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Organized under authority of the War Department at Camp Scott, Staten Island, N.Y., as 2nd Regiment, Sickles' Brigade. Companies A and D were primarily recruited in Newark, New Jersey, Company E at Orange, New Jersey and Company G in Philadelphia, with the remainder of the regiment from New York. |
July 23 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. Attached to Sickles' Brigade, Division of the Potomac for duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. under Colonel George B. Hall, Lieutenant Colonel Henry L. Potter and Major Peter McDermott |
August 1 |
Major McDermott discharged to become colonel of the 170th New York Infantry |
August 10 |
Captain John Toler of Company A promoted to major |
September 15-October 2 |
Expedition to Lower Maryland |
September 20 |
Captain Orville Howard died of disease in City Hospital, Washington |
October |
Attached to Sickles' Brigade, Hooker's Division, Army of the Potomac |
November 9 |
Expedition to Matthias Point |
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March |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March 10 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. |
March 18 |
Expedition from Dumfries to Fredericksburg, Va., and capture of stores |
April 4 |
Reconnaissance from Liverpool Point to Stafford Court House and action at Stafford Court House |
April |
Ordered to the Peninsula, Va. |
April 10-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown |
May 5 |
Battle of Williamsburg |
May 30 |
Adjutant James Powell captured and paroled at Bottom's Bridge, Virginia |
May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks
Lieutenant Theodore Laurier and 5 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, Lieutenant Patrick Nolan and 8 enlisted men wounded, and 5 men captured |
June 6 |
Lieutenant William White wounded at Fair Oaks |
June 15 |
Lieutenant Joseph Palmer killed in a skirmish at Fair Oaks |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond
The regiment lost 10 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, Captain Thomas Rafferty and 29 enlisted men wounded, and 3 officers and 75 enlisted men captured in the weeks fighting |
June 25 |
Battles of Oak Grove |
June 29 |
Peach Orchard and Savage Station |
June 30 |
White Oak Swamp and Glendale |
July 1 and August 5 |
Malvern Hill |
August |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 1 |
Captain Thomas Rafferty of Company H promoted to major |
August 16-26 |
Movement to Fortress Monroe, then to Centreville |
August 26-September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia
Out of 250 men engaged, Lt. Colonel Henry Potter, Captain William Greene, Lieutenants Benjamin Franklin, James Powell and James Webb and 55 enlisted men were wounded, and 22 enlisted men were captured in addition to those listed below from August 27-30 |
August 27 |
Action at Bristoe Station or Kettle Run
Lieutenants John Lowentrout and Terrance Murphyand 19 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded |
August 29 |
Battle of Groveton
The regiment lost 11 enlsited men killed or mortally wounded |
August 30 |
Bull Run |
September-November |
Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. at Fairfax Station |
September 15 |
Major Toler discharged |
November 10-12 |
Operations on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg
The regiment lost 3 enlisted men wounded |
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January |
Winter quarters at Falmouth |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
February 5-7 |
Operations at Rappahannock Bridge and Grove Church |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
April 28 |
Colonel Hall discharged for disability |
May 1 |
Lt. Colonel Potter promoted to colonel and Major Rafferty to lieutenant colonel |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, Captains Walter Donaldson and William Ellwood and 12 enlisted men wounded, and 23 men captured |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commaned by Colonel Potter until he was wounded on July 2nd. Lieutenant Andrew Estes and 16 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, Captain Walter Donaldson, Lieutenants Edward Conway, Hiram Holmes, Andrew Leonard, John O'Connell and Charles Slavin and 55 enlisted men were wounded, and 13 enlisted men were missing. |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va. |
July 23 |
Wapping Heights
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men killed and 13 wounded |
August-October |
Duty on line of the Rappahannock |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 7 |
Kelly's Ford |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
November 27 |
Payne's Farm
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed and 7 wounded |
December-May |
Duty near Brandy Station, Va. |
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February 6-7 |
Demonstration on the Rapidan |
March |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 2nd Army Corps |
May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River. Attached to 4th Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men killed and 1 mortally wounded, Lieutenant Thomas Fogarty, 1 other officer, and 2 enlisted men wounded, Captain Thomas Leigh wounded, captured and escaped, and 1 enlisted man missing |
May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania
Captain Patrick Nolan, Lieutenant John McBlair and 5 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, 8 enlisted men were wounded and 2 enlisted men missing |
May 10 |
Po River |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania Court House
Lieutenant William Shick was wounded |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient or "Bloody Angle" |
May 19 |
Harris Farm or Fredericksburg Road |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River
The regiment lost 8 enlisted men wounded and 3 missing |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed, 1 officer mortally wounded and 2 men missing |
June 16-18 |
Before Petersburg
The regiment lost 7 enlisted men illed or mortally wounded, Captain James Chambers, 1 other officer and 11 enlisted men wounded and 3 men missing |
June 18 |
Siege of Petersburg begins |
June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad |
July 7 |
Veterans and Recruits transferred to 120th New York Infantry Regiment |
July 30 |
Regiment mustered out at New York City under Lieutenant Colonel Rafferty, as Colonel Potter was detached due to wounds |
