Peninsula Campaign

Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula

Siege of Yorktown

Battle of Williamsburg

Mechanicsville

Seven days before Richmond

Garnett’s Farm

Garnett’s and Golding’s Farms

Savage Station

White Oak Swamp and Glendale

Malvern Hill

At Harrison’s Landing

Captain Windsor Brown French was promoted to major and then lieutenant colonel.

Maryland Campaign

Battle of South Mountain

The regiment was engaged at Crampton’s Gap.

Battle of Antietam

The 77th New York Infantry Regiment was commanded by Captain Nathan S. Babcock. It lost 6 men killed, 1 officer and 4 men mortally wounded, and 2 officers and 19 men wounded. Captain Babcock was promoted to major after the battle dating to August.

From the War Department markers (double marker number 74) on the Antietam battlefield:

Irwin’s Brigade came on the field about noon of the 17th, and formed across the Smoketown Road in rear of a line of Artillery.

After an unsuccessful attempt to penetrate the Confederate line south of the Dunkard Church, the Brigade rallied behind the ridge east of the Hagerstown Pike and between it and Mumma’s Lane, the left of the Brigade resting a few yards west of the lane, where it was exposed to a severe fire of Artillery and Sharpshooters.

About 5 P.M., the 7th Maine, on the left of the Brigade, crossed Mumma’s Lane, moved obliquely across the front of Brook’s Brigade, charged over the Bloody Lane at this point, dispersed the Confederates in its front and in the orchard on its left and reached the low ground North of Piper’s Barn, when the enemy from behind the stone fence on the Hagerstown Pike and the hill adjoining poured a severe fire on its right flank and front.

The regiment then obliqued to the left, passed through an opening in the fence into the orchard and to within 70 yards of Piper’s House, here it was met by a withering fire from a column of the enemy moving down the hill east of the house and driven back through the orchard with great loss.

It reformed a short distance east of this point and returned to the position from which it had advanced.

At noon of the 18th, the Brigade was relieved by Cochrane’s Brigade of Couch’s Division.

From the War Department marker (number 75) on the Antietam battlefield:

Irwin’s Brigade reached the field about noon of the 17th, formed line across the road at this point, and charged through the Batteries and across the fields in their front to check the advance of the Confederates from the West Woods. The direction of its advance was south of the Dunkard Church and, when its right Regiments, the 33d and 77th New York, were nearly abreast the Church, they received such a destructive fire on their right and rear as compelled them to retire to the cover of the ridge in front of the Church, the remainder of the Brigade forming on their left. Late in the day the 7th Maine charged across the Bloody Lane to Piper’s Barn and was repulsed with great loss.

About noon of the 18th the Brigade was relieved by Cochrane’s Brigade of Couch’s Division, and withdrawn to the rear.

Battle of Fredericksburg

Chancellorsville Campaign

Battle of Maryes Heights, Second Fredericksburg

The regiment lost Captain Luther Wheeler and 11 men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 40 men wounded, and 30 men missing.

Salem Heights

Banks’ Ford

Gettysburg Campaign

Battle of Gettysburg

The regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Lieutenant Colonel Winsor B. French. It brought 424 men to the field, and had no casualties, as it was assigned as support to artillery batteries in the Union rear on Powers Hill.

Bristoe Campaign

Mine Run Campaign

Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River

Battle of the Wilderness

The regiment lost 14 men killed or mortally wounded, 4 officers and 39 men woundedm and 2 officers and 7 men missing.

Battle of Spotsylvania Court House

The regiment lost 3 officers and 27 men killed or mortally wounded, 5 officers and 51 men wounded, and 2 officers and 19 men missing.

Assault on the Salient or “Bloody Angle”

North Anna River

Totopotomoy

Cold Harbor

The regiment lost 5 men killed or mortally wounded and 7 men wounded.

Grant’s First Assault on Petersburg

Siege of Petersburg

Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad

Fort Stevens 

The regiment lost 6 men killed or mortally wounded, Colonel French and 12 men were wounded, and 1 man missing.

Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign

Third Battle of Winchester

The regiment lost 6 men killed or mortally wounded, 4 officers and 30 men wounded, and 2 men missing.

Fisher’s Hill

The regiment lost 1 officer mortally wounded, and 1 officer and 3 men wounded.

Battle of Cedar Creek

The regiment lost 4 officers and 8 men killed or mortally wounded, 3 officers and 18 men wounded, and 3 men missing. Colonel French took over brigade command with the death of General Bidwell.

Duty in the Shenandoah Valley

Major Babcock was promoted to lieutenant colonel.

Siege of Petersburg

Moved to Petersburg, Virginia.

Fort Fisher, Petersburg

The regiment lost 2 officers and 2 men killed or mortally wounded and 7 men wounded.

Appomattox Campaign

Fall of Petersburg

Sailor’s Creek

Appomattox Court House

Surrender of Lee and his army.