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 ArtilleryStationed at Key West Barracks, FL, as of January 1, 1861 (the battery originally posted at Key West Barracks 2 June 1858). Moved to Fort Taylor, Key West, FL, January 14, 1861, to June 1862. Attached to District of Key West, FL, Department of the South, January to June 1862. District of Beaufort, SC, Department of the South, to September 1862. District of Beaufort, SC, 10th Army Corps, Department of the South, to March 1863. District of Hilton Head, SC, 10th Corps, to July, 1863. Morris Island, SC, 10th Corps, to September, 1863. Folly Island, SC, Gordon's Division, 10th Corps, to January, 1864. District of Hilton Head, SC, 10th Corps, to February, 1864. Light Brigade, District of Florida, Department of the South, to April, 1864. 2nd Division, 10th Army Corps, Army of the James, to May, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Corps, to June 1864. Kautz's Cavalry Division, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, to July 1864. Artillery Brigade, 18th Corps, to December, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 24th Army Corps, to August, 1865. SERVICE.--Duty at Fort Taylor, Key West, Fla., until June, 1862. Moved to Hilton Head, S.C., thence to Beaufort, S.C., June 18-21, and duty there until March 20, 1863. Expedition to destroy Charleston & Savannah Railroad October 21-24. Battle of Pocotaligo, S.C., October 22. Moved to Hilton Head, S.C., March 20. Expedition against Charleston, S.C., April 5-13. Siege operations from Folly Island, S.C., against Morris Island, S.C., May to July. Attack on Morris Island July 10. Siege operations against Forts Wagner and Gregg, Morris Island, and against Fort Sumter and Charleston, S.C., July 11-September 7. Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg September 7. Moved to Folly Island, and duty there until November 26. Moved to Kiowah Island November 26, thence to Hilton Head, S.C., January 24, 1864. Expedition to Florida February 5-7. Capture of Jacksonville February 7. Expedition from Jacksonville to Lake City, Fla., April 7-22. Ten Mile Run, near Camp Finnegan, February 8. Barber's Place February 10. Lake City February 11. Battle of Olustee February 20. McGirt's Creek, Cedar Creek, March 1. Cedar Run April 2. Moved to Gloucester Point, Va., April 25-May 4. Butler's operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 5-28. Operations against Fort Darling May 12-16. Battle of Drury's Bluff May 14-16. Bermuda Hundred May 20-21. Duty in trenches at Bermuda Hundred until May 28. Moved to White House, thence to Cold Harbor May 28-June 1. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 15-19. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Wilson's Raid on Southside & Danville Railroad June 22-30. Staunton River Bridge or Roanoke Station June 25. Sappony Church or Stony Creek June 28-29. Ream's Station June 29. Duty at Point of Rocks, near Petersburg, until September. Demonstration on north side of the James September 28-30. Battle of Chaffin's Farm September 28-30. Johnson's Farm, Darbytown Road, October 7. Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28. In trenches north of the James until March, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 27-April 9. Hatcher's Run March 29-April 2. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Rice's Station April 6. Appomattox Court Horse April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Duty at Richmond, Va., until October, 1865. Dismounted and ordered to Fort Hamilton, New York Harbor. Source: Dyer, Regimental History, p. 240 Stationed at Washington, D.C., February, 1861. Attached to Fort Washington, Md., April to December, 1861. Fort Taylor, Fla., Dept. of the South, to June, 1862. District of Beaufort, S.C., Dept. of the South, to September, 1862. District of Beaufort, S.C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. South, to April, 1864. Artillery, 2nd Division, 10th Army Corps, Army James, to August, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 10th Army Corps, to December, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 25th Army Corps, to November, 1865. SERVICE.--Moved to Fort Washington, Md., April 15, 1861, and duty there until December. Ordered to Fort Taylor, Fla., December 21, and duty there until June 18, 1862. Moved to Hilton Head, thence to Beaufort, S.C., June 18-21, and duty there until April, 1864. Action at Port Royal Ferry July 4, 1862. Pocotaligo, S.C., October 22, 1862 (Detachment). Expedition against Charleston April 3-12. Moved to Gloucester Point, Va., April, 1864. Butler's operations on south side of James River and against Petersburg and Richmond, Va., May 4-June 15. Occupation of City Point May 5. Port Walthal May 7. Swift Creek May 9. Chester Station May 10. Proctor's Creek May 10. Operations against Fort Darling May 12-16. Battle of Drury's Bluff May 14-16. Defenses of Bermuda Hundred May 20-21. Duty in the Defenses of Bermuda Hundred until June 15. Petersburg June 9. Assaults on Petersburg June 15-19. