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155th Pennsylvania Infantry

Organized: Harrisburg; mustered in 09/05/1862
Disbanded/Mustered out: Washington, DC 06/02/1865

 

Commanding Officer on the Antietam Campaign:
  Col. Edward J. Allen

 

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of the Potomac
  Corps - Fifth Army Corps
  Division - 3rd Division, 5th Corps
  Brigade - 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Corps


Unit history

"At Harrisburg a regimental organization was effected with Edward Jay Allen as colonel, and armed with the Belgian rifle, a species of light artillery, we were at once transported by rail to Washington. Here we were assigned to General Briggs Brigade of General AA Humphreys Division The foe had crossed the Potomac and had invaded loyal soil ..."1

On the Antietam Campaign

"Pausing at Washington long enough to exchange the worthless Austrian rifles with which it had been armed, for the smooth-bore Springfield muskets,the regiment pushed forward through Maryland, over the battle-ground of South Mountain, and was greeted, as it approached Antietam, with the sound of the conflict. The Fifth Corps was held in reserve during the engagement,and hence the regiment was not called into action."2

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #19: Humphreys' Division, Fifth Army Corps - 14 Sep, 6 AM to 18 Sep, 7 AM
Tablet #33: Fifth Army Corps - 15 Sep, 2 PM to 16 Sep, 12 PM

References & Notes

A history of the unit called Under the Maltese Cross (1910) is also available online.

We have 61 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

 

Co. Rank Name Casualty? Details*
APvtCampbell, John M.   
APvtMarchand, Nicholas G.Died (d)   11/19     We have some details for this person
ACaptPearson, Alfred Lawrence        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
ALtStewart, John C.   
BSgtCampbell, Henry Reams        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
BSgtGrubbs, Henry W.   
BLtJennings, Benjamin F.   
BPvtMcMillin, Archibald Died (d)   11/07     We have some details for this person
BPvtWeaver, Henry F.   
CSgtDunn, Thomas B.   
CCorpEuwer, Archibald Nelson        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
DPvtBooth, George    
DPvtFinnegan, James         We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
DLtKilgore, Samuel         We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
DPvtLeonard, Hugh         We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
EPvtAlter, John King        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
EPvtCallen, Theophilus S.        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
EPvtCrookham, John F.        We have some details for this person
EPvtDouglass, Robert P.        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
ECorpLancaster, John Moore        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
EPvtLatta, Colin         We have some details for this person
ELtLaughlin, George McCully        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
ECorpLoutsenheiser, Newell D.        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
EPvtMcKenna, Charles Francis        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
EPvtO'Neil, James P.        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
EPvtOverholt, Abraham F.Died (d)   10/10     We have some details for this person
EPvtPangburn, Noah H.        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
ESgtPower, Joseph Torrence        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
ELtSackett, Joseph B.   
ECorpTomer, Thomas J.        We have some details for this person
FLtBreed, Henry A.   
FPvtEaston, Brice Died (d)   10/02     We have some details for this person
FPvtHill, Robert A.WIA   09/14     We have some details for this person
FCaptMarkle, John L.        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
FCorpMcClelland, George Pressly        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
FPvtSnodgrass, James L.Died (d)   11/16     We have some details for this person
GPvtBaker, Marion M.Died (d)   10/03     We have some details for this person
GPvtFowles, Erred MWIA   09/18     We have some details for this person
GPvtFowles, William B.        We have some details for this person
GCaptKlotz, Charles         We have some details for this person
GSgtKribbs, John A.        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
GLtMeeker, Edwin         We have some details for this person
HSgtBailey, William Y.   
HLtMooney, John         We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
HSgtOrr, David T.   
HPvtPorter, John T.        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
HSgtWhitmer, William R.Died (d)   10/12     We have some details for this person
IPvtAdams, Joseph Died (d)   10/26     We have some details for this person
IPvtBradley, Ralph         We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
ISgtHunter, James K. P.        We have some details for this person
ISgtKerr, John H.   
ICaptMcKee, Samuel A.        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
ICorpPhillips, James J. Sinclair        We have some details for this person
ICorpWalter, Charles A.        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
KPvtHayes, William B.Died (d)   11/19     We have some details for this person
F&SColAllen, Edward Jay        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
F&SMajCain, John Herron        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
F&SLtMontooth, Edward Alexander        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
F&SASrgReed, Joseph Andrew Erastus        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
F&SPvtThorn, Ellis C.        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person
F&SASrgWilson, William Stockton        We have a picture for this person We have some details for this person

 

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Notes

1   Nicholson, John Page, Pennsylvania at Gettysburg, 2 Volumes, Harrisburg: Wm.. Stanley Ray, 1893, Vol. 2, pg. 756  [AotW citation 1057]

2   Bates, Samuel Penniman, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1868-1871, Vol. 4, pg. 800  [AotW citation 1058]