64th Regiment, New York
Infantry
Organized at Elmira, N. Y., September 10 to December 10, 1861. Left State for
Washington, D. C., December 10, 1861. Attached to Casey's Provisional
Division, Army of the Potomac, to January, 1862. Howard's Brigade, Sumner's
Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd
Army Corps, Army of the Potomac. to June, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd
Army Corps, to August, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, to
April, 1863. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., till March, 1865. Advance
on Manassas, Va., March 10-15. Ordered to the Peninsula, Virginia, March.
Siege of Yorktown April 16-May 4. Battle of Fair Oaks or Seven Pines May
31-June 1. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battles of Gaines' Mill
June 27. Peach Orchard and Savage Station June 29. White Oak Swamp Bridge and
Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16.
Moved to Fort Monroe, thence to Alexandria and Centreville August 16-30. Cover
retreat of Pope's army to Washington, D. C., August 31-September 2. Maryland
Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. At Harper's
Ferry, W. Va., September 22 to October 29. Reconnaissance to Charlestown
October 16-17. Advance up Loudoun Valley and movement to Falmouth, Va.,
October 29-November 17. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Duty at
Falmouth till April 27, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24.
Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5.
Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July
1-4. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Duty on line of the Rappahannock till October.
Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 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. At and
near Stevensburg, Va., till May, 1864. Demonstration on the Rapidan February
6-7. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15. Battles of the
Wilderness May 5-7. Spottsylvania May 8-12. Po River May 10. Spottsylvania
Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient, or "Bloody Angle,"
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. 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, 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 March 25. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Hatcher's Run or Boydton
Road March 29-31. White Oak Road March 31. Sutherland Station and fall of
Petersburg April 2. Sailor's Creek April 6. High Bridge and Farmville April 7.
Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Moved to
Washington, D. C., May 2-12. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out July 14, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 13 Officers and 160 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 114 Enlisted men by disease. Total 292.
6th Regiment, Massachusetts
Infantry (3 months, 1861) (Militia)
Tendered services to government January 21, 1861. Moved from Lowell to Boston
in response to call of the President April 15, 1861. Left Boston for
Washington, D. C., April 17 via New York and Philadelphia and to Baltimore
April 19. Attacked in streets of Baltimore April 19. Reached Washington April
19 and camp in Capitol Buildings. Moved to Relay House May 5 and to Baltimore
May 13, returning to Relay House May 16. Guard railroad till June 13. Duty at
Baltimore and Relay House till July 29. Relieved from duty July 29, and
mustered out August 2, 1861.
Lost 4 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded.
31st Regiment, Iowa
Infantry
Organized at Davenport and mustered in October 13, 1862. Moved to Helena,
Ark., November 1-20, 1862. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, District of
Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of Tennessee, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 11th
Division, Right Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of Tennessee, to December,
1862. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, Sherman's Yazoo Expedition, to January, 1863.
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, Dept. of Tennessee, to September,
1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 15th Army Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Hovey's Expedition from Helena, Ark., to Coldwater, Miss., November
27-December 5, 1862. Sherman's Yazoo Expedition December 22, 1862, to January
2, 1863. Chickasaw Bayou December 26-28, 1862. Chickasaw Bluffs December 29.
Expedition to Arkansas Post January 3-10, 1863. Assault on and capture of Fort
Hindman, Arkansas Post, January 10-11. Moved to Young's Point, La., January
17-23, and duty there till April. Expedition to Greenville, Black Bayou and
Deer Creek April 2-14. Deer Creek April 7. Black Bayou April 10. Demonstration
on Haines and Snyder's Bluff April 28-May 2. Moved to join army in rear of
Vicksburg, Miss., via Richmond and Grand Gulf May 2-14. Fourteen-Mile Creek
May 12-13. Jackson, Miss., May 14. Siege of Vicksburg May 18-July 4. Assaults
on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Siege of
Jackson July 10- 17. Briar Creek, near Canton, July 17. At Big Black till
September 22. Moved to Memphis, thence march to Chattanooga, Tenn., September
23-November 21. Operations on the Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama
October 20-29. Cherokee Station October 21 and 29. Cane Creek October 26.
Tuscumbia October 26-27. Battles of Chattanooga November 23-27; Lookout
Mountain November 23-24; Mission Ridge November 25; Ringgold Gap , Taylor's
Ridge, November 27. March to relief of Knoxville November 28-December 8.
Garrison duty in Alabama till April, 1864. Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September
8. Demonstration on Resaca May 8-13. Snake Creek Gap May 10-12. Battle of
Resaca May 14-15. Operations on the 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. Bushy Mountain
June 15-17. 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. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 1-26. Ships Gap
October 16. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Griswoldsville November
23. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to
April, 1865. Reconnaissance to Salkehatchie River January 25. Salkehatchie
Swamps, S. C., February 3-5. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River
February 12-13. Columbia February 15-17. Lynch's Creek February 25-26. Battle
of Bentonville, N. C., 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. Mustered out June 27,
1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 27 Enlisted men killed and mortally
wounded and 3 Officers and 272 Enlisted men by disease. Total 303.
12th Regiment, New York
Infantry
Organized at Elmira, N. Y., and mustered in for two years' State service May
8, 1861. Mustered in for three months' United States service May 13, and
remustered for full term of State service August 2, 1861. Moved to Washington,
D. C., May 29, 1861. Attached to Richardson's Brigade, Tyler's Division,
McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia, June to August, 1861. Richardson's
Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October, 1861. Wadsworth's Brigade,
McDowell's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. Butterfield's 3rd
Brigade, Porter's 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May,
1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, to May, 1863. Headquarters,
5th Army Corps, to June, 1864.
SERVICE.-Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., till July 16, 1861.
Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21. Battle of Bull Run July 21. Upton's Hill
August 27. Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., till March 10, 1862.
Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10. Moved to the Virginia Peninsula March
22-24. Warwick Road April 5. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Before Yorktown
April 11. Reconnaissance up the Pamunkey May 10. Reconnaissance to Hanover
Court House May 26. Battle of Hanover Court House May 27. Operations about
Hanover Court House May 27-29. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1.
Battle of Gaines Mill July 27. White Oak Swamp and Turkey Bend June 30.
Malvern Hill July 1. Duty at Harrison Landing till August 16. Movement to
Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville August 16-28. Pope's Campaign in
Northern Virginia August 28-September 2. Battle of Bull Run August 30.
Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Antietam September 16-17.
Shepherdstown September 19. At Sharpsburg, Md., till October 30. Movement to
Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December
12-15. Expedition to Richard's and Ellis' Fords December 29-30. "Mud
March" January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth till April. Chancellorsville
Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Mustered out May
17, 1863, expiration of term Three years men consolidated to a Battalion of
two Companies and assigned to duty as Provost Guard at Headquarters, 5th Army
Corps, to June, 1864. Participating in the Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June
11-July 24, 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. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 2.
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. Transferred to 5th New York Infantry June 2,
1864, as Companies "E" and "F."
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 61 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 59 Enlisted men by disease. Total 124.
6th Regiment, US Cavalry
(Regular Army)
"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer
contains no history for this unit.
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.
5th Regiment, New Hampshire
Infantry
Organized at Concord, N. H., and mustered in October 22, 1861. Left State for
Washington, D. C., October 29, 1861. Attached to Howard's Brigade, Sumner's
Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd
Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to July, 1863. Concord, N. H., Dept. of the
East, to November, 1863. Marston's Command, Point Lookout, Md., to May, 1864.
1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Camp at Bladensburg, Defenses of Washington, D. C., till November 27,
1861. Expedition to Lower Maryland November 3-11. At Camp California, near
Alexandria, Va., till March 10, 1862. Scout to Burke's Station January 17,
1862 (Co. "A"). Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15.
Reconnaissance to Gainesville March 20, and to Rappahannock Station March
28-29. Warrenton Junction March 28. Moved to the Virginia Peninsula April 4.
Siege of Yorktown , Va., April 5-May 4. Temporarily attached to Woodbury's
Engineer Brigade. Construct Grapevine Bridge over Chickahominy May 28-30.
Battle of Fair Oaks or Seven Pines May 31-June 1. Seven days before Richmond
June 2-July 1. Orchard Station June 28. Peach Orchard, Allen's Farm and Savage
Station June 29. White Oak Swamp and Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At
Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to
Alexandria and to Centreville, Va., August 16-30. Cover Pope's retreat from
Bull Run. Maryland Campaign September-October. Battle of South Mountain , Md.,
September 14 (Reserve). Antietam Creek, near Keadysville, September 15. Battle
of Antietam Md., September 16-17. Duty at Harper's Ferry, W. Va., September 21
to October 29. Reconnaissance to Charlestown October 16-17. Advance up Loudon
Valley and movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 17. Battle of
Fredericksburg , Va., December 12-15. Burnside's Second Campaign, "Mud
March," January 20-24, 1863. Duty at Falmouth till April.
Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5.
Reconnaissance to Rappahannock June 9. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 13-July
24. Battle of Gettysburg , Pa., July 1-3. Moved to Concord, N. H., July
26-August 3. Duty at Draft Rendezvous, Concord, N. H., till November. Moved to
Point Lookout, Md., November 8-13, and duty there guarding prisoners till May
27, 1864. Moved to Cold Harbor, Va., May 27-June 1, and join Army of the
Potomac. Battles about Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg , Va., June
16-19. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Jerusalem Plank
Road June 22-23, 1865. Deep Bottom, north of James River, July 27-28. Mine
Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (Reserve). Demonstration north of James River
August 13-20. Strawberry Plains August 14-18. Ream's Station August 25.
Non-Veterans mustered out October 12, 1864. Reconnaissance to Hatcher's Run
December 9-10. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run , February 5-7, 1865. Watkins'
House March 25. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. On line of Hatcher's and
Gravelly Runs March 29-30. Hatcher's Run or Boydton Road March 31. White Oak
Road March 31. Sutherland's Station April 2. Fall of Petersburg April 2.
Sailor's Creek April 6. High Bridge and Cumberland Church April 7. Appomattox
Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Moved to Washington D. C.,
May 2-12 Grand Review May 23. Mustered out July 28, and discharged July 8,
1865.
This Regiment sustained the greatest loss in battle of any Infantry or Cavalry
Regiment in the Union Army. Total killed and wounded 1,051.
Death losses during service 18 Officers and 277 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 176 Enlisted men by disease. Total 473.
27th Regiment, Arkansas
Infantry
27th Infantry Regiment was formed during the late summer of 1862 with men from
the northern section of the state. It was placed in Colonel R. H. Shaver's and
General Tappan's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and in the spring of
the 1864 united with the 38th Regiment. The unit fought at Prairie Grove,
Bayou Fourche, and Jenkins' Ferry where the consolidated command reported 4
killed and 22 wounded. It was included in the surrender in June, 1865. The
field officers were Colonels Beal Gaither and James R. Shaler, and Lieutenant
Colonels A. J. Magenis and James M. Riggs.
Harrell's Battalion,
Arkansas Cavalry
Harrell's Cavalry Battalion was organized in late 1863 and was placed in
Cabell's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department. It saw light duty in the
Camden area, then was involved in Price's Missouri operations. The unit
disbanded during the spring of 1865. Lieutenant Colonel John M. Harrell and
Major J. W. Bishop were in command.
30th Regiment, Texas
Cavalry (Gurley's) (1st Texas Partisan Rangers)
30th Cavalry Regiment [also called 1st Texas Partisan Rangers] was organized
at Waco, Texas, during the summer of 1862. It was formed with about 800 from
Waco and Round Rock, and Hill Country. Assigned to D.H. Cooper's, Gano's, and
Parsons' Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, it fought in Arkansas and
later in the Indiana Territory. The unit reported 16 casualties at Poison
Spring and 19 at Cabin Creek. During May, 1865, it disbanded at Austin, Texas.
Colonel Edward J. Gurley, Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas W. Battle, and Major
John H. Davenport were in command.
12th Regiment, Texas
Cavalry (Parson's Mounted Volunteers)
12th Cavalry Regiment was organized with about 940 men in August, 1861, by
Colonel W.H. Parsons. Most of the men were from Hempstead, Fairfield,
Georgetown, and Waxahachie, and Ellis and Hill counties. This unit served in
Hawes' and Steele's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department and skirmished the
Federals in Arkansas and Louisiana. During 1865 it was in Northern Texas
guarding approaches from the Indian Territory. The regiment was included in
the surrender on June 2. Its commanders were Colonel William H. Parsans,
Lieutenant Colonels Andrew B. Burleson and John W. Mullen, and Majors Locklin
J. Farrar and E. W. Rogers.
12th Regiment, New
Hampshire Infantry
Organized at Concord and mustered in September 10, 1862. Left State for
Washington, D. C., September 27, 1862. Attached to Casey's Division, Military
District of Washington, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army
Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army
Corps, Army of the Potomac, to July, 1863. Marston's Command, Point Lookout,
Md., District of St. Mary's to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2d Division, 18th
Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to December, 1864. 2nd
Brigade, 3rd Division, 24th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty in the Defenses of Washington till October, 1862. Moved to Point
of Rocks, Md., October 18; thence to Pleasant Valley October 19. Movement to
Warrenton, Va., October 24-November 16, and to Falmouth November 18-24. Battle
of Fredericksburg December 12-15. Burnside's 2nd Campaign ("Mud
March") January 20-24, 1863. Duty at Falmouth till April.
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.
Ordered to Point Lookout, Md., July 26, and duty there guarding prisoners till
April 7, 1864. Moved to Yorktown April 7, thence to Williamsburg. Butler's
operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg and
Richmond May 4-28. Swift Creek (or Arrowfield Church) May 9-10. Operations
against Fort Darling May 12-16. Battle of Drewry's Bluff May 14-16. Bermuda
Hundred May 16-27. Moved to White House, thence to Cold Harbor, May 27-31.
Battles about Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 15-19. Siege of
Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion,
Petersburg, July 30, 1864 (Reserve). Duty on the Bermuda Front August 26 to
December, and in trenches before Richmond till April, 1865. Occupation of
Richmond April 3. Guard and Provost duty at Manchester till June. Mustered out
June 21, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 11 Officers and 170 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 138 Enlisted men by disease. Total 320.
3rd Regiment, New Hampshire
Infantry
Organized at Concord and mustered in August 23, 1861. Moved to Camp Scott,
Long Island, N. Y., September 3, thence to Washington, D. C., September 18,
and to Annapolis, Md., October 4. Attached to Viele's Brigade, Sherman's South
Carolina Expeditionary Corps, to April, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept.
of the South, to July, 1862. District of Hilton Head, S. C.; 10th Corps, Dept.
of the South, to April, 1863. Guss' Brigade, Seabrook Island, S. C., 10th
Corps, to June, 1863. St. Helena Island, S. C., June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Folly
Island, S. C., 10th Corps, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Morris
Island, S. C., 10th Corps, to August, 1863. 1st Brigade, Morris Island, S. C.,
10th Corps, to January, 1864. Light Brigade, District of Florida, Dept. of the
South, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Corps, Army of the
James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, May, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st
Division, 10th Corps, to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 24th
Corps, to March, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Corps, Dept. of North
Carolina, to April, 1865. Abbott's Detached Brigade, 10th Corps, to July,
1865.
SERVICE.-Expedition to Port Royal, S. C., October 31-November 7, 1861. Capture
of Forts Walker and Beauregard, Port Royal Harbor, S. C., November 7. Duty at
Hilton Head, S. C., till April, 1862. Affair Hunting Island, March, 1862.
Reconnaissance up Savannah River to Elba Island March 7-11. Expedition to
Bluffton March 20-24. Occupation of Edisto Island April 5. Affair at Watts'
Court April 10. Reconnaissance of Seabrook Island April 14. Advance on
Jehossie Island April 17. Skirmish Edisto Island April 18. Duty at Edisto
Island till June 1. Operations on James Island June 1-28. Picket Affair June
8. Battle of Secessionville June 16. Evacuation of James Island and movement
to Hilton Head June 28-July 7. Duty at Hilton Head till April, 1863. Affair at
Pinckney Island August 21, 1862. Expedition up Broad River to Pocotaligo
October 21-23. Action at Caston's and Frampton's Plantations, Pocotaligo,
October 22. Movements against Charleston February 16-April 9, 1868. Moved to
Seabrook Island April 23, thence to Folly Island, S. C., July 3. Assault on
and capture of water batteries on Morris Island July 10. Assaults on Fort
Wagner, Morris Island, July 11 and 18. Siege operations on Morris Island
against Forts Wagner and Gregg and against Fort Sumpter and Charleston till
April 1, 1864. Occupation of Forts Wagner and Gregg September 7, 1863. Ordered
to Florida April 1, 1864, and Regiment mounted. Palatka April 3. Moved to
Gloucester Point, Va., April 25-29. (Veterans absent on furlough March and
April, rejoining at Gloucester Point, Va.) 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 May
9-10. Chester Station May 10. Operations against Fort Darling May 12-16.
Drury's Bluff May 14-16. Bermuda Hundred May 16-31. Action at Bermuda Hundred
June 2 and 14. Petersburg June 9. Port Walthall June 16-17. Siege operations
against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to January 7, 1865. Deep Bottom
July 21, 1864. Demonstration north of the James Augnst 13-20. Strawberry
Plains August 14-18. Duty in trenches before Petersburg August 24-September
27. Chaffin's Farm September 28-30. Charles City Cross Roads October 1.
Darbytown and New Market Roads October 7. Darbytown Road October 13. Fair Oaks
October 27-28. Front of Richmond October 31-November 2. Detached for duty at
New York during Presidential Election November 2-17. Duty in front of Richmond
November 17 to January 3, 1865. 2nd Expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C., January
3-15. Assault and capture of Fort Fisher January 15. Half Moon Battery January
19. Sugar Loaf Battery February 11. Fort Anderson February 18. Capture of
Wilmington February 22. Smith's Creek and North East Ferry February 22. Duty
at Wilmington till June 3, and at Goldsboro till July. (Non-Veterans mustered
out August 23, 1864.) Mustered out July 25, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 12 Officers and 186 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 152 Enlisted men by disease. Total 352.
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. Riddell'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.
Nottaway Court House June 23. Stony Creek Station June 23. Staunton River
Bridge (or Roanoke Station) June 25. Sappony 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. Kearneysville August 25. Near Brucetown 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. Rude'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 Rude'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.
83rd Regiment, New York
Infantry
Volunteered for three years' service. Left New York City for Washington, D.
C., May 27, 1861. Mustered in at Washington June 8, 1861. Attached to Stone's
Command, June 10 to July 7, 1861. Stone's Brigade, Patterson's Army, to August
17, 1861. Stile's Brigade, Banks' Division, Army of the Potomac, to March,
1862. Abercrombie's 2nd Brigade, Williams' 1st Division, Banks' 5th Corps, to
April, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the Shenandoah, to May, 1862.
3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 3rd
Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia, to September, 1862.
3rd Brigade, 2nd Division. 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1863.
2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd
Division, 5th Army Corps, to May 9, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army
Corps, to May 30, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, to June 7,
1864.
SERVICE.-Rockville Expedition June 10-July 7, 1861. Duty on the Upper Potomac
till March, 1862. Harper's Ferry, W. Va, July 4, 1861. Operations in the
Shenandoah Valley March and April, 1862. Occupation of Winchester March 12.
Pursuit of and operations against Jackson March 24-April 27. Near Warrenton
Junction April 6 and 16. Reconnaissance to Rappahannock River and North Fork
April 18. Rappahannock Crossing April 18. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia
June to September. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. 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, Md., September 14. Antietam
September 16-17. At Sharpsburg till October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va.,
October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. At
Falmouth till April 27, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24.
Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations about Fitzhugh's Crossing
April 29-May 3. Battle of Chancellorsville May 3-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign
June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg 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 on the Orange &
Alexandria Railroad till April, 1864. Demonstration on the Rapidan February
6-7. Campaign from the Rapidan May 3-June 7. 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 25. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor
June 1-7. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Relieved June 7 and ordered to the rear
for muster out. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 97th New York Infantry
June 7, 1864. Regiment mustered out at New York City June 23, 1864, expiration
or term.
Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 147 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 86 Enlisted men by disease. Total 244.
36th Regiment,
Massachusetts Infantry
Organized at Worcester and mustered in August 30, 1862. Left State for
Washington, D. C., September 2, thence moved to Leesburg, Md., September 9,
and to Pleasant Valley. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps,
Army Potomac, to April, 1863, and Dept. Ohio, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st
Division, 9th Army Corps, Dept. Ohio, and Army Tennessee, to August, 1863, and
Dept. Ohio, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army
Potomac, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Pleasant Valley, Md., till October 26. March to Lovettsville,
Va., October 26-29, and to Warrenton October 29-November 19. Battle of
Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24,
1863. Moved to Newport News, Va., February 10, thence to Lexington, Ky., March
19-23. Duty at Camp Dick Robinson, Ky., April 9-30, and at Middleburg till May
23. March to Columbia May 23-26. Expedition toward Cumberland River after
Morgan May 27-30. Jamestown June 2. Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., June 7-14.
Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., June 14- July 4. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July
5-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. At Milldale till August 5. Moved to
Covington, Ky., August 5-12, and to Crab Orchard August 17-18. March across
Cumberland Mountains to East Tennessee September 10-22. Near Knoxville
September 27-October 3. Action at Blue Springs October 10. At Lenoir October
29-November 14. Knoxville Campaign November-December. Lenoir Station November
14-15. Campbell's Station November 17. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December
4. Pursuit of Longstreet December 5-19. Operations in East Tennessee till
March 21, 1864. Strawberry Plains January 21-22. Moved from Knoxville, Tenn.,
to Covington, Ky., thence to Annapolis, Md., March 21-April 6. Rapidan
Campaign May-June. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12;
Spottsylvania C. H. May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. Stannard's Mills
May 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 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.
Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Weldon Railroad August 18-21.
Peebles' Farm September 29-October 2. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run,
October 27-28. At Fort Rice till April, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March
28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. March to Cumberland
Church April 3-9. Moved to Petersburg and City Point, thence to Alexandria
April 20-28. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out June 8, 1865, and discharged
from service June 21, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 105 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 160 Enlisted men by disease. Total 274.
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.
