54^th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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This information was extracted from Dyer's Compendium, Pt. 2 (Campaigns etc.) based on a keyword search. The campaigns were organized by state in the original source, so there are two 1864 listings below. The list of units that participated has been included to give the reader some idea of the size of the force participating in the engagement. Additional detail is provided in the regimental history.

West Virginia: 1862 1863 1864 Virginia: 1864 1865

1862 West Virginia

Oct. 2 Skirmish -- Hanging Rock, Blue's Gap

NEW YORK--1st Cavalry.

PENNSYLVANIA--54th Infantry (Cos. "B," "K").

Oct. 4 Skirmish -- Hanging Rock, Blue's Gap

NEW YORK--1st Cavalry. Union loss, 7 killed, 93 wounded, 200 missing. Total, 300.

Oct. 4 Attack on Little Cacapon Bridge and Paw Paw Tunnel

PENNSYLVANIA--54th Infantry (Cos. "B," "K").

1863 West Virginia

April 6-7 Skirmishes -- Purgetsville and Going's Ford, West Virginia

PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Cavalry; 54th Infantry. Union loss, 3 killed.

1864 West Virginia

Jan. 27-Feb. 7 Operations in Hampshire and Hardy Counties

CONNECTICUT--1st Cavalry (Detachment).

ILLINOIS-23d Infantry.

MARYLAND---2d Cavalry (Detachment); Cole's 1st P. H. B. Cavalry;

2d P. H. B. Infantry.

MASSACHUSETTS---34th Infantry. MICHIGAN--6th Cavalry (Detachment).

NEW YORK--1st, 15th and 21st Cavalry.

PENNSYLVANIA--Ringgold Battalion Cavalry; Greenfield's Company Cavalry;

3d and 4th Reserve Infantry; 54th Infantry.

WEST VIRGINIA--4th, 5th and 6th Cavalry; Batteries "D," "E," "F" and "G,"

Light Arty.; 1st, 12th, 14th and 15th Infantry.

Feb. 2 Skirmish -- Patterson's Creek

PENNSYLVANIA--54th Infantry (Co. "F").

Union loss, 2 killed, 10 wounded, 5 missing. Total, 17.

April 10 Skirmish -- Little Cacapon

PENNSYLVANIA--54th Infantry (Co. "K").

April 30-May 16.. Expedition (Sigel's) from Martinsburg, West Virginia to New Market, Virginia

CONNECTICUT--18th Infantry.

MARYLAND--Battery "B," Light Arty.; 1st P. H. B. Cavalry.

MASSACHUSETTS --34th Infantry.

NEW YORK--1st Lincoln, 1st Veteran, 15th (Detachment) and 21st Cavalry;

5th Heavy Arty. (Cos. "A," "B," "C," "D"); 30th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.

OHIO--28th, 116th and 123d Infantry.

PENNSYLVANIA--14th, 20th and 22d Cavalry (Detachments); 54th Infantry.

WEST VIRGINIA--Batteries "D" and "G," Light Arty.; 1st and 12th Infantry.

UNITED STATES--Battery "B," 5th Arty.

July 25 Engagement – Martinsburg

MARYLAND--1st P. H. B. Cavalry.

NEW YORK--1st Lincoln. 1st Veteran, 15th and 21st Cavalry; 5th Heavy Arty.

OHIO--8th Cavalry; 23d, 34th, 36th and 91st Infantry.

PENNSYLVANIA--12th, 14th, 20th and 22d Cavalry; 54th Infantry.

WEST VIRGINIA--3d Cavalry; Battery "B," Light Arty.; 5th, 9th, 13th and 14th Infantry.

1864 Virginia

April 1 Skirmish -- Fremont's Ford

PENNSYLVANIA--54th Infantry.

May 26-July 1 Hunter's Expedition to Lynchburg

CONNECTICUT--18th Infantry.

KENTUCKY--1st Battery Light Arty.

MARYLAND--1st P. H. B. Cavalry; Battery "B" Light Arty.;
2d Eastern Shore and 2d P. H. B. Infantry.

MASSACHUSETTS--34th Infantry. NEW YORK--1st (Lincoln), 1st Veteran,
15th and 21st Cavalry; 5th Heavy Arty. (Cos. "A," "B," "C," "D")
30th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.

