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“Anthony Wayne Guard”
“135th New York Infantry Regiment”
The 6th New York Heavy Artillery lost 5 officers and 130 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 6 officers and 275 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. The regiment was originally raised as infantry but was quickly converted to heavy artillery.
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1862
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| Organized at Yonkers, New York, as the 135th New York Infantry Regiment. | |
| September 2 | Mustered in under the command of Colonel William H. Morris and Lieutenant Colonel J. Howard Kitching. |
| September 5 | Left New York for Baltimore, Maryland. Attached to Defenses of Baltimore, 8th Corps, Middle Department for duty at Fort McHenry |
| October 3 | Designation changed to 6th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment. |
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1863
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| January | Companies B, E, F, I, L and M assigned to Defenses, Upper Potomac.Companies A, C, D, G, H and K at Harper’s Ferry, W. Va., |
| March | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps |
| June | Attached to 3rd Provisional Brigade, French’s Division, 8th Army Corps |
| July | Pursuit of Lee, attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps |
| July 23 |
Wapping Heights, Va. |
| August | Attached to Artillery Reserve and Headquarters and ammunition train guard, Army of the Potomac |
| October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
| November 7-8 | Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
| November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
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1864
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| April | Attached to 1st Brigade, Artillery Reserve, Army of the Potomac |
| May-June |
Rapidan Campaign |
| May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
| May 8-21 |
Spotsylvania Court House |
| May 13 | Attached to Kitching’s Heavy Artillery Brigade, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| May 19 |
Harris Farm (or Fredericksburg Road) |
| May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
| May 26-28 | On line of the Pamunkey |
| May 28-31 |
Totopotomy |
| May 30 | Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps |
| June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
| June 2 | Attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps |
| June 3 | Bethesda Church |
| June 16-18 |
Before Petersburg |
| June 16-July 9 |
Siege of Petersburg |
| August | Ordered to Washington, D.C., and duty in the Defenses of that city. Attached to 1st Brigade, Hardin’s Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington |
| September to December |
Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
| September 27 | Attached to 1st Brigade, Kitching’s Provisional Division, Middle Military Division |
| October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
| October | Duty in the Shenandoah Valley |
| December 3 | Moved to Bermuda Hundred, Va. and attached to 2nd Brigade, Provisional Division, Army of the James, and 2nd Brigade, Infantry Division, Defenses of Bermuda Hundred, Army of the James |
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1865 |
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| January 24 | Fort Brady |
| March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox CampaignAssigned to 2nd Brigade, Ferrero’s Division, Dept. of Virginia |
| April 2 | Fall of Petersburg |
| April | Duty in the Sub-District of Roanoke, District of the Nottaway, Dept. of Virginia |
| May | Attached to Sub-District of Roanoke, District of the Nottaway, Dept. of Virginia |
| June | At Petersburg, Va. |
| August 24 | Mustered out near Washington, D.C. |