1861 |
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Organized at Madison, Wisconsin under Colonel S. Park Coon, Lt. Colonel Henry W. Peck and Major Duncan McDonald |
June 11 |
Mustered in |
June 20-25 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. Attached to Sherman's Brigade, Tyler's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia |
July 16-21 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. |
July 17 |
Occupation of Fairfax Court House |
July 18 |
Action at Blackburn's Ford |
July 21 |
Battle of Bull Run
Colonel Coon was deemed unsuitable to command the regiment and was appointed to General Sherman's staff during the battle, leaving Lt. Colonel Peck in command of the regiment. |
July 29 - 31 |
Colonel Coon and Lt. Colonel Peck resign. Major McDonald becomes lieutenant colonel and assumes command of the regiment |
July-August |
Duty at Fort Corcoran, Defenses of Washington, D.C. |
August |
Camp at Meridian Hill and duty at Fort Tillinghast and Fort Corcoran, Division of the Potomac. |
August 3 |
Colonel Edgar O'Connor is appointed to command the regiment |
August 9 |
Lieutenant Colonel Duncan resigns |
August 20 |
Lucius Fairchild become lieutenant colonel |
August 28 |
Thomas S. Allen becomes major |
August-October 10 |
Company K assigned to duty as Heavy Artillery at Forts Corcoran, Marcy and Ethan Allen |
September 25 |
Reconnaissance to Lewinsville, Va. |
October |
Attached to King's Brigade, McDowell's Division, Army of the Potomac |
December 9 |
Company K permanently transferred to 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery as Battery A |
December 20 |
New Company K organized |
1862 |
March |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March 10-16 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. |
March 18-April 23 |
Advance to Falmouth |
April |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, King's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock |
April 1 |
Woodstock |
May 25-29 |
McDowell's advance on Richmond |
June 2-11 |
Operations against Jackson attached to 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of Virginia |
July 24-26 |
Reconnaissance to Orange Court House |
August 5-8 |
Expedition to Frederick's Hall Station and Spotsylvania Court House |
August 5-6 |
Thornburg's Mills or Massapona Church |
August 16-September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 21-23 |
Fords of the Rappahannock |
August 21 |
Catlett's Station |
August 28 |
Gainesville
Colonel O'Connor was mortally wounded, and Major Allen hit twice but stayed on the field. |
August 29 |
Battle of Groveton |
August 30 |
Battle of Bull Run |
September 1 |
Battle of Chantilly (Reserve) |
September 6-22 |
Maryland Campaign. Attached to 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
September 8 |
Lt. Colonel Fairchild promoted to colonel and Major Allen to lieutenant colonel |
September 14 |
Battle of South Mountain |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam
Commanded by Colonel Fairchild. Captain Colwell of Company B was killed while commanding the skirmish line. |
September-
October |
At Sharpsburg, Md |
October 30-
November 22 |
Advance to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
1863 |
January 14 |
Lt. Colonel Allen promoted to colonel of the 5th Wisconsin Infantry. Major Stevens was promoted to lieutenant colonel and Captain John Mansfield of Company G promoted to major. |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
February-April |
At Belle Plains |
March 25-29 |
Expedition from Belle Plains into Westmoreland County |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
April 29-May 2 |
Operations at Pollock's Mill Creek |
April 29-30 |
Fitzhugh's Crossing |
May 2-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
May 20-26 |
Operations on Northern Neck |
June |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps |
June 9 |
Brandy Station and Beverly Ford |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Colonel Lucius Fairchild, who was wounded on July 1st, losing his arm but surviving to become Governor of Wisconsin. Lieutenant Colonel Stevens had been killed moments before Fairchild was wounded, so Major John Mansfield briefly took command of the regiment until he, too, was wounded. Captain George H. Otis then took command.
From the monument: "Iron Brigade, July 1st 1863. 2nd Reg. Wis. Vol. Inf., 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps. Position July 2 & 3 on Culp's Hill."
"Effective strength July 1st 1863, 302. Killed 26. Wounded 155. Missing 52. Aggregate 233." |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va. |
August-October |
Duty on line of the Rappahannock and Rapidan |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 19 |
Haymarket |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
1864 |
March |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 5th Army Corps |
May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
May 8 |
Battle of Laurel Hill |
May 8-12 |
Battle of Spotsylvania |
May 11 |
Detached from Brigade and assigned to duty as Provost Guard, 4th Division, 5th Army Corps |
May 12-21 |
Spotsylvania Court House |
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 11 |
Non-Veterans ordered to Madison, Wis. Veterans and Recruits consolidated to a Battalion of two Companies and assigned to duty as Provost Guard at Headquarters, 4th Division, 5th Army Corps |
June 16-18 |
Before Petersburg; Siege of Petersburg begins |
July 2 |
Non-Veterans mustered out at Madison, Wis. |
August 18-21 |
Weldon Railroad. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps |
September |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps |
October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run |
November 30 |
Battalion consolidated with 6th Wisconsin Infantry as Companies G and H |
