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Muster In: August 30, 18611
Muster Out: October 11, 18642
Commander(s):
Lieutenant Colonel Freeman Conner
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Major Edward B. Knox
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Captain Campbell Allen
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Commander 4
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | First Division | V Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army3,4
- Commander:
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)5
Second Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | First Division | V Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army6,7
- Commander: Captain Campbell Allen (June 30, 1864)8
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)9
Third Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | First Division | V Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army10,11
- Commander: Major Edward B. Knox (July 31, 1864)12
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons:
Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | First Division | V Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army13,14
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Freeman Conner (August 31, 1864)15
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons:
Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | First Division | V Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army16,17
- Commander:
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (September 30, 1864)18
- Note: Mustered out October 11, 1864. Recruits transferred to 140th and 146th Regiments New York Infantry.19
Sixth Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer an independent command.20
Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer an independent command.21
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer an independent command.22
Ninth Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer an independent command.23
Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles24:
- Before Petersburg June 16-18.
- Siege of Petersburg June 16 to October 11, 1864.
- Six Mile House, Weldon Railroad August 18-21.
- Poplar Springs Church, Peeble’s Farm, September 29-October 2.
- Mustered out October 11, 1864.
- Recruits transferred to 140th and 146th Regiments New York Infantry.
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- 44th NY: The Civil War Diaries of Charles Kelly: The 44th New York Infantry in the War of the Rebellion
- NP: October 3, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: The Left Wing, Poplar Springs Church, September 29
- OR XL P1 #126: Report of Major Edward B. Knox, 44th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #142: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Freeman Conner, 44th NY, August 18-27, 1864
Sources:
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), p. 223 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 545 ↩
- Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 44th New York Entry, Page 112; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), p. 223 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 545 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 545 ↩
- Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 44th New York Entry, Page 112; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), page 255 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), page 732 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 3 (Serial Number 82), page 732 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 2 (Serial Number 88), page 615: “Organization of the Army of the Potomac…August 31, 1864” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 1 (Serial Number 87), page 123: “Return of Casualties in the Union Forces (August 1864)” ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 2 (Serial Number 88), page 615: “Organization of the Army of the Potomac…August 31, 1864” ↩
- Sommers, Richard J. “Grant’s Fifth Offensive at Petersburg: A Study in Strategy, Tactics, and Generalship. The Battle of Poplar Spring Church, the First Battle of the Darbytown Road, the Second Battle of the Squirrel Level Road, the Second Battle of the Darbytown Road (Ulysses S. Grant, Virginia).” Doctoral Thesis. Rice University, 1970. Print. p. 1300. ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 1 (Serial Number 87), page 139: “Return of Casualties in the Union Forces (September-October 1864)” ↩
- Volume 15 (Ordnance Returns for the Third Quarter, July-September, 1864); 44th New York Entry, Page 108; Summary Statements of Quarterly Returns of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores on Hand in Regular and Volunteer Army Organizations, 1862-1867, 1870-1876. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1281, Roll 7); Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1797-1969, Record Group 156; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C. ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