173rd New York Infantry Regiment

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“4th Metropolitan Guard”

The 173rd New York Infantry lost 6 officers and 38 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded during the Civil War. Two officers and 129 enlisted men died of disease, 31 of whom were in Confederate captivity.

1862
October – November Organized from the police departments of New York and Brooklyn at Riker’s Island, New York under the authority of Colonel Charles B. Morton.
November 10 Mustered into three years Federal service under the command of Colonel Charles B. Morton, Lieutenant Colonel Lewis M. Peck and Major A. Power Gallway.
December 9 Left New York for New Orleans, La.
December 17 Occupation of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Attached to Grover’s Division, Department of the Gulf
1863
January Assigned to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 19th Corps, Department of the Gulf
February 18-28 Operations on Bayou Plaquemine and the Black and Atchafalaya Rivers
March 5 Colonel Morton was discharged
March 7-27 Operations against Port Hudson, Louisiana.
March 16 Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Peck was promoted to colonel with rank from March 13.
April 3 Moved to Algiers
April 8 To Brashear
April 9-May 14 Operations in Western Louisiana
April 11-20

Teche Campaign
April 12-13

Fort Bisland, near Centreville

The regiment lost 3 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 4 wounded
April 17-21 Expedition from St. Martinsville to Breaux Bridge
April 26-29 Expedition from Opelousas to Chicotsville and Bayou Boeuf
May 4-12 Expedition to Alexandria, on Red River
May 19-26 March to Port Hudson
May 26-July 9

Siege of Port Hudson

The regiment lost Major Gallway, 3 other officers and 21 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 4 officers and 63 enlisted men wounded, and 1 man missing
May 27

First Assault on Port Hudson
June 14

Second Assault on Port Hudson
July 9

Surrender of Port Hudson
July 15 Moved to New Orleans.
August 8 Captain William N. Green, Jr. of the 102nd New York mustered in as Lieutenant Colonel.
September 4-11

Sabine Pass (Texas) Expedition

Assigned to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 19th Corps.
September 16 Moved to Brashear City, then to Berwick.
October 3- November 30

Western Louisiana Campaign
November 11 Vermillionville
November- December At New Iberia
1864
January 7 Moved to Franklin
February Assigned to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Corps, Department of the Gulf
March 10-May 22

Red River Campaign
March 14-26 Advance from Franklin to Alexandria
April 8

Battle of Sabine Cross Roads
April 9

Pleasant Hill

The regiment lost Lieutenant Colonel William Green and 17 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 30 enlisted men wounded, and 2 officers and 150 enlisted men captured.
April 23

Monett’s Bluff, Cane River Crossing

The regiment lost 1 officer and 5 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 25 enlisted men wounded.
April 26-May 13 At Alexandria
April 30-May 10 Construction of dam at Alexandria
May 13-20 Retreat to Morganza
May 15 Captain George W. Rogers of Company A was promoted to major.
May 16 Mansura
Mau-June Duty at Morganza
July 2-31 Moved to Fortress Monroe, Virginia, then to Washington, D.C.
August 7-
November 28

Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign

Attached to the Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, 19th Corps, 1st Division, 3rd Brigade
August 14 to October 27 Served with Brigade, detached as train guard for the army.
November Duty near Middletown and Newtown
November 30 Captain Mellen T. Holbrook of Company E was promoted to lieutenant colonel.
December At Stevenson’s Depot and Winchester.
1865
February Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Provisional Division, Army of the Shenandoah
April Moved to Washington, D.C., attached to 3rd Brigade, Dwight’s Division, Department of Washington
May 23-24 Grand Review
June 30-July 7 Moved to Savannah, Georgia, Department of the South
October 18 The 173rd New York Infantry Regiment mustered out under the command of Colonel Lewis Peck, Lieutenant Colonel Mellen Holbrook and Major George Rogers