Draw the Sword

A Fighting 300 Regiment

Location: Stone Avenue, West McPherson Ridge near the McPherson Barn

Order of Battle: 1st Corps, 3d Division, 2d Brigade

Number Engaged: 397; 35 killed, 152 wounded, 77 missing

Commander: Col. Langhorne Wister (1834-1891).

Raised: Philadelphia and the counties of Crawford, McKean, and Union

Monument Specifications: Rectangular marker with an apexed cap stands on a two-tiered, rough-hewn base. There is a relief of Infantry arms and accouterments on the front face and on the top. There are two recessed disks, the insignia of the 1st Corps, flanking the inscription on the front. Below this inscription is a square tablet relief of the Pennsylvania Coat of Arms. It indicates the most advanced line held by the 150th Pennsylvania Infantry on the afternoon of July 1, 1863.

Dedication Date: Sept. 11, 1889.

Sculptor/Artist/Company: Ryegate Granite Company, fabricator.

Other Monuments and Memorials: Small monument marks location on July 2, Hancock Avenue, south of the Copse of Trees. Denotes the 150th’s position on July 3. It was dedicated in 1888.

Supplemental Materials: After Action Report of Lieut. Col. Henry S. Huidekoper (will open a pop up window).

Regimental History ~ Dyer’s Compendium of the War of the Rebellion:

Organized at Philadelphia and Harrisburg September 4, 1862. Moved to Washington, D.C., September. Attached to Defenses of Washington to February, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to December, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, to March, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 5th Army Corps, to June, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Corps, to June, 1865.

SERVICE.–Guard duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C,, until February, 1863. (Co. “K” body guard to President Lincoln until muster out.) Ordered to join Army of the Potomac in the field. Reported to 1st Army Corps at Belle Plains, Va., February, 1863, and duty there until April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Pollock’s Mill Creek April 29-May 2. Battle of Chancellorsville May 2-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. At Bealeton Station until October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864. Duty near Culpeper until May. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Jericho Ford May 25. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864 (Reserve). Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run, October 27-28. Warren’s Raid on Weldon Railroad December 7-12. Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run, February 5-7, 1865. Ordered to Baltimore, Md., February 10; thence to Elmira, N.Y., and duty there until June. Mustered out June 23, 1865. Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 108 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 94 Enlisted men by disease. Total 207.

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2 Responses to “* 150th Pennsylvania Infantry”

1. richard moore says:

   July 6, 2009 at 1:06 pm

   My great grandfather, William Smythe Moore , age 16, fought here and to avoid capture, ran into the town of Gettysburg and hid in a barn. he later participated in the Battle of the Wilderness, and was wounded on May 5, 1864.

   I am proud to have his 1859 Sharps rifle and bayonet.
2. Brad Hineman says:

   September 26, 2009 at 5:06 pm

   Recently discovered my great great great grandfather was in Co. K and defended Pres. Lincoln…could not be more proud. Still searching for a journal or records of some kind.