United States Regiments & Batteries > New York > Infantry
The 160th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 6 officers and 53 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 159 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
1862
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Organized at Auburn, N.Y. under Colonel Charles C. Dwight, Lieutenant Colonel John Van Petten and Major William Sentell | |
November 21 | Mustered in |
December 4 | Left State for New Orleans, La. Attached to Sherman’s Division, Dept. of the Gulf |
1863 |
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January 12-15 | Expedition to Bayou Teche. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf |
January 14 |
Gunboat CottonThe 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 |
PattersonvilleCaptain 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 BislandThe 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 HudsonThe regiment lost 4 officers and 33 enlisted men wounded exclusive of the casualties listed below for the two assaults |
May 27 |
Assault on Port HudsonThe regiment lost 3 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded |
June 14 |
Second Assault on Port HudsonThe 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 Army 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
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January 7 | Moved to Franklin |
February | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps |
March 10-May 22 | Red River Campaign |
March 14-26 | Advance from Franklin to Alexandria |
April 8 |
Battle of Sabine Cross RoadsThe regiment lost 2enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 3 wounded |
April 9 |
Pleasant HillCaptains 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 CrossingThe 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 Army 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 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 wounded, and 1 man missing |
October 19 |
Cedar CreekSergeant-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
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January 21 | Lieutenant Colonel Van Petten mustered out 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 promoted to lieutenant colonel |
April | Moved to Washington, D. C. and attached to 3rd Brigade, Dwight’s Division, Dept. of Washington |
May 23-24 | Grand Review |
May 25 | Colonel Dwight discharged |
May 31 | Lieutenant Colonel Underhill 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, Ga. and attached to 3rd Brigade, Dwight’s Division, Dept. of the South |
November 1 | Mustered out under Colonel Henry P. Underhill, Lt. Colonel Burrud and Major Vaughan |