United States Regiments & Batteries > New York > 1st New York Sharpshooter Battalion
The 1st New York Battalion Sharpshooters lost 23 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 38 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1862
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| September 13 | Although authorized to be a regiment only a battalion of four companies were recruited. It was organized under the command of Major W. S. Rowland at Rochester, New York, beginning with the consolidation of the 6th Company Sharpshooters commanded by Captain Abijah C. Gray. |
| September 12 | 7th Company Sharpshooters organized at Jamestown under the command of Captain Clinton Perry. |
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1863
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| January | 8th Company Sharpshooters organized at Staten Island under the command of Captain John B. McDonald, and 9th Company Sharpshooters organized at Staten Island for nine months’ service under the command of First Lieutenant Warren Blinn. |
| February 3 | Ordered to Suffolk, Virginia. Attached to Gibb’s Provisional Brigade, Division at Suffolk, 7th Corps, Department of Virginia |
| April 12-May 4 |
Siege of SuffolkAttached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Corps |
| April 17 |
Action at Suffolk |
| June 24-July 7 |
Dix’s Peninsula Campaign |
| July 1-7 | Expedition from White House to Bottom’s Bridge |
| July 2 |
Baltimore Cross Roads |
| July 8 | Ordered to Washington, D.C |
| July 15 | Joined Army of the Potomac in the field. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| July 15-24. | Pursuit of Lee |
| August-October | Duty on line of the Rappahannock |
| August 5 | The 9th Company mustered out at Albany. |
| October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
| October 19 | Haymarket |
| November 7-8 | Advanced to line of the Rappahannock |
| November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
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1864
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| February 5-7 | Demonstration on the Rapidan |
| March | Attached to 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 5th Corps |
| May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
| May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8 |
Laurel Hill |
| May 8-21 |
Spottsylvania Court House |
| May 12 |
Assault on the Salient, “Bloody Angle” |
| May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
| May 23 | Jericho Ford |
| May 26-28 | On line of the Pamunkey |
| May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
| June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
| June 1-3 | Bethesda Church |
| June 16-18 |
First Assault on Petersburg |
| June 16 to April 2 |
Siege of PetersburgAttached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Corps |
| August 18-21 |
Weldon Railroad |
| September | Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Corps |
| October 8 | Reconnaissance to Boydton Road |
| October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run |
| December 7-12 |
Warren’s Raid on Weldon Railroad, Hicksford Raid |
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1865 |
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| February 5-7 |
Dabney’s Mills |
| March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
| March 31 |
White Oak Road |
| April 1 |
Five Forks |
| April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg |
| April 3-9 | Pursuit of Lee |
| April 9 |
Appomattox Court HouseSurrender of Lee and his army. |
| May | Moved to Washington, D.C. |
| May 23 | Grand Review |
| July 10 | The 6th, 7th and 8th Companies of the 1st New York Sharpshooter Battalion were mustered out |