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100th New
York Infantry
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100th New York
Infantry Soldier
Roster - Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York For the Year
1893, Volume 33 View the Entire Book
| Regimental History |
| One Hundredth New York Infantry. — Cols., James M. Brown. George F. B. Dandy;
Lieut. -Cols., Phineas Stanton, Calvin N. Otis, Louis S. Payne, Warren Granger; Majs.,
Calvin N. Otis, Daniel D. Nash, James H. Dandy, George H. Stowitz, Frederick A. Sawyer.
The 100th, known as the 2nd regiment, Eagle brigade, or the 3d Buffalo regiment, was
principally recruited at Buffalo, where it was organized, and mustered into the U. S.
service from Sept., 1861, to Jan., 1862, for three years. This regiment is included by
Col. Fox among the "three hundred fighting regiments" of the war and earned its
reputation for gallantry on many a hard fought field. It left the state for Washington on
March 10, 1862, 960 strong, and soon after its arrival was assigned to Naglee's (1st)
brigade, Casey's (2nd) division, 4th corps. It joined in McClellan's Peninsular campaign,
its losses at Fair Oaks being particularly severe — 176 killed, wounded and missing.
Col. Brown was killed here and Col. Dandy, of the regular army, was assigned to the
command of the regiment. At the conclusion of this campaign it was stationed for several
months at Gloucester point and Yorktown, and then moved with its brigade to North
Carolina. The regiment was present at all the operations about Charleston harbor during
the spring of 1863, and, under the command of Col. Dandy, engaged in the desperate assault
on Fort Wagner in July. While the assault was unsuccessful the regiment behaved with
signal gallantry, planting the flag presented to it by the board of trade of Buffalo, on
the fort, though at a fearful cost of life. The brave color-sergeant fell dead beside the
colors, and the regiment sustained a loss of 49 killed, 97 wounded and 29 missing — a
total of 175 out of 478 engaged. Its loss here of 66 killed and mortally wounded amounts
to over 13 per cent, of those in action. During the subsequent siege of Fort Wagner its
losses were 11 killed, 31 wounded and 7 missing. It next took part in the operations in
Charleston harbor from September to December, attached to Terry's division, 10th corps,
but sustained no further losses in action. In Plaisted's brigade, Foster's (1st) division,
10th corps, the regiment sailed up the James river in May, 1864, with the Army of the
James, under Gen. Butler, and took part during that month in the operations against
Petersburg and Richmond, engaging the enemy at Port Walthall Junction, Chester Station,
Swift creek, Procter's creek, Drewry's bluff and Bermuda Hundred. Its losses during this
campaign were again very heavy, amounting to 280 in killed, wounded and missing. It was
next engaged in the assault on the works of Petersburg, the battles of Deep Bottom,
Strawberry Plains, Fort Harrison, Darbytown road and Fair Oaks. In the action at
Strawberry Plains it lost 81 in killed, wounded and missing, at Fair Oaks, the loss was
17, and while in the trenches before Petersburg it met with frequent casualties,
aggregating 28 killed, wounded and missing. The 10th corps was discontinued in Dec, 1864,
and the regiment became a part of the 3d (Plaisted's) brigade, 1st (Terry's) division,
24th corps. It was actively engaged at the fall of Petersburg, April 2, 1865, when it made
a gallant and successful assault on Fort Gregg, and sustained a loss of 59 in killed and
wounded; among the former was Maj. James H. Dandy, a brave and efficient officer. It then
participated in the pursuit of Lee and was present at Appomattox. On the expiration of its
term of enlistment the original members, except veterans, were mustered out, and the
regiment, composed of veterans and recruits, continued in service. In July, 1865, it was
consolidated with the 148th and 158th N. Y., and was finally mustered out of service,
under Col. Dandy, Aug. 28, 1865, at Richmond, Va. Corp. John Kane was awarded a medal of
honor for gallantry. Its loss during service was 12 officers and 182 enlisted men killed
and mortally wounded; 1 officer and 131 enlisted men died of disease and other causes; 71
enlisted died in Confederate prisons — total, 397, out of a total strength of 1,491. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 2
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