77TH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY WAR MEMORIAL
THE 77TH PENNSYLVANIA ARRIVED AT PITTSBURG LANDING AT 7AM, APRIL 7, 1862. IT WAS THE ONLY PENNSYLVANIA REGIMENT ON THE FIELD. IT IMMEDIATELY ENGAGED THE ENEMY. THIS REGIMENT PARTIALLY ISOLATED FROM THE DIVISION, MOVED STEADILY OVER AN OPEN FIELD UNDER A HEAVY FIRE; WHILE HERE THE ENEMY'S CAVALRY CHARGED IT TWICE, BUT WERE EACH TIME REPULSED WITH HEAVY LOSS. COLONEL STUMBAUGH HAD THE SATISFACTION OF RECEIVING THE SWORD OF COLONEL BATTLE OF THE 20TH TENNESSEE WHO SURRENDERED AS A PRISONER.
Listing Details
- Public
- CIVIL WAR
- Statues War or Military Related
- SHILOH NATIONAL MILITARY PARK
- 38736
- ALLEN GATHMAN
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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