HISTORICAL NOTES:

Organized at Baltimore, Md., September, 1861. Attached to Dix's Division, Baltimore, Md., to March, 1862. Fort Monroe, Va., to July, 1862. Weber's Brigade, Division at Suffolk, Va., 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to September, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to December, 1862. Point of Rocks Defences, Upper Potomac, 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to March, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps, to July, 1863. Defences of Baltimore, Md., 8th Army Corps, to January, 1864. District of Delaware, 8th Army Corps, to June, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps, Army of the James, to August, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, to December, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 24th Army Corps, to July, 1865. 2nd Independent Brigade, 24th Army Corps, to September, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 63 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 6 Officers and 91 Enlisted men by disease. Total 161

FIELD OFFICERS:

SERVICE:

SERVICE.-Camp at LaFayette Square, Baltimore, Md., till Marcb, 1862. Ordered to Fortress Monroe, Va., March 11, 1862. Duty there and at Suffolk, Va., to September, 1862. Moved to Washington, D.C., thence to Antietam, Md., September 8-16. Battle of Antietam , Md., September 16-17. Moved to Harper's Ferry September 22 and duty there till January, 1863. Reconnoissance to Charleston October 16-17 At Point of Rocks and Maryland Heights protecting Baltimore & Ohio Railroad till June, 1863. Moved to Winchester, Va., June 2. Battle of Winchester June 13-15; mostly captured; those not captured at Bloody Run, Pa., and Loudon, Pa., till July. Duty in the Defences of Baltimore, Middle Department, till January, 1864, and in the District of Delaware, Middle Department, till June, 1864. Ordered to join Army of the Potomac in the field June 4, 1864. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond, Va., June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864 (Reserve). Duty in trenches before Petersburg till September 27. 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. Pursuit of Lee to Appomattox Court House April 3-9. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Duty in the Dept. of Virginia till September. Mustered out September 1, 1865, at Fredericksburg, Va.

ROSTERS:

REFERENCES:

Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion