188th Pennsylvania Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Fortress Monroe, Va., April 1, 1864, from 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery. Moved from Camp Hamilton, Va., to Yorktown April 25. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 24th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to July, 1865. 2nd Independent Brigade, 24th Army Corps, to August. 1865. Dept. of Virginia, to December, 1865.

SERVICE.--Butler's operations on south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond, Va. May 4-28. Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church May 9-10. Proctor's Creek and operations against Fort Darling May 12-16. Battle of Drewry's Bluff May 14-16. On Bermuda Hundred front May 16-28. Moved to White House, thence to Cold Harbor May 28-June 1.

• June 1-12, 1864 - The Overland Campaign
  • June 1-12, 1864 - Battles of Cold Harbor, Virginia

Before Petersburg June 15-18. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Hare's Hill June 24 and 28, 1864. In trenches before Petersburg until September. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (Reserve). Battle of Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, north of the James, September 28-30. Battle of Fair Oaks, near Richmond, October 27-28. Duty in trenches before Richmond until March, 1865. Expedition up the Rappahannock to Fredericksburg and destruction of large quantities of tobacco and stores March 5-8. Expedition from Fort Monroe into Westmoreland County March 11-13. March to Signal Hill before Richmond. Occupation of Richmond April 3. Guard and provost duty at Lynchburg and in Central Virginia until December, 1865. Mustered out at City Point, Va., December 14, 1865.

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Regiment Statistical Information

Regiment Casualty Comparisons by Source

Source	Casualties	Remarks
Dyer	10 Officers and 114 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded 2 Officers and 66 enlisted men killed by disease Total 192	None
Fox	Fox lists this unit as: 186th on the list of units with losses based on duration of the entire term of service of the unit (34th of the Pennsylvania troops)	This feature is not yet available. Check back soon for updates!
WotRWiki Statistics	0 troops killed Includes 0 troops mortally wounded Includes 0 troops killed by disease All others are troops killed in action or under special circumstances	This feature is not yet available. Check back soon for updates!

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 932, 941, 1623)
• Fox, William F. 1840-1909. Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the Extent and Nature of the Mortuary Losses in the Union Regiments, With Full and Exhaustive Statistics Compiled From the Official Records on File in the State Military Bureaus and at Washington. Albany: Albany Pub. Co., 1889. (Page 14)