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77th
Pennsylvania Infantry
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77th
Pennsylvania Infantry Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 2 by Samuel P Bates, 1869
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The 77th
Pennsylvania at Shiloh: History of the Regiment, the Battle of Shiloh,
by the Pennsylvania Shiloh Battlefield Commission, 1905
| Regimental History |
| Seventy-seventh Infantry. — Cols., Frederick S.
Stumbaugh, Thomas E. Rose; Lieut.-Cols., Peter B. Housum, Frederick S.
Pyfer, Alexander Phillips, William A. Robinson; Majs., Stephen N.
Bradford, Alexander Phillips, William A. Robinson, Joseph J. Lawson. The
77th regiment, principally composed of men from the counties of
Franklin, Cumberland, Allegheny, Lancaster, Huntingdon, Blair, Fulton
and Luzerne, rendezvoused first at Chambersburg and later at Camp
Wilkins, near Pittsburg, where it was mustered into the U. S. service in
Sept. and Oct., 1861, for three years. Co. H was never fully organized
on account of lack of numbers and was finally disbanded after being with
the regiment for some time. A company of artillery under Capt. Muehler
was recruited to form part of the regiment, but was detached at the
beginning of 1862 and never rejoined the command. On Oct. 18, 1861, the
regiment left the state and proceeded by transport to Louisville, Ky.,
and moved thence to Nolin creek, where it encamped for some time, and
was assigned to the 5th brigade (Gen. Wood), 2nd division (Gen. McCook),
Army of the Ohio (Gen. Buell). On March 2, 1862, the regiment arrived at
Nashville and on April 7 it participated with its division in the second
day's struggle at the battle of Shiloh, with a loss of 3 killed and 7
wounded. On May 28 the command was in front of the works at Corinth,
Miss., and after the evacuation on the 30th it slowly returned to
Nashville, arriving there early in September. Later in the month it
hastened with Buell's army to the protection of Louisville; was engaged
with the enemy at Floyd's fork, Ky., and skirmished at Fern creek and
Claysville. The regiment was not engaged at Perryville and soon after
that battle returned to Nashville, where it rested until the opening of
the winter campaign. Late in November it had a sharp skirmish near La
Vergne, and about a month later moved with the army of the Cumberland
under Rosecrans on the Murfreesboro campaign. The regiment was heavily
engaged in the battle of Stone's river, and was warmly commended for its
gallantry by Gen. Rosecrans, who said: "It was the banner regiment at
Stone river. They never broke their ranks." It was employed in guard,
picket and foraging duties after the battle until Feb., 1863, and was
then occupied on the fortifications at Murfreesboro until the latter
part of June, when it broke camp and moved against the enemy at Liberty
gap, Tenn., where it lost one-third of its effective strength. At the
battle of Chickamauga the 77th fought with great courage and coolness.
On the evening of the first day's battle, while attempting to hold an
advanced position against great odds, it was outflanked and overpowered
by a superior force, and despite the utmost bravery displayed, was
forced to yield — all of its field officers, 7 line officers and 70 men
being captured by the enemy. After the battle the rest of the command
retired with the army to Chattanooga, whence it moved to Walden's ridge,
and then to Whiteside, where it remained until the close of the year. In
Jan., 1864, most of the men reenlisted and were given their veteran
furlough, and on their return in April, the regiment moved with Gen.
Sherman on his Atlanta campaign, being successively engaged at Tunnel
Hill, Resaca, Kingston, New Hope Church, Kennesaw mountain, Smyrna, the
Chattahoochee river, Peachtree creek, and in the siege operations about
Atlanta, destroying railroads, etc. At the close of August it was
engaged at the battle of Jonesboro; was in the action at Love joy's
Station; and after the fall of Atlanta it moved back toward Nashville
with the 4th and 23d corps. In the Nashville campaign the enemy was met
at various places, including Columbia, Duck river, Spring Hill,
Thompson's station, Franklin and Nashville. The 77th was sharply engaged
at Franklin on Nov. 30, losing a large number killed and wounded, and it
lost heavily at the battle of Nashville. After the battle it took part
in the pursuit of Hood's forces as far as Huntsville, Ala. In March,
1865, it moved to Strawberry plains, Tenn., where it was joined by three
new companies, and two weeks later received two more companies at Bull's
gap. On its return to Nashville in April it was assigned to the 1st
brigade, 1st division, 4th corps. Col. Rose commanding the brigade, and
Lieut.-Col. Robinson the regiment, and was ordered to Texas, arriving at
Indianola on July 27. It moved thence to Green Lake, marched to Camp
Stanley, near Victoria, on the Guadaloupe river, and on Dec. 5 was
ordered home. It arrived at Philadelphia Jan. 16, 1866, where it was
finally mustered out. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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