119th New York Infantry Regiment

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The 119th New York Infantry Regiment lost 6 officers and 66 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 92 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg on Howard Avenue.

1862
September 4 Organized at New York City and mustered in under the command of Colonel Elias Peissner, Lieutenant Colonel John T. Lockman and Major Harvey Baldwin, Jr.
September 6 Left New York for Washington, D.C.
September Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Corps, Army of the Potomac
November 1-9 Movement to Gainesville, Virginia.
November 18 To Centreville
December 3 Lieutenant Van Cott died of typhoid fever at Centerville, Virginia.
December 9-16 To Falmouth
December 17 At Stafford Court House
1863
January 20-24
“Mud March”
February-April At Stafford Court House
March 26 Major Baldwin was discharged.
April 27-May 6

Chancellorsville Campaign
May 1-5

Battle of Chancellorsville

The regiment was posted about a quarter mile north of the 11th Corps line along the Fredericksburg Pike, facing west, with the 26th Wisconsin Infantry on its right flank.

Colonel Elias Peissner and 20 enlisted men were killed, Captain Henry Schwerin and 6 enlisted men were mortally wounded, Lieutenants Charles Lewis and Francis Peissner and 58 enlisted men wounded and 32 men were missing.

After Colonel Peissner was mortally wounded while rallying the men Lieutenant Colonel Lockman took over the regiment.
June 11 Lieutenant Colonel John Lockman was promoted to colonel, with rank from May 2.
June 11-July 24

Gettysburg Campaign
June 12 The regiment was ordered to march “without delay” and moved north through Centreville and to Edward’s Ferry.
June 19 Captain Edward Lloyd of Company F was promoted to lieutenant colonel with rank from May 2, and Captain Benjamin Willis of Company H to major, with rank from March 25.
June 25 Continued the march north.
June 29 Reached Emmitsburg, Maryland and camped.
July 1-3

Battle of Gettysburg

Artillery firing was heard from the north, from the direction of Reynolds’ First Corps. The Eleventh Corps quickly set off on a forced march to join them. They reached Gettysburg and passed through town to take up positions on the plains to its north, loosely extending the First Corps line at a right angle.

The 119th New York Infantry Regiment  formed up on the east side of Calrisle Road in the second line. The Confederates attacked in overwhelming numbers from the front and both flanks, and the first line of the corps quickly began to break up.

The regiment became heavily engaged until its flank was turned and the brigade was forced to withdraw. Colonel Lockman was wounded and Lieutenant Colonel Edward F. Lloyd took over.

From the monument to  the 119th New York at Gettysburg:

Casualties.
Killed 11, wounded 70.
Captured or missing 59. Total 140.
Taken into action
16 officers, 284 men.

The regiment lost Lieutenants Emil Frost and Mathias Rasemann and 14 enlisted men killed, Lieutenant Otto Trumpleman and 10 enlisted men mortally wounded, Colonel John Lockman, Captains Theodore Dodge and August Volkhausen and 56 enlisted men wounded and Lieutenants August Von Cloedt and William Moore and 52 enlisted men missing or captured.
July 5-24 Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Virginia.
Auust-September Guard duty on Orange & Alexandria Railroad
September 24-
October 3		 Movement to Bridgeport, Alabama. Transferred to the Army of the Cumberland
October Duty at Bridgeport and in Lookout Valley
October 26-29 Reopening Tennessee River
October 28-29

Battle of Wauhatchie, Tennessee
November 23-27

Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign
November 23 Orchard Knob
November 24-25

Tunnel Hill
November 25

Mission Ridge
November 28-December 17 March to relief of Knoxville
December-April Duty in Alabama
1864
March 9 Major Willis was discharged
May 1-
September 8

Atlanta Campaign

Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland
May 8-11

Operations against Rocky Faced Ridge

The regiment lost 1 man mortally wounded, and Lieutenant Moses Baldwin and 10 men wounded.
May 8 Mill Creek or Dug Gap
May 14-15

Battle of Resaca

Lieutenant Colonel Lloyd was killed, 1 enlisted man mortally wounded, 1 officer and 17 men wounded and 1 man missing.
May 19 Near Cassville
May 25

New Hope Church
May 26-June 5

Battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills

The regiment lost 11 men casualties.
June 10-July 2

Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain
June 11-14

Pine Hill

The regiment lost 3 men killed or mortally wounded and Captain Peter Carter and 32 enlisted men wounded or captured
June 15-17 Lost Mountain
June 15

Gilgal or Golgotha Church

The regiment lost 12 men killed or mortally wounded
June 17 Muddy Creek
June 19 Noyes Creek
June 22

Kolb’s Farm

The regiment lost 2 men killed and 3 wounded
June 24 Captain Isaac Lockman of Company K was promoted to major
June 27

Assault on Kenesaw

The regiment lost 3 wounded
July 4 Ruff’s Station, Smyrna Camp Ground
July 5-17 Chattahoochie River
July 19-20

Peach Tree Creek

Lieutenant Louis Mengel 7 enlisted men were wounded
July 22-August 25

Siege of Atlanta

The regiment lost 1 officer and 7 men wounded
July 30 Major Charles Lewis was discherged
August 9 Major Isaac Lockman was promoted to lieutenant colonel. Captain Charles Lewis of Company C was promoted to major
August 26-
September 2		 Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge
September 2 to November 15

Occupation of Atlanta
October 26-29 Expedition from Atlanta to Tuckum’s Cross Roads
November 9 Near Atlanta
November 15-December 10

March to the sea
December 9 Between Eden and Pooler’s Stations
December 10-21

Siege of Savannah
1865
January to Apri

Campaign of the Carolinas
March 19-21

Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina
March 24 Occupation of Goldsboro
April 9-13 Advance on Raleigh
April 11 Smithfield, North Carolina
April 14 Occupation of Raleigh
April 26

Bennett’s House

Surrender of Johnston and his army.
April 30-May 19 March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Virginia.
May 24 Grand Review
June 7, 1865 The 119th New York Infantry Regiment, 306 strong, mustered out under the command of Colonel John T. Lockman, Lieutenant Colonel Issac P. Lockman, and Captains L. H. Orleman, Frederick Kolomb, C. H. Southworth, Hugo Von Deprezin, Peter D. Carter, Robert Moore, and Aug. Von Cloedt. Veterans and Recruits were transferred to 102nd New York Infantry.