1861 |
October-November |
Organized at Harrisburg |
December 14 |
Left State for Washington, D. C.and Duty in the Defenses of Washington. Attached to Jameson's Brigade, Heintzelman's Division, Army Potomac |
1862 |
March |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac |
March 16-18 |
Moved to the Virginia Peninsula |
April 5-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown |
April 11 |
Skirmish Yorktown |
May 5 |
Battle of Williamsburg |
May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven Days before Richmond |
June 25 |
Oak Grove |
June 29 |
Peach Orchard and Savage Station |
June 30 |
Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July-August |
Duty at Harrison's Landing |
August 16-26 |
Movement to Centreville. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army Potomac |
August 20 |
Skirmish at Bull Run |
August 28 |
Battle of Gainesville |
August 29 |
Battle of Groveton |
August 30 |
Battle of Bull Run |
September 1 |
Battle of Chantilly |
September |
Guard fords from Monocacy River to Conrad's Ferry |
October 11-November 19 |
March up the Potomac to Leesburg, then to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. |
1863 |
January 20-24 |
Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March" |
February-April |
At Falmouth, Va. |
March |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded by Colonel Peter Sides, who was wounded on the 2nd. Captain Alanson H. Nelson then took command. The 57th brought 207 men to the field, losing 11 killed, 46 wounded and 58 missing.
From the monument: "The Regiment occupied this position, exposed to a heavy artillery fire on the afternoon of July 2, for two hours, when it advanced 170 feet and engaged the enemy." |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee |
July 23 |
Whapping Heights, Va. |
July-October |
Duty on line of the Rappahannock |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 13-14 |
Auburn and Bristoe |
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 |
1864 |
January |
Veterans on furlough |
March |
Veterans return from furlough. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps |
May 4-June 12 |
Rapidan Campaign |
May 5-7 |
Battles of the Wilderness |
May 8 |
Laurel Hill |
May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania |
May 10 |
Po River |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania C. H. |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
May 19 |
Harris' Farm |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 26-28 |
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;
August 13-20 |
Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom |
August 14-18 |
Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom |
August 25 |
Ream's Station |
September 29-October 2 |
Poplar Springs Church |
October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run |
December 7-12 |
Expedition to Weldon Railroad |
1865 |
January 11 |
Consolidated to five Companies |
February 5-7 |
Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 30-31 |
Boydton Road |
April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg |
April 6 |
Sailor's Creek |
April 7 |
High Bridge, Farmville |
April 9 |
Appomattox C. H. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
April |
At Burkesville |
May 2-12 |
March to Washington D. C. |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
June |
Duty at Alexandria |
1866 |
June 29 |
Mustered out |