9th Regiment, Texas
Infantry (Maxey's) (Young'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.
21st Regiment, Wisconsin
Infantry
Organized at Oshkosh, Wis., and mustered in September 5, 1862. Left State for
Cincinnati, Ohio, September 11, thence to Covington, Ky., and to Louisville,
Ky., September 15. Duty in the fortification of Louisville September
18-October 1. Attached to 28th Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Ohio,
September, 1862. 28th Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Ohio,
to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Centre 14th Army Corps, Army of
the Cumberland, to January, 1868. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps,
Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army
Corps, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, to June,
1865.
SERVICE.-Pursuit of Bragg to Crab Orchard, Ky., October 1-16, 1862. Perryville
, Ky., October 8. Guard duty at Mitchellsville till December 7. Moved to
Nashville, Tenn., and duty there till December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro
December 26-30. Jefferson December 30. Battle of Stone's River , December
30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro till June. Expedition
to McMinnville April 20-30. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June
23-July 7. Hoover's Gap , June 24-26. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till
August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and
Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Davis Cross Roads , near
Dug Gap, September 11. Battle of Chickamauga, September 19-21. Rossville Gap
September 21. Siege of Chattanooga September 24-November 23.
Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Orchard Knob November 23-24.
Mission Ridge November 25. Reconnaissance to Cooper's Gap November 30-December
3. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8, 1864. Demonstrations on Rocky
Faced Ridge , May 8-11. Battle of Resaca , May 14-15. Advance 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. 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. Run's
Station July 4. Chattahoochee River July 5-17. Buckhead, Nancy's Creek, July
18. Peach Tree Creek , July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy
Creek , August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Near Red Oak
August 29. Battle of Jonesboro , August 31-September 1. Operations against
Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 30-November 3. March to the
sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the
Carolinas January to April, 1865. Taylor's Hole Creek, Averysboro , N. C.,
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 17. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June
8 and discharged from service June 17, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 117 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 180 Enlisted men by disease. Total 305.
122nd Regiment, United
States Colored Infantry
Organized at Louisville, Ky., December 31, 1864. Ordered to Virginia January
12, 1865. Attached to 25th Corps, Army of the James, Unassigned, to April,
1865. Dept. of Texas to February, 1866.
SERVICE.-Duty in the Defenses of Portsmouth, Va., till February, 1865. Siege
operations against Petersburg and Richmond, Va., February to April, 1865. Fall
of Petersburg and Richmond April 2-3. Duty in the Dept. of Virginia till June,
1865. Moved to Brazos Santiago, Texas, June and July. Duty at Brownsville and
at various points on the Rio Grande till February, 1866. Mustered out February
8, 1866.
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.
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.
28th Regiment, North
Carolina Infantry
28th Infantry Regiment was organized and mustered into Confederate service in
September, 1861, at High Point, North Carolina. Its members were from the
counties of Surry, Gaston, Catawba, Stanley, Montgomery, Yadkin, Orange, and
Cleveland. The unit moved to New Bern and arrived just as the troops were
withdrawing from that fight. Ordered to Virginia in May, 1862, it was assigned
to General Branch's and Lane's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. It fought
at Hanover Court House and many conflicts of the army from the Seven Days'
Battles to Cold Harbor. The 28th was then involved in the long Petersburg
siege south of the James River and the Appomattox operations. It came to
Virginia with 1,199 men, lost thirty-three percent of the 480 engaged during
the Seven Days' Battles, and had 3 killed and 26 wounded at Cedar Mountain and
5 killed and 45 wounded at Second Manassas. The regiment reported 65
casualties at Fredericksburg and 89 at Chancellorsville. Of the 346 in action
at Gettysburg, more than forty percent were killed, wounded, or missing. It
surrendered 17 officers and 213 men. Its commanders were Colonels James H.
Lane, Samuel D. Lowe, and William H.A. Speer; Lieutenant Colonels William D.
Barringer and Thomas L. Lowe; and Majors William J. Montgomery, Richard E.
Reeves, and S.N. Stowe.
3rd Regiment, Arkansas
Cavalry
Organized at Little Rock, Ark., February, 1864. Attached to Post of Little
Rock, Ark., 7th Army Corps, Dept. Arkansas, to May, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd
Division, 7th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 4th Brigade, Cavalry Division,
7th Army Corps, to February, 1865. Post of Lewisburg, Ark., 7th Army Corps, to
August, 1865.
SERVICE.-Operations in Northwest Arkansas January 16-February 15, 1864.
Expedition from Batesville to near Searcy Landing January 30-February 3
(Detachment). Dardanelle March 15-17. Steele's Camden Expedition March 23-May
3. Skirmishes on Benton Road March 23-24. Rockport and Dover March 25. Quitman
March 26. Arkadelphia March 29. Near Camden March 30. Spoonville and Terre
Noir Creek April 2. Okolona April 2-3. Elkin's Ferry, Little Missouri River,
April 3-4. Prairie D'Ann April 9-12. Camden April 15-18. Mark's Mills April
25. Jenkins' Ferry , Saline River, April 30. Operations against Shelby North
of Arkansas River May 13-31. Cypress Creek May 13. Princeton May 27. At
Lewisburg till September. Lewisburg June 10. Scout from Lewisburg June 20-23.
Operations against Guerrillas in Arkansas July 1-31. Searcy County July 4.
Petit Jean, Arkansas River, July 10. Near Pine Bluff July 22 (Detachment).
Scout in Yell County July 25-August 11 (Detachment). Operations in Central
Arkansas and Skirmishes August 9-15. Near Dardanelle August 30. Near Beattie's
Mill September 1. Near Quitman September 2. Operations about Lewisburg
September 6-8. Norristown September 6. Point Remove September 7-8. Glass
Village September 8. Scout to Norristown and Russellville September 9-12 (Co.
"D") Ordered to Little Rock September 10, and duty there till
February, 1864. Expedition from Little Rock to Fort Smith September 25-October
13 (Detachment). Skirmishes at Clarksville September 28. White Oak Creek
September 29. Clarksville October 9. Reconnaissance from Little Rock toward
Monticello and Mt. Elba October 4-11. Expedition to Fort Smith November 5-23.
Near Cypress Cree, Perry County, December 1 (Co. "C"). Perry County
December 4. Operations in Arkansas January 1-27, 1865. Dardanelle January 15.
Ivey's Ford January 17. Boggs' Mills January 24. Duty at Lewisburg and
operations against Guerrillas in that vicinity till August. Near Lewisburg
February 12. Scout from Lewisburg into Yell and Searcy Counties March 12-23.
Mustered out August 20, 1865.
91st Regiment, New York
Infantry
Organized at Albany, N. Y., September to December, 1861. Left State for
Washington, D. C., January 9, 1862; thence moved to Pensacola, Fla. Attached
to Brannan's Command, District of Florida, to March, 1862. District of Key
West, Fla., Dept. of the South, to August, 1862. District of West Florida,
Dept. of the Gulf, to December, 1862. Grover's Division, Dept. of the Gulf, to
January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf,
to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 19th Army Corps, to March, 1863.
1st Brigade, 4th Division, 19th Army Corps, to July, 1863. Garrison at Fort
Jackson, Defenses or New Orleans, Dept. of the Gulf, to October, 1864.
Defenses of Baltimore, Md., 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to February,
1865. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June,
1865. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Key West, Fort Pickens and Pensacola, Fla., till December,
1862. Expedition from Pensacola to Bagdad and Milton, Fla., August 7-10 (Cos.
"I" and "K"). Action at Gonzales, Fla, October 27. Ordered
to New Orleans, La., December; thence to Baton Rouge, La., and occupation of
that city December 17. Duty at Baton Rouge, La., till March, 1863. Operations
against Port Hudson March 7-27. Moved to Donaldsonville March 26, thence to
Brashear City. Operations in Western Louisiana April 9-May 14. Teche Campaign
April 11-20. Madam Porter's and McWilliams' Plantations at Indian Bend April
13. Irish Bend April 14. Bayou Vermillion April 17. Opelousas April 20. Siege
of Port Hudson May 24-July 9. Assaults on Port Hudson May 27 and June 14.
Surrender of Port Hudson July 9. Koch's Plantation, Donaldsonville, Bayou
LaFourche, July 12-13. Duty at Fort Jackson, Defenses of New Orleans, as
garrison from July, 1863, to August, 1864. On Veteran furlough till October.
Duty at Baltimore, Md., Middle Department, till February, 1865. Ordered to
join Army of the Potomac before Petersburg, Va. Siege of Petersburg March
1-April 2. 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 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 July. (Co. "E" detached
at Baltimore, Md., October, 1864, to July, 1865.) Mustered out July 3, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 110 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 184 Enlisted men by disease. Total 298.
13th Regiment, New
Hampshire Infantry
Organized at Concord and mustered in September 20, 1862. Left State for
Washington, D. C, October 5. Attached to Casey's Division, Military District
of Washington, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps,
Army of the Potomac, to January, 1868. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army
Corps, to April, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of
Virginia, to July, 1863. 3rd Brigade, Getty's Division, United States forces,
Norfolk and Portsmouth, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to April, 1864.
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, Army of the James, to July, 1864.
1st Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade,
3rd Division, 24th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty near Fort Albany, Defenses of Washington, till December 4, 1862.
March to Falmouth, Va., December 5-9. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15.
Burnside's Second Campaign "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Moved to
Newport News, Va., February 9, thence to Suffolk March 13. Siege of Suffolk
April 12-May 4. Providence Church Road, Nansemond River, May 3. Reconnaissance
across the Nansemond May 4. Moved to Portsmouth May 13, thence to Yorktown.
Dix's Peninsula Campaign June 24-July 7. Expedition from White House to South
Anna River July 1-7. Moved to Portsmouth July 8-14; thence to Julian Creek
July 30, and duty there till March 19, 1864. Moved to Yorktown March 19.
Butler's operations on south side of James River and against Petersburg and
Richmond May 4-28. Port Walthall Junction , Chester Station, May 6-7. Swift
Creek (or Arrowfield Church) May 9-10. Operations against Fort Darling May
12-16. Battle of Drewry's Bluff May 14-16. Bermuda Hundred May 17-27. Moved to
White House, thence to Cold Harbor, May 27-31. Battles about Cold Harbor June
1-12. Before Petersburg June 15-19. Siege of Petersburg and Richmond June 16,
1864, to April 2, 1865. In trenches before Petersburg till August 27, 1864.
Mine Explosion Petersburg July 30 (Reserve). Duty on the Bermuda Front till
September 26. Battle of Chaffin's Farm , New Market Heights, September 28-30.
Fort Harrison September 29. Assigned to duty as garrison at Fort Harrison.
Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28. Duty in works before Richmond till April,
1865. Occupation of Richmond April 3. (First Regiment whose Colors were
brought into the city.) Provost duty at Manchester till June. Mustered out
June 22, 1865. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 2nd New Hampshire.
Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 84 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 92 Enlisted men by disease. Total 181.
21st Regiment, Wisconsin
Infantry
Organized at Oshkosh, Wis., and mustered in September 5, 1862. Left State for
Cincinnati, Ohio, September 11, thence to Covington, Ky., and to Louisville,
Ky., September 15. Duty in the fortification of Louisville September
18-October 1. Attached to 28th Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Ohio,
September, 1862. 28th Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Ohio,
to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Centre 14th Army Corps, Army of
the Cumberland, to January, 1868. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps,
Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army
Corps, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 14th Army Corps, to June,
1865.
SERVICE.-Pursuit of Bragg to Crab Orchard, Ky., October 1-16, 1862. Perryville
, Ky., October 8. Guard duty at Mitchellsville till December 7. Moved to
Nashville, Tenn., and duty there till December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro
December 26-30. Jefferson December 30. Battle of Stone's River , December
30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro till June. Expedition
to McMinnville April 20-30. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June
23-July 7. Hoover's Gap , June 24-26. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till
August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and
Chickamauga (Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Davis Cross Roads , near
Dug Gap, September 11. Battle of Chickamauga, September 19-21. Rossville Gap
September 21. Siege of Chattanooga September 24-November 23.
Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Orchard Knob November 23-24.
Mission Ridge November 25. Reconnaissance to Cooper's Gap November 30-December
3. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 8, 1864. Demonstrations on Rocky
Faced Ridge , May 8-11. Battle of Resaca , May 14-15. Advance 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. 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. Run's
Station July 4. Chattahoochee River July 5-17. Buckhead, Nancy's Creek, July
18. Peach Tree Creek , July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy
Creek , August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Near Red Oak
August 29. Battle of Jonesboro , August 31-September 1. Operations against
Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 30-November 3. March to the
sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the
Carolinas January to April, 1865. Taylor's Hole Creek, Averysboro , N. C.,
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 17. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June
8 and discharged from service June 17, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 117 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 180 Enlisted men by disease. Total 305.
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.
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.
33rd Regiment,
Massachusetts Infantry
Organized at Springfield August 6, 1862. Moved to Washington, D. C., August
14-17. Attached to Military District of Washington to October, 1862. 2nd
Brigade, 2nd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1863,
and Army of the Cumberland to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 20th
Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., and Provost at Alexandria,
Va., till October 10, 1862. Moved to Fairfax Station October 10, thence to
Fairfax Court House and duty there till November 1. Moved to Warrenton, thence
to Germantown November 1-20. March to Fredericksburg December 10-15. Camp at
Falmouth till January 20, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At
Falmouth till April 27. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of
Chancellorsville May 1-5. Brandy Station and Beverly Ford June 9. Gettysburg
(Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-4. At Bristoe
Station August 3-September 24. Movement to Bridgeport, Ala., September
24-October 3. March along line of Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad to
Lookout Valley, Tenn., October 25-28. Battle of Wauhatchie, Tenn., October
28-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Tunnel Hill November
24-25. Mission Ridge November 25. March to relief of Knoxville November
28-December 17. Duty in Lookout Valley till May, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign
May to September. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 5-11. Buzzard's Roost
Gap May 8-9. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas
May 22-25. Battle of New Hope Church May 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. Marietta June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Gilgal or Golgotha Church
June 15. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm June 22.
Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station or Smyrna Camp Ground July 4.
Chattahoochee River July 5-17. Duty as Division Train Guard July 17 to August
27. Battle of Peachtree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25.
Operations at Chattahoochee River Bridge August 26-September 2. Occupation of
Atlanta September 2-November 15. March to the sea November 15-December 10.
Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April,
1865. Lawtonville, S. C., February 2. Skirmish, Raleigh Road, near
Fayetteville , N. C., March 14. Averysboro March 16. Battle of Bentonville
March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-13.
Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 28. Surrender of
Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April
29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Duty at Washington till June 11. Mustered out
June 11 and discharged from service July 2, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 104 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 77 Enlisted men by disease. Total 188.
55th Regiment,
Massachusetts Infantry (Colored)
Organized at Readville and mustered in June 22, 1863. Left State for Newberne,
N. C., July 21, 1863, arriving there July 25, thence moved to Folly Island, S.
C., July 30-August 3. Attached to Wild's African Brigade, Vodge's Division,
North End, Folly Island, S. C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the South, to
October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, Vodge's Division, Folly Island, 10th Army Corps,
to February, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Ames' Division, District of Florida, to April,
1864. Folly and Morris Islands, S. C., Northern District, Dept. of the South,
to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Coast Division, Dept. South, to January, 1865.
1st Separate Brigade, Dept. of the South, to March, 1865. 1st Separate
Brigade, District of Charleston, Dept. South, to June, 1865. District of
Charleston, S. C., Dept. South Carolina, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.--Fatigue duty on north end of Folly Island, S. C., and in trenches on
Morris Island August 9 to September 5, 1863. Fatigue duty on Forts Wagner and
Gregg, Morris Island, S. C., and operations against Fort Sumpter and
Charleston September 17-October 28. Camp on Folly Island till February, 1864.
Expedition to John's Island February (Co. "F"). Moved to
Jacksonville, Fla., February 13-16, and Provost duty there till March 11.
Advance to Baldwin February 19-20. (Co. "F" detached as garrison at
Fort Fribley, Jacksonville, February to April.) Companies "B" and
"I" at Yellow Bluff February 28 to April 17. Regiment ordered to
Palatka, Fla., March 11, and duty there till April 17. Moved to Folly Island,
S. C., April 17-18. Duty there till November 27. Demonstration on James Island
May 21-22. Expedition to James Island June 30-July 10. Action on James Island
July 2. Moved to Hilton Head, S. C., November 27-28. (Co. "G"
detached at Battery on Long Island, and Co. "H" at Fort Delafield,
Stono Inlet, till February 12, 1865.) Hatch's Expedition up Broad River to
Boyd's Neck November 29-30. Battle of Honey Hill November 30. Demonstration on
Charleston Camp; Savannah Railroad December 6-9. Deveaux's Neck December 6. At
Boyd's Landing till January 11, 1865. Moved to Hilton Head, thence to Fort
Thunderbolt, near Savannah, Ga., January 11-13. Duty at Forts Jackson, Bartow
and Battery Lee till February 1. Moved to Hilton Head, S. C., thence to
Beaufort, S. C., February 1. Expedition up South Edisto River February 1-6.
Moved to Stono Inlet February 6. Expedition to James Island February 9-10.
Expedition to Bull's Bay February 11-15. Moved to Mount Pleasant February
19-20. Expedition to Santee River February 21-March 10. Duty at and near
Charleston till May 7. Expedition to Eutaw Springs April 6-12. Moved to
Sumpterville May 7-8, thence to Orangeburg May 19, and Provost duty there till
August. Mustered out August 29, 1865. Discharged at Boston, Mass., September
23, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 64 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 128 Enlisted men by disease. Total 197.
Gidding's Battalion, Texas
Cavalry
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr.
contains no history for this unit.
5th Regiment, Maine
Infantry
Organized at Portland and mustered in June 24, 1861. Left State for
Washington, D. C., June 26. Attached to Howard's Brigade, Heintzelman's
Division, McDowell's Army of Northeastern Virginia, to August, 1861.
Heintzelman's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October, 1862. Slocum's
Brigade, Franklin's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd
Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army Potomac and Dept. of the
Rappahannock, to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army
Potomac, to June, 1864.
SERVICE.-Camp at Meridian Hill 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. Expedition to Pohick Church, Va., October 3, 1861. Advance
on Manassas, Va., March 10-15, 1862. McDowell's advance on Fredericksburg,
Va., April 4-12. Ordered to the Peninsula April 22. Siege of Yorktown (on
Transports) April 24-May 4. West Point May 7-8. Seven days before Richmond
June 25-July 1. Gaines' Mill June 27. Golding's Farm June 28. Savage Station
June 29. Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale June 30. Malvern Hill July 1.
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 and cover retreat to Fairfax C. H., September
1. Maryland Campaign September-October. Crampton's Pass, South Mountain,
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. "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. Operations about Deep Run Ravine June 6-13. Battle
of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2-4. Near Funkstown, Md., July 10-13. Hagerstown July
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. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River May 3 to June 15.
Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 842;
Spottsylvania C. H. May 12-21. "Bloody Angle," 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
19-22. Ordered to the rear for muster out. Mustered out July 27, 1864,
expiration of term. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 6th Maine Infantry.
Regiment lost during service 8 Officers and 99 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 76 Enlisted men by disease. Total 184.
77th Regiment, New York
Infantry
Organized at Saratoga, N. Y., and mustered in November 23, 1861. Left State
for Washington, D. C., November 28, 1861. Attached to 3rd Brigade, Casey's
Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th
Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th
Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, and Army of the Shenandoah, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Advance
on Manassas, Va., March 10. Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula March 22. Near
Lee's Mills April 5. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Lee's Mills April 16.
Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Mechanicsville May 23-24 and June 24. Seven days
before Richmond June 25-July 1. Garnett's Farm June 27. Garnett's and
Golding's Farm June 28. Savage Station June 29. White Oak Swamp and Glendale
June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Movement
to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville, August 16-28. In works at
Centreville August 28-31. Assist in checking Pope's rout at Bull Run August
30, and cover retreat to Fairfax Court House September 1. Maryland Campaign
September 6-22. 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. Union November 2-3. Battle of
Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. At Falmouth till April 27, 1863.
"Mud March" January 20-24. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6.
Operations about Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2. Battle of Maryes Heights,
Maryes Heights, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4. Banks' Ford May 4. Deep Run
Ravine June 5-13. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2-4. Pursuit of Lee July
5-24. Duty on line of the Rappahannock 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 near Brandy Station
till May, 1864. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7. Campaign from the
Rapidan to the James River 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 or "Bloody Angle" 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 17-18. Siege of Petersburg June 17 to July 9. Jerusalem
Plank Road, Weldon Railroad, June 22-23. Moved to Washington, D. C., July
9-11. Repulse of Early's attack on Fort Stevens and the northern defenses of
Washington July 11-12. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November
28. Gilbert's Ford, Opequan Creek, September 13. Battle of Winchester
September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19.
Duty in the Shenandoah Valley till December. Moved to Washington, D. C.,
thence to Petersburg, Va., December 13-16. Siege of Petersburg December 16,
1864, to April 2, 1865. Fort Fisher, 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.
March to Danville April 23-27, and duty there till May 24. March to Richmond,
Va., thence to Washington, D. C., May 24-June 3. Corps Review June 8. Mustered
out June 27, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 87 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 175 Enlisted men by disease. Total 273.
20th Regiment, Texas
Cavalry (Bass')
20th Cavalry Regiment, recruited in Hill County, Texas, was organized during
the spring of 1862 with about 850 officers and men. The unit was assigned to
Cooper's and Gano's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and primarily
confronted the Federals in the Indian Territory. It was included in the
surrender of the Indian Troops at Doaksville on June 23, 1865. The field
officers were Colonel Thomas C. Bass, Lieutenant Colonels Andrew J. Fowler and
T.D. Taliaferro, and Majors Dempsey W. Broughton and John R. Johnson.
36th Regiment, Indiana
Infantry
Organized at Richmond, Ind., and mustered in September 16, 1861. Ordered to
Kentucky and duty at Camp Wickliffe, Ky., till February, 1862. Attached to
10th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, October-November, 1861. 10th Brigade, 4th
Division, Army of the Ohio, to September, 1862. 10th Brigade, 4th Division,
2nd Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division,
Left Wing 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 3rd
Brigade, 2nd Division, 21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October,
1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to
June, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Expedition down Ohio River to reinforce General Grant at Fort
Donelson, Tenn., thence to Nashville, Tenn., February 14-25, 1862. Occupation
of Nashville February 25. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 17-April 6. Battle
of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April
29-May 30. Occupation of Corinth May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 12.
