United States Regiments & Batteries > New York > Infantry
The 139th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 5 officers and 66 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 79 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1862
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| Organized at Brooklyn, N.Y. | |
| September 9 | Mustered in under the command of Colonel Anthony Conk. |
| September 11 | Left State for Fortress Monroe, Va. |
| September 20 | Duty at Camp Hamilton, Dept. of Virginia |
| December | Assigned to Busteed’s Independent Brigade, Yorktown, Va., 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
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1863
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| April | Assigned to West’s Brigade, 7th Army Corps |
| April 11 | Action at Whittaker’s Mills, Williamsburg and Fort Magruder |
| April | Moved to Yorktown, Va. and duty there, at Williamsburg and in the District of the Currituck |
| May | Assigned to West’s Advance Brigade, 4th Army Corps |
| July | Assigned to Wistar’s Brigade, United States forces, Yorktown, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
| June 24-July 7 | Dix’s Peninsula Campaign |
| July 1-7 | Expedition from White House to Bottom’s Bridge |
| July 2 | Baltimore Cross Roads |
| July 2-3 | Crump’s Cross Roads, Bottom’s Bridge |
| July 29 | Colonel Conk resigned due to “pressing personal business.'” Samuel H. Roberts was promoted to colonel. |
| December 12-14 | Expedition from Williamsburg to Charles City Court House |
| December 11 | Near Chickahominy River |
| December 12 | Forge Bridge |
| December 13 | Charles City Court House |
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1864
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| January | Assigned to 1st Brigade, United States forces, Yorktown, Va.. |
| January 19 & 24 | Scouts from Williamsburg |
| February 6-8 | Wistar’s Expedition against Richmond. Assigned to District of the Currituck, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
| March | Assigned to Heckman’s Division, Portsmouth, Va. |
| April | Assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, Army of the James |
| May 4-28 | Butler’s operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond |
| May 5 | Occupation of City Point and Bermuda Hundred |
| May 9-10 | Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church |
| May 12-16 | Operations against Fort Darling |
| May 14-16 | Battle of Drury’s Bluff |
| May 16-27 | Bermuda Hundred |
| May 28-31 | Moved to White House, thence to Cold Harbor |
| June 1-12 | Battles about Cold Harbor |
| June 15-18 | Before Petersburg |
| June 19 | Siege operations begin against Petersburg and Richmond. In trenches before Petersburg and on the Bermuda Hundred front |
| July 30 | Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve) |
| September 28-30 | Battle of Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights |
| September 29 | Assault and capture of Fort Harrison |
| October 27-28 | Battle of Fair Oaks |
| November | Duty in lines before Richmond |
| December | Assigned to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 24th Corps |
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1865
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| April 3 | Occupation of Richmond |
| April-May | Provost duty at Richmond and Manchester, Va. |
| June 19 | Mustered out. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 98th New York Infantry. |