June 25 to July 1, 1862 Seven Days Battles
June 25: King's School House (Oak Grove) The regiment lost ten men killed and 77 wounded.
July 1: Battle of Malvern Hill Colonel Harris was again wounded. Lieutenant Samuel Smythe of Company A and Lieutenant Alexander Campbell of Company C were killed.
August 28-30: Second Battle of Manassas (Bull Run): The regiment lost 13 killed and 50 wounded. Captain Joseph T. Albert of Company K was killed. Lieutenant S.B. Treadaway of Company G was mortally wounded.
September 12-15 Siege of Harpers Ferry
September 17: The Battle of Antietam The regiment crossed the Potomac River at Blackford's Ford and marched north through the fields to the west of the town of Sharpsburg and took position on the far eastern flank of the Sunken Road. The regiment may have had only 60 men on the field due to casualties and straggling.
Colonel Robert H. Jones took over the brigade as senior officer when General Wright was wounded, but was shot in the stomach and lung. Major Lawrence D. Lallerstedt took over the regiment, but was himself wounded. Neither Jones not Lallerstedt would return to command.
Captain W.F. Jones of Company G was mortally wounded and captured.
--Old Secesh
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