New York 121st Infantry, Company E (Union)
13 Aug 1862
New York 121st Infantry, Company E organized at New York.
03 May 1863
Participated in the Battle of Salem Church at Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
The Battle of Salem Church was part of Chancellorsville Campaign and was fought in Spotsylvania County, Virginia on May 4rd and 4th, 1863. Read More
08 May 1864
Participated in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House at Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
Following the Battle of the Wilderness, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant marched the Union army south with the hope of capturing Spotsylvania Court House and preventing Robert E. Lee's army from retreating further. Lee's Confederates, however, managed to get ahead of the Federals and block the road. Fighting began on May 8th, when the Union Fifth Corps under Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren and the Sixth Corps under Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick engaged Confederate Maj. Gen. Richard Anderson's First Corps at Laurel Hi… Read More
19 Oct 1864
Participated in the Battle of Cedar Creek at Frederick County, Virginia; Shenandoah County, Virginia; Warren County, Virginia.
Known As: Cedar Creek, Belle Grove Read More
25 Jun 1865
New York 121st Infantry, Company E mustered out at New York.
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