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101st
Pennsylvania Infantry
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101st
Pennsylvania Infantry Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 3 by Samuel P Bates, 1869
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| Regimental History |
| One Hundred and First Infantry. — Cols., Joseph H.
Wilson, David B. Morris, James Sheafer ; Lieut. -Cols., David B. Morris.
Joseph S. Hoard, David M. Armour, Alexander W. Taylor, Melvin L. Clark;
Majs., Joseph S. Hoard, David M. Armour, Alexander W. Taylor, David W.
Mullin, Henry S. Benner. The 101st regiment, of which seven companies
were recruited in the counties of Allegheny, Beaver and Lawrence, and
three in the counties of Tioga, Bedford and Adams, was organized at Camp
Curtin, Harrisburg, late in the autumn of 1861 and there mustered into
the U. S. service for a three years' term. On Feb. 27, 1862, it left for
Washington and was assigned to the 2nd brigade, 3d division, 4th corps,
under Gen. Keyes. On March 28 it moved to Newport News and was soon
actively engaged in the operations on the Peninsula. It took part in the
siege of Yorktown, the battle of Williamsburg, and in the Battle of Fair
Oaks its losses were very heavy, but the behavior of the men was most
heroic. Various details occupied the regiment during the Seven Days'
battles, after which it was stationed at Suffolk from Sept. 18 to Dec.
4, when it was ordered to New Berne, N. C, to join the expedition to
Goldsboro. The enemy was encountered at Kinston, Whitehall and
Goldsboro, but the object of the movement, the destruction of the
railroad bridge, was accomplished and the troops returned to New Berne,
near which city they went into winter quarters. The next movement of
importance was the relief of Little Washington in April, 1863. After an
unsuccessful attempt to reach the city by water another effort was made
by land and after a sharp encounter with the enemy at Swift creek a
force was able to reach Little Washington. The regiment was stationed at
Plymouth from July, 1863, to April, 1864, and there early in 1864 a
large proportion of the members reenlisted. It made many excursions into
the surrounding country, frequently encountering detachments of
Confederate troops, and in March, 1864, was ordered for a short time to
Roanoke island. Returning to Plymouth in April, Gen. Hoke's large force
approached and after three days' resistance the forts were obliged to
surrender, the entire 101st being captured. The officers were imprisoned
at Macon and the men at Andersonville. A few afterward escaped, some
were exchanged during that summer, but the remainder were held in prison
until the summer of 1865, and over half of the number died. Those of the
regiment who were absent on leave or with the sick at Roanoke island,
with such of the prisoners as were exchanged, kept up the regimental
organization and received in March, 1865, eight new companies, which
were, however, never incorporated with the original members. The
regiment was mustered out at New Berne, N. C, June 25, 1865. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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