Organized at Camp Nelson, Ky., July 4, 1864. Attached to Military District of
Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio, to January, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 25th
Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to April, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 25th Corps
and Dept. of Texas, to April, 1867.
SERVICE.-Duty at Camp Nelson and Louisa, Ky., till January, 1865. Ordered to
Dept. of Virginia January 3, 1865. Siege operations against Petersburg and
Richmond on the Bermuda Hundred Front till March, 1865. Appomattox Campaign
March 28-April 9. Hatcher's
Run March 29-31. Fall of Petersburg
April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox
Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Duty at Petersburg and City
Point till June. Moved to Texas June and July. Duty at Brownsville and other
points on the Rio Grande, Texas, till April, 1867. Mustered out April 2, 1867.
SOURCE: National Park Service's Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
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