Statewide County WI Archives Military Records.....History Of The Independent Battalion, 2nd WI Infantry Civilwar ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com August 3, 2007, 10:17 pm History Of The Independent Battalion, 2nd WI Infantry INDEPENDENT BATTALION, SECOND REGIMENT. By order of the Division commander, the members of the Second Wisconsin, who had joined the regiment after its original organization, were organized on the 11th of June, 1864, as an independent battalion of two companies, under command of Captain Dennis B. Dailey, of company B. The battalion was assigned to duty as provost guard of the Fourth division, Fifth army corps; Captain Dailey being appointed Provost Marshal, and Lieutenant Morgan assuming the immediate command of the battalion. They left Bottom's Bridge on the night of the 12th of June, as rear guard of the division, and crossing the Chickahominy River, accompanied the general movement of the corps by way of Charles City Court House, to the vicinity of Wilcox's Landing, where they encamped on the 14th. Crossing the James River at this point on the 16th, they marched by way of Prince George's Court House, in the advance upon Petersburg, and took part on the 18th in the battle before that place, with a loss of two men wounded. From this date they remained on provost duty at division headquarters, on the Petersburg and Norfolk railroad, four miles from the former place, until the 17th of August, when they were again put in motion, accompanying the movement of the corps to Yellow House, on the Weldon railroad. Here they were deployed in the rear of the division, and participated in the action of the following day, losing one man wounded. In the battle of the 19th, they were again engaged, and Lieutenant Morgan, having been severely wounded, the command devolved upon Lieutenant Naegeli. They were employed on the following day in building entrenchments on the left of the railroad, and on the 21st assisted in repulsing the enemy's attack upon our line. In this action the casualties were four wounded, including Captain Dailey, who was severely wounded and sent to General Hospital, The Fourth division having been temporarily broken up, they were assigned on the 24th, to provost duty at corps headquarters, where they remained until the 1st of September. At this date they were transferred to the First brigade of the Third division, and assigned to the performance of guard and picket duty. Lieutenant Morgan rejoined and took command of the battalion on the 27th of September; Captain Dailey, who returned to duty on the same day, having been detailed on staff duty. The battalion remained in line of breastworks near the Weldon railroad, one mile from Yellow House, Va., until the 27th of October 1864, when they accompanied the march of the brigade and participated on that and the following day in the engagement at Hatcher's Run, sustaining a loss of one killed and four wounded. They returned on the 28th to camp near Yellow House, resuming the performance of picket and guard duty in the trenches. On the 30th of November the battalion was transferred, as companies G and H, to the Sixth Wisconsin infantry, with which this remnant of the Second was subsequently connected until their muster-out of service. Additional Comments: Extracted from: ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, WITH REPORTS FROM THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL AND SURGEON GENERAL, FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 30th, 1865. MADISON, WIS.: WILLIAM J. PARK & CO., B00KSELLERS, BINDERS AND STATIONERS. 1866. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/statewide/military/civilwar/other/historyo374gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 4.0 Kb