United States Regiments & Batteries > New York > 75th New York Infantry Regiment
“2nd Auburn Regiment”
The 75th New York Infantry Regiment lost 4 officers and 91 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 103 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1861
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| Organized at Auburn, N. Y. | |
| November 26 | Nine companies of the 75th New York Infantry Regiment mustered in under the command of Colonel John A. Dodge, Lieutenant Colonel Robert P. York and Major Willoughby Babcock. Company I became Battery M of the 3rd New York Artillery. |
| December 6 | Left New York for Florida |
| December 15 | Arrived at Santa Rosa Island, Florida for duty there and at Fort Pickens, Florida. |
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1862
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| January 1 | Bombardment of Forts McRae and Barrancas, Pensacola Harbor, Florida. Attached to District of Santa Rosa Island, Departmenr of Florida |
| February | Attached to District of Santa Rosa Island, Florida, Department of the Gulf. |
| March | Attached to Western District of Florida, Department of the South. |
| May 10 | Occupation of Pensacola, Florida. |
| May 28 | Fair Oaks, Florida |
| June 24 | Company K was added to the regiment. |
| August | Moved to New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| August 9 | Arrived at New Orleans for duty at Carrollton attached to Division of West Florida, Department.of the Gulf. |
| September | Attached to Weitzel’s Reserve Brigade, Department of the Gulf. |
| October 24- November 6 |
Operations in District of La-Fourche. |
| October 25 | Occupation of Donaldsonville. |
| October 28 | Action at Georgia Landing, near Labadieville, and at Thibodeauxville. |
| November | Duty in the District of LaFourche. |
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1863
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| January | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Corps, Department of the Gulf. |
| January 12-15 | Expedition to Bayou Teche. |
| January 13 | Bayou Teche |
| January 14 | Steamer Cotton |
| March 7-27 | Operations against Port Hudson |
| March 28 | Duty at Brashear City |
| April 9-May 14 | Operations in Western Louisiana |
| April 11-20 | Expedition from Brashear City to Opelousas |
| April 12-13 |
Fort BislandThe regiment lost 17 casualties |
| April 14 | Jeanerette, Irish Bend |
| April 17 | Bayou Vermillion |
| April 20 | Opelousas |
| May 5-18 |
Expedition to Alexandria and Simsport |
| May 14 | Boyce’s Bridge, Cotile Bayou (Detachment) |
| May 25-July 9 |
Siege of Port Hudson |
| May 27 & June 14 |
Assaults on Port HudsonThe regiment lost 107 casualties |
| July 9 |
Surrender of Port Hudson |
| July 12-13 | Donaldsonville, Bayou LaFourche. Assigned to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Corps |
| August 1-September 3 | At Baton Rouge |
| September 4-11 |
Sabine Pass Expedition |
| September 8 |
Sabine PassThe regiment lost 85 casualties. |
| September 17 | Moved from Algiers to Brashear City. |
| October | Regiment changed to Mounted Infantry. |
| October 3- November 30 |
Western Louisiana CampaignAssigned to Cavalry Division, Department of the Gulf |
| October 9-10 | Vermillion Bayou |
| November 19 | Near New Iberia |
| November 20 | Camp Pratt |
| December 3 | Camp Lewis. Assigned to 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, Department of the Gulf. |
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1863
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| January 1 | The regiment was veteranized and veterans went on furlough; 90 non-Veterans were temporarily attached to Companies K and L, 14th New York Cavalry |
| March 10-May 22 |
Red River Campaign |
| March 14-26 | Advance from Franklin to Alexandria |
| March 20 | Bayou Rapides |
| March 21 | Henderson’s Hill |
| March 29-30 | Monett’s Ferry and Cloutiersville |
| March 31 | Natchitoches |
| April 2 | Crump’s Hill |
| April 2 | Veterans returned to Washington from furlough and assigned to 22nd Army Corps as Infantry |
| April 7 | Wilson’s Farm (non-Veterans) |
| April 8 | Bayou de Paul, Carroll’s Mill (non-Veterans) |
| April 9 | Pleasant Hill (non-Veterans) |
| April 10 | Company K consolidated with remainder of regiment and a new Company K was added. |
| April 20 | Natchitoches (non-Veterans) |
| April 21-22 | About Cloutiersville (non-Veterans) |
| April 23 | Monett’s Ferry, Cane River Crossing (non-Veterans) |
| April 28 | Above Alexandria (non-Veterans) |
| May 1 | Hudnot’s Plantation (non-Veterans) |
| May 4-8 | Alexandria (non-Veterans) |
| May 13-20 | Retreat to Morganza (non-Veterans) |
| May 13-14 | Choctaw Bayou (non-Veterans) |
| May 15 | Avoyelle’s Prairie (non-Veterans) |
| May 16 | Mansura (non-Veterans) |
| May 17-18 | Yellow Bayou (non-Veterans) |
| May 20 | Veterans moved to Dept. of the Gulf |
| June 28 | The regiment was reunited and assigned to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Corps |
| July 13 | Transferred to Eastern Theater. Sailed for Fortress Monroe, Virginia. |
| July 21-30 | Before Richmond |
| July 27-29 | Deep Bottom |
| July 31 | Moved to Washington, D.C. and assigned to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division |
| August 7- November 28 |
Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
| August 23-24 | Halltown |
| September 3-4 | Berryville |
| September 19 |
Third Battle of WinchesterThe regiment lost Colonel Babcock and 23 men killed and mortally wounded, 3 officers and 37 men wounded, and 1 oficer and 8 men missing. |
| September 22 |
Fisher’s Hill |
| October 19 |
Battle of Cedar CreekThe regiment lost 7 men killed and mortally wounded, 1 officer and 15 men wounded, and 32 missing. |
| October-December | Duty in the Shenandoah Valley |
| November 19 | Consolidated to a battalion of five companies, A-E. |
| December 6 | Non-Veterans were mustered out at Auburg. |
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1865
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| January 11 | Ordered to provost duty in Savannah, Georgia and assigned to 1st Brigade, Grover’s Division, District of Savannah, Department of the South |
| March | Asigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Corps |
| April | 31st Indpendent Company of Infantry trasferred in as Company F |
| May | Assigned to District of Savannah, Department of the South. |
| August 23 | The 75th New York Infantry Regiment mustered out. |