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Muster In: Organized at Fortress Monroe, Va., April 1, 1864, from 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery.1
Muster Out: Mustered out at City Point, Va., December 14, 1865.2
Commander(s):
Lieutenant Colonel George K. Bowen
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Major Francis H. Reichard
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | First Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army3,4
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- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)5
Second Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | First Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army6,7
- Commander: Major Francis H. Reichard (June 30, 1864)8
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- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)9
Third Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | First Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army10,11
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel George K. Bowen (July 31, 1864)12
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | First Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army13
- Commander: Major Francis H. Reichard (August 31, 1864)14
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | First Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army15,16
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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | First Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army17,18
- Commander: Major Francis H. Reichard (October 31, 1864)19
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:
Third Brigade | First Division | XVIII Corps | Army of the James | Union Army (November 1-December 3, 1864)20
Third Brigade | Third Division | XXIV Corps | Army of the James | Union Army (December 3-31, 1864)21
- Commander: Major Francis H. Reichard (December 31, 1864)22
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- Note: On December 3, 1864, the X Corps and XVIII Corps of the Army of the James were reorganized into the XXIV Corps and the XXV Corps.
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | Third Division | XXIV Corps | Army of the James | Union Army23,24
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel George K. Bowen (January 31 & February 28, 1865)25,26
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Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | Third Division | XXIV Corps | Army of the James | Union Army27,28
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel George K. Bowen (March 31, 1865)29
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles30:
- Before Petersburg June 15-18.
- Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.
- Hare’s Hill June 24 and 28, 1864.
- In trenches before Petersburg until September.
- Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (Reserve).
- Battle of Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights, north of the James, September 28-30.
- Battle of Fair Oaks, near Richmond, October 27-28.
- Duty in trenches before Richmond until March, 1865.
- Expedition up the Rappahannock to Fredericksburg and destruction of large quantities of tobacco and stores March 5-8.
- Expedition from Fort Monroe into Westmoreland County March 11-13.
- March to Signal Hill before Richmond.
- Occupation of Richmond April 3.
- Guard and provost duty at Lynchburg and in Central Virginia until December, 1865.
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- 1864 Election Returns: Army of the James
- Petersburg Medals of Honor: The Fall of Fort Harrison
- Petersburg Medals of Honor: The Story of a Youthful Hero
- NP: October 3, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: AP Reports, September 29-30
- NP: October 3, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Latest War News, September 29
- NP: February 18, 1925 Potsdam NY Courier and Freeman: Orlando P. Benson Diary, 92nd NY, Part 2
- NT: October 28, 1886 National Tribune: The Capture of Fort Harrison, Sept. 29
- NT: March 22, 1888 National Tribune: Fort Harrison, How It Was Taken, Sept. 29
- NT: May 24, 1888 National Tribune: Fort Harrison, Gen. Clay Corrects a Pennsylvania Comrade
- NT: October 18, 1888 National Tribune: C. W. Clayberger, 188th PA, on Fort Harrison
- NT: May 2, 1889 National Tribune: Planting the Flag at Fort Harrison, Sept. 29
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. 235 ↩
- 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. 554 ↩
- Volume 14 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 188th Pennsylvania Entry, Page 61; 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. 235 ↩
- 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. 554 ↩
- 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. 554 ↩
- Volume 14 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 188th Pennsylvania Entry, Page 61; 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 265 ↩
- 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 739 ↩
- 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 739 ↩
- 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 621: “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 2 (Serial Number 88), page 621: “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. 1304. ↩
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- 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 578: “Organization of the Union Forces” (March 31, 1865) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