Organized at Camp Piqua, Ohio, October 3, 1862. Moved to
Zanesville, Ohio, October 19; thence to Parkersburg, W. Va. Attached to
Railroad Division, Clarksburg, W. Va., Middle Department, to January, 1863.
Milroy's Command, Winchester, Va., 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to March,
1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to June,
1863. 1st Brigade, Elliott's Command, 8th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 2nd
Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1864. 2nd
Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac and Army of the
Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to June, 1865.
SERVICE. – Moved to Clarksburg, W. Va., November 3, 1862;
thence moved to New Creek November 25, and to Moorefield December 13.
Expedition to Winchester December 28, 1862, to January 1, 1863, and duty there
till June. Reconnoissance toward Wardensville and Strasburg April 20. Battle of
Winchester June 13-15. Retreat to Harper's Ferry June 15-16, thence to
Washington, D.C., July 1-4. Moved to Frederick City, Md., and join Army of the
Potomac July 5. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24. Wapping Heights
July 23. Duty on line of the Rappahannock till August 15, and at New York
during draft disturbances August 16-September 6. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22.
Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Kelly's Ford November 7. Mine
Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Payne's Farm November 27. Demonstration on
the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River
May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12;
Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient, "Bloody
Angle," 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
18-July 6. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23. Moved to Baltimore, Md., July 6-8.
Battle of Monocacy Junction, Md., July 9. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign
August 7-November 28. Charlestown August 29. Battle of Opequan, Winchester,
September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19.
Duty at Kernstown till December. Moved to Washington, D. C, thence to
Petersburg, Va., December 3-6. Siege of Petersburg December 6, 1864, to April
2, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9, 1865. 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, Va., April 17-27,
and duty there till May. Moved to Richmond, Va., May 16;thence to Washington,
D.C., May 24-June 2. Corps Review June 9. Mustered out June 25, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 10 Officers and 107 Enlisted
men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 111 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 230.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1544
