3rd Regt. Pennsylvania

The 32nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, serving in the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps, arrived on the field on the afternoon of September 16th under Lieutenant Colonel John Clark and immediately deployed eight companies as skirmishers. When the 2nd Brigade advanced on the morning of September 17th, the regiment fell into line and, 600 yards south of this point, became engaged with Hood's Confederate Division. About 200 were engaged. At Antietam, the regiment lost 12 killed and 34 wounded, for a total of 46 casualties. Three companies were recruited in Berks County, three in Bucks County, three in Philadelphia, and one in Wayne County. Its battles included Dranesville, Mechanicsville, Gaines Mill, Charles City Cross Roads, Malvern Hill, Gainesville, 2nd Bull Run, Chantilly, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Princeton C.H., Brushy Mountain, Cloyds Mountain, New River Bridge, and Blacksburg.

Maryland · United States