46th Pennsylvania Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Harrisburg October 31, 1861. Ordered to Join Banks November, 1861. Attached to Gordon's Brigade, Banks' Division, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Banks' 5th Corps, and Dept. of the Shenandoah to June, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1863, and Army of the Cumberland to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps Army of the Cumberland, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.--Guard and outpost duty on the Upper Potomac until February, 1862. Advance on Winchester March 1-12, 1862.

• March 7, 1862 - Skirmish near Winchester, Virginia

Occupation of Winchester March 12. Ordered to Manassas, Va., March 18, and return to Winchester. Pursuit of Jackson up the Valley March 24-April 7. Columbia Furnace April 16: Skirmish at Gordonsville and Keazletown Cross Roads April 26. Operations in the Shenandoah Valley May 15-June 17. At Strasburg until May 20. Retreat to Winchester May 20-25. Front Royal May 23. Kernstown May 24.

• May 24, 1862 - Action at Middletown, Virginia
• May 25, 1862 - Battle of Winchester, Virginia

Retreat to Williamsport May 25-26. At Williamsport until June 10. Moved to Front Royal June 10-18. Reconnaissance to Luray June 29-30. Luray June 30. At Warrenton, Gordonsville and Culpeper, July. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Guard trains during the Bull Run battles. Manassas Junction August 28.

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

Duty in Maryland until December 10. March to Fairfax Station December 10-14, and duty there until January 19, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24. Moved to Stafford Court House and duty there 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 5-24. Duty on line of the Rappahannock until September. Movement to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24-October 3. Guard duty on Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad until April, 1864. Regiment reenlisted January, 1864.

• May 1-September 8, 1864 - The Atlanta Campaign
  • Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11.
  • May 14-May 15, 1864 - Battle of Resaca, Georgia
  • Near Cassville May 19.
  • 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.
  • Gilgal, or Golgotha Church, June 15.
  • Lost Mountain June 15-17.
  • 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
• November 15-December 21, 1864 - The Savannah Campaign
  • December 10-21, 1864 - Siege of Savannah, Georgia
• January 1-April 26, 1865 - The Carolinas Campaign
  • Thompson's Creek, near Chesterfield Court House, S.C., March 2.
  • Thompson's Creek, near Cheraw, S.C., March 3.
  • 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 at Washington until July.
• Mustered out July 16, 1865.

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Regiment Statistical Information

Regiment Casualty Comparisons by Source

Source	Casualties	Remarks
Dyer	14 Officers and 165 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded 2 Officers and 136 enlisted men killed by disease Total 317	None
Fox	Fox lists this unit as: 200th on the list of units with losses based on duration of the entire term of service of the unit (36th 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 704, 705, 707, 715, 719, 721, 723, 761, 827, 835, 896, 900, 905, 916, 1589)
• 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 13)