83rd Pennsylvania Infantry

The 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry was hurried to Little Round Top about 5 p.m. on July 2d, where it took position in front of this monument, repulsed several desperate enemy charges, then helped drive the enemy beyond and take possession of Big Round Top. On the morning of the 3rd, it rejoined the brigade on the left centre. At Gettysburg, 308 officers and men were present; 1 officer and 9 men were killed, and 3 officers and 42 men were wounded. Recruited in the counties of Erie, Crawford, and Forest, the regiment was mustered in on September 13th, 1861, re-enlisted on December 27th, 1863, and mustered out on June 28th, 1865. Its total enrollment was 2270; killed and died of wounds, 11 officers and 267 men; died of disease and other causes, 2 officers and 150 men; wounded, 29 officers and 485 men; total, 944. Its service included Yorktown, Hanover Court House, Mechanicsville, Gaines Mill, Malvern Cliffs, Malvern Hill, 2d Bull Run, Antietam, Shepherdstown Ford, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Middleburg, Gettysburg, Jones' Cross Roads, Wapping Heights, Rappahannock Station, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy, Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Peebles' Farm, Hatcher's Run, Dabney's Mill, Boyoton Road, Five Forks, and Appomattox.

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