1861 |
October 4 |
Organized at Portland and mustered in under Colonel George L. Beale and Lt. Colonel James S. Fillebrown |
October 6 |
Left State for Baltimore, Md.; Attached to Dix's Division at Baltimore |
November 4 |
At Relay House attached to the Railroad Brigade, Army Potomac |
November 27 |
At Baltimore |
1862 |
February 27 |
Guard duty by detachments along Baltimore & Ohio Railroad between Martinsburg and Charleston, W. Va. |
March 28 |
Co. A at Opequan Bridge, Co. B at Martinsburg, Co. C at Van Obeiseville; Cos. D and F at Harper's Ferry; Co. E at Halitown, Cos. G and I at Charleston, Co. H at Duffield's; Co. K at Kearneysville |
April, 1862 |
Attached to 1st Brigade, Williams' Division, Dept. of the Shenandoah |
May 9 |
Cos. D, E, F, G and I moved to Winchester |
May 24 |
Cos. A, B, C, H and K moved to Winchester |
May 15-June 17 |
Operations in Shenandoah Valley |
May 24 |
Middletown |
May 25 |
Winchester |
May 25-27 |
Retreat to Williamsport |
May 28 |
Reconnaissance toward Martinsburg |
June, 1862 |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of Virginia |
June 29-30 |
Reconnaissance to Luray Court House |
August 9 |
Battle of Cedar Mountain |
August 16 -
September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia; Guarding trains during Bull Run Battles |
September |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam
Colonel Beale was wounded in both legs. His mortally wounded horse kicked Lt. Colonel Fillebrown in the stomach so hard he was disabled for three days. With Major Walker absent due to illness the regiment was without its field officers for most of the battle but performed well, charging the 20th Georgia and capturing a number of its officers and men. After the regiment expended its ammunition General Greene ordered it to retire. |
October 3 -
December 10 |
Duty at Berlin, Md. |
December 10-14 |
March to Fairfax Station and duty there |
1863 |
January 19-23 |
March to Stafford C. H. and duty there |
April 27 |
Ordered to rear for muster out |
May 8 |
Old members mustered out |
April 26 |
Three-year men formed into a Battalion of three Companies and assigned to duty at Headquarters 12th Army Corps |
April 27 - May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
June 13-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
Commanded at Gettysburg by Captain John D. Beardsley, the battalion was assigned to provost guard duty and had no casualties among its 170 men. |
August 1 -
September 24 |
Along the Rapidan |
September 24 -
October 2
|
Moved to Nashville, Tenn. |
October 5 |
To Murfreesboro, Tenn. then to Shelbyville and Wartrace |
October 26-29 |
Reopening Tennessee River |
November 1 |
Transferred to 29th Maine Infantry |
