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Battles, Skirmishes and Other Actions in Pennsylvania

Date Nature Location Troops Engaged

October 10, 1862 October 11, 1862 June 22, 1863 June 24, 1863 June 25, 1863 June 26, 1863 June 28, 1863

Action Skirmish Skirmish Skirmish Skirmish Skirmish Skirmish

Chambersburg Near Gettysburg Greencastle McConnellsburg McConnellsburg Near Gettysburg Fountain Dale Wrightsville (See the article about the destruction of the Susquehanna Bridge on Jeff Burk's web site Oyster Point McConnellsburg Fairfield Hanover

29th PA Infantry 6th PA Cavalry (Detachment) 1st New York (Lincoln) Cavalry Union Loss: 1 killed 12th PA Cavalry 1st New York (Lincoln) Cavalry Union Loss: 10 missing 26th PA Militia Union Loss: 176 missing PA Militia (No Report.)

June 28, 1863

Skirmish,

20th and 27th PA Militia Union loss: 12 wounded, 11 missing. Total, 23

June 28-29, 1863 June 29, 1863 June 30, 1863 June 30, 1863

Skirmishes Skirmish Skirmish Action

Philadelphia Battery Light Arty; 71st New York Militia Infantry 1st New York (Lincoln) Cavalry Union loss, 1 wounded Advance 1st Cavalry Division 4th and 18th PA Cavalry; 1st Maine Cavalry; 1st, 5th,

6th and 7th Michigan Cavalry; 5th New York Cavalry; 1st Vermont Cavalry; 1st West Virginia Cavalry; Battery "M," 2d and Battery "E," 4th United States Artillery Union loss, 19 killed, 73 wounded, 123 missing. Total, 215 June 30, 1863 Action Sporting Hill, near Harrisburg Landis' Battery PA Light Artillery; 22d and 37th New York Militia Infantry Union loss, 9 wounded Pennsylvania: 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 6th, 8th, 16th, 17th and 18th, Cavalry; 3d Heavy Artillery (Co. "H"); Batteries "B," "F" and "G," 1st Light Artillery; Independent Batteries "C," "E" and "F," Light Artillery; 1st, 2d, 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th Reserves Infantry; 11th, 23d, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 46th, 49th, 53d, 56th, 57th, 61st, 62d, 63d, 68th, 69th, 71st, 72d, 73d, 74th, 75th, 81st, 82d, 83d, 88th, 90th, 91st, 95th, 96th, 98th, 99th, 105th, 106th, 107th, 109th, 110th, 111th, 114th, 115th, 116th, 118th, 119th, 121st, 139th, 140th, 141st, 142d, 143d, 145th, 147th, 148th, 149th, 150th, 151st, 153d and 155th Infantry. See other Union Units below Landis' Battery PA Light Artillery; 23d, 28th, 33d and 37th New York Militia Infantry Union loss, 12 wounded (No Reports) 18th PA Cavalry; 1st, 5th, 6th and 7th Michigan Cavalry; 1st Vermont Cavalry; 1st West Virginia Cavalry; United States Batteries "M," 2d Arty, and "E," 4th Arty. United States 6th Cavalry 8th and 18th PA Cavalry; 1st, 5th, 6th and 7th Michigan Cavalry; 2d, 4th and 5th New York Cavalry; 1st Ohio Cavalry (Detachment) and 6th Ohio Cavalry; 1st Vermont Cavalry; 1st West Virginia Cavalry; Battery "M," 2d U. S. Artillery and Battery "E," 4th U. S. Artilery Union loss, 1 killed, 12 wounded, 30 missing. Total, 43

July 1-3, 1863

Battle

Gettysburg

July 1, 1863 July 2, 1863

Action Skirmish

Carlisle near Chambersburg

July 2, 1863

Action

Hunterstown

July 3, 1863

Action

Fairfield

July 4, 1863

Action

Monterey Gap

July 4, 1863 July 4, 1863 July 5, 1863

Action Skirmish Action

Fairfield Fairfield Gap Fairfield

6th U. S. Cavalry 1st Michigan Cavalry Union loss, 2 killed, 6 wounded, 13 missing. Total, 21 6th U. S. Cavalry 1st, 2d, 3d and 15th New Jersey Infantry; 1st and 3d Independent Batteries, New York Light Artillery; Battery "G," 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery; 5th Wisconsin Infantry Union loss, 2 killed, 5 wounded. Total, 7 1st New York (Lincoln) Cavalry 4th PA Cavalry 16th PA Cavalry (No Reports.) 1st New York (Lincoln) Cavalry Union loss, 2 killed, 1 missing. Total, 3 1st New York (Lincoln) Cavalry (Detachment); 12th PA Cavalry (Detachment) Union loss, 1 wounded, 18 missing. Total, 19 McGowan's Company, Maryland Infantry; Battery "A," 1st New York Light Artillery (Sec.) McGowan's Company, Maryland Infantry; Battery "A," 1st New York Light Artillery; McLean's Detachment, U. S. Cavalry 14th PA Cavalry; 8th Ohio Cavalry; 1st, 2d and 3d West Virginia Cavalry

