Maryland Campaign

Attached to 2nd Corps, 3rd Division, 2nd Brigade.

Battle of Antietam

The regiment lost 196 killed and wounded its first battle in the attack on the Sunken Road, losing Major Powers, Lieutenants D. B. Tarbox and R. E. Holmes and 27 men killed, 13 enlisted men mortally wounded, 2 officers and 107 men wounded, and 43 men missing.

Private Henry Niles of Company K captured the colors of the 14th North Carolina Infantry, and the regiment reported capturing 9 Confederate officers and 159 enlisted men.

From the brigade marker on the Antietam battlefield:

Morris’ Brigade relieved Weber’s and took position on the rise of ground just north of the Bloody Lane; the 108th New York east of Roulette’s Lane, the 14th Connecticut and 130th Pennsylvania west of it. Here supported and afterwards reinforced by Kimball’s Brigade, it maintained a severe contest, losing heavily in killed and wounded. In the latter part of the engagement, the 14th Connecticut was sent to reinforce Richardson’s Division on the left.

Battle of Fredericksburg

The regiment lost 15 men killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 38 men killed, and 37 men wounded.

Battle of Chancellorsville

The regiment lost 1 officer and 8 men killed or mortally wounded, 35 enlisted men wounded, and 8 men missing.

Battle of Gettysburg

The regiment was commanded by Colonel Francis E. Pierce and lost 3 officers and 15 men killed or mortally wounded, and 10 officers and 74 men wounded.

From the monument:

Occupied this position July 2 and 3, 1863 supporting Battery I, 1st U.S. Art.
During the artillery duel on the afternoon of July 3, it sustained a terrific fire without being able to return a shot.

Number engaged 200. Casualties: Killed 16, wounded 86, Total 102.

During the charge the left of the Confederate line lapped its front and came within 50 yards of it before breaking.

Demonstration on the Rapidan, Morton’s Ford

The regiment lost 1 officer and 6 men wounded

Battle of the Wilderness

The regiment lost 9 men killed or mortally wounded, 6 officers and 33 men wounded, and 4 men missing.

Battle of Spotsylvania Court House

The regiment lost 10 men killed and mortally wounded, 2 officers and 34 men wounded and 7 men missing.

Battle of Cold Harbor

The regiment lost 1 officer and 5 men killed or mortally wounded, and 1 officer and 14 men wounded.

First Assault on Petersburg

Siege of Petersburg begins.

Ream’s Station

The regiment lost 1 man killed, 1 officer and 2 men wounded, and 21 captured.

Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run

Boydton and White Oak Roads

Appomattox Court House

Surrender of Lee and his army.