Buell's Campaign in Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee June to August.
Round Mountain, near Woodbury, August 28. March to Nashville, Tenn., thence to
Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg, August 21-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg
to Wild Cat, Ky., October 1-20. Wild Cat, Ky., October 17. March to Nashville,
Tenn., October 20-November 9, and duty there till December 26. Advance on
Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and
January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro till June. Action at Woodbury January
24. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. At Manchester 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-November 23.
Reopening Tennessee River October 26-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign
November 23-27. Lookout Mountain November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25.
Thgeon Hill November 20. Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, November 27. Duty at
Whiteside, Tyner's Station and Blue Springs till May, 1864. Demonstration on
Dalton, Ga., February 22-27. Near Dalton February 23. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's
Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1
to September 8. 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. Huff'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. Non-Veterans mustered out August 13, 1864. Veterans
and Recruits consolidated to a Battalion. 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 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. At Nashville,
Tenn., till June. Ordered to New Orleans, La., June 16. Transferred to 30th
Indiana Battalion Infantry July 12, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 11 Officers and 102 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 130 Enlisted men by disease. Total 245.
30th Regiment, Illinois
Infantry
Organized at Camp Butler, Ill., and mustered in August 28, 1861. Moved to.
Cairo, Ill., September 1, 1861. Attached to District of Cairo to October,
1861. 1st Brigade, District of Cairo, to February, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st
Division, District of Cairo, February, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division,
District of West Tennessee and Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 1st
Brigade, 1st Division, District of Jackson, Tenn., to September, 1862. 3rd
Brigade, 1st Division, District of Jackson, Tenn., to November, 1862. 1st
Brigade, 3rd Division, Right Wing, 13th Army Corps (Old), Department of the
Tennessee, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Right Wing, 13th Army
Corps, December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, Army of the
Tennessee, to December, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, to
April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 17th Army Corps, to April, 1865. 1st
Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Cairo, Ill., till February, 1862. Scout into Kentucky October
22-24, 1861. Expedition to Belmont November 6-7. Battle of Belmont November 7.
Expedition toward Columbus, Ky., January 16-22, 1862. Operations against Forts
Henry and Heiman February 2-6. Capture of Forts Henry and Heiman February 6.
Investment and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 12-16. Garrison at
Fort Donelson till April 22. Moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn,, April 22-25.
Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Moved to Bethel,
thence to Jackson, Tenn., June 4-7. Capture of Jackson June 7. Duty there till
August 13. March to Estenaula August 13-14, and to Denmark August 31. Medon's
Station, Britton's Lane, September 1. March to Jackson September 2-4, and duty
there till November 2. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign November 2, 1862,
to January 10, 1863. Reconnaissance from LaGrange November 8-9, 1862. Moved to
Memphis, Tenn., January 10, 1863. Moved to Lake Providence, La., February
22-24. Duty there till April 17, thence moved to Milliken's Bend, La. Flank
movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of
Thompson's Plantation, Port Gibson, May 1. North Fork Bayou Pierre May 3.
Hankinson's Ferry, near Black River, May 3-4. Battles of Raymond May 12,
Jackson May 14, Champion's Hill May 16, Big Black River May 17. Siege of
Vicksburg, Miss., May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19-22 and June 25.
Surrender of Vicksburg July 4. Duty at Vicksburg till February, 1864.
Stephenson's Expedition to Monroe, La., August 20-September 2, 1863.
Expedition toward Canton October 14-20. Bogue Chitto Creek October 17.
Meridian Campaign February 3 to March 2. Veterans on furlough March 5-April
18. Moved to Cairo, Ill.; thence to Clifton, Tenn., April 18-30. March to
Huntsville, Ala., thence to Decatur, Ala., Rome and Kingston, Ga., to
Ackworth, Ga., May 5-June 8. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign June 8 to September 8.
Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Assault
on Brushy Mountain June 15. Assault on Kenesaw Mountain June 27. Nickajack
Creek July 2-5. Howell's Ferry July 5. Chattahoochee River July 5-17. Battle
of Leggett's Bald Hill July 20-21. 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. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 1-26. 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. Salkehatchie
Swamps February 1-5. Barker's Mills, Whippy Swamp, February 3. Binnaker's
Bridge, South Edisto River, February 9. Orangeburg, North Edisto River,
February 11-12. Columbia February 15-17. 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. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 9-12, and
Provost duty there till July 16. Mustered out July 16 and discharged at
Chicago, Ill., July 24, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 10 Officers and 115 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 218 Enlisted men by disease. Total 345.
34th Regiment,
Massachusetts Infantry
Organized at Worcester August 1, 1862. Moved to Washington, D. C., August
15-17. Attached to Military District of Washington and Alexandria to February,
1863. Tyler's Brigade, District of Alexandria, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of
Washington, to April, 1863. 2nd Brigade, DeRussy's Division, Defenses South of
the Potomac, 22nd Army Corps, to June, 1863. Martindale's Command, Garrison of
Washington, 22nd Army Corps, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, Maryland Heights
Division, Dept. of West Virginia, to December, 1868. 1st Brigade, 1st
Division, Dept. of West Virginia, to January, 1864. Unattached, 1st Division,
West Virginia, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, West
Virginia, to June, 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.--At Arlington Heights, Va, till August 22, 1862. Moved to Alexandria,
Va., August 22, and duty on line of Orange & Alexandria Railroad till
September 10. At Fort Lyon, Defenses of Washington, D. C., September 15, 1862,
to June 2, 1863. Provost and guard duty in Washington till July 9. Moved to
Maryland Heights July 9. Occupation of Harper's Ferry, W. Va., July 14. Duty
at Harper's Ferry and Bolivar till December 10. Action at Berryville October
18. Raid to Harrisonburg December 10-24. At Harper's Ferry till February 1,
1864. Operations in Hampshire and Hardy Counties, W. Va., January 27-February
7. Moved to Cumberland, Md., February 15. Return to Harper's Ferry, thence
moved to Monocacy, Md., March 5, to Martinsburg, W. Va., March 7 and to
Harper's Ferry April 2. Moved to Martinsburg, W. Va., April 17. Sigel's
expedition from Martinsburg to New Market April 13-May 16. Rude's Hill May 14.
New Market May 14-15. Advance to Staunton May 24-June 5. Piedmont, Mount
Crawford, June 5. Occupation of Staunton June 6. Hunter's Raid on Lynchburg
June --. Lynchburg June 17-18. Retreat to the Gaul June 18-29. Moved to the
Shenandoah Valley July 5-17. Snicker's Ferry July 17-18. Kernstown or
Winchester July 23-24. Martinsburg July 25. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley
Campaign August to December. Berryville September 3. Battle of Opequan,
Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Cedar Creek October 13.
Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty at Kernstown till December. Moved to
Washington, D. C., thence to Bermuda Hundred, Va., December 19-23. Siege
operations against Richmond and Petersburg December 25, 1864, to April 2,
1865. In trenches north of the James before Richmond till March, 1865.
Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and 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. March to Lynchburg April 12-15, thence
to Cumberland Church and Burkesville Junction April 15-19, and to Richmond
April 22-25. Duty there till June. Mustered out June 16, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 128 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 132 Enlisted men by disease. Total 269.
15th Regiment,
Massachusetts Infantry
Organized at Worcester and mustered in June 12, 1861. Moved to Washington, D.
C., August 8-11. Attached to 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 July, 1864.
SERVICE.-At Camp Kalorama till August 25, 1861. March to Poolesville, Md.,
August 25-27. Picket and outpost duty on the Upper Potomac from Conrad's Ferry
to Harrison's Island till October 20. Operations on the Potomac October 21-24.
Battle of Ball's Bluff October 21. At Harper's Ferry and Bolivar Heights till
March 7, 1862. At Charlestown till March 10. At Berryville till March 13.
Movement toward Winchester and return to Bolivar Heights March 13-15. Moved to
Fortress Monroe March 22-April 1. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Battle of
Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, May 31-June 1. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July
1. Peach Orchard and Savage Station June 29. White Oak Swamp and Glendale June
30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Ball's Bluff till August 15. Movement to
Alexandria August 15-28, and to Centreville August 29-30. Cover Pope's retreat
August 31-September 1. Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17. Moved to
Harper's Ferry September 22 and duty there till October 30. Movement to
Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 20. Battle of Fredericksburg December
12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign
April 27-May 6. Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3. Salem Heights May 3-4.
Banks' Ford May 4. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2-4. Advance from the
Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22.
Bristoe Station October 14. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8.
Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Robertson's Tavern or Locust Grove
November 27. Morton's Ford February 6-7, 1864. Picketing Rapidan 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; Po River May
10; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient at
Spottsylvania Court House 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 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16-July 12. Jerusalem Plank
Road June 22-23. Left the front July 12. Mustered out July 28, 1864. Veterans
and Recruits transferred to 20th Massachusetts.
Regiment lost during service 14 Officers and 227 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 121 Enlisted men by disease. Total 863.
2nd Battalion, Veteran
Reserve Corps
27th COMPANY, 2nd BATTALION. - Formerly known as Company "K," 3rd
Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps. Organized at Washington, D.C., July 1863.
Designation changed May 20, 1864. Consolidated with 33rd Company, 2nd
Battalion, July 28, 1865.
2nd Regiment, South
Carolina Infantry (2nd Palmetto Regiment)
2nd Infantry Regiment [also called 2nd Palmetto Regiment] completed its
organization near Richmond, Virginia, in May, 1861. The men were from
Columbia, Camden, and Charleston, and the counties of Sumter, Richland,
Greenville, Kershaw, and Lancaster. After fighting in Bonham's Brigade at
First Manassas, the unit served under Generals Toombs, Kershaw, Kennedy, and
Conner. It participated in many conflicts of the army from the Seven Days'
Battles to Cold Harbor except when it was detached with Longstreet at
Chickamauga and Knoxville. The 2nd was active in Early's Shenandoah Valley
operations and ended the war in North Carolina. It reported 5 killed and 43
wounded at First Manassas, and lost eighteen percent of the 338 at Savage's
Station, twenty percent of the 203 at Malvern Hill, thirty-seven percent of
the 253 at Sharpsburg, and forty-one percent of the 412 at Gettysburg. The
regiment sustained 10 casualties at Bentonville and totaled 184 men on March
23, 1865. It surrendered with the Army of Tennessee. The field officers were
Colonels Ervine P. Jones, John D. Kennedy, and Joseph B. Kershaw; Lieutenant
Colonels Franklin Gaillard, A.D. Goodwyn, and William Wallace; and Major
Benjamin R. Clyburn.
141st Regiment, Ohio
Infantry (National Guard)
Organized at Gallipolis, Ohio, and mustered in May 14, 1864. Left State for
Charleston, W. Va., May 21. Garrison duty at Charleston. Attached to Reserve
Division, Dept. of West Virginia, till August 25. Mustered out September 3,
1864.
Lost during service 4 Enlisted men by disease. Total 4.
2nd Regiment, South
Carolina Rifles
2nd Regiment Rifles was organized during the spring of 1862 using the 5th
South Carolina Battalion Rifles as its nucleus. The unit served in South
Carolina, then was ordered to Virginia and assigned to General Jenkins' and
Bratton's Brigade. It participated in the Seven Days' Battles and the
conflicts at Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, and Fredericksburg. Later the
regiment was with Longstreet at Suffolk and D.H. Hill in North Carolina. It
moved again with Longstreet but did not take part in the Battle of
Chickamauga. The unit was involved in the Knoxville operations, returned to
Virginia, and saw action at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor.
After enduring the hardships of the Petersburg siege south and north of the
James River, it ended the war at Appomattox. This regiment sustained 149
casualties at Gaines' Mill and Frayser's Farm, 58 at Second Manassas, 18 at
Sharpsburg, and 64 at Wauhatchie. During 1864 from May 4 to June 12, it lost
14 killed, 93 wounded, and 2 missing, and from June 13 to December 31, there
were 16 killed, 90 wounded, and 11 missing. The unit surrendered 22 officers
and 274 men. Its commanders were Colonels Robert E. Bowen, John V. Moore, and
Thomas Thomson; Lieutenant Colonels Thomas H. Boggs, David L. Donald, and
Robert A. Thompson; and Majors Daniel L. Cox and Stiles P. Dendy.
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.
22nd Regiment, Ohio
Infantry
Organized at Benton Barracks, Mo., as the 13th Missouri Infantry and mustered
in November 5, 1861. Ordered to Cairo, Ill., January 26, 1862. Attached to 2nd
Brigade, 2nd Division, District of West Tennessee and Army of the Tennessee,
to July, 1862. Designation of Regiment changed to 22nd Ohio Infantry July 7,
1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Corinth, Miss., to September,
1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Corinth, Miss., to October, 1862.
2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Corinth, Miss., to November, 1862. 2nd
Brigade, District of Corinth, Miss., 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the
Tennessee, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, District of Corinth, 17th Army
Corps. to January, 1863. 4th Brigade, District of Jackson, 16th Army Corps,
Army of the Tennessee, to March, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army
Corps, to May, 1863. Kimball's Provisional Division, 16th Army Corps, to July,
1863. 2nd Brigade, Kimball's Division, District of Eastern Arkansas, to
August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Arkansas Expedition, to January,
1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to March,
1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to May,
1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, to February, 1865. 1st
Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Army Corps, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.-Reconnaissance from Smithland, Ky., toward Fort Henry, Tenn., January
31-February 2. Operations against Fort Henry, Tenn., February 2-6. Capture of
Fort Henry February 6. Investment and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn.,
February 12-16. Expedition to Clarksville and Nashville, Tenn., February 22-
March 5. Moved to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., March 14-17. Battle of Shiloh
April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to
Booneville June 1-6. Duty at Corinth, Miss., till October. Expedition to Iuka,
Miss., September 17-19. Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Pursuit to Ripley
October 5-12. Box Ford, Hatchie River October 7 (3 Cos.). Near Ruckersville
October 7 (Detachment). Near Ripley October 7 (Detachment). Garrison at
Trenton and duty along line of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad till March,
1863. Near Yorkville January 28, 1863. Dyersburg January 30. Moved to Jackson,
Tenn., March 11, thence to Corinth, Miss., April 29, and return to Jackson,
Tenn., May 3. Ordered to Memphis, Tenn., May 20, thence to Vicksburg, Miss.,
June 1. Siege of Vicksburg June 3-July 4. Surrender of Vicksburg July 4.
Ordered to Helena, Ark., July 16. Steele's Expedition to Little Rock, Ark.,
August 13-September 10. Bayou Fourche and capture of Little Rock September 10.
Duty at Little Rock till October 28. Ordered to Brownsville October 28, and
duty there till October 24, 1864. Near Searcy May 18, 1864. Near Brownsville
July 13. Near Searcy August 13. Ordered to Camp Dennison, Ohio, October 24.
Mustered out November 18, 1864. Veterans and Recruits consolidated to two
Companies and mustered out August 28, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 36 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 167 Enlisted men by disease. Total 207.
Beauregard's Company, South
Carolina Light Artillery (Ferguson's)
Ferguson's Battery was organized in April, 1862, at Charleston, South
Carolina. After serving in South Carolina, the unit moved to Mississippi and
fought under General Gist at Jackson. Later it joined the Army of Tennessee
and was assigned to Palmer's, R. Martin's, and R. Cobb's Battalion of
Artillery. Not engaged at Chickamauga, the battery served with the army from
Chattanooga to Nashville. However, most of the men and all of its guns were
captured at Nashville. Captains R.T. Beauregard and T.B. Ferguson were in
command.
10th Regiment, Missouri
Infantry
10th Infantry Regiment [also called 12th Regiment] was organized in November,
1862. Some of its members were raised in the counties of Chariton, Crawford,
and Howard. The unit was assigned to A.E. Steen's, Parson's, and S. P. Burns'
Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and saw action in Arkansas and
Missouri. It lost 11 killed, 41 wounded, and 237 missing at Helena, and after
the fight it mustered 236 men. The regiment sustained 34 casualties at
Pleasant Hill and 10 at Jenkins' Ferry. During the spring of 1865 it
disbanded. The field officers were Colonel W.M. Moore, Alexander C. Pickett,
and A.E. Steen; Lieutenant Colonel Simon Harris; and Major Elijah Magoffin.
46th Regiment, Alabama
Infantry
46th Infantry Regiment, organized at Loachapoka, Alabama, in May, 1862,
contained men from Randolph, Pike, Blount, Coosa, Macon, Montgomery, and Henry
counties. Sent to East Tennessee, it sustained several casualties in the fight
at Tazewell. After serving in the Kentucky Campaign, the unit was assigned to
General Tracey's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. A
number of men were disabled at Port Gibson and about half were captured at
Champion's Hill, including all its field officers. The remaining men were
captured at Vicksburg on July 4, 1863. Exchanged and reorganized, the 46th was
attached to General Pettus' Brigade and continued the fight with the Army of
Tennessee. It was active at Chattanooga and Atlanta, moved with Hood to
Tennessee, and saw action at Kinston and Bentonville. The regiment lost 15
killed and 45 wounded at Vicksburg and 1 killed and 14 wounded at Chattanooga.
It totaled 367 men and 266 arms in December, 1863, had 174 present in January,
1865, and surrendered with no more than 75 in April. Colonel M.L. Woods,
Lieutenant Colonel Osceola Kyle, and Majors George E. Brewer and J.M. Handley
were in command.
18th Battalion, Virginia
Heavy Artillery
18th Heavy Artillery Battalion was organized in June, 1862, with men from
Norfolk and Alexandria, and Southampton, Isle of Wight, and York counties. It
contained five companies and was involved in the defense of Richmond
throughout the war. In April, 1865, the unit was assigned to Barton's Brigade
as infantry and was involved in various conflicts around Appomattox. It
surrendered with 2 officers and 23 men. Major Mark B. Hardin was in command.
59th Regiment, Alabama
Infantry
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr.
contains no history for this unit.
Hilliard's Legion, Alabama
Volunteers
Hilliard's Legion, organized at Montgomery, Alabama, in June, 1862, contained
almost 3,000 men. It was composed of five battalions, but one mounted
battalion soon became part of the 10th Confederate Cavalry Regiment. Its
artillery arm was detached and redesignated the Barbour Light Artillery. The
legion was assigned to General Gracie's Brigade, served at Cumberland Gap,
then fought at Chickamauga where it lost forty-five percent of the 902
engaged. In November, 1863, it was dissolved. Parts of the 1st and 3rd
Battalions formed the 60th Alabama Regiment, and the 2nd and 4th Battalions
became the 59th Alabama Regiment. Three companies of the 1st Battalion formed
the 23rd Alabama Battalion Sharpshooters. Its colonels were Henry W. Hillard
and Jack Thorington. The 1st Battalion was commanded by Lieutenant Colonels
John H. Holt and Jack Thorington, and Major Daniel S. Troy; the 2nd Battalion
by Lieutenant Colonel Bolling Hall, Jr. and Major William T. Stubblefield; the
3rd Battalion by Lieutenant Colonel John W.A. Sanford and Major Hatch Cook;
and the 4th Battalion by Majors John D. McLennen and William N. Reeves.
4th Regiment, Vermont
Infantry
Organized at Brattleboro and mustered in September 21, 1861. Moved to
Washington, D. C., September 21-23. Attached to 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 Camp Griffin Defenses of Washington till March 10, 1862.
Reconnaissance to Vienna, Va., October 19, 1861. Moved to Alexandria March 10,
1862, thence to Fortress Monroe March 23-24. Reconnaissance to Big Bethel
March 27-28. Reconnaissance to Warwick March 30. Young's Mills 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 Gap ,
Md., September 14. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. At Hagerstown, Md.,
September 26-October 29. Movement to Falmouth 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 July
10-13. Detached for duty at New York August 14-September 16. Moved to
Alexandria, thence to Fairfax Court House, Va., and to Culpeper Court House
September 16-23. 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 3-12; Spottsylvania Court House
May 12-21. Assault on the Salient, Spottsylvania 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 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. Sheridan's Shenandoah
Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Near Charlestown August 21-22. Gilbert's
Ford, Opequan River, September 13. Battle of Opequan , Winchester, September
19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Non-veterans
mustered out September 30, 1864. Duty at Strasburg till 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 23-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 15.
Moved to Manchester May 18, thence march to Washington May 24-June 3. Corps
Review June 8. Mustered out July 13, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 12 Officers and 150 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 279 Enlisted men by disease. Total 442.
96th Regiment, New York
Infantry
Organized at Plattsburg, N. Y., February 20-March 7, 1862. Left State for
Washington, D. C., March 11, 1862. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th
Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th
Army Corps, to September, 1862. Wessell's Brigade, Division at Suffolk, 7th
Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division,
Dept. of North Carolina, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 18th
Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to May, 1863. District of the Albemarle,
Dept. of North Carolina, to October, 1863. Newport News, Va., Dept. of
Virginia and North Carolina, to December, 1863. District of the Currituck,
Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, Heckman's
Division, 18th Army Corps, to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 18th
Army Corps, Army of the James, to July, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 18th
Army Corps, to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 24th Army Corps, to
June, 1865. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 24th Army Corps, to July, 1865. 1st
Independent Brigade, 24th Army Corps, to August, 1865. Dept. of Virginia to
February, 1866.
SERVICE.-Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula March 28, 1862. Siege of Yorktown,
Va., April 5-May 4. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Seven Pines May 29. Fair
Oaks May 30. Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks May 31-June 1. Seven days
before Richmond June 25-July 1. Bottom's Bridge June 27-29. White Oak Swamp
June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing till August 16. Moved to
Fortress Monroe August 16-23, thence to Suffolk September 18, and duty there
till December. Reconnaissance to Franklin on the Blackwater October 3. Ordered
to New Berne, N. C., December 4. Foster's Expedition to Goldsboro December
11-20. Actions at Kinston December 14; White Hall December 16; Goldsboro
December 17. Duty at and in the vicinity of New Berne, N. C., till May, 1863.