OHIO--8th Cavalry; 1st Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 12th, 23d, 28th, 34th, 36th, 91st,
116th and 123d Infantry.

PENNSYLVANIA --14th, 20th and 22d Cavalry; 3d and 4th Reserve Infantry, 54th Infantry.

WEST VIRGINIA--1st, 2d, 3d, 5th and 7th Cavalry; Batteries "B" and "D" 1st Light Arty.;
1st, 4th, 5th, 9th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th Infantry.

UNITED STATES--Battery "B" 5th Arty.

Union loss, 103 killed, 564 wounded, 273 missing. Total, 940.

June 6 Occupation of Staunton

CONNECTICUT--18th Infantry.

MARYLAND---1st P. H. B. Cavalry; Battery "B" Light Arty.;
2d Eastern Shore and 2d P. H. B. Infantry.

MASSACHUSETTS---34th Infantry.

NEW YORK--1st (Lincoln), 1st Veteran, 15th and 21st Cavalry;
5th Heavy Arty. (Cos. "A." "B." "C," "D"), 30th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.

PENNSYLVANIA--14th, 20th and 22d Cavalry; 54th Infantry.

WEST VIRGINIA--Battery "B" Light Arty.; 1st, 4th 11th and 12th Infantry.

June 10 Skirmishes, Middlebrook and Brownsville

PENNSYLVANIA--3d and 4th Reserve Infantry (Detachments), 54th Infantry.

WEST VIRGINIA--11th and 15th Infantry.

June 11 Action --Lexington, Virginia

KENTUCKY--1st Battery Light Arty.

OHIO---8th Cavalry; 1st Battery Light Arty.; 23d. 34th and 36th Infantry.

PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry; 54th Infantry.

WEST VIRGINIA--1st, 2d, 3d. 5th Cavalry; 5th, 11th. 13th and 15th Infantry.

Union loss, 6 killed, 18 wounded. Total. 24.

June 16, 1864 to April 2, 1865 Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond

The rest of the units have been left out for this siege.

PENNSYLVANIA--54th (Co “K”)

June 17-18 Engagement -- Lynchburg

CONNECTICUT--18th Infantry.

KENTUCKY--1st Battery Light Arty.

MARYLAND--1st P. H. B. Cavalry; Battery "B," Light Arty.;
2d P. H. B. and 2d Eastern Shore Infantry.

MASSACHUSETTS----34th Infantry.

NEW YORK--1st Lincoln. 1st Veteran. 15th and 21st Cavalry;
5th Heavy Arty. (Cos. "A." "B." "C," "D"): 30th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.

OHIO--8th Cavalry: 1st Indpt. Battery Light Arty.: 12th, 23d. 34th. 36th. 91st. 116th
and 123d Infantry.

PENNSYLVANIA--14th, 20th and 22d Cavalry; 54th Infantry.

WEST VIRGINIA--1st, 2d, 3d, 5th and 7th Cavalry; Batteries "B" and "D," 1st Light Arty.;
1st, 4th, 5th, 9th, 11th. 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th Infantry.

Union loss, 103 killed, 564 wounded, 271 captured and missing. Total. 938.

June 20 Action -- Buford's Gap

KENTUCKY--1st Battery Light Arty.

OHIO--8th Cavalry; 1st Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 23d, 34th, 36th and 91st Infantry.

PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry; 54th Infantry.

WEST VIRGINIA--1st, 2d, 3d, 5th and 7th Cavalry; 5th, 9th, 11th, 13th, 14th
and 15th Infantry.

June 21 Skirmishes -- at and near Salem, Hanging Rock

KENTUCKY--1st Battery Light Arty.

MARYLAND-Battery "B," Light Arty.

NEW YORK--30th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.

OHIO--8th Cavalry; 1st Indpt. Battery Light Arty. 23d, 34th (Mounted), 36^th
and 91st Infantry.

PENNSYLVANIA--14th Cavalry; 54th Infantry: 3d and 4th Reserve Infantry (Detachments).

WEST VIRGINIA--1st, 3d, 5th and 7th Cavalry; Battery "D," Light Arty.; 5th. 9th. 11th,
13th, 14th and 15th Infantry.

Union loss, 6 killed. 10 wounded. Total, 16.

July 24 Engagement -- Kernstown or Winchester

CONNECTICUT--18th Infantry.

