United States Regiments & Batteries > New York > 144th New York Infantry Regiment
The 144th New York Infantry Regiment lost 2 officers and 37 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 174 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1862
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| Organized at Delhi, N.Y. | |
| September 27 | The 144th New York Infantry Regiment mustered in under the command of Colonel Robert S. Hughston, Lieutenant Colonel David E. Gregory and Major Robert F. Johnson. |
| October 11 | Left New York for Washington, D.C. |
| October | Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. attached to 3rd Brigade, Abercrombie’s Division, Defenses of Washington |
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1863
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| February | Assigned to 3rd Brigade, Abercrombie’s Division, 22nd Corps, Dept. of Washington |
| April 18 | Ordered to Suffolk, Va. and assigned to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Corps, Department of Virginia |
| April 20-May 4 |
Siege of Suffolk |
| May 3 | Providence Church Road |
| May 4 | Siege of Suffolk raised |
| May | Assigned to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Corps |
| May 24 | Colonel Hughston was discharged. He had accepted the appointment with the understanding that he would only “raise the regiment and bring it into the field” and his resignation was approved with the comment “He is an excellent gentleman but not a good military officer.”(1) Lieutenant Colonel Gregory was promoted to colonel and took command of the regiment. |
| June 24-July 7 |
Dix’s Peninsula Campaign |
| July 10 | Ordered to Washington, D.C. |
| July 13-22 | Pursuit of Lee to Berlin, Maryland. Assigned to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| August 1-10 | Moved to Folly Island, S.C. and assigned to 2nd Brigade, Gordon’s Division, Folly Island, South Carolina, 10th Corps, Department of the South |
| August 11- September 7 |
Siege of Forts Wagner and Gregg, Morris Island, South Carolina, and operations against Fort Sumter and Charleston |
| August 17-23 |
Bombardment of Fort Sumter and Charleston |
| September 7 | Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg |
| September | Operations against Charleston and duty on Folly Island, South Carolina |
| October 27- November 9 |
Bombardment of Fort Sumter |
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1864
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| January | Moved to Hilton Head, South Carolina |
| February | Ordered to Jacksonville, Florida and duty there assigned to 1st Brigade, Ames’ Division, District of Florida |
| April | Assigned to District of Florida, Department of the South |
| May 31-June 3 | Expedition from Jacksonville to Camp Milton |
| June | Moved to Hilton Head, South Carolina and assigned to District of Hilton Head, South Carolina, Department of the South |
| July 2-10 | Expedition to Johns and James Islands against Charleston |
| July 9 | Operations against Battery Pringle, Johns Island |
| July-November | Duty in District of Hilton Head, South Carolina |
| October | Assigned to 3rd Separate Brigade, Department of the South |
| October 24 | Colonel Gregory resigned due to the illness of his wife. |
| November 28-30 | Hatch’s Expedition up Broad River. Assigned to 1st Brigade, Coast Division, Department of the South |
| November 30 |
Battle of Honey Hill, South Carolina |
| December 6-9 | Demonstration on Charleston & Savannah Railroad |
| December 6 | Deveaux’s Neck |
| December 9 | Tullifinney River |
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1865
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| January | Moved to Hilton Head, South Carolina, and duty in that district assigned to 3rd Separate Brigade, District of Hilton Head, South Carolina., Department of the South |
| May | Assigned to Port Royal, Department of the South |
| June 25 | The 144th New York Infantry Regiment mustered out. Veterans and Recruits were transferred to 1st New York Engineers. |
Notes
(1) Colonels in Blue: New York, Roger D. Hunt, p. 151