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