104th New York Infantry Regiment

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“Wadsworth Guards”

“Livingston County Regiment”

The 104th New York Infantry Regiment lost 5 officers and 81 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 145 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

The regiment is honored a monument at Antietam and another monument at Gettysburg.

1861
October Organized at Genesee, N.Y. under Colonel John Rohrbach, Lieutenant Colonel R. Wells Kenyon and Major Lewis C. Skinner
1862
March 22 Left State for Washington, D.C. Attached to Wadsworth’s Command, Military District of Washington
May 28-June 1 Expedition to Front Royal, Va., to intercept Jackson attached to 2nd Brigade, Ord’s Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock
June 2-10 Picket duty on the Shenandoah and at Front Royal
June 10 Duty at Catlett’s Station, Warrenton and Waterloo, Va. attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Corps, Pope’s Army of Virginia
August 9
Battle of Cedar Mountain
August 16-
September 2

Pope’s Campaign in Northern Virginia
August 21-23 Fords of the Rappahannock
August 28

Thoroughfare Gap
August 29

Battle of Groveton, or Brawner’s Farm
August 30

Second Battle of Bull Run

Lieutenant John P. Rudd and 13 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, Lieutenant John McCaffrey and 34 enlisted men were wounded, and 1 officer and 38 enlisted men were missing or captured
September 1

Battle of Chantilly
September 11 Lieutenant Colonel Wells was discharged for disability. Major Lewis C. Skinner was promoted to lieutenant colonel but was never mustered. Captain Gilbert Prey of Company F was promoted to major
September 6-22

Maryland Campaign

Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac
September 14

Battle of South Mountain

The regiment fought at Turner’s Gap under the command of Major Lewis C. Skinner, losing 1 enlisted man wounded.
September 16-17

Battle of Antietam

The regiment was commanded by Major Lewis Skinner. Captain John Kelly and 17 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, Captains Henry Tuthill and William Wilson, Lieutenants Leman Dow and William Trembly and 47 enlisted men were wounded and 14 were missing in severe fighting in the Cornfield.

From the marker for Duryea’s Brigade on the Antietam battlefield:

Early in the morning Duryea’s Brigade moved from its bivouac in the Poffenberger Woods, on the Smoketown Road. Forming in column of Divisions it obliqued right until near J. Poffenberger’s when it marched south through the North Woods, passed the right of Hartsuff’s Brigade and between Pennsylvania Light Battery F (Matthews’) and Pennsylvania Light Battery C (Thompson’s), in position on the high ground between D. R. Miller’s and the East Woods. Arriving at the Cornfield fence the Brigade deployed and moved through the Cornfield to its south edge (75 yards distant) when it encountered the Confederate line, which was about 145 to 160 yards south of this. In less than a half hour the left of the Brigade was withdrawn, the right remained a few minutes longer when it fell back. Portions of the Brigade rallied and made another advance part way through the Cornfield, but fell back as Hartsuff’s Brigade came into action.
September-October Duty near Sharpsburg
October 21 Colonel Rorback and Major Skinner were discharged for disability. Major Prey was promoted to Colonel, and Lieutenant John Strang to major.
October 30-November 19 Movement to Falmouth, Virginia.
December 3 Captain Henry G. Tuthill of Company A was promoted to lieutenant colonel with rank from October 21.
December 12-15

Battle of Fredericksburg

Lieutenant Andew Andrews and 7 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, 7 officers and 35 enlisted men were wounded, and 2 men were missing.
December-April At Falmouth and Belle Plains
1863
January 20-24 “Mud March”
April 27-May 6

Chancellorsville Campaign
April 29-May 2 Operations at Fitzhugh’s Crossing
May 2-5

Battle of Chancellorsville

The regiment lost 2 enlisted men wounded.
June 11-July 24

Gettysburg Campaign
July 1-3

Battle of Gettysburg

The 104th New York Infantry Regiment was commanded by Colonel Gilbert G. Prey. In heavy fighting northwest of Gettysburg on the first day of the battle Lieutenant Thomas Johnston and 28 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, Lieutenant Colonel Tuthill, Captain Charles Fisher, Lieutenants James Dow and Jasper Griggs and 69 enlisted men were wounded and Captains Austin Richardson and George Starr, Lieutenants James Cain, John Daley, Adam Dixon, Albert Lamson, Marshall Rogers, Walter Stevens, George Snyder and Edwin Tuthill and 77 enlisted men were captured out of 309 men engaged.