At Plymouth, N. C., and in the District of the Albemarle till October, 1863.
Expedition to relief of Little Washington April 7-10. Expedition from Plymouth
to Gardiner's Bridge and Williamston July 5-7 (Detachment). Expedition from
Plymouth to Foster's Mills July 26-29. Moved to Newport News, Va., October,
and duty there till December. Scout from Great Bridge to Indiantown, N. C.,
October 13. Duty in District of the Currituck till April, 1864. Ordered to
Yorktown, Va., April 28. 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. Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church May 8-10.
Operations against Fort Darling May 12-16. Battle of Drury's Bluff May 14-16.
Bermuda Hundred May 16-27. 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 (Reserve). In trenches before
Petersburg and on the Bermuda front till September 26. Battle of Chaffin's
Farm, New Market Heights, September 28-30. Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28.
Duty in trenches before Richmond till April. 1865. Occupation of Richmond
April 3. Duty in the Dept. of Virginia till February, 1866. Mustered out at
City Point, Va., February 6, 1866.
Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 59 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 158 Enlisted men by disease. Total 228.
3rd Regiment, Arkansas
Cavalry
Organized at Little Rock, Ark., February, 1864. Attached to Post of Little
Rock, Ark., 7th Army Corps, Dept. Arkansas, to May, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd
Division, 7th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 4th Brigade, Cavalry Division,
7th Army Corps, to February, 1865. Post of Lewisburg, Ark., 7th Army Corps, to
August, 1865.
SERVICE.-Operations in Northwest Arkansas January 16-February 15, 1864.
Expedition from Batesville to near Searcy Landing January 30-February 3
(Detachment). Dardanelle March 15-17. Steele's Camden Expedition March 23-May
3. Skirmishes on Benton Road March 23-24. Rockport and Dover March 25. Quitman
March 26. Arkadelphia March 29. Near Camden March 30. Spoonville and Terre
Noir Creek April 2. Okolona April 2-3. Elkin's Ferry, Little Missouri River,
April 3-4. Prairie D'Ann April 9-12. Camden April 15-18. Mark's Mills April
25. Jenkins' Ferry , Saline River, April 30. Operations against Shelby North
of Arkansas River May 13-31. Cypress Creek May 13. Princeton May 27. At
Lewisburg till September. Lewisburg June 10. Scout from Lewisburg June 20-23.
Operations against Guerrillas in Arkansas July 1-31. Searcy County July 4.
Petit Jean, Arkansas River, July 10. Near Pine Bluff July 22 (Detachment).
Scout in Yell County July 25-August 11 (Detachment). Operations in Central
Arkansas and Skirmishes August 9-15. Near Dardanelle August 30. Near Beattie's
Mill September 1. Near Quitman September 2. Operations about Lewisburg
September 6-8. Norristown September 6. Point Remove September 7-8. Glass
Village September 8. Scout to Norristown and Russellville September 9-12 (Co.
"D") Ordered to Little Rock September 10, and duty there till
February, 1864. Expedition from Little Rock to Fort Smith September 25-October
13 (Detachment). Skirmishes at Clarksville September 28. White Oak Creek
September 29. Clarksville October 9. Reconnaissance from Little Rock toward
Monticello and Mt. Elba October 4-11. Expedition to Fort Smith November 5-23.
Near Cypress Cree, Perry County, December 1 (Co. "C"). Perry County
December 4. Operations in Arkansas January 1-27, 1865. Dardanelle January 15.
Ivey's Ford January 17. Boggs' Mills January 24. Duty at Lewisburg and
operations against Guerrillas in that vicinity till August. Near Lewisburg
February 12. Scout from Lewisburg into Yell and Searcy Counties March 12-23.
Mustered out August 20, 1865.
63rd Regiment, Ohio
Infantry
Organized at Marietta, Ohio, by consolidation of Battalions of the 22nd and
63rd Ohio Infantry January 25, 1862. Moved to Paducah, Ky., February 18-23,
thence to Commerce, Mo. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the
Mississippi, to April, 1862, 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the
Mississippi, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade, 8th Division, Left Wing 13th Army
Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 8th
Division, 16th Army of the Tennessee, to March, 1863. 4th Brigade, District of
Corinth, Miss., 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to May, 1863. 3rd Brigade,
District of Memphis, 5th Division, 16th Army Corps, to November, 1863.
Fuller's Brigade, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade,
4th Division, 16th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division,
17th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Operations against New Madrid, Mo., March 3-14, 1862. Siege and
capture of Island Number 10, Mississippi River, and pursuit to Tiptonville,
March 15-April 8. Tiptonville April 8. Expedition to Fort Pillow, Tenn., April
13-17. Moved to Hamburg Landing, Tenn., April 18-23. Action at Monterey April
29. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Skirmish at
Farmington May 1. Reconnaissance toward Corinth May 8. Occupation of Corinth
May 30, and pursuit to Booneville May 30-June 12. Duty at Clear Creek till
August 29. Battle of Iuka, Miss., September 19. Reconnaissance from Rienzi to
Hatchie River September 30. Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Pursuit to Ripley
October 6-12. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign, operations on the
Mississippi Central Railroad November 2, 1862, to January 12, 1863. Expedition
to Jackson after Forest December 18, 1862, to January 3, 1863. Action at
Parker's Cross Roads December 30, 1862. Red Mound, or Parker's Cross Roads,
December 31. Lexington, Tenn., January 3, 1863. Moved to Corinth, Miss.,
January 9, and duty there till April. Dodge's Expedition into Northern Alabama
April 15-May 8. Rock Cut, near Tuscumbia, April 22. Tuscumbia April 23. Town
Creek April 28. Duty at Memphis, Tenn., till October 18. Movement to Prospect,
Tenn., October 18 November 30, and duty there till January, 1864. Veterans
absent on Furlough January 2 to February 28, 1864. Decatur, Ala., March 8.
Duty at Decatur till May. Atlanta Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstrations
on Resaca May 8-13. Sugar Valley near Resaca May 9. Battle of Resaca May
14-15. Advance 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. Ruff's Mills July 3-4.
Chattahoochee River July 5-17. Decatur and Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of
Atlanta July 22-August 25. Ezra Chapel July 28. Flank movement on Jonesboro
August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station
September 2-6. At East Point till October 4. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama
October 4-26. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Montieth Swamp
December 9. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas
January to April, 1865. Reconnaissance to the Salkehatchie River, S. C.,
January 20. Salkehatchie Swamps February 2-5. Skirmishes at Rivers and Broxton
Bridges February 2. Action at Rivers Bridge February 3. Binnaker's Bridge,
South Edisto River, February 9. Orangeburg 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 20. Grand Review May 24.
Moved to Louisville, Ky., June 5, and duty there till July. Mustered out July
8, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 91 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 259 Enlisted men by disease. Total 357.
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.
15th Regiment, New
Hampshire Infantry
Organized at Concord October 6-16, 1862, for nine months' service. Left State
for New York November 13, 1862; thence sailed for New Orleans, La., December
19, arriving December 26. Attached to Sherman's Division, Dept. of the Gulf,
to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, Army of the
Gulf, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade. 3rd Division, 19th Army Corps, to August,
1863.
SERVICE.-Moved from Carrollton to Camp Parapet, La., January 28, 1863, and
duty there till May. Moved to Springfield Landing May 20-22. Siege of Port
Hudson , La., May 27-July 9. Assaults on Port Hudson May 27 and June 14.
Surrender of Port Hudson July 9. Moved to Concord, N. H., July 26-August 8,
and mustered out August 13, 1863.
Regiment lost during service 27 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and
134 Enlisted men by disease. Total 161.
6th Regiment, Missouri
Cavalry
Organized February 14, 1862, by consolidation of Wright's, Wood's and Hawkins'
Battalions. Attached to District of Southwest Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to
July, 1862. District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of Missouri, to December,
1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd (Cavalry) Division, District of Eastern Arkansas, to
January, 1863 (6 Companies). 1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, 13th Army
Corps, Dept. of Tennessee, to April, 1863 (6 Companies). Headquarters 13th
Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to August, 1863 (6 Cos.). Cavalry Brigade,
13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to November, 1863 (6 Cos.). 3rd Brigade,
Cavalry Division, Dept. of the Gulf, to January, 1864 (7 Cos.). 1st Brigade,
Cavalry Division, Dept. of the Gulf, to December, 1864. District of Southern
Alabama, Dept. of the Gulf, to February, 1865. Separate Brigade, District of
Baton Rouge, La., Dept. of the Gulf, February, 1865 (7 Cos.). Cavalry Brigade,
District of Baton Rouge, La., to July, 1865. Dept. of Texas to September,
1865. Cos. "A," "D," "E" and "L"
attached to District of Southwest Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to October,
1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Frontier, Dept. of Missouri, to
June, 1863. District of Southeast Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to October,
1863. District of St. Louis, Mo., Dept. of Missouri, to muster out.
SERVICE.-Curtis' Campaign in Southwest Missouri and Arkansas February-March,
1862. Marshfield, Mo., February 9. Sugar Creek, Ark., February 17. Bentonville
February 17. West Plains, Mo., February 19. Keytesville February 25. Battles
of Pea Ridge, Ark., March 6-8. Spring River March 13. Salem Spring River March
18 (Detachment). Scout through Gadfly, Newtonia, Granby, Neosho and Valley of
Indian Creek and skirmish April 8. Scout from Batesvllle, Ark., June 16-17 (4
Cos.). White Oak Bayou, Miss., June 23 (Battalion). Near Fayetteville, Ark.,
July 15. Expedition to Coldwater, Miss., July 22-25 (Battalion). White Oak
Bayou, Miss., July 29 (Battalion). Chariton Bridge, Mo., August 3. Montevallo
August 7. Between Stockton and Humansville August 12. Stockton August 12.
Neosho August 21. Hickory Grove August 23 (Co. "B"). Expedition from
Clarendon, Ark., to Lawrencevllle and St. Charles September 11-13. Occupation
of Newtonia, Mo., October 4 (2nd Battalion). Expedition from Helena, Ark., to
Grenada, Miss., November 27-December 5. Oakland, Miss., December 3. Cane Hill,
Boston Mountains, Ark. (2nd Battalion). Battle of Prairie Grove, Ark.,
December 7 (2nd Battalion). Near Helena, Ark., December 14 (Co.
"E"). Sherman's Yazoo Expedition December 20, 1862-January 3, 1863.
Expedition from Milliken's Bend to Dallas Station and Delhi December 25-26,
1862. Expedition over Boston Mountains to Van Buren, Ark., December 27-29 (2nd
Battalion). Reconnaissance toward White River and St. Charles January 13, 1863
(Squadron). Carthage January 23, 1863. Expedition from Young's Point, La., to
Greenville, Miss., and Cypress Bend, Ark., February 14-29. Cypress Bend, Ark.,
February 19 (Detachment). Fish Lake, near Greenville, Miss., and Deer Creek,
near Greenville, February 23 (Detachment). Operations from Milliken's Bend,
La., to New Carthage March 31-April 17 (1st Battalion). Near Dunbar's
Plantation, Bayou Vidal, April 7 (Detachment). Movement on Bruinsburg and
turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Port Gibson May 1. Near Black River May 5.
Raid on New Orleans & Jackson Railroad, near Crystal Springs, May 11.
Jackson May 14. Champion's Hill May 16. Near Bridgeport May 17. Siege of
Vicksburg May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Mason's Ford,
Big Black River, June 9. Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Near Baker's
Creek July 7. Bolton's Station July 8 (Detachment). Near Clinton July 8
(Detachment). Near Jackson and near Clinton July 9 (Detachment). Siege of
Jackson July 10-17. Brookhaven July 18 (Detachment). Moved to the Dept. of the
Gulf August. Near Morganza, La., September 8. Atchafalaya September 8-9.
Hornersville, Mo., September 20 (2nd Battalion). Sterling's Farm, on Bayou
Fordoche, near Morganza, September 27. Western Louisiana Campaign October
3-November 30. Reconnaissance toward Opelousas October 20. Opelousas, Barre
Landing, October 21. Washington October 24. Bayou Bourbeaux November 2.
Carrion Crow Bayou November 18. Bayou Portage, Grand Lake, November 23. Attack
on Bloomfield, Mo., and pursuit to Brown's Ferry November 29-30 (2nd
Battalion). Near Vermillionville, La., November 30. Branchville, Ark., January
17, 1864 (Detachment). Branchville, Ivey's Ford, Pine Bluff, January 19
(Detachment). Red River Campaign March 10-May 22. Advance from Franklin to
Alexandria March 14-26. Bayou Rapides March 20. Henderson's Hill March 21.
Monett's Ferry and Cloutiersville March 29-30. Natchitoches March 31. Crump's
Hill, Piney Woods, April 2. Wilson's Farm April 7. Bayou de Paul, Carroll's
Mill, April 8. Battle of Sabine Cross Roads April 8. Pleasant Hill April 9.
About Cloutiersville April 22-24. Bayou Rapides Bridge and McNutt's Hill,
Alexandria, April 27-28. Scout from Pilot Knob, Mo., to Gainesville, Ark., May
10-25 (2nd Battalion). Retreat to Morganza April 13-20. Wilson's Landing May
14. Avoyelle's (or Marksville Prairie) May 15. Old River L May 22. Operations
in Southeast Missouri and Northeast Arkansas July 18-August 6 (2nd Battalion).
Mazzard's Prairie, Ark., July 27. Osceola August 2 and 4. Elkchute August 4.
Bayou Letsworth August 11. Operations in Southwest Missouri and Northwest
Arkansas August 15-24 (2nd Battalion). Richland Creek Ark., August 16
(Detachment). Expedition to Clinton, La., August 23-29. Olive Branch, Comite
River and Clinton August 25. Near Richwood's, Mo., October 4 (Detachment).
Tyler's Mills October 7 (2nd Battalion). Expedition from Baton Rouge to
Clinton, Greensburg, Osyke and Camp Moore October 5-9. Expedition from Baton
Rouge to Brookhaven, Miss., and skirmishes November 14-21. Davidson's
Expedition from Baton Rouge against Mobile & Ohio Railroad November
27-December 3. Expedition from Baton Rouge to Clinton and Comite River March
30-April 2, 1865. Duty in District of Baton Rouge, La., till July and the
Dept. of Texas till September. Mustered out September 12, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 34 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 6 Officers and 273 Enlisted men by disease. Total 315.
Holland's Company, Missouri
Home Guard
"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer
contains no history for this unit.
14th Regiment, Virginia
Infantry
14th Infantry Regiment was organized in May, 1861, and entered the Confederate
service at Richmond in July. Its companies were recruited in the counties of
Amelia, Bedford, Fluvanna, Chesterfield, Halifax, and Mecklenburg. The
regiment was brigaded under Generals Armistead, Barton, and Steuart. It fought
with the Army of Northern Virginia from Seven Pines to Gettysburg, served in
North Carolina, then saw action in Drewry's Bluff. The 14th participated in
the long Petersburg siege north of the James River and ended the war at
Appomattox. In June, 1862, it contained 449 men, reported 12 killed, 57
wounded, and 6 missing at Malvern Hill and 7 wounded during the Maryland
Campaign. Of the 422 engaged at Gettysburg, more than twenty-five percent were
disabled. The regiment sustained 71 casualties at Drewry's Bluff and lost many
at Five Forks and Sayler's Creek. Only 7 officers and 49 men surrendered on
April 9, 1865. The field officers were Colonels James G. Hodges and William
White; Lieutenant Colonels Moses F.T. Evans, David J. Godwin, Parke
Poindexter, and William W. Wood; and Majors Robert H. Poore and William D.
Shelton.
2nd Regiment, Maine Cavalry
Organized at Augusta November 30, 1863, to January 2, 1864. Left State for
Dept. of the Gulf April, 1864. Attached to District of La Fourche, Dept. of
the Gulf, to July, 1864. Pensacola, Fla., District of West Florida, Dept.
Gulf, to October, 1864. 2nd Brigade, District of West Florida, Dept. Gulf, to
February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, Lucas' Cavalry Division, Steele's Command,
Military Division of West Mississippi, to April, 1865. District of Florida to
December, 1865.
SERVICE-Duty in the Defenses of New Orleans, La., till May 26, 1864. Moved to
Thibodeaux, La., May 26. Duty there and scout and picket duty in the District
of La Fourche by detachments till July 27. (Cos. "A," "D"
and "G" detached and moved to Alexandria, La., April 16-21. Red
River Campaign April 21-May 22. Duty at Alexandria, La., till May 13. Retreat
to Morganza May 13-22. Marksville or Avoyelle's Prairie May 15. Mansura May
16. Yellow Bayou May 18. Rejoined Regiment at Thibodeaux June 1.) Moved to
Algiers, thence to Pensacola, Fla., July 27-August 11, and duty there till
March, 1865. Milton, Fla., August 25, 1864.Expedition from Barrancas to
Marianna September 18-October 4. Euche Anna C. H. September 23. Marianna
September 27. Expedition up Blackwater Bay October 25-28. Milton October 26.
Expedition from Barrancas to Pine Barren Creek November 16-17. Pine Barren
Creek November 17. Expedition to Pollard, Ala., December 13-19. Bluff Springs
and Pollard December 15. Escanabia Bridge December 15-16. Pine Barren Ford
December 17-18. (A detachment at Pascagoula, Miss. December, 1864, to February
6, 1865.) Expedition from Barrancas to Milton February 22-25, 1865. Milton
February 23. Steele's march to Mobile, Ala., March 18-31. (Dismounted men
remain at Barrancas, Fla.) Near Evergreen March 24. Muddy Creek, Ala., March
26. Near Blakely 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. Duty in Alabama with 16th Corps till August, and in Western and
Middle Florida by detachments to December. Mustered out December 6 and
discharged at Augusta, Me., December 21, 1865.
Death losses during service: Two Officers and 8 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded; 334 Enlisted men died of disease. Total 344.
8th Regiment, Kentucky
Mounted Infantry
8th Infantry Regiment was organized in September, 1861, at Camp Boone,
Tennessee. The unit was captured at Fort Donelson , and of the 312 engaged, 99
were killed or wounded. After being exchanged it was attached to Tilghman's
and Buford's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. It
sustained 11 casualties at Coffeeville, then was involved in numerous
engagements around Jackson. During the spring of 1864 the regiment was mounted
and assigned to General Lyon's Brigade. It reported 17 disabled in the
expedition from Memphis into Mississippi and 32 in the fight at Harrisburg.
Later it skirmished in Alabama and surrendered in May, 1865. The field
officers were Colonels Henry C. Burnett and Hylan B. Lyon, Lieutenant Colonel
A.R. Shacklett, and Majors Jabez Bingham and R.W. Henry.
5th Regiment, Missouri
Infantry State Guard (1st Division)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr.
contains no history for this unit.
Morehead's Regiment,
Kentucky Partisan Rangers
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr.
contains no history for this unit.
36th Regiment, Ohio
Infantry
Organized at Marietta, Ohio, July 30-August 31, 1861. Left State for West
Virginia September 10, 1861. Moved to Summerville, and duty there till May,
1862. Attached to Cox's Kanawha Brigade, West Virginia, to October, 1861.
District of the Kanawha, West Virginia, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, Kanawha
Division, West Virginia, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Kanawha Division,
9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Kanawha
Division, District of West Virginia, Dept. of the Ohio, to February, 1863.
Crook's Brigade, Baird's Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept. of the Cumberland,
to June, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, 14th Army Corps, Army of the
Cumberland, to October, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps, to
April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, West Virginia, to January,
1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, West Virginia, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Expedition to Meadow Bluff December 15-21, 1861. Expedition from
Summerville to Addison April 17-21, 1862 (Cos. "E," "G,"
"I," and "K"). Expedition to Lewisburg, W. Va., May 12-23.
Jackson River Depot May 20. Action at Lewisburg May 23. Moved to Meadow Bluff
May 29. Expedition to Salt Sulphur Springs June 22-25. Operations in Kanawha
Valley till August. Movement to Washington, D. C., August 14-22. Joined Gen.
Pope, and on duty at his Headquarters till September 3, during battles of Bull
Run August 28-30. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Frederick City, Md.,
September 12. Battles of South Mountain September 14 and Antietam September
16-17. March to Hagerstown, thence to Hancock, Md., Clarksburg and the Kanawha
Valley October 6-November 16. Duty at Charleston, W. Va., till January 25,
1863. Ordered to Nashville, Tenn., January 25, thence to Carthage February 22,
and duty there till June. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July
7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16.
Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and the Tennessee River, and Chickamauga
(Ga.) Campaign August 16-September 22. Catlett's Gap September 15-18. Battle
of Chickamauga, Ga., September 19-21. Siege of Chattanooga 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. Regiment re-enlisted January, 1864, and Veterans on
Furlough March and April. Ordered to Charleston, W. Va. Crook's Raid to Dublin
Depot, Virginia & Tennessee Railroad, May 2-19. Battle of Cloyd's Mountain
May 9. New River Bridge May 10. Hunter's Raid on Lynchburg May 26-July 1.
Lexington June 11-12. Diamond Hill June 17. Lynchburg June 17-18. Buford's Gap
June 20. Salem June 21. Moved to the Shenandoah Valley July 12-15. Cablestown
July 19. Battle of Winchester July 23-24. Martinsburg July 25. Sheridan's
Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 6-November 28. Cedar Creek, Strasburg,
August 15. Summit Point August 24. Halltown August 26. Berryville September 3.
Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22.
Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Kablestown November 18. Duty at Kernstown,
till December. Ordered to Cumberland, Md., and duty there till April, 1865.
Moved to Winchester, and duty there till June, and at Wheeling, W. Va., till
July. Mustered out July 27, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 136 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 163 Enlisted men by disease. Total 303.
1st Regiment, Tennessee
Infantry
Organized at Camp Dick Robinson, Ky., August and September, 1861. Attached to
Thomas' Command, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1861. 12th Brigade, Army of
the Ohio, to December,1861. 12th Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Ohio, to
February, 1862. 24th Brigade, 7th Division, Army of the Ohio, to October,
1862. 3rd Brigade, District of West Virginia, Dept. of the Ohio, to November,
1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Centre 14th Arrny Corps, Army of the
Cumberland, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Army Corps, to
April, 1863. District of Central Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to June, 1863.
