United States Regiments & Batteries > New York
The 119th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 6 officers and 66 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 92 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg on Howard Avenue.
1862
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September 4 | Organized at New York City and mustered in under Colonel Elias Peissner, Lieutenant Colonel John T. Lockman and Major Harvey Baldwin, Jr. |
September 6 | Left State for Washington, D.C. |
September | Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
November 1-9 | Movement to Gainesville, Va. |
November 18 | To Centreville |
December 3 | Lieutenant Van Cott died of typhoid fever at Centerville, Virginia |
December 9-16 | To Falmouth |
December 17 | At Stafford Court House |
1863 | |
January 20-24 | “Mud March” |
February-April | At Stafford Court House |
March 26 | Major Baldwin discharged |
April 27-May 6 | Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 | Battle of ChancellorsvilleColonel Elias Peissner and 20 enlisted men were killed, Captain Henry Schwerin and 6 enlisted men mortally wounded, Lieutenants Charles Lewis and Francis Peissner and 58 enlisted men wounded and 32 men missing. After Colonel Peissner was mortally wounded while rallying the men Lt. Colonel Lockman took over the regiment. |
June 11 | Lieutenant Colonel John Lockman promoted to colonel, with rank from May 2 |
June 11-July 24 | Gettysburg Campaign |
June 19 | Captain Edward Lloyd of Company F promoted to lieutenant colonel, with rank from May 2, and Captain Benjamin Willis of Company H to major, with rank from March 25 |
July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgThe regiment had 16 officers and 284 men engaged. It lost Lieutenants Emil Frost and Mathias Rasemann and 14 enlisted men killed, Lieutenant Otto Trumpleman and 10 enlisted men mortally wounded, Colonel John Lockman, Captains Theodore Dodge and August Volkhausen and 56 enlisted men wounded and Lieutenants August Von Cloedt and William Moore and 52 enlisted men missing or captured. After Colonel Lockman was wounded on July 1 Lieutenant Colonel Edward F. Lloyd took over. |
July 5-24 | Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va. |
Auust-September | Guard duty on Orange & Alexandria Railroad |
September 24- October 3 |
Movement to Bridgeport, Ala. and transferred to the Army of the Cumberland |
October | Duty there and in Lookout Valley |
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 |
December-April | Duty in Alabama |
1864
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March 9 | Major Willis discharged |
May 1- September 8 |
Atlanta Campaign. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland |
May 8-11 |
Operations against Rocky Faced RidgeThe regiment lost 1 man mortally wounded, and Lieutenant Moses Baldwin and 10 men wounded. |
May 8 | Mill Creek or Dug Gap |
May 14-15 |
Battle of ResacaLieutenant Colonel Lloyd was killed, 1 enlisted man mortally wounded, 1 officer and 17 men wounded and 1 man missing. |
May 19 | Near Cassville |
May 25 | New Hope Church |
May 26-June 5 |
Battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona HillsThe regiment lost 11 men casualties. |
June 10-July 2 | Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain |
June 11-14 |
Pine HillThe regiment lost 3 men killed or mortally wounded and Captain Peter Carter and 32 enlisted men wounded or captured |
June 15-17 | Lost Mountain |
June 15 |
Gilgal or Golgotha ChurchThe regiment lost 12 men killed or mortally wounded |
June 17 | Muddy Creek |
June 19 | Noyes Creek |
June 22 |
Kolb’s FarmThe regiment lost 2 men killed and 3 wounded |
June 24 | Captain Isaac Lockman of Company K promoted to major |
June 27 |
Assault on KenesawThe regiment lost 3 wounded |
July 4 | Ruff’s Station, Smyrna Camp Ground |
July 5-17 | Chattahoochie River |
July 19-20 |
Peach Tree CreekLieutenant Louis Mengel 7 enlisted men were wounded |
July 21 | Captain Charles Lewis of Company C promoted to major |
July 22-August 25 |
Siege of AtlantaThe regiment lost 1 officer and 7 men wounded |
July 30 | Major Lewis discherged |
August 9 | Major Isaac Lockman promoted to lieutenant colonel |
August 26- September 2 |
Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge |
September 2 to November 15 | Occupation of Atlanta |
October 26-29 | Expedition from Atlanta to Tuckum’s Cross Roads |
November 9 | Near Atlanta |
November 15-December 10 | March to the sea |
December 9 | Between Eden and Pooler’s Stations |
December 10-21 | Siege of Savannah |
1865
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January to Apri | Campaign of the Carolinas |
March 19-21 | Battle of Bentonville, N. C. |
March 24 | Occupation of Goldsboro |
April 9-13 | Advance on Raleigh |
April 11 | Smithfield, N. C. |
April 14 | Occupation of Raleigh |
April 26 | Bennett’s House, surrender of Johnston and his army. |
April 30-May 19 | March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va. |
May 24 | Grand Review |
June 7, 1865 | The regiment, 306 strong, mustered out under Colonel John T. Lockman, Lieutenant Colonel Issac P. Lockman, and Captains L. H. Orleman, Frederick Kolomb, C. H. Southworth, Hugo Von Deprezin, Peter D. Carter, Robert Moore, and Aug. Von Cloedt. Veterans and Recruits were transferred to 102nd New York Infantry. |