First enlistment

  • October 5, 1861 – First Muster at Camp Olden near Newark, New Jersey
  • November 26, 1861 – Issued Springfield rifled-muskets to replace smoothbore muskets
  • December 4, 1861 – Embarked for Washington to join the Union Army
  • December 6, 1861 – Arrived at Washington, entered camp on the Bladensburg turnpike
  • January 4, 1862 – Embarked for Annapolis, Maryland
  • February 8, 1862 – Battle of Roanoke Island, North Carolina
  • March 14, 1862 – New Berne, North Carolina
  • April 25, 1862 – Fort Macon, North Carolina
  • July 27, 1862 – Youngs Cross Roads, North Carolina
  • November 2, 1862 – Rowell’s Mills, North Carolina
  • December 12, 1862 – Deep Creek, North Carolina
  • December 13, 1862 – Southwest Creek and before Kinston, North Carolina
  • December 14, 1862 – Kinston, North Carolina
  • December 16, 1862 – Whitehall, North Carolina
  • December 17, 1862 – Goldsborough, North Carolina
  • July 6, 1863 – Comfort Bridget, North Carolina
  • July 26, 1863 – Winston, North Carolina
  • January 17, 1864 – Mustered out at Newark, New Jersey

Second enlistment

  • January 18, 1864 – Re-enlistment at Newark, New Jersey
  • February 7, 1864 – Deep Creek, Virginia
  • March 1-2, 1864 – Deep Creek, Virginia
  • April 14, 1864 – Cherry Grove, Virginia
  • May 6-7, 1864 – Walthall, Virginia
  • May 9-10, 1864 – Swift Creek, Virginia
  • May 12, 1864 – Drury’s Bluff, Virginia
  • May 15-16, 1864 – Drury’s Bluff, Virginia
  • May 24, 1865 – Petersburg, Virginia
  • June 3-4, 1864 – Cold Harbor, Virginia
  • June 16, 1864 – Free Bridge, Virginia
  • June 20, 1864 – Petersburg, Virginia
  • June 25, 1864 – Petersburg, Virginia
  • July 10, 1864 – Petersburg, Virginia
  • July 30, 1864 – Petersburg, Virginia (Battle of the Crater)
  • August 15, 1864 – Petersburg, Virginia
  • August 19, 1864 – Petersburg, Virginia
  • December 9, 1864 – Gardner’s Bridge, North Carolina
  • December 10, 1864 – Foster’s Bridge, North Carolina
  • December 11, 1864 – Butler’s Bridge, North Carolina
  • March 7, 1865 – Southwest Creek, North Carolina
  • March 8-10, 1865, Wise’s Fork, North Carolina
  • March 21, 1865 – Goldsborogh, North Carolina
  • July 12, 1865 – Mustered out at Greensboro, North Carolina