Timeline & Roster

118th Pennsylvania Volunteers Company C
The following is the Roster for the 118th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company C, including where possible details of the service each man survived. The roster shows a total of 137 men.
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Timeline of the 118th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

May 15th-30th, 1862 - Organised at Philadelphia
August 31st - Moved to Baltimore, Md., then to Washington, D.C. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac,
September 6th-24th - Maryland Campaign
September 16th-17th - Battle of Antietam
September 19th - Shepherdstown Ford
September-October - At Sharpsburg
October 30th-November 19th - Movement to Falmouth, Va
December 12th-15th - Battle of Fredericksburg, Va.
December 29th-30th - Reconnaissance to Richard”s and Ellis” Fords, Rappahannock River

January 20th-24th, 1863 - Burnside”s 2nd Campaign, "Mud March"
February-April - At Falmouth
April 27th-May 6th - Chancellorsville Campaign. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps
May 1st-5th - Battle of Chancellorsville
June 11th-July 24th - Gettysburg Campaign
July 1st-3rd - Battle of Gettysburg

The regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Gwyn. From the monument: "First position July 2. July 3 on Big Round Top. Present at Gettysburg 332. Killed 3, wounded 19, captured or missing 3."

July 5th-24th - Pursuit of Lee
July 23rd - Wapping Heights, Va.
August-September - At Warrenton and Beverly Ford
September 17th - At Culpeper
October 9th-22nd - Bristoe Campaign
November 7th-8th - Advance to line of the Rappahannock
November 7th - Rappahannock Station
November 26th-December 2nd - Mine Run Campaign
December 1863-May 1864 - At Beverly Ford

May 4th-June 12th, 1864 - Rapidan Campaign
May 5th-7th - Battles of the Wilderness
May 8th - Laurel Hill
May 8th-21th - Spottsylvania
May 12th - Assault on the Salient
May 23th-26th - North Anna River
May 25th - Jericho Ford
May 26th-28th - On line of the Pamunkey
May 28th-31st - Totopotomoy
June 1st-12th - Cold Harbor
June 16th-18th - Before Petersburg; beginning of Siege of Petersburg
June 22nd-23rd - Jerusalem Plank Road
August 18th-21st - Weldon Railroad
September 29th-October 2nd - Poplar Springs Church
October 27th-28th - Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher”s Run
December 7th-12th - Warren”s Expedition to Hicksford

February 5th-7th, 1865 - Dabney”s Mills, Hatcher”s Run
March 28th-April 9th - Appomattox Campaign
March 29th - Lewis Farm, near Gravelly Run and Junction of Quaker and Boydton Roads
March 31st - White Oak Road
April 1st - Five Forks
April 9th - Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army.
May 1st-12th - March to Washington, D.C.
May 23rd - Grand Review
June 1st, 1865 - Mustered out
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