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
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 Campaign

Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Corps, Army of the Potomac.

September 16-17

Battle of Antietam

The 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 Fredericksburg

The 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
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 Heights

The regiment lost 1 enlisted man mortally wounded and 1 officer and 5 enlisted men wounded.

May 4

Banks’ Ford

June 10

Deep Run Crossing

First Lieutenant Martin L. Wilson was wounded.

June 11-July 24

Gettysburg Campaign

July 2-4

Battle of Gettysburg

The 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 Station

The 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
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 Wilderness

First 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 House

The 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 Harbor

Lieutenant 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 Railroad

Lieutenant 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 Washington

The 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 Hill

The regiment lost 3 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 9 wounded.

October 19

Battle of Cedar Creek

Major 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
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, Petersburg

Colonel 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 Petersburg

The regiment lost 1 officer and 7 enlisted men wounded.

April 6

Sailor’s Creek

April 9

Appomattox Court House

Surrender 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.