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October |
Organized at Genesee, N.Y. under Colonel John Rohrbach, Lieutenant Colonel R. Wells Kenyon and Major Lewis C. Skinner |
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March 22 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. Attached to Wadsworth's Command, Military District of Washington |
May 28-June 1 |
Expedition to Front Royal, Va., to intercept Jackson attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock |
June 2-10 |
Picket duty on the Shenandoah and at Front Royal |
June 10 |
Duty at Catlett's Station, Warrenton and Waterloo, Va. attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia |
August 9 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
August 16-September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia
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August 21-23 |
Fords of the Rappahannock |
August 28 |
Thoroughfare Gap |
August 29 |
Groveton |
August 30 |
Bull Run
Lieutenant John P. Rudd and 13 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, Lieutenant John McCaffrey and 34 enlisted men were wounded, and 1 officer and 38 enlisted men were missing or captured |
September 1 |
Chantilly |
September 11 |
Lieutenant Colonel Wells discharged for disability. Captain Gilbert Prey of Company F promoted to major |
September 6-22 |
Maryland Campaign. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
September 14 |
Battle of South Mountain
The regiment fought at Turner's Gap under the command of Major Skinner, losing 1 enlisted man wounded. |
September 16-17 |
Antietam
Commanded by Major Lewis Skinner. Captain John Kelly and 17 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, Captains Henry Tuthill and William Wilson, Lieutenants Leman Dow and William Trembly and 47 enlisted men were wounded and 14 missing in severe fighting in the Cornfield. |
September-October |
Duty near Sharpsburg |
October 21 |
Colonel Rorback and Major Skinner discharged for disability. Major Prey promoted to Colonel, and Lieutenant John Strang promoted to major. |
October 30-November 19 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va |
December 3 |
Captain Henry G. Tuthill of Company A was promoted to lieutenant colonel with rank from October 21. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg
Lieutenant Andew Andrews and 7 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, 7 officers and 35 enlisted men were wounded, and 2 men were missing. |
December-April |
At Falmouth and Belle Plains |
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January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
April 29-May 2 |
Operations at Fitzhugh's Crossing |
May 2-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men wounded. |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded by Colonel Gilbert G. Prey. In heavy fighting northwest of Gettysburg on the first day of the battle Lieutenant Thomas Johnston and 28 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, Lieutenant Colonel Tuthill, Captain Charles Fisher, Lieutenants James Dow and Jasper Griggs and 69 enlisted men were wounded and Captains Austin Richardson and George Starr, Lieutenants James Cain, John Daley, Adam Dixon, Albert Lamson, Marshall Rogers, Walter Stevens, George Snyder and Edwin Tuthill and 77 enlisted men were captured out of 309 men engaged. |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee |
August-October |
Duty on line of the Rappahannock and Rapidan |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 7 |
Lieutenant Colonel Tuthill discharged for disability due to his Gettysburg wound |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
December 16 |
Major Strang promoted to lieutenant colonel and Lieutenant Henry Colt promoted to major |
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February 6-7 |
Demonstration on the Rapidan |
March |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps |
April 10 |
Lieutenant Walter Stephens, captured at Gettysburg, died of disease in Confederate prison at Richmond. |
May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness
The regiment lost 12 enlisted men wounded, 1 mortally |
May 8 |
Laurel Hill |
May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania
The regiment lost 6 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, Captain James Gault and 35 enlisted men wounded and 4 men missing |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania Court House |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed. |
May 23 |
Jericho Ford |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed. and 1 wounded |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man wounded. |
June 1-3 |
Bethesda Church |
June 13 |
White Oak Swamp |
June |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps |
June 16-18 |
Assault on Petersburg
The regiment lost 5 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 16 wounded |
June 16 |
Siege of Petersburg begins
The regiment lost 5 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 23 wounded and 1 missing |
July 30 |
Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve) |
August |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps |
August 18-21 |
Weldon Railroad
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man mortally wounded, 7 wounded, and Colonel Prey, Lieutenant Colonel Strang, Captains John Daley, James Gault, Jasper Griggs, Austin Richardson Henry Wiley and William Wilson, Lieutenants Francis Bates, Joseph Cary, John Jarvis, Marshall Rogers and Cornelius Timpson and 126 enlisted men captured. |
September |
Attached to Provost Guard, 5th Army Corps |
September 15 |
Reconnaissance toward Dinwiddie Court House |
December 7-12 |
Warren's Raid on Weldon Railroad |
December |
Lieutenant Colonel Strang paroled. Lieutenant James Cain, captured at Gettysburg, escaped from Confederate prison and returned to the regiment. |
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January 10 |
Major Colt discharged, Captain Henry Wiley prmoted to lieutenant colonel |
February 5-7 |
Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run
The regiment lost 3 enlisted men missing |
February |
Colonel Prey paroled |
March 3 |
Colonel Prey discharged |
March 9 |
Major Wiley discharged |
March 17 |
Lieutenant Colonel Strang promoted to colonel and Captain William Wilson of Company K to major |
MArch 24 |
Major Wilson discharged |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 29 |
Lewis Farm, near Gravelly Run |
March 31 |
White Oak Road |
April 1 |
Five Forks |
April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg |
April 3-9 |
Pursuit of Lee |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
May 1-12 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. and attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
June |
Duty at Washington |
July 17 |
Mustered out under Colonel John R. Strang |
