Organized at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, and mustered in
June 28, 1861. Ordered to West Virginia July 29, and duty along the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad from Grafton to the Ohio River, till August 21. Attached to
Cheat Mountain, District West Virginia, to November, 1861. Milroy's Command,
Cheat Mountain, District West Virginia, to April, 1862. Milroy's Brigade, Dept.
of the Mountains, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps, Army of
Virginia, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Army Corps, Army
of the Potomac, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Gordon's Division, Folly Island,
S.C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the South, to January, 1864. District of Hilton
Head, S.C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the South, to April, 1864. District of
Hilton Head, S.C., Dept. of the South, to October, 1864. 3rd Separate Brigade,
Dept. of the South, to November, 1864. 1st Brigade, Coast Division, Dept. of
the South, to February, 1865. 3rd Separate Brigade, Hilton Head, S. C, Dept. of
the South, to March, 1865. 1st Separate Brigade, District of Charleston, S.C.,
Dept. of the South, to August, 1865. 4th Separate Brigade, District of Western
South Carolina, Dept. of the South, to January, 1866. Dept. of the South to
June, 1866.
SERVICE. – Moved to Cheat Mountain Summit, W. Va., August
21, 1861, and duty there August 25-November 25. Operations on Cheat Mountain
September 11-17. Action at Cheat Mountain September 12. Greenbrier River
October 3-4. Duty at Huttonsville November 25, 1861, to February 27, 1862.
Expedition to Camp Baldwin December 11-13, 1861. Action at Camp Allegheny,
Buffalo Mountain, December 12. Expedition to Huntersville December 31, 1861, to
January 6, 1862. Duty at Beverly, Cheat Mountain, March. Expedition on the
Seneca April 1-12. Action at Monterey April 12. At Staunton till May 7. Battle
of McDowell May 8. March from Franklin to Strasburg May 26-June 10, pursuing
Jackson up the Shenandoah Valley. Battle of Cross Keys June 8. Duty at
Sperryville and Centreville, Va., till August. Battle of Cedar Mountain August
9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Freeman's Ford
August 22. Battle of Bull Run August 29-30. Duty in the Defences of Washington,
D.C., till December. Expedition from Centreville to Bristoe September 25-28.
March to Fredericksburg, Va., December 10-16. "Mud March" January
20-24, 1863. At Brook's Station till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April
27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June
11-July 22. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee, to Manassas
Gap, Va., July 5-24. At Warrenton Junction July 25-August 6. Moved to Folly
Island, S. C., Dept. of the South, August 6-12. Duty at Folly and Morris
Islands, S.C., operating against Fort Sumpter and Charleston till January,
1864. Duty at Hilton Head, S. C., till November 23, 1864. (Veterans absent on
furlough January to March, 1864. Cos. "A," "G" and
"I" at Fort Pulaski, Ga., September 25 to October 23.) Expedition
against Charleston & Savannah Railroad November 28-30. Battle of Honey Hill
November 30. Coosaw River December 4. Demonstration on Charleston &
Savannah Railroad December 6-9. Deveaux's Neck December 6. Occupation of
Charleston February 26, 1865. Expedition toward Santee River February 28-March
10. Camp at Mt. Pleasant March 12-April 3. Potter's Expedition to Camden, S.C.,
April 5-25. Dingle's Mills April 9. Statesburg April 15. Occupation of Camden
April 17. Boykins' Mills April 18. Denkins' Mills and Beach Creek near
Statesburg April 19. Return to Mt. Pleasant April 28, thence moved to
Charleston May 6 and to Columbia May 7, and garrison duty there till May 25.
Duty in Fairfield, Newberry, Edgefield, Lexington and Richland Counties till
April, 1866. At Summerville till May and duty on the Sea Islands till June. Ordered
to Todd's Barracks, Ohio, June 6. Mustered out June 18, 1866.
Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 151 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 119 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 280.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1508