ILLINOIS--23d Infantry.

MARYLAND--1st P. H. B. Cavalry; 2d Eastern Shore Infantry.

MASSACHUSETTS--34th Infantry. New York--1st Lincoln, 1st Veteran,
15th and 21st Cavalry; 5th Heavy Arty. (Cos. "A." "B," "C," "D"),
30th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.

OHIO---8th Cavalry; 1st Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 23d, 34th, 36th, 91st, 116th,
123d and 170th Infantry.

PENNSYLVANIA-12th. 14th, 20th and 22d Cavalry; 54th Infantry.

WEST VIRGINIA--1st. 2d, 3d Cavalry; Batteries "B," "E" and "F," Light Arty.
1st, 4th, 5th. 9th. 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th Infantry.

UNITED STATES---Battery "L," 5th Arty.

Union loss, 100 killed. 606 wounded. 479 captured and missing. Total, 1,185.

Aug. 7-Nov. 28
Sheridan's Campaign in the Shenandoah Valley

CONNECTICUT--1st Cavalry; 2d Heavy Arty.; 9th, 12th and 13th Infantry.

ILLINOIS--23d Infantry.

INDIANA --3d Cavalry (2 Cos.): 17th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 8th, 11th and 18th Infantry.

IOWA--22d, 24th and 28th Infantry.

MAINE--1st and 5th Batteries Light Arty,; 7tb, 12th, 14th, 29th, and 30th Infantry.

MARYLAND-6th Infantry.

MASSACHUSETTS---2d and 3d Cavalry; 1st Battery Light Arty.; 26th, 30th, 34th,
37th and 38th Infantry.

MICHIGAN--1st, 5th, 6th and 7th Cavalry.

NEW HAMPSHIRE--1st Cavalry; 14th Infantry.

NEW JERSEY--3d Cavalry; 4th, 10th, 14th and 15th Infantry.

NEW YORK--1st, 2d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 19th, 22d and 25th Cavalry;
5th and 9th Heavy Arty.; 1st, 5th and 6th Indpt. Batteries Light Arty.;
43d, 49th, 62d, 65th, 75th, 77th, 90th, 106th, 114th, 116th, 121st, 122d, 128th, 131st,
133d, 151st, 153d, 156th, 159th, 160th, 162d, 165th, 173d. 175th and 176th Infantry.

OHIO--2d and 8th Cavalry; Battery "L," 1st Light Arty.;
23d, 34th, 36th, 91st, 110th, 116th, 122d, 123d and 126th Infantry.

PENNSYLVANIA--6th, 14th, 17th, 18th and 22d Cavalry; Battery "D," 1st Light Arty.;
47th, 49th, 54th. 61st, 67th, 82d, 87th, 93d, 95th, 96th, 98th, 102d, 119th.
138th and 139th Infantry.

RHODE ISLAND---1st Cavalry; Batteries "C," "D" and "G," 1st Light Arty.; 2d Infantry.

VERMONT--1st Cavalry; 1st Heavy Arty.; 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th and 10th Infantry.

WEST VIRGINIA--1st. 2d and 3d Cavalry; 1st, 4th, 5th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th,
14th and 15th Infantry.

WISCONSIN--5th Infantry.

UNITED STATES---1st, 2d, 5th and 6th Cavalry: Batteries "K & L," 1st Arty.; "B & L,"
and "M," 2d Arty.; "C" and "F & K," 3d Arty.; "C & E," 4th Arty.: "B," "L,"
and "M," 5th Arty.

Sept. 3 Engagement -- Berryville

ILLINOIS---23d Infantry.

INDIANA--8th Infantry.

IOWA--22d Infantry.

MARYLAND--2d Eastern Shore Infantry.

MASSACHUSETTS--34th Infantry.

NEW YORK--6th and 25th Cavalry; 5th Heavy Arty.

OHIO --Battery "L," 1st Light Arty.; 23d, 34th, 36th, 91st, 116th and 123d Infantry.

PENNSYLVANIA--Battery "D," 1st Light Arty.; 54th infantry.

WEST VIRGINIA --4th, 5th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th Infantry.

UNITED STATES--Battery "B," 5th Arty.

Union loss, 23 killed, 124 wounded, 19 missing. Total, 166.

