Organized at Leroy, N. Y., March 28, 1862. Left State for Washington, D. C., April 4, 1862. Attached to Duryea's Brigade, Military District of Washington, to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1863.
SERVICE:
Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till May 11, 1862. Guard Orange & Alexandria Railroad to May 28. Expedition to Front Royal, Va., to intercept Jackson, May 28-June 1. Picket duty on the Shenandoah and at Front Royal, Va., till June 10. Duty at Catlett's Station, Warrenton and Waterloo till August. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August 21-23. Thoroughfare Gap August 28. Groveton August 29. Bull Run August 30. Chantilly September 1. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battles of South Mountain September 14; Antietam September 16-17. Duty at Sharpsburg, Md., till October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. At Falmouth and Belle Plains till March, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24. Consolidated with 97th Regiment New York Infantry March 17, 1863, as Companies "F," "G" and "I."
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 43 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 45 Enlisted men by disease. Total 90.
