page_title: 110th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
section_title: Service
hierarchical_section_title: 110th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment / Service
caption_attribution_description: English: Identifier: abrahamlincolnba02newy (find matches) Title: Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War Year: 1887 (1880s) Authors: Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Generals Generals Publisher: (New York, N.Y.)&#160;: (The Century Co.) Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: CCESSES AND FAILURES OF CHANCELLORSVILLE. 749 and Twelfth, numbering 42,000 men, up theriver, crossing and concentrating them atChancellorsville, ten miles west of Freder-icksburg, with the purpose of moving downupon General Lees army to take it in rearand flank— two divisions of the Second Corpsbeing placed to cover Bankss Ford, the thirddivision being left at Falmouth, while a brigadeand battery were stationed at United StatesFord to facilitate the crossing. The CavalryCorps, with the exception of one small brigadeof three regiments and a battery of horse artil-lery, which was left under my command with The left wing of the army, under GeneralSedgwick, was ordered to cross the Rappa-hannock below Fredericksburg, on the morn-ing of the 29th&#160;; its duty was to keep theenemy as long as possible before Fredericks-burg, to pursue him if he attempted to fallback on Richmond, but to take possession ofhis works and his line of retreat if he marchedupon Chancellorsville. Or, in other words, Text Appearing After Image: y^tto*-: PARADE AT FALMOUTH OF THE IIOTH PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS. (FROM A PHOTOGRAPH.) This regiment (of Whipples division, Third Corps) with the 84th Pennsylvania performed desperate service near Fairview onSunday morning, May 3d, the 84th losing 215 men and the 110th losing 45 men.— Editor. the army, was ordered under the command ofGeneral Stoneman to make a raid in rear ofLees army, and destroy his railroads andcommunications with Richmond. While there have been many criticisms on thepropriety of detaching this large body of cav-alry from the army, I desire to state that thiscavalry did most valuable service, by drawingoff General Lees cavalry, under General J. E.B. Stuart, to Brandy Station and Culpeper, andthus depriving General Lee of their services;for General Hooker moved the three corpswith him with such celerity that they passedbetween Stuart and General Lees army, andStuart could not get through to communicateto General Lee what was going on. It will beseen later on what Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: The 110th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
context_section_description: The 110th Pennsylvania Infantry was organized at Harrisburg, Huntingdon, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and mustered in August 19, 1861, for three years service under the command of Colonel William Delaware Lewis, Jr.
  The regiment was attached to Tyler's Brigade, Landers' Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. 3rd Brigade, Shield's 2nd Division, Banks' V Corps and Department of the Shenandoah, to May 1862. 4th Brigade, Shield's Division, Department of the Rappahannock, to June 1862. 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, III Corps, Army of Virginia, to September 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, III Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, III Corps, to March 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, II Corps, to June, 1865.
  The 110th Pennsylvania Infantry mustered out June 28, 1865.
caption: Parade at Falmouth of the 110th Pennsylvania Volunteers
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