101st New York Infantry Regiment

March 2017 101st New York Infantry Regiment Flag_of_New_York_(1778-1901).svg 250px September 1861 – December 24, 1862 United States Union Infantry Seven Days BattlesBattle of Oak GroveBattle of Gaines's MillBattle of White Oak SwampBattle of GlendaleBattle of Malvern HillSecond Battle of Bull RunBattle of ChantillyBattle of Fredericksburg New York U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 100th New York Infantry Regiment 102nd New York Infantry Regiment The 101st New York Infantry Regiment ( "Union Brigade" and "2nd Onondaga County Regiment") was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 101st New York Infantry was organized at Buffalo, New York, and mustered in for three years service in January 1862 under the command of Colonel Enrico Fardella. The regiment was attached to Wadsworth's Command, Military District of Washington, to May 1862. Whipple's Brigade, Defenses of Washington to June 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, III Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, III Corps, to December 1862. The 101st New York Infantry ceased to exist on December 24, 1862 when it was consolidated with the 37th New York Volunteer Infantry. Detailed service Left New York for Washington, D.C., March 9, 1862. Duty in the defenses of Washington, D.C., until June 1862. Ordered to join the Army of the Potomac on the Virginia Peninsula June 1862. Seven days before Richmond June 25 – July 1. Battles of Oak Grove June 25, Jordan's Ford June 27, White Oak Swamp, Glendale June 30, and Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Movement to Fort Monroe, then to Centreville, August 16–26. Pope's campaign in northern Virginia, August 26 – September 2. Battle of Groveton, August 29. Second Battle of Bull Run, August 30. Battle of Chantilly, September 1. Guarding fords of the Monocacy until October 11. Movement up the Potomac and to Falmouth, Virginia, October 11 – November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 12–15. Casualties The regiment lost a total of 74 men during service; one officer and 24 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, one officer and 48 enlisted men died of disease. One mortal casualty, John Mahay, wounded at Second Bull Run, was written about by Walt Whitman in his Memoranda during the War, a chronicle of the poet's volunteer work in the war hospitals around Washington.https://medicalmuseum.health.mil/index.cfm?p=visit.exhibits.virtual.waltwhitman.page_02Rozzo Mark 2005-03-13 Whitman and war -- a poet among the soldiers https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-mar-13-bk-rozzo13-story.html 2023-03-15 Los Angeles Times en-US Commanders Colonel Enrico Fardella Colonel George F. Chester Medal of Honor Citations Martin Conboy: “ Took command of the company in action, the captain having been wounded, the other commissioned officers being absent, and handled it with skill and bravery” See also American Civil War New York (state) List of New York Civil War regiments New York in the Civil War References Dodge, Theodore Ayrault. On Campaign with the Army of the Potomac: The Civil War Journal of Theodore Ayrault Dodge (New York: Cooper Square Press), 2001. 0-8154-1030-1 Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. Ford, Henry E. History of the 101st Regiment (Syracuse, NY: Times Pub. Co.), 1898. Attribution Category:Military units and formations established in 1861 Category:1861 establishments in New York (state) Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1862 Infantry 101