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Pennsylvania 42nd Volunteer Infantry (Union)

Muster
  • Muster In Date:4 Jun 1861
  • Muster Out Date:11 Jun 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 Jun 186230 Jun 1862< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Totopotomoy Creek28 May 186430 May 18642 day(s)Hanover County, Virginia
Malvern Hill1 Jul 18621 Jul 1862< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Gettysburg1 Jul 18633 Jul 18632 day(s)Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Antietam17 Sept 186217 Sept 1862< 1 daySharpsburg, Maryland
Mechanicsville26 Jun 186226 Jun 1862< 1 dayHanover Couunty, Virginia
Fredericksburg13 Dec 186213 Dec 1862< 1 dayFredericksburg, Virginia
Dranesville20 Dec 186120 Dec 1861< 1 dayFairfax County, Virginia
Chantilly1 Sept 18621 Sept 1862< 1 dayFairfax County, Virginia
Spotsylvania Court House8 May 186421 May 186413 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Cross Keys8 Jun 18628 Jun 1862< 1 dayRockingham County, Virginia
Mine Run27 Nov 18632 Dec 18635 day(s)Orange County, Virginia
Wilderness5 May 18647 May 18642 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
Savage's Station29 Jun 186229 Jun 1862< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Second Bull Run28 Aug 186230 Aug 18622 day(s)Prince William County, Virginia
Gaines' Mill27 Jun 186227 Jun 1862< 1 dayHanover County, Virginia
South Mountain14 Sept 186214 Sept 1862< 1 dayFrederick County, Maryland; Washington County, Maryland; Boonsboro, Maryland
Mechanicsville, Virginia26 Jun 186226 Jun 1862< 1 dayMechanicsville, Virginia

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