The Civil War in the East

14th United States Infantry Regiment

 

The 14th United States Infantry Regiment lost 8 officers and 158 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 officers and 206 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

 

1861

May 4

Organized by direction of the President

July 29

Confirmed by Act of Congress

 

Organized at Fort Trumbull, Conn.

October

Moved to Perryville, Md., and duty there

1862

March

Moved to Washington, D.C. Attached to Sykes' Regular Infantry, Reserve Brigade, Army of the Potomac

March

Moved to the Virginia Peninsula

April 5-May 4

Siege of Yorktown, Va.

May

Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

June 25-July 1

Seven days before Richmond

June 26

Battle of Mechanicsville

June 27

Gaines' Mill

June 30

Turkey Bridge

July 1

Malvern Hill

July-August

At Harrison's Landing

August 16-28

Movement to Fortress Monroe, then to Centerville

August 28-September 2

Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia

August 29

Battle of Groveton

August 30

Bull Run

September 6-22

Maryland Campaign

September 16-17

Battle of Antietam

September 19-20

Shepherdstown Ford

September 21

At Sharpsburg, Md.

October 16-17

Kearneysville and Shepherdstown

October 29-November 19

Movement to Falmouth

November 3

Snicker's Gap

December 12-15

Battle of Fredericksburg

1863

January 20-24

"Mud March"

April 27-May 6

Chancellorsville Campaign

May 1-5

Battle of Chancellorsville

June 11-July 24

Gettysburg Campaign

July 1-3

Battle of Gettysburg

July 5-24

Pursuit of Lee

August 13-16

Moved to New York

August 17- September 14

Duty in New York

September 24

Rejoined army at Culpeper, Va.

October 9-22

Bristoe Campaign

November 7-8

Advance to line of the Rappahannock

November 26-December 2

Mine Run Campaign

May 4-June 12

Rapidan Campaign

1864

March

Attached to 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps

April

Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps

May 5-7

Battle of the Wilderness

May 8-21

Spotsylvania Court House

May 22-26

North Anna River

May 26-28

On line of the Pamunkey

May 28-31

Totopotomoy

June 1-12

Cold Harbor

June 1-3

Bethesda Church

June 16-18

Before Petersburg

June 16 - November 2

Siege of Petersburg. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps

July 30

Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve)

August 18-21

Weldon Railroad

September 29-October 2

Poplar Springs Church, Peeble's Farm

October 27-28

Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run

November 1

Ordered to New York, thence to Elmira, N.Y. Assigned to Dept. of the East.

1865

March

Ordered to the field

April 4

Arrived City Point, Va. Attached to Provost Guard, Army of the Potomac.

May

At Richmond, Va.