8th Regt. Pennsylvania Reserver Volunteer Corps

The 8th Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps, also identified as the 37th Regiment of the Line and the 8th Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Infantry, served under Major Silas M. Baily in the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps. At Antietam it advanced about 800 yards south and became engaged with Hood's Confederate Division, suffering 12 killed and 44 wounded. Its engagements included Mechanicsville, Virginia, on June 26th, 1862; Gaines Mills, Virginia, on June 27th, 1862; Charles City Cross Roads, Virginia, on June 30th, 1862; Malvern Hill, Virginia, on July 1st, 1862; Second Bull Run, Virginia, on August 28th, 29th, and 30th, 1862; South Mountain, Maryland, on September 14th, 1862; Antietam, Maryland, on September 16th and 17th, 1862; Fredericksburg, Virginia, on December 13th, 1862; the Wilderness, Virginia, on May 5th to 17th, 1864; and Spotsylvania, Virginia, on May 5th to 17th, 1864. Its companies were recruited from Armstrong, Dauphin, Allegheny, Fayette, Bedford, Clarion, Washington, and Green counties. It was mustered into United States service on July 29th, 1861, at Meridan Hill, D.C., and mustered out at Pittsburg on May 24th, 1864. Its total enlistment was 1062; 158 were killed or died of wounds, 490 were killed or wounded, 147 were captured or missing, and 68 died of disease and accidents in prison.

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