United States Regiments & Batteries > New York > Infantry
The 178th New York Infantry Regiment lost 18 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 officers and 190 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1863
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| June 18 | Organized at Staten Island, N.Y. under Lieutenant Colonel Charles F. Smith, and Major Selden Hetzel |
| June 21 | Companies A – E left state for Washington, D.C. under Lieutenant Colonel Charles F. Smith |
| Duty at Fairfax Seminary and Washington, D.C. attached to 3rd Brigade, DeRussy’s Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, D. C. | |
| June 28-29 | Little River Turnpike, Va. |
| July | Assigned to Provost guard Washington, D.C., 22nd Army Corps |
| September 1 | Company F joined regiment |
| October 17 | Colonel Edward Wehler mustered in |
| October 24 | Companies G – K joined regiment with Colonel Wehler |
| October 31 | Moved to Eastport, Miss. |
| November – December |
Duty at Eastport, Miss., Columbus, Ky., Fort Pillow, Tenn., and Vicksburg, Miss. asigned to District of Columbus. Ky., 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee |
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1864
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| January | Assigned to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee |
| February 3 – March 2 | Meridian Campaign |
| March 10-May 22 | Red River Campaign |
| March | Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps (Detachment), Army of the Tennessee, Dept. of the Gulf |
| March 14 | Fort DeRussy |
| March 16 | Occupation of Alexandria |
| April 9 | Battle of Pleasant Hill |
| April 22-26 | Retreat to Alexandria |
| April 22-23 | About Cloutiersville, Cane River |
| April 23-25 | Luciaville |
| April 30-May 10 | Construction of dam at Alexandria |
| May 13-20 | Retreat to Morganza |
| May 16 | Mansura |
| May 18-19 | Yellow Bayou |
| May 20-June 9 | Moved to Vicksburg, Miss., thence to Memphis, Tenn. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee |
| June 6-7 | Old River Lake or Lake Chicot, Ark. |
| June 23 | Colliersville, Tenn. and near Lafayette |
| July 4 | Lt. Colonel Smith discharged |
| July 5-21 | Smith’s Expedition to Tupelo, Miss. |
| July 14-15 | Near Tupelo |
| July 15 | Old Town or Tishamingo Creek |
| August 1-30 | Smith’s Expedition to Oxford |
| August 13-14 | Hurricane Creek |
| September 1-7 | Moved to Duvall’s Bluff, Ark. |
| September 17 – November 19 | March through Arkansas and Missouri in pursuit of Price |
| November 21 – December 1 | Moved to Nashville, Tenn. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division (Detachment), Army of the Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland |
| December 15-16 | Battle of Nashville |
| December 17-28 | Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River |
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1865
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| January | At Clifton, Tenn., and Eastport, Miss. |
| February 6-22 | Movement to New Orleans, La. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps (New), Military Division West Mississippi |
| February 10 | Captain John B. Gandlfo of Company F promoted to lieutenant colonel |
| March 17- April 12 |
Campaign against Mobile and its defenses |
| March 26-April 8 | Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely |
| April 9 | Assault and capture of Fort Blakely |
| April 12 | Occupation of Mobile |
| April 13-25 | March to Montgomery |
| May | Duty at Montgomery and at Greenville, Ala. |
| August | Attached to District of Alabama, Dept. of the Gulf |
| April 20 | Mustered out under Lieutenant Colonel John B. Gandolfo |