2nd Engineer Bn

The history of the 2nd Engineer Battalion had its beginning on 3 August 1861 when it was organized from one existing company and 3 new companies of Engineer soldiers. It was designated the "Battalion of Engineers, Army of the United States." During the Civil War from 1861 to 1865, the Battalion fought with the Army of the Potomac and earned campaign streamers for Peninsula, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Virginia 1963, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and Appomattox.