United States Regiments & Batteries > New York > Infantry
The 3rd New York Infantry Regiment lost 1 officer and 36 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 83 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1861
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| April 25 | Accepted for state service |
| May 7 | Received numerical designation |
| May 14 | Organized at Albany, N.Y., and mustered in for two years United States service under Colonel Frederick Townsend, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel M. Alford and Major Abel Smith |
| May 31 | Left State for Fortress Monroe, Va. and duty there. Attached to Fort Monroe and Camp Hamilton, Va., Dept. of Virginia |
| June 10 |
Action at Big Bethel, Va.The regiment lost 2 men killed and 27 wounded |
| June 26 | Colonel Townsend resigned to accept a commission as major of the 18th United States Infantry |
| July 30 | Moved to Baltimore, Md. and duty there quartered at Fort McHenry; attached to Dix’s Command |
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1862
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| June 6 | Moved to Suffolk, Va. and duty there; attached to Newport News, Va., Dept. of Virginia |
| July | Attached to Weber’s Brigade, Division at Suffolk, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
| August 26 | Lt. Colonel Alford promoted to colonel and Henry P. Hubbell commissioned lieutenant colonel |
| September | Moved to Fortress Monroe, Va., Dept. of Virginia, and duty there. |
| November 29 | Captain Floyd Eldridge of Company C promoted to major |
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1863
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| April 19 | Moved to Suffolk, Va., attached to 1st Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept of Virginia |
| April 19-May 4 | Siege of Suffolk |
| May 4 | Siege of Suffolk raised |
| May 21 | 2 years’ men mustered out |
| May 23 | Lieutenant Colonel Hubbell resigned and Major Eldridge promoted to lieutenant colonel |
| June 10 | Captain John E. Mulford of Company K promoted to major |
| June 24 | Dix’s Peninsula Campaign |
| July 1-7 | Expedition from White House to South Anna River |
| July | Ordered to Folly Island, S.C., attached to Alvord’s Brigade, Vodges’ Division, Folly Island, S.C.. 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the South |
| August 3 | Action at Morris Island, S.C. |
| August 9- September 7 |
Siege operations against Forts Wagner and Gregg, Morris Island, S.C., and against Fort Sumter and Charleston |
| August 17-23 | Bombardment of Fort Sumter |
| September 7 | Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg |
| September 8 -December 21 | Operations in Charleston Harbor against Forts Sumter and Charleston |
| October 27-November 9 | Bombardment of Fort Sumter |
| November | Duty on Folly Island, S.C. |
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1864
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| February | Attached to 2nd Brigade, Vodges’ Division, Northern District Folly Island, 10th Army Corps |
| April | Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Army Corps, Army of the James |
| May 4-28 | Moved to Gloucester Point, Va. Butler’s operations on south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond; attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Army Corps, then to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Army Corps |
| May 7 | Port Walthall |
| May 9-10 | Swift Creek or Arrow field Church |
| May 12-16 | Operations against Fort Darling |
| May 14-16 | Battle of Drury’s Bluff
The regiment lost 5 men killed or mortally wounded. Lieutenant Colonel Eldridge was wounded. |
| May 16-28 | Bermuda Hundred |
| May 28-31 | Moved to White House, then to Cold Harbor |
| June 1-12 | Cold Harbor
The regiment lost 1 officer and 4 enlisted men wounded |
| June 14 | Colonel Alford dismissed |
| June 15-18 | Before Petersburg, attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Army Corps |
| June 16 | Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond |
| July 30 | Mine Explosion, Petersburg |
| August | Duty in the trenches before Petersburg and on the Bermuda front |
| September 28-30 | Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights
The regiment lost 6 men killed or mortally wounded, 15 men wounded and 5 men missing |
| October 27-28 | Battle of Fair Oaks |
| November | In trenches before Richmond |
| December 7 | Lt. Colonel Eldridge discharged for his Drury’s Bluff wound and Major Mulford promoted to lieutenant colonel |
| December 7-27 | Expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C.; attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 24th Army Corps |
| December 8 | Captain George Warren of Company C promoted to major |
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1865
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| January 3-15 | 2nd Expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C.; attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Terry’s Provisional Corps |
| January 15 | Assault on and capture of Fort Fisher, N. C, |
| February 11 | Sugar Loaf Battery |
| February 18-20 | Fort Anderson |
| February 22 | Capture of Wilmington |
| March | Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro |
| March-August | Duty in the Dept. of North Carolina |
| April 9 | Lieutenant Colonel Mulford promoted to colonel |
| May 21 | Major Warren promoted to lieutenant colonel |
| June 30 | Colonel Mulford resigns |
| August 28 | Mustered out under Lieutenant Colonel George W. Warren |