The 127th New York Infantry lost 35 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 officer and 94 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
1862 |
July-September |
Organized at Staten Island, N.Y. |
September 8 |
Mustered in under Colonel William Gurney, Lt. Colonel Stewart Woodford and Major Edward Little |
September 10 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. |
September |
Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C. |
October |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, Abercrombie's Brigade, Defenses of Washington, D.C. |
November 25 |
Captain Cornelius Cooper of Company C died of typhoid fever at Upton Hill, Virginia |
1863 |
February |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, Abercrombie's Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington |
April 18 |
Moved to Suffolk, Va. and attached to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia |
April 20-May 4 |
Siege of Suffolk |
June 24-July 7 |
Dix's Peninsula Campaign |
June 11 |
Diascund Bridge
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man wounded |
June 14 |
Nine Mile Ordinary
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man killed and 1 wounded |
July 10 |
Ordered to Washington, D.C. and attached to 1st Brigade. 1st Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
July 13-22 |
Pursuit of Lee to Berlin, Md. |
August 1-8 |
Moved to Folly Island, S.C. and attached to 1st Brigade, Gordon's Division. Folly Island, S.C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the South |
August 9-September 7 |
Siege operations against Forts Wagner and Gregg on Morris Island and against Fort Sumter and Charleston, S.C. attached to 1st Brigade, Folly Island, S.C., Northern District, Dept. of the South |
August 17-23 |
Bombardment of Fort Sumter |
September |
Operations against Charleston and duty on Folly and Morris Islands, S.C. attached to Morris Island, S.C., Northern District, Dept. of the South |
1864 |
July 3 |
Assault on Fort Johnson and Battery Simpkins, James Island, S. C. |
October |
Duty at Beaufort, S.C. attached to District of Beaufort, S.C., 2nd Separate Brigade, Dept. of the South |
November 28-30 |
Hatch's Expedition up Broad River attached to 1st Brigade, Coast Division, Dept. of the South |
November 30 |
Battle of Honey Hill
The regiment lost 15 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, Lieutenant Henry Batterson, 2 other officers and 38 enlisted men wounded, and 15 men missing |
December 6-9 |
Demonstration on Charleston & Savannah Railroad |
December 6 |
Deveaux's Neck, Tullifinney River
The regiment lost 7 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and Colonel Gurney, Captains Alonzo Fisk and Frank Smith and 27 enlisted men wounded |
December 9 |
Tullifinney River (Mackey's Point)
The regiment lost 14 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, Captain Edmund Henry, Lieutenant William Dean, 2 other officers and 44 enlisted men wounded and 3 men missing |
December 19 |
Charleston & Savannah Railroad |
December 29 |
Charleston & Savannah Railroad |
1865 |
January |
Duty in Northern District and at Charleston, S.C., attached to 1st Separate Brigade, Northern District, Dept. of the South |
February 10 |
Salkabatchie, S.C.
The regiment lost 1 enlisted man wounded |
March |
Attached to 1st Separate Brigade, District of Charleston, S.C., Dept. of the South |
March 5 |
Lieutenant Colonel Woodford discharged for promotion to colonel of the 103rd United States Colored Troops. Major Little promoted to lieutenant colonel and Captain Frank Smith of Company D to major |
June 30, 1865 |
Mustered out under Colonel Gurney, Lieutenant Colonel Little |
