June 20, 1861

The 2nd Regiment was organized at Burlington, and Mustered into the United Sates service by Lieutenant-Colonel Rains, U. S. A., ... it being the first three years' regiment raised in Vermont.' (Peck)

June 24, 1861

The 2nd Regiment departed Vermont for Washington, D.C., arriving on the 26th. (Peck)

July 21, 1861

2nd Regiment was engaged at 1st Bull Run, VA (Manassas) (see battles)

July 21, 1861

First Sergeant Urban A. Woodbury, Company H, 2nd Regiment, wounded in action at Bull Run, VA, lost his right arm by a piece of shell while his regiment was double-quicking toward the enemy; after being wounded, was taken to a copper's shop, near Sudley's Church, where his arm was amputated, thus becoming the first 'empty sleeve' from Vermont. (Benedict)

August 12, 1861

The 2nd Regiment was detached from [Colonel O. O.] Howard's brigade and ordered to Chain Bridge, some ten miles above Georgetown on the Potomac, and went into camp at the east end of the bridge, being brigaded with the Sixth Maine and the Thirty-third New York regiments. (Peck)

August 22, 1861

The 2nd and 3rd Vermont, at Camp Lyon, were 'reviewed by President Lincoln, General McClellan and Secretaries Seward and Chase.' (Crockett)

September 3, 1861

The 2nd Regiment moved across the [Chain] bridge into Virginia once more, and about a mile from the bridge went into camp (Camp Advance). Here the regiment, together with the Sixth Maine built Forts Marcy and Ethan Allen.' (Peck)

September 11, 1861

2nd Regiment was engaged or present at skirmish near Lewinsville, Va. (see battles)

March 10, 1862

The 2nd Regiment 'moved from Camp Griffin, where it had remained during the winter doing picket duty and drilling, and took up the line of march to Centerville.' (Peck)

April 2, 1862

2nd Regiment 'moved with the army up the peninsula, taking part in the fights at Young's Mills, Lee's Mills and Williamsburg, beside some skirmishing with the enemy.' (Peck)

May 3, 1863

Sergeant Ephraim W. Harrington, Co. G, 2nd VVI, was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on this date. (more)

May 4, 1863

2nd Regiment was engaged or present at Salem Heights, Va. (see battles)

June 5, 1863

2nd Regiment was engaged or present at Fredericksburg, Va. (see battles)

November 7, 1863

2nd Regiment was engaged or present at Rappahannock Station, Va. (see battles)

April 30, 1864

Only 77 of an aggregate of 941 men were on the sick list, the smallest proportion of sick men ever reported by the 2nd Regiment during the war. (Benedict)

May 5, 1864

Colonel Newton Stone, who had assumed command of the 2nd Regiment on 1 April, was killed in action at the Wilderness (Benedict)

May 12, 1864

Captain Dayton P. Clarke, Co. F, 2nd VVI, was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on this date. (more)

May 12, 1864

Private William W. Noyes, Co. F, 2nd VVI, was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on this date. (more)

May 12, 1864

2nd Lieutenant Augustus I. Robbins, Co. B, 2nd VVI, was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on this date. (more)

August 21, 1864

2nd Regiment was engaged or present at Charlestown, Va. (see battles)

September 13, 1864

2nd Regiment was engaged or present at Gilbert's Ford, Va. (see battles)

September 19, 1864

2nd Regiment was engaged or present at Winchester, Va. (see battles)

September 24, 1864

2nd Regiment was engaged or present at Mount Jackson, Va. (see battles)

October 19, 1864

Lieutenant Colonel Amasa A. Tracy, 2nd VVI, was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on this date. (more)

April 6, 1865

The 2nd Regiment fired the last shot of the Sixth Army Corps, on the eastern fork of Sailor's Creek, VA (Peck)

April 6, 1865

2nd Regiment was engaged or present at Sailor's Creek, Va. (see battles)

June 19, 1865

About 300 recruits from the 2nd Regiment, whose terms of service were to expire before 1, October, 1865 were Mustered out. (Benedict)

July 15, 1865

The 2nd Regiment mustered out, after serving four years, one month, five days, and losing 6 Officers and 217 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded, 136 Enlisted men by disease, 22 who died in prison, and 4 from other causes, for a total of 385 fatalities out of a total of 1858 men who served. In addition, 692 men had been wounded, and 129 had been taken prisoner. (Peck)

February 19, 1942

Edgar A. Francis, Co. D, 2nd Vermont Infantry, died in Montpelier (Last Vets)

July 1, 1948

Henry A. Horton, Co. A, 2nd Vermont Infantry, died in Troy, NY. (Last Vets)