140th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

140th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Pennsylvania flag
ActiveSeptember 8, 1862, to May 31, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
Size1,132
EngagementsBattle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Wilderness
Battle of Spotsylvania
Battle of Cold Harbor
Siege of Petersburg
Battle of Sailor's Creek

The 140th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was a Union Army regiment in the American Civil War, serving in the Eastern Theater. Recruited in late 1862, it fought from the Battle of Chancellorsville through the war until the Army of Northern Virginia's surrender at Appomattox Court House.[1] Its losses during the war were among the highest of any Union regiment.[2]

  1. ^ Bates
  2. ^ Dyer, Vol. III, p. 1616