The 66th Regiment lost 9 officers and 88 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 officers and 120 enlisted men to disease, a total of 221. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
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Organized at New York City |
November 4, 1861 |
Mustered in under Colonel Joseph C. Pinckney, formar colonel of the 6th New York State Militia |
November 16 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. for duty in the Defenses of Washington attached to Graham's Brigade, Buell's Division. Army of the Potomac, |
January, 1862 |
Attached to French's Brigade, Sumner's Division, Army of the Potomac |
March 10 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. |
March |
Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula and attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps |
April 16-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown |
May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 27 |
Battles of Gaines' Mill |
June 29 |
Peach Orchard and Savage Station |
June 30 |
White Oak Swamp and Glendale |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July-August |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 16-30 |
Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Alexandria and Centreville |
August 31-September 1 |
Cover retreat of Pope's army to Washington, D.C. |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam
The regiment, under Captain Julius Wehle, lost 103 killed, wounded or captured. Other than Captain Nelson, acting lieutenant-colonel, and Captain Hammell, acting major, no other officer of the regiment was above the rank of second lieutenant. |
September 22 to October 29 |
Duty at Harper's Ferry |
October 16-17 |
Reconnaissance to Charlestown |
October 29-November 19 |
Movement up Loudoun Valley and to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg
The Regiment lost 75 casualties out of 238 engaged, including Lieutenant Colonel James H. Bull and Captain Julius Wehle, who were both killed. |
December-April |
Duty at Falmouth, Va. |
January 20-24, 1864 |
"Mud March" |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville
The Regiment lost 70 casualties |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-4 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded by Colonel Orlando H. Morris until he was wounded while carrying the colors on July 2nd. Lieutenant Colonel John S. Hammell then took command until he, too was wounded. Major Peter A. Nelson then took over the regiment.
The 66th brought 176 men to the field and lost 5 killed, 29 wounded, 10 missing |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee |
August-October |
Duty on line of the Rappahannock |
September 13-17 |
Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 14 |
Auburn and Bristoe |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
December-May |
Duty at and near Stevensburg, Va. |
February 6-7, 1864 |
Demonstration on the Rapidan |
March |
Attached to 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps |
May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
May 5-7 |
Battles of the Wilderness |
May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania |
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 |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor
Colonel Morris was killed commanding the brigade. |
June 16-18 |
Before Petersburg; Siege of Petersburg begins |
June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad |
July 27-29 |
Demonstration on the north side of the James |
July 27-28 |
Deep Bottom |
August 13-20 |
Demonstration on north side of the James |
August 14-18 |
Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom |
August 25 |
Ream's Station |
November |
Original members mustered out, while reenlisted and recruits formed as a Veteran regiment. |
December 9-10 |
Reconnaissance to Hatcher's Run |
February 5-7, 1865 |
Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run |
March 25 |
Watkins' House |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 29-31 |
Boydton and White Oak Roads |
April 2 |
Sutherland Station and fall of Petersburg |
April 6 |
Sailor's Creek |
April 7 |
High Bridge and Farmville |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
May 2-12 |
Moved to Washington, D. C, |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
June |
Moved to New York and duty at Fort Richmond, New York harbor |
August 30, 1865 |
Mustered out under Colonel John S. Hammell |
