28th Pennsylvania Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• Nicknamed the "Goldstream Regiment"
• Organized at Philadelphia and mustered in June 28, 1861
• Moved to Baltimore, Md., and Harper's Ferry, W. Va., July 27
• Attached to (I) Department of the Shenandoah / 1st Brigade (Thomas), Brigaded with:
  • 19th New York Infantry
  • (I) 28th New York Infantry
  • 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry
  • 5th Connecticut Infantry
  • 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery Battery
  • 2nd United States Cavalry
  • Philadelphia City Troop
• Geary's Independent Brigade, Banks' Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862
• 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps, to April, 1862
• Geary's Independent Brigade, (II) Dept. of the Shenandoah, to June, 1862
• 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia, to August, 1862
• 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862
• 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1863, and Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1864
• 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June, 1865
• 3rd Brigade, Bartlett's Division, 22nd Corps, Dept. of Washington, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.--

• Duty at Sandy Hook, opposite Harper's Ferry, until August 13, 1861.
  • August 5, 1861 - Skirmish at Point of Rocks, Maryland
• Moved to Point of Rocks, Md., and guard frontier from Nolan's Ferry to Antietam Aqueduct.
• September 15, 1861 - Skirmish at Pritchard's Mills, Maryland (Companies B/D/I)
• September 24, 1861 - Skirmish at Point of Rocks, Maryland
• Knoxville October 2.
• October 16, 1861 - Skirmish at Bolivar Heights, West Virginia (Companies A?/D/F/G)
• Nolan's Ferry October 30.
• Berlin November 10.
• December 19, 1861 - Skirmish at Point of Rocks, Maryland

Crossed Potomac February 24-25. Operations in Loudon County, Va., February 25-May 6. Occupation of Bolivar Heights February 26. Lovettsville March 1. Wheatland March 7. Occupation of Leesburg March 8. Upperville March 14. Ashby's Gap March 15. Capture of Rectortown, Piedmont, Markham, Linden and Front Royal March 15-20. Operations about Middleburg and White Plains March 27-28. Thoroughfare Gap April 2. Warrenton April 6. Near Piedmont April 14. Linden May 15 (Co. "O"). Reconnaissance from Front Royal to Browntown May 24. Guard railroad from White Plains to Manassas until May 24, and railroad and gaps of the Blue Ridge until June 23. Joined Banks at Middletown June 29. Reconnaissance to Thoroughfare Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. White Sulphur Springs August 24. Bull Run August 30.

• September 3-20, 1862 - The Maryland Campaign
  • September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland

Duty at Bolivar Heights until December. Reconnaissance to Lovettsville October 21. Reconnaissance to Ripon, W. Va., November 9. Reconnaissance to Winchester December 2-6. Moved to Fredericksburg, Va., December 10-14. At Stafford Court House until April 27, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863.

• April 27-May 6, 1863 - The Chancellorsville Campaign
  • Old Wilderness Tavern April 30.
  • May 1-5, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
• June 11-August 1, 1863 - The Gettysburg Campaign
  • July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
  • July 13, 1863 - Skirmish at Fairplay, Maryland
• Duty on line of the Rapidan until September.
• Movement to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24-October 3.
• Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29.
  • Companies "L," "M," "N" and "O" transferred to 147th Pennsylvania October 28.
• Battle of Wauhatchie, Tenn., October 28-29.
• November 23-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga/Ringgold Campaign
  • Battles of Lookout Mountain November 23-24;
  • Mission Ridge November 25;
  • Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge November 27.
  • Guard duty on Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad until April, 1864.
• Regiment reenlisted December 24, 1863.
• Veterans on furlough January and February, 1864.
• March 31-April 2, 1864 - Expedition from Bridgeport, Alabama to Caperton's Ferry, Alabama
• April 12-16, 1864 - Reconnaissance from Bridgeport, Alabama to Triana, Alabama (detachment)
• May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • Demonstration on Dalton May 5-13.
  • May 8-11, 1864 - Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge, Georgia
  • Dug Gap, or Mill Springs, May 8.
  • May 14-May 15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
  • Near Cassville May 19.
  • Advance on Dallas May 22-25.
  • New Hope Church May 25.
  • May 25-June 5, 1864 - Operations in Bartow County, Georgia
  • Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
  • Pine Hill June 11-14.
  • Lost Mountain June 15-17.
  • Gilgal, or Golgotha Church, June 15.
  • Muddy Creek June 17.
  • Noyes Creek June 19.
  • Kolb's Farm June 22.
  • Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
  • Ruff's Station or Smyrna Camp Ground July 4.
  • Chattahoochie River July 5-17.
  • Peach Tree Creek July 19-20.
  • July 22-August 25, 1864 - Siege of Atlanta, Georgia
  • Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2.
• September 2-November 15 - Occupation of Atlanta, Georgia
  • Whitehall Road, near Atlanta, November 9.
  • November 9, 1864 - Skirmish near Atlanta, Georgia
• November 15-December 21, 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
  • December 10-21, 1864 - Siege of Savannah, Georgia
• January 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
  • North Edisto, S. C., February 12-13.
  • Red Bank Creek February 15.
  • Congaree Creek February 15.
  • Averysboro, N. C., March 16.
  • Battle of Bentonville March 19-21.
  • Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
  • Advance on Raleigh April 9-13.
  • Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
  • Bennett's House April 26.
    • Surrender of Johnston and his army.
• March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20.
• Grand Review May 24.
• Duty in the Dept. of Washington until July.
• Mustered out July 18, 1865.

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Regiment Statistical Information

• Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 151 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 124 Enlisted men by disease. Total 284.

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Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 272, 665, 704, 705, 707, 715, 719, 721, 723, 758, 759, 761, 763, 827, 835, 866, 905, 916, 971, 1586)