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New York 88th Infantry (Union)

Muster
  • Muster In Date:16/12/1861
  • Muster In Place:
    • Fort Schuyler, New York
  • Muster Out Date:30/06/1865
Other
  • Aliases:
    • Meagher's Own, New York
    • 5th Irish Brigade, New York
  • Leaders:
    • Brigadier General Israel B. Richardson
    • Brigadier General John C. Caldwell
    • Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles
    • Brigadier General Thomas F. Meagher
    • Brigadier General Winfield S. Hancock
    • Brigadier General Winfield Scott Hancock
    • Captain Denis F. Burke
    • Captain John Smith
    • Captain Patrick H. Bird
    • Colonel John Burke
    • Colonel Patrick Kelly
    • Colonel Robert Nugent
    • Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Kelly
    • Major General Israel B. Richardson
    • Major General Winfield S. Hancock
battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
Jerusalem Plank Road21/06/186424/06/18643 day(s)Petersburg, Virginia
Glendale30/06/186230/06/1862< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Fort Stedman25/03/186525/03/1865< 1 dayPetersburg, Virginia
Totopotomoy Creek28/05/186430/05/18642 day(s)Hanover County, Virginia
Malvern Hill1/07/18621/07/1862< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Gettysburg1/07/18633/07/18632 day(s)Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Antietam17/09/186217/09/1862< 1 daySharpsburg, Maryland
Second Petersburg15/06/186418/06/18643 day(s)Petersburg, Virginia
Fredericksburg13/12/186213/12/1862< 1 dayFredericksburg, Virginia
Seven Pines31/05/18621/06/18621 day(s)Henrico County, Virginia
Cold Harbor31/05/186412/06/186412 day(s)Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
White Oak Swamp30/06/186230/06/1862< 1 dayHenrico 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
Wilderness5/05/18647/05/18642 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
First Deep Bottom27/07/186429/07/18642 day(s)Henrico County, Virginia
Third Petersburg2/04/18652/04/1865< 1 dayDinwiddie County, Virginia; Petersburg, Virginia
Gaines' Mill27/06/186227/06/1862< 1 dayHanover County, Virginia
Chancellorsville30/04/18636/05/18636 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
South Mountain14/09/186214/09/1862< 1 dayFrederick County, Maryland; Washington County, Maryland; Boonsboro, Maryland
Fair Oaks, Virginia1/06/18621/06/1862< 1 dayFair Oaks, Virginia

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