Gordon's Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry
Gordon's Cavalry Regiment [also called 4th Regiment] successor to C. A.
Carroll's Cavalry Regiment, was organized in September, 1863. It served in
General Cabell's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and took an active
part in the conflicts at Poison Spring and Marks' Mills where twenty-one
percent of the 117 engaged were disabled. Later it participated in Price's
Missouri Expedition and reported 106 casualties. During the spring of 1865 it
disbanded. The field officers were Colonel Anderson Gordon, and Majors J. A.
Arrington and William H. Fayth.
3rd/5th Consolidated Regiment, Missouri Cavalry
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr.
contains no history for this unit.
6th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
6th Infantry Regiment was ordered from Columbia, South Carolina, to Richmond,
Virginia, on July 10, 1861. The men were from the counties of Fairfield,
Chester, York, Darlington, Lancaster, and Lexington. It was engaged at
Dranesville under J.E.B. Stuart, then was brigaded under Generals R.H.
Anderson, M. Jenkins, and Bratton. The 6th fought with the army from
Williamsburg to Fredericksburg, served with Longstreet at Suffolk, and later
moved with D.H. Hill to North Carolina. Again with Longstreet, it did not
arrive in time to take part in the Battle of Chickamauga but was engaged at
Knoxville. Returning to Virginia, it participated in the conflicts at The
Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor, endured the hardships of the
Petersburg trenches, and saw action around Appomattox. The regiment reported
18 killed and 45 wounded at Dranesville and in April, 1862, contained 550
officers and men. It lost 27 at Williamsburg and fifty-two percent of the 521
at Seven Pines, then sustained 100 casualties at Gaines' Mill and Frayser's
Farm, 115 at Second Manassas, 58 during the Maryland Campaign, and 16 at
Wauhatchie. In 1864 the unit lost 9 killed and 85 wounded during Wilderness
Campaign, and from June 13 to December 31, there were 26 killed, 176 wounded,
and 16 missing. On April 9, 1865, it surrendered 30 officers and 328 men. The
field officers were Colonels John Bratton, John M. Steedman, and Charles S.
Winder; Lieutenant Colonels Andrew J. Secrest and John M. White; and Majors
James L. Coker, Edward C. McLure, and Thomas W. Woodward.
3rd Regiment, Vermont Infantry
Organized at St. Johnsbury and mustered in July 16, 1861. Moved to Washington,
D. C., July 24-26. Attached to W. F. Smith's Brigade, Division of the Potomac,
to October, 1861. Brook's Brigade, Smith's Division, Army of the Potomac, to
March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac,
to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac
and Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Georgetown Heights and at Camp Griffin, defenses of
Washington, till March 10, 1862. Skirmish at Lewinsville September 11, 1861.
Reconnaissance to Lewinsville September 25. Moved to Alexandria March 10,
1862, thence to Fortress Monroe, Va., March 23-24. Action at Young's Mill
April 4. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Lee's Mills April 16. Battle of
Williamsburg May 5. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Garnett's Farm
June 27. Savage Station June 29. White Oak Swamp Bridge June 30. Malvern Hill
July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Moved to Fortress Monroe, thence
to Alexandria August 16-24. Maryland Campaign September-October. Crampton's
Pass September 14. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. At Hagerstown, Md.,
September 26 to October 29. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 19.
Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. Burnside's Second Campaign, "Mud
March," January 20-24, 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6.
Operations at Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2. Maryes Heights,
Fredericksburg , May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4. Banks' Ford May 4. Franklin's
Crossing June 5-13. Battle of Gettysburg , Pa., July 2-4. Funkstown, Md., July
10-13. Ordered to New York City August 14, and duty there till September 13.
Moved to Alexandria, thence to Fairfax Court House September 13-17, and to
Culpeper Court House September 22. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to
the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run
Campaign November 26-December 2. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James
May-June, 1864. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12;
Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient, Spottsylvania
Court House, M ay 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Line of the Pamunkey May
26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June
18-19. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23. Siege of Petersburg till July 9. Moved
to Washington, D. C., July 9-11. Repulse of Early's attack on Fort Stevens
July 11-12. Non-veterans mustered out July 27, 1864. Sheridan's Shenandoah
Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Near Charlestown August 21-22. Opequan
Creek September 1. Gilbert's Ford, Opequan Creek, September 13. Battle of
Opequan , Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of
Cedar Creek October 19. At Strasburg to November 9 and at Kernstown till
December 9. Moved to Petersburg, Va., December 9-12. Siege of Petersburg
December 13, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Fort Fisher, before Petersburg, March 25,
1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg
April 2. Sailor's Creek April 6. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of
Lee and his army. At Farmville and Burkesville Junction till April 23. March
to Danville April 23-27, and duty there till May 18. Moved to Manchester May
18, thence marched to Washington, D. C., May 24-June 2. Corps Review June 8.
Mustered out July 11, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 201 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 164 Enlisted men by disease. Total 371.
4th Regiment, Massachusetts Cavalry
Organized at Readville December 26, 1863, to February 8, 1864. 1st Battalion
formerly Independent Battalion, Massachusetts Cavalry, was assigned as
Companies "I," "K," "L" and "M"
February 12, 1864. Attached to Light Brigade, District of Florida, 10th Corps,
Dept. of the South, to April, 1864. Unattached, Dept. of Virginia and North
Carolina, 10th, 18th and 24th Army Corps, and 25th Army Corps, Dept. of
Virginia and North Carolina, to August, 1865. Dept. of Virginia to November,
1865.
SERVICE.-Expedition from Jacksonville, Fla., to Lake City, Fla., February
7-22, 1864. Battle of Olustee, Fla., February 20. McGrath's Creek, Cedar
Mountain, March 1. Cedar Mountain April 2. Ordered to Bermuda Hundred, Va.,
arriving there May 8. Operations against Fort Darling April 12-16. Bermuda
Hundred May 20-30. Jordan's Crossing and Petersburg June 9. Siege operations
against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. At
Headquarters, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, June 21 to August 15,
1864. At Headquarters, 10th Army Corps, till December, 1864. Demonstration on
north side of the James August 13-20. Strawberry Plains August 14-18.
Flusser's Mills August 18-19. (Co. "M" detached at Ball's Bluff on
outpost duty August 23, 1864, to March, 1865.) Before Petersburg August 24 to
September 28. Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, September 28-30. Ball's
Bluff October 13 (Co. "M"). Fair Oaks October 27-28. Expedition into
Charles City and Henrico Counties November 1-5. Duty before Richmond till
March, 1865. At Headquarters, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, December,
1864, to April, 1865 (Cos. "I," "L" and "M"). At
Headquarters, 24th Army Corps, December, 1864, to April, 1865 (Co.
"K"). Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9, 1865. Fall of Petersburg
April 2. High Bridge, Cumberland Church, April 6-7. Appomattox Court House
April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Duty at Richmond till November --.
2nd Battalion.-(Cos. "A," "B," "C" and
"D.") Sailed from Boston for Hilton Head, S. C., on Steamer
"Western Metropolis" March 20, 1864, arriving April 1. Picket and
outpost duty at Hilton Head till June. Expedition to Ashepoo River May 22-26
(2 Cos.). 2 Companies moved to Jacksonville, Fla., June 6-8, and duty there
till January, 1865, participating in skirmish at Front Creek July 15, 1864.
Raid from Jacksonville upon Baldwin July 23-28. Skirmish at South Fork, Black
Creek, July 24. St. Mary's Trestle July 26. Raid on Florida Railroad August
15-19. Gainesville August 17. Magnolia October 24. Gum Swamp October 24. 2
Companies on duty at Hilton Head, S. C., June to November, 1864. Expedition to
John's Island, S. C., July 2-10. Operations against Battery Pringle July 4-9.
Expedition to Boyd's Neck November 29-30. Battle of Honey Hill November 30.
Expedition to Deveaux's Neck December 1-6. March to Charleston January 15-
February 23, 1865. Potter's Expedition to South Mills, S. C., April 5-25.
Statesburg April 15. Occupation of South Mills April 17. Boykin's Mills April
18. Denkin's Mills April 19. Beech Creek, near Statesburg, April 19. Duty in
the Dept. of the South till mustered out.
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 28 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 128 Enlisted men by disease. Total 162.
21st Regiment, Maine Infantry
Organized at Augusta and mustered in for nine months' service October 14,
1862. Left State for Washington, D. C., October 21. Ordered on reaching
Trenton, N. J., to return to New York, and duty at East New York till January,
1863. Embarked for New Orleans, La., January 9. Companies "A,"
"C," "E," "F," "H" and "K,"
on Steamer "Onward," reach New Orleans January 31, and moved to
Baton Rouge, La., February 3. Balance of Regiment arrive at Baton Rouge
February 11. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of
the Gulf, to July, 1863.
SERVICE.- Operations against Port Hudson March 7-20, 1863. Duty at Baton Rouge
till May. Advance on Port Hudson May 20-24. Action at Plains Store May 21.
Siege of Port Hudson May 24-July 8. Assaults on Port Hudson May 27 and June
14. Surrender of Port Hudson July 8. Ordered home July 24. Mustered out August
25, 1863, expiration of term.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 26 Enlisted men killed and mortally
wounded and 1 Officer and 144 Enlisted men by disease. Total 172.
53rd Regiment, Virginia Infantry
53rd Infantry Regiment was organized in December, 1861, by consolidating
Tomlin's and Montague's Battalions, and Waddill's Infantry Company. Many of
the men were recruited in Halifax, New Kent, Charles City, and Pittsylvania
counties. It was assigned to General Armistead's, Barton's, and Steuart's
Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. The unit was active from Seven Pines to
Gettysburg, served in North Carolina, then fought at Drewry's Bluff and Cold
Harbor. Later it participated in the long Petersburg siege north of the James
River and the Appomattox Campaign. This regiment contained 468 effectives in
June, 1862, lost 31 of the 128 engaged at Malvern Hill, and reported 11
casualties during the Maryland Campaign. Of the 435 who saw action at
Gettysburg more than thirty percent were disabled, and there were 3 killed, 33
wounded, and 3 missing at Drewry's Bluff. Many were captured at Sayler's
Creek, and 6 officers and 74 men surrendered on April 9, 1865. The field
officers were Colonels William R. Aylett, John Grammar, Jr., Carter L.
Stevenson, and Harrison B. Tomlin; Lieutenant Colonels Rawley W. Martin, Edgar
B. Montague, John C. Timberlake, and George M. Waddill; and Majors Henry
Edmundson and William Leigh.
116th Regiment, Ohio Infantry
Organized at Marietta and Gallipolis, Ohio, and mustered in September 18, 1862
(Cos. "F" and "K" mustered in October 28, 1861, and joined
Regiment at Buckhannon, W. Va.). Left State for Parkersburg, W. Va., October
16; thence moved to Clarksburg and Buckhannon. Moved to New Creek November 9,
and to Moorefield December 12. Attached to Railroad Division, West Virginia,
to January, 1863. Romney, W. Va., Defenses of the Upper Potomac, 8th Army
Corps, Middle Department, to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Army
Corps, Middle Department, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, Elliott's Command, 8th
Army Corps, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the
Susquehanna, July, 1863. McReynolds' Command, Martinsburg, W. Va., Dept. of
West Virginia, to December, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, West Virginia, to
April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, West Virginia, to December,
1864. 1st Brigade, Independent Division, 24th Army Corps, Army of the James,
to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Moorefield, W. Va., December 15, 1862, to January 10, 1863.
Moorefield January 3. At Romney till March 17, Near Romney February 16. At
Winchester, Va., till June. Operations in Shenandoah Valley April 20-29. Scout
toward Wardensville and Strasburg April 20. Scout to Strasburg April 25-29.
Bunker Hill June 13 (Cos. "A" and "I"). Battle of
Winchester June 13-15. Retreat to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., June 15-16; thence
to Washington, D. C., July 1-4, and join Army of the Potomac at Frederick,
Md., July 5. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24. Wapping Heights,
Va., July 23. At Martinsburg, W. Va., August 4, 1863, to April 29, 1864.
Skirmish at Hedgesville October 16, 1863 (Detachment). Sigel's Expedition from
Martinsburg to New Market April 29-May 16, 1864. Battle of New Market May 15.
Advance on Staunton May 24-June 6. Piedmont June 5. Occupation of Staunton
June 6. Hunter's raid on Lynchburg June 10-July 1. Lynchburg June 17-18.
Ordered to the Shenandoah Valley July. Battle of Kernstown-Winchester, July
24. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Charlestown
August 21, 22 and 29. Berryville September 3. Battle of Winchester, Opequan
Creek September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Cedar Creek October 13. Battle
of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty at Opequan Crossing November 18 to December
19. Moved to Washington, D. C., December 19; thence to Aiken's Landing, Va.,
Siege of Petersburg and Richmond December 27, 1864, to April 2, 1865.
Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Hatcher's Run March 29-April 1. Fall of
Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Rice's Station April 6.
Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Duty at
Richmond, Va., till June. Mustered out June 14, 1865. Companies "F"
and "K" consolidated with 62nd Ohio Infantry.
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 90 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 88 Enlisted men by disease. Total 185.
62nd Regiment, Ohio Infantry
Organized at Zanesville, McConnellsville and Somerton, Ohio, September 17 to
December 24, 1861. Left State for Cumberland, Md., January 17, 1862, thence
moved to Paw Paw Tunnel February 3. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Landers'
Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Shields' Division,
Banks' 5th Army Corps, and Dept. of the Shenandoah, to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade,
Shields' Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to July, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd
Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September, 1862. Ferry's
Brigade, Division at Suffolk, Va., 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to
January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of North
Carolina, to February, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept.
of the South, to April, 1863, United States forces, Folly Island, S. C., 10th
Army Corps, Dept. of the South, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, Folly Island, S.
C., 10th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Army
Corps, Morris Island, S. C., July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Morris Island, S. C.,
10th Army Corps, to October, 1863. Howell's Brigade, Gordon's Division, Folly
Island, S. C., 10th Army Corps, to December, 1863. District Hilton Head, S.
C., 10th Army Corps, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army
Corps, Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to December,
1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 24th Army Corps, to September, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Paw Paw Tunnel and Great Cacapon Creek till March 10, 1862.
Advance on Winchester, Va., March 10-15. Reconnaissance to Strasburg March
18-21. Battle of Winchester March 22-23. Mt. Jackson March 25. Strasburg March
27. Woodstock April 1. Edenburg April 2. Expedition to Harrisonburg May 2-4.
March to Fredericksburg, Va., May 12-22. Great Cross Roads May 11. March to
Front Royal May 25-30. Port Republic June 5. Battle of Port Republic June 9
(cover retreat). Ordered to the Peninsula, Va., June 29. Harrison Landing July
3-4. At Harrison Landing till August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe August
16-23, thence moved to Suffolk, Va., and duty there till December 31. Action
on the Blackwater October 25. Expedition from Suffolk December 1-3. Action
near Franklin on Blackwater December 2. Zuni December 12. Moved to Norfolk,
Va., December 31, thence to Beaufort and New Berne, N. C., January 4, 1863.
Moved to Port Royal, S. C., January 25. At St. Helena Island, S. C., till
April. Occupation of Folly Island, S. C., April 3 to July 10. Skirmish at
Folly Island April 7. Attack on Morris Island, S. C., July 10. Assaults on
Fort Wagner, Morris Island, July 11 and 18. Siege operations against Fort
Wagner, Morris Island, and against Fort Sumter and Charleston, July
10-September 7. Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg, Morris Island, September 7.
Operations against Charleston till October 31. Moved to Hilton Head, S. C.,
November 7, and duty there till April, 1864. Regiment re-enlisted January 3,
1864. Moved to Yorktown, Va., April. Butler's operations on south side of the
James River against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-28. Capture of Bermuda
Hundred and City Point May 5. Swift Creek May 9-10. Operations against Fort
Darling May 12-16. Battle of Drury's Bluff May 14-16. Bermuda Hundred front
May 16-30. Ware Bottom Church May 20. Port Walthal and on the Bermuda Hundred
front June 16-17. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16,
1864, to April 2, 1865. Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom,
August 13-20, 1864. Strawberry Plains August 14-18. New Market Heights,
Chaffin's Farm, September 29-October 1. Darbytown Road October 7 and 13.
Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28. Duty in trenches north of the James before
Richmond Hill March, 1865. Moved to Hatcher's Run March 27-28. Appomattox
Campaign March 28-April 9. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April
3-9. Rice's Station April 6. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee
and his army. Garrison and guard duty in District of South Anna, Dept. of
Virginia, till September. Consolidated with 67th Ohio Infantry September 1,
1865. Mustered out December 7, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 11 Officers and 102 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 129 Enlisted men by disease. Total 244.
1st Battalion, Maine Infantry
Organized at Augusta and Portland February and March, 1865, from 21st, 24th,
25th and 26th Unassigned Companies of Infantry. Ordered to Summit Point, Va.
Attached to 2nd Brigade, Dwight's Division, Army of the Shenandoah to May,
1865. 2nd Brigade, Dwight's Division, Dept. of , to June, 1865. Dwight's
Division, Dept. of the South, to July, 1865. 4th Sub-District, District of
South Carolina, Dept. of the South, to August, 1865. 3rd Sub-District, Dept.
of the South, to April, 1866.
SERVICE.-Moved from the Shenandoah Valley to Washington, D. C., May 1, 1865,
and duty there till June 1. Moved to Savannah, Ga., June 1, thence to
Georgetown, S. C., June 15. To Florence, S. C., July 6-9. Duty in Eastern
South Carolina till August 19. At Charleston till August 29, and in 3rd
Sub-District, Western South Carolina, till April, 1866. Mustered out April 5,
1866.
Lost by disease during service 40.
15th Regiment, New York Cavalry
Organized at Syracuse, N. Y., and mustered in as follows: Companies
"A," "B," "C" August 8; "D,"
"F," "G," August 26; "E" August 15;
"H" September 5; "K" October 15; "I" November
30, 1863; "L" January 20, and "M" January 24, 1864. Left
State for Washington, D. C. Companies "A" to "G"
September, 1863. "H" and "K" October, 1863. "I"
November, 1863, and "L" and "M" January, 1864. Attached to
22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, D. C., to January, 1864. Cavalry
Brigade, 1st Division. Army of West Virginia, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st
Cavalry Division, Army of West Virginia, to August, 1864. Remount Camp
Cumberland, Md., to October, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps,
Army of the Shenandoah, and Army of the Potomac to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Camp Stoneman, Defenses of Washington, till January, 1864.
Action at Hillsboro, Va., January 22. Operations in Hampshire and Hardy
Counties, West Virginia, January 27-February 7. Upperville February 20.
Expedition to Petersburg and destruction of Salt Works near Franklin, West
Va., February 29-March 5. Sigel's Expedition from Martinsburg to New Market
April 30-May 16. Moorefield May 12. Luray Gap, Mt. Jackson, and near New
Market May 13. New Market May 14-15. Front Royal May 22. Newtown May 25.
Hunter's Raid to Lynchburg, Va., May 26-July 1. Woodstock May 27. Newtown May
29-30. Mt. Jackson June 4. Piedmont June 5. Occupation of Staunton June 6.
Waynesboro June 10. Lexington June 11. New London June 16. Diamond Hills June
17. Lynchburg June 17-18. Liberty June 19-20. Catawba Mountains and Salem June
21. Newtown June 28. Bunker Hill July 2. Bolivar Heights July 2. Leetown and
Martinsburg July 3. Near Hillsboro July 15-16. Snicker's Ferry July 17-18.
Ashby's Gap and Berry's Ford July 19. Near Kernstown July 23. Kernstown,
Winchester, July 24. Bunker Hill and Martinsburg July 25. Strasburg August 11.
Near Charlestown August 21-22. Ordered to Cumberland, Md., August 24, and duty
at Remount Camp till October. Green Springs Run November 1 (Detachment).
Expedition to Lacy Springs December 19-21. Lacy Springs December 21. Near
Harrisonburg December 31. Sheridan's Raid from Winchester February 27-March
25, 1865. Waynesboro March 2. Occupation of Staunton March 2. Charlottesville
March 3. Ashland March 15. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Dinwiddie
Court House March 30-31. Five Forks April 1. Fall of Petersburg April 2.
Namozine Church April 3. Jettersville April 4. Sailor's Creek April 6.
Appomattox Station April 8. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee
and his army. Expedition to Danville April 23-29. March to Washington, D. C.,
May. Grand Review May 23. Consolidated with 6th New York Cavalry June 17,
1865, to form 2nd Regiment Provisional Cavalry.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 35 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 126 Enlisted men by disease. Total 168.
1st Regiment, Connecticut Heavy Artillery
Organized at Washington, D. C., from 4th Conn. Infantry, January 2, 1862.
Attached to Military District of Washington to April, 1862. Siege artillery,
Army Potomac, to May, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army
Potomac, to July, 1862. Siege artillery, Army Potomac, to August, 1862.
Artillery defenses Alexandria Military District of Washington, to February,
1863. Artillery defenses of Alexandria, 22nd Army Corps, to April, 1863. 2nd
Brigade, DeRussy's Division, defenses south of the Potomac, 22nd Army Corps,
to May, 1863. 3rd Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Corps, to December, 1863.
2nd Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to March, 1864. 4th Brigade,
DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to May, 1864. (Cos. "B" and
"M" attached to Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac, October, 1862, to
January, 1864.) Point of Rocks, Va., Dept., of Virginia and North Carolina to
June, 1864. Siege artillery, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina in the
field, and siege artillery, Army Potomac, to May, 1865; Siege artillery, Dept.
of Virginia, to July, 1865. 4th Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd Army Corps,
Dept. of Washington, to August, 1865. 3rd Brigade, Dept. of Washington, to
September, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Fort Richardson, defenses of Washington, D. C., till April,
1862. Ordered to the Peninsula, Va., in charge of siege train Army Potomac,
April 2. Siege of Yorktown April 12-May 4. Battle of Hanover C. H. May 27.
Operations about Hanover May 27-29. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1.
Gaines' Mill June 27. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August
15. Moved to Alexandria, Va., August 16-27. Duty in the defenses of
Washington, D. C., till May, 1864, as garrison at Fort Richardson. Cos.
"B" and "M" detached with Army Potomac, participating in
battle of Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 12-15. Chancellorsville Campaign April
27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Stafford Heights June 12. Battle
of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line
of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Brandy Station November 8. Mine Run Campaign
November 26-December 2. Rejoined regiment in defenses of Washington January,
1864. Regiment ordered to Bermuda Hundred, Va., May 13, 1864. Engaged in
fatigue duty and as garrison for batteries and forts on the Bermuda front and
lines before Petersburg during siege operations against Petersburg and
Richmond, May, 1864, to April, 1865. Occupy Fort Converse, Redoubt Dutton,
Batteries Spofford, Anderson, Pruyn and Perry on the Bermuda front, and Forts
Rice, Morton, Sedgewick and McGilvrey, and Batteries 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11,
12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, Burpee, Drake and Sawyer, on the Petersburg front, and
at Dutch Gap, north of the James River. Assaults on Fort Dutton June 2 and 21,
1864 (Co. "L"). Attacks on the lines May 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 27, 30,
31, June 1, 2, 5, 9, 18, 20 and 23. Mine explosion July 30, August 25,
November 17, 18 and 28, 1864. Repulse of rebel fleet at Fort Brady on James
River January 23-24, 1865. Expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C., January 3-15,
1865 (Cos. "B," "G," "L"). Capture of Fort
Fisher January 15 (Cos. "B," "G," "L"). Assaults
on and fall of Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865. Duty in the Dept. of Va. till
July 11. Moved to Washington, D.C. and duty in the defenses of that city till
September. Mustered out September 25, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 49 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 172 Enlisted men by disease. Total 227.
10th Regiment, Rhode Island Infantry
Organized at Providence May 26, 1862. Moved to Washington, D. C., May 27-29.
Attached to Sturgis' Command, Military District of Washington. Duty at Camp
Frieze, Tennallytown, till June 26. Assigned to garrison duty in the Defenses
of Washington. Company "A" at Fort Franklin, "B" and
"K" at Fort Pennsylvania, "C" at Fort Cameron,
"D" at Fort Debussy. "E" and "I" at Fort
Alexander, "F" at Fort Ripley, "G" at Fort Gaines,
"H" at Battery Vermond and Battery Martin Scott and "L"
near Fort Pennsylvania. Left for home August 25. Mustered out September 1,
1862.
Regiment lost 3 by disease.
194th Regiment, New York Infantry
Failed to complete organization.
186th Regiment, New York Infantry
Organized at Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., and mustered in by Companies as follows:
Companies "A" and "B," September 5, 1864; Companies
"C" and "D," September 7, 1864; Companies "E"
and "F," September 8, 1864; Company "H," September 10,
1864; Company "I," September 21, 1864, and Company "K,"
September 29, 1864. (Co. "G" mustered in at Hart's Island, N. Y.,
September 26, 1864.) Left State for Petersburg, Va., September 28, 1864.
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to
June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Siege of Petersburg, Va., October 1, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Boydton
Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28, 1864. Fort Stedman, Petersburg,
March 25, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9, 1865. Assault on and
fall of Petersburg April 2. Occupation of Petersburg April 3. Moved to
Washington, D. C., April 20-27, and duty at Alexandria, Va., till June. Grand
Review May 23. Mustered out June 2, 1865. Recruits transferred to 79th New
York Infantry.
Regiment lost during service 48 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1
Officer and 39 Enlisted men by disease. Total 88.
Jeff Davis Legion, Mississippi Cavalry
Jeff. Davis Cavalry Legion was organized in January, 1862, using the 2nd
Mississippi Cavalry Battalion as its nucleus. At that time the unit contained
two Alabama, one Georgia, and three Mississippi companies. On July 11, 1864,
the 4th Alabama Cavalry and Company D of Mullen's Georgia Cavalry were
assigned to the legion. However, by the end of July the 4th Alabama Battalion
was transferred to the Phillips Georgia Cavalry Legion. The unit served under
Generals Hampton, Butler, and P.M.B. Young.
The unit participated in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from
Williamsburg to Cold Harbor, then was active north and south of the James
River. In April, 1862, it contained 171 effectives. It lost 4 wounded at
Brandy Station, and had 4 killed and 10 wounded of the 246 at Gettysburg. En
route from Pennsylvania, it had 2 killed and 12 wounded, and 3 were wounded
during the Bristoe Campaign. In 1865 the unit was assigned to General Logan's
Brigade and surrendered with the Army of Tennessee. Its field officers were
Colonel William T. Martin, Lieutenant Colonels William G. Conner and J. Fred.
Waring, and Major Ivey F. Lewis and W.M. Stone.
53rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry
Organized at Harrisburg October, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C.,
November 7. Attached to French's Brigade, Sumner's Division, Army Potomac, to
March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army Potomac, to
April, 1863. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty in the Defenses of Washington and Alexandria till March, 1862.
Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15. Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula.
Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Duty near Yorktown till June 12. Construction
of Grape Vine Bridge over the Chickahominy May 28-30. Battle of Fair Oaks
(Seven Pines) May 31-June 1. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Gaines
Mill June 27. Peach Orchard and Savage Station June 29. White Oak Swamp Bridge
and Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. Turkey Bend July 2. At Harrison's
Landing till August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Alexandria and
Centreville August 16-30. Assist in checking Pope's rout at Bull Run August
30, and cover retreat to Fairfax C. H. August 31-September 1. Maryland
Campaign September 6-24. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Duty at Bolivar
Heights September 22-October 29. Reconnaissance to Charlestown October 16-17.
Movement up Loudoun Valley and to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 17.
Snicker's Gap November 2. Manassas November 5-6. Battle of Fredericksburg
December 12-15. Duty at Falmouth till April, 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign
April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign
June 13-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Funkstown, Md., July
12-13. Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan Sept ember 13-17. Bristoe
Campaign October 9-22. Auburn and Bristoe October 14. Advance to line of the
Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Payne's
Farm November 27. Mine Run November 28-30. New Hope Church November 29.
Regiment re-enlisted December 27, 1863. Duty near Stevensburg till April,
1864. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June
12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania C. H. May 8-21; Po River
May 10. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of
the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before
Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.
Weldon Railroad June 22-23, 1864. Demonstration north of the James at Deep
Bottom July 27-29 and August 13-20. Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August
14-18. Ream's Station August 25. Reconnaissance to Hatcher's Run December
9-10. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Watkins' House,
Petersburg, March 25. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Boydton Plank
Road, Hatcher's Run, March 31. White Oak Road March 31. Fall of Petersburg
April 2. Sutherland Station April 2. Sailor's Creek April 6. High Bridge,
Farmville, April 7. Appomattox C. H. April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army.
March to Washington, D. C., May 2-12. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out June
30, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 195 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 193 Enlisted men by disease. Total 394.
6th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry
6th Cavalry Regiment completed its organization in November, 1861, at
Manassas, Virginia. Men of this unit were raised in Loudoun, Rappahannock,
Clarke, Rockingham, Pittsylvania, Fairfax, Halifax, Fauquier, and Orange
counties. The unit served in Robertson's, W.E. Jones', Lomax's, and Payne's
Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. It fought in Jackson's Valley Campaign and
in the conflicts at Second Manassas, Brandy Station, Upperville, Fairfield,
Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, Todd's Tavern, Spotsylvania, Haw's Shop,
and Cold Harbor. The regiment went on to take part in Early's Shenandoah
Valley operations and the Appomattox Campaign. Only 3 men surrendered on April
9, 1865, as most of the cavalry cut through the Federal lines and later
disbanded. The field officers were Colonels Charles W. Field, Thomas S.
Flourney, John S. Green, and Julien Harrison; Lieutenant Colonels J. Grattan
Cabell and Daniel T. Richards; and Majors Cabell E. Flournoy and Daniel A.
Grimsley.
2nd Regiment, Vermont Infantry
Organized at Burlington and mustered in June 20, 1861. Left State for
Washington, D. C., June 24. Attached to Howard's Brigade, Heintzelman's
Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia, to August, 1861. W. F.
Smith's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October. 1861. Brook's Brigade,
Smith's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd
Division. 4th Army Corps. Army of the Potomac, to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd
Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, and Army of the Shenandoah,
Middle Military Division, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21, 1861. Battle of Bull Run , Va.,
July 21. Scout to Great Falls August 20-25. Skirmish near Lewinsville
September 11 (Cos. "A" and "F."). Reconnaissance to
Lewinsville September 25 (Cos. "A" and "F"). Expedition to
Munson's Hill September 28. Reconnaissance to Vienna October 17.
Reconnaissance to Peacock Hill November 9. Duty in the Defenses of Washington
till March, 1862. Moved to Alexandria March 10, thence to the Virginia
Peninsula March 23-24. Young's Mill April 4. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4.
Lee's Mills April 16. Reconnaissance to Warwick River April 30. Battle of
Williamsburg May 5. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Garnett's Farm
June 27. Savage Station June 29. White Oak Swamp Bridge June 30. Malvern Hill
July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe,
thence to Alexandria August 16-24. Maryland Campaign September-October.
Crampton's Pass , Md., September 14. Battle of Antietam , Md., September
16-17. At Hagerstown September 26-October 29. Movement to Falmouth, Va.,
October 29-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg , Va., December 12-15.
Burnside's Second Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863.
Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Franklin's Crossing
April 29-May 2. Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4.
Banks' Ford May 4. Franklin's Crossing June 5-13. Battle of Gettysburg , Pa.,
July 2-4. Funkstown, Md., July 10-13. Ordered to New York City August 14. Duty
there and at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., till September 13. Moved to Alexandria,
thence to Fairfax Court House, Va., September 13-17, and to Culpeper Court
House September 22. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to the Rappahannock
November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November
26-December 2. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May-June, 1864. Battles
of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania Court House May 8-12; Spottsylvania
Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient at Spottsylvania May 12. North
Anna River May 23-26. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31.
Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 18-19. Jerusalem Plank Road June
22-28. Moved to Washington, D. C., July 9-11. Repulse of Early's attack on
Fort Stevens July 11-12. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August
7-November 28. Charlestown August 21-22. Gilbert's Ford, Opequan River,
September 18. Battle of Opequan , Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill
September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. At Strasburg till November 9
and at Kernstown till December 9. Moved to Petersburg December 9-12. Siege of
Petersburg December 12, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Dabney's Mills February 5-7,
1865. Fort Fisher, before Petersburg, March 25. Appomattox Campaign March
28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Sailor's Creek April 6.
Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. At Farmville
and Burkesville Junction till April 23. March to Danville April 23-27, and
duty there till May 18. At Manchester till May 24. March to Washington May
24-June 3. Corps Review June 8. Non-veterans mustered out June 29, 1864.
Regiment mustered out July 15, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 218 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 175 Enlisted men by disease. Total 399.
9th Regiment, Illinois Cavalry
Organized at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ills., and mustered in November 30, 1861.
Moved from Chicago to Benton Barracks, Mo., thence to Pilot Knob and to
Reeve's Station on Big Black, February 16-27, 1862. Attached to Steele's
Division, District of Southeast Missouri, to May, 1862. Unattached Cavalry
Curtis' Army of Southwest Missouri, to July, 1862. District of Eastern
Arkansas, Department of Missouri, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd
(Cavalry) Division, District Eastern Arkansas, Department of the Tennessee to
January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of
the Tennessee, to April, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, 16th Army
Corps, Department Tennessee to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division,
16th Army Corps to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, 16th Army
Corps to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, 16th Army Corps to
June, 1864. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, District West Tennessee, July,
1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, District of West Tennessee to
November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 5th Division Cavalry Corps, Military Division
Mississippi to July, 1865. District of Alabama to October, 1865.
SERVICE.-Moved to Jacksonport, Ark., March, 1862, and duty there till June.
Action at Cotton Plant May 14. Village Creek May 21. Reconnaissance from
Jacksonport toward Augusta and Des Arc May 26-29. Cache River Bridge May 28.
Galloway Farm, near Jacksonport, June 2. Waddell's Farm, Village Creek, June 2
(Cos. "A," "C," "K," "M"). Near
Jacksonport June 12 (Detachment). Reconnaissance toward Augusta June 23 (Co.
"F"). March to Helena, Ark., June 26-July 14. Stewart's Plantation,
Village Creek, June 27. Duty at Helena till April, 1863. Expedition from
Helena to Moro November 5-8, 1862 (Detachment). Clarendon August 13. Marianna
November 7. Lagrange November 8. Expedition from Helena to Grenada, Miss.,
November 27-December 5. Yocknapatalfa, near Mitchell's Cross Roads, Miss.,
December 1. Oakland December 3. Expedition to Duvall's Bluff January 9-16,
1863. Moved to Memphis, thence to Germantown, Tenn., April 4-11. Expedition
from Lagrange to Senatobia, Miss., May 21-26. Senatobia May 23 and 25.
Operations in Northwest Mississippi June 15-25. Near Holly Springs, Miss.,
June 16-17. Jackson, Tenn., July 13. Scout from Germantown July 16-20.
Coldwater July 28. Expedition from Memphis to Grenada, Miss., August 12-23.
Grenada August 17. Expedition from LaGrange to Toon's Station September 11-16.
Montezuma September 16. Operations in North Mississippi and West Tennessee
against Chalmers October 4-17. Lockhart's Mills October 6. Salem October 8.
Ingraham's Mills, near Byhalia, October 12. Wyatt's, Tallahatchie River,
October 13. Operations on Memphis and Charleston R. R. November 3-5.
Colliersville November 3. Moscow November 5. Operations on Memphis and
Charleston R. R. against Lee's attack November 28-December 10. Saulsbury
December 3. Wolf Bridge, near Moscow, December 3-4. Scout from Colliersville
December 4. Near Colliersville December 13 (Detachment). Near Moscow December
27. Colliersville December 27-28. Oak Ridge January 16, 1864. Smith's
Expedition from Colliersville to Okolona, Miss., February 11-26. Near Okolona
February 18. Aberdeen February 18. New Albany February 18. West Point and New
Albany February 20. Okolona February 21. Ivey's Hill, near Okolona, February
22. Regiment veteranized March 16, 1864, and Veterans on furlough till April
27. Sturgis' Expedition into Mississippi June 1-13 (Detachment). Brice's, or
Tishamingo Creek, near Guntown, June 10. Ripley June 11. Smith's Expedition to
Tupelo July 5-21. About Pontotoc July 11. Camargo's Cross Roads, Harrisburg,
July 13. Tupelo July 14-15. Old Town Creek July 15. Smith's Expedition to
Oxford, Miss., August 1-30. Tallahatchie River August 7-9. Hurricane Creek and
Oxford August 9. Hurricane Creek August 13-14 and 19. Operations in West
Tennessee and Alabama against Hood, and Nashville (Tenn.) Campaign November
December. Expedition from Memphis to Moscow November 9-13. Shoal Creek
November 11. On line of Shoal Creek November 16-20. Lawrenceburg November 22.
Campbellsvllle November 24. Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Mt. Carmel
November 28. Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit
of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Brentwood and West Harpeth
River December 17. Spring Hill December 18. Franklin Pike, Curtis Creek and
Rutherford Creek December 19. Columbia December 20. Lynnville and Richland
Creek December 24. Anthony's Gap, near Pulaski, December 25. Expedition from
Eastport to Russellsville, Ala., February 19-28, 1865. Tuscumbia February 20.
Duty at Huntsville and Florence, Ala., Eastport, Miss., and Gravelly Springs,
Ala., till June. Moved to Iuka, Miss., June 23, thence to Decatur, Ala., July
4. To Montgomery and Selma, Ala., thence to Gainesville August 20. Duty in
District of Montgomery, Ala., till October. Mustered out at Selma, Ala.,
October 31, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 45 Enlisted men killed and mortally
wounded and 6 Officers and 241 Enlisted men by disease. Total 293.
3rd Regiment Light Artillery
Originally organized as Company "I," 75th New York Infantry.
Transferred to 3rd Light Artillery January 24, 1862. Joined Regiment at
Washington, D.C., February 22, 1862. Attached to Defenses of Washington to
March, 1862. Unattached, Dept. of North Carolina, to December, 1862. Artillery
Brigade, Dept. of North Carolina, to January, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 18th
Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to May, 1863. Defenses of New Berne, N.
C., to October, 1863. Heckman's Command, Newport News, Va., to December, 1863.
U.S. Forces, Portsmouth, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to April,
1864. 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, Army of the James, to May, 1864. 3rd
Division, 18th Army Corps, to June, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 18th Army Corps,
to December, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 24th Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., until March, 1862. Sailed
for New Berne, N. C., March 27, arriving there April 2. Duty at New Berne
until October, 1863. Moved to Newport News, Va., October 16-18. Duty there and
in the Defenses of Portsmouth, Va., until May, 1864. Butler's operations on
south side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-28.
Capture of Fort Powhatan, James River, May 5. Fort Clifton May 9. Harrison's
Church May 11. Harrison's Plantation May 15. Bermuda Hundred May 16. Spring
Hill May 18. Fort Powhatan May 21. Wilson's Wharf Landing May 24. Before
Petersburg June 15-18. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June
16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, September
28-30, 1864. At Battery Anderson, Bermuda Hundred front, to December, and at
Spring Hill to April, 1865. Fall of Petersburg and Richmond April 2-3, 1865.
Duty at Richmond until June. Mustered out at Richmond. Va.. June 26, 1865.
96th Regiment, United States Colored
Infantry
Organized April 4, 1864, from 2nd Corps de Afrique Engineers. Attached to a
Provisional Brigade, 13th Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to June, 1864. Engineer
Brigade, Dept. of the Gulf, to October, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division,
United States Colored Troops, Dept. of the Gulf, to November, 1864. United
States Forces, Mobile Bay, Dept. of the Gulf, to December, 1864. District of
Southern Alabama, Dept. of the Gulf, to March, 1865. Engineer Brigade, 13th
Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to June, 1865. Unassigned, Dept. of
the Gulf, to January, 1866.
SERVICE.- Garrison at Fort Esperanza and engineer duty on Matagorda Peninsula,
Texas, till May, 1864. Ordered to New Orleans, La., May 27; thence to Port
Hudson, La., and duty there till July 27. Moved to New Orleans, thence to
Mobile Bay, Ala. Siege operations against Fort Gaines and Morgan August 2-23.
Duty at Mobile Point till November. At East Pascagoula till February, 1865.
Campaign against Mobile and its Defenses February to April. Siege of Spanish
Fort and Fort Blakely March 17-April 9. Duty on the Fortifications at Mobile
and at various points in the Dept. of the Gulf till January, 1866. Mustered
out January 29, 1866.
1st Regiment, Michigan Infantry
Organized at Detroit, Mich., and mustered in September 16, 1861. Left State
for Washington, D. C., September 16. Attached to 1st Brigade, Hooker's
Division, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1862. Railroad Brigade, Army of
the Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army
of the Potomac, to March, 1862. Camp Hamilton, Va., Dept. of Virginia, to May,
1862. Robinson's Brigade, Dept. of Virginia, to June, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st
Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1864. 3rd Brigade,
1st Division, 5th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Bladensburg, Md., October, 1861, and at Annapolis Junction
guarding Washington & Baltimore Railroad till March, 1862. Duty at Camp
Hamilton, Fortress Monroe, Va., to June. Ordered to join Army of the Potomac
in the field. Seven days before Richmond, Va., June 25-July 1. Battles of
Mechanicsville June 26; Gaines' Mill June 27; Peach Orchard and Savage Station
June 29; Glendale and Turkey Bridge June 30; Malvern Hill July 1. At
Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to
Centreville, Va., August 16-27. Gainesville August 28. Battle of Bull Run
August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Antietam, Md.,
September 16-17. Shepherdstown Ford September 19. Shepherdstown September 20.
Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg,
Va., December 12-15. Expedition from Potomac Creek to Richards and Ellis
Fords, Rappahannock River, December 29-30. "Mud March" January
20-24, 1863. At Falmouth till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May
6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July
24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap July 5-24.
At Warrenton and Beverly Ford July 27 to September 17. Provost duty at
Culpeper till October 11. Bristoe Campaign October 11-22. Advance to line of
the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run
Campaign November 26-December 2. Duty near Culpeper till May, 1864. Campaign
from the Rapidan to the James River May 4-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness
May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House
May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Jericho
Mills May 23. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church
June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to
April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864 (Reserve). Six-Mile
House, Weldon Railroad, August 18-21. Poplar Springs Church September
29-October 2. Boydton Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Warren's Expedition
to Weldon Railroad December 7-12. Danby's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7,
1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Junction, Quaker and Boydton Roads
March 29. Lewis' Farm, near Gravelly Run , March 29. White Oak Road March
30-31. Five Forks April 1. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April
3-9. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Duty at
City Point, Va., till May 16. Moved to Alexandria May 16-18. Grand Review May
23. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., June 16, and mustered out July 9, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 15 Officers and 172 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 149 Enlisted men by disease. Total 337.
2nd Regiment, Connecticut Infantry
Organized at New Haven May 7, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., May 19.
Attached to Mansfield's command, Dept. of Washington, to June, 1861. Key's 1st
Brigade, Tyler's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeastern Virginia to August,
1861.
SERVICE.-At Camp Corcoran, defenses of Washington, D. C., till June 1. Advance
to Vienna and Falls Church, Va., June 1-3, and picket duty there till July 16.
Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21. Occupation of Fairfax C.H. July 17.
Battle of Bull Run July 21. Mustered out August 7, 1861
13th Regiment, Connecticut Infantry
Organized at New Haven November 25, 1861, to January 7, 1862. Left State for
Ship Island, Miss., March 17, 1862, arriving there April 13. Attached to 1st
Brigade, Department of the Gulf, to September, 1862. Weitzel's Reserve
Brigade, Dept. Gulf, to December, 1862. Grover's Division, Dept. of the Gulf,
to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the
Gulf, January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 19th Corps, to March, 1863.
3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 19th Corps, to August, 1863. 1st Brigade, 4th
Division, 19th Corps, to February, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th
Corps, Dept. Gulf, to July, 1864, and Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military
Division, to January, 1865. District of Savannah, Ga., Dept. of the South, to
March, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Dept. of North
Carolina, to April, 1865. District of Georgia, Dept. of the South, to April,
1866.
SERVICE.-Operations against Forts St. Phillip and Jackson, Mississippi River,
April 15-28, 1862. Occupation of New Orleans, La., May 1. Duty at Camp Parapet
and Carrollton till October. Expedition to Pass Manchac and Ponchatoula
September 13-15 (Detachment). Ponchatoula September 14-15. Operations in
District of La Fourche October 24-November 6. Occupation of Donaldsonville
October 25. Action at Georgia Landing, near Labadieville, October 27.
Thibodeauxville October 28. Duty at Thibodeauxville till December 27. Moved to
Baton Rouge December 27, and duty there till March, 1868. Operations against
Port Hudson March 7-27. Moved to Donaldsonville March 28. Operations in
Western Louisiana April 9-May 14. Teche Campaign April 11-20. Porter's and
McWilllams' Plantations at Indian Bend, April 13. Irish Bend April 14. Bayou
Vermillion April 17. Expedition to Alexandria and Simsport May 5-18.
