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Muster In: September 8, 18621
Muster Out: June 1, 18652
Commander(s):
Captain James F. Weaver
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Fourth Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army3
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- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)4
Second Offensive Order of Battle: Fourth Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army5
- Commander: Captain James F. Weaver6
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Dyer’s Compendium Info:
Petersburg Campaign Battles10:
- Before Petersburg June 16-18.
- Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.
- Jerusalem Plank Road June 21-23, 1864.
- Demonstration on north side of the James at Deep Bottom July 27-29.
- Deep Bottom July 27-28.
- Mine Explosion, Petersburg. July 30 (Reserve).
- Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom August 13-20.
- Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18.
- Ream’s Station, Weldon Railroad, August 25.
- Assault on Davidson’s Confederate Battery October 27.
- Front of Forts Morton and Sedgwick October 29.
- Reconnaissance to Hatcher’s Run December 9-10.
- Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run, February 5-7, 1865.
- Watkins’ House March 25.
- Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
- Gravelly Run March 29.
- Boydton Road or Hatcher’s Run March 30-31.
- Crow’s House, White Oak Road, March 31.
- Sutherland Station April 2.
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- Number 41. Report of Captain Alfred A. Rhinehart, One hundred and forty-eighth Pennsylvania Infantry, of operations August 13-20
- Number 42. Report of Captain James F. Weaver, One hundred and forty-eighth Pennsylvania Infantry, of operations August 22-27
- Number 49. Siege of Petersburg Report of Captain Alfred A. Rhinehart, One hundred and forty-eighth Pennsylvania Infantry, of operations March 25
- Number 51. Appomattox Report of Captain John F. Sutton, One hundred and forty-eighth Pennsylvania Infantry
- Number 55. Petersburg Campaign Report of Captain James F. Weaver, One Hundred and Forty-Eighth Pennsylvania Infantry
- Number 56. Petersburg Campaign Report of Captain Alfred A. Rhinehart, One Hundred and Forty-Eighth Pennsylvania Infantry, of operations July 26-30
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 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 ↩
- Volume 14 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 148th Pennsylvania Entry, Page 59; 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 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 ↩
- Volume 14 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 148th Pennsylvania Entry, Page 59; 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 XLII, Part 2 (Serial Number 88), page 613 ↩
- The Story of the 116th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion, page 280: At least a portion of the 148th PA was armed with the Spencer Repeating Rifle on October 27, 1864. ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
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