Sturgis Rifles

1861

April

Organized at Chicago, Ill. It was equipped, fed for two months and armed with Sharps Rifles by Chicago businessman Solomon Sturgis

May 6

Mustered in under Captain James Steel

June 15

Ordered to West Virginia and reported at Parkersburg, Va. Assigned to duty as Body Guard to Gen. George B. McClellan, Commanding Army of West Virginia.

July 6-17

West Virginia Campaign

July 10-11

Battle of Rich Mountain

July 25

Moved with Gen. McClellan to Washington, D.C.

August

Guard duty at Headquarters Army of the Potomac

1862

March - August

Participated in the Virginia Peninsula Campaign

November 25

Mustered out