Profile of Penrose Wiley Reagan
Regiment: 4th Regiment, P.R.V.C., Company K
                 33rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
In Date/Rank: Enlisted as Corporal on June 6th, 1861.
-Wounded at:
  • Gaines' Mill (Seven Days Campaign) - June 30th, 1862 (ball through thigh and one through arm, severe)
    • Out Date/Rank: As it was recorded, the "severity" of his wound probably led to his discharge for disability on December 4, 1862. Final rank: Corporal.
    Enrolled at: Chester, Pennsylvania
    Residence: Pughtown, Chester County, Pa.
    Age at Enrollment: 21
    Mustered In at: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
    Eye Color: Grey
    Hair Color: Light     		Enrolled on: June 6th, 1861
    Occupation: Carpenter
    Mustered In on: July 17th, 1861
    Complexion: Fair
    Height: 5' 2" 1/2

    Research by Justin Sanders & August Marchetti

    Corporal P. Wiley Reagan, Company K, 4th Reserves. In "History of Pennsylvania Volunteers" simply states "He was discharged for disability on 12/4/1862" as does his index card in the State Archives. However, in a letter written by a Company K soldier, he gives a detailed account of his comrades in Company K who were wounded, killed, captured or missing on June 30th, 1862 at the Battle of Gaines' Mill.

    New information states: "Wounded – Corporal P. Wiley Regan, Pughtown, ball through thigh and one through arm, severe"1

    Source: 1. Anonymous, Enton Guards, Co. K, 4th PA Reserves, July 4, 1862 [West Chester Village Record: 7-19-1862].