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Union Soldiers Drill at Camp Winfield~Hatteras, North Carolina "Our first impressions of Hatteras were not favorable," wrote regimental historian Joseph Gould. "When we relieved the 20th Indiana Regiment, which had previously occupied the post, and saw their deplorable condition, heard their tales of woe and had some experience with the troops--of bugs and things they left to our care--we certainly felt despondent, and 'many a time and oft' wondered 'why we came for a soldier.
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1862 saw the 48th Pennsylvania encamped along the sandy shores of Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, where the regiment "saw the elephant"--or at least "heard the elephant"--during Burnside's expedition; the year also witnessed the reg... Read Post

Soldiers Drill At Harrisburg's Camp Curtin One hundred and fifty years ago, the 48th Pennsylvania officially became a regiment.Organized during the summer of 1861 from throughout Schuylkill County, the volunteers--1... Read Post

Burnside's Fleet Arrives From Fortress Monroe "On or about the 12th of January, 1862," said regimental historian Joseph Gould, the soldiers of the 48th Pennsylvania, stationed at Camp Winfield, Hatteras Island, Nor... Read Post