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Pennsylvania 71st Volunteer Infantry (Union)

Muster
  • Muster In Date:1 Aug 1861
  • Muster Out Date:2 Jul 1864
Other
  • Leaders:
    • Brigadier General Alexander S. Webb
    • 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 DeWitt C. Baxter
    • Colonel Isaac J. Wistar
    • Colonel Joshua T. Owen
    • Colonel Richard P. Smith
    • Lieutenant Colonel Charles Kochersperger
    • Lieutenant Colonel John Markoe
    • Major Charles W. Smith
    • Major General John Sedgwick
battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
Glendale30 Jun 186230 Jun 1862< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Salem Church3 May 18634 May 18631 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Malvern Hill1 Jul 18621 Jul 1862< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Gettysburg1 Jul 18633 Jul 18632 day(s)Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Siege of Yorktown (1862)5 Apr 18624 May 186229 day(s)York County, Virginia; Newport News, Virginia
Antietam17 Sept 186217 Sept 1862< 1 daySharpsburg, Maryland
Fredericksburg13 Dec 186213 Dec 1862< 1 dayFredericksburg, Virginia
Ball's Bluff21 Oct 186121 Oct 1861< 1 dayLoudoun County, Virginia
Seven Pines31 May 18621 Jun 18621 day(s)Henrico County, Virginia
Cold Harbor31 May 186412 Jun 186412 day(s)Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
White Oak Swamp30 Jun 186230 Jun 1862< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Spotsylvania Court House8 May 186421 May 186413 day(s)Spotsylvania 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
Chancellorsville30 Apr 18636 May 18636 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Fair Oaks, Virginia30 May 186230 May 1862< 1 dayFair Oaks, Virginia
Fair Oaks, Virginia1 Jun 18621 Jun 1862< 1 dayFair Oaks, Virginia

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