The Civil War in the East

188th New York Infantry Regiment

The 188th New York Infantry Regiment lost 9 officers and 36 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 53 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War.

 

1864

 

Organized at Rochester, N.Y.

September 24

Company A organized as Company E, 183rd New York Infantry, and mustered in at Elmira, N.Y.

October 4-22

Mustered in under Colonel John McMahon, Lt. Colonel Isaac Doolittle and Major Christopher Davison

October 13

Seven companies left the state under Major Davison to join the Army of the Potomac in the field. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps

October 20

Siege of Petersburg

October 27-28

Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run

The regiment lost 12 men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 40 men wounded and 1 man missing.

December 7-12

Warren's Raid on Weldon Railroad

1865

February 5-7

Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run

March 25

Hatcher's Run

The regiment lost 13 men killed or mortally wounded, 18 men wounded, and 3 men missing.

March 28-April 9

Appomattox Campaign

The regiment lost 1 officer and 9 men killed or mortally wounded, and 2 officers and 33 men wounded.

March 29

Lewis Farm, near Gravelly Run and Junction of Boydton and Quaker Roads

March 31

White Oak Road

April 1

Five Forks

April 2

Fall of Petersburg

April 3-9

Pursuit of Lee

April 9

Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army.

May 1-12

March to Washington, D.C.

May 23

Grand Review

June

Duty at Washington

July 1, 1865

Mustered out under Colonel McMahon, Lt. Colonel Doolittle and Major Davison