-- 7th PA
Reserves, Co “H” --
“Cumberland Guards”
(Regiment Camped in Northern
Virginia, winter of 1862-1863)
--
Vol. Infantry --
(36st Regt. Pennsylvania Infantry)
Union
Reenacting Unit
A
member unit of the National
Regiment
An
Authentic unit Based in South Central PA active at Civil War living history
events across the mid-Atlantic region.
To join the
unit or to obtain further information, please contact Chip Smith.
Photos
Photo of original
Cumberland Guard
Photo of
Cap Henry Zinn, Co “H”
Photo of
Lt. templeton Hurst, Co “H”
Unit
“State” flag
Unit
historical links
Historical site for Company “D”
Original
Company Roster
Original
Regimental staff
Unit history (From
Bates History of the PA Vols)
Links
Mechanicsburg Museum
7th Regiment PA Reserves History
Organized at Camp
Curtin, Harrisburg, July,
1861.
Ordered to Washington, D. C., July 21, and
mustered into United States
service July 27, 1861.
Attached to 2nd Brigade, McCall's Pennsylvania
Reserves Division, Army of the Potomac, to
March, 1862.
2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac,
to April, 1862.
2nd Brigade, McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock,
to June, 1862.
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac,
to August, 1862.
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862.
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac,
to February, 1863.
2nd Brigade, Pennsylvania
Reserves Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, to April, 1864.
1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac,
to June, 1864.
Service:
Duty at Tennallytown,
Md., August 2 to October 10, 1861, and at Camp Pierpont, near Langley, till
March, 1862. Skirmish at Great Falls September 4,
1861. Expedition to Grinnell's Farm December 6.
Advance on Manassas,
Va., March 10-15. At Fairfax
Station till April 9. At Manassas Junction till April 17. At Catlett's Station till May 11, and at Falmouth till June 9. Moved to the Virginia
Peninsula June 9-11. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battles of
Mechanicsville June 26; Gaines Mill June 27; Charles
City Cross Roads and Glendale Juno 30; Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement
to join Pope August 16-26. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-24. Battles of
South Mountain, Md.,
September 14; Antietam September 16-17. Duty
in Maryland
till October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va.,
October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December
12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Ordered to Washington, D.C.,
February 6, 1863, and duty there and at Alexandria
till April, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May. Battle of the Wilderness
May 5-7. Regiment captured except Company "B." Spottsylvania
May 8-12. Laurel Hill May 8. Spottsylvania Court House May
12-21.Assault on the Salient May 12. Harris Farm May 19. North Anna River May 23- 26. Jericho Ford May 25. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy
May 28-31. Left front May 31. Mustered
out June 16, 1864.
Losses:
Regimental losses during service:
3 Officers and 80 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and
135 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 218
The 7th
PA Monument at Antietam Battlefield
Dedicated: September 17, 1906
“Virtue, Liberty and Independence”
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