163rd New York Infantry Regiment

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“3rd Regiment Empire Brigade”

The 163rd New York Infantry Regiment lost 3 officers and 15 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 8 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

1862
Organized at New York City under the command of Colonel F. H. Braulich and Lieutenant Colonel John Leverich as one of the regiments of Spinola’s Empire Brigade.
October 5 Left New York for Washington consolidated to six companies.
October 10-11 Mustered in at Washington, D.C. for three years Federal service under the command of Lieutenant Colonel John B. Leverick. Attached to Carroll’s Brigade, Whipple’s Division, Defenses of Washington.
October 15 Adjutant James Byrne was promoted to major
October 18-19 Moved to Pleasant Valley, Maryland.
October 24-November 16 Movement toward Warrenton, Virginia.
November 18-24 Movement to Falmouth, Virginia. Assigned to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Corps, Army of the Potomac
December 12-15

Battle of Fredericksburg

Captain Theodore Bracklon, Lieutenants John Byrne and Friedrich Behrens and 15 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded. Lieutenant James McKenna, 3 other officers and 34 enlisted men were wounded and 5 men were missing.  Lieutenant William Davis, Sergeant Major Richard F. Tighe, Color Sergeant Ernest Funk, and Orderly Sergeant Charles R. Near were promoted on the field for bravery.
December Duty at Falmouth
1863
January 20 The 163rd New York Infantry Regiment transferred 375 men to the 73rd New York Infantry under the command of Lieutenant Colonel John B. Leverick.

General Whipple tried to alleviate the sting of the dissolution of the regiment by announcing,  “The general commanding desires to assure the officers and men of the gallant 163d regiment, that his separation from them is a most painful one. By uniform good conduct in camp and on the march, and especially by bravery in battle, the regiment has won the approbation and confidence of all, and although it goes to add lustre to another organization, it has given renown to the colors and to the men of the 163d New York.”