83rd Pennsylvania Infantry

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American Civil War military unit Union Army infantry regiment

The 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the American Civil War noted for its crucial role in the defense of Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg.

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Label Occurrences
83rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment 2
83rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment 2
83rd Pennsylvania Infantry canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War military unit ⓘ
Union Army infantry regiment ⓘ
allegiance Union ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry ⓘ
surface form: 83rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
army Army of the Potomac ⓘ
armyCorps Union V Corps ⓘ
surface form: V Corps, Army of the Potomac
branch Union Army ⓘ
brigade 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, V Corps ⓘ
casualtiesTotal approximately 282 ⓘ
commander Colonel John W. McLane ⓘ
Colonel Orpheus S. Woodward ⓘ
Colonel Strong Vincent ⓘ
companyRecruitmentArea Crawford County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Erie County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Forest County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Venango County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Warren County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
engagedOnUnionLeft Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
higherFormation Vincent’s Brigade ⓘ
killedOrMortallyWounded about 282 officers and men ⓘ
monumentLocation Little Round Top ⓘ
surface form: Little Round Top, Gettysburg National Military Park
musteredOutAt Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ
notableCommanderKilledInAction Colonel Strong Vincent ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Antietam ⓘ
Battle of Chancellorsville ⓘ
Battle of Fredericksburg ⓘ
Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
Battle of Little Round Top ⓘ
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House ⓘ
Battle of the Wilderness ⓘ
Peninsula Campaign ⓘ
Second Battle of Bull Run ⓘ
Seven Days Battles ⓘ
Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
notableFor heavy combat losses among Pennsylvania regiments ⓘ
holding the Union left flank at Little Round Top ⓘ
organizedAt Erie, Pennsylvania ⓘ
organizedInYear 1861 ⓘ
partOfBrigadeCommandedBy Brigadier General Strong Vincent ⓘ
raisedFor three-years service ⓘ
roleAtGettysburg defense of Little Round Top ⓘ
serviceEndDate 1865-06-28 ⓘ
serviceStartDate 1861-09-18 ⓘ
state Pennsylvania ⓘ
stateDesignation 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 83rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
typeOfUnit volunteer infantry ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Little Round Top (nearby) → defendedBy → 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry ⓘ
subject surface form: Little Round Top
3rd Brigade, 1st Division, V Corps → subordinateUnit → 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry ⓘ
this entity surface form: 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
Strong Vincent → unitCommanded → 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry ⓘ
this entity surface form: 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
83rd Pennsylvania Infantry → alsoKnownAs → 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry ⓘ
this entity surface form: 83rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
83rd Pennsylvania Infantry → stateDesignation → 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 83rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
83rd Pennsylvania Infantry monument → commemorates → 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry ⓘ
this entity surface form: 83rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment
83rd Pennsylvania Infantry monument → regimentHonored → 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry ⓘ
this entity surface form: 83rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment