131st New York Infantry Regiment

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“1st Regiment Metropolitan Guard”

The 131st New York Infantry Regiment lost 2 officers and 82 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 officers 87 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. The regiment moved over 10,000 miles by land and water during the war.

1862
Organized at New York City by Colonel Charles S. Turnbull as part of the Metropolitan Brigade. The men were recruited through the New York City Metropolitan Police.
September 6 The 131st New York Infantry Regiment mustered in for three years Federal service under the command of Colonel Charles S. Turnbull, Lieutenant Colonel Charles C. Nott, and Major Nicholas W. Day.
September 14 Left New York for Annapolis, Maryland. Attached to District of Annapolis, 8th Corps, Middle Department
November 18 Ordered to New Orleans, Louisiana.
December Moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana and attached to Grover’s Division, Department of the Gulf.
1863
January Attached to 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 19th Corps, Department of the Gulf,
March 7-27 Operations against Port Hudson
March 27 Moved to Donaldsonville, then to Brashear City, Louisiana.
April 9-May 14 Operations in Western Louisiana
April 11-20 Teche Campaign
April 12-13 Fort Bisland
April 13 Madam Porter’s Plantation, Indian Bend
April 14

Irish Bend

The regiment suffered its first casualties, three men wounded.
April 17

Bayou Vermillion
April 19-20 March to Opelousas
April 25 Moved to New Iberia
May 24-July 9

Siege of Port Hudson

The regiment lost 21 men killed, 88 wounded and 10 missing, mostly in the two assaults.
May 27

Assault on Port Hudson
June 14

Assault on Port Hudson
June 18 Action at Plaquemine (Detachment)
July 9 Surrender of Port Hudson
July 12-13

Kock’s Plantation, Bayou LaFourche

The regiment lost 55 casualties.
July-March Duty at Thibodeauxville
1864
February Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 19th Corps, Department of the Gulf
February 3-6 Expedition from Brashear City (Detachment)
March 25-May 22

Red River Campaign
May 1 Alexandria
April 30-May 10 Construction of dam at Alexandria
May 13-20 Retreat to Mansura
May 16 Mansura
May-June Duty at Morganza
July 3-22 Moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, then to Fortress Monroe, Virginia, and to Bermuda Hundred, Virginia under the command of Colonel Nicholas W. Day.
July 23-28 In trenches at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia.
July 28-29 Deep Bottom
July 31-August 2 Moved to Washington, D.C., then to Tennallytown
August 7-
November 28

Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign

Assigned to Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division
September 19

Third Battle of Winchester (Opequon)

The regiment lost 10 men killed and 64 wounded.
September 22

Fisher’s Hill

The regiment suffered no casuaties.
October 19

Battle of Cedar Creek

The regiment lost 33 men killed or wounded.
October-January Duty at Kernstown and Winchester
1865
January 5-22 Moved to Savannah, Georgia and attached to 2nd Brigade, Grover’s Division, District of Savannah, Dept. of the South
March At Morehead City and New Berne, North Carolina. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Corps, Army of the Ohio, Department of North Carolina
April At Savannah, Georgia, attached to District of Savannah, Department of the South
July 26 The 131st New York Infantry Regiment mustered out at Savannah, Georgia. Only 240 men of the original 1,000 remained.