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Muster In: Organized at Philadelphia as 32nd Pennsylvania Volunteers July 26, 1861, to January 18, 1862.1
Muster Out: July 1, 18652
Commander(s):
Colonel Edwin R. Biles
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Lieutenant Colonel Peter Fritz, Jr.
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Captain Jacob Giller
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First Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Third Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army3,4
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- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)5
Second Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Third Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army6,7
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Edwin R. Biles (June 30, 1864)8
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)9
Third Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Third Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army10,11
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Edwin R. Biles (July 31, 1864)12
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Third Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army13,14
- Commander: Colonel Edwin R. Biles (August 31, 1864)15
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Third Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army16,17
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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Third Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army18,19
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Peter Fritz, Jr. (October 31, 1864)20
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Third Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army21 ,22
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Peter Fritz, Jr. (December 31, 1864)23
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- Note: This regiment participated in Warren’s Stony Creek, or “Apple Jack” Raid to Belfield and Hicksford, Virginia in mid-December 1864.24
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Third Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union25,26,27
- Commander: Colonel Edwin R. Biles (January 31 & February 28, 1865)28,29
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- Note: This unit is listed in the casualty returns for the Battle of Hatcher’s Run, February 5-7, 1865, implying it was present during the Eighth Offensive and the battle.30
Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Third Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army31,32
- Commander: Captain Jacob Giller (March 31, 1865)33
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles34:
- 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 on north side of the James at Deep Bottom August 13-18.
- Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18.
- Skirmish at the Chimneys, September 10, 1864.35
- Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2.
- Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run, October 27-28.
- Raid on Weldon Railroad December 7-12.36
- Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run, February 5-7, 1865.
- Watkins’ House, Petersburg, March 25.
- Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
- Crow’s House March 31.
- Fall of Petersburg April 2.
- Sailor’s Creek April 6.
- High Bridge, Farmville, April 7.
- Appomattox C. H. April 9.
- Surrender of Lee and his army.
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- 150 Years Ago Today: Assault on the Confederate Work at the Chimneys: September 10, 1864
- 1864 Election Returns: 2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac
- LT: December 14, 1864 John A. Mayers (99th Pennsylvania)
- LT: December 25, 1864 John A. Mayers (99th Pennsylvania)
- LT: September 14, 1864 John A. Mayers (99th Pennsylvania)
- NP: August 12, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: 110th PA at First Deep Bottom, July 26-30, 1864
- NP: June 20, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Associated Press Accounts, June 17-18
- NP: June 20, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: The Attack on Petersburg, June 15-18
- OR XLVI P1 #75: Report of Captain Frederick W. Lewis, Ninety-ninth 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 War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), p. 221 ↩
- 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. 544 ↩
- Volume 14 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 99th Pennsylvania Entry, Page 54; 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), p,. 221 ↩
- 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. 544 ↩
- 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. 544 ↩
- Volume 14 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 99th Pennsylvania Entry, Page 54; 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), page 253 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), page 731 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), page 731 ↩
- 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: “Organization of the Army of the Potomac…August 31, 1864” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 1 (Serial Number 87), page 118: “Return of Casualties in the Union Forces (August 1864)” ↩
- 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: “Organization of the Army of the Potomac…August 31, 1864” ↩
- 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. 1299. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 1 (Serial Number 87), page 138: “Return of Casualties in the Union Forces (September-October 1864)” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 459: “Organization of the Union Forces” (October 31, 1864)” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 1 (Serial Number 87), page 154: “Return of Casualties in the Union Forces…Boydton Plank Road, Va., October 27-28, 1864” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 459: “Organization of the Union Forces” (October 31, 1864)” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 1116: “Organization of the Union Forces” (December 31, 1864) ↩
- Calkins, Chris. “The Apple Jack Raid: For This Barbarism There Was No Real Excuse.” Blue & Gray Magazine Summer 2005: 18-25 (OOB on page 60). ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 1116: “Organization of the Union Forces” (December 31, 1864) ↩
- Calkins, Chris. “The Apple Jack Raid: For This Barbarism There Was No Real Excuse.” Blue & Gray Magazine Summer 2005: 18-25 (OOB on page 60). ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 326: “Organization of the Union Forces” (January 31, 1865) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 740: “Organization of the Union Forces” (February 28, 1865) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 96), page 64: “Return of Casualties in the Union forces at Hatcher’s Run (otherwise known as Dabney’s Mill, Armstrong’s Mill, Rowanty Creek, and Vaughan Road)… (February 5-7, 1865)” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 326: “Organization of the Union Forces” (January 31, 1865) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 740: “Organization of the Union Forces” (February 28, 1865) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 96), page 64: “Return of Casualties in the Union forces at Hatcher’s Run (otherwise known as Dabney’s Mill, Armstrong’s Mill, Rowanty Creek, and Vaughan Road)… (February 5-7, 1865)” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 568: “Organization of the Union Forces” (March 31, 1865) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 583: “Return of casualties in the Union Forces commanded by Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, March 29-April 9, 1865” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 568: “Organization of the Union Forces” (March 31, 1865) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- Mayers, John A. “Camp in the trenches.” Received by Dear Sister (Rose Mayer), “Camp in the trenches”, 14 Sept. 1864, Petersburg, VA. ↩
- Mayers, John A. “Camp 99th Regt. P.V.V.” Received by Dear Sister (Rose Mayer), “Camp 99th Regt. P.V.V.”, 14 Dec. 1864, Petersburg, VA. ↩