ENGAGEMENTS

Falmouth, Va.------- Apr. 19, 1862
Orange Court House Road, Va.------- July 26, 1862
Bowling Green, Va. ------- Aug. 6, 1862
Rappahannock Station, Va.------- Aug. 21 - 23, 1862
Sulphur Springs, Va.-------Aug. 26, 1862
Gainesville, Va.-------Aug. 28, 1862
Bull Run, Va.-------Aug. 29, 30, 1862
Chantilly, Va.-------Sept. 1, 1862
South Mountain, Md.-------Sept. 14, 1862
Boonsborough, Md.-------Sept. 15, 1862
Antietam, Md.-------Sept. 16, 17, 1862
Fredericksburg, Va.-------Dec. 13 - 15, 1862
Chancellorsville, Va.------- May 1 - 4, 1863
Gettysburg, Pa.-------July 2 - 4, 1863
Wapping Heights, Va.-------July 23, 1863
Auburn, Va.------- Oct. 13, 1863
Kelly's Ford, Va.------- Nov. 7, 1863
Brandy Station, -------Va. Nov. 8, 1863
Locust Grove, Va.-------Nov. 27, 1863
Mine Run, Va.-------Nov. 28Ä30, 1863
Wilderness, Va.-------May 5 - 7, 1864
Todd's Tavern, Va.-------May 9, 1864
Po River, Va.-------May 10, 1864
Spottsylvania , Va.-------May 11 - 16, 1864
North Anna River, Va.-------May 23 - 26, 1864
Totopotomoy Creek, Va.-------May 30, 31, 1864
Cold Harbor, Va.-------June 3 - 12, 1864
Petersburg, Va.-------June 16 - 30, 1864
Weldon Railroad, Va.-------June 21 - 23, 1864
Deep Bottom, Va.-------July 27 and Aug. 14 - 18, 1864
Mine Explosion, Petersburg, Va.-------July 30, 1864
Siege of Petersburg, Va.------- Sept. 10 - 22, and Oct. 10, 1864
Poplar Springs Church, Va.------- Oct. 7, 1864
Boydton Plank Road, Va.-------Oct. 27, 1864
Weldon Railroad, Va.-------Dec. 8 - 10, 1864
Hatcher's Run, Va.-------Feb. 5 - 7, 1865

2nd Regiment Sharpshooters

Organized by Companies as follows 

Company "A" in Minnesota October 5, 1861

Company "B" in Michigan October 4, 1861 

Company "C" in Pennsylvania October 4, 1861

 Company "D" in Maine November 2, 1861

 Company "E" in Vermont November 9, 1861

 Company "F" in New Hampshire November 28, 1861

 Company "G" in New Hampshire December 10, 1861

 Company "H" in Vermont December 31, 1861

 Companies moved to Washington, D.C., and duty in the Defenses of that city until April, 1862. Attached to Augur's Brigade, King's 1st Division, McDowell's 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, March to April, 1862. 1st Brigade, King's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division. 3rd Army Corps, to September, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, to March, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, to February, 1865.

SERVICE

Moved to Bristoe Station, Va., April 5-6; thence to Falmouth, Va., April 15-19. Duty at Falmouth until May 25. McDowell's advance on Richmond May 25-29. Operations against Jackson June 1-21. Duty at Falmouth until August. Blackburn's Ford July 19. Reconnaissance to Orange Court House July 24-26. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August 21-23. Sulphur Springs August 26. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battles of South Mountain September 14; Antietam September 16-17. Camp near Sharpsburg until October 29. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 17. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24, 1863. At Falmouth until April. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Action at Wapping Heights, Va., July 23. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Auburn and Bristoe October 14. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Kelly's Ford November 7. Brandy Station November 8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Payne's Farm November 27. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River May 4-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spotsylvania May 8-12; Po River May 10; Spotsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient, "Bloody Angle," May 12. Harris Farm, Fredericksburg Road, May 19. North Anna River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 16-19. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to February 20, 1865. Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad, June 22-23, 1864. Demonstration north of the James River July 27-29. Deep Bottom July 28-29. Demonstration north of the James August 13-20. Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18. Poplar Springs Church, Peeble's Farm, September 29-October 2. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Expedition to Weldon Railroad December 7-12. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7, 1865. Discontinued February 20, 1865. Company "A" transferred to 1st Minnesota Infantry, Company "B" to 5th Michigan Infantry, Company "C" to 105th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company "D" to 17th Maine Infantry, Company "F" to 5th New Hampshire Infantry, Company "G" to 5th New Hampshire Infantry, and Company "H" to 4th Vermont Infantry. 

Regiment lost during service

 8 Officers and 117 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 123 Enlisted men by disease. Total 250.