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Demonstration north of the James River August 13-20, 1864. Deep Bottom, Strawberry Plains August 14-18. Russell's Mills August 16. Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, September 28-30. Darbytown Road October 7. Duty in trenches north of James before Richmond until April, 1865. Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28, 1864. Occupation of Richmond April 3, 1865. Moved to Rio Grande, Texas, May, 1865. Duty at Ringgold Barracks until November, then ordered to Fort Hamilton, New York Harbor. Source: Dyer, Regimental History Battery F, First U.S. Artillery Stationed at Fort Duncan, Eagle Pass, Texas, January, 1861. Garrison Fort Taylor, Fla., until May, 1861. Moved to Fort Pickens, Fla., May 24, 1861, and duty there until May, 1862. Attached to District Fort Pickens and Pensacola, Fla., Dept. of the South, to August, 1862. Defenses New Orleans, La., Dept. Gulf, to January, 1863. Artillery, 3rd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. Gulf, to March, 1864. Artillery, Cavalry Division, Dept. Gulf, to June, 1864. Defenses of Washington, D.C., 22nd Army Corps, to October, 1865. SERVICE.--Bombardment of Forts McRae and Barrancas, Pensacola Harbor, Fla., November 22-23, 1861, and January 1, 1863. Capture of Forts McRae and Barrancas May 9. Moved to Pensacola, Fla., May 13, and duty there until August. Moved to New Orleans, La., August 30-September 3, and duty in the defenses of that city until February, 1863. Moved to Baton Rouge, La. Expedition to Port Hudson, La., March 7-27. Moved to Brashear City April 2-7. Operations in Western Louisiana April 9-May 14. Teche Campaign April 11-20. Fort Bisland April 12-13. Jeannette April 14. Vermillion Bayou April 17. Expedition from St. Martinsville to Breux Bridge and Opelousas April 17-21. Expedition to Alexandria and Simsport May 5-16. Moved to Port Hudson, La., May 18-23. Siege of Port Hudson May 24-July 9. Assaults on Port Hudson May 27 and June 14. Surrender of Port Hudson July 9. Moved to Baton Rouge July 13-August 2. Sabine Pass Expedition September 4-12. Western Louisiana ("Teche") Campaign October 3-November 17. At New Iberia until December. Moved to New Orleans and duty there until March, 1864. Red River Campaign. Moved to Alexandria on Red River March 30-April 3, and duty there until May 13. Retreat to Morganza May 13-22, with Lucas' Cavalry Brigade, Marksville May 15. Avoyelle's Prairie, Mansura, May 16. At Morganza until June. Expedition from Morganza to the Atchafalaya May 30-June 5. Moved to New Orleans, thence to New York July 27-August 3, and to Washington, D.C., August 5. Duty in the Defenses of that city until October, 1865. Moved to Fort Trumball, Conn. Source: Dyer, Regimental History Battery K, First U.S. Artillery Stationed at Eagle Pass, Fort Duncan, Texas, January and February, 1861. Moved to Fort Taylor, Fla., and duty there until January, 1862. Moved to Washington, D.C. Attached to Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac, to May, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Artillery Reserve, 5th Army Corps, Army Potomac, to September, 1862. Reserve Artillery, 5th Army Corps, to December, 1862. Artillery Reserve, Army Potomac, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, Horse Artillery, Army Potomac, to June, 1864. Camp Barry, D.C., to August, 1864. Horse Artillery, Army Shenandoah, Middle Military Division, to December, 1864. Horse Artillery Reserve, Army Shenandoah, to April, 1865. Cavalry Brigade, Army Shenandoah. SERVICE.--Moved to Virginia Peninsula March, 1862. Siege of Yorktown April 5-May 4. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Battle of Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, May 31-June 1. Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1. Malvern Hill July 1. Moved to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centerville August 16-28. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 28-September 2. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30; Chantilly September 1. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 11-15. At Falmouth, Va., until April, 1863. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Brandy Station or Fleetwood and Beverly Ford June 9. Upperville June 21. