1861 |
October |
Organized at Harrisburg under Major Philip Parisen. |
November 7 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. Attached to French's Brigade, Sumner's Division, Army Potomac for duty in the Defenses of Washington and Alexandria |
1862 |
March |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army Potomac |
March 10-15 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. |
April 5-May 4 |
Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula. Siege of Yorktown |
May-June |
Duty near Yorktown |
May 28-30 |
Construction of Grape Vine Bridge over the Chickahominy |
May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Fair Oaks (Seven Pines) |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 27 |
Gaines Mill |
June 29 |
Peach Orchard and Savage Station |
June 30 |
White Oak Swamp Bridge and Glendale |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July 2 |
Turkey Bend |
July-August |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 16-30 |
Movement to Fortress Monroe, then to Alexandria and Centreville |
August 30 |
Assist in checking Pope's rout at Bull Run |
August 31-September 1 |
Cover retreat to Fairfax C. H. |
September 6-24 |
Maryland Campaign |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam
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September 22-October 29 |
Duty at Bolivar Heights |
October 16-17 |
Reconnaissance to Charlestown |
October 29-November 17 |
Movement up Loudon Valley and to Falmouth, Va. |
November 2 |
Snicker's Gap |
November 5-6 |
Manassas |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
December |
Duty at Falmouth |
1863 |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign; attached to 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
June 13-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Richards McMichael. It brought 135 men to the field in three companies (A, B and K) and lost 7 killed, 67 wounded and 6 missing.
From the monument:
"The Regiment deployed with the Brigade on the northerly side of and charged through the Wheatfield, driving the enemy, and continuing the advance to this position, holding it until
ordered to retire. July 3, in position with Division on left centre.Carried into action 135 officers and men. Killed, men 7. Wounded, officers 11, men 56. Captured or missing, men 6. Total 80. |
July 12-13 |
Funkstown, Md. |
September 13-17 |
Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 14 |
Auburn and Bristoe |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
November 27 |
Payne's Farm |
November 28-30 |
Mine Run |
November 29 |
New Hope Church |
December 27 |
Regiment reenlisted |
1864 |
January |
Duty near Stevensburg |
February 6-7 |
Demonstration on the Rapidan |
May 4-June 12 |
Rapidan Campaign |
May 5-7 |
Battles of the Wilderness |
May 8-21 |
Spottsylvania C. H. |
May 10 |
Po River |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
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. Siege of Petersburg begins |
June 22-23 |
Weldon Railroad |
July 27-29 and August 13-20 |
Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom |
August 14-18 |
Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom |
August 25 |
Ream's Station |
December 9-10 |
Reconnaissance to Hatcher's Run |
1865 |
February 5-7 |
Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run |
March 25 |
Watkins, House, Petersburg |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 31 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run and White Oak Road |
April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg and Sutherland Station |
April 6 |
Sailor's Creek |
April 7 |
High Bridge, Farmville |
April 9 |
Appomattox C. H. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
May 2-12 |
March to Washington, D.C. |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
June 30 |
Mustered out |
