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7th Pennsylvania Reserve (36th) Volunteer Infantry Monument

7th Regiment Pennsylvania

Reserve Volunteer Infantry

36th Regiment in line, 2nd Brigade,

3rd Division, 1st Corps.

Organized June 26, 1861.

Mustered out June 16, 1864.

 

The regiment arrived on the field on the afternoon of September 16, 1862. Formed at this point on the morning of the 17th, advanced about 600 yards South and became engaged with Hood's Confederate Division.

 

Casualties at Antietam

Killed 12

Wounded 60

Total 72

 

Recruited three companies in Philadelphia, two companies in Cumberland County, two companies in Lebanon County, one company each in Luzerne, Clinton and Perry counties.

 

Battles participated in: Great Falls, Dranesville, Gaines Mills, Mecahnicsville, Charles City Cross Roads, Malvern Hill, Gainesville, Second Bull Run Chantilly, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Wilderness

 

Antietam Battlefield-Sharpsburg Md.

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