Sept. 19 Battle of Opequan - Winchester

CONNECTICUT--1st Cavalry; 2d Heavy Arty.; 9th, 12th and 13th Infantry.

ILLINOIS---23d Infantry.

INDIANA--3d Cavalry (2 Cos.); 17th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 8th, 11th and 18th Infantry.

IOWA-22d, 24th and 28th Infantry. MAINE--1st and 5th Battery Light Arty.;
1st Veteran; 12th, 14th and 29th Infantry.

MARYLAND--6th Infantry.

MASSACHUSETTS---2d and 3d Cavalry; 1st Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 26th, 30th, 34th,
37th, 38th Infantry.

MICHIGAN--1st, 5th, 6th and 7th Cavalry.

NEW HAMPSHIRE--14th Infantry.

NEW JERSEY--3d Cavalry; 4th, 10th, 14th and 15th Infantry.

NEW YORK--1st, 2d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 19th, 22d and 25th Cavalry;
5th and 9th Heavy Arty., 1st and 5th Indpt. Batteries Light Arty.:
43d, 49th, 62d, 65th, 75th, 77th, 90th, 106th, 114th, 116th, 121st, 122d, 128th,
131st, 151st, 153d, 156th, 159th, 175th and 176th Infantry.

OHIO--2d and 8th (Detachment) Cavalry; Battery "L" 1st Light Arty.:
23d, 34th, 36th, 91st, 110th. 116th, 122d, 123d and 126th Infantry.

PENNSYLVANIA--14th, 17th, 18th and 22d Cavalry; Battery "D" 1st Light Arty.;
47th, 49th, 54th, 61st, 67th, 82d, 87th, 93d, 95th, 96th, 98th, 102d, 119th,
138th, 139th Infantry.

RHODE ISLAND--1st Cavalry; Batteries "C," "D" and "G" 1st Light Arty.; 2d Infantry.

VERMONT--1st Cavalry; 1st Heavy Arty.; 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th and 10th Infantry.

WEST VIRGINIA--1st, 2d and 3d Cavalry; 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th and 15th Infantry.

WISCONSIN--5th Infantry.

UNITED STATES--1st, 2d, 5th and 6th Cavalry; Batteries "K & L" 1st Arty.,
"B & L" 2d Arty., "B" 5th Arty.

Union loss, 697 killed, 3,983 wounded, 338 missing. Total, 5,018.

Sept. 23 Battle of Fisher's Hill, Woodstock

CONNECTICUT--2d Heavy Arty.; 9th, 12th and 13th Infantry.

ILLINOIS--23d Infantry. INDIANA--17th Battery Light Arty.; 8th, 11th and 18th Infantry.

IOWA--22d, 24th and 28th Infantry.

MAINE--1st and 5th Battery Light Arty.; 1st Veteran, 12th, 14th and 29th Infantry.

MARYLAND--6th Infantry.

MASSACHUSETTS--3d Cavalry; 1st Battery Light Arty.; 26th, 30th.
34th and 38th Infantry.

NEW HAMPSHIRE--14th Infantry.

NEW JERSEY--4th, 10th, 14th and 15th Infantry.

NEW YORK--1st, 9th, 22d and 25th Cavalry; 5th Heavy Arty.,
1st and 5th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 43d, 49th, 62d, 65th, 75th, 77th, 90th, 106th,
114th, 116th, 121st, 122d, 128th, 131st, 151st, 153d, 156th, 159th,
175th and 176th Infantry.

OHIO--2d and 8th (Detachment) Cavalry; Battery "L" 1st Light Arty.;
23d, 34th, 36th, 91st, 110th, 116th, 122d, 123d and 126th Infantry.

PENNSYLVANIA-14th and 22d Cavalry; Battery "D" 1st Light Arty.;
47th, 54th, 61st, 67th, 82d, 87th, 93d, 95th, 96th, 98th, 102d,
138th and 139th Infantry.

RHODE ISLAND--1st Cavalry.

VERMONT--1st Cavalry; 1st Heavy Arty.; 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th and 10th Infantry.

WEST VIRGINIA---1st, 2d and 3d Cavalry; 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th and 15th Infantry.

UNITED STATES --Batteries "B" and "L" 5th Arty.

Union loss, 52 killed, 457 wounded. 19 missing. Total, 528.

Oct. 13 Action -- Cedar Creek

CONNECTICUT--1st Cavalry.

