Ellsworth Avengers
Organized at Albany, N.Y., and mustered in August 30, 1861. Moved to Washington, D.C., October
21, 1861. Attached to Butterfield's Brigade, Fitz-John Porter'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 October, 1864.
SERVICE.--Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., until March, 1862. Advance on Manassas,
Va., March 10-15. Moved to the Peninsula, Va., March 22-24. Reconnaissance to Big Bethel March 30
. Warwick Road April 5. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Reconnaissance up the Pamunkey May 10.
New Bridge May 24. Battle of Hanover Court House May 27. Operations near Hanover Court House May
27-29. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Battles of Mechanicsville June 26. Gaines' Mill
June 27. White Oak Swamp and Turkey Bend June 30. Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing
until 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., until October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of
Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Expedition to Richards and Ellis Fords, Rappahannock River,
December 29-30. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth until April 27. Chancellorsville
Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Aldie June 17. Middleburg and
Upperville June 21. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-4. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Duty at
Warrenton, Beverly Ford and Culpeper until 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. At Beverly Ford until May, 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 Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May May
23-26. Jericho Ford May 23. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor
June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16
to October 11, 1864. Six Mile House, Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Poplar Springs Church,
Peeble's Farm, September 29-October 2. Mustered out October 11, 1864. Recruits transferred to
140th and 146th Regiments New York Infantry.
Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 178 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and
2 Officers and 145 Enlisted men by disease. Total 329.
