173rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

173rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment Also known as the 173rd Pennsylvania or 173rd Pennsylvania Volunteers Pennsylvania State Flag 1863 pubdomain.jpg 300px State Flag of Pennsylvania (Circa 1863) October and November, 1862 – August 18, 1863 United States Union Union Army Union Army VII Corps (1862)XI Corps (1863) Guard, outpost and provost duty at Norfolk, Virginia.Pursuit of Lee July 12–24.Guard duty on Orange & Alexandria Railroad. Colonel Daniel NagleLieutenant Colonel Zaccur P. BoyerMajor Grant Weidman The 173rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment, also known as the 173rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, was an infantry regiment that served with the Union Army during the American Civil War. Composed of drafted men serving a nine-year enlistment period, the regiment spent its service conducting guard, outpost, and provost duty at various points in their service before being mustered out. Organization When Pennsylvania did not meet President Lincoln's August 1862 request for 300,000 nine-month volunteers, the Commonwealth drafted (under the Federal Militia Act of 1862The Northern Draft of 1862 http://slavenorth.com/cw/draft.htm 2026-05-23 slavenorth.com) fifteen regiments between mid-October and early December 1862, totaling 15,000 men. All fifteen regiments were mustered out of service by mid-August 1863. Few saw any combat action.Regiments: 151-200 - PA Civil War Flags https://www.pacivilwarflags.org/regiments/indivRegiment.cfm?group=151-200&reg=173rd%20Infantry 2026-05-23 www.pacivilwarflags.org The regiment was organized at Camp Curtin in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, from October to November, 1862,173d Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers https://www.pa-roots.com/pacw/infantry/173rd/173dorg.html 2026-05-23 www.pa-roots.com173rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment https://civilwarintheeast.com/us-regiments-batteries/pennsylvania/173rd-pennsylvania-infantry/ 2026-05-23 The Civil War in the East en-US with 1,267 men.Search For Soldiers - The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service) https://www.nps.gov/subjects/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm 2026-06-18 www.nps.gov en The companies of the regiment were recruited from:173rd Regiment of the Pennsylvania Civil War Volunteers http://www.pacivilwar.com/regiment/173rd.html 2026-05-23 www.pacivilwar.com Company A. - Schuylkill County Company B. - Lebanon County Company C. - Lebanon County Company D. - Schuylkill County Company E. - Perry County Company F. - Schuylkill County Company G. - Schuylkill County Company H. - Schuylkill County Company I. - Lebanon County Company K - Dauphin County Service After being mustered into service, the regiment left the state for Washington D.C., where it was then moved to Suffolk, Virginia, and was scheduled to move to Fort Monroe. Still, it was changed to Norfolk, Virginia, where it was stationed at Camp Veile, performing guard and drill duties. During this period, the regiment was fractured into multiple detachments to guard key installations in the region. In early May 1863, the regiment was ordered directly to Norfolk for provost duty until July 9. After the Battle of Gettysburg, the regiment, alongside the 177th Pennsylvania, moved to Washington, D.C. and then to Frederick, Maryland, reporting to General Meade, participating in the Pursuit of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia after their defeat at the Battle of Gettysburg. The regiment was ordered to report to General Howard and would be attached to the 1st Brigade, 2nd Division of the XI Corps173rd Pennsylvania Infantry in the American Civil War - https://civilwarindex.com/pa-173rd-infantry/ 2026-05-23 en-US Unaccustomed to long marches, the regiment would later perform guard duty on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad until August, when it was ordered back to Harrisburg, to be mustered out of Service on August 18, 1863. The regiment was assigned to larger formations during its service, as follows: District of Norfolk, Va., 7th Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August, 1863.United States https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000625514 The War of the Rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. Cowles Calvin D. Moodey John S. Ainsworth Fred C. Kirkley Joseph W. Perry Leslie J. Davis George B. Lazelle H. M. Scott Robert N. 1880–1901 Government Printing Office 978-0-918678-07-2 Also known as:Official records of the Union and Confederate armies WashingtonOctober 2026 Detailed service 1862 Organized at Harrisburg in October and November 1862. Left State for Washington, D.C., November 30; thence moved to Suffolk and Norfolk, Va. Attached to District of Norfolk, Va., 7th Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to July, 1863. Guard, outpost, and provost duty at Norfolk, Va., till July 1863. 1863 Pursuit of Lee July 12–24. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August, 1863. Guard duty on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad till August. Mustered out August 18, 1863 Commanders Colonel Daniel Nagle Lieutenant Colonel Zaccur P. Boyer Major Grant Weidman Casualties The regiment lost 19 men to disease during its entire service See also List of Pennsylvania Civil War regiments Pennsylvania in the Civil War References External links Civil War Archive Regimental and State Colors of the Regiment Category:1862 establishments in Pennsylvania Category:1863 disestablishments in Pennsylvania Category:Military units and formations established in 1862 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1863 Category:Units and formations of the Union army from Pennsylvania Category:Infantry regiments of the United States Army