1st Brigade, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to August, 1863.
1st Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to October, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th
Division, 23rd Army Corps, to November, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division,
Cavalry Corps, Dept. of the Ohio, to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division,
23rd Army Corps, to May, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army Corps, to
August, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to February, 1865.
2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Camp Dick Robinson and at London, Ky., till January, 1862.
Battle of Logan's Cross Roads January 19, 1862. At London and covering
Cumberland Gap till March. Skirmishes at Big Creek Gap and at Jacksborough
March 14 (Co. "A"). Reconnaissance to Cumberland Gap and skirmishes
March 21-28. Cumberland Gap Campaign March 28-June 18. Occupation of
Cumberland Gap June 18-September 17. Skirmish near Cumberland Gap August 27.
Rogers' Gap August 31. Operations at Rogers' and Big Creek Gaps September 10.
Evacuation of Cumberland Gap and retreat to Greenupsburg, Ky., September
17-October 8. Operations at Kanawha Valley, W. Va., till November. Ordered to
Louisville, Ky., thence to Nashville, Tenn., and duty there till January,
1863. Escort trains to Murfreesboro, Tenn., January 2-8. Action at Cox's or
Blood's Hill January 8, 1863. Reconnaissance to Franklin and Brentwood
February 1-2. Ordered to Lexington, Ky., March 11, 1863. Duty in District of
Central Kentucky till June. At Camp Dick Robinson till April. Expedition to
Monticello and operations in Southeast Kentucky April 25-May 2. At
Nicholasville May. Actions at Monticello and Rocky Gap June 9. Sander's Raid
on East Tennessee & Virginia Railroad and destruction of Slate Creek,
Strawberry Plains and Mossy Creek bridges June 14-24. Kingston June 16.
Wartzburg June 17. Lenoir Station June 19. Knoxville June 19-20. Rogers' Gap
June 20. Powder Springs Gap June 21. Powell Valley June 22. Pursuit of Morgan
July 8-28. At Lebanon and Camp Nelson July. Operations against Scott's forces
in Eastern Kentucky July 25-August 6. Near Winchester July 29. Irvine July 30.
Lancaster, Stanford and Pain's Lick Bridge July 31. Smith's Shoals, Cumberland
River, August 1. Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee August 16-October 19.
Jacksborough August 28. Winter's Gap August 31. Athens September 10 and 25,
Calhoun September 18. Calhoun and Charleston September 25. Cleveland October
9. Philadelphia October 20-22. Sweetwater October 24. Leiper's Ferry October
28. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 28. Marysville November 14. Lenoir
Station November 14-15. Near Loudoun and Holston River November 15. Campbell's
Station November 16. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 5. Russellville
December 10. At and near Bean's Station December 9-15. Blain's Cross Roads
December 16-19. Hay's Ferry, near Dandridge, December 24. Mossy Creek, Talbot
Station, December 29. Bend of Chucky and Rutledge January 16, 1864. Operations
about Dandridge January 16-17. Sevierville January 26. Near Fair Garden
January 27. Fentress County February 13. Sulphur Springs February 26. Atlanta,
Ga., Campaign May to August. Demonstration on Dalton May 8-11. Battle of
Resaca May 14-15. Cartersville May 20. 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. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19.
Cheyney's Farm June 22. Olley's Creek June 26-27. Assault on Kenesaw June 27.
Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochee River July 6-17. Peach Tree Creek July
19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 11. Relieved August 11 and ordered to
Knoxville, Tenn, Duty there and in East Tennessee till March, 1865. Expedition
from Irish Bottom to Evans' Island January 25, 1865. Ordered to Cumberland Gap
March 16, 1865, and duty there till August. Mustered out August 8, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 49 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2
Officers and 334 Enlisted men by disease. Total 385.
2nd Regiment, Maine Cavalry
Organized at Augusta November 30, 1863, to January 2, 1864. Left State for
Dept. of the Gulf April, 1864. Attached to District of La Fourche, Dept. of
the Gulf, to July, 1864. Pensacola, Fla., District of West Florida, Dept.
Gulf, to October, 1864. 2nd Brigade, District of West Florida, Dept. Gulf, to
February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, Lucas' Cavalry Division, Steele's Command,
Military Division of West Mississippi, to April, 1865. District of Florida to
December, 1865.
SERVICE-Duty in the Defenses of New Orleans, La., till May 26, 1864. Moved to
Thibodeaux, La., May 26. Duty there and scout and picket duty in the District
of La Fourche by detachments till July 27. (Cos. "A," "D"
and "G" detached and moved to Alexandria, La., April 16-21. Red
River Campaign April 21-May 22. Duty at Alexandria, La., till May 13. Retreat
to Morganza May 13-22. Marksville or Avoyelle's Prairie May 15. Mansura May
16. Yellow Bayou May 18. Rejoined Regiment at Thibodeaux June 1.) Moved to
Algiers, thence to Pensacola, Fla., July 27-August 11, and duty there till
March, 1865. Milton, Fla., August 25, 1864.Expedition from Barrancas to
Marianna September 18-October 4. Euche Anna C. H. September 23. Marianna
September 27. Expedition up Blackwater Bay October 25-28. Milton October 26.
Expedition from Barrancas to Pine Barren Creek November 16-17. Pine Barren
Creek November 17. Expedition to Pollard, Ala., December 13-19. Bluff Springs
and Pollard December 15. Escanabia Bridge December 15-16. Pine Barren Ford
December 17-18. (A detachment at Pascagoula, Miss. December, 1864, to February
6, 1865.) Expedition from Barrancas to Milton February 22-25, 1865. Milton
February 23. Steele's march to Mobile, Ala., March 18-31. (Dismounted men
remain at Barrancas, Fla.) Near Evergreen March 24. Muddy Creek, Ala., March
26. Near Blakely 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. Duty in Alabama with 16th Corps till August, and in Western and
Middle Florida by detachments to December. Mustered out December 6 and
discharged at Augusta, Me., December 21, 1865.
Death losses during service: Two Officers and 8 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded; 334 Enlisted men died of disease. Total 344.
6th Regiment, Massachusetts
Infantry (9 months, 1862-63)
Organized at Camp Wilson, Lowell, and mustered in August 31, 1862. Moved to
Washington, D. C., September 9-12; thence moved to Suffolk, Va., September
14-15. Attached to Foster's Provisional Brigade, Division at Suffolk, 7th Army
Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to April, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Army
Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to June, 1863.
SERVICE.-Duty at Suffolk till May, 1863. Expedition to Western Branch Church
October 3-4, 1862. Expedition to Blackwater October 24-26 and November 17-19.
Skirmish at Lawrence's Plantation November 17. Expedition to Beaver Dam Church
December 1-3. Action on the Blackwater near Franklin December 2. Expedition to
Zuni December 11-13. Action at Zuni December 11. Action at Deserted House
January 30, 1863. Siege of Suffolk April 12-May 4. Siege of Suffolk raised May
4. Operations on Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad May 12-26. Holland House May
15-16. Moved to Boston May 26-29, and there mustered out June 3, 1863.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 11 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 18 Enlisted, men by disease. Total 31.
15th Regiment, Vermont
Infantry
Organized at Brattleboro and mustered in October 22, 1862, for nine months.
Moved to Washington, D. C., October 23-26. 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 June, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd
Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to muster out.
SERVICE.-At Camp Chase, Arlington, Va., October 26-28, 1862, and at East
Capital Hill till October 30. March to Munson's Hill March 30, thence to
Hunting Creek November 5. At Camp Vermont, near Hunting Creek, till November
26. Picket duty at Occoquan Creek November 26-December 4. At Camp Vermont till
December 12. Picket duty near Fairfax Court House December 12, 1862, to
January 20, 1863. At Fairfax Station till March 24. At Union Mills till May 7.
At Bealeton till May 18. At Union Mills till June 15. At Bristoe Station,
Catlett's Station and Manassas till June 25. March to Gettysburg, Pa., June
25-July 1. Detached at Westminster as train guard till July 4. Pursuit of Lee
July 4-18. Moved to Brattleboro, Vt, July 18-21, and mustered out August 5,
1863.
Regiment lost during service by disease 1 Officer and 80 Enlisted men. Total
81.
6th Regiment, Vermont
Infantry
Organized at Montpelier and mustered in October 15, 1861. Moved to Washington,
D. C., October 19-22. Attached to 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 June,
1865.
SERVICE.-Duty in the Defenses of Washington till March 10, 1862. Moved to
Alexandria March 10, thence to Fortress Monroe, March 23-24. Reconnaissance to
Warwick River March 30. 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, Md., September 14. Battle of Antietam
September 16-17. At Hagerstown, Md., till 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. Detached for duty in New York August
14-September 16. Rejoined Army at Culpeper Court House September 23. 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.
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, May 12. North Anna
River May 23-26. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 23-31. Cold
Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 13-19. 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. Sheridan's Shenandoah
Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Near Charlestown August 21-22. 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
till November 9, and at Kernstown till December 9. Moved to Petersburg
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 Station till April 23. March to Danville April 23-27, and duty
there till May 13. Moved to Manchester, thence march to Washington, D. C., May
24-June 3. Corps Review June 3. Mustered out June 26, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 12 Officers and 191 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 212 Enlisted men by disease. Total 418.
21st Regiment,
Massachusetts Infantry
Organized at Worcester July 19 to August 19, 1861. Moved to Baltimore, Md.,
August 23-25; thence to Annapolis, Md., August 29; and duty there till January
6, 1862. Attached to Reno's 2nd Brigade, Burnside's Expeditionary Corps, to
April, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Dept. of North Carolina, to July,
1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to
April, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio, to
June, 1863. Unassigned, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio, to
October, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Dept. of the Ohio,
to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the
Potomac, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to
September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to October, 1864.
SERVICE.--Burnside's Expedition to Hatteras Inlet January 6-February 7, 1862.
Battle of Roanoke Island February 8. At Roanoke Island till March 11. Moved to
New Berne March 11-13. Battle of New Berne March 14. Expedition to Elizabeth
City April 17-19. Battle of South Mills, South Mills, April 19. Duty at New
Berne till July 6. Expedition to Pollocksville to relief of 2nd Maryland, May
17. Moved to Newport News, Va, July 6-9; thence to Fredericksburg August 2-4.
March to relief of Gen. Pope August 12-15. Pope's Campaign in Northern
Virginia August 16-September 2. Battles of Manassas August 29. Bull Run August
30, and Chantilly September 1. Maryland Campaign September-October. Battles of
South Mountain September 14, and Antietam September 16-17. At Pleasant Valley,
Md., till October 27. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 27-November 17.
Warrenton, Sulphur Springs, November 15. Battle of Fredericksburg December
12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24. 1863. At Falmouth till February
19. Moved to Newport News, Va., and duty there till March 26. Moved to
Covington, Ky., March 26-April 1. At Paris, Ky. April 1-5. At Mt. Sterling
till July 6, and at Camp Nelson till September 12. March to Knoxville
September 12-20. Operations in East Tennessee October 22-November 4. Knoxville
Campaign November 4-December 23. Campbell's Station December 16. Siege of
Knoxville November 17-December 4. Pursuit of Longstreet December 5-29.
Re-enlisted December 29. Veterans absent on furlough January to March, 1864.
Moved to Annapolis, Md., and join 9th Army Corps. Campaign from the Rapidan to
the James May-June. 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. North Anna May 24. 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-October 21.
Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30. Non-Veterans left front August 18 and
mustered out August 30, 1864. Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Poplar Springs
Church, Peeble's Farm, September 29-October 2. Veterans and Recruits
transferred to 36th Massachusetts Infantry October 21, 1864.
Regiment lost during service 11 Officers and 148 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 89 Enlisted men by disease. Total 250.
2nd Regiment, US
Sharpshooters (Regular Army)
"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer
contains no history for this unit.
4th Regiment, Vermont
Infantry
Organized at Brattleboro and mustered in September 21, 1861. Moved to
Washington, D. C., September 21-23. Attached to 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 Camp Griffin Defenses of Washington till March 10, 1862.
Reconnaissance to Vienna, Va., October 19, 1861. Moved to Alexandria March 10,
1862, thence to Fortress Monroe March 23-24. Reconnaissance to Big Bethel
March 27-28. Reconnaissance to Warwick March 30. Young's Mills 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 Gap ,
Md., September 14. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. At Hagerstown, Md.,
September 26-October 29. Movement to Falmouth 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 July
10-13. Detached for duty at New York August 14-September 16. Moved to
Alexandria, thence to Fairfax Court House, Va., and to Culpeper Court House
September 16-23. 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 3-12; Spottsylvania Court House
May 12-21. Assault on the Salient, Spottsylvania 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 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. Sheridan's Shenandoah
Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Near Charlestown August 21-22. Gilbert's
Ford, Opequan River, September 13. Battle of Opequan , Winchester, September
19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Non-veterans
mustered out September 30, 1864. Duty at Strasburg till 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 23-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 15.
Moved to Manchester May 18, thence march to Washington May 24-June 3. Corps
Review June 8. Mustered out July 13, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 12 Officers and 150 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 279 Enlisted men by disease. Total 442.
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.
7th Regiment, North
Carolina Infantry
7th Infantry Regiment State Troops was organized at Camp Mason, near Graham,
North Carolina, in August, 1861. Its members were recruited in the counties of
Iredell, Alexander, Cabarrus, Rowan, New Hanover, Mecklenburg, Nash, and Wake.
The unit took an active part in the fight at New Bern, then moved to Virginia.
It was assigned to General Branch's, Law's, and Lane's Brigade, Army of
Northern Virginia. After fighting at Hanover Court House, it participated in
the various campaigns of the army from the Seven Day' Battles to Cold Harbor,
then was involved in the Petersburg siege south and north of the James River.
The regiment sustained 51 casualties at New Bern, 253 out of the 450 engaged
during the Seven Days' Battles, 69 at Second Manassas and Ox Hill, 52 at
Sharpsburg, and 86 at Fredericksburg. There were 37 killed and 127 wounded at
Chancellorsville, and of the 291 in action at Gettysburg, thirty-one percent
were disabled. It lost 5 killed, 62 wounded, and 37 missing at The Wilderness
and 11 killed and 28 wounded at Spotsylvania. On February 26, 1865, the unit
was sent to North Carolina where it surrendered with the Army of Tennessee
with 13 officers and 139 men. A detachment surrendered at Appomattox with 1
officer and 18 men. The field officers were Reuben P. Campbell, William L.
Davidson, and Edward G. Haywood; Lieutenant Colonel Junius L. Hill; and Majors
Edward D. Hall, James G. Harris, Robert B. McRae, John M. Turner, and Robert
S. Young.
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.
Harman's Regiment,
Tennessee Infantry
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr.
contains no history for this unit.
1st Battalion, Confederate
Infantry (Forney's)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr.
contains no history for this unit.
47th Regiment, North
Carolina Infantry
47th Infantry Regiment was organized in March, 1862, at Camp Mangum, near
Raleigh, North Carolina. Its companies were composed of men from Nash, Wake,
Franklin, Granville, and Alamance counties. The regiment served in the
Department of North Carolina until May, 1863, when it moved to Virginia.
During the conflict it was brigaded under Generals Pettigrew, Kirkland, and
MacRae. It fought with the Army of Northern Virginia from Gettysburg to Cold
Harbor, then was involved in the long Petersburg siege south of the James
River and the Appomattox Campaign. The unit lost over thirty-five percent of
the 567 engaged at Gettysburg and reported 42 casualties at Bristoe and 20 at
The Wilderness. It surrendered 5 officers and 72 men. The field officers were
Colonels George H. Faribault and Sion H. Rogers, Lieutenant Colonels Archibald
d. Crudup and John A. Graves, and Major William C. Lankford.
17th Regiment, Tennessee
Infantry
17th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Trousdale, Sumner County,
Tennessee, in June, 1861, with 914 men. Its companies were raised in the
counties of Bedford, Marshall, Franklin, Moore, Coffee, Jackson, and Putnam.
It served at Cumberland Gap, then moved to Kentucky where it was engaged at
Rock Castle and Fishing Creek. Later the unit was ordered to Mississippi and
assigned to A.T. Hawthorn's Brigade. Returning to Kentucky attached to B.R.
Johnson's Brigade, it fought at Perryville, then joined the Army of Tennessee.
After fighting at Murfreesboro and Chickamauga, the regiment was consolidated
with the 23rd Infantry. This command was sent to Knoxville, then Virginia
where it saw action at Drewry's Bluff, took its place in the Petersburg
trenches, and, assigned to McComb's Brigade, ended the war at Appomattox. The
17th totaled 547 effectives in June, 1862, lost forty-one percent of the 598
at Murfreesboro, and had fifty-two percent disabled of the 249 at Chickamauga.
It surrendered 5 officers and 63 men on April 9, 1865. The field officers were
Colonels Albert S. Marks, T.C.H. Miller, and Tazewell W. Newman; Lieutenant
Colonel Watt W. Floyd; and Majors James C. Davis and Absalom L. Landis.
31st Regiment, Tennessee
Infantry (A. H. Bradford's)
31st (A.H. Bradford's) Infantry Regiment was assembled in October, 1861, at
Camp Trenton, Gibson County, Tennessee. Its members were recruited in the
counties of Weakley, McNairy, Haywood, Gibson, Madison, and Decatur. For a
time the unit was stationed at Fort Pillow, then moved into Kentucky with
Bragg. Later the 31st was assigned to General Stewart's, Strahl's, and
Palmer's Brigade, and in December, 1862, consolidated with the 33rd Regiment.
It participated in the campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Murfreesboro to
Atlanta, was part of Hood's operations, and fought in North Carolina. This
regiment contained 765 officers and men in April, 1862, and suffered about 100
casualties at Perryville. The 31st/33rd lost twenty-three percent of the 379
engaged at Murfreesboro, then the 31st had 21 disabled at Missionary Ridge and
in December, 1863, totaled 157 men and 137 arms. It was included in the
surrender on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonels Alsey H.
Bradford, Fountain E.P. Stafford, and Edbert E. Tansil; Lieutenant Colonels
Caleb M. Cason and Mansfield D. Jinkins; and Majors Samuel H. Hudson, Samuel
Sharp, and John F. Smith.
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.
22nd Regiment, New York
State Militia (3 months, 1862)
Organized for three months' service May 28, 1862. Left State for Baltimore,
Md., May 28, and duty there till September. Mustered out September 5, 1862.
15th Regiment, Connecticut
Infantry
Organized at New Haven August 25, 1862. Left State for Washington, D. C.,
August 28. Attached to Casey's Provisional Brigade, Military District of
Washington, to October, 1862. 1st Brigade, Casey's Division, Military District
Washington to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army
of the Potomac, to April, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps,
Department of Virginia, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Getty's Division,
Portsmouth, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to January, 1864.
District of the Albemarle, N. C., Dept. Virginia and North Carolina, to
February, 1864. Defenses of Newberne, N.C., Dept. Virginia and North Carolina,
to January, 1865. Sub-district of Newberne, Dept. of North Carolina, to March,
1865. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, District of Beaufort, N.C., Dept. North
Carolina, March, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, District of Beaufort and
District of Newberne, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. till September 17, 1862. At
Arlington Heights, Va., till November 3. At Fairfax Seminary, Va., till
December 1. March to Fredericksburg, Va., December 1-6. Battle of
Fredericksburg December 12-15. Burnside's 2nd Campaign, "Mud March,"
January 20-24, 1865. Moved to Newport News, Va., February 6-9, thence to
Suffolk March 13. Siege of Suffolk April 12-May 4. Edenton Road April 24.
Providence Church Road, Nansemond River, May 3. Siege of Suffolk raised May 4.
Reconnaissance to the Chickahominy June 9-17. Dix's Peninsula Campaign June
24-July 7. Expedition from White House to South Anna River July 1-7. Moved to
Portsmouth, Va., and duty there till January, 1864. (Five companies moved to
South Mills September 20, 1863.) Skirmish Harrellsville January 20, 1864
(Detachment). Moved to New Berne, N.C., January 21, 1864, thence to Plymouth,
N. C., January 24. Expedition up Roanoke River January 29 (Detachment).
Windsor January 30 (Detachment). Moved to New Berne February 3 and duty there
till March, 1865. Expedition to near Kinston June 20-23, 1864. Southwest Creek
June 22. Battle of Wise's Fork March 8-10, 1865. Occupation of Kinston March
14. Provost duty at Kinston and at New Berne till June. Mustered out June 27,
1865. Discharged at New Haven July 12, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 34 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 142 Enlisted men by disease. Total 185.
4th Regiment, Arkansas
Infantry
Organized at Batesville and Fort Smith, Ark., January to May, 1864. Attached
to District of Northeast Arkansas, Dept. of Arkansas, to June, 1864. District
of the Frontier, 7th Army Corps, to October, 1864.
SERVICE.-Operations in Northeast Arkansas January 1-30, 1864. Lunenburg
January 19 (Detachment). Morgan's Mills, Spring River, White County, February
9. Waugh's Farm, near Batesville, February 19. Scout from Batesville February
25. At Clarksville till May 18. Moved to Fort Smith May 18, and duty there
till October. Organization not completed and Regiment transferred to 2nd
Arkansas Infantry October 28, 1864.
2nd Regiment, Arkansas
Infantry
Organized at Springfield, Mo., and Fort Smith, Ark., October, 1863, to March,
1864. Organization completed at Fort Smith March 13, 1864. Attached to
District of the Frontier, Dept. of Missouri, to January, 1864. District of the
Frontier, 7th Army Corps, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, District of the
Frontier, 7th Corps, to May, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Corps, to
December, 1864. 1st Brigade, District of the Frontier, 7th Corps, to February,
1865. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Corps, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.-Skirmish at Clarksville December 15, 1863. Affair at Jacksonport,
Ark., November 21, 1863. At Fort Smith till March, 1864. Steele's Expedition
to Camden March 23-May 3. Prairie D'Ann April 9-12. Moscow April 13. Limestone
Valley April 17 (Detachment). Jenkins' Ferry , Saline River, April 30. Duty at
Little Rock September 10, and duty there till October 18. Escort train to Fort
Smith October-November. Moved to Clarksville December 31, and duty there and
at Fort Smith till August. Mustered out August 8, 1865.
