102nd Pennsylvania Infantry

The 102nd Pennsylvania Infantry, part of the 3d Brigade, 3d Division, 6th Corps, was recruited in Allegheny and Butler Counties, mustered in August 1861, re-enlisted in December 1863, and mustered out on June 28, 1865. On July 1, the regiment was detailed at Manchester to guard trains to Westminster. There, a detachment of 3 officers and 100 men went to Gettysburg with the supply train and, upon arriving on the morning of the 3rd, was posted on this line, while the rest of the regiment picketed the roads leading from Westminster to Gettysburg until the close of the battle. Its service also included Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Malvern Hill, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Marye's Heights, Salem Heights, Gettysburg, Rappahannock Station, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy, Cold Harbor, Petersburg Assault, Petersburg, Opequon, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, Fort Stevens, Charlestown, Petersburg Fort Fisher, Sailor's Creek, and Appomattox. Total enrollment was 2100; killed and died of wounds were 10 officers and 169 men; wounded were 23 officers and 518 men; died of disease and other causes were 1 officer and 37 men; captured or missing were 5 officers and 131 men; total losses were 39 officers and 905 men.

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