OVERVIEW:
Organized at Kalamazoo, Mich., and mustered in September 22, 1862. Left State for Louisville, Ky., September 29. Attached to District of Louisville, Dept. of the Ohio, to December, 1862. District of Western Kentucky Dept. of the Ohio, to June, 1863. Unattached, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to August, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to February, 1865, and Dept. of North Carolina, to June, 1865.
SERVICE:
Duty at Louisville, Ky., till December 9, 1862. Moved to Munfordsville December 9, and duty there till January 8, 1863. Operations against Morgan December 22, 1862, to January 2, 1863. Action at Bacon Creek, near Munfordsville, December 26, 1862. Moved to Bowling Green, Ky., January 8, 1863, and duty there till March 26. Moved to Lebanon, Ky., March 26, and operations against Pegram's forces March 26-April 3. Provost and guard duty at Louisville till August (Cos. "D" "E" "F," "I" and "K" moved to Lebanon June 10, thence to Green River Bridge. Action at Green River Bridge, Tebb's Bend, July 4. Successfully repulse Gen. John Morgan and his command of 4,000 with a loss of 50 killed and 200 wounded.) Moved to Lebanon, Ky., August 17. Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee August 17-October 17. March over Cumberland Mountains to Knoxville, Tenn., August 17-September 4. Duty at Loudon till November 9. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Moved to Kingston November 9, and duty there till December 4. Repulse of Wheeler's attack on Kingston November 24. Near Kingston December 4. March to Mossy Creek December 4-27. Action at Mossy Creek, Talbot Station, December 29. Duty at Mossy Creek till January 18, 1864. Moved to Knoxville January 18-21 and duty there till February 24. Advance to Morristown February 24-March 12. To Mossy Creek March 18 thence march to Red Clay, Ga., March 25-May 4. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 4-September 8. Demonstrations on Dalton May 9-13. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Pickett's Mills May 27. Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes' Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm June 22. Assault on Kennesaw June 27. Nickajack Creek July 2-5. Chattahoochee River July 5-17. Decatur July 19. Howard House July 20. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-80. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October 4-26. Moved to Johnsonville, Tenn., November 2-5, thence to Centreville and guard fords of Duck River till November 28. Battle of Franklin November 30. Battle of Nashville December 15-16. Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17-28. At Clifton, Tenn., till January 16, 1865. Moved to Washington, D.C., thence to Fort Fisher, N. C., January 16-February 15. Fort Anderson February 18-19. Town Creek February 19-20. Capture of Wilmington February 22. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Goldsboro March 6-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Salisbury, N. C., till June. Mustered out June 24, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 34 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 141 Enlisted men by disease. Total 178
