1862 |
August 25, |
Organized at Bath and mustered in |
August 27 |
Left State for Washington, D.C.; Attached to Defenses of Washington |
September 30- October 4 |
Moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va. |
October |
Attached to the 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
October 30 -
November 9 |
Advance to Warrenton, Va. |
November 15-17 |
March to Falmouth |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
1863 |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
January - April |
At Falmouth |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 3 |
Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg |
May 4 |
Salem Heights, Banks Ford |
June 13 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
June 25 |
Haymarket
Private Israel D. Jones was killed by an exploding shell in a skirmish with Stuart's cavalry and horse artillery, the first man of the regiment to be killed. |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded by Colonel Francis E. Heath, who was wounded on July 3rd. Lieutenant Colonel Henry Whitman then took over.
From the monument:
"In the evening of July 2 this regiment at a position on the left of Batty. G 5th U.S. helped to repel the enemy that had driven in Humphrey's Division, taking one battle flag and re-capturing four guns. On July 3, after engaging the enemy's advance from this position, moved to the right tot he support of the 2d Brigade and joined in the final charge and repulse of Pickett's command. Effective strength July 2d, 405; killed & mortally wounded, 55; wounded not fatally, 137; missing 4." |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 14 |
Bristoe Station |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 26 -
December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
1864 |
February 6-7 |
Demonstration on the Rapidan |
February 6-7 |
Morton's Ford |
May 3 - June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
May 8 |
Laurel Hill |
May 8-12 |
Spotsylvania |
May 9-10 |
Po River |
May 12-21 |
Spotsylvania C. H. |
May 12 |
"Bloody Angle," Assault on the Salient |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 26-28 |
Line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 16-19 |
Before Petersburg |
June 16 |
Siege of Petersburg |
June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road |
July 27-28 |
Deep Bottom, north of the James |
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 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run |
1865 |
February 5-7 |
Dabney's Mills |
March 28 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 30-31 |
Boydton Road |
April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg |
April 6 |
Sailor's Creek |
April 6-7 |
High Bridge |
April 7 |
Farmville |
April 9 |
Appomattox C. H.; Surrender of Lee and his army |
April 11 - May 2 |
At Burkesville |
May 2-15 |
March to Washington, D.C. |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
May 31 |
Mustered out. Recruits transferred to 1st Maine Heavy Artillery |
June 7 |
discharged |
