The 71st Regiment lost 5 officers and 83 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 officers and 73 enlisted men to disease, a total of 163.
June, 1861 |
Organized under authority of the War Department at Camp Scott, Staten Island, N.Y., as 2nd Regiment, Sickles' Brigade |
July 23 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. Attached to Sickles' Brigade, Division of the Potomac for duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. under Colonel George B. Hall, Lieutenant Colonel Henry L. Potter and Major Thomas Rafferty |
September 15-October 2 |
Expedition to Lower Maryland |
October |
Attached to Sickles' Brigade, Hooker's Division, Army of the Potomac |
November 9 |
Expedition to Matthias Point |
March, 1862 |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March 10 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. |
March 18 |
Expedition from Dumfries to Fredericksburg, Va., and capture of stores |
April 4 |
Reconnaissance from Liverpool Point to Stafford Court House and action at Stafford Court House |
April |
Ordered to the Peninsula, Va. |
April 10-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown |
May 5 |
Battle of Williamsburg |
May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 25 |
Battles of Oak Grove |
June 29 |
Peach Orchard and Savage Station |
June 30 |
White Oak Swamp and Glendale |
July 1 and August 5 |
Malvern Hill |
August |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 16-26 |
Movement to Fortress Monroe, then to Centreville |
August 26-September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 27 |
Action at Bristoe Station or Kettle Run |
August 29 |
Battle of Groveton |
August 30 |
Bull Run |
September-November |
Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. at Fairfax Station |
November 10-12 |
Operations on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. |
January 1863 |
At Falmouth |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
February 5-7 |
Operations at Rappahannock Bridge and Grove Church |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commaned by Colonel Potter until he was wounded on July 2nd. It lost 14 killed, 64 wounded and 13 missing. |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va. |
July 23 |
Wapping Heights |
August-October |
Duty on line of the Rappahannock |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 7 |
Kelly's Ford |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
November 27 |
Payne's Farm |
December-May |
Duty near Brandy Station, Va. |
February 6-7, 1864 |
Demonstration on the Rapidan |
March |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 2nd Army Corps |
May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River. Attached to 4th Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps |
May 5-7 |
Battle 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 19 |
Harris Farm or Fredericksburg Road |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 16-18 |
Before Petersburg; Siege of Petersburg begins |
June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad |
July 7 |
Veterans and Recruits transferred to 120th Regiment, New York Infantry |
July 30, 1864 |
Regiment mustered out at New York City under Lieutenant Colonel Rafferty, as Colonel Potter was detached on account of wounds |