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Williamsburg and Hagerstown, Md., July 6. Boonsboro July 8. Benevola or Beaver Creek July 9. About Funkstown July 10-13. Brandy Station August 1-4. Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-15. Culpeper Court House September 13. Robertson's Ford September 15. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Jeffersontown October 12-13. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Reconnaissance from Bealeton to Front Royal January 1-4, 1864. Rapidan Campaign May 4-June 12. Wilderness May 5-7. Spotsylvania Court House May 8-21. North Anna May 23-26. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Ream's Station June 21. Wilson's Raid on Southside & Danville Railroad June 22-30. Nottaway Court House June 23. Sappony Church or Stony Creek June 28-29. Ream's Station June 29. Moved to Washington, D.C., July 12-14. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August 7-November 28. Near Kearneysville August 25. Leetown and Smithfield August 28. Smithfield Crossing, Opequan Creek, August 29. Savior's Ford, Opequan Creek, September 15. Battle of Opequan, Winchester, September 19. Fisher's Hill September 21. Milford September 22. Mt. Jackson September 23-24. Port Republic September 26-27. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty in the Defenses of Washington and Shenandoah Valley until August, 1865. Source: Dyer, Regimental History 
InfantryThis regiment, also known as the Hancock Guard, was recruited in New York City and the immediate vicinity. It was mustered into service from September to December 1861, for a three-year enlistment. It embarked for Key West on January 5, 1862. The regiment garrisoned Key West until early 1863, when it was ordered to join the 19th Corps in Louisiana, assigned to the 1st Brigade, 4th Division. From New Orleans the regiment moved to Port Hudson. An active role in siege operations there cost fifty killed, wounded, and missing. Close engagement at Bayou La Fourche saw loss of seventy-one casualties. In March, 1864, it shared in the Red River campaign. Reenlisted men received their veteran furlough in August and September, 1864, while the remainder of the regiment served in their absence with the 160th NYV. In September, the regiment joined the Army of the Shenandoah in conduct of operations against Jubal Early. The 90th fought at Opequan, Fisher’s Hill, and Cedar Creek, where it lost seventy-three men. The original members who had not reenlisted were mustered out of service at Savannah, February 9, 1866. The Ninetieth had lost sixty by death from wounds and one hundred-ninety from other causes. Source: The Union Army, II, 116. Organized at Albany, N.Y., September to December, 1861. Left State for Washington, D.C., January 9, 1862; thence moved to Pensacola, Fla. Attached to Brannan's Command, District of Florida, to March, 1862. District of Key West, Fla., Dept. of the South, to August, 1862. District of West Florida, Dept. of the Gulf, to December, 1862. Grover's Division, Dept. of the Gulf, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to January, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 19th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 19th Army Corps, to July, 1863. Garrison at Fort Jackson, Defenses of New Orleans, Dept. of the Gulf, to October, 1864. Defenses of Baltimore, Md., 8th Army Corps, Middle Department, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to July, 1865. SERVICE.--Duty at Key West, Fort Pickens and Pensacola, Fla., until December, 1862. Expedition from Pensacola to Bagdad and Milton, Fla., August 7-10 (Cos. "I" and "K"). Action at Gonzales, Fla., October 27. Ordered to New Orleans, La., December; thence to Baton Rouge, La., and occupation of that city December 17. Duty at Baton Rouge, La., until March, 1863. Operations against Port Hudson March 7-27. Moved to Donaldsonville March 26, thence to Brashear City. Operations in Western Louisiana April 9-May 14. Teche Campaign April 11-20. Madam Porter's and McWilliams' Plantations at Indian Bend April 13. Irish Bend April 14. Vermillion Bayou April 17. Opelousas April 20. Siege of Port Hudson May 24-July 9. Assaults on Port Hudson May 27 and June 14. Surrender of Port Hudson July 9. Kock's Plantation, Donaldsonville, Bayou LaFourche, July 12-13. Duty at Fort Jackson, Defenses of New Orleans, as garrison from July, 1863, to August, 1864. On Veteran furlough until October. Duty at Baltimore, Md., Middle Department, until February, 1865. Ordered to join Army of the Potomac before Petersburg, Va. Siege of Petersburg March 1-April 2. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Lewis Farm, near Gravelly Run, March 29. Boydton and White Oak Roads March 30-31. Five Forks April 1. