122nd New York Infantry Regiment

March 2012 122nd New York Infantry Regiment Flag_of_New_York_(1778-1901).svg 250px July 22, 1862, to June 23, 1865 23px United States Union Volunteer Infantry Regiment Onondagas American Civil War Battle of Antietam Battle of Gettysburg Battle of the Wilderness Battle of Spotsylvania Battle of Cold Harbor Second Battle of Petersburg Battle of Opequon Battle of Cedar Creek Appomattox Campaign Battle of Sayler's Creek Colonel Silas Titus Official Commander Lieutenant Colonel Augustus Wade Dwight Acting Commander Captain Horace Hall Wapole Final CommanderNew York U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 121st New York Infantry Regiment 123rd New York Infantry Regiment right|thumb|122nd NY Vol. Regiment Reunion, Aug.28, 1891.From the Leo J. Titus Jr. collection. right|thumb|Augustus Wade Dwight thumb|The monument to the 122nd N.Y. Volunteer Infantry at Gettysburg The 122nd New York Infantry Regiment known as the "Onondagas", was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. History A year into the American Civil War, additional troops were being raised in Onondaga County, New York. The county was named for the Onondaga people who lived in the area. It was the third regiment to be raised from the county. The regiment was put under Colonel Silas Titus, and was sent immediately into combat action as part of the Army of the Potomac as part of the VI Corps. New York State legislature Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York 250 5 https://books.google.com/books?id=isoaAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA250 1896 In its first engagement, the Battle of Antietam, they were kept in reserve and there were no losses. After a few other skirmishes, they saw heavy fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863. Sickness also took its toll on the regiment. Several times Col. Titus was ill and Lieutenant Colonel Augustus Wade Dwight had led the troops until he died March 25, 1865. Titus was also called away to serve as Provost Marshal. Other times, both officers were unable to lead and command passed to Captain Horace Hall Wapole, who was later promoted to lead the regiment. Awards and legacy Around April 1863, regiment Lieutenant William G. Tracy (born April 7, 1843) was assigned as aide-de-camp of Major General Henry Warner Slocum. On May 2 at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Tracy was sent with an urgent message to General Alpheus S. Williams about the attack by Stonewall Jackson. Finding himself behind enemy lines, he kept his nerve and made it through to Union lines despite being wounded. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for this action. Deeds of valor: from records in the archives of the United States government: how American heroes won the medal of honor 164–165 1901 Perrien-Keydel Company Walter Frederick Beyer Oscar Frederick https://books.google.com/books?id=kp7hAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA164 In 1888, speeches were given to dedicate a monument for the regiment in at the Gettysburg Battlefield. Final report on the battlefield of Gettysburg 847 Dedication of Monument: 122d Regiment Infantry June 13, 1888 Lieut. Colonel O. V. Tracy New York (State). Monuments Commission for the Battlefields of Gettysburg and Chattanooga https://books.google.com/books?id=JQYTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA847 William Eugene Ruggles (1844–1907) enlisted as a private in the regiment. He collected a series of drawings depicting the regiment that appear to be the work of engraver Philip M. Ostrander (a private in another Syracuse-based regiment). The drawings were bequeathed to the University of Dundee in 1958 by Ruggles' daughter, and formed the basis of a book by Professor David Swinfen published in 1982. Ruggles Bequest Dundee University Archive Archives Hub http://archiveshub.ac.uk/features/forensics-ruggles.html February 8, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110929001243/http://archiveshub.ac.uk/features/forensics-ruggles.html# September 29, 2011 dead mdy-all MS 29 Ruggles Bequest https://arccat.dundee.ac.uk/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=%28RefNo%3D%27MS%2029%27%29 Archive Services Online Catalogue University of Dundee 11 June 2019 Organization The companies were recruited principally from these towns and organized by region: One Hundred and Twenty-second Regiment of Infantry: Onondagas New York in the war of the rebellion, 1861 to 1865 471–472 Frederick Phisterer Weed, Parsons and company 1890 https://archive.org/details/newyorkinwarreb00phisgoog A Company: Baldwinsville B Company: Syracuse C Company: Fayetteville, and Farmersville D Company: Syracuse, Onondaga, Spafford and Amber E Company: Syracuse F Company: Marcellus and Syracuse G Company: Elbridge H Company: Camillus and Syracuse I Company: Syracuse K Company: Syracuse, New York, Skaneateles and Cicero See also American Civil War List of New York Civil War regiments 12th New York Volunteer Infantry - the first Onondaga regiment References 30em Further reading Ruggles' regiment: the 122nd New York Volunteers in the American Civil War David B. Swinfen University Press of New England 1982 978-0-87451-230-4 https://books.google.com/books?id=_0hLAAAAMAAJ External links 122nd New York Volunteer Infantry Kenneth Jennings Wooster http://web.cortland.edu/woosterk/genweb/122d_inf.html February 8, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110524192929/https://web.cortland.edu/woosterk/genweb/122d_inf.html May 24, 2011 mdy . "The Onondagas" A History of the 122d Regiment, New York Volunteers Kathy Crowell 1998 http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyononda/WAR/ONONDAGA.HTM February 8, 2011. 122nd Regiment, New York Volunteers, Inc. http://www.122ndnewyork.com/index.html February 8, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110707054821/http://www.122ndnewyork.com/index.html July 7, 2011 dead mdy-all Reenactment group. 122nd New York Infantry Regiment "Third Onondaga Regiment" Gettysburg Stone Sentinels Steve Hawks http://www.gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/NY/122NY.php February 8, 2011 Photo of Gettysburg monument to the unit. 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