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128th
Pennsylvania Infantry
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128th
Pennsylvania Infantry Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 4 by Samuel P Bates, 1869
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| Regimental History |
| One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Infantry. — Cols., Samuel
Croasdale, Joseph A. Mathews ; Lieut.-Cols., W. W. Hamersley, L. Heber
Smith ; Majs., Joel B. Wanner, Cephas W. Dyer. The 128th regiment was
mustered in at Harrisburg, Aug. 13 to 15, 1862, for nine months, most of
its members having been recruited in Berks county and the remainder in
Lehigh and Bucks. On Aug. 16, it moved to Washington, encamped at
Arlington Heights, Fairfax seminary and Fort Woodbury and was occupied
in erecting fortifications at the last-named place. Attached to the
brigade under Col. Crawford, Williams' division, Mansfield's corps, the
regiment was active at Antietam, losing heavily. During the next two
months it was encamped at Sandy Hook and Maryland heights with the 12th
corps, under command of Gen. Williams, who succeeded Gen. Mansfield
after the battle of Antietam, in which Mansfield was severely wounded.
The 12th corps arrived too late to participate in the battle of
Fredericksburg and encamped at Fairfax Station until in Jan., 1863, when
it participated in the "Mud March." The remainder of the winter was
spent at Stafford Court House and camp was broken late in April, 1863,
for the Chancellorsville movement. The 128th fought at the left of the
line on May 2 and during the night, on returning to a position
previously occupied, but then in the hands of the enemy, 9 officers,
including Col. Mathews and Lieut.-Col. Smith, and 225 enlisted men, were
taken prisoners. The remainder of the regiment was closely engaged on
the following day and after the battle was over but 172 men reported for
duty at Stafford Court House. The regiment was mustered out at
Harrisburg on May 19, 1863, the prisoners having been exchanged. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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