United States Regiments & Batteries > New York > 85th New York Infantry Regiment
The 85th New York Infantry Regiment lost 1 officer and 34 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 officers and 324 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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1861
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| Organized at Elmira, N.Y. | |
| December 2 | The 85th New York Infantry Regiment mustered in under the command of Colonel Uriah L. Davis. |
| December 3 | Left New York for Washington, D.C. and Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. attached to 3rd Brigade, Casey’s Division, Army of the Potomac |
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1862
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| March 10-15 | Advance on Manassas, Va. attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Corps, Army of the Potomac |
| March 28 |
Peninsula CampaignMoved to the Virginia Peninsula |
| April 5-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown |
| April 29 | Reconnaissance toward Lee’s Mills |
| May 5 |
Battle of Williamsburg |
| May 20-23 | Reconnaissance to Bottom’s Bridge |
| May 24 |
Seven Pines, Savage Station and Chickahominy |
| May 24-27 | Reconnaissance to Seven Pines |
| May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks |
| June 8 | New Market Road |
| June | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Corps |
| June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
| June 27-28 |
Bottom’s Bridge |
| June 30 |
White Oak Swamp |
| July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
| July-August | At Harrison’s Landing |
| August 16-23 | Moved to Fortress Monroe |
| September 18 | To Suffolk, Virginia, and duty there attached to Wessell’s Brigade, Division at Suffolk, 7th Corps, Dept. of Virginia. Commanded by Colonel Jonathan S. Belknap. |
| October 3 | Reconnaissance to Franklin |
| October 9, 26, 29 & 30 |
Blackwater |
| October 31 | Franklin |
| November 18 | Zuni |
| December 4 | Ordered to New Berne, North Carolina and attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Department of North Carolina |
| December 11-20 | Foster’s Expedition to Goldsboro, North Carolina |
| December 14 | Actions at Kinston |
| December 16 | Whitehall |
| December 17 | Goldsboro |
| December-April | Duty at New Berne, North Carolina |
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1863
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| January | Attached to 1st Brigade, 4th Division., 18th Corps, Department of North Carolina |
| April 7-10 | Expedition to relief of Little Washington |
| May 2 | Moved to Plymouth, North Carolina and attached to the District of the Albemarle, Department of North Carolina |
| July 5-7 | Expedition to Williamston and Gardiner’s Bridge (Detachment) |
| July 26-29 | Expedition from Plymouth to Foster’s Mills |
| August 6-13 | Expedition to Roanoke Island |
| August 26-27 | Expedition to Columbia |
| September – November | Duty at Albemarle Sound and Chowan River attached to Sub-District of the Albemarle, District of North Carolina, Department of Virginia and North Carolina |
| November 6-9 | Expedition to Winton |
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1864
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| January 1 | Regiment veteranized |
| January 6-21 | Expedition up the Chowan |
| January 20 | Harrellsville (Detachment) |
| April 17-20 |
Siege of Plymouth, North Carolina |
| April 20 | The regiment surrendered at Plymouth |
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1865
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| January | The regiment was reorganized and attached to Plymouth, District of North Carolina |
| March 1-April 26 |
Campaign of the Carolinas |
| March 6-21 | Advance on Kinston and Goldsboro attached to 2nd Brigade, Division District of Beaufort, Department of North Carolina |
| March 8-10 | Battle of Wise’s Forks |
| March 14 | Occupation of Kinston |
| March 21 | Occupation of Goldsboro |
| April 14 | Occupation of Raleigh attached to 23rd Army Corps, Department North Carolina |
| April 26 | Bennett’s House. Surrender of Johnston and his army. |
| June | Duty in the Department of North Carolina |
| June 27 | The 85th New York Infantry Regiment mustered out. |