The Civil War in the East

99th New York Infantry Regiment "Union Coast Guard"

The 99th New York Infantry Regiment lost 2 officers and 37 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 161 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

 

1861

 

Organized at New York City under authority of War Department as the Naval Brigade, to be provided with gunboats to cruise along Atlantic coast. Companies G, H, I and K were recruited primnarily from Massachusetts, and Companies A - E also contained many men from that state.

May 14

Six companies mustered into state service under Colonel William A. Bartlett, Lieutenant Colonel Harry D. Whitmore, and Major James Millward, Jr.

May 28

Edward T. Rawlings mustered in as major. The regiment left the state by the steamer Coatzacoalcos for Fortress Monroe, Va. Without uniforms, arms or equipment, they were not accepted into service by General Butler and were placed under guard in an open field.

June 5

After a confrontation with Colonel Bartlett, Major Burnett and 180 men returned to New York on the Coatzacoalcos

June 11

90 more men returned to New York on the steamaer State of Georgia

June 14 -
October 31

Eight companies mustered into United States Service for three years

July 1

Captain Gustave Helleday of Company B promoted to major. James Milward mustered in as lieutenant

July

Attached to Viele's Command, Norfolk, Va., 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia

July 19

New Market Bridge

Major Rawlings was killed, Captain Edward Jenkins and Lieutenant Roswell Shurtleff were wounded and captured, and 3 enlisted men were wounded.

July 30

Fletcher's Wharf, Pocomoco

July 31

Cherrystone Inlet

August 17

Major Burnete discharged

August 21

Regiment reorganized as Infantry under Colonel David W. Wardop, Lieutenant Colonel Gustave B. Helleday and Major Richard Nxon for duty at Fortress Monroe

August 28-29

Bombardment and capture of Forts Hatteras and Clarke

September 3

Major Whitmore discharged

September 16

Beacon Island

September 30

Company I organized

1862

January

Designated 99th New York Infantry Regiment

January 7-
February 8

Company B detached on Steamers Southfield and Hunchback with Burnside's Expedition to Roanoke Island, N. C.

February 8

Battle of Roanoke Island (Company B, detached)

The company lost 3 men killed or mortally wounded and 7 men wounded.

March 7

Company K organized. Company D serving on U.S.S. Congress

March 8-9

Newport News, Va., and destruction of U.S.S. Congress and U.S.S. Cumberland in Hampton Roads

The regiment lost 10 men killed or mortally wounded, 15 men wounded and 7 men missing from Company D, serving on the Congress.

March 14

Battle of New Berne, N. C. (Company B, detached)

The company lost 2 men killed, Lieutenant Thomas Hughes and 6 men wounded, and Lieutenant Charles Tillotson and 9 men captured

April 12-26

Siege of Fort Macon (Company B, detached)

May 10

Tranter's Creek and occupation of Norfolk and Portsmouth

May

At Camp Hamilton, Va.

June 28-July 4

Expedition from Fortress Monroe (Detachment)

June 30

Near Windsor Shade (Company I, detached on steamer C.P. Smith)

July 4

James River (Company I, detached on steamer C.P. Smith)

The company lost 1 man killed and 6 men missing

August - October

Duty by detachments at Fortress Monroe, Norfolk, Fort Wood and Sewell's Point

August, 1862 - March, 1863

Company I detached on gunboats West End and Smith Briggs

August 19

Lt. Colonel Helleday dies of typhoid fever at Norfolk

September 28

Major Richard Nixon promoted to lietenant colonel and Captain John Bates of Company H promoted to major

October

Duty at Norfolk and Suffolk, Va.

1863

February

Assigned to Terry's Provisional Brigade, Division at Suffolk, Va., 7th Army Corps

April

Assigned to Reserve Brigade, Gurney's 3rd Division, 7th Army Corps

April 12-May 4

Siege of Suffolk

The regiment lost 22 men killed or mortally wounded, and Captains James Hart and John White, 2 other officers and 45 men wounded

April 17

South Quay Road

April 28-30

Suffolk

May 1

South Quay Bridge

May 3

Providence Church Road, Suffolk

May 15-28

Operations on Norfolk & Petersburg Railroad

May 17

Near Providence Church

May 23

Antioch Church and Parker's Cross Roads

June 5

Walkerton

June 16

Blackwater

Captain James Hart was killed and 2 men wounded near Franklin, Virginia

June 24-July 7

Dix's Peninsula Campaign. Attached to Wistar's Brigade, Yorktown, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina

July 1-7

Expedition from White House to South Anna River

July 4

South Anna Bridge

The regiment lost 2 men wounded and 2 men missing

July

Duty at White House, Yorktown and Gloucester

October

Duty in the Defenses of New Berne, N. C., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina

1864

January 18-February 10

Operations about New Berne against Whiting

January 29-February 1

Expedition from Norfolk to Isle of Wight County (Detachment)

January 31 and February 1

Smithfield, N. C. (Detachment)

Captain Frederick Rowe was wounded and captured and 42 enlisted men captured

February 1-4

Action at New Berne

February 1

Action at Batchelor's Creek

Captain David Bailey, Lieutenant James Fleming and 52 men captured

February 2

Action at Beech Grove

The regiment lost 3 men captured

June 14

Old members mustered out and retuerned to New York under Lieutenant Colonel Richard Nixon. Regiment consolidated to 4 Companies, A-D.

July 2

Lt. Colonel Richard Nixon discharged and Major Bates mustered out

September 15

Regiment consolidated to 3 Companies, A-C.

December 10

Colonel Wardrop discharged

1865

January

Assigned to Sub-District of New Berne, N. C., Dept. of North Carolina

February

Regiment consolidated to 2 Companies, A and B.

June 15

Men of the 132nd New York Infantry transferred in

July 15

Mustered out at Salisbury, N. C. under Captain Ervin A. Jones