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Pennsylvania 42nd Volunteer Infantry (Union)

Muster
  • Muster In Date:4/06/1861
  • Muster Out Date:11/06/1864
Other
  • Aliases:
    • 13th Reserves Infantry Battalion, Pennsylvania
    • 1st Pennsylvania Mounted Rifles
    • Pennsylvania Bucktails Mounted Rifles
  • Leaders:
    • Brigadier General George Dashiell Bayard
    • Brigadier General George G. Meade
    • Brigadier General James Shields
    • Brigadier General Samuel W. Crawford
    • Brigadier General Truman Seymour
    • Captain Dennis McGee
    • Colonel Charles F. Taylor
    • Colonel Richard Biddle Roberts
    • Colonel William McCandless
    • Lieutenant Colonel Alanson E. Niles
    • Lieutenant Colonel Thomas L. Kane
    • Major William R. Hartshorne
battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
Glendale30/06/186230/06/1862< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Totopotomoy Creek28/05/186430/05/18642 day(s)Hanover County, 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
Mechanicsville26/06/186226/06/1862< 1 dayHanover Couunty, Virginia
Fredericksburg13/12/186213/12/1862< 1 dayFredericksburg, Virginia
Dranesville20/12/186120/12/1861< 1 dayFairfax County, Virginia
Chantilly1/09/18621/09/1862< 1 dayFairfax County, Virginia
Spotsylvania Court House8/05/186421/05/186413 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Cross Keys8/06/18628/06/1862< 1 dayRockingham 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
Second Bull Run28/08/186230/08/18622 day(s)Prince William County, Virginia
Gaines' Mill27/06/186227/06/1862< 1 dayHanover County, Virginia
South Mountain14/09/186214/09/1862< 1 dayFrederick County, Maryland; Washington County, Maryland; Boonsboro, Maryland
Mechanicsville, Virginia26/06/186226/06/1862< 1 dayMechanicsville, Virginia

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