Organized at Brattleboro and mustered in September 21, 1861. Moved to Washington, D. C., September 21-23. Attached to Brook's Brigade, Smith's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, and Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to July, 1865.
Service:
Duty at Camp Griffin Defences of Washington till March 10, 1862. Reconnoissance to Vienna, Va., October 19, 1861. Moved to Alexandria March 10, 1862, thence to Fortress Monroe March 23-24. Reconnoissance to Big Bethel March 27-28. Reconnoissance to Warwick March 30. Young's Mills April 4. Siege of Yorktown
April 5-May 4. Lee's Mills April 16. Battle of Williamsburg
May 5. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Garnett's Farm June 27. Savage Station
June 29. White Oak Swamp
Bridge June 30. Malvern Hill
July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Moved to Fortress Monroe, thence to Alexandria August 16-24. Maryland Campaign September-October. Crampton's Gap, Md., September 14. Battle of Antietam
September 16-17. At Hagerstown, Md., September 26-October 29. Movement to Falmouth October 29-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg
December 12-15. Burnside's Second Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2. Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights
May 3-4. Banks' Ford May 4. Franklin's Crossing June 5-13. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2-4. Funkstown July 10-13. Detached for duty at New York August 14-September 16. Moved to Alexandria, thence to Fairfax Court House, Va., and to Culpeper Court House September 16-23. Bristoe
Campaign October 9-22. Advance to the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station
November 7. Mine Run
Campaign November 26-December 2. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May-June, 1864. Battles of the Wilderness
May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 3-12; Spottsylvania Court House
May 12-21. Assault on the Salient, Spottsylvania May 12. North Anna
River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy
May 28-31. Cold Harbor
June 1-12. Before Petersburg
June 18-19. Jerusalem Plank Road
June 22-23. Siege of Petersburg till July 9. Moved to Washington, D. C., July 9-11. Repulse of Early's attack on Fort Stevens
July 11-12. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Near Charlestown August 21-22. Gilbert's Ford, Opequan River, September 13. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill
September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek
October 19. Non-veterans mustered out September 30, 1864. Duty at Strasburg till November 9 and at Kernstown till December 9. Moved to Petersburg, Va., December 9-12. Siege of Petersburg
December 13, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Fort Fisher, before Petersburg, March 25, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 23-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg
April 2. Sailor's Creek
April 6. Appomattox Court House
April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. At Farmville and Burkesville Junction till April 23. March to Danville April 23-27, and duty there till May 15. Moved to Manchester May 18, thence march to Washington May 24-June 3. Corps Review June 8. Mustered out July 13, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 12 Officers and 150 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded ind 1 Officer and 279 Enlisted men by disease. Total 442.