140th Regiment, Indiana
Infantry
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in October 24, 1864. Left State
for Nashville, Tenn., November 15; thence moved to Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Attached to 1st Brigade, Defenses Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, Dept.
of the Cumberland, to January, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army
Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Carolina to
July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Siege of Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 5-12, 1864. Near Murfreesboro
December 13-14. March to Columbia December 24-28, thence to Clifton, Tenn.,
January 2-6, 1865. Movement to Washington, D. C.; thence to Fort Fisher, N.
C., January 16-February 7. Arrive at Fort Fisher, N. C., February 7.
Operations against Hoke February 11-14. Fort Anderson February 18-19. Town
Creek February 19-20. Capture of Wilmington February 22. Campaign of the
Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Goldsboro March 6-21. Occupation of
Goldsboro March 21. Gulley's March 31. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14.
Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of
Johnston and his army. Duty at Raleigh till May 6, and at Greensboro till
July. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Enlisted men killed and 1 Officer and 111
Enlisted men by disease. Total 114.
14th Regiment, Kentucky
Cavalry
Companies "A," "B," "C" and "D"
organized at Mt. Sterling, Ky., and mustered in November 6, 1862. Other
Companies organized at Irvine, Ky., August 21, 1862, to February 13, 1863.
Attached to District of Central Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, to June, 1863. 2nd
Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Army Corps, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st
Division, 23rd Army Corps, to August, 1863. District North Central Kentucky,
1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to January, 1864. District Southwest Kentucky
to March, 1864.
SERVICE-Assigned to duty scouting in mountains of Eastern Kentucky and
operating against guerrillas till January, 1864. Owensburg September 19-20,
1862. Brookville September 28. Operations in Bath, Estill, Powell, Clark,
Montgomery and Boonsborough Counties October 16-25. Perry County, Kentucky
River, November 8. Johnson County December 1. Floyd County December 4. Powell
County December 26, 1862, and January 26, 1863. Mt. Sterling March 22. Slate
Creek, near Mt. Sterling, June 11. Mud Lick Springs, Bath County, June 13.
Operations against Everett's Raid in East Kentucky June 13-23. Triplett's
Bridge June 16. Operations against Scott in Eastern Kentucky July 25-August 6.
Irvine, Estill County, July 30. Lancaster and Paint Lick Bridge July 31.
Lancaster August 1. Mustered out September 16, 1863, to March 24, 1864.
Regiment lost during service 14 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2
Officers and 64 Enlisted men by disease. Total 80.
44th Regiment, North
Carolina Infantry
44th Infantry Regiment completed its organization in March, 1862, at Camp
Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina. Its companies were recruited in the
counties of Granville, Edgecombe, Pitt, Chatham, Montgomery, Beaufort, and
Franklin. It served in the Department of North Carolina, then was assigned to
General Pettigrew's, Kirkland's, and MacRae's Brigade, Army of Northern
Virginia. En route to Gettysburg the 44th stayed at Hanover Junction to guard
the railroads. Later it fought at Bristoe, The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and
Cold Harbor. It was then involved in the Petersburg siege south of the James
River and the Appomattox Campaign. The regiment reported 23 killed and 63
wounded at Bristoe, sustained heavy losses at The Wilderness and in front of
Petersburg, and surrendered 8 officers and 74 men on April 9, 1865. It
commanders were Colonels G.B. Singeltary and T.C. Singeltary; Lieutenant
Colonels Richard C. Cotton, Elisha Cromwell, and Tazewell L. Hargrove, and
Major Charles M. Stedman.
47th Regiment, North
Carolina Infantry
47th Infantry Regiment was organized in March, 1862, at Camp Mangum, near
Raleigh, North Carolina. Its companies were composed of men from Nash, Wake,
Franklin, Granville, and Alamance counties. The regiment served in the
Department of North Carolina until May, 1863, when it moved to Virginia.
During the conflict it was brigaded under Generals Pettigrew, Kirkland, and
MacRae. It fought with the Army of Northern Virginia from Gettysburg to Cold
Harbor, then was involved in the long Petersburg siege south of the James
River and the Appomattox Campaign. The unit lost over thirty-five percent of
the 567 engaged at Gettysburg and reported 42 casualties at Bristoe and 20 at
The Wilderness. It surrendered 5 officers and 72 men. The field officers were
Colonels George H. Faribault and Sion H. Rogers, Lieutenant Colonels Archibald
d. Crudup and John A. Graves, and Major William C. Lankford.
7th Regiment, Tennessee
Mounted Infantry
Organized at Athens and Nashville, Tenn., August, 1864. Attached to District
of East Tennessee to March, 1865 2nd Brigade, District of East Tennessee,
Dept. of the Cumberland, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Nashville and Athens till March, 1865. Action at Athens
January 28, 1865. Near Philadelphia March 1. Operations about Athens March
2-4. Guard passes east of Athens till July. Mustered out July 27, 1865.
50th Regiment,
Massachusetts Infantry (Militia)
Organized at Boxford. Moved to New York November 19-20, 1862, thence sailed
for New Orleans, La. (Cos. "A," "E" and "K"), on
Steamer "Jersey Blue," December 11. Transferred to
"Guerrilla" at Hilton Head, S. C., and arrived at New Orleans
January 20, 1863. Company "I" sailed on Steamer "New
Brunswick" December 1, arriving at Baton Rouge, La., December 16, and
temporarily attached to 30th Massachusetts. Companies "B,"
"C," "D," "F," "G" and "H"
sailed on Steamer "Niagara" December 13, but returned to
Philadelphia, Pa., December 16. Again sailed from Philadelphia January 9,
1863, on Ship "Jenny Lind," arriving at Fortress Monroe, Va.,
January 13, where Companies "B," "D" and "H"
were transferred to Ship "Monticello," and arrived at New Orleans
January 27, but were detained at Quarantine till April, joining Regiment at
Baton Rouge April 2. Companies "C," "F" and "G"
arrived at New Orleans February 9 and at Baton Rouge February 14. Attached to
3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to July, 1863.
SERVICE.-Duty at Baton Rouge till March 14, 1863. Reconnaissance toward Port
Hudson March 7-27. Expedition to Bayou Montecino April 19. At Baton Rouge till
May 12. At White's Bayou May 12-26 (Cos. "A," "B,"
"C" and "I"). Siege of Port Hudson May 26-July 9. Assaults
on Port Hudson May 27 and June 14. Surrender of Port Hudson July 9. Garrison
duty at Port Hudson till July 29. Moved to Boston, Mass., via Cairo, Ill.,
July 29-August 11. Mustered out August 24, 1863.
Regiment lost during service 2 Enlisted men killed and 1 Officer and 100
Enlisted men by disease. Total 103.
1st Regiment, Kentucky
Cavalry (Butler's)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr.
contains no history for this unit.
Green's Battery, Kentucky
Light Artillery
Cumberland Light Artillery was organized during the fall of 1861. Many of its
members were recruited in Cumberland County. It became part of the garrison at
Fort Donelson and was captured in February, 1862. After being exchanged it was
assigned to the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. Later the
company was reorganized, ordered to Alabama, and served in the defense of
Mobile. It was included in the surrender on May 4, 1865. Its captains were
Henry F. Green and W.H. Hedden.
1st Regiment, Tennessee
Independent Vidette Cavalry
Organized Companies "A," "B," "C," "G"
and "H" at Stevenson and Bridgeport, Ala., September 10, 1863, to
April 26, 1864. Companies "D," "E" and "F" at
Tracy City and Nashville, Tenn., December 9, 1863, to February 24, 1864.
Participated in skirmish at Hunt's Mills near Larkinsville, Ala., September
28, 1863. Beersheeba Springs November 26. Expedition to Lebanon December
12-29. Skirmish at Sand Mountain, Ala., December 26. Mustered out June 16,
1864.
8th Regiment, Massachusetts
Infantry (3 months, 1861) Militia
One of the first four Regiments to respond to the call after opening of
hostilities. Gathered at Boston April 16, 1861. Left State for Washington
April 18. Moved from Philadelphia to Annapolis, Md., via Perryville, April
20-21: thence march to Washington, D. C., April 24-26, and duty there till May
15. At Relay House till July 29. Moved to Boston July 29-30, and mustered out
August 1, 1861.
25th Battalion, Virginia
Infantry (Richmond Battalion) (City Battalion)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr.
contains no history for this unit.
8th Regiment, Massachusetts
Infantry (100 days, 1864) Militia
Organized at Readville July 13 to 26, 1864. Left State for Baltimore, Md.,
July 26. Attached to 3rd Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department.
SERVICE.-Camp at Mankin's Woods till August 15. Company "B" on duty
at hospitals August 12 to October 28. Companies "A" to "K"
on Provost duty in Baltimore August 12 to October 28. Companies "D,"
"E," "G" and "H" at Camp Bradford, near
Baltimore. Draft Rendezvous for Maryland and Delaware August 12 to October 28.
Companies "C," "F" and "I" guard Northern
Central Railroad. Headquarters at Cockeyville, Md., August 15 to September 25,
then at Camp Bradford. Moved to Massachusetts October 28, and mustered out
November 10, 1864.
Lost by disease 4 Enlisted men.
6th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Wheeler's)
6th Cavalry Regiment, formerly Wheeler's 1st Tennessee Cavalry, was
organized in May, 1862. It was assigned to F.C. Armstrong's, H.B.
Davidson's, Humes', and H.M. Ashby's Brigade. The unit participated in the
operations in North Mississippi during the balance of 1862 and in January,
1863, contained 430 officers and men. It went on to fight at Chickamauga,
skirmished in Middle Tennessee, then was active in the Atlanta Campaign.
Later the regiment saw action in various engagements in North Alabama and
Middle Tennessee, moved to South Carolina, and in 1865 joined the Army of
Tennessee. After fighting at Averysboro and Bentonville, it was included in
the surrender on April 26. The field officers were Colonels Jacob B. Biffle
and James T. Wheeler, Lieutenant Colonels W.W. Gordon and James H. Lewis,
and Majors Joseph J. Dobbins and William S. Hawkins.
10th Regiment, Missouri Infantry
10th Infantry Regiment [also called 12th Regiment] was organized in
November, 1862. Some of its members were raised in the counties of Chariton,
Crawford, and Howard. The unit was assigned to A.E. Steen's, Parson's, and
S. P. Burns' Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and saw action in
Arkansas and Missouri. It lost 11 killed, 41 wounded, and 237 missing at
Helena, and after the fight it mustered 236 men. The regiment sustained 34
casualties at Pleasant Hill and 10 at Jenkins' Ferry. During the spring of
1865 it disbanded. The field officers were Colonel W.M. Moore, Alexander C.
Pickett, and A.E. Steen; Lieutenant Colonel Simon Harris; and Major Elijah
Magoffin.
29th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (DeMorse's)
29th Cavalry Regiment, organized by C. DeMorse, was assembled at
Clarksville, Texas, early in 1862. Many of the men were raised at Denton,
San Antonio, Paris, Livingston, and Pilot Point. The regiment was assigned
to D. H. Cooper's, Bankhead's, and Gano's Brigade in the Trans-Mississippi
Department. It served in the Indian Territory, fought in Louisiana and
Arkansas, then returned to the Indian Territory. Here it reported 11
casualties in the conflict at Cabin Creek. Later the 29th moved back to
Texas and disbanded at Hempstead during May, 1865. The field officers were
Colonel Charles DeMorse, Lieutenant Colonel Otis G. Welch, and Major Joseph
A. Carroll.
8th Battalion, Confederate Infantry (2nd
Foreign Battalion) (2nd Foreign Legion)
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr.
contains no history for this unit.
5th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry
(McClellan's)
5th Cavalry Battalion [also called 1st or 4th Battalion] was organized at
Knoxville, Tennessee, in May, 1862, with six companies. The unit served
under General Zollicoffer in the Department of East Tennessee and during
September had 540 effectives. It skirmished in Kentucky, returned to
Tennessee, and in May, 1862, merged into the 2nd (Ashby's) Tennessee Cavalry
Regiment. Lieutenant Colonel George R. McClellan and Major Thomas J.
Campbell were in command.
8th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Smith's)
8th (Baxter Smith's) Cavalry Regiment, usually called 4rth Regiment, was
organized in November, 1862, but annulled. Reorganized in January, 1863, by
consolidating Davis' Tennessee Cavalry Battalion and four companies from
Murray's Cavalry Regiment, its ten companies contained men recruited in the
counties of Marshall, Sullivan, Smith, Wilson, Cannon, Rutherford, Hamilton,
Fentress, Davidson, DeKalb, and Sumner. Another company was added in August
with men from Knox and Blount counties. The regiment served in Wharton's,
Biffle's, Dibrell's, and T. Harrison's Brigade. It lost about 100 men
skirmishing in Tennessee, then was active in the Battle of Chickamauga.
Later the unit moved with Wheeler to Middle Tennessee, was with Longstreet
in East Tennessee, then returned to Georgia where it took part in the
Atlanta Campaign. The unit continued the fight in East Tennessee and
Virginia, and saw action in the campaign of the Carolinas. It surrendered
with the Army of Tennessee. The field officers were Colonel Baxter Smith,
Lieutenant Colonel Paul F. Anderson, and Major Willis S. Bledsoe.
17th Regiment, Alabama Infantry
17th Infantry Regiment was organized at Montgomery, Alabama, in August,
1861, with men from Coosa, Lowndes, Montgomery, Pike, Randolph, Monroe,
Butler, and Russell counties. With 900 men the unit moved to Pensacola, then
in March, 1862, it was sent to West Tennessee and assigned to J.K. Jackson's
Brigade. After fighting at Shiloh and Farmington, the 17th was ordered to
Mobile. Here it served under the Generals Slaughter and Cantey, and various
companies were trained as heavy artillerists. Early in 1864 it joined the
Army of Tennessee, still serving under General Cantey, and was active in the
Atlanta Campaign, Hood's expedition into Tennessee, and the Battle of
Bentonville. The regiment reported 125 casualties at Shiloh and 130 at Peach
Tree Creek. It lost two-thirds of its force at Franklin and a number were
captured at Nashville. Very few surrendered in April, 1865. The field
officers were Colonels J.P. Jones, Virgil S. Murphey, and Thomas H. Watts;
Lieutenant Colonels Robert C. Fariss, Edward P. Holcombe, and John Ryan; and
Majors Thomas J. Burnett and S.A. Moreno.
7th Regiment, Vermont Infantry
Organized at Brattleboro and mustered in February 12, 1862, to date from
June 1, 1361. Left State for New York March 10, 1862. Embarked March 14 for
Ship Island, Miss., right wing on Steamer "Premier," and left wing
on Steamer "Tamerlaine," arriving at Ship Island April 7 and 10.
Attached to Phelps' 1st Brigade, Dept. of the Gulf, to October, 1862.
District of West Florida to December, 1863. Defenses of New Orleans, Dept.
of the Gulf, to November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Reserve Division, Dept. of the
Gulf, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept.
of the Gulf, to June, 1865. Dept. of Texas to March, 1866.
SERVICE.-Duty at Ship Island, Miss., till May 13, 1862. (Cos. "B,"
"C" and "D" detached at Fort Pike May 5 to June 13.)
Regiment moved to New Orleans, La., May 13-16. At Carrollton till June 15.
Moved to Baton Rouge June 15-16. Expedition from Baton Rouge to Vicksburg,
Miss., and operations against Vicksburg June 20-July 26. Hamilton's
Plantation, near Grand Gulf, June 24. Battle of Baton Rouge August 5.
Evacuation of Baton Rouge August 20. Duty at Carrollton till October 13.
Ordered to Pensacola, Fla., October 13, and garrison duty there till
February 20, 1863. Reconnaissance to Oakfield December 29, 1862. Garrison,
Forts Barrancas and Pickens, till June 19, 1863. Expedition to Oakfield
February 17, 1863. Duty at Barrancas and at Santa Rosa Island till August,
1864. Near Point Washington February 9, 1864 (Co. "B"). Expedition
from Barrancas toward Pollard, Ala., July 21-25, 1864. Gonzales Station July
22. Old members mustered out August 10, 1364. Veterans absent on furlough
August 10 to September 27. Left State for Dept. of the Gulf September 30.
Sailed from New York to New Orleans, La., October 4, arriving October 13.
Duty at New Orleans till February 19, 1865. Moved to Mobile Point, Ala.,
February 19. Campaign against Mobile and its Defenses March 17-April 12.
Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Fort Blakely April
9. Occupation of Mobile April 12. Action at Whistler's Station April 13.
Expedition to McIntosh Bluff on Tombigbee River April 19-May 9. At Mobile
till June 2. Moved to Brazos Santiago, Texas, June 2-5; thence to
Clarksville June 14, and duty there till August 2, and at Brownsville till
March, 1866. Mustered out March 14, 1866.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 10 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 403 Enlisted men by disease.
2nd Regiment, US Sharpshooters (Regular Army)
"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer
contains no history for this unit.
11th Regiment, Maine Infantry
Organized at Augusta and mustered in November 12, 1861. Left State for
Washington, D. C., November 13. Attached to Davis' Provisional Brigade, Army
Potomac, to January, 1862. 1st Brigade, Casey's Division, Army Potomac, to
March, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to
June, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Corps, to December, 1862.
Naglee's Brigade, Dept. North Carolina, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd
Division, 18th Corps, to February, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th
Corps, Port Royal, S. C., Dept. South, to April, 1863. District of Beaufort,
S. C., 10th Corps, Dept. South, to June, 1863. Fernandina, Fla., Dept. of
the South, to October, 1863. 1st Brigade, Morris Island, S. C., 10th Corps,
Dept. South, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps,
Army of the James, Dept. Virginia and North Carolina, to May, 1864. 3rd
Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Corps, to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st
Division, 24th Army Corps, to July, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 24th
Corps, to August, 1865. Dept. of Virginia, to February, 1866.
SERVICE.-Duty in the defenses of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862.
Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15. Moved to Newport News March 28. Siege
of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Operations about
Bottom's Bridge May 20-23. Battle of Fair Oaks , Seven Pines, May 31-June 1.
Guard Bottom's Bridge June 13-26. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1.
Destruction of railroad bridge over Chickahominy June 27. Bottom's Bridge
June 28-29. White Oak Swamp June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's
Landing till August 15. Moved to Yorktown August 16-22, and duty there till
December 26. Expedition to Matthews County December 11-15. Moved to Morehead
City, N. C., December 26-January 1, 1863, thence to Port Royal, S. C.,
January 28-31. To St. Helena Island February 10, and duty there till April
4. Expedition against Charleston April 4-12. At Beaufort, S. C., till June.
Moved to Fernandina, Fla., June 4-6, and duty there till October 6. (A
detachment acting as Artillery on Morris Island, S. C., during siege of Fort
Wagner, and operations against Charleston, July to October, 1863.) Regiment
moved to Morris Island October 6 and siege operations against Charleston
till April, 1864, then ordered to Gloucester Point, Va. Butler's operations
on south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-June
15. Occupation of City Point and Bermuda Hundred May 5. Port Walthall May
6-7. Ware Bottom Church May 9. Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church May 9-10.
Operations against Fort Darling May 12-16. Drury's Bluff May 14-16. Bermuda
Hundred May 17-June 20. Action at Bermuda Hundred June 2 and 14. Port
Walthall, Bermuda Front, June 16-17. Siege operations against Petersburg and
Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Deep Bottom June 20 and 25. Grover
House, Deep Bottom, July 21. New Market Heights, Deep Bottom, July 27-28.
Strawberry Plains August 14-18. In trenches before Petersburg August
27-September 26. New Market Heights September 28-29, Chaffin's Farm
September 29-30. Darbytown and New Market Roads October 7. Darbytown Road
October 13. Fair Oaks October 27-28. Chaffin's and Johnson's Farms October
29. Non-Veterans left front for muster out November 7. Duty on north side of
James River before Richmond till March 27, 1865. (Detached for duty at New
York City during election of 1864, November 5-17, 1864.) Moved to Hatcher's
Run March 27-29. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault and capture
of Forts Gregg and Baldwin and fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee to
Appomattox April 3-9. Rice's Station April 6. High Bridge April 7. Clover
Hill, Appomattox C. H., April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Duty at
Richmond, Va., April 24 to November 24, and at Fredericksburg, Va., till
January 19, 1866. Mustered out at City Point, Va., February 2, 1866.
Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 115 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 233 Enlisted men by disease. Total 259
Alabama Conscripts
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr.
contains no history for this unit.
10th Regiment, Arkansas Militia
"Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr.
contains no history for this unit.
2nd Battalion, Arkansas Infantry
2nd Infantry Battalion was formed during the late summer of 1861 and moved
to Virginia. It served in General Pettigrew's and Pender's Brigade, totaled
146 men in April, 1862, and was active in the Seven Day's Battles. The unit
later merged into the 3rd Arkansas Regiment. Major William N. Bronaugh was
in command.
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.
2nd Regiment, California Cavalry
Organized at San Francisco September 5 to October 18, 1861. Company
"A" - Ordered to Fort Churchill October 22, 1861, and duty there
till July, 1862. March via Ruby Valley to Utah to protect Overland mail
routes July to November, 1862. Duty in District of Utah at Camp Douglass and
other points till November, 1864. Expedition from Camp Douglass to Cache
Valley November 20-27, 1862. Skirmish at Cache Valley November 23, 1862.
Engagement on Bear River, Utah, January 29, 1863. Expedition from Camp
Douglass to Cedar Mountains, Utah, March 20-April 3. Skirmish, Cedar Fort,
April 1. Expedition from Camp Douglass to Spanish Forks, Utah, April 11-20,
1863. Skirmish at Spanish Fork Canon April 15. Ordered to Camp Union,
Sacramento, November, 1864. Duty there and in Districts of California and
Nevada till muster out.
Company "L" - At Fort Churchill December, 1862, to May, 1863.
Ordered to Camp Independence May 21, 1863. At Fort Churchill and Fort
Bridger till May, 1865. Moved to Fort Laramie, Dakota. Skirmish at Dean
Man's Fork June 17. Powder River Expedition July to September, 1865.
