The 46th New York Infantry lost 8 officers and 96 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 officers and 89 enlisted men to disease.
1861 |
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Organized at New York City under Colonel Rosa Rudolph, Lieutenant Colonel Germain Metternich and Major Joseph Gerhard |
July 29 |
Company A mustered in under Captain George W. Travers |
August 5 |
Company B mustered in under Captain Julius Parcus |
August 14 |
Company C mustered in under Captain Francis Muhlbauer |
August 22 |
Company D mustered in under Captain Richard Riegel |
August 27 |
Company E mustered in under Captain Philipp Schwickart |
August 30 |
Company F mustered in under Captain John Henkell |
September 3 |
Company G mustered in under Captain Carl Paulsackel |
September 6 |
Company H mustered in under Captain Theodore Hohle |
September 16 |
Companies I and K mustered in under Captain Peter Warmkessel. Left State for Washington, D.C., then moved to Annapolis, Md. |
October |
Attached to Viele's 1st Brigade, Sherman's South Carolina Expeditionary Corps, |
October 21-November 7 |
Expedition to Port Royal, S.C. |
November 7 |
Capture of Forts Walker and Beauregard, Port Royal Harbor and Hilton Head, S.C. |
November |
Duty at Hilton Head, S.C. |
November 25 |
Lieutenant Anton Hinckel of Company D promoted to captain of Company K |
1862 |
February 11 |
Occupation of Edisto Island, S.C. |
March 30-31 |
Wilmington and Whitmarsh Islands |
April |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Dept. of the South |
April 10-11 |
Bombardment and capture of Fort Pulaski, Ga.
Lieutenant Peter Lunkenbein mortally wounded |
May 13 |
Lieutenant Colonel Metternich died of disease at Tybee Island, Georgia. |
June 1-28 |
Expedition to James Island |
June 1 |
Major Gerhardt promoted to lieutenant colonel and Captain Julius Parcus of Company B to major |
June 8 |
Action at James Island
Lieutenant Carl Schlotzer wounded |
June 16 |
Battle of Secessionville
Lieutenants Wilhelm Grotowsky and Ferdinand Sehrt and 16 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 13 enlisted men were wounded, and 2 enlisted men missing. |
June 28-July 7 |
Evacuation of James Island and movement to Hilton Head |
July 12-17 |
Moved to Newport News and attched to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
August 2-6 |
To Fredericksburg, Va. |
August 13-27 |
Operations on the Rapidan and Rappahannock Rivers |
August 16-September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia
Captain George Hoesterreich and 8 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 13 enlisted men were wounded in the campaign |
August 29 |
Battle of Groveton |
August 30 |
Bull Run |
September 1 |
Chantilly |
September 6-22 |
Maryland Campaign |
September 14 |
Battle of South Mountain
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men killed and 1 officer and 6 enlisted men wounded |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam
Commanded by Lt. Colonel Gerhard, the regiment lost 3 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and Lieutenant Carl Schlotzer and 10 enlisted men wounded |
September |
Duty in Maryland |
October 11 -
November 18 |
March up the Potomac to Leesburg, then to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg
The regiment lost 3 enlisted men wounded. |
December 17 |
Colonel Rosa discharged. Lt. Colonel Gerhard promoted to colonel and Captain George W. Travers of Company A to lieutenant colonel |
1863 |
January 5 |
Major Parcus discharged and Captain Theodore Hohle of Company A promoted to major |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
February 13 |
Moved to Newport News, Va., |
March 21-26 |
To Kentucky, attached to Army of the Ohio |
March 27 |
Duty at Paris, Nicholasville, Lancaster, Stanford and Somerset, Ky. |
June 4-10 |
Movement through Kentucky to Cairo, Ill. attached to 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee |
June 10-14 |
To Vicksburg, Miss. |
June 14-July 4 |
Siege of Vicksburg |
July 5-10 |
Advance on Jackson, Miss. |
July 10-17 |
Siege of Jackson |
July 18-22 |
Destruction of Mississippi Central Railroad at Madison Station |
July 23 |
At Milldale |
July 27 |
Major Hohle discharged |
August 12-22 |
Moved to Covington, Ky. attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio |
August 16-October 17 |
Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee |
August 26 |
Lieutenant Gustav Ranhaus died of disease at Nicholsville, Kentucky |
August 27-
September 26 |
March over Cumberland Mountains into East Tennessee |
October 10 |
Action at Blue Springs |
October |
At Lenoir |
November 8 |
Colonel Gerhard |
November 16 |
Campbell's Station |
November 17-
December 4 |
Siege of Knoxville |
November 25 |
Lt. Colonel Travers promoted to colonel but not mustered |
December 5-24 |
Pursuit of Longstreet |
1864 |
January |
Operations in East Tennessee |
January 22 |
Lieutenant Herrman Mentzel was killed in action in East Tennessee |
March-April |
Moved to Annapolis, Md. and attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 5th Army Corps |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men killed and 2 wounded |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania Court House |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient or "Bloody Angle" |
May 18 |
Ambrose Stevens commissioned major with rank from May 7 |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 23 |
Jericho Ford |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor
Lieutenant Theodore Markscheffel and 6 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, 11 enlisted men were wounded, and 4 missing. |
June 1-3 |
Bethesda Church |
May 25 |
Major Stevens promoted to lieutenant colonel |
June 11 |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps |
June 16-18 |
Before Petersburg
Captain Heinrich Ohmes and 12 enisted men were killed or mortally wounded and Lieutenant Philipp Betz, 6 other officers and 23 enlisted men were wounded |
June 16 |
Siege of Petersburg begins |
June 30 |
Lieutenant Colonel Stevens transferred to 123rd New York Infantry as colonel |
July 30 |
Mine Explosion, Petersburg
The regiment lost 6 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 16 enlisted men wounded |
August 12 |
Lieutenant Peter French of the 81st New York Infantry commissioned major |
August 18-21 |
Weldon Railroad
The regiment lost 1 officer and 5 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 5 enlisted men wounded |
September |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps |
September 29-
October 2 |
Poplar Springs Church
The regiment lost 12 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 13 enlisted men wounded, and 31 enlisted men missing or captured |
October 8 |
Reconnaissance on Vaughan and Squirrel Level Road |
October 15 |
Colonel Travers mustered out |
October 16 |
Captain Adolphus Becker of Company D promoted to lieutenant colonel |
October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run |
1865 |
March 25 |
Fort Stedman
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men killed and 3 wounded |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
April 2 |
Fall of Petersburg
The regiment lost 6 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 14 enlisted men wounded |
April 3 |
Occupation of Petersburg |
April 3-7 |
Pursuit of Lee |
April 21-27 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
June 3 |
Major French discharged |
July 28, 1865 |
Mustered out under Lieutenant Colonel Becker |
