8th New York Infantry Regiment "1st German Rifles"

The Eighth New York Infantry Regiment lost 90 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 42 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

1861
	Organized at New York City
April 26	Mustered in under Colonel Louis Blenker, Lieutenant Colonel Julius Stahel and Major Andrew Lutz
May 26	Left State for Washington, D.C. and duty in the defenses there attached to Blenker's Brigade, Miles' Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia
July 7	Great Falls. Two men killed.
July 16-21	Advance on Manassas, Va.
July 21	Battle of Bull Run Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Blenker, the regiment lost 2 men killed, 2 wounded and 7 missing. It was in reserve and covered the retreat of the army, repulsing a a cavalry attack in the late afternoon.
August 5	Major Lutz resigns
August 10-11	Colonel Blenker promoted to brigadier general of volunteers, Lieutenant Colonel Stahel promoted to colonel, Captain Francis Wutschel of Company K promoted to lieutenant colonel and Captain Carl B. Hedterich of Company I promoted to major
August	Duty in the Defenses of Washington at Rouch's Mills and Hunter's Chapel. Attached to Blenker's Brigade. Division of the Potomac
October	Attached to Blenker's Brigade, Hooker's Division, Army of the Potomac
Novembr 15	Colonel Stahel promoted to brigadier general of volunteers and Lieutenant Colonel Wutschel promoted to colonel
December 2	Major Hedterich promoted to lieutenant colonel
1862
January	Attached to Stahl's Brigade, Blenker's Division, Army of the Potomac
March	Attached to 1st Brigade, Blenker's Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac
April	Operations in the Shenandoah Valley. Attached to 1st Brigade, Blenker's Division, Dept. of the Mountains
June	Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia
June 8	Battle of Cross Keys The regiment lost 80 men killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 105 men wounded, and 2 officers and 31 men missing out of 550 men engaged.
June-August	Duty at Sperryville and Centreville
August 16- September 2	Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia
August 21-23	Fords of the Rappahannock
August 23	Colonel Wutschel dismissed
August 28	Gainesville
August 29	Groveton The regiment lost 4 men killed or mortally wounded.
August 30	2nd Bull Run The regiment lost 5 men killed or mortally wounded.
September	Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C.; Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac
October 31	Prince Felix Salm-Salm mustered in as colonel
November 28-30	Reconnaissance to Snicker's Ferry and Berryville
December 10-16	March to Fredericksburg, Va.
1863
January 20-24	"Mud March"
February-April	Duty at Brook's Station
April 22	Three years service men consolidated to a company
April 23	Mustered out, expiration of term under Colonel Prince Felix Salm-Salm, Lt. Colonel Hedterich and Major Hedterich
May 5	Company of three years service men transferred to 68th Regiment New York Infantry