United States Regiments & Batteries > New York > Infantry
“2nd Duryea’s Zouaves”
The 165th New York Infantry lost during service 2 officers and 41 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 officers and 79 enlisted men by disease during the Civil War.
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1862
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| November | Organized at New York City under Lieutenant Colonel Abel Smith, Major Governeur Carr |
| December 2 | Left State for New Orleans, La. Attached to Independent Command, Dept. of the Gulf |
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1863
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| January | Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf |
| March 21-30 | Expedition from New Orleans, La., to Ponchatoula |
| March 23 | Action at North Pass |
| March 24 |
Capture of PonchatoulaThe regiment lost 3 enlisted men wounded |
| March 26 | Berwick Bay |
| May 7-19 | Expedition to Amite River |
| May 20-24 | Moved to Baton Rouge |
| May 24-July 9 |
Siege of Port HudsonThe regiment lost 6 enlisted men killed and 3 wounded exclusve of the assault on May 27 |
| May 27 |
Assaults on Port HudsonLieutenant Colonel Smith, Lieutenant Charles Carville and 27 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, Major Carr, Captains Henry Inwood and Gould Thorp, Lieutenants Matthias Johnston, Nathan Putnam and William Vance and 60 enlisted men were wounded, and 3 men missing |
| June 14 |
Assault on Port HudsonLieutenant William Walker was wounded |
| June 23 | Lt. Colonel Smith died of his wounds in New Orleans |
| July 9 | Surrender of Port Hudson |
| July | Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 19th Army Corps |
| July 22 | Moved to Baton Rouge |
| July 31 | Major Carr promoted to lieutenant colonel |
| August 13 | Captain Felix Agnus of Company A promoted to major |
| September 4-11 | Sabine Pass (Texas) Expedition |
| September 8 | Sabine Pass |
| October 3-November 30 | Moved from Algiers to Brashear City, thence to Berwick. Western Louisiana Campaign |
| October 9-10 | Bayou Vermillion |
| October 11 | Carrion Crow Bayou |
| November 11 |
Bayou VermillionThe regiment lost 1 enlisted man wounded |
| November | At New Iberia |
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1864
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| January 7 | Moved to Franklin |
| February | Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf |
| March 10-May 22 | Red River Campaign |
| March 14-26 | Advance from Franklin to Alexandria |
| April 8 |
Battle of Sabine Cross RoadsThe regiment lost 9 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, Lt. Colonel Carr and 4 enlisted men wounded, and 34 men missing |
| April 9 |
Pleasant HillThe regiment lost 6 enlisted men killed, Lieutenant Andrew Napier and 15 enlisted men wounded, and 26 men missing |
| April 23 | Monett’s Ferry, Cane River Crossing |
| April 26-May 13 | At Alexandria |
| April 30-May 10 | Construction of dam at Alexandria |
| May 13-20 | Retreat to Morganza |
| May 16 | Mansura |
| May-July | Duty at Morganza |
| July | Movement to New Orleans, then to Fortress Monroe, Va., and Washington, D.C. |
| July 27 |
Deep Bottom, VirginiaThe regiment lost 2 enlisted men wounded |
| 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 to October 27 | Detached with Brigade as Train Guard for the army |
| October 19 |
Battle of Cedar CreekThe regiment lost 3 men captured at Cedar Creek, Virginia |
| November-December | Duty near Middletown and Newtown |
| December | At Stevenson’s Depot and Winchester |
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1865
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| February | Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Provisional Division, Army of the Shenandoah |
| April | Moved to Washington, D.C., and duty there. Attached to 3rd Brigade, Dwight’s Division, Dept. of Washington |
| May 23-24 | Grand Review |
| June 30-July 7 | Moved to Savannah, Ga. Attached to Dwight’s Division, Dept. of the South |
| July-September | Duty Savannah, Ga., and at Charleston, S.C. |
| July 26 | Major Carr discharged for disability |
| September 1 | Mustered out |