The regiment, named in honor of the hero of Fort Sumter, lost 3 officers and 85 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 officers and 82 enlisted men to disease. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
1861 |
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Organized at New York City |
June 30, 1861 |
Mustered in under Colonel John Lafayette Riker, Lieutenant-Colonel W. S. Tisdale and Major Oscar V. Dayton. One company of the regiment consisted of French adopted citizens under Captain La Fata. The regiment adopted for its private soldiers the Zouave uniform of baggy red breeches, leggings, gaiters, blue scarf worn around the waist, wiastcoat, short jacket, and red fez with blue silk tassel. |
August 21 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. Attached to Defenses of Washington, D.C. |
October |
Attached to Peck's Brigade, Buell's Division, Army of the Potomac |
October 25 |
Lieutenant Colonel Tisdale was discharged due to disability; Captain David J. Nevin was promoted to take his place. |
1862 |
March |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March 11-15 |
March to Prospect Hill, Va. |
March 25 |
Ordered to the Peninsula, Virginia |
April 5-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown, Va. |
May 5 |
Battle of Williamsburg
Sergeant Oscar Buffington and Prvates Edward Kelly, Herman Eggleston and Henry Scheper were killed or mortally wounded and Sergeants Charles Eddy and James W. Griffith, Corporal Jacob Greiner, and Private Christian Schmidt were wounded. |
May 20-23 |
Operations about Bottom's Bridge |
May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks
Colonel Riker was killed leading the regiment in a charge that cost the regiment 2 enlisted men killed and 4 mortally wounded, Captain William Ackerman and 13 enlisted men wounded, and 29 men missing.
Lieutenant Colonel Nevin took over the regiment after Colonel Riker was killed. |
May 31 |
Major Dayton promoted to lieutenant colonel and Captain Wilson Hubbell of Company B promoted to major |
June 20 |
Lieutenant Colonel Nevin was promoted to colonel and Major Dayton promoted to lieutenant colonel. |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond
The regiment lost 2 men killed, 6 mortally wounded, Lieutenant Colonel Dayton and 35 men wounded and 1 man missing during the seven days. |
July 1 |
Battle of Malvern Hill
Colonel Nevin commanded the regiment from an ambulance due to sickness |
July - August |
At Harrison's Landing. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps |
July 16 |
Captain George Lewis of Company H died of fever on the transport Vanderbilt in the James River, Virginia |
August 16-
September 1 |
Movement to Alexandria |
September 6-22 |
Maryland Campaign. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam |
September 23 to October 20 |
At Downsville, Md. |
October 20-
November 19 |
Movement to Stafford Court House, Va. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps |
November 21 |
Major Dayton was discharged due to wounds and transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps. He received a brevet to brigadier general at the end of the war. |
December 5 |
To Belle Plains |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg
The regiment lost three men wounded, one mortally. |
December 27 |
Captain Theodore Hamilton of the 33rd New York Infantry transferred in as lieutenant colonel |
1863 |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
February - April |
At Falmouth |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
April 29-May 2 |
Operations about Franklin's Crossing |
May 3 |
Battle of Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg
The regiment lost 10 men killed and 7 mortally wounded and Captain George Moeser, Lieutenant Lewis Samuels, 3 other officers and 45 men wounded in a few moments time in an unsuccessful assault on Marye's Heights. Lieutenant Colonel Theodore B. Hamilton, commanding the regiment, was wounded, the color-sergeant was killed and the colors holed by over 30 balls. The surviving 45 men under Lieutenants Morris and Stewart continued skirmishing fire against advancing Confederates until they were captured, and in the opinion of General Wheaton, "saved the right of the Second Division and my own brigade from capture."
Corporal Edward Brown, Jr. of Company G was awarded the Medal of Honor for continuing at his post under fire carrying the colors in spite of being severely wounded until he was finaly ordered to the rear. |
May 3-4 |
Salem Heights
Captain Ackerman and Lieutenant William Brady were wounded |
May 4 |
Banks' Ford |
June 5-7 |
Franklin's Crossing |
July 2-4 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded by Colonel David J. Nevin, who took over brigade command on July 1st. Lieutenant Colonel Theodore B. Hamilton took temporary command of the regiment.
The 62nd brought 237 men to the field, losing one enlisted man killed and Lieutenant William Davies and 10 enlisted men wounded, 1 mortally, fighting in the Wheatfield.
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July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee |
July 10-13 |
Funkstown, Md. |
July-October |
Duty on line of the Rappahannock |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 7 |
Rappahannock Station |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
December-May |
Duty at Brandy Station and vicinity |
1864 |
January |
Attached to Wheaton's Brigade, Dept. of West Virginia |
March |
Attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness
The regiment lost 14 men killed, 8 men mortally wounded, Captains William Baker and William Davies, Lieutenant Sandford Dockstatder, 1 other officer and 46 men wounded.
Sergeant Charles E. Morse of Company I and Private James R. Evans of Company H were awarded the Medal of Honor for going in front of the line in the face of a rapidly advancing enemy to rescue the regimental colors after the color bearer had fallen. |
May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania
Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Hamilton wounded |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania Court House |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient or "Bloody Angle" |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy
The regiment lost 2 men killed and 2 wounded, 1 mortally. |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor
Major Wlson Hubbell and 5 men were killed, 1 man wounded, and 3 missing. |
June 17-18 |
Before Petersburg. Siege of Petersburg begins.
The regiment lost 2 men killed and 12 wounded, 1 mortally. |
June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road
The regiment lost 8 men killed, 3 men mortally wounded, and 17 men wounded. |
June 29 |
Lt. Colonel David Nevin mustered out near Petersburg |
June 30-July 1 |
Men who were entitled were discharged at the end of their terms of service. Almost all of the men reenlisted, however, and the regiment continued in service with nine companies of reenlisted men and recruits. Colonel Nevin mustered out, and Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Hamilton took command of th regiment for the rest of its service. |
July 9-11 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. |
July 11-12 |
Repulse of Early's attack on Fort Stevens and the Northern defenses of Washington |
July 14-21 |
Pursuit of Early |
August 7-
November 28 |
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
September 13 |
Gilbert's Ford, Opequan Creek |
September 19 |
Battle of Winchester
The regiment lost 2 officers and 2 enlisted men wounded |
September 21 |
Strasburg |
September 22 |
Fisher's Hill
The regiment lost 8 enlisted men wounded, 1 mortally |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek
The regiment lost 5 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 10 wounded |
October 21 |
William Baker re-enrolls as major |
October-December |
Duty in the Shenandoah Valley |
November 11 |
Lt. Colonel Hamlton promoted to colonel |
December 9-12 |
Moved to Petersburg, Va. |
December 12 |
Siege of Petersburg |
1865 |
March 25 |
Fort Fisher, Petersburg
The regiment lost 3 men killed and 12 wounded. |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
April 2 |
Assault on and fall of Petersburg |
April 3-9 |
Pursuit of Lee |
April 6 |
Sailor's Creek |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
April 23-27 |
March to Danville, Va. |
May 24-June 3 |
March to Richmond, Va., thence to Washington, D.C. |
June 8 |
Corps Review |
June |
Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. |
July |
At Fort Schuyler, N.Y. |
August 30, 1865 |
Mustered out at Fort Schuyler, New York, under Colonel Theodore B. Hamilton and Major William Baker |
