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112th
Pennsylvania Regiment, 2nd Pennsylvania Artillery
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112th
Pennsylvania Regiment, 2nd PA Artillery Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 3 by Samuel P Bates, 1869
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| Regimental History |
| One Hundred and Twelvth Regiment / Second Artillery. —
Cols., Charles Angeroth, August A. Gibson, James L. Anderson, William M.
McClure, S. D. Strawbridge; Lieut.-Cols., J. H. Oberteuffer, S. D.
Strawbridge, Benjamin F. Winger; Majs., William Candidus, James L.
Anderson, David Sadler, Thomas Wilhelm, Edward S. Rowland, Benjamin F.
Winger, David Schooley, William S. Bailey. The 112th regiment, 2nd heavy
artillery, whose members were principally from the counties of Franklin,
Allegheny and Monroe, was mustered in at Philadelphia in Jan., 1862, for
three years. On Jan. 9, three companies were ordered to Fort Delaware
and the remaining companies moved to Washington on Feb. 25, when they
were assigned to duty at Bladensburg, Md., where the command was
reunited on March 19, and in November two independent companies from
Fort Delaware were added to the regiment. The regiment remained at
Bladensburg until March, 1864, when it was ordered to the forts near
Chain bridge. So large a number of recruits were added to the originally
large regiment, that in April the 2nd provisional heavy artillery was
organized from the surplus, the two regiments numbering 3,300 men. The
2nd was attached to the 9th corps and participated in the Wilderness
campaign, fighting at Spottsylvania and Cold Harbor. The 1st regiment
joined the Army of the Potomac at Cold Harbor on June 4, when it was
divided into three battalions and attached to the 18th corps. The 2nd
battalion shared in the charge at Petersburg on June 18, by which the
ground was gained that became the front line of the army. The
provisional regiment joined the 1st on Aug. 26, 1864, having been on
duty at Petersburg and active at the explosion of the mine, where it
lost heavily. Its ranks were by this time reduced to 400 men. In a
charge on Sept. 20, the 1st and 2nd battalions lost 200 men, after which
they were stationed with the remainder of the regiment near Fort
Harrison until December. In Jan., 1865, a large number of the men
reenlisted and the regiment joined in last charges upon the enemy's
works, afterward entering the city with the army. For the remainder of
the year the regiment was occupied in detachments in preserving peace
and order in the southern part of Virginia. Returning to City Point,
Va., it was there mustered out on Jan. 29, 1866. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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