Service
At Edsall's Hill, Defences of Washington, D. C., December 14, 1861, to January 3, 1862. Moved to Annapolis, Md., January 3, 1862. Burnside's Expedition to Hatteras Inlet and Roanoke Island, N. C., January 7-February 8, 1862. Battle of Roanoke Island February 9. Duty at Roanoke Island till March 11. Advance on New Berne March 11–13. Battle of New Berne March 14. Siege of Fort Macon March 23-April 26. Bombardment and capture of Fort Macon April 25–26. Duty at Beaufort and New Berne till July. Moved to Newport News, Va., July 6–8, thence to Fredericksburg August 3–6, and duty there till August 31. Moved to Brook's Station, thence to Washington, D. C., August 31-September 3. Maryland Campaign September–October. Battles of South Mountain September 14, and Antietam September 16–17. Duty in Pleasant Valley, Md., till October 30. Advance to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12–15. "Mud March" January 20–24, 1863. Moved to Newport News, Va., February 8, thence to Suffolk March 13. Siege of Suffolk April 12-May 4. Nansemond River May 4. Reconnaissance to the Chickahominy June 9–13. Dix's Peninsula Campaign June 24-July 8. Expedition from White House to South Anna River July 1–7. Duty at Portsmouth till March l, 1864, and at Norfolk till April 1. At Point Lookout, Md., guarding prisoners till July. Ordered to Petersburg, Va., July 16. Siege of Petersburg July to October. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30. Weldon Railroad August 18–21. Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2. Old members mustered out October 15, 1864. Veterans and Recruits consolidated with 7th Rhode Island Infantry.
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