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Muster In: Organized October 18611
Muster Out: June 30, 18652
Commander(s):
Captain Arch. F. Jones
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Captain Philip H. Schreyer
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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 Arch. F. Jones6
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Dyer’s Compendium Info:
Petersburg Campaign Battles9:
- Before Petersburg June 16-18.
- Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.
- Weldon Railroad June 22-23, 1864.
- Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom July 27-29 and August 13-20.
- Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18.
- Ream’s Station August 25.
- Reconnaissance to Hatcher’s Run December 9-10.
- Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run, February 5-7, 1865.
- Watkins, House, Petersburg, March 25.
- Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
- Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run, March 31.
- White Oak Road March 31.
- Fall of Petersburg April 2.
- Sutherland Station April 2.
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- Number 37. Reports of Captain Philip H. Schreyer, Fifty-third Pennsylvania Infantry, of operations August 13-20 and 22-26
- Number 45. Siege of Petersburg Report of Colonel William M. Mintzer, Fifty-third Pennsylvania Infantry, of operations February 5-7
- Number 46. Siege of Petersburg Report of Lieutenant Colonel George C. Anderson, Fifty-third Pennsylvania Infantry, of operations March 25
- Number 48. Appomattox Report of Colonel William M. Mintzer, Fifty-third Pennsylvania Infantry
- Number 50. Petersburg Campaign Report of Captain Philip H. Schreyer, Fifty-Third Pennsylvania Infantry, of operations July 26-30
- Number 51. Petersburg Campaign Report of Captain James Patton, Fifty-Third Pennsylvania Infantry
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); 53rd Pennsylvania Entry, Page 47; 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); 53rd Pennsylvania Entry, Page 47; 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 ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
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