1861 |
September 18 |
Organized at Elmira, N.Y. |
September 20 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. under Colonel Charles B. Stuart, Lieutenant Colonel William Pettes and Major Frederick Embrick |
September 22-30 |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, Porter's Division, Army of the Potomac and duty at Hall's Hill, Va., and near Navy Yard, Washington |
October 22 |
Detailed as sappers, miners and pontooners, and designated 50th New York Engineers at Washington, D.C. Attached to Woodbury's Brigade, Army of the Potomac for duty at Alexandria, Va. |
1862 |
March |
Duty at Washington, D.C. |
April |
Attached to Engineer Brigade, Army of the Potomac and moved with Army of the Potomac to the Virginia Peninsula. |
April 5-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown |
May |
Advance up the Peninsula and constructing bridges on the Chickahominy River |
May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 27 |
Battle of Seven Pines |
June 30 |
White Oak Swamp and Charles City Cross Roads |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July - August |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 16-22 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. |
September-October |
Maryland Campaign
Operating at and about Harper's Ferry, Va., and Berlin, Md., during and after the battle of Antietam. Threw two pontoon bridges over the Potomac River at Berlin, Md., for the crossing the Army of the Potomac in their pursuit of Lee from Antietam. |
November |
Rappahannock Campaign |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg
The regiment lost 1 officer and 9 men killed or mortally wounded and3 officers and 37 men wounded |
1863 |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
April 29-May 2 |
Operations at Franklin's Crossing |
May 3 |
Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg |
May 3-4 |
Salem Heights |
May 4 |
Banks' Ford |
June 5 13 |
Operations at Deep Run Ravine |
June 13-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-4 |
Battle of Gettysburg |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 26-
December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
1864 |
May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River
Laid all bridges for Army of the Potomac during the Campaign. |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
May 8-21 |
Spottsylvania Court House |
May 10 |
To expedite the transportation of wounded three Companies made a forced march to Fredericksburg, starting at 11:30 a.m. Built bridge over the Rappahannock at Fredericksburg Lower Crossing, having it completed and ready for use at 4:30 p.m., having marched 8 miles and built bridge 420 feet long in 5 hours. |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
On line of the Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
About Cold Harbor |
June 15 |
Crossing of James River |
June 16-18 |
Before Petersburg |
June |
Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond |
June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road |
July 27-29 |
Demonstration on north side of James River |
July 27-28 |
Deep Bottom |
1865 |
February 5-7 |
Hatcher's Run |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
April 23-27 |
Company I march to Danville with 6th Army Corps |
June 13 |
Mustered out at Fort Berry, Virginia under Colonel Pettes |
