Private Joseph Zeigler

Company A, 27th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Militia

Joseph Zeigler was mustered into Pennsylvania state service at Pottsville, PA, June 19, 1863 as Private in Company A, 27th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Militia under Captain D. A. Smith and Colonel Jacob Frick.  On duty in the Department of the Susquehanna.  At Wrightsville engaged the enemy June 28, 1863, burned bridge at Columbia June 28, 1863. Honorable Discharge August 1, 1863.

At Harrisburg , PA enlisted on February 19, 1864, as a Private for three years in Company D, 48th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry under Captain Jacob Werner and Colonels J. F. Brannon and Pleasants.  Regiment assigned to the 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Infantry, Army of the Potomac.

Participated in the following battles:

The WildernessMay 5, 1864 
SpotsylvaniaMay 8, 1864
Ny RiverMay 12, 1864
Bloody AngleMay 12, 1864
Stanards MillMay 21, 1864
North Anna RiverMay 23 and 24, 1864
Pamunkey RiverMay 26 through 28, 1864
Totopotomoy RiverMay 28 through 31, 1864
Cold HarborJune 1, 1864
Bethesda ChurchJune 13, 1864
Siege of PetersburgJune 15, 1864 
Weldon Railroad
and Jerusalem Plank Road
June 22 and 23, 1864
Mine Explosion at PetersburgJuly 30, 1864
Weldon RailroadAugust 18 through 21, 1864
Poplar Spring Church
and Prebles Farm
August 2 through September 29, 1864
Boyton Plank Road
and Hatchers Run
October 27 and 28, 1864
Fort SteadmanMarch 25, 1865
Fall of PetersburgApril 2, 1865
Appomattox, Lee’s SurrenderApril 9, 1865

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Private Zeigler received an Honorable Discharge, July 17, 1865
near Alexandria, VA by reason of the close of the war.

 

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