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150th New
York Infantry
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150th New York
Infantry Soldier
Roster - Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York For the Year
1893, Volume 39 View the Entire Book
| Regimental History |
| One Hundred and Fiftieth New York Infantry. — Cols.. John H. Ketcham, Alfred
B. Smith; Lieut. -Cols., Charles G. Bartlett, Alfred B. Smith, Joseph H. Cogswell; Majs.,
Alfred B. Smith, Joseph H. Cogswell, Henry A. Gildersleeve. This regiment was from
Dutchess county and was composed of excellent material. It was organized at Poughkeepsie,
where it was mustered into the U. S. service on Oct. 11, 1862, for three years, and when
the 145th N. Y. volunteers was disbanded in Dec, 1863, a portion of the members was
transferred to the 150th. The regiment left the state on Oct. 11, 1862, and performed
garrison and guard duty at Baltimore until July, 1863, when it was assigned to the 2nd
brigade, 1st (Williams') division, 12th corps, with which it marched to the field of
Gettysburg, where it fought its first battle, losing 45 killed, wounded and missing. In
Sept., 1863, the regiment went to Tennessee with the 12th corps to join the Army of the
Cumberland, where Williams' division was stationed along the railroad between Murfreesboro
and Bridgeport. In April, 1864, the 12th corps was designated the 20th. In the same
brigade and division, the 150th moved on Sherman's Atlanta campaign about the beginning of
May and took an important and honorable part in many of the great battles of that
memorable campaign, including Resaca, Cassville, Dallas, Kennesaw mountain, Peachtree
creek and the siege of Atlanta. The casualties of the regiment aggregated 100 killed and
wounded during the 4 months' fighting from Tunnel Hill to Atlanta. On Nov. 15, 1864, the
regiment started on the march to the sea with Sherman, and in December was actively
engaged in the siege of Savannah, losing 20 killed, wounded and missing. The following
year it embarked on the campaign through the Carolinas, being sharply engaged at the
battle of Averasboro and losing a few men at Bentonville. On the close of this campaign it
marched on to Washington, where it took part in the grand review, and was mustered out
there on June 8, 1865, under command of Col. Smith. Cols., Ketcham and Smith were both
promoted to brevet brigadier-general, the former receiving his brevet while suffering from
a severe wound received at Atlanta, and he was subsequently advanced to the rank of
major-general. The regiment had a total enrollment of about 1,300, of whom 2 officers and
49 men were killed and mortally wounded; 3 officers and 78 men died of disease and other
causes; total deaths, 132. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 2
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