United States Regiments & Batteries > New York > 122nd New York Infantry Regiment
The 122nd New York Infantry Regiment lost 6 officers and 85 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 85 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
1862
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July – August | Recruited in Onondaga County and organized at Syracuse, New York. |
August 28 | The 122nd New York Infantry Regiment mustered in at Syracuse under the command of Colonel Silas Titus, Lieutenant Colonel Augustus Dwight and Major Joshua B. Davis |
August 31 | Left New York for Washington, D.C. |
September 4 | Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Corps, Army of the Potomac |
September 6-22 |
Maryland CampaignAttached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Corps, Army of the Potomac. |
September 16-17 |
Battle of AntietamThe regiment was in reserve in Pleasant Valley and did not reach the battlefield until the 18th. |
September-October | Duty in Maryland |
October 20- November 18 |
Moved to Stafford Court House, Virginia and assigned to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Corps, Army of the Potomac. |
December 5 | To Belle Plains |
December 12-15 |
Battle of FredericksburgThe 122nf New York crossed the Rappahannock at the lower pontoon bridge with Franklin’s Left Grand Division and advanced toward the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad. It was on the flank of but did not participate in the Reynold’s afternoon attack through the Slaughter Pen that came close to breaking the Confederate line. The regiment lost 5 men wounded. |
December | At Falmouth, Virginia. |
1863
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January 20-24 |
“Mud March” |
February-April | At Falmouth, Virginia. |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
April 29-May 2 | Operations at Franklin’s Crossing |
May 3 |
Maryes Heights, Second Battle of Fredericksburg |
May 3-4 |
Salem HeightsThe regiment lost 1 enlisted man mortally wounded and 1 officer and 5 enlisted men wounded. |
May 4 |
Banks’ Ford |
June 10 |
Deep Run CrossingFirst Lieutenant Martin L. Wilson was wounded. |
June 11-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 2-4 |
Battle of GettysburgThe regiment was commanded by Colonel Silas Titus and brought 456 men to the field. Of the wounded mentioned on the monument, 5 enlisted men died of their wounds, while Major Davis, Lieutenant William La Rue and 25 enlisted men were wounded, and 2 men were missing or captured. From the monument at Gettysburg:Assisted in repulsing the attack on the morning of July 3, 1863. Loss, killed 10, wounded 34. |
July 5-24 | Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Virginia. |
August-September | Duty on the line of the Rappahannock and Rapidan |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
November 7-8 | Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 7 |
Rappahannock StationThe regiment lost 5 enlisted men killed or mortally wunded, and Adjutant Morris H. Church and 7 enlisted men wounded. |
November 26- December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
December | Duty at and near Brandy Station |
1864
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January | On detached duty at Johnson’s Island, Ohio. |
March 1 | Captain Jabez Brower of Company A was promoted to major |
April | Return to Virginia and was attached to 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Corps, Army of the Potomac. |
May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the WildernessFirst Lieutenant Martin Wilson and 21 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, 5 officers and 58 enlisted men wounded, and 3 officers and 31 enlisted men missing or captured. |
May 8-21 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court HouseThe regiment lost 20 enlisted men wounded and 1 officer and 3 enlisted men captured or missing. |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient, “Bloody Angle” |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 26-28 | On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold HarborLieutenant Frank M. Wooster and 15 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded and Lieutenant Herbert S. Wells and 50 enlisted men wounded. |
June 17-18 |
First Assault on Petersburg |
June 21-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon RailroadLieutenant W. H. Hoyt was killed and 2 enlisted men wounded |
June 24-July 9 |
Siege of Petersburg |
July 9-11 | Moved to Washington, D. C, |
July 11-12 |
Fort Stevens and the Northern Defenses of WashingtonThe regiment lost 7 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, and 20 enlisted men wounded |
July 14-23 | Expedition to Snicker’s Gap, Va. attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Corps, Army of the Potomac |
August 7- November 28 |
Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
August 21 |
Charlestown, W. Va.The regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed and 4 wounded. |
September 13 | Gilbert’s Ford, Opequan Creek |
September 19 |
Third Battle of Winchester (Opequon)Lieutenant John V. Sims and 9 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded and Captain Morton L. Marks, Lieutenant Dudley G. Shirley, 2 other officers and 20 enlisted men wounded. |
September 22 |
Fisher’s HillThe regiment lost 3 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 9 wounded. |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar CreekMajor Brower and 4 enlisted men were killed and Lieutenant Colonel Dwight, another officer and 25 enlisted men were wounded. |
October-December | Duty in the Shenandoah Valley |
December 9-12 | Moved to Petersburg, Virginia. |
December 12 |
Siege of Petersburg |
December 17 | Captain Alonzo H. Clapp was promoted to major with rank effective October 24, 1864 |
1865
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January 15 | Major Davis was discharged for disability due to his Gettysburg wound |
January 23 | Colonel Titus was discharged for disability |
February 28 | Lieutenant Colonel Dwight was promoted to colonel but not mustered due to the reduced size of the regiment, Captain Horace H. Walpole was promoted to lieutenant colonel with rank effective from January 27 but also not mustered. |
March 25 |
Fort Fisher, PetersburgColonel Dwight and 3 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded and 12 enlisted men wounded. |
March 26 | Captain Horace H. Walpole mustered as lieutenant colonel. |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
April 2 |
Fall of PetersburgThe regiment lost 1 officer and 7 enlisted men wounded. |
April 6 |
Sailor’s Creek |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
April | At Farmville and Burkesville |
April 22 | Lieutenant Colonel Walpole was promoted to colonel and Captain James M. Gere of Company H was promoted to lieutenant colonel but neither were mustered. |
April 23-27 | March to Danville, Virginia. |
May 24-June 3 | March to Richmond, then to Washington, D.C. |
June 8 | Corps Review |
June 23 | Major Clapp died in the Second Division, Sixth Corps Hospital. Captain Morton of Company B was promoted to major but was not mustered |
June 28 | The 122nd New York Infantry Regiment mustered out under the command of Colonel Walpole, Lieutenant Colonel Gere and Major Morton. |