98th Pennsylvania Infantry
3d Brigade, 3d Division
(Front):98th Penna. Infantry
The regiment was the advance of
the Sixth Corps in its march from
Manchester, Md. to the battlefield and
occupied this position from the evening of
July 2d. until the close of the battle.
3rd. Brigade 3rd. Division
6th. Corps.
(Left):Recruited in Philadelphia
Mustered in April 29th 1861 as the 21st
Pennsylvania Infantry for 3 months. Reorgan-
ized as the 98th Pennsylvania Infantry and
Mustered in August 17th 1861. Re-enlisted
December 23rd, 1863. Mustered out June 29th. 1865.
(Right):Yorktown - North Anna
Willamsburg - Totopotomoy
Malvern Hill - Cold Harbor
Fredericksburg - Petersburg
Marye's Heights - Fort Stevens
Salem Heights - Winchester
Gettysburg - Fishers Hill
Rappahannock Station - Cedar Creek
Mine Run - Petersburg (Fort Fisher)
Wilderness - Sailor's Creek
Spotsylvania - Appomattox
Marker is on Crawford Avenue (Driveway to John Weikert Farm), on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
