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118th Pennsylvania Timeline From beginning to end Timeline of the 118th Pennsyvania Infantry Regiment May 15-30, 1862 Organized at Philadelphia August 31 Moved to Baltimore, Md., then to Washington, D.C. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, September 6-24 Maryland Campaign September 16-17 Battle of Antietam September 19 Shepherdstown Ford September-October At Sharpsburg October 30-November Movement to Falmouth, Va 19 December 12-15 Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. December 29-30 Reconnaissance to Richard”s and Ellis” Fords, Rappahannock River January 20-24, 1863 Burnside”s 2nd Campaign, "Mud March" February-April At Falmouth April 27-May 6 Chancellorsville Campaign. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps May 1-5 Battle of Chancellorsville June 11-July 24 Gettysburg Campaign July 1-3 Battle of Gettysburg The regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Gwyn. From the monument: "First position July 2. July 3 on Big Round Top. Present at Gettysburg 332. Killed 3, wounded 19, captured or missing 3." July 5-24 Pursuit of Lee July 23 Wapping Heights, Va. August-September At Warrenton and Beverly Ford September 17 At Culpeper October 9-22 Bristoe Campaign November 7-8 Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7 Rappahannock Station November Mine Run Campaign 26-December 2 December-May At Beverly Ford May 4-June 12, 1864 Rapidan Campaign May 5-7 Battles of the Wilderness May 8 Laurel Hill May 8-21 Spottsylvania May 12 Assault on the Salient May 23-26 North Anna River May 25 Jericho Ford May 26-28 On line of the Pamunkey May 28-31 Totopotomoy June 1-12 Cold Harbor June 16-18 Before Petersburg; beginning of Siege of Petersburg June 22-23 Jerusalem Plank Road August 18-21 Weldon Railroad September 29-October Poplar Springs Church October 27-28 Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher”s Run December 7-12 Warren”s Expedition to Hicksford February 5-7, 1865 Dabney”s Mills, Hatcher”s Run March 28-April 9 Appomattox Campaign March 29 Lewis Farm, near Gravelly Run and Junction of Quaker and Boydton Roads March 31 White Oak Road April 1 Five Forks April 9 Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. May 1-12 March to Washington, D.C. May 23 Grand Review June 1, 1865 Mustered out This page comes from 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers: https://www.118thpvi.co.uk The URL for this page is: https://www.118thpvi.co.uk/resources .

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