Expedition from Barre's Landing toward Brashear City May 21-26. Siege of Port
Hudson May 26-July 9. Assaults on Port Hudson May 27 and June 14. Brashear
City June 21 (Detachment). Surrender of Port Hudson July 9. Moved to
Donaldsonville July 11, thence to Thibodeauxville and duty there till March,
1864. Red River Campaign March 25-May 22. Monett's Bluff, Cane River Crossing
April 28. Construction of dam at Alexandria April 30-May 10. Retreat to
Morganza May 13-20. Mansura May 16. Duty at Morganza till July 3. Veterans on
furlough July and August. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to
December. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September
22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty at Kernstown and Winchester till
January, 1865. Moved to Savannah, Ga., January 5-22, and duty there till March
8. At Morehead City and New Berne, N. C., till May. Duty at Savannah, Augusta,
Athens, Gainesville and District of Allatoona, Ga., till April, 1866. Mustered
out at Fort Pulaski, Ga., April 25, 1866.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 42 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 157 Enlisted men by disease. Total 204.
73rd Regiment, United States Colored
Infantry
Organized April 4, 1864, from 1st Corps de Afrique Infantry. Attached to 1st
Brigade, 1st Division, Corps de Afrique, Dept. of the Gulf, to March, 1865.
1st Brigade, 1st Division, United States Colored Troops, District of West
Florida, to May, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, United States Colored
Troops, District of West Florida, to June, 1865. Dept. of the Gulf to
September, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Port Hudson, La., till March, 1864. Red River Campaign March
10-May 22. Advance from Franklin to Alexandria March 14-26. Retreat from
Alexandria to Morganza May 13-20. Mansura May 16. Near Moreauville and Yellow
Bayou May 17. Yellow Bayou May 18. Near Morganza May 24. Duty at Port Hudson
till July, and at Morganza till February, 1865. Moved to Algiers, La.,
February 26; thence to Barrancas, Fla. March from Pensacola, Fla., to Blakely,
Ala., March 20-April 1. Siege of Fort Blakely April 1-9. Assault and capture
of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery
April 13-25. Detached as guard to transports April 28, and return to Mobile.
Duty there till June. Moved to New Orleans, La., June 10; thence to
Greenville, La. Duty there and in Dept. of the Gulf till September,
Consolidated with 96th United States Colored Troops September 27, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 42 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 173 Enlisted men by disease. Total 220.
28th Regiment, Iowa Infantry
Organized at Iowa City and mustered in October 10, 1862. Ordered to Helena,
Ark., arriving there November 20, 1862. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division,
District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of Missouri, to December, 1862. 2nd
Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of the Tennessee,
to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 12th Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the
Tennessee, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 13th Corps, Dept. of the
Tennessee, to August, 1863, and Dept. of the Gulf to June, 1864. District of
LaFourche, Dept. of the Gulf, to July, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th
Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to August, 1864. 4th Brigade, 2nd Division,
19th Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to December,
1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Corps, to January, 1865. 2nd Brigade,
Grover's Division, District of Savannah, Ga., Dept. of the South, to March,
1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Army of Ohio, to April,
1865. District of Savannah, Dept. of the South, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Hovey's Expedition from Helena, Ark., to Grenada, Miss., November
27-December 5, 1862. Gorman's Expedition up White River January 13-19, 1863.
Expedition from Helena to Yazoo Pass by Moon Lake, Yazoo Pass and Coldwater
and Tallahatchie Rivers February 14-April 5. Operations against Fort Pemberton
and Greenwood March 13-April 5. Expedition to St. Francis River April 5-11.
Moved to Milliken's Bend, La., April 11-13. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning
Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1. Bayou Pierrie May 2-3.
Fourteen-Mile Creek May 12-13. Battle of Champion's Hill May 16. Big Black
River May 17. Siege of Vicksburg , Miss., May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg
May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Siege of Jackson July
10-17. Ordered to New Orleans, La., August 2. At Carrollton and Brashear City
till October. Western Louisiana Campaign October 3-November 30.
Vermillionville, Carrion Crow Bayou, November 3. At New Iberia till December
17. Moved to New Orleans December 17, thence to Madisonville January 7, 1864,
and duty there till March. Red River Campaign March 14-May 22. Advance from
Franklin to Alexandria March 14-26. Battle of Mansfield April 8. Pleasant Hill
April 9. Monett's Ferry April 23-24. At Alexandria April 26-May 13. Graham's
Plantation May 5. Retreat to Morganaza May 13-20. Mansura May 16. Expedition
from Morganza to the Atchafalaya May 30-June 6. Moved to Fortress Monroe,
thence to Washington, D. C., July. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign
August 7-November 28. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's
Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah
Valley till January, 1865. Moved to Baltimore, Md.; thence to Savannah, Ga.,
January 6-20. Moved to Hilton Head, S. C., March 4; to Wilmington, N. C.,
March 6; to Morehead City and New Berne March 8-10; to Morehoad City March 12;
to Goldsboro April 9, and to Savannah, Ga., May 1-4. Duty in Georgia and South
Carolina till July. Mustered out July 31, 1865.
Regiment lost while in service 6 Officers and 76 En- listed men killed and
mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 186 Enlisted men by disease. Total 271.
169th Regiment, Ohio Infantry (National
Guard)
Organized at Camp Taylor, Cleveland, Ohio, and mustered in May 13, 1864. Left
State for Washington, D. C., May 19. Attached to 1st Brigade, DeRussy's
Division, 22nd Army Corps, to July, 1864. 2nd Brigade, DeRussy's Division,
22nd Army Corps, to August, 1864. Assigned to duty in the Defenses of
Washington south of the Potomac as garrison at Fort Ethan Allen and in
fortifications south of the Potomac till September. Repulse of Early's attack
on Washington July 11-12. Mustered out September 4, 1864.
Regiment lost during service 41 Enlisted men by disease.
118th Regiment, Illinois Infantry
Organized at Camp Butler, Ill., August to October, 1862. Mustered in November
7, 1862. Duty at Camp Butler and guarding prisoners till December. Left State
for Memphis, Tenn., December 1, 1862. Attached to 1st Brigade, 9th Division,
Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Department of the Tennessee, December, 1862.
1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January, 1863. 1st
Brigade, 9th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1863.
3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to August,
1863, and Dept. of the Gulf to September, 1863. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division,
Dept. of the Gulf, to November, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, Dept. of
the Gulf, to July, 1864. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, Dept. of the Gulf, to
September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, Dept. of the Gulf, to
February, 1865. Cavalry Brigade, District of Baton Rouge, Dept. of the Gulf,
to July, 1865. Dept. of Texas to October, 1865.
SERVICE.-Sherman's Yazoo Expedition December 20, 1862, to January 2, 1863.
Chickasaw Bayou December 26-28, 1862. Chickasaw Bluffs December 29. Yazoo
River January 2, 1863. Expedition to Arkansas Post, Ark., January 3-10.
Assault and capture of Fort Hindman January 10-11. Moved to Young's Point,
La., January 17-23, and duty there till March 9. Moved to Milliken's Bend,
La., March 9. Operations from Milliken's Bend to New Carthage March 31-April
17. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Thompson's
Hill, Port Gibson, May 1. Champion's Hill May 16. Big Black River May 17.
Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22.
At Black River Bridge May 24-July 6. Regiment mounted June 10. Edwards' Ferry
July 1 (Detachment). Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 6-10. Near Clinton July 8
(Detachment). Near Jackson July 9. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Raid to
Brookhaven July 17-20. Brookhaven July 18. At Vicksburg July 25-August 8.
Moved to Port Hudson August 8-9, thence to Carrollton, La., August 15-16, and
to Bayou Boeuf September 5-7. To Brashear City September 16. Western Louisiana
Campaign October 3-November 30. Regiment mounted October 11, 1863.
Vermillionville October 15. Carrion Crow Bayou October 16-20. Grand Coteau
October 19. Reconnaissance toward Opelousas October 20. Barrio's Landing,
Opelousas, October 21. Scouting and skirmishing about Opelousas October 22-30.
Washington October 24. Bayou Bourbeaux November 2. Carrion Crow Bayou November
3. Bayou Sara November 9. Near Vermillionville November 11. At New Iberia
November 15-December 18. Camp Pratt November 20. Scout to Vermillion Bayou
November 22-23. Scout to St. Martinsville December 2-3. Moved to
Donaldsonville December 18-23, thence to Port Hudson January 3-7, and duty
there till July 3, 1864. On scout January 12. Capture of Jackson, Miss.,
February 10. Skirmish February 16. Raid to Bayou Sara and skirmish February
22. Raid to Jackson March 3. Skirmishes March 26-28, April 1 and 5, May 15,
June 13 and 17. Bayou Grosse Tete March 30 and April 2. Plains Store April 7.
Redwood Bayou May 3. Moved to Baton Rouge July 3. Operations about Baton Rouge
July 3-25. Expedition to Davidson's Ford, near Clinton, July 17-18. Olive
Branch August 5. Lee's Expedition to Clinton August 23-29. Comite River and
Clinton August 25. Hedge's Plantation September 11. Expedition to Amite River,
New River and Bayou Manchac October 2-8. Expedition to Clinton, Greensburg,
etc., October 5-9. Lee's Expedition to Brookhaven, Miss., November 14-21.
Liberty November 18. Davidson's Expedition to West Pascagoula against Mobile
& Ohio R. R. November 27-December 13. Outpost duty at Baton Rouge till May
22, 1865. Expedition west of Mississippi River February 2-3. Expedition to
Olive Branch, La., March 1-10. Provost duty at Baton Rouge till October.
Expedition to Clinton and Comite River March 30-April 2. Mustered out October
1. Moved to Camp Butler, Ill., October 2-10. Discharged October 13, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 21 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 182 Enlisted men by disease. Total 207.
5th Regiment, United States Colored
Infantry
Organized at Camp Delaware, Ohio, August to November, 1863. Moved to Norfolk,
Va., November, 1863. Attached to United States Forces, Norfolk and Portsmouth,
Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to January, 1864. 2nd Brigade,
United States Forces, Yorktown, Va., 18th Corps, Dept. of Virginia and North
Carolina, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Hlncks' Colored Division, 18th Corps,
Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to June, 1864. 2nd
Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Corps, to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st
Division, 25th Corps, to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 25th
Corps, to March, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Corps, Dept. of North
Carolina, to August, 1865. Dept. of North Carolina to September, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., till January, 1864. Wild's
Expedition to South Mills and Camden Court House, N. C., December 5-24, 1863.
Action at Sandy Swamp, N. C., December 8. Moved to Yorktown, Va., January,
1864, and duty there till May. Wistar's Expedition against Richmond February
6-8, 1864. Expedition to New Kent Court House in aid of Kilpatrick's Cavalry
March 1-4. New Kent Court House March 2. Expedition into King and Queen County
March 9-12. Expedition into Matthews and Middlesex Counties March 17-21.
Butler's operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg
and Richmond May 4-June 15. Capture of City Point May 4, Fatigue duty at City
Point and building Fort Converse on the Appomattox River till June 15. Attack
on Fort Converse May 20. Before Petersburg June 15-18. Bailor's Farm June 15.
Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16 to December 6. In
trenches before Petersburg till August 27. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July
30. Moved to Deep Bottom August 28. Battle of Chaffin's Farm, New Market
Heights, September 28-30. Fort Harrison September 29. Battle of Fair Oaks
October 27-28. In trenches before Richmond till December. 1st Expedition to
Fort Fisher, N. C., December 7-27. 2nd Expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C.,
January 7-15. Assault and capture of Fort Fisher, N. C., January 15. Sugar
Loaf Hill January 19. Federal Point February 11. Fort Anderson February 18-20.
Capture of Wilmington February 22. Northeast Ferry February 22. Campaign of
the Carolinas March 1-April 26, Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro March 6-21.
Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Cox's Bridge March 23-24. Advance on Raleigh
April 9-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26.
Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Goldsboro, New Berne and Carolina
City, N. C., till September. Mustered out September 20, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 77 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 166 Enlisted men by disease. Total 249.
17th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry
Organized at Burlington and mustered in November 19, 1861. Left State for
Washington, D. C., December 14; thence moved to Annapolis, Md., December 25,
and duty there till March, 1862. Attached to Banks' Division, Army of the
Potomac, December, 1861, to March, 1862. Hatch's Cavalry Brigade, Banks' 5th
Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, and Dept. of the Shenandoah to June, 1862.
Cavalry Brigade, 2nd Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. Price's
Cavalry Brigade, Defenses of Washington, and 22nd Army Corps to April, 1863.
3rd Brigade, Stahel's Cavalry Division, 22nd Army Corps, to June, 1863. 1st
Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August, 1863.
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August,
1864, and Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Moved to Washington, D. C., March 9-10, 1862; thence to Rockville,
Md., and Edward's Ferry March 12-13. Moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., March
28; thence to Middletown April 1. Advance up the Valley April 16. Mt. Jackson
April 17. McGaheysville April 27 (Cos. "A," "D" and
"K"). Somerville Heights May 7 (Co. "B"). Operations in
Shenandoah Valley May 15-June 17. Middletown May 24. Winchester May 25.
Retreat to Williamsport May 25-26. Near Winchester June 18-19. Reconnaissance
from Front Royal to Luray June 29-30. Luray Court House June 30. Culpeper
Court House July 12. Gordonsville July 17. Orange Court House August 2 and 13.
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Fords of the
Rappahannock August 21-23. Kelly's Ford August 21. Liberty Bridge September 1.
Aqua Creek September 5. Conrad's Ferry September 15. Orange Court House
September 21. Ashby's Gap September 22. Duty in the Defenses of Washington
till March, 1863. Warrenton November 8, 1862. Annandale December 28. Fairfax
Court House January 9. Dranesville February 6, 9, 13 and 14. Goose Creek
February 16. Leesburg February 19. Adie March 2. Herndon Station March 17.
Broad Run, Dranesville, April l. Warrenton May 11, 23 and 31. Near Greenwich
May 30. Littleton and Hanover, Pa., June 30. Huntertown July 2. Gettysburg ,
Pa., July 3. Monterey Gap July 4. Smithburg, Md., July 5. Hagerstown July 6.
Boonsboro July 8. Hagerstown July 11-13. Falling Water July 14. King George
Court House August 25. Lamb's Creek Church September 1. Expedition to Port
Conway September 1-3. Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September
13-17. Culpeper Court House September 13. Somerville Ford September 14.
Reconnaissance across the Rapidan September 21-23. Richard's Ford September
26. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. James City October 10. Bethesda Church
October 10. Brandy Station and near Culpeper October 11. Gainesville October
14 and 19. Groveton October 17-18. Catlett's Station and Buckland Mills
October 19. Falmouth November 4. Advance to the Rappahannock November 7-8.
Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Morton's Ford November 26. Raccoon
Ford November 26-27. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864.
Kilpatrick's Raid on Richmond February 28-March 4. Fortifications of Richmond
and near Atlee's March 1. Old Church March 2. Campaign from the Rapidan to the
James May-June. Near Chancellorsville May 4. Craig's Meeting House May 5.
Wilderness May 5-7 (Co. "M"). Todd's Tavern May 5-6 and May 7-8.
Alsip's Farm, Spottsylvania, May 8. Sheridan's Raid from Todd's Tavern to
James River May 9-24. North Anna River May 9. Ground Squirrel Church and
Yellow Tavern May 11. Brook Church or Richmond Fortifications May 12. Line of
the Pamunkey May 26-28. Demonstration on Little River May 27. Salem Church May
27. On line of the Totopotomoy May 28-31. Ashland May 30. Me chump's Creek May
31. Cold Harbor May 31-June 1. Ashland June 1. Gaines' Mill June 2.
Totopotomoy June 2. Haw's Shop June 3. Sumner's Upper Bridge June 3. Salem
Church June 4. White Oak Swamp June 12. Rid dell's Shop June 13. Malvern Hill
June 15. Wilson's Raid on South Side & Danville Railroad June 22-30.
Ream's Station June 22. Near Nottoway Court House June 23. Black and White
Station June 23. Staunton Bridge or Roanoke Station June 25. Sap pony Church
or Stony Creek June 28-29. Ream's Station June 29. Siege of Petersburg till
August. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Winchester
August 17. Kernersville August 25. Near Bruceton and Winchester September 7.
Battle of Opequan September 20. Near Cedarville September 20. Front Royal
September 21. Milford September 22. Fisher's Hill September 22. Waynesboro
September 29. Columbia Furnace and Back Road, near Strasburg, October 7. Tom's
Brook , "Woodstock Races," October 8-9. Mount Olive October 9.
Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Near Kernstown November 10. Newtown and
Cedar Creek November 12. Rudi's Hill, near Mt. Jackson, November 22.
Expedition to Lacy Springs December 19-22. Lacy Springs December 21.
Sheridan's Raid February 27-March 25, 1865. Waynesboro March 2. Occupation of
Staunton March 2. Occupation of Charlottesville March 3. Appomattox Campaign
March 28-April 9. Dinwiddie Court House March 30-31. Five Forks April 1.
Scott's Corners April 2. Namozine Church April 3. Sailor's Creek April 6.
Appomattox Station April 8. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee
and his army. Expedition to Danville April 24-29. March to Washington, D. C.,
May 10-15. Grand Review May 23. Frontier duty at Champlain, N. Y., June to
August. Non-Veterans mustered out November 18, 1864. Regiment mustered out
August 9, 1865. (Co. "L" was organized at St. Albans September 29,
1862, and Co. "M" at Burlington December 30, 1862.)
Regiment lost during service 10 Officers and 124 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 200 Enlisted men by disease. Total 438.
1st Regiment, Vermont Cavalry
Organized at Burlington and mustered in November 19, 1861. Left State for
Washington, D. C., December 14; thence moved to Annapolis, Md., December 25,
and duty there till March, 1862. Attached to Banks' Division, Army of the
Potomac, December, 1861, to March, 1862. Hatch's Cavalry Brigade, Banks' 5th
Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, and Dept. of the Shenandoah to June, 1862.
Cavalry Brigade, 2nd Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. Price's
Cavalry Brigade, Defenses of Washington, and 22nd Army Corps to April, 1863.
3rd Brigade, Stahel's Cavalry Division, 22nd Army Corps, to June, 1863. 1st
Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August, 1863.
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August,
1864, and Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Moved to Washington, D. C., March 9-10, 1862; thence to Rockville,
Md., and Edward's Ferry March 12-13. Moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., March
28; thence to Middletown April 1. Advance up the Valley April 16. Mt. Jackson
April 17. McGaheysville April 27 (Cos. "A," "D" and
"K"). Somerville Heights May 7 (Co. "B"). Operations in
Shenandoah Valley May 15-June 17. Middletown May 24. Winchester May 25.
Retreat to Williamsport May 25-26. Near Winchester June 18-19. Reconnaissance
from Front Royal to Luray June 29-30. Luray Court House June 30. Culpeper
Court House July 12. Gordonsville July 17. Orange Court House August 2 and 13.
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Fords of the
Rappahannock August 21-23. Kelly's Ford August 21. Liberty Bridge September 1.
Aqua Creek September 5. Conrad's Ferry September 15. Orange Court House
September 21. Ashby's Gap September 22. Duty in the Defenses of Washington
till March, 1863. Warrenton November 8, 1862. Annandale December 28. Fairfax
Court House January 9. Dranesville February 6, 9, 13 and 14. Goose Creek
February 16. Leesburg February 19. Adie March 2. Herndon Station March 17.
Broad Run, Dranesville, April l. Warrenton May 11, 23 and 31. Near Greenwich
May 30. Littleton and Hanover, Pa., June 30. Huntertown July 2. Gettysburg ,
Pa., July 3. Monterey Gap July 4. Smithburg, Md., July 5. Hagerstown July 6.
Boonsboro July 8. Hagerstown July 11-13. Falling Water July 14. King George
Court House August 25. Lamb's Creek Church September 1. Expedition to Port
Conway September 1-3. Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September
13-17. Culpeper Court House September 13. Somerville Ford September 14.
Reconnaissance across the Rapidan September 21-23. Richard's Ford September
26. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. James City October 10. Bethesda Church
October 10. Brandy Station and near Culpeper October 11. Gainesville October
14 and 19. Groveton October 17-18. Catlett's Station and Buckland Mills
October 19. Falmouth November 4. Advance to the Rappahannock November 7-8.
Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Morton's Ford November 26. Raccoon
Ford November 26-27. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864.
Kilpatrick's Raid on Richmond February 28-March 4. Fortifications of Richmond
and near Atlee's March 1. Old Church March 2. Campaign from the Rapidan to the
James May-June. Near Chancellorsville May 4. Craig's Meeting House May 5.
Wilderness May 5-7 (Co. "M"). Todd's Tavern May 5-6 and May 7-8.
Alsip's Farm, Spottsylvania, May 8. Sheridan's Raid from Todd's Tavern to
James River May 9-24. North Anna River May 9. Ground Squirrel Church and
Yellow Tavern May 11. Brook Church or Richmond Fortifications May 12. Line of
the Pamunkey May 26-28. Demonstration on Little River May 27. Salem Church May
27. On line of the Totopotomoy May 28-31. Ashland May 30. Me chump's Creek May
31. Cold Harbor May 31-June 1. Ashland June 1. Gaines' Mill June 2.
Totopotomoy June 2. Haw's Shop June 3. Sumner's Upper Bridge June 3. Salem
Church June 4. White Oak Swamp June 12. Rid dell's Shop June 13. Malvern Hill
June 15. Wilson's Raid on South Side & Danville Railroad June 22-30.
Ream's Station June 22. Near Nottoway Court House June 23. Black and White
Station June 23. Staunton Bridge or Roanoke Station June 25. Sap pony Church
or Stony Creek June 28-29. Ream's Station June 29. Siege of Petersburg till
August. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Winchester
August 17. Kernersville August 25. Near Bruceton and Winchester September 7.
Battle of Opequan September 20. Near Cedarville September 20. Front Royal
September 21. Milford September 22. Fisher's Hill September 22. Waynesboro
September 29. Columbia Furnace and Back Road, near Strasburg, October 7. Tom's
Brook , "Woodstock Races," October 8-9. Mount Olive October 9.
Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Near Kernstown November 10. Newtown and
Cedar Creek November 12. Rudi's Hill, near Mt. Jackson, November 22.
Expedition to Lacy Springs December 19-22. Lacy Springs December 21.
Sheridan's Raid February 27-March 25, 1865. Waynesboro March 2. Occupation of
Staunton March 2. Occupation of Charlottesville March 3. Appomattox Campaign
March 28-April 9. Dinwiddie Court House March 30-31. Five Forks April 1.
Scott's Corners April 2. Namozine Church April 3. Sailor's Creek April 6.
Appomattox Station April 8. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee
and his army. Expedition to Danville April 24-29. March to Washington, D. C.,
May 10-15. Grand Review May 23. Frontier duty at Champlain, N. Y., June to
August. Non-Veterans mustered out November 18, 1864. Regiment mustered out
August 9, 1865. (Co. "L" was organized at St. Albans September 29,
1862, and Co. "M" at Burlington December 30, 1862.)
Regiment lost during service 10 Officers and 124 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 200 Enlisted men by disease. Total 438.
9th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry
Organized at Eminence, Ky., August 22, 1862. Attached to 3rd Brigade, Cavalry
Division, Army Ohio, to November, 1862. District of Western Kentucky, Dept. of
the Ohio, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army
Ohio, to August, 1863. Eminence, Ky., 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to
September, 1863.
SERVICE-Advance toward Richmond, Ky., August, 1862. Retreat to Shelbyville
August 30-September 1. Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-22. Near Clay
Village October 4. Near Perryville October 6-7. Battle of Perryville October
8. Lawrenceburg October 8. Dog Walk, Chaser's Store, October 9. Capture of
Harrodsburg October 11. Moved to Cumberland River and operating against Champ
Ferguson till December, Operations against Morgan's Raid in Kentucky December
22, 1862, to January 2, 1863. Springfield, Ky., December 30 (Detachment).
Operations against Peg ram March 22-April 1. Danville March 22 and 28.
Expedition to Monticello and operations in Southeastern Kentucky April 26-May
12, Cumberland River May 9. Pursuit of Morgan July 2-26.
Marrowbone-Burkesville July 2. New Lisbon, Ohio, July 26. Duty at Eminence
till September. Mustered out September 11, 1863.
Regiment lost during service 5 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1
Officer and 101 Enlisted men by disease. Total 107.
30th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry
Organized at Camp Randall, Madison, Wis., and mustered in October 21, 1862.
SERVICE.-Duty at Green Bay, West Bay and other points in Wisconsin, enforcing
draft, etc., till March, 1863. Headquarters of Regiment at Camp Randall till
December 26, 1862, then at Camp Reno, Milwaukee, Wis. Companies "D"
"F," "I" and "K" ordered to St. Louis, Mo., May
2, 1863. Guard boats and supplies for Sally's Northwestern Indian Expedition
up the Missouri River till August. Companies "I" and "K"
ordered to Milwaukee. Companies "D" and "F" at Fan Island,
and fatigue duty building Fort Sully till December, 1863. Companies
"E" and "G" at Bayfield and Superior City, Wis., May
26-August 21, 1863, then report to Milwaukee. Company "G" ordered to
Davenport, Iowa, December 5, 1863. Company "I" moved to St. Louis,
Mo., April, 1864, and thence to Fort Union, D. T., and duty there till June,
1865. Rejoined Regiment at St. Louis, Mo., June 22, 1865. Companies
"A," "C," "F" and "H" left Milwaukee,
Wis., April 20, 1864, to join Sally's Northwestern Indian Expedition. Moved
from St. Louis to Fort Sully, D. T., thence to Fort Rice, and duty there till
October. Moved to Sioux City October 12-November 2. Company "D"
join. Moved to Quincy, Ill., thence to Louisville, Ky., November 24-29.
Companies "B," "E," "G" and "K" left
Milwaukee for Dakota Territory April, 1864. Duty at Fort Wadsworth July
1-September 29. Ordered to St. Louis, Mo., thence to relief of Paducah, Ky.,
October 29. Moved to St. Louis December 6-10, and join balance of Regiment.
Moved to Bowling Green, Ky., December 12 and assigned to 2nd Brigade, 2nd
Division, Military District of Kentucky. Moved to Louisville, Ky., January 10,
1865, and provost duty there till September; also conducting prisoners to
various points. Companies "B," "E" and "G" moved
to Frankfort, Ky., February, 1865, and duty there till June. Mustered out
September 20, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Enlisted men killed and 2 Officers and 65
Enlisted men by disease. Total 69.
3rd Regiment, Missouri Cavalry
Organized at Palmyra, Mo., and St. Louis, Mo., October 15, 1861, to March 6,
1862. Attached to District of Rolla, Dept. of Missouri, to December, 1862.
Cavalry Brigade, Army of Southeast Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to June, 1863.
2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of Southeast Missouri, Dept. of
Missouri, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Arkansas
Expedition, to December, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of
Arkansas, to January, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, 7th Army Corps,
Dept. of Arkansas, to March, 1865. Separate Cavalry Brigade, 7th Army Corps,
to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty in Southeast Missouri and District of Rolla, Mo.. till December,
1862, under Prentiss and McNeil. Action near Hallsville, Mo., December 27,
1861. Mt. Zion Church December 28. Inman's Hollow July 7, 1362 (Cos.
"B," "D," "G," "H"). Mountain Store,
Big Piney, July 25-26 (Cos. "E," "F"). Scout in Sinking
Creek and skirmish August 4-11 (Detachment). Salem August 9. Waxman's Mills
and Spring Creek August 23. Scout from Salem to Current River August 24-28
(Co. "E"). Beaver Creek, Texas County, November 24. Expedition from
Rolla to Ozark Mountains November 30-December 6 (Cos. "A,"
"B"). Ozark December 2 (Cos. "A," "B"). Wood's
Creek January 11, 1863. Hartsville, Wood's Fork, January 11. Batesville, Ark.,
February 4. Operations against Marauder April 17-May 2. Castor River, near
Bloomfield, April 29. Bloomfield April 30. Coal Bluff, St. Francis River,
April 30-May 1. Expedition against Little Rock, Ark., July 1-September 10.
Moved from Pittsburg to Clarendon August 1-8. Near Bayou Mateo August 26.
Bayou Mateo (or Reed's Bridge) August 27. Advance on Little Rock September
1-10. Bayou Fourche and capture of Little Rock September 10. Brownsville
September 16. At Jacksonport, Ark., November, 1863, to March, 1864. Affair at
Jacksonport November 21, 1863 (Co. "E"). Reconnaissance from Little
Rock December 5-13, 1863. Jacksonport December 23. Scouts from Brownsville
January 17-19, 1864. Hot Springs February 4. Steele's Expedition to Camden
March 23-May 3. Elkins' Ferry, Little Missouri River, April 3-4. Mark's Mills
April 5. Little Missouri River April 6. Prairie Dan April 9-12. Camden April
15, 16, 18 and 24. Mt. Elba Ferry April 26. Princeton April 29. Operations
against Shelby north of Arkansas River, May 18-31. At Little Rock till June,
1865. Benton Road, near Little Rock, July 19, 1864. Benton July 25 (Co.
"C"). Scatter Ville July 28 (Detachment). Expedition from Little
Rock to Little Red River August 6-16. At Tannery, near Little Rock, September
2 (Detachment). Expedition Little Rock to Fort Smith September 25-October 13
(Detachment). Reconnaissance from Little Rock toward Monticello and Mt. Elba
October 4-11. Reconnaissance from Little Rock to Princeton October 19-23.
Princeton October 23. Expedition from Little Rock to Saline River November
17-18 (Detachment). Expedition from Little Rock to Benton November 27-30
(Detachment). Mustered out June 14, 1865. (Co. "M" at Headquarters
Dept. of Missouri, St. Louis, Mo., November, 1862, to June, 1863.)
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 37 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 172 Enlisted men by disease. Total 213.
42nd Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry
Organized at Madison, Wis., and mustered in September 7, 1864. Moved to Cairo,
Ill., September 20-22. Assigned to post and garrison duty at Cairo and provost
duty by detachments at various points in Illinois till June, 1865. Mustered
out June 20, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 58 by disease.
57th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry
Organized at Harrisburg December 14, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C.,
December 14. Attached to Jameson's Brigade, Heintzelman's Division, Army
Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army
Potomac, to August, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army
Potomac, to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, to March,
1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Moved to
the Virginia Peninsula March 16-18. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Skirmish
Yorktown April 11. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven
Pines, May 31-June 1. Seven Days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Oak Grove
June 25. Peach Orchard and Savage Station June 29. Charles City Cross Roads
and Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. Duty at Harrison's Landing till
August 16. Movement to Centreville August 16-26. Skirmish at Bull Run August
20. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia. Battles of Gainesville August 23;
Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30; Chantilly September 1. Guard fords
from Monocracy River to Conrad's Ferry till October. March up the Potomac to
Leesburg, thence to Falmouth, Va., October 11-November 19. Battle of
Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud
March," January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth, Va., till April 27.
Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5.
Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July
1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Wapping Heights, Va., July 23. Duty on line of
the Rappahannock till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Auburn and
Bristoe October 13-14. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8.
Kelly's Ford November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Payne's
Farm November 27. Veterans on furlough January to March, 1864. Rapidan
Campaign May 4-June 12. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8;
Spottsylvania May 8-12; Po River May 10; Spottsylvania C. H. May 12-21.
Assault on the Salient May 12. Harris' Farm May 19. North Anna River May
23-26. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June
1-12. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to
April 2, 1865. Weldon Railroad June 22-23, 1864. Demonstration north of the
James at Deep Bottom July 27-29, and August 13-20. Strawberry Plains, Deep
Bottom, August 14-18. Ream's Station August 25. Poplar Springs Church
September 29-October 2. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28.
Expedition to Weldon Railroad December 7-12. Consolidated to five Companies
January 11, 1865. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7. Appomattox
Campaign March 28-April 9. Boydton Road March 30-31. Fall of Petersburg April
2. Sailor's Creek April 6. High Bridge, Farmville, April 7. Appomattox C. H.
April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. At Burkesville till May. March to
Washington D. C., May 2-12. Grand Review May 23. Duty at Alexandria till June.
Mustered out June 29, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 12 Officers and 149 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 217 Enlisted men by disease. Total 378.
67th Regiment, Ohio Infantry
Organized in Ohio at large October, 1861, to January, 1862. Left State for
West Virginia January 19, 1862. Attached to 1st Brigade, Landers' Division,
Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, Shields' 2nd Division,
Banks' 5th Army Corps, and Dept. of the Shenandoah, to May, 1862. 1st Brigade,
Shields' Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Shields'
Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to July, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division,
4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September, 1862. Ferry's Brigade,
Division at Suffolk, Va., 7th Army Corps. Dept of Virginia, to January, 1863.
1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept of North Carolina, to
February, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of the
South, to April, 1863. U. S. Forces, Folly Island, S. C., 10th Army Corps,
Dept. of the South, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, Folly Island, S. C., 10th Army
Corps, to July 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Morris Island, S. C., 10th
Army Corps, July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Morris Island, S. C., 10th Army Corps, to
October, 1863. Howell's Brigade, Gordon's Division, Folly Island, S. C., 10th
Army Corps, to December, 1863. District Hilton Head, S. C., 10th Army Corps,
to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Army of the James,
Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st
Division, 24th Army Corps, to August, 1865. Dept. of Virginia to December,
1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Paw Paw Tunnel and Great Cacapon Creek till March 10, 1862.
Advance on Winchester, Va., March 10-15. Reconnaissance to Strasburg March
18-21. Battle of Winchester March 22-23. Strasburg March 27. Woodstock April
1. Edenburg April 2. March to Fredericksburg, Va., May 12-21, thence to Front
Royal May 25-30. Battle of Port Republic June 9 (cover retreat). Ordered to
the Virginia Peninsula June 29. Harrison Landing July 3-4. Westover July 3. At
Harrison Landing till August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe August 16-23,
thence moved to Suffolk, Va., and duty there till December 31. Moved to
Norfolk, Va., December 31. thence to Beaufort and New Berne, N. C., January 4,
1863. Moved to Port Royal, S. C., January 25. At Hilton Head February 9, and
at St. Helena Island, S. C., till April. Occupation of Folly Island, S. C.,
April 3-July 10. Attack on Morris Island July 10. Assaults on Fort Wagner,
Morris Island, S. C., July 11 and 18. Siege of Fort Wagner, Morris Island, and
operations against Fort Sumter and Charleston July 18-September 7. Capture of
Forts Wagner and Gregg, Morris Island, September 7. Operations against
Charleston till October 31. Moved to Hilton Head, S. C., and duty there till
April, 1864. Regiment re-enlisted January, 1864. Whitmarsh Island, Ga.,
February 22. Moved to Yorktown, Va., April. Butler's operations on south side
of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-28. Occupation of
Bermuda Hundred and City Point, Va., May 5. Ware Bottom Church May 9. Swift
Creek May 9-10. Operations against Fort Darling May 12-16. Battle of Drury's
Bluff May 14-16. Bermuda Hundred front May 17-30. Ware Bottom Church May 20.
Petersburg June 9. Port Walthal and on the Bermuda Hundred front June 16-17.
Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2,
1865. Wier Bottom Church June 20, 1864. Demonstration north of the James at
Deep Bottom August 13-20. Strawberry Plains August 14-18. New Market Heights,
Chaffin's Farm, September 29-October 2. Darbytown Road October 7 and 13. Fair
Oaks October 27-28. Duty in trenches north of James before Richmond till
March, 1865. Moved to Hatcher's Run March 27-28. Appomattox Campaign March
28-April 9. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Rice's
Station April 6. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his
army. Garrison and guard duty in District of South Anna, Dept. of Virginia,
till December. Mustered out December 12, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 11 Officers and 131 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 150 Enlisted men by disease. Total 293.
Preston's Battalion, Missouri Cavalry
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr.
contains no history for this unit.
4th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry
4th Cavalry Regiment was assembled during December, 1861, and included
Preston's Missouri Cavalry Battalion. Some of the men were from St. Louis and
Barton County, and many had served in the Missouri State Guard. The unit
served in the Trans-Mississippi Department and was attached to C. Green's,
Shelby's, and J.B. Clarks' Brigade. It participated in Marmaduke's Expedition
into Missouri, fought in various conflicts in Arkansas, and shared in Price's
Missouri operations. The regiment reported 11 casualties with Marauder, 6 at
Poison Spring, 13 at Jenkins' Ferry, and 63 in Price's Expedition. The 4th was
included in the surrender in June, 1865. Colonel John Q. Burbridge, Lieutenant
Colonel William J. Preston, and Major Dennis Smith were its commanders.
39th Regiment, Illinois Infantry
Organized at Chicago, Ill., and mustered in October 11, 1861. Left state for
St. Louis, Mo., October 13, thence ordered to Williamsport, Md., October 29,
1861. Attached to R. R. Guard, Dept. of West Virginia, to January, 1862. 1st
Brigade, Lander's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade,
Shields' 2nd Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps, to April, 1862, and Department
of the Shenandoah to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Shields' Division, Dept. of the
Rappahannock, to July, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army
of the Potomac, to September, 1862. Ferry's Brigade, Division at Suffolk, Va.,
7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd
Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to February, 1863. 3rd
Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of the South, to April, 1863. U.
S. Forces, Folly Island, S. C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the South, to June,
1863. 2nd Brigade, Folly Island, S. C., 10th Army Corps, June, 1863. 1st
Brigade, Folly Island, S. C., 10th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd
Division, Morris Island, S.C. 10th Army Corps, July, 1863. 1st Brigade, Morris
Island, S.C., 10th Army Corps, to October, 1863. Howell's Brigade, Gordon's
Division, Folly Island, S. C., to December, 1863. District of Hilton Head, S.
C., 10th Army Corps, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army
Corps, Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to December,
1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 24th Army Corps, to August, 1865. District of
Eastern Virginia, Dept. of Virginia, to December, 1865.
SERVICE.-Moved from Williamsport, Md., to Hancock, Md., December 11, 1861. and
guard duty on Baltimore and Ohio R. R. till January, 1862. Action near Bath
January 3, 1862 (Cos. "D," "I," and "K"). Great
Cacapon Bridge January 3 (Co. "G"). Alpine nation January 3
Companies "A," "B," "C," "E,"
"F" and "H." Retreat to Cumberland, Md., January 5. Moved
to New Creek, Va., thence to Patterson's Creek and duty there till March.
Advance on Winchester, Va., March 7-15. Reconnaissance to Strasburg March 18.
Action at Kernstown March 22. Battle of Winchester March 23. Pursuit to New
Market. Mt. Jackson March 25. Strasburg March 27. Woodstock April 1. Edenburg
April 2. Occupation of Mt Jackson, April 17. In Luray Valley till May,
guarding bridges over South branch Shenandoah River. March to Fredericksburg,
Va., May 12-21, thence to Front Royal March 25-30. Moved to Alexandria, thence
to Harrison's Landing, Va., June 29-July 2. Chickahominy Swamps July 3-4. At
Harrison's Landing till August 16. Moved to Fortress Monroe, Va., August
16-22, and duty there till September 1. Moved to Suffolk, Va., and duty there
till January, 1863. Skirmishes on the Blackwater October 9-25-29-30.
Expedition from Suffolk December 1-3, 1862. Action near Franklin on the
Blackwater December 2. Zuni October 20 and 25 and December 12 1862. Moved to
New Berne, N. C., January 23, thence to Port Royal, S. C., January 28-February
1. Camp at St. Helena Island, S. C., till April. Expedition against Charleston
April 7-13. Occupation of Folly Island, S. C., April 13 to July 10. Attack on
Morris Island, S. C., July 10. Assaults on Fort Wagner, Morris Island, S. C.,
July 11 and 18. Siege of Forts Wagner and Gregg, Morris Island, S. C., and
operations against Fort Sumter and Charleston July 18-September 7. Capture of
Forts Wagner and Gregg, September 7. Siege operations against Charleston, S.
C., till October. Duty at Folly Island, S. C., till December and at Hilton
Head, S. C., till April, 1864. Veterans on furlough January 1 to February 3,
1864, then moved from Chicago to Washington, D. C., thence to Yorktown, Va.
Butler's operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg
and Richmond May 5-June 15. Occupation of Bermuda Hundred and City Point May
5. Chester Station June 6-7. Weir Bottom Church May 9. Swift Creek or
Arrowfield Church May 9-10. Proctor's and Palmer's Creeks and Drury's Bluff
May 12-16. Defenses of Bermuda Hundred, May 16-June 15. Weir Bottom Church,
May 20. Bermuda Hundred June 2 and 14. Bermuda Front June 16-17. Siege
operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. On
the Bermuda Hundred front till August 14, 1864. Demonstration north of the
James August 14-18. Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18. Deep Run
August 16. In trenches before Petersburg August 25-September 27. Chaffin's
Farm, New Market Heights, September 28-30. Darbytown Road October 13. Battle
of Fair Oaks October 27-28. In trenches before Richmond till March 27, 1865.
Moved to Hatcher's Run March 27-28. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
Hatcher's Run March 29-31. Assaults on Petersburg April 1-2. Assault on Fort
Gregg and fall of Petersburg, April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox
Courthouse April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Duty at Richmond till
August, and at Norfolk, Va., till December. Mustered out December 6 and
Discharged at Chicago, Ill., December 16, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 12 Officers and 129 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 130 Enlisted men by disease. Total 273.
67th Regiment, Illinois Infantry
Organized at Camp Douglass, Chicago, Ill., June 13, 1862, for three months.
Assigned to guard duty at Camp Douglass till October. Mustered out October 6,
1862.
Regiment lost 12 by disease during service.
39th Regiment, Illinois Infantry
Organized at Chicago, Ill., and mustered in October 11, 1861. Left state for
St. Louis, Mo., October 13, thence ordered to Williamsport, Md., October 29,
1861. Attached to R. R. Guard, Dept. of West Virginia, to January, 1862. 1st
Brigade, Lander's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade,
Shields' 2nd Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps, to April, 1862, and Department
of the Shenandoah to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Shields' Division, Dept. of the
Rappahannock, to July, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army
of the Potomac, to September, 1862. Ferry's Brigade, Division at Suffolk, Va.,
7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd
Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to February, 1863. 3rd
Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of the South, to April, 1863. U.
S. Forces, Folly Island, S. C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the South, to June,
1863. 2nd Brigade, Folly Island, S. C., 10th Army Corps, June, 1863. 1st
Brigade, Folly Island, S. C., 10th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd
Division, Morris Island, S.C. 10th Army Corps, July, 1863. 1st Brigade, Morris
Island, S.C., 10th Army Corps, to October, 1863. Howell's Brigade, Gordon's
Division, Folly Island, S. C., to December, 1863. District of Hilton Head, S.
C., 10th Army Corps, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army
Corps, Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to December,
1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 24th Army Corps, to August, 1865. District of
Eastern Virginia, Dept. of Virginia, to December, 1865.
SERVICE.-Moved from Williamsport, Md., to Hancock, Md., December 11, 1861. and
guard duty on Baltimore and Ohio R. R. till January, 1862. Action near Bath
January 3, 1862 (Cos. "D," "I," and "K"). Great
Cacapon Bridge January 3 (Co. "G"). Alpine nation January 3
Companies "A," "B," "C," "E,"
"F" and "H." Retreat to Cumberland, Md., January 5. Moved
to New Creek, Va., thence to Patterson's Creek and duty there till March.
Advance on Winchester, Va., March 7-15. Reconnaissance to Strasburg March 18.
Action at Kernstown March 22. Battle of Winchester March 23. Pursuit to New
Market. Mt. Jackson March 25. Strasburg March 27. Woodstock April 1. Edenburg
April 2. Occupation of Mt Jackson, April 17. In Luray Valley till May,
guarding bridges over South branch Shenandoah River. March to Fredericksburg,
Va., May 12-21, thence to Front Royal March 25-30. Moved to Alexandria, thence
to Harrison's Landing, Va., June 29-July 2. Chickahominy Swamps July 3-4. At
Harrison's Landing till August 16. Moved to Fortress Monroe, Va., August
16-22, and duty there till September 1. Moved to Suffolk, Va., and duty there
till January, 1863. Skirmishes on the Blackwater October 9-25-29-30.
Expedition from Suffolk December 1-3, 1862. Action near Franklin on the
Blackwater December 2. Zuni October 20 and 25 and December 12 1862. Moved to
New Berne, N. C., January 23, thence to Port Royal, S. C., January 28-February
1. Camp at St. Helena Island, S. C., till April. Expedition against Charleston
April 7-13. Occupation of Folly Island, S. C., April 13 to July 10. Attack on
Morris Island, S. C., July 10. Assaults on Fort Wagner, Morris Island, S. C.,
July 11 and 18. Siege of Forts Wagner and Gregg, Morris Island, S. C., and
operations against Fort Sumter and Charleston July 18-September 7. Capture of
Forts Wagner and Gregg, September 7. Siege operations against Charleston, S.
C., till October. Duty at Folly Island, S. C., till December and at Hilton
Head, S. C., till April, 1864. Veterans on furlough January 1 to February 3,
1864, then moved from Chicago to Washington, D. C., thence to Yorktown, Va.
Butler's operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg
and Richmond May 5-June 15. Occupation of Bermuda Hundred and City Point May
5. Chester Station June 6-7. Weir Bottom Church May 9. Swift Creek or
Arrowfield Church May 9-10. Proctor's and Palmer's Creeks and Drury's Bluff
May 12-16. Defenses of Bermuda Hundred, May 16-June 15. Weir Bottom Church,
May 20. Bermuda Hundred June 2 and 14. Bermuda Front June 16-17. Siege
operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. On
the Bermuda Hundred front till August 14, 1864. Demonstration north of the
James August 14-18. Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18. Deep Run
August 16. In trenches before Petersburg August 25-September 27. Chaffin's
Farm, New Market Heights, September 28-30. Darbytown Road October 13. Battle
of Fair Oaks October 27-28. In trenches before Richmond till March 27, 1865.
