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FEATURES: CIVIL WAR UNITS: 53rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, USA
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| (1) Col. JOHN R. BROOKE; BVT.
MAJOR-GEN.
(2) Col. OCTAVIUS S. BULL.
(3) Col. WILLIAM R. MINTZER; BVT. BRIG. GEN. |
53rd PVI Casualties for the War |
| O =
Officers
M = Enlisted Men
T =
Total |
K = Killed & Died of Wounds
D = Died of Disease, Accidents, Prison,
etc.
E = Total
Enrollment |
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K |
D |
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Companies |
O |
M |
T |
O |
M |
T |
E |
| Field & Staff |
1 |
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1 |
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18 |
| Company A |
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25 |
25 |
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21 |
21 |
207 |
| Company B |
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14 |
14 |
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19 |
19 |
174 |
| Company C |
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15 |
15 |
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18 |
18 |
178 |
| Company D |
1 |
27 |
28 |
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19 |
19 |
210 |
| Company E |
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10 |
10 |
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8 |
8 |
163 |
| Company F |
1 |
19 |
20 |
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21 |
21 |
206 |
| Company G |
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25 |
25 |
1 |
23 |
24 |
246 |
| Company H |
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21 |
21 |
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19 |
19 |
209 |
| Company I |
1 |
21 |
22 |
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18 |
18 |
211 |
| Company K |
1 |
19 |
20 |
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27 |
27 |
171 |
TOTALS |
5 |
195 |
200 |
1 |
193 |
194 |
1993 |
200 killed = 10 per
cent. |
Total of killed and wounded -
787 |
Died in Confederate prisons -
56. |
53rd PVI Killed or
Mortally Wounded per Battle |
BATTLE |
K or MW |
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BATTLE |
K or MW |
Fair Oaks, Va |
22 |
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Totopotomoy, Va |
1 |
Seven Days Battle, Va |
3 |
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Cold Harbor, Va |
16 |
| Antietam, Md |
8 |
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Petersburg, Va. (assault, 1864) |
18 |
| Fredericksburg, Va |
39 |
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Petersburg Trenches, Va |
29 |
| Chancellorsville, Va |
1 |
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Deep Bottom, Va |
4 |
| Gettysburg, Pa |
11 |
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Ream's Station, Va |
1 |
| Bristoe Station, Va |
1 |
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Picket, Va., Oct. 1 8, 1864 |
1 |
| Wilderness, Va |
2 |
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White Oak Road, Va |
20 |
| Spotsylvania, Va. |
41 |
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Farmville, Va |
2 |
Present also at: Yorktown; Gaines's
Mill; Peach Orchard; Savage Station; White Oak Swamp; Malvern Hill; Mine
Run; Po River; North Anna; Strawberry Plains; Appomattox.
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NOTES: Recruiting commenced
in September, 1861, the companies being raised in various counties· An
organization was effected at Harrisburg, November 5, 1861, after which the
regiment proceeded immediately to Washington. It wintered in Virginia,
near Alexandria, and then went with General McClellan to the Peninsula,
having been assigned to French's (3d) Brigade, Richardson's (1st)
Division, Second Corps, remaining in that famous division throughout its
service. Its first experience in battle was at Fair Oaks; Major Thomas
Yeager was killed there, the total loss of the regiment amounting to 13
killed, 64 wounded, and 17 missing. General Richardson was killed at
Antietam, and General Hancock succeeded to the command of the division.
General Zook commanded the brigade at Fredericksburg, where, in that
bloody assault, the Fifty-third lost 21 killed, 133 wounded, and 1
missing, out of the 283 men who were in line that day. In December, 1863,
the regiment reenlisted for the war, and so was present at all the battles
of the Second Corps· It participated, with severe loss, in Hancock's
charge at Spotsylvania, in the assaults at Cold Harbor and Petersburg, and
was actively engaged in the battle near Hatcher's Run, on March 31, 1865,
an engagement known as White Oak Road, or Boydton Road. Its losses at
Spotsylvania were 26 killed, 123 wounded, and 28 missing; total, 177. The
regiment was mustered out June 30, 1865. |
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