United States Regiments & Batteries > New York > Infantry
“5th Oneida”
The 146th New York Infantry Regiment lost 7 officers and 126 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 179 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
It is honored by a monument on Little Round Top at Gettysburg.
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1862
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| Organized at Rome, N.Y. | |
| October 10 | Mustered in under Colonel Kenner Garrard and Major David T. Jenkins |
| October 11 | Left State for Washington, D.C. Major Jenkins promoted to lieutenant colonel and William Corning mustered in as major |
| October | Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. attached to Casey’s Division, Defenses of Washington |
| November 2 | Joined 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac at Snicker’s Gap, Va. |
| November | Rappahannock Campaign |
| December 12-15 |
Battle of FredericksburgThe regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed. |
| December | At Falmouth |
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1863
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| January 20-24 | “Mud March” |
| February-April | At Falmouth |
| April 27-May 6 | Chancellorsville Campaign |
| May 1-5 |
Battle of ChancellorsvilleThe regiment lost 5 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 13 enlisted men wounded and 2 officers and 29 enlisted men missing or captured |
| June 11-July 24 | Gettysburg Campaign |
| July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgThe regiment lost 7 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 19 enlisted men wounded. Colonel Kenner Garrard took over command of the brigade on July 2 when Brigadier General Stephen Weed was mortally wounded, and Lieutenant Colonel David Tuttle took command of the regiment. |
| July 5-24 | Pursuit of Lee |
| July 25 | Colonel Garrard was promoted to brigadier general. Lieutenant Colonel Jenkins was promoted to colonel |
| August | At Warrenton, Beverly Ford and Culpeper |
| September 23 | Major Corning discharged |
| October 9-22 | Bristoe Campaign |
| October 23 | Captain Jesse Armstrong of Compeny B promote to lieutenant colonel |
| November 1 | Captain Henry Curran of Company I promoted to major |
| November 7-8 | Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
| November 7 | Rappahannock Station |
| November 26- December 2 |
Mine Run CampaignThe regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed. |
| December | At Beverly Ford, Va. |
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1864
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| March | Attached to 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps |
| April | Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps |
| October 23 | Lieutenant Colonel Armstrong discharged |
| May 3-June 15 | Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
| May 5-7 | Battle of the Wilderness
The regiment lost Colonel Jenkins, Major Curran, 1 other officer and 67 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 5 officers and 52 enlisted men wounded, and 6 officers and 184 enlisted men missing or captured |
| May 8-21 |
Spotsylvania Court HouseThe regiment lost 8 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 8 men wounded. |
| May 8 | Laurel Hill |
| May 12 | Assault on the Salient |
| May 18 | Captain James Grindlay of Company D promoted to major |
| May 23-26 | North Anna River |
| May 26-28 | On line of the Pamunkey |
| May 28-31 | Totopotomoy |
| June 1-12 |
Cold HarborThe regiment lost 4 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 7 enlisted men wounded |
| June 1-3 | Bethesda Church |
| June | Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps |
| June 16-18 | Before Petersburg |
| June 16, 1864 – April 2, 1865 |
Siege of Petersburg |
| July 30 | Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve) |
| August 18-21 |
Weldon RailroadThe regiment lost 1 officer and 5 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 4 enlisted men wounded and 35 enlusted men captured or missing. |
| September 29- October 2 |
Poplar Springs Church, Peeble’s Farm |
| October 27-28 | Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run |
| December 7-12 | Warren’s Raid on Weldon Railroad |
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1865
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| January 1 | Major Grindlay promoted to lieutenant colonel and Captain Peter C. Claesgens of Company F promoted to major |
| February 5-7 |
Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run |
| February 15 | Lieutenant Colonel Grindlay promoted to colonel |
| March 28-April 9 | Appomattox Campaign |
| March 29 | Lewis Farm, near Gravelly Run |
| March 30 | Major Claesgens pomoted to lieutenant colonel and Captain Isaac Powell of Company G promoted to major |
| March 31 |
White Oak RoadThe regiment lost 13 men killed or mortally wounded. |
| April 1 |
Five ForksThe regiment lost 1 officer and 4 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 3 officers and 23 enlisted men wounded and 21 enlisted men missing or captured. Colonel Grindlay earned the Medal of Honor for being one of the first to enter Confederate works |
| April 2 | Fall of Petersburg |
| April 3-9 | Pursuit of Lee |
| April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
| May 1-12 | March to Washington, D.C. |
| May 23 | Grand Review |
| July 16 | Mustered out at Washington, D. C. under Colonel Grindlay, Lieutenant Colonel Claesgens and Major Powell |