139th New York Infantry Regiment

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The 139th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 5 officers and 66 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 79 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

1862
Organized at Brooklyn, New York.
September 9 The 139th New York Infantry Regiment mustered in for three years Federal Service under the command of Colonel Anthony Conk, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel H. Roberts, and Major Andrew Morris.
September 11 Left New York for Fortress Monroe, Virginia.
September 20 Duty at Camp Hamilton, Department of Virginia
December Assigned to Busteed’s Independent Brigade, Yorktown, Virginia, 7th Corps, Department of Virginia
1863
April Assigned to West’s Brigade, 7th Corps
April 11

Action at Whittaker’s Mills, Williamsburg and Fort Magruder
April Moved to Yorktown, Virginia and duty there, at Williamsburg and in the District of the Currituck
May Assigned to West’s Advance Brigade, 4th Corps
July Assigned to Wistar’s Brigade, United States forces, Yorktown, Department of Virginia and North Carolina
June 24-July 7

Dix’s Peninsula Campaign
July 1-7 Expedition from White House to Bottom’s Bridge
July 2 Baltimore Cross Roads
July 2-3

Crump’s Cross Roads, Bottom’s Bridge

The regiment lost 11 men wounded and missing.
July 29 Colonel Conk resigned due to “pressing personal business.” Lieutenant Colonel Samuel H. Roberts was promoted to colonel.
December 12-14 Expedition from Williamsburg to Charles City Court House
December 11 Near Chickahominy River
December 12 Forge Bridge
December 13 Charles City Court House
1864
January Assigned to 1st Brigade, United States forces, Yorktown, Va..
January 19 & 24 Scouts from Williamsburg
February 6-8 Wistar’s Expedition against Richmond. Assigned to District of the Currituck, Department of Virginia and North Carolina
March Assigned to Heckman’s Division, Portsmouth, Va.
April Assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Corps, Army of the James
May 4-28

Butler’s operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond

The regiment lost 19 men wounded and missing.
May 5 Occupation of City Point and Bermuda Hundred
May 9-10 Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church
May 12-16 Operations against Fort Darling
May 14-16

Battle of Drury’s Bluff
May 16-27 Bermuda Hundred
May 28-31 Moved to White House, then to Cold Harbor
June 1-12

Battle of Cold Harbor

The regiment lost 33 men killed, 118 wounded and 2 missing. Lieutenant Colonel Edgar Perry was killed.
June 15-18

First Assault on Petersburg
June 19

Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond.

In trenches before Petersburg and on the Bermuda Hundred front. The regiment lost nine men killed and wounded.
July 30

Mine Explosion (Battle of the Crater)

The regiment was in reserve
September 28-30

Battle of Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights
September 29

Assault and capture of Fort Harrison

The regiment lost 41 men killed and wounded. Colonel Samuel H. Roberts was promoted to Brevet Brigadier General “for gallant and meritorious services in the attack upon the enemy’s works at Fort Harrison, Virginia.”
October 27-28

Battle of Fair Oaks
November Duty in lines before Richmond
December Assigned to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 24th Corps, Army of the James
1865
April 3

Occupation of Richmond

The regiment was the third to enter the city, which it did without opposition.
April-May Provost duty at Richmond and Manchester, Virginia.
June 19 The 139th New York Infantry Regiment mustered out under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Mulcahy. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 98th New York Infantry.