4th Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps
(Rear Inscription):
4th Regt. Pennsylvania
Reserve Volunteer Corps.33rd Regt. in line, 2nd Brigade.
3rd Division, 1st Army Corps.
Organized June 10th, 1861.
Mustered out June 17th, 1864.
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The regt. arrived on the field on the afternoon of
September 16th, 1862.
Formed at this point on the morning of the 17th.
Advanced about 600 yards south and became
engaged with Hood's Confederate Division.
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Casualties at Antietam
Killed 5
Wounded 43
Total 48
Recruited five companies in Philadelphia.
One compnay each in Montgomery, Chester, Monroe
Lycoming, and Susquenhanna Counties.
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Battles participated in
Dranesville, VA. December 20th, 1861.
Mechanicsville, Va. June 26th, 1862.
Gaines Mills, Va. June 27th, 1862.
Charles City Cross Roads, Va. June 30th, 1862.
Malvern Hill, Va. July 1st, 1862.
Gainesville, Va. August 26th, 1862.
Second Bull Run, Va. August 29th and 30th, 1862.
Chantilly, Va. September 1st, 1862.
South Mountain, Maryland. September 14th, 1862.
Antietam, Maryland. September 16th and 17th, 1862
Fredericksburg, Va. December 13th, 1862.
Princeton, W.Va. May 6th, 1864.
Brushey Mountain, W.Va. May 8th, 1864.
Cloyd's Mountain, W.Va. May 9th, 1864.
New River Bridge, W.Va. May 10th, 1864.
Blacksburg, W.Va. May 11th, 1864.
Marker is on Mansfield Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
