77th Pennsylvania Infantry

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Regimental History and Service Record

Organized at Pittsburg October 15, 1861. Left State for Louisville, Ky., October 18. Attached to Negley's 4th Brigade, McCook's Command, at Nolin, Army Ohio, to November, 1861. 5th Brigade, Army Ohio, to December, 1861. 5th Brigade, 2nd Division, Army Ohio, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Right Wing Army Cumberland, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army Cumberland, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army Cumberland, to June, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Corps, to August, 1865. Dept. of Texas to December, 1865.

SERVICE.--Camp at Nolin River until December, 1861, and at Munfordsville, Ky., until February, 1862. March to Bowling Green, Ky., thence to Nashville, Tenn., February 14-March 3, and to Savannah, Tenn., March 16-April 6.

Duty at Pittsburg Landing until May 28. Siege of Corinth, Miss., May 28-30. Skirmish near Corinth May 9. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 1. Buell's Campaign in Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-22. Floyd's Fork October 1. Near Clay Village October 4. Dog Walk October 9. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 7. Reconnaissance toward Lavergne November 19 and November 26-27. Lavergne, Scrougesville November 27. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Triune, Tenn., December 27. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31 and January 1-3, 1863. Duty near Murfreesboro until June. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Liberty Gap June 24-27. Occupation of Middle Tennessee until August 16.

Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29. Duty at White sides, Tyner's Station and Blue Springs, Tenn., until April, 1864.

Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-28. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. At Huntsville, Ala., until March, 1865. Expedition to Bull's Gap and operations in East Tennessee March 13-April 25. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., April 25, and duty there until June. Moved to New Orleans, La., June 17-25, thence to Indianola, Texas, July 13-21. Duty at Indianola and Victoria, Texas, until December. Mustered out December 6, 1865.

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Regiment Statistical Information

  • Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 60 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 254 Enlisted men by disease. Total 319.

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