The 18th lost 9 officers and 114 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 officers and 127 enlisted men to disease. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
August 27, 1861 |
Organized at Readville and Boston and mustered in |
August 28 |
Left State for Washington, D.C.; attached to Fort Corcoran, Defenses of Washington |
September 26 |
At Hall's Hill, Va. |
October |
Assigned to Martindale's Brigade, Porter's Division, Army of the Potomac |
March, 1862 |
1st Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March 10-16 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. |
March 16-23 |
Moved to Alexandria, then to Fortress Monroe |
March 27 |
Reconnaissance to Great Bethel |
April 5 |
Warwick Road |
April 5-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown |
May |
1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
May 27 |
Battle of Hanover Court House |
May 27-29 |
Operations about Hanover Court House |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 26-July 2 |
Operations about White House Landing |
July - August 15 |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 15-28 |
Retreat from the Peninsula and movement to Centreville |
August 30 |
Battle of Bull Run |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam, Md |
Ford September 19 |
Shepherdstown |
September 20 |
Shepherdstown, W. Va. |
September 21 -
October 30 |
At Sharpsburg |
October 30-
November 19 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
December 29-30 |
Expedition to Richards and Ellis Fords |
January 20-24, 1863 |
"Mud March" |
January - April 27 |
Duty at Falmouth |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
June 21 |
Ashby's Gap |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded by Col. Joseph Hays. It brought 281 men to the field, losing 1 killed, 23 wounded and 3 missing. |
July 14 |
Williamsport, Md. |
July 27 -
September 17 |
At Warrenton and Beverly Ford |
September 17 -
October 11 |
At Culpeper |
October 11-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 7 |
Rappahannock Station |
November 26-
December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
December - May |
At and near Brandy Station and Stevensburg |
March |
3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps |
May-June |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
May 5-7 |
Battles of the Wilderness |
May 8 |
Laurel Hill |
May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania Court House |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 23 |
Jericho Ford |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 1-3 |
Bethesda Church |
June 16-18 |
Before Petersburg |
June 16 to
October 21 |
Siege of Petersburg |
June 21-23 |
Weldon Railroad |
July 20 |
Old members left front |
September 2, 1864 |
Old members mustered out. Veterans and Recruits consolidated to a Battalion. |
September 30-
October 2 |
Poplar Springs' Church, Peeble's Farm |
October 21, 1864 |
Consolidated with 32nd Massachusetts Infantry |
