Organized at Camp Chase, Ohio, and mustered in May 9, 1864.
Left State for Cumberland, Md., May 9, and duty there till May 28. Attached to
Reserve Division, Dept. of West Virginia. Moved to Martinsburg, W. Va., May 28,
and assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, West Virginia. Detached June 4 and
assigned to duty in charge of supply trains for Hunter's Army. Hunter's Raid on
Lynchburg June 6-25. Retreat to Martinsburg June 19-25. Moved to Beverly June
28, thence to Webster June 30, and to Martinsburg July 2. Operations about
Harper's Ferry July 4-7. Defence of Maryland Heights July 6-7. Duty in the
Defences of Maryland Heights till August 25. Ordered home and mustered out
September 2, 1864.
Regiment lost during service 1 Enlisted man killed and 1
Officer and 12 Enlisted men by disease. Total 14.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War
of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1552
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