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Muster In: August 22, 18621
Muster Out: June 3, 18652
Commander(s):
Lieutenant Colonel William H. Baird
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Captain Sanford H. Platt
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Captain John B. Geddis
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Lieutenant Henry M. Lee
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Captain I. Hart Wilder
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Lieutenant John F. Randolph
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army3
- Commander:
- Lieutenant Colonel William H. Baird (killed June (15-17?), 1864)4
- ? (after Baird was killed)
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)5
Second Offensive Order of Battle:
Third Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army (June 19-26, 1864)6
Consolidated Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army (June 27-30, 1864)7
- Commander: Captain Sanford H. Platt (at least June 30, 1864)8
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)9
Third Offensive Order of Battle: Consolidated Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army10,11
- Commander: Lieutenant Henry M. Lee (July 31, 1864)12
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons:
Fourth Offensive Order of Battle: Consolidated Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army13,14
- Commander: Lieutenant John F. Randolph (August 31, 1864)15
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons:
Fifth Offensive Order of Battle: Consolidated Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army16
- Commander: Captain John B. Geddis (at least October 13, 1864)17
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (September 30, 1864)18
Sixth Offensive Order of Battle: Consolidated Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army19
- Commander: Captain John B. Geddis (October 31, 1864)20
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army21
- Commander: Captain John B. Geddis (December 31, 1864)22
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons:
- Note: The 126th New York consisted of five (5) companies at this time.23
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army24,25
- Commander:
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- Note: The 126th New York consisted of five (5) companies at this time.28,29
Ninth Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army30,31
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- Note: The 126th New York was a battalion of (?) companies at this time 34,35
Dyer’s Compendium Info:
Petersburg Campaign Battles36:
- Before Petersburg June 16-18.
- Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.
- Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad, June 22-23, 1864.
- Demonstration north of James River July 27-29.
- Deep Bottom July 27-28.
- Demonstration north of James River August 13-20.
- Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18.
- Ream’s Station August 25.
- Reconnaissance to Hatcher’s Run December 9-10.
- Dabney’s Mills February 5-7, 1865.
- Watkins’ House March 25.
- Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
- On line of Hatcher’s and Gravelly Runs March 29-30.
- White Oak Road March 31.
- Sutherland Station and fall of Petersburg April 2.
Bibliography:
- 126th NY: Disaster, Struggle, Triumph. The Adventures of 1000 “Boys in Blue,” from August, 1862, to June, 1865
- 126th NY: The Harper’s Ferry Cowards: A History of the 126th New York Volunteer Regiment, 1862-1865
- 126th NY: Written in Blood: History of the 126th New York Infantry in the Civil War
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- 126th NY: Disaster, Struggle, Triumph. The Adventures of 1000 “Boys in Blue,” from August, 1862, to June, 1865
- 126th NY: The Harper’s Ferry Cowards: A History of the 126th New York Volunteer Regiment, 1862-1865
- 126th NY: Written in Blood: History of the 126th New York Infantry in the Civil War
- NP: June 20, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Associated Press Accounts, June 17-18
- NP: October 12, 1864 Geneva (NY) Courier: Prisoners of the 126th NY
- OR XL P1 #44: Report of Captain John B. Geddis, 126th NY, June 13-July 29, 1864
- OR XLVI P1 #42: Report of Captain I. Hart Wilder, 126th NY, March 25, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #44: Report of Captain I. Hart Wilder, 126th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
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), pages 219-220 ↩
- “Further by Associated Press.” The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), June 20, 1864, p. 8, col. 1 ↩
- Volume 14 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 126th New York Entry, Page 2; 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), pages 219-220 ↩
- 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. 543 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), page 543 ↩
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- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 1 (Serial Number 87), pages 117, 129: “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 612: “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. 1298. ↩
- 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 353 ↩
- Volume 15 (Ordnance Returns for the Third Quarter, July-September, 1864); 126th New York Entry, Page 374; 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 XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 458: “Organization of the Union Forces” (October 31, 1864)” ↩
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- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 1115: “Organization of the Union Forces” (December 31, 1864) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 3 (Serial Number 89), page 1115: “Organization of the Union Forces” (December 31, 1864) ↩
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- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 325: “Organization of the Union Forces” (January 31, 1865) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 739: “Organization of the Union Forces” (February 28, 1865) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 325: “Organization of the Union Forces” (January 31, 1865) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 2 (Serial Number 96), page 739: “Organization of the Union Forces” (February 28, 1865) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 566: “Organization of the Union Forces” (March 31, 1865) ↩
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- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 566: “Organization of the Union Forces” (March 31, 1865) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 566: “Organization of the Union Forces” (March 31, 1865) ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLVI, Part 1 (Serial Number 95), page 566: “Organization of the Union Forces” (March 31, 1865) ↩
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