Pennsylvania 72nd Volunteer Infantry (Union)
Muster
- Muster In Date:10 Aug 1861
- Muster Out Date:24 Jun 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 Road | 21 Jun 1864 | 24 Jun 1864 | 3 day(s) | Petersburg, Virginia |
| Malvern Hill | 1 Jul 1862 | 1 Jul 1862 | < 1 day | Henrico County, Virginia |
| Gettysburg | 1 Jul 1863 | 3 Jul 1863 | 2 day(s) | Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
| Antietam | 17 Sept 1862 | 17 Sept 1862 | < 1 day | Sharpsburg, Maryland |
| Second Petersburg | 15 Jun 1864 | 18 Jun 1864 | 3 day(s) | Petersburg, Virginia |
| Fredericksburg | 13 Dec 1862 | 13 Dec 1862 | < 1 day | Fredericksburg, Virginia |
| Ball's Bluff | 21 Oct 1861 | 21 Oct 1861 | < 1 day | Loudoun County, Virginia |
| Seven Pines | 31 May 1862 | 1 Jun 1862 | 1 day(s) | Henrico County, Virginia |
| Cold Harbor | 31 May 1864 | 12 Jun 1864 | 12 day(s) | Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia |
| Fort Stevens | 11 Jul 1864 | 12 Jul 1864 | 1 day(s) | District of Columbia, DC |
| Spotsylvania Court House | 8 May 1864 | 21 May 1864 | 13 day(s) | Spotsylvania County, Virginia |
| Mine Run | 27 Nov 1863 | 2 Dec 1863 | 5 day(s) | Orange County, Virginia |
| Wilderness | 5 May 1864 | 7 May 1864 | 2 day(s) | Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia |
| Savage's Station | 29 Jun 1862 | 29 Jun 1862 | < 1 day | Henrico County, Virginia |
| Chancellorsville | 30 Apr 1863 | 6 May 1863 | 6 day(s) | Spotsylvania County, Virginia |
| South Mountain | 14 Sept 1862 | 14 Sept 1862 | < 1 day | Frederick County, Maryland; Washington County, Maryland; Boonsboro, Maryland |
| Fair Oaks, Virginia | 8 Jun 1862 | 8 Jun 1862 | < 1 day | Fair Oaks, Virginia |
| Fair Oaks, Virginia | 27 Jun 1862 | 27 Jun 1862 | < 1 day | Fair Oaks, Virginia |
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