MASSACHUSETTS---34th Infantry.

NEW JERSEY--3d Cavalry.

NEW YORK --2d and 5th Cavalry: 5th Heavy Arty.

OHIO--2d Cavalry; 116th and 123d Infantry.

PENNSYLVANIA-18th Cavalry; Battery "D" 1st Light Arty.; 54th Infantry.

WEST VIRGINIA--10th, 11th and 15th Infantry.

Union loss, 30 killed, 144 wounded, 40 missing. Total, 214.

Oct. 19 Battle of Cedar Creek, Middletown, Belle Grove

CONNECTICUT--1st Cavalry; 2d Heavy Arty.; 9th, 12th and 13th Infantry.

INDIANA--17th Battery Light Arty.; 8th, 11th and 18th Infantry.

IOWA--22d, 24th and 28th Infantry.

MAINE--1st and 5th Batteries Light Arty.: 1st Veteran; 12th, 14th and 29th Infantry.

MARYLAND---6th Infantry.

MASSACHUSETTS --2d and 3d Cavalry; 26th, 30th, 34th and 38th Infantry.

MICHIGAN--1st, 5th, 6th and 7th Cavalry.

NEW HAMPSHIRE--14th Infantry.

NEW JERSEY--3d Cavalry; 4th, 10th, 14th and 15th Infantry.

NEW YORK--2d, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th and 19th Cavalry; 5th, 6th and 9th Heavy Arty.;
1st, 5th and 6th Indpt. Batteries Light Arty.; 41st, 43d, 49th, 62d, 65th, 75th, 77th,
90th, 106th, 114th, 116th, 121st, 122d, 128th, 131st, 151st, 153d, 156th, 159th,
175th, 176th and 184th Infantry.

OHIO--2d and 8th (Detachment) Cavalry; Battery "L" 1st Light Arty.;
23d, 34th, 36th, 110th, 116th, 122d, 123d and 126th Infantry.

PENNSYLVANIA--14th and 22d Cavalry; Battery "D" 1st Light Arty.; 47th, 54th, 61st,
67th, 87th, 93d, 95th, 96th, 98th, 102d. 138th and 139th Infantry.

RHODE ISLAND-Batteries "C," "D" and "G" 1st Light Arty.

VERMONT--1st Cavalry; 1st Heavy Arty.; 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th and 10th Infantry.

WEST VIRGINIA-1st Cavalry; 5th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th and 15th Infantry.

UNITED STATES--1st, 2d, 5th and 6th Cavalry: Batteries "K & L" 1st Arty., "B & L" 2d Arty., "C" and "F & K" 3d Arty., "B" and "M" 5th Arty.

Union loss. 644 killed, 3,430 wounded, 1,591 captured and missing. Total, 5,665.

1865 Virginia

March 28-April 9. Campaign of. Appomattox

CONNECTICUT--1st Cavalry; 1st and 2d Heavy Arty., 1st and 3d Batteries Light Arty.;
8th, 10th, 11th, 14th and 21st Infantry.

DELAWARE--1st, 3d, 4th and 8th Infantry.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA--1st Cavalry.

ILLINOIS--23d and 39th Infantry.

INDIANA--1st Cavalry (Co. "K"); 20th Infantry.

MAINE--1st Cavalry; 1st Heavy Arty., 2d, 3d, 4th, 6th and 7th Batteries Light Arty.;
1st Sharpshooters; 1st Veteran, 8th, 11th, 16th, 17th, 19th, 20th and 31st Infantry.

MARYLAND--1st Cavalry; 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th Infantry.

MASSACHUSETTS---1st, 2d, 4th and 5th (Colored) Cavalry;
1st and 3d (Co. "I") Heavy Arty., 9th, 10th, 11th and 14th Batteries Light Arty.;
11th, 19th, 20th, 24th, 28th, 29th, 32d, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th, 39th, 40th, 56th,
57th, 58th, 59th and 61st Infantry.

MICHIGAN--1st, 5th, 6th and 7th Cavalry; 1st Sharpshooters; 1st, 2d, 5th, 7th, 8th, 16th,
17th, 20th, 26th and 27th Infantry.

MINNESOTA--2d Company S. S.; 1st Infantry.

NEW HAMPSHIRE---1st Battery Light Arty.: 2d, 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th,
13th and 18th Infantry.

