Organized at Camp Ironton, Ohio, August 26, 1862. Moved to
Ironton, Ohio, August 26-September 3, thence to Guyandotte, Va., September 4.
Mustered into United States service September 5. Ordered to Maysville, Ky.,
September 15. Orders changed to Point Pleasant, W. Va. Attached to District of
the Kanawha, W. Va., Dept. of the Ohio, to March. 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd
Division, 8th Army Corps, Middle Dept., to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Scammon's
Division, Dept, of West Virginia, to December, 1863. 2nd Brigade. 3rd Division,
Dept. West Virginia, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, West
Virginia, to January, 1865. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, West Virginia, to April,
1865. 1st Brigade, 4th Provisional Division, West Virginia, to June, 1865.
SERVICE. – Duty at Point Pleasant, Va., till September 26.
1862. Raid up the Kanawha to Buffalo September 26-28. Action at Buffalo
September 27. Advance to Gauley Bridge, Falls of the Great Kanawha, October
20-November 3, thence moved to Fayetteville November 8, and duty there till
April, 1863. Advance to Summerville April. Duty at Summerville and Fayetteville
till May, 1864. Pursuit of Morgan July 20-31, 1863. Expedition from Charleston
to Lewisburg November 3-13. Scammon's demonstration from the Kanawha Valley
December 8-21. Big Sewell and Meadow Bluff December 11. Lewisburg and
Greenbrier River December 12. Crook's Expedition to Dublin Depot and New River
Bridge, Virginia & Tennessee Railroad, May 2-19, 1864. Cloyd's Mountain May
9. New River Bridge and Newbern Bridge May 10. March to join Hunter at Staunton
May 31-June 4. Piedmont June 5. Hunter's Raid to Lynchburg June 10-July 1.
Diamond Hill June 17. Lynchburg June 17-18. Buford's Gap June 20. Salem June
21. Moved to the Shenandoah Volley July 8, and reach Martinsburg July 15.
Stevenson's Depot July 20. Battle of Winchester, Kernstown, July 24.
Martinsburg July 25. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November
28. Near Charlestown August 24. Halltown August 24. Near Charlestown August 26.
Halltown August 26. Wormley's Gap August 29. Berryville September 3. Battle of
Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar
Creek October 19, Kablestown November 18. Guarding Railroad Bridge at Opequan
till December 20. Ordered to Martinsburg December 30, and duty there till March
17, 1865. Moved to Cumberland, Md., March 17, thence to Winchester April 5, and
duty there till June 2. At Cumberland, Md., till June 24. Mustered out June 24,
1865.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 60 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 87 Enlisted men by disease.
Total 153.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1537
