136th New York Infantry Regiment

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ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY:

• Organized at Portage, New York, and mustered in Sptember 25, 1862.
• Left State for Washington D.C., 3 Oct, 1862.
• Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to Nov 1862.
• 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to Oct 1863, and Army of the Cumberland to Apr 1864.
• 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 20th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to Jun 1865.
• Mustered out Jun 13, 1865.
• Veterans and Recruits transferred to 60th New York Infantry.

SERVICE:

• Moved to Fairfax Station, Virginia, 10 Oct, 1862; then to Fairfax Courthouse, and duty there til 1 Nov.
• Movement to Warrenton, then to Germantown, Virginia, Nov 1-20.
• March to Fredericksburg, Virginia, til Apr 27, 1863.
• “Mud March” Jan 20-24, 1863
• Chancellorsville Campaign Apr 27 - May 6, 1863.
  • Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5.
• Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Campaign Jun 11 - Jul 24, 1863.
  • Battle of Gettysburg Jul 1 - 3
  • Pursuit of Lee Jul 5 - 24.
• Camp at Bristoe Station, Aug 1 - Sep 24, 1863.
• Movement to Bridgeport, Alabama, Sep 24 - Oct 3, 1863.
• March along line of Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad to Lookout Valley, Tennessee, Oct 25-28, 1863.
  • Reopening Tennessee River, Oct 26-29, 1863.
  • Battle of Wauhatchie, Tennessee, Oct 28-29
• Ringgold-Chattanooga Campaign, Nov 23-27, 1863.
  • Orchard Knob Nov 23
  • Tunnel Hill, Nov 24-25
  • Mission Ridge, Nov 25
• March to relief of Knoxville, Tennessee, Nov 28-Dec 17, 1863.
• Duty in Lookout Valley until May 1864.
• Atlanta, Georgia Campaign, May 1 - Nov 15, 1864.
  • Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11
    • Buzzard’s Roost Gap May 8
  • Battle of Resaca, May 14-15
  • Near Cassville, May 19
  • Advance on Dallas May 22-25
  • New Hope Church, May 25
  • Battles about Dallas, New Hope and Allatoona Hills, May 26-Jun 5.
  • Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain, Jun 10 - Jul 2.
    • Pine Hill, Jun 11-14.
    • Lost Mountain, Jun 15-17.
    • Gilgal or Golgotha Church, Jun 15.
    • Muddy Creek, Jun 17.
    • Noyes’ Creek, Jun 19.
    • Kolb’s Farm Jun 22.
    • Assault on Kenesaw, Jun 27.
  • Ruff’s Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, Jul 4.
  • Chattahoochie River, Jul 6-17.
  • Peach Tree Creek, Jul 11-20.
  • Siege of Atlanta, Jul 22 - Aug 25.
  • Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge Aug 26 - Sep 2.
  • Occupation of Atlanta, Sep 2 - Nov 15.
• March to the sea Nov 15 - Dec 10, 1864.
• Campaign of the Carolinas, Jan to Apr, 1865.
  • Lawtonville, S.C., Feb 2.
  • Skirmish of Goldsboro Road, near Fayetteville, N.C., Mar 14.
  • Averysboro, Mar 16.
  • Battle of Bentonville, Mar 19-21.
  • Occupation of Goldsboro, Mar 24.
  • Advance on Raleigh, Apr 9-13.
  • Occupation of Raleigh, Apr 14.
  • Bennett’s House Apr 26.
  • Surrender of Johnston and his army.
• March to Washington D.C., via Richmond, Virginia, Apr 29 - May 30, 1865.
  • Grand Review, May 24.

136th New York Infantry Regimental Summary:

The Regiment, during it's existence, lost during service:

2 Officers and 71 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded
1 Officer and 91 Enlisted men by disease.
Total = 165

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