7th Regiment Pennsylvania

Organized June 26, 1861, and mustered out June 16, 1864, the 7th Regiment Pennsylvania served as the 36th Regiment in line in the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps. It arrived on the field on the afternoon of September 16, 1862, formed at this point on the morning of the 17th, advanced about 600 yards south, and became engaged with Hood's Confederate Division. At Antietam, its casualties were 12 killed and 60 wounded, a total of 72. The regiment recruited three companies in Philadelphia, two in Cumberland County, two in Lebanon County, and one company each in Luzerne-Clinton and Perry Counties. Its battles included Great Falls, Dranesville, Mechanicsville, Gaines Mill, Charles City Cross Roads, Malveren Hill, Gainesville, Second Bull Run, Chantilly, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg and Wilderness.

Maryland · United States