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93rd New
York Infantry
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93rd 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 |
| Ninety-third New York Infantry. — Cols., John S. Crocker, Samuel McConihe,
Haviland Gifford; Lieut. -Cols., Benjamin C. Butler, Haviland Gifford, Jay H. Northrup;
Majs., Ambrose S. Cassidy, Samuel McConihe, Henry P. Smith, Jay H. Northrup, George
Bushnell. The 93d, the "Morgan Rifles," recruited mainly in Washington county,
was mustered into the service of the United States at Albany, from Oct., 1861, to Jan.,
1862. It left Albany, Feb. 14, 1862, with 998 members; camped at Riker's island, New York
city; moved to Washington on March 7; was there attached to Palmer's brigade, Casey's
division and proceeded to the Peninsula on March 30. It was present at the siege of
Yorktown; fought at Lee's mills, Williamsburg and in the Seven Days' battles; and upon the
return from the Peninsula was present at Antietam and Fredericksburg, but was not actively
engaged, having been detailed to perform provost guard duty at headquarters, a post
occupied by the regiment for about two years. At the opening of the Wilderness campaign,
the regiment, of which a large proportion had reenlisted, was assigned to the 2nd brigade,
3d division, 2nd corps, and showed its fighting mettle at the Wilderness, where it lost
258 killed or wounded out of 433 engaged. It was constantly in action during the battles
of that month; at Cold Harbor in June, and upon the arrival of the army at Petersburg,
joined in the first assault, followed by engagements at the Weldon railroad, Deep Bottom,
Strawberry Plains, Poplar Spring Church, the Boydton road, Hatcher's run and in the
Appomattox campaign. The regiment remained at Petersburg until the end of the siege and
constantly displayed such gallantry in action and reliability in the performance of every
duty that it well deserved the reputation won as an unusually well-trained, efficient
command and as a "fighting regiment." It lost during the term of service 128 by
death from wounds and 143 by death from other causes. |
Footnotes:
Regimental history taken from "The Union Army" by Federal Publishing
Company, 1908 - Volume 2
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