8th United States Infantry

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Regimental History and Service Record

  • July 16-21, 1861 - The Manassas Campaign
  • Provost Guard, Headquarters, Army Potomac, to July, 1863 (Cos. "A," "B," "D," "F," "G")
  • Dept. of the East to April, 1864
  • Provost Guard, 9th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to October, 1864
  • 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, to November, 1864
  • Baltimore, Md., 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to August, 1865.

SERVICE.--Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., until March, 1862.

Movement to Alexandria August 16-23. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. (Co. "B" joined at Sharpsburg October 3, 1862.) At Sharpsburg, Md., until October 29. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15.

Ordered to New York July 15. At City Hall Park, New York July 17-30, and on the Battery, New York, until August 22. At Forts in N.Y. Harbor until April 23, 1864. Moved to Washington, D.C., April 23.

Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16-November 2. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Moved to Buffalo, N.Y., November 2, thence to Baltimore, Md., November 22, and duty there until August, 1865.

Companies "C" and "D" reached Washington, D.C., April, 1862. Attached to Defenses of Washington, to May, 1862. Cooper's 1st Brigade, Sigel's Division, Dept. of the Shenandoah, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army Potomac, September, 1862. Joined other Companies at Headquarters Army Potomac. Moved to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., May 24, 1862. Defense of Harper's Ferry May 24-30. Operations in the Shenandoah Valley until August. Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9. Pope's Virginia Campaign August 16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August 20-23. Sulphur Springs August 26. Plains of Manassas August 27-29. Battle of Bull Run August 30. Battle of Antietam, Md., September 16-17.

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Regiment Statistical Information

  • Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 15 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 47 Enlisted men by disease. Total 67.

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Notes

  1. Not originally referenced on Dyer summary but listed on unit homepage
  2. Not originally listed on unit homepage
  3. Not originally listed on Dyer summary
  4. Not originally listed on Dyer summary

Sources

  • Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 271, 828, 880, 895, 897, 902, 903, 904, 905, 916, 933, 934, 936, 940, 941, 1711-1712)