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Muster In: Organized at Philadelphia March 3 to May 4, 1864, from 1st Battalion Militia Infantry (6 Mos.).1
Muster Out: August 3, 18652
Commander(s):
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph F. Ramsey
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Captain Joseph A. Ege
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Commander 3
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First Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | First Division | V Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army3,4
- Commander:
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)5
Second Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | First Division | V Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army6,7
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Joseph F. Ramsey (June 30, 1864)8
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)9
Third Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | First Division | V Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army10,11
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Joseph F. Ramsey (July 31, 1864)12
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons:
Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | First Division | V Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army13,14
- Commander: Captain Joseph A. Ege (August 31, 1864)15
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons:
Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: ? Brigade | Third Division | V Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army (September 1-22, 1864) (need source)
- Commander:
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons:
- Note: The 187th Pennsylvania was relieved September 22 and ordered to Philadelphia.
Sixth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Was no longer at the Siege of Petersburg.16
Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:
- Was no longer at the Siege of Petersburg.17
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Was no longer at the Siege of Petersburg.18
Ninth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Was no longer at the Siege of Petersburg.19
Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles20:
- Before Petersburg June 16-18.
- Siege of Petersburg June 16 to September 22.
- Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps.
- Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Rail- road, June 21-23.
- Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (Reserve).
- Weldon Railroad August 18-21.
- Relieved September 22 and ordered to Philadelphia.
- Garrison and escort duty at Camp Cadwalader, Philadelphia, Pa, and provost duty at other points in Pennsylvania until August, 1865.
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- OR XL P1 #116: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph F. Ramsey, 187th PA, June 12-July 30, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #135: Report of Captain Joseph A. Ege, 187th PA, August 18-27, 1864
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. 223 ↩
- 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. 545 ↩
- Volume 14 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 187th 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. 223 ↩
- 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. 545 ↩
- 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. 545 ↩
- Volume 14 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 187th 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 254 ↩
- 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 732 ↩
- 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 732 ↩
- 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 614: “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 123: “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 614: “Organization of the Army of the Potomac…August 31, 1864” ↩
- 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) ↩
- 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) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