United States Regiments & Batteries > New York > Artillery and Engineers
The 16th New York Heavy Artillery lost 42 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 officers and 284 enlisted men by disease during the Civil War.
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1863
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| September 28 | Companies A and B mustered in at Albany |
| October 14 | Companies A and B left State for Fortress Monroe, Va. and duty there and at Yorktown and Gloucester Point, Va. as Heavy Artillery and Infantry. |
| October 21 | Company C mustered in at Albany |
| October 22 | Company C left State for Fortress Monroe |
| December 7 | Company D mustered in at Albany |
| December 8 | Company D left State for Fortress Monroe |
| December 16 | Company E mustered in at Riker’s Island |
| December 16 | Company E left State for Fortress Monroe |
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1864
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| January 9 | Company G mustered in at Riker’s Island |
| January 13 | Company G left State for Fortress Monroe, Va. |
| January 19 | Company F mustered in at Elmira and moved to Fortress Monroe |
| January 26 | Companies L and M mustered in at Auburn and moved to Fortress Monroe |
| February 8 | Company H mustered in at Elmira and moved to Fortress Monroe |
| January 28 | Company I mustered in at Elmira and moved to Fortress Monroe |
| February 2 | Company K mustered in at Elmira and moved to Fortress Monroe |
| May 29 | Engagement between White House and Army of the James while laying Army telegraph lines |
| June 20 | Action at West Point, Va. (Companies D, E, H, I, L & M) |
| June 23 | Gloucester Point |
| July 27 |
Siege operations against Petersburg and RichmondCompanies E and H attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Army Corps, Army of the James. Companies A-C, F&G, K&M attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Army of the James Company L attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps |
| August 8-19 | Dutch Gap Canal |
| August 13 | Signal Hill |
| August 16 | Action at Dutch Gap Canal (Detachment) |
| August 14-18 | Strawberry Plains |
| September 28-30 | Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights |
| October 1 | Charles City Cross Roads |
| October 7 | Darbytown and New Market Roads |
| October 13 | Darbytown Road |
| October 27-28 | Fair Oaks |
| November | In trenches north of the James River |
| December 3 | Regiment attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 24th Army Corps.
Companies E and H attached to Separate Brigade at Fort Pocahontas. Company L attached to Artillery Brigade, 24th Army Corps |
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1864
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| January 4-15 | 2nd Expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C. |
| January 15 | Assault and capture of Fort Fisher |
| February 11-13 | Cape Fear Entrenchments |
| February 18-20 | Fort Anderson |
| February 22 | Capture of Wilmington |
| February 22-23 | Near Wilmington |
| March-June | Duty at Wilmington, Smithville and Goldsburg, N. C. |
| March | Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 10th Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina |
| July | Regiment concentrated at Washington, D.C. and duty there attached to 3rd Brigade, DeRussy’s Division, 22nd Army Corps |
| August 21 | Mustered out |