The 55th New York Infantry Regiment lost 33 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 29 enlisted men to disease.
1861 |
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Organized at New York City |
August 28, 1861 |
Mustered in at New Dorp, Staten Island under Colonel Baron Regis De Trobriand, Lieutenant Colonel Louis Thourot and Major Francis Jehl |
August 31 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. |
September - October |
Duty at Fort Gaines, Md. in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. Attached to Peck's Brigade, Buell's Division, Army of the Potomac |
1862 |
March |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March 11-15 |
March to Prospect Hill, Va. |
March 28 |
Moved to the Peninsula, Virginia |
April 5-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men wounded |
May 5 |
Battle of Williamsburg
The regiment lost 5 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 12 wounded |
May 20-23 |
Operations about Bottom's Bridge |
May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Seven Pines (or Fair Oaks)
The regiment lost 25 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and Captain Louis de Masure and Lieutenants Joseph Arnould, Lehman Israels, 2 other officers and 73 enlisted men wounded |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 28 |
Fair Oaks
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man mortally wounded and 1 officer wounded |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill
The regiment lost 5 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 32 enlisted men wounded |
July |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 13 |
Lieutenant Colonel Thourot discharged |
August 16-29 |
Movement to Fortress Monroe, then to Centreville |
September |
Duty in the Defenses of Washington attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps
The regiment was consolidated into a battalion of four companies |
October-November |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg
The regiment lost 1 officer and 7 enlisted men wounded |
December 21, 1862 |
Consolidated with 38th New York Infantry as Companies G, H, I and K. Colonel De Trobriand transferred to 38th New York Infantry, Lieutenant Colonel William King transferred from 34th New York Infantry |
