7th Pennsylvania Reserve (36th) Volunteer Infantry


Dedicated: September 17, 1906
Location: Mansfield Ave
Map Number: Map 1, Position 2
   
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7th Regiment Pennsylvania
Reserve Volunteer Infantry
36th Regiment in line, 2nd Brigade,
3rd Division, 1st Corps.
Organized June 26, 1861.
Mustered out June 16, 1864.

The regiment arrived on the field on the afternoon
of September 16, 1862.
Formed at this point on the morning of the 17th,
advanced about 600 yards South and became
engaged with Hood's Confederate Division.

Casualties at Antietam
Killed   12
Wounded   60
Total   72

Recruited three companies in Philadelphia,
two companies in Cumberland County, two
companies in Lebanon County, one company
each in Luzerne, Clinton and Perry counties.

Battles participated in:
Great Falls, Dranesville, Gaines Mills, Mecahnicsville, Charles City Cross Roads,
Malvern Hill, Gainesville, Second Bull Run
Chantilly, South Mountain, Antietam,
Fredericksburg, and Wilderness

Virtue, Liberty and Independence
Erected by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

 

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