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Organized at Troy, N.Y. |
August 29 |
Mustered in under Colonel George Willard, Lieutenant Colonel Levin Crandell, and Major James Bush |
August 31 |
Left State for Baltimore, Md. |
September 2 |
Moved to Martinsburg, Va. |
September 11-12 |
Retreat to Harper's Ferry and attached to Miles' Command, Harper's Ferry |
September 12-15 |
Defense of Harper's Ferry |
September 12-13 |
Maryland Heights |
September 14-15 |
Bolivar Heights |
September 15 |
Surrendered with the garrison |
September 16 |
Paroled and sent to Annapolis, Md., thence to Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill., and duty there guarding prisoners |
November 22 |
Declared exchanged |
November 23-25 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. |
November 26 |
Camp at Arlington Heights, Va.; Attached to 3rd Brigade, Casey's Division, Defenses of Washington |
December |
At Centreville, Va. |
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February |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, Abercrombie's Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington |
June 25, 1863 |
Ordered to join Army of the Potomac in the field attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd, Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
June 25-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 2-4 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Levin Crandell while Colonel George L. Willard commanded the brigade. Colonel Willard was killed in action leading a charge on July 3. A monument marks the place where Willard fell.
From the monument:
July 2, 1863, Regiment in line at the stone wall until 7 p.m. when the Brigade went to the support of the Third Corps, charged and drove back Barksdale's Mississippi Brigade. Return at 8:30 p.m.
July 3, 1863, Regiment in front on line of the stone wall west side of Hancock Avenue at time of Longstreet's Assault.
Number engaged, 500; killed, 26; wounded, 104; missing, 9; total, 139. |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va. Lieutenant Colonel Crandall was promoted to Colonel and command of the regiment. |
August |
Duty on lines of the Rappahannock.and Rapidan |
September 13-17 |
Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 14 |
Auburn and Bristoe |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
December |
Duty near Brandy Station |
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February 6-7 |
Demonstration on the Rapidan |
March |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps |
May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
May 5-7 |
Battles of the Wilderness |
May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania |
May 10 |
Po River |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania Court House |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient "Bloody Angle" |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 16 |
Before Petersburg. Attached to Consolidated Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps |
June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad |
July 27-29 |
Demonstration on north side of the James |
July 27-28 |
Deep Bottom |
August 13-20 |
Demonstration north side of the James |
August 14-18 |
Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom |
August 25 |
Ream's Station |
November |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps |
December 9-10 |
Reconnaissance to Hatcher's Run |
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February 5-7 |
Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run |
March 25 |
Watkins' House |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 29-30 |
On line of Hatcher's and Gravelly Runs |
March 31 |
White Oak Road |
April 2 |
Sutherland Station and fall of Petersburg |
April 3-9 |
Pursuit of Lee |
April 6 |
Sailor's Creek |
April 7 |
High Bridge and Farmville |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
May 2-12 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
June 5 |
Mustered out at Alexandria, Va. under Colonel Joseph Hyde. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 4th New York Heavy Artillery. |
