United States Regiments & Batteries > New York > Infantry
“13th Brooklyn”
The 87th New York Infantry Regiment lost 1 officer and 22 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 26 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1861
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| November 14 | Organized at Brooklyn, N.Y. The nucleus was the 13th New York State Militia, and it included men from several other incomplete organizations |
| November 20 | Mustered in for three years Federal service under Colonel Stephen Dodge, Lieutenant Colonel Richard A. Bachia and Major George B. Bosworth. |
| December 2 | Left State for Washington, D.C. Attached to 3rd Brigade, Casey’s Division, Army of the Potomac for duty in the Dept. of Washington. |
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1862
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| March 10-15 | Advance on Manassas, Va. attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| March 17 | Ordered to the Peninsula, Va. |
| April 5-May 4 | Siege of Yorktown |
| April 11 | Skirmish at Yorktown |
| May 5 | Battle of Williamsburg |
| May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Seven Pines or Fair OaksThe regiment lost 11 men killed, 5 men mortally wounded, 5 officers and 48 men wounded and 7 missing. |
| June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before RichmondThe regiment lost 5 men killed, 3men mortally wounded and 30 men wounded. |
| June 25 | Battle of Oak Grove |
| July 1 | Malvern Hill |
| July-August | At Harrison’s Landing |
| August 16-26 | Movement to Fortress Monroe and then to Centreville and attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps |
| August 26-September 2 |
Pope’s Campaign in Northern VirginiaThe regiment lost 1 officer and 3 men killed, 5 man mortally wounded, 6 men wounded and 7 officers and 68 men missing. |
| August 27 | Action at Bristoe Station or Kettle Run; Buckland’s Bridge, Broad Run |
| August 29 | Battle of Groveton |
| August 30 | Second Battle of Bull Run |
| September 1 | Battle of Chantilly |
| September 6 | Due to the regiment’s heavy casualties, the men of the regiment were consolidated with the 40th Regiment New York Infantry. The officers of the 87th were mustered out. |
| September 11 | The newly recruited Company B under Captain Dobbs was transferred to 173rd New York Infantry |