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36th
Pennsylvania Regiment Infantry, 7th PA Reserve
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36th
Pennsylvania Infantry, 7th PA Reserve Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 1 by Samuel P Bates, 1869
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| Regimental History |
| Thirty-sixth Infantry. — Cols., Elisha B. Harvey, H. C.
Bolinger ; Lieut.-Cols., Joseph Totten, H. C. Bolinger, R. M. Henderson,
Chauncey A. Lyman; Majs., Chauncey A. Lyman, LeGrand B. Speece. This
regiment was the 7th of the reserves. It was organized at West Chester,
ordered to Washington on July 21, 1861, and there mustered into the U.
S. service on the 27th for a three years' term. At Tennallytown, in
August, it was assigned to the 2nd brigade of the reserves under
Brig.-Gen. George G. Meade. Stationed at Great Falls and later at
Tennallytown, the troops constantly expected an engagement with the
forces in the vicinity, but none occurred until the affair at
Dranesville, Va., in December, in which the 3d brigade won a victory,
but the 2nd arrived too late to participate. At Mechanicsville the part
of the regiment was not important, but at Gaines' mill it was in the
thick of the fight and its losses were heavy. It was active at Glendale;
in reserve at Malvern hill; met with heavy losses at Antietam, and made
a gallant dash at Fredericksburg, where the flag of the 19th Ga. was
captured by Corp. Jacob Cart, the only trophy gained in the battle. Cart
received a medal of honor for his bravery. On Dec. 17, 1862, the
regiment went into winter quarters at Belle Plain, but left them to join
in the "Mud March," and in Feb., 1863, was ordered to Washington for
rest and to recruit. It remained at or near Alexandria throughout that
year and the first months of the following year, and then joined the
Army of the Potomac in the Wilderness campaign. The 36th was then
attached to the 1st brigade, 3d division, 5th corps, and at the
Wilderness a large detachment of the regiment was cut off and made
prisoners. Of the 272 captured many never returned from their prisons.
The remaining battalion was with the army until June, participating in
the hard fighting of the month. The veterans and recruits were then
transferred to the 190th Pa. infantry, and the regiment was mustered out
at Philadelphia on June 16, 1864. Out of the fine body of men who had
made up the 36th but few returned for muster out. Those few, however,
were greeted with the appreciation so well earned by their heroism. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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