History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5; prepared in compliance with acts of the legislature, by Samuel P. Bates.

1208 EIGHTY-SECOND REGIMENT, 1865
brigade remained in position until the 12th, the regiments in turn performing
their tour of duty in the several lines.
Crossing the James River on the 16th of June, the brigade was sent to the
support of General Butler, but three days later re-joined the corps in front of
Petersburg. On the 29th, the division was ordered to Ream's Station, to the
assistance of the cavalry returning from a raid in rear of Richmond. The
Eighty-second was sent out upon a road leading to Petersburg, for the protection of the flank, where it had a brisk skirmish with a squadron of the enemy's
cavalry, driving it in upon his main line, beyond. the Weldon Railroad.
On the 9th of July, the Sixth Corps was ordered to Washington, to meet
the enemy, under Early, advancing through Maryland, and threatening the
safety of the capital. At midday of the 11th it arrived, and, debarking,
marched through the city, taking position in rear of Fort Stevens. On the
following day the regiment advanced in front of the fort, skirmishing sharply
with Early's advance. The enemy retreated, and was pursued across the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers, when Wright, unable to overtake him, returned
to Washington. But the enemy faced about, and offered battle at Winchester,
defeating the Union troops which had been left in the valley. The Sixth Corps,
under Wright, and the Nineteen.th, under Emory, again advanced to Harper's
Ferry, and crossing the Potomac, pursued Early as far as Strasburg. Returning again, the enemy following, a severe skirmish occurred near Charlestown, after which, the Union force retired to Halltown, but subsequently advanced to Berryville. While here, the original term having expired, the regiment was ordered to Philadelphia, where, on the 16th of September, it was
mustered out of service.
The veterans and recruits who remained in the field were organized into a
battalion of five companies, which were subsequently joined by the veterans
of the Twenty-third, with the designation of the Eighty-second regiment, under command of Colonel Bassett. It participated in the brilliant campaign in
the Shenandoah Valley, under General Sheridan, and when his triumphs were
assured, returned with the corps to the trenches in front of Petersburg. Upon
the opening of the spring campaign of 1865, it moved with the triumphant
columns of Grant, and in the battle of Sailors' Creek, on the 6th of April,
suffered considerable loss, Lieutenant William HI. Myers being among the killed.
It was at the extreme front upon the occasion of the surrender of Lee, on the
9th of April, and was finally mustered out of service on the 13th of July, at
Hall's Hill, Virginia,