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Pennsylvania 72nd Volunteer Infantry (Union)

Muster
  • Muster In Date:10/08/1861
  • Muster Out Date:24/06/1864
Other
  • Leaders:
    • Brigadier General Alexander S. Webb
    • Brigadier General Gustavus A. DeRussy
    • Brigadier General John Gibbon
    • Brigadier General John Sedgwick
    • Brigadier General Joshua T. Owen
    • Brigadier General Oliver O. Howard
    • Brigadier General William Harrow
    • Brigadier General William W. Burns
    • Colonel De Witt C. Baxter
    • Colonel DeWitt C. Baxter
    • Colonel Joshua T. Owen
    • Colonel William Smith Irwin
    • Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Hesser
    • Major Samuel Roberts
    • Major General John Sedgwick
battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
Jerusalem Plank Road21/06/186424/06/18643 day(s)Petersburg, Virginia
Malvern Hill1/07/18621/07/1862< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Gettysburg1/07/18633/07/18632 day(s)Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Antietam17/09/186217/09/1862< 1 daySharpsburg, Maryland
Second Petersburg15/06/186418/06/18643 day(s)Petersburg, Virginia
Fredericksburg13/12/186213/12/1862< 1 dayFredericksburg, Virginia
Ball's Bluff21/10/186121/10/1861< 1 dayLoudoun County, Virginia
Seven Pines31/05/18621/06/18621 day(s)Henrico County, Virginia
Cold Harbor31/05/186412/06/186412 day(s)Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
Fort Stevens11/07/186412/07/18641 day(s)District of Columbia, DC
Spotsylvania Court House8/05/186421/05/186413 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Mine Run27/11/18632/12/18635 day(s)Orange County, Virginia
Wilderness5/05/18647/05/18642 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
Savage's Station29/06/186229/06/1862< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Chancellorsville30/04/18636/05/18636 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
South Mountain14/09/186214/09/1862< 1 dayFrederick County, Maryland; Washington County, Maryland; Boonsboro, Maryland
Fair Oaks, Virginia8/06/18628/06/1862< 1 dayFair Oaks, Virginia
Fair Oaks, Virginia27/06/186227/06/1862< 1 dayFair Oaks, Virginia

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