48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (HM40E)

Location: Sharpsburg, MD 21782 Washington County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 27.056', W 77° 44.405'

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Inscription
(Front Inscription):
48th Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry
1st Brigade 2nd Division 9th Corps
Location 385 yards south 70 degrees east
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Casualties at Antietam
Killed 8
Wounded 51
Missing 1
Total 60
Organized August September 1861
Mustered out July 17th 1865
Recruited in Schuylkill County
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Battles Participated in
Newbern - Spotsylvania
Second Bull Run - North Anna
Chantilly - Totopotomy
South Mountain - Bethesda Church
Antietam - Cold Harbor
Fredericksburg - Petersburg
Blue Springs - Weldon Rail Road
Campbell's Station - Poplar Spring Church
Siege of Knoxville - Boydton Plank Road
Wilderness - Assault on Petersburg
Dug Petersburg Mine
Commenced June 25 - Exploded June 30 1864

(Rear Inscription):
James Nagle
Organizer and first
Colonel of this regiment
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Received commission as
Brigadier General of Volunteers
on the battlefield of Antietam
September 17, 1862
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Captain
Company B 1st Penna. Regiment
War with Mexico
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Colonel
6th, 48th, 39th, 149th Regiments
Penna. Volunteers
War of the Rebellion
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Born April 5th 1822
Died April 22d 1866
Details
HM NumberHM40E
Tags
Year Placed1904
Placed ByCommonwealth of Pennsylvania
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014 at 12:04am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 264227 N 4370402
Decimal Degrees39.45093333, -77.74008333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 27.056', W 77° 44.405'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 27' 3.36" N, 77° 44' 24.30" W
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Area Code(s)301
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 4835 Branch Ave, Sharpsburg MD 21782, US
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