It was one of scores of temporary regiments that originally signed up for rear echelon duty as Hundred Days Men in an effort to free up veteran troops for front-line combat.
The regiment was commanded by a veteran of the Army of the Potomac, Col. E. Burd Grubb.
Before leaving camp on June 28, the new soldiers were issued one hundred smoothbore muskets altered to percussion caps and five-hundred and thirty-eight Enfield rifles.
On August 27, with more manpower needed in the front-lines, the regiment was ordered to man the trenches in front of Petersburg, and the next day, they arrived to support the Hare House Battery.
Killed or died of wounds 2 Officers 6 Enlisted men Wounded and recovered 0 Officers 29 Enlisted men Died of disease or accidents 2 Officers Colonel Grubb's younger brother Parker Grubb, the regimental adjutant Lt. Col. John S. Barlow, died 9/12/1864 13 Enlisted men Private Theodore H. Gardner of Company G, killed at Petersburg on September 5, 1864