It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
Brief History
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Units Attached To
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| June 20, 1861 | Organized at Philadelphia |
| August 05, 1861 | Ordered to Washington, DC |
| October 1861 to November 1861 | Attached to William Farrar Smith's 2nd Division, 4th Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| November 1861 to March 10, 1862 | Don Carlos Buell's Division, Army of the Potomac |
| March 10, 1862 to June 1862 | Artillery, Darius Nash Couch's 1st Division, Erasmus Darwin Keyes' 4th Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| June 1862 to June 1863 | Reserve Artillery, Erasmus Darwin Keyes' 4th Corps |
| June 1863 to July 1863 | 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Erasmus Darwin Keyes' 4th Corps |
| July 1863 to June 1864 | United States Forces, Yorktown, VA, Department of Virginia and North Carolina |
| June 1864 to July 1864 | Unattached, Department of Virginia and North Carolina |
| July 1864 to August 1864 | Artillery Brigade, Godfrey Weitzel's 18th Corps |
| August 1864 to December 1864 | Artillery Brigade, David B. Birney's 10th Army Corps |
| December 1864 to July 1865 | Artillery Brigade, Godfrey Weitzel's 25th Corps, Department of Virginia |
Engagements
| Date | Event |
| June 20, 1861 | Mustered in Philadelphia, PA |
| June 20 to August 05, 1861 | Training at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, PA |
| June 22, 1861 to Late July 1861 | Relief of Colonel Wallace in West Virginia |
| August 1861 to March 1862 | Duty at Camp Barry and the Defences of Washington, DC |
| March 10 to 15, 1862 | Advance on Manassas, VA |
| April 05 to May 04, 1862 | Moved to the Virginia Peninsula, Siege of Yorktown |
| May 05, 1862 | Battle of Williamsburg |
| May 31 to June 01, 1862 | Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines |
| June 25 to July 01, 1862 | Seven days before Richmond |
| June 25 to June 29, 1862 | Defense of Bottom's Bridge |
| July 01, 1862 | Malvern Hill |
| Till August 16, 1862 | At Harrison's Landing |
| August 16 to August 24, 1862 | Retreat from the Peninsula |
| August 24, 1862 to April 1864 | Garrison duty at Yorktown and Gloucester |
| June 26, 1863 to July 08, 1863 | John Adams Dix's Peninsula Campaign |
| October 04. 1863 to October 09, 1863 | Expedition to Matthews County |
| December 11 to 15, 1863 | Expedition to Gloucester Court House |
| April 1864 | At Williamsburg, VA |
| Till July 05, 1864 | Defences of Yorktown |
| July 05, 1864 | Ordered to join 18th Corps in the field |
| July 1864 to April 1865 | Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond |
| September 28 to 30, 1864 | Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, and Fort Harrison |
| September 30, 1864 | Near Richmond |
| Till April 1865 | In trenches before Richmond |
| Till July 1865 | Duty dismantling forts and removing ordinance |
| July 20, 1865 | Mustered out, Philadelphia, PA |
Lost 2 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 21 enlisted men
by disease
SOURCE
Last Updated 05 November 1999
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
