127th New York Infantry Regiment

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The 127th New York Infantry Regiment lost 35 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 officer and 94 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

1862
July-September Organized at Staten Island, New York.
September 8 Mustered in under the command of Colonel William Gurney, Lieuteannt Colonel Stewart Woodford and Major Edward Little.
September 10 Left New York for Washington, D.C.
September Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C.
October Attached to 3rd Brigade, Abercrombie’s Brigade, Defenses of Washington, D.C.
November 25 Captain Cornelius Cooper of Company C died of typhoid fever at Upton Hill, Virginia
1863
February Attached to 3rd Brigade, Abercrombie’s Division, 22nd Corps, Department of Washington. 
April 18 Moved to Suffolk, Virginia and attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Corps, Department of Virginia. Colonel Gurney took command of the division as senior officer.
April 20-May 4

Siege of Suffolk
June 24-July 7

Dix’s Peninsula Campaign
June 11

Diascund Bridge

The regiment lost 1 enlisted man wounded
June 14

Nine Mile Ordinary

The regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed and 1 wounded
July 10 Ordered to Washington, D.C. and attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Corps, Army of the Potomac
July 13-22 Pursuit of Lee to Berlin, Md.
August 1-8 Moved to Folly Island, South Carolina and attached to 1st Brigade, Gordon’s Division. Folly Island, South Carolina, 10th Corps, Dept. of the South
August 9-September 7 Siege operations against Forts Wagner and Gregg on Morris Island and against Fort Sumter and Charleston, South Carolina attached to 1st Brigade, Folly Island, South Carolina, Northern District, Department of the South
August 17-23

Bombardment of Fort Sumter
September Operations against Charleston and duty on Folly and Morris Islands, South Carolina attached to Morris Island, South Carolina, Northern District, Dept. of the South
1864
July 3

Assault on Fort Johnson and Battery Simpkins, James Island, South Carolina
October Duty at Beaufort, South Carolina attached to District of Beaufort, South Carolina, 2nd Separate Brigade, Department of the South
November 28-30 Hatch’s Expedition up Broad River attached to 1st Brigade, Coast Division, Department of the South
November 30

Battle of Honey Hill

The regiment lost 15 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, Lieutenant Henry Batterson, 2 other officers and 38 enlisted men wounded, and 15 men missing
December 6-9 Demonstration on Charleston & Savannah Railroad
December 6

Deveaux’s Neck, Tullifinney River

The regiment lost 7 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and Colonel Gurney, Captains Alonzo Fisk and Frank Smith and 27 enlisted men wounded
December 9

Tullifinney River (Mackey’s Point)

The regiment lost 14 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, Captain Edmund Henry, Lieutenant William Dean, 2 other officers and 44 enlisted men wounded and 3 men missing
December 19 Charleston & Savannah Railroad
December 29 Charleston & Savannah Railroad
1865
January Duty in Northern District and at Charleston, South Carolina, attached to 1st Separate Brigade, Northern District, Dept. of the South
February 10

Salkabatchie, South Carolina

The regiment lost 1 enlisted man wounded
March Attached to 1st Separate Brigade, District of Charleston, South Carolina, Department of the South
March 5 Lieutenant Colonel Woodford was discharged for promotion to colonel of the 103rd United States Colored Troops. Major Little was promoted to lieutenant colonel and Captain Frank Smith of Company D to major
June 30 The 127th New York Infantry Regiment mustered out under Colonel Gurney, Lieutenant Colonel Little