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101st New
York Infantry
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101st 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 Hundred and First New York Infantry. — Cols., Enrico Fardella, George F.
Chester; Lieut-Cols., Johnson B. Brown, Gustavus Sniper; Majs., Gustavus Sniper, Samuel L.
Mitchell. This regiment, known as the Union brigade or Onondaga regiment, was organized at
Hancock, Jan. 3, 1862, was recruited in the counties of Delaware, New York and Onondaga,
and was mustered in from Sept. 2, 1861, to Feb. 28, 1862. It left the state for Washington
March 9, 1862, and in June was assigned to Kearny's famous division, 3d corps, with which
it took part in the Seven Days' battles, fighting at Oak Grove, Glendale, and Malvern
hill, with a loss during the campaign of 7 killed, 15 wounded and 22 missing. On Aug. 14,
the regiment marched with the 3d corps to Yorktown, whence it embarked for Alexandria, and
proceeded from there to Warrenton Junction, where it was sent to reinforce Gen. Pope. It
was engaged at Groveton, the second Bull Run and Chantilly, sustaining a loss at Bull Run
of 6 killed, 101 wounded, and 17 missing, a total of 124 out of 168 engaged, or over 73
per cent. — a percentage only exceeded in any one battle by two other regiments in
the Union Army. It was active at the battle of Fredericksburg in December, losing 13
killed and wounded. On Dec. 24, 1862, it was transferred to the 37th N. Y. infantry and
the officers were mustered out. The regiment lost during service 1 officer and 25 enlisted
men killed and mortally wounded; 1 officer and 48 enlisted men died of disease and other
causes; total, 2 officers and 73 enlisted men. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 2
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