1862 |
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Organized at Auburn, N.Y. |
August 20 |
Mustered in under Colonel Jesse Segoine, Lieutenant Colonel Clinton McDougall, and Major Senaca B. Smith |
August 21 |
Left State for Harper's Ferry. Attached to Miles' Command, Harper's Ferry. |
September 12-15 |
Defense of Harper's Ferry |
September 15 |
Regiment was surrendered with garrison |
September 16 |
Paroled and sent to Annapolis, Md., then to Camp Douglass, Chicago, Ill. |
November 23 |
Exchanged; duty at Camp Douglass guarding prisoners |
December |
Ordered to Washington, D.C., and duty in the defenses of that city and at Centreville, Va. assigned to Wadsworth's Command, Military District of Washington |
1863 |
February |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, Casey's Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington |
April |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, Abercrombie's Division, 22nd Army Corps |
June 25 |
Ordered to join Army of the Potomac in the field. Assigned to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
June 25-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign
Two companies were left on guard at Accotink bridge, the remaining eight, numbering 390 men, joined the Second Corps on the march to Gettysburg. |
July 2-4 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded by Colonel Clinton D. MacDougall until he was wounded on July 3. Lieutenant Colonel Isaac M. Usk took command until he, too was wounded, when Caption Aaron P. Seeley took over the regiment.
From the monument: "Arrived early morning July 2nd 1863, position near Ziegler's Grove. Went to relief of 3rd Corps in afternoon; took this position that evening and held it to close of battle.
Number engaged (8 companies) 390 Casualties Killed 58, wounded 177, missing 14, total 249" |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va. |
August |
Duty on line of the Rappahannock and Rapidan |
September 13-17 |
Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan |
October 3 |
Lewinsville |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 14 |
Auburn and Bristoe |
October 15 |
Blackburn's and Mitchell's Fords |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 26-
December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
December |
At and near Stevensburg, Va. |
1863 |
February 6-7 |
Demonstration on the Rapidan; Morton's Ford |
March |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps |
May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness
The regiment lost 42 killed, 119 wounded and 17 missing, over half its strength. |
May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania
The regiment lost 22 killed, 37 wounded, and 13 missing |
May 10 |
Po River |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania Court House |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient, or "Bloody Angle" |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 16-18 |
Before Petersburg |
June 16 |
Siege of Petersburg begins. Attached to Consolidated Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps. |
June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad |
July 27-29 |
Demonstration north of the James |
July 27-28 |
Deep Bottom |
August 13-20 |
Demonstration north of the James |
August 14-18 |
Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom |
August 25 |
Ream's Station |
November |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps |
December 9-10 |
Reconnaissance to Hatcher's Run |
1865 |
February 5-7 |
Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run |
March 25 |
Watkins' House |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign
The regiment lost 81 casualties in the last campaign of the war |
March 29-30 |
On line of Hatcher's and Gravelly Runs |
March 31 |
Hatcher's Run or Boydton Road and White Oak Road |
April 2 |
Sutherland Station and fall of Petersburg |
April 3-9 |
Pursuit of Lee |
April 6 |
Sailor's Creek |
April 7 |
High Bridge and Farmville |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
April |
At Burkesville |
May 2-12 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
June 3 |
Mustered out under Lieutenant Colonel Lewis W. Husk. Veterans and recruits transferred to 4th New York Heavy Artillery. |
