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Muster In: September 4(?), 18611
Muster Out:
- A,B,C,D: June 3, 1865
- E,F,G,H,I,K: July 14, 18652
Commander(s):
Major David W. Megraw
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Captain Garrett Nowlen
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Captain Samuel Taggart
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Captain John R. Weltner
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Second Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army5
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- Weapons: Smooth-bored Muskets, model 1842 (.69 caliber) (June 30, 1864)6,7
Second Offensive Order of Battle: Second Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army8
- Commander: Captain Garrett Nowlen9,10
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- Weapons: Smooth-bored Muskets, model 1842 (.69 caliber) (June 30, 1864)11,12
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:
- Commander: Major David W. Megraw18
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Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Commander: Major David W. Megraw19
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Ninth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Commander: Major David W. Megraw (wounded on March 31, 1865)20
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Dyer’s Compendium Info:
Petersburg Campaign Battles21:
- Before Petersburg June 16-18.
- Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.
- Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23, 1864.
- Demonstration on north side of the James River July 27-29.
- Deep Bottom July 27-28.
- Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (Reserve).
- Demonstration on north side of James River at Deep Bottom August 13-20.
- Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18.
- Ream’s Station August 25.
- Front of Forts Morton and Sedgwick October 27.
- Reconnaissance to Hatcher’s Run December 9-10.
- Dabney’s Mills February 5-7, 1865.
- Watkins’ House, Petersburg, March 25.
- Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
- Hatcher’s Run or Boydton Road March 31.
- White Oak Road March 31.
- Sutherland Station April 2.
- Fall of Petersburg April 2.
Bibliography:
- 116th PA: The Civil War Notebook of Daniel Chisolm: A Chronicle of Daily Life in the Union Army, 1864-1865
- 116th PA: The Story of the 116th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry: War of Secession, 1862-1865
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- 116th PA: The Civil War Notebook of Daniel Chisolm: A Chronicle of Daily Life in the Union Army, 1864-1865
- 116th PA: The Story of the 116th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry: War of Secession, 1862-1865
- BTC Notes: The Story of the 116th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion
- Number 38. Report of Captain David W. Megraw, One hundred and sixteenth Pennsylvania Infantry, of operations August 13-20
- Number 39. Report of Captain John R. Weltner, One hundred and sixteenth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers from 22nd to 26th of August, 1864
- Number 47. Siege of Petersburg Report of Colonel St. Clair A. Mulholland, One hundred and sixteenth Pennsylvania Infantry, of operations February 5-7
- Number 49. Appomattox Report of Captain John R. Weltner, One hundred and sixteenth Pennsylvania Infantry
- Number 52. Petersburg Campaign Report of Captain David W. Megraw, One Hundred and Sixteenth Pennsylvania Infantry, of operations July 26-30
- Number 53. Petersburg Campaign Report of Captain Garrett Nowlan, One Hundred and Sixteenth Pennsylvania Infantry
- OR LI P1: Report of Major David W. Megraw, One hundred and sixteenth Pennsylvania Infantry, of operations March 25, 1865
Sources:
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- The Story of the 116th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion, after page 300 ↩
- The Story of the 116th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion, after page 304 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), pages 219-220 ↩
- The Story of the 116th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion, page 280. This regimental history does not mention what specific model of .69 caliber smoothbore the 116th had, but see note on ordnance return. ↩
- Volume 14 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 116th Pennsylvania Entry, Page 57; 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. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), pages 219-220 ↩
- The Story of the 116th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion, page 277 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), page 543 ↩
- The Story of the 116th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion, page 280. This regimental history does not mention what specific model of .69 caliber smoothbore the 116th had, but see note on ordnance return. ↩
- Volume 14 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 116th Pennsylvania Entry, Page 57; 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. ↩
- The Story of the 116th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion, page 283 ↩
- The Story of the 116th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion, page 280. This regimental history does not mention what specific model of .58 caliber Springfield the 116th had, but presumably it was a Model 1861. ↩
- The Story of the 116th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion, pages 293-294 ↩
- The Story of the 116th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion, page 294 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 2 (Serial Number 88), page 613 ↩
- The Story of the 116th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion, page 333: “The Regiment was commanded during the winter by Major David W. Megraw, who had been promoted from Captain of Company H, Colonel Mulholland being in command of the brigade.” ↩
- The Story of the 116th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion, page 336 ↩
- The Story of the 116th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion, page 336 ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
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