1861 |
May 31 - June 8 |
Organized at Portsmouth under Colonel Gilman Marston |
June 20-23 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. and attached to Burnside's Brigade, Hunter's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeastern Virginia |
July 16-21 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. |
July 21 |
Battle of Bull Run
Colonel Marston was wounded |
August |
Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. At Bladensburg and Budd's Ferry, Md. attached to Hooker's Brigade, Division of the Potomac |
October |
Attached to 1st Brigade, Hooker's Division, Army of the Potomac |
1862 |
March |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
April 4-8 |
Moved to the Peninsula, Va. |
April 10-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown |
May 5 |
Battle of Williamsburg |
May 6-24 |
Occupation of Williamsburg |
May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines |
June 23-24 |
Picket affair |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 25 |
Oak Grove |
June 29 |
Savage Station |
June 30 |
White Oak Swamp, Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July-August |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 5 |
Malvern Hill |
August 16-26 |
Movement to Centreville |
August 26-September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 27 |
Bristoe Station or Kettle Run |
August 29 |
Battle of Groveton |
August 30 |
Battle of Bull Run |
September 1 |
Chantilly |
September-November |
Duty in the Defenses of Washington |
October 10-12 |
Operations on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad |
November 18-28 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
1863 |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
February 5-7 |
Operations at Rappahannock Bridge and Grove Church |
February 26 |
Ordered to Concord, N.H., attached to New Hampshire, Dept. of the East for duty there and at Fort Constitution, Portsmouth |
May 25-28 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. |
June 11 |
Moved to Hartwood Church, Va. and attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
July 2-4 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment brought 354 men to the field and was commanded by Colonel Edward L. Bailey, who was slightly wounded on July 2nd.
From the monument: "Engaged: 24 officers, 330 enlisted men. July 2, 1863. Casualties: Officers 7 killed, 14 wounded; Enlisted men: 18 killed 119 wounded, missing 35" |
July 11-12 |
Williamsport |
July 22-23 |
Manassas Gap |
July 25 |
Ordered to Point Lookout, Md. and duty there guarding prisoners attached to Marston's Command, Point Lookout, Md., District of Saint Marys |
1864 |
April 7 |
Ordered to Yorktown, Va. and attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps, Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
April 22 |
To Williamsport |
May 4-28 |
Butler's operations on south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond |
May 5 |
Capture of City Point and Bermuda Hundred |
May 6-7 |
Chester Station |
May 9-10 |
Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church |
May 12-16 |
Operations against Fort Darling |
May 14-16 |
Drury's Bluff |
May 16-27 |
Bermuda Hundred |
May 26 |
Port Walthal |
May 27-June 1 |
Moved to White House, then to Cold Harbor |
June 1-12 |
Battles about Cold Harbor |
June 8 |
Non-Veterans left front |
June 9 |
Regiment detached from Brigade and assigned to duty at Corps Headquarters and attached to Provost Guard, 18th Army Corps |
June 15-19 |
Assaults on Petersburg |
June 21 |
Non-Veterans mustered out |
August 18 |
Duty in trenches before Petersburg attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps |
September 1 |
Ordered to Wilson's Landing |
September 27-28 |
Expedition to Barnett's Ferry |
October 1 |
Moved to Aikens Landing. Duty in trenches before Richmond attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps |
October 27-28 |
Battle of Fair Oaks |
December |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 24th Army Corps |
1865 |
March 4-5 |
Moved to Fort Monroe, Va. |
March 18 |
To White House Landing to establish a depot for General Sheridan's Cavalry, and duty there |
March 24-28 |
March to lines north of the James |
April 3 |
Occupation of Richmond. Duty there and at Manchester |
July |
Provost duty in District of Northern Neck, Dept. of Virginia |
December 19 |
Mustered out |
