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Muster In: August 22, 18621
Muster Out: June 3, 18652
Commander(s):
Captain Sanford H. Platt
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Captain John B. Geddis
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Lieutenant John F. Randolph
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army3
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- Weapons: Springfield Rifles (.58 caliber) (June 30, 1864)4
Second Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army5
- Commander: Captain Sanford H. Platt (at least June 30, 1864)6
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- Commander: Lieutenant John F. Randolph (at least August 31, 1864)8
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- Commander: Captain John B. Geddis (at least October 13, 1864)9
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Dyer’s Compendium Info:
Petersburg Campaign Battles10:
- Before Petersburg June 16-18.
- Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.
- Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad, June 22-23, 1864.
- Demonstration north of James River July 27-29.
- Deep Bottom July 27-28.
- Demonstration north of James River August 13-20.
- Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18.
- Ream’s Station August 25.
- Reconnaissance to Hatcher’s Run December 9-10.
- Dabney’s Mills February 5-7, 1865.
- Watkins’ House March 25.
- Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
- On line of Hatcher’s and Gravelly Runs March 29-30.
- White Oak Road March 31.
- Sutherland Station and fall of Petersburg April 2.
Bibliography:
- 126th NY: Disaster, Struggle, Triumph. The Adventures of 1000 “Boys in Blue,” from August, 1862, to June, 1865
- 126th NY: The Harper’s Ferry Cowards: A History of the 126th New York Volunteer Regiment, 1862-1865
- 126th NY: Written in Blood: History of the 126th New York Infantry in the Civil War
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- 126th NY: Disaster, Struggle, Triumph. The Adventures of 1000 “Boys in Blue,” from August, 1862, to June, 1865
- 126th NY: The Harper’s Ferry Cowards: A History of the 126th New York Volunteer Regiment, 1862-1865
- 126th NY: Written in Blood: History of the 126th New York Infantry in the Civil War
- Number 42. Siege of Petersburg Report of Captain I. Hart Wilder, One hundred and twenty-sixth New York Infantry, of operations March 25
- Number 44. Appomattox Report of Captain I. Hart Wilder, One hundred and twenty-sixth New York Infantry
- Number 44. Petersburg Campaign Report of Captain John B. Geddis, One Hundred and Twenty-Sixth New York Infantry
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), pages 219-220 ↩
- Volume 14 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 126th New York Entry, Page 2; 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), pages 219-220 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), page 543 ↩
- Volume 14 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 126th New York Entry, Page 2; 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 XLII, Part 2 (Serial Number 88), page 612 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), page 353 ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
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