An obit for my Gr. gr. grandfather, William Jackson Dillon says that he served in the Civil war in the Fifth Penn. Heavy Artillery. I am interested in leearning about any battlles he might have fought in . Can anyone tell me how to find this information.? Thanks, Romayne

Romayne, Here is what I found: Jim Gilmer From ancestry.com Surname Given Name Middle Initial Company Unit Rank - Induction Rank - Discharge Notes Allegiance Dillon William J. A 5 Pennsylvania H. Art'y. Sergeant Corporal Union William J Dillon Residence: Occupation: Service Record: Enlisted as a Corporal on 27 August 1864 Enlisted in Company Batty A, 5th Heavy Artillery Regiment Pennsylvania on 27 August 1864. Mustered out Company Batty A, 5th Heavy Artillery Regiment Pennsylvania on 30 June 1865 in Pittsburgh, PA List of Soldiers Regimental History PENNSYLVANIA TWO HUNDRED and FOURTH INFANTRY (FIFTH ARTILLERY) (One Year) Fifth Artillery. - Col., George S. Gallupe; Lieut.-Col., Joseph Browne; Majs., Michael Baer, Howard Morton, George M. Irwin, William H. Hope. This regiment, the 204th of the line, came from the counties of Allegheny, Lawrence, Beaver, Cambria, Westmoreland, Armstrong and Greene, rendezvoused at Camp Rey- nolds, Pittsburg, and was mustered into the U. S. service dur- ing the latter part of Aug. and the first 10 days of Sept., 1864, for a term of one year. Col. Gallupe was formerly major in the 8th reserve regiment and Lieut.-Col. Browne was major of the 102nd Pa. infantry. Shortly after its organization it left the state for Washington, where it did duty in the forts north of the capitol until Sept. 28, when it was posted along the line of the Manassas Gap railroad, then being opened up as a line of supply for Sheridan's army in the Shenandoah Valley. It was frequently engaged with Mosby's command while employed in this work, a number of the men being wounded and 22 cut off and captured at Salem on Oct. 8. A few weeks later, while at Piedmont, a detachment of the command with a squadron of the 13th N. Y. cavalry moved into the mountains and captured 4 guns and caissons of Mosby's artillery and a number of prisoners. About the end of October it returned to the forts of Washington for a few days and then returned to Virginia, being posted for the winter by detachments at Prospect hill, Vienna and Fairfax Court House. It was employed during this time in picket and guard duty and in building large stockades and block-houses. In the spring of 1865 detachments were sent to the Bull Run battlefield and decently buried some 2,000 dead, whose bodies had remained improperly cared for since the second battle there. In June it was ordered to Pittsburg, where it was re- ceived with public demonstrations, and finally mustered out on June 30, 1865. Source: The Union Army, vol. 1 Battles Fought Fought on 05 October 1864 at Rectortown, VA. Fought on 05 October 1864 at Salem, VA. Fought on 07 October 1864 at Salem, VA. Fought on 08 October 1864 at Rectortown, VA. Fought on 15 October 1864. Fought on 01 November 1864. -------Original Message------- From: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, September 15, 2003 11:03:10 PM To: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Fifth Penn. Heavy Artillery An obit for my Gr. gr. grandfather, William Jackson Dillon says that he served in the Civil war in the Fifth Penn. Heavy Artillery. I am interested in leearning about any battlles he might have fought in . Can anyone tell me how to find this information.? Thanks, Romayne ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== To search our list archives since 1996, go to http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and enter Civil-War in the list name .

Romayne, Mike and Jim have already given you the information on the 5th PA HA from Dyer's Compendium and the muster roll entry for your g-g-grandfather, but thought you might be interested in a description of the service of the the 5th, along with the muster rolls for each company: http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/artillerynew.html Alice Gayley Romayne Walters wrote: > An obit for my Gr. gr. grandfather, William Jackson Dillon says that he > served in the Civil war in the Fifth Penn. Heavy Artillery. I am > interested in leearning about any battlles he might have fought in . Can > anyone tell me how to find this information.? > Thanks, > Romayne -- Pennsylvania in the Civil War http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/