Monument Text: 4th Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps 4th Regt. Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps. 33rd Regt. in line 2nd Brigade 3rd Division. 1st Army Corps. Organized June 10, 1861 Mustered out June 17, 1864. The Regt. arrived on the field on the afternoon of September 16, 1862. Formed at this point on the morning of the 17th, advanced about 600 yards South and became engaged with Hood's Confederate Division.
Casualties at Antietam Killed 5 Wounded 43 Total 48
Recruited Five Companies in Philadelphia, one company each in Montgomery, Chester, Monroe, Lycoming and Susquehanna Counties. Battles participated in: Dranesville, Va., December 20, 1861 Mecahnicsville, Va., June 26, 1862 Gaines Mills, Va., June 27, 1862 Charles City Cross Roads, Va., June 30, 1862 Malvern Hill, Va., July 1, 1862 Gainesville, Va., August 28, 1862 Second Bull Run, Va., August 29 and 30, 1862 Chantilly, Va., September 1, 1862 South Mountain, Maryland, September 14, 1862 Antietam, Maryland, September 16 and 17, 1862 Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862 Princeton, W. Va., May 6, 1864 Bushey Mountain, W. Va., May 8, 1864 Cloyds Mountain, W. Va., May 9, 1864 New River Bridge, W. Va., May 10, 1864 Blacksburg, W. Va., May 11, 1864
Virtue, Liberty and Independence Erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
