United States Regiments & Batteries > New York > Infantry
“3rd Regiment Empire Brigade”
The 163rd New York Infantry Regiment lost 3 officers and 15 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 8 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1862
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| Organized at New York City under Colonel F. H. Braulich and Lieutenant Colonel John Leverich | |
| October 5 | Left State for Washington consolidated to six companies. |
| October 10 | Mustered in at Washington, D.C. under Lieutenant Colonel John B. Leverick. Attached to Carroll’s Brigade, Whipple’s Division, Defenses of Washington |
| October 15 | Adjutant James Byrne promoted to major |
| October 18-19 | Moved to Pleasant Valley, Md. |
| October 24-November 16 | Movement toward Warrenton, Va. |
| November 18-24 | Movement to Falmouth, Virginia. Assigned to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| December 12-15 |
Battle of FredericksburgCaptain Theodore Bracklon, Lieutenants John Byrne and Friedrich Behrens and 15 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, Lieutenant James McKenna, 3 other officers and 34 enlisted men wounded and 5 men missing. |
| December | Duty at Falmouth |
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1863
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| January 20 | Transferred 375 men to the 73rd New York Infantry under Lieutenant Colonel John B. Leverick |