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New York 59th Infantry (Union)

Muster
  • Muster In Date:1/07/1861
  • Muster In Place:
    • New York City, New York
  • Muster Out Date:30/06/1865
Other
  • Leaders:
    • Brigadier General John Gibbon
    • Brigadier General Napoleon J. T. Dana
    • Brigadier General Oliver O. Howard
    • Brigadier General Thomas W. Egan
    • Brigadier General William Harrow
    • Captain William McFadden
    • Colonel Norman J. Hall
    • Colonel William L. Tidball
    • Colonel William R. Lee
    • Lieutenant Colonel Horace P. Rugg
    • Lieutenant Colonel Max A. Thoman
    • Lieutenant Colonel William Northedge
    • Major General John Sedgwick
battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
Jerusalem Plank Road21/06/186424/06/18643 day(s)Petersburg, Virginia
Gettysburg1/07/18633/07/18632 day(s)Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Antietam17/09/186217/09/1862< 1 daySharpsburg, Maryland
Sailor's Creek6/04/18656/04/1865< 1 dayAmelia County, Virginia; Prince Edward County, Virginia; Nottoway County, Virginia
Second Petersburg15/06/186418/06/18643 day(s)Petersburg, Virginia
Fredericksburg13/12/186213/12/1862< 1 dayFredericksburg, Virginia
Cold Harbor31/05/186412/06/186412 day(s)Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
Boydton Plank Road27/10/186428/10/18641 day(s)Dinwiddie County, Virginia
Spotsylvania Court House8/05/186421/05/186413 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Appomattox Court House9/04/18659/04/1865< 1 dayAppomattox Court House, Virginia
Mine Run27/11/18632/12/18635 day(s)Orange County, Virginia
Wilderness5/05/18647/05/18642 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
Chancellorsville30/04/18636/05/18636 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Second Fredericksburg3/05/18633/05/1863< 1 dayFredericksburg, Virginia

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