142nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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“St. Lawrence County Regiment”

The 142nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 3 officers and 126 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 161 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

1862
Organized at Ogdensburg, N.Y.
September 29 Mustered in under the command of Colonel Roscius W. Judson and Lieutenant Colonel Newton M. Curtis.
October 6 Left State for Washington, D. C.
October Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. attached to 3rd Brigade, Abercrombie’s Division, Defenses of Washington, D. C.
1863
January 21 Colonel Judson was discharged. Lieutenant Colonel Newton M. Curtis was promoted to colonel.
February Assigned to 3rd Brigade, Abercrombie’s Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington
April 19 Moved to Suffolk, Va. and assigned to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia
April 20-May 4 Siege of Suffolk, Va.
May 4 Siege of Suffolk raised
May 15 Expedition to Kings and Queens County (1 Company)
May Assigned to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps
June 24-July 7 Dix’s Peninsula Campaign
July 10 Ordered to Washington, D.C.
July 13-22 Pursuit of Lee to Berlin, Md. Assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac
August 1-8 Moved to Folly Island, S.C. and assigned to 1st Brigade, Gordon’s Division, Folly Island, S. C.
August 9-September 7 Siege operations against Forts Wagner and Gregg, Morris Island, S.C., and against Fort Sumter and Charleston, S.C. assigned to 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the South
September Operations against Charleston and duty at Folly Island, Johns Island and Hilton Head, S.C.
1864
January Assigned to 1st Brigade, Gordon’s Division, Northern District, Dept. of the South
February 6-14 Expedition to Johns and James Islands
February 9 & 11 Skirmishes at Bugbee’s Bridge
April Ordered to Yorktown, Va. and assigned to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Army Corps, Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina
May 4-28 Butler’s Campaign on south side of the James and operations against Petersburg and Richmond. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Army Corps
May 5 Occupation of City Point and Bermuda Hundred
May 9-10 Swift Creek or Arrow field Church
May 12-16 Operations against Fort Darling
May 14-16 Battle of Drury’s Bluff
May 16-28 Bermuda Hundred
May 28-31 Moved to White House, then to Cold Harbor
June 1-12 Battles about Cold Harbor
June Assigned to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Army Corps
June 15-18 Assault on Petersburg
June 19 Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond
July 30 Mine Explosion, Petersburg
July Duty in trenches before Petersburg and on the Bermuda Hundred front
September 28-30 Battle of Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights
October 27-28 Battle of Fair Oaks
November Duty in trenches before Richmond
December 7-27 Expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C. assigned to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 24th Army Corps
1865
January 3-15 2nd Expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C. Assigned to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Terry’s Provisional Corps, Dept. of North Carolina
January 15 Assault and capture of Fort Fisher
February 11-13 Cape Fear entrenchments
February 18-19 Fort Anderson
February 22 Capture of Wilmington
March 1-April 26 Campaign of the Carolinas. Assigned to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, Dept. of North Carolina
March 6-21 Advance on Goldsboro
April 9-13 Advance on Raleigh
April 14 Occupation of Raleigh
April 26 Bennett’s House. Surrender of Johnston and his army.
May Duty at Raleigh
June 7 Mustered out. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 169th New York Infantry.