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Muster In: October 11, 18611
Muster Out: July 25, 18652
Commander(s):
Captain George Degener
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Captain Henry P. Ritzius
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Lieutenant John Bambach
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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
- Note: Detachment 7th New York attached.5
Second Offensive Order of Battle: Third Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army6
- Commander: Captain Henry P. Ritzius (at least June 30, 1864)7
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- Commander: Lieutenant John Bambach (at least August 31, 1864)9
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- Commander: Captain George Degener (at least October 13, 1864)10
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Dyer’s Compendium Info:
Petersburg Campaign Battles11:
- 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 the James July 27-29.
- Deep Bottom July 27-28.
- Demonstration north of the James 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, Hatcher’s Run, February 5-7, 1865.
- Watkins’ House March 25.
- Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
- Hatcher’s Run or Boydton Road March 31.
- White Oak Road March 31.
- Sutherland Station and fall of Petersburg April 2.
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- Number 36. Petersburg Campaign Report of Captain George Degener, Fifty-Second New York Infantry, of operations June 13-July 26
- Number 40. Siege of Petersburg Report of Lieutenant Colonel Henry M. Karples, Fifty-second New York Infantry, of operations March 25
- Number 41. Appomattox Report of Lieutenant Colonel Henry M. Karples, Fifty-second 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 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 52nd New York Entry, Page 114; 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 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 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 52nd New York Entry, Page 114; 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 347 ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
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