2nd Vermont Infantry
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Organization |
| Organized at
Burlington, Vermont Mustered in on June 20, 1861
Left Vermont for Washington, D.C. on June 24, 1861
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 |
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Service |
| July 16-21, 1861 |
Advance on Manassas,
Virginia |
| July 21, 1861 |
Battle of Bull Run,
Virginia |
| August 20-25, 1861 |
Scout to Great Falls |
| September 11, 1861 |
Skirmish near Lewinsville
(Companies "A" and "F") |
| September 25, 1861 |
Reconnoissance to
Lewinsville (Companies "A" and "F") |
| September 28, 1861 |
Expedition to Munson's
Hill |
| October 17, 1861 |
Reconnoissance to Vienna |
| November 9, 1861 |
Reconnoissance to Peacock
Hill |
| Until March, 1862 |
Duty in the Defences of
Washington |
| March 10, 1862 |
Moved to Alexandria |
| March 23-24, 1862 |
Moved to the Virginia
Peninsula |
April 4, 1862 |
Young's Mill |
| April 5-May 4, 1862 |
Siege of Yorktown |
| April 16, 1862 |
Lee's Mills |
| April 30, 1862 |
Reconnoissance to Warwick River |
| May 5, 1862 |
Battle of Williamsburg |
| June 25-July 1, 1862 |
Seven days before Richmond |
| June 27, 1862 |
Garnett's Farm |
| June 29, 1862 |
Savage Station |
| June 30, 1862 |
White Oak Swamp Bridge |
| July 1, 1862 |
Malvern Hill |
Until August 16, 1862 |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 16-24, 1862 |
Movement to Fortress
Monroe, thence to Alexandria |
| September-October,
1862 |
Maryland Campaign |
| September
14, 1862 |
Crampton's Pass, Maryland |
| September
16-17, 1862 |
Battle of Antietam,
Maryland |
September
26, 1862 to
October 29, 1862 |
At Hagerstown, Maryland |
October 29,
1862 to
November 19, 1862 |
Movement to Falmouth,
Virginia |
| December
12-15, 1862 |
Battle of Fredericksburg,
Virginia |
| January
20-24, 1863 |
Burnside's Second Campaign, "Mud
March" |
| April 27-May
6, 1863 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
| April 29-May
2, 1863 |
Operations at Franklin's Crossing |
May 3, 1863 |
Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg |
May 3-4, 1863 |
Salem Heights |
May 4, 1863 |
Banks' Ford |
| June 5-13, 1863 |
Franklin's Crossing |
| July 2-4, 1863 |
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
| July 10-13, 1863 |
Funkstown, Maryland |
| August 14, 1863 |
Ordered to New York City |
| Until September 13, 1863 |
Duty there and at Poughkeepsie, New
York |
| September
13-17, 1863 |
Moved to Alexandria,
thence to Fairfax Court House, Virginia |
| September
22, 1863 |
Moved to Culpeper Court
House |
| October
9-22, 1863 |
Bristoe Campaign |
| November
7-8, 1863 |
Advance to the
Rappahannock |
November
7, 1863 |
Rappahannock Station |
November 26,
1863 to
December 2, 1863 |
Mine Run Campaign |
| May-June,
1864 |
Campaign from the Rapidan
to the James |
| May 5-7,
1864 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8-12,
1864 |
Battle of Spottsylvania |
| May 12-21,
1864 |
Battle of Spottsylvania
Court House |
| May 12, 1864 |
Assault on the Salient at
Spottsylvania |
May
23-26, 1864 |
North Anna River |
| May 26-28,
1864 |
Line of the Pamunkey |
| May 28-31,
1864 |
Totopotomoy |
| June 1-12,
1864 |
Cold Harbor |
| June 18-19,
1864 |
Before Petersburg |
| June 22-23,
1864 |
Jerusalem Plank Road |
| July 9-11,
1864 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. |
| July 11-12,
1864 |
Repulse of Early's attack
on Fort Stevens |
August 7,
1864 to
November 28, 1864 |
Sheridan's Shenandoah
Valley Campaign |
| August
21-22, 1864 |
Charlestown |
| September
18, 1864 |
Gilbert's Ford, Opequan
River, |
| September
19, 1864 |
Battle of Opequan,
Winchester, |
| September
22, 1864 |
Fisher's Hill |
| October 19,
1864 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
| Until
November 9, 1864 |
At Strasburg |
| Until
December 9, 1864 |
At Kernstown |
December
9-12, 1864 |
Moved to Petersburg |
December
12, 1864 to
April 2, 1865 |
Siege of Petersburg |
February
5-7, 1865 |
Dabney's Mills |
March 25,
1865 |
Fort Fisher, before
Petersburg, |
March 28, 1865 to
April 9, 1865 |
Appomattox Campaign |
April 2, 1865 |
Assault on and fall of
Petersburg |
April 6, 1865 |
Sailor's Creek |
April 9, 1865 |
Appomattox Court House,
surrender of Lee and his army |
| Until April
23, 1865 |
At Farmville and
Burkesville Junction |
| April 23-27,
1865 |
March to Danville |
| Until May
18, 1865 |
Duty there |
| Until May
24, 1865 |
At Manchester |
May 24, 1865
to
June 3, 1865 |
March to Washington |
| June 8, 1865 |
Corps Review |
| June 29,
1864 |
Nonveterans mustered out |
| July 15, 1865 |
Regiment mustered out |
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| Regimental Losses |
| 6 |
Officers
killed and mortally wounded |
218 |
Enlisted men
killed and mortally wounded |
| 175 |
Enlisted men
by disease |
| ----- |
|
399 |
Total lost |
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| Source:
Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. |
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