148th New York Infantry Regiment

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The 148th New York Infantry Regiment lost 4 officers and 112 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 149 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

1862
September 14 Organized at Geneva, New York, and mustered in under the command of Colonel William Johnson, Lieutenant Colonel George M. Guion and Major John B. Murray for three years United States service.

  • Company A was recruited at Seneca Falls, Fayette, Geneva and Canoga
  • Company B at Dundee, Starkey, Barrington and Milo
  • Company C at Plielps, Hopewell and Geneva
  • Company D at Geneva, Fayette and Varick
  • Company E at Ovid, Lodi, Romulus and Covert
  • Company F at Geneva; Rushville, Gorham, Rotter Center, Penn Yan and Middlesex
  • Company G at Geneva, Canandaigua and Naples
  • Company H at Waterloo, Seneca Falls and Tyre
  • Company I at Benton, Milo, Jerusalem, Torrey, Seneca, Branchport and Geneva
  • Company K at Manchester, Bristol, East and West Bloomfield and Hopewell
September 22 Left New York for Suffolk, Virginia. Attached to Viele’s Command, Norfolk, Virginia, 7th Corps, Department of Virginia for garrison and guard duty at Norfolk.
1863
July Department changed to Department of Virginia and North Carolina
October At Yorktown, Virginia, attached to Wistar’s Brigade, United States forces, Yorktown, Virginia, Department of Virginia and North Carolina.Colonel Johnson resigned. Lieutenant Colonel George M. Guion was promoted to colonel, Major John B. Murray was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and Adjutant Henry T. Noyes was promoted to major.
1864
February 6-8

Wistar’s Expedition against Richmond
April Assigned to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Corps, Army of the James
May 4-28
Butler’s operations on south side of the James and against Petersburg and Richmond

The regiment lost 12 men killed, 8 men mortally wounded, 4 officers and 52 men wounded and 2 men missing during the campaign
May 5 Occupation of City Point and Bermuda Hundred, Virginia.
May 9-10 Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church
May 12-16 Operations against Fort Darling
May 14-16

Battle of Drury’s Bluff
May 16-27

Bermuda Hundred
May 28-31 Moved to White House, then to Cold Harbor
June 1-12

Battle of Cold Harbor

The regiment lost 22 men killed, 2 officers and 12 men mortally wounded, an officer and 85 men wounded and 2 men missing.
June 15-18

First Assault on Petersburg

The regiment lost 16 killed or mortally wounded, 74 wounded and 26 missing
September 19

Siege of Petersburg
June-September
Duty In the trenches before Petersburg and on the Bermuda Hundred front

The regiment lost 124 casualties in daily firing
September Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Corps
September 27

Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Battle of the Crater)
September 28-30

Battle of Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights

The regiment lost 6 men killed or mortally wounded and 18 men wounded.

Corporal Edward Van Winkle and Privates Henry S. Wells and George A. Buchanan of Company C earned the Medal of Honor for their actions at Fort Harrison, where they “Took position in advance of the skirmish line and drove the enemy’s cannoneers from their guns.” Henry S. Wells and George A. Buchanan were mortally wounded.
October 27-28

Battle of Fair Oaks

The regiment lost 1 officer and 4 men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 12 men wounded and 1 officer and 65 men captured or missing.
November-March Duty in trenches before Richmond
December Attached to 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 24th Corps, Army of the James
1865
March 28-April 9

Appomattox Campaign
March 29-30 On line of Hatcher’s and Gravelly Runs
April 2

Fall of Petersburg
April 3-9 Pursuit of Lee
April 6 Rice’s Station
April 9

Appomattox Court House

Surrender of Lee and his army.
April-June Duty in the Department of Virginia
May Assigned to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 24th Corps, Army of the James
June 22 The 148th New York Infantry Regiment mustered out under Colonel John B. Murray. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 100th New York Infantry.