alfred Gibbs 19th New York (1st Dragoons): Col Alfred Gibbs; 6th Pennsylvania: Maj James Starr; 1st United States: Cpt Nelson B. Sweitzer; 2nd United States: Cpt Theophilus F. Rodenbough; 5th United States: Cpt Abraham K. Arnold; Second Division BG David McM. Gregg
There are gaps in the numbering of infantry regiments because Pennsylvania numbered all volunteer regiments, regardless of branch, in sequence depending on when the regiment was raised. For example, the 6th Cavalry was also numbered the 70th Volunteer Regiment since it was raised between the 69th Infantry and the 71st Infantry, so there is no ...
In 1864, Bingham became aide-de-camp to Major General Gouverneur K. Warren. [1] During the Battle of the Wilderness during the Virginia Overland Campaign, on May 6, 1864, as captain of Company G, 140th Pennsylvania Infantry, he "rallied and led into action a portion of the troops who had given way under fierce assaults of the enemy."
I Corps (First Corps) was the designation of three different corps-sized units in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Separate formation called the I Corps served in the Army of the Ohio/Army of the Cumberland under Alexander M. McCook from September 29, 1862 to November 5, 1862, in the Army of the Mississippi under George W. Morgan from January 4, 1863 to January 12, 1863 (which was ...