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102nd
Pennsylvania Infantry
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102nd
Pennsylvania Infantry Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 3 by Samuel P Bates, 1869
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| Regimental History |
| One Hundred and Second Infantry. — Cols., Thomas A.
Rowley, Joseph M. Kinkead, John W. Patterson, James Patchell ;
Lieut.-Cols., J. M. Kinkead, John W. Patterson, William McIlwaine,
Thomas McLaughlin, James H. Coleman, James Patchell, James D. Kirk,
James D. Duncan ; Majs., John Poland, John W. Patterson, Joseph Brown,
Thomas McLaughlin, James H. Coleman, James Patchell, James D. Kirk,
James D. Duncan, Robert W. Lyon. The 102nd, whose nucleus was the old
13th regiment, was recruited at Pittsburg in Aug. and Sept., 1861, and
ordered to Washington in detachments, where the organization was
completed. It was assigned to Peck's brigade, Couch's division, Keyes'
corps, and was stationed at Washington during the winter, except two
companies, which were detailed at Great Falls for a short time. It
participated in the siege of Yorktown and in the battles of
Williamsburg, Fair Oaks and Malvern hill. The brigade was detached from
the 4th corps ; met the army at Centerville after the second Bull Run
battle ; acted as support to a battery during the engagement at
Chantilly ; was held in reserve at Antietam, and was attached to the 6th
corps when Gen. Burnside assumed command of the army. The regiment was
next actively engaged in the Chancellorsville campaign in May, 1863, at
Fredericksburg, Salem Church and Marye's heights, after which it retired
to Falmouth until the battle of Gettysburg. There it arrived on July 2
and was ordered into action the same afternoon, changing its position
only slightly during the battle. It joined in the pursuit of the
Confederate Army and the Mine Run campaign, after which it established
winter quarters at Brandy Station. Late in Dec, 1863, almost the entire
regiment reenlisted and were furloughed. The veterans rejoined the
regiment at Halltown, Va., in March, 1864, and the brigade returned to
Brandy Station, where it was assigned to the 2nd division. The losses of
the regiment at the Wilderness, Spottsylvania and Cold Harbor were very
heavy and it was again in action in the first assaults on Petersburg. On
July 9 the corps was hurried to the defense of Washington and arrived in
time to render the most important service in checking Gen. Early. It
shared in the marches and counter-marches which followed, and in the
battles of the Opequan, Fisher's hill and Cedar creek, returning in
December to Petersburg, where it went into winter quarters. On March 25,
1865, it advanced upon the enemy, joined in the final assault on April
2, and the fight at Sailor's creek. It then moved to Danville to join
Gen. Sherman's force, but returned to Washington and was there mustered
out on June 28, 1865. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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