UNION PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS
158th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (Drafted Militia)
- Overview:
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Organized at Chambersburg November 1, 1862, and ordered to Suffolk, Va. Attached to Spinola's Brigade, Division at Suffolk, 7th Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 5th Division, 18th Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to May, 1863. District of the Pamlico, Dept. of North Carolina, to June, 1863. Spinola's Brigade, 7th Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to July, 1863. Harper's Ferry, W. Va., to August, 1863.
- Service:
- Duty at Suffolk, Va., till December 28, 1862. Moved to New Berne, N. C., December 28-January 1, 1863. and duty there till June, 1863. Expedition from New Berne to Trenton, Pollocksville, Young's Cross Roads and Swansborough March 6-10. Expedition to relief of Little Washington, N. C., April 7-10. Blount's Creek April 9. Expedition to Swift Creek Village April 13-21. Big Swift Creek April 19. Ordered to Fortress Monroe, Va., June. Dix's Peninsula Campaign July 1-7. Moved to Harper's Ferry July 7-9, thence moved to Boonsboro, Md., and reported to Gen. Meade July 11. Pursuit of Lee July 11-24. Ordered to Harrisburg, Pa., August 3. Mustered out August 12, 1863.
Regiment lost during service 45 by disease.
- Soldiers:
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