United States Regiments & Batteries > New York > 41st New York Infantry Regiment
“De Kalb Regiment”
“2nd Yager Regiment”
The 41st New York Infantry Regiment lost 1 officer and 69 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 69 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
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1861
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| Organized at Yorkville, New York. Companies G and H were recruited in Philadelphia and Newark and Company F was armed as artillery. | |
| June 6 | Mustered in under Colonel Leopold Von Gilsa, Lieutenant Colonel Emil Duysing and Major Ernest Von Holmstedt |
| July 8 | Left New York for Washington, D.C. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Runyon’s Reserve Division, McDowell’s Army of Northeast Virginia for duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. |
| August | Attached to W. T. Sherman’s Brigade, Division of the Potomac |
| September | Attached to Martindale’s Brigade, Porter’s Division, Army of the Potomac |
| September 6 | Lt. Colonel Duysing discharged. Major Von Holmstedt prmoted to lieutenant colonel and Captain Heinrich Detler Von Einsiedel of Company E promoted to major |
| November 7 | Company F designated 9th New York Independent Battery |
| November 20 | A new Company F was formed of new recruits |
| December | Attached to Blenker’s Division, Army of the Potomac |
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1862
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| March | Attached to Blenker’s 2nd Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| April | Attached to 1st Brigade, Blenker’s Division, Dept. of the Mountains |
| May |
Operations in the Shenandoah Valley |
| June 8 |
Battle of Cross Keys |
| June | Duty at Sperryville and Centreville attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps, Pope’s Army of Virginia |
| August 16-September 2 |
Pope’s Campaign in Northern Virginia |
| August 20-23 |
Fords of the Rappahannock |
| August 24 | Sulphur Springs |
| August 29 | Battle of Groveton |
| August 30 |
Second Battle of Bull Run |
| September | Duty in the Defenses of Washington attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| November 28-30 | Reconnaissance to Snicker’s Ferry and Berryville |
| December 10-16 | March to Fredericksburg, Virginia. |
| December | Duty at Falmouth and Brook’s Station |
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1863
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| January 20-2 | “Mud March” |
| April 21 | Lieutenant colonel Von Holmstedt was discharged |
| April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
| May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
| June 11-August 1 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
| June 17 | Major Von Einsiedel promoted to lieutenant colonel, with rank to April 22 |
| July 1-3 |
Battle of GettysburgThe regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Heinrich Detleo Von Einsiedel. It brought 218 men to the field. From the monument at Gettysburg:Casualties: Killed 15. Wounded 58. Missing 2. Total 75. < See the official report of Lieutenant Colonel Detleo von Einsiedel on the battle. > |
| August 1 | Ordered to Folly Island, South Carolina attached to 1st Brigade. Gordon’s Division, Folly Island, 10th Corps, Department of the South |
| August 8-September 7 | Siege operations against Forts Wagner and Gregg, Morris Island, and against Fort Sumter and Charleston, S.C. |
| September 1 | Captain Frederick Menshausen of Company D was promoted to major |
| September | Operations against Charleston and duty on Folly Island, South Carolina. |
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1864
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| February 6-14 | Expedition to Johns and James Islands |
| February 9 and 11 | Action at Bugbee’s Bridge |
| April | Attached to Folly Island, South Carolina, Northern District, Department of the South |
| May 21-22 | Demonstration on James Island |
| June 9 | Regiment musters out on Hilton Head under Colonel Von Gilsa. Recruits and volunteers consolidated into six companies, B, E, F, G, I & K |
| July 1-10 | Demonstration on James Island |
| August 23 | Lieutenant Colonel Von EInsiedel died of fever at Petersburg. |
| August | Ordered to Washington, D.C. and attached to 1st Brigade, Hardin’s Division, 22nd Corps, Dept. of Washington |
| September 15 | Major Menshausen died of fever at Petersburg |
| September 27 | Ordered to Shenandoah Valley attached to 2nd Brigade, Kitching’s Provisional Division, Army of the Shenandoah |
| October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
| December | Moved to Washington, D.C., then to Bermuda Hundred, Virginia. Attached to Ferrero’s Division, Defenses of Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, Army of the James |
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1865
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| April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg |
| April | Duty in the Department of Virginia |
| December 9 | Mustered out |