134th New York Infantry Regiment

134th New York Infantry Regiment
134th New York Infantry Regiment
Active	July 9, 1862 - June 10, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	Battle 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

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

134th New York Infantry monument at Gettysburg Battlefield

Service

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

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

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
	September	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		Major General George B. McClellan
	December	10–15	March to Fredericksburg, Va.		Major General Ambrose E. Burnside
1863	January	20–24	"Mud March"		Major General Ambrose E. Burnside		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

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

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

Colonel George E. Danforth
Colonel Charles R. Coster
Colonel Allan H. Jackson - commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg while still at the rank of lieutenant colonel

References

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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