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6th United States Regiment Infantry.

In California April, 1861.

Regiment concentrated in Washington, D. C., October 31, 1861, to January 31, 1862.

Attached to Sykes' Regular Infantry, Reserve Brigade, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1862.

2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863.

1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, to August, 1863.

Dept. of the East, to May, 1865.

District of Savannah, Ga., Dept. of the South, to October, 1865.


Service.

Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., till March, 1862.

Moved to the Virginia Peninsula.

Siege of Yorktown, Va., April 5-May 4.

Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1.

Battles of Mechanicsburg June 26; Gaines' Mill June 27; Turkey Bridge June 30; Malvern Hill July 1.

At Harrison's Landing till August 16.

Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville August 16-28.

Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 28-September 2.

Battle of Groveton August 29.

Bull Run August 30.

Maryland Campaign September 6-22.

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

Shepherdstown Ford September 19-20.

At Sharpsburg, Md., till October 29.

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

Snicker's Gap November 3.

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

“Mud March” January 20-24, 1863.

Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6.

Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5.

Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24.

Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3.

Pursuft of Lee July 4-24.

Moved to New York City August 16-21, thence to Fort Hamilton, N. Y. Harbor, and duty there till May 17, 1865.

Moved to Savannah, Ga., May 17-21, and duty in District of Savannah, Ga., till October, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 29 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 43 Enlisted men by disease. Total 75.

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