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97th Pennsylvania Infantry

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Muster In: Organized at West Chester August 22 to October 28, 1861.1
Muster Out: Mustered out August 28, 1865.2

Commander(s):
Colonel Galusha Pennypacker
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Captain Isaiah Price
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Lieutenant John Wainwright
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | Second Division | X Corps | Army of the James | Union Army3,4

Second Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | Second Division | X Corps | Army of the James | Union Army6,7

Third Offensive Order of Battle:

Third Brigade | Second Division | X Corps | Army of the James | Union Army (July 1-26, 1864)10

Second Brigade | Second Division | X Corps | Army of the James | Union Army (July 26-31, 1864)10,12

  • Commander: Captain Isaiah Price (July 31, 1864)13
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Second Brigade | Second Division | X Corps | Army of the James | Union Army14,15

  • Commander: Colonel Galusha Pennypacker (August 31, 1864)16
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Second Brigade | Second Division | X Corps | Army of the James | Union Army17,18

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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Second Brigade | Second Division | X Corps | Army of the James | Union Army19,20

  • Commander: Lieutenant John Wainwright (October 31, 1864)21
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:

Second Brigade | Second Division | X Corps | Army of the James | Union Army (November 1-December 3, 1864)22

Second Brigade | Second Division | XXIV Corps | Army of the James | Union Army (December 3-7, 1864)23

  • Commander: Lieutenant John Wainwright (December 31, 1864)24
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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.
  • Note: In trenches before Richmond until December 7. Left to participate in the First Fort Fisher Expedition and never returned. 25

Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • No longer present at the Siege of Petersburg.26

Ninth Offensive Order of Battle:

  • No longer present at the Siege of Petersburg.27

Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles28:

  • Before Petersburg June 15-18.
  • Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16 to December 7, 1864.
  • Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (Reserve).
  • Demonstration on north side of James River at Deep Bottom August 13-20.
  • Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18.
  • Bermuda Hundred August 24-25.
  • Battle of Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights, September 28-30.
  • Charles City Road October 7.
  • Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28.
  • In trenches before Richmond until December 6.

Bibliography:

    Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:

    Sources:

    1. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    2. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    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. 234 ↩
    4. 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. 553 ↩
    5. Volume 14 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 97th 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. ↩
    6. 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. 234 ↩
    7. 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. 553 ↩
    8. 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. 553 ↩
    9. Volume 14 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 97th 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. ↩
    10. 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 264 ↩
    11. 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 264 ↩
    12. 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 738 ↩
    13. 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 738 ↩
    14. 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 620: “Organization of the Army of the Potomac…August 31, 1864” ↩
    15. 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 120: “Return of Casualties in the Union Forces (August 1864)” ↩
    16. 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 620: “Organization of the Army of the Potomac…August 31, 1864” ↩
    17. 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. 1303. ↩
    18. 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 133: “Return of Casualties in the Union Forces (September-October 1864)” ↩
    19. 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 465: “Organization of the Union Forces” (October 31, 1864)” ↩
    20. 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 149: “Return of Casualties in the Union Forces…Fair Oaks and Darbytown Road, Va., October 27-28, 1864” ↩
    21. 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 465: “Organization of the Union Forces” (October 31, 1864)” ↩
    22.  A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    23. 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 1124: “Organization of the Union Forces” (December 31, 1864) ↩
    24. 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 1124: “Organization of the Union Forces” (December 31, 1864) ↩
    25. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    26. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    27. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
    28. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩

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