Moved to Hatcher's Run March 27-28. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
Hatcher's Run March 29-31. Assaults on Petersburg April 1-2. Assault on Fort
Gregg and fall of Petersburg, April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox
Courthouse April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Duty at Richmond till
August, and at Norfolk, Va., till December. Mustered out December 6 and
Discharged at Chicago, Ill., December 16, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 12 Officers and 129 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 130 Enlisted men by disease. Total 273.
Corps of Engineers (Regular Army)
"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer
contains no history for this unit.
1st Regiment, Minnesota Infantry
The first Regiment tendered to the government, April 14, 1861. Organized under
first call at Fort Snelling, Minn., and mustered in April 29, 1861, for three
months. Reorganized for three years May 10, 1861, to date from April 29, 1861.
Companies "B" and "G" moved to Fort Ridgly, Minn., May 28.
Company "A" moved to Fort Ripley May 29. Company "E" moved
to Fort Ripley June 6, and Companies "C" and "D" moved to
Fort Abercrombie June 10. Rejoined Regiment at Fort Snelling under orders for
Washington, D. C., June 21. Moved to Washington, D. C., June 22-26, and to
Alexandria July 3. Attached to Franklin's Brigade, Heintzelman's Division,
McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia, to August, 1861. Stone's Brigade,
Division of the Potomac, to October, 1861. Gorman's Brigade, Stone's
(Sedgwick's) Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd
Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1864, Dept. of the
Northwest to May, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army
Potomac, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21, 1861. Battle of Bull Run July
21. Moved to Seneca Mills, Md., August 2-7, thence to near Edward's Ferry,
August 16, and duty guarding Upper Potomac till February, 1862. Operations
about Ball's Bluff October 11-23. Battle of Ball's Bluff October 21. Leesburg
Road October 21 (2 Cos.). Goose Creek and near Edward's Ferry October 22.
Advance toward Winchester, Va., February 25-March 15. At Bolivar Heights till
March 22. Moved to Washington and Alexandria, thence to Hampton, Va., March
22-April 1. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. West Point May 7. Advance to the
Chickahominy May 9-23. Bunt Grape Vine Bridge May 27-28. Battle of Fair Oaks
May 31-June 1. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Peach Orchard,
Allen's Farm and Savage Station June 29. White Oak Swamp and Glendale June 30.
Malvern Hill July 1 and August 5. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Moved
to Alexandria August 16-28, thence march to Centreville August 30. Cover
Pope's retreat to Washington September 1-2. Near Chantilly and Flint River
September 1. Vienna September 2. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battles of
South Mountain September 14 and Antietam September 16-17. March to Harper's
Ferry, W. Va., September 22, and duty there till October 30. Reconnaissance to
Charlestown October 16-17. March up Loudon Valley and to Falmouth, Va.,
October 30-November 17. Battle of Fredericksburg , Va., December 12-15. At
Falmouth till April, 1862. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6.
Operations about Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2. Battle of Maryes Heights,
Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4. Banks' Ford May 4. Gettysburg
(Pa.) Campaign June 12-July 24. Haymarket June 25. Battle of Gettysburg July
1-3. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24. At Kelly's Ford, Va.,
July 31-August 15. Detached for duty in New York during draft disturbances
August 15-September 16. Rejoined Brigade near Culpeper September 16. Bristoe
Campaign October 9-22. Bristoe Station October 14. Advance to line of the
Rappahannock November 7-8. At Kelly's Ford till November 26. Mine Run Campaign
November 26-December 2. Robertson's Tavern November 27. Mine Run November
28-30. Camp at Stevensburg, Va., till February 5, 1864. Ordered home for
muster out February 5. Moved to Fort Snelling, Minn., and duty there till
April 29. Mustered out April 29, 1864, expiration of term. Veterans and
Recruits organized into two Companies as 1st Minnesota Battalion Infantry. At
Fort Snelling, Minn., and duty there till May 16. Moved to Washington, D. C.,
May 16-22, thence to White House May 30-June 1. Assigned to 1st Brigade, 2nd
Division, 2nd Army Corps, and joined Brigade at Cold Harbor, Va., June 12.
Moved to Petersburg, Va., July 12-15. Assaults on Petersburg June 16-18. Siege
of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Jerusalem Plank Road June
22-23, 1864. Demonstration north of the James July 27-29. Deep Bottom July
27-28. Demonstration north of the James August 13-20. Strawberry Plains August
14-18. Weldon Railroad August 25. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run , October
27-29. Raid on Weldon Railroad December 7-11. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run,
February 5-7, 1865. Watkins' House March 25. Appomattox Campaign March
28-April 9. Hatcher's Run , Boydton Road, March 29-31. Crow's House March 31.
Sutherland Station and fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9.
Sailor's Creek April 6. High Bridge and Farmville April 7. Appomattox Court
House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Washington, D. C., May
2-12. Grand Review May 23. Moved to Louisville June 6-9, and duty there till
July 15. Mustered out July 15, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 10 Officers and 177 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 97 Enlisted men by disease. Total 286.
4th Regiment, Massachusetts Cavalry
Organized at Readville December 26, 1863, to February 8, 1864. 1st Battalion
formerly Independent Battalion, Massachusetts Cavalry, was assigned as
Companies "I," "K," "L" and "M"
February 12, 1864. Attached to Light Brigade, District of Florida, 10th Corps,
Dept. of the South, to April, 1864. Unattached, Dept. of Virginia and North
Carolina, 10th, 18th and 24th Army Corps, and 25th Army Corps, Dept. of
Virginia and North Carolina, to August, 1865. Dept. of Virginia to November,
1865.
SERVICE.-Expedition from Jacksonville, Fla., to Lake City, Fla., February
7-22, 1864. Battle of Olustee, Fla., February 20. McGrath's Creek, Cedar
Mountain, March 1. Cedar Mountain April 2. Ordered to Bermuda Hundred, Va.,
arriving there May 8. Operations against Fort Darling April 12-16. Bermuda
Hundred May 20-30. Jordan's Crossing and Petersburg June 9. Siege operations
against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. At
Headquarters, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, June 21 to August 15,
1864. At Headquarters, 10th Army Corps, till December, 1864. Demonstration on
north side of the James August 13-20. Strawberry Plains August 14-18.
Flusser's Mills August 18-19. (Co. "M" detached at Ball's Bluff on
outpost duty August 23, 1864, to March, 1865.) Before Petersburg August 24 to
September 28. Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, September 28-30. Ball's
Bluff October 13 (Co. "M"). Fair Oaks October 27-28. Expedition into
Charles City and Henrico Counties November 1-5. Duty before Richmond till
March, 1865. At Headquarters, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, December,
1864, to April, 1865 (Cos. "I," "L" and "M"). At
Headquarters, 24th Army Corps, December, 1864, to April, 1865 (Co.
"K"). Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9, 1865. Fall of Petersburg
April 2. High Bridge, Cumberland Church, April 6-7. Appomattox Court House
April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Duty at Richmond till November --.
2nd Battalion.-(Cos. "A," "B," "C" and
"D.") Sailed from Boston for Hilton Head, S. C., on Steamer
"Western Metropolis" March 20, 1864, arriving April 1. Picket and
outpost duty at Hilton Head till June. Expedition to Ashepoo River May 22-26
(2 Cos.). 2 Companies moved to Jacksonville, Fla., June 6-8, and duty there
till January, 1865, participating in skirmish at Front Creek July 15, 1864.
Raid from Jacksonville upon Baldwin July 23-28. Skirmish at South Fork, Black
Creek, July 24. St. Mary's Trestle July 26. Raid on Florida Railroad August
15-19. Gainesville August 17. Magnolia October 24. Gum Swamp October 24. 2
Companies on duty at Hilton Head, S. C., June to November, 1864. Expedition to
John's Island, S. C., July 2-10. Operations against Battery Pringle July 4-9.
Expedition to Boyd's Neck November 29-30. Battle of Honey Hill November 30.
Expedition to Deveaux's Neck December 1-6. March to Charleston January 15-
February 23, 1865. Potter's Expedition to South Mills, S. C., April 5-25.
Statesburg April 15. Occupation of South Mills April 17. Boykin's Mills April
18. Denkin's Mills April 19. Beech Creek, near Statesburg, April 19. Duty in
the Dept. of the South till mustered out.
3rd Battalion.-(Cos. "E," "F," "G" and
"H.") Sailed from Boston for Hilton Head, S. C., on Steamer
"Western Metropolis" April 23, 1864, arriving April 27. Moved to
Newport News, Va., May 1-3; thence to City Point May 23, and duty there
scouting, picketing and on the fortifications till June 16. Duty at Bermuda
Hundred till August 23. Companies "E" and "H" at
Headquarters of 18th Army Corps June 16-December 4, and at Headquarters of
25th Army Corps December, 1864, to April, 1865. Company "F" at
Headquarters of 24th Army Corps December, 1864, to April, 1865. Company
"G" detached at Yorktown and Williamsburg, Va., August 23, 1864, to
April, 1865. Occupation of Richmond April 3, 1865 (Cos. "E" and
"H"). Company "F" on Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
High Bridge, Cumberland Church, April 6-7. Appomattox Court House April 9.
Surrender of Lee and his army. Regiment mustered out November 14, 1865.
Discharged at Boston November 26, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 28 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 128 Enlisted men by disease. Total 162.
35th Regiment, Illinois Infantry
Organized at Decatur, Ill., July 3, 1861, and accepted by the Secretary of War
as G. A. Smith's Independent Regiment July 23, 1861. Moved to Jefferson
Barracks, Mo., August 4-5. Mustered in at St. Louis, Mo., August 28. 1861.
Moved to Jefferson City, Mo., September 15, thence to Otterville September 25,
and to Sedalia October 15. Fremont's Campaign against Springfield, Mo.,
October 15-November 8. Attached to Dept. of Missouri to January, 1862. 1st
Brigade, Army of Southwest Missouri, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th
Division, Army of the Southwest Missouri, to June, 1862. 1st Brigade, 4th
Division, Army of Mississippi, to September, 1862. 32nd Brigade, 9th Division,
Army of the Ohio, to October, 1862. 32nd Brigade, 9th Division, 3rd Army
Corps, Army Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Right Wing
14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st
Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 1st
Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, to September, 1864.
SERVICE.-Moved from Springfield to Rolla, Mo., November 13-19, 1861, and duty
there till January, 1862. Curtis' Campaign in Missouri and Arkansas. Advance
on Springfield, Mo. and pursuit of Price to Cross Hollows, Ark., January
23-February 21. Battles of Pea Ridge March 6-8. March to Batesville, Ark.,
April 5-May 8. March to Cape Girardeau, Mo., May 10-21, thence moved to
Hamburg Landing, Tenn., May 22-25. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., May
27-30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 12. March to Jacinto June 21-22,
thence to Holly Springs June 27-29. At Jacinto till August 8. Guard Bear Creek
Bridge till August 21. March to Nashville, Tenn., August 21-September 1,
thence to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg, September 2-26. Pursuit of
Bragg into Kentucky October 1-15. Near Perryville October 6-7. Chaplin Hills,
Perryville October 8. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 17-November 7 and
duty there till December 26. Expedition from Edgefield to Harpeth Shoals and
Clarksville November 26-December 1. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30.
Nolensville Knob Gap December 26. Battle of Stone River December 30-31, 1862,
and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro till June. Scout to Franklin
January 31-February 12. Reconnaissance to Salem and Versailles March 9-14.
Operations on Edgeville Pike June 4; Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign
June 24-July 7; Liberty Gap June 24-27. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till
August 16. Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga
(Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga, Ga., September
19-20. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23.
Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Orchard Knob November 23-24.
Mission Ridge November 25. March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November
28-December 8. Operations in East Tennessee till January, 1864. At Loudon,
Tenn., January 22-April 13. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-August 26.
Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9.
Demonstrations on Dalton May 9-13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Adairsville May
17. Near Kingston May 18-19. Near Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May
23-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New
Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Pickett's Mills May 27.
Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10-July 2; Pine
Hill June 11-14; Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kennesaw June 27. Ruff's
Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochee River July 5-17. Peach Tree
Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Moved to Chattanooga,
Tenn., August 26-27, thence to Springfield, Ill., August 31. Mustered out
September 27, 1864, expiration of term.
Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 91 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 164 Enlisted men by disease. Total 267.
3rd Regiment, Confederate Cavalry
(Howard's)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr.
contains no history for this unit.
10th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry
(Johnson's)
10th Regiment Partisan Rangers was organized behind Federal lines during the
spring and summer of 1863. Many of its members were recruited in Oldham and
Crittenden counties. The unit saw action in Kentucky and Tennessee and acted
as a guide for General J.H. Morgan on his raids into Indiana and Ohio. Later
some of the men returned home, and a detachment surrendered at Paducah,
Kentucky, in May, 1865. Colonel Adam R. Johnson, Lieutenant Colonel R.M.
Martin, and Major Washington G. Owen were in command.
48th Battalion, Ohio Infantry
Organized July 24, 1865, by consolidation of the 48th, 83rd and 114th Ohio
Infantry. Duty at Galveston and Houston, Texas, till May, 1866. Mustered out
May 9, 1866.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 54 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 120 Enlisted men by disease. Total 180.
1st Regiment, Virginia State Reserves
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr.
contains no history for this unit.
36th Regiment, Alabama Infantry
36th Infantry Regiment was organized at Mount Vernon, Alabama, in May, 1862,
with men from Mobile, Tuscaloosa, Greene, Fayette, Sumter, and Monroe
counties. The unit was involved in constructing the defenses at Oven and
Choctaw Bluffs, then was stationed at Mobile until April, 1863. Assigned to
General Clayton's and later Holtzclaw's Brigade, it participated in difficult
campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Chickamauga to Nashville. Transferred
to the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana, it continued
the fight at Spanish Fort. At the Battle of Chickamauga it was reported that
the regiment had 28 officers, 429 men, and 401 guns on September 19; and 20
officers, 338 men, and 316 guns on September 20. It sustained 147 casualties
at Chattanooga, and mustered a force of 353 effectives in December, 1863, and
about 300 in November, 1864. The unit lost 110 wounded and captured at Spanish
Fort, and few were included in the surrender on May 4, 1865. Its commanders
were Colonels Thomas H. Herndon, Robert H. Smith, and Lewis T. Woodruff; and
Major Charles S. Henagan.
13th Regiment, Iowa Infantry
Organized at Davenport October 18 to November 2, 1861. Ordered to St. Louis,
Mo., November 20, 1861. Attached to Dept. of Missouri to February, 1862. 1st
Brigade, 1st Division, Army of Tennessee, to April, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 6th
Division, Army of Tennessee, to July, 1862, and District of Corinth, Dept. of
Tennessee, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 6th Division, Left Wing 13th Army
Corps (Old), Dept. of Tennessee, to December, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 6th Division,
16th Army Corps, Army of Tennessee, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 6th
Division, 17th Army Corps, to September, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 17th
Army Corps, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to
July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Moved to Jefferson City, Mo., December 13, 1861, and duty there till
March, 1862. Moved to St. Louis, Mo.; thence to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.,
March 8-23. Battle of Shiloh , Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of
Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Duty at Corinth and Bolivar till November.
Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12. Grant's Central
Mississippi Campaign November, 1862, to January, 1863. Moved to Memphis,
Tenn., January 12; thence to Lake Providence, La., January 18, and duty there
till April. Expedition to Richmond, La., January 29-31. Richmond January 30.
Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port
Gibson May 1 (Reserve). Battles of Raymond May 12. Jackson May 14. Champion's
Hill May 16. Big Black River May 17. Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July 4.
Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Expedition to Mechanicsburg May 26-June
4. Messenger's Ferry June 29-30 (Cos. "A," "D,"
"F" and "H"). Surrender of Vicksburg July 4. Advance on
Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Guard Ammunition and Subsistence trains. Duty at
Vicksburg till February, 1864. Stevenson's Expedition to Monroe, La., August
20-September 12, 1863. Expedition to Canton October 14-20. Meridian Campaign
February 3-March 6, 1864. Veterans on furlough March and April. Non-Veterans'
garrison at Mound City, Ill. Moved to Clifton, Tenn.; thence to Ackworth, Ga.,
via Huntsville and Decatur, Ala., and Rome, Ga., April 21-June 8. Atlanta
Campaign June 8 to September 8. Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw
Mountain June 10-July 2. Bushy Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kennesaw June
27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochee River July 6-17. Leggett's or Bald
Hill July 20-21. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August
25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August
31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama
October 1-21. Snake Creek Gap October 15-16. March to the sea November
15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas
January to April, 1865. Pocotaligo, S. C., January 14-16. Salkehatchie Swamps
February 3-5. River's Bridge February 3. South Edisto River February 9.
Orangeburg February 11-12. Columbia February 15-17. Cheraw March 3.
Fayetteville, N. C., March 11. Battle of Bentonville March 20-21. Occupation
of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 9-13. Occupation of Raleigh
April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March
to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24.
Moved to Louisville, Ky., June. Mustered out July 21, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 114 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 205 Enlisted men by disease. Total 328.
48th Regiment, Ohio Infantry
Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, September to December, 1861, and mustered in
February 17, 1862. Ordered to Paducah, Ky., and duty there till March 6.
Attached to District of Paducah, Ky., to March, 1862. 4th Brigade, 5th
Division, Army of the Tennessee, to May, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 5th Division, Army
of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 5th Division, District of
Memphis, Tenn., to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 5th Division, Right Wing 13th
Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st
Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st
Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 10th
Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to August, 1863. 2nd
Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee and Dept. of
the Gulf, to April, 1864. Captured at Sabine Cross Roads, La., April 8, 1864.
Attached to Defenses of New Orleans, La., Dept. of the Gulf, November, 1864,
to January, 1865.
SERVICE.-Moved from Paducah, Ky., to Savannah, Tenn., March 6-10, 1862.
Expedition from Savannah to Yellow Creek, Miss., and occupation of Pittsburg
Landing, Tenn., March 14-17. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on
and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. March to Memphis, Tenn., via
LaGrange, Grand Junction and Holly Springs June 1-July 21. Near Holly Springs
July 1. Duty at Memphis and along Memphis & Charleston Railroad till
November. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign. Operations on the Mississippi
Central Railroad. "Tallahatchie March" November 26-December 12.
Sherman's Yazoo Expedition December 20, 1862, to January 2, 1863. Chickasaw
Bayou December 26-28, 1862. Chickasaw Bluff December 29. Expedition to
Arkansas Post, Ark., January 3-10, 1863. Assault and capture of Fort Hindman,
Arkansas Post, Ark., January 10-11. Moved to Young's Point, La., January 15,
and duty there till March 8. At Milliken's Bend, La., till April 25. Movement
on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1.
Battle of Champion's Hill May 16. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4.
Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10.
Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Camp at Big Black till August 13. Ordered to New
Orleans, La., August 13. Western Louisiana ("Teche") Campaign
October 3-November 30. At New Iberia till December 13. Moved to New Orleans,
La., December 13; thence to Pass Cavallo, Texas, and duty there and at Du
Crow's Point till March 1, 1864. Moved to New Orleans, La., March 1. Red River
Campaign March 10 to April 23. Advance from Franklin to Alexandria March
14-26. Bayou De Paul, Carroll's Mill, April 8. Battle of Sabine Cross Roads
April 8. Regiment captured and prisoners of war till October, 1864, when
exchanged. Duty at New Orleans till January, ,1865. Consolidated with 83rd
Ohio Infantry January 17, 1865. Moved to Kennersville January 28, thence to
Barrancas, Fla. March from Pensacola, Fla., to Fort Blakely, Ala., March
20-April 2. Siege of Fort Blakely April 2-9. Assault and capture of Fort
Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery and Selma
April 13-21. Duty at Selma till May 12. Moved to Mobile May 12, thence to
Galveston, Texas, June 13, and duty there till July 24.
83rd Regiment, Ohio Infantry
Organized at Camp Dennison, Ohio, August and September, 1862. Moved to
Covington September 3, 1862, to repel Kirby Smith's threatened attack on
Cincinnati, Ohio. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Kentucky,
Dept. of the Ohio, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 10th Division, 13th Army
Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st
Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 10th
Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to August, 1863. 1st
Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, August, 1863,
and Dept. of the Gulf to January, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 13th Army
Corps, Army of the Gulf, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Army
Corps, to June, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the
Gulf, to December, 1864. Post of Natchez, Miss., District of Vicksburg, Miss.,
to January, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Reserve Corps, Military Division West
Mississippi, to February, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Reserve Corps,
February, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 13th Army Corps (New), to July,
1865.
SERVICE.-Expedition to Cynthiana, Ky., September 18, 1862. Moved to Camp
Shaler September 25, thence to Paris, Ky., October 15. To Louisville, Ky.,
October 28, and to Memphis, Tenn., November 23. Sherman's Yazoo Expedition
December 20, 1862, to January 3, 1863. Expedition from Milliken's Bend to
Dallas Station and Delhi, December 25-26. Chickasaw Bayou December 26- 28.
Chickasaw Bluff December 29. Expedition to Arkansas Post, Ark., January 3-10,
1863. Assault and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, January 10-11. Moved
to Young's Point, La., January 15, and duty there till March 10. Expedition to
Greenville, Miss., and Cypress Bend, Ark., February 14-26. Deer Creek near
Greenville February 23. At Milliken's Bend, La., till April 15. Movement on
Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1.
Battle of Champion's Hill May 16. Big Black River May 17. Siege of Vicksburg,
Miss., May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson,
Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Camp at Vicksburg till August
24. Ordered to New Orleans, La., August 24. Expedition from Carrollton to New
and Amite Rivers September 24-29. Moved to Brashear City. Western Louisiana
Campaign October 3-November 30. Grand Coteau November 3. At New Iberia till
December 19. Moved to New Orleans, La., thence to Madisonville January 19,
1864, and duty there till March. Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Advance
from Franklin to Alexandria March 14-26. Bayou de Paul and battle of Sabine
Cross Roads April 8, 1864. Monett's Ferry, Cane River Crossing, April 23.
Construction of dam at Alexandria April 30-May 10. Gov. Moore's Plantation May
2. Alexandria May 2-9. Retreat to Morganza May 13-20. Mansura May 16. Moved to
Baton Rouge, La., May 28, and duty there till July 21. Moved to Morganza July
21, and duty there till November. Expedition to Morgan's Ferry October 1-9,
and to the Atchafalaya October 18-29. At mouth of White River November
1-December 6. Moved to Natchez December 6 and duty there till January 28,
1865. Consolidated with 48th Ohio Infantry January 17, 1865. Moved to
Kennersville, La., January 28, thence to New Orleans and to Barrancas, Fla.
Campaign against Mobile, Ala., and its defenses March-April. March from
Pensacola, Fla., to Blakely, Ala., March 20-April 2. Occupation of Canoe
Station March 27. Siege of Fort Blakely April 2-9. Assault and capture of Fort
Blakely April 9. Capture of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery and Selma
April 13-25. Duty at Selma till May 12. Moved to Mobile May 12, thence to
Galveston, Texas, June 13, and duty there till July 24. Veterans and Recruits
transferred to 48th Ohio Infantry Battalion. Mustered out July 24, and
discharged at Camp Dennison, Ohio, August 10, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 52 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 161 Enlisted men by disease. Total 219.
14th Regiment, New York Heavy Artillery
Organized at Rochester, N. Y., and mustered in by Companies as follows:
Companies "A" and "B" August 29, Company "C"
September 11, Company "D" September 12, Company "E"
October 18, Company "F" October 20, Companies "G" and
"H" December 7, Companies "I" and "K" December
21, 1863; Company "L" January 8, and Company "M" at
Elmira, N. Y., January 17, 1864. Companies "A," "B,"
"C," "D," "E" and "F" ordered to New
York October 13, 1863, and assigned to garrison duty in New York Harbor till
April 23, 1864. Companies "G" and "H" ordered to Fort
Hamilton, New York Harbor, December 8, 1863. Companies "I" and
"K" to Fort Richmond, New York Harbor, December 24, 1863. Companies
"L" and "M" to Fort Richmond January, 1864, and duty at
these points till April 23, 1864. Ordered to join Army of the Potomac in the
field April 23, 1864. Attached to Provisional Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army
Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army
Corps, to June 1, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to
September, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to June, 1865. 1st
Brigade, Hardin's Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, D. C., to
August, 1865.
SERVICE.- Rapidan Campaign May-June, 1864. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7.
Spottsylvania May 8-12. Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. North Anna River
May 23-26. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor
June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of
Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July
30, 1864. Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Poplar Springs Church September
29-October 2. Reconnaissance on Vaughan and Squirrel Level Roads October 8.
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Fort Stedman March 25, 1865.
Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April
2. Occupation of Petersburg April 3. Moved to South Side Railroad and duty at
Ford's Station till April 20. Moved to Washington, D. C., April 20-27, and
duty there till August. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out August 26, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 220 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 299 Enlisted men by disease. Total 527.
151st Regiment, Indiana Infantry
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in March 3, 1865. Left State for
Nashville, Tenn., March 6; thence moved to Tullahoma, Tenn., March 14, and
duty there till June 14. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., June 14, and garrison duty
there till September. Mustered out September 19, 1865.
Lost during service 66 by disease.
35th Regiment, New York Infantry
Organized at Elmira, N. Y., and mustered in June 11, 1861. Moved to
Washington, D. C., attached to Hunter's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to
October, 1861. Wadsworth's Brigade, McDowell's Division, Army of the Potomac,
to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, King's 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the
Potomac, to April, 1862. 2nd Brigade, King's Division, Dept. of the
Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps, Pope's Army
of Virginia, to September, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps,
Army of the Potomac, to January, 1863. Provost Marshal General Patrick's
Command, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863.
SERVICE.-Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Advance
on Manassas, Va., March 10-15. At Upton's Hill till April 9. McDowell's
advance on Falmouth, Va., April 9-19. Duty at Falmouth till May 25. McDowell's
advance on Richmond May 25-29. Operations against Jackson June 1-21. Duty at
Falmouth till July 24. Reconnaissance to Orange Court House July 24-27. Battle
of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August
16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August 21-23. Battles of Gainesville
August 28; Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September
6-22. South Mountain September 14. Antietam September 16-17. Duty at
Sharpsburg till October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19.
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January
20-24, 1863. Provost duty at Aqua Creek till June. Chancellorsville Campaign
April 27-May 6. Mustered out June 5, 1863, expiration of term. Three years men
transferred to 80th New York Infantry.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 40 Enlisted men killed and mortally
wounded and 53 Enlisted men by disease. Total 94.
9th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Maxey's)
9th (Maxey's) Infantry Regiment [also called 8th Regiment] was organized
during September, 1861. The men were recruited in Galveston and Paris, and
Titus, Llano, Collin, and Lamar counties. It moved east of the Mississippi
River and saw action at Shiloh and Perryville. Later it was assigned to
General P. Smith's and Extor's Brigade. It fought at Murfreesboro, served in
Mississippi, then participated in the campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from
Chickamauga to Nashville. Ordered to Alabama, it ended the war at Mobile. This
regiment lost thirty percent of the 226 engaged at Shiloh and thirty-eight
percent of the 323 at Murfreesboro. Few surrendered in May, 1865. Its
commanders were Colonels Samuel B. Maxey, Wright A. Stanley, and William H.
Young; Lieutenant Colonels William E. Beeson and Miles A. Dillard; and Majors
James Burnet, W.M. Harrison, and James H. McReynolds.
127th Regiment, Illinois Infantry
Organized at Camp Douglas, Ill., and mustered in September 6, 1862. Moved to
Memphis, Tenn., November 9-13, 1862. Attached to 4th Brigade, 5th Division,
District of Memphis, 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, November,
1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 13th Army Corps, to December, 1862. 2nd
Brigade, 2nd Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January, 1863. 2nd
Brigade, 2nd Division, 15th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to September,
1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 15th Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Camp Douglas, Ill., guarding prisoners, September 6 to
November 9, 1862. Grant's Mississippi Central Campaign. "Tallahatchie
March" November 26-December 13. Sherman's Yazoo Expedition December 20,
1862, to January 3, l863. Chickasaw Bayou December 26-28, 1862. Chickasaw
Bluff December 29. McClernand's Expedition to Arkansas Post, Ark., January
3-10, 1863. Assault and capture of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, January 10-11.
Moved to Young's Point, La., January 22, and duty there till March. Expedition
to Rolling Fork, via Muddy, Steele's and Blade Bayous and Deer Creek March
14-27. Deer Creek March 22. Demonstrations on Haines' and Drumgould's Bluffs
April 29-May 2. Movement to Jackson, Miss., via Grand Gulf, May 2-14. Jackson
May 14. Champion's Hill May 16. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4.
Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Surrender of Vicksburg July 4. Advance on
Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. At Big Black till
September 22. Moved to Memphis, Tenn.; thence march to Chattanooga, Tenn.,
September 22-November 20. Operations on Memphis & Charleston R. R. in
Alabama October 20-29. Bear Creek, Tuscumbia, Ala., October 27.
Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Foot of Missionary Ridge
November 24. Tunnel Hill November 24-25. Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuit to
Graysville November 26-27. March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December
8. At Larkinsville, Ala., till May, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May to
September. Demonstration on Resaca May 8-13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15.
Movement on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and
battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5.
Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Assault
on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochee River July 6-17.
Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Ezra Chapel,
Hood's second sortie, July 28. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30.
Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6.
Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September
29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Clinton November 23.
Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Assault and capture of Fort McAllister
December 13. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Salkehatchie
Swamps, S.C., February 2-5. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River
February 12-13. Columbia February 16-17. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March
20-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14.
Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of
Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April
29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June 4 and discharged at Chicago,
Ill., June 17, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 47 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 168 Enlisted men by disease. Total 218.
5th Regiment, Missouri State Militia
Cavalry
Organized at St. Joseph, Mo., March and April, 1862. Attached to District of
Central Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to February, 1863.
SERVICE.-Duty in Central District of Missouri till February, 1863. Operations
in Carroll, Ray and Livingston Counties July 27-August 4, 1862. Grand River
August 1. Near Barry Section August 14. Iron County September 11. Liberty and
Sibley's Landing October 6 (Cos. "A," "B," "D"
and "K"). California House October 18. Independence February 3,
1863. (See 5th Regiment State Militia Cavalry (New) for further service.)
Lost 21 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 47 Enlisted
men by disease. Total 69.
4th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry
Organized February, 1862, by consolidation of Fremont Hussars and three
Companies Hollan Horse. Attached to 3rd Brigade, Army of Southwest Missouri,
Dept. of Missouri, to March, 1862. Cavalry, 2nd Division, Army of Southwest
Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to May, 1862. Cavalry 3rd Division, Army of
Southwest Missouri, to July, 1862. District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of
Missouri, to October, 1862. Cavalry Brigade, Army of Southeast Missouri, Dept.
of Missouri, till April, 1863. District of Columbus, Ky., 6th Division, 16th
Army Corps, Dept. of Tennessee, to December, 1863. Waring's Detached Brigade,
Dist. of Columbus, to January, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, 16th
Army Corps, to June, 1864. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, Sturgis' Expedition,
June, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Dist. of West Tennessee, to
December, 1864. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, District of West Tennessee, to
June, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division Cavalry Corps, Military Division West
Mississippi, and Dept. of Texas to November, 1865.
SERVICE.-Curtis' Campaign in Missouri and Arkansas January to April, 1862.
Occupation of Springfield, Mo., February 14. Pierson's and Crane's Creeks
February 14. Flat Creek February 15. Cross Timbers February 16. Sugar Creek,
Ark., February 17. Bentonville February 19. Occupation of Fayetteville
February 23. Scout through LaClede, Wright and Douglass Counties, Mo., March
1-11 (Co. "F"). Battles of Pea Ridge, Ark., March 6-8; Fox Creek
March 7 (Cos. "E" and "F"); Mountain Grove March 9 (Cos.
"E" and "F"). March to Keitsville, thence to Forsyth March
19-April 10. Forsyth April 11. March to White Plains and Batesville April
15-May 3. Batesville May 3. Little Red River May 17 (Detachment). Scout to
Grand Glue May 14. Searcy Landing, Little Red River, May 19. Expedition from
Searcy Landing to West Point, Searcy and Des Arc May 27. Searcy May 27.
Expedition to Grand Glaze May 31 (Detachment). Scouts from Batesville June
16-17. March to Helena July 5-14. Round Hill July 7. Occupation of Helena till
October. Expedition from Clarendon to Lawrenceville and St. Charles September
11-13. Battle of Iuka, Miss., September 19 (Co. "C"). Expedition to
LaGrange September 26 (Detachment). Moved with Davidson to Southeast Missouri
and operation, against Marauder October, 1862, to May, 1863. (Battle of
Corinth, Miss., October 3-4, 1862 (Co. "C"). Grant's Central
Mississippi Campaign October 31, 1862, to January 10, 1863 (Co.
"C").) Batesville, Ark., February 4, 1863. Moved to Columbus, Ky.,
May, 1863, and duty there till January, 1864. (Raymond, Miss., May 12, 1863
(Co. "F"); Jackson, Miss., May 14 (Co. "F"); Champion's
Hill, Miss., May 16 (Co. "F").) Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May
18-July 4, 1863 (Co. "F"). Near Lexington, Tenn., June 29, 1863
(Detachment). Union City, Tenn., July 10 (Cos. "C" and
"E"). Occupation of Hickman, Ky., July 15-16. Expedition from
Clifton in pursuit of Biffle's, Forest's and Newsome's Cavalry July 22-27.
Expedition from Columbus to Hickman, Ky., August 1 (1 Co.). Scout from Fort
Pillow, Tenn., August 3 (Detachment). Expedition from Union City to
Conyersville September 1-10. Conyersville September 5. Como September 19.
Expedition from Paducah, Ky., to McLemoresville, Tenn., September 20-30.
Pillowville November 5. Attack on Bloomfield, Mo., November 29-30. Expedition
from Union City to Trenton January 22-24, 1864. Smith's Expedition from
Colliersville, Tenn., to Okolona, Miss., February 11-26. Prairie Station
February 20. Okolona February 21. Ivy's Hill, near Okolona, February 22.
Operations against Forest in West Tennessee March 16-April 14. Sturgis'
Expedition from Memphis, Tenn., to Ripley, Miss., April 30-May 9. Near Mt.
Pleasant May 22 (Detachment). Holly Springs, Miss., May 24. Sturgis'
Expedition to Guntown, Miss., June 1-13. Brice's or Tishamingo Creek, near
Guntown, June 10. Ripley and Salem June 11. Expedition to Grand Gulf, Miss.,
July 4-24. Grand Gulf July 16. Smith's Expedition from Lagrange, Tenn., to
Oxford, Miss., August 1-30. Operations against Price in Missouri
September-October. Little Blue, Mo., October 21. Big Blue and State Line
October 22. Westport October 23. Engagement at the Marmiton or battle of
Charlot October 25. Mine Creek, Osage River, Marias des Cygnes, October 25.
Grierson's Expedition to destroy Mobile & Ohio Railroad December 21, 1864,
to January 15, 1865. Verona December 25. Egypt Station December 28. At Memphis
and along Memphis & Charleston Railroad till June, 1865. Moved to
Alexandria, thence to Shreveport, La. Moved to Texas July 10-August 2.
Garrison duty at San Antonio and scouting along the Rio Grande, Texas, till
November, 1865. Mustered out November 13, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 56 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 6 Officers and 177 Enlisted men by disease. Total 243.
3rd Regiment, Michigan Cavalry
Organized at Grand Rapids, Mich., August 24 to November 28, 1861. Left State
for St. Louis, Mo., November 28, 1861. Duty at Benton Barracks, Mo., till
February 21, 1862. Ordered to Commerce, Mo., February 21. Attached to Cavalry
Division, Army of the Mississippi, to April 1862. 1st Brigade, Cavalry
Division, Army of the Mississippi, to June, 1862. 5th Division, Army of the
Mississippi, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the
Mississippi to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Cavalry Division, 13th Army Corps
(Old) Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. Cavalry Brigade, District of
Jackson, Tennessee, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. Mizner's Cavalry Brigade,
3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry
Division, 16th Army Corps, to August, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division,
16th Army Corps, to January, 1864. District of St. Louis, Mo., Dept. of
Missouri, March to May, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept.
of Arkansas, to August, 1864. 4th Brigade, Cavalry Division, 7th Army Corps,
Dept. of Arkansas, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, 7th Army
Corps, to April, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Military Division of
West Mississippi, to May, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, West
Mississippi, to August, 1865. Dept. of Texas to February, 1866.
SERVICE.-Siege of New Madrid, Mo., March 3-14, 1862. Siege and capture of
Island No. 10, Mississippi River, March 15-April 8. Moved to Hamburg Landing,
Tenn., April 17-22. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30.
Action at Farmington May 1. Farmington Heights May 4 (Cos. "A,"
"E," "I," "K"). Reconnaissance toward Corinth
May 8. Reconnaissance on Alabama Road toward Sharp's Mills May 10.
Reconnaissance to Memphis & Charleston Railroad May 13. Near Farmington
May 19 (3rd Battalion). Near Farmington May 22 (Co. "G").
Reconnaissance to Burnsville and Iuka May 22-23. Tuscumbia Creek May 30.
Pursuit to Booneville May 30-June 12. Reconnaissance toward Baldwyn June 3.
Action at Booneville June 3-4. Clear Creek, near Baldwyn, June 14. Blackland
June 28. Ripley June 29. Hatchie Bottom July 20 (Co. "H").
Booneville July 26. Spangler's Mills July 28 (Cos. "H,"
"L," "M"). Iuka September 19. Battle of Corinth October
3-4. Pursuit to the Hatchie River October 5-12. Grant's Central Mississippi
Campaign November 2, 1862, to January 10, 1863. Capture of Ripley and Orizaba
November 2, 1862. Reconnaissance from Lagrange November 8-9. Coldwater and
Lamar November 8. Holly Springs November 13. Expedition from Grand Junction to
Ripley, Miss., November 19-20 (Detachment). Holly Springs November 29 and
December 20. Orizaba November 29. Waterford, Lumpkia's Mills, November 29-30.
About Oxford December 1-3. Water Valley Station December 4. Coffeeville
December 5. Water Valley Station December 18. Ripley December 23. Bolivar
December 24. Expedition from Lexington to Clifton February 17-21, 1863 (Cos.
"A," "B," "K," "L"). Clifton February
20. Scout from Lexington to mouth of Duck River March 31-April 1. Trenton
April 19. Cotton Grove April 25. Forked Deer Creek June 13. Opeiations in
Northwest Mississippi June 15-25. Near Holly Springs June 16-17. Lagrange June
17. Belmont and Coldwater Bridge June 18. Near Panola June 19-20. Senatobia
June 20. Matthews' Ferry, on Coldwater River, June 20. Lamar July 5. Forked
Deer Creek July 15. Jackson, Tenn., July 17. Expedition to Grenada, Miss.,
August 12-23. Grenada August 13. Operations in Northern Mississippi and
Western Tennessee against Chalmers October 4-17. New Albany October 5. Salem
October 8. Ingraham's Mills, near Byhalia, October 12. Wyatt's Ford,
Tallahatchie River, October 13. Smith's Bridge October 19. Corinth, Miss.,
November 2. Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad November 3-5.
Corinth, Miss., November 12. Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad
against Lee's attack November 28-December 10. Danville November 14-15. Ripley
November 27. Molino November 28. Ripley December 1 and 4. Regiment veteranize
January 19, 1864. At Lagrange till January 29. Lagrange January 25. On Veteran
furlough till March. Provost duty at St. Louis, Mo., March 22-May 18, and at
Little Rock, Ark., May 24 to August 1. Clarendon, Ark., June 25-26. Remount
Camp and Lake Bluff August 5. Bull Creek August 6. Expedition from Little Rock
to Little Red River August 6-16. Hatch's Ferry August 9 (Detachment). Augusta
August 10 (Detachment). Duvall's Bluff August 23. Searcy August 29.
Brownsville September 4. Scout and patrol duty September-October. At
Brownsville Station, Memphis & Little Rock Railroad, November, 1864, to
February, 1865. Expedition from Brownsville to Arkansas Post December 7-13,
1864 (Cos. "A," "H," "K," "L,"
"M"). Near Dudley's Lake December 16 (Cos. "E,"
"F" and "G"). Moved to Carrollton, La., March 14-23, 1865;
thence to Mobile, Ala. Siege operations against Forts Blakely and Spanish Fort
March 26-April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. Citronelle, Ala., May 4.
Surrender of Gen. Dick Taylor (Regiment acted as escort to Gen. Canby). Moved
to Mobile, thence to Baton Rouge, La., May 8-22, and to Shreveport June 10.
March from Shreveport to San Antonio, Texas, July 10-August 2. Garrison duty
at San Antonio and scouting along frontier to Rio Grande till February 12,
1866. Mustered out February 12 and discharged at Jackson, Mich., March 15,
1866.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 27 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 380 Enlisted men by disease. Total 414.
31st Regiment, Maine Infantry
Organized at Augusta March and April, 1864. Left State for Washington, D. C.,
April 18, 1864. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of
the Potomac, to July, 1865.
SERVICE-Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River, Va., May 3-June 15,
1864. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7. Spottsylvania May 8-12. Spottsylvania
C. H. May 12-21. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May
26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3.
Before Petersburg June 16-19. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2,
1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Weldon R. R. August 18-21.
Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's
Run, October 27-28. Fort Steadman March 25, 1865. Assault on Fort Davis April
1. Assault on Fort Mahone April 2. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Occupation of
Petersburg April 3-20. Moved to Alexandria April 20-27. Grand Review May 23.
Mustered out July 15, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 18 Officers and 161 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 176 Enlisted men by disease. Total 359.
15th Regiment, New York
Engineers
Organized at Washington, D. C., October 25, 1861, from 15th Regiment New York
Infantry. Attached to Engineer Brigade, Army of the Potomac.
SERVICE.-Duty at Washington and Alexandria till March, 1862. Moved to the
Virginia Peninsula March. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Advance up the
Peninsula and constructing bridges on the Chickahominy River May. Seven days
before Richmond June 25-July 1. Seven Pines June 27. White Oak Swamp and
Charles City Cross Roads June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison Landing
till August 16. Moved to Washington, D. C., August 16-22. Maryland Campaign
September-October. Rappahannock Campaign November, 1862, to June, 1863. Battle
of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24,
1863. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations about Franklin's
Crossing April 29-May 2. Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights
May 3-4. Banks' Ford May 4. Deep Run Ravine June 5-13. Mustered out June 25,
1863. Three years men consolidated to a Battalion of three Companies,
"A," "B" and "C." Company "D" assigned
December 9, 1863; Company "E" assigned March, 1864, and other seven
Companies November, 1864. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June-July, 1863. Battle of
Gettysburg July 1-3. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the
Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Rapidan
Campaign May-June, 1864. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania
Court House May 5-21; North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May
26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Crossing of James River
June 15. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege operations against Petersburg and
Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Deep Bottom July 27-28, 1864.
Hatcher's Run February 5-7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Fall
of Petersburg and Richmond April 2-3. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox
Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Expedition to reinforce
General Sherman April 23-29. Moved to Washington, D. C., May 2-15. Grand
Review May 23. (Cos. "A," "B" and "H" with
Terry's Expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C., January 3-15, 1865. Capture of Fort
Fisher January 15. Capture of Wilmington, N. C., February 22. Campaign of the
Carolinas March 1-April 26. Occupation of Goldsboro and Raleigh. Bennett's
House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty in Dept. of North
Carolina till June.) Mustered out Companies "E," "F,"
"G," "H," "I," "K," "L" and
"M" at Washington, D. C., June 13, 1865; Companies "C"
June 14, 1865, and Companies "A," "B" and "D"
July 2, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 7 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3
Officers and 119 Enlisted men by disease. Total 129.
30th Regiment, New York
Infantry
Organized at Troy, N. Y., and mustered in June 1, 1861. Left State for
Washington, D. C., June 28, 1861. Attached to Defenses of Washington to
August, 1861. Keyes' Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October, 1861.
Keyes' Brigade, McDowell's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862.
Augur's Brigade, King's 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to
April, 1862. 1st Brigade, King's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June,
1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps. Pope's Army of Northern Virginia,
to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the
Potomac, to June, 1863.
SERVICE.-Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Doolan's
Farm November 16, 1861 (Detachment). Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-16,
1862. McDowell's Advance on Falmouth, Va., April 9-19. Duty at Fredericksburg,
Va., till May 25. McDowell's advance on Richmond May 25-29. Operations against
Jackson June 1-21. At Falmouth till August. Pope's Campaign in Northern
Virginia August 16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August 20-23.
Thoroughfare Gap August 28. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30.
Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battles of South Mountain September 14;
Antietam September 16-17. Duty in Maryland till October 29. Movement to
Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December
12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth till April 27.
Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Pollock's Mill Creek
April 29-May 2. Battle of Chancellorsville May 2-5. Three years' men
transferred to 76th Regiment New York Infantry May 24. Mustered out June 18,
1863, expiration of term.
Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 72 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 31 Enlisted men by disease. Total 111.
25th Regiment, Ohio
Infantry
Organized at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, and mustered in June 28, 1861.
Ordered to West Virginia July 29, and duty along the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad from Grafton to the Ohio River, till August 21. Attached to Cheat
Mountain, District West Virginia, to November, 1861. Milroy's Command, Cheat
Mountain, District West Virginia, to April, 1862. Milroy's Brigade, Dept. of
the Mountains, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps, Army of
Virginia, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Army Corps, Army
of the Potomac, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Gordon's Division, Folly Island,
S. C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the South, to January, 1864. District of
Hilton Head, S. C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the South, to April, 1864.
