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2nd Vermont Regiment Infantry.

Organized at Burlington and mustered in June 20, 1861.

Left State for Washington, D. C., June 24.

Attached to Howard's Brigade, Heintzelman's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia, to August, 1861.

W. F. Smith's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October.

1861.

Brook's Brigade, Smith's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862.

2nd Brigade, 2nd Division. 4th Army Corps. Army of the Potomac, to May, 1862.

2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, and Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to July, 1865.


Service.

Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21, 1861.

Battle of Bull Run, Va., July 21.

Scout to Great Falls August 20-25.

Skirmish near Lewinsville September 11 (Cos. “A” and “F.” ).

Reconnoissance to Lewinsville [1650] September 25 (Cos. “A” and “F” ).

Expedition to Munson's Hill September 28.

Reconnoissance to Vienna October 17.

Reconnoissance to Peacock Hill November 9.

Duty in the Defenses of Washington till March, 1862.

Moved to Alexandria March 10, thence to the Virginia Peninsula March 23-24.

Young's Mill April 4.

Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4.

Lee's Mills April 16.

Reconnoissance to Warwick River April 30.

Battle of Williamsburg May 5.

Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1.

Garnett's Farm June 27.

Savage Station June 29.

White Oak Swamp Bridge June 30.

Malvern Hill July 1.

At Harrison's Landing till August 16.

Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Alexandria August 16-24.

Maryland Campaign September-October.

Crampton's Pass, Md., September 14.

Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17.

At Hagerstown September 26-October 29.

Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 19.

Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15.

Burnside's Second Campaign, “Mud March,” January 20-24, 1863.

Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6.

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

Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, May 3.

Salem Heights May 3-4.

Banks' Ford May 4.

Franklin's Crossing June 5-13.

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

Funkstown, Md., July 10-13.

Ordered to New York City August 14.

Duty there and at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., till September 13.

Moved to Alexandria, thence to Fairfax Court House, Va., September 13-17, and to Culpeper Court House September 22.

Bristoe Campaign October 9-22.

Advance to the Rappahannock November 7-8.

Rappahannock Station November 7.

Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2.

Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May-June, 1864.

Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21.

Assault on the Salient at Spottsylvania May 12.

North Anna River May 23-26.

Line of the Pamunkey May 26-28.

Totopotomoy May 28-31.

Cold Harbor June 1-12.

Before Petersburg June 18-19.

Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23.

Moved to Washington, D. C., July 9-11.

Repulse of Early's attack on Fort Stevens July 11-12.

Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28.

Charlestown August 21-22.

Gilbert's Ford, Opequan River, September 18.

Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19.

Fisher's Hill September 22.

Battle of Cedar Creek October 19.

At Strasburg till November 9 and at Kernstown till December 9.

Moved to Petersburg December 9-12.

Siege of Petersburg December 12, 1864, to April 2, 1865.

Dabney's Mills February 5-7, 1865.

Fort Fisher, before Petersburg, March 25.

Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.

Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2.

Sailor's Creek April 6.

Appomattox Court House April 9.

Surrender of Lee and his army. At Farmville and Burkesville Junction till April 23.

March to Danville April 23-27, and duty there till May 18.

At Manchester till May 24.

March to Washington May 24-June 3.

Corps Review June 8.

Non-veterans mustered out June 29, 1864.

Regiment mustered out July 15, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 6 Officers and 218 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 175 Enlisted men by disease. Total 399.

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