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89th New
York Infantry
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89th New York
Infantry Soldier
Roster - Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York For the Year
1893, Volume 31 View the Entire Book
| Regimental History |
| Eighty-ninth New York Infantry. — Col., Harrison S. Fairchild; Lieut.-Cols.,
Jacob C. Robie, Nathan Coryell, Theophilus L. England, Wellington M. Lewis, Henry C.
Roome; Majs., Daniel T. Everts, Wellington M. Lewis, Henry C. Roome, Frank W. Tremain,
Jeremiah Remington. The 89th, called the Dickinson Guard, and composed of companies from
Havana, Binghamton, Mount Morris, Rochester, Norwich, Oxford, Whitney's Point, Delhi and
Corbettsville, was mustered into the U. S. service at Elmira, Dec. 4 to 6, 1861, for three
years. It left the state for Washington, Dec. 6, was stationed for a few weeks in the
defenses of the capital in the provisional brigade, Casey's division, and in Jan., 1862,
became a part of Burnside's expeditionary corps, with which it embarked for Roanoke, N. C.
In July, 1862, the regiment returned from Roanoke and with the 1st brigade, 3d division,
9th corps, participated in the Maryland campaign. It was active at South mountain, and at
Antietam lost 103 in killed, wounded and missing. It participated in the battle of
Fredericksburg, went into winter quarters near Falmouth, and in April, 1863, was
transferred to the Department of Virginia at Suffolk, where it was attached in May, to
Alford's brigade, Getty's division, 7th corps. It was active during the siege of Suffolk
and remained in that vicinity until July, when it was transferred to the 18th corps,
proceeded to North Carolina, where it was assigned to the 10th corps and stationed at
Folly island, S. C. The regiment was present at the siege of Fort Wagner and the following
operations in Charleston harbor and returned to Virginia early in 1864. A large number of
the men reenlisted and the veteran regiment became a part of the 10th corps, which was
present during May, 1864, at Swift creek, Proctor's creek, Drewry's bluff and Bermuda
Hundred. At the end of that month the 89th was assigned to the 1st brigade, 2nd division,
18th corps and served in that corps until December. It lost heavily in the opening assault
on Petersburg, where Lieut.-Col. England was killed, and also lost 139 in killed, wounded
and missing at Fair Oaks in October. In December, the command was transferred to the 2nd
division, 24th corps, with which it remained until the end of the war, sharing in the
final assault on Petersburg and the pursuit of Lee's army to Appomattox. Maj. Tremain was
mortally wounded April 2, 1865, in the assault on Petersburg. The 89th was mustered out at
Richmond, Aug. 3, 1865, having lost during its term of service, 107 by death from wounds
and 159 from other causes. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 2
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