The 20th New York Infantry Regiment lost 8 officers and 53 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 58 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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May 6 |
Organized at New York City amd mustered in for two years Federal service under Colonel Max Weber, Lieutenant Colonel Francis Weiss and Major Engleberth Schnepp |
May |
Quartered at the Turtle Bay Brewery. |
June 13 |
Left state on steamship Alabama at the foot of Canal Street at 6 p.m. |
June 15 |
Arrived Fortress Monroe, Va. 6 a.m. Attached to Fortress Monroe and Camp Hamilton, Dept. of Virginia. The regiment was armed with Remington rifles, and officers' shoulder straps and noncomissioned officers chevrons and stripes changed to green to denote a regiment of sharpshooters. |
August 7 |
Hampton, Va. |
August 28-29 |
Bombardment and capture of Forts Hatteras and Clarke, N. C. |
September 13 |
Duty at Fortress Monroe and Camp Hamilton |
October 7 |
Companies G, H, I & K ordered to Newport News |
December 22 |
New Market Bridge, near Newport News
The regiment lost 1 officer and 6 enlisted men wounded |
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January 3 |
Reconnaissance to Big Bethel |
April 28 |
Captain Lorenz Meyer of Company A promoted to major |
May 9 |
Embarked for expedition under General Wool against Norfolk attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of Virginia |
May 10 |
Landed at Ocean View and advanced on Norfolk. Reached Tranter's Creek at 9 a.m. and skirmished with Confederate battery. Reached fortifications of Norfolk at 6 p.m. and occupied city. |
May 12 |
Camped near the Navy Yard |
May 15 |
Colonel Weber discharged and promoted to brigadier general, Lieutenant Colonel Weiss promoted to colonel, Major Schnepp promote to lieutenant colonel |
May 24 |
Moved to Paradise Creek on Suffolk Road |
June 3 |
Returned to Portsmouth and embarked for the Peninsula |
June 6 |
Landed at White House Landing |
June 7 |
Marched along Richmond & West Point Railroad to Savage's Station |
June 8 |
Marched to Camp Lincoln |
June 9 |
Joined Army of the Potomac in the field. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 29 |
Savage Station
Attacked by the 7th and 8th Georgia Infantry, then advanced two miles, followed by a charge on Confederate lines. |
June 30 |
White Oak Swamp
The regiment lost 2 killed, 10 wounded and 20 captured or missing in a surprise attack on the camp. |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July |
At Harrison's Landing |
July 4 |
Colonel Weiss resigns |
July 19 |
Major Ernst Von Vegesack of General Butterfield's staff transferred in, commissioned colonel and given command of regiment |
August 16 |
Marched toward Fortress Monroe |
August 18 |
Passed through Williamsburg |
August 19 |
Through Yorktown |
August 21 |
Arrived Fortress Monroe |
August 22 |
Embarked |
August 24 |
Arrived Alexandria |
August 29 |
Marched to Centerville, reaching the battlefield at dark |
August 29-31 |
In works at Centreville |
September 1 |
Fell back to Fairfax Court House, which it reached at 3 a.m., and picketed the Centreville Road |
September 2 |
Marched 20 miles to Alexandria |
September 6-22 |
Maryland Campaign |
September 6 |
Marched through Alexandria, over the Long Bridge, and through Washington and Georgetown |
September 7 |
Rested in camp near Georgetown |
September 8 |
Marched through Rockville |
September 10 |
To Barnesville |
September 11 |
Remain in camp at Barnesville |
September 12 |
Marched toward South Mountain |
September 14 |
Crampton's Pass, South Mountain |
September 15 - 16 |
Remained in line of battle |
September 17 |
Battle of Antietam
Marched to Antietam battlefield at dawn. Took part in charge toward the Dunker Church, losing 9 officers and 42 men killed, 100 wounded and 2 men missing. |
September 19 |
Marched through Sharpsburg and camped near the Potomac |
September 20 |
Marched to Williamsport |
September 23 |
Marched through Sharpsburg and camped near Bakersville |
October 11 |
To Hyattstown |
October 18 |
To Clar Spring |
October 29 |
To Williamsport |
October 31 |
Marched to Boonesboro |
November 1 |
Moved through Burkettsville to Jetersville |
November 3 |
Marched to Berlin and crossed the Potomac on the pontoon bridge |
November 4 |
Camped near Union |
November 5 |
Moved to near the Centerville Turnpike |
November 6 |
Moved to White Plains in heavy snow |
November 9 |
Moved to New Baltimore |
November 15 - 16 |
Marched t o Catlett's Station |
November 18 |
In camp near Aquia Creek |
December 4 |
Crossed the railroad at Falmouth |
December 5 |
To Belle Plains |
December 11 |
Moved up to the Rappahannock |
December 12-14 |
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va.
Crossed the river and supported batteries to the east of town |
December 15 |
Withdrew across the Rappahonnock |
December 19 |
Moved to White Oak Chapel and went into winter quarters, building huts |
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January 20 |
"Mud March" |
January 22 |
Returned to winter quarters at White Oak Church |
April 20 |
Marched to the Rappahannock |
April 20 - 29 |
Camp on the Rappahannock. 202 men refused duty on the grounds that their terms of service had expired, and were placed under arrest. |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
April 29-May 2 |
Operations at Franklin's Crossing |
May 3 |
Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg |
May 3-4 |
Salem Heights |
May 4 |
Banks' Ford
The regiment lost 9 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 6 officers and 83 enlisted men wounded and 4 officers and 106 enlisted men captured |
May 5 |
Withdrew across the Rappahannock |
May 6 |
The regiment's term of servce expired. Three years men transferred to 3rd New York Battery and to Battery "F" 5th United States Artillery |
May 7 |
Marched to Falmouth Station to board trains for Washington |
May 8 |
Passed through Baltimore and honored by a torchlight procession by the Baltimore Turnverein |
May 10 |
Arrived in New York |
June 1 |
Regiment mustered out at New York City, expiration of term, under Colonel Von Vegesack, Lieutenant Colonel Schnepp and Major Meyer |
