Civil War Regiments Two sources that provide general military
history on Somerset County include Welfley's History of Bedford
and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania, Vols. 11; and History of
Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5 by Samuel P. Bates, 5 Vols.,
1869-1871. The 39th Volunteer Infantry, Co. A., moved to the
federal capitol with the Pennsylvania Reserves Division. The
first action this company participated in was at Dranesville,
VA. In June of 1862, this company moved to Mechanicsville, VA
and became part of McClellan's army to fight in the battle of
Gaimes Mills and Mechanicsville. Other battles this company
fought included: White Oak Swamp, Second Manassas, South
Mountain, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, the Wilderness,
Spotsylvania Court House, and Bestheda Church. The company
suffered particularily heavy losses at the battle of
Fredericksburg. Initial enrollment was 127 volunteers and 58
mustered out on June 11, 1864. The Somerset County men who
fought in the 52nd were mustered in on September 26, 1864. A det