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Washington, D.C., May 1-12. Grand Review May 23. Duty at Washington until July. (Co. "E" detached at Baltimore, Md., October, 1864, to July, 1865.) Mustered out July 3, 1865. Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 110 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 184 Enlisted men by disease. Total 298. Source: Dyer, Regimental History The 47th regiment, seven companies of which were consolidated from other regiments, was mustered into service at Camp Curtin, Harrisonburg, from August 19 , to September 20, 1861, for three years. It proceeded to Washington, where it encamped at Kalorama Heights until September 28, when it was ordered to Fort Ethan Allen and attached to the 3d Brigade of General W.F. Smith's division. Under General Branna they embarked for Key West on January 27, 1862, remaining there until June. Ordered to Hilton Head, they performed pickett duty until joining Brannan's expedition to open up the St. John's River. The expedition accomplished, they returned to Hilton Head, where they were commended for efficient service upon engaging the rebels at Pocotaligo. On November 15, 1862, they returned to Key West. In February 1864 they were sent to Franklin, Louisiana and assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 1st division, 19th Corps. As part of the Red River campaign, they were engaged at Sabine cross-roads, Pleasant Hill, and Cane Hill. On June 20, it moved to New Orleans, where it embarked for Washington. It too took part in Opequan and Cedar Creek. In April 1865, it was ordered to Fort Stevens near Washington and participated in the grand review of the Union Army. After garrison duty in Savannah and Charleston, the regiment mustered out in January 1866. Source: The Union Army, I, 379-380 Organized at Oswego and mustered into service August 27, 1862, the regiment was sent to Baltimore August 29, 1862. It saw duty there until October 1862 in the defenses of that city, assigned to Fortress Monroe. Assigned to Emery's Brigade, the 100th saw service at New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and the siege of Port Hudson June 3 to July 9, 1863. In February 1864, the were assigned to garrison Key West and Fort Jefferson. A detachment from this regiment participated in the attack on Ft. Myers, Florida. The regiment was mustered out August 25, 1865 after service which saw total losses of 210, of which only sixteen were combat losses and the remainder due to disease. Source: Dyer, III, 1448 Organized at Arlington, Virginia from June 20 to November 11, 1863, the regiment was ordered to the Department of the Gulf in December 1863. It served at New Orleans and Ship Island until February 13, 1864 when it was ordered to Key West. It participated in various operations and "affairs," including Tampa, May 5; operations on the Florida west coast July 1 to July 31; Cedar Key; Ft. Myers; and the abortive effort on Tallahassee in February and March 1865. The regiment was mustered out January 5, 1866 after garrison duty in the District of Florida. The regiment's service casualties were tweny-seven from wounds and 146 from disease. Source: Dyer, III, 1723
CavalryThe regiment was organized from Union men at Cedar Key and Key West from December 1863 to June 1864. It was attached to the District of Key West and Tortugas. It participated in varied operations, skirmishes and raids, including St. Mark's and Natural Bridge. The Floridians were mustered out November 29, 1865. Source: Dyer, III, 1020
Corps of Engineers
Organized April 4, 1864 from the 5th Corps de Afrique Engineers, this regiment was attached to the Engineer Brigade, Department of the Gulf until October 1864. At that date it was attached to the 2nd Brigade, 1 Source: Dyer, III, 1737 When the Civil War began the engineering duties of the War Department were divided. The Corps of Engineers was responsible for planning and construction of public works projects. The Corps of Topographical Engineers had all mapping and survey responsibilities. The first two years of the war saw most officers of both corps withdrawn from their regular work and assigned to emergency military work in Washington or with armies in the field. Engineer activities were not facilitated by the division of work between the two corps, so an act "to promote the efficiency of the Corps of Engineers was passed March 3, 1863. The Corps of Topographical Engineers was abolished and consolidated with the Corps of Engineers. In 1866 the designation which had been held for so long by Joseph G. Totten, "Chief Engineer," was changed to "Chief of Engineers." Source: National Archives, Civil War Maps in the National Archives, (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1964), p. 9.  |