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Unit

Federal Regiment

8th Pennsylvania Reserves

Organized: Pittsburgh, PA; mustered in June 1861
Disbanded/Mustered out: Pittsburgh, PA 5/24/1864

Commanding Officer:
Maj. Silas M Baily

Statistics for Maryland Campaign
  Initial Strength: not known
  Killed in Action (KIA): 29
  Wounded (WIA): 81

Maps Showing this Unit:
   Detail Map #1: Hookers I Corps' Sweeps Down the Pike
   Detail Map #2: Hood's Division Retakes the Cornfield
   Detail Map #3: Mansfield's XII Corps Attacks Into the Cornfield

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit:
   Tablet #1: First Army Corps - 16 Sep, 2 PM to 16 Sep, 6 PM
   Tablet #15: Meade's Division, First Army Corps - 16 Sep, 2 PM to 16 Sep, 8 PM
   Tablet #120: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM
   Tablet #16: Magilton's Brigade, Meade's Division - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM
   Tablet #11: Meade's Division, First Army Corps - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM
   Tablet #12: Magilton's Brigade, Meade's Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM

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

History of the Unit:
Also known as the 37th Regiment of the line, they were organized from infantry companies originally organized as 90-day units at Camp Wright near Pittsburgh in June 1861.

The remainder of the War:
The regiment mustered out of service at the end of their three year term in May 1864. New recruits and re-enlisting veterans were transferred to the 100th and 91st Pennsylvania Regiments.

References, Sources, and other Notes:
Source: Bates, Samuel P., History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg: 1868-1871, extracted online at Pennsylvania in the Civil War by Alice J. Gayley.

We have 35 individuals in the AotW database for this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?	Details*
A	Pvt	Truby, Robert B.	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Steele, James	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	James, Thomas	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Booth, John F.	WIA 09/17
D	Sgt	Hill, Archibald F.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Page, Charles W.	KIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Seese, David	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Stewart, William F.	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Swearer, John	WIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Woodward, John	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Bailey, John	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Hand, Lawrence	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Kelly, Michael	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Gates, James	MWIA 09/17
F	Corp	Horton, George	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Kay, William H.	MWIA 09/14
F	Corp	Leichty, John Q.	MWIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Malone, William	Died 11/20
F	Pvt	Moore, Charles	KIA 09/14
F	Pvt	Shaw, Matthew P.	KIA 09/14
H	Pvt	Barr, Daniel	KIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Noll, Jacob	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Peters, John	MWIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Sipler, William	WIA 09/17
H	Pvt	Sopman, William	Died 09/25
I	Pvt	Inghram, Clark	KIA 09/17
K	Corp	Dye, Theodore J.	KIA 09/17
K	Corp	McClure, Boyle I.	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	McMiller, Robert.	WIA 09/17
F&S	Maj	Baily, Silas Milton
Unk	Pvt	Bank, George N.	Died 00/00
Unk	Pvt	Bawlis, John W.	Died 00/00
Unk	Lt	Carter, William M.	KIA 09/14
Unk	Pvt	Carton, George	KIA 09/17
Unk	Pvt	Smith, Tim	Died 00/00

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