District of Hilton Head, S. C., Dept. of the South, to October, 1864. 3rd
Separate Brigade, Dept. of the South, to November, 1864. 1st Brigade, Coast
Division, Dept. of the South, to February, 1865. 3rd Separate Brigade, Hilton
Head, S. C., Dept. of the South, to March, 1865. 1st Separate Brigade,
District of Charleston, S. C., Dept. of the South, to August, 1865. 4th
Separate Brigade, District of Western South Carolina, Dept. of the South, to
January, 1866. Dept of the South to June, 1866.
SERVICE.-Moved to Cheat Mountain Summit, W. Va., August 21, 1861, and duty
there August 25-November 25. Operations on Cheat Mountain September 11-17.
Action at Cheat Mountain September 12. Greenbrier River October 3-4. Duty at
Huttonsville November 25, 1861, to February 27, 1862. Expedition to Camp
Baldwin December 11-13, 1861. Action at Camp Allegheny, Buffalo Mountain,
December 12. Expedition to Huntersville December 31, 1861, to January 6, 1862.
Duty at Beverly, Cheat Mountain, March. Expedition on the Seneca April 1-12.
Action at Monterey April 12. At Staunton till May 7. Battle of McDowell May 8.
March from Franklin to Strasburg May 26-June 10, pursuing Jackson up the
Shenandoah Valley. Battle of Cross Keys June 8. Duty at Sperryville and
Centreville, Va., till August. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's
Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Freeman's Ford August 22.
Battle of Bull Run August 29-30. Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C.,
till December. Expedition from Centreville to Bristoe September 25-28. March
to Fredericksburg, Va., December 10-16. "Mud March" January 20-24,
1863. At Brook's Station till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May
6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July
22. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee, to Manassas Gap, Va.,
July 5-24. At Warrenton Junction July 25-August 6. Moved to Folly Island, S.
C., Dept. of the South, August 6-12. Duty at Folly and Morris Islands, S. C.,
operating against Fort Sumpter and Charleston till January, 1864. Duty at
Hilton Head, S. C., till November 23, 1864. (Veterans absent on Furlough
January to March, 1864. Cos. "A," "G" and "I" at
Fort Pulaski, Ga., September 25 to October 23.) Expedition against Charleston
& Savannah Railroad November 28-30. Battle of Honey Hill November 30.
Coosaw River December 4. Demonstration on Charleston & Savannah Bailroad
December 6-9. Deveaux's Neck December 6. Occupation of Charleston February 26,
1865. Expedition toward Santee River February 28-March 10. Camp at Mt.
Pleasant March 12-April 3. Potter's Expedition to Camden, S. C., April 5-25.
Dingle's Mills April 9. Statesburg April 15. Occupation of Camden April 17.
Boykins' Mills April 18. Denkins' Mills and Beach Creek near Statesburg April
19. Return to Mt. Pleasant April 28, thence moved to Charleston May 6 and to
Columbia May 7, and garrison duty there till May 25. Duty in Fairfield,
Newberry, Edgefield, Lexington and Richland Counties till April, 1866. At
Summerville till May and duty on the Sea Islands till June. Ordered to Todd's
Barracks, Ohio, June 6. Mustered out June 18, 1866.
Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 151 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 119 Enlisted men by disease. Total 280.
8th Regiment, Pennsylvania
Cavalry (89th Volunteers)
Organized at Philadelphia August to October, 1861. Left State for Washington,
D. C., October 4, 1861. Attached to Porter's Division, Army Potomac, to March,
1862. Unattached, 4th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to April, 1862. Blake's
Brigade, Cavalry Reserve, Army Potomac, to July, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Stoneman's
Cavalry Division, Army Potomac, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Pleasanton's
Cavalry Division, Army Potomac, to February, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division,
Cavalry Corps, Army Potomac, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry
Corps, Army Potomac, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Arlington Heights, Va., Defenses of Washington, D. C., till
March, 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15. Moved to the Virginia
Peninsula April. Siege of Yorktown April 11-May 4. Baltimore Cross Roads, near
New Kent Court House, May 13. Operations about Bottom's Bridge May 20-23.
Reconnaissance toward Richmond and to Turkey Island Creek Bridge May 23.
Savage Station May 24. Reconnaissance to Seven Pines May 24-27. Chickahominy
May 24. Garnett's Farm and White Oak May 27. Battle of Fair Oaks (Seven Pines)
May 31-June 1. Reconnaissance to White Oak Swamp June 22-23. Seven days before
Richmond June 25-July 1. Bottom's Bridge June 28-29. Savage Station June 29.
Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. (Co. "A"
at Headquarters of Gen. Porter; Co. "B" at Headquarters of Gen.
McClellan; Co. "D" at Headquarters of Gen. P. St. G. Cooke.) Turkey
Island Bridge July 20. Reconnaissance to Malvern Hill July 23. Retreat from
the Peninsula and movement to Alexandria. Maryland Campaign September. Falls
Church September 3-4. Sugar Loaf Mountain September 10-11. Frederick September
12. Middletown September 13. Antietam September 16-17. Boteller's Ford,
Sharpsburg, Md., September 19. Shepherdstown Ford September 19. Amissville
September 30. Reconnaissance from Sharpsburg to Shepherdstown and Martinsburg,
W. Va., October 1 (3 Cos.). Philomont November 1-2. Castleman's Ferry,
Upperville, Union and Bloomfield November 2-3. Adie and Ashby's Gap November
3. Markham Station November 4. Barbee's Cross Roads November 5. Waterloo
Bridge November 7. Hazel River November 8. Newby's Cross Roads, near
Amissville, November 10. Philomont November 19. Leed's Ferry and King George
Court House December 2. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15.
Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6, 1863. Richard's Ford and Barnett's
Ford April 29. Ely's Ford Road April 30. Chancellorsville May 1-2. Salem
Heights and Banks' Ford May 4. Adie June 17. Middleburg June 19. Upperville
June 21. Thoroughfare Gap June 25. Westminster, Md., June 30. Battle of
Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Monterey Gap July 4. Smithsburg July 5.
Williamsport and Hagerstown, Md., July 6. Boonsboro July 8. Jones Cross Roads,
near Williamsport, July 10 and 13. Hagerstown July 10-13. St. James College
July 11-12. Williamsport Road July 14. Shepherdstown July 16. Rixey's Ford
September 2. Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17.
Culpeper Court House September 13. Rapidan Station September 15-16.
Robertson's River September 22. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Near Warrenton
October 11. Warrenton or White Sulphur Springs October 12. Auburn and Bristoe
October 14. St. Stephen's Church October 14. Advance to line of the
Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. New Hope
Church November 27. Blind Ferry December 5. Raid to Luray Valley December
21-23. Regiment re-enlisted December 31, 1863. Raid through Chester Gap
January 1-4, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May-June, 1864. Todd's Tavern May 5-8.
Spottsylvania Court House May 8-21 (Co. "A"). Sheridan's Raid to
James River May 9-24. Matapony Church May 9. North Anna River May 9-10. Ground
Squirrel Church and Yellow Tavern May 11. Brook Church or Fortifications of
Richmond May 12. Haxall's Landing May 18. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-25.
Totopotomoy May 28-31. Haw's Shop May 28. Cold Harbor May 31-June 1. Sumner's
Upper Bridge June 2. Sheridan's Trevillian Raid June 7-24. Trevillian Station
June 11-12. White House or St. Peter's Church June 21. Black Creek or Tunstall
Station June 21. St. Mary's Church June 24. Siege of Petersburg and Richmond
June, 1864, to April, 1865. Warwick Swamp July 12. Charles City Cross Roads
July 15-16. Demonstration north of the James at Deep Bottom July 27-29.
Malvern Hill July 25. Warwick Swamp July 30. Demonstration north of the James
at Deep Bottom August 13-20. Gravel Hill August 14. Strawberry Plains and Deep
Run August 14-18. Charles City Cross Roads August 16. Dinwiddie Road, near
Ream's Station, August 23. Ream's Station August 25. Belcher's Mills September
17. Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2. Arthur's Swamp September
30-October 1. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Reconnaissance
to Stony Creek November 7. Stony Creek Station December 1. Bellefield Raid
December 7-12. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Appomattox
Campaign March 28-April 9. Dinwiddie C. H. March 30-31. Five Forks April 1.
Paine's Cross Roads and Amelia Springs April 5. Deatonville Road and Sailor's
Creek April 6. Farmville April 7. Appomattox C. H. April 9. Surrender of Lee
and his army. Expedition to Danville April 23-29. Duty at Lynchburg and in the
Dept. of Virginia till July. Mustered out by consolidation with 16th
Pennsylvania Cavalry July 24, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 55 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 126 Enlisted men by disease. Total 188.
2nd Regiment, Wisconsin
Infantry
Organized at Madison, Wis., and mustered in June 11, 1861. Moved to
Washington, D. C., June 20-25. Attached to Sherman's Brigade, Tyler's
Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia, to August, 1861. Fort
Corcoran, Division of the Potomac, to October, 1861. King's Brigade,
McDowell's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd
Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862. 3rd Brigade,
King's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 4th Brigade, 1st
Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 4th Brigade,
1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade,
1st Division, 1st Army Corps, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 5th
Army Corps, to August, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to
September, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to October, 1864.
SERVICE.-Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21, 1861. Occupation of Fairfax
Court House July 17. Action at Blackburn's Ford July 18. Battle of Bull Run
July 21. Duty at Fort Corcoran, Defenses of Washington, D. C., till August 27.
Camp at Meridian Hill and duty at Fort Tillinghast till March, 1862.
Reconnaissance to Lewinsville, Va., September 25, 1861. (Co. "K"
transferred to 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery December 9, 1861. A new Co.
"K" organized, December 20, 1861.) Advance on Manassas, Va., March
10-16, 1862. Advance to Falmouth March 18-April 23. Woodstock April 1.
McDowell's advance on Richmond May 25-29. Operations against Jackson June
2-11. Reconnaissance to Orange Court House July 24-26. Expedition to
Frederick's Hall Station and Spottsylvania Court House August 5-8. Thornburg's
Mills or Massapona Church August 5-6. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia
August 16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August 21-23. Catlett's
Station August 21. Gainesville August 28. Battles of Groveton August 29. Bull
Run August 30. Chantilly September 1 (Reserve). Maryland Campaign September
6-22. Battles of South Mountain , Md., September 14, and Antietam , Md.,
September 16-17. At Sharpsburg, Md., till October 30. Advance to Falmouth,
Va., October 30-November 22. Battle of Fredericksburg , Va., December 12-15.
"Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Belle Plains till April 27.
Expedition from Belle Plains into Westmoreland County March 25-29.
Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Pollock's Mill Creek
April 29-May 2. Fitzhugh's Crossing April 29-30. Battle of Chancellorsville
May 2-5. Operations on Northern Neck May 20-26. Brandy Station and Beverly
Ford June 9. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg ,
Pa., July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24. Duty on line of
the Rappahannock and Rapidan till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22.
Haymarket October 19. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine
Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James
River May 3-June 15, 1864. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May
8; Spottsylvania May 8-12. Detached from Brigade May 11 and assigned to duty
as Provost Guard, 4th Division, 5th Army Corps. Spottsylvania Court House May
12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of
the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12.
Non-Veterans ordered to Madison, Wis., June 11, and there mustered out July 2,
1864. Veterans and Recruits consolidated to a Battalion of two Companies and
assigned to duty as Provost Guard at Headquarters, 4th Division, 5th Army
Corps, till September. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June
16 to November 30. Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Boydton Plank Road ,
Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Battalion consolidated with 6th Wisconsin
Infantry as Companies "G" and "H" November 30, 1864.
Regiment lost during service 10 Officers and 228 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 77 Enlisted men by disease. Total 315.
6th Regiment, Wisconsin
Infantry
Organized at Camp Randall, Madison, Wis., and mustered in July 16, 1861. Left
State for Washington, D. C., July 28. At Harrisburg, Pa., till August 3, then
moved to Washington. Attached to King's Brigade, McDowell's Division, Army of
the Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army
of the Potomac, to April, 1862. 3rd Brigade, King's Division, Dept. of the
Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army
of Virginia, to September, 1862. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps,
Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps,
to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 5th Army Corps, to August, 1864.
3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 1st Brigade,
3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Camp on Meridian Hill and duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C.,
till March, 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-16. Advance to Falmouth
April 9-19. Duty at Falmouth and Fredericksburg till August McDowell's advance
on Richmond March 25-29. Operations against Jackson June 2-11. Reconnaissance
to Orange Court House July 24-27. Reconnaissance to Frederick's Hail Station
and Spottsylvania Court House August 5-8. Thornburg's Mills (or Massaponax
Church) August 5-6. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in
Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August
21-23. Action at Gainesville August 28. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull
Run August 30; Chantilly , September 1 (Reserve). Maryland Campaign September
6-22. Battles of South Mountain , Md., September 14; Antietam, September
16-17. At Sharpsburg till October 30. Advance to Falmouth, Va., October
30-November 22. Battle of Fredericksburg, December 12-15. "Mud
March" January 20-24, 1863. At Belle Plain till April 27. Expedition to
Heathville February 12-14. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6.
Operations at Pollock's Mill Creek April 29-May 2. Fitzhugh's Crossing April
29-30. Battle of Chancellorsville, May 2-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June
11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg , Pa., July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas
Gap. Va., July 5-24. Duty on line of the Rappahannock and Rapidan till
October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Haymarket October 19. Advance to line
of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2.
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River May 4-June 15, 1864. Battles of
the Wilderness , May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12
Spottsylvania Court House , May 12-21. Assault on the Salient, "Bloody
Angle," May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Jericho Ford May 23. On line
of the Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor , June 1-12. Bethesda Church June
1-3. Before Petersburg, June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to
April 2, 1865. Weldon Railroad , August 18-21, 1864. Boydton Road , Hatcher's
Run, October 27-28. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865.
Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Lewis Farm , near Gravelly Run, March
29. Boydton and White Oak Roads March 30-31. Five Forks , April 1. Fall of
Petersburg , April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox Courthouse, April
9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Washington, D. C., May. Grand
Review May 23. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 17. Mustered out July 2, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 16 Officers and 228 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 112 Enlisted men by disease. Total 357.
1st Regiment, Rhode Island
Infantry (3 months, 1861)
Organized in Rhode Island, April, 1861. Moved to Washington, D. C., April 20
and 24, 1861. Duty at Camp Sprague, Defenses of Washington, till July 16.
Attached to Burnside's Brigade, Hunter's Division, McDowell's Army of
Northeast Virginia, June-July. Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21. Battle of
Bull Run July 21. Left Washington for home July 25. Mustered out August 2,
1861.
5th Regiment, US Artillery
(Regular Army)
"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer
contains no history for this unit.
2nd Regiment, New York
Veteran Cavalry
Organized at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., and mustered in by Companies as follows:
"A" August 15, "B" and "F" August 25,
"C" September 9, "D" and "E" September 8,
"G" October 1O, "H" October 16, "I" and
"K" November 10, "L" December 3, and "M" at
Cavalry Depot, Washington, D. C., December 30, 1863. Left State by detachments
for Washington, D. C., August to December, 1863. Attached to Cavalry Division,
22nd Army Corps. to February, 1864. 5th Brigade, Cavalry Division, 19th Army
Corps, Department of the Gulf, February 15 to June, 1864. 4th Brigade, Cavalry
Division, Dept. of the Gulf, to August, 1864. Separate Cavalry Brigade, Dept.
of the Gulf, to December, 1864. Separate Cavalry Brigade, Reserve Division,
Military Division West Mississippi, to February, 1865. Separate Cavalry
Brigade, District of West Florida, to March, 1865. 1st Brigade, Lucas' Cavalry
Division, Military Division West Mississippi, to April, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 1st
Cavalry Division, Dept. of the Gulf, to July, 1865. District of Alabama, Dept.
of the Gulf, to November, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., till February, 1864.
Ordered to Dept. of the Gulf February, 1864. Red River Campaign March 10-May
22. Advance from Franklin to Alexandria March 14-26. Monett's Ferry and
Cloutiersville March 29-30. Natchitoches March 31. Campti April 4. Sabine
Cross Roads April 8. Pleasant Hill April 9. Bayou Saline April 14.
Natchitoches April 19. About Cloutiersville April 22-24. Cane River Crossing
Apri 23. Bayou Roberts May 3. Near Wilson's Landing May 4-5. Well's and
Moore's Plantations May 6. Retreat to Morganza May 13-20. Mansura May 16. Near
Moreauville May 17. Bayou de Glaze May 18. Simsport May 18. Expedition from
Morganza to the Atchafalaya River May 29-June 6. Bayou Fordyce Road May 29.
Livonia May 30. Bayou Grosse Tete June 1-3. Near Morganza June 24. Franklin
July 18. Atchafalaya River July 27. Morgan's Ferry Road and Atchafalaya River
July 28. Marinquin Bayou August 9. Rosedale August 10. Expedition to Clinton
August 23-29. Morgan's Ferry, on Atchafalaya River, August 28 (Detachment).
Expedition from Morganza to Fausse River September 13-17. Bayou Maringowen
September 13 and 16. Rosedale September 15. Bayou Alabama and Morgan's Ferry
September 20. St. Francisville October 4. Bayou Rara October 5. Fausse River
October 16. McLeod's Mills November 10. Clinton and Liberty Creek, Miss.,
November 15. Davidson's Expedition from Baton Rouge against Mobile & Ohio
Railroad November 27-December 13. State Line, Pascagoula River, Miss.,
November 27. Expedition to Morgan's Ferry December 13-14. Expedition from
Atchafalaya River December 16-19. Expedition from Morganza to New Roads
January 31, 1865. Scouts to Fausse River and Grosse Tete Bayou February 7-10
(Detachment). Moved to Barrancas, Fla., February, 1865. March to Fort Blakely,
Ala., March 20-April 1. College Hill, Fla., March 21. Pine Barren Creek March
23. Canoe Creek or Bluff Springs March 25. Bluff Springs March 25. Pollard,
Ala., March 26. Siege operations against Fort Blakely April 1-9. Expedition
from Blakdy to Claiborne April 9-17. Near Mt. Pleasant April 11. Grierson's
Raid through Alabama and Georgia April 17-30. Duty in District of Alabama till
November. Mustered out at Talladega, Ala., November 8, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 29 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 212 Enlisted men by disease. Total 249.
45th Regiment,
Massachusetts Infantry (Militia)
Organized at Camp Meigs, Readville, September 26-October 28, 1862. Moved to
Morehead City, N. C., on Steamer "Mississippi" November 5-14.
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of North Carolina, to January,
1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to
May, 1863. Lee's Brigade, Defenses of Newberne, N. C., to June, 1863.
SERVICE.-Camp on banks of the Trent near Newberne till December 12, 1862.
Foster's Expedition to Goldsboro December 12-20. Kinston December 14.
Whitehall December 16. Goldsboro December 17. Reconnaissance toward Trenton
January 17-22, 1863. Duty as post guard at Newberne January 26 to April 25.
Moved to mouth of the Trent, south side of the Neuse River, April 25.
Expedition toward Kinston, up the Atlantic & N. C. Railroad, April 27-May
1. Dover Road and Wise's Cross Roads April 28. Camp near Fort Spinola, mouth
of Trent, till June 24. Company "C" detached at Morehead City
November 29, 1862, to January 3, 1863. Company "G" at Fort Macon
till April 25. Company "I" at Morehead City January 3 to April 25,
and at Fort Spinola till June 24. Regiment moved to Morehead City June 24 and
embarked for Boston, Mass., arriving at Fortress Monroe June 26, and at Boston
June 30. Mustered out July 8, 1863
Regiment lost during service 19 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and
32 Enlisted men by disease. Total 51.
3rd Regiment, Massachusetts
Heavy Artillery
Organized for one year August, 1864, by consolidation of 3rd, 6th, 7th, 8th,
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th Unattached Companies Heavy
Artillery. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Hardin's Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept.
of Washington, and engaged in garrison duty in the Defenses of Washington,
north of the Potomac, to September, 1865. (For Co. "I," 13th
Unattached Company, see 13th Unattached Company.) Mustered out September 18,
1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Enlisted men killed and 1 Officer and 38
Enlisted men by disease. Total 41.
56th Regiment, North
Carolina Infantry
56th Infantry Regiment completed its organization in July, 1862, at Camp
Magnum, near Raleigh, North Carolina. Its members were recruited in the
counties of Camden, Cumberland, Pasquotank, Northampton, Orange, Cleveland,
Alexander, Rutherford, and Mechlenburg. The unit was on reconnaissance between
Goldsboro, Wilmington, and Tarboro, then served on the Blackwater. Attached to
M.W. Ransom's Brigade, it fought at Gum Swamp, Plymouth, and Drewry's Bluff,
endured the hardships of the Petersburg trenches south of the James River, and
saw action around Appomattox. The regiment had 149 men captured at Gum Swamp,
lost 4 killed and 84 wounded at Plymouth, and reported 90 casualties at Ware
Bottom Church. Many were disabled at Sayler's Creek, and only 9 officers and
62 men surrendered with the Army of Northern Virginia. The field officers were
Colonel Paul F. Faison, Lieutenant Colonel G. Gratiott Luke, and Majors John
W. Graham and Henry F. Schenck.
36th Regiment, Iowa
Infantry
Organized at Keokuk and mustered in October 4, 1862. Ordered to Memphis,
Tenn., December, 1862; thence to Helena, Ark. Attached to 1st Brigade, 13th
Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of Tennessee, to February, 1863. 2nd Brigade,
13th Division, 13th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 13th Division,
16th Army Corps, to August, 1863. 1st Brigade, 13th Division, 16th Army Corps,
to August, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Arkansas Expedition, to December,
1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to March,
1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Army Corps, to May, 1864. 2nd Brigade,
1st Division, 7th Army Corps, to February. 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division,
7th Army Corps, to March, 1865. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, to
August, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Helena, Ark., till February 24, 1863. Yazoo Pass Expedition
by Moon Lake, Yazoo Pass and Coldwater and Tallahatchie Rivers, and operations
against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood February 24-April 5. Fort Pemberton April
4. Post duty at Helena till August 10. Repulse of Holmes' attack on Helena
July 4. (A detachment on expedition to Napoleonville May 23-26, and engaged
near Island No. 65 May 25.) Steele's Expedition to Little Rock August
10-September 10. Bayou Fourche and capture of Little Rock September 10. Duty
at Little Rock till October 26. Pursuit of Marmaduke's forces October
26-November 1. Duty at Pine Bluff and Little Rock till March 23, 1864.
Steele's Expedition to Camden March 23-May 3. Elkin's Ford, Little Missouri
River, April 4-6. Prairie Dan April 10-13. Jenkins Ferry and Camden April 15.
Occupation of Camden April 15-23. Battle of Marks' Mills April 25; most of
Regiment captured. Confined at Camp Tyler, Texas, till March, 1865. Rejoined
Regiment at St. Charles on White River, Ark., April, 1865. Action at Jenkins'
Ferry , Saline River, April 30, 1864. Duty at Little Rock till March, 1865; at
St. Charles till May, and at Duvall's Bluff till August, 1865. Mustered out
August 24, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 64 Enlisted men killed and mortally
wounded and 6 Officers and 232 Enlisted men by disease. Total 303.
General and Staff Officers,
Non-Regimental Enlisted Men, CSA
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr.
contains no history for this unit.
24th Regiment, New York
Cavalry
Organized at Auburn, N. Y., and mustered in Companies "A,"
"C," "D" and "E" December 28, 1863.
"B," ¿F," "G," "H" and "I"
January 7, 1864. "K" and "L" January 19, 1864; and
"M," January 26, 1864. Left State for Washington, D. C., February
23, 1864. Attached to Marshall's Provisional Brigade as Infantry, 9th Army
Corps, Army of the Potomac, April to June, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division,
9th Army Corps, June, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, to
September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to October, 1864.
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps Army of the Potomac, to May, 1865.
1st Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., till April, 1864. Rapidan
Campaign May-June. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7. Spottsylvania May 8-12.
Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of
the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda
Church June 3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16,
1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Weldon
Railroad August 18-21. Ream's Station August 25. Poplar Springs Church
September 29-October 2. Vaughan Road October 1. Peebles' Farm October 2.
Reconnaissance on Vaughan and Squirrel Level Road October 8. Regiment mounted
October 20, 1864. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Prince
George Court House November 24. Stony Creek Station December 1. Hicksford Raid
December 6-12. Bellefield and Three Creeks December 9. Halifax Road December
10-11. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign
March 28-April 9. Dinwiddie Court House March 30-31. Five Forks April 1. Fall
of Petersburg April 2. Payne's Cross Roads April 5. Amelia Springs April 5.
Deatonville Road and Sailor's Creek April 6. Farmville April 7. Appomattox
Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Expedition to Danville
April 23-29. March to Washington, D. C., May. Grand Review May 23.
Consolidated with 10th New York Cavalry June 17, 1865, to form 1st Regiment
Provisional Cavalry.
Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 107 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 133 Enlisted men by disease. Total 248.
53rd Regiment, Indiana
Infantry
Organized at New Albany and Indianapolis, Ind., February 19 to March 6, 1862.
Guard prisoners at Indianapolis till March 15. Ordered to Savannah, Tenn.,
March 15. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to
July, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of Memphis, Tenn., to
September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of Jackson, Tenn., to
November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, District of Jackson, Tenn., 13th
Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 4th
Division, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 16th
Army Corps, to July, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Army Corps, to
August, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to May, 1864. 1st
Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30, 1862. March
to Memphis, Tenn., via Grand Junction, LaGrange and Holly Springs, June 1-July
21, and duty there till September 6. March to Jackson and Bolivar, Tenn.,
September 6-14. Battle of Matamora, Hatchie River, October 5. Grant's Central
Mississippi Campaign. Operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad November,
1862, to January, 1863. Duty at Colliersville and Memphis till April. Ordered
to Young's Point, La., thence to Grand Gulf, Miss., and duty there till June
12. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., June 15-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July
4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Reconnaissance to Pearl River July 15. Duty
at Vicksburg till August 15. Ordered to Natchez, Miss., August 15, and duty
there till November 24. Expedition to Harrisonburg September 1-8. Near
Harrisonburg and capture of Fort Beauregard September 4. Ordered to Vicksburg,
Miss., November 24, and duty there till February, 1864. Meridian Campaign
February 3-March 2. Veterans on furlough March and April. Moved to Bird's
Point, Mo., April 28; thence to Clifton, Tenn., and march to Ackworth, Ga.,
via Huntsville and Decatur, Ala., and Rome, Ga., May 5-June 9. Atlanta (Ga.)
Campaign June 9-September 8. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw
Mountain June 10-July 2. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5.
Turner's Ferry July 5. Chattahoochee River July 5-17. Leggett's or Bald Hill
July 20-21. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25.
Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-31. Battle of Jonesboro August
31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in
North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Shadow Church and
Westbrook's. near Fairburn, October 1-3. March to the sea November 15-December
10. Ball's Ferry and Georgia Central Railroad Bridge, Oconee River, November
23-25. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to
April, 1865. Salkehatchie Swamps, S. C., February 2-5. Rivers Bridge,
Salkehatchie River, February 3. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto
River February 1-13. Columbia February 16-17. Fayetteville, N. C., March 11.
Averysboro March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of
Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh
April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March
to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24.
Moved to Louisville, Ky., June, and there mustered out July 21, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 98 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 248 Enlisted men by disease. Total 359.
73rd Regiment, Indiana
Infantry
Organized at South Bend, Ind., and mustered in August 16, 1862. Ordered to
Lexington, Ky. Evacuation of Lexington August 31. Attached to 20th Brigade,
6th Division, Army of the Ohio, September, 1862. 20th Brigade, 6th Division,
2nd Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division,
Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 3rd
Brigade, 1st Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April,
1863. Streight's Provisional Brigade. Dept. of the Cumberland, to May, 1863.
Prisoners of war to December, 1863. Post and District of Nashville, Tenn.,
Dept. of the Cumberland, to January, 1864. 1st Brigade, District of Nashville,
Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, January, 1864. 1st Brigade, Rousseau's 3rd
Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. 1st
Brigade, 4th Division, 20th Army Corps, Dept. of the Cumberland, to March,
1865. District of Northern Alabama, Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Pursuit of Bragg to Loudon, Ky., October 1-22, 1862. Battle of
Perryville, Ky., October 8. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 9,
and duty there till December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro, Tenn., December
26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863.
Duty at Murfreesboro till April. Reconnaissance to Nolensville and Versailles
January 13-15. Streight's Raid to Rome, Ga., April 26-May 3. Day's Gap, Sand
Mountain, Crooked Creek and Hog Mountain April 30. East Branch, Black Warrior
Creek, May 1. Blount's Farm and Center May 2. Cedar Bluff May 3. Regiment
captured. Reorganized and rejoined army at Nashville, Tenn., December, 1863.
Guard duty along Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, and picketing Tennessee
River from Draper's Ferry to Limestone Point. Headquarters at Triana till
September, 1864. Paint Rock Bridge April 8, 1864. Scout from Triana to
Somerville July 29 (Detachment). Action at Athens, Ala., October 1-2. Defense
of Decatur October 26-29. Duty at Stevenson, Ala., till January, 1865. At
Huntsville, Ala., and along Mobile & Charleston Railroad till July.
Giirley's Tank February 16, 1865 (Detachment). Mustered out July 1, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 41 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 191 Enlisted men by disease. Total 241.
9th Regiment, Vermont
Infantry
Organized at Brattleboro and mustered in July 9, 1862. Moved to Washington, D.
C., July 15-17. Attached to Piatt's Brigade, Winchester, Va., to September,
1862. Miles' Command, Harper's Ferry, W. Va., September, 1862. Camp Douglas,
Ill., to April, 1863. Wardrop's Reserve Brigade, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of
Virginia, to June, 1863. Wistar's Independent Brigade, 7th Army Corps, to
July, 1863. Yorktown, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to October,
1863. District of Beaufort, N. C., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to
July, 1864. Defenses of New Berne, N. C., Dept. of Virginia and North
Carolina, to September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 13th Army Corps, Army
of the James, to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 24th Army Corps,
Dept. of Virginia, to July, 1865. 2nd Independent Brigade, 24th Army Corps, to
August, 1865. Dept. of Virginia to December, 1865.
SERVICE.-Moved from Washington, D. C., to Cloud's Mills, Va., July 19, 1862;
thence to Winchester, Va., July 23, and duty there till September 2. Retreat
to Harper's Ferry, W.Va., September 2. Defense of Harpers Ferry September
13-15. Bolivar Heights September 14. Surrendered, September 15. Paroled
September 16, and sent to Annapolis, Md.; thence to Chicago, Ill., September
25. Guard Rebel prisoners at Camp Douglas, Chicago, Ill., till March 28, 1863.
Declared exchanged January 10, 1863. Guard Rebel prisoners to City Point, Va.,
March 28-April 7. Moved to Fortress Monroe April 7-9, thence to Suffolk, Va.,
April 12. Siege of Suffolk April 13-May 4. Edenton Road April 24. Siege of
Suffolk raised May 4. Duty at Suffolk till June 17. Operations on Norfolk
& Petersburg Railroad May 15-18. Antioch Church and Barber's Cross Roads
May 23. Moved to Yorkown June 17, thence to West Point June 25, and outpost
duty there till July 7. Duty at Yorktown till October 23. Expedition to
Gloucester Court House July 25. Ordered to New Berne, N. C., October 23, and
reached Morehead City October 26. Duty at Newport Barracks till July, 1864.
Cedar Point December 1, 1863. Destruction of salt works on Bear Inlet, N. C.,
December 25 (Detachment). Expedition to Onslow County January 27, 1864.
Newport Barracks February 2. Bogue Sound Blockhouse February 2 (Cos.
"B" and "H"). Gale's Creek, near New Berne, February 2
(Detachment). Ordered to New Berne, N. C., July 11, and duty there till
September 17; "A" at Evans Mills, "B" and "C"
near Fort Spinola, "D" and "G" at Red House, "E"
and "I" at Rocky Run, "F" at Fort Spinola, "H"
at Buckwood and "K" on the Trent. Moved to Bermuda Hundred September
13-15. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond September 15, 1864, to
April 2, 1865. Duty at Bailey's Cross Roads September 20-26, 1864. (A
Detachment in Fort Dutton, Bermuda Hundred front, September 27 to November 28,
1864.) Battle of Chaffin's Farm and Fort Harrison September 28-30. Battle of
Fair Oaks October 27-28. Detached for duty at New York City November 2-17
during presidential election of 1864. Duty in trenches before Richmond till
April, 1865. Occupation of Richmond April 3. Provost duty there till August.
Non-Veterans mustered out June 13, 1865. Regiment consolidated to a Battalion
of four Companies, and provost duty at Norfolk, Drummondsville and Portsmouth
till December. Mustered out December 1, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 22 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 278 Enlisted men by disease. Total 305.
3rd Regiment, New York
Light Artillery
Organized at Washington, D. C., from 19th Regiment Infantry December 11, 1861.
BATTERY "F," 3rd REGIMENT LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Originally organized at Syracuse, N. Y., as 10th Battery Light Artillery and
mustered in December 18, 1861. Assigned to Regiment as Battery "F,"
and joined at Washington, D. C. Attached to Defenses of Washington, D. C., to
March, 1862. Unattached, Dept. of North Carolina, to December, 1862. Artillery
Brigade, 18th Army Corps. Dept. of North Carolina and Dept. of the South, to
April, 1863. U. S. Forces, Folly Island, S. C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the
South, to July, 1863. Artillery, Morris Island, S. C., 10th Army Corps, to
November, 1863. Folly Island, S. C., 10th Corps, to March, 1864. District of
Beaufort, S. C., Dept. of the South, to September, 1864. District of Florida,
Dept. of the South, to November, 1864. Artillery Brigade, Coast Division,
Dept. of the South, to January, 1865. 1st Separate Brigade, Northern District,
Dept. of the South. to March, 1865. 1st Separate Brigade, District of
Charleston, S. C., Dept. of the South, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Sailed
for New Berne, N. C., March 27, arriving there April 2. Duty at New Berne till
January, 1863. Foster's Expedition to Goldsboro December 11-20, 1862. Actions
at Kinston December 14. Whitehall December 16. Goldsboro December 17. Moved to
Port Royal, S. C., January 30-February 2, 1863. At St. Helena Island, S. C.,
till April. Expedition against Charleston, S. C., April 3-11. Duty on Folly
Island, S. C., operating against Morris Island and Charleston till July.
Attack on Morris Island July 10. Assaults on Fort Wagner July 11 and 18. Siege
of Forts Wagner and Gregg, Morris Island, and operations against Fort Sumpter
and Charleston July 18-September 7. Bombardment of Fort Sumpter and Charleston
August 17-23. Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg September 7. Operations
against Charleston from Morris and Folly Islands till September, 1864.
Expedition to Johns and James Islands July 2-10, 1864. Operations against
Battery Pringle July 4-9. Burden's Causeway, John's Island, July 9. Ordered to
Florida September 13, and duty there till November. Hatch's Expedition up
Broad River November 28-30. Battle of Honey Hill November 30. Demonstration on
Charleston & Savannah Railroad December 6-9. Deveaux's Neck December 6.
Tillifinny Station December 9. Occupation of Deveaux's Neck till January 19,
1865. Moved to Morris Island January 19, and duty there till March. Occupation
of Charleston till April. Potter's Expedition to Camden, S. C., April 5-25.
Dingle's Mills April 9. Statesburg April 15. Occupation of Camden April 17.
Boykin's Mills April 18. Denkin's Mills and Beech Creek near Statesburg April
19. Duty in Dept. of the South till July. Mustered out at Syracuse, N. Y.,
July 24, 1865.
78th Regiment, United
States Colored Infantry
Organized April 4, 1864, from 6th Corps de Afrique Infantry. Attached to 2nd
Brigade, 2nd Division, Corps de Afrique, Dept. of the Gulf, to July, 1864.
Post of Port Hudson, La., Dept. of the Gulf, to October, 1864. 2nd Brigade,
2nd Division, United States Colored Troops, Dept. of the Gulf, to October,
1864. Post of Port Hudson, La., Dept. of the Gulf, to April, 1865. District of
LaFourche, Dept. of the Gulf, to January, 1866.
SERVICE.- Post and garrison duty at Port Hudson, La., till April, 1865, and at
Donaldsonville, Thibedeaux and other points in District of LaFourche, Dept. of
the Gulf, to January, 1866. Mustered out January 6, 1866.
13th Regiment, Maine
Infantry
Organized at Augusta and mustered in December 13, 1861. Moved to Boston,
Mass., February 8, 1862. Companies "A," "B," "E"
and "I" embark on Steamer "Mississippi" for Ship Island,
Miss., February 20, arriving March 20. Regiment moved to New York February 21,
and there embark February 27 on Steamer "Fulton" for Ship Island,
Miss., arriving there March 8. Attached to Butler's Expeditionary Corps
January to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Dept. of the Gulf, to July, 1862.
Independent Command, Dept. of the Gulf, to December, 1862. Defenses of New
Orleans, La., Dept. Gulf, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 19th
Army Corps, Dept. Gulf, to December, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 13th
Corps, Dept. Gulf, to January, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 13th Corps,
Dept. Gulf, to February, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Corps, Dept.
Gulf, to July, 1864, and Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to
December, 1864.
SERVICE.-Duty at Ship Island, Miss., till July 5, 1862. Company "C"
moved to Fort Pike July 5, thence to Fort Macomb, and duty there till August
30, 1863. Moved to New Orleans, Company "A" moved to quarantine
station July 8, and duty there till August 7, then at Fort St. Phillip till
August, 1863. Moved to New Orleans. Companies "G," "H" and
"I" moved to Fort Jackson July 8, and to Fort St. Phillip August 24.
Duty there till August, 1863. Expedition to Pass Manchac February 8-11, 1863
(Detachment). Moved to New Orleans. Companies "B" and "E"
moved to New Orleans July 11, thence to Fort St. Phillip July 15, and duty
there till August, 1863. Moved to New Orleans. Companies "D" and
F" at Ship Island till January 23, 1863, and at Forts Jackson and St.
Philiip till August, 1863. Moved to New Orleans August 1. Company
"K" moved to Fort Macomb July 5, and duty there till August 30,
1863. Moved to New Orleans. Region duty at New Orleans August to October,
1863. Expedition to the Rio Grande, Texas, October 27-December 2. Advance on
Brownsville, Texas, November 3-6. Occupation of Fort Brown November 6.
Expedition to Aransas Pass November 17. Capture of Mustang Island November 17.
Fort Esperanza November 25-27. Matagorda Bay December 29-30. Companies
"C," "H" and "K" duty at Pass Cavallo, Matagorda
Island, till February, 1864. Moved to Franklin, La., February 12-16, and duty
there till March 15. Red River Campaign March 15-May 22. Advance from Franklin
to Alexandria March 15-26, thence to Natchitoches March 26-April 2. Battle of
Sabine Cross Roads April 8. Pleasant Hill April 9. Cane River Crossing April
23. At Alexandria April 25-May 13. Retreat to Morganza May 13-22. Mansura May
16. Duty at Morganza till July 1. Moved to Fortress Monroe, Va., thence to
Washington, D. C., July 1-13. Expedition to Snicker's Gap, Va., July 13-23.
Veterans on Furlough August-September, Non-Veterans duty at Harper's Ferry, W.
Va., till October 5. Regiment ordered to Martinsburg, W. Va., and duty there
till December 25. Non-Veterans left front for muster out December 25. Mustered
out January 5, 1865. Veterans and Recruits consolidated to a Battalion and
transferred to 30th Maine Infantry December 25, 1864.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 13 Enlisted men< killed and
mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 178 Enlisted men by disease. Total 195.
18th Regiment, Mississippi
Cavalry
18th Cavalry Battalion [also called 18th Regiment] was organized during the
late fall of 1862 with eight companies. Many of the men were recruited in
Smith, Coahoma, and Sunflower counties. The unit served in Chalmers', R.
McCulloch's, Slemon's Brigade, then returned to McCulloch's, and finally
Starke's Brigade. It skirmished in various conflicts in Tennessee and
Mississippi. The battalion contained 225 effectives in October, 1863 and
reported 6 casualties at Collierville and 51 in the expedition from Memphis
into Mississippi. It ended the war in Mississippi with only a few officers and
men. The field officers were Colonel Alex. H. Chalmers, Lieutenant Colonel J.
Waverly Smith, and Major William R. Mitchell.
18th Regiment, Connecticut
Infantry
Organized at Norwich August 22, 1862. Left State for Baltimore, Md., August
22. Attached to Defenses of Baltimore, Md., 8th Corps, Middle Dept., to
January, 1863. 2nd Separate Brigade, 8th Corps, to February, 1863. 2nd
Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Army Corps, to June, 1863. Unattached, Scammon's
Division, Dept. West Virginia, to December, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division,
West Virginia, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, West Virginia, to
July, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, West Virginia, to October, 1864. New
Haven, Conn., to November, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, West Virginia, to
April, 1865. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, West Virginia, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Forts McHenry and Marshall, Defenses of Baltimore, till May,
1863. Moved to Winchester, Va., and joined Milroy's Command May 22. Battle of
Winchester June 13-15. Mostly captured June 15. Paroled July 2 and exchanged
October 1, 1863. Moved to Martinsburg, Va., to join those not captured.
Provost duty at Hagerstown, Md., till September 30, and at Martinsburg till
March, 1864. At Bolivar Heights March 7-28. Reconnaissance toward Snicker's
Gap March 16-18. On furlough March 28-April 9. Sigel's Expedition from
Martinsburg to New Market April 29-May 17. Battle of New Market May 15.
Hunter's Expedition to Lynchburg May 26-July 1. Advance on Staunton May
26-June 5. Action at Piedmont, Mount Crawford, June 5. Occupation of Staunton
June 6. Lynchburg June 17-18. Moved to Camp Piatt, thence to Parkersburg,
Cumberland, Md., Martinsburg, Harper's Ferry and Snicker's Ford July 1-18.
Snicker's Ferry July 18. Battle of Kernstown, Winchester, July 24. Martinsburg
July 25. At Charlestown, W.Va., till October, and at Martinsburg October 1-29.
Moved to New Haven, Conn., and duty at Conscript Camp till November 11. Moved
to Martinsburg, W. Va., November 11-13, thence to Halltown November 23, and
duty there till March, 1865, and at Martinsburg till June. Mustered out at
Harper's Ferry, W. Va., June 27, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 67 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 80 Enlisted men by disease. Total 152.
Independent Battery E,
Kentucky Light Artillery
Organized at Camp Nelson, Ky., October to December, 1863. Attached to District
of North Central Kentucky, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of Ohio, to
November, 1863. District of Somerset, Ky., 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps. to
January, 1864. District of Southwest Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to April, 1864.
4th Brigade, 1st Division, District of Kentucky, 5th Division, 23rd Army
Corps, to December, 1864. Garrison, Lexington, Ky., District of Kentucky, to
August, 1865.
SERVICE.-Garrison duty at Camp Nelson and Camp Burnside, Ky., till June, 1864.
Re-enlisted February, 1864. Duty at Lexington, Ky., till November, 1864.
Stoneman's Raid to Southwest Virginia December 10-29. Kingsport December 13.
Near Marion December 16-17. Saltville, Va., December 20-21. Duty at Lexington
and Camp Nelson, Ky., till August, 1865. Mustered out August 1, 1865.
Battery lost during service 10 by disease.
26th Regiment, Maine
Infantry (9 months, 1862-63)
Organized at Bangor and mustered in for nine months' service October 11, 1862.
Left State for Washington, D. C., October 26. Duty in the defenses of that
city till November 16. Moved to Fortress Monroe, Va., 16, thence sailed for
New Orleans, La., December 2. Attached to Grover's Division, Dept. of the
Gulf, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept.
Gulf, to July, 1863.
SERVICE.-Duty at Camp Chalmette, La., till January 8, 1863. Occupation of
Baton Rouge, La., December 17, 1862 (part of Regiment). Rest of Regiment moved
to Baton Rouge January 8, 1863, and duty there till March 13. Operations
against Port Hudson March 13-20. Moved to Donaldsonville March 28, thence to
Thibodeauxville and Brashear City. Operations in Western Louisiana April 9-May
14. Bayou Teche Campaign April 11-20. Irish Bend April 14. Bayou Vermillion
April 17. Conduct train from Alexandria to Brashear City, a march of 300
miles, May 21-26. Moved to Algiers May 27, thence to Port Hudson May 29. Siege
of Port Hudson May 30-July 8. Assault on Port Hudson June 14. Surrender of
Port Hudson July 8. Ordered home July 25 and mustered out August 17, 1863,
expiration of term.
Regiment lost during service 34 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1
Officer and 130 Enlisted men by disease. Total 165.
1st Regiment, New Hampshire
Heavy Artillery
Company "A" organized as 1st Company New Hampshire Heavy Artillery
and mustered in July 22, 1863. Stationed at Fort Constitution till May 6,
1864. Company "B" organized as 2nd Company New Hampshire Heavy
Artillery and mustered in September 17, 1863. Stationed at Fort McClary,
Kittery Point, till May 6, 1864. These 2 Companies ordered to Washington, D.
