The Second Michigan Infantry Regiment lost 11 officers and 214 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 officers and 143 enlisted men by disease.
1861 |
May 25, 1861 |
Mustered in at Detroit, Mich., under Colonel Israel Richardson, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Chipman, and Major Adolphus Williams; the first three-year regiment from Michigan. |
June 6-10 |
Moved to Washington, D.C.; Attached to Richardson's Brigade, Tyler's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeastern Virginia |
June 10 to July 16 |
Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. at Camp Winfield Scott on the bluffs overlooking the Chain Bridge |
July 16-21 |
Advance on Manassas, Va.
Colonel Richardson was given command of the brigade and Lieuteant Colonel Chipman left the regiment for a captaincy in the regular army, leaving Major Williams in command. |
July 17 |
Occupation of Fairfax Court House |
July 18 |
Action at Blackburn's Ford |
July 21 |
Battle of Bull Run
The regiment was not engaged, but helped cover the retreat of the army to Washington. |
August |
Attached to Richardson's Brigade, Division of the Potomac; Duty in the Defenses of Washington |
September 16 |
Captain Orlando Poe of the United States Engineers was appointed Colonel of the regiment |
October |
Assigned to Richardson's Brigade, Heintzelman's Division, Army of the Potomac |
October 21-24 |
Reconnaissance to Occoquan |
November 12-14 |
Reconnaissance to Pohick Church, Va. |
1862 |
March |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March 6 |
Major Williams promoted to lieutenant colonel and Captain Louis Dillman promoted to major |
March 17 |
Moved to the Virginia Peninsula |
April 5-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown, Va.
Lt. Colonel Williams lightly wounded |
May 5 |
Battle of Williamsburg
The regiment lost 17 killed, 38 wounded, and 5 missing. Lieutenant Wallace was killed and Lieutenant Colonel Williams and Lieutenant Dobson wuonded |
May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Fair Oaks, or Seven Pines
The regiment lost 10 men killed and Lieutenant Colonel Williams and 46 enlisted men wounded |
June 1-2 |
Reconnaissance beyond Seven Pines |
June |
Colonel Poe and Lieutenant Colonel Williams take a leave of absence, leaving Major Louis
Dillman in command |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond
The regiment lost 2 killed and 19 wounded |
June 25 |
Oak Grove |
June 29 |
Savage Station |
June 30 |
Glendale and Charles City Cross Roads |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July 2 - August 15 |
Duty at Harrison's Landing |
July 26 |
Lieutenant Colonel Williams transferred as colonel to the 20th Michigan Infantry. Major Dillman promoted to lieutenant colonel and Captain Cornelius Byington to major |
August |
Attached to 3rd Brigade. 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps |
August 15-28 |
Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville, Va. |
August 29 |
Battle of Groveton
Colonel Poe took command of the brigade, leaving Lieutenant Colonel Dillman in command of the regiment |
August 30 |
Bull Run |
September 1 |
Chantilly |
September 3 to October 11 |
Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. |
October 11-
November 19 |
March up the Potomac to Leesburg, then to Falmouth, Va. |
November |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac
|
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
1863 |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
February 10 |
Moved to Newport News, Va. |
Feberuary 16 |
Colonel Poe resigns to accept promotion to brigadier general of volunteers, with rank from Novemnber 29. Captain William Humphrey promoted to colonel |
March 19-23 |
Movement to Kentucky |
April |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio.
