8th Pennsylvania (Reserve) Infantry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
(37th Volunteers)
Organized at Pittsburg July, 1861. Ordered to Washington, D.C., July 30. Attached to 1st Brigade, McCall's Pennsylvania Reserves Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade, McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Pennsylvania Reserves Corps, 22nd Corps, Dept. of Washington, to April, 1863. District of Alexandria, 22nd Corps, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1864.
SERVICE.--
* Duty at Tennallytown, Md., August 2 to October 10, 1861, and at Camp Pierpont, near Langley, Va., until March, 1862. 
* September 4, 1861 - Skirmish at Great Falls, Maryland
* Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15, 1862. 
* McDowell's advance on Falmouth April 9-19. 
* Duty at Fredericksburg until June. 
* Moved to White House June 9-11. 
* June ?-September 2, 1862 - The Peninsula Campaign
** June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
*** June 26, 1862 - Engagement at Beaver Dam Creek, Virginia
*** June 27, 1862 - Engagement at Gaines's Mill, Virginia
*** June 30, 1862 - Engagement at Glendale, Virginia
*** July 1, 1862 - Engagement at Malvern Hill, Virginia
* At Harrison's Landing until August 16. 
* Movement to join Pope August 16-26. 
* August 26-September 2, 1862 - The Northern Virginia CampaignNot originally referenced on unit homepage, joined campaign day or two before Gainesville
** August 28, 1862 - Engagement at Gainesville, Virginia 
Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30. 
* September 3-20, 1862 - The Maryland Campaign
** September 14, 1862 - Battle of South Mountain, Maryland
** September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
Duty in Maryland until October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battles of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Ordered to Washington, D.C., February 6, and duty there and at Alexandria until April, 1864.
* May 4-June 12, 1864 - The Overland Campaign
** May 5-7, 1864 - Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia
** May 8-21, 1864 - Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, VirginiaOriginally listed as May 8-17
*** May 8, 1864 - Combat at Laurel Hill, Virginia
*** May 12, 1864 - Assault on the Salient at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
* May 17, 1864 - Non-veterans left the front 
** May 24 1864 - Mustered out of federal service
* May 31, 1864 - Veterans and recruits re-organized into the 191st Pennsylvania Infantry
== Regimental Roster ==
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
Source 	Casualties	Remarks
Dyer 	
* 5 Officers and 153 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded 
* 68 enlisted men killed by disease
* Total 226	None
Fox 	
* Fox lists this unit as:
** 29th on the list of units with losses based on duration of the entire term of service of the unit (7th of the Pennsylvania troops)	
WotRWiki Statistics	
* troops killed
** Includes troops mortally wounded
** Includes troops killed by disease
** All others are troops killed in action or under special circumstances	
== Legacy ==
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== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* (Pages 758, 760, 761, 906, 907, 933, 934, 936, 1580)
* (Page 13)
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