C., May 6, 1864. Attached to Augur's Command, Defenses of Washington, 22nd
Corps, and assigned to duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. Company
"A" at Forts Sloeum, Stevens, Totten, Sumner and Batteries Cameron,
Parrott, Kendall and Vermont till November, 1864. Ordered to Portsmouth Harbor
November 25, 1864. Company "B" at Forts Bunker Hill, Saratoga,
Lincoln, Bayard, Gaines and Foote till February, 1865, when ordered to
Portsmouth Harbor, N. H. Repulse of Early's attack on Washington July 11-12,
1864 (Cos. "A" and "B"). Companies "C,"
"D," "E," "F," "G," "H,"
"I," "K" and "L" organized from September 2 to
October 17, 1864. Company "M" formed by assignment of 1st New
Hampshire Battery, Volunteer Light Artillery, November 5, 1864, but remained
detached as a Light Battery. Each Company ordered to Washington, D. C., as
fast as organized, and duty in the Defenses of that city till June, 1865.
Regiment mustered out June 15, 1865. Recruits consolidated to 2 Companies and
mustered out September 11, 1865.
1st Regiment, Massachusetts
Cavalry
Organized at Camp Brigham, Reedville, and duty there till December 25, 1861.
Companies "A," "B," "C" and "D" left
State for Annapolis, Md., December 25, 1861; thence moved to Hilton Head, S.
C., February, 1862, and join Regiment. Second Battalion left State for New
York December 27, and Third Battalion December 29 for same point; thence
sailed for Hilton Head, S. C., January 13, arriving January 20, 1862. Attached
to Department of the South to April, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of
the South, to August, 1862. Companies "A" to "H" moved to
Fort Monroe August 19, 1862; thence to Washington, D. C., and join
Pleasanton's Cavalry, Army of the Potomac, at Tenallytown, September 3.
Attached to Pleasanton's Cavalry, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1862.
Averill's Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac, to January, 1863.
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1865.
(4 new Companies, "I," "K," "L," "M,"
organized December 5, 1863, to January 14, 1864.) Provost Marshal's Command,
Army of the Potomac, to May, 1865. Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, to June,
1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Hilton Head, S. C., till May, 1862. Moved to Edisto Island,
S. C., May (Cos. "E" to "M"). Operations on James Island,
S. C., June 1-28. Action James Island June 8. Battle of Secessionville June 16
(Co. "H"). Evacuation of James Island and movement to Hilton Head
June 28-July 7. Poolesville, Md., September 4-5. Sugar Loaf Mountain September
10-11. South Mountain September 14. Battle of Antietam September 16-17.
Shepherdstown, W. Va., September 19. Kernersville, Shephardstown and
Smithfield October 16-17. 4 Companies with 5th Corps October 30-November 25. 4
Companies near Hagerstown, Md., till November 16, thence moved to Washington
November 16-25, and duty there refitting till December 13. Bloomfield November
2-3. Snicker's Gap November 3-4. Markham Station November 4. Manassas Gap
November 5-6. Reconnaissance to Grove Church December 1. Battle of
Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Reconnaissance toward Warrenton December
21-23. Expedition to Richard's and Ellis' Fords December 29-30. Reconnaissance
to Catlett's and Rappahannock Station January 8-10, 1863. Elk Run, Auburn,
January 9. Near Grove Church January 9. Destruction of Rappahannock Bridge
February 5. Hartwood Church February 25. Kelly's Ford March 17. Bealeton March
17. Chancellorsville Campaign, Stoneman's Raid, April 29-May 6. Rapidan
Station May 1. Near Prairie grove June 3. Kelly's Ford, Brandy Station and
Stevensburg June 9. Adie June 17. Upperville June 21. Battle of Gettysburg,
Pa., July 2-3. Emmettsburg July 4. Williamsport July 6-7. Near Harper's Ferry,
W. Va., July 14. Old Antietam Forge, near Leitersburg, July 10. Jones' Cross
Roads July 12. Shepherdstown July 16. Near Adie July 31. Scout to Hazel River
August 4. Rixeyville August 5. Welford's Ford August 9. Scout to Barbee's
Cross Roads August 24. Scout to Middleburg September 10-11. Advance from the
Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17. Culpeper C. H. September 13.
Rapidan Station September 13-14-15. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Warrenton
(or Rappahannock Station) October 12. Auburn and Bristoe October 14.
Brentsville October 14. Picket near Warrenton till November 22. Mine Run
Campaign November 26-December 2. Mine Run November 27. Scout and picket duty
at Warrenton till April 21, 1864. Kilpatrick's Raid on Richmond February
28-March 4. Fortifications of Richmond March 1. (Cos. "C,"
"D" at Headquarters Army of the Potomac, April, 1864, to muster
out.) Rapidan Campaign May-June. Todd's Tavern May 5-6. Wilderness May 6-7.
Todd's Tavern May 7-8. Corbin's Bridge, Spottsylvania, May 8. Davenport Ford
May 9. Sheridan's Raid to James River May 9-24. North Anna River May 9-10.
Ground Squirrel Church, Ashland and Yellow Tavern May 11. Brooks' Church, or
Richmond Fortifications, May 12. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy
May 28-31. Cold Harbor May 31-June 1. About Cold Harbor June 1-7. Sumner's
Upper Bridge June 2. Sheridan's Trevillian Raid June 7-24. Trevillian Station
June 11-12. Newark, or Mallory's Cross Roads, June 12. Black Creek, or
Tunstall Station, and White House, or St. Peter's Church, June 21. St. Mary's
Church June 24. Camp at Prince George Court House June 27-July 13. Weldon
Railroad and Warwick Swamp July 12. At Lee's Mills till July 26. Demonstration
on north side of James River July 27-29. Deep Bottom July 27-28. Malvern Hill
July 28. Lee's Mills July 30. Scouting duty till August 14. Demonstration
north of James River August 14-18. Gravel Hill August 14. Strawberry Plains
August 14-18. Charles City Cross Roads August 18. Weldon Railroad August
19-21. Dinwiddie Road, near Ream's Station, August 23. Ream's Station August
25. Hawkinsville September 14. Jerusalem Plank Road September 16. Belcher's
Mills September 17. Poplar Grove Church September 29-October 2. Davis' Farm
September 30. Arthur's Swamp September 30-October 1. Vaughan Road October 1.
(Old members left front for Massachusetts October 25, 1864.) Boydton Plank
Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. At McCann's Station till November 18.
Reconnaissance toward Stony Creek November 7. At Westbrook House till December
1. Stony Creek Station December 1. Bellefield Raid December 7-12. Bellefield
December 9-10. At Westbrook House till March 17, 1865. Dabney's Mills,
Hatcher's Run, February 5-7. Provost duty at City Point till April 2. Fall of
Petersburg April 2. Provost duty till May 27. Duty in the Defenses of
Washington till June 26. Mustered out June 29, 1865, and discharged at
Readville, Mass., July 24, 1865.
9th Regiment, Alabama
Infantry
9th Infantry Regiment, organized at Richmond, Virginia, during May, 1861,
contained men recruited in the counties of Mobile, Jackson, Marshall, Morgan,
Lauderdale, Limestone, Greene, Sumter, Butler, and Calhoun. Assigned to
General Wilcox's Brigade the unit totalled 550 officers and men in April,
1862. It later was brigaded under Generals Perrin, Sanders, and W.H. Forney.
The 9th served with distinction in the campaigns of the Army of Northern
Virginia from Williamsburg to Cold Harbor, then was active in the Petersburg
trenches and the campaign that closed at Appomattox. It lost 134 men at
Gaines' Mill and 130 at Frayser's Farm, had 12 killed and 42 wounded in the
Maryland Campaign, and 21 killed and 90 wounded at Chancellorsville.
Fifty-eight were killed or wounded at Gettysburg, and many were disabled at
Cold Harbor. On April 9, 1865, it surrendered with 6 officers and 70 men. The
field officers were Colonels Samuel Henry, J.H. King, and Cadmus M. Wilcox;
Lieutenant Colonel s Stephen F. Hale, E.A. O'Neal, and Gaynes C. Smith; and
Majors James M. Crow and Jere H.J. Williams.
94th Regiment, New York
Infantry
Organized at Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., and mustered in March 10, 1862. Left
State for Washington, D. C., March 18, 1862. Attached to Wadsworth's Command,
Military District of Washington, D. C., to May, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd
Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division,
3rd Army Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd
Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade,
2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, to May, 1863. Provost Guard, Army of the
Potomac, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, to
December, 1863. District of Annapolis, Md., 8th Army Corps, Middle Dept., to
May, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to
May 30, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, to June 6, 1864. 1st
Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to June 11. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division,
5th Army Corps, to September. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to
October, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to November, 1864.
3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., till May, 1862. Moved to
Fredericksburg, Va., and duty there till May 25. Expedition to Front Royal May
25-June 18. Duty at Manassas, Warrenton and Culpeper, Va., till August. Battle
of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August
16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August 20-23. Thoroughfare Gap
August 28. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30; Chantilly
September 1. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battles of South Mountain
September 14; Antietam September 16-17. Duty at Sharpsburg, Md., till October
30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of
Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. At Falmouth and Belle Plains till April
27, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24. Chancellorsville Campaign April
27-May 6. Operations at Fitzhugh's Crossing April 29-May 2. Battle of
Chancellorsville May 2-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of
Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24.
Duty on line of the Rappahannock and Rapidan till October. Bristoe Campaign
October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run
Campaign November 26-December 2. Duty in the District of Annapolis, Md., till
May, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May 26-June 15. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor
June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. White Oak Swamp June 13. Before
Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2. 1865.
Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864 (Reserve). Weldon Railroad August
18-21. Reconnaissance toward Dinwiddie Court House September 15. Warren's Raid
on Weldon Railroad December 7-12. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7,
1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Lewis Farm, near Gravelly Run,
March 29. White Oak Road March 31. Five Forks April 1. Fall of Petersburg
April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox Court House April 9, Surrender
of Lee and his army. Moved to Washington, D. C., May 1-12. Grand Review May
23. Duty in the Defenses of Washington till July. Mustered out July 18, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 105 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 137 Enlisted men by disease. Total 247.
14th Regiment, New York
Heavy Artillery
Organized at Rochester, N. Y., and mustered in by Companies as follows:
Companies "A" and "B" August 29, Company "C"
September 11, Company "D" September 12, Company "E"
October 18, Company "F" October 20, Companies "G" and
"H" December 7, Companies "I" and "K" December
21, 1863; Company "L" January 8, and Company "M" at
Elmira, N. Y., January 17, 1864. Companies "A," "B,"
"C," "D," "E" and "F" ordered to New
York October 13, 1863, and assigned to garrison duty in New York Harbor till
April 23, 1864. Companies "G" and "H" ordered to Fort
Hamilton, New York Harbor, December 8, 1863. Companies "I" and
"K" to Fort Richmond, New York Harbor, December 24, 1863. Companies
"L" and "M" to Fort Richmond January, 1864, and duty at
these points till April 23, 1864. Ordered to join Army of the Potomac in the
field April 23, 1864. Attached to Provisional Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army
Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army
Corps, to June 1, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to
September, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to June, 1865. 1st
Brigade, Hardin's Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, D. C., to
August, 1865.
SERVICE.- Rapidan Campaign May-June, 1864. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7.
Spottsylvania May 8-12. Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. North Anna River
May 23-26. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor
June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of
Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July
30, 1864. Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Poplar Springs Church September
29-October 2. Reconnaissance on Vaughan and Squirrel Level Roads October 8.
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Fort Stedman March 25, 1865.
Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April
2. Occupation of Petersburg April 3. Moved to South Side Railroad and duty at
Ford's Station till April 20. Moved to Washington, D. C., April 20-27, and
duty there till August. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out August 26, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 220 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 299 Enlisted men by disease. Total 527.
1st Regiment, Iowa Cavalry
Organized at Davenport August and September, 1861. Accepted by the United
States Government June 13, 1861. Owned its own horses and equipment, and was
first Regiment of three years' Cavalry accepted into United States Volunteers.
Ordered to St. Louis, Mo., September 26, 1861; thence moved to Benton Barracks
and to Otterville, Mo., October. Attached to Fremont's Army of the West and
Dept. of Missouri to March, 1862. District of Central Missouri, Dept. of
Missouri, to October, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Frontier,
Dept. of Missouri, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the
Frontier, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of Southeast
Missouri, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Davidson's 1st Cavalry Division,
Arkansas Expedition, to January, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, 7th
Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry
Division, 7th Corps, to February, 1865. (Veterans in Dept. of Missouri June to
December, 1864.) 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, 7th Corps, February, 1865. 2nd
Brigade, Cavalry Division, District of West Tennessee, Dept. of Tennessee, to
June, 1865. Dept. of the Gulf to August, 1865. Dept. of Texas to February,
1866.
SERVICE.-Fremont's Campaign against Springfield, Mo., October 21-November 2,
1861. Moved to Sedalia and Georgetown November 9-16. (3rd Battalion, Cos.
"I," "K," "L" and "M," at Benton
Barracks, Mo., till March 6, 1862; then moved to Sedalia, Mo.) Pope's
Expedition to Warrensburg and Milford, Mo., December 5-27, 1861. Action at
Shawnee Mound, Milford, on the Blackwater December 18. Expedition against
Poindexter January 6-10, 1862. Action at Silver Creek January 8 (Cos.
"A," "F," "G" and "I"). Raid on Warsaw
January 15 (Cos. "A," "F," "G" and
"I"). Patrol and scout duty in Central District of Missouri till
October. Action at Lexington, Lafayette County, March 10 (Cos. "B"
and "D"). Expedition toward Osage and operations in Johnson, St.
Clair and Henry Counties, March 18-30. Action at Louisville March 19. Monaghan
Springs March 25. Musgrove Ferry March 28. On Blackwater, near Warrensburg,
March 29 (Cos. "A," "F", "G"). Near Clinton
March 30 (Detachment). Scouts on Marias des Cygnes and Elk Fork Rivers April
4-14. Near Shiloh April 11 (Cos. "D" and "K"). Scout to
Montevallo April 13-14 (Cos. "D" and "K"). On Osage, near
Montevallo, April 14 (Cos. "D" and "K"). Near Blackwater
April 16 (Cos. "D" and "K"). Butler, Bates County, May 15
(Co. "D"). Butler, Bates County, May 26. Monaghan Springs May 27.
Deep Water June 11. Guerilla Campaign against Quantrell's, Porter's and
Poindexter's forces July to September. Pleasant Hill July 8 (Co.
"K"). Expeditions in Cass County July 9 (Detachment). Lotspeach Farm
July 9 (Cos. "E," "G," "H" and "L").
Clinton July 9. Sears House and Big Creek Bluff, near Pleasant Hill, July 11
(Cos. "H" and "L"). Clear Creek, near Tabersville, August
2 (Cos. "A," "G," "H" and "L").
Kirksville August 6 (Cos. "A," "G," "H" and
"L"). Near S1ockton August 9 (Detachment). Regiment reunites at
Clinton, Mo., August 8. Big Creek September 9. Newtonia October 4 and 7.
Oxford Bend, near Fayetteville, October 27-28. Expedition to Yellville
November 25-30. March to join General Blunt December 3-6. Battle of Prairie
Grove , Ark., December 7. Expedition over Boston Mountains to Van Buren, Ark.,
December 27-30. Dripping Springs December 28. Expedition from Huntsville to
Buffalo River January 9-12, 1863. At Lake Springs till April, 1863. Operations
against Marauder in Southeastern Missouri April 17-May 3. Jackson, Mo., April
27. Castor River, near Bloomfield, April 29. Bloomfield April 30. Chalk
Bluffs, St. Francis River, April 30-May 1. At Lake Springs till July.
Expedition against Little Rock, Ark., July 1-September 10. Expedition from
Greensborough to Helena, Ark., July (Detachment). Brownsville, Ark., August
25. Near Bayou Mateo August 26. Reed's Bridge or Bayou Mateo August 27. Austin
August 31. Ashley's Mills September 7. Bayou Fourche and capture of Little
Rock September 10. Elizabethtown October 1. Vance's S1ore October 2.
Expedition to Arkadelphia November 26-December 1. Reconnaissance from Little
Rock December 5-13. Princeton December 6. Expedition to Camden December 15.
Steele's Expedition to Shreveport, La., March 23-May 3, 1864. Antoine and Wolf
Creeks April 2. Elkin's Ferry , Little Missouri River, April 3-4. Prairie
D'Anna April 9-12. White Oak Creek April 14. Camden Cross Roads April 15.
Occupation of Camden April 16-18. Camden April 20. Marks Mills April 25. Moro
Bottom April 25-26. Jenkins' Ferry , Saline River, April 30. Veterans on
furlough May and June. Non-Veterans on duty at Little Rock till February,
1865. Expedition to Fort Smith, Ark., September 25-October 13, 1864
(Detachment). Reconnaissance to Princeton October 19-23. Hurricane Creek
October 23. Expedition to Saline River November 17-18 (Detachment). Veterans
moved from Iowa to Missouri June 20, 1864. Operating against guerrillas,
headquarters at Macon, Mo., till October. Scout in Boone and Howard Counties
September 6-12. Skirmishes in Boone County September 7-8. Scout in Randolph,
Boone and Howard Counties September 15-19 (Detachment). Skirmishes at Columbia
September 16. Massacre at Centralia, North Missouri Railroad, September 27.
Moved to Jefferson City, Mo., October. Skirmish at California October 9.
Booneville October 9-12. Campaign against Price October-November. (Served as
body guard to General Rosecrans.) Marais des Cygnes, Osage River, October 25.
Moved to Warrensburg, thence to St. Louis, Mo., and to Helena, Ark.,
November-December. Operations in Arkansas January 1-27, 1865. Action at
Dardanelle January 14. Expedition from Little Rock to Mt. Elba January
22-February 4. Ordered to Memphis, Tenn., February 17, and duty there till
June. Expedition into Northern Mississippi March 3-11. Moved to Alexandria,
La., June 15-22; thence to Hemstead, Tex., August 8-26. Moved to Austin, Tex.,
October 20-November 4, and duty there till February, 1866. Mustered out
February 15, 1866. Moved to Iowa February 19-March 12, and discharged March
16, 1866.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 56 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 233 Enlisted men by disease. Total 293.
17th Regiment, Kentucky
Cavalry
Organized at Russellsville, Ky., April 25, 1865. Attached to Military Dept. of
Kentucky and assigned to duty at Hopkinsville, Ky., and in Southern Kentucky,
along Louisville & Nashville Railroad. Mustered out September 20, 1865.
8th Regiment, Kentucky
Cavalry
Organized at Russellsville, Ky., and mustered in August 13, 1862. Attached to
District of Louisville, Ky., Dept. of the Ohio, to November, 1862. Unattached,
Bowling Green, District of Western Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, to June, 1863. 1st
Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of Ohio, to August, 1863.
Unassigned, Bowling Green, Ky. 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to September,
1863.
SERVICE-Duty at Russellsville, Bowling Green and Hopkinsville, Ky., District
of West Kentucky, and at Clarksville, Tenn., operating against guerrillas,
till September, 1863. Actions at Morganfield, Ky., August 3, 1862.
Madisonville August 25. Morganfield September 1. Geiger's Lake September 3.
Near Madisonville September 4. Ashbysburg September 25. Henderson County
November 1. Greenville Road November 5. Garrettsburg November 6. Rural Hill,
Tenn., November 18. Near Nashville, Tenn., January 28, 1863. Expedition from
Bowling Green, Ky., to Tennessee State Line May 2-6. Operations against Morgan
July 2-26. Buffington's Island, Ohio, July 19. Mustered out September 23,
1863.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 8 Enlisted men killed and mortally
wounded and 4 Officers and 104 Enlisted men by disease. Total 117.
52nd Regiment, Kentucky
Infantry
Organized at Franklin and Scottsville, Ky. Companies "A,"
"B," "C" and "E" mustered in at Scottsville
October 16, 1863; Company "D" October 17, 1863; Company
"F" November 12, 1863, and Company "G" December 21, 1863.
Companies "H," "I" and "K" mustered in at
Franklin March 3, 1864. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District of
Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, to July, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, District of
Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, to October, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, District of
Kentucky, 5th Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. Ohio, to January, 1865.
SERVICE.-Operations against guerrillas in Southern and Central Kentucky,
guarding and protecting public property, and protecting lines of communication
with the army operating at the front till March, 1864. Operations against
Forest's Raid into Kentucky March 23-April 19, and against Morgan in Eastern
Kentucky May 31-June 20. Action at New Hope March 28. Mt. Sterling June 9.
Cynthiana June 12. Operations in Western Kentucky July-August. Action at Bell
Mines July 13. Operations in Webster and Union counties July 14-18.
Morganfield July 14. Geiger's Lake July 15. Operations against Adam Johnson
about Uniontown August. Grubb's Cross Roads August 21. Canton and Roaring
Springs August 22. Moved to Lexington August 27, thence to Bowling Green
August 30, and to Nashville, Tenn. Scottsville December 8 (1 Co.). Mustered
out January 17, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 10 Enlisted men killed and mortally
wounded and 48 Enlisted men by disease. Total 59.
1st Regiment, New Hampshire
Cavalry
First organized at Concord, N. H., as a Battalion of four Companies October 24
to December 21, 1861, and attached to 1st New England Cavalry, afterward
designated 1st Rhode Island Cavalry, as Companies "I,"
"K," "L," "M." Moved from Concord, N. H., to
Pawtucket, R. I., December 22, 1861, and join Regiment. (For history to
January, 1864, see 1st Rhode Island Cavalry.)
Battalion detached from 1st Rhode Island Cavalry January 7, 1864, to form 1st
New Hampshire Volunteer Cavalry. Moved to New Hampshire and on Veteran
furlough and organizing Regiment, February to April, 1864. 7 Companies
organized and ordered to Washington, D. C., April 23, 1864. Attached to 2nd
Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac and Army of the
Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to February, 1865. Cavalry, Dept. of the
Shenandoah, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-At Camp Stoneman, D. C., till May 17, 1864. Moved to Belle Plains,
Va. Guard Aqua Creek and Fredericksburg S. R., and at Belle Plains till June
6, then moved to White House. (A part of Regiment at Hanover Court House and
Cold Harbor June 1-12.) Long Bridge June 12. Riddle's Shop and White Oak Swamp
June 13. Smith's Store June 15. Wilson's Raid on Southside & Danville
Railroad June 22-30. Ream's Station June 22. Nottoway Court House and Black
and White Station June 23. Staunton Bridge (or Roanoke Station) June 25. Sap
pony Church (or Stony Creek) June 28-29. Ream's Station June 29. On picket
duty at Light House Point and City Point June 30-August 8. Sheridan's
Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to December. Winchester August 17. Summit
Station August 20-21. Berryville August 21. Kernersville August 25.
Darkesville September 3. Near Bruceton and Winchester September 7. Abram's
Creek September 13. Battle of Opequan , Winchester, September 19. Near
Cedarville September 20. Front Royal September 21. Fisher's Hill September 22.
Milford September 22. Waynesboro September 29 and October 2. Mt. Crawford
October 2. Near Columbia Furnace October 7. Tom's Brook ("Woodstock
Races") October 8-9. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Near Kernstown
November 10. Newtown and Cedar Creek November 12. Rudi's Hill, near Mt.
Jackson, November 22. Expedition from Kernstown to Lacy Springs December
19-22. Lacy Springs December 20-21. Duty at Winchester till February, 1865.
Sheridan's Raid into Virginia February 27-March 3. Waynesboro March 2.
Regiment led charge on enemy's works, capturing with the sabre 1,500
prisoners, all their Artillery and the flag of every Regiment engaged.
Detached from Division, to guard prisoners back to Winchester, Mt. Jackson
March 4. Mt. Sidney March 5. Lacy Springs March 5. New Market March 6. Duty at
and in the vicinity of Winchester, and in the Dept. of the Shenandoah, also at
Poolesville, Md., till July, 1865.
Five Companies complete organization July, 1864, and ordered to Washington, D.
C. Guard and patrol duty and operations against Mosby's guerrillas in the
Defenses of Washington till March, 1865. Joined Regiment in the Shenandoah
Valley.
Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 28 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 112 Enlisted men
4th Regiment, Pennsylvania
Cavalry (64th Volunteers)
Organized at Harrisburg, Philadelphia and Pittsburg August to October, 1861.
Ordered to Washington, D. C. Attached to Defenses of Washington, D. C., till
May, 1862. McCall's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862.
McCall's Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to July, 1862. 1st
Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army Potomac, to September, 1862. 3rd Brigade,
Pleasanton's Cavalry Division, Army Potomac, to November, 1862. Averill's
Cavalry Brigade, Center Grand Division, Army Potomac, to February, 1863. 2nd
Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army Potomac, to June, 1863. 3rd
Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army Potomac, to August, 1863. 2nd
Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army Potomac, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Provost duty at Washington, D. C., till May 10, 1862. (Cos.
"A," "B" escort to Gen. Keys December 28, 1861, to
February 25, 1862.) Joined McDowell at Fredericksburg May, 1862, and scouting
on the Rappahannock till June 14. Moved to the Virginia Peninsula, arriving at
White House June 24. Companies "A," "G," "H" and
"K" ordered to Yorktown, Va., June 25. Seven days before Richmond
June 25-July 1. Meadow Bridge near Mechanicsville June 26. Mechanicsville June
26. Gaines' Mill, Cold Harbor, June 27. Reconnaissance to Bottom's Bridge June
28. Rear guard to Army Potomac June 29. Glendale or Nelson's Farm June 30.
Malvern Hill July 1. Reconnaissance to Charles City C. H. July 2-3. At
Harrison's Landing till August 16. Reconnaissance from Harrison's Landing July
11 and July 29 (Co. "F"). Rear Guard to Yorktown August 16-18. Duty
at Yorktown till August 25. Reached Washington, D. C., September 4. Maryland
Campaign September-October. Battles of South Mountain September 14, and
Antietam September 16-17. Sharpsburg September 19. Shepherdstown Ford
September 19. Kernersville and Shepherdstown, W. Va., October 15-16
(Detachment). Scout to Smithfield October 16-17 (Detachment). Hedgesville
October 20 and 22. Hillsboro and Levettsville Road October 21. Bloomfield,
Union and Upperville November 2-3. Ashby's Gap November 3. Markham Station
November 4. Manassas Gap November 5-6. Jefferson November 7. Little Washington
November 8. Duty near Hartwood Church till December. Gaines' Cross Roads
November 10. Waterloo November 14. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15.
Scout to Catlett's Station and Brentsville December 21-23 (Detachment).
Expedition to Richard's and Ellis' Fords, Rappahannock River, December 29-30.
"Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Operations at Rappahannock Bridge
and Grove Church February 5-7. Hartwood Church February 25. Kelly's Ford March
17 and 29. Chancellorsville Campaign, Stoneman's Raid, April 29-May 8. Passage
of Kelly's Ford April 29. Raccoon Ford April 30. Ely's Ford May 2. Stevensburg,
Brandy Station and Beverly Ford June 9. Adie June 17. Middleburg June 18-19.
Upperville June 21. Hanover, Pa., June 30. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July
1-3. Green Oak July 5. Near Harper's Ferry July 14. Shepherdstown July 15-16.
Scouting till September. Corbin's Cross Roads September 1. Advance from the
Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17. Culpeper C. H. September 13. Near
Culpeper C. H. October 1. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. James City October
10-11. Near Warrenton October 11. Warrenton or White Sulphur Springs October
12-13. Jeffersonton October 12. Auburn and Bristoe Station October 14. St.
Stephen's Church October 14. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8.
Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Brentsville November 26. New Hope
Church and Catlett's Station November 27. Brentsville November 29. (Cos.
"A," "F" at Bull Run Bridge November, 1863, to January 20,
1864.) Scout to Middleburg January 22-24, 1864 (Detachment). Kilpatrick's Raid
on Richmond February 28-May 4. Beaver Dam Station February 29. Brook's
Turnpike March 1 (Veterans on furlough March 25-April 25. At Camp Stoneman
till May 12, and joined Army Potomac May 19.) Campaign from the Rapidan to the
James May-June, 1864. Sumner's Bridge May 3. Todd's Tavern May 5-8. Sheridan's
Raid to James River May 9-24. North Anna River May 9-10. Ground Squirrel
Church and Yellow Tavern May 11. Glen Allen Station May 11. Brook Church or
Richmond Fortifications May 12. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Haw's Shop May
28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor May 31-June 1. Sumner's Upper Bridge
June 2. Sheridan's Trevillian Raid June 7-24. Elliott's Mills June 8.
Trevillian Station June 11-12. White House or St. Peter's Church June 21.
Black Creek or Tunstall Station June 21. St. Mary's Church June 24. Siege of
Petersburg June, 1864, to April, 1865. Charles' Cross Roads June 29. Warwick
Swamp July 12. Demonstration on north side of the James July 27-29. Malvern
Hill July 28. Warwick Swamp July 30. Demonstration north of the James at Deep
Bottom August 13-20. Gravel Hill August 14. Strawberry Plains August 16-18.
White Oak Swamp August 18. Weldon Railroad August 18-21 (Detachment).
Dinwiddie Road near Ream's Station August 23. Ream's Station August 25.
Reconnaissance to Poplar Springs Church September 13. Reconnaissance toward
Dinwiddie C. H. September 15. Belcher's Mills September 17. Ream's Station
September 29. Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2. Arthur's Swamp
September 30-October 1. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28.
Reconnaissance to Stony Creek November 7. Stony Creek Station December 1.
Hicksford Expedition December 7-12. Bellefield December 8. High Hill December
10. Rowanty Creek February 5, 1865. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February
5-7. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Lewis Farm near Gravelly Run March
29 (Co. "C"). Dinwiddie C. H. March 30-31. White Oak Road March 31
(Co. "C"). Five Forks April 1. Paine's Cross Roads and Amelia
Springs April 5. Sailor's Creek April 6. Farmville April 7. Appomattox Court
House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Expedition to Danville April
23-29. Expedition after Extra Billy Smith May 20-22. At Lynchburg till June
10. Mustered out July 1, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 89 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 257 Enlisted men by disease. Total 358.
19th Regiment, Arkansas
Infantry (Dawson's)
19th (Dawson's) Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Nashville,
Arkansas, in November, 1861. Many of the men were recruited in Crawford, Polk,
Sebastian, and Yell counties. After being involved in the Battle of Elkhorn
Tavern, the unit was captured at Arkansas Post in January, 1863. Exchanged and
reorganized, it was assigned to Deshler's, Liddell's, and Govan's Brigade, and
consolidated with the 24th Regiment in September, 1863, and with the 8th
Regiment in November. It participated in many campaigns of the Army of
Tennessee from Chickamauga to Atlanta, endured Hood's winter operations in
Tennessee, and fought its last battle at Bentonville. The 18th/24th lost
thirty-eight percent of the 226 engaged at Chickamauga, and the 8th/19th
reported 16 casualties at Ringgold Gap and totalled 363 men and 285 arms in
December, 1863. During the spring of 1864 part of the 19th served in Dawson's
Infantry Regiment in the Trans-Mississippi Department. At the Battle of
Atlanta the 8th/19th had 97 men disabled and only a few surrendered in April,
1865. The field officers were Colonel C. L. Dawson; Lieutenant Colonels A. S.
Hutchison and P. R. Smith; and Majors Joseph Anderson, David H. Hamiter, and
John G. McKean.
6th Regiment, New Hampshire
Infantry
Organized at Keene and mustered in November 27, 1861. Left State for
Washington, D. C., December 25, 1861. Attached to Williams' 4th Brigade, North
Carolina Expedition, to April, 1862. Hawkins Brigade, Dept. of North Carolina,
to July, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac,
to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Dept of the Ohio,
to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the
Tennessee, to September, 1863. Bixby's Brigade, District of North Central
Kentucky, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of Ohio, to February, 1864. 1st
Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1864.
2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Expedition to Hatteras Inlet, N. C., January 6-13, 1862, and duty
there till March 2. Moved to Roanoke Island March 2 and duty there till June
18. Expedition to Elizabeth City April 7-8. Battle of Camden, South Mills,
April 19. Expedition to New Berne June 18-July 2. Moved to Newport News, Va.,
July 2-10, and duty there till August 2. Moved to Aqua Creek and
Fredericksburg, Va., August 2-7. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August
16-September 2. Battles of Groveton August 29; Second Bull Run August 30;
Chantilly September 1. Maryland Campaign September-October. Battle of South
Mountain, Md., September 14. Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17. Duty in
Pleasant Valley, Md., till October 27. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October
27-November 19. Corbin's Cross Roads, near Amissville, November 10. Sulphur
Springs November 14. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Burnside's
Second Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863. Moved to Newport
News, Va., February 11; thence to Lexington, Ky., March 26-April 1. To
Winchester, thence to Richmond, Ky., April 18. To Paint Lick Creek May 3, and
to Lancaster May 10. Movement to Vicksburg, Miss., June 3-14. Siege of
Vicksburg June 14-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of
Jackson July 10-17. At Milldale till August 5. Moved to Cincinnati, Ohio,
August 5-20; thence to Nicholasville, Ky. Provost duty at Nicholasville,
Frankfort and Russellville till October 25. Moved to Camp Nelson, Ky., and
Provost duty there till January 16, 1864. Regiment veteranize January, 1864,
and on furlough January 16 to March 10, when ordered to Annapolis, Md.
Non-Veterans at Camp Nelson, Ky., till March. Campaign from the Rapidan to the
James May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness, Va., May 5-7; Spottsylvania
May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient at
Spottsylvania Court House May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the
Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda
Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-19. Siege of Petersburg June 16,
1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Weldon
Railroad August 18-21. Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2. Hatcher's
Run October 27-28. Garrison of Fort Alexander Hays till April, 1865.
Appomattex Campaign March 28-April 9. Assaults on and fall of Petersburg April
2. Occupation of Petersburg April 3. Pursuit of Lee to Burkesville April 3-9.
Moved to Washington, D. C., April 20-27. Duty at Alexandria till July. Grand
Review May 23. Mustered out July 17, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 10 Officers and 177 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 228 Enlisted men by disease. Total 418.
20th Regiment, Kentucky
Infantry
Organized at Lexington, Camp Dick Robinson, and Smithland, Ky., and mustered
in January 6, 1862. Attached to 22nd Brigade, Army of Ohio, to February, 1862.
22nd Brigade, 4th Division, Army of Ohio, to September, 1862. 22nd Brigade,
4th Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade,
2nd Division, Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to December,
1862. District of Western Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to June, 1863. Unassigned,
2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of Ohio, to August, 1863. District of
Louisville, Ky., 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade,
2nd Division, District of Kentucky, 5th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to May,
1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to December, 1864.
Unattached, District of Kentucky, to January, 1865.
SERVICE.--Regiment united at Smithland and ordered to Louisville, Ky.; thence
to Bardstown, Ky., January, 1862, and duty there till February. March to
Nashville, Tenn., February 23-March 12; thence march to Savannah, Tenn., March
13-April 6. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of
Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Phillips' Creek, Widow Serratt's, May 21.
Bridge Creek, before Corinth, May 28. Occupation of Corinth May 30 and pursuit
to Booneville May 31-June 6. Buell's Campaign in Northern Alabama and Middle
Tennessee June to August. March to Nashville, Tenn.; thence to Louisville,
Ky., in pursuit of Bragg, August 20-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg into
Kentucky October 1-22. Glasgow, Ky., October 5. Battle of Perryville October
8. Camp Wild Cat October 17. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 9,
and duty there till December 19. Ordered to Bowling Green, Ky., December 19,
and duty there and guarding railroad at various points in Kentucky till July,
1863. Morgan's attack on Lebanon July 5. Regiment mostly captured. At Camp
Nelson till July 28. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., and provost duty there till
May 15, 1864. Ordered to join Sherman's army in the field May 15. Operations
and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 30-June 5.
Ackworth June 3-4. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June
10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek June
17. Noyes' Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm June 22. Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochee River July 6-17. Decatur July 19.
Howard House July 20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August
5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August
31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Ordered to Louisville, Ky.,
September, and guard duty there till January, 1865. Mustered out January 17,
1865.
Regiment lost during service 36 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3
Officers and 194 Enlisted men by disease. Total 233.
23rd Regiment,
Massachusetts Infantry
Organized September 28, 1861. Left State for Annapolis, Md., November 11, and
duty there till January 6, 1862. Attached to Foster's 1st Brigade, Burnside's
Expeditionary Corps, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of North
Carolina, to December, 1862. Heckman's Brigade, Dept. of North Carolina, to
January, 1868. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of North
Carolina, to February, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept.
of the South, to April, 1863. District of Beaufort, N. C., Dept. or North
Carolina, to July, 1863. Defenses of New Berne, N. C., Dept, of Virginia and
North Carolina, to October, 1863. Heckman's Command, Newport News, Va., Dept.
of Virginia and North Carolina, to January, 1864. 3rd Brigade, United States
Forces, Portsmouth, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to April, 1864.
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia and North
Carolina, to September, 1864. Defenses of New Berne, N. C., Dept. of Virginia
and North Carolina, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, District of
Beaufort, N. C., Dept. of North Carolina, to March, 1865. District of
Beaufort, Dept. of North Carolina, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Burnside's Expedition to Hatteras Inlet and Roanoke Island, N. C.,
January 6-February 7, 1862. Battle of Roanoke Island February 8. On transports
off Roanoke Island till March 11. Moved to New Berne, N. C., March 11-13.
Battle of New Berne March 14. Duty at New Berne till April 11, and at
Batchelor's Creek till May 4. Batchelor's Creek April 29. Provost duty at New
Berne, N. C., till November 22. Expedition from New Berne November 2-12.
Action at Rawle's Mill November 2 (Cos. "B," "C,"
"D," "G" and "I"). Demonstration on New Berne
November 11. Picket and outpost duty in vicinity of New Berne till December
10. Foster's Expedition to Goldsboro December 11-20. Southwest Creek December
13-14. Kinston December 14. Whitehall December 16. Goldsboro December 17.
Moved to Carolina City January 13, 1863; thence to Morehead City and Hilton
Head, S. C., January 19-February 2. Camp at St. Helena Island, S. C., February
11-April 3. Expedition against Charleston April 3-10. Moved to New Berne April
12-16. March to relief of Little Washington April 17-19. Moved to Carolina
City, N. C., April 25, and duty there till July 2. (Co. "D" detached
at Fort Spinola June 26). Reconnaissance toward Swansboro June 27 (Co.
"H"). Expedition to Trenton and Pollocksville July 4-8 (Cos.
"C," "G," "H" and "K"). Action at
Quaker Bridge July 6 (Cos. "A," "B," "E,"
"F" and "I"). Ordered to New Berne July 2, and duty in the
Defenses of the city till October 16. Expedition from Newport Barracks to
Cedar Point July 13-16. Moved to Newport News, Va., October 16-18, and duty
there till January 22, 1864. Moved to Portsmouth, Va., January 22. Duty there
and at Getty's Station, on Norfolk & Suffolk Railroad, till April 26.
Demonstration on Portsmouth March 1-5. Expedition to Isle of Wight County
April 13-15. Action at Smithfield, Cherry Grove, April 14. Moved to Yorktown
April 26. Butler's operations on south side of James River and against
Petersburg and Richmond May 4-28. Port Walthal Junction, Chester Station, May
6-7. Swift's Creek, Swift Creek, May 9-10. Operations against Fort Darling May
12-16. Drury's Bluff May 14-16. Bermuda Hundred May 16-28. Moved to White
House, thence to Cold Harbor, May 28-June 1. Battles about Cold Harbor June
1-12. Before Petersburg June 15-18. Siege of Petersburg June 15-September 4.
Mine Explosion July 30 (Reserve). Duty in the trenches at Bermuda Hundred Va.,
August 25-September 4. Moved to New Berne, N. C., September 4-10. Picket,
guard and patrol duty there till March 3, 1865. Affair at Currituck Bridge
September 9 (Detachment). Non-Veterans mustered out September 28, 1864.
Movements on Goldsboro March 3-14. Southwest Creek March 7. Battle of Wise's
Fork March 8-10. Occupation of Kinston March 14, and duty there till May 2.
Moved to New Berne May 2, and duty there till June 25. Mustered out June 25,
1865.
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 80 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 132 Enlisted men by disease. Total 218.
17th Regiment, Kentucky
Cavalry
Organized at Russellsville, Ky., April 25, 1865. Attached to Military Dept. of
Kentucky and assigned to duty at Hopkinsville, Ky., and in Southern Kentucky,
along Louisville & Nashville Railroad. Mustered out September 20, 1865.
1st Regiment, New Hampshire
Heavy Artillery
Company "A" organized as 1st Company New Hampshire Heavy Artillery
and mustered in July 22, 1863. Stationed at Fort Constitution till May 6,
1864. Company "B" organized as 2nd Company New Hampshire Heavy
Artillery and mustered in September 17, 1863. Stationed at Fort McClary,
Kittery Point, till May 6, 1864. These 2 Companies ordered to Washington, D.
C., May 6, 1864. Attached to Augur's Command, Defenses of Washington, 22nd
Corps, and assigned to duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. Company
"A" at Forts Sloeum, Stevens, Totten, Sumner and Batteries Cameron,
Parrott, Kendall and Vermont till November, 1864. Ordered to Portsmouth Harbor
November 25, 1864. Company "B" at Forts Bunker Hill, Saratoga,
Lincoln, Bayard, Gaines and Foote till February, 1865, when ordered to
Portsmouth Harbor, N. H. Repulse of Early's attack on Washington July 11-12,
1864 (Cos. "A" and "B"). Companies "C,"
"D," "E," "F," "G," "H,"
"I," "K" and "L" organized from September 2 to
October 17, 1864. Company "M" formed by assignment of 1st New
Hampshire Battery, Volunteer Light Artillery, November 5, 1864, but remained
detached as a Light Battery. Each Company ordered to Washington, D. C., as
fast as organized, and duty in the Defenses of that city till June, 1865.
Regiment mustered out June 15, 1865. Recruits consolidated to 2 Companies and
mustered out September 11, 1865.
24th Regiment, New York
Cavalry
Organized at Auburn, N. Y., and mustered in Companies "A,"
"C," "D" and "E" December 28, 1863.
"B," ¿F," "G," "H" and "I"
January 7, 1864. "K" and "L" January 19, 1864; and
"M," January 26, 1864. Left State for Washington, D. C., February
23, 1864. Attached to Marshall's Provisional Brigade as Infantry, 9th Army
Corps, Army of the Potomac, April to June, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division,
9th Army Corps, June, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, to
September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to October, 1864.
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps Army of the Potomac, to May, 1865.
1st Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., till April, 1864. Rapidan
Campaign May-June. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7. Spottsylvania May 8-12.
Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of
the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda
Church June 3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16,
1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Weldon
Railroad August 18-21. Ream's Station August 25. Poplar Springs Church
September 29-October 2. Vaughan Road October 1. Peebles' Farm October 2.
Reconnaissance on Vaughan and Squirrel Level Road October 8. Regiment mounted
October 20, 1864. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Prince
George Court House November 24. Stony Creek Station December 1. Hicksford Raid
December 6-12. Bellefield and Three Creeks December 9. Halifax Road December
10-11. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign
March 28-April 9. Dinwiddie Court House March 30-31. Five Forks April 1. Fall
of Petersburg April 2. Payne's Cross Roads April 5. Amelia Springs April 5.
Deatonville Road and Sailor's Creek April 6. Farmville April 7. Appomattox
Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Expedition to Danville
April 23-29. March to Washington, D. C., May. Grand Review May 23.
Consolidated with 10th New York Cavalry June 17, 1865, to form 1st Regiment
Provisional Cavalry.
Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 107 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 133 Enlisted men by disease. Total 248.
5th Regiment, Alabama
Infantry
5th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Montgomery, Alabama, in
May, 1861, and proceeded to Virginia. Its companies were from the counties of
Barbour, Clarke, Lowndes, Talladega, Dallas, Sumter, Monroe, Greene, and
Pickens. At the Battle of First Manassas, the 5th was part of General Ewell's
Brigade, but was not actively engaged. During the balance of the war it served
under Generals Rodes, O'Neal, and Battle. The unit was prominent in the
campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from Williamsburg to Cold Harbor,
then fought with Early in the Shenandoah Valley and in the Appomattox
operations. During April, 1862, it had a force of 660 men, but lost 27 killed
and 128 wounded at Seven Pines and forty-one percent of the 225 at Malvern
Hill. The regiment reported 24 killed, 133 wounded, and 121 missing at
Chancellorsville, and of the 317 at Gettysburg, more than sixty percent were
disabled. It surrendered with 4 officers and 53 men. The field officers were
Colonels Josephus M. Hall, E. Lafayette Hobson, A. C. Jones, C.C. Pegues, and
Robert E. Rodes; Lieutenant Colonel John T. Morgan; and Major Eugene
Blackford.
1st Regiment, Kentucky
Cavalry (Helms')
1st Cavalry Regiment was organized during the late summer of 1861 and its
companies were mustered into Confederate service in October. It served in the
Central Army of Kentucky and the Department of East Tennessee and fought in
various engagements in Kentucky and Tennessee. Because of its difficult
service in Kentucky during September and October, 1862, it was reduced to a
battalion and assigned to the 3rd Kentucky Cavalry. The field officers were
Colonel Benjamin H. Helm; Lieutenant Colonels J.W. Griffith, H.C. Leavell, and
Thomas G. Woodward; and Majors John W. Caldwell and N.R. Chambliss.
1st Regiment, New York
Mounted Rifles
(Sometimes designated 7th New York Cavalry.) First organized at New York City
as a Squadron of two Companies, "A" and "B," for duty in
the Dept. of Virginia, and mustered in at Fortress Monroe, Va., July 30, 1861.
