123rd New York Infantry Regiment

123rd New York Infantry Regiment Flag_of_New_York_(1778-1901).svg 250px September 4, 1862 to June 8, 1865 United States Union Infantry American Civil War Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Gettysburg Atlanta campaign Battle of Resaca Battle of New Hope Church Battle of Allatoona Battle of Kolb's Farm Battle of Kennesaw Mountain Battle of Peachtree Creek Siege of Atlanta Sherman's March to the Sea Carolinas campaign Battle of Bentonville Archibald Livingston McDougallDyer 1908 1452 Federal Publishing Company 1908 139-140 Colonel Ambrose StevensDyer 1908 1452 Federal Publishing Company 1908 139-140 Colonel James C. RogersDyer 1908 1452 Federal Publishing Company 1908 139-140 Colonel 120px 1st Division, XII/XX Corps New York U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 122nd New York Infantry Regiment 124th New York Infantry Regiment thumb|123rd Regiment monument at Gettysburg thumb|right|Second Lieutenant David W. Rogers, "The Fighting Quaker", commissioned for gallantry at Chancellorsville, of Co. K, 123rd New York Infantry Regiment. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress The 123rd New York Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service The 123rd New York Infantry was organized at Salem,Dyer 1908 1453 Federal Publishing Company 1908 139-140 Phisterer 1912 3454 New York and mustered in for three years service on September 4, 1862, under the command of Colonel Archibald Livingston McDougall. The regiment was attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XII Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 1863. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XII Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October 1863, and Army of the Cumberland to April 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XX Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June 1865. The 123rd New York Infantry mustered out of service June 8, 1865. Recruits and veterans were transferred to the 60th New York Volunteer Infantry. Detailed service Left New York for Washington, D.C., September 5, 1862. Duty in the defenses of Washington, D.C., until September 29, 1862, and at Frederick, Md., and Sandy Hook until December 13, 1862. Moved to support Burnside at Fredericksburg, Va., December 10–14. At Stafford Court House until April 27, 1863. "Mud March" January 20–24. 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 Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5–24. Duty on line of the Rappahannock River until September. Moved to Bealeton Station, Va., then to Stevenson, Ala., September 24-October 4. Guard duty along Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad until April 1864. Action near Tullahoma, Tenn., March 16, 1864. Atlanta Campaign May 1-September 8. Operations against Rocky Faced Ridge May 8–11. 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 Church, and Allatoona Hills May 26-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 11–14. Lost Mountain June 15–17. Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes' Creek June 19. Kolb's Farm June 22. Assault on Kennesaw Mountain June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5–17. Peach Tree Creek July 19–20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2. Occupation of Atlanta September 2-November 15. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10–21. Carolinas Campaign January to April 1865. Thompson's Creek, near Chesterfield Court House, S.C., and near Cheraw March 2. Averysboro, N.C., March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19–21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24, and of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review of the Armies May 24. Casualties The regiment lost a total of 167 men during service; 6 officers and 66 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 95 enlisted men died of disease. Commanders Colonel Archibald Livingston McDougall Colonel Ambrose Stevens Colonel James C. Rogers - commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg while at the rank of lieutenant colonel 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, 320, 321, 457, 458, 1453 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 139–140 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 3454–3464 en https://archive.org/details/phisterernewyork04fredrich/page/3423/mode/1up 2023-04-06 registration 14013311 1359922 PDF Bull, Rice C. Soldiering: The Civil War Diary of Rice C. Bull, 123rd New York Volunteer Infantry (San Rafael, CA: Presidio Press), 1977. 0-8914-1014-7 Mathews, Horace P. & King S. Hammond. "We are in a fight today": The Civil War Diaries of Horace P. Mathews & King S. Hammond (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books), 2000. 0-7884-1539-5 Morhous, Henry C. Reminiscences of the 123d Regiment, N.Y.S.V.: Giving a Complete History of Its Three Years Service in the War (Greenwich, NY: People's Journal Book and Job Office), 1879. [reprinted in 1995] Robinson, George I. A Year in the Life of a Civil War Soldier: Lieutenant George Robinson's 1863 (Greenwich, NY: T. Teff), 2005. Attribution External links 123rd New York Infantry monument at Gettysburg Category:Military units and formations established in 1862 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Infantry 123 Category:1862 establishments in New York (state)