153rd Pennsylvania Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Easton September, 1862. Moved to Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, October 6; thence to Washington, D.C., October 12, 1862. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to July, 1863.

SERVICE.--Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C, until December, 1862.

• November 28-30, 1862 - Reconnaissance to Berryville, Virginia

March to Fredericksburg, Va., December 9-16. Duty at Stafford Court House until January 19, 1863. Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. At Stafford Court House until April 27.

• April 27-May 6, 1863 - The Chancellorsville Campaign
  • May 1-5, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
• June 11-August 1, 1863 - The Gettysburg Campaign
  • July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Pursuit of Lee July 5-12. Mustered out July 24, 1863.

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Regiment Statistical Information

• Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 48 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 28 Enlisted men by disease. Total 77.

Legacy

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 827, 905, 911, 916, 1619)