Companies "C" and "D" organized at Newburg, N. Y., and
mustered in September 18 and October 16, 1861. Companies "E,"
"F," "G" and "H" organized at New York City and
mustered in June to August, 1862. Companies "I," "K,"
"L" and "M" organized August and September, 1862.
Companies "A" and "B" left State for Fortress Monroe, Va.,
July, 1861; "C" and "D" December 6, 1861; "E,"
"F,¿ ¿G" and "H" August, 1862, and "I,"
"K," "L" and "M" September 19, 1862. Attached to
District of Fortress Monroe, Dept. of Virginia, to May, 1862. Unattached,
Dept. of Virginia, to July, 1862. Unattached, Division at Suffolk, Va., 7th
Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to April, 1863. Cavalry, 7th Army Corps. Dept.
of Virginia, to July, 1863. Cavalry Brigade, U. S. Forces, Portsmouth, Va.,
Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to October, 1863. U. S. Forces,
Yorktown, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to January, 1864. Cavalry
Brigade and Wistar's Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia and North
Carolina, to April, 1864. Unattached Cavalry, Army of the James, to July,
1864. Cavalry Brigade, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to October, 1864.
3rd Brigade, Kautz's Cavalry Division, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina,
to March, 1865. Headquarters, Dept. of Virginia, to April, 1865. District of
Eastern Virginia, Dept. of Virginia, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Fortress Monroe and at Camp Hamilton, Va., till May, 1862.
Action in Hampton Roads, Newport News, March 8-9, 1862, between
"Monitor" and "Merrimac." Howard's Bridge April 4 (Cos.
"A" and "B"). Near Lee's Mills April 5 (Cos. "A"
and "B"). Tranter's Creek, Norfolk, Va., May 10. Suffolk, Va., May
14. Reconnaissance to Edenton, N. C., May 27-31. Hertford, N. C., June 30.
Duty at Suffolk, Va., till June, 1863. Smithfield July 10, 1862. South Mills
September 4. Zuni September 15. Blackwater September 28. Blackwater near Zuni
October 4. Zuni October 20 and 25. Near Franklin October 31. Zuni November 3.
Providence Church November 12. Blackwater Bridge and Zuni November 14. Zuni
Bridge November 15. Near Carrsville November 17. Franklin November 18. Zuni
November 25. South Quay December 7. Zuni near Blackwater December 8 and 11-13.
Joyner's Ford December 12. Isle of Wight Court House December 22. Providence
Church Road December 28. Ely's House near Providence Church January 9, 1863.
Burnt Ordinary January 11. Jacksonville, N. C., January 20. Deserted House
January 30. Edenton, N. C., February 7. Reconnaissance from Suffolk March 7-9.
Chuckatuck March 7. Near Windsor March 9. Blackwater Bridge March 31. Siege of
Suffolk April 11-May 4. South Quay Road April 11. Elenton, Providence Church
and Somerton Roads April 12-13. Edenton Road April 15. Providence Church Road,
Chuckatuck and Reed's Ferry May 3. Lake Drummond May 4. Blackwater Bridge May
12. Near Suffolk and Carrsville May 16. Scott's Mills May 17. Near Blackwater,
Windsor Road, May 18. Antioch and Barber's Cross Roads May 23. Blackwater
Bridge May 31. South Mills June 8. South Quay Road June 12. Camden, N. C.,
July 5. Currituck July 12 and 22. Raid to destroy railroad at Weldon July
25-August 2. Jackson July 28. Expedition from Portsmouth to Edenton, N. C.,
August 11-19. Edenton August 15. Pasquotank August 18. Expedition from
Williamsburg to Bottom's Bridge August 26-29. Barhamsvllle, Slatersville, New
Kent Court House, Crump's Cross Roads and Bottom's Bridge August 29.
Expedition to Matthews County October 4-9. Near Williamsburg November 8.
Charles City Cross Roads November 16. Expedition to Charles City Court House
December 12-14. Charles City Court House December 13. New Kent Court House
January 19, 1864. Scouting from Williamsburg January 19-24. Wistar's
Expedition toward Richmond February 6-8. Bottom's Bridge February 7.
Expedition from Yorktown to New Kent Court House in aid of Kilpatrick March
1-4. White House March 2. Expedition into King and Queen County March 9-12.
Belleroy March 9. Carlton's Store March 10. Matthews County Court House March
25. Expedition from Williamsburg April 27-29. Twelve Mile Ordinary April 27.
Twelve Mile Ordinary April 28. Butler's operations on south side of James
River and against Richmond and Petersburg May 4-28. Chester Station, Port
Walthall Junction, May 7. Swift Creek or Swift Creek May 8-10. Proctor's Creek
May 11. Operations against Fort Darling May 12-16. Wier Bottom Church May 12.
Clover Hill Junction May 14. Drury's Bluff May 14-16. Petersburg &
Richmond Railroad May 16. Bottom's Church May 17. Bermuda Hundred May 18-26.
Walthall Junction June 2. West Point June 5. Petersburg June 8-10. Assaults on
Petersburg June 15-18. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June
16, 1864, to March 27, 1865. Deep Bottom June 23, 1864. Surrey Court House
July 11. Richmond & Petersburg Railroad July 21. Deep Bottom July 27-29.
Strawberry Plains August 14-18. Cox's Mills September 16. Chaffin's Farm
September 29-October 1. Darbytown Road October 13 and 16. Fair Oaks October
27-28. Cone's Creek December 21. White Oak Swamp February 5, 1865. Expedition
from Fort Monroe to Fredericksburg March 5-8. Expedition from Fort Monroe into
Westmoreland County March 11-13. Williamsburg March 11. Near Windsor March 12.
Near New Kent Court House March 17. Seven Pines March 18. White House March
19. Expedition from Deep Bottom to near Weldon, N. C., March 28-April 11.
Weldon Railroad April 4. Murfreesboro, N. C., April 5. Somerton April 7. Near
Jackson April 17. Duty at Fredericksburg, Va., Dept. of Va., till July.
Mustered out by consolidation with 3rd Now York Cavalry, July 21, 1865, to
form 4th Provisional Cavalry.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 30 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 124 Enlisted men by disease, etc. Total
159.
6th Regiment, Maine
Infantry
Organized at Portland and mustered in July 15, 1861. Left State Washington, D.
C., July 17. Attached to W. F. Smith's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to
October, 1861. 2nd Brigade, Smith's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March,
1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to May, 1862.
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 6tb Army Corps, to February, 1863. Light Division,
6th Army Corps, to May, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division 6th Corps, to August,
1864.
SERVICE.-Duty in the defenses of Washington, D. C., till March 1862. Advance
on Manassas, Va., March 10-15, 1862. Ordered to the Peninsula March 16.
Advance toward Yorktown April 4-5. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4.
Reconnaissance toward Yorktown April 6. Reconnaissance toward Lee's Mills
April 28. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Duty at White House till May 18. Duty
near Richmond till June 6 and picket on the Chickahominy till June 25. Seven
days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Gaines' Mill June 26. Golding's Farm June
27. Savage Station June 29. White Oak Swamp Bridge June 30. Malvern Hill July
1. Duty at Harrison Landing till August 15. Retreat from the Peninsula and
movement to Centreville August 15-27. In works at Centreville August 27-31.
Assist in checking Pope's rout at Bull Run August 30, and cover retreat to
Fairfax C. H. September 1. Maryland Campaign September-October. Sugar Loaf
Mountain, Md., September 11-12. Crampton's Pass, South Mountain, September 14.
Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Duty in Maryland till October 29. Movement
to, Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg December
12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth till April.
Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Franklin's Crossing
April 29-May 2. Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4.
Banks' Ford May 4. Operations about Franklin's Crossing or Deep Run Ravine
June 5-13. Brandy Station and Beverly Ford June 9. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa.,
July 2-4. Near Funkstown, Md., July 10-13. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22.
Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station
November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Mine Run November 28-30.
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River May 3 to June 15, 1864. Battles
of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania C. H. May
12-21. "Bloody Angle," assault on the Salient, May 12. North Anna
May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold
Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 17-July 10. Jerusalem Plank Road June
22-23. Destruction of Weldon Railroad June 30. Ordered to rear for muster out
July 10. Volunteered for 30 days' service in defense of Washington. Repulse of
Early's attack on Washington July 12-13. Mustered out August 15, 1864,
expiration of term. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 7th Maine.
Regiment lost during service 12 Officers and 141 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 100 Enlisted men by disease. Total 255.
1st Regiment, Maine Veteran
Infantry
Organized at Charleston, Va., by consolidation of the Veterans of the 5th, 6th
and 7th Regiments of Maine Volunteer Infantry August 21, 1864. Attached to 3rd
Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Armies of the Shenandoah and Potomac,
to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Skirmishes near Charleston, Va., August 21-22, 1864. Demonstration on
Gilbert's Ford, Opequan, September 18. Battle of Opequan, Winchester,
September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19.
Duty at Kernstown and vicinity till December. March to Washington, D. C.,
December 9, thence moved to Petersburg, Va. Siege of Petersburg December 12,
1864, to April 2, 1865. Fort Fisher, Petersburg, March 25-27, 1865. Assault on
and fall of Petersburg April 2. Sailor's Creek April 6. Appomattox Court House
April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Danville, Va., and provost
duty there till June. Moved to Washington, D. C. Corps Review June 9. Mustered
out June 28, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 40 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 40 Enlisted men by disease. Total 86.
39th Regiment,
Massachusetts Infantry
Organized at Lynnfield August 13 to September 2, 1862. Left State for
Washington, D. C., September 6. Attached to Grover's Brigade, Defenses of
Washington, to February, 1863. Jewett's Independent Brigade, 22nd Army Corps,
Dept. of Washington, to May, 1863. District of Washington, 22nd Army Corps, to
July, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army Potomac, to March,
1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, to June, 1864. 1st Brigade,
3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division,
5th Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty in the Defenses of Washington from Fort Tillinghast to Fort
Craig, till September 14, 1862. Guard Potomac from Edward's Ferry to Conrad's
Ferry and Seneca Creek till October 20. At Muddy Branch till November 10. At
Offutt's Cross Roads, Md., till December 21, and at Poolesville, Md., till
April 15, 1863. Moved to Washington, D. C., April 15-17 and guard and patrol
duty there till July 9. Moved to Harper's Ferry and Maryland Heights July
9-10, thence to Funkstown, Md., July 12-13. Pursuit of Lee July 14-27. Duty
along the Rapidan till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line
of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run
Campaign November 26-December 2. Duty on Orange & Alexandria Railroad till
May, 1864. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7. Rapidan Campaign
May-June. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania
May 8-12; Spottsylvania C. H. May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North
Anna River May 23-26. Jericho Ford May 23. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28.
Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. White
Oak Swamp June 13. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16,
1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864 (Reserve).
Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Reconnaissance toward Dinwiddie C. H. September
15. Warren's Raid on Weldon Railroad December 7-12. Dabney's Mills February
5-7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Davis Farm near Gravelly Run
March 29. White Oak Road March 31. Five Forks April 1. Fall of Petersburg
April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox C. H. April 9. Surrender of Lee
and his army. At Black and White Station till May 1. Moved to Manchester,
thence march to Washington, D. C., May 1-15. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out
June 1, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 91 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 183 Enlisted men by disease. Total 279.
12th Regiment,
Massachusetts Infantry
Organized at Fort Warren and mustered in June 26, 1861. Moved to Sandy Hook,
Md., July 23-27. Attached to George H. Thomas' Brigade, Dept. of the
Shenandoah, to October, 1861. Abercrombie's Brigade, Banks' Division, Army of
the Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Williams' 1st Division, Banks' 5th
Army Corps and Dept. of the Shenandoah, to May, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd
Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division,
3rd Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd
Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade,
2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th
Army Corps, to May, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to July,
1864.
SERVICE.-Operations on the Upper Potomac August, 1861, to February, 1862.
Operations opposite Edward's Ferry October 21-24, 1861. Operations in the
Shenandoah Valley March 24-April 27. Strasburg March 27. Edenburg April 1-2.
Rappahannock Crossing April 18. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's
Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Rappahannock Station
August 20-23. Thoroughfare Gap August 28. Bull Run August 30. Chantilly
September 1. Maryland Campaign September-October. Battles of South Mountain
September 14, and Antietam September 16-17. Duty at Sharpsburg till October
30. Movement to Warrenton, thence to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19.
Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24,
1863. At Falmouth and Belle Plain, Va., till April 27. Chancellorsville
Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Pollock's Mill Creek April 29-May 2.
Fitzhugh's Crossing April 29-30. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5.
Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3.
Picket duty on the Rapidan till October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22.
Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November
26-December 2. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864. Campaign from
the Rapidan to the James May-June, 1864. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7;
Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May
12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Jericho Ford
May 23. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor
June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. White Oak Swamp June 13. Before
Petersburg June 16-18. Ordered home for muster out June 25. Mustered out July
8, 1864.
Regiment lost during service 18 Officers and 175 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 83 Enlisted men by disease. Total 276.
32nd Regiment,
Massachusetts Infantry
Organized as a Battalion of 6 Companies for garrison duty at Fort Warren,
Boston Harbor, November 25, 1861. Duty at Fort Warren till May, 1862. Moved to
Washington, D. C., May 26-28. Attached to Military district of Washington to
July, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to
September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, to October, 1864.
SERVICE.--At Capital Hill, Defenses of Washington, till June 24, 1862. Moved
to Ball's Bluff, Va, June 25-July 3. (1 Co. join at Ball's Bluff July 23, and
3 Cos. at Minor's Hill, Va., September 4, 1862.) At Ball's Bluff till August
15. Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville August 15-28. Pope's
Campaign in Northern Virginia August 28-September 2. Battle of Bull Run August
30. Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17. Blackford's Ford September 19.
At Sharpsburg, Md., till October 30. Reconnaissance to Smithfield, W, Va,
October 16-17. Movement to Falmouth October 30-November 19. Battle of
Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Expedition to Richards' and Ellis Fords
December 29-30. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth till
April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville
May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July
1-4. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. At Warrenton and Beverly Ford till September
17. At Culpeper till October 11. Bristoe Campaign October 11-22. Advance to
line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December
2. At Bealeton, Va., till May, 1864. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James
May-June. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania
May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12.
North Anna River May 23-26. Jericho Mills May 23. On line of the Pamunkey May
26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3.
Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2,
1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864 (Reserve). Six-Mile House,
Weldon Railroad, August 18-21. Peebles' Farm September 29-October 2. Boydton
Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Expedition to Weldon Railroad
December 7-12. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Appomattox
Campaign March 28-April 9. Lewis Farm, near Gravelly Run, March 29. White Oak
Road March 31. Five Forks April 1. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender
of Lee and his army. March to Washington, D. C., May 1-12. Grand Review May
23. Duty at Washington till June 29. Mustered out June 29, and discharged July
11, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 139 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 143 Enlisted men by disease. Total 289.
16th Regiment, Kansas
Cavalry
Organized at Leavenworth City November, 1863, to May, 1864. Attached to
District of Kansas, Dept. Missouri, to April, 1865. District of the Plains,
Dept. Missouri, to December, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty in the District of North Kansas at Fort Leavenworth till
September, 1864. Company "D" at Fort Scott, 1st Brigade, District
South Kansas. Companies "A" and "L" at Paola, 2nd Brigade,
District South Kansas. Company "B" at Shawnee Mission and Company
"C" at Olathe, 2nd Brigade, District of South Kansas. Companies
"F" and "G" at Lawrence August, 1864. Action at Ridgley,
Mo., June 11, 1864 (Co. "E"). Scout from Leavenworth to Weston, Mo.,
June 13-16, and from Kansas into Missouri June 16-29. Camden Point July 13
(Co. "F"). Near Lexington October 17 (Co. "H"). Lexington
October 19. Operations against Price October. Battle of Little Blue October
21. Pursuit of Price October 21-28. Independence and State Line October 22.
Big Blue and Westport October 23. Mine Creek, Little Osage River and Marias
des Cygnes October 25. Battle of Charlot October 25. Mound City and Fort
Lincoln October 25 (Cos. "A," "D"). Newtonia October 28.
Operations on Upper Arkansas January 28-February 9, 1865. Protecting country
against Indians till June. Powder River Expedition, march to Powder River and
Fort Connor, July 11-September 20. Actions with Indians September 2-5. Powder
River, Mouth of Dry Ford, September 8. Mustered out December 6, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 10 Enlisted men killed and mortally
wounded and 1 Officer and 98 Enlisted men by disease. Total 110.
5th Regiment, Ohio Cavalry
Regiment originally organized at Camp Dick Corwin, near Cincinnati, Ohio,
October 23-November 14, 1861, as 2nd Ohio Cavalry. Designation changed by Gov.
Dennison November, 1861. Duty at Camp Dick Corwin till November 5, 1861, and
at Camp Dennison, Ohio, till March, 1862. Ordered to Paducah, Ky. 2nd
Battalion left Cincinnati, Ohio, February 28, and 1st and 3rd Battalions on
March 1, 1862. Attached to District of Paducah, Ky., March, 1862. Sherman's
5th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to April, 1862. 1st and 2nd Battalions
attached to 4th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. District of
Memphis, Tenn., to September, 1862. District of Jackson, Tenn., to November,
1862. Lee's 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the
Tennessee, to December, 1862. Lee's 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, 16th Army
Corps, to March, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, 16th Army Corps, to
April, 1863. 4th Brigade, 5th Division, District of Memphis, Tenn., 16th Army
Corps, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, 16th Army Corps, to
October, 1863. 3rd Battalion (Cos. "E," "H," "I"
and "K") attached to 3rd Division, Army Tennessee, April, 1862. 2nd
Division, Army Tennessee, to July, 1862. 2nd Division, District of Corinth,
Miss., to November, 1862. Unattached Cavalry, District of Corinth, Miss., 13th
Army Corps (Old), Dept. Tennessee, to December, 1862. District of Corinth,
Miss., 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. Cavalry Brigade, 2nd Division,
District of Corinth, 16th Army Corps, to May, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry
Division, 16th Army Corps, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division,
16th Army Corps, to October, 1863. Regiment attached to Headquarters 15th Army
Corps October, 1863, to April, 1864. Cavalry, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps,
to October, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Kilpatrick's 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps,
Military Division Mississippi, to January, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Cavalry
Division, to June, 1865. Dept. of North Carolina to October, 1865.
SERVICE.-March from Danville to Savannah, Tenn., March 10-11, 1862. Expedition
to Mobile & Ohio Railroad to destroy bridges March 14-15. Beach Creek
Bridge, Tenn., March 13. Near Eastport, Miss., March 14. Burnsville March
14-15. Reach Pittsburg Landing March 15. Skirmish Pittsburg Landing March 16.
Reconnaissance toward Corinth March 16. Black Jack Forest March 16
(Detachment). Near Shiloh Church March 24 (1st and 2nd Battalions). Purdy Road
near Adamsville March 31 (Co. "I"). Expedition to Chickasaw, Ala.,
and Eastport, Miss., April 1. Near Monterey, Tenn., April 3. Crump's Landing
April 4 (Detachment). Battle of Shiloh April 6-7. Corinth Road April 8. Beech
Creek Bridge April 13 (3rd Battalion). Affair with Cavalry April 14. Advance
on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Tuscumbia River
June 1-6. March to Memphis, Tenn., via LaGrange and Grand Junction June
10-July 27 (1st and 2nd Battalions), and duty there till September. Horn Lake
Creek August 16 (Cos. "A," "C"). 3rd Battalion at Corinth,
Miss., till August, 1863. 1st and 2nd Battalion moved from Memphis to Jackson,
Tenn., September 6-12, 1862. Battle of Corinth, Miss., October 3-4 (3rd
Battalion). Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12 (3rd Battalion). Battle of the
Hatchie, Metamora, October 5, 1862 (1st and 2nd Battalions). Chewalla October
5 (3rd Battalion). Ruckersville and near Ripley October 7 (3rd Battalion).
Guard Mobile & Ohio Railroad at Glendale October 15 to November 8, 1862
(3rd Battalion). Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November, 1862, to
January, 1863. About Oxford, Miss., December 1-3, 1862. Free Bridge December
3. Water Valley Station December 4. Coffeeville December 5. Raid from Corinth
to Tupelo December 13-19 (3rd Battalion). Operations against Forest December
18, 1862, to January 3, 1863 (1st and 2nd Battalions). Lexington December 18,
1862. Salem Cemetery near Jackson December 19. Davis Mills, Wolf River,
December 21 (Cos. "B," "M"). Guard Memphis &
Charleston Railroad till March, 1863 (1st and 2nd Battalions), and duty at and
about Memphis, Tenn., till August, 1863 (1st and 2nd Battalions). Expedition
from Memphis, Tenn., to Coldwater, Miss., April 18-24, 1863. Tuscumbia, Ala.,
February 22 (3rd Battalion). Hernando April 18. Perry's Ferry, Coldwater
River, April 19. Expedition from Memphis toward Hernando, Miss., May 23-24
(Detachment). Scouts from Memphis toward Hernando, Miss., May 26 and 28
(Detachments). Operations in Northeast Mississippi June 13-22 (3rd Battalion).
Operations in Northeastern Mississippi June 15-25 (1st and 2nd Battalions).
New Albany and Coldwater June 19 (3rd Battalion). Hernando June 20 (3rd
Battalion). Adkin's Plantation, Mud Creek Bottom, Rocky Crossing, Tallahatchie
River and Hernando, June 20 (3rd Battalion). Near Memphis July 16 and 18. At
Camp Davies till October. Wartrace September 6. Joined Gen. Sherman at
Chickasaw, Ala., and march to Chattanooga, Tenn., leading advance. Operations
on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 10-30. Cane Creek and
Barton's Station October 20. Dickson's Station October 20. Cherokee Station
October 21. Cane Creek and Barton's Station October 26. Bear Creek, Tuscumbia,
October 27. Cherokee Station October 29. Barton's Station October 31. Guarding
trains, escort and courier duty during battles of Chattanooga, Tenn., November
23-25. Pursuit to Ringgold, Ga., November 26-27. March to relief of Knoxville,
Tenn., November 28-December 8. Near Loudon December 2. (3rd Battalion joined
Long's Brigade in Knoxville.) Expedition to Tellico Plains after Longstreet's
trains December 6-11. Report to Gen. Howard at Athens, Tenn. Picket Hiawassee
River and courier duty between Grant and Burnside. Regiment veteranize at
Larkinsville, Ala., January, 1864. Near Kelly's Plantation, Sulphur Springs,
April 11 (Detachment). Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8. Advance
guard of 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps, to near Rome, Ga. Operations on line
of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona
Hills May 25-June 5. Old Church June 13. March to Kingston June 22. Duty there
and at Cartersville guarding railroad till November 7. Cartersville July 24.
Canton August 22. Shadow Church and Westbrooks near Fairburn October 2
(Detachment). Marietta October 4. March to the sea November 15-December 10.
Bear Creek Station November 16. East Macon, Walnut Creek, November 20.
Waynesboro November 27-28. Buckhead Creek or Reynolds' Plantation November 28.
Rocky Creek Church December 2. Ebenezer Creek December 8. Siege of Savannah
December 10-21. Altamaha Bridge December 17. Campaign of the Carolinas January
to April, 1865. Williston, S. C., February 8. North Edisto February 12-13.
Monroe's Cross Roads March 16. Taylor's Hole Creek, Averysboro, N. C., March
16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Goldsboro March 23. Advance on Raleigh
April 10-13. Raleigh April 13. Morrisville April 14. Bennett's House April 26.
Surrender of Johnston and his army. Picket near Raleigh till April 30. Duty in
Sub-District of Morgantown, District of Western North Carolina, Dept. of North
Carolina, to October, 1865. Mustered out October 30, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 26 Enlisted men killed and mortally
wounded and 3 Officers and 140 Enlisted men by disease. Total 170.
12th Regiment, Vermont
Infantry
Organized at Brattleboro October 4, 1862, for nine months. Moved to
Washington, D. C., October 7-10, 1862. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Abercrombie's
Division, Military District of Washington, to February, 1863. 2nd Brigade,
Casey's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to April, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Abercrombie's
Division, 22nd Corps, to July, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army
Corps, Army of the Potomac, to muster out.
SERVICE.-Camp on East Capital Hill, Washington, to October 30, 1862. Moved to
Munson's Hill October 30, thence to Hunting Creek October 31. At Camp Vermont,
near Hunting Creek, till December 12. Picket duty near Fairfax Court House
December 12, 1862, to January 20, 1863. Defense of Fairfax Court House from
attack by Stuart's Cavalry December 29, 1862. Duty at Wolf Run Shoals January
20 to May 1. Guard railroad at Warrenton Junction till May 7 and at
Rappahannock Station till May 18. At Bristoe and Catlett's till June 1. At
Union Mills till June 25. March to Gettysburg, Pa., June 25-July 1. Detached
at Westminster as train guard till July 4. Guard prisoners to Baltimore July
4-6. Moved to Brattleboro July 6-9, and there mustered out July 14, 1863.
Lost by disease 2 Officers and 65 Enlisted men. Total 67.
1st Battalion, Veteran
Reserve Corps
187th Company, 1st Battalion. - Organized at Convalescent Camp Smith, Tenn.,
February 23, 1864. Consolidated with 243rd Company, 1st Battalion, August 4,
1865.
238th Company, 1st Battalion. - Organized at Camp Stoneman, D.C., October 10,
1864. Consolidated with 243rd Company, 1st Battalion, August 4, 1865.
239th Company, 1st Battalion. - Organized at Camp Stoneman, D.C., October 10,
1864. Consolidated with 243rd Company, 1st Battalion, August 4, 1865.
243rd Company, 1st Battalion. - Formerly known as 1st Company, Provisional
Cavalry, Veteran Reserve Corps, organized at Washington, D.C., June 1864.
Mustered out by detachments July 8 to November 13, 1865.
244th Company, 1st Battalion. - Organized at Knoxville, Tenn., February 7,
1865. Mustered out by detachments July 12 to November 27, 1865.
245th Company, 1st Battalion. - Organized at Knoxville, Tenn., February 24,
1865. Mustered out by detachments July 12 to November 27, 1865.
246th Company, 1st Battalion. - Organized at St. Albans, Vt., April, 1865.
Mustered out by detachments July 8 to October 3, 1865.
9th Regiment, Veteran
Reserve Corps
Organized at Washington, D.C., October 10, 1863, by consolidation of the 3rd,
53rd, 59th, 64th, 65th, 71st, 209th, 210th, 211th and 212th Companies, 1st
Battalion. Mustered out by detachments July 1 to November 16, 1865.
6th Regiment, Massachusetts
Infantry (100 days, 1864) (Militia)
Organized at Readville and mustered in July 14-19, 1864. Left State for
Washington, D. C., July 20, arriving there July 22. Assigned to garrison duty
at Fort C. F. Smith on Arlington Heights till August 21. Moved to Fort
Delaware on Pea Patch Island, relieving 157th Ohio Infantry from guard duty.
Guarding Rebel prisoners there till October 19. Moved to Boston October 19-21.
Mustered out October 27, 1864.
Lost 10 Enlisted men by disease.
3rd Regiment, Maine
Infantry
Organized at Augusta and mustered in June 4, 1861. Left State for Washington,
D. C., June 5. Attached to Howard's Brigade, Heintzelmaa's Division,
McDowell's Army of Northeastern Virginia, to August, 1861. Howard's Brigade,
Division of the Potomac, to October, 1861. Sedgwick's Brigade, Heintzelman's
Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd
Army Corps, Army Potomac, to July 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army
Corps, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to June,
1864.
SERVICE-Camp on Meridian Hill, Defenses of Washington, D. C., till July 16,
1861. Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21. Battle of Bull Run July 21. Duty
in the Defenses of Washington till March, 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va.,
March 10-15. Virginia Peninsula Campaign April to August. Siege of Yorktown
April 5-May 4. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Battle of Seven Pines or Fair
Oaks May 31-June 1. Near Richmond June 18. Seven days before Richmond June
25-July 1. Oak Grove June 25. Jordan's Ford June 27. Peach Orchard and Savage
Station June 29. Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill
July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Retreat from the Peninsula and
movement to Centreville August 16-27. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia
August 27-September 2. Battles of Groveton August 29, and Bull Run August 30.
Chantilly September 1. Guard fords from Monocracy River to Conrad's Ferry till
October 11. March to Leesburg, thence to Falmouth, Va., October 11-November
23. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. "Mud March" January
20-24, 1863. At Falmouth till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May
6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 13-July
24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Wapping Heights,
Va., July 23. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the
Rappahannock November 7-8. Kelly's Ford November 7. Mine Run Campaign November
26-December 2. Payne's Farm November 27. Demonstration on the Rapidan February
5-7, 1864. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River May 3-June 5. Battles
of the Wilderness May 5-7. Laurel Hill May 8. Spottsylvania May 8-12. Po River
May 10. Spottsylvania C. H. May 12-21. Bloody Angle, Assault on the Salient,
May 12. Harris Farm, Fredericksburg Road, May 19. North Anna River May 23-26.
On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-5.
Ordered to the rear June 5. Mustered out June 28, 1864. Veterans and recruits
transferred to 17th Regiment Maine Infantry.
Regiment lost during service 10 Officers and 124 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 148 Enlisted men by disease. Total 283.
1st Regiment, Maine Heavy
Artillery
Organized at Bangor as 18th Infantry and mustered in August 21, 1862. Left
State for Washington, D. C., August 24. Designation changed to 1st Heavy
Artillery January 6, 1863. Company "L" organized January, 1864, and
Company "M" February, 1864. Attached to Defenses of Washington,
August, 1862, to February, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Haskins' Division, 22nd Army
Corps. Defenses North of the Potomac to May, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division,
2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 24, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd
Division, 2nd Army Corps, to July, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army
Corps, to June, 1865. 3rd Brigade, Hardin's Division, 22nd Corps, to
September, 1865.
SERVICE-Duty in the Defenses of Washington, building and garrisoning Batteries
and Forts. Eight Companies at Fort Alexandria, Company "E" at
Batteries Vermont and Mattox, Company "K" at Batteries Cameron and
Parrott, August 26, 2862, to May 15, 1864. Moved to Belle Plains, Va., May 15,
1864, as a part of Tyler's Heavy Artillery Division. Rapidan Campaign May 18
to June 15. Harris' Farm, Fredericksburg Road, May 19. (82 killed, 394
wounded, 5 missing; total 481.) On line of North Anna May 20-23. North Anna
May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey River May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31.
Cold Harbor June 1-5. Barker's Mills June 5-12. Before Petersburg June 16-19.
Hare's House, Assault on Petersburg, June 18. (Sustained greatest loss of any
one Regiment in any one action of the war. 685 killed and wounded out of 900
engaged.) Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Weldon Railroad
June 22-23, 1864. Picket duty at Deserted House till July 28. Demonstration on
north side of James River July 27-29. Deep Bottom July 27-28. Duty at Hare's
House till August 12. Demonstration on north side of James River August 13-20.
Strawberry Plains August 14-18. Near Fort Sedgwick till September 30. Poplar
Springs Church September 30- October 2. Yellow House October 1. Squirrel Level
Road October 2. At Fort Sedgwick October 6-24. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's
Run, October 27-28. Warren's Hicksford Raid December 7-12. Hatcher's Run
February 5-7, 1865. Armstrong House March 25. Appomattox Campaign March
28-April 9. South Side Railroad March 29. Boydton Road and White Oak Ridge
March 29-31. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Jettersville April 5. Amelia Springs
and Sailor's Creek April 6. Farmville April 7. Appomattox Court House April 9.
Surrender of Lee and his army. Moved to Washington, D. C., May 9-16. Grand
Review May 23. Garrison Forts in the Defenses of Washington from Fort
Washington to Fort Mahone June 27 to September 11. Mustered out September 11
and ordered to Bangor, Me. Discharged September 20, 1865.
Of all Regiments in army this Regiment sustained greatest loss in battle. 23
Officers and 400 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded; 260 died of
disease, etc. Total 683.
118th Regiment, New York
Infantry
Organized at Plattsburg, N. Y., and mustered in August 27, 1862. Left State
for Washington, D. C., September 3, 1862. Attached to Provisional Brigade,
Abercrombie's Division, Defenses of Washington, D. C., to February, 1863.
District of Washington, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, to April, 1863.
Reserve Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to June,
1863. Wardrop's Independent Brigade, 7th Army Corps, to July, 1863. U. S.
Forces, Yorktown, Va., Dept. or Virginia and North Carolina, to October, 1863.
Heckman's Command, Newport News, Va., to January, 1864. 1st Brigade, U. S.
Forces, Yorktown, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to February,
1864. Unattached, Yorktown, Pa., Dept. Virginia and North Carolina, to April,
1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, Army of the James, to
December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 24th Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Guard and provost duty at Washington, D. C., till April, 1863.
Ordered to Suffolk, Va., April 16. Siege of Suffolk April 20-May 4. Moved to
Portsmouth, Va., May 13. Operations on Norfolk & Petersburg Railroad May
15-28. Antioch Church and Barber's Cross Roads May 23. Reconnaissance to the
Chickahominy June 9-16. Dix's Peninsula Campaign June 24-July 7. Expedition
from White House to South Anna Bridge July 1-7. Action at South Anna Bridge
July 4. Expedition to Gloucester Court House July 25. Duty at Yorktown and
vicinity till October, and at Portsmouth and vicinity till March, 1864.
Wistar's Expedition against Richmond February 6-8, 1864. Ballahoe or Bear
Quarter Road and Deep Creek February 29-March 1. Demonstration against
Portsmouth March 4-5. Moved to Yorktown March 17. Expedition to Isle of Wight
County April 13-15. Smithfield, Cherry Grove, April 14. Butler's operations on
south side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-28.
Occupation of Bermuda Hundred and City Point May 5. Port Walthall Junction,
Chester Station, May 7. Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church May 9-10. Operations
against Fort Darling May 12-16. Battle of Drury's Bluff May 14-16. Bermuda
Hundred May 16-28. Moved to White House, thence to Cold Harbor May 27-31.
Battles about Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 15-18. Siege
operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.
Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864. In trenches before Petersburg and
on the Bermuda Hundred front till September 27. Battle of Chaffin's Farm, New
Market Heights, September 28-30. Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28. Duty in
the trenches before Richmond till March, 1865. Fall of Petersburg and Richmond
April 2-3. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender
of Lee and his army. Provost duty at Richmond and Manchester till June.
Mustered out June 13, 1865. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 96th New York
Infantry.
Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 93 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 188 Enlisted men by disease. Total 287.
26th Regiment, New York
Cavalry
Organized for one year's service on the Northern Frontier of New York. Company
"G" organized at Plattsburg, N. Y., and mustered in February 11,
1865. Mustered out at Plattsburg, N. Y., July 6, 1865. Company "H"
organized at Watertown, N. Y., and mustered in February 22, 1865. Mustered out
at Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., July 7, 1865. Company "I" organized at
Malone, N. Y., and mustered in February 22, 1865. Mustered out at Ogdensburg,
N. Y., July 3, 1865. Company "K" organized at Buffalo, N. Y., and
mustered in February 24, 1865. Mustered out at Fort Porter, N. Y., June 29,
1865. Company "L" organized at Malone, N. Y., and mustered in
February 24, 1865. Mustered out at Ogdensburg, N. Y., July 1, 1865. Lost 3 by
disease.
6th Regiment, Kentucky
Infantry
Organized at Sigel, Muldraugh's Hill and Shepherdsville, Ky., September 9 to
December 24, 1861. Attached to Rousseau's 1st Brigade, McCook's Command, at
Nolin, Ky., to November, 1861. 12th Brigade, Army of Ohio, to December, 1861.
12th Brigade, 1st Division, Army of Ohio, to January, 1862. 19th Brigade, 4th
Division, Army of Ohio, to September, 1862. 19th Brigade, 4th Division, 2nd
Corps, Army of Ohio, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Left Wing
14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd
Division, 21st Army Corps, to October, 1863, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th
Army Corps, to August, 1864. 1st Brigade, Defenses of Nashville &
Chattanooga Railroad, to September, 1864. Unattached, 4th Division, 20th Army
Corps, to November, 1864. District of Kentucky to January, 1865.
SERVICE.-Engaged in the Defense of Eastern Kentucky before muster. Moved to
Lebanon, Ky., November 28, 1861. Skirmish at Bagdad, Selby County, Ky.,
December 12, 1861. At Camp Wyckliffe, Ky., till February, 1862. Advance on
Nashville, Tenn., February 14-25. Occupation of Nashville February 25-March
18. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 18-April 6. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April
7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Occupation of
Corinth May 30, and pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 12. Buell's Campaign in
Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August. Flat Lick, Tenn., August
17 (Detachment). March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August
17-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg to Loudon, Ky., October 1-22. Battle of
Perryville, Ky., October 8. Danville October 11. Near Crab Orchard October 15.
Wild Cat Mountain, near Crab Orchard, and Big Rockcastle River, near Mt.
Vernon, October 18. Pittman's Cross Roads October 19. March to Nashville,
Tenn., October 23-November 6, and duty there till December 26. Advance on
Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 26-30. Springfield, Ky., December 30
(Detachment). Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3,
1863. At Murfreesboro till June. Woodbury January 24. Expedition to Woodbury
April 2. Snow Hill, Woodbury, April 3. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma)
Campaign June 24-July 7. Liberty Gap June 24-27. Occupation of Middle
Tennessee till August 16. Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River
and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Lee and Gordon's Mills,
Ga., September 11-13. Battle of Chickamauga, Ga., September 19-20. Siege of
Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November, 23. Reopening Tennessee River
October 26-29. Brown's Ferry October 27. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign
November 23-27. Orchard knob November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. March
to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 8. Operations in East Tennessee
December, 1863, to April, 1864. Atlanta Campaign May 1 to August 19, 1864.
Demonstrations Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8-13. Battle of Resaca May
14-15. Adairsville May 17. Near Kingston May 18-19. Near Cassville May 19.
Advance on Dallas May 22 25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and
battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5.
Pickett's Mills May 27. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain
June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on
Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Pace's Ferry July
5. Chattahoochee River July 6-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of
Atlanta July 22-August 19. Ordered to Chattanooga, Tenn., August 19. Garrison
duty there and at Bridgeport, Ala., till November 2. Moved to Nashville,
Tenn.; thence ordered to Louisville, Ky. Mustered out September 23, 1864, to
January 2, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 10 Officers and 105 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 96 Enlisted men by disease. Total 216.
Allen's Company, North
Carolina Local Defense
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr.
contains no history for this unit.
2nd Regiment, Wisconsin
Cavalry
Organized at Milwaukee, Wis., December 30, 1861, to March 10, 1862. Left State
for St. Louis, Mo., March 24, 1862. Duty at Benton Barracks, Mo., till May 15.
Moved to Jefferson City, thence to Springfield, Mo., and duty there till June
14. Attached to Steele's Command, Army of Southwest Missouri, Dept. of
Missouri, to July, 1862. District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of Missouri, to
November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, District of Eastern Arkansas,
Dept. of the Tennessee, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division,
13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to February, 1363. 3rd Brigade,
District of Memphis, Tenn., 5th Division, 16th Army Corps. Dept. of the
Tennessee, to June, 1863. Busseys Cavalry Brigade, Herron's Division, 13th
Army Corps, to August, 1363. Cavalry Brigade, 17th Army Corps, to September,
1363. 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1364. Winslow a Cavalry
Brigade, District of Vicksburg, Miss., to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Cavalry
Division, District of West Tennessee, to July, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry
Division, Military Division Gulf, to August, 1865. Dept. of Texas to November,
1865.
SERVICE.-March to Batesville, Jacksonport and Helena, Ark., June 14-July 12,
1862, and duty there till January, 1863. Action at Yellville, Ark., June 25,
1862. Near Fayetteville July 15. Expedition from Helena to Moro August 5-8
(Detachment). Near Helena August 11. Near Helena September 19-20. Expedition
against Arkansas Post November 16-21. Expedition to Yellville November 25-29.
Expedition from Helena to Grenada, Miss., November 27-December 5. Oakland,
Miss., December 3. LaGrange, Ark., December 30. Lick Creek, Ark., January 12,
1863. Clarendon Road, near Helena, January 15. Ordered to Memphis, Tenn.,
February 4, and duty there till May. Nonconah Creek, near Memphis, April 4.
Expedition to Coldwater April 17-20. Horn Lake Creek May 18 (Co.
"L"). Expeditions to Hernando, Miss., May 23-24, 26 and 28
(Detachments). Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., June 10-13. Siege of Vicksburg ,
Miss., June 13-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Clinton July 8.
Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Canton July 12. Expedition to Yazoo City July
12-21, 1863 (Detachment). Bolton's Depot July 16. Grant's Ferry, Pearl River.
July 16. Briar Creek, near Canton, July 17. Duty at Red Bone Church till April
27, 1864. Action at Red Bone Church September 25, 1863. Ingraham's Plantation,
near Port Gibson, October 10. Red Bone April 21, 1864. Moved to Vicksburg
April 27, and duty there till December. Salem May 29 (Detachment).
Worthington's and Sunnyside Landings, Fish Bayou, June 5. Old River Lake or
Lake Chicot June 6. Expedition from Vicksburg to Pearl River July 2-10.
Clinton July 4. Jackson July 5-6. Clinton July 7. Expedition from Vicksburg to
Rodney and Fayette September 29-October 3. Port Gibson October 1. Fayette and
Cole Creek October 3. Expedition from Natchez to Woodville October 4-11.
Woodville October 5-6. Fort Adams, La., October 5 and 7. Operations in
Issaqueena and Washington Counties October 24-31. Expedition from Vicksburg to
Gaines' Landing and Bayou Macon, La., November 6-8. Expedition from Vicksburg
to Yazoo City November 23-December 4. Concord Church December 1. Moved to
Memphis, Tenn., December 8. Grierson's Expedition to destroy Mobile & Ohio
Railroad December 21, 1864, to January 15, 1865. Franklin Creek December
21-22, 1864. Egypt Station December 28. Expedition from Memphis to Marion,
Ark., January 19-22, 1865 (Detachment). Duty at Memphis, Tenn., till June.
Expedition into Northern Mississippi March 3-11. (Part of Regiment ordered to
Grenada, Miss., May 9, and duty there till June 24, when rejoined Regiment at
Alexandria, La.) Ordered to Alexandria, La., June, March from Alexandria to
Hempstead, Texas, August 8-26, and duty there till October. March to Austin,
Texas, and there mustered out November 15, 1865.
1st Battalion (Cos. "A," "D," "G" and
"K") served detached June 13, 1862, to September, 1864. Ordered to
Cassville, Mo:, June 13, 1862, and duty there till October, 1862. Pineville
June 23. Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Frontier, Dept. of
Missouri, to June, 1863. District of Rolla, Dept. of Missouri, to August,
1864. District of North Missouri to September, 1864. Duty at Osage Springs,
Mo., October, 1862, to December, 1862. Battle of Prairie Grove , Ark.,
December 7. Expedition over Boston Mountains to Van Buren, Ark., December
27-29. At Forsythe, Mo., till March, 1863. At Lake Springs till June, 1863. At
Rolla till September, 1864. Lane's Prairie, Mo., May 26, 1864. Scout in Phelps
and Marlas Counties August l (Co. "A"). Rejoined Regiment at
Vicksburg, Miss., September, 1864.
Regiment lost during service 24 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4
Officers and 234 Enlisted men by disease. Total 312.
2nd Battalion, Missouri
Cavalry State Guard (1st Division)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr.
contains no history for this unit.
47th Regiment, Illinois
Infantry
Organized at Peoria, Ill., and mustered in August 16, 1861. Moved to St.
Louis, Mo., September 23; thence to Jefferson City, Mo., October 9, and duty
there till December 22, 1861. Attached to Dept. of the Missouri to February,
1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Mississippi, to March, 1862. 1st
Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Mississippi, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade,
3rd Division, Army of the Mississippi, April, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division,
Army of the Mississippi, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 8th Division, Left
Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 2nd
Brigade, 8th Division, 16th Army Corps. to April, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd
Division, 15th Army Corps, to December, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 16th
Army Corps. to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade. 1st Division, 16th Army Corps,
Detachment Army of the Tennessee, Department of the Gulf, to June, 1864. 2nd
Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to November,
1864. Chicago, Ill., to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, District of
Kentucky, to January, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Detachment Army of the
Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st
Division, 16th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi, to
August, 1865. District of Alabama, Dept. of the Gulf, to January, 1866.
SERVICE.-Moved from Jefferson City, Mo., to Otterville, Mo., December 22,
1861, and duty there till February, 1862. Moved to Commerce, Mo., February 2.
Operations against New Madrid, Mo., and Island No. 10, Mississippi River,
February 28-April 8. New Madrid March 5. Point Pleasant March 7. Action and
capture of Tiptonville April 8. Expedition to Fort Pillow, Tenn., April 13-17.
Moved to Hamburg Landing, Tenn., April 17-22. Advance on and siege of Corinth,
Miss., April 29-May 30. Reconnaissance toward Corinth May 8. Action at
Farmington, Miss., May 9. Near Corinth May 28. Pursuit to Booneville May
31-June 12. Moved to Rienzi July 3, and duty there till August 18. March to
Tuscumbia, Ala., August 18-22. March to Clear Creek September 8-14.
Reconnaissance to Iuka, Miss., and skirmish September 16. Battle of Iuka
September 19. Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Pursuit to Ripley October 5-14.
Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign. Operations on the Mississippi Central R.
