The Second regiment was detached from the Iron Brigade and employed as provost guard of the Fourth Division, Fifth Army Corps.

The evidence

• “On the 27th of August following, the regiment was transferred to the command of Gen. Rufus King, and composed a portion of the " Iron Brigade." Company D participated in the campaigns against Richmond, in the battles of Gainesville, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Laurel Mountain and at other points, until May 11, 1864. At that date, the regiment was detached from the brigade it had accompanied since its organization, and to whose reputation it so materially contributed (the Second having been reduced to less than one hundred men fit for active service), and employed as Provost Guard of the Fourth Division, Fifth Army Corps, accompanying that Division in the movement to the left, crossing the North Anna River on the 23d of May, and arriving, on the 6th of June, on the Chickahominy. The regiment remained here until the 11th of the same month, when it marched to White House Landing, whence it embarked for Washington, and arrived in Madison June 18, where, on the 2d of July, 1864, it was mustered out of service, and the remnant of Company D returned to Rock County. When the regiment reached Wisconsin, its total number was 155 ofiicers and men, out of 1,050 who en”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/12-rock-county-ch06-politics-war-record.md, PDF p. 455 / book p. 459

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources

  

• “(The first Wisconsin soldier killed in the rebellion was George C. Drake, of Milwaukee, Company A, First Wisconsin Infantry, July 2, 1861, near Martinsburg, Va.) On the 27th of August following the regiment was transferred to the command of General Rufus King, and composed a portion of the "Iron Brigade." Company D participated in the campaigns against Richmond, in the battles of Gainesville, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Laurel Mountain and at other points, until May 11, 1864. At that date the regiment was detached from the brigade it had accompanied since its organization and to whose reputation it so materially contributed (the Second having been reduced to less than 100 men fit for active service), and was employed as provost guard of the Fourth Division, Fifth Army Corps, accompanying that division in the movement to the left, crossing the North Anna river on May 23 and arriving on June 6 on the Chickahominy. The regiment remained here until the 11th of the same month, when it marched to White House Landing, whence it embarked for Washington, and arrived in Madison, Wis., June 18, where, on July 2, 1864, it was mustered out of service, and the remnant o”

  1908-brown-rock-county/16-military-history.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 359 / book p. 330

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources · may repeat 1879-history-of-rock-county, so not counted as independent