The 77th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The 77th Pennsylvania Infantry was organized at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and mustered in for a three-year enlistment on October 15, 1861, under the command of Colonel Frederick S. Stumbaugh.
The regiment was attached to Negley's 4th Brigade, McCook's Command, at Nolin, Army of the Ohio, to November 1861. 5th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to December 1861. 5th Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Ohio, to September 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Right Wing, Army of the Cumberland, to January 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, XX Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, IV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, IV Corps, to August 1865. Department of Texas to December 1865.
The 77th Pennsylvania Infantry mustered out of service at Victoria, Texas, on December 6, 1865.
Left Pennsylvania for Louisville, Ky., October 18. Camp at Nolin River until December 1861, and at Munfordsville, Ky., until February 1862. March to Bowling Green, Ky., thence to Nashville, Tenn., February 14 â March 3, and to Savannah, Tenn., March 16-April 6. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6âÂÂ7. Duty at Pittsburg Landing until May 28. Siege of Corinth, Miss., May 28âÂÂ30. Skirmish near Corinth May 9. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 1. Buell's Campaign in northern Alabama and middle Tennessee June to August. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21 â September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1âÂÂ22. Floyd's Fork October 1. Near Clay Village October 4. Dog Walk October 9. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22 â November 7. Reconnaissance toward Lavergne November 19 and November 26âÂÂ27. Lavergne, Scrougesville November 27. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26âÂÂ30. Triune, Tenn., December 27. Battle of Stones River December 30âÂÂ31 and January 1âÂÂ3, 1863. Duty near Murfreesboro until June. Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Liberty Gap June 24âÂÂ27. Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga September 19âÂÂ20. Siege of Chattanooga September 24 â October 27. Reopening Tennessee River October 26âÂÂ29. Duty at White sides, Tyner's Station and Blue Springs, Tenn., until April 1864. Atlanta Campaign May 1-September 8. Tunnel Hill May 6âÂÂ7. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8âÂÂ13. Near Dalton May 13. Battle of Resaca May 14âÂÂ15. Near Kingston May 18âÂÂ19. Near Cassville May 19. Kingston May 21. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11âÂÂ14. Lost Mountain June 15âÂÂ17. Assault on Kennesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochie River July 6âÂÂ17. Peach Tree Creek July 19âÂÂ20. Siege of Atlanta July 22 â August 25. Utoy Creek August 5âÂÂ7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25âÂÂ30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy's Station September 2âÂÂ6. Operations in northern Georgia and northern Alabama against Hood September 29-October 26. Nashville Campaign NovemberâÂÂDecember. Columbia, Duck River, November 24âÂÂ28. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15âÂÂ16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17âÂÂ28. At Huntsville, Ala., until March 1865. Expedition to Bull's Gap and operations in eastern Tennessee March 13 â April 25. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., April 25, and duty there until June. Moved to New Orleans, La., June 17âÂÂ25, thence to Indianola, Texas, July 13âÂÂ21. Duty at Indianola and Victoria, Texas, until December.
The regiment lost a total of 319 men during service; 5 officers and 60 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 254 enlisted men died of disease.