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.
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |