United States Regiments & Batteries > New York > Infantry
The regiment lost 2 officers and 58 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 7 officers and 181 enlisted men to disease, a total of 248. Many were lost at Key West to yellow and typhoid fever.
1861
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November and December | Organized by consolidation of McClellan Chasseurs and McClellan Rifles at New York City under Colonel Joeseph S. Morgan, Lieutenant Colonel L.W. Tinelli and Major J.S. DeAgreda |
1862
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January 5 | Left State for Key West, Fla. Attached to Brannan’s Florida Expedition |
March | Attached to District of Key West, Deptartment of the South |
August | Attached to District of Key West, Florida, Department of the Gulf |
November | Moved to District of Beaufort, S.C., 10th Army Corps, Department of the South |
March, 1863 | Assigned to District of Key West, Florida, Department of the Gulf |
1863
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April | Ordered to New Orleans, La. and attached to 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf. Companies H and I were consolidated with other companies |
May 21-26 | Expedition from Barrie’s Landing toward Berwick City |
May 25 | Action at Franklin |
May 26-June 3 | Moved to Algiers, thence to Port Hudson |
June 3-July 9 |
Siege of Port HudsonThe regiment lost 7 enlisted men killed, 16 mortally wounded, and1 officer and 26 men wounded during the siege. |
June 14 | Assault on Port Hudson |
July 9 | Surrender of Port Hudson |
July 12-13 |
Kock’s Plantation, Donaldsonville, Bayou LaFourcheThe regiment lost 16 enlisted men killed, 5 mortally wounded, 1 officer and 15 men wounded, and 34 missing. |
July-April | Duty in the Defense of New Orleans, La. |
1864
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February | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf |
April 19 | Colonel Morgan was dismissed for “conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.” |
April 30-May 22 | Moved to Alexandria, La. Red River Campaign |
April 30-May 10 | Construction of dam at Alexandria |
May 13-20 | Retreat to Morganza |
May 16 | Mansura |
May-July | At Morganza |
May 20 | Nelson Shaurman was promoted to colonel. |
July 3-28 | Moved to New Orleans, then to Fortress Monroe, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division |
August 7-November 28 | Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
August-September | Veterans on furlough, while nonveterans served with the 160th New York Infantry |
September 19 |
Third Battle of Winchester |
September 22 |
Battle of Fisher’s Hill |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar CreekThe regiment lost 2 officers and 9 enlisted men killed, 3 men mortally wounded, 3 officers and 40 men wounded, and 16 men missing. |
October | At Winchester, Stephenson’s Depot and Kernstown |
November | Enittled men were discharged at the end of their three year enlistment. |
November 28 | Consolidated into a battalion of six companies, A-F |
1865
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February | Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division (Provisional), Army of the Shenandoah |
April 21-22 | Moved to Washington, D.C. and attached to 1st Brigade, Dwight’s Division, Dept. of Washington, D.C. |
May 23-24 | Grand Review |
June 2-6 | Moved to Savannah, Ga. for duty there and at Hawkinsville, Ga. Attached to 1st Brigade, Dwight’s Division, District of Savannah, Ga., Dept. of the South. Men from 114th, 116th and 133rd New York Infantry transferred in. |
July | Attached to District of Georgia, Dept. of the South |
February 9 | Mustered out under Colonel Nelson Shaurman |