160th New York Infantry Regiment

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The 160th New York Infantry Regiment lost 6 officers and 53 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded during the Civil War. One officer and 159 enlisted men were lost to disease, 1 officer and 7 enlisted men of whom were in Confederate captivity .

1862
September-October Organized at Auburn, New York under the authority of Colonel Charles C. Dwight.

  • Company A was principally recruited at Arcadia and Auburn
  • Company B at Palmyra, Macedon, Walworth and Owasco
  • Company C at Auburn
  • Company D at Marion, Sodus and Williamson
  • Company E at Canandaigua, Seneca Falls, Owasco, East Bloomfield, Auburn, Geneva, Tyre and Bristol
  • Company F at Auburn, Moravia, Locke, Summer Hill, Sempronius, Sennett, Owasco, Victory, Sterling and Venice
  • Company G at Attica, Alfred, Almond, Andover and Wellsville
  • Company H at Wellsville, Scio, Wirt, Auburn, Alma, West Almond and Independence
  • Company  I at Caneadea, Allen, Independence, Rushford, Owasco, Auburn, Palmyra, Andover, Belfast and Wellsville
  • Company K at Eden, Hamburg, Marilla, Collins, Persia and Buffalo
November 21 The 160th New York Infantry Regiment mustered in for three years Federal service under the command of Colonel Charles C. Dwight, Lieutenant Colonel John Van Petten and Major William Sentell.
December 4 Left New York for New Orleans, Louisiana. Attached to Sherman’s Division, Department of the Gulf

1863
January 12-15 Expedition to Bayou Teche. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Corps, Department of the Gulf
January 14
Gunboat Cotton

The regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed and 4 wounded
February 12-28 Operations on Bayou Plaquemine
March Duty at Brashear City
March 13 Berwick City
March 20 Duty at Bayou Boeuf and Pattersonville
March 28

Pattersonville

Captain Josiah Jewett and 5 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded and 16 enlisted men wounded serving with a detachment on the gunboat Diana
April 9-May 14 Operations in Western Louisiana
April 11-20

Teche Campaign
April 12-13

Fort Bisland

The regiment lost 2 enlisted men killed and 5 wounded
April 14 Jeanerette
April 17 Bayou Vermillion
April 20 Opelousas
May 5-18 Expedition to Alexandria and Simsport
May 18-25 Moved to Port Hudson
May 25-July 9

Siege of Port Hudson

The 160th New York Infantry Regiment lost 4 officers and 33 enlisted men wounded exclusive of the casualties listed below for the two assaults
May 27

Assault on Port Hudson

The regiment lost 3 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded
June 14

Second Assault on Port Hudson

The regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed
July 2 Springfield Landing
July 9

Surrender of Port Hudson
July 10-30 Expedition to Donaldsonville, Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Corps
July 13-14 Kock’s Plantation, Donaldsonville, on Bayou Fourche
July Duty near Thibodeaux and at Brashear City
September 4-12

Sabine Pass Expedition
September 8 Sabine Pass
September 17 Moved to Algiers, thence to Berwick
October 3-November 30

Western Louisiana Campaign
October 9-10 Vermillion Bayou
October 11 Carrion Crow Bayou
October At New Iberia
1864
January 7 Moved to Franklin
February Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Corps
March 10-May 22

Red River Campaign
March 14-26 Advance from Franklin to Alexandria
April 8

Battle of Sabine Cross Roads

The regiment lost 2 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 3 men wounded
April 9

Pleasant Hill

Captains Charles Cotton and William Van Deusen, Lieutenant Nicholas McDonough and 9 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, 3 officers and 17 enlisted men wounded and 1 officer and 9 enlisted men missing.
April 23

Monett’s Ferry or Cane River Crossing

The regiment lost 1 enlisted man mortally wounded and 1 wounded
April 26-May 13 At Alexandria
April 30-May 10 Construction of dam at Alexandria
May 13-20 Retreat to Mansura
May 16 Avoyelle’s Prairie, Mansura
May-June At Morganza
June Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Corps, Army of the Gulf
July 1-12 Moved to Fortress Monroe, Va., then to Washington, D.C.
July 14-23 Snicker’s Gap Expedition
July 20 Snicker’s Ferry
August 7-November 28

Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign

Attached to the Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, 19th Army Corps, 1st Division, 3rd Brigade
August 14 – October 27 Served detached as Train Guard for the army
September 14 Major Sentell was discharged for disability
September 19

Opequon (Third Battle of Winchester)

Captain Newton Dexter, Lieutenant Frank Moxson and 16 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, Lieutenant Colonel Van Petten, 2 other officers and 55 enlisted men were wounded, and 1 man was missing. Lieutenant Colonel Van Petten was wounded in the thigh but continued to command the regiment until the end of the battle.
October 19

Cedar Creek

Sergeant-major Richard Andrews and 12 other enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, Captain Jacob McDowell, Lieutenant Edward Sentell, 1 other officer and 27 enlisted men were wounded and 23 enlisted men missing
November Duty at Middletown and Newtown
December At Stephenson’s Depot and Winchester
1865
January 21 Lieutenant Colonel Van Petten left to serve as colonel in the 193rd New York Infantry
February Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Provisional Division, Army of the Shenandoah
February 20 Captain Henry Underhill of Company B was promoted to lieutenant colonel
April Moved to Washington, D. C. and attached to 3rd Brigade, Dwight’s Division, Department of Washington
May 23-24 Grand Review
May 25 Colonel Dwight was discharged
May 31 Lieutenant Colonel Underhill was promoted to colonel, Captain John Burrud to lieutenant colonel and Captain Daniel Vaughan of Company H to major
June 30-July 7 Moved to Savannah, Georgia and attached to 3rd Brigade, Dwight’s Division, Department of the South
November 1 The 160th New York Infantry Regiment mustered out under the command of Colonel Henry P. Underhill, Lieutenant Colonel John Burrud and Major Daniel Vaughan.