R. November 2, 1862-January 10, 1863. March from Grand Junction to Corinth,
Miss., January 8-14, 1863, thence to Ridgway Station January 26 and duty there
guarding R. R. till March 12. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., thence to Duckport,
La., March 12-April 1. Demonstration on Haines' and Snyder's Bluff April
25-May 2. Movement to Jackson, Miss., via Grand Gulf May 2-14. Mississippi
Springs May 13. Jackson May 14 and May 16. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May
18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Expedition to Satartia and
Mechanicsburg June 2-8. Satartia June 4. Expedition from Young's Point to
Richmond, La., June 14-16. Richmond, La., June 15. Advance toward Jackson,
Miss., July 5. Guard duty at Black River Bridge till July 22. At Bear Creek
till October. Expedition to Canton October 14-20. Bogue Chitto Creek October
17. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., November 14-20; thence to LaGrange, Tenn., and
guard Memphis & Charleston R. R., and scouting after Forrest till January
26, 1864. Skirmish at Saulsbury December 3, 1863. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss.,
January 26-February 3. Meridian Campaign February 3-March 2. At Black River
Bridge till February 23. March to Canton and return to Vicksburg February
23-March 7. Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Fort De Russy March 14.
Occupation of Alexandria March 16. Henderson's Hill March 21. Grand Ecore
April 2. Campti April 3. Battle of Pleasant Hill April 9. About Cloutiersville,
Cane River, April 22-24. At Alexandria April 26-May 13. Muddy Bayou May 2-6.
Well's Plantation, near Alexandria, May 2-13. Retreat to Morganza May 13-20.
Mansura May 16. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., May 22-24, thence to Memphis,
Tenn., June 4-10. Action at Lake Chicot, Ark., June 6. Defeat of Marauder.
Veterans on furlough till August. Smith's Expedition to Tupelo, Miss., July
5-21. Near Camargo's Cross Roads July 13. Harrisburg, near Tupelo, July 14-15.
Tishamingo (or Old Town) Creek July 15. Expedition to Oxford, Miss., August
1-30. Abbeville August 23. Non-Veterans muster out October 11, 1864. Mower's
Expedition to Brownsville, Ark., September 2-10. March through Arkansas and
Missouri in pursuit of Price September 17-November 4. Ordered to Chicago
November 9, thence moved to Springfield, Ill., and to Louisville, Ky.,
December 3. Duty at Louisville and Bowling Green, Ky., till January 27, 1865.
Moved to Eastport, Miss., via Nashville, Tenn., January 27-February 1, thence
to New Orleans, La., February 6-22. Campaign against Mobile and its defenses
March 7-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8.
Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12.
March to Montgomery April 13-25. Duty there and at Selma till January, 1866.
Mustered out January 21, 1866.
Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 58 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 184 Enlisted men by disease. Total 250.
95th Regiment, Illinois
Infantry
Organized at Rockford, Ill., and mustered in September 4, 1862. Moved to
Jackson, Tenn., November 4-12, 1862. Attached to 1st Brigade, 6th Division,
Left Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862.
1st Brigade, 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 6th
Division, 17th Army Corps, to May, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, 17th Army
Corps, to September, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 17th Army Corps, to
March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Provisional Division, 17th Army Corps, Dept. of the
Gulf, to June, 1864 (Non-Veterans). 2nd Brigade, Sturgis' Expedition, June,
1864 (Non-Veterans). Detached Brigade, 17th Army Corps, June, 1864
(Non-Veterans). 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 16th Army Corps, to December, 1864
(Non-Veterans). 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, April to December,
1864 (Veterans). 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Detachment, Army of the Tennessee,
Dept. of the Cumberland, to February, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th
Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.-Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November, 1862, to January,
1863. At Memphis January 13-20, 1863. Moved to Lake Providence, La., January
20-26, and duty there till April. Skirmish at Old River, Lake Providence,
February 10. Moved to Milliken's Bend, La., April 12. Movement on Bruinsburg
and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battles of Fort Gibson, Miss., May 1;
Raymond May 12; Jackson May 14; Champion's Hill May 16; Big Black River May
17. Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19-22 and June
25. Expedition to Mechanicsburg May 26-June 4. Surrender of Vicksburg July 4.
Moved to Natchez, Miss., July 12-13, and duty there till October 17. Moved to
Vicksburg October 17 and duty there till February, 1864. Meridian Campaign
February 3-25. Veterans on furlough March-April. Red River Campaign March
10-May 22. Fort DeRussy March 14. Battle of Pleasant Hill, Pleasant Hill
Landing, April 12-13. About Cloutiersville April 22-24. Natchitoches April 22.
At Alexandria April 26-May 13. Boyce's Plantation and Wells' Plantation May 6.
Twelve Mile Bayou and Bayou Boeuf May 7. Retreat to Morganza May 13-20.
Mansura May 16. Yellow Bayou May 18. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., May 21-24,
thence to Memphis, Tenn., May 28-30. Sturgis' Expedition to Guntown June 1-13.
Brice's or Tishamingo Creek near Guntown June 10. Ripley June 11. Moved to St.
Charles, Ark., August 3-6, thence to Duvall's Bluff September 1, and to
Brownsville September 8. March through Arkansas and Missouri in pursuit of
Price September 17-November 21. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., November 23.30.
Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River
December 17-28. Moved to Eastport, Miss., and duty there till February 6,
1865. (Veterans joined 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, at Cairo,
Ill., thence moved to Clifton, Tenn., and march to Ackworth, Ga., via
Huntsville and Decatur, Ala., and Rome, Ga., April 28-June 8, 1864. Atlanta
(Ga.) Campaign June 8 to September 8. Operations about Marietta and against
Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Assault on Kenesaw Mountain June 27.
Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Howell's Ferry July 5. On line of the Chattahoochee
River July 6-17. Leggett's Bald Hill July 20-21. Battle of Atlanta July 22.
Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30.
Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy's Station September 2-6.
Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September
29-November 3. Rejoined Regiment at Nashville, Tenn.)
Moved to New Orleans, La., February 6-21, 1865, and duty there till March 12.
Campaign against Mobile and its defenses March 21-April 12. Siege of Spanish
Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Assault and capture of Fort Blakely
April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. March to Montgomery, Ala., April
13-25, and duty there till July. Moved to Meridian and Vicksburg, Miss.
Mustered out August 17, 1865. Recruits transferred to 47th Illinois Infantry.
Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 77 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 204 Enlisted men by disease. Total 289.
110th Regiment, New York
Infantry
Organized at Oswego, N. Y., and mustered in August 27, 1862. Left State for
Baltimore, Md., August 29, 1862. Attached to the Defenses of Baltimore, Md.,
8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to October, 1862. Emery's Brigade, 8th Army
Corps, to November, 1862. Emery's Brigade. Louisiana Expedition, to December,
1862. Sherman's Division, Dept. of the Gulf, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade,
3rd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to February, 1863. 1st
Brigade, 3rd Division, 19th Army Corps, to February, 1864. Key West, Fla.,
District of West Florida, Dept. Gulf, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Baltimore, Md., till November 6, 1862. Moved to Fortress
Monroe, Va., November 6, thence sailed for New Orleans, La., December 4,
arriving at Carrollton December 26, and duty there till March, 1863.
Operations on Bayou Plaquemine February 12-28. Moved to Baton Rouge, La.,
March 7. Operations against Port Hudson, La., March 7-27. Moved to Algiers
April 3, thence to Brashear City April 8. Expedition to Franklin April 11-17.
Fort Bisland April 12-13. Franklin April 14. Expedition from Opelousas to
Barre Landing April 21. Expedition from Barre Landing to Berwick City May
21-26. Franklin and Centreville May 25. Moved to Port Hudson, La., May 30.
Siege of Port Hudson June 3-July 9. Assault on Port Hudson June 14. Surrender
of Port Hudson July 9. Duty at Baton Rouge, Donaldsonville, Brashear City and
Berwick till October. Western Louisiana (Teche) Campaign October 3-November
30. Vermillionville November 11. Duty at New Iberia till January 7, 1864.
Moved to Franklin January 7, thence to Key West, Fla., February, 1864, and
garrison duty at Fort Jefferson till August. 1865. Attack on Fort Myers, Fla.,
February 20, 1865 (Detachment). Mustered out August 28, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 14 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 191 Enlisted men by disease. Total 210.
11th Regiment, Illinois
Infantry (3 months, 1861)
Organized at Springfield, Ill., and mustered in April 30, 1861, for three
months' service by Capt. John Pope, U. S. A. Ordered to Villa Ridge, Ill., May
5, and duty there till June 20, and at Bird's Point, Mo., till July 30.
Expedition from Cairo to Little River June 22-23 (Cos. "A" and
"B"). Mustered out July 30, 1861.
Lost 10 by disease during service.
1st Regiment, Kentucky
Cavalry (Helms')
1st Cavalry Regiment was organized during the late summer of 1861 and its
companies were mustered into Confederate service in October. It served in the
Central Army of Kentucky and the Department of East Tennessee and fought in
various engagements in Kentucky and Tennessee. Because of its difficult
service in Kentucky during September and October, 1862, it was reduced to a
battalion and assigned to the 3rd Kentucky Cavalry. The field officers were
Colonel Benjamin H. Helm; Lieutenant Colonels J.W. Griffith, H.C. Leavell, and
Thomas G. Woodward; and Majors John W. Caldwell and N.R. Chambliss.
15th Regiment, US Infantry
(Regular Army)
"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer
contains no history for this unit.
Infantry Regiment, Holcombe
Legion, South Carolina
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr.
contains no history for this unit.
9th Regiment, New York
Heavy Artillery
Organized at Auburn, N. Y., as the 138th Regiment New York Infantry and
mustered in September 8, 1862. Left State for Washington, D. C., September 12,
1862. Designation changed to 9th Heavy Artillery December 9, 1862. 22nd New
York Battery assigned to Regiment as Company "M" February 5, 1863.
Company "L" organized at Albany, N. Y., and mustered in December 4,
1863. Regiment attached to 1st Brigade, Defenses of Washington, D. C., north
of the Potomac to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Defenses North of the Potomac,
to February, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Haskins' Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of
Washington, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Haskins' Division, 22nd Army Corps,
to May, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac
and Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to June, 1865. (2nd
Battalion detached with Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps, May 31 to July 10,
1864. 1st Brigade, Hardin's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to September 23, 1864.
Keim's Provisional Brigade to October 3, 1864; then rejoined Regiment.) 1st
Brigade, Hardin's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Garrison duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., till May, 1864,
during which time built and garrisoned Forts Mansfield, Bayard, Gaines and
Foote. Relieved from garrison duty and ordered to join Army of the Potomac in
the field May 18, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May-June. North Anna River May 26. On
line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12.
Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 18-19. Siege of Petersburg
June 18-July 6 Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad, June 22-23. Moved to
Baltimore, Md., July 6-8. Battle of Monocracy, Md., July 9. Sheridan's
Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Near Charlestown August
21-22. Charlestown August 29. Battle of Winchester September 19. Fisher's Hill
September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty at Kernstown till
December. Moved to Washington, D. C., December 3; thence to Petersburg, Va.
Siege of Petersburg, Va., December, 1864, to April, 1865. Fort Fisher,
Petersburg, March 25, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on
and fall of Petersburg April 2. Amelia Springs April 5. Sailor's Creek April
6. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Expedition
to Danville April 17-27. Duty there and at Richmond till June. Moved to
Washington, D. C. Corps Review June 8. Consolidated to four Companies June 27,
1865, and transferred to 2nd New York Heavy Artillery.
Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 198 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 254 Enlisted men by disease. Total 461.
2nd Regiment, US
Sharpshooters (Regular Army)
"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer
contains no history for this unit.
45th Regiment,
Massachusetts Infantry (Militia)
Organized at Camp Meigs, Readville, September 26-October 28, 1862. Moved to
Morehead City, N. C., on Steamer "Mississippi" November 5-14.
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of North Carolina, to January,
1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to
May, 1863. Lee's Brigade, Defenses of Newberne, N. C., to June, 1863.
SERVICE.-Camp on banks of the Trent near Newberne till December 12, 1862.
Foster's Expedition to Goldsboro December 12-20. Kinston December 14.
Whitehall December 16. Goldsboro December 17. Reconnaissance toward Trenton
January 17-22, 1863. Duty as post guard at Newberne January 26 to April 25.
Moved to mouth of the Trent, south side of the Neuse River, April 25.
Expedition toward Kinston, up the Atlantic & N. C. Railroad, April 27-May
1. Dover Road and Wise's Cross Roads April 28. Camp near Fort Spinola, mouth
of Trent, till June 24. Company "C" detached at Morehead City
November 29, 1862, to January 3, 1863. Company "G" at Fort Macon
till April 25. Company "I" at Morehead City January 3 to April 25,
and at Fort Spinola till June 24. Regiment moved to Morehead City June 24 and
embarked for Boston, Mass., arriving at Fortress Monroe June 26, and at Boston
June 30. Mustered out July 8, 1863
Regiment lost during service 19 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and
32 Enlisted men by disease. Total 51.
2nd Regiment, Vermont
Infantry
Organized at Burlington and mustered in June 20, 1861. Left State for
Washington, D. C., June 24. Attached to Howard's Brigade, Heintzelman's
Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia, to August, 1861. W. F.
Smith's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October. 1861. Brook's Brigade,
Smith's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd
Division. 4th Army Corps. Army of the Potomac, to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd
Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, and Army of the Shenandoah,
Middle Military Division, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21, 1861. Battle of Bull Run , Va.,
July 21. Scout to Great Falls August 20-25. Skirmish near Lewinsville
September 11 (Cos. "A" and "F."). Reconnaissance to
Lewinsville September 25 (Cos. "A" and "F"). Expedition to
Munson's Hill September 28. Reconnaissance to Vienna October 17.
Reconnaissance to Peacock Hill November 9. Duty in the Defenses of Washington
till March, 1862. Moved to Alexandria March 10, thence to the Virginia
Peninsula March 23-24. Young's Mill April 4. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4.
Lee's Mills April 16. Reconnaissance to Warwick River April 30. Battle of
Williamsburg May 5. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Garnett's Farm
June 27. Savage Station June 29. White Oak Swamp Bridge June 30. Malvern Hill
July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe,
thence to Alexandria August 16-24. Maryland Campaign September-October.
Crampton's Pass , Md., September 14. Battle of Antietam , Md., September
16-17. At Hagerstown September 26-October 29. Movement to Falmouth, Va.,
October 29-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg , Va., December 12-15.
Burnside's Second Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863.
Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Franklin's Crossing
April 29-May 2. Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4.
Banks' Ford May 4. Franklin's Crossing June 5-13. Battle of Gettysburg , Pa.,
July 2-4. Funkstown, Md., July 10-13. Ordered to New York City August 14. Duty
there and at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., till September 13. Moved to Alexandria,
thence to Fairfax Court House, Va., September 13-17, and to Culpeper Court
House September 22. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to the Rappahannock
November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November
26-December 2. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May-June, 1864. Battles
of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania Court House May 8-12; Spottsylvania
Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient at Spottsylvania May 12. North
Anna River May 23-26. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31.
Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 18-19. Jerusalem Plank Road June
22-28. Moved to Washington, D. C., July 9-11. Repulse of Early's attack on
Fort Stevens July 11-12. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August
7-November 28. Charlestown August 21-22. Gilbert's Ford, Opequan River,
September 18. Battle of Opequan , Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill
September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. At Strasburg till November 9
and at Kernstown till December 9. Moved to Petersburg December 9-12. Siege of
Petersburg December 12, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Dabney's Mills February 5-7,
1865. Fort Fisher, before Petersburg, March 25. Appomattox Campaign March
28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Sailor's Creek April 6.
Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. At Farmville
and Burkesville Junction till April 23. March to Danville April 23-27, and
duty there till May 18. At Manchester till May 24. March to Washington May
24-June 3. Corps Review June 8. Non-veterans mustered out June 29, 1864.
Regiment mustered out July 15, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 218 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 175 Enlisted men by disease. Total 399.
12th Regiment, Maine
Infantry
Organized at Portland and mustered in November 16, 1861. Left State for
Lowell, Mass., November 24, thence moved to Boston December 30 and embarked on
Steamer "Constitution" for Ship Island, Miss., January 2, 1862,
arriving there February 12. Attached to Butler's Expeditionary Corps January
to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Dept. of the Gulf, to November, 1862. Grover's
Division, Baton Rouge, La., Dept. Gulf, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th
Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. Gulf, to February, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd
Division, 19th Corps, Dept. Gulf, to July, 1864, and Army of the Shenandoah,
Middle Military Division, to January, 1865. District of Savannah, Ga., Dept.
of the South, to March, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Army
Ohio, to April, 1865. District of Savannah, Dept. South, to April, 1866.
SERVICE.-Duty at Ship Island, Miss., to May 4, 1862. Moved to Now Orleans,
La., and duty at U. S. Mint till October, 1862. Expedition to Pass Manchac
June 16-20. Pass Manchac June 17. Expedition to Ponchatoula (Cos.
"C," "D," "F") September 13-18. Ponchatoula
September 15. Moved to Camp Parapet October 21, and duty there till November
19. Moved to Baton Rouge, La., and duty there till March, 1863. Operations
against Port Hudson March 7-27. Moved to Donaldsonville. Operations in Western
Louisiana April 9-May 14. Teche Campaign April 11-20. Porter's and McWilliams'
Plantation at Indian Head April 13. Irish Bend April 14. Destruction of salt
works at New Iberia April 18. Advance to the Red River April 20-May 20.
Advance on Port Hudson May 21-24. Siege of Port Hudson May 24-July 8. Assaults
on Port Hudson May 27 and June 14. Thibodeaux June 20 (Detachment). Surrender
of Port Hudson July 9. Donaldsville July 13. Moved to New Orleans August 12,
thence to Ship Island, Miss,, and duty there till October. At Camp Parapet
till January 3, 1864. Expedition to Madisonville (Cos. "B,"
"F," "I," "K") January 3-7. Capture of
Madisonville January 7, and duty there till March 11. Ordered to New Orleans
March 11. Veterans on furlough April to June 16. Non-Veterans at Camp Parapet
till June 16. Veterans moved from Portland to New Orleans May 27, thence
Regiment moved to Morganza, La., and duty there till July 3. Moved to Algiers,
thence to Fort Monroe, Va., July 13-20, thence to Bermuda Hundred, Va., July
21. Duty in trenches at Bermuda Hundred till July 25. Demonstration on north
side of James River July 27-29. Deep Bottom July 27-28. Moved to Washington,
D. C., July 31, thence to Tennallytown, Md., August 2. Sheridan's Shenandoah
Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Berryville September 3-4. Battle of
Opequan , Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of
Cedar Creek October 19. Duty at Cedar Creek till November 9 and at Opequan
till November 19. Non-Veterans left front November 19, and mustered out
December 7, 1864. Veterans consolidated to a Battalion of four Companies.
Ordered to Savannah, Ga., January 3, 1865, and duty there till April, 1866.
Six new Companies organized February and March, 1865, and assigned as
"E," "F," "G," "H," "I,"
"K." Mustered out in February and March, 1866. Regiment mustered out
April 18, 1866.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 49 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 237 Enlisted men by disease.
Allen's Company, North
Carolina Local Defense
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr.
contains no history for this unit.
164th Regiment, New York
Infantry
Organized at New York City September and October, 1862. Left State for Newport
News, Va., November 6, 1862. Reorganized at Newport News, Va., and mustered in
November 19, 1862. Attached to District of Newport News, Va., Dept. of
Virginia, to December, 1862. Corcoran's Brigade, Division of Suffolk, 7th Army
Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to April, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Army
Corps, to July, 1863. Corcoran's Brigade, King's Division, 22nd Army Corps,
Dept. of Washington, to November, 1863. 1st Brigade, Corcoran's Division, 22nd
Army Corps, to December, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Tyler's Division, 22nd Army Corps,
to May, 1864. 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac,
to June, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-At Newport News, Va., till December, 1862, and at Suffolk, Va., till
May, 1863. Action at Deserted House, Va., January 30, 1363. Siege of Suffolk
April 12-May 4. Edenton Road April 15 and 24. Providence Church Road,
Nansemond River, May 3. Siege of Suffolk raised May 4. Blackwater May 12 and
June 17. Dix's Peninsula Campaign June 24-July 7. Moved to Washington, D. C.,
July 12. Provost duty in the Defenses of that city, and at Alexandria, Va.,
and guard duty on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad till May, 1864. Ordered
to join Army of the Potomac in the field May, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May 17 to
June 15. Spottsylvania Court House, Va., May 17-21. North Anna River May
23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor
June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to
April 2, 1865. Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad, June 22-23, 1864.
Demonstration on north side of James River July 27-29. Deep Bottom July 27-28.
Demonstration north of James River August 13-20. Strawberry Plains, Deep
Bottom, August 14-18. Ream's Station August 25. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's
Run, October 27-28. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865.
Watkins' House March 25. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Boydton Road
March 30-31. Crow's House March 31. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee
April 3-9. Sailor's Creek April 6. High Bridge, Farmville, April 7. Appomattox
Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. At Burkesville till May 2.
March to Washington, D. C., May 2-12. Grand Review May 23. Duty at Washington
till July. Mustered out July 15, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 10 Officers and 106 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 126 Enlisted men by disease. Total 245.
16th Regiment, Maine
Infantry
Organized at Augusta and mustered in August 14, 1862. Left State for
Washington, D. C., August 19, and camp at Arlington Heights till September 6.
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army Potomac, to
November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Corps, to March, 1864. 1st
Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Corps, to June, 1865. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division,
5th Corps, to September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Corps, to June,
1865.
SERVICE.-March into Maryland September 6-16, 1862. Battle of Antietam
September 16-17. Duty near Sharpsburg, Md., till' October 28. Moved to
Warrenton, Va., October 28-November 7. Forced march to Rappahannock Station
November 11. Duty there till November 19, and at Brooks Station till December
11. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. "Mud March" January
20-24. 1863. At Falmouth and Belle Plains till April 27. Chancellorsville
Campaign April 27-May 6. Fitzhugh's Crossing April 29-30. Battle of
Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 13-July 24. Battle of
Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22.
Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November
26-December 2. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864. Campaign from
the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7.
Laurel Hill May 8. Spottsylvania May 8-12. Spottsylvania C. H. May 12-21.
North Anna River May 23-26. Jericho Ford May 23. Line of the Pamunkey May
26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3.
White Oak Swamp June 13. Before Petersburg June 16-19. Siege of Petersburg
June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23, 1864. Mine
Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (Reserve). Weldon Railroad August 18-21.
Reconnaissance toward Dinwiddie C. H. September 15. Garrison Fort Wadsworth
till December 5. Warren's Hicksford Raid December 7-12. Dabney's Mills
February 5-7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. White Oak Road March
29-30. Gravelly Run March 31. Five Forks April 1. Fall of Petersburg April 2.
Sailor's Creek April 6. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and
his army. At Black and White Station April 21-May 1. Moved to Manchester,
thence marched to Washington, D. C., May 1-12. Grand Review May 23. Duty at
Bell's Cross Roads till June 5. Mustered out June 5, 1865. Recruits
transferred to 20th Maine Infantry.
Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 172 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 257 Enlisted men by disease. Total 440.
9th Regiment, Michigan
Cavalry
Organized at Coldwater, Mich., January 8 to May 19, 1863. Left State for
Covington, Ky., May 20, 1863; thence moved to Hickman's Bridge, Ky., June 1-4,
and to Mt. Sterling, Ky. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army
Corps, Army of the Ohio, to August, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army
Corps, to November, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Dept. of the
Ohio, to May, 1864. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, District of Kentucky, Dept.
of the Ohio, to July, 1864. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, 23rd Army Corps, to
August, 1864. Mounted Brigade, Cavalry Division, 23rd Army Corps, to
September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, 23rd Army Corps, to November,
1864. 2nd Brigade, Kilpatrick's 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division
Mississippi, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Operations against Everett in Eastern Kentucky June 13-23, 1863.
Action at Triplett's Bridge, Ky., June 16. Pursuit of Morgan June 27-July 25.
Action at Lebanon, Ky., July 5. Cumming's Ferry July 8 (Cos. "B,"
"D," "H"), Buffington Island, Ohio, July 19, Operations in
Eastern Kentucky against Scott July 25-August 6. Salinesville July 26.
Lancaster and Paint Lick Bridge, Ky., July 31. Lancaster August 1. Burnside's
Campaign in East Tennessee August 16-October 17. March across Cumberland
Mountains to Knoxville, Tenn., August 16-September 2. Winter's Gap August 31.
Expedition to Cumberland Gap September 4-7. Operations about Cumberland Gap
September 7-10. Capture of Cumberland Gap September 9. Carter's Station
September 22. Zollicoffer September 24. Jonesborough September 28. Leesburg
September 29. Blue Springs October 5 and 10. Sweetwater October 10-11.
Rheatown October 11. Spurgeon's Mill October 19. Knoxville Campaign November
4-December 23. Stock Creek November 15. Siege of Knoxville November
17-December 5. Rutledge December 7. Morristown December 10. Cheek's Cross
Roads December 12. Russellsville December 12-13. Bean's Station December 14.
Rutledge December 15-16. Blain's Cross Roads December 16-19. Stone's Mill
December 19. Dandridge December 24. Mossy Creek December 26. Operations about
Dandridge January 16-17, 1864. Kimbrough's Cross Roads January 16. Bull's Gap
January 16-17. Dandridge January 17. Operations about Dandridge January 26-28.
Near Fair Garden January 27. Island Ford January 28. Strawberry Plains
February 20. Cheek's Cross Roads March 13. Moved to Nicholasville, Ky., and
duty there till July. Operations against Morgan May 31-June 20, 1864
(Detachment). Mt. Sterling June 9. Cynthiana June 12. March to Marietta, Ga.,
July 4-27. Atlanta Campaign July 27-September 8. Siege of Atlanta August
1-September 2. Sandtown and Fairburn August 15. Stone Mountain October 2.
Expedition from Atlanta to Tuckum's Cross Roads October 26-29. Tuckum's Ferry
October 27. Near Lawrenceville, Stone Mountain, October 27. March to the sea
November 15-December 10. Jonesborough November 15. Bear Creek Station November
16. East Macon and Walnut Creek November 20. Griswoldsville November 20 (Cos.
"B," "C," "D"). Waynesboro November 27-28. Near
Waynesboro November 23. Buckhead Creek, or Reynolds' Plantation, November 28.
Waynesboro December 4. Cypress Swamp, near Sister's Ferry, December 7. Buck
Creek December 7. Ebenezer Creek December 8. Seige of Savannah December 10-21.
Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Aiken and Blackville. S. C.,
February 11. Johnson's Station February 11. South Edisto River February 11-12.
Gunter's Bridge, North Edisto, February 14. Phillips' Cross Roads and
Wadesboro, N. C., March 4. Monroe's Cross Roads March 10. Near Smith's Mill,
Black River, March 15. Taylor's Hole Creek, Averysboro, March 16. Battle of
Bentonville March 19-21. Raleigh & Smithfield Railroad April 10-11.
Raleigh April 12-13. Morrisville April 13. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender
of Johnston and his army. Duty at Concord, N. C., May 14 to July 21. Mustered
out July 21, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 26 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 154 Enlisted men by disease. Total 184.
7th Regiment, California
Infantry
Organized at large October to December, 1864. Attached to Dept. of the
Pacific. Companies "A," and "K" ordered from San Francisco
to Camp Drum, Southern California, March, 1865. Companies "A" and to
Fort Yuma. Company "C" to Fort Mojave. Regiment moved to District of
Arizona June, 1865, and duty there, stationed at various posts, till June,
1866. Mustered out June 28, 1866.
Stuart's Company, South
Carolina Artillery (Beaufort Volunteer Artillery)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr.
contains no history for this unit.
6th Regiment, South
Carolina Infantry
6th Infantry Regiment was ordered from Columbia, South Carolina, to Richmond,
Virginia, on July 10, 1861. The men were from the counties of Fairfield,
Chester, York, Darlington, Lancaster, and Lexington. It was engaged at
Dranesville under J.E.B. Stuart, then was brigaded under Generals R.H.
Anderson, M. Jenkins, and Bratton. The 6th fought with the army from
Williamsburg to Fredericksburg, served with Longstreet at Suffolk, and later
moved with D.H. Hill to North Carolina. Again with Longstreet, it did not
arrive in time to take part in the Battle of Chickamauga but was engaged at
Knoxville. Returning to Virginia, it participated in the conflicts at The
Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor, endured the hardships of the
Petersburg trenches, and saw action around Appomattox. The regiment reported
18 killed and 45 wounded at Dranesville and in April, 1862, contained 550
officers and men. It lost 27 at Williamsburg and fifty-two percent of the 521
at Seven Pines, then sustained 100 casualties at Gaines' Mill and Frayser's
Farm, 115 at Second Manassas, 58 during the Maryland Campaign, and 16 at
Wauhatchie. In 1864 the unit lost 9 killed and 85 wounded during Wilderness
Campaign, and from June 13 to December 31, there were 26 killed, 176 wounded,
and 16 missing. On April 9, 1865, it surrendered 30 officers and 328 men. The
field officers were Colonels John Bratton, John M. Steedman, and Charles S.
Winder; Lieutenant Colonels Andrew J. Secrest and John M. White; and Majors
James L. Coker, Edward C. McLure, and Thomas W. Woodward.
2nd Regiment, Illinois
Light Artillery
Organized at Peoria, Ill., and mustered into State service May 23, 1861. Moved
to Alton, Ill., July 6, thence to St. Charles and Mexico, Mo., and duty in
Northern Missouri till August. Ordered to Jefferson Barracks, Mo., and
mustered in August 17, 1861. Moved to Jefferson City, Mo., thence to
Booneville, Mo., October 1. Attached to Fremont's Army of the West and to
Dept. of Missouri to February, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of
Southwest Missouri, to May, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, Army of Southwest
Missouri, to July, 1862. District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of Missouri. to
December, 1862, and Dept. of the Tennessee to January, 1863. Artillery, 12th
Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to May, 1863. Artillery,
14th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army Tennessee, to July, 1863. 3rd Brigade,
1st Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to August, 1863, and
Dept. of the Gulf to September, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division, 13th Army
Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to June, 1864. Defenses of New Orleans, La., Dept.
of the Gulf, to April, 1865. District of LaFourche, Dept. of the Gulf, to
July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Fremont's Campaign against Springfield, Mo., October 21-November 8,
1861. At Ottersville, Mo., till January, 1862. Moved to Lebanon, Mo., January
25. Curtis' advance on Springfield, Mo., January 25-February 11. Pursuit of
Price into Arkansas February 14-29. Battle of Pea Ridge , Ark., March 6-8.
March to Sugar Creek March 10, thence to Cross Timbers March 15, and over
Ozark Mountains to Batesville April 5-May 3. March to Helena, Ark., May
25-July 13. Duty at Helena till March, 1863. Ordered to Milliken's Bend, La.,
March 20, and duty there till April. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand
Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Thompson's Hill, Port Gibson , Miss., May 1.
Battle of Champion's Hill May 16. Big Black River May 17. Siege of Vicksburg ,
Miss., May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson,
Miss., July 5-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. At Big Black till August.
Ordered to New Orleans, La., August 20. At Carrollton, Brashear City and
Berwick till October. Western Louisiana Campaign October 3-November 30. Duty
in District of LaFourche and Defenses of New Orleans, La., till August, 1864.
Operations in Mobile Bay against Forts Gaines and Morgan August 2-23. Siege
and capture of Fort Gaines August 3-8. Siege and capture of Fort Morgan August
8-23. Duty in the Defenses of New Orleans and District of LaFourche till July,
1865. (1st Section detached in District of Southwest Missouri to October,
1862. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Frontier, to June,
1863. District of Southeast Missouri. Advance on Fayetteville, Ark., October
11-December 3, 1862. March to relief of Gen. Blount December 3-6. Battle of
Prairie Grove , Ark., December 7. At Fayetteville till December 27. Expedition
over Boston Mountains to Van Buren, Ark., December 27-29. Duty at various
points in Missouri till April, 1863. Operations against Marauder April 20-May
2. Moved to Pilot Knob, Mo. Duty in District of Southeast Missouri till July,
1863.) Battery mustered out July 28, 1865.
Battery lost during service 5 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1
Officer and 16 Enlisted men by disease. Total 22.
22nd Regiment, New York
Cavalry
Organized at Rochester, N. Y., and mustered in by Companies as follows:
Company "A" December 20, 1868; Companies "B¿ and "C"
January 5; Companies "D," "E" and "F" January
10; Companies "G," "H" and "I" February 2;
Company "K" February 6; Company L" February 12, and Company
"M" February 23, 1864. Left State for Washington, D. C., March 4,
1864. Attached to 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, March and April, 1864.
4th Division, 9th Army Corps, to May, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry
Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August. 1864; and Army of the Shenandoah,
Middle Military Division, to March, 1865. Cavalry Brigade, Army of the
Shenandoah, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Alexandria, Va., to April, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May-June.
Battle of the Wilderness May 5-7. Spottsylvania Court House May 8-21
(Battalion). Escort ambulance trains to Fredericksburg May 9, and picket duty
there till May 28. Moved to White House Landing, thence to Cold Harbor. Cold
Harbor June 1-12. Long Bridge June 12. Rid dell's Shop June 13. White Oak
Swamp June 13. Malvern Hill June 15. Wilson's Raid on South Side &
Danville Railroad June 22-30. Ream's Station June 22. Jerusalem Plank Road
June 22-23 (Detachment). Dinwiddie Court House June 22. Black and White
Station June 23. Nottoway Court House June 23. Stony Creek Station June 23.
Staunton River Bridge (or Roanoke Station) June 25. Sap pony Church (or Stony
Creek) June 28. Ream's Station June 29-30. Before Petersburg till July 30.
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Winchester August
17. Near Charlestown August 21-22. Kernersville August 25. Near Bruceton and
near Winchester September 7. Locke's Ford September 13. Battle of Winchester
September 19. Near Cedarville September 20. Front Royal Pike September 21.
Fisher's Hill, Luray Valley and Milford, September 22. Waynesboro September 29
and October 2. Tom's Brook ("Woodstock Races") October 8-9. Battle
of Cedar Creek October 19. Near Kernstown November 10. Newtown and Cedar Creek
November 12. Rudi's Hill, near Mt Jackson, November 22. Moorefield Pike
November 30. Expedition to Lacy's Springs December 19-22. Lacy's Springs
December 21. Expedition from Winchester to Moorefield, W. Va., February 4-6,
1865. Sheridan's Raid, Waynesboro, March 2. Occupation of Staunton March 2.
Detached from Division to guard prisoners from Waynesboro to Winchester March
3-8. Harrisonburg March 5. Mt. Jackson and Rudi's Hill March 7. Duty at and in
the vicinity of Winchester till July. Scout from Winchester to Edenburg March
17-19 (Detachment). Operations in the Shenandoah Valley April 26-May 5.
Mustered out August 1, 1865, and honorably discharged from service.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 20 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 183 Enlisted men by disease. Total 207.
24th Regiment, New York
Cavalry
Organized at Auburn, N. Y., and mustered in Companies "A,"
"C," "D" and "E" December 28, 1863.
"B," ¿F," "G," "H" and "I"
January 7, 1864. "K" and "L" January 19, 1864; and
"M," January 26, 1864. Left State for Washington, D. C., February
23, 1864. Attached to Marshall's Provisional Brigade as Infantry, 9th Army
Corps, Army of the Potomac, April to June, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division,
9th Army Corps, June, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, to
September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to October, 1864.
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps Army of the Potomac, to May, 1865.
1st Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., till April, 1864. Rapidan
Campaign May-June. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7. Spottsylvania May 8-12.
Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of
the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda
Church June 3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16,
1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Weldon
Railroad August 18-21. Ream's Station August 25. Poplar Springs Church
September 29-October 2. Vaughan Road October 1. Peebles' Farm October 2.
Reconnaissance on Vaughan and Squirrel Level Road October 8. Regiment mounted
October 20, 1864. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Prince
George Court House November 24. Stony Creek Station December 1. Hicksford Raid
December 6-12. Bellefield and Three Creeks December 9. Halifax Road December
10-11. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign
March 28-April 9. Dinwiddie Court House March 30-31. Five Forks April 1. Fall
of Petersburg April 2. Payne's Cross Roads April 5. Amelia Springs April 5.
Deatonville Road and Sailor's Creek April 6. Farmville April 7. Appomattox
Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Expedition to Danville
April 23-29. March to Washington, D. C., May. Grand Review May 23.
Consolidated with 10th New York Cavalry June 17, 1865, to form 1st Regiment
Provisional Cavalry.
Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 107 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 133 Enlisted men by disease. Total 248.
1st Regiment, New York
Provisional Cavalry
Organized June 17, 1865, by consolidation of 10th and 24th Regiments New York
Cavalry. Mustered out July 19, 1865.
101st Regiment, Ohio
Infantry
Organized at Monroeville, Ohio, August 30, 1862. Left State for Covington,
Ky., September 4, thence moved to Louisville, Ky., September 24. Attached to
31st Brigade, 9th Division, Army of the Ohio, September, 1862. 31st Brigade,
9th Division, 3rd Corps, Army Ohio, to November, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st
Division, Right Wing 14th Army Corps. Army of the Cumberland, to January,
1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to
October, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the
Cumberland, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-15. Battle of Perryville,
Ky., October 8. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 16-November 7, and duty
there till December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 26-30.
Nolensville December 26. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and
January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro till June. Reconnaissance from
Murfreesboro March 6-7. Reconnaissance to Versailles March 9-14. Operations on
Edgefield Pike, near Murfreesboro, June 4. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma
Campaign June 23-July 7. Liberty Gap June 24-27. Occupation of Middle
Tennessee till August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee
River, and Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Battle of
Chickamauga September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-October
26. Reopening Tennessee River October 26-28. Moved to Bridgeport, Ala.,
October 28, and duty there till January 16, 1864, and at Ooltewah till May.
Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May to September. Tunnel Hill May 6-7. Demonstrations
on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8-13. Buzzard's Roost Gap May 8-9. Battle
of Resaca May 14-15. Near Kingston May 18-19. Near Cassville May 19. Advance
on Dallas May 22-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles
about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations
about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June
11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station,
Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochee River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek
July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22- August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro
August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station
September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama
October 3-26. Nashville Campaign November-December. Columbia, Duck River,
November 24-27. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December
15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. Moved to
Huntsville, Ala., and duty there till March, 1865. Operations in East
Tennessee March 15-April 22. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., and duty there till
June. Mustered out June 12, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 86 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 140 Enlisted men by disease. Total 236.
5th Regiment, United States
Colored Infantry
Organized at Camp Delaware, Ohio, August to November, 1863. Moved to Norfolk,
Va., November, 1863. Attached to United States Forces, Norfolk and Portsmouth,
Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to January, 1864. 2nd Brigade,
United States Forces, Yorktown, Va., 18th Corps, Dept. of Virginia and North
Carolina, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Hlncks' Colored Division, 18th Corps,
Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to June, 1864. 2nd
Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Corps, to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st
Division, 25th Corps, to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 25th
Corps, to March, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Corps, Dept. of North
Carolina, to August, 1865. Dept. of North Carolina to September, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., till January, 1864. Wild's
Expedition to South Mills and Camden Court House, N. C., December 5-24, 1863.
Action at Sandy Swamp, N. C., December 8. Moved to Yorktown, Va., January,
1864, and duty there till May. Wistar's Expedition against Richmond February
6-8, 1864. Expedition to New Kent Court House in aid of Kilpatrick's Cavalry
March 1-4. New Kent Court House March 2. Expedition into King and Queen County
March 9-12. Expedition into Matthews and Middlesex Counties March 17-21.
Butler's operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg
and Richmond May 4-June 15. Capture of City Point May 4, Fatigue duty at City
Point and building Fort Converse on the Appomattox River till June 15. Attack
on Fort Converse May 20. Before Petersburg June 15-18. Bailor's Farm June 15.
Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16 to December 6. In
trenches before Petersburg till August 27. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July
30. Moved to Deep Bottom August 28. Battle of Chaffin's Farm, New Market
Heights, September 28-30. Fort Harrison September 29. Battle of Fair Oaks
October 27-28. In trenches before Richmond till December. 1st Expedition to
Fort Fisher, N. C., December 7-27. 2nd Expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C.,
January 7-15. Assault and capture of Fort Fisher, N. C., January 15. Sugar
Loaf Hill January 19. Federal Point February 11. Fort Anderson February 18-20.
Capture of Wilmington February 22. Northeast Ferry February 22. Campaign of
the Carolinas March 1-April 26, Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro March 6-21.
Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Cox's Bridge March 23-24. Advance on Raleigh
April 9-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26.
Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Goldsboro, New Berne and Carolina
City, N. C., till September. Mustered out September 20, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 77 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 166 Enlisted men by disease. Total 249.
14th Regiment, Vermont
Infantry
Organized at Brattleboro October 21, 1862, for nine months. Moved to
Washington, D. C., October 22-25. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Abercrombie's
Division, Military District of Washington, to February, 1863. 2nd Brigade,
Casey's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to April, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Abercrombie's
Division, 22nd Army Corps, to July, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army
Corps, Army of the Potomac, to muster out.
SERVICE.-At Camp Chase, Arlington, Va., October 25-28 and at East Capital Hill
to October 30. Much to Munson's Hill October 30 and to Hunting Creek November
5. At Camp Vermont, near Hunting Creek, November 5-26. Picket duty near
Occoquan Creek November 26-December 5. At Camp Vermont till December 12. Duty
near Fairfax Court House till January 20, 1863. Defense of Fairfax Court House
from attack by Stuart's Cavalry December 29, 1862. At Fairfax Station January
20-March 24, 1863. At Wolf Run Shoals, Union Mills and on the Occoquan March
24 to June 25. March to Gettysburg, Pa., June 25-July 1. Battle of Gettysburg
, Pa., July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 4-18. Moved to Brattleboro, Vt., July
13-21. Mustered out July 30, 1863.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 26 Enlisted men killed and mortally
wounded and 43 Enlisted men by disease. Total 70.
11th Regiment, New
Hampshire Infantry
Organized at Concord and mustered in September 2, 1862. Moved to Washington,
D. C., September 11-14, 1862. Attached to Brigg's Brigade, Casey's Division,
Military District of Washington, to October, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division,
9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd
Division, 9th Army Corps, Dept. of Ohio, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd
Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade,
2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade,
2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Moved to Pleasant Valley, Md., October 4, and duty there till October
27, 1862. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 27-November 19. Battle of
Fredericksburg , Va., December 12-15. Burnside's Second Campaign ("Mud
March") January 20-24, 1863. Moved to Newport News February 11, thence to
Covington, Ky., March 26-April 1. Duty at various points in Kentucky till
June. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., June 4-14. Siege of Vicksburg , Miss., June
14-July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson, Miss., July
10-17. Destruction of Railroad at Madison Station July 18-22. At Milldale,
Miss., till August 6. Moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, August 6-14. At Covington,
Ky. till August 26, and at Nicholasville, Camp Parke, Crab Orchard and Loudon
till October. March to Knoxville, Tenn., October 12-29. Knoxville Campaign
November 4-December 23. Campbell Station November 16. Siege of Knoxville
November 17-December 4. Repulse of Longstreet's assault on Fort Saunders
November 29. Duty in East Tennessee till March, 1864. Moved to Annapolis, Md.,
March 18-April 7. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River, Va., May
3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7. Spottsylvania May 8-12.
Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient, Spottsylvania C.
H., May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28.
Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before
Petersburg June 15-19. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.
Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Weldon Railroad August 18-21.
Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2. Boydton Plank Road , Hatcher's
Run, October 27-28. Fort Stedman March 25, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March
28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Occupation of
Petersburg April 3. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Moved to Washington, D. C.,
April 20-27, and duty at Alexandria till June. Grand Review May 23. Mustered
out June 4, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 140 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 151 Enlisted men by disease. Total 297.
30th Regiment, Maine
Infantry
Organized at Augusta and mustered in January 8, 1864. Left State for New
Orleans, La., January 31, 1864, arriving February 16. Attached to 3rd Brigade,
1st Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to July, 1864; and Army of
the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to December, 1864. Garrison of
Winchester, Va., Army of the Shenandoah, to April, 1865. Dept. of Washington
to June, 1865. District of Savannah, Ga., Dept. of the South, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Algiers, La., February 16-18, 1864. Moved to Franklin
February 18, and duty there till March 15. Red River Campaign March 15-May 22.
Advance to Alexandria March 15-26, and to Natchitoches March 29-April 2.
Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8. Pleasant Hill April 9. Cane River
Crossing April 23. Construction of dam at Alexandria April 30-May 10. Retreat
to Morganza May 13-20. Mansura May 16. At Morganza till July 2. Moved to New
Orleans, thence to Fortress Monroe and Bermuda Hundred, Va., July 2-18. Duty
at Deep Bottom till July 31. Moved to Washington, D. C., thence to Harper's
Ferry, W. Va. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. On
detached duty, guarding trains, stores, etc., till October 26. Bunker Hill
October 25. Duty near Middletown till November, and at Newtown till January,
1865. At Winchester and Stevenson's Depot till April, 1865. Moved to
Washington, D. C., April 20, and duty there till June 30. Provost guard during
Grand Review May 23-24. Moved to Savannah, Ga., June 30-July 7, and duty there
till August. Mustered out August 20, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 31 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 254 Enlisted men by disease. Total 290.
