The 65th New York Infantry lost 5 officers and 112 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 officer and 88 enlisted men to disease. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
1861 |
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Organized at Camp Tompkins, Willett's Point, N.Y. under Colonel John Cochrane. A number of members of the regiment came from Connecticut, Rhode Island and Maine. |
August 27, 1861 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. and asigned to Defenses of Washington |
October |
Attached to Graham's Brigade, Buell's Division, Army of the Potomac |
October 10-11 |
Reconnaissance to Lewinsville |
November 3 |
Captain Joseph Hamblin of the 5th United States Infantry transferred in and promoted to major |
1862 |
March 10-15 |
March to Prospect Hill, Va. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March 25 |
Ordered to the Peninsula |
April 5-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown |
May 5 |
Battle of Williamsburg |
May 21-22 |
Chickahominy River |
May 27 |
Captain Isaac Walker died in hospital at Fortress Monroe, Virginia |
May 31 - June 1 |
Fair Oaks
The regiment lost 9 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 22 men wounded |
June 2 |
Lieutenant Schuyler Bogart was accidentally wounded and died on June 23 |
June 31-July 1 |
Battle of Seven Pines
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond
The regiment lost 15 enlisted men killed, Captain Edward Bernard and 43 enlisted men wounded, and 9 men missing during the week. |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill. Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps |
July-August |
Duty at Harrison's Landing. |
July 20 |
Colonel Cochrane promoted to brigade command. Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Shaler promoted to colonel, Captain Henry Healy of Company F promoted to major |
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
The regiment lost 1 man wounded |
September-October |
Duty in Maryland. Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps |
October 20-
November 18 |
Movement to Stafford Court House, Va. |
December 5 |
To Belle Plains |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
1863 |
January-April |
At Falmouth |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign. Attached to 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps. |
April 29-May 2 |
Operations about Franklin's Crossing |
May 3 |
Battle of Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg |
May 3 - 4 |
Salem Heights
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed, Major Healy and 12 enlisted men wounded, and 3 missing.
Colonel Shaler earned the Medal of Honor when, "At a most critical moment, the head of the charging column being about to be crushed by the severe fire of the enemy's artillery and infantry, he pushed forward with a supporting column, pierced the enemy's works, and turned their flank." |
May 4 |
Banks' Ford |
May 26 |
Colonel Shaler was promoted to brigade command, and Lieutenant Colonel Joseph E. Hamblin was promoted to colonel and command of the regiment. |
July 2-4 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Colonel Joseph E. Hamblin. It brought 319 men to the field, losing 4 killed and 5 wounded
From the monument: "Arrived on the field at 2 p.m. July 2. At daylight of the 3. moved from base of Little Round Top to Culp's Hill. Held this position till 3 p.m. then moved to left center." |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va. |
August-October |
Duty on line of the Rappahannock |
August 4 |
Major Healy promoted to lieutenant colonel |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
November 2 |
Captain Thomas Higginbotham of Company K promoted to major |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 7 |
Rappahannock Station |
November 17 |
Lt. Colonel Healy discharged for disability |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign
Private Thomas Hinton was wounded |
December |
Duty at Brandy Station |
1864 |
January-March |
Duty as prison guards at Johnson's Island, Lake Erie, Ohio |
January 6 |
Major Higginbotham promoted to lieutenant colonel |
May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness
Captain William Tracy and 11 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, Lieutenant John Wilber, 1 other officer and 23 enlisted men wounded, and 20 men missing |
May 8-12 |
Spotsylvania
Captain John Berry, Lieutenant Reuben Tettermer and 25 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, Lieutenant Frederick Volk and 39 enlisted men wounded, and Lt. Colonel Higginbotham and 28 enlisted men captured at Spottsylvania and Spottsylvania Court House |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania Court House |
May 12 |
"Bloody Angle" |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor
The regiment lost 6 enlisted men killed and 13 wounded |
June |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 6th Army Corps. Army of the Potomac |
June 17-19 |
Assault on Petersburg
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed |
June 17- July 9
Dec. - April 1865 |
Siege of Petersburg
The regiment lost 29 enlisted men wounded, 2 mortally, in the trenches |
June |
Lt. Colonel Higginbotham paroled from his capture at Spotsylvania and returns to the regiment |
June 20 |
Colonel Hamblin is promoted to brigade command, and Lieutenant Colonel Henry C. Fisk assumes command of the regiment. |
June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road, Hatcher's Run
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed |
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 |
August 6-
November 28 |
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign |
September 1 |
Expiration of term of service. Entitled men returned to New York for muster out. Enough men reenlistted that the regiment was retained as a Veteran unit but it was consolidated to a battalion of four companies, C, F, G and H. Members of the 67th New York Infantry who did not muster out with their regiment were transferred in as Companies A, B, D and E, while Companies I and K were reformed of recruits. |
September 19 |
Battle of Opequan, Winchester
The regiment lost 9 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 23 wounded |
September 22 |
Fisher's Hill
the regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed |
October 12 |
Cedar Creek
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed and 4 wounded |
October 19 |
Battle of Cedar Creek
Lt. Colonel Higginbotham and 21 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, Colonel Hamblin, Lieutenant Andrew Byrne and 62 enlisted men wounded, and Lieutenant Henry Vander Weyde and 3 enlisted men captured. |
October-December |
Duty in the Shenandoah Valley until December. |
December 2 |
Captain Henry Fisk of Company C promoted to lieutenant colonel and David Miln, formerly captain of Company F, re-enrolled and mustered in as major |
December 9-12 |
Moved to Petersburg, Va. and resumed the Siege of Petersburg |
1865 |
February 5-7 |
Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run
The regiment lost 2 enlisted men wounded |
March 25 |
Petersburg Works
The regiment lost 6 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and Lieutenant Thomas Chandler and 25 enlisted men wounded |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign
Lieutenant William Byron and 2 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 20 enlisted men wounded during the campaign |
April 2 |
Assault on and fall of Petersburg
Lieutenant Byron mortally wounded, dying on April 13 |
April 3-9 |
Pursuit of Lee |
April 6 |
Sailor's Creek |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
April 10 |
At Farmville and Burkesville |
April 23-27 |
March to Danville |
May 19 |
Colonel Hamblin promoted to brigadier general |
May 24-June 3 |
March to Richmond, Va., thence to Washington, D.C. |
June 8 |
Corps Review |
June 20 |
Lt. Colonel Fisk promoted to colonel, Major Miln to lieutenant colonel and Captain Edmund Russell of Company A to major |
July 17, 1865 |
Mustered out at Hall's Hill, Virginia under Colonel Henry C. Fisk, Lt. Colonel Miln and Major Russell |
