1861 |
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Organized at Yorkville, N.Y. Companies G and H were recruited in Philadelphia and Newark and Company F was armed as artillery. |
June 6 |
Mustered in under Colonel Leopold Von Gilsa, Lt. Colonel Emil Duysing and Major Ernest Von Holmstedt |
July 8 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Runyon's Reserve Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia for duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. |
August |
Attached to W. T. Sherman's Brigade, Division of the Potomac |
September |
Attached to Martindale's Brigade, Porter's Division, Army of the Potomac |
September 6 |
Lt. Colonel Duyeing discharged. Major Von Holmstedt prmoted to lieutenant colonel and Captain Heinrich Detler Von Einsiedel of Company E promoted to major |
November |
Attached to Blenker's Division, Army of the Potomac |
November 7 |
Company F designated 9th New York Independent Battery |
November 20 |
New Company F formed of new recruits |
1862 |
March |
Attached to Blenker's 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
April |
Attached to 1st Brigade, Blenker's Division, Dept. of the Mountains |
May |
Operations in the Shenandoah Valley |
June 8 |
Battle of Cross Keys |
June |
Duty at Sperryville and Centreville attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia |
August 16-September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 20-23 |
Fords of the Rappahannock |
August 24 |
Sulphur Springs |
August 29 |
Battle of Groveton |
August 30 |
Bull Run |
September |
Duty in the Defenses of Washington attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
November 28-30 |
Reconnaissance to Snicker's Ferry and Berryville |
December 10-16 |
March to Fredericksburg, Va. |
December |
Duty at Falmouth and Brook's Station |
1863 |
January 20-2 |
"Mud March" |
April 21 |
Lieutenant colonel Von Holmstedt discharged |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
June 11-August 1 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
June 17 |
Major Von Einsiedel promoted to lieutenant colonel, with rank to April 22 |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Heinrich D. Von Einsiedel. It brought 218 men to the field.
From the monument: "Casualties: Killed 15. Wounded 58. Missing 2. Total 75." |
August 1 |
Ordered to Folly Island, S.C. attached to 1st Brigade. Gordon's Division, Folly Island, S.C., 10th Corps, Dept. of the South |
August 8-September 7 |
Siege operations against Forts Wagner and Gregg, Morris Island, and against Fort Sumter and Charleston, S.C. |
September 1 |
Captain Frederick Menshausen of Company D promoted to major |
September |
Operations against Charleston and duty on Folly Island, S. C. |
1864 |
February 6-14 |
Expedition to Johns and James Islands |
February 9 and 11 |
Action at Bugbee's Bridge |
April |
Attached to Folly Island, S.C., Northern District, Dept. of the South |
May 21-22
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Demonstration on James Island |
June 9 |
Regiment musters out on Hilton Head under Colonel Von Gilsa. Recruits and volunteers consolidated into six companies, B, E, F, G, I & K |
July 1-10 |
Demonstration on James Island |
August 23 |
Lt. Colonel Von EInsiedel died of fever at Petersburg |
August |
Ordered to Washington, D.C. and attached to 1st Brigade, Hardin's Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington |
September 15 |
Major Menshausen died of fever at Petersburg |
September 27 |
Ordered to Shenandoah Valley attached to 2nd Brigade, Kitching's Provisional Division, Army of the Shenandoah |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
December |
Moved to Washington, D.C., then to Bermuda Hundred, Va. attached to Ferrero's Division, Defenses of Bermuda Hundred, Va., Army of the James |
1865 |
April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg |
April |
Duty in the Dept. of Virginia |
December 9 |
Mustered out |
