Pennsylvania Civil War Union Units 1st through 11th

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The information in this list of Pennsylvania Military Units comes from the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors web site (CWSS). That web site can also be searched by the name of a soldier.

1st Units

 * 1st Battalion, Pennsylvania Light Artillery (100 days, 1864) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Battalion, Pennsylvania Cavalry (6 months, 1863) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit."


 * 1st Battalion, Pennsylvania Infantry (6 months, 1863-1864) Organized at Harrisburg June and July, 1863. Mustered out January 9, 1864.


 * 1st Battalion, Pennsylvania Infantry (100 days, 1864) Organized at Philadelphia, Pittsburg and Harrisburg July, 1864. Mustered out November 14, 1864.


 * 1st Battalion, Pennsylvania Infantry "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit."


 * 1st Regiment, Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit."


 * 1st Regiment, Pennsylvania Light Artillery (14th Reserves) Organized at Philadelphia August 5, 1861. Mustered out July 25, 1865.


 * 1st Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry (15th Reserves) Companies "A," "B," "C," "D," "E," "F" and "G" organized at Camp Curtin, Pa. Mustered into State service July and August, 1861.


 * 1st Regiment, Pennsylvania Provisional Cavalry Organized at Cloud's Mills, Va., June 17, 1865, by consolidation of 2nd and 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Duty at Cloud's Mills till July. Mustered out July 13, 1865.


 * 1st Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861) Organized at Harrisburg April 20, 1861. Mustered out July 27, 1861.


 * 1st Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (30th Volunteers) Organized at West Chester June 9, 1861. Mustered out June 10, 1864.

2nd Units

 * 2nd Battalion, Pennsylvania Infantry (6 months, 1863-1864) Organized at Pittsburg June and July, 1863, for six months. Mustered out January 21, 1864.


 * 2nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (112th Volunteers) Organized at Philadelphia January 8, 1862. Mustered out at City Point, Va., January 29, 1866, and discharged at Philadelphia, Pa., February 16, 1866.


 * 2nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Provisional Heavy Artillery Organized April 20, 1864 Regiment Disbanded August 20, 1864, and rejoined original Regiment September 5, 1864.


 * 2nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry (59th Volunteers) Organized at Philadelphia and Harrisburg, Pa., September, 1861, to April, 1862. Regiment lost during service.


 * 2nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Provisional Cavalry Organized at Cloud's Mills, Va., June 17, 1865, by consolidation of 1st, 6th and 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Mustered out at Lebanon, Ky., August 7, 1865.


 * 2nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861) Organized at Harrisburg April 20, 1861. Mustered out July 26, 1861.


 * 2nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (31st Volunteers) Organized at Philadelphia. Moved to Easton, Pa., May 29, 1861. Mustered out June 16, 1864.

Units 3rd through 4th

 * 3rd Battalion, Pennsylvania Infantry (6 months, 1863-1864) Organized at Philadelphia June and July, 1863, for six months. Mustered out January 29, 1864.


 * 3rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery Regiment organized February 17, 1863


 * 3rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry Organized at Philadelphia July and August, 1861. Mustered out August 24, 1864.


 * 3rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Provisional Cavalry Organized at Cumberland, Md., June 24, 1865, by consolidation of 18th and 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry. Mustered out October 31, 1865.


 * 3rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861) Organized at Harrisburg April 20, 1861. Moved to Harrisburg and mustered out July 29, 1861.


 * 3rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (32nd Volunteers) Organized at Philadelphia and moved to Easton, Pa., May 20, 1861. Mustered out June 17, 1864.


 * 4th Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry (64th Volunteers) Organized at Harrisburg, Philadelphia and Pittsburg August to October, 1861. Mustered out July 1, 1865.


 * 4th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861) Organized at Harrisburg April 20, 1861.


 * 4th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (33rd Volunteers) Mustered out July 27, 1861.

Units 5th through 7th

 * 5th Regiment, Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (204th Volunteers) Organized at Pittsburg August and September, 1864. Mustered out June 30, 1865.


 * 5th Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry (65th Volunteers) Organized at Philadelphia July to September, 1861. Mustered out August 7, 1865, and discharged at Philadelphia, Pa., August 16, 1865.


 * 5th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861) Organized at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, April 20, 1861. Mustered out July 25, 1861.


 * 5th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (34th Volunteers) Organized at Harrisburg June, 1861. Mustered out June 13, 1864.


 * 6th Regiment, Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (212th Volunteers) Organized at Pittsburg, Pa., September 15, 1864. Mustered out June 13, 1865.


 * 6th Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry (70th Volunteers) Mustered out June 13, 1865.


 * 6th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861) Organized at Harrisburg April 22, 1861. Mustered out July 27, 1861.


 * 6th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (35th Volunteers) Organized at Harrisburg June, 1861. Mustered out June 11, 1864.


 * 7th Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry (80th Volunteers) Organized at Harrisburg September to December, 1861. Mustered out August 13, 1865.


 * 7th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861) Organized at Harrisburg April 23, 1861. Mustered out July 29, 1861.


 * 7th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (36th Volunteers) Organized at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, July, 1861. Mustered out June 16, 1864.

Units 8th through 11th

 * 8th Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry (89th Volunteers) Organized at Philadelphia August to October, 1861. Mustered out by consolidation with 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry July 24, 1865.


 * 8th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861) Organized at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, April 23, 1861. Mustered out July 29, 1861.


 * 8th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (37th Volunteers) Organized at Pittsburg July, 1861. Mustered out May 24, 1864.


 * 9th Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry (92nd Volunteers) Organized at Harrisburg October and November, 1861. Mustered out July 18, 1865.


 * 9th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861) Organized at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, April 24, 1861. Mustered out July 29, 1861.


 * 9th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (38th Volunteers) Organized at Pittsburg July, 1861. Mustered out May 12, 1864.


 * 10th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861) Organized at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, April 26, 1861. Mustered out July 31, 1861.


 * 10th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (39th Volunteers) Organized at Camp Wilkins, near Pittsburg, June and July, 1861. Mustered out June 11, 1864. Mustered out at Richmond August 13. 1865.


 * 11th Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry (108th Volunteers) Organized at Philadelphia as an independent Regiment, "Harlan's Light Cavalry," under authority of the Secretary of War, August to October, 1861. Mustered out at Richmond August 13. 1865.

For more information on the history of 11th Pennsylvania Infantry see the following:

The wikipedia article, 11th Pennsylvania Infantry (accessed 6 October 2011)


 * 11th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry Organized at Harrisburg and in Westmoreland County August, 1861. Mustered out July 1, 1865.


 * 11th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry (3 months, 1861) Organized at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, April 26, 1861. Mustered out August 1, 1861.


 * 11th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (40th Volunteers) Organized at Camp Wright, near Pittsburg, June, 1861. Mustered out June 13, 1864.