83rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

The 83rd Pennsylvania was a volunteer infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War, which participated in almost every major battle in the East, including Seven Days Battles, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Petersburg and Appomattox Court House.

83rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Pennsylvania flag
ActiveSeptember 8, 1861–June 1865 [1]
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
Part of3rd Brigade, 1st Division V Corps, Army of the Potomac
Nickname(s)Pennsylvania Mud turtles [2]
EngagementsYorktown
Seven Days Battles
Second Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Mine Run Campaign
Wilderness
Spotsylvania
Cold Harbor
Siege of Petersburg
Appomattox Campaign[1]
Battle of Five Forks
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Col. John W. McLane[3]
Col. Strong Vincent
Col. Orpheus S. Woodward[4]

As one of four regiments in the 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, V Corps, Army of the Potomac, it fought alongside the 20th Maine, 44th New York, and the 16th Michigan in the defense of Little Round Top. Colonel Strong Vincent, the regiment's commanding officer, was mortally wounded during this engagement.

The uniform of the 83rd Pennsylvania

The 83rd Pennsylvania suffered the second-highest number of battle deaths among Union Army infantry regiments during the war, second only to the 5th New Hampshire.

Future Medal of Honor recipient Leander Herron served in the 83rd Pennsylvania from December 1863 to June 1865.

The 83rd Pennsylvania's monument on the slopes of Little Round Top at Gettysburg.

See also
  • List of Pennsylvania Civil War regiments

References
  1. "History - Pennsylvania Infantry (Part 4)". Civilwararchive.com. Retrieved 2013-10-12.
  2. Norton, Oliver Willcox (2008-01-07). "army letters 1861-1865 - oliver willcox norton - Google Boeken". Retrieved 2013-10-12.
  3. Template:History of the Eighty-Third Regiment Pennylvania Volunteers by A.M. Judson, B.F.H. Lynn, Publisher, Erie PA, 1881
  4. "Monument to the 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment at Gettysburg". Gettysburg.stonesentinels.com. Retrieved 2013-10-12.
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