43rd New York Infantry Regiment
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43rd New York Infantry Regiment | |
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Active | September 21, 1861, to June 27, 1865 |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | Union |
Branch | Infantry |
Nickname(s) | Albany And Yates' Rifles; Vinton Rifles[1] |
Engagements |
New York U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 | ||||
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The 43rd New York Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 43rd New York was mustered in on September 21, 1861, and mustered out June 27, 1865. It was recruited largely in the Albany and New York City areas,[1] fought in many engagements and took heavy casualties.
Recruiting areas
[edit]The 43rd New York Infantry was recruited in the following areas:[2]
- A Company: Albany
- B Company: Albany
- C Company: Albany and Oneonta
- D Company:Albany
- E Company: Canajoharie
- F Company: Hudson Falls
- G Company: Schenectady
- H Company: New York City
- I Company: New York City
- K Company: Cooperstown
Commanders
[edit]- Colonel Francis Laurens Vinton[note 1]
- Colonel Benjamin F. Baker[note 2]
- Colonel Charles A. Milliken
Battle record
[edit]- Lee's Mill
- Williamsburg
- Seven Days Battles (After the Seven Days Battles, the regiment was consolidated into one battalion)
- Antietam
- Chancellorsville
- Deep Run
- Gettysburg[3]
- Rappahannock Station
- Locust Grove
- Auburn
- Mine Run
- Wilderness
- Spotsylvania Courthouse
- Cedar Creek
- Cold Harbor
- Petersburg
- Sailor's Creek
- Appomattox
Casualties
[edit]The 43rd NY suffered 693 casualties: 117 officers and men killed or mortally wounded, 332 wounded and recovered, and 244 missing or captured.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]Citations
[edit]Sources
[edit]- "43rd Infantry Regiment". New York Division of Military and Naval Affairs. 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
- "43rd New York Infantry Regiment's Civil War Historical Sketch from the Final Report on the Battlefield of Gettysburg (New York at Gettysburg) by the New York Monuments Commission". New York Division of Military and Naval Affairs. 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
- "43rd Infantry Regiment: Battles and Casualties". New York Division of Military and Naval Affairs. 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2020.