New York 162nd Infantry, Company A (Union)
10/18/62
Organized - New York 162nd Infantry, Company A - New York
5/21/63
Battle - Port Hudson - East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana; East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
In cooperation with Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's final offensive against Vicksburg, Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks's army moved against the Confederate stronghold at Port Hudson on the Mississippi River. Like Vicksburg, Port Hudson was located atop high bluffs at the river bank that commanded the river. On May 11th, Banks learned that some Confederates had been moved from Port Hudson to support the forces defending Vicksburg, so he sought to move upon the garrison before those troops could be replaced. Banks…READ MORE
4/9/64
Battle - Pleasant Hill - Desoto Parish, Louisiana; Sabine Parish, Louisiana
10/12/65
Mustered Out - New York 162nd Infantry, Company A - New York
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regiment -New York 162nd Infantry (Union)
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