134th New York Infantry Regiment

The 134th New York Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

134th New York Infantry Regiment
ActiveJuly 9, 1862 - June 10, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
EngagementsBattle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Wauhatchie
Battle of Missionary Ridge
Atlanta Campaign
Battle of Resaca
Battle of Dallas
Battle of New Hope Church
Battle of Allatoona
Battle of Pine Hill
Battle of Marietta
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
134th New York Infantry monument at Gettysburg Battlefield

Service

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The 134th New York Infantry was organized at Schoharie, New York beginning July 9, 1862 and mustered in for three years service on September 22, 1862 under the command of Colonel George E. Danforth.

The regiment was attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, XI Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October 1863, and Army of the Cumberland to April 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, XX Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June 1865.

The 134th New York Infantry mustered out of service June 10, 1865. Recruits and veterans were transferred to the 102nd New York Volunteer Infantry.

Detailed service

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Left New York for Washington, D.C., September 25, 1862. Joined XI Corps at Fairfax Court House, Va., October 2, 1862, and duty there until November 1. Movement to Warrenton, then to Germantown November 1–20. March to Fredericksburg, Va., December 10–15. At Falmouth 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 July 5–24. At Bristoe Station to September 24. Movement to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24-October 3. March along line of Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad to Lookout Valley October 25–29. Reopening Tennessee River October 26–29. Battle of Wauhatchie, Tenn., October 28–29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23–27. Orchard Knob November 23. Tunnel Hill November 24–25. Missionary Ridge November 25. March to relief of Knoxville November 27-December 17. Duty in Lookout Valley until May 1864. Atlanta Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8–11. Dug Gap or Mill Creek May 8. Battle of Resaca May 14–15. Near Cassville May 19. 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 June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochie River July 6–17. Peachtree 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. Expedition from Atlanta to Tuckum's Cross Roads October 26–29. Near Atlanta November 9. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10–21. Carolinas Campaign January to April 1865. Averysboro, N.C., March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19–21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 9–14. Occupation 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.

Detailed Timeline with Commands

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Year Month Day Activity Army Army Commander Corps CORPS Commander Division Division Commander Brigage Brigage Commander BN Commander
1862 July 9 Started to organize at Schoharie, New York NY State Colonel George E. Danforth
September 22 Mustered in for three years of service
25 Left New York for Washington, D.C
October 2 Joined XI Corps at Fairfax Court House, Va Army of the Potomac Major General George B. McClellan XI

Crescent Moon

Franz Sigel 2nd 2nd COL Coster
November 1–20 Movement to Warrenton, then to Germantown
December 10–15 March to Fredericksburg, Va. Major General Ambrose E. Burnside
1863 January 20–24 "Mud March" Carl Schurz *
April until 27 At Falmouth Major General Joseph Hooker Oliver Otis Howard *
April 27-May 6 Chancellorsville Campaign
May 1-5 Battle of Chancellorsville
June 11-July 24 Gettysburg Campaign LTC Allan H. Jackson
July 1-3 Battle of Gettysburg Major General George G. Meade
July 5-24 Pursuit of Lee
September 24 At Bristoe Station to
September 24-October 3 Movement to Bridgeport, Ala.
October 25-29 March along line of Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad to Lookout Valley Army of the Cumberland Major General George H. Thomas
26-29 Reopening Tennessee River
28-29 Battle of Wauhatchie, Tenn.
November 23-27 Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign
23 Orchard Knob
24-25 Tunnel Hill
25 Missionary Ridge
November 27-December 17 March to relief of Knoxville
1864 until May Duty in Lookout Valley
May 1-September 8 Atlanta Campaign XX

Star

Major General Joseph Hooker 2nd 2nd
May 8-11 Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge
8 Dug Gap or Mill Creek
14-15 Battle of Resaca
19 Near Cassville
25 New Hope Church
May 26-June 5 Battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills
June 10-July 2 Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain
June 11-14 Pine Hill
15-17 Lost Mountain
15 Gilgal or Golgotha Church
17 Muddy Creek
19 Noyes' Creek
22 Kolb's Farm
27 Assault on Kennesaw Brig. Gen. John W. Geary COL. Patrick H. Jones
July 4 Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground
6-17 Chattahoochie River
19-20 Peachtree Creek
July 22-August 25 Siege of Atlanta Alpheus S. Williams
August 26-September 2 Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge Henry W. Slocum
September 2-November 15 Occupation of Atlanta
October 26-29 Expedition from Atlanta to Tuckum's Cross Roads
November 9 Near Atlanta
November 15-December 10 March to the sea Alpheus S. Williams
December 10-21 Siege of Savannah
1865 January to April Carolinas Campaign
March 16 Averysboro, N.C.
19 - 21 Battle of Bentonville
24 Occupation of Goldsboro
April 9-14. Advance on Raleigh Joseph A. Mower
14 Occupation of Raleigh
26 Bennett's House
Surrender of Johnston and his army.
April 29-May 20 March to Washington D.C. via Richmond VA
May 24 Grand Review of the Armies 
June 10 The 134th New York Infantry mustered out of service

Assault on Kennesaw Mountain

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The 134th was organized under XX Corps (Hooker), 2ND DIV. (Geary), 2ND BRIG. (Jones). The 134th was part of the frontal assault. Placed at the front of Brig. Gen. John W. Geary troops under COL Patrick H. Jones. The 134th assaulted just west of Dead Angle.

Casualties

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The regiment lost a total of 122 men during service; 2 officers and 41 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 78 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders

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See also

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References

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  • Conklin, George W. Under the Crescent and Star: The 134th New York Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War (Port Reading, NJ: Axworthy Pub.), 1999. ISBN 0-9674-9850-3
  • Cosgrove, Charles H. A History of the 134th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the American Civil War, 1862-1865: Long Night's Journey Into Day (Lewiston, NY: E. Mellen Press), 1997. ISBN 0-7734-8551-1
  • Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908.
  • Jones, Kenneth M. "Never forsake the flag": The Letters of Capt. Geo. A. Turnbull, Capt. Co. A, 134th N.Y. Vols. (S.l.: s.n.), 1998.
  • Levy, William T. The Blue and the Gray: A Sketch of Soldier Life in Camp and Field in the Army of the Civil War (Schenectady, NY: R. B. Myers), 1904. [Reprinted in 2008 as The Civil War Memoir of William T. Levey ISBN 1-6057-1008-3]
Attribution
  •   This article contains text from a text now in the public domain: Dyer, Frederick H. (1908). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Des Moines, IA: Dyer Publishing Co.
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