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Muster In: September 8, 18621
Muster Out: June 1, 18652
Commander(s):
Captain James F. Weaver
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Captain James J. Patterson
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Captain Alfred A. Rhinehart
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Captain John F. Sutton
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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 James F. Weaver7
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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 James F. Weaver (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 James F. Weaver (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: Captain James J. Patterson (October 31, 1864)17
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- Weapons: Spencer Repeating Rifle18
Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Fourth Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army19
- Commander: Captain James F. Weaver (December 31, 1864)20
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Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Fourth Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army21,22
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Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Fourth Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army25,26
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Dyer’s Compendium Info:
Petersburg Campaign Battles29:
- 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:
- 148th PA: The Civil War Diary of Ithiel B. Snyder
- 150 Years Ago Today: Skirmish in Front of Fort Morton and Fort Sedgwick: October 27, 1864
- 1864 Election Returns: 2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac
- New 1864 Diary of 148th Pennsylvania Soldier Published
- 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 XL P1 #55: Report of Captain James F. Weaver, 148th PA, June 12-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #56: Report of Captain Alfred A. Rhinehart, 148th PA, July 26-30, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #41: Report of Captain Alfred A. Rhinehart, 148th PA, August 13-20, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #42: Report of Captain James F. Weaver, 148th PA, August 22-27, 1864
- OR XLVI P1 #49: Report of Captain Alfred A. Rhinehart, 148th PA, March 25, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #51: Report of Captain John F. Sutton, 148th 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); 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), 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); 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), page 252 ↩
- 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 730 ↩
- 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 730 ↩
- 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), pages 117, 129: “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. 1298. ↩
- 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 459: “Organization of the Union Forces” (October 31, 1864)” ↩
- 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. ↩
- 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 1115: “Organization of the Union Forces” (December 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 1115: “Organization of the Union Forces” (December 31, 1864) ↩
- 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 325: “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 739: “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 2 (Serial Number 96), page 325: “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 739: “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 95), page 566: “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 582: “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 566: “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 566: “Organization of the Union Forces” (March 31, 1865) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