New York 161st Infantry (Union)

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Regiment mustered in on August 1st, 1862 at Elmira, Chemung County, New York. Regiment mustered out of service on November 12th, 1865 at Tallahassee, Florida.

Notable Battles:

Port Hudson fought on May 21st, 1863 - July 9th, 1863 near East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana; East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
Plains Store fought on May 21st, 1863 near East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Kock's Plantation fought on July 12th, 1863 - July 13th, 1863 near Acension Parish, Louisiana
Second Sabine Pass fought on September 8th, 1863 near Jefferson County, Texas
Sabine Pass fought on September 8th, 1863 near Sabine Pass, Texas
Mansfield fought on April 8th, 1864 near DeSoto Parish
Pleasant Hill fought on April 9th, 1864 near Desoto Parish, Louisiana; Sabine Parish, Louisiana
Mobile Bay fought on August 2nd, 1864 - August 23rd, 1864 near Mobile Bay, Alabama
Spanish Fort fought on March 27th, 1865 - April 8th, 1865 near Baldwin, Alabama
Fort Blakeley fought on April 9th, 1865 near Baldwin County, Alabama

Regiment was made up of:

Company A
Company B
Company C
Company D
Company E
Company F
Company G
Company H
Company I
Company K
Company F&S (Field and Staff)

Commander List: (#Prisoner Of War, ^Wounded, %=Died during war)

Alderman, Rufus L (Corporal, October 1862 - July 1863; First Lieutenant, July 1863 - December 1863)
Beach, Philip L. (%Sergeant Major, October 1862 - April 1863)
Beard, George N (Hospital Steward, October 1862 - September 1865)
Beeman, Judson C (Quatermaster Sergeant/Quartermaster Sergeant, October 1862 - May 1863)
Brown, Marcus E. (First Lieutenant/Regimental Quartermaster, September 1862 - July 1863)
Craig, William (Major, September 1863 - September 1863)
Darling, Lewis (Surgeon, September 1862 - April 1864)
Dolson, Joseph S (Assistant Surgeon/Surgeon, October 1862 - July 1863)
Guion, Richard L (Sergeant Major, April 1863 - May 1863)
Harrower, Gabriel J (Colonel, September 1862 - November 1862; Colonel, November 1862 - November 1863)
Harrower, Henry J G (Colonel, March 1864 - October 1864)
Kinsey, William Baker (Lieutenant/adjutant, 1862 - September 1862; First Lieutenant, September 1862 - April 1863; Full Private/Lieutenant Colonel, April 1863 - March 1865; Brevet Brig-gen/Brevet Colonel/Brigadier General/Colonel/First Sergeant/Full 1st Lieutenant/Full 1st Sergt/Full Corpl/Full Lieutenant Colonel/Full Sergeant/Lieutenant Colonel, March 1865 - September 1865)
Mulligan, Samuel Scott (Principal Musician, October 1862 - March 1863)
Murray, William D. (Assistant Surgeon/Surgeon, November 1861 - 1864; Surgeon, April 1864 - July 1864; Surgeon, July 1864 - September 1865)
Nash, Murray (Second W Sergeant, September 1862 - June 1863; First Lieutenant/Quartermaster Sergeant, June 1863 - September 1865)
Peters, Ezra M. (Comm Sergeant, December 1863 - January 1864)
Pierce, Charles M (Second Assistant Surgeon, November 1862 - October 1863)
Sanderson, John (Sorg Mag, August 1862 - August 1862; Sergeant Major, November 1864 - September 1865)
Stoddard, Philo Kelly (Assistant Surgeon, September 1863 - September 1863; First Assistant Surgeon, September 1863 - September 1865)
Strawn, Charles (Major, September 1862 - November 1862; Major, November 1862 - July 1863)
Wooden, Thomas J O (Chaplain, September 1862 - February 1863)