< See the Official Report for the 104th New York for the Gettysburg Campaign >
July 5-24 Pursuit of Lee
August-October Duty on line of the Rappahannock and Rapidan
October 9-22

Bristoe Campaign
November 7-8 Advance to line of the Rappahannock
November 7 Lieutenant Colonel Tuthill discharged for disability due to his Gettysburg wound
November 26-December 2

Mine Run Campaign
December 16 Major Strang promoted to lieutenant colonel and Lieutenant Henry Colt promoted to major
1864
February 6-7 Demonstration on the Rapidan
March Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac
April 10 Lieutenant Walter Stephens, captured at Gettysburg, died of disease in a Confederate prison at Richmond.
May 3-June 15

Campaign from the Rapidan to the James
May 5-7

Battle of the Wilderness

The regiment lost 12 enlisted men wounded, 1 mortally
May 8

Laurel Hill
May 8-21

Spotsylvania Court House

The regiment lost 6 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, Captain James Gault and 35 enlisted men wounded and 4 men missing
May 12

Assault on the Salient
May 23-26

North Anna River

The regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed.
May 23

Jericho Ford
May 26-28 On line of the Pamunkey
May 28-31

Totopotomoy

The regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed. and 1 wounded
June 1-12

Cold Harbor

The regiment lost 1 enlisted man wounded.
June 1-3

Bethesda Church
June 13

White Oak Swamp
June Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac
June 16-18

First Assault on Petersburg

The regiment lost 5 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 16 wounded
June 16

Siege of Petersburg 

The regiment lost 5 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 23 wounded and 1 missing during the siege
July 30

Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Battle of the Crater)

The regiment was in reserve.
August Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac
August 18-21
Weldon Railroad

The regiment lost 1 enlisted man mortally wounded, and 7 men wounded. Colonel Prey, Lieutenant Colonel Strang, Captains John Daley, James Gault, Jasper Griggs, Austin Richardson Henry Wiley and William Wilson, Lieutenants Francis Bates, Joseph Cary, John Jarvis, Marshall Rogers and Cornelius Timpson and 126 enlisted men were captured.
September Attached to Provost Guard, 5th Corps
September 15 Reconnaissance toward Dinwiddie Court House
December 7-12

Warren’s Raid on Weldon Railroad
December Lieutenant Colonel Strang was paroled. Lieutenant James Cain, captured at Gettysburg, escaped from Confederate prison and returned to the regiment.
1865
January 10 Major Colt was discharged, Captain Henry Wiley was prmoted to lieutenant colonel
February 5-7

Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run

The regiment lost 3 enlisted men missing.
February Colonel Prey was paroled
March 3 Colonel Prey was discharged
March 9 Major Wiley was discharged
March 17 Lieutenant Colonel Strang was promoted to colonel and Captain William Wilson of Company K to major
MArch 24 Major Wilson was discharged
March 28-April 9

Appomattox Campaign
March 29

Lewis Farm, near Gravelly Run
March 31

White Oak Road
April 1

Five Forks
April 2

Fall of Petersburg
April 3-9 Pursuit of Lee
April 9

Appomattox Court House

Surrender of Lee and his army.
May 1-12 Moved to Washington, D.C. and attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Corps
May 23 Grand Review
June Duty at Washington
July 17 The 104th New York Infantry Regiment mustered out under Colonel John R. Strang