July 4, 1863

Skirmish

near Fairfield

July 5, 1863 July 5, 1863 July 5, 1863 July 5, 1863 July 5, 1863

Skirmish Skirmish Skirmish Skirmish Skirmish

near Greencastle Green Oak Stevens' Furnace, or Caledonia Iron Works near Mercersburg Cunningham's Cross Roads Greencastle

July 5, 1863

Skirmish

July 29, 1864

Skirmish Burning of Chambersburg Skirmish

Mercersburg

July 30, 1864

Chambersburg

July 30, 1864

McConnellsburg

_________________ **Battle of Gettysburg Union Participants: Connecticut: 2d Battery Light Arty.; 5th, 14th, 17th, 20th and 27th Infantry Delaware: 1st and 2d Infantry Illinois: 8th and 12th Cavalry; 82d Infantry Indiana: 1st (Cos. "I," "K") and 3d (6 Cos.) Cavalry; 7th, 14th, 19th and 20th Infantry Maine: 1st Cavalry; 2d, 5th and 6th Batteries Light Arty.; 3d, 4th, 6th, 7th, 16th, 17th, 19th and

20th Infantry Maryland: 1st Cavalry; 1st Potomac Home Brigade Infantry; 1st Eastern Shore Infantry; 3d Infantry . Massachusetts: 1st Cavalry; 1st, 3d, 5th and 9th Batteries Light Arty.; 1st and 2d Companies Sharpshooters; 1st, 2d, 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th. 15th, 16th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 22d, 28th, 32d, 33d and 37th Infantry Michigan: 1st, 5th, 6th and 7th Cavalry; Battery "I," 1st Light Arty.; Brady's Sharpshooters: 1st. 3d, 4th, 5th, 7th, 16th and 24th Infantry Minnesota: 1st Infantry New Hampshire: 1st Battery Light Arty.; 2d. 5th and 12th Infantry. New Jersey: 1st Cavalry; Batteries "A" and "B." Light Arty.; 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 6th, 6th. 7th, 8th, 11th. 12th, 13th and 15th Infantry Nwe York: 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th and 10th Cavalry; Oneida Cavalry Company; Batteries "B," "C." "D," "E," "G," "I," "K," "L" and "M" 1st Light Arty.; 1st, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 11th, 13th and 15th Indpt. Batteries Light Arty.: 10th 39th, 40th, 41st 42d, 43d, 44th, 45th, 49th, 52d 54th, 57th 58th, 59th, 60th, 61st, 62d, 63d, 64th, 65th 66th, 67th, 68th, 69th, 70th, 71st, 72d, 73d, 74th, 76th, 77th, 78th, 80th, 82d, 83d, 84th, 85th, 88th, 94th, 95th 97th 102d. 104th, 107th, 108th, 111th, 119th, 120th, 121st, 122d, 123d. 124th. 125th, 126th. 134th, 136th, 137th, 140th, 145th. 146th, 147th. 149th, 150th, 154th and 157th Infantry Ohio: 6th Cavalry; Batteries "H," "I," "K" and "L," 1st Light Arty.; 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 25th, 29th, 55th. 61st, 66th, 73d, 75th, 82d and 107th Infantry Rhode Island: 1st Cavalry; Batteries "A," "B," "C," "E" and "G," 1st Light Arty.; 2d Infantry Vermont: 1st Cavalry; 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 13th, 14th and 16th Infantry West Virginia: 1st and 3d Cavalry; Battery "C," Light Arty.; 7th Infantry Wisconsin: 2d, 3d, 5th, 6th, 7th and 26th Infantry United States: 2d, 5th and 6th Cavalry; Batteries "H," "I" and "K," 1st Arty.; "A" and "M," 2d Arty.; "F" and "K." 3d Arty.; "A," "B," "C." "E," "F," "G" and "K," 4th Arty.; Batteries "C," "D," "F," "I" and "K," 5th Arty.; 1st and 2d Sharpshooters; 2d, 3d, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th and 17th Infantry Union loss: 3,070 killed, 14,497 wounded, 5,434 captured and missing. Total, 23,001.

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