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68th New York Infantry Regiment
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August 1-20, 1861 |
Organized at New York City under Colonel Robert J. Betge and mustered in for three years service |
August 24 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. |
August |
Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. Attached to Blenker's Brigade, Division of the Potomac |
October |
Attached to Blenker's Brigade, Hooker's Division, Army of the Potomac |
November |
Attached to Steinwehr's 2nd Brigade, Blenker's Division, Army of the Potomac |
March 10-15 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Blenker's 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
April 5-18 |
Movement to Winchester, Va.and operations in the Shenandoah Valley attached to 2nd Brigade, Blenker's Division, Mountain Department |
June |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia |
June 8 |
Battle of Cross Keys |
July 7 to August 8 |
Duty at Sperryville. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of Virginia |
August 16-September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 29 |
Battle of Groveton |
August 30 |
Bull Run |
September-November |
Duty in the Defenses of Washington. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
October |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Army Corps |
November 1-18 |
Movement to Centreville |
December 9-16 |
Advance to Fredericksburg, Va. |
December |
At Stafford Court House |
January 20-2, 1863 |
"Mud March" |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Army Corps |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville The regiment lost 2 officers and 1 enlisted man killed, 3 men mortally wounded, 1 officer and 15 enlisted men wounded and 32 men missing. |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg The regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Colonel Gotthilf Von Boury d'Ivernois. It brought 264 men to the field and lost 8 killed, 63 wounded and 67 missing during the fighting for Cemetery Hill. |
July |
Guard duty along Orange & Alexandria Railroad attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 11th Army Corps |
September 24-October 3 |
Movement to Bridgeport, Ala. attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland |
October 19-26 |
Operations in Lookout Valley, Tenn. |
October 26-29 |
Reopening Tennessee River |
October 28-29 |
Battle of Wauhatchie, Tenn. |
November 23-27 |
Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign |
November 23 |
Orchard Knob |
November 24-25 |
Tunnel Hill |
November 25 |
Mission Ridge |
November 28-December 17 |
March to relief of Knoxville, Tenn. |
December |
Assigned to Railroad Guard and garrison duty in the District of Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland |
April, 1864 |
Attached to 4th Division, 20th Army Corps. Three years men from the 8th and 29th New York Infantry were transferred in. |
June 8 |
Felix Prince Salm-Salm appointed colonel of the regiment.. |
July |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, Defenses of Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad |
December |
Attached to District of the Etowah |
January 27, 1865 |
Elrod's Tan Yard (Detachment) |
February 3-4 |
Skirmish at Ladd's House, Hog Jaw Valley (Detachment) |
February 10 |
Skirmish at Johnson's Crook. |
March |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Separate Division, District of the Etowah |
July |
Duty in District of Allatoona, Ga. |
November |
District of Savannah, Ga. |
November 30, 1865 |
Mustered out at Fort Pulaski, Georgia, under Colonel Felix Prince Salm-Salm |