The 173rd New York Infantry lost 6 officers and 38 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 officers and 129 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.
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October - November |
Organized at Brooklyn, N.Y. under Colonel Charles B. Morton, Lieutenant Colonel Lewis M. Peck and Major A. Power Gallway from the police departments of New York and Brooklyn. |
December 9 |
Left State for New Orleans, La. |
December 17 |
Occupation of Baton Rouge, La. Attached to Grover's Division, Dept. of the Gulf |
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January |
Assigned to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf |
February 18-28 |
Operations on Bayou Plaquemine and the Black and Atchafalaya Rivers |
MArch 5 |
Colonel Morton discharged |
March 7-27 |
Operations against Port Hudson, La. |
March 16 |
Lt. Colonel Lewis Peck promoted to colonel with rank from March 13 |
April 3 |
Moved to Algiers |
April 8 |
To Brashear |
April 9-May 14 |
Operations in Western Louisiana |
April 11-20 |
Teche Campaign |
April 12-13 |
Fort Bisland, near Centreville
The regiment lost 3 enlisted en killed or mortally wounded and 4 wounded |
April 17-21 |
Expedition from St. Martinsville to Breaux Bridge |
April 26-29 |
Expedition from Opelousas to Chicotsville and Bayou Boeuf |
May 4-12 |
Expedition to Alexandria, on Red River |
May 19-26 |
March to Port Hudson |
May 26-July 9 |
Siege of Port Hudson
The regiment lost Major Gallway, 3 other officers and 21 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 4 officers and 63 enlisted men wounded, and 1 man missing |
May 27 |
Assault on Port Hudson |
June 14 |
Assault on Port Hudson |
July 9 |
Surrender of Port Hudson |
July 15 |
Moved to New Orleans |
August 8 |
Captain William N. Green, Jr. of the 102nd New York mustered in as Lieutenant Colonel |
September 4-11 |
Sabine Pass (Texas) Expedition. Assigned to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 19th Army Corps. |
September 16 |
Moved to Brashear City, then to Berwick. |
October 3- November 30 |
Western Louisiana Campaign |
November 11 |
Vermillionville |
November- December |
At New Iberia |
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January 7 |
Moved to Franklin |
February |
Assigned to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf |
March 10-May 22 |
Red River Campaign |
March 14-26 |
Advance from Franklin to Alexandria |
April 8 |
Battle of Sabine Cross Roads |
April 9 |
Pleasant Hill
The regiment lost Lt. Colonel Green and 17 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 30 enlisted men wounded, and 2 officers and 150 enlisted men captured |
April 23 |
Monett's Bluff, Cane River Crossing
The regiment lost 1 officer and 5 enlisted men killed or ortally wounded and 1 officer and 25 enlisted men wounded |
April 26-May 13 |
At Alexandria |
April 30-May 10 |
Construction of dam at Alexandria |
May 13-20 |
Retreat to Morganza |
May 15 |
Captain George W. Rogers of Company A promoted to major |
May 16 |
Mansura |
Mau-June |
Duty at Morganza |
July 2-31 |
Moved to Fortress Monroe, Va., thence to Washington, D.C. |
August 7-
November 28 |
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign attached to Army of the Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, 19th Army Corps, 1st Division |
August 14 to October 27 |
Served with Brigade, detached as train guard for the army |
November |
Duty near Middletown and Newtown |
November 30 |
Captain Mellen T. Holbrook of Company E promoted to lieutenant colonel |
December |
At Stevenson's Depot and Winchester |
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February |
Attached to 3rd Brigade, 1st Provisional Division, Army of the Shenandoah |
April |
Moved to Washington, D.C., attached to 3rd Brigade, Dwight's Division, Dept. of Washington |
May 23-24 |
Grand Review |
June 30-July 7 |
Moved to Savannah, Ga.,, Dept. of the South |
October 18, 1865 |
Mustered out under Colonel Peck, Lt. Colonel Holbrook and Major Rogers |
