120th New York Infantry Regiment

120th New York Infantry Regiment Flag_of_New_York_(1778-1901).svg 250px New York flag August 22, 1862, to June 3, 1865Dyer 1908 1452 United States Union Infantry Ulster Regiment, Washington Guards American Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Gettysburg Bristoe Campaign Mine Run Campaign Battle of the Wilderness Battle of Spotsylvania Court House Battle of Cold Harbor Siege of Petersburg Second Battle of Petersburg Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road Second Battle of Deep Bottom Battle of Boydton Plank Road Battle of Fort Stedman Appomattox Campaign Battle of White Oak Road Battle of Sailor's Creek Battle of High Bridge Battle of Appomattox Court House George Henry SharpeDyer 1908 1452 Federal Publishing Company 1908 136-137 Colonel Cornelius D. WestbrookDyer 1908 1452 Federal Publishing Company 1908 136-137 Lieutenant Colonel John R. TappenDyer 1908 1452 Federal Publishing Company 1908 136-137 Lieutenant Colonel Abram L. LockwoodDyer 1908 1452 Federal Publishing Company 1908 136-137 Lieutenant Colonel 120px 2nd Division, III Corps 4th Division, II Corps 120px 3rd Division, II Corps New York U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 119th New York Infantry Regiment 121st New York Infantry Regiment thumb|Dedication of monument in Kingston, NY, October 17, 1896; photo: Friends of Historic Kingston thumb|The monument to the 120th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Gettysburg The 120th New York Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 120th New York Infantry was organized at Kingston, New York,Dyer 1908 1452 Phisterer 1912 3410 Van Santvoord 1894 9-10 Wilber 2013 62-63 and mustered in for three years service on August 22, 1862, under the command of Colonel George Henry Sharpe. The 120th New York Infantry mustered out of service June 3, 1865. Veterans and recruits whose enlistments had not expired were transferred to the 73rd New York Infantry.NYSMM, (2019) Affiliations, battle honors, detailed service, and casualties Organizational affiliation The regiment was attached to the following brigades:Dyer 1908 1452 Whipple's Brigade, Defenses of Washington, D.C., to October 1862 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, III Corps, Army of the Potomac, to December 1862 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, III Corps, to March 1864 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, II Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 1864 4th Brigade, 3rd Division, II Corps, to July 1864 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, II Corps, to June 1865.Dyer 1908 1452 List of battles The official list of battles in which the regiment bore a part:Dyer 1908 1452 40em Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Gettysburg Bristoe Campaign Mine Run Campaign Battle of the Wilderness Battle of Spotsylvania Court House Battle of Cold Harbor Siege of Petersburg Second Battle of Petersburg Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road Second Battle of Deep Bottom Battle of Boydton Plank Road Battle of Fort Stedman Appomattox Campaign Battle of White Oak Road Battle of Sailor's Creek Battle of High Bridge Battle of Appomattox Court House Detailed service 40em 1862Dyer 1908 1452 Left New York for Washington, D.C., August 24, 1862. Duty in the defenses of Washington, D. C., until November 1862. At Fairfax Station, Virginia, until November 25. Operations on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad November 10–12. Rappahannock Campaign December 1862 to June 1863. Battle of Fredericksburg, December 12–15, 1862. At Falmouth, Virginia, until April 1863. 1863Dyer 1908 1452 25em "Mud March" January 20–24. Operations at Rappahannock Bridge and Grove Church February 5–7. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27 – May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1–5. Gettysburg Campaign June 11 – July 24. Battle of Gettysburg July 1–3. Pursuit of the army led by Robert E. Lee to Manassas Gap, Virginia, July 5–24. Wapping Heights July 23. Duty on line of the Rappahannock and Rapidan until October. Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13–17. Bristoe Campaign October 8–22. James City October 8, 9 and 10. Russell's Ford, Robertson's River, and Bethesda Church October 10. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7–8. Kelly's Ford November 7. Mine Run Campaign November 26 – December 2. Payne's Farm November 27. Mine Run November 28–30. Duty near Brandy Station until May 1864. 1864Dyer 1908 1452 25em Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6–7. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3 – June 15. Battle of the Wilderness May 5–7, Laurel Hill May 8, Spotsylvania May 8–12, Spotsylvania Court House May 12–21. Assault on the Salient or "Bloody Angle" May 12. Harris Farm or Fredericksburg Road May 19. North Anna River May 23–26. On line of the Pamunkey May 26–28. Totopotomoy May 28–31. Cold Harbor June 1–12. Before Petersburg June 16–18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad, June 22–23, 1864. Demonstration north of the James River, July 27–29. Deep Bottom, July 27–28. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30 (reserve). Demonstration north of the James River, August 13–20. Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14–18. Poplar Springs Church, September 29 – October 2. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27–28. Front of Forts Hascall and Morton November 5. Reconnaissance to Hatcher's Run December 9–10. 1865Dyer 1908 1452 25em Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5–7, 1865. Watkins' House March 25. Appomattox Campaign March 28 – April 9. Boydton and White Oak Roads March 29–31. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3–9. Sailor's Creek April 6. High Bridge, Farmville, April 7. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. At Burkesville until May 2. Moved to Washington, D.C., May 2–12. Grand Review of the Armies May 23.CWA, New York, 120th Regiment Infantry Casualties The regiment lost a total of 384 men during service: 11 officers and 140 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 3 officers and 179 enlisted men died of disease, and 51 died in Confederate prisons.NYSMM, (2019) Commanders Colonel George Henry Sharpe - commanded until assigned to Army of the Potomac Provost Office and Bureau of Military Information on February 9, 1863 Lieutenant Colonel Cornelius D. Westbrook - took command on February 9, 1863 when Col. Sharpe was reassigned; Westbrook was wounded in action at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 2, 1863 Major John R. Tappen - took command on July 2, 1863 when Lt. Col. Westbrook was wounded; Tappen was promoted to Lt. Col. on February 27, 1864 and mustered out on December 3, 1864 Major Abram L. Lockwood - took command on December 3, 1864 when Lt. Col. Tappen mustered out; Lockwood was promoted to Lt. Col. on December 20, 1864Civil War in the East, 120th New York Volunteer See also American Civil War New York (state) List of New York Civil War regiments New York in the Civil War Citations 40em References 50em Dyer Frederick Henry Frederick H. Dyer A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Dyer Pub. Co. Des Moines, IA 1908 B01BUFJ76Q https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OBkNAQAAMAAJ/page/1452/mode/1up?view=theater PDF August 8, 2015 30, 43, 196. 293, 296. 328, 1452 Federal Publishing Company Military Affairs and Regimental Histories of New York, Maryland, West Virginia, And Ohio Federal Publishing Company The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States, 1861–65 – Records of the Regiments in the Union army – Cyclopedia of battles – Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers. I 1908 Madison, WI https://archive.org/details/unionarmyhistory02madi/page/n7/mode/2up 1086145633 PDF 136–137 Phisterer Frederick Frederick Phisterer Seventieth Regiment of Infantry - One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Regiment of Infantry J. B. Lyon Company, State Printers New York in the War of Rebellion, 1861-1865 4 3rd 1912 Albany, NY 3410–3423 en https://archive.org/details/phisterernewyork04fredrich/page/3423/mode/1up 2023-04-06 registration 14013311 1359922 PDF Van Santvoord Cornelius The One Hundred and Twentieth Regiment New York State Volunteers: A Narrative of Its Services in the War for the Union Press of the Kingston Freeman 1894 Rondout, NY 1–327 en https://archive.org/details/cu31924030911956/page/n8/mode/1up?view=theater 2020-04-20 registration 04011998 5836503 PDF Wilber Eseck G. Hasenkopf Sylvia May God in His Mercy Spare Our Lives: The Civil War Letters and Diary of Eseck G. Wilber, Co. K, 120th NYV Cairo Historical Society 1st 2013 Cairo, NY 62–63 en https://books.google.com/books?id=SswIBgAAQBAJ 2020-04-20 subscription 1-3045-1619-9 1354242028 PDF Union Regimental Histories, New York, 120th Regiment Infantry "Ulster Regiment" "Washington Guard" http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unnyinf9.htm live https://web.archive.org/web/20000823135808/http://www.civilwararchive.com:80/Unreghst/unnyinf9.htm 2000-08-23 December 17, 2020 Civil War Archive CWA, New York, 120th Regiment Infantry 120th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment https://civilwarintheeast.com/us-regiments-batteries/new-york-infantry/120th-new-york/#:~:text=The%20120th%20New%20York%20Infantry,Tappen%20then%20took%20command. live https://web.archive.org/web/20170304212352/http://civilwarintheeast.com/us-regiments-batteries/new-york-infantry/120th-new-york/ 2017-03-04 December 17, 2020 The Civil War in the East Civil War in the East, 120th New York Volunteer 120th Infantry Regiment: New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center New York Division of Military and Naval Affairs 2019 https://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/infantry/120thInf/120thInfMain.htm NYSMM, (2019) 2020-04-08 Further reading Fiftieth Anniversary of the Muster Into Service of the One Hundred and Twentieth Regiment, N.Y.V. in the War for the Union Celebrated at Kingston, New York, August 22nd, 1912 (Kingston, NY: Freeman Pub. Co.), 1912. Sharpe, George H. & Theodore B. Gates. Addresses Delivered at Music Hall, Kingston, at the Seventh Annual Meeting of the 120th Regimental Union (Kingston, NY: Daily Freeman Steam Print. House), 1875. External links 120th New York Infantry monument at Gettysburg Category:Military units and formations established in 1862 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Infantry 120 Category:1862 establishments in New York (state)