101st New York Infantry Regiment

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“2nd Regiment, Eagle Brigade”

The 101st New York Infantry Regiment lost 1 officer and 24 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 officer and 48 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

1861
September 2 Organized at Hancock, New York under the command of Colonel Enrico Fardella, Lieutenant Colonel Johnson Butler Brown and Major Gustavus Sniper.
1862
March 9 The 101st New York Infantry Regiment left New York for Washington, D.C.
March The regiment was attached to Wadsworth’s Command, Military District of Washington for duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C.
May Attached to Whipple’s Brigade, Defenses of Washington.
June

Peninsula Campaign

Ordered to Join the Army of the Potomac on the Virginia Peninsula. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps
June 25-July 1

Seven days before Richmond

The regiment lost 7 men killed, 15 wounded and 22 missing.
June 25

Battle of Oak Grove
June 27 Jordan’s Ford
June 30

White Oak Swamp Bridge and Glendale
July 1

Malvern Hill
July-August At Harrison’s Landing
August 16-26 Movement to Fortress Monroe, then to Centreville. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps, Army of the Potomac.
August 26-
September 2

Pope’s Campaign in Northern Virginia
August 29

Battle of Groveton (Brawner’s Farm)
August 30

Second Battle of Bull Run (Second Manassas)

The regiment lost 6 men killed, 101 men wounded and 17 missing out of 168 men engaged.
September 1

Battle of Chantilly
September Guarded fords of the Monocacy
October 11-
November 19		 Movement up the Potomac and to Falmouth, Virginia.
December 12-15

Battle of Fredericksburg

The regiment lost 13 casualties.
December 24 The men of the 101st New York Infantry Regiment were transferred to 37th New York Infantry under the command of Colonel George A. Chester