Third New York Infantry Regiment

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The Third New York Infantry Regiment lost 1 officer and 36 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 83 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

1861
April 25 Organized at Albany, N.Y., and accepted for state service
May 7 Designated as the Third New York Infantry Regiment.
May 14 Mustered in for two years United States service under the command of Colonel Frederick Townsend, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel M. Alford and Major Abel Smith
May 31 Left New York for Fortress Monroe, Virginia and duty there. Attached to Fort Monroe and Camp Hamilton, Va., Department of Virginia
June 10

Action at Big Bethel, Virginia

The regiment lost 2 men killed and 27 wounded
June 26 Colonel Townsend resigned to accept a commission as major of the 18th United States Infantry
July 30 Moved to Baltimore, Maryland and duty there quartered at Fort McHenry. Attached to Dix’s Command.
1862
June 6 Moved to Suffolk, Virginia and duty there. Attached to Newport News, Virginia, Dept. of Virginia
July Attached to Weber’s Brigade, Division at Suffolk, 7th Corps, Department of Virginia
August 26 Lieutenant Colonel Alford was promoted to colonel and Henry P. Hubbell commissioned lieutenant colonel.
September Moved to Fortress Monroe, Virginia, Department of Virginia, and duty there.
November 29 Captain Floyd Eldridge of Company C was promoted to major.
1863
April 19 Moved to Suffolk, Virginia, and attached to 1st Division, 7th Corps, Dept of Virginia
April 19-May 4

Siege of Suffolk
May 4 Siege of Suffolk raised
May 21 2 years men mustered out
May 23 Lieutenant Colonel Hubbell resigned and Major Eldridge G. Floyd was promoted to lieutenant colonel.
June 10 Captain John E. Mulford of Company K was promoted to major
June 24

Dix’s Peninsula Campaign
July 1-7 Expedition from White House to South Anna River
July Ordered to Folly Island, South Carolina, attached to Alvord’s Brigade, Vodges’ Division, Folly Island, S.C.. 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the South
August 3 Action at Morris Island, South Carolina.
August 9-
September 7

Siege operations at Charleston

Against Forts Wagner and Gregg, Morris Island, South Carolina, and against Fort Sumter.
August 17-23 Bombardment of Fort Sumter
September 7
Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg
September 8 –
December 21

Operations in Charleston Harbor

Against Forts Sumter and Charleston.
October 27-
November 9		 Bombardment of Fort Sumter
November Duty on Folly Island, South Carolina.
1864
February Attached to 2nd Brigade, Vodges’ Division, Northern District Folly Island, 10th Army Corps
April Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Corps, Army of the James
May 4-28 Moved to Gloucester Point, Virginia. Butler’s operations on south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond, attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Corps, then to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Corps
May 7 Port Walthall
May 9-10 Swift Creek or Arrow field Church
May 12-16 Operations against Fort Darling
May 14-16

Battle of Drury’s Bluff

The regiment lost 5 men killed or mortally wounded. Lieutenant Colonel Eldridge was wounded.
May 16-28

Bermuda Hundred
May 28-31 Moved to White House, then to Cold Harbor
June 1-12

Battle of Cold Harbor

The regiment lost 1 officer and 4 enlisted men wounded
June 14 Colonel Alford was dismissed.
June 15-18

Before Petersburg

Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Corps, Army of the James
June 16

Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond
July 30

Mine Explosion, Petersburg
August Duty in the trenches before Petersburg and on the Bermuda front
September 28-30

Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights

The regiment lost 6 men killed or mortally wounded, 15 men wounded and 5 men missing
October 27-28

Battle of Fair Oaks
November In trenches before Richmond
December 7 Lieutenant Colonel Eldridge was discharged for his Drury’s Bluff wound and Major Mulford was promoted to lieutenant colonel
December 7-27 Expedition to Fort Fisher, North Carolina. Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 24th Corps
December 8 Captain George Warren of Company C was promoted to major.
1865
January 3-15 2nd Expedition to Fort Fisher, North Carolina; attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Terry’s Provisional Corps
January 15

Capture of Fort Fisher, North Carolina
February 11

Sugar Loaf Battery
February 18-20

Fort Anderson
February 22

Capture of Wilmington
March Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro
March-August Duty in the Dept. of North Carolina
April 9 Lieutenant Colonel Mulford was promoted to colonel.
May 21 Major Warren was promoted to lieutenant colonel.
June 30 Colonel Mulford resigned.
August 28 The Third New York Infantry Regiment was mustered out under the command of Lieutenant Colonel George W. Warren.