Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, June 22, 1861, and duty
there till July 8. Moved to Grafton, W. Va., July 8. At West Union, Preston
County, till July 13. Pursuit of Garnett's forces July 13-18. Guard duty on
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to September. Attached to Hill's Brigade, Army of
Occupation, West Virginia, to August, 1861. 3rd Brigade, Army of Occupation, to
January, 1862. Landers' Division, Army Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade,
Shields' 2nd Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps, and Dept. of the Shenandoah, to
May, 1862. Kimball's Independent Brigade, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to July,
1862. Kimball's Independent Brigade, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to
September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to March, 1864. 3rd
Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to June, 1864.
SERVICE. – Action at Worthington, W. Va., September 2, 1861.
Hanging Rock, Romney, September 23. Romney September 23-25. Mill Creek Mills,
Romney, October 26. Duty at Romney till January, 1862. Expedition to Blue's Gap
January 6-7. Blue's Gap January 7. Evacuation of Romney January 10. Bloomery
Gap February 9 and 13. Duty at Paw Paw Tunnel till March 7. Advance on
Winchester, Va., March 7-15. Strasburg March 19. Battle of Kernstown March 22.
Winchester March 23. Cedar Creek March 25. Woodstock April 1. Edenburg April 2.
Mt. Jackson April 16. March to Fredericksburg, Va., May 12-21, and return to
Front Royal May 25-30. Front Royal May 30. Expedition to Luray June 3-7. Port
Republic Bridge June 8. Port Republic June 9. Moved to Alexandria, thence to
Harrison's Landing June 29-30. Haxall's, Herring Creek, Harrison's Landing,
July 3-4. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe,
thence to Centreville August 16-28. Cover Pope's retreat from Bull Run to
Fairfax Court House September 1. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of
Antietam September 16-17. Moved to Harper's Ferry September 22, and duty there
till October 30. Reconnaissance to Leesburg October 1-2. March to Falmouth
October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. At
Falmouth, Va., till April 27, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24.
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 to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24. On detached duty at New York during
draft disturbances August 15-September 16. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22.
Auburn and Bristoe October 14. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November
7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Robertson's Tavern, or Locust
Grove, November 27. Mine Run November 28-30. Demonstration on the Rapidan
February 5-7, 1864. Morton's Ford February 6-7. Rapidan Campaign May 3-June 15.
Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12;
Pa River May 10; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21; "Bloody Angle"
May 12; North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28.
Totopotomoy May 8-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 16-18.
Siege of Petersburg June 16-25. Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad, June
22-23. Left trenches June 24. Veterans and Recruits formed into two Companies
and transferred to 4th Ohio Infantry Battalion June 25, 1864. Regiment mustered out at
Cleveland, Ohio, July 13, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 8 Officers and 124 Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 72 Enlisted men by disease. Total
205.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1499-1500
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