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Pennsylvania 72nd Volunteer Infantry (Union)

Muster
  • Muster In Date:10 Aug 1861
  • Muster Out Date:24 June 1864
Other
  • Leaders:
    • Brigadier General Alexander S. Webb
    • Brigadier General Gustavus A. DeRussy
    • 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 De Witt C. Baxter
    • Colonel DeWitt C. Baxter
    • Colonel Joshua T. Owen
    • Colonel William Smith Irwin
    • Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Hesser
    • Major Samuel Roberts
    • Major General John Sedgwick
battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
Jerusalem Plank Road21 June 186424 June 18643 day(s)Petersburg, Virginia
Malvern Hill1 July 18621 July 1862< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Gettysburg1 July 18633 July 18632 day(s)Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Antietam17 Sept 186217 Sept 1862< 1 daySharpsburg, Maryland
Second Petersburg15 June 186418 June 18643 day(s)Petersburg, Virginia
Fredericksburg13 Dec 186213 Dec 1862< 1 dayFredericksburg, Virginia
Ball's Bluff21 Oct 186121 Oct 1861< 1 dayLoudoun County, Virginia
Seven Pines31 May 18621 June 18621 day(s)Henrico County, Virginia
Cold Harbor31 May 186412 June 186412 day(s)Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
Fort Stevens11 July 186412 July 18641 day(s)District of Columbia, DC
Spotsylvania Court House8 May 186421 May 186413 day(s)Spotsylvania 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 June 186229 June 1862< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Chancellorsville30 Apr 18636 May 18636 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
South Mountain14 Sept 186214 Sept 1862< 1 dayFrederick County, Maryland; Washington County, Maryland; Boonsboro, Maryland
Fair Oaks, Virginia8 June 18628 June 1862< 1 dayFair Oaks, Virginia
Fair Oaks, Virginia27 June 186227 June 1862< 1 dayFair Oaks, Virginia

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