MILITARY SERVICE: non-numeric Regimental Groups; New York submitted by anonymous *********************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.org/ny/nyfiles.htm *********************************************************************** Dyer's Compendium Blair Rifles, New York Volunteers Dyer's Compendium contains no history for this unit. = Burnside Rifles, New York Volunteers Dyer's Compendium contains no history for this unit. = The Defenders Regiment, New York Volunteers Dyer's Compendium contains no history for this unit. = UNION NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS Devin's Independent Company, New York Cavalry (3 months, 1861) Volunteered for three months United States service and left State for Washington, D. C., July 3, 1861. Mustered in at Washington July 14, and Provost duty in the Defences of that city till October. Participated in skirmishes at Fall's Church, Vienna and Lewinsville, Va. Mustered out at New York City October 23, 1861. = Enfans Perdus, Independent Battalion, New York Infantry Organized at New York City and Companies "A" to "G" mustered in April 18, 1862. Left State for Gloucester, Va., April 18, 1862. Attached to Yorktown, Va., 4th Army Corps, Unattached, to July, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, to December, 1862. Naglee's Brigade, Dept. of North Carolina, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of the South, to April, 1863. District of Beaufort, S. C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the South, to June, 1863. St. Helena Island, S. C., 10th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, Folly Island, S. C., 10th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Morris Island, S. C., 10th Army Corps, July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Morris Island, S. C., 10th Army Corps, July, 1863. Davis Brigade, Felly Island, S. C., 10th Army Corps, to August, 1863. 5th Brigade, Morris Island, S. C., 10th Army Corps, to November, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Morris Island, S. C., 10th Army Corps, to December, 1863. District of Hilton Head, S. C., 10th Army Corps, to January, 1864. SERVICE.- Garrison duty at Gloucester Point and Yorktown, Va., April to December, 1862. Action at Williamsburg September 9. Moved to Beaufort, N. C., December 26, thence to Port Royal, S. C., January 26. Duty at Port Royal, St. Helena Island and Beaufort, S. C., till June, 1863, and on Folly Island, S. C., till July. Attack on Morris Island, S. C., July 10. Duty on Folly Island, S. C., till August. Siege operations against Forts Wagner and Gregg, Morris Island, and against Fort Sumpter and Charleston August 2 to September 7. Bombardment of Fort Sumpter and Charleston August 17-23. Capture of Fort Wagner September 7. Action at Morris Island September 1. Operations against Fort Sumpter and Charleston on Morris Island, S. C., September 8 to December 31. Port Gregg September 23 and October 21. Bombardment of Fort Sumpter and Charleston October 26-November 9. Moved to Hilton Head, S. C., December 31, and duty there till January 30, 1864. Transferred to 47th New York Infantry January 30, 1864. Battalion lost during service 9 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 52 Enlisted men by disease. Total 61. = Excelsior Brigade, New York Infantry Dyer's Compendium contains no history for this unit. = Federal Guard, New York Volunteers Dyer's Compendium contains no history for this unit. = Kings County Regiment, New York Volunteers Dyer's Compendium contains no history for this unit. = Oneida Independent Company, New York Cavalry Organized at Oneida, N. Y., and mustered in September 4, 1861. Moved to Washington, D. C., September, 1861. Attached to Stoneman's Cavalry Command, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862. At Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, as escort till June, 1865. History Army of the Potomac. Mustered out June 13, 1865, and honorably discharged from service. Company lost during service 10 by disease. = Pierrepont Rifles, New York Volunteers Dyer's Compendium contains no history for this unit. = Pratt Guard, New York Volunteers Dyer's Compendium contains no history for this unit. = Rocket Battalion, New York Light Artillery Organized at Albany, N. Y., and mustered in Company ĻA" December 6 and Company "B" December 7, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., December 9, 1861. Duty in the Defences of that city till April, 1862. Moved to New Berne, N. C., April 26, and duty there till November, 1862. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Dept. of North Carolina, to July, 1862. New Berne, N. C., Dept. of North Carolina, to October, 1862. Morehead City, N. C., to November, 1862. SERVICE.-Garrison duty at New Berne and Morehead City, N. C., till December, 1862. Reconnoissance from New Berne to Young's Cross Roads July 26-29. Action at Young's Cross Roads July 27. Battalion discontinued February 11, 1863, and Company "A" designated 23rd New York Independent Battery Light Artillery. Company "B" designated 24th New York Independent Battery Light Artillery, having served provisionally as such since November 1, 1862. (See 23rd and 24th New York Batteries.) = Seymour Light Infantry, New York Volunteers Dyer's Compendium contains no history for this unit. = Stanton Legion, New York Dyer's Compendium contains no history for this unit. = Tompkins Cavalry, New York Dyer's Compendium contains no history for this unit. = Unassigned New York Infantry Dyer's Compendium contains no history for this unit. = Unassigned New York Volunteers Dyer's Compendium contains no history for this unit. = Union Sharpshooters, New York Volunteers Dyer's Compendium contains no history for this unit. = Westchester Light Infantry, New York Volunteers Dyer's Compendium contains no history for this unit.