History 1863 to 1866
Organized at Camp Hamilton, Va., Dec. 22, 1863.
Attached to Fort Monroe, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to Apr., 1864.
Unattached Williamsburg, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to Jun., 1864.
1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Corps, Army of the James, to Aug., 1864.
Defences of Portsmouth Va., District of Eastern Virginia, to May, 1865.
Cavalry Brigade, 25th Corps, Dept. of Virginia and Dept. of Texas, to Feb., 1866.
Service
Reconnoissance in Kings and Queens county Feb., 1864.
Duty at Fort Monroe and Williamsburg, Va., till May, 1864.
Butler's operations on south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-28.
Capture of Bermuda Hundred and City Point May 5.
Swift Creek May 8-10.
Operations against Fort Darling May 12-16.
Actions at Drury's Bluff May 10-14-15 and 16.
In trenches at Bermuda Hundred till Jun. 18.
Baylor's Farm Jun. 15.
Assaults on Petersburg Jun. 16-19.
Siege of Petersburg till Aug.
Action at Deep Bottom Jul. 27-28.
Ordered to Fort Monroe Aug. 3.
Duty at Newport News and at Portsmouth and in District of Eastern Virginia till May, 1865.
Company "E" detached at Fort Powhatan Aug. 1864 to May 1865, under
Capt. Emerson .
Expedition across the Blackwater River on or about Feb. 20th 1865.
Company "I" detached at Harrison's Landing Aug. 1864 to May 1865, under Lieut. Hudson.
Moved to City Point, Va., thence sailed for Texas Jun. 10, 1865.
Duty on the Rio Grande and at various points in Texas till Feb., 1866.
Mustered out Feb. 4, 1866.
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