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Muster In: August 8, 18621
Muster Out: June 8, 18652
Commander(s):
Colonel Alvin White
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Major Egbert Bagg
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First Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | X Corps | Army of the James | Union Army3,4
- Commander: Colonel Alvin White5
- Unit Strength:
- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)6
Second Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second Division | X Corps | Army of the James | Union Army7,8
- Commander: Colonel Alvin White9,10
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- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)11
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Fifth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Commander: Major Egbert Bagg 14
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Sixth Offensive Order of Battle:
- Commander: Major Egbert Bagg (October 27, 1864)15
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Seventh Offensive Order of Battle:
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- Note: Duty in trenches before Richmond until December 7.16
Eighth Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer present at the Siege of Petersburg.17
Ninth Offensive Order of Battle:
- No longer present at the Siege of Petersburg.18
Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles19:
- Before Petersburg June 15-18.
- Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16 to December 7, 1864.
- Duty in trenches before Petersburg and on the Bermuda Hundred front until September 27.
- Battle of Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights, September 28-30.
- Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28.
- Duty in trenches before Richmond until December 7.
Bibliography:
- 117th NY: A History of the One Hundred and Seventeenth Regiment, N.Y. Volunteers
- 117th NY: Back Home in Oneida: Herman Clarke and His Letters
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- “A Gloom Over the Entire Command”: The 117th New York at the Second Battle of Petersburg, June 15-17, 1864
- 117th NY: A History of the One Hundred and Seventeenth Regiment, N.Y. Volunteers
- 117th NY: Back Home in Oneida: Herman Clarke and His Letters
- BTC Notes: A History of the One Hundred and Seventeenth Regiment, N.Y. Volunteers,[Fourth Oneida]
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), p. 234 ↩
- 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. 553 ↩
- Col. White was apparently at the head of the regiment from the beginning of the siege until sometime in early July 1864, at which point he fell sick. (“It was here that Col. White’s remarkable powers of endurance failed. He had scarcely been relieved from duty a day for several months, and here he was at the front constantly, enduring the deprivations and perils of that position. He refused to retire from the command, till assured by his friends and the surgeons, that, in his condition, it was imprudent for him to remain.”). Mowris, J.A., A History of the One Hundred and Seventeenth Regiment, N.Y. Volunteers. Hartford, Case, Lockwood, & Co., 1866, p. 120 ↩
- Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 117th New York Entry, Page 124; 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), p. 234 ↩
- 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. 553 ↩
- Col. White was apparently at the head of the regiment from the beginning of the siege until sometime in early July 1864, at which point he fell sick. (“It was here that Col. White’s remarkable powers of endurance failed. He had scarcely been relieved from duty a day for several months, and here he was at the front constantly, enduring the deprivations and perils of that position. He refused to retire from the command, till assured by his friends and the surgeons, that, in his condition, it was imprudent for him to remain.”). Mowris, J.A., A History of the One Hundred and Seventeenth Regiment, N.Y. Volunteers. Hartford, Case, Lockwood, & Co., 1866, p. 120 ↩
- 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. 553 ↩
- Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 117th New York Entry, Page 124; 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. ↩
- Col. White was apparently at the head of the regiment from the beginning of the siege until sometime in early July 1864, at which point he fell sick. (“It was here that Col. White’s remarkable powers of endurance failed. He had scarcely been relieved from duty a day for several months, and here he was at the front constantly, enduring the deprivations and perils of that position. He refused to retire from the command, till assured by his friends and the surgeons, that, in his condition, it was imprudent for him to remain.”). Mowris, J.A., A History of the One Hundred and Seventeenth Regiment, N.Y. Volunteers. Hartford, Case, Lockwood, & Co., 1866, p. 120 ↩
- Major Bagg apparently took over for Colonel White on July 18, 1864, which is the date his promotion to Major was post-dated to. He was in command on July 30, 1864 at the Battle of the Crater. Mowris, J.A., A History of the One Hundred and Seventeenth Regiment, N.Y. Volunteers. Hartford, Case, Lockwood, & Co., 1866, pp. 126, 231 ↩
- Major Bagg was in command at the Battle of Fort Harrison on September 29, 1864 and the the Battle of New Market Road on October 7, 1864. Mowris, J.A., A History of the One Hundred and Seventeenth Regiment, N.Y. Volunteers. Hartford, Case, Lockwood, & Co., 1866, p. 232 ↩
- Major Bagg commanded the 117th NY at the Second Battle of Fair Oaks on October 27, 1864. Mowris, J.A., A History of the One Hundred and Seventeenth Regiment, N.Y. Volunteers. Hartford, Case, Lockwood, & Co., 1866, p. 143 ↩
- 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) ↩
- 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) ↩
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