The 118th New York Infantry Regiment lost 6 officers and 93 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 188 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War..
1862 |
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Organized at Plattsburg, N.Y. |
August 27 |
Mustered in |
September 3 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. |
September |
Guard and provost duty at Washington, D.C. Attached to Provisional Brigade, Abercrombie's Division, Defenses of Washington |
1863 |
February |
Assigned to District of Washington, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington |
April 16 |
Ordered to Suffolk, Va. and attached to Reserve Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
April 20-May 4 |
Siege of Suffolk |
May 13 |
Moved to Portsmouth, Va. |
May 15-28 |
Operations on Norfolk & Petersburg Railroad |
May 23 |
Antioch Church and Barber's Cross Roads |
June 9-16 |
Reconnaissance to the Chickahominy attached to Wardrop's Independent Brigade, 7th Army Corps |
June 24-July 7 |
Dix's Peninsula Campaign. Assigned to U.S. Forces, Yorktown, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
July 1-7 |
Expedition from White House to South Anna Bridge |
July 4 |
Action at South Anna Bridge
The regiment lost 3 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 5 enlisted men wounded, and 2 men missing. |
July 25 |
Expedition to Gloucester Court House |
August |
Duty at Yorktown and vicinity |
October |
At Portsmouth and vicinity attached to Heckman's Command, Newport News. Va. |
1864 |
January |
Attached to 1st Brigade, U.S. Forces, Yorktown, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina |
February |
Assigned to Yorktown, Pa., Dept. Virginia and North Carolina |
February 6-8 |
Wistar's Expedition against Richmond |
February 29-
March 1 |
Ballahoe or Bear Quarter Road and Deep Creek |
March 4-5 |
Demonstration against Portsmouth |
March 17 |
Moved to Yorktown |
April 13-15 |
Expedition to Isle of Wight County attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, Army of the James |
April 14 |
Smithfield, Cherry Grove |
May 4-28 |
Butler's operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond |
May 5 |
Occupation of Bermuda Hundred and City Point |
May 7 |
Port Walthall Junction, Chester Station |
May 9-10 |
Swift Creek or Arrow field Church |
May 12-16 |
Operations against Fort Darling |
May 14-16 |
Battle of Drury's Bluff
The regiment lost 3 officers and 52 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 3 officers and 94 enlisted men wounded, and 4 officers and 42 enlisted men missing |
May 16-28 |
Bermuda Hundred |
May 27-31 |
Moved to White House, thence to Cold Harbor |
June 1-12 |
Battles about Cold Harbor
The regiment lost 1 officer and 13 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 17 enlisted men wounded |
June 15-18 |
Assault on Petersburg
The regiment lost 1 officer and 6 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 13 enlisted men wounded |
June 16-April 2 |
Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond
In trenches before Petersburg and on the Bermuda Hundred front. The regiment lost 8 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 35 wounded dring the siege |
September 28-30 |
Battle of Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights
The regiment lost 10 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 53 enlisted men wounded |
October 27-28 |
Battle of Fair Oaks
The regiment lost 1 officer and 5 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 9 enlisted men wounded and 5 officers and 89 enlisted men captured |
November-March |
Duty in the trenches before Richmond |
December |
Attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 24th Army Corps |
1865 |
April 2-3 |
Fall of Petersburg and Richmond |
April 3-9 |
Pursuit of Lee |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
April-May |
Provost duty at Richmond and Manchester |
June 13 |
Mustered out. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 96th New York Infantry. |
