1861 |
May 18 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. under Colonel G. W. B. Tompkins |
May 28 |
Mustered into United States service as the 2nd Regiment State Militia Infantry and attached to Schenck's Brigade, Tyler's Division, McDowell's Army of Northeast Virginia
Three hundred men refused to serve for longer than three months. Colonel Tompkins refused to accept them and sent them back to New York at the Regiment's expense. |
June-July |
Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C., and at Ball's Cross Roads, Va. |
July 15 |
Company A mustered out and consolidated with other companies; Company D, the howitzer company, served mostly detached from the Regiment until formalized as the 3d New York Independent Battery of Light Artillery |
July 16-21 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. |
July 17 |
Occupation of Fairfax Court House |
July 21 |
Battle of Bull Run
The Regiment lost 16 enlisted men killed, 1 mortally wounded, 14 wounded, and 4 offices and 24 enlisted men missing. |
August 5 |
Moved to Poolesville, Md. |
August |
Picket and outpost duty on the Upper Potomac attached to Stone's Brigade, Division of the Potomac |
September |
New Company A joins the Regiment |
October |
Attached to Gorman's Brigade, Stone's (Sedgwick's) Division, Army of the Potomac |
October 21-24 |
Operations on the Potomac |
October 21 |
Battle of Ball's Bluff |
October 22 |
Edwards' Ferry |
December 7 |
The Regiment receives its numerical designation, becoming the 82nd New York Infantry |
1862 |
February 23 |
Moved to Harper's Ferry |
March 7-15 |
Movement in support of General Shields at Winchester, Va. attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March 22-April 1 |
Moved to Washington, D.C., thence to Fortress Monroe, Va. |
April 5-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown |
May 7-8 |
West Point |
May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks
The Regiment, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Henry W. Hudson, lost 9 enlisted men killed, 1 oficer and 4 men mortally wounded, and 2 officers and 55 men wounded. |
June |
Skirmishing before Richmond |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond
The Regiment lost 3 men killed, 2 officers and one man mortally wounded, 8 enlister men wounded and 42 men missing. |
June 27 |
Gaines' Mill, Garnett's Farm |
June 29 |
Peach Orchard and Savage Station |
June 30 |
White Oak Swamp and Glendale |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July-August |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 16-30 |
Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville |
August 30 |
Battle of Bull Run |
September 6-22 |
Maryland Campaign |
September 14 |
Battles of South Mountain |
September 16-17 |
Antietam
The Regiment was commanded by Colonel Henry W. Hudson and lost 21 men killed, 10 men mortally wounded, 4 offiers and 78 men wounded, and 15 men missing. |
September 22 |
Moved to Harper's Ferry |
October 30-November 20 |
Movement to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg
Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Huston. The Regiment lost 7 men killed, 2 men mortally wounded, 12 men wounded and 15 men missing. |
December-April |
At Falmouth |
1863 |
January 20-24 |
"Mud March" |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
April 29-May 2 |
Operations about Franklin's Crossing |
May 3 |
Battle of Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg |
May 3-4 |
Salem Heights |
May 4 |
Banks' Ford |
July 2-4 |
Battle of Gettysburg
The Regiment was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Huston, who was killed on the 2nd. Captain John Darrow then took command of the regiment. The 82nd brought 394 men to the field. It lost 45 killed, 132 wounded, and 15 Missing. In addition to Lt. Colonel Huston, Captain J. C. Hoyt and
Lieutenant J. H. McDonald were killed, and Major Baird, Captains Thomas Cummins, C. Murphy, George W. Ryerson, Lieutenants John Cransom, William Palmer, Burrell, Fowler, Shaws, Everson, McKee and Sloan were wounded, Everson having his leg amputated below the knee.
Fromt he monument: "On the evening of July 2nd, moved to the Emmittsburg Road to protect flank of the Third Corps. Fought there until out-flanked. Returning to this line the Regiment reformed under a galling fire; then advanced, driving the enemy before them; regained their former position, capturing the colors of the 48th Georgia. Among the killed was Colonel Huston commanding the regiment."
"At the time of the enemy's assault on the afternoon of the 3rd, the Regiment moved to the right toward the Copse of Trees and assisted in repulsing the enemy, capturing the flags of the First and Seventh Virginia Regiments." |
July 5-24 |
Pursuit of Lee |
August-October |
Duty on line of the Rappahannock |
September 13-17 |
Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan |
October 9-22 |
Bristoe Campaign |
October 14 |
Bristoe Station
The Regiment lost 7 men killed, 1 mortally wounded, and 18 wounded. |
November 7-8 |
Advance to line of the Rappahannock |
November 26-December 2 |
Mine Run Campaign |
November 28-30 |
Mine Run |
December-May |
At and near Stevensburg |
1864 |
February 6-7 |
Demonstration on the Rapidan, Morton's Ford |
May 3-June 15 |
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James |
May 5-7 |
Battle of the Wilderness
The Regiment lost 1 officer and 6 men killed, 3 men mortally wounded, 3 officers and 7 men wounded, and 9 men missing. |
May 8-12 |
Spottsylvania |
May 10 |
Po River |
May 12-21 |
Spottsylvania Court House
The Regiment lost 9 men killed, 6 mortally wounded, 7 officers and 37 men wounded and 5 missing. |
May 12 |
Assault on the Salient or "Bloody Angle" |
May 23-26 |
North Anna River |
May 22 |
Veterans and Recruits formed into a battalion of five companies |
May 26-28 |
On line of the Pamunkey |
May 28-31 |
Totopotomoy |
June 1-12 |
Cold Harbor
The Regiment lost 1 officer and 6 men killed, 1 man mortally wounded, 2 officers and 21 men wounded and 3 men missisng. |
June 16-18 |
Before Petersburg; Siege of Petersburg begins |
June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad
The Regiment lost 3 men killed, 1 mortally wounded, 1 officer and 7 men wounded, and 109 missing. |
June 25 |
Mustered out under Colonel Henry W. Hudson |
June 28 |
Veterans and Recruits from 42nd New York Infantry transferred to Battalion. |
July 10 |
Veterans and Recruits transferred to 59th Regiment New York Infantry |
