151st New York Infantry Regiment

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The 151st New York Infantry Regiment lost 5 officers and 101 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded during the Civil War. One officer and 99 enlisted men died of disease, of whom 23 died in Confederate prisons.

1862
August-October Organized at Lockport, New York

  • Company A (“Independent Rifles”) was principally recruited at Medina
  • Company B at Niagara Falls
  • Company C at Batavia
  • Company D at Albion
  • Company E at Rochester
  • Company F at Lockport
  • Company G in Niagara and Orleans counties
  • Company H in Niagara county
  • Company I at Lockport
  • Company K at Somerset, Newfane, Olcott, Buffalo, Eden, North Collins and Lockport.
October 22 The 151st New York Infantry Regiment mustered in at Lockport under the command of Colonel William Emerson, Lieutenant Colonel Erwin Bowen and Major Thomas Fay
October 23 Left New York for Baltimore, Maryland.
October Duty at Baltimore, Maryland, attached to Defenses of Baltimore, Md., 8th Corps, Middle Department
1863
January Attached to 3rd Separate Brigade, 8th Corps
June At South Mountain, Maryland. Attached to 3rd Provisional Brigade, French’s Division, 8th Corps
July 5-24 Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Virginia. Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of the Potomac
July 23

Wapping Heights
August-October Duty on line of the Rappahannock and Rapidan
September 20 Lieutenant Benjamin Tanner died of disease at Washington
October 9-22

Bristoe Campaign
October 15 McLean’s Ford
November 7-8 Advance to line of the Rappahannock
November 7

Kelly’s Ford
November 26-
December 2

Mine Run Campaign

Captain Sylvanus Wilcox and 14 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, 38 enlisted men wounded, and 7 men captured
November 27

Payne’s Farm
November 28-30

Mine Run
1864
February 6-7 Demonstration on the Rapidan
February 28 Lieutenant Colonel Bowen was discharged for disability and Major Fay promoted to lieutenant colonel
March 15 Adjutant James Jewell was promoted to major
April The 3rd Corps was discontinued. The regiment was transferred to the 1st Brigade, 3rd 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

The regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas M. Fay. Captain Cornelius Billings and 5 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, 12 enlisted men were wounded, and 6 men captured
May 8-21

Spotsylvania Court House

The regiment lost 6 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 17 enlisted men wounded
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

The regiment lost 3 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 6 wounded
May 31 Hanover Court House
June 1-12

Cold Harbor

Captains Benjamin Goodspeed and John Schoen and 21 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded and Captain Frederick Coleman, 1 other officer and 28 enlisted men wounded
June 17-18

First Assault on Petersburg
June 17 to July 6

Siege of Petersburg

The regiment lost 1 officer and 10 enlisted men wounded
June 22-23

Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad
July 6-8 Moved to Baltimore, Maryland, then to Frederick, Maryland.
July 9

Battle of Monocacy

Lieutenant John Hutchinson and 40 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, Captain Charles Bogardus, Lieutenant Peter McNaughton and 44 enlisted men were wounded, and Captain Bogardus and 32 enlisted men were captured
August 7-
November 28

Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign
August 21

Charlestown West Virginia

The regiment lost 1 enlisted man mortally wounded and 2 wounded
September 19

Third Battle of Winchester (Opequon Creek)

The regiment lost 4 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and Captains Henry Sanders and Hobart Williams and 11 enlisted men wounded
September 22

Fisher’s Hill

The regiment lost 1 enisted man wounded
October 19

Battle of Cedar Creek

The regiment lost 4 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, Captain Browning Wiles and 11 enlisted men wounded, and 5 enlisted men captured
October-December Duty at Kernstown and Winchester
November 5 Lieutenant Colonel Fay discharged
December 3-6 Moved to Washington, D.C., then to Petersburg, Virginia
December 10 Captain Charles Bogardus was promoted to lieutenant colonel
December 12

Siege of Petersburg
December 21 The regiment was consolidated to a battalion of five companies due to casualties, and Colonel Emerson was discharged.
1865
January 9 Major Jewell was transferred to 59th New York Infantry as colonel
March 25

Fort Fisher, Petersburg

The regiment lost 1 enlisted man wounded
March 28-April 9

Appomattox Campaign
April 2

Fall of Petersburg

Lieutenant Charles Gill was wounded
April 3-9 Pursuit of Lee
April 6

Sailor’s Creek

The regiment lost 3 enlisted men killed and 14 enlisted men wounded
April 9

Appomattox Court House

Surrender of Lee and his army.
April 23-27 March to Danville
May 16 Moved to Richmond, Virginia.
May 24-June 2 To Washington, D.C.
June 8 Corps Review
June 26 The 151st New York Infantry Regiment mustered out at Washington, D.C. under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Bogardus.