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Muster In: Organized July to November, 18611
Muster Out: June 30, 18652
Commander(s):
Lieutenant Colonel Horace P. Rugg
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Captain George W. Ryerson
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Lieutenant William Ludgate
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First Offensive Order of Battle: First Brigade | Second 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: First Brigade | Second Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army5
- Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Horace P. Rugg6
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- Commander: Lieutenant William Ludgate10
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Dyer’s/Sifakis’ Compendium Info:
Siege of Petersburg Battles11:
- Before Petersburg June 16-18.
- Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.
- Jerusalem Plank Road 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.
- Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run, October 27-28.
- Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run, February 5-7, 1865.
- Watkins’ House March 25.
- Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
- On line of Gravelly and Hatcher’s Run March 29.
- Boydton and White Oak Road March 30-31.
- Crow’s House March 31.
- Fall of Petersburg April 2.
- Sailor’s Creek April 6.
- High Bridge and Farmville April 7.
- Appomattox Court House April 9.
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- Number 53. Siege of Petersburg Report of Colonel William A. Olmstead, Fifty-ninth New York Infantry, commanding First Brigade, of operations February 5-7
- Number 56. Report of Captain George W. Ryerson, Fifty-ninth New York Infantry, of operations August 25
- Number 57. Report of Lieutenant William Ludgate, Fifty-ninth New York Infantry, of operations October 26-28
- Number 59. Siege of Petersburg Report of Lieutenant Colonel James A. Jewell, Fifty-ninth New York Infantry, of operations February 5-7
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 219-221 ↩
- Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 59th New York Entry, Page 115; 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 219-221 ↩
- 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); 59th New York Entry, Page 115; 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 1 (Serial Number 87), page 312 ↩
- 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 613 ↩
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XLII, Part 1 (Serial Number 87), pages 312-313 ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
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