2d Pennsylvania Reserves

The 2d Pennsylvania Reserves, the 31st Infantry of the 1st Brigade, 3d Division, 5th Corps, mustered in on May 27, 1861, mustered out on June 16, 1864, and was recruited at Philadelphia. At Gettysburg, on July 2d in the evening, it charged from the hill in rear to this position and held it until the afternoon of July 3d, when the brigade advanced through the woods to the front and left, driving the enemy and capturing many prisoners. Its service also included Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Glendale or New Market Cross Roads, Malvern Hill, Groveton, 2nd Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Bristoe Station, Rappahannock Station, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomy, and Bethesda Church. Present at Gettysburg were 24 officers and 249 men; there, 9 men were killed and died of wounds, 2 officers and 25 men were wounded, and 1 man was captured or missing. Total enrollment was 850. In all, 4 officers and 82 men were killed and died of wounds, 2 officers and 62 men died of disease etc., 21 officers and 176 men were wounded, and 5 officers and 48 men were captured or missing, for totals of 32 officers and 368 men and total casualties of 400.

Pennsylvania · United States