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96th Pennsylvania Infantry

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Muster In: Organized at Pottsville September 9 to October 30, 1861.1
Muster Out: Mustered out October 21, 1864, expiration of term.2

Commander(s):
Lieutenant Colonel William H. Lessig
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Commander 2
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Commander 3
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Second Brigade | First Division | VI Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army3,4

Second Offensive Order of Battle: Second Brigade | First Division | VI Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army6,7

  • Commander:
    • Lieutenant Colonel William H. Lessig (at least June 25 and 30, 1864)8,9
  • Unit Strength: >=200 officers and men PFD (June 25, 1864)10
  • Weapons: Enfield Rifles (.577 caliber) (June 30, 1864)11

Third Offensive Order of Battle: Second Brigade | First Division | VI Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army12

  • Commander: Lieutenant Colonel William H. Lessig (July 31, 1864)13
  • Unit Strength:
  • Weapons:
  • Note: The Second Brigade, First Division, Sixth Corps moved to City Point, Va. on July 9 and embarked for Washington, D.C. on July 10, 1864.14,15

Fourth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.16

Fifth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.17

Sixth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Not present at the Siege of Petersburg.18
  • Note: Mustered out October 21, 1864, expiration of term.19

Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Unit no longer in existence.20

Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Unit no longer in existence.21

Ninth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • Unit no longer in existence.22

Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles23:

  • Before Petersburg June 17-18.
  • Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23.
  • Siege of Petersburg until July 9.
  • Moved to Washington, D.C., July 9-11.
  • …away…
  • Mustered out October 21, 1864, expiration of term.

Bibliography:

    Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:

    Sources:

    1. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    2. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    3. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), p. 226 ↩
    4. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 547 ↩
    5. Volume 14 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 96th Pennsylvania Entry, Page 53; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
    6. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), p. 226 ↩
    7. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 547 ↩
    8. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 547 ↩
    9. “General Grant’s Army.” The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA). June 29, 1864, p. 1 col. 2: “Yesterday, General RUSSELL, First Division, Sixth Corps, sent out Lieutenant-Colonel LESSIG, with about two hundred men of the Ninety-Sixth Pennsylvania, to reconnoiter in the direction of the Weldon Railroad, near the portion which was destroyed on the 23d.” ↩
    10. “General Grant’s Army.” The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA). June 29, 1864, p. 1 col. 2: “Yesterday (June 25, 1864), General RUSSELL, First Division, Sixth Corps, sent out Lieutenant-Colonel LESSIG, with about two hundred men of the Ninety-Sixth Pennsylvania, to reconnoiter in the direction of the Weldon Railroad…” ↩
    11. Volume 14 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 96th Pennsylvania Entry, Page 53; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
    12. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), page 257 ↩
    13. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XXVII, Part 2 (Serial Number 71), page 550 ↩
    14. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XXVII, Part 1 (Serial Number 70), page 271 ↩
    15. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    16. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    17. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    18. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    19. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    20. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    21. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    22. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    23. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩

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