70th New York Infantry Regiment
| 70th New York Infantry Regiment | |
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| Active | June 1861 – July 1, 1864 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Branch | Union Army (Excelsior Brigade) |
| Type | Infantry |
| Size | 1,100 |
| Nickname(s) | "First Excelsior Regiment" |
| Engagements | American Civil War:
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| Commanders | |
Lieutenant Colonel | William Dwight Jr.[1] |
| Insignia | |
| 2nd Division, III Corps |  |
| 4th Division, II Corps |  |
| 3rd Division, II Corps |  |
| New York U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 | ||||
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The 70th New York Infantry Regiment was one of five infantry regiments formed by former U.S. Congressman
Gettysburg and Overland
campaigns. Leaders from the 70th New York recruited men from New Jersey, as well as from cities and small towns across the State of New York.
Service
The regiment was organized in
Second Army Corps
until May 1864. It finished the war in the 4th Brigade, 3rd Division, Second Army Corps, until July 1864.
Ordered to New York for muster out June 22, 1864. Veterans and Recruits were transferred to the
86th New York Infantry
. The 70th mustered out on July 7, 1864, to date from July 1, 1864, after the expiration of its three-year term of enlistment.
The regiment lost during service 9 officers and 181 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded, and 2 officers and 62 enlisted men by disease for a total of 254 fatalities.[5][6]
Commanding officers and other notable members
- Colonel John Egbert Farnum: His name was marked in the Graffiti House in Brandy Station, Virginia, which served as the headquarters for a division of Third Corps, Army of the Potomac during the post-Battle of Gettysburg pursuit of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's army
- John N. Coyne: U.S. Medal of Honor recipient for capturing an enemy flag in the Battle of Williamsburg, Virginia on May 5, 1862
See also
- List of New York Civil War regiments
Footnotes
- temporary insanityas a legal defense for the first time in United States history.< br /> Upon the outbreak of theEastern campaigns.
Citations
- ^ Federal Publishing Company (1908), p. 102.
- ^ Phisterer (1912), p. 2709.
- ^ Civil War in the East, 70th New York Volunteer.
- ^ Dyer (1908), p. 1431; Phisterer (1912), pp. 2709–2710.
- ^ NYSMM, (2019).
- ^ CWA, 70th Regiment Infantry "1st Excelsior"(2016).
References
- ASIN B01BUFJ76Q. Retrieved August 8, 2015..
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain - Federal Publishing Company (1908). Military Affairs and Regimental Histories of New York, Maryland, West Virginia, And Ohio (PDF). The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States, 1861–65 – Records of the Regiments in the Union army – Cyclopedia of battles – Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers. Vol. I. .
- Foner, Eric (1988). Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877. New York, New York: Harper & Row. ISBN 0-06-091453-X.
- OCLC 1359922. Retrieved 2023-04-06.. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain
- "70th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment". The Civil War in the East. 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-03-04. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
- "70th Infantry Regiment: New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center". New York Division of Military and Naval Affairs. 2019. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- "70th Regiment Infantry "1st Excelsior"". The Civil War Archives. American Civil War Archive. 2016. Retrieved 2017-04-08.
