Unit

Federal Regiment

155th Pennsylvania Infantry

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

Commanding Officer:
Col. Edward J. Allen

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

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

History of the Unit:
"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

In 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

References, Sources, and other Notes:
A history of the unit called Under the Maltese Cross (1910) is also available online.

We have 8 individuals in the AotW database for this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Pvt	Marchant, N. G.	Died 11/19
F	Pvt	Snodgrass, James L.	Died 11/16
G	Pvt	Baker, Marion M.	Died 10/03
G	Pvt	Fowles, Erred	MWIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Fowles, Erred	MWIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Adams, Joseph	Died 10/26
K	Pvt	Hayes, William B.	Died 11/19
F&S	Col	Allen, Edward Jay

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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]

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