15th Pennsylvania Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

1861

• Organized at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, April 26 for a 3 month term of service, and duty there until May 9
• At Lancaster, Pa., until June 3, and at Chambersburg, Pa., until June 16
• Attached to Department of Pennsylvania / 2nd Division (Keim) / 5th Brigade (Negley), Brigaded with:
  • 14th Pennsylvania Infantry
  • 24th Pennsylvania Infantry
• Moved to Hagerstown June 16, and to Williamsport June 18
• July 2, 1861 - Action at Falling Waters, West Virginia
• Affair with Ashby's Cavalry July 2 (Co. "I" captured)
• Occupation of Martinsburg, Va., July 3
• Advance on Bunker Hill July 15
• At Charlestown July 17-25
• At Carlisle, Pa., July 27-August 8
• Mustered out August 8, 1861.

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 270, 970, 1583)