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Pennsylvania 42nd Volunteer Infantry (Union)

Muster
  • Muster In Date:Jun 4, 1861
  • Muster Out Date:Jun 11, 1864
Other
  • Aliases:
    • 13th Reserves Infantry Battalion, Pennsylvania
    • 1st Pennsylvania Mounted Rifles
    • Pennsylvania Bucktails Mounted Rifles
  • Leaders:
    • Brigadier General George Dashiell Bayard
    • Brigadier General George G. Meade
    • Brigadier General James Shields
    • Brigadier General Samuel W. Crawford
    • Brigadier General Truman Seymour
    • Captain Dennis McGee
    • Colonel Charles F. Taylor
    • Colonel Richard Biddle Roberts
    • Colonel William McCandless
    • Lieutenant Colonel Alanson E. Niles
    • Lieutenant Colonel Thomas L. Kane
    • Major William R. Hartshorne
battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
GlendaleJun 30, 1862Jun 30, 1862< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Totopotomoy CreekMay 28, 1864May 30, 18642 day(s)Hanover County, Virginia
Malvern HillJul 1, 1862Jul 1, 1862< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
GettysburgJul 1, 1863Jul 3, 18632 day(s)Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
AntietamSept 17, 1862Sept 17, 1862< 1 daySharpsburg, Maryland
MechanicsvilleJun 26, 1862Jun 26, 1862< 1 dayHanover Couunty, Virginia
FredericksburgDec 13, 1862Dec 13, 1862< 1 dayFredericksburg, Virginia
DranesvilleDec 20, 1861Dec 20, 1861< 1 dayFairfax County, Virginia
ChantillySept 1, 1862Sept 1, 1862< 1 dayFairfax County, Virginia
Spotsylvania Court HouseMay 8, 1864May 21, 186413 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Cross KeysJun 8, 1862Jun 8, 1862< 1 dayRockingham County, Virginia
Mine RunNov 27, 1863Dec 2, 18635 day(s)Orange County, Virginia
WildernessMay 5, 1864May 7, 18642 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
Savage's StationJun 29, 1862Jun 29, 1862< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Second Bull RunAug 28, 1862Aug 30, 18622 day(s)Prince William County, Virginia
Gaines' MillJun 27, 1862Jun 27, 1862< 1 dayHanover County, Virginia
South MountainSept 14, 1862Sept 14, 1862< 1 dayFrederick County, Maryland; Washington County, Maryland; Boonsboro, Maryland
Mechanicsville, VirginiaJun 26, 1862Jun 26, 1862< 1 dayMechanicsville, Virginia

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