FORTY-THIRD REGIMENT INFANTRY
USCT
Commanding Officer
Colonel Stephen B. Yeoman

Organized at Camp William Penn, this regiment was stationed at Annapolis April 18th, 1864. It was attached to the Ninth Corps from September to November, 1864, being then transferred to the Twenty-fifth Corps, and participated in the active campaigns incident to the siege of Petersburg and Richmond, being often engaged. After the conclusion of hostilities in Virginia, the regiment was dispatched to Texas. It was mustered out October 20th, and discharged at Philadelphia, November 30th, 1865.

TOTAL LOSSES

BATTLES AND SERVICES

Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River before Petersburg
Operations against Richmond
Weldon Railroad
Poplar Grove Church
Hoydton Plank Road
Hatcher’s Run, Before Richmond through the winter
Hatcher’s Run
Fall of Petersburg, pursnit of Lee
Appomattox Court House
Duty at Petersburg and City Point
Duty on the Rio Grande River to end of enlistment. 

Camp William Penn   Location  
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