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85th
Pennsylvania Infantry
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85th
Pennsylvania Infantry Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 3 by Samuel P Bates, 1869
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History
of the 85th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, comprising an
authentic narrative of Casey's division at the Battle of Seven Pines, by
Luther Samuel Dickey, 1915
| Regimental History |
| Eighy-fifth Infantry. — Col., Joshua B. Howell;
Lieut.-Cols., Norton McGiffin, H. A. Purviance, Edward Campbell; Majs.,
Absalom Guiler, James B. Tredwell, Edward Campbell, Isaac M. Abraham.
The 85th was recruited from the counties of Fayette, Washington,
Somerset and Greene, and was mustered into the U. S. service at Camp La
Fayette near Uniontown, Nov. 12, 1861, for a three years' term. It was
ordered to Washington at the end of November, went into camp at Camp
Good Hope and was employed with a brigade under Col. Tidball, in
strengthening the defenses of Washington. On March 29, 1862, attached to
the 2nd brigade, 3d division, 4th corps, it left Washington for Fortress
Monroe, where it joined the Army of the Potomac, and participated in the
operations on the Peninsula, being engaged at Williamsburg and Fair
Oaks, but was not active in the battles following. From Suffolk, where
it was stationed after the close of the campaign, the 85th was ordered
to New Berne, N. C, and joined the Goldsboro expedition, engaging the
enemy several times en route. Jan., 1863, was spent in camp near New
Berne, and at the close of the month the regiment was ordered to Hilton
Head, S. C, where it remained until April 1, when it moved to Folly
island. It shared in the siege of Fort Wagner, though its ranks were
sadly depleted by sickness and exposure to the trying southern summer,
and occupied Morris island with the rest of the troops after the fall of
the fort. In December it was ordered back to Hilton Head and encamped
near Port Royal, a much more healthful locality. It joined in the
unsuccessful expedition to Whitemarsh island, near Savannah, in Feb.,
1864; was transferred in April to the Army of the James, and posted at
Bermuda Hundred, Va., where it performed picket duty until June. It then
proceeded to Petersburg and was active in that vicinity in a number of
engagements from June to October. On Oct. 14, the veterans and recruits
were transferred to the 188th Pa. infantry and the remainder of the men,
after spending a month in camp at Portsmouth, were mustered out at
Pittsburg on Nov. 22. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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