In California January, 1861. Ordered to Washington, D.C.,
and duty in the Defences of that city till March, 1862. Attached to Sykes'
Regular Infantry (Reserve) Brigade, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1862. 1st
Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to August, 1863. Dept. of
the East, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to June,
1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, June, 1864. City Point, Va.,
Headquarters, Army Potomac, to May, 1865. Dept. of Virginia to July, 1865.
SERVICE. – Moved to Virginia Peninsula March, 1862. Siege of
Yorktown, Va., April 5-May 4. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1.
Battles of Mechanicsville June 26; Gaines' Mill June 27; Turkey Bridge June 30;
Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Fortress
Monroe, thence to Centreville August 16-28. Pope's Campaign in Northern
Virginia August 28-September 2. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August
30. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Antietam September 16-17.
Shepherdstown Ford September 19-20. At Sharpsburg till October 29.
Kearneysville and Shepherdstown October 16-17. Movement to Falmouth, Va.,
October 29-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15.
"Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign April
27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June
11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Moved to
New York August 15. Duty at Forts Tompkins and Wood till April 25, 1864. ReJoined
Army Potomac. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May
5-7; Spottsylvania Court House May 8-21; Ny River May 10; North Anna River May
22-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor
June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Ordered to
City Point, Va., June 22, and assigned to duty at headquarters of the army
under Gen. Grant till April, 1865. Fall of Petersburg April 2, 1865. Duty at
Richmond, Va., till July, 1865. Moved to N.Y. Harbor July 15, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 58 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 61 Enlisted men by disease. Total
122.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1711
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