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6th Regiment Infantry
Organized at Keene and mustered in November 27,
1861. Left State for Washington, D.C., December 25, 1861. Attached to
Williams' 4th Brigade, North Carolina Expedition, to April, 1862. Hawkins'
Brigade, Dept. Of North Carolina, to July, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division,
9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd
Division, 9th Army Corps, Dept. Of the Ohio, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd
Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to September, 1863. Bixby's
Brigade, District of North Central Kentucky, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps,
Dept. Of Ohio, to February, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps,
Army of the Potomac, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army
Corps, Army of the Potomac, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Expedition to Hatteras Inlet, N. C.,
January 6-13, 1862, and duty there until March 2. Moved to Roanoke Island
March 2 and duty there until June 18. Expedition to Elizabeth City April 7-8.
Battle of Camden, South Mills, April 19. Expedition to New Berne June 18-July
2. Moved to Newport News, Va., July 2-10, and duty there until August 2. Moved
to Aquia Creek and Fredericksburg, Va., August 2-7. Pope's Campaign in
Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Battles of Groveton August 29; Second
Bull Run August 30; Chantilly September 1. Maryland Campaign
September-October. Battle of South Mountain, Md., September 14. Battle of
Antietam, Md., September 16-17. Duty in Pleasant Valley, Md., until October
27. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 27-November 19. Corbin's Cross Roads,
near Amissville, November 10. Sulphur Springs November 14. Battle of
Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. Burnside's Second Campaign, "Mud March,"
January 20-24, 1863. Moved to Newport News, Va., February 11; thence to
Lexington, Ky., March 26-April 1. To Winchester, thence to Richmond, Ky.,
April 18. To Paint Lick Creek May 3, and to Lancaster May 10. Movement to
Vicksburg, Miss., June 3-14, Siege of Vicksburg June 14-July 4. Advance on
Jackson, Miss., July 4-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. At Milldale until
August 5. Moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, August 5-20; thence to Nicholasville, Ky.
Provost duty at Nicholasville, Frankfort and Russellville until October 25.
Moved to Camp Nelson, Ky., and Provost duty there until January 16, 1864,
Regiment veterans January, 1864, and on furlough January 16 to March 10, when
ordered to Annapolis, Md. Non-Veterans at Camp Nelson, Ky., until March.
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15. Battles of the
Wilderness, Va., May 5-7; Spotsylvania May 8-12; Spotsylvania Court House May
12-21. Assault on the Salient at Spotsylvania Court House May 12. North Anna
River May 23-26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31.
Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-19.
Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion,
Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Poplar Springs Church
September 29-October 2. Hatcher's Run October 27-28. Garrison of Fort
Alexander Hays until April, 1865, Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
Assaults on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Occupation of Petersburg April 3.
Pursuit of Lee to Burkesville April 3-9. Moved to Washington, D.C., April
20-27. Duty at Alexandria until July. Grand Review May 23. Mustered out July
17, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 10 Officers and 177
Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 228 Enlisted men
by disease, Total 418.
Source: A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion -
Frederick H. Dyer, 1908
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