UNION PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS
187th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry
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Organized at Philadelphia March 3 to May 4, 1864, from 1st Battalion Militia Infantry (6 Mos.). Moved to Washington, D. C., May 18, 1864. Moved to join Army of the Potomac May 26, and reported at Cold Harbor, Va., June 6. Cold Harbor June 6-12. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16 to September 22. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps. Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad, June 21-23. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (Reserve). Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Relieved September 22 and ordered to Philadelphia. Garrison and escort duty at Camp Cadwalader, Philadelphia, Pa., and provost duty at other points in Pennsylvania till August, 1865. Guard of honor over remains of President Lincoln in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, and escort to funeral cortege May, 1865. Mustered out August 3, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 66 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 69 Enlisted men by disease. Total 136.
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