In April of 1862 legislation changed the designation of militia units to "National Guard."
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April 21 |
Moved to Annapolis, Md. under Colonel Abel Smith |
April 23 |
Eight companies (486 men) mustered into United States service for three months and sailed in the steamship Marion to Annapolis |
April-May |
Guard railroad at Annapolis, Md., quartered in the buildings of the Naval Academy |
May 7 |
Additional reinforcements raised the regiment's strength to 793 men. |
May 18 |
Affair at Smith's Point, Md. |
June 19 |
Moved to Baltimore, Md. |
July 21 |
The regiment agrees to General Dix's request to extend its service by ten days |
August 6 |
Mustered out of United States Service at Brooklyn, having lost 5 men to disease.
Many of the regiment enlisted in the 87th New York Infantry. |
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1862 |
May 26 |
Ordered to Washington D.C. |
May 28 |
Mustered in for three months United States Service |
May 30 |
Left for Washington under Colonel Robert B. Clark |
June-
September |
Served at Suffolk, Virginia as part of the 7th Army corps |
September 12 |
Mustered out of United States Service at Brooklyn, having lost 1 man to disease and 1 killed in an accident |
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1863 |
June 18 |
Orderd to Harrisburg under Colonel John B. Woodward |
June 20 |
Mustered in for three months United States Service and attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Department Susquehanna |
July 2 |
Engagement near Fort Washington, Pa. |
July 21 |
Mustered out of United States Service at Brooklyn, having lost 1 man to disease |