137th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

Union Army infantry regiment 137th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry August 25, 1862 to June 1, 1863 United States Union Infantry Battle of South MountainBattle of AntietamBattle of FredericksburgBattle of Chancellorsville The 137th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 137th Pennsylvania Infantry was organized at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and mustered in for a nine-month enlistment on August 25, 1862 under the command of Colonel Henry M. Bossert. The regiment was attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, VI Corps, Army of the Potomac, to December 1862. Provisional Brigade, Aquia Creek, Virginia, Patrick's Command, Army of the Potomac, to January 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, I Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 1863. The 137th Pennsylvania Infantry mustered out of service on June 1, 1863. Detailed service Ordered to Washington, D.C. immediately upon organization. Maryland Campaign September 1862. Sugar Loaf Mountain September 10–11. Crampton's Gap September 14. Antietam September 17. Duty in Maryland to November. In the defenses of Washington, D.C. until December, and at Aquia Creek, Va., until January 1863. Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March," January 20–24, 1863. Duty at Belle Plains until April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Pollock's Mill Creek April 29-May 2. Chancellorsville May 2–5. Ordered to Harrisburg, Pa. for muster out. Casualties The regiment lost a total of 59 men during service; 1 officer and 58 enlisted men died of disease. Commanders Colonel Henry M. Bossert - resigned March 14, 1863 Colonel Joseph Barr Kiddoo See also American Civil War Pennsylvania List of Pennsylvania Civil War Units Pennsylvania in the Civil War References Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. Rhode, John A. The Luckiest Regiment in the Army of the Potomac: The Diary of Corporal John A. Rhode, 137th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (Lancaster, PA: Quaker Hills Press Inc.), 2007. 1-8812-0400-6 Attribution External links Monument of the 137th Pennsylvania Infantry at Antietam Battlefield 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:1862 establishments in Pennsylvania Category:1863 disestablishments in Pennsylvania