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Jasper S. Daniels - 2nd Wisconsin

Wisconsin

 

Blackburn's Ford, Va. - Bull Run 1st, Va. - Orange Court House, Va.

Beaver Dam Station, Va. - Rappahannock Station, Va. – Sulphur Springs, Va.

Gainsville, Va. - Bull Run 2ND, Va. South Mountain, Md. - Antietam, Md.

Fredricksburg, Va. - Fitzhugh's Crossing, Va. - Chancellorsville, Va. –

Brandy Station, Va. - Gettysburg, Pa. - Wilderness, Va. Spotsylvania & Laurel Hill, Va. –

North Anna & Jericho Ford, Va. - Tolopotomy, Va. -

Bethesda Church, Va. - Cold Harbor, Va.- Mine Run, Va.

 

Jasper S. Daniels Service

 

April 19, 1861 Enlisted into Company A Second Wisconsin Infantry from Pt. Washington, Wisconsin.

June 10, 1864 Veteran, Corporal, Sergeant; transferred from Company A, Second Wisconsin

Infantry to Independent Battalion, October 12, 1864, transferred to Company B, Independent Battalion

October 12, 1864, From Company A, independent Battalion; Sergeant; promoted Quartermaster Sergeant

November 30, 1864 transferred to Company G, 6th Wisconsin Infantry

 

Wisconsin - 2nd Regiment Infantry

 

Ø      Organized at Madison, Wis., and mustered in June 11, 1861.

Ø      Moved to Washington, D.C., June 20-25.

Ø      Attached to Sherman's Brigade, Tyler's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia, until August 1861.

Ø      Fort Corcoran, Division of the Potomac, until October 1861.

Ø      King's Brigade, McDowell's Division, Army of the Potomac, until March 1862.

Ø      3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, until April 1862.

Ø      3rd Brigade, King's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, until June 1862.

Ø      4th Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of Virginia, until September 1862.

Ø      4th Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, until June 1863.

Ø      1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, until March 1864.

Ø      1st Brigade, 4th Division, 5th Army Corps, until August 1864.

Ø      3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, until September 1864.

Ø      1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, until October 1864

 

 

 

 

Time Line of Regiment

 

·        July 16-21, 1861 Advance on Manassas, Virginia

·        July 17, 1861 Occupation of Fairfax Court House

·        July 18, 1861 Action at Blackburn's Ford

·        July 21,1861 Battle of Bull Run

·        Until August 27, 1861 Duty at Fort Corcoran, Defenses of Washington, D.C.

·        Until March 1862 Camp at Meridian Hill and duty at Fort Tillinghast

·        September 25, 1861 Reconnaissance to Lewinsville, Virginia

·        March 10-16, 1862 Advance on Manassas, Virginia

·        March 18-April 23 Advance to Falmouth

·        April 1, 1862 Woodstock

·        May 25-29, 1862 McDowell's advance on Richmond

·        June 2-11, 1862 Operations against Jackson

·        July 24-26, 1862 Reconnaissance to Orange Court House

·        August 5-8, 1862 Expedition to Frederick's Hall Station and Spotsylvania Court House

·        August 5-6, 1862 Thornburg's Mills or Massapona Church

·        August 16-September 2, 1862 Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia

·        August 21-23, 1862 Fords of the Rappahannock

·        August 21, 1862 Catlett's Station

·        August 28, 1862 Gainesville

·        Battles of Groveton August 29, 1862

·        August 30, 1862 Bull Run

·        Chantilly September 1, 1862 (Reserve)

·        Maryland Campaign September 6-22, 1862

·        September 14, 1862 Battles of South Mountain, Maryland, and

·        September 16-17, 1862 Antietam, Maryland

·        Until October 30, 1862 At Sharpsburg, Maryland

·        Advance to Falmouth, Virginia October 30-November 22, 1862

·        December 12-15, 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia

·        January 20-24, 1863 "Mud March"

·        Until April 27, 1863 At Belle Plains

·        March 25-29, 1863 Expedition from Belle Plains into Westmoreland County

·        April 27-May 6, 1863 Chancellorsville Campaign

·        April 29-May 2, 1863 Operations at Pollock's Mill Creek

·        April 29-30, 1863 Fitzhugh's Crossing

·        May 2-5, 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville

·        May 20-26, 1863 Operations on Northern Neck

·        June 9, 1863 Brandy Station and Beverly Ford

·        June 11-July 24. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Campaign

·        July 1-3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

·        July 5-24, 1863 Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Virginia

·        Until October Duty on line of the Rappahannock and Rapidan

·        October 9-22. Bristoe Campaign

·        October 19, 1863 Haymarket

·        November 7-8, 1863 Advance to line of the Rappahannock

·        November 26-December 2, 1863 Mine Run Campaign

·        May 3-June 15, 1864 Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River

·        May 5-7, 1864 Battles of the Wilderness

·        May 8, 1864 Laurel Hill

·        May 8-12, 1864 Spotsylvania

·        May 12, 1864 Assault on the Salient May 12

·        May 23-26, 1864 North Anna River

·        May 26-28, 1864 On line of the Pamunkey

·        May 28-31, 1864 Totopotomoy

·        June 1-12, 1864 Cold Harbor June 1-12, 1864

·        July 2, 1864 Non-Veterans ordered to Madison, Wisconsin, June 11, and were mustered out there

·        June 16-18, 1864 Veterans and Recruits consolidated to a Battalion of two Companies and assigned to duty as Provost Guard at Headquarters, 4th Division, 5th Army Corps, until September. Before Petersburg

·        June 16 to November 30 Siege of Petersburg.

·        August 18-21, 1864 Weldon Railroad

·        October 27-28, 1864 Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run,

·        November 30, 1864 Battalion consolidated with 6th Wisconsin Infantry as Companies "G" and "H".

The Second Wisconsin regiment losses included 10 officers and 228 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and an additonal 77 enlisted men died as a result of disease bringing total losses to 315 brave men.

Note: The timeline items with the red bullet points were specifically listed on Jasper's certificate of service. It is not known if those items on the timeline and not listed on the certificate indicates that Jasper was not with his unit on the date listed.

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