New York 186th Infantry (Union)

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    05 Sep 1864

    New York 186th Infantry organized at New York.

    02 Apr 1865

    Participated in the Battle of Third Petersburg at Dinwiddie County, Virginia; Petersburg, Virginia.

    The Battle of Third Petersburg
    The Battle of Third Petersburg

    With the Confederate defeat at Five Forks on April 1st, Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Maj. Gen. George Meade ordered a general assault against the Petersburg lines by the Second, Ninth, Sixth and Twenty-Fourth Corps to take place April 2nd. In the pre-dawn darkness, the Union infantry gained a successful breakthrough where Maj. Gen. Horatio G. Wright's advancing Sixth Corps met the Confederate lines held by Maj. Gen. A. P. Hill near the Boydton Plank Road. Hill was killed trying to reach his troops in t… Read More

    02 Jun 1865

    New York 186th Infantry mustered out at New York.

    New York, New York, United States of America

    Companies

    New York 186th Infantry, Company C (Union)

    New York 186th Infantry, Company D (Union)

    New York 186th Infantry, Company E (Union)

    New York 186th Infantry, Company F (Union)

    New York 186th Infantry, Company F&S (Union)

    New York 186th Infantry, Company G (Union)

    New York 186th Infantry, Company H (Union)

    New York 186th Infantry, Company K (Union)