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17–23. Guarded the Orange & Alexandria Railroad between Bull Run and Fairfax Court House until May 7. Duty near Fredericksburg, Va., until May 25. Expedition to Front Royal to intercept Jackson May 25-June 18. Duty at Manassas, Warrenton, and Culpeper until August. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August 21–23. Thoroughfare Gap August 28. Second Battle of Bull Run August 30. Chantilly September 1. Maryland Campaign September 6–24. Battles of South Mountain September 14; Antietam September 16–17. Duty near Sharpsburg, Md., until October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12–15. Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20–24, 1863. At Falmouth and Belle Plains until April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Pollock's Mill Creek April 29-May 2. Fitzhugh's Crossing April 29–30. Chancellorsville May 2–5. Gettysburg Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1–3. Pursuit of Lee July 5–24. Duty on line of the Rappahannock until October. Bristoe Campaign October 9–22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7–8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6–7, 1864. Regiment reenlisted February 6, 1864, and on furlough until April 7. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battle of the Wilderness May 5–7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spotsylvania May 8–12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12–21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23–26. Jericho Ford May 25. On line of the Pamunkey May 26–28. Totopotomoy May 28–31. Cold Harbor June 1–12. Bethesda Church June 1–3. White Oak Swamp June 13. Before Petersburg June 16–18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864 to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864 (reserve). Weldon Railroad August 18–21. Hatcher's Run October 27–28. Warren's Expedition to Weldon Railroad December 7–12. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5–7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Lewis Farm near Gravelly Run March 29. White Oak Road March 30–31. Five Forks April 1. Pursuit of Lee April 2–9. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Moved to Washington, D.C., May 1–12.
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Left Pennsylvania for Washington, D.C., October 1. At Kendall Green, Washington, D.C., until October 12. Provost duty at Alexandria until April 17, 1862. (Companies A, C, D, E, and I garrisoned forts on the Maryland side of the Potomac River February 18 to April 17.) At Cloud's Mills, Va., April
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The regiment lost a total of 181 men during service; 8 officers and 101 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 72 enlisted men died from disease-related causes.
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The regiment was attached to 1st Brigade, Ord's 2nd Division, Department of the Rappahannock, to June 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division,
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1st Lieutenant Sylvester Hopkins Martin, Company K - Medal of Honor recipient for action at the Battle of Globe Tavern
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Colonel George W. Gile -commanded at the Second Battle of Bull Run while still at the rank of
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Joseph A. McLean - commanded the regiment at the Second Battle of Bull Run; killed in action
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Captain Henry Whiteside - commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg after Maj Foust was wounded
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after Ltc McLean was killed; commanded at the Battle of Antietam until wounded in action
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and mustered in for a three-year enlistment in September 1861 under the command of
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Henry B. Meyers - commanded at the Battle of Antietam after Maj Gile was wounded
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Benezet F. Foust - commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg until wounded on July 1
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History of the 88th Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War for the Union, 1861-1865
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The 88th Pennsylvania Infantry mustered out of service June 30, 1865.
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Major David A. Griffith - commanded at the Battle of Fredericksburg
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Units and formations of the Union Army from Pennsylvania
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
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recipient for action during the Siege of Petersburg
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88th Pennsylvania Infantry
United States
Union
Infantry
Battle of Cedar Mountain
Second Battle of Bull Run
Battle of South Mountain
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Gettysburg
Bristoe Campaign
Mine Run Campaign
Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Battle of Totopotomoy Creek
Battle of Cold Harbor
Siege of Petersburg
Battle of Globe Tavern
Battle of Hatcher's Run
Appomattox Campaign
Battle of Five Forks
Battle of Appomattox Court House
infantry
regiment
Union Army
American Civil War
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
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