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152nd
Pennsylvania Regiment, 3rd Pennsylvania Artillery
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152nd
Pennsylvania Regiment, 3rd PA Artillery Soldier Roster - History of Pennsylvania
Volunteers, 1861-5, Volume 4 by Samuel P Bates, 1869
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| Regimental History |
| Third Artillery.— Col., Joseph Roberts; Lieut.-Col., R.
V. W. Howard; Majs., John A. Darling, J. S. Stevenson, F. Von Schilling,
John A. Blake. This regiment, the 152nd of the line, was recruited from
the state at large, rendezvoused at Philadelphia, and was mustered into
the U. S. service at various periods during the latter part of the year
1862 and the early part of 1863. Cos. A and B had been organized as a
battalion of marine artillery in 1861 by Hermann Segebarth, and
garrisoned Fort Delaware. Late in the summer of 1862, authority was
given Col. Segebarth to increase this battalion to a full regiment of
heavy artillery and batteries D, F, G and H were recruited during the
fall and winter and mustered in for three years. In Sept., 1862, Maj.
Roberts, of the 4th regular artillery, was authorized by the war
department to raise a picked battalion of artillery for service at
Fortress Monroe and as fast as the companies were organized and mustered
in they were sent to that point, where they were drilled in infantry,
light and heavy artillery tactics. In the spring of 1863, by order of
the war department, the commands of Segebarth and Roberts were
consolidated to form the 3d Pa. heavy artillery. Co. H, Capt. William D.
Rank, was detached for garrison duty in the defenses of Baltimore, where
it remained throughout its term of service with a single exception, when
a section was ordered to the front during the battle of Gettysburg and
served as light artillery in Mcintosh's brigade, 2nd cavalry division,
losing 2 killed, 10 wounded and 1 missing. The headquarters of the
regiment were at Fortress Monroe and from this point detachments were
sent out, both by land and sea, to serve in any arm of the service and
wherever troops were needed. During the invasion of Eastern Virginia by
Longstreet's corps, in the spring of 1863, Cos. A, B, F and G served in
the defenses of Suffolk throughout the siege. Every company except H
furnished detachments for service at the front in the campaigns of
1864-65, and they were engaged on the James, Chickahominy and Nansemond
rivers in numerous battles, as well as in the capture of Fort Fisher. In
the engagement at Smithtield, Va., in Feb., 1864, detachments from Cos.
A and B, serving on the army gunboats, suffered a loss of 38 captured,
many of whom afterwards died at Andersonville. A detachment of Co. A,
serving on the gunboat Bombshell, at Plymouth, N. C, in April, 1864,
lost 27 captured when the boat was sunk. During most of its term of
service Co. I performed guard duty at the headquarters of the Army of
the James and was present at the surrender of Lee. As its numbers
exceeded the requirements of the army regulations, many of the original
members volunteered to form the l88th Pa. infantry in connection with a
number of unassigned recruits, though new recruits were added to the
152nd and its ranks were still more than full. Cos. D, E, G and M served
with the Army of the James before Petersburg, being stationed at Bermuda
Hundred; Co. E, with others, under command of Capt. Hazard, was posted
at Fort Converse, covering the pontoon bridge across the Appomattox.
Many details were furnished for work on the fortifications and for duty
in the various arms of the service. After the close of hostilities,
detachments of the 152nd served as guard for Jefferson Davis during his
confinement in Fortress Monroe. Sixteen men of Co. F were lost on March
31, 1865, while returning to Fortress Monroe from Wilmington, N. C, on
account of the destruction by fire of the transport General Lyon. From
the foregoing sketch it will be noted that, though this command was
originally organized for special duty at Fortress Monroe, it performed a
large amount of duty at the front, both by land and sea. By reason of
its excellent training in every branch of the service, it was enabled to
furnish details when called upon for every branch of the artillery
service, as well as in the infantry and naval arms. The regiment was
mustered out as follows : Cos. A and B, at Fortress Monroe, Va., July
11, 1865; Co. H, at Baltimore, Md., July 25, 1865; the remaining
companies, at Fortress Monroe, Va., Nov. 9, 1865. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 1
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