History of the One Hundred and Fifty-Third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers...

Description: HISTORY OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THIRD REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY by W. R. Kiefer. Brand New. Never Read. Reprint, 404 pages, photos, roster, New. This regiment was comprised of men from Northampton County, Pennsylvania and served with the 11th Corps. It saw extensive action at Gettysburg and Chancellorsville where it took tremendous losses. Also included as an appendix is the scarce pamphlet, "The Volunteer's Manual or Ten Months With the 153rd Pennsylvania Volunteers" by William Simmers and Paul Bach Schmid.This regiment was organized at Easton September, 1862.It mustered out July 24, 1863. [1] Major engagements included the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia from May 1-5, 1863 and the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania from July 1-3, 1863. The regimental band was led by Joseph Eugene Walter, a former cornetist from Pomp's Cornet Band in Easton, Pennsylvania who had served previously as a member of the Regimental Band of the 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry.[2] 153rd Pennsylvania Regiment Recruited in Northampton county, PA 153rd PA Regiment Companies Bates' Regimental History & Company Rosters 153rd PA Regiment Books History of the One Hundred and Fifty-third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers Infantry Online Book 153rd PA Regiment Organization, Service & Battles Organization Organized at Easton September, 1862. Moved to Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, October 6; thence to Washington, D.C., October 12, 1862. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to July, 1863. Service & Battles - 1862 Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C, till December, 1862. Reconnoissance from Chantilly to Snicker's Ferry and Berryville, Va., November 28-30. March to Fredericksburg, Va., December 9-16. Service & Battles -1863 Duty at Stafford Court House till January 19, 1863. Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. At Stafford Court House till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-12. Mustered out July 24, 1863. Regimental Losses Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 48 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 28 Enlisted men by disease. Total 77.

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