53rd Pennsylvania Infantry
Regimental History and Service Record
Organized at Harrisburg October, 1861. Left State for Washington, D.C., November 7. Attached to French's Brigade, Sumner's Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to April, 1863. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty in the Defenses of Washington and Alexandria until March, 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15.
- Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula.
- March 17-September 2, 1862 -
The Peninsula Campaign
- April 5-May 4, 1862 -
Siege of Yorktown, Virginia
- Duty near Yorktown until June 12.
- Construction of Grape Vine Bridge over the Chickahominy May 28-30.
- May 31-June 1, 1862 -
Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia
- June 25-July 1, 1862 -
The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
- June 27, 1862 -
Engagement at Gaines's Mill, Virginia
- June 29, 1862 -
Battle of the Peach Orchard, Virginia
- June 29, 1862 -
Engagement at Savage's Station, Virginia
- June 30, 1862 -
Engagement at White Oak Swamp, Virginia
- June 30, 1862 -
Engagement at Glendale, Virginia
- July 1, 1862 -
Engagement at Malvern Hill, Virginia
- June 27, 1862 -
- April 5-May 4, 1862 -
Turkey Bend July 2. At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Alexandria and Centreville August 16-30. Assist in checking Pope's rout at Bull Run August 30, and cover retreat to Fairfax C. H: August 31-September 1.
- September 3-20, 1862 -
The Maryland Campaign
Duty at Bolivar Heights September 22-October 29. Reconnaissance to Charlestown October 16-17. Movement up Loudon Valley and to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 17. Snicker's Gap November 2. Manassas November 5-6. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. Duty at Falmouth until April, 1863.
- April 27-May 6, 1863 -
The Chancellorsville Campaign
- May 1-5, 1863 -
Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
- May 1-5, 1863 -
- June 11-August 1, 1863 -
The Gettysburg Campaign
- July 1-3, 1863 -
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- July 1-3, 1863 -
Funkstown, Md., July 12-13. Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Auburn and Bristoe October 14. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Payne's Farm November 27. Mine Run November 28-30. New Hope Church November 29.
- Regiment reenlisted December 27, 1863.
- Duty near Stevensburg until April, 1864.
- Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7.
- May 4-June 12, 1864 -
The Overland Campaign
- May 5-7, 1864 -
Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia
- May 8-21, 1864 -
Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
- May 22-26, 1864 -
Operations on Line of the North Anna River, Virginia
- May 26-28, 1864 -
Operations on Line of the Pamunkey River, Virginia
- May 28-31, 1864 -
Operations on Line of the Totopotomoy River, Virginia
- June 1-12, 1864 -
Battles of Cold Harbor, Virginia
- May 5-7, 1864 -
Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Weldon Railroad June 22-23, 1864. Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom July 27-29 and August 13-20. Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18. Ream's Station August 25. Reconnaissance to Hatcher's Run December 9-10. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Watkins, House, Petersburg, March 25. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, March 31. White Oak Road March 31. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Sutherland Station April 2. Sailor's Creek April 6. High Bridge, Farmville, April 7. Appomattox C. H. April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Mart to Washington, D.C., May 2-12. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out June 30, 1865.
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Notes
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 761, 897, 901, 902, 903, 904, 905, 916, 932, 933, 934, 935, 936, 938, 939, 940, 941, 1592)
- 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 3)
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