United States Regiments & Batteries > New York > Infantry
“2nd Regiment, Eagle Brigade”
The 101st New York Infantry Regiment lost 1 officer and 24 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 officer and 48 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
1861
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September 2 | Organized at Hancock, N.Y. under Colonel Enrico Fardella, Lieutenant Colonel Johnson Butler Brown and Major Gustavus Snper |
1862
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March 9 | Left State for Washington, D.C. |
March | Attached to Wadsworth’s Command, Military District of Washington for duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. |
May | Attached to Whipple’s Brigade, Defenses of Washington |
June | Ordered to Join Army of the Potomac on the Virginia Peninsula attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before RichmondThe regiment lost 7 killed, 15 wounded and 22 missing. |
June 25 | Battle of Oak Grove |
June 27 | Jordan’s Ford |
June 30 | White Oak Swamp Bridge and Glendale |
July 1 | Malvern Hill |
July-August | At Harrison’s Landing |
August 16-26 | Movement to Fortress Monroe, then to Centreville and attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps |
August 26- September 2 |
Pope’s Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 29 | Battle of Groveton |
August 30 |
Second Battle of Bull RunThe regiment lost 6 killed, 101 wounded and 17 missing put of 168 engaged. |
September 1 | Chantilly |
September | Guard fords of the Monocacy |
October 11- November 19 |
Movement up the Potomac and to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of FredericksburgThe regiment lost 13 casualties. |
December 24 | Transferred to 37th New York Infantry under Colonel George A. Chester |