United States Regiments & Batteries > U.S. Regulars
The 8th United States Infantry Regiment lost 1 officer and 15 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 47 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
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1861
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| January | In Texas |
| The regiment was forced to surrender while en route north. | |
| April 22 | Company C forced to surrender at San Antonio |
| April 24 | Companies A & D forced to surrender at Indianola |
| May 9 | Companies B, E, F, H, I & K forced to surrender at San Lucas Springs |
| June | Company G attached to Porter’s Brigade, Hunter’s Division, McDowell’s Army of Northeast Virginia |
| July 16-21 | Advance on Manassas, Va. (Company G) |
| July 21 |
Battle of Bull Run(Company G) |
| July | Company F reached Washington, D.C. |
| August | Companies F & G attached to Porter’s City Guard, Washington, D.C. for duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. |
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1862
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| March | Companies A, B, D, F & G attached to Provost Guard, Headquarters, Army PotomacMoved to Virginia Peninsula. |
| April | Companies C & D reached Washington, D.C. and attached to Defenses of Washington. |
| April 5-May 4 | Siege of Yorktown |
| May 17 | Expedition up the Pamunkey |
| May | Companies C & D attached to Cooper’s 1st Brigade, Sigel’s Division, Dept. of the Shenandoah |
| May 24 | Companies C & D – Moved to Harper’s Ferry |
| May 24-30 | Companies C & D – Defense of Harper’s Ferry |
| June | Companies C & D – Operations in the Shenandoah Valley attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia |
| June 25-July 1 | Seven days before Richmond (Companies A, B, D, F & G) |
| June 26 | Mechanicsville |
| June 27 | Gaines’ Mill |
| June 30 | Turkey Bridge |
| July 1 | Malvern Hill |
| August 9 | Companies C & D – Battle of Cedar Mountain |
| August 16-23 | Movement to Alexandria |
| August 16-September 2 | Companies C & D – Pope’s Virginia Campaign |
| August 20-23 | Companies C & D – Fords of the Rappahannock |
| August 26 | Companies C & D – Sulphur Springs |
| August 27-29 | Companies C & D – Plains of Manassas |
| August 30 |
Battle of Bull RunCompanies C & D |
| September | Companies C & D – Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
| September 16-17 |
Battle of AntietamCompanies C & D – joined other Companies at Headquarters, Army of the Potomac. |
| September 18 | At Sharpsburg, Md. |
| October 3 | Company B joined at Sharpsburg |
| October 29-November 19 | Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
| December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
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1863
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| April 27-May 6 | Chancellorsville Campaign |
| May 1-5 | Battle of Chancellorsville |
| June 11-July 24 | Gettysburg Campaign |
| July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgThe Regiment was comanded by Captain Edwin W. H. Read. It arrived on July 2 and engaged in provost duty throuout the battle, with no loss. |
| July 15 | Ordered to New York City, assigned to Dept. of the East |
| July 17 | At City Hall Park, New York |
| July 30 | On the Battery, New York |
| August 22 | At Forts in N.Y. Harbor |
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1864
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| April 23 | Moved to Washington, D.C. and assigned to Provost Guard, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac |
| May 4-June 12 | Rapidan Campaign |
| May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8-21 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House |
| May 22-26 | North Anna River |
| May 28-31 | Totopotomoy |
| June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
| June 1-3 | Bethesda Church |
| June 16-18 | First Assault on Petersburg |
| June 16-November 2 | Siege of Petersburg |
| July 30 | Mine Explosion, Petersburg |
| October | Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps |
| October 27-28 | Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run |
| November 22 | Moved to Baltimore, Md. and attached to 8th Army Corps, Middle Department until August, 1865 |