NEW JERSEY--1st and 3d Cavalry; 1st. 2d, 3d, 4th and 5th Batteries Light Arty.;
1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 15th, 38th, 39th and 40th Infantry.

NEW YORK--1st (Lincoln), 2d, 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 15th, 19th, 20th (Cos. "F," "G") and
24th Cavalry; 2d Mounted Rifles; Oneida Cavalry Company: 2d, 4th, 6th, 8th, 9th,
10th, 13th (Cos. "A," "H"), 14th and 15th Heavy Arty., Batteries "B," "C," "D," "E," "G," "H" and "L" 1st Light Arty., Batteries "E," "H" and "K" 3d Arty.; 1st, 3d, 7th, 11th, 12th, 17th, 19th, 27th and 34th Indpt. Batteries Light Arty.; 15th and 50th Engineers; 5th, 7th, 10th, 39th, 40th, 41st, 43d, 46th, 49th, 51st, 52d, 59th, 61st, 62d, 63d, 64th, 65th, 66th, 69th, 73d, 77th, 79th, 80th, 81st, 86th, 88th, 89th, 91st, 93d, 94th, 95th, 96th, 97th, 98th, 100th, 103d, 104th, 106th, 108th, 109th, 111th, 120th, 121st, 122d, 124th, 125th, 126th, 139th, 140th, 146th, 147th, 148th, 151st, 152d, 155th, 158th, 164th, 170th, 179th, 182d, 184th, 186th, 187th, 188th and 189th Infantry.

OHIO----2d, 6th and 13th Cavalry; Battery "H" 1st Light Arty.; 4th, 60th, 62d, 67th, 110th, 116th, 122d, 123d and 126th Infantry.

PENNSYLVANIA-1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 11th, 16th, 17th, 20th and 21st Cavalry; Batteries "B," "E" and "F" 1st Light Arty., Indpt. Battery "D" Light Arty., 2d and 3d Heavy Arty.; 11th, 45th, 48th, 49th, 50th, 51st, 53d, <dy_962>54th, 55th, 56th, 57th, 58th, 61st, 67th, 68th, 69th, 81st, 82d, 83d, 85th, 87th, 88th, 91st, 93d, 95th, 98th, 99th, 100th, 102d, 104th, 105th, 106th, 107th, 110th, 114th, 116th, 118th, 119th, 121st, 138th, 139th, 140th, 141st, 142d, 145th, 148th, 149th, 150th, 155th, 157th, 183d, 184th, 188th, 190th, 191st, 198th, 199th, 200th, 205th, 206th, 208th, 209th, 210th and 211th Infantry.

RHODE ISLAND--Batteries "B," "E," "G" and "H" 1st Light Arty.: 2d and 7th Infantry.

VERMONT--1st Cavalry; 1st Heavy Arty., 3d Battery Light Arty.; 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th and 17th Infantry.

WEST VIRGINIA---1st, 2d, 3d Cavalry; 7th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 15th Infantry.

WISCONSIN--5th, 6th, 7th, 19th, 36th and 38th Infantry.

UNITED STATES---1st, 5th and 6th Cavalry; Batteries "B," "H & I" and "M" 1st Arty., "A" 2d Arty., "B." "C & E," "D," "K" and "L" 4th Arty., "A," "C & I," "E," "F" and "D & G" 5th Arty.; 4th, 11th and 14th Infantry; 1st Colored Cavalry; 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 19th, 22d, 23d, 28th, 29th, 29th Conn., 31st, 36th, 38th, 41st, 43d, 45th, 109th, 114th, 115th, 116th, 117th, 118th and 127th Colored Infantry.

