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New York 42nd Infantry (Union)

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Muster
  • Muster In Date:22 Jun 1861
  • Muster In Place:
    • Great Neck, New York
  • Muster Out Date:13 Jul 1865
Other
  • Aliases:
    • Jackson Guard, New York
    • Tammany Regiment, New York
  • Leaders:
    • Brigadier General Charles Pomeroy Stone
    • Brigadier General John Gibbon
    • Brigadier General John Sedgwick
    • Brigadier General Napoleon J. T. Dana
    • Brigadier General Napoleon J.T. Dana
    • Brigadier General Oliver O. Howard
    • Brigadier General William Harrow
    • Colonel Edmund C. Charles
    • Colonel James E. Mallon
    • Colonel Milton Cogswell
    • Colonel Norman J. Hall
    • Colonel William R. Lee
    • Lieutenant Colonel George N. Bomford
    • Major James E. Mallon
    • Major General John Sedgwick
Battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
Jerusalem Plank Road21 Jun 186424 Jun 18643 daysPetersburg, Virginia
Glendale30 Jun 186230 Jun 1862< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Gettysburg01 Jul 186303 Jul 18632 daysGettysburg, Pennsylvania
Siege of Yorktown (1862)05 Apr 186204 May 186229 daysYork County, Virginia; Newport News, Virginia
Antietam17 Sep 186217 Sep 1862< 1 daySharpsburg, Maryland
Second Petersburg15 Jun 186418 Jun 18643 daysPetersburg, Virginia
Fredericksburg13 Dec 186213 Dec 1862< 1 dayFredericksburg, Virginia
Ball's Bluff21 Oct 186121 Oct 1861< 1 dayLoudoun County, Virginia
Seven Pines31 May 186201 Jun 18621 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Chantilly01 Sep 186201 Sep 1862< 1 dayFairfax County, Virginia
Cold Harbor31 May 186412 Jun 186412 daysHanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
Second Auburn14 Oct 186314 Oct 1863< 1 dayFauquier County, Virginia
Spotsylvania Court House08 May 186421 May 186413 daysSpotsylvania County, Virginia
Wilderness05 May 186407 May 18642 daysSpotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
Chancellorsville30 Apr 186306 May 18636 daysSpotsylvania County, Virginia
Second Fredericksburg03 May 186303 May 1863< 1 dayFredericksburg, Virginia
Bolivar Heights16 Oct 186116 Oct 1861< 1 dayBolivar Heights, West Virginia

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