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“St. Lawrence County Regiment”
The 106th New York Infantry Regiment lost 10 officers and 127 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 officers and 166 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
1862
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Organized at Ogdensburg, N. Y. under Colonel Schuyler F. Judd | |
August 27 | Mustered into United States Service for three years under Colonel Edward C. James, Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Embrick and Major Charles Townsend |
August 28 | Left State for Baltimore, Md. |
September | Ordered to New Creek, Va. Attached to Railroad District, 8th Corps, Middle Dept. Guard and provost duty in Defenses of the Upper Potomac. |
1863
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January | Assigned to Martinsburg, W. Va., Milroy’s Command, 8th Corps, Middle Dept. |
March | Assigned to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps |
April 15-22 | Expedition to Greenland Gap |
April 29 |
FairmontCompanies D and F were captured after they defended a railroad bridge against a large Confederate force for several hours. One officer and 2 men were killed, and 4 officers and 96 men captured. The companies were immediately released on parole. Another enlisted man was killed and 2 officers and 4 men wounded in fighting nearby. |
June | Assigned to Elliott’s Command, 8th Army Corps |
June 14 |
Martinsburg, W. Va.The regiment lost 1 officer and 20 men captured |
June 14-15 | Battle of Winchester, Va., and retreat to Harper’s Ferry |
July 1-4 | Guard stores to Washington, D.C. |
July 5 | Join Army of the Potomac at Frederick, Md. assigned to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps |
July 5-24 | Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va. |
July 23 | Action at Wapping Heights, Va. |
August – October | Duty on line of the Rappahannock and Rapidan
Colonel James left the regiment due to physical disability |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe CampaignThe regiment lost Captain James Peach of Company I and 2 men killed, 8 men wounded, and 18 men captured on October 11 near Culpeper Court House |
November 7-8 | Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 7 | Kelly’s Ford |
November 8 | Brandy Station |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run CampaignThe regiment lost 2 men killed, 1 man mortally wounded, and 1 officer and 11 men wounded at Locust Grove on November 27 |
1864
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February 6-7 | Demonstration on the Rapidan |
March | Assigned to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
May 3-June 15 | Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the WildernessThe regiment lost 5 men killed or mortally wounded, 5 men wounded, and 1 officer captured |
May 8-21 | Spotsylvania Court House
The regiment lost 1 officer and 13 men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 23 men wounded. |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient, “Bloody Angle”4 men were killed or mortally wounded |
May 23-26 | North Anna River |
May 26-28 | On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
TotopotomoyThe regiment lost 4 men wounded, 1 mortally |
June 1-12 |
Cold HarborThe regiment lost 4 officers and 29 men killed or mortally wounded, 3 officers and 77 men wounded and 1 officer and 20 men missing, including Lieutenant Colonel Townsend, who was killed, and Major McDonald, wounded |
June 17-18 |
First Assault on PetersburgThe regiment lost 2 men mortally wounded, 2 men wounded, and 3 missing |
June 17-July 6 | Siege of Petersburg |
June 22-23 | Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad |
July 6 | Ordered to Baltimore, Md. |
July 9 |
Battle of MonocacyThe regiment lost 2 officers and 15 men killed, 1 officer and 12 men mortally wounded, 2 officers and 58 men wounded, and 43 men missing. |
July 14-24 | Expedition to Snicker’s Gap, Va. |
August 7- November 28 |
Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
August 21-22 |
Near CharlestownThe regiment lost 1 man mortally wounded and 4 men wounded. |
September 19 | Battle of Winchester
The regiment lost 11 me killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 39 men wounded, and 2 men missing |
September 22 |
Fisher’s HillThe regiment lost 1 officer and 1 enlisted man mortally wounded and 1 man wounded |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar CreekThe regiment lost 13 men killed or mortally wounded, 3 officers and 37 men wounded, and 1 man missing |
October – November | Duty at Kernstown |
December 3-6 | Moved to Washington, D.C., then to Petersburg, Va. |
December | Siege of Petersburg |
1865
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March 25 | Fort Fisher, Petersburg |
March 28-April 9 | Appomattox Campaign |
April 2 |
Assault on and fall of PetersburgThe regiment lost 11 men killed or mortally wounded and 37 men wounded |
April 3-9 | Pursuit of Lee |
April 6 | Sailor’s Creek |
April 9 | Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
April 23-27 | March to Danville, Va. |
May 16-June 2 | Moved to Richmond, Va., thence to Washington, D.C. |
June 8 | Corps Review |
June 27 | Mustered out under Major Edward M. Paine |