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Muster In: Organized at Philadelphia August, 1862.1
Muster Out: Mustered out May 29, 1865.2
Commander(s):
Brevet Brigadier General Charles H. T. Collis
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Captain John S. Crawford
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Captain Henry M. Eddy
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Captain John R. Waterhouse
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Provost Guard | 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: Provost Guard | Army of the Potomac | Union Army6,7
- Commander: Colonel Charles H. T. Collis (June 30, 1864)8
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)9
Third Offensive Order of Battle: Provost Guard | Army of the Potomac | Union Army10,11
- Commander: Colonel Charles H. T. Collis (July 31, 1864)12
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Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Provost Guard | Army of the Potomac | Union Army13
- Commander: Colonel Charles H. T. Collis (August 31, 1864)14
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Provost Guard | Army of the Potomac | Union Army15
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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Provost Guard | Army of the Potomac | Union Army16
- Commander: Captain John S. Crawford (October 31, 1864)17
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Provost Guard | Army of the Potomac | Union Army18
- Commander: Brevet Brigadier General Charles H. T. Collis (December 31, 1864)19
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Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Provost Guard | Army of the Potomac | Union Army20,21
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Ninth Offensive Order of Battle:
Provost Guard | Army of the Potomac | Union Army (March 1-28(?), 1865)
Independent Brigade | Ninth Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army (March 28(?) on, 1865)24,25
- Commander:
- Captain Henry M. Eddy (mortally wounded April 2)(March 31-April 2, 1865)26
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- Note: The 114th Pennsylvania transferred from the Provost Guard to the newly formed Independent Brigade, Ninth Corps, AotP on March 28, 1865.
Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles27:
- Before Petersburg June 16-18.
- Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.
- Garrison and Provost duty at City Point, Va., June 18, 1864, to March 28, 1865.
- Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Occupation of Petersburg April 3.
- Moved to Washington, D.C., May 1-12.
Bibliography:
- 114th PA: A Woman’s War Record 1861-1865
- 114th PA: Collis’ Zouaves : The 114th Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Civil War
- 114th PA: Music on the March, 1862-’65, with the Army of the Potomac. 114th Regt. P.V., Collis’ Zouaves
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- 114th PA: A Woman’s War Record 1861-1865
- 114th PA: Collis’ Zouaves : The 114th Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Civil War
- 114th PA: Music on the March, 1862-’65, with the Army of the Potomac. 114th Regt. P.V., Collis’ Zouaves
- Fort Mahone Diorama: April 2, 1865
- MOLLUS ME V2: In a Charge Near Fort Hell, Petersburg, April 2, 1865 by Thomas P. Beals
- NP: June 27, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Action at Hare’s Hill and Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road, June 23-24, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #11: Report of Brigadier General Marsena R. Patrick, Provost-Marshal-General, AotP, July 30-November 1, 1864
- OR XLVI P1 #198: Report of Captain John R. Waterhouse, 114th PA, April 2-3, 1865
- UPR: Report of Colonel Andrew H. Tippin, Sixty-Eighth Pennsylvania Infantry, of operations February 5-7, 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), page 218 ↩
- 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 542 ↩
- Volume 14 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 114th Pennsylvania Entry, Page 56; 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 218 ↩
- 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 542 ↩
- 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 542 ↩
- Volume 14 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 114th Pennsylvania Entry, Page 56; 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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- 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 611: “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 611: “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. 1297. ↩
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