United States Regiments & Batteries > New York
The 1st New York Engineer Regiment lost 2 officers and 25 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 5 officers and 116 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1861
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| Organized at New York City | |
| October 2 | Companies A to E left state for Annapolis, Md. |
| October 11 | Companies A, B, C, D & E mustered in |
| October 21-November 7 | Sherman’s Expedition to Port Royal, S.C. Attached to Sherman’s South Carolina Expeditionary Corps. |
| November 7 | Capture of Forts Walker and Beauregard, Port Royal Harbor, and Hilton Head, S.C. |
| December 2 | Company G mustered in |
| December 3 | Company K mustered in |
| December 13 | Company I mustered in |
| December 14 | Companies G, I & K left State for Port Royal, S.C. |
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1862
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| January 1 | Port Royal Ferry, S.C. |
| January | Company F mustered in |
| January 28 | Action with Commodore Tatnall’s Flotilla |
| February | Companies F and H left State for Port Royal, S.C. |
| February 4 | Battery Vulcan |
| February 19 | Company H mustered in |
| February to April | Siege operations against Fort Pulaski, Ga. |
| April 10-11 | Bombardment and capture of Fort Pulaski |
| April | Attached to District of Hilton Head, Dept. of the South |
| June 1-28 | Operations on James Island |
| June 10 and 13 | Actions on James Island |
| June 16 | Battle of Secessionville |
| June 28-July 7 | Evacuation of James Island and movement to Hilton Head |
| September | Attached to District of Hilton Head, S.C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the South |
| October 21-23 | Expedition from Hilton Head to Pocotaligo, S.C. (Cos. “F” and “G”) |
| October 22 | Coosawhatchie, Colton’s and Frampton’s Plantation |
| November | Duty at Hilton Head, S.C. |
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1863
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| April | Operations on Folly Island, S.C., against Morris Island and Charleston |
| July 10 | Attack on Morris Island |
| July 11 and 18 | Assaults on Fort Wagner, Morris Island |
| July 18- September 7 |
Siege of Forts Wagner and Gregg, Morris Island, and against Fort Sumter and CharlestonCompany K built Fort Duane at Beaufort, S.C., summer 1863 |
| August 17-23 | Bombardment of Fort Sumter and Charleston |
| August 26 | Vinegar Hill |
| September 7 | Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg |
| October 26-November 9 | Bombardment of Fort Sumter |
| November | Before Charleston |
| December | At Hilton Head, S.C. |
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1864
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| April | 8 Companies ordered to Gloucester Point. Va. Attached to Engineer Brigade, 10th Army Corps, Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina. Companies L and M in the field.Companies A, C, G & I remained in the Dept. of the South to June, 1865 |
| May 4-28 | Butler’s operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond |
| May 6-10 | Swift Creek |
| May 12-16 | Operations against Drury’s Bluff |
| May 16-June 15 | Bermuda Hundred |
| June 15-18 | Assaults on Petersburg |
| June 16 to April 2 | Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond |
| July 3 | Detachment in Dept. of the South participated in skirmish at King’s Creek |
| July 30 | Mine Explosion, Petersburg |
| September – October | Construction of Fort Hell before Petersburg |
| October – December | Construction of Dutch Gap Canal |
| September 28-30 | Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights |
| October 27-28 | Fair Oaks |
| November 28-30 | The Hatch Expedition up Broad River, S.C. (Detachment in Dept. of the South) |
| November 30 | Battle of Honey Hill (Detachment in Dept. of the South) |
| December 6 | Deveaux’s Neck (Detachment in Dept. of the South) |
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1865
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| April 2-3 | Fall of Petersburg and Richmond |
| April 3 | Occupation of Richmond |
| June | Rebuilt Mayo’s Bridge |
| June 30 | Mustered out |