1st Regiment, Missouri
Cavalry
1st Cavalry Regiment was formed during summer of 1861. Many of its members had
served with the Missouri State Guard. The unit fought at Elkhorn Tavern, then
moved east of the Mississippi River and was dismounted. After fighting at Iuka
and Corinth, it was assigned to M.E. Green's Brigade, Department of
Mississippi and East Louisiana. It took an active part in the fight at Big
Black River Bridge and on July 4, 1863, was captured at Vicksburg . After the
exchange it was assigned to General Cockrell's Brigade, and consolidated with
the 3rd (Samuel's) Missouri Cavalry Battalion. It fought with the Army of
Tennessee throughout the Atlanta Campaign and was part of Hood's operations in
Tennessee. Later it was involved in the defense of Mobile. On May 4, 1862, the
regiment contained 536 effectives and lost 9 killed and 54 wounded at Corinth.
The 1st/3rd Battalion reported 25 killed, 80 wounded, and 3 missing during the
Atlanta Campaign and sustained 56 casualties at Allatoona. The small command
surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana.
The field officers were Colonel Elijah Gates; Lieutenant Colonels Richard B.
Chiles, George W. Law, and William D. Maupin; and Majors Robert R. Lawther and
William C. Parker.
18th Regiment, Indiana
Infantry
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in August 16, 1861. Left State
for St. Louis, Mo., August 17. March to relief of Colonel Mulligan at
Lexington, Mo., September. Action at Glasgow Mountain September 19. Attached
to Fremont's Army of the West and Dept. of Missouri to January, 1862. 1st
Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Southwest Missouri, to May, 1862. 1st Division,
Army of Southwest Missouri, to July, 1862. District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept.
of Missouri, to October, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, District of
Southeast Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, 14th
Division, 13th Army Corps, Arpiy of the Tennessee, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade,
1st Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to August, 1863, and
Dept. of the Gulf to June, 1864. 3rd Brigade 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, to
August, 1864. 4th Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, Army of the
Shenandoah Middle Military Division, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd
Division, 19th Army Corps, to January, 1865. 1st Brigade, Grover's Division,
District of Savannah, Ga., Dept. of the South, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.-Fremont's advance on Springfield, Mo., September 22-October 15, 1861.
March to Otterville, Mo., November, and duty there till January, 1862.
Expedition to Milford December 15-19, 1862. Action at Shawnee Mound or Milford
on the Blackwater, and capture of 1,300 prisoners December 18. Advance on
Springfield, Mo., January 25-February 14. Pursuit of Price to Cassville, Ark.
Battles of Pea Ridge, Ark., March 6-8. At Sulphur Rock till May. March to
Batesville, thence to Helena, Ark., May 25-July 14. Duty at Helena till
October. Ordered to Pilot Knob, Mo., and operations in Southeast Missouri till
March 5, 1863. Moved to Helena, Ark., March 5, thence to Milliken's Bend, La.,
and duty there till April. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April
25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1. Battle of Champion's Hill May 16. Big
Black River Bridge May 17. Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4. Assaults
on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of
Jackson July 10-17. Duty at Vicksburg till August 20. Ordered to New Orleans,
La., August 20. Duty at Carrollton, Brashear City and Berwick till October.
Western Louisiana Campaign October 3-November 8. Moved to New Orleans November
8, thence to Texas November 12. Capture of Mustang Island November 17. Fort
Esperanza November 27-30. Duty at Mustang Island and Indianola till March,
1864. Regiment re-enlisted January 1, 1864. Near Baton Rouge, La., March 8-May
3. Veteran Furlough and duty in Indiana June 4 to July 16. Moved to Bermuda
Hundred, Va., July 16; thence to Washington, D. C., August 5. March to
Shenandoah Valley August 10-19. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August
to November. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill
September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley
till January, 1865. Moved to Baltimore, Md., thence to Savannah, Ga., January
6-20. Duty there till May 3. At Augusta, Ga., till June 7. Provost duty in
Southern Georgia till August. Mustered out August 28, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 68 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 130 Enlisted men by disease. Total 204.
42nd Regiment,
Massachusetts Infantry (100 days, 1864) (Militia)
Organized at Reedville for 100 days July 22, 1864. Mustered out November 11,
1864.
22nd Regiment,
Massachusetts Infantry
Organized at Lynnfield September 4 to October 6, 1861. Moved to Washington, D.
C., October 8-11. Attached to Martindale's Brigade, Porter's Division, Army of
the Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army
of the Potomac, to May, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, to
March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, to October, 1864.
SERVICE.--Duty at Hall's Hill, Va. Defenses of Washington till March, 1862.
Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-16. Moved to Alexandria, thence to Fortress
Monroe, Va., March 16-23. Warwick Road April 5. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May
4. Hanover C. H. May 27. Operations about Hanover C. H. May 27-29. Seven days
before Richmond June 25-July 1. Mechanicsville June 26. Gaines' Mill June 27.
White Oak Swamp and Turkey Bridge June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Ball's
Bluff till August 15. Retreat from the Peninsula and movement to Centreville
August 15-28. Battle of Bull Run August 30. Battle of Antietam, Md., September
16-17. Shepherdstown September 19. At Sharpsburg till October 30. Movement to
Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December
12-15. Expedition to Richards' and Ellis' Fords December 29-30. "Mud
March" January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth till April 27. Chancellorsville
Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.)
Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 2-4. At Warrenton and
Beverly Ford till September 17. At Culpeper till October 11. Bristoe Campaign
October 11-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Rappahannock
Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. At Beverly Ford
till May, 1864. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May-June. Battles of
the Wilderness May 5-7. Laurel Hill May 8. Spottsylvania May 8-12.
Spottsylvania C. H. May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River
May 23-26. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor
June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of
Petersburg June 16 to August 8. Relieved August 8 and guard duty at City Point
till October 5. Mustered out October 17, 1864.
Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 207 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 102 Enlisted men by disease. Total 319.
8th Independent Battery,
Wisconsin Light Artillery
Organized at Racine and mustered in January 8, 1862. Ordered to St. Louis,
Mo., March 18, and duty at Benton Barracks till April 4. Moved to Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, April 4, and attached to Dept. of Kansas to June, 1862.
Artillery, 4th Division, Army of Mississippi, to August, 1862. Artillery, 2nd
Division, Army of Mississippi, to September, 1862. 32nd Brigade, 9th Division,
Army of the Ohio, September, 1862. 32nd Brigade, 9th Division, 3rd Corps, Army
of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Right Wing 14th
Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. Artillery, 1st Division,
20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 2nd Division,
Artillery Reserve. Dept. of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. Post of
Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to July, 1864. 1st Brigade,
Defenses of Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, Dept. of the Cumberland, to
March, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Sub-District, District of Middle Tennessee,
Dept. of the Cumberland, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.-March to Fort Scott with Lane's Southwestern Expedition April, 1862,
thence to Fort Riley, Kansas, and return to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Moved to
Columbus, Ky., May 10-June 4. Moved to Humboldt, Tenn., and guard duty on
Mobile & Ohio Railroad till July. Movement to Corinth, Miss., thence to
Iuka, Miss., July 9-August 14. Expedition from Jacinto to Bay Springs and
skirmish August 4-7. Battle of Iuka , Miss., September 19 (Centre Section).
Battle of Corinth, Miss., October 3-4 (Centre Section). Battery ordered to
Nashville, Tenn., August 29-September 3. March to Nashville, Tenn., in pursuit
of Bragg September 6-26. Pursuit of Bragg to Crab Orchard, Ky., October 2-16.
Battle of Perryville October 8. Stanford, Ky., October 14. March to Bowling
Green, Ky., thence to Nashville, Tenn., October 16-November 12. Tyree Springs
November 7. Duty at Nashville till December 26. Action near Brentwood December
9. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Nolensville December 26-27. Battle
of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at
Murfreesboro till June. Reconnaissance from Salem to Versailles March 9-14.
Operations on Edgefield Pike June 4. Middle Tennessee (or Tallahoma) Campaign
June 23-July 7. Liberty Gap June 24-27. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till
August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and
Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga
September 19-20. Siege of Chattanooga September 24-November 23.
Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Lookout Mountain November 24.
Moved to Nashville, Tenn., December 5, and duty there till March, 1864. Moved
to Murfreesboro, Tenn., and garrison duty there till August, 1865. Mustered
out August 10, 1865.
Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 1 Enlisted man killed and 26
Enlisted men by disease. Total 28.
45th Regiment,
Massachusetts Infantry (Militia)
Organized at Camp Meigs, Readville, September 26-October 28, 1862. Moved to
Morehead City, N. C., on Steamer "Mississippi" November 5-14.
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of North Carolina, to January,
1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to
May, 1863. Lee's Brigade, Defenses of Newberne, N. C., to June, 1863.
SERVICE.-Camp on banks of the Trent near Newberne till December 12, 1862.
Foster's Expedition to Goldsboro December 12-20. Kinston December 14.
Whitehall December 16. Goldsboro December 17. Reconnaissance toward Trenton
January 17-22, 1863. Duty as post guard at Newberne January 26 to April 25.
Moved to mouth of the Trent, south side of the Neuse River, April 25.
Expedition toward Kinston, up the Atlantic & N. C. Railroad, April 27-May
1. Dover Road and Wise's Cross Roads April 28. Camp near Fort Spinola, mouth
of Trent, till June 24. Company "C" detached at Morehead City
November 29, 1862, to January 3, 1863. Company "G" at Fort Macon
till April 25. Company "I" at Morehead City January 3 to April 25,
and at Fort Spinola till June 24. Regiment moved to Morehead City June 24 and
embarked for Boston, Mass., arriving at Fortress Monroe June 26, and at Boston
June 30. Mustered out July 8, 1863
Regiment lost during service 19 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and
32 Enlisted men by disease. Total 51.
56th Regiment,
Massachusetts Infantry
Organized at Readville December 26, 1863, to February 24, 1864. Left State for
Annapolis, Md., March 21; thence moved to Washington and Alexandria April 23.
Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to
September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15, 1864. Battles
of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Ny River May 10;
Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna
River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31.
Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18.
Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion,
Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Peebles' Farm or
Peeble's Farm September 29-October 2. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run,
October 27-28. At Fort Hays January 1 to April 1, 1865. Fort Stedman, March
25. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg
April 2. Occupation of Petersburg April 3. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. March to
Petersburg and City Point April 18-22, thence moved to Alexandria April 23-25.
Grand Review May 23. Duty at Washington and Alexandria till July -. Mustered
out July 12, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 120 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 100 Enlisted men by disease. Total 226.
1st Regiment, Ohio Cavalry
Organized at Camp Chase, Ohio, August 17-October 30, 1861. Left State for
Louisville, Ky., December 9, 1861. Attached to 1st Division, Army Ohio, to
October, 1862. (Cos. "F," "I," "K,"
"L" and "M" attached to 5th Division, Army Ohio, May to
October, 1862.) Zahm's 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army Ohio, to November,
1862. (Cos. "F," "I," "K," "L" and
"M" attached to 2nd Corps, Army Ohio, to November, 1862.) 2nd
Brigade, Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 2nd
Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to March, 1863. 2nd
Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1864. 2nd
Brigade, 2nd Division, Wilson's Cavalry Corps, Military Division Mississippi,
to, February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, Wilson's Cavalry, 1865. 1st
Brigade, 4th Division, Wilson Corps Cavalry Corps, and Dept. of Georgia, to
September, 1865.
SERVICE.- Company "B" was at Headquarters of Gen. Mitchell in
Kentucky October to December, 1861. Action at West Liberty, Ky., October 23.
Rejoined Regiment at Louisville, Ky., December, 1861. Operations near
Greensburg and Lebanon, Ky., January 28-February 2, 1862. Moved to Louisville,
Ky., February 14, thence to Nashville, Tenn., February 28-March 3. Advance on
Columbia March 14-15. Near Columbia March 15. March to Savannah, Tenn., March
28-April 7, thence moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. Advance on and siege of
Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 30-June 12.
Reconnaissance toward Carrollville and Baldwyn June 3. Skirmish at Blackland
June 3. Osborn's and Wolf Creeks, near Blackland, June 4 (Cos. "E,"
"I" and "M"). Guard duty along Memphis & Charleston
Railroad till August. Near Russellsville July 3 (Cos. "B" and
"G"). Expedition to Decatur, Ala., July 12-16 (Detachment). Near
Davis Gap July 12 (Detachment). Near Decatur July 15 (Co. "I"). Pond
Springs July 24. Courtland and Trinity July 25 (Detachment). Moved to Dechard,
Tenn., August 1. Salem August 6. Scout to Fayetteville August 17-20. March to
Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 21-September 25. Pursuit of Bragg
into Kentucky October 1-22. Cedar Church, near Shepherdstown, October 3.
Bardstown October 4. Battle of Perryville October 8 (Detachment). Pursuit of
Bragg to Loudon October 10-22. Harrodsburg October 13. Stanford October 14.
March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 7. Duty there till December 26.
Franklin December 12 and 26. Reconnaissance from Rural Hill December 20.
Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Nolinsville December 26. Near
Murfreesboro December 29-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and
January 1-3, 1863. Overall's Creek December 31, 1862. Shelbyville Pike January
5. Duty at Lavergne till June. Reconnaissance from Lavergne May 12. Middle
Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Moore's Ford, Elk River, July
2. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Expedition to Huntsville
July 13-22. Passage of Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River, and
Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Reconnaissance from
Stevenson to Trenton, Ga., August 28-31. Reconnaissance from Winston's Gap to
Broomtown Valley September 5. Alpine, Ga., September 3 and 8. Reconnaissance
from Alpine toward Lafayette, Ga., September 10. Alpine September 11. Battle
of Chickamauga, Ga., September 19-21. Cotton Port Ford, Tennessee River,
September 30. Operations against Wheeler and Roddy September 30-October 17.
Greenville October 2. McMinnville October 4. Farmington October 7. Sim's Farm,
near Shelbyville, October 7. At Paint Rock till November 18.
Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Raid on East Tennessee &
Georgia Railroad November 24-27. Charleston November 26. Cleveland November
27. March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn., November 28-December 8. Near Loudoun
December 2. Expedition to Murphey, N. C., December 6-11. Charleston and
Calhoun December 28. Regiment re-enlisted January 4, 1864. Demonstration on
Dalton, Ga., February 22-27, 1864 (Non-Veterans). Near Dalton February 23.
Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25. Tunnel
Hill February 25. Buzzard's Roost February 27. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May
1-September 8, 1864. Decatur, Ala., May 26. Courtland Road, Ala., May 26. Pond
Springs, near Courtland, May 27. Moulton May 28-29. Operations about Marietta
and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. McAffee's Cross Roads June 11.
Noonday Creek June 15-19 and 27. Kenesaw Mountain June 21. Near Marietta June
23. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Rottenwood Creek
July 4. Chattahoochee River July 5-17. Raid to Covington July 22-24. Siege of
Atlanta July 24-August 15. Gerard's Raid to South River July 27-31. Flat Rock
Bridge and Lithonia July 28. Kilpatrick's Raid around Atlanta August 18-22.
Flint River and Red Oak August 19. Jonesborough August 19. Lovejoy Station
August 20. Operations at Chattahoochee River Bridge August 26 September 2.
Occupation of Atlanta September 2. Operations against Hood and Forest in North
Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Near Lost Mountain October
4-7. New Hope Church October 5. Dallas October 7. Rome October 10-11. Narrows
November 11. Coosaville Road, near Rome, November 13. Near Summerville October
18. Little River October 20. Blue Pond and Leesburg October 21. Coosa River
October 25. Ladiga, Terrapin Creek, October 28. Ordered to Louisville, Ky.,
and duty there till December. Ordered to Gravelly Springs, Ala., December 28,
and duty there till March, 1865. Wilson's Raid to Macon, Ga., March 22-April
24. Near Montevallo March 31. Ebenezer Church April 1. Selma April 2.
Montgomery April 12-13. Crawford and Girard April. Columbus and West Point
April 16. Capture of Macon April 20. Irwinsville, Ga., May 10. Capture of Jeff
Davis. Duty in Georgia and South Carolina till September. Mustered out
September 13, 1865.
Companies "A" and "C" ordered to West Virginia September
17, 1861. Attached to Army of Occupation, West Virginia, to October, 1861.
Cheat Mountain District West Virginia, to January, 1862. Landers' Division,
Army Potomac, to March, 1862. Shields' 2nd Division, Banks' 5th Army Corps,
and Dept. of the Shenandoah, to May, 1862. Cavalry, Shields' Division, Dept.
of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. Headquarters 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia,
to September, 1862. Price's Cavalry Brigade, Military District of Washington,
D. C., to March, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Stahel's Cavalry Division, 22nd Army
Corps, Dept. of Washington, to June, 1863. Headquarters 3rd Division, Cavalry
Corps, Army of the Potomac, to December, 1863. Defenses of Washington, D. C.,
to January, 1864.
Participating in skirmish at Bloomery Gap, Va., February 4, 1862. Advance on
Winchester March 7-15. Battle of Winchester March 23. Occupation of Mt.
Jackson April 17. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in
Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Catlett's Station August 22.
Centreville August 27-28. Groveton August 29. Bull Run August 30. Chantilly
September 1. Duty in Defenses of Washington till June, 1863. Battle of
Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3, 1863. Monterey Gap July 4. Emmettsburg July 5.
Hagerstown July 6-12. Falling Waters July 14. Hartwood Church August 28.
Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17. Bristoe Campaign
October 9-22. Hartwood Church November 5. Mine Run Campaign November
26-December 2. In Defenses of Washington, D. C., till January, 1864, when
rejoined Regiment.
Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 45 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 150 Enlisted men by disease. Total 204.
Signal Corps, US Volunteers
"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer
contains no history for this unit.
12th Regiment, Georgia
Infantry
12th Infantry Regiment completed its organization in June, 1861, at Richmond,
Virginia. Its members were from the counties of Sumter, Jones, Macon, Calhoun,
Muscogee, Dooly, Putnam, Bibb, Lowndes, and Marion. Moving to Western
Virginia, the unit was assigned to H.R. Jackson's command and shared in Lee's
Cheat Mountain Campaign. Later it served in General E. Johnson's, Elzey's,
Trimble's, Doles', and Cook's Brigade. The 12th participated in Jackson's
Valley Campaign, then fought with the Army of Northern Virginia form the Seven
Days' Battles to Cold Harbor. Later it participated in Early's Shenandoah
Valley operations and the Appomattox Campaign. This regiment lost 175 at
McDowell, 45 at Groveton, and 59 at Sharpsburg. Its casualties were 12 killed
and 58 wounded at Chancellorsville and sixteen percent of the 327 engaged at
Gettysburg. Only 5 officers and 60 men surrendered in April, 1865. The field
officers were Colonels Z.T. Conner, Edward Johnson, and Edward Willis;
Lieutenant Colonels Mark H. Blanford, Isaac Hardeman, Willis A. Hawkins, T.B.
Scott, and Abner Smead; and Major John T. Carson.
18th Regiment, Connecticut
Infantry
Organized at Norwich August 22, 1862. Left State for Baltimore, Md., August
22. Attached to Defenses of Baltimore, Md., 8th Corps, Middle Dept., to
January, 1863. 2nd Separate Brigade, 8th Corps, to February, 1863. 2nd
Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Army Corps, to June, 1863. Unattached, Scammon's
Division, Dept. West Virginia, to December, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division,
West Virginia, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, West Virginia, to
July, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, West Virginia, to October, 1864. New
Haven, Conn., to November, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, West Virginia, to
April, 1865. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, West Virginia, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Forts McHenry and Marshall, Defenses of Baltimore, till May,
1863. Moved to Winchester, Va., and joined Milroy's Command May 22. Battle of
Winchester June 13-15. Mostly captured June 15. Paroled July 2 and exchanged
October 1, 1863. Moved to Martinsburg, Va., to join those not captured.
Provost duty at Hagerstown, Md., till September 30, and at Martinsburg till
March, 1864. At Bolivar Heights March 7-28. Reconnaissance toward Snicker's
Gap March 16-18. On furlough March 28-April 9. Sigel's Expedition from
Martinsburg to New Market April 29-May 17. Battle of New Market May 15.
Hunter's Expedition to Lynchburg May 26-July 1. Advance on Staunton May
26-June 5. Action at Piedmont, Mount Crawford, June 5. Occupation of Staunton
June 6. Lynchburg June 17-18. Moved to Camp Piatt, thence to Parkersburg,
Cumberland, Md., Martinsburg, Harper's Ferry and Snicker's Ford July 1-18.
Snicker's Ferry July 18. Battle of Kernstown, Winchester, July 24. Martinsburg
July 25. At Charlestown, W.Va., till October, and at Martinsburg October 1-29.
Moved to New Haven, Conn., and duty at Conscript Camp till November 11. Moved
to Martinsburg, W. Va., November 11-13, thence to Halltown November 23, and
duty there till March, 1865, and at Martinsburg till June. Mustered out at
Harper's Ferry, W. Va., June 27, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 67 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 80 Enlisted men by disease. Total 152.
29th Regiment, Iowa
Infantry
Organized at Camp Dodge, Council Bluffs, and mustered in December 1, 1862.
March to St. Joseph, Mo., December 5-9; thence to Benton Barracks, Mo.,
December 19-20. Attached to District of St Louis, Mo., Dept. of Missouri, to
January, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 13th Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of
Tennessee, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 13th Division, 16th Army Corps, to
August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Arkansas Expedition, to January,
1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to March,
1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Corps, to May, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st
Division, 7th Army Corps, to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th
Corps, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Reserve Corps, Military
Division West Mississippi, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 13th
Army Corps, Military Division West Mississippi, to July, 1865. Dept. of Texas
to August, 1865.
SERVICE.-Guard Prison at Benton Barracks, Mo., till December 25, 1862. Moved
to Columbus, Ky., en route to Helena, Ark., December 25-29. Duty there till
January 8, 1863. Moved to Helena, Ark., January 8, and duty there till March.
Gorman's Expedition up White River January 11-26. Yazoo Pass Expedition and
operations against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood March 13-April 5. Duty at
Helena till August. Repulse of Holmes' attack on Helena July 4. Steele's
Expedition to Little Rock August 1-September 10. Bayou LaFourche and capture
of Little Rock September 10. Duty at Little Rock till March, 1864. Steele's
Expedition to Camden March 23 to May 3. Antoine or Terre Noir Creek April 2.
Elkin's Ferry , Little Missouri River, April 3-4. Prairie Dan April 9-12.
Liberty Post office April 15-16. Jenkins' Ferry , Saline River, April 30. Duty
at Little Rock till July, and at Lewisburg till September. At Little Rock till
February, 1865. Moved to New Orleans, La., February 9-16. Campaign against
Mobile and its Defenses March 17-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort
Blakely March 26-April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. Whistler's or
Eight-Mile Bridge April 13. March to Mt. Vernon and duty at Mt. Vernon Arsenal
till June. Moved to Brazos Santiago, Texas, and duty there till July. Moved to
New Orleans, La.; thence home and mustered out August 10, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 42 Enlisted men killed and mortally
wounded and 1 Officer and 266 Enlisted men by disease. Total 310.
1st Battalion,
Massachusetts Heavy Artillery
Organized April, 1865, from 1st, 2nd and 4th Unattached Companies Heavy
Artillery. 5th Unattached Company Heavy Artillery added June, 1863. Organized
for Coast Defense. Company "A" on duty at Fort Warren, Boston
Harbor, till December 24, 1864. At Champlain, N. Y., till May 13, 1865, and at
Fort Warren till October, 1865. Mustered out October 20, 1865.
Company "B" at Fort Warren till August, 1864, and at New Bedford,
Mass., till June, 1865. Mustered out June 29, 1865.
Company "C" on duty at Fort Warren till October, 1865. Mustered out
October 20, 1865.
Company "D" at Fort Independence to September, 1865. Mustered out
September 12, 1865.
Companies "E" and "F" organized August 15, 1864, for one
year. On duty at Fort Warren. Mustered out June 28, 1865.
Companies "A," "C" and "D" also furnished
detachments for duty at Plymouth, Provincetown, Gloucester, Marblehead,
Newburyport, Fairhaven, etc.
14th Regiment, Maine
Infantry
Organized at Augusta and mustered in December 31, 1861. Left State for Boston,
Mass., February 5, 1862, and there embarked February 6 on Steamer "North
America" for Ship Island, Miss., arriving March 8. Attached to Butler's
New Orleans Expeditionary Corps, January to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Dept. of
the Gulf, to December, 1862. Sherman's Division, Dept. Gulf, to January, 1863.
3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. Gulf, to July, 1863. 1st
Brigade, 3rd Division, 19th Corps, July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 19th
Corps, to February, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Corps, Dept. Gulf,
to July, 1864, and Army Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to January,
1865. District of Savannah, Ga., Dept. South, to March, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st
Division, 10th Army Corps, Army Ohio, to April, 1865. District of Savannah,
Dept. of the South, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Ship Island, Miss., till May 19, 1862. Moved to New Orleans,
May 19-25, and duty there till July 7. Moved to Baton Rouge, La., July 7.
Expedition to Amite River July 23-25 (Cos. "F" and "K").
Battle of Baton Rouge August 5. Moved to Carrollton August 20, and duty there
till December 13. Bayou des Allemandes September 4-5. Expedition to St.
Charles C. H. September 7-8. St. Charles C. H. September 8. Moved to Bonnet
Carre December 13, and duty there till May 7, 1863. Company "H"
detached at Frenier December 14, 1862, to January 6, 1863. Company
"B" detached at Frenier December 14, 1862, to February 20, 1863.
Company "E" detached at Frenier January 6 to April 11. Scout to Pass
Manchac February 8-11, 1863 (Detachment). Expedition to Ponchatoula March
21-24. Capture of Ponchatoula March 24 (Co. "E"). Expedition to
Amite River March 24-30 (Cos. "A," "B," "C,"
"D," "G," "H" and "I"). Expedition to
Amite River May 7-19. Civiques Ferry May 10. Moved to Baton Rouge, thence to
Port Hudson May 20-22. Siege of Port Hudson May 24-July 8. Assaults on Port
Hudson May 27 and June 14. Surrender of Port Hudson July 8. Moved to Baton
Rouge July 22. Sabine Pass Expedition September 4-11. Western Louisiana
("Teche") Campaign October 3-November 30. Duty at New Iberia till
January 7, 1864. Moved to Franklin January 7, thence to New Orleans January
16. Duty at Camp Parapet till May 5. Veterans on Furlough February 10 to April
19. Moved to Baton Rouge May 5, and duty there till June 1. Moved to Morganza,
La., and duty there till July 3. Moved to Algiers, thence to Fort Monroe and
Bermuda Hundred, Va., July 3-22. In trenches at Bermuda Hundred till July 28.
Demonstration north of James River July 28-29. Deep Bottom July 28-30. Moved
to Washington, D. C., July 31, thence to Tennallytown, Md., August 2.
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Berryville
September 3-4. Battle of Opequan, Winchester September 19. Fisher's Hill
September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. At Cedar Creek till November
9. At Kernstown till November 24. Guard train to Martinsburg. Moved to Camp
Russell December 1, and duty there till December 22. Non-Veterans left front
for muster out December 22. Mustered out January 13, 1865. Veterans and
Recruits consolidated to a Battalion of four Companies, and duty at
Stevenson's Depot till January 6, 1865. Moved to Savannah, Ga., January 6-20,
and provost duty there till May 6. (Two new unassigned Companies joined March
30, and four Companies joined April 10. Assigned as "E,"
"F," "G," "H," "I" and "K".)
March to Augusta, Ga., May 6-14, and to Savannah May 31-June 7. Moved to
Darien June 9-10, and duty there till August 28. (Co. "B" at
Walthamville and Co. "H" at Brunswick.) Mustered out August 28,
1865.
Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 81 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 330 Enlisted men by disease. Total 418.
2nd Regiment, New Hampshire
Infantry
Organized at Portsmouth May 31 to June 8, 1861. Moved to Washington, D. C.,
June 20-23, and duty there till July 16. Attached to Burnside's Brigade,
Hunter's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeastern Virginia, to August, 1861.
Hooker's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October, 1861. 1st Brigade,
Hooker's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd
Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to February, 1863. New
Hampshire, Dept. of the East, to June, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd
Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to July, 1863. Marston's Command, Point
Lookout, Md., District of Saint Marys, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd
Division, 18th Army Corps, Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia and North
Carolina, to June, 1864. Provost Guard, 18th Army Corps, to August, 1864. 1st
Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, to October, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st
Division, 18th Army Corps, to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 24th
Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21, 1861. Battle of Bull Run , Va.,
July 21. Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., at Bladensburg and Budd's
Ferry, Md., till April, 1861. Moved to the Peninsula, Va., April 4-8. Siege of
Yorktown April 10-May 4. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Occupation of
Williamsburg till May 24. Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines , May 31-June 1.
Picket affair June 23-24. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Oak Grove
June 25. Savage Station June 29. White Oak Swamp , Charles City Cross Roads
and Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August
16. Malvern Hill August 5. Movement to Centreville August 16-26. Pope's
Campaign in Northern Virginia August 26-September 2. Bristoe Station or Kettle
Run August 27. Battle of Groveton August 29. Battle of Bull Run August 30.
Chantilly September 1. Duty in the Defenses of Washington till November.
Operations on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad October 10-12. Movement to
Falmouth, Va., November 18-28. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15.
"Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Operations at Rappahannock Bridge
and Grove Church February 5-7. Ordered to Concord, N. H., February 26. Duty
there and at Fort Constitution, Portsmouth, till May 25. Moved to Washington,
D. C., May 25-28, and duty there till June 11. Moved to Hartwood Church, Va.,
June 11, and rejoin Army of the Potomac. Battle of Gettysburg , Pa., July 2-4.
Williamsport July 11-12. Manassas Gap , Va., July 22-23. Ordered to Point
Lookout, Md., July 25, and duty there guarding prisoners till April, 1864.
Ordered to Yorktown, Va., April 7; thence to Williamsport April 22. Butler's
operations on south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond
May 4-28. Capture of City Point and Bermuda Hundred May 5. Chester Station May
6-7. Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church May 9-10. Operations against Fort
Darling May 12-16. Drury's Bluff May 14-16. Bermuda Hundred May 16-27. Port
Walthal May 26. Moved to White House, thence to Cold Harbor May 27-June 1.
Battles about Cold Harbor June 1-12. Non-Veterans left front June 8, and
mustered out June 21, 1864. Regiment detached from Brigade June 9, and
assigned to duty at Corps Headquarters till August 13. Assaults on Petersburg
June 15-19. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Duty in
trenches before Petersburg August 18 to September 1. Ordered to Wilson's
Landing September 1 and duty there till October 1. Expedition to Barnett's
Ferry September 27-28. Moved to Aikens Landing October 1. Duty in trenches
before Richmond till March 3, 1865. Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28, 1864.
Moved to Fort Monroe, Va., March 4-5; thence to White House Landing March 18
to establish a depot for General Sheridan's Cavalry, and duty there till March
24. March to lines north of the James March 24-28. Occupation of Richmond
April 3. Duty there and at Manchester till July. Provost duty in District of
Northern Neck, Dept. of Virginia, till December. Mustered out December 19,
1865.
Regiment lost during service 15 Officers and 163 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 6 Officers and 166 Enlisted men
4th Regiment, New Hampshire
Infantry
Organized at Manchester and mustered in September 18, 1861. Moved to
Washington, D. C., September 27-30; thence to Annapolis, Md., October 9.
Attached to Casey's Provisional Brigade, Army of the Potomac, October, 1861.
Wright's 3rd Brigade, Sherman's South Carolina Expeditionary Corps to March,
1862. District of Florida, Dept. of the South, to September, 1862. Brannan s
Brigade, District of Beaufort, S. C., 10th Corps, Dept. of the South, to
April, 1863. United States Forces, Folly Island, S. C., 10th Corps to June,
1863. 1st Brigade, United States Forces, Folly Island, S. C., to July, 1863.
1st Brigade, 1st Division, Morris Island, S. C., 10th Corps, July, 1863. 1st
Brigade, Morris Island, S. C., to January, 1864. District of Beaufort, S. C.,
to February, 1864. Foster's Brigade, Dodge's Division, District of Florida,
February, 1864. District of Beaufort, S. C., to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd
Division, 10th Corps, Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina,
to May, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Corps, Army of the Potomac, to
June, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Corps, to December, 1864. 3rd
Brigade, 2nd Division, 24th Corps, to March, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division,
10th Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.-Expedition to Port Royal, S. C., October 21-November 7, 1861. Capture
of Forts Walker and Beauregard, Port Royal Harbor, November 7. Duty at Hilton
Head, S. C., till January 21, 1862. Expedition to Florida January 21-March 2.
Occupation of Fernandina, Fla., March 5. Occupation of Jacksonville, Fla.,
March 12 to April 8 (Cos. "E" and "F," Provost duty at
Fernandina till April.) Regiment moved from Jacksonville to St. Augustine,
Fla., April 9, and garrison duty there till September 6. (Cos. "B,"
"H" and "K" moved to James Island, S. C., June 8. Action
on James Island June 10. Moved to Beaufort, S. C., June 12, and duty there
till April, 1863.) Regiment moved from St. Augustine, Fla., to Beaufort, S.
C., September 6, 1862, and duty there till April, 1863. Expedition to
Pocotaligo, S. C., October 21-23, 1862. Action at Caston and Frampton's
Plantations, Pocotaligo, October 22. Expedition against Charleston April 4-11,
1863. Expedition to North Edisto River April 17-28. Moved to Folly Island, S.
C., April 29, and siege operations against Morris Island till July. Expedition
to James Island July 9-16. Secessionville July 16. Siege operations against
Forts Wagner and Gregg, Morris Island, S. C., and against Fort Sumpter and
Charleston till January, 1864. Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg September 7,
1863. Moved to Beaufort, S. C., January 17. Expedition to Whitmarsh Island
February 20-22, 1864. Moved to Jacksonville, Fla., February 23, and return to
Beaufort, S. C., February 26. Veterans on furlough March-April. Non-Veterans
at Beaufort till April 12, then ordered to Gloucester Point, Va. Butler's
operations on south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond
May 4-27. Capture of Bermuda Hundred and City Point May 5. Chester Station May
6-7. Swift Creek (or Arrowfield Church) May 9-10. Operations against Fort
Darling May 12-16. Drury's Bluff May 14-16. Bermuda Hundred May 16-27. Moved
to White House Landing, thence to Cold Harbor May 27-June 1. Battles of Cold
Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 15-19. Siege of Petersburg June 16 to
December 7. Duty in trenches before Petersburg June 23 to July 30. Mine
Explosion July 30. Demonstration north of James River August 13-20. Strawberry
Plains August 14-18. Bermuda Hundred August 24-25. Duty in trenches before
Petersburg till September 25. (Non-Veterans mustered out September 18, 1864.)
New Market Heights, Chaffin's Farm , September 28-30. Duty on north side of
the James, operating against Richmond, till December 7. Fair Oaks October
27-28. Expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C., December 7-27. 2nd Expedition to Fort
Fisher January 7-15, 1865. Assault and capture of Fort Fisher January 15.
Sugar Loaf Battery February 11. Fort Anderson February 18. Capture of
Wilmington February 22. Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro March 6-21. Guard
Railroad from Little Washington to Goldsboro till August. Mustered out August
23, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 82 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 194 Enlisted men by disease. Total 234.
14th Regiment, New
Hampshire Infantry
Organized at Concord and mustered in September 24, 1862. Ordered to
Washington, D. C. Attached to Grover's Brigade, Military District of
Washington, to February, 1863. Jewett's Brigade, 22nd Corps, Defenses of
Washington, to June, 1863. Garrison of Washington, D. C., 22nd Corps, to
March, 1864. Unattached, Defenses of New Orleans, La., Dept. of the Gulf, to
June, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to
July, 1864, and Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to January,
1865. 1st Brigade, Grover's Division, District of Savannah, Ga., Dept. of the
South, to March, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Dept. of
North Carolina, to May, 1865. Dept. of the South to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Picket and patrol duty along Upper Potomac, Defenses of Washington,
November, 1862, to April, 1868. Provost duty at Washington, D. C., till
February, 1864. Ordered to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., February 3, thence moved to
Cumberland, Md., and return to Washington February 25. Ordered to New Orleans,
La., and sailed from New York March 20. Duty at Camp Parapet, Carrollton,
Jefferson City and along Lake Pontchartrain till June. Ordered to Morganza,
La., June 7. Movement to Fortress Monroe, Va., thence to Washington, D. C.,
and to Berryville, Va., July 13-August 19. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley
Campaign August to December. Battle of Winchester September 19. Fisher's Hill
September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty at Kernstown and other
points in the Shenandoah Valley till January, 1865. Moved to Washington, D.
C., thence to Savannah, Ga., January 3-20, and Provost duty there till May 6.
March to Augusta, Ga., May 6-14. Return to Savannah June and mustered out July
8, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 8 Officers and 63 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 151 Enlisted men by disease. Total 232.
20th Regiment, Veteran
Reserve Corps
20th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps
1st Regiment, Vermont
Infantry
Organized at Rutland and mustered in for three months May 9, 1861. Left State
for Fortress Monroe, Va. May 9, arriving there May 13. Camp at Hygea Hotel
till May 25. Demonstration on Hampton May 20. Reconnaissance to Hampton May
23. Occupation of Newport News May 27, and duty there till August. Advance on
Big Bethel June 9. Battle of Big Bethel June 10. Moved to Brattleboro, Vt.,
August 4-7 and mustered out August 15, 1861.
Losses 2 Enlisted men killed and 6 Enlisted men died of disease. Total 8.
13th Regiment, Vermont
Infantry
Organized at Brattleboro October 10, 1862, for nine months. Moved to
Washington, D. C., October 11-13. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Abercrombie's
Division, Military District of Washington, to February, 1863. 2nd Brigade,
Casey's Division, 22nd Army Corps, to April, 1863. 2nd Brigade. Abercrombie's
Division, 22nd Army Corps, to July, 1~63. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army
Corps, Army of the Potomac, July, 1863.
SERVICE.-At Camp Chase, Arlington, Va., October 25-28, 1862, and at East
Capital Hill till October 30. March to Munson's Hill October 30, thence to
Hunting Creek November 5. At Camp Vermont, near Hunting Creek, till November
26. Picket duty near Occoquan Creek till December 5. At Camp Vermont till
December 12. Picket duty near Fairfax Court House till January 20, 1863.
Defense of Fairfax Court House from attack by Stuart's Cavalry December 29,
1862. Duty at Wolf Run Shoals January 20-April 2. Guard duty at Occoquan Creek
till June 25. March to Gettysburg, Pa., June 25-July 1. Battle of Gettysburg
July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee to Middletown, Md. July 4-8. Left front July 8 and
moved to Brattleboro, Vt., July 8-13. Mustered out July 21, 1863.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 16 Enlisted men killed and mortally
wounded and 4 Officers and 55 Enlisted men by disease. Total 76.
2nd Regiment, New York
Veteran Cavalry
Organized at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., and mustered in by Companies as follows:
"A" August 15, "B" and "F" August 25,
"C" September 9, "D" and "E" September 8,
"G" October 1O, "H" October 16, "I" and
"K" November 10, "L" December 3, and "M" at
Cavalry Depot, Washington, D. C., December 30, 1863. Left State by detachments
for Washington, D. C., August to December, 1863. Attached to Cavalry Division,
22nd Army Corps. to February, 1864. 5th Brigade, Cavalry Division, 19th Army
Corps, Department of the Gulf, February 15 to June, 1864. 4th Brigade, Cavalry
Division, Dept. of the Gulf, to August, 1864. Separate Cavalry Brigade, Dept.
of the Gulf, to December, 1864. Separate Cavalry Brigade, Reserve Division,
Military Division West Mississippi, to February, 1865. Separate Cavalry
Brigade, District of West Florida, to March, 1865. 1st Brigade, Lucas' Cavalry
Division, Military Division West Mississippi, to April, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 1st
Cavalry Division, Dept. of the Gulf, to July, 1865. District of Alabama, Dept.
of the Gulf, to November, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., till February, 1864.
Ordered to Dept. of the Gulf February, 1864. Red River Campaign March 10-May
22. Advance from Franklin to Alexandria March 14-26. Monett's Ferry and
Cloutiersville March 29-30. Natchitoches March 31. Campti April 4. Sabine
Cross Roads April 8. Pleasant Hill April 9. Bayou Saline April 14.
Natchitoches April 19. About Cloutiersville April 22-24. Cane River Crossing
Apri 23. Bayou Roberts May 3. Near Wilson's Landing May 4-5. Well's and
Moore's Plantations May 6. Retreat to Morganza May 13-20. Mansura May 16. Near
Moreauville May 17. Bayou de Glaze May 18. Simsport May 18. Expedition from
Morganza to the Atchafalaya River May 29-June 6. Bayou Fordyce Road May 29.
Livonia May 30. Bayou Grosse Tete June 1-3. Near Morganza June 24. Franklin
July 18. Atchafalaya River July 27. Morgan's Ferry Road and Atchafalaya River
July 28. Marinquin Bayou August 9. Rosedale August 10. Expedition to Clinton
August 23-29. Morgan's Ferry, on Atchafalaya River, August 28 (Detachment).
Expedition from Morganza to Fausse River September 13-17. Bayou Maringowen
September 13 and 16. Rosedale September 15. Bayou Alabama and Morgan's Ferry
September 20. St. Francisville October 4. Bayou Rara October 5. Fausse River
October 16. McLeod's Mills November 10. Clinton and Liberty Creek, Miss.,
November 15. Davidson's Expedition from Baton Rouge against Mobile & Ohio
Railroad November 27-December 13. State Line, Pascagoula River, Miss.,
November 27. Expedition to Morgan's Ferry December 13-14. Expedition from
Atchafalaya River December 16-19. Expedition from Morganza to New Roads
January 31, 1865. Scouts to Fausse River and Grosse Tete Bayou February 7-10
(Detachment). Moved to Barrancas, Fla., February, 1865. March to Fort Blakely,
Ala., March 20-April 1. College Hill, Fla., March 21. Pine Barren Creek March
23. Canoe Creek or Bluff Springs March 25. Bluff Springs March 25. Pollard,
Ala., March 26. Siege operations against Fort Blakely April 1-9. Expedition
from Blakdy to Claiborne April 9-17. Near Mt. Pleasant April 11. Grierson's
Raid through Alabama and Georgia April 17-30. Duty in District of Alabama till
November. Mustered out at Talladega, Ala., November 8, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 29 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 212 Enlisted men by disease. Total 249.
2nd Regiment, Vermont
Infantry
Organized at Burlington and mustered in June 20, 1861. Left State for
Washington, D. C., June 24. Attached to Howard's Brigade, Heintzelman's
Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia, to August, 1861. W. F.
Smith's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October. 1861. Brook's Brigade,
Smith's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd
Division. 4th Army Corps. Army of the Potomac, to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd
Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, and Army of the Shenandoah,
Middle Military Division, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21, 1861. Battle of Bull Run , Va.,
July 21. Scout to Great Falls August 20-25. Skirmish near Lewinsville
September 11 (Cos. "A" and "F."). Reconnaissance to
Lewinsville September 25 (Cos. "A" and "F"). Expedition to
Munson's Hill September 28. Reconnaissance to Vienna October 17.
Reconnaissance to Peacock Hill November 9. Duty in the Defenses of Washington
till March, 1862. Moved to Alexandria March 10, thence to the Virginia
Peninsula March 23-24. Young's Mill April 4. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4.
Lee's Mills April 16. Reconnaissance to Warwick River April 30. Battle of
Williamsburg May 5. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Garnett's Farm
June 27. Savage Station June 29. White Oak Swamp Bridge June 30. Malvern Hill
July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe,
thence to Alexandria August 16-24. Maryland Campaign September-October.
Crampton's Pass , Md., September 14. Battle of Antietam , Md., September
16-17. At Hagerstown September 26-October 29. Movement to Falmouth, Va.,
October 29-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg , Va., December 12-15.
Burnside's Second Campaign, "Mud March," January 20-24, 1863.
Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Franklin's Crossing
April 29-May 2. Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4.
Banks' Ford May 4. Franklin's Crossing June 5-13. Battle of Gettysburg , Pa.,
July 2-4. Funkstown, Md., July 10-13. Ordered to New York City August 14. Duty
there and at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., till September 13. Moved to Alexandria,
thence to Fairfax Court House, Va., September 13-17, and to Culpeper Court
House September 22. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to the Rappahannock
November 7-8. Rappahannock Station November 7. Mine Run Campaign November
26-December 2. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May-June, 1864. Battles
of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania Court House May 8-12; Spottsylvania
Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient at Spottsylvania May 12. North
Anna River May 23-26. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31.
Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 18-19. Jerusalem Plank Road June
22-28. Moved to Washington, D. C., July 9-11. Repulse of Early's attack on
Fort Stevens July 11-12. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August
7-November 28. Charlestown August 21-22. Gilbert's Ford, Opequan River,
September 18. Battle of Opequan , Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill
September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. At Strasburg till November 9
and at Kernstown till December 9. Moved to Petersburg December 9-12. Siege of
Petersburg December 12, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Dabney's Mills February 5-7,
1865. Fort Fisher, before Petersburg, March 25. Appomattox Campaign March
28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Sailor's Creek April 6.
Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. At Farmville
and Burkesville Junction till April 23. March to Danville April 23-27, and
duty there till May 18. At Manchester till May 24. March to Washington May
24-June 3. Corps Review June 8. Non-veterans mustered out June 29, 1864.
Regiment mustered out July 15, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 218 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 175 Enlisted men by disease. Total 399.