1861 |
July - November |
Organized at New York City under Colonel William Linn Tidball, Lieutenant Colonel Philip Joachimsen and Major William Northedge |
November 23 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. attached to Wadsworth's Command, Defenses of Washington |
1862 |
January |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, Casey's Division, Army of the Potomac |
February 26 |
Lt. Colonel Joachimsen discharged |
March |
Attched to Military District of Washington |
March 21 |
Captain John L. Stetson, formerly of the 16th New York Infantry, mustered in as lieutenant colonel |
May |
At Fort Pennsylvania attached to Sturgis' Brigade, Military District of Washington |
June |
Ordered to the Peninsula, Va., to Join Army of the Potomac at Harrison's Landing, Va. |
July |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
August 16-28 |
Movement from Harrison's Landing to Fortress Monroe, then to Alexandria and Centreville |
August 28-31 |
To Fairfax Court House |
August 31-
September 2 |
Cover Pope's retreat to Washington |
September 6-22 |
Maryland Campaign |
September 14 |
Battie of South Mountain |
September 16-17 |
Battie of Antietam
Commanded by Colonel William Linn Tidball. Lieutenant Colonel John L. Stetson, Captains Abraham Florentine, Gould Jennings, Miller Moody, Edward Wade, Charles Whitney, Lieutenants Stephen Roosa, William Smurr, Benjamin Van Steenbergh and 57 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, Captain Max Thoman, Lieutenants Barthold Heitman and James Purdy and 131 enlisted men were wounded and 23 enlisted men missing out of 21 officers and 300 men engaged.
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September 19 |
Lieutenant Purdy promoted to captain |
September 22 |
Moved to Harper's Ferry |
October 16-17 |
Reconnaissance to Charlestown |
October 30-
November 19 |
Advance up Loudoun Valley and movement to Falmouth, Va. |
Novemner 17 |
Major Northedge promoted to lieutenant colonel with rank from September 17 |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg
Captain Edward Reynolds, Lieutenant Hannibal Seymour and 9 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, Lieutenant Francis Woodruff, 1 other officers and 30 enlisted men wounded. |
1863 |
January 3 |
Captain Max Thoman of Company C promoted to major |
January 8 |
Colonel Tidball discharged |
January 9 |
Major Thoman promoted to lieutenant colonel and Captain Purdy promoted to major |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
February-April |
At Falmouth |
March 4 |
Lt. Colonel Northedge promoted to major |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
April 29-May 2 |
Operations at Franklin's Crossing |
May 3 |
Battle of Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg |
May 3-4 |
Salem Church, Marye's Heights
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men killed, Lieutenant Richard Dellamore and 6 enlisted men wounded, and 6 men missing |
May 4 |
Banks' Ford |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
June 5 |
Major Purdy discharged |
June 25 |
Regiment consolidated to a battalion of four companies due to losses. Companies G and K were consolidated with Company A; E and H with Company B; B and D with Company C; and F and I with Company D. |
July 1-4 |
Battle of Gettysburg
Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Max A. Thoman. When he was mortally wounded Captain William McFadden took command. Lt. Colonel Thoman, Adjutant William Pohlman and 10 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 21 enlisted men wounded out of 182 men engaged. |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee |
July 7 |
Colonel Northedge dismissed |
August-October |
Duty on line of the Rappahannock |
August 1 |
Former Colonel Tidball re-enrolled with rank of lieutenant colonel |
September 13-17 |
Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign
The regiment lost 5 enlisted men wounded and 2 missing |
October 14 |
Auburn and Bristoe |
October 15 |
Blackburn's Ford |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 19 |
Lt. Colonel Tidball discharged |
November 20 |
Captain Horace P. Rugg of Company A promoted to lieutenant colonel |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
Decmber-May |
At Stevensburg |
1864 |
March |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps |
May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness
The regiment lost 4 men killed or mortally wounded, 6 men wounded and 4 missing |
May 8 |
Battle of Laurel Hill |
May 8-12 |
Battle of Spottsylvania
Lieutenant Eugene Wright and 14 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, Captain George Crawford, Lieutenant Charles Hunt and 14 enlisted men wounded, and 1 officer and 4 enlisted men missing |
May 10 |
Po River |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania Court House |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient or "Bloody Angle" |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River
The regiment lost 5 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 23 enlisted men wounded |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor
The regiment lost 12 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and Captain Edwin Richards, 2 other officers and 21 enlisted men wounded |
June 16-18 |
Before Petersburg
The regiment lost 3 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 6 enlisted men wounded, and 2 officers and 57 enlisted men missing |
June 15 - April 2 |
Siege of Petersburg
The regiment lost 5 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 20 enlisted men wounded, and 11 men mising in the course of the nine-month siege |
June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road
Lieutenant William Kelly wounded and Captains Ambrose Cole and William McFadden captured. McFadden eventually excaped from prison and rejoined regiment while Coles was paroled |
July 5 |
Five companies of Veterans of the 82nd New York Infantry Regiment added as Companies E-I, and Company K formed of new recruits. |
July 27-29 |
Demonstration north of the James |
July 27-28 |
Deep Bottom
The regiment lost 8 enlisted men wounded and 12 missing |
August 13-20 |
Demonstration north of the James |
August 14-18 |
Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men mortally wounded, Lieutenants Thomas Huggins and Saveri Venturi and 14 enlisted men wounded, and 5 men missing |
August 25 |
Ream's Station
Lieutenants William Bell and Saveri Venturi and 3 enlisted men were wounded and 37 men captured |
September 16 |
Captain William McFadden of Company B promoted to major |
October 5 |
Lt. Colonel William A. Olmstead, formerly of the 2nd New York Infantry, commissioned colonel, with rank from October 1 |
October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run
The regiment lost 5 enlisted men wounded, 1 mortally |
November 17 |
Lt. Colonel Rugg discharged |
1865 |
January 9 |
Major James Jewell of the 51st New York Infantry transferred in as lieutenant colonel |
January 12 |
Major McFadden discharged |
February 5-7 |
Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run |
March 25 |
Watkins' House |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 29 |
On line of Gravelly and Hatcher's Run |
March 30-31 |
Boydton and White Oak Road |
March 31 |
Crow's House |
April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg |
April 6 |
Sailor's Creek |
April 7 |
High Bridge and Farmville
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House, surrender of Lee and his army. |
April |
At Burkesville |
April 18 |
Captain William Simms of Company D promoted to major |
May 2-16 |
March to Washington, D.C. |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
June 30 |
Mustered out under Colonel Williamm A. Olmsted, Lt. Colonel James Jewell and Major William Simms |