Garrison duty in District of Utah till muster out.
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.
Smallwood's Company, Scouts and Guides,
Missouri Cavalry (3 months, 1861)
"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer
contains no history for this unit.
12th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry
Organized at Concord and mustered in September 10, 1862. Left State for
Washington, D. C., September 27, 1862. Attached to Casey's Division,
Military District of Washington, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd
Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade,
2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to July, 1863. Marston's
Command, Point Lookout, Md., District of St. Mary's to April, 1864. 2nd
Brigade, 2d Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina,
to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 24th Army Corps, Dept. of
Virginia, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty in the Defenses of Washington till October, 1862. Moved to
Point of Rocks, Md., October 18; thence to Pleasant Valley October 19.
Movement to Warrenton, Va., October 24-November 16, and to Falmouth November
18-24. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. Burnside's 2nd Campaign
("Mud March") January 20-24, 1863. Duty at Falmouth till April.
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. Ordered to Point Lookout, Md., July 26, and duty there guarding
prisoners till April 7, 1864. Moved to Yorktown April 7, thence to
Williamsburg. Butler's operations on south side of the James River and
against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-28. Swift Creek (or Arrowfield Church)
May 9-10. Operations against Fort Darling May 12-16. Battle of Drewry's
Bluff May 14-16. Bermuda Hundred May 16-27. Moved to White House, thence to
Cold Harbor, May 27-31. Battles about Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before
Petersburg June 15-19. Siege of Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to
April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864 (Reserve). Duty on
the Bermuda Front August 26 to December, and in trenches before Richmond
till April, 1865. Occupation of Richmond April 3. Guard and Provost duty at
Manchester till June. Mustered out June 21, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 11 Officers and 170 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 138 Enlisted men by disease. Total 320.
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.
36th Regiment, Ohio Infantry
At Fort Churchill December, 1862, to May, 1863. Ordered to Camp Independence
May 21, 1863. At Fort Churchill and Fort Bridger till May, 1865. Moved to
Fort Laramie, Dakota. Skirmish at Dean Man's Fork June 17. Powder River
Expedition July to September, 1865. Garrison duty in District of Utah till
muster out.
8th Regiment, Tennessee
Cavalry (Smith's)
8th (Baxter Smith's) Cavalry Regiment, usually called 4rth Regiment, was
organized in November, 1862, but annulled. Reorganized in January, 1863, by
consolidating Davis' Tennessee Cavalry Battalion and four companies from
Murray's Cavalry Regiment, its ten companies contained men recruited in the
counties of Marshall, Sullivan, Smith, Wilson, Cannon, Rutherford, Hamilton,
Fentress, Davidson, DeKalb, and Sumner. Another company was added in August
with men from Knox and Blount counties. The regiment served in Wharton's,
Biffle's, Dibrell's, and T. Harrison's Brigade. It lost about 100 men
skirmishing in Tennessee, then was active in the Battle of Chickamauga. Later
the unit moved with Wheeler to Middle Tennessee, was with Longstreet in East
Tennessee, then returned to Georgia where it took part in the Atlanta
Campaign. The unit continued the fight in East Tennessee and Virginia, and saw
action in the campaign of the Carolinas. It surrendered with the Army of
Tennessee. The field officers were Colonel Baxter Smith, Lieutenant Colonel
Paul F. Anderson, and Major Willis S. Bledsoe.
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.
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.
17th Regiment, Kentucky
Infantry
Organized at Hartford and Calhoun, Ky., September to December, 1861. Attached
to 13th Brigade, Army of Ohio, to December, 1861. 13th Brigade, 5th Division,
Army of Ohio, to February, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the
Tennessee, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Tennessee,
to April, 1862. 10th Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, to July, 1862.
9th Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Ohio, to September, 1862. District of
Western Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to November, 1862. Post of Clarksville,
Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division,
21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd
Division, 4th Army Corps, to January, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Calhoun, Ky., till February, 1862. Action at Woodbury, Ky.,
October 29, 1861. Morgantown October 31. Moved to Fort Donelson, Tenn.,
February 11-13. Investment and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn., February
13-16. Expedition to Crump's Landing, Tenn., March 14-17. Battle of Shiloh,
Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30.
Bridge Creek before Corinth May 28. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 12.
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 21-September 26. Moved to Bowling Green, Ky., thence to Russellsville,
Ky., and duty there till December. Ordered to Clarksville, Tenn., and duty
there till March, 1863. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., thence to Murfreesboro,
Tenn., and duty there till June. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June
23-July 7. At McMinnville till August 16. Passage of 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-November 23. 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. Moved to Cleveland, Tenn. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May to September.
Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. 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 Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas,
New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Pickett's Mills May 27.
Ackworth June 6. 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 26. Ruff's Station 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 September 29-November 3. Moved to Nashville and Pulaski, Tenn.
Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Battle of Franklin November 30. Ordered
to Louisville, Ky., December, and mustered out January 23, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 128 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 158 Enlisted men by disease. Total 298.
25th Regiment, Kentucky
Infantry
Organized at Calhoun, Ky., January 1, 1862. Attached to 13th Brigade. Army of
the Ohio, to December, 1861. 13th Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Ohio, to
February, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Tennessee, to March,
1862. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to April, 1862.
SERVICE.-Duty at Calhoun, Ky., till February, 1862. Moved to Fort Donelson,
Tenn., February 11-13. Investment and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn.,
February 13-16. Expedition to Crump's Landing, Tenn., March 14-17. Battle of
Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Consolidated with 17th Kentucky Infantry April 13,
1862.
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.
11th Regiment, Indiana
Infantry
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., August 31, 1861. Moved to Paducah, Ky.,
September 6, and duty there till February 5, 1862. Attached to 5th Brigade,
2nd Division, Army of the Tennessee, February, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd
Division, Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. Helena, Ark., District of East
Arkansas, Dept. of Missouri, to December, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division,
District of Eastern Arkansas, Dept. of the Tennessee, to January, 1863. 3rd
Brigade, 12th Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to February,
1863. 1st Brigade, 12th Division, 13th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade,
3rd Division, 13th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to August, 1863, and
Dept. of the Gulf to June, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps,
to August, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, Army of the
Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to January, 1865. 2nd Separate Brigade,
8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Operations against Forts Henry and Heiman, Tenn., February 2-6, 1862.
Investment and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 12-16. Expedition to
Clarksville, Tenn., February 19-21. Expedition toward Purdy and operations
about Crump's Landing, Tenn., March 9-14. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7.
Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Occupation of Corinth
and pursuit to Booneville May 30-June 3. March to Memphis, Tenn., June 3-20,
and duty there till July 24. Ordered to Helena, Ark., July 24, and duty there
till April, 1863. Expedition from Helena to Arkansas Post, Ark., November
16-21, 1862. Expedition from Helena to Grenada, Miss., November 27-December 5.
Tallahatchie November 30. Mitchell's Cross Roads December 1. Moved to
Milliken's Bend, La., April 14. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf
April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson May 1. 14-Mile Creek May 12-13. 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. Duty Vicksburg till August 6. Ordered to New Orleans, La.,
August 6; thence to Brasher City, and duty there till October. Western
Louisiana Campaign October 3-November 30. Bayou Cortableau October 21. Carrion
Crow Bayou November 3. Regiment Veteranize January 1, 1864. Veterans on
Furlough March 4 to May 8. Duty in District of LaFourche and Defenses of New
Orleans, La., till May. At New Orleans, La., till July 19. Ordered to
Washington, D. C., July 19. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August
7-November 28. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill
September 22. Woodstock September 23. Mt.Jackson September 23-24. Battle of
Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Shenandoah Valley till January, 1865. Duty
at Fort Marshall, Baltimore, Md., January 7 to July 26, 1865. Mustered out
July 26, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 114 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 170 Enlisted men by disease. Total 288.
1st Regiment, Arkansas
Cavalry
Organized at Cassville and Springfield, Mo., June to August, 1862. Mustered in
at Springfield, Mo., August 7, 1862. Attached to District of Southwest
Missouri June to October, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the
Frontier, Dept. of Missouri, to December, 1862. Unattached Army of the
Frontier, Dept. Missouri, to June, 1863. District Southwest Missouri, Dept,
Missouri, to June, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Frontier Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept.
of Arkansas, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Army Corps,
Dept. Arkansas, February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Army Corps,
Dept. Arkansas, to August, 1865.
SERVICE.-Regiment organizing at Cassville, Mo., till July 1, 1862. Moved to
Springfield, Mo., July 1. Schofield's Campaign in Missouri and Arkansas August
to December. 1st Battalion with Gen. Blunt and engaged near Newtonia September
15. Skirmish at Cassville September 21. Near Newtonia October 13 (1st
Battalion). 2nd Battalion joins Army of the Frontier October 3. 1st and 2nd
Battalions lead advance of Army during October. Stationed at Elkhorn Tavern
and Cassville October 20 as outpost for 2nd and 3rd Divisions, Army Frontier.
Huntsville November 5. Tocum Creek, Mo., November 15 (3 cos.). 3rd Battalion
join November 11 to December 3. Moved to join Gen. Blunt December 3-5.
Illinois Creek December 7. Battle of Prairie Grove December 7. Middletown
December 9. Expedition from Fayetteville to Huntsville, Ark., December 21-23.
Duty at Fayetteville, Ark., to April 25, 1863. Defense of Springfield, Mo.,
January 8, 1863 (Detachment). Carrollton January 10. Expedition from
Fayetteville to Van Buren January 23-37. Pope County January 25. Skirmishes at
Vine Prairie, on White Oak River, and near mouth of Mulberry River, February
2-3. Skirmish, Pope County, February 5 (Detachment). Scout from Fayetteville
to Arkansas River February 5-12. Threlkeld's Ferry February 6. Near Van Buren
February 10. Arkadelphia February 15 (Detachment). White River March 6. Frog
Bayou March 19. Washington and near White River March 22. Scouts from
Fayetteville March 29-April 5. Cross Hollows March 30. Skirmishes in Carroll
County, Mo., April 4 (Cos. "H" and "L"). White River April
9. Cabell's attack on Fayetteville April 18. Moved to Springfield, Mo., April
25-May 4. Elm Springs April 26. Duty at Springfield and Cassville till
September, 1863. Skirmishes at Fayetteville June 4 and 15. Madison June 25.
Near Cross Hollows July --. Cassville July 4. Near Elm Springs July 30.
Pineville August 13. Washington August 30. Near Maysville September 5.
Expedition from Springfield, Mo., into Arkansas and Indian Territory September
7-19. Near Enterprise September 15. Operations against Shelby's Raid into
Arkansas and Missouri September 22-October 21. Reoccupation of Fayetteville
September 22, and stationed there till February, 1865. Cassville, Mo.,
September 26, 1863. Demonstration on Fayetteville October 11-14. Cross Timbers
October 15. Deer Creek October 16 (Detachment). Buffalo Mountain and
Harrisonville October 24. Johnson County, Ark., October 26. Expedition to Frog
Bayou, Ark., November 7-13. Near Huntsville November 9. Near Kingston November
10. Mt. Ida November 12. Scout from Fayetteville Dec. 16-31. Stroud's Store
December 23. Buffalo River December 25. Searcy County December 31. Operations
in Northwest Arkansas, Newton, Searcy, Izzard and Carroll Counties, against
guerrillas January 16-February 15, 1864. Clear Creek and Tomahawk January 22.
Bailey's Crooked Creek January 23. Rolling Prairie and near Burrowsville
January 23. Crooked Creek February 5. White River February 7. Expedition
against Freeman's Forces February 12-20. Black's Mills February 17. Carrollton
March 13. Ben Brook's Mills March 27. Charlestown April 4. Skirmishes on
Arkansas River and near Prairie Grove April 6-7. Rhea's Mills April 7.
Washington May 28. Van Buren July 7. Operations in Central Arkansas August
9-15. Fayetteville August 14. Operations in Southwest Missouri and Northwest
Arkansas August 15-24. Carrollton August 15. Richland Creek August 16.
Expedition in Washington and Benton Counties August 21-27. Mud Town August 24.
Fayetteville August 27. Richland September 6. Scout from Fayetteville to
Huntsville September 14. Huntsville September 18 (Detachment). Skirmishes,
Barry County, October 8 and 18. Fayetteville October 14. Crawford County
October 19. Benton County October 20. Fayetteville and Van Buren October 20.
Operations about Fayetteville October 25-November 4. Skirmishes at Bentonville
and Newbean Bridge October 25. Van Buren October 26. Fayetteville October
27-28. Duty about Fayetteville and at Fort Smith till August, 1865. Skirmish
near Van Buren April 2, 1865. Mustered out August 20, 1865.
Holland's Company, Missouri
Home Guard
"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer
contains no history for this unit.
7th Regiment, New York
Cavalry
Organized at Troy, N. Y. (7 Cos.), and mustered in November 6, 1861.
Designated 2nd Regiment Cavalry, by State authorities November 18, 1861, but
designation changed by the War Department to 7th New York Cavalry. Left State
for Washington, D.C., November 23, 1861, and duty there till March, 1862.
Mustered out March 31, 1862, and honorably discharged from service.
123rd Regiment, New York
Infantry
Organized at Salem, N. Y., and mustered in September 4, 1862. Left State for
Washington, D. C., September 5, 1862. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division,
12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division,
12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1863, and Army of the
Cumberland to April, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of
the Cumberland, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., till September 29, 1862,
and at Frederick, Md., and Sandy Hook till December 13, 1862. Moved to support
of Burnside at Fredericksburg, Va., December 10-14. At Stafford Court House
till April 27, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24. 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, Va., July 5-24. Duty on line of the Rappahannock till September.
Moved to Bealeton Station, Va., thence to Stevenson, Ala., September
24-October 4. Guard duty along Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad till
April, 1864. Action near Tullahoma, Tenn., March 16, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.)
Campaign May 1-September 8. Operations against Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11.
Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May
22-25. New Hope Church May 25. Battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and
Allatoona Hills May 26-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw
Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17.
Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes' Creek June 19.
Kolb's Farm June 22. Assault on Kenesaw Mountain 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. Operations at Chattahoochee
River Bridge August 26-September 2. Occupation of Atlanta September 2-November
15. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December
10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Thompson's Creek,
near Chesterfield Court House, S. C., and near Cheraw March 2. Averysboro, N.
C., March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March
24, and 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. Mustered out June 3, 1865. Veterans and Recruits
transferred to 60th New York Infantry.
Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 66 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 95 Enlisted men by disease. Total 167.
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.
2nd Battalion, Tennessee
Cavalry (Biffle's)
2nd Cavalry Battalion [also called 3rd Battalion] was organized at Camp Lee,
Maury County, Tennessee, in July, 1861. It contained five companies, but later
was increased to six. Early in 1862 many of the men were sick. In May it
merged into the 6th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment. Its commanders were Lieutenant
Colonels Jacob B. Biffle and Samuel H. Jones, and Major Nicholas N. Cox.
Baxter's Company, Tennessee
Light Artillery
Baxter's-Freeman's-Huggins' Battery was organized at Camp Harris, Nashville,
Tennessee, in May, 1861. The unit contained 73 effectives in April, 1862,
served in Tennessee, moved to Alabama, then returned to Tennessee, moved to
Alabama, then returned to Tennessee. Here it was active at Parker's Cross
Roads , Thompson's Station, and Brentwood. Later it fought at Chickamauga and
for a time was assigned to F.H. Robertson's Battalion of Wheeler's Cavalry
Corps. The battery went on to participate in the defense of Savannah and the
campaign of the Carolinas. During February, 1864, there were 77 men present
for duty, and the company was included in the surrender of the Army of
Tennessee. Its captains were Edward D. Baxter, Samuel L. Freeman, and Amariah
L. Huggins.
17th Regiment, Kentucky
Infantry
Organized at Hartford and Calhoun, Ky., September to December, 1861. Attached
to 13th Brigade, Army of Ohio, to December, 1861. 13th Brigade, 5th Division,
Army of Ohio, to February, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the
Tennessee, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Tennessee,
to April, 1862. 10th Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, to July, 1862.
9th Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Ohio, to September, 1862. District of
Western Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to November, 1862. Post of Clarksville,
Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division,
21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd
Division, 4th Army Corps, to January, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Calhoun, Ky., till February, 1862. Action at Woodbury, Ky.,
October 29, 1861. Morgantown October 31. Moved to Fort Donelson, Tenn.,
February 11-13. Investment and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn., February
13-16. Expedition to Crump's Landing, Tenn., March 14-17. Battle of Shiloh,
Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30.
Bridge Creek before Corinth May 28. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 12.
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 21-September 26. Moved to Bowling Green, Ky., thence to Russellsville,
Ky., and duty there till December. Ordered to Clarksville, Tenn., and duty
there till March, 1863. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., thence to Murfreesboro,
Tenn., and duty there till June. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June
23-July 7. At McMinnville till August 16. Passage of 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-November 23. 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. Moved to Cleveland, Tenn. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May to September.
Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. 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 Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas,
New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Pickett's Mills May 27.
Ackworth June 6. 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 26. Ruff's Station 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 September 29-November 3. Moved to Nashville and Pulaski, Tenn.
Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Battle of Franklin November 30. Ordered
to Louisville, Ky., December, and mustered out January 23, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 128 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 158 Enlisted men by disease. Total 298.
156th Regiment, Illinois
Infantry
Organized February 16, 1865. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., and attached to 3rd
Brigade, 2nd Separate Division, District of the Etowah, Department of the
Cumberland.
SERVICE.-Engaged in guarding R.R. and Post duty in Department of the
Cumberland till September. Mustered out September 20, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Enlisted men killed and 24 Enlisted men by
disease. Total 26.
85th Regiment, Indiana
Infantry
Organized at Terre Haute, Ind., September 2, 1862. Ordered to Kentucky and
duty at Covington, Lexington, Nicholasville and Danville, Ky., till January
26, 1863. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of Kentucky, Dept of
Ohio, September-October, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Kentucky,
Dept. of Ohio, to February, 1863. Coburn's Brigade, Baird's Division, Army of
Kentucky, Dept. of the Cumberland, to June, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division,
Reserve Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. Coburn's unattached
Brigade, Post Murfreesboro, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to January, 1864.
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April,
1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to
June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Moved to Louisville, Ky., thence to Nashville, Tenn., January
26-February 1. Moved to Brentwood Station, Tenn., February 21, thence to
Franklin. Action at Franklin March 4, and at Thompson's Station, Spring Hill,
March 4-5. Regiment captured by Van Dorn, commanding Bragg's Cavalry forces,
nearly 18,000 strong. Exchanged May 5, 1863. Regiment reorganizing at
Indianapolis, Ind., till June 12. Ordered to Nashville, Tenn., June 12, and
guard duty along Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad at Franklin and
Murfreesboro till April, 1864. Garrison's Creek near Fosterville and
Christiana October 6, 1863 (Detachment). March to Lookout Valley, Tenn., April
20-28. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11.
Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Cassville May 19. Advance on Dallas May 22-25. New
Hope Church May 25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about
Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Pine Mount June 5.
Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine
Hill June 11-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15.
Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm June 22. 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. Operations at Chattahoochee River Bridge August 26-September 2. Occupation
of Atlanta September 2-November 15. March to the sea November 15-December 10.
Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April,
1865. Lawtonville, S. C., February 2. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., 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 19. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June 12, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 40 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 190 Enlisted men by disease. Total 235.
25th Regiment, Kentucky
Infantry
Organized at Calhoun, Ky., January 1, 1862. Attached to 13th Brigade. Army of
the Ohio, to December, 1861. 13th Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Ohio, to
February, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Tennessee, to March,
1862. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to April, 1862.
SERVICE.-Duty at Calhoun, Ky., till February, 1862. Moved to Fort Donelson,
Tenn., February 11-13. Investment and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn.,
February 13-16. Expedition to Crump's Landing, Tenn., March 14-17. Battle of
Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Consolidated with 17th Kentucky Infantry April 13,
1862.
13th Regiment, New
Hampshire Infantry
Organized at Concord and mustered in September 20, 1862. Left State for
Washington, D. C, October 5. Attached to Casey's Division, Military District
of Washington, to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps,
Army of the Potomac, to January, 1868. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army
Corps, to April, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of
Virginia, to July, 1863. 3rd Brigade, Getty's Division, United States forces,
Norfolk and Portsmouth, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to April, 1864.
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, Army of the James, to July, 1864.
1st Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade,
3rd Division, 24th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty near Fort Albany, Defenses of Washington, till December 4, 1862.
March to Falmouth, Va., December 5-9. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15.
Burnside's Second Campaign "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Moved to
Newport News, Va., February 9, thence to Suffolk March 13. Siege of Suffolk
April 12-May 4. Providence Church Road, Nansemond River, May 3. Reconnaissance
across the Nansemond May 4. Moved to Portsmouth May 13, thence to Yorktown.
Dix's Peninsula Campaign June 24-July 7. Expedition from White House to South
Anna River July 1-7. Moved to Portsmouth July 8-14; thence to Julian Creek
July 30, and duty there till March 19, 1864. Moved to Yorktown March 19.
Butler's operations on south side of James River and against Petersburg and
Richmond May 4-28. Port Walthall Junction , Chester Station, May 6-7. Swift
Creek (or Arrowfield Church) May 9-10. Operations against Fort Darling May
12-16. Battle of Drewry's Bluff May 14-16. Bermuda Hundred May 17-27. Moved to
White House, thence to Cold Harbor, May 27-31. Battles about Cold Harbor June
1-12. Before Petersburg June 15-19. Siege of Petersburg and Richmond June 16,
1864, to April 2, 1865. In trenches before Petersburg till August 27, 1864.
Mine Explosion Petersburg July 30 (Reserve). Duty on the Bermuda Front till
September 26. Battle of Chaffin's Farm , New Market Heights, September 28-30.
Fort Harrison September 29. Assigned to duty as garrison at Fort Harrison.
Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28. Duty in works before Richmond till April,
1865. Occupation of Richmond April 3. (First Regiment whose Colors were
brought into the city.) Provost duty at Manchester till June. Mustered out
June 22, 1865. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 2nd New Hampshire.
Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 84 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 92 Enlisted men by disease. Total 181.
3rd Regiment, Connecticut
Infantry
Organized at New Haven and mustered in May 14, 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 1st Division, McDowell's
Army of Northeastern Virginia to August, 1861.
