50th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

The regiment was initially armed with Model 1816 flintlock muskets converted to percussion, within a few months they were replaced with .54 caliber Austrian Lorenz Rifles.

In 1863, the 50th Pennsylvania were forced to replace them with Model 1861 Springfield rifles due to logistics reasons (the regiment was the only one in the IX Corps that required .54 caliber ammunition).

The regiment was attached to Stevens' Brigade, W. T. Sherman's South Carolina Expedition, to April 1862.

1st Brigade, 1st Division, IX Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September 1862.

3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, IX Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to August 1863.

2nd Brigade, 1st Division, IX Corps, Army of the Ohio, to April 1864.

2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, IX Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September 1864.

Sailed on the steamer Winfield Scott and shipwrecked off the coast of North Carolina.

Port Royal Ferry, Coosaw River, January 1, 1862.

Moved to Hilton Head, S.C., then to Newport News, Va., July 14–18, then to Aquia Creek and Fredericksburg, Va., August 3–6.

March to Pleasant Valley September 19-October 2, and duty there until October 25.

Moved to Newport News February 12–14, then to Kentucky March 21–26.

Burnside's campaign in eastern Tennessee August to October.

Pursuit of Longstreet's army to Blain's Cross Roads December 5–26.

Poplar Springs Church or Peebles' Farm September 29-October 2.

Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27–28.