This roster includes the known officers and enlisted men of the 143rd New York Infantry, organized by Field & Staff and companies when available. Information is drawn from 19th-century state adjutant general reports, the Official Records, and verified regimental histories.
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For an overview of this regiment’s organization, service, engagements, and casualties, see the regiment summary page.
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Field & Staff
- Colonel David P. DeWitt
- Colonel Horace Boughton
- Lieutenant Colonel Horace Boughton
- Lieutenant Colonel Joseph B. Taft (killed at Missionary Ridge, Nov. 1863)
- Lieutenant Colonel Hezekiah Watkins
- Major Joseph B. Taft
- Major Hezekiah Watkins
- Major John Higgins
- Major Edward H. Pinney
- Lieutenant Edward Carrington (killed March 6, 1865, at Natural Bridge, Fla., while on staff of Gen. Newton)
Detailed company-level roster entries are not included in the currently supplied source text.
Sources & Notes
- The Union Army, Federal Publishing Company, 1908, Vol. 2
- Official Records of the War of the Rebellion
- New York State Adjutant General reports (roster details not fully included here)