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Pennsylvania 81st Volunteer Infantry (Union)

Muster
  • Muster In Date:1 Oct 1861
  • Muster Out Date:29 June 1865
Other
  • Leaders:
    • Brigadier General David A. Russell
    • Brigadier General Israel B. Richardson
    • Brigadier General John C. Caldwell
    • Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles
    • Brigadier General Oliver O. Howard
    • Brigadier General Winfield S. Hancock
    • Brigadier General Winfield Scott Hancock
    • Captain William Wilson
    • Colonel Edward E. Cross
    • Colonel George W. Scott
    • Colonel George W. Von Schack
    • Colonel H. Boyd McKeen
    • Colonel Henry Boyd McKeen
    • Colonel James Miller
    • Colonel Thomas J. Parker
    • Lieutenant Colonel Amos Stroh
    • Lieutenant Colonel Charles F. Johnson
    • Lieutenant Colonel William Wilson
    • Major H. Boyd McKeen
    • Major General Israel B. Richardson
    • Major General Winfield S. Hancock
battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
Fort Stedman25 Mar 186525 Mar 1865< 1 dayPetersburg, Virginia
Brandy Station9 June 18639 June 1863< 1 dayCulpeper County, 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
Sailor's Creek6 Apr 18656 Apr 1865< 1 dayAmelia County, Virginia; Prince Edward County, Virginia; Nottoway County, Virginia
Second Petersburg15 June 186418 June 18643 day(s)Petersburg, Virginia
Fredericksburg13 Dec 186213 Dec 1862< 1 dayFredericksburg, 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
Spotsylvania Court House8 May 186421 May 186413 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Appomattox Court House9 Apr 18659 Apr 1865< 1 dayAppomattox Court House, Virginia
Mine Run27 Nov 18632 Dec 18635 day(s)Orange County, Virginia
Gaines' Mill27 June 186227 June 1862< 1 dayHanover County, Virginia
Chancellorsville30 Apr 18636 May 18636 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Fair Oaks, Virginia1 June 18621 June 1862< 1 dayFair Oaks, Virginia

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