Service of the 3d PA Reserves/32d Regimemt Pa. Vols.:

Source: Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Compiled and Arranged from Official Records of the Federal and Confederate Armies, Reports of the Adjutant Generals of the Several States, the Army Registers, and Other Reliable Documents and Sources.Des Moines, Iowa: The Dyer Publishing Company, 1908

Duty at Tennallytown, Md., till Oct. 9, 1861, and at Camp Pierpont, near Langley, Va., till March, 1862.
Expedition to Grinnell's Farm December 6, 1861.
Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15, 1862.
McDowell's advance on Falmouth April 9-19.
Duty at Fredericksburg, Va., till June.
Moved to White House June 9-11.
Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1.
Battles of Mechanicsville June 26.
Gaines' Mill June 27.
Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale June 30.
Malvern Hill July 1.
At Harrison's Landing till August 16.
Movement to Join Pope August 16-26.
Battles of Gainesville August 28.
Groveton August 29.
Bull Run August 30.
Maryland Campaign September 6-24.
Battles of South Mountain September 14; Antietam September 16-17.
Duty in Maryland till October 30.
Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19.
Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15.
"Mud March" January 20-24, 1863.
Ordered to Washington, D.C., February 6,
and duty there and in District of Alexandria till January 6, 1864.
Duty near Martinsburg, W. Va., till January 27.
Operations in Hampshire and Hardy counties, W. Va., January 27-February 7.
Duty near Kearneysville, W. Va., till March 27, and near Harper's Ferry till April 3.
Moved to Webster, thence to the Kanawha Valley, W. Va., April 22.
Crook's Expedition to Virginia & Tennessee Railroad May 2-19.
Battle of Cloyd's Mountain May 9.
New River Bridge May 10.
Expedition to Meadow Bluff, Fayette county, May 10-19.
Near Newport May 12-13.
Left front for Pittsburg, Pa., June 4.
Mustered out June 17, 1864. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 54th Pennsylvania June 8, 1864.
Losses:

Regiment lost during service
3 Officers and 69 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and
1 Officer and 54 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 127.

From the PA Archives ARIAS Card Index to the Pa. Volunteers:

Francis G. Nicholson
1st LT
3d PA Reserves/32d P. V.
Enrolled 6-5-61 at Wayne County, Pa.. age 28
Mustered in: 7-29-61 as Sergeant at Harrisburg, Pa.
Mustered Out: 6-17-64
Height: 5' 7"
Hair: Light
Residence: Wayne County
Remarks: Promoted to 1st Sergeant, 11-16-62 to 1st Lieut, 8-19-62