Combat History
The regiment served at Antietam (held in reserve), Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville The soldiers were quarantined in the rear area due to illness from a tainted small pox vaccine that they had been ordered to have. Other battles included Gettysburg, Rappahannock Station, Mine Run, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy and Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Five Forks, and Appomattox.
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