36th New York Infantry Regiment "Washington Volunteers"

The Regiment lost 1 officer and 36 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 officers and 26 enlisted men to disease, a total of 67.

 

Timeline of the 36th New York Infantry Regiment

 

Organized at New York City

June 17, 1861

Mustered in for two years service under Colonel Charles H. Innes, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas J. Lord and Major Nathaniel Finch

July 12

Left State for Washington, D.C. Duty at Kalorma Heights and Camp Brightwood, Defenses of Washington, D.C.

August 4

Attached to Couch's Brigade, Division of the Potomac

August 5

Lt. Colonel Lord discharged

September 19

Daniel Hungerford mustered in as lieutenant colonel with rank from August 5

October

Attached to Couch's Brigade, Buell's Division, Army of the Potomac

November 12

Major Finch discharged. Captain James Raney of Company B promoted to major

March 1862

Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

March 11-15

March to Prospect Hill, Va.

March 28

Moved to the Peninsula, Va.

April 5-May 4

Siege of Yorktown

May 5

Battle of Williamsburg

May 17

Lieutenant George Tarr died of disease at Fort Monroe, Virginia

May 20-23

Reconnaissance to Bottom's Bridge

May 25-28

To White Oak Swamp

May 31-June 1

Battle of Fair Oaks or Seven Pines

The regiment lost 12 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, Captains David Murphy and Daniel Townsend, Lieutenants John Barker, James Grant, John Lewis and Le Roy Briggs and 29 enlisted men wounded and 4 enlisted men missing

June 19

Lieutenant Daniel Faxon of Company A died of disease

June 25-July 1

Seven days before Richmond

June 25

Battles of Oak Grove, near Seven Pines

June 29

Savage Station

June 30

White Oak Swamp

July 1

Malvern Hill

The regiment lost 20 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, Captain Horace Howlett, Lieutenant George Robinson and 83 enlisted men wounded, and 36 enlisted men missing or captured in a charge that captured 65 prisoners and the colors of the 14th North Carolina Infantry.

July 6

Colonel Innes and Lt. Colonel Hungerford discharged. Captain James Walsh of Company K promoted to lieutennt colonel

July-August

At Harrison's Landing

August 2

Lt. Colonel William Brown of the 31st New York Infantry mustered in as colonel

August 16-29

Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville

August 20

Captain Edward Quackenbos of Company E died of disease in New York City

September 6-22

Maryland Campaign. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps

September 16-17

Battle of Antietam

September-October

Duty in Maryland

October 15

Major Raney discharged. Captain Elihu Faxon of Company A promoted to major

October 29-
November 19

Movement to Falmouth, Va.

December 12-15

Battle of Fredericksburg

The regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed and Lieutenant Robert Kirby and Privates John Jordan and John Shanahan wounded

January 20-24, 1863

"Mud March"

February-April

At Falmouth

April 27-May 6

Chancellorsville Campaign

April 29-May 2

Operations about Franklin's Crossing

May 3

Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg

Major Faxon and 2 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, Colonel Brown, Lt. Colonel Walsh, Captain George Robinson, Lieutenant Robert Jones and 13 enisted men were wounded, and 6 enlisted men were captured or missing

May 3-4

Salem Heights

May 4

Banks' Ford

June 5-13

Deep Run Ravine

June 14

Ordered home for muster out. Three years men transferred to 65th Regiment, New York Infantry.

June 29

Captain Daniel Townsend of Company D promoted to major but not mustered

July 5

Captain Alfred Piggott of Company K died of disease in Philadelphia

July 13-17

Duty in New York during draft riots

Private William Joyce was killed

July 15, 1863

Mustered out, expiration of term, under Colonel William H. Brown, Lt. Colonel Walsh and Major Townsend

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