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4th New York
Artillery Heavy
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4th New York
Artillery Heavy Soldier
Roster - Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York For the Year
1893, Volume 9 View the Entire Book
| Regimental History |
| Fourth New York Artillery (Heavy). — Cols., Thomas D. Doubleday,
Gustavus A. De Russy, Henry H. Hall, John C. Tidball; Lieut.-Cols., Henry H. Hall, Thomas
Allcock; Majs., Thomas Allcock, Thomas D. Sears, Seward F. Gould, Ulysses D. Doubleday,
Edward F. Young, Frank Williams, Derrick F. Hamlink, William Arthur, Henry T. Lee, Henry
E. Richmond. This regiment, from the state at large, and originally known as Doubleday's
heavy artillery, was organized at New York city. Only eight companies were at first
organized, which were mustered into the U. S. service at Port Richmond, L. I., between
Nov., 1861, and Feb., 1862, for three years. Before it left the state Co. G was
consolidated into Co. H, and a new Co. G joined the regiment at Washington, D. C, where it
was mustered in on Oct. 25, 1862. The 11th artillery battalion was assigned to this
regiment on June 21, 1863, as Cos. I, K, L and M, completing the regimental organization.
Companies G, H, I and K of the 8th artillery, 176 men of the 126th and 242 of the 111th
infantry were transferred to this regiment in June, 1865. The members of the original
seven companies, except veterans reenlisted, were discharged on the expiration of their
term of service, and the companies consisting of veterans and recruits, were retained in
service. The regiment — seven companies — left the state on Feb. 10, 1862, and
served as heavy artillery and infantry in the defenses of Washington until 1864. It then
joined the Army of the Potomac at the beginning of the Wilderness campaign and took part
in every important battle leading up to the final surrender at Appomattox, being attached
most of the time to the 2nd corps. In Feb., 1865, it took the place of the 7th N. Y. heavy
artillery, as a part of the famous Irish brigade. It gained a splendid reputation as a
hard fighting organization, being actively engaged at the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, the
North Anna, Totopotomy, Cold Harbor, assaults on Petersburg, Weldon railroad, Deep Bottom,
Strawberry Plains, Reams' station, Amelia Springs, Deatonsville road, Farmville and
Appomattox Court House. At Spottsylvania its casualties were 81 killed, wounded and
missing; in the first assault on Petersburg, it lost 104 killed and wounded, and at Reams'
station it had 17 killed, 32 wounded and 326 missing, the greatest loss of any regiment
engaged. In the Appomattox campaign its losses in killed and wounded aggregated 102. It
suffered a total loss by death during service of 8 officers and 117 men, killed and
mortally wounded; 4 officers and 335 men died of disease and other causes; and 97 died in
Confederate prisons. After the close of the war the regiment served in De Russy's
division, 22nd corps, in garrison duty, until finally mustered out at Washington, D. C,
under Col. Tidball, Sept. 26, 1865. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 2
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