194th New York Infantry Regiment

194th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment Flag of New York (1896–1901).svg March 2 - May 10, 1865 United States Union Union Army Infantry Organization and Mustering duties None Colonel Joseph W. CorningLieutenant Colonel Lorenzo J. Jones The 194th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment also known as the 194th New York was an infantry regiment that served with the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was the last to be mustered from the state, and never left the state, instead conducting organization and mustering duties at several recruitment camps.History - New York Infantry (Part 11) https://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unnyin11.htm#29 2026-05-16 www.civilwararchive.com Organization On January 27, Colonel Joseph W. Corning was given authority from the War Department to raise the regiment. It was organized at Elmira, New York, and mustered into service between March 2 and 27, 1865.194th Infantry Regiment https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/unit-history/infantry-2/194th-infantry-regiment 2026-05-16 New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center en194th New York Infantry Regiment's Civil War Newspaper Clippings https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/unit-history/infantry-2/194th-infantry-regiment/newspaper-clippings 2026-05-16 New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center en The companies of the regiment were originally recruited at: A - Horseheads, Elmira, Southport, Chemung, Veteran, Orange, Big Flats, Baldwin B - Southport, Tioga, Elmira, Dix, Candor, Triangle, Horseheads, Maine, Reading, and Union C - Holland, Baldwin, Elmira, Hume, Catlin, Veteran, New Hudson, Rochester, and Canandaigua D - Victor, Milo, Jerusalem, Benton, Potter, Italy, Seneca, Barrington, and Naples E - Jerusalem, Elmira, Caneadea, Potter, Angelica, Southport, Rochester F - Ischua, Allegany, Leon, Mansfield, Westfield, Randolph, Ellicottsville, Persia, and Cold Spring H - Syracuse, Rochester, Virgil, Marion, Walworth, Conquest, Macedon, Niles, Palmyra, Auburn, and Van Buren I - Rochester, Buffalo, Auburn, Elmira, Canandaigua, Greece, Clay, Niles, Mendon, and Irondequoit. Service thumb|342x342px|1966 Map of Hart's Island. The regiment was mustered out at Elmira and at Hart's Island (Pictured) The regiment didn't leave the state and didn't take part in any active field service, and was instead limited to organization and mustering duties. The companies of the regiment were mustered out at respective locations, at Elmira and Hart's Island, between May 3 and May 10, 1865.Battle Unit Details - The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service) https://www.nps.gov/subjects/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm 2026-05-16 www.nps.gov en194th New York Infantry in the American Civil War - https://civilwarindex.com/ny-194th-infantry/ 2026-05-16 en-US Casualties The regiment lost 7 men to disease.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 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming https://archive.org/details/unionarmyhistory02madi 2026-06-06 Internet Archive en Commanders Colonel Joseph W. Corning Lieutenant Colonel Lorenzo J. Jones194th New York Infantry Regiment's Civil War Newspaper Clippings https://museum.dmna.ny.gov/unit-history/infantry-2/194th-infantry-regiment/newspaper-clippings 2026-05-16 New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center en See also List of New York Civil War regiments New York in the American Civil War References Category:Units and formations of the Union army from New York (state) Category:1865 establishments in New York (state) Category:1865 disestablishments in New York (state) Category:Military units and formations established in 1865 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 Category:Infantry regiments of the United States Army