Regimental History -- 54th PA Volunteer Infantry Regiment

This information was extracted from Dyer's Compendium, Pt. 3 (Regimental History). The list of organizations that the regiment was a member of and the service history have been reformatted but are in the same order as Dyer's. Additional detail is provided that has been obtained from other sources. Links to maps will indicate load times. For a narrative description of the service and events go to specific event links or the Regimental Story link

Organizations Service Campaigns

Regimental Story

ORGANIZATIONS (with references in OR)

Organized at Harrisburg August and September, 1861.
Duty at Camp Curtin till February, 1862.
Newton's Brigade, Franklin's Division, Army of the Potomac (report of Feb 6, 1862 S#5 p 719)
Left State for Washington, D.C., February 27.
Attached to Defences of Washington to April, 1862.
Railroad Brigade, Middle Dept., to July, 1862.
Railroad Brigade, 8th Corps, Middle Dept., to September, 1862.
Defences Upper Potomac, 8th Corps, to March, 1863.
4th Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Corps, to June, 1863.
Campbell's Brigade, Dept. West Virginia, to December, 1863.
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Dept. West Virginia, to April, 1864.
2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, West Virginia, to June, 1864.
3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, West Virginia, to July, 1864.
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, West Virginia, July, 1864.
3rd Brigade. 1st Division, West Virginia, to December, 1864.
2nd Brigade, Independent Division, 24th Army Corps, Army of the James, to June, 1865.
1st Brigade, Independent Division, 24th Corps, to July, 1865.

SERVICE

Duty in the Defences of Washington till March, 1862.
Ordered to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., March 29.

Assigned to guard duty along line of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad by Detachments -- till January, 1863.

Company "A" at South Branch Bridge
Company "B" at Paw Paw
Company "C" at Great Cacapon Bridge
Company "D" at Alpine Station
Company "E" at No. 12 Water Station
Company "F" at Sleepy Creek Bridge
Company "G" at Back Creek Bridge
Company "H" at Rockwell's Run
Company "I" at Sir John's Run
Company "K" at Little Cacapon Bridge

Skirmishes while on guard duty:

Back Creek Bridge September 11, 1862 (Co. "G")
North Mountain September 12 (Cos. "D,"" and "G")
Back Creek Bridge September 21 (Co. "G")
Little Cacapon October 4 (Co. "K")
Paw Paw October 4 (Co. "B")
Hanging Rock, Blue's Gap, October 2.

Moved to Romney January 6, 1863.
Purgetsville and Going's Ford April 6-7.
Duty at Romney till June 30.
Moved to New Creek June 30.

Pursuit of Lee July 6-19.

Skirmishes with enemy July 10 and 19.
Return to Romney.

March to relief of Mulligan at Petersburg, W. Va., August 1-5, and duty there till November 7.
Moved to Springfield, thence to Cumberland, Md., January 1864.

Operations in Hampshire and Hardy Counties January 26-February 7.
Patterson Creek February (Co. "F").
Fremont's Ford April 1.
Little Cacapon April 10 (Co. "K").

Sigel's Expedition from Martinsburg to New Market April 30-May 16.

Battle of New Market May 15.

Hunter's Expedition to Lynchburg May 26-July 1.

Piedmont, Mount Crawford, June 5.
Occupation of Staunton June 6.
Middlebrook and Brownsburg June 10.
Lexington June 11.
Otter Creek, near Liberty. June 16.
Diamond Hill June 17.
Lynchburg June 17-18.
Buford's Gap June 20.
At and near Salem June 21.

Movement to the Valley July 1-14.
Reached Martinsburg July 14.

Snicker's Gap July 17-18.

Winchester and Kernstown July 24.

Martinsburg July 25.

Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to December.

At Halltown till August 28.
Berryville September 3.
Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19.
Fisher's Hill September 22.
Cedar Creek October 13.
Battle of Cedar Creek October 19.

Moved to Washington, D.C., December 19-20, thence to City Point, Va., and Bermuda Hundred, Va., December 20-23.

Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond December, 1864, to April, 1865.

Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9, 1865.

Hatcher's Run March 29-April 1.
Fall of Petersburg April 2.
Pursuit of Lee April 3-9.
Rice's Station April 9. Regiment captured. Sent to Parole Camp, Annapolis, Md.

Mustered out at Harrisburg, Pa., July 15, 1865.

Regiment lost during service:

5 Officers and 108 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
2 Officers and 137 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 252. [Corrected value - Dyer's has a typo.]

My interest in this particular unit results from my great-grandfather, Alexander Larimer, serving in it as a Private.  Other family members also served in Pennsylvania regiments -- LARIMER Civil War Service (PA).  Hopefully, additional pages can be added to record the history of all of these units. 

Having read the some of the unit histories, books and official reports relating to these units has instilled in me the greatest respect for all of the soldiers of the Civil War -- from both sides. 

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If you have other information please e-mail me at - rompot@fgi.net
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