The Civil War in the East

119th New York Infantry Regiment

The 119th New York Infantry Regiment lost 6 officers and 66 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 2 officers and 92 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

 

It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg on Howard Avenue.

monument to the 119th New York Infantry Regiment at Gettysburg

1862

September 4

Organized at New York City and mustered in under Colonel Elias Peissner, Lieutenant Colonel John T. Lockman and Major Harvey Baldwin, Jr.

September 6

Left State for Washington, D.C.

September

Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac

November 1-9

Movement to Gainesville, Va.

November 18

To Centreville

December 3

Lieutenant Van Cott died of typhoid fever at Centerville, Virginia

December 9-16

To Falmouth

December 17

At Stafford Court House

1863

January 20-24

"Mud March"

February-April

At Stafford Court House

March 26

Major Baldwin discharged

April 27-May 6

Chancellorsville Campaign

May 1-5

Battle of Chancellorsville

Colonel Elias Peissner and 20 enlisted men were killed, Captain Henry Schwerin and 6 enlisted men mortally wounded, Lieutenants Charles Lewis and Francis Peissner and 58 enlisted men wounded and 32 men missing. After Colonel Peissner was mortally wounded while rallying the men Lt. Colonel Lockman took over the regiment.

June 11

Lieutenant Colonel John Lockman promoted to colonel, with rank from May 2

June 11-July 24

Gettysburg Campaign

June 19

Captain Edward Lloyd of Company F promoted to lieutenant colonel, with rank from May 2, and Captain Benjamin Willis of Company H to major, with rank from March 25

July 1-3

Battle of Gettysburg

The regiment had16 officers and 284 men engaged. It lost Lieutenants Emil Frost and Mathias Rasemann and 14 enlisted men killed, Lieutenant Otto Trumpleman and 10 enlisted men mortally wounded, Colonel John Lockman, Captains Theodore Dodge and August Volkhausen and 56 enlisted men wounded and Lieutenants August Von Cloedt and William Moore and 52 enlisted men missing or captured.

 

After Colonel Lockman was wounded on July 1 Lieutenant Colonel Edward F. Lloyd took over.

July 5-24

Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va.

Auust-September

Guard duty on Orange & Alexandria Railroad

September 24-
October 3

Movement to Bridgeport, Ala. and transferred to the Army of the Cumberland

October

Duty there and in Lookout Valley

October 26-29

Reopening Tennessee River

October 28-29

Battle of Wauhatchie, Tenn.

November 23-27

Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign

November 23

Orchard Knob

November 24-25

Tunnel Hill

November 25

Mission Ridge

November 28-December 17

March to relief of Knoxville

1864

December-April

Duty in Alabama

March 9

Major Willis discharged

May 1-September 8

Atlanta Campaign. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland

May 8-11

Operations against Rocky Faced Ridge

The regiment lost 1 man mortally wounded, and Lieutenant Moses Baldwin and 10 men wounded.

May 8

Mill Creek or Dug Gap

May 14-15

Battle of Resaca

Lieutenant Colonel Lloyd was killed, 1 enlisted man mortally wounded, 1 officer and 17 men wounded and 1 man missing.

May 19

Near Cassville

May 25

New Hope Church

May 26-June 5

Battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills

The regiment lost 11 men casualties.

June 10-July 2

Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain

 

June 11-14

Pine Hill

The regiment lost 3 men killed or mortally wounded and Captain Peter Carter and 32 enlisted men wounded or captured

June 15-17

Lost Mountain

June 15

Gilgal or Golgotha Church

The regiment lost 12 men killed or mortally wounded

June 17

Muddy Creek

June 19

Noyes Creek

June 22

Kolb's Farm

The regiment lost 2 men killed and 3 wounded

June 24

Captain Isaac Lockman of Company K promoted to major

June 27

Assault on Kenesaw

The regiment lost 3 wounded

July 4

Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground

July 5-17

Chattahoochie River

July 19-20

Peach Tree Creek

Lieutenant Louis Mengel 7 enlisted men were wounded

July 21

Captain Charles Lewis of Company C promoted to major

July 22-August 25

Siege of Atlanta

The regiment lost 1 officer and 7 men wounded

July 30

Major Lewis discherged

August 9

Major Isaac Lockman promoted to lieutenant colonel

August 26-
September 2

Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge

September 2 to November 15

Occupation of Atlanta

October 26-29

Expedition from Atlanta to Tuckum's Cross Roads

November 9

Near Atlanta

November 15-December 10

March to the sea

December 9

Between Eden and Pooler's Stations

December 10-21

Siege of Savannah

1865

January to Apri

Campaign of the Carolinas

March 19-21

Battle of Bentonville, N. C.

March 24

Occupation of Goldsboro

April 9-13

Advance on Raleigh

April 11

Smithfield, N. C.

April 14

Occupation of Raleigh

April 26

Bennett's House, surrender of Johnston and his army.

April 30-May 19

March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va.

May 24

Grand Review

June 7, 1865

The regiment, 306 strong, mustered out under Colonel John T. Lockman, Lieutenant Colonel Issac P. Lockman, and Captains L. H. Orleman, Frederick Kolomb, C. H. Southworth, Hugo Von Deprezin, Peter D. Carter, Robert Moore, and Aug. Von Cloedt. Veterans and Recruits were transferred to 102nd New York Infantry.