The 79th Regiment lost 3 officers and 116 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 officer and 78 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
1861 |
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Organized at New York City |
May 29 |
Mustered in |
June 2 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. under Lieutenant Colonel S.M. Elliott and Major David McClelland |
June 6 |
Colonel J.C. Cameron, brother of the Secretary of War, was appointed to command the regiment |
June |
Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., attached to Mansfield's Command, Dept. of Washington |
July 16-21 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. attached to Sherman's Brigade, Tyler's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia |
July 17 |
Occupation of Fairfax Court House |
July 21 |
Battle of Bull Run
The regiment lost Colonel Cameron, Captain Brown and 39 men killed or mortally wounded, 7 officers and 35 men wounded, and 8 officers and 107 men missing. |
August |
Duty in the Defenses of Washington assigned to W. F. Smith's Brigade, Division of the Potomac. Colonel Isaac Stevens took over the regiment. |
September 25 |
Reconnaissance to Lewinsville, Va. |
October |
Colonel Stevens was promoted to brigadier general and the regiment was assigned to Stevens' Brigade, Smith's Division, Army of the Potomac. Lieutenant Colonel Elliott and Major McClelland both resigned. |
October 10-11 |
Reconnaissance to Lewinsville, Va. |
October 10 |
Little River Turnpike, near Lewinsville |
October 12 |
Bailey's Cross Roads |
October 21-November 7 |
Sherman's Expedition to Port Royal, S.C. Assigned to Stevens' 2nd Brigade, Sherman's South Carolina Expeditionary Corps |
November 7 |
Capture of Forts Walker and Beauregard, Port Royal Harbor, S.C. |
November 8 to December 11 |
Occupation of Bay Point |
December-June |
Duty at Beaufort, S.C., and vicinity |
1862 |
January |
Expedition to Port Royal Ferry |
April |
Assigned to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Dept. of the South |
May 29 |
Action at Pocotaligo, S. C. |
June 1-28 |
Expedition to James Island, S.C. |
June 16 |
Battle of Secessionville
The regiment lost 1 officer and 34 men killed or mortally wounded, 5 officers and 74 men wounded, and 34 men missing. |
June 28-July 7 |
Evacuation of James Island and movement to Hilton Head, S.C. Colonel Addison Farnsworth assumed command of the regiment. |
July 12-16 |
Moved to Newport News, Va. |
August 4-6 |
To Fredericksburg and asigned to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
August 13-September 2 |
Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia |
August 13-27 |
Operations on the Rappahannock and Rapidan Rivers |
August 30 |
Second Battle of Bull Run
The regiment lost 9 men killed or mortally wounded, 5 officers and 656 men wounded, and 1 officer and 12 men missing. Colonel Farnsworth was wounded and disabled, and Lieutenant Colonel Morrison took command of the regiment. |
September 1 |
Chantilly
Brigadier General (former Colonel) Stevens was killed after picking up the fallen colors of the regiment. His son Hazard had been wounded moments before. Colonel Farnsworth then took over the regiment. |
September 6-22 |
Maryland Campaign. Assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps |
September 14 |
Battle of South Mountain
The regiment lost 12 men wounded. |
September 16-17 |
Antietam
The regiment lost 8 men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 22 men wounded. |
September |
Duty in Maryland |
October 11-
November 18 |
March up the Potomac to Leesburg, thence to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
1863 |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
March 13 |
Moved to Newport News, Va. |
March 20-28 |
To Kentucky |
April-June |
Duty at Paris, Nicholasville, Lancaster, Stanford and Somerset assigned to the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio |
June 4-10 |
Movement through Kentucky to Cairo, Ill. assigned to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee |
June 14-17 |
To Vicksburg, Miss. |
June 17-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 |
August 6 |
At Milldale |
August 6-12 |
Moved to Crab Orchard, Ky. |
August 16-
October 17 |
Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee. Assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio |
October 10 |
Action at Blue Springs
The regiment lost 12 men wounded, 2 mortally. |
October |
At Lenoir |
November 4-December 23 |
Knoxville Campaign |
November 16 |
Action at Campbell's Station |
November 17-
December 4 |
Siege of Knoxville |
November 29 |
Repulse of Longstreet's assault on Fort Sanders
The regiment lost 4 men killed and 16 wounded. |
December-March |
Operations in East Tennessee |
1864 |
January 20 |
Action at Holston River |
January 21-22 |
Strawberry Plains |
March |
Moved to Annapolis, Md. |
April |
Assigned to 2nd Brigade, 3rd 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 |
May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania |
May 10 |
Ny River |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania Court House |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient |
May 13-15 |
Non-Veterans left front to guard prisoners to Alexandria, Va. |
May 23-27 |
North Anna River |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
May 31 |
Non-Veterans moved to New York and mustered out |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor |
June 1-3 |
Bethesda Church |
June 16-18 |
Before Petersburg; Siege of Petersburg begins |
July 30 |
Mine Explosion, Petersburg |
August 18-21 |
Weldon Railroad |
September |
Assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps |
September 29-October 2 |
Poplar Springs Church |
October |
Assigned to Provost Guard, 9th Army Corps |
October 27-28 |
Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run |
1865 |
March 25 |
Fort Stedman |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
April 2 |
Assault on and fall of Petersburg |
April 3 |
Occupation of Petersburg |
April 3-9 |
Pursuit of Lee. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
April 21-28 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
June-July |
Duty at Washington, D.C. |
July 14 |
Mustered out |
