1861 |
May 1 |
Organized at Fort Wayne, Detroit, Mich., and mustered into United States service (the only three-months Regiment from Michigan) under Colonel Orlando Wilcox, Lieutenant Colonel Loren L. Comstock and Major Alonzo Bidwell |
May 13 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. |
May 16 |
Arrived in Washington late in the evening, the first western regiment to reach Washington. |
May 24 |
Crosssed the Potomac via the Long Bridge and occupied Arlington Heights, Va. |
June 1 |
Action at Arlington Mills (Co. "E") Attached to Willcox's Brigade, Heintzelman's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia |
July 16-21 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. |
July 21 |
Battle of Bull Run
Commanded by Major Bidwell while Colonel Wilcox commanded the brigade. The regiment went into action with 25 officers and 475 enlisted men and lost 6 killed or mortally wounded, 4 officers and 33 enlisted men wounded and 65 men missing. Captain Eben Butterworth and Lieutenants Bernard Mauch and John Casey were mortally wounded and captured by the 28th Virginia Infantry. Captain Charles Lum and Lieutenant Hiram Warner were wounded.
Colonel Wilcox was wounded leading several charges during the battle, for which he received the Medal of Honor. Captain William Withington of Company B was also awarded the Medal of Honor for staying on the field and succoring Wilcox. He was wounded and taken prisoner, but was exchanged and went on to become the colonel of the 17th Michigan Infantry. |
August 7 |
Mustered out under Major Bidwell. |
1861 |
June-September |
Organized at Detroit under Colonel John C. Robinson, Lt. Colonel Horace Roberts and Major Franklin Whittlesey. |
September 16 |
Mustered in and left State for Washington, D.C.; Attached to 1st Brigade, Hooker's Division, Army of the Potomac |
October |
Duty at Bladensburg, Md. and at Annapolis Junction guarding Washington & Baltimore Railroad |
1862 |
February |
Railroad Brigade, Army of the Potomac |
March |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March |
Duty at Camp Hamilton, Fortress Monroe, Va. |
April 28 |
Colonel Robinson promoted to brigadier general and Lieutenant Colonel Roberts promoted to colonel |
May |
Attached to Robinson's Brigade, Dept. of Virginia |
June |
Ordered to join Army of the Potomac in the field. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps. |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond, Va. |
June 26 |
Battles of Mechanicsville |
June 27 |
Gaines Mill
Colonel Roberts wounded |
June 29 |
Peach Orchard and Savage Station |
June 30 |
Glendale and Turkey Bridge |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill, then at Harrison's Landing |
August 16-27 |
Movement to Fortress Monroe, then to Centreville, Va. |
August 28 |
Gainesville |
August 30 |
Battle of Bull Run
Colonel Roberts killed |
September 6-22 |
Maryland Campaign |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam, Md. |
September 19 |
Shepherdstown Ford |
September 20 |
Shepherdstown |
October 29 - November 19 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va |
December 29-30 |
Expedition from Potomac Creek to Richards and Ellis Fords, Rappahannock River |
1863 |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
January - April |
At Falmouth |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign
|
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The Regiment was commanded by Colonel Ira C. Abbott, who was wounded on July 2nd. Lieutenant Colonel William A. Throop then took command despite also being wounded.
From the monument: "Present for duty 21 officers 240 men, total 261. Killed 1 officer 4 men. Wounded 6 officers 27 men. Missing 4 men. Total 42." |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap |
July 27 -
September 17 |
At Warrenton and Beverly Ford |
September 18 |
Provost duty 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 3 |
Duty near Culpeper |
1864 |
February 23 |
Re-enlisted as Veterans |
March |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps |
May 4-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River |
May 5-7 |
Battles of the Wilderness |
May 8 |
Laurel Hill |
May 8-12 |
Spotsylvania |
May 12-21 |
Spotsylvania Court House |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 23 |
Jericho Mills |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 1-3 |
Bethesda Church |
June 16 |
Siege of Petersburg begins |
July 30 |
Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve) |
August 18-21 |
Six-Mile House, Weldon Railroad
|
September 29 - October 2 |
Poplar Springs Church |
October 27-28 |
Boydton Road, Hatcher's Run |
December 7-12 |
Warren's Expedition to Weldon Railroad |
1865 |
February 5-7 |
Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 29 |
Junction, Quaker and Boydton Roads |
March 29 |
Lewis' Farm, near Gravelly Run |
March 30-31 |
White Oak Road |
April 1 |
Five Forks |
April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg |
April 3-9 |
Pursuit of Lee |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House; Surrender of Lee and his army |
May 16 |
Duty at City Point, Va. |
May 16-18 |
Moved to Alexandria |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
June 16 |
Ordered to Louisville, Ky. |
July 9 |
Mustered out at Jeffersonville, Indiana |
