7th Regiment Pennsylvania
Reserve Volunteer Infantry
36th Regiment in line, 2nd Brigade.
3rd Division, 1st Corps.
Organized June 26, 1861.
Mustered out June 16, 1864.
The regiment arrived on the field on the afternoon
of September 16, 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 12
Wounded 60
Total 72
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Recruited three companies in Philadelphia.
Two companies in Cumberland County.
Two companies in Lebanon County.
One company each in Luzerne-Clinton
and Perry Counties.
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Battles participated in:
Great Falls
Dranesville
Mechanicsville
Gaines Mill
Charles City Cross Roads
Malveren Hill
Gainesville
Second Bull Run
Chantilly
South Mountain
Antietam
Fredericksburg and Wilderness
Marker is on Mansfield Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
