The Civil War in the East

101st New York Infantry Regiment "2nd Regiment, Eagle Brigade"

The regiment lost 1 officer and 24 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 officer and 48 enlisted men to disease, a total of 74.

 

Timeline of the 101st New York Infantry Regiment

September 2, 1861

Organized at Hancock, N.Y. under Colonel Enrico Fardella, Lieutenant Colonel Johnson Butler Brown and Major Gustavus Snper

March 9

Left State for Washington, D.C.

March

Attached to Wadsworth's Command, Military District of Washington for duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C.

May, 1862

Attached to Whipple's Brigade, Defenses of Washington

June

Ordered to Join Army of the Potomac on the Virginia Peninsula attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 3rd Army Corps

June 25-July 1

Seven days before Richmond

The regiment lost 7 killed, 15 wounded and 22 missing.

June 25

Battle of Oak Grove

June 27

Jordan's Ford

June 30

White Oak Swamp Bridge and Glendale

July 1

Malvern Hill

July-August

At Harrison's Landing

August 16-26

Movement to Fortress Monroe, then to Centreville and attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Army Corps

August 26-September 2

Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia

August 29

Battle of Groveton

August 30

Bull Run

The regiment lost 6 killed, 101 wounded and 17 missing put of 168 engaged.

September 1

Chantilly

September

Guard fords of the Monocacy

October 11-November 19

Movement up the Potomac and to Falmouth, Va.

December 12-15

Battle of Fredericksburg

The regiment lost 13 casualties.

December 24, 1862

Transferred to 37th New York Infantry under Colonel George A. Chester