64th New York Infantry Regiment
| 64th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry | |
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| Active | December, 1861 (mustered in) to July 14, 1865 (mustered out) |
| Country |  United States |
| Allegiance | Union |
| Branch | Infantry |
| Engagements | Battle of Yorktown Battle of Fair Oaks Seven Days' Battles Battle of Antietam Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Gettysburg Battle of Bristoe Station Mine Run Campaign Battle of the Wilderness Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse Battle of Cold Harbor Siege of Petersburg Battle of Deep Bottom Appomattox Campaign Battle of Farmville (Cumberland Church) Battle of Appomattox Court House |
| Insignia | |
| 1st Division, II Corps |  |
The 64th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, the "First Cattaraugus Regiment", was an infantry regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The regiment was organized on November 13, 1861 by the state of New York. Since December 1861, it was in the federal service. It left the state on December 10 of the same year. In 1864, its term expired, the servicemen were discharged in September and October that year, and the regiment was reorganized into a battalion of six companies, for which new people were recruited. The regiment was finally honorably discharged on July 14, 1865. It lost in total 18 officers and 283 enlisted men.[1]
Between December 1861 and July 1865, the regiment was a part of the Army of the Potomac.
Commanders
- Colonel Thomas J. Parker
- Colonel Daniel C. Bingham
- Colonel Leman W. Bradley
- Colonel William Glenny
See also
Notes
- ^ "64th Infantry Regiment Civil War First Cattaraugus Regiment". New York State Military Museum. Retrieved 20 May 2013.