Battle of Bull Run

The regiment made four attacks on Henry House Hill, recapturing but being unable to hold the guns of Rickett’s and Griffin’s batteries. It lost 2 officers and 44 men killed or mortally wounded, Colonel Wood, 3 other officers and 30 enlisted men wounded, and Colonel Wood, 3 other officers and 58 enlisted men captured or missing.Unlike most of the Union army, the 14th left the field in good order.

The regiment lost 2 enlisted men killed, 1 wounded, and 1 officer and 9 enlisted men captured

Mt. Carmel Church

1 enlisted man was wounded near Caramel Church, Virginia

Fords of the Rappahannock

1 enlisted man was killed at Sulphur Springs

Second Battle of Bull Run

The regiment lost 3 officers and 20 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, Colonel Fowler, 4 other officers and 30 enlisted men were wounded, and 4 officers and 58 enlisted men captured

Major William H deBevoise took command of the regiment.

Battle of South Mountain

The regiment lost 7 enlisted men killed, 13 wounded and 8 missing.

Battle of Antietam

Commanded by Major William H. deBevoise, the regiment brought less than 100 men to the field. It lost 1 officer and 11 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 15 enlisted men wounded.

From the monument at Antietam:

On this spot, known as ‘The Cornfield’, the 84th N.Y. Volunteer Infantry – (14th Brooklyn, N.Y. S. M.) of the 1st Brigade, Col. Phelps, 1st Division – Gen. Doubleday, 1st Corps, Gen. Hooker, was hotly engaged on the morning of September 17, 1862

From the brigade marker on the Antietam battlefield:

Phelps’ Brigade formed line at 5:30 A. M. on September 17, and moved in support of Gibbon’s Brigade. When Gibbon deployed, 135 yards north of this in the Cornfield and on the plateau west of the Hagerstown Pike, Phelps’ Brigade (425 officers and men) halted 25 paces in his rear, in the Cornfield. After Gibbon advanced and became heavily engaged on both sides of the Pike, Phelps moved to the support of his left and fought on this ground. The subsequent movements of this Brigade conformed to those of Gibbon. After heavy loss it retired to the fields north of D. R. Miller’s and thence beyond the Poffenberger Lane.

Battle of Fredericksburg

The regiment lost 3 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 3 wounded

Fitzhugh’s Crossing

The regiment lost Lieutenant James H. Bloomfield and 3 enlisted men mortally wounded and 1 officer and 18 enlisted men wounded

Battle of Chancellorsville

The regiment lost 1 man killed and 22 wounded

Battle of Gettysburg

The regiment took 356 men into battle and was commanded by Col. Edward Fowler. It lost 13 enlisted men killed, 13 mortally wounded, 6 officers and 87 enlisted men ounded, and 98 men missing

From the monument on Reynolds Avenue:

July 1. First engaged the enemy between the McPherson House and Reynolds Grove (see marker). Subsequently moved to this place and engaged Davis’ Brigade. Remained at the railroad cut at Seminary Ridge until the final retreat. Had a running fight through Gettysburg to Culp’s Hill. On the evening of the 2nd and again on the morning of the 3rd went to support Greene’s Brigade and was heavily engaged (see marker)

From the marker on Meredith Avenue: 

Here, in the forenoon, July 1st, 1863, the Regiment opened fire on A.P. Hill’s Corps; afterwards charged successfully on Davis’ Brigade at the railroad to the right and rear of this position as indicated by a monument there; later had a running fight through Gettysburg to Culp’s Hill, where at night July 2nd, repulsed the advance of Johnson’s Division of Ewell’s Corps, then moved to the right to reinforce the 12th Corps, as recorded on tablet in boulder to the right of the hill. It lost in the battle 13 killed, 105 wounded and 99 missing.

From the marker on Slocum Avenue:

Here at about 9 p.m. July 2nd, 1863 the Regiment while moving from the position to the left of this to reinforce Greene’s Brigade, unexpectedly encountered the advance of Johnson’s Division of Ewell’s Corps, which had crossed the abandoned works and was advancing towards the Baltimore Pike. By opening fire on them the Regiment caused them to halt until the 12th Corps returned and drove them back.

At Daylight July 3rd the Regiment rejoined the Brigade, but soon afterwards moved again to the right to reinforce the 12th Corps and fought in the trenches and lay in reserve until the repulse of the enemy.

In the first day’s battle this Regiment was heavily engaged with the 1st Corps at the Railroad beyond the Seminary as indicated by a monument there.

It lost in the battle 13 killed, 105 wounded and 99 missing.

Mine Run Campaign

1 enisted man was wounded

Battle of the Wilderness

The regiment lost 2 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 wounded

Laurel Hill

Spotsylvania Court House

The regiment lost 1 officer and 13 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 6 officers and 86 enlisted men wounded, and 5 men missing in the two weeks of fighting