187th Pennsylvania Infantry
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- March 3-May 4, 1864 - Organized at Philadelphia from (I) 1st Pennsylvania Infantry Battalion
- Moved to Washington, D.C., May 18, 1864.
- Moved to join Army of the Potomac May 26, and reported at Cold Harbor, Va., June 6.[1]
- May 4-June 12, 1864 -
The Overland Campaign
- June 6-12, 1864 -
Battles of Cold Harbor, Virginia
- June 6-12, 1864 -
Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16 to September 22. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps. Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Rail- road, June 21-23. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (Reserve). Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Relieved September 22 and ordered to Philadelphia. Garrison and escort duty at Camp Cadwalader, Philadelphia, Pa, and provost duty at other points in Pennsylvania until August, 1865. Guard of honor over remains of President Lincoln in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, and escort to funeral cortege May, 1865. Mustered out August 3, 1865.
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Regiment Statistical Information
- Regiment lost during service 66 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 69 Enlisted men by disease. Total 136.
Legacy
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Notes
- ↑ Not originally listed on Dyer summary
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 932, 934, 1622-1623)