2nd Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry OVERVIEW Organized at Pittsburg as 33rd Regiment August 31 1861. Left state for Washington D. C. August 31 1861. Designation changed to 62nd Pennsylvania Volunteers November 18 1861. Attached to Morrell's Brigade Fitz John Porter's Division Army Potomac to March 1862. 2nd Brigade 1st Division 3rd Army Corps Army Potomac to May 1862. 2nd Brigade 1st Division 5th Army Corps to July 1864. SERVICECamp near Fort Corcoran Defences of Washington D. C. till October 1861 and near Fall's Church Va. till March 1862. Moved to the Peninsula March 22-24. Reconnoissance to Big Bethel March 30. Howard's Mills near Cockletown April 4. Warwick Road April 5. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Hanover C. H. May 27. Operations about Hanover C. H. May 27-29. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battles of Mechanicsville June 26 Gaines Mill June 27 Savage Station June 29 Turkey Bridge or Malvern Cliff June 30 Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe thence to Centreville August 16-28. Battle of Bull Run August 30. Battle of Antietam Md. September 16-17. Shepherdstown Ford September 19. Blackford's Ford September 19. Reconnoissance to Smithfield October 16-17. Battle of Fredericksburg Va. December 12-15. Expedition to Richard's and Ellis' Fords Rappahannock River December 30-31. Burnside's second Campaign "Mud March" January 20-24 1863. At Falmouth till April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Middleburg June 19. Uppervile June 21. Battle of Gettysburg Pa. July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Duty on line of the Rappahannock till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Duty at Bealeton Station till May 1864. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7 Laurel Hill May 8 Spottsylvania May 8-12 Spottsylvania C. H. May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Jericho Ford May 25. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg till July 3. Left front July 3. Mustered out July 13 1864. Companies "L" and "M" transferred to 91st Pennsylvania. Mustered out August 15 1864. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 155th Pennsylvania. Regiment lost during service 17 Officers and 152 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 89 Enlisted men by disease. Total 258. Predecessor unit PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS. 33rd REGIMENT INFANTRY.
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