SERVICE.-Duty at Camp Corcoran, defenses of Washington, D.C., till June 1,
1861. Advance to Vienna and Falls Church, Va., June 1-3, and picket duty there
till July 16. Advance to Manassas, Va., July 16-21. Occupation of Fairfax C.H.
July 17. Battle of Bull Run, Va., July 21. Mustered out August 12, 1861.
2nd Regiment, Massachusetts
Infantry
Organized at Camp Andrew, West Roxbury, and mustered in May 25, 1861. Left
State for Hagerstown, Md., July 8; thence moved to Williamsport and
Martinsburg, Va., July 11-12. Attached to Abercrombie's Brigade, Patterson's
Army, July, 1861. Abercrombie's Brigade, Banks' Division, Dept. of the
Shenandoah, to August, 1861. Gordon's Brigade, Banks' Division, Army of the
Potomac, to March, 1862. Gordon's 3rd Brigade, Williams' 1st Division, Banks'
5th Army Corps, to April, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the
Shenandoah, to June, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of
Virginia, to September, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps, Army
of the Potomac, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps,
Army of the Cumberland, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 20th Army
Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Harper's Ferry, W. Va., August to October, 1861. At Conrad's
Ferry October 23-24, and picket duty at Seneca Mills till December 4. Duty at
Frederick, Md., till February 27, 1862. Reconnaissance to Charleston February
27-28. Occupation of Winchester March 12. Pursuit of Jackson up the Shenandoah
Valley March 24-April 27. Strasburg March 27. Woodstock April 1. Edenburg
April 1-2. Operations in Shenandoah Valley May 15-June 17. Buckton Station May
23. Retreat to Martinsburg and Williamsport May 23-June 6. Middletown and
Newtown May 24. Battle of Winchester May 25. (Rear guard May 24-25.) At
Williamsport till June 10. Moved to Front Royal June 10-18, thence to
Warrenton and Little Washington July 11-17. Pope's Campaign in Northern
Virginia August 6-September 2. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Fords of the
Rappahannock August 19-23. Guarding trains during battles of Bull Run August
28-30. Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17. Duty at Maryland Heights
September 19-October 29. Picket duty at Blackford's Ford and Sharpsburg, Md.,
till December. March to Fredericksburg December 12-16. "Mud March"
January 20-24, 1863. At Stafford Court House till April 27. Chancellorsville
Campaign April 27-May 6. Germania Ford April 29. Battle of Chancellorsville
May 1-5. Brandy Station and Beverly Ford June 9. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign
June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Pursuit to Warrenton
Junction, Va., July 5-26. Detached duty in New York City August 16 to
September 13. Movement to Stevenson, Ala., September 24-October 3. Guarding
Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad at Elkwater Bridge and Tullahoma till
April, 1864. Regiment veteranize December 31, 1863, and Veterans on furlough
January 10 to March 1, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1 to September 9.
Demonstration against Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15.
Cassville May 19. (Non-Veterans left front for muster out May 22, and mustered
out at Chattanooga, Tenn., May 25, 1864.) New Hope Church May 25. Operations
on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek, and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and
Allatoona Hills May 25-29. Guard trains to Kingston and back May 29-June 8.
Raccoon Creek June 6. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain
June 10-July 2. Marietta June 11-14. Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15. Lost
Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm
June 22. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Mills, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4.
Chattahoochee River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta
July 22-August 25. Operations at Chattahoochee River Bridge August
26-September 2. Occupation of Atlanta September 2-November 15. March to the
sea November 15-December 10. Monteith Swamp December 9. Siege of Savannah
December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Thompson's
Creek, near Chesterfield, March 2. Thompson's Creek, near Cheraw, S. C., March
3. Averysboro, N. C., March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. 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 19. Grand Review May 24.
Provost duty at Washington till July. Mustered out July 11, and discharged at
Boston, Mass., July 26, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 14 Officers and 176 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 96 Enlisted men by disease. Total 288.
1st Regiment, New York
Light Artillery
BATTERY "K," 1st REGIMENT LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Organized at Elmira, N. Y., and mustered in November 20, 1861. Left State for
Washington, D. C., November 21, 1861. Attached to Defenses of Washington, D.
C., till April, 1862. Railroad Brigade, Middle Department, Harper's Ferry, W.
Va., to May 25, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Sigel's Division, Dept. of the Shenandoah,
to June 28, 1862. 2nd Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September,
1862. 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1862.
1st Division, 12th Army Corps, to February, 1863. Dept. of Washington, 22nd
Army Corps, to April, 1863. 1st Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the
Potomac, to May 12, 1863. 4th Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of
the Potomac, to July, 1863. 3rd Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, to
March, 1864. 1st Volunteer Brigade, Artillery Reserve, to April, 1864. Camp
Barry, 22nd Army Corps, to July, 1864. 2nd Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22nd
Army Corps, to October, 1864. 1st Brigade, DeRugsy's Division, 22nd Army
Corps, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Camp Barry, Defenses of Washington, D. C., till April, 1862.
Moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., and duty there and in the Shenandoah Valley
till August. Charlestown May 28. Defense of Harper's Ferry May 28-30. Battle
of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August
16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August 21-23. Beverly Ford August
22-24. Battle of Bull Run August 30. Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17.
At Maryland Heights till December. March to Fredericksburg, Va., December
12-16. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign
April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa.,
July 1-3. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock
November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Duty in the Defenses
of Washington, D. C., March, 1864, to June, 1865. Mustered out June 20, 1865.
Battery lost during service 2 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 15
Enlisted men by disease. Total 17.
60th Regiment, New York
Infantry
Organized at Ogdensburg, N. Y., and mustered in October 30, 1861. Left State
for Baltimore, Md., November 4, 1861. Attached to Dix's Division to March,
1862. Railroad Brigade, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade,
Sigel's Division, Dept. of the Shenandoah, to June 26, 1862. 2nd Brigado, 2nd
Division, 2nd Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia, to August, 1862. 3rd Brigade,
2nd Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 3rd Brigade,
2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1862. 2nd
Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, to May, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2nd
Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1863, and Army of
the Cumberland to April, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division. 20th Army Corps,
Army of the Cumberland, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Baltimore, Md., and between there and Washington, D. C.; also
at Relay House, Md., and Harper's Ferry, W. Va., till June, 1862. Defense of
Harper's Ferry May 28-30. Operations in the Shenandoah Valley till August.
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Sulphur Springs
August 24. Battle of Groveton August 29. Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign
September 6-22. Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17. Duty at Bolivar
Heights till December. Reconnaissance to Rippon, W. Va., November 9.
Expedition to Winchester December 2-6. March to Fredericksburg, Va., December
9-16. Duty at Fairfax till January 20, 1863. "Mud March" January
20-24. 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 to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24. Duty on line of the
Rappahannock till September 24. Movement to Bridgeport, Ala., September
24-October 3. Duty in Lookout Valley till November. Reopening Tennessee River
October 26-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Battles of
Lookout Mountain November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Ringgold Gap,
Taylor's Ridge, November 27. Duty at Bridgeport, Ala., till May, 1864. Scout
from Stevenson to Caperton's Ferry April 11 (Detachment). Veterans on furlough
December, 1863-January, 1864. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8.
Operations about Rocky Faced Ridge, Tunnel Hill and Buzzard's Roost May 8-11.
Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Near Cassville May 19. New Hope Church May 25.
Battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 26-June 5.
Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine
Mountain June 11-14. Ackworth June 12. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Gilgal or
Golgotha Church June 15. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm
June 22. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July
4. Chattahoochee River July 6-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of
Atlanta July 22-August 25. Operations at Chattahoochee River Bridge August
26-September 2. Occupation of Atlanta September 2 to November 15. Expedition
from Atlanta to Tuckum's Cross Roads October 26-29. Near Atlanta November 9.
March to the sea November 15-December 10. Near Davisboro November 28. Siege of
Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865.
North Edisto River, S. C., February 12-13. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March
19-21. 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. Mustered out July 17, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 64 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 96 Enlisted men by disease. Total 168.
Chandler's Company,
National Guards, New Hampshire Militia (60 days, 1864)
"Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer
contains no history for this unit.
1st Battalion,
Sharpshooters, Maine Infantry
Organized at Augusta from October 27 to December 29, 1864. Companies
"A" and "B" left State for City Point, Va., November 12,
1864. Assigned to duty at that point till January, 1865. Company "C"
organized November 29, 1864. Moved to Galloupe's Island, Boston Harbor, thence
moved to City Point, Va., January 1-5. 1865. Company "D" organized
December 2. Company "E" organized November 28, and Company
"F" organized December 29, 1864, all moved to City Point, Va., and
joined other Companies. Ordered to Petersburg front and attached to 3rd
Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, Army Potomac, January to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Siege of Petersburg January 5 to April 2, 1865. Dabney's Mills,
Hatcher's Run, February 5-7. Fort Fisher, Petersburg, March 25. Appomattox
Campaign March 28-April 9. White Oak Road March 29. Quaker Road March 30.
Boydton Road March 30-31. Five Forks April 1. Amelia C. H. April 5. High
Bridge April 6. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army.
Moved to Washington, D. C., May 2-12. Grand Review May 23 Transferred to 20th
Maine Infantry June 21, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 7 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 12
Enlisted men by disease. Total 19.
20th Regiment, Maine
Infantry
Organized at Portland and mustered in August 29, 1862. Left State for
Alexandria, Va., September 3. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army
Corps, Army Potomac, to October, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army
Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17, 1862. Shephardstown
September 19. Advance to Falmouth, Va., October-November. Battle of
Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Expedition to Richards and Ellis Fords
December 20-30. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. Chancellorsville
Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.)
Campaign June 12-July 24. Aldie June 17. Upperville and Upperville June 21.
Middleburg June 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas
Gap, Va., July 5-24. 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. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 34une 15,
1864. 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 Mills
May 23. Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor
June 1-3. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-19. Siege of
Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Weldon Railroad June 21-23, 1864.
Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (Reserve). Six Mile House, Weldon
Railroad, August 18-21. Poplar Springs Church, Peeble's Farm, September
29-October 2. Hatcher's Run October 27-28. Warren's Hicksford Raid December
7-11. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign
March 28-April 9. White Oak Road March 29. Quaker Road March 30. Boydton Road
March 30-31. Five Forks April 1. Amelia C. H. April 5. High Bridge April 6.
Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to
Washington, D. C., May 2-12. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out - Old members,
June 4; Regiment, July 16, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 138 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 145 Enlisted men by disease. Total 293.
140th Regiment, Indiana
Infantry
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in October 24, 1864. Left State
for Nashville, Tenn., November 15; thence moved to Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Attached to 1st Brigade, Defenses Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad, Dept.
of the Cumberland, to January, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 23rd Army
Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Carolina to
July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Siege of Murfreesboro, Tenn., December 5-12, 1864. Near Murfreesboro
December 13-14. March to Columbia December 24-28, thence to Clifton, Tenn.,
January 2-6, 1865. Movement to Washington, D. C.; thence to Fort Fisher, N.
C., January 16-February 7. Arrive at Fort Fisher, N. C., February 7.
Operations against Hoke February 11-14. Fort Anderson February 18-19. Town
Creek February 19-20. Capture of Wilmington February 22. Campaign of the
Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Goldsboro March 6-21. Occupation of
Goldsboro March 21. Gulley's March 31. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14.
Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of
Johnston and his army. Duty at Raleigh till May 6, and at Greensboro till
July. Mustered out July 11, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 2 Enlisted men killed and 1 Officer and 111
Enlisted men by disease. Total 114.
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. Dabney'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.
7th Regiment, North
Carolina Infantry
7th Infantry Regiment State Troops was organized at Camp Mason, near Graham,
North Carolina, in August, 1861. Its members were recruited in the counties of
Iredell, Alexander, Cabarrus, Rowan, New Hanover, Mecklenburg, Nash, and Wake.
The unit took an active part in the fight at New Bern, then moved to Virginia.
It was assigned to General Branch's, Law's, and Lane's Brigade, Army of
Northern Virginia. After fighting at Hanover Court House, it participated in
the various campaigns of the army from the Seven Day' Battles to Cold Harbor,
then was involved in the Petersburg siege south and north of the James River.
The regiment sustained 51 casualties at New Bern, 253 out of the 450 engaged
during the Seven Days' Battles, 69 at Second Manassas and Ox Hill, 52 at
Sharpsburg, and 86 at Fredericksburg. There were 37 killed and 127 wounded at
Chancellorsville, and of the 291 in action at Gettysburg, thirty-one percent
were disabled. It lost 5 killed, 62 wounded, and 37 missing at The Wilderness
and 11 killed and 28 wounded at Spotsylvania. On February 26, 1865, the unit
was sent to North Carolina where it surrendered with the Army of Tennessee
with 13 officers and 139 men. A detachment surrendered at Appomattox with 1
officer and 18 men. The field officers were Reuben P. Campbell, William L.
Davidson, and Edward G. Haywood; Lieutenant Colonel Junius L. Hill; and Majors
Edward D. Hall, James G. Harris, Robert B. McRae, John M. Turner, and Robert
S. Young.
2nd Regiment, New Jersey
Cavalry
Organized at Camp Parker, Trenton, N. J., and mustered in August 15, 1863.
Left State for Washington, D. C., October 5, 1863. Attached to Stoneman's
Cavalry Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, to December, 1863.
District of Columbus, Ky., 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, Dept. of the
Tennessee, to December, 1863. Waring's Cavalry Brigade, 16th Army Corps, to
January, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, 16th Army Corps, to June,
1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Cavalry Corps, District of West Tennessee, to
November, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 6th Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division
Mississippi, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, District of
West Tennessee, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Military
Division West Mississippi, to April, 1865. 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division,
Dept. of the Gulf, to May, 1865. Dept. of Mississippi to November, 1865.
SERVICE.-In camp near Alexandria, Va., till November 9, 1863. Scout to
Annandale October 18 (Cos. "B," "C," "G" and
"L"). Moved to Eastport, Miss., November 9-28; thence to Columbus,
Ky., December 6. To Union City, Tenn., December 15. Garrison and scout duty at
Paris, Tenn., December 23, 1863, to January 16, 1864. Moved to Union City
January 16-20. Expedition from Union City to Trenton January 22-27. March from
Union City to Memphis and Colliersville, Tenn., January 28-February 8. Smith's
Expedition to Okolona, Miss., February 11-26. Aberdeen, Miss., February 19.
Prairie Station February 20. West Point February 20-21. Okolona February
21-22. Ivy's Farm February 22. Tallahatchie River February 23. Operations
against Forest in West Tennessee and Kentucky March 16-April 14. Near Memphis
April 5. Raleigh April 10. Sturgis' Expedition to Ripley, Miss., April 30-May
9. Bolivar, Tenn., May 2. Holly Springs May 23. Sturgis' Expedition to Guntown
June 1-13. Brice's Cross Roads or Tishamingo Creek, near Guntown, June 10.
Ripley June 11. Duty on Memphis & Charleston Railroad between Moscow and
LaGrange June 25-July 5. Expedition from Memphis to Grand Gulf, Miss., July
4-24 (Detachment). Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., July 5-6. Port Gibson July 14.
Grand Gulf July 15-16. Smith's Expedition to Oxford, Miss., August 1-30.
Hurricane Creek and Oxford August 9. Tallahatchie River August 14. Waterford
August 19. Duty at Memphis, Tenn., August 31, 1864, to December 20, 1864.
Hernando October 15. Yazoo City December 2. Chickasawba Bridge December 10.
Grierson's Raid to destroy Mobile & Ohio Railroad December 20, 1864, to
January 15, 1865. Verona December 25. Egypt Station December 28. Moved to
Natchez, Miss., January 19, and duty there till March 4. Moved to New Orleans,
La., and camp at Carrollton till April 5. Moved to Mobile, Ala., April 5.
Spanish Fort April 8. Fort Blakely April. Expedition from Blakely, Ala., to
Georgetown, Ga., April 17-30. Moved to Columbus, Miss., and duty there till
June 7. Moved to Vicksburg June 7. Duty there and at Natchez, Port Gibson and
Brookhaven till November. Mustered out at Vicksburg, Miss., November 1, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 48 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 190 Enlisted men by disease. Total 241.
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.
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.
17th Regiment, Kentucky
Infantry
Organized at Hartford and Calhoun, Ky., September to December, 1861. Attached
to 13th Brigade, Army of Ohio, to December, 1861. 13th Brigade, 5th Division,
Army of Ohio, to February, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the
Tennessee, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Tennessee,
to April, 1862. 10th Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Ohio, to July, 1862.
9th Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of Ohio, to September, 1862. District of
Western Kentucky, Dept. of Ohio, to November, 1862. Post of Clarksville,
Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division,
21st Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd
Division, 4th Army Corps, to January, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty at Calhoun, Ky., till February, 1862. Action at Woodbury, Ky.,
October 29, 1861. Morgantown October 31. Moved to Fort Donelson, Tenn.,
February 11-13. Investment and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn., February
13-16. Expedition to Crump's Landing, Tenn., March 14-17. Battle of Shiloh,
Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30.
Bridge Creek before Corinth May 28. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 12.
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 21-September 26. Moved to Bowling Green, Ky., thence to Russellsville,
Ky., and duty there till December. Ordered to Clarksville, Tenn., and duty
there till March, 1863. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., thence to Murfreesboro,
Tenn., and duty there till June. Middle Tennessee (or Tullahoma) Campaign June
23-July 7. At McMinnville till August 16. Passage of 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-November 23. 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. Moved to Cleveland, Tenn. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May to September.
Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. 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 Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas,
New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Pickett's Mills May 27.
Ackworth June 6. 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 26. Ruff's Station 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 September 29-November 3. Moved to Nashville and Pulaski, Tenn.
Columbia, Duck River, November 24-27. Battle of Franklin November 30. Ordered
to Louisville, Ky., December, and mustered out January 23, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 128 Enlisted men killed and
mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 158 Enlisted men by disease. Total 298.
25th Regiment, Kentucky
Infantry
Organized at Calhoun, Ky., January 1, 1862. Attached to 13th Brigade. Army of
the Ohio, to December, 1861. 13th Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Ohio, to
February, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Tennessee, to March,
1862. 3rd Brigade, 4th Division, Army of the Tennessee, to April, 1862.
SERVICE.-Duty at Calhoun, Ky., till February, 1862. Moved to Fort Donelson,
Tenn., February 11-13. Investment and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn.,
February 13-16. Expedition to Crump's Landing, Tenn., March 14-17. Battle of
Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Consolidated with 17th Kentucky Infantry April 13,
1862.
1st Independent Battery,
New York Light Artillery
Organized at Auburn, N. Y., and mustered in November 23, 1861. Left State for
Washington, D. C., December 4, 1861. Attached to W. F. Smith's Division, Army
of the Potomac, to March, 1862. W. F. Smith's 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps,
Army of the Potomac, to May, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, to
May, 1863. Artillery Brigade, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac and Army of
the Shenandoah, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.-Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862. Moved to
Fortress Monroe, Va., March 23-24. Action at Lee's Mills April 5. 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. Gaines' Mill June 27. Golding's
Farm June 28. Savage Station June 29. White Oak Swamp and Glendale June 30.
Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison Landing till August 16. Moved to Fortress
Monroe, thence to Alexandria August 16-24. Maryland Campaign September 6-22.
Crampton's Pass, South Mountain, September 14. Battle of Antietam September
16-17. At Hagerstown, Md., September 26-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, Va., till April.
Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Franklin's Crossing
April 29-May 2. Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 8. Salem Heights May 3-4.
Deep Run Ravine June 5-13. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2-4. Neal
Fairfield, Pa., July 5. 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. Reconnaissance to Madison Court House February
27-March 2, 1864. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James 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, "Bloody Angle," 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 17-19. Siege of
Petersburg June 18-July 9. Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad, June 22-23.
Moved to Washington, D. C., July 9-11. Repulse of Early's attack on Washington
July 12-13. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Cedar
Creek August 12. Charlestown August 21. Leetown August 28-29. Opequan Creek
September 13. Battle of Winchester September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22.
Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty at Kernstown till December. Moved to
Petersburg, Va., December 9-12. Siege of Petersburg December, 1864, to April,
1865. Fort Fisher, Petersburg, March 25, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March
28-April 9. Assault and capture of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April
3-9. Sailor's Creek April 6. High Bridge April 7. Appomattox Court House April
9. Surrender of Lee and his army. At Farmville and Burkesville till April 23.
March to Danville April 23-27, and duty there till May 18. March to Richmond,
thence to Washington, D. C., May 18-June 3. Corps Review June 8. Mustered out
June 23, 1865.
Battery lost during service 2 Officers and 16 Enlisted men killed and mortally
wounded and 38 Enlisted men by disease. Total 56.
152nd Regiment, Indiana
Infantry
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in March 16, 1865. Left State
for Harper's Ferry, W. Va., March 18. Duty at Charleston, Stevenson's Station,
Summit Point and Clarksburg, W. Va., till August. Mustered out August 30,
1865.
Lost during service 49 by disease.
145th Regiment, Indiana
Infantry
Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in February 16, 1865. Moved to
Nashville, Tenn., February 18-21; thence to Chattanooga, Tenn., February
22-23, and to Dalton, Ga., February 23. Skirmishes Spring Place February 27
and April 20. On Railroad Guard duty at Dalton, Marietta and Cuthbert, Ga.,
till January, 1866. Skirmish near Tunnel Hill March 3, 1865 (Detachment).
Mustered out January 21, 1866.
Lost during service 70 Enlisted men by disease.
1st Regiment, Kentucky
Infantry
1st Infantry Regiment was organized during the summer of 1861 for a one year
term of enlistment. In August the 1st (Duncan's) Kentucky Battalion merged
into the regiment, and in December totaled 800 effectives. Ordered to Virginia
it fought at Dranesville under J.E.B. Stuart, then in March, 1862, was
assigned to provost duty at Orange Court House. In April, with 496 men, it was
placed in D.R. Jones' Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. However, its term of
service soon ended and the unit disbanded. The field officers were Colonel
Thomas H. Taylor, Lieutenant Colonels Edward Crossland and William P.
Johnston, and Major Benjamin Anderson.