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2nd Rhode Island Regiment Infantry.

Organized at Providence June, 1861.

Left State for Washington, D. C., June 19.

Attached to Burnside's Brigade, Hunter's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia, to August, 1861.

Couch's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October, 1861.

Couch's Brigade, Buell's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862.

1st Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September, 1862.

1st Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1862.

2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, to March, 1864.

4th Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, to July, 1864.

3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac and Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to December, 1864.

3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to July, 1865.

Service.

At Camp Sprague, Washington, D. C., till July 16, 1861.

Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21.

Battle of Bull Run July 21.

At Camp Sprague and Brightwood, Defenses of Washington, till March, 1862.

March to Prospect Hill, Va., March 11-15.

Embarked at Alexandria, Va., for the Peninsula March 26.

Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4.

Battle of Williamsburg May 5.

Slatersville, New Kent C. H., May 9.

Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, May 31-June 1.

Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1.

Oak Grove near Seven Pines June 25.

James River Road near Fair Oaks June 29.

White Oak Swamp June 30.

Malvern Hill July 1.

At Harrison's Landing till August 15.

Reconnoissance to Turkey Island August 5-6, and to Haxall's Landing August 8-11.

Movement to Alexandria August 15-September 1, thence march into Maryland September 3-18.

At Downsville September 23-October 20.

Movement to Stafford C. H., Va., October 20-November 18, and to Belle Plains December 5.

Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15.

“Mud March” January 20-24, 1863.

Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6.

Operations about Franklin's Crossing April 29-May 2.

Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3.

Salem Heights May 3-4.

Banks' Ford May 4.

Deep Run Ravine or Franklin's Crossing June 5-13.

Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2-4.

Funkstown, Md., July 10-13.

At Warrenton, Va., till September.

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 Brandy Station till May, 1864.

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.

North Anna River May 23-26.

On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28.

Totopotomoy May 28-31.

Cold Harbor June 1-12.

Old members left front for muster out June 11.

Mustered out June 17, 1864.

Before Petersburg June 17-18.

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 Washington July 11-12.

Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to December.

Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19.

Garrison duty at Winchester September 22-December 1.

Moved to Petersburg, Va., December 2-6.

Siege of Petersburg December, 1864, to April, 1865.

Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865.

Fort Fisher, Petersburg, March 25.

Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.

Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2.

Pursuit of Lee April 3-9.

Expedition to Danville April 23-27.

Moved to Washington via Richmond May 20-June 7.

Corps Review June 8.

Mustered out July 13, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 111 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 74 Enlisted men by disease. Total 196.

African Descent.

Organized at Beaufort and Hilton Head, S. C., May 22, 1863.

Attached to Districts of Hilton Head and Beaufort, S. C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the South, to July, 1863.

3rd Brigade, 1st Division. Morris Island, S. C., 10th Corps, July, 1863.

2nd Brigade, Morris Island, S. C., 10th Corps, to August, 1863.

4th Brigade, Morris Island, S. C., 10th Corps, to November, 1863.

3rd Brigade, Morris Island, S. C., 10th Corps, to January, 1864.

Montgomery's Brigade, District Hilton Head, S. C., to February, 1864.

Service.

Duty at Hilton Head, S. C., to March, 1863.

Expedition to Jacksonville, Florida, March 6-10.

Occupation of Jacksonville March 10-31.

Operations about Jacksonville March 23-31.

Evacuation of Jacksonville March 31.

At Beaufort, S. C., till July.

Raid on Combahee River June 2.

Expedition to James Island, S. C., July 7-17.

Engagement at Grimball's Landing July 16.

Operations on Morris Island against Forts Wagner and Gregg July 18-September 7.

Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg September 7.

Operations against Fort Sumpter and Charleston, S. C., September 7, 1863, to January 29, 1864.

Moved to Hilton Head, S. C., thence to Jacksonville, Florida, February 5-7.

Designation of Regiment changed to 34th U. S. Colored Troops February 8, 1864, which see.

1908.

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