United States Regiments & Batteries > New York > Infantry
The 137th New York Infantry Regiment lost 6 officers and 121 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 163 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. It is honored by a monument on the Gettysburg battlefield.
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1862
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| Organized at Binghampton, N.Y. | |
| September 25 | Mustered in and Left State for Washington, D.C. |
| September 27-30 | Moved to Harper’s Ferry, Va. Duty at Bolivar Heights attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| October | Attached to 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps, then 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division |
| November 9 | Reconnaissance to Rippon, W. Va., Charlestown |
| December 2-6 | Reconnaissance to Winchester |
| December 2 | Charlestown and Berryville |
| December 9-16 | March to Fredericksburg, Va. |
| December | At Fairfax Station |
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1863
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| January 20-24 | “Mud March” |
| April 27-May 6 | Chancellorsville Campaign |
| May 1-5 | Battle of Chancellorsville |
| June 11-July 24 | Gettysburg Campaign |
| July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgCommanded by Colonel David Ireland, the regiment brought 456 men to the field. It lost 40 men killed, 87 wounded, and 10 men missing. |
| July 5-24 | Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap |
| August-September | Duty on line of the Rappahannock |
| September 24- October 4 |
Movement to Bridgeport, Ala. Attached to Army of the Cumberland |
| October 26-29 | Reopening Tennessee River |
| October 28-29 | Battle of Wauhatchie, Tenn. |
| November 23-27 | Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign |
| November 23-24 | Lookout Mountain |
| November 25 | Mission Ridge |
| November 27 | Ringgold Gap, Taylor’s Ridge |
| December | Duty at Bridgeport |
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1864
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| April | Assigned to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland |
| May 1- September 8 |
Atlanta Campaign |
| May 8-11 | Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge |
| May 14-15 | Battle of Resaca |
| May 19 | Near Cassville |
| May 22-25 | Advance on Dallas |
| May 25 | New Hope Church |
| May 26-June 5 | Battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills |
| June 10-July 2 | Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain |
| June 11-14 | Pine Hill |
| June 15-17 | Lost Mountain |
| June 15 | Gilgal or Golgotha Church |
| June 17 | Muddy Creek |
| June 19 | Noyes’ Creek |
| June 22 | Kolb’s Farm |
| June 27 | Assault on Kenesaw |
| July 4 | Ruff’s Station, Smyrna Camp Ground |
| July 5-17 | Chattahoochie River |
| July 19-20 | Peach Tree Creek |
| July 22-August 25 | Siege of Atlanta |
| August 26- September 2 |
Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge |
| September 2-November 15 | Occupation of Atlanta |
| October 26-29 | Expedition to Tuckum’s Cross Roads |
| November 9 | Near Atlanta |
| November 15-December 10 | March to the sea |
| November 28 | Near Davisboro |
| December 10-21 | Siege of Savannah |
| January to April | Campaign of the Carolinas |
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1865
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| March 16 | Averysboro, N. C. |
| March 19-21 | Battle of Bentonville |
| March 24 | Occupation of Goldsboro |
| April 9-13 | Advance on Raleigh |
| April 14 | Occupation of Raleigh |
| April 26 | Bennett’s House. Surrender of Johnston and his army. |
| April 29-May 19 | March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va. |
| May 24 | Grand Review |
| June 1 | Veterans and Recruits transferred to 102nd New York Infantry |
| June 9 | Regiment mustered out |