1861 |
August 8th - October 21 |
Organized at Albany, N.Y. |
August 30 |
Mustered in under Colonel Stephen W. Stryker, Lieutenant Colonel James O. Rice and Major James McKnown |
October 21 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. and attached to Butterfield's Brigade, Fitz-John Porter's Division, Army of the Potomac |
1862 |
January 2 |
Major McKnown discharged and Captain Edward P. Chapin of Company A promoted to major |
March |
Attached to Butterfield's 3rd Brigade, Porter's 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March 10-15 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. |
March 22-24 |
Moved to the Peninsula, Va. |
March 30 |
Reconnaissance to Big Bethel |
April 5 |
Warwick Road |
April 5-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown
The regiment lost 1 killed and 2 enlisted men wounded |
May 10 |
Reconnaissance up the Pamunkey |
May 18 |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps as division is transferred to the Fifth Corps |
May 24 |
New Bridge |
May 27 |
Battle of Hanover Court House
The regiment lost 31 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, and 3 officers and 52 men wounded |
May 27-29 |
Operations near Hanover Court House |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 26 |
Battles of Mechanicsville |
June 27 |
Gaines' Mill
The regiment lost 16 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 4 officers and 27 enlisted men wounded, and 17 enlisted men missing |
June 30 |
White Oak Swamp and Turkey Bend |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill
The regiment lost 21 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 72 enlisted men wounded, and 6 enlisted men missing |
July 4 |
Colonel Stryker is discharged, and Lieutenant Colonel Rice promoted to colonel. Major Chapin is discharged and becomes colonel of the 116th New York Infantry. Captain Freeman Connor of Company D is promoted to major. |
July 14 |
Major Connor promoted to lieutenant colonel and Captain Edward Knox of Company D promoted to major |
July-August |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 16-28 |
Movement to Fortress Monroe, then to Centreville |
August 28-
September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 30 |
Battle of Bull Run
The regiment lost 16 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 6 officers and 37 enlisted men wounded, and 12 enlisted men missing |
September 6-22 |
Maryland Campaign |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam |
September 19 |
Shepherdstown
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men wounded |
September-October |
At Sharpsburg, Md. |
October |
Two full companies added, one of Albany State Normal School students and the other from Yates Co., N. Y. |
October 30-
November 19 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg
The regiment lost 7 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, Lieutenant Colonel Connor, 4 other officers and 32 enlisted men wounded and 3 enlisted men missing |
December 29-30 |
Expedition to Richards and Ellis Fords, Rappahannock River |
1863 |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
February-April |
At Falmouth |
April 3 |
Lieutenant Colonel Connor discharged for his wounds at Fredericksburg |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man mortally wounded and 3 enlisted men wounded. |
May 12 |
Lieutenant Colonel Connor reinstated |
MAy 24 |
Three years men and recruits from the mustered-out 14th New Yorkk Infantry transfer in |
June 17 |
Aldie |
June 21 |
Middleburg and Upperville |
July 1-4 |
Battle of Gettysburg
Commanded by Colonel James C. Rice, who took over the brigade during the battle, leaving command of the regiment to Lieutenant Colonel Freeman Conner. It brought 460 men to the field, losing 26 killed, 82 wounded and 3 missing.
From the monument on Little Round Top: The 44th N.Y. Infantry, Lieut. Colonel Freeman Conner commanding, held position about 100 feet in advance of this monument, designated by a marker, from about 3 p.m. July 2, to about 11 a.m. July 3, 1863. Number engaged 313.
Casualties. Killed, 2 officers, 24 enlisted men. Wounded, 5 officers (of whom one died), 75 enlisted
men (of whom ten died). Total loss, 106.
At noon of July 3rd, was placed in reserve at the right of Little Round Top where it remained until close of the battle.
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July 10 |
Three years men from the mustered-out 25th New York Infantry transfer in |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee |
August |
Duty at Warrenton, Beverly Ford and Culpeper |
August 23 |
Colonel Rice is promoted to brigadier general |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 7 |
Rappahannock Station
The regment lost 3 enlisted men killed and 1 officer and 4 enlisted men wounded |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
December |
At Beverly Ford |
1864 |
May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness
The regiment lost 1 officer and 14 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 51 enlister men wounded |
May 8 |
Laurel Hill
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May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania Court House
The regiment lost 2 officers and 31 enisted men killed or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 45 enlisted men wounded from May 8 through 21 including Lieutenant Colonel Connor and Major Knox, who are both wounded |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 23 |
Jericho Ford |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy
The regimen tlost 1 enisted man killed and 2 officers and 7 enlisted men wounded from the North Anna to the Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor
The regiment lost 6 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 15 enlisted men wounded |
June 1-3 |
Bethesda Church |
June 16-18 |
Assault on Petersburg
The regiment lost 3 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 4 enlisted men wounded |
June 16- October 11 |
Siege of Petersburg
The regiment lost 1 officer and 3 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 17 enlisted men wounded |
August 18-21 |
Six Mile House, Weldon Railroad |
September 29-October 2 |
Poplar Springs Church, Peeble's Farm
The regiment lost 3 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 19 men wounded and 4 enlisted men missing |
October 11, 1864 |
Mustered out at Albany. Battalion of 266 recruits transferred to 140th New York Infantry. |
