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Pennsylvania 203rd Volunteer Infantry (Union)

10/09/1864

Organized - Pennsylvania 203rd Volunteer Infantry - Pennsylvania

20/09/1864

Battle - Chaffin's Farm - Henrico County, Virginia

13/01/1865

Leadership Change - Regiment - undefined Col. John W. Moore, Captain Heber B. Essington, undefined Ltc. Jonas W. Lyman, and Major Oliver P. Harding

13/01/1865

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Galusha Pennypacker 15 Jan, and Major Oliver P. Harding

13/01/1865

Leadership Change - Division - Brigadier General Adelbert Ames

Brigadier GeneralAdelbert Ames

13/01/1865

Leadership Change - Regiment - undefined Col. John W. Moore

13/01/1865

Leadership Change - Regiment - undefined Ltc. Jonas W. Lyman

13/01/1865

Leadership Change - Brigade - Colonel Galusha Pennypacker 15 Jan

13/01/1865

Battle - Second Fort Fisher - New Hanover County, North Carolina

Second Fort Fisher
Second Fort Fisher

By January 1865, Fort Fisher on the North Carolina shore was the last coastal stronghold of the Confederacy. The fort protected blockade running vessels entering and departing Wilmington, the South's last open seaport on the Atlantic coast. Maj. Gen. Alfred Terry was placed in command of a Provisional Corps from the Army of the James, and was supported by a Navy and Marine Corps force of nearly 60 vessels under Rear Adm. David D. Porter. Terry's orders were to renew operations against the fort that had fai…READ MORE

22/02/1865

Battle - Wilmington - Wilmington, North Carolina

22/06/1865

Mustered Out - Pennsylvania 203rd Volunteer Infantry - Pennsylvania

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