3rd Pennsylvania Reserve (32nd) Volunteer Infantry

Dedicated: September 17, 1906
Location: Mansfield Ave
Map Number: Map 1, Position 5
   
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3rd Regt. Pennsylvania
Reserve Corps
32nd Regt. Penna. Vol. Infantry
2nd Brigade - 3rd Division - 1st Corps

Arriving on the field on the afternoon of September 16th, Lieut. Col. John Clark. Comd'g. the Regiment immediately deployed eight companies as skirmishers.

When the 2nd Brigade advanced on the morning of September 17th, the Regiment fell into line, and 600 yards South of this point became engaged with Hood's Confederate Division.

Number engaged about 200
Casualties at Antietam
Killed   12
Wounded   34
Total   46

Battles participated in:
Dranesville South Mountain
Mechanicsville Antietam
Gaines Mill Fredericksburg
Charles City Cross
Roads
Princeton C. H.
Malvern Hills Brushey Mountain
Gainesville Cloyds Mountain
2nd Bull Run New River Bridge
Chantilly Blacksburg

Virtue, Liberty and Independence
Erected by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

 

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