Private Franklin Thompson of Flint deserted near Lebanon, Kentucky after it was discovered that she was a woman, "and a good loking one at that," according to Colonel Poe. |
April 9-30 |
Duty at Camp Dick Robinson, Ky. |
May |
At Columbia |
June |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee |
June 7-14 |
Moved to Vicksburg, Miss. |
June 14-July 4 |
Siege of Vicksburg |
July 4-10 |
Advance on Jackson, Miss. |
July 10-17 |
Siege of Jackson |
July 18-22 |
Destruction of Mississippi Central Railroad at Madison Station |
July 23 |
Duty at Milldale |
July 30 |
Lt. Colonel Dillman resigns |
August |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio |
August 4-12 |
Moved to Covington, Ky. |
August 17-18 |
To Crab Orchard, Ky. |
August 18 - October 17 |
Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee |
September 10-26 |
March to Knoxville, Tenn., over the Cumberland Mountains |
September 27-
October 3 |
Duty near Knoxville |
October 10 |
Action at Blue Springs |
November 4-December 23 |
Knoxville Campaign |
November 16 |
Action at Campbell's Station |
November 17-December 5 |
Siege of Knoxville |
November 24 |
Assault on Confederate works
Major Cornelius Byington, Adjutant Noble, Lieutenants Gilpin and Frank Zoellner and 80 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded. |
November 29 |
Repulse of Longstreet's assault on Fort Saunders |
December 14 |
Granger's Mills |
December |
Operation in East Tennessee |
1864 |
January |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio. 198 men reenlisted as Veteran Volunteers |
February 4 |
Veterans on furlough |
April |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
April 1 |
Captain Edwin March of the 27th Michigan transferred in and promoted to lieutenant colonel |
April 4 |
Veterans rejoined Corps at Annapolis, Md. |
May 4 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness
Commanded by Colonel Humphrey, the regiment lost 6 killed and 32 wounded and missing |
May 8-12 |
Spotsylvania
Colonel Humphrey temporarily took command of the brigade until he was wounded. Captain James Farrand, commanding the regiment, and 1 enlisted man were killed and 9 men were wounded |
May 10 |
Ny River |
May 12-21 |
Spotsylvania Court House |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 23-24 |
Ox Ford
Lieutenant Nelson Fletcher was killed |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 1-3 |
Bethesda Church
Lieutenant George Williams and 1 enlisted man were killed or mortally wounded and 36 men wounded. |
June 17 |
Before Petersburg
Captain James Bradley and 7 other men were killed, 74 men were wounded, and 4 missing. Colonel William Humphrey took command of the brigade, leaving Lieutenant Colonel March in command of the regiment |
June 18 |
Before Petersburg
Lieutenant Sherman was mortally wounded, 14 enlisted men were killed, Lieutenant Colonel March, Lieutenant Schneider and 66 enlisted men were wounded and 2 men were missing |
July |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps |
July 30 |
Mine Explosion, Petersburg
Captain John Young, Lieutenant John Bush and four enlisted men were killed, 14 men were wounded and 37 men missing. |
August 18-21 |
Weldon Railroad
Under the command of Lieutenant Colonel March, the regiment lost 1 killed, 2 wounded and 2 missing. |
August 25 |
Ream's Station |
September |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps |
September 29-
October 2 |
Poplar Springs Church, Pegram's Farm
The regiment lost 7 wounded and 12 missing |
September 30 |
Colonel Humphrey mustered out, and Lt. Colonel March promoted to colonel |
October 8 |
Reconnaissance on Vaughan and Squirrel Level Roads |
October 27-28 |
Boydton Road, Hatcher's Run
The regiment lost 7 wounded and 7 missing, including Captain Frederick Schneider, who was wounded and captured. |
October 29 |
Moved to a position on the City Point and Petersburg Railroad |
December 18 |
Captain Schneider promoted to lieutenant colonel, but not exchanged until February 1865 |
1865 |
March 25 |
Fort Stealman, Petersburg
Commanded by Captain J. C. Broughton |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
April 2 |
Assault on and fall of Petersburg |
April 3 |
Occupation of Petersburg |
April 3-9 |
Pursuit of Lee |
April 17 |
Colonel March resigns, and Lt. Colonel Schneider promoted to colonel |
April 22-28 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
July 29 |
Mustered out under Colonel Frederick Schneider |
August 1, 1865 |
Discharged at Detroit, Mich. |
