127th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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“Adirondack Regiment”

The 127th New York Volunteer 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, N.Y.
September 8 Mustered in under Colonel William Gurney, Lt. Colonel Stewart Woodford and Major Edward Little
September 10 Left State 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 Army Corps, Dept. of Washington
April 18 Moved to Suffolk, Va. and attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia
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 Army Corps, Army of the Potomac
July 13-22 Pursuit of Lee to Berlin, Md.
August 1-8 Moved to Folly Island, S.C. and attached to 1st Brigade, Gordon’s Division. Folly Island, S.C., 10th Army 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, S.C. attached to 1st Brigade, Folly Island, S.C., Northern District, Dept. of the South
August 17-23 Bombardment of Fort Sumter
September Operations against Charleston and duty on Folly and Morris Islands, S.C. attached to Morris Island, S.C., Northern District, Dept. of the South

1864
July 3 Assault on Fort Johnson and Battery Simpkins, James Island, S. C.
October Duty at Beaufort, S.C. attached to District of Beaufort, S.C., 2nd Separate Brigade, Dept. of the South
November 28-30 Hatch’s Expedition up Broad River attached to 1st Brigade, Coast Division, Dept. 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, S.C., attached to 1st Separate Brigade, Northern District, Dept. of the South
February 10
Salkabatchie, S.C.

The regiment lost 1 enlisted man wounded
March Attached to 1st Separate Brigade, District of Charleston, S.C., Dept. of the South
March 5 Lieutenant Colonel Woodford discharged for promotion to colonel of the 103rd United States Colored Troops. Major Little promoted to lieutenant colonel and Captain Frank Smith of Company D to major
June 30 Mustered out under Colonel Gurney, Lieutenant Colonel Little