Battle of Bull Run

The regiment was in reserve. First Lieutenant Wilson Hopkins was wounded, the only casualty. Orderd to withdraw to Alexandria during the night

West Point

The regiment supported Ayer’s Battery, with four companies engaged as skirmishers. It lost 6 men killed and 1 officer and 10 enlisted men wounded. After the fight the regiment advanced three miles to Eltham.

Gaines Mill

The regiment, wearing straw hats donated by a friend, retook two guns lost to the Confederates. It lost 3 officers and 55 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, including Lieutenant Colonel Marsh, who died of his wounds on July 4. Seven officers and 166 enlisted men were wounded.

White Oak Swamp and Glendale

The regiment supported the 1st Massachusetts Battery, losing 2 men killed, 1 officer and 6 men wounded to friendly fire from Hexamer’s New Jersey Battery.

Crampton’s Gap, South Mountain

The regiment led the advance up the mountain and over the crest, capturing the colors of an Alabama regiment and losing 1 officer and 25 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, including the color-bearer, and 2 officers and 35 enlisted men wounded.

Private James Allen of Company F was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in capturing a group of Confederate soldiers. “Single-handed and slightly wounded he accosted a squad of 14 Confederate soldiers bearing the colors of the 16th Georgia Infantry (C.S.A.). By an imaginary ruse he secured their surrender and kept them at bay when the regimental commander discovered him and rode away for assistance.” The story and Allen’s photo is on the Medal of Honor Recipients wayside marker in Crampton’s Gap.

Battle of Antietam

Moved through Roversville and Bueana Vista, arriving on the field at noon, passing through Keedysville and taking up a position near the Dunker Church. The regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Joel J. Seaver and was not engaged but lost 3 enlisted men wounded, one mortally, to sharpshooters.

From the War Department tablet for Slocum’s Division on the Antietam battlefield:

Slocum’s Division followed Smith’s in its march from near Crampton’s Pass on the morning of the 17th, and upon reaching the field, occupied the ground from which Smith was advancing; Torbert’s Brigade in the center on either side of this road; Newton’s Brigade on the right connecting with Hancock, and Bartlett’s Brigade on the left, extending beyond the cemetery and into the low ground between Mumma’s and Roulette’s. Beyond supporting the Artillery the Division was not actively engaged.

Battle of Fredericksburg

The regiment crossed on the lower bridges and took position to the left of General Meade, but was not engaged and lost no casualties.

Salem Heights

The regiment marched through Fredericksburg and toward Salem Church, taking position on the front right of the battle line. It lost 1 officer and 35 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 5 officers and 96 enlisted men wounded, and 17 enlisted men missing or captured.

Major John Curtis Gilmore earned the Medal of Honor when he “Seized the colors of his regiment and gallantly rallied his men under a very severe fire.”