Organized at Pittsburg September 1, 1862. Moved to
Washington, D.C., September 1-3. Attached to 2nd Brigade,
1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to
September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps,
Army of the Potomac, to October, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd
Division, 6th Army Corps, to January, 1864. Wheaton's
Brigade, Dept. of West Virginia, to March, 1864. 1st
Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac,
and Army of the Shenandoah to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Bury dead at Bull Run, Va., September 4-7, 1862.
Maryland Campaign September 7-24. Battle of Antietam
September 16-17 (Reserve). At Downsville September
23-October 20. Movement to Stafford Court House October
20-November 18, and to Belle Plains December 5. Battle of
Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Burnside's 2nd
Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth
until April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6.
Operations at Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2. Maryes
Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4.
Banks' Ford May 4. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 13-July
24. Battle of Gettysburg July 2-4. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24.
Duty on line of the Rappahannock and Rapidan until October.
Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the
Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7.
Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. At Harper's Ferry
until March, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles
of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-21. Assault
on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. On line
of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold
Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 17-18. Jerusalem
Plank Road, Weldon Railroad, June 22-23. Siege of Petersburg
to July 9. Moved to Washington, D.C., July 9-11. Repulse of
Early's attack on Washington July 11-12. Pursuit to
Snicker's Gap July 14-24. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley
Campaign August to December. Near Strasburg August 13. Near
Charlestown August 21-22. Demonstration on Gilbert's Ford,
Opequan, September 13. Battle of Opequan, Winchester,
September 19. Strasburg September 21. Fisher's Hill
September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the
Shenandoah Valley until December. Moved to Petersburg, Va.,
December 9-12. Siege of Petersburg December, 1864, to April,
1865. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865.
Fort Fisher, Petersburg, March 25. Appomattox Campaign March
28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2.
Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Sailor's Creek April 6. Appomattox
Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to
Danville April 23-27, and duty there until May 23. March to
Richmond, Va., thence to Washington, D.C., May 23-June 3.
Corps Review June 8. Mustered out June 21, 1865.
Regiment
lost during service 10 Officers and 135 Enlisted men killed
and mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 86 Enlisted men by
disease. Total 236.
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Information taken from
The Civil
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