1861 |
July 27 -
October 23 |
Organized at New York City from a variety of organizations, including six companies of the Shepard Rifles, two companies of the Scott Rifles and two companies of the Union Rifles. Colonel Edward Ferrero was placed in command, with Robert B. Potter as lieutenant colonel and Charles W. LeGendre as major. |
October 29 |
Left State for Annapolis, Md. and duty there. |
1862 |
January 6-
February 7 |
Burnside's Expedition to Hatteras Inlet and Roanoke, Island, N. C. Attached to Reno's 2nd Brigade, Burnside's North Carolina Expeditionary Corps |
February 8 |
Battle of Roanoke Island
The regiment lost 3 enlisted men killed, 11 wounded, and 9 missing |
February-March |
Duty at Roanoke Island |
March 11-13 |
Movement to New Berne, N. C. |
March 14 |
Battle of New Berne
Lieutenant George D. Allen and 14 enlisted men were killed, Captain David R. Johnson and 17 enlisted men mortally wounded and Lieutenant Colonel Potter, Major Le Gendre, Lieutenants Abraham McKeee and Francis Tryon and 37 enlisted men wounded. It was the greatest loss of any regiment in the battle. |
March 15 |
The regimental chaplain, Orlando N. Benton, died of disease. |
April |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Dept. of North Carolina |
April 17-19 |
Expedition to Elizabeth City |
April-July |
Duty at New Berne |
July 6-9 |
Moved to Newport News, Va. and attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
August 2-4 |
To Fredericksburg |
August 12-15 |
March to relief of Pope |
August 16-September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia
The regiment lost 89 casualties in the campaign. |
August 21 |
Kelly's Ford |
August 23-24 |
Sulphur Springs |
August 27-29 |
Plains of Manassas |
August 29 |
Battle of Groveton |
August 30 |
Battle of Bull Run
The regiment lost 23 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 49 enlisted men wounded, and 17 men missing or captured. |
September 1 |
Chantilly |
September 6-22 |
Maryland Campaign. |
September 10 |
Colonel Ferrero was appointed Brigadier General, and Lt. Colonel Potter was promoted to colonel. |
September 12 |
Battle of Frederick City |
September 14 |
Battle of South Mountain
Second Lieutenant Charles Springweller and 3 enlisted men were killed and 12 enlisted men wounded. |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam
Commanded by Colonel Robert Potter. The regiment gained fame by carrying Burnside's Bridge in charge with the 51st Pennsylvania.
From the monument:
"In compliance with orders received from General Burnside on the morning of September 17, the 51st New York and the 51st Pennsylvania were selected to carry this bridge at all hazards.
The 51st New York, with the 51st Pennsylvania on its right, formed on the ridge in the rear of this position, moved forward at double quick, and at One P.M. carried the bridge at the point of the Bayonet. The passage was obstinately disputed.
Casualties: 1 officer* and 18 men killed, 4 officers** and 64 men wounded, Total 87.
*First Lieutenant Andrew L. Fowler
**including Lieutenants William T. Ackerson, William Berryman and Clifford Coddington |
September 19 - October 26 |
At Pleasant Valley |
September 22 |
Colonel Ferrero promoted to brigadier general. Major Le Gendre promoted to lieutenant colonel |
October 27-November 17 |
March to Falmouth, Va. |
November 11 |
Jefferson |
November 13 |
Sulphur Springs |
November 15 |
Warrenton |
November 20 |
Captain Charlton R. Mitchell of Company H promoted to major |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg
The regiment lost 18 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and Captains George Whitman and John Stuart, Lieutenants Frank Butler and William Schoonmaker and 50 enlisted men wounded. |
1863 |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
February 19 |
Moved to Newport News, Va. |
March 14 |
Colonel Potter promoted to brigadier general, Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. LeGendre to colonel, Major Charlton Mitchell to lieutenant colonel and Captain John Wright of Company A to major |
March 26-April 1 |
To Covington and Paris, Kentucky, attached to Army of the Ohio. |
March 29 |
Colonel Robert Potter promoted to brigadier general |
April 3 |
Moved to Mt. Sterling, Kentucky |
May 6-7 |
To Lancaster |
May 23 |
To Crab Orchard |
June 3-17 |
Movement to Vicksburg, Miss., attached to Army of the Tennessee |
June 17-July 4 |
Siege of Vicksburg |
July 5-10 |
Advance on Jackson, Miss. |
July 10-17 |
Siege of Jackson
The regiment lost 1 man wounded |
July 19-22 |
Destruction of railroad at Madison Station |
July |
At Milldale |
August 6-20 |
Moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, then to Nicholasville, Ky. and attached to the Army of the Ohio for Provost duty in District of Kentucky, Dept. of the Ohio |
September |
Attached to District of North Central Kentucky, 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of the Ohio |
December |
A majority of the regiment re-enlisted. |
1864 |
February |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps |
March-April |
Veterans on furlough |
April |
Moved to Annapolis, Md., and rejoined corps attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness
Captain Daniel Jenkins and 26 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, Colonel LeGendre, 1 other officer and 45 enlisted men were wounded, and 5 men were captured or missing. |
May 8-21 |
Spottsylvania Court House
The regiment lost 16 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and, 27 enlisted men wounded in the campaign |
May 10 |
Po River |
May 12 |
Ny River |
May 22 |
Assault on the Salient |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River
Attached to Engineers, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps. The regiment lost 1 man mortally wounded |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor
The regment lost 4 enlisted men killed, 8 wounded and 5 missing or captured |
June 1-3 |
Bethesda Church |
June 16-18 |
Assault on Petersburg
The regiment lost 6 enlisted men wounded, 1 mortally |
June 16, 1864 -
April 16, 1865 |
Siege of Petersburg
The regiment lost 1 officer and 8 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 27 enlisted men were wounded in the siege exclusive of battles |
July 2 |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 9th Army Corps |
July 30 |
Mine Explosion, Petersburg
Captain Samuel H. Sims and 11 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, 19 men were wounded and 2 men were captured in hand to hand fighting |
August 13 |
First Lieutenant Charles H. Bunker was killed on picket duty |
August 18-21 |
Weldon Railroad |
September 29-October 2 |
Poplar Grove Church, Peeble's Farm
First Lieutenant Frank Butler and 24 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, 2 enlisted men were wounded and Major John Wright, Captain George Whitman, Lieutenants William Caldwell, James Carberry, William Hoyme, Samuel Pooley, Palin Sims and Frederick Waldron and 309 enlisted men were captured when the regiment was surrounded. |
October 6 - 24 |
Lt. Colonel Charlton and other non-veterans discharged near Poplar Grove |
October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run |
1865 |
February |
Major Wright, Captain Whitman, Lieutenants Caldwell, Carberry, Hoyme, Pooley exchanged and returned to regiment. Major Wright was promoted to lieutenant colonel |
March 25 |
Fort Stedman, Petersburg |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
April 2 |
Assault on and fall of Petersburg |
April 3-9 |
Pursuit of Lee to Farmville |
April 20-28 |
Moved to Petersburg, then to City Point and Washington, D.C. |
April 20 |
Lieutenant Colonel Wright promoted to colonel. Captain Thomas B. Marsh of Company I promoted to lieutenant colonel |
April 29 |
Captain Whitman promoted to major |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
June-July |
Duty at Washington, D.C., and Alexandria, Va. Veterans and recruits from the 109th New York transferred in. |
July 25, 1865 |
Mustered out at Alexandria under Colonel John Wright, Lieutenant Colonel Marsh and Captain Whitman
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