Organized at Albany, N.Y., and mustered in for two years May 15,
1861. Left State for Washington D.C., June 27. Attached to Davies'
Brigade, Miles' Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia,
to August, 1861. Heintzelman's Brigade, Division of the Potomac,
to October, 1861. Slocum's Brigade, Franklin's Division, Army
of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st
Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st
Division, 6th Army Corps, to May, 1863.
| 1861 | |
|---|---|
| July 14 | Reconnoissance from Alexandria on Fairfax Road |
| July 16-21 | Advance on Manassas, Va. |
| July 17 | Fairfax Court House |
| July 21 |
Battle of Bull Run |
| to March 1862 | Duty in the Defences of Washington |
| October 3 | Expedition to Pohick Church |
| 1862 | |
| March 10-15 | Advance on Manassas, Va. |
| April 4-12 | McDowell's advance on Fredericksburg, Va. |
| April 22 | Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula |
| April 24-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown (on transports) |
| May 7-8 | West Point |
| May 22 | Near Mechanicsville |
| June 25-July 1 | Seven days before Richmond |
| June 27 |
Gaines Mill |
| June 29 |
Savage Station |
| June 30 |
White Oak Swamp
and
Glendale |
| July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
| till August 16 | At Harrison's Landing |
| August 16-28 | Movement to Fortress Monroe thence to Centreville |
| August 28-31 | In works at Centreville |
| September 1 | Cover Pope's retreat from Bull Run to Fairfax Court
House |
| September 6-22 | Maryland Campaign |
| September 14 | Crampton's Gap, South Mountain |
| September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam |
| till October 29 | Duty in Maryland |
| October 29-Nov 19 | Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
| December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. |
| 1863 | |
| January 20-24 | "Mud March" |
| till April | At Falmouth |
| April 27 - May 6 | Chancellorsville Campaign |
| April 29 - May 2 | Operations about Franklin's Crossing |
| May 3 |
Mayres Heights, Fredericksburg |
| May 3-4 | Salem Heights |
| May 4 |
Banks' Ford |
| May 22 | Mustered out, expiration of term |
Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 106 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and and 85 Enlisted men by disease. Total 197.
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