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Muster In: Organized October 18611
Muster Out: June 30, 18652
Commander(s):
Colonel William M. Mintzer
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Lieutenant Colonel George C. Anderson
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Captain Arch. F. Jones
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Captain Philip H. Schreyer
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Commander 5
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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 Army5,6
- Commander: Captain Arch. F. Jones7
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- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)8
Third Offensive Order of Battle: Fourth Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army9,10
- Commander: Captain Philip H. Schreyer (July 31, 1864)11
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Fourth Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army12,13
- Commander: Captain Philip H. Schreyer (August 31, 1864)14
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Fourth Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army15
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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Fourth Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army16
- Commander: Colonel William M. Mintzer (October 31, 1864)17
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Fourth Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army18
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel George C. Anderson (December 31, 1864)19
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Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Fourth Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army20,21
Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Fourth Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army24,25
- Commander: Colonel William M. Mintzer (March 31, 1865)26
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Dyer’s Compendium Info:
Petersburg Campaign Battles27:
- 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:
- 1864 Election Returns: 2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac
- NP: June 20, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: The Attack on Petersburg, June 15-18
- OR XL P1 #50: Report of Captain Philip H. Schreyer, 53rd PA, July 26-30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #51: Report of Captain James Patton, 53rd PA, June 12-July 30, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #37: Reports of Captain Philip H. Schreyer, 53rd PA, August 12-26, 1864
- OR XLVI P1 #45: Report of Colonel William M. Mintzer, 53rd PA, February 5-7, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #46: Report of Lieutenant Colonel George C. Anderson, 53rd PA, March 25, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #48: Report of Colonel William M. Mintzer, 53rd PA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 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 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), p. 543 ↩
- 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. ↩
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- Sommers, Richard J. “Grant’s Fifth Offensive at Petersburg: A Study in Strategy, Tactics, and Generalship. The Battle of Poplar Spring Church, the First Battle of the Darbytown Road, the Second Battle of the Squirrel Level Road, the Second Battle of the Darbytown Road (Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia).” Doctoral Thesis. Rice University, 1970. Print. p. 1298. ↩
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