83rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
83rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry | |
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Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Col. John W. McLane[3] Col. Strong Vincent Col. Orpheus S. Woodward[4] |
The 83rd Pennsylvania was a volunteer infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War, which participated in almost every major battle in the East, including Seven Days Battles, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Petersburg and Appomattox Court House.
As one of four regiments in the 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, V Corps,
The 83rd Pennsylvania suffered the second-highest number of battle deaths among Union Army infantry regiments during the war, second only to the
Future Medal of Honor recipient Leander Herron served in the 83rd Pennsylvania from December 1863 to June 1865.
Casualties
During its time of service, the 83rd Pennsylvania lost 11 officers and 271 men killed in combat and 2 officers and 151 men died from disease or accidents. 435 men in total died during the regiment's time of service, amounting to 24% of its enlistments. [5]
See also
- List of Pennsylvania Civil War regiments
References
- ^ a b "History - Pennsylvania Infantry (Part 4)". Civilwararchive.com. Retrieved 2013-10-12.
- ^ Norton, Oliver Willcox (2008-01-07). "army letters 1861-1865 - oliver willcox norton - Google Boeken". Retrieved 2013-10-12.
- ^ History of the Eighty-Third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers by A.M. Judson, B.F.H. Lynn, Publisher, Erie PA, 1881
- ^ "Monument to the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment at Gettysburg". Gettysburg.stonesentinels.com. Retrieved 2013-10-12.
- ^ Fox, William F. (William Freeman) (1889). Regimental losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865. A treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington. University of California Libraries. Albany, Albany Pub. Co.