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The 2nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was recruited and organized in Troy, New York to serve two years [8] beginning on April 15, 1861. The regiment was originally raised to be commanded by New York native, George L. Willard [9] [note 5] serving in the 9th U.S. Infantry [10] who was offered the regiment on April 24.
Per the terms of the National Defense Act of 1920, the 105th Infantry was reconstituted in the National Guard on 30 December 1920, assigned to the 27th Division, and allotted to the state of New York. It was reorganized on 1 June 1921 by redesignation of the 2nd Infantry, New York National Guard (organized 3 August 1919; headquarters organized ...
The Excelsior Brigade was a military unit in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Mainly composed of infantry regiments raised in the state of New York primarily by former U.S. Representative Daniel Sickles, the brigade served in several of the Army of the Potomac's most important battles in the Eastern Theater, including Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.
The regiment was now mounted and served with the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division , Army of the Potomac, losing 33 killed, wounded and missing at Hatcher's Run and Nottoway Station. It performed its full share during the campaign leading up to Lee's surrender at Appomattox, its casualties from March 28 to April 9, 1865, amounting to 62 killed ...
The 2nd New York Regiment was authorized on May 25, 1775, and formed at Albany from June 28 to August 4 for service with the Continental Army under the command of Colonel Goose Van Schaick. [1] The enlistments of the first establishment ended on December 31, 1775. [2] The second establishment of the regiment was authorized on January 19, 1776. [3]
The regiment was raised in July 1862, and was finally organized at East New York by consolidating with the Thurlow Weed Guards as part of the Spinola Brigade, and nearly all the men recruited for the 53d N. Y. Volunteers, second organization; it was mustered in for three years October 4, 1862, at Washington, DC; June 15, 1865, the men not to be mustered out with the regiment were transferred ...
The 42nd New York Infantry Regiment, also called the Tammany Regiment, was a regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War which was formed up in mid-1861 and mustered in on June 22, 1861. It was organized by the Tammany Club , a New York Democratic Party club.
The 2d Regiment Militia failing to be ordered to the front under the first call, organized in New York City as a regiment of volunteers, Col. G. W. B-. Tompkins, under special authority from the War Department; and was mustered in the service of the United States for three years at Washington, D. C, between May 20 and June 17, 1861.