1862 |
May 22 |
Organized at Loachapoka, Alabama, under Colonel James McCarthy Oliver |
June |
Sent to Virginia, where it was attached to Taliaferro's Brigade of Jackson's Division. |
August 9 |
Battle of Cedar Run
Suffered 12 killed and 76 wounded, including Captains Michael Jefferson Bulger, wounded, and Albert C. Menefee, killed |
September 1 |
Battle of Chantilly |
August 30 |
Second Battle of Manasses
The regiment suffered 7 killed and 25 wounded, including Adjutant Henry A. Garrett, wounded, and Lieutenant William Grimmett, killed |
September 12 - 15 |
Siege of Harpers Ferry |
September 17 |
Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam)
The regiment lost 98 of the115 men engaged, including Colonel James W. Jackson, wounded, Captain Henry C. Lindsey, wounded, and Lieutenant George W. Gammell, killed. Seventeen men under a sergeant were all that could muster on the 18th |
December 13 |
Battle of Fredericksburg
Captain Capt. James M. Campbell commanding the regiment |
1863 |
January 19 |
Transferred to Law's Alabama Brigade in Hood's Division of Longstreet's Corps per Lee's Special Orders No. 19 |
Aptil 27 |
Captain Samuel A. Cox died in service |
April 11 - May 6 |
Suffolk Campaign |
June 11 |
Captain John N. McKee died in service |
July 1 - 3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment lost 40 casualties, including Lt. Colonel Michael Jefferson Bulger, wounded and captured, and Captain Joseph Johnston, Jr., killed. Major J. M. Campbell took command of the regiment when Lt. Col. Bulger was wounded.
From the r eport of Maj. Campbell: "Lieut.-Col. M. J. Bulger fought most nobly. Out of 21 officers, 4 were killed; all the 21 acted well. About one-third of the whole number were killed and wounded." Footnote: "Lieutenant-Colonel Bulger was not killed. On July 16, 1863, he became colonel, vice James W. Jackson, resigned." |
July 10 |
Colonel James W. Jackson resigns due to ill health |
September 20 |
Battle of Chickamauga |
October 28 |
Lookout Valley
Commended in report on engagement; suffered no casualties. |
November |
Siege of Knoxville
Col. M. J. Bulger commanding |
1864 |
May 5 - 6, 1864 |
Battle of the Wilderness
The regiment lost 111 casualties, including Captains William Ballard, wounded and captured, and James A. Sanford, killed |
May 7 - 12 |
Battle of Spottsylvania
Lt. Colonel Michael Bulger was killed. |
June 13 - July 31 |
The regiment suffered 6 killed and 9 wounded |
August 1 - December 31 |
The regiment lost 7 killed and 27 wounded, including Lt. Colonel Leigh Richmond Terrell, killed Oct. 13; and Major James McDonald Campbell and Captain J. A. Gaskin, both killed |
November |
On north side of James River in Law's (then Perry's) Brigade, Colonel Bulger commanding regiment |
1865 |
April 9, 1865 |
Surrendered at Appomattox about 90 men under Captain Eli Daniel Clower |
