1861 |
September 10 -
October 19 |
Organized at Wilmington, under Colonel John W. Andrews |
October 20-21 |
Moved to Fortress Monroe, Va.; Attached to Fortress Monroe, Va., Dept. of Virginia;
Duty at Camp Hamilton, Va. |
1862 |
March 8-9 |
Engagement between U.S.S. Monitor and C.S.S. Virginia in Hampton Roads, Va. |
May |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of Virginia |
May 9-10 |
Expedition to Norfolk, Occupation of Norfolk; Duty at Norfolk, Portsmouth and Suffolk |
July |
Attached to Weber's Brigade, Division at Suffolk, Va., 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
September 8 |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac;
Moved to Washington, D.C., thence to Antietam, Md. |
September 8-16 |
Battle of Antietam
Commanded by Colonel John W. Andrews and Lieutenant Colonel Olver Hopkinson, both of whom were wounded. Eight of ten company commanders and the entire color guard were also killed or wounded. The 1st had 708 men engaged, of whom 29 were killed and 182 wounded.
Second Lieutenant Charles B. Tanner was awarded the Medal of Honor for rescuing the regimental colors, which had fallen within twenty yards of Confederate lines at the Sunken Road, in spite of being wounded three times during the attempt. |
September 16-17 |
Moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va. Colonel Andrews took command of the brigade, while Major Smyth took over command of the regiment. |
October 16-17 |
Reconnaissance to Charlestown |
October 30 -
November 17 |
Advance up Loudon Valley and movement to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va.
Colonel Andrews wounded by a shell while commanding the brigade. Major Thomas Smyth commanded the regiment, which lost 10 killed, 74 wounded, and 9 missing. |
1863 |
January 20-24 |
Mud March |
February 7 |
Colonel Andrews resigned due to disability; Major Smyth was promoted to colonel |
May |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps |
May 1-6 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
June 11 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
While Colonel Smyth was in command of the brigade, Lt. Col. Edward P. Harris commanded the regiment. He was put under arrest on July 2nd for withdrawing from the Bliss farm buildings without authorization. Capt. Thomas Hizard then took command until he was wounded on July 2nd. Lt. William Smith took command until he was killed on July 3. Lt. John Dent then took over until Col. Harris was restored to command on July 4.
The regiment brought 288 men to Gettysburg, of whom 10 were killed, 54 wounded and 13 missing. Lieutenant James P. Postles, Corporal Bernard McCarren and Private John B. Mayberry were awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions at Gettysburg, Postles for a wild 600 yard ride carrying orders under intense fire and McCarren and Mayberry for capturing the flag of the 7th North Carolina (or according to some sources, the 13th Alabama.). |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va. |
July 13-14 |
Williamsport, Md.; then duty on line of the Rappahannock and Rapidan |
September 13-17 |
Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan |
October 9 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 14 |
Auburn and Bristoe |
October 15 |
Blackburn's Ford |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 26 |
Mine Run Campaign |
December 2 |
At and near Stevensburg, Va. |
1864 |
February 6-7 |
Demonstration on the Rapidan |
March |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps |
May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
May 5-7 |
Battles of the Wilderness |
May 8 |
Laurel Hill |
May 8-12 |
Spotsylvania |
May 10 |
Po River |
May 12-21 |
Spotsylvania 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 16-18 |
Before Petersburg |
June 16 |
Siege of Petersburg |
June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon R. R. |
July 1 |
Veterans and recruits transferred from mustered-out 2nd Delaware Infantry |
July 27-29 |
Demonstration North of the James |
July 27-28 |
Deep Bottom |
July 30 |
Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve) |
August 13-20 |
Demonstration North of the James |
August 14-18 |
Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom |
August 25 |
Ream's Station |
October 1-5 |
Yellow House |
October 1 |
Colonel Smyth promoted to brigadier general. |
October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run |
December 23 |
Daniel Wodall promoted to colonel |
1865 |
February 5-7 |
Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run |
March 25 |
Watkins' House |
March 28 - April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 29-31 |
Boydton Road and White Oak Ridge |
March 31 |
Crow's House |
April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg |
April 3-9 |
Pursuit of Lee |
April 6 |
Sailor's Creek |
April 7 |
High Bridge, Farmville |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House, Surrender of Lee and his army |
April 10 |
At Burkesville |
May 2-12 |
March to Washington, D.C. |
May 23 |
Grand review |
July 12 |
Mustered out |
