United States Regiments & Batteries > New York > Infantry
The 175th New York Infantry lost 2 officers and 12 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 officers and 117 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
1862
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September and October | Organized in New York under Colonel Michael K. Bryan, Lieutenant Colonel John A. Foster and Major John Gray |
November 21 | Left State for Suffolk, Va. Attached to Division at Suffolk, Va., 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
December | Attached to 1st Brigade, Augur’s Division, Dept. of the Gulf. Moved to New Orleans, La., and duty at Carrollton |
1863
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March 6 | Moved to Baton Rouge and attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf |
March 7-27 | Operations against Port Hudson |
April 1 | Moved to Algiers |
April 9 | To Berwick |
April 9-May 14 | Operations in Western Louisiana |
April 11-20 | Teche Campaign |
April 12-13 | Fort Bisland, near Centreville |
April 17 | Vermillion Bayou |
May 5-18 | Expedition from Opelousas to Alexandria and Simsport. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps |
May 21-26 | Expedition from Berne’s Landing to Berwick |
May 25 | Franklin |
May 26-30 | Moved to Port Hudson |
May 30-July 9 | Siege of Port Hudson |
June 14 |
Assault on Port HudsonThe regiment lost Colonel Bryan and 10 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 5 officers and 33 enlisted men wounded, and 2 officers and 2 enlisted men captured or missing |
July 9 | Surrender of Port Hudson |
July 22 | Moved to Baton Rouge |
July 28 | Lt. Colonel Foster promoted to colonel, but not mustered |
August | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps |
August 13 | Lt. Colonel Gray discharged |
October | Consolidated in to three companies, A – C |
November 12 | Operations about St. Martinsville |
1864
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February | Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division. 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf |
March 23-May 22 | Red River Campaign |
March 25- April 12 |
At Alexandria |
April 23-24 | Cane River |
April 26-May 13 | At Alexandria |
May 13-20 | Retreat to Morganza |
May 16 | Mansura |
May – June | At Morganza |
May 30-June 5 | Expedition from Morganza to the Atchafalaya |
June 1 | Atchafalaya River |
July 5-29 | Moved to Fortress Monroe, Va., then to Washington, D.C. and attached to Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, 19th Corps, 2nd Division, 3rd Brigade |
August 7- November 28 | Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
September 19 |
Third Battle of Winchester (or Opequon) |
September 22 |
Battle of Fisher’s Hill |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar CreekThe regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed and 2 wounded |
October | Duty at Kernstown and Winchester. Companies D and E added. |
1865
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January 5-22 | Moved to Savannah, Ga. and attached to 3rd Brigade, Grover’s Division, District of Savannah, Ga., Dept. of the South |
March 5 | Moved to Wilmington, N. C. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina |
March 10 | To Morehead City |
April 8 | Moved to Goldsboro |
May 2 | To Savannah, Ga. Attached to District of Savannah, Ga., Dept. of the South |
June 30 | Companies D and E mustered out at Savannah |
August 5 | Colonel Foster discharged |
November 29 | Companies A – C mustered out under Major Charles McCarthy at Greensboro, Georgia |