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Muster In: November 4, 18611
Muster Out: August 30, 18652
Commander(s):
Lt. Colonel John Sweeney Hammell
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Captain Burton Davis
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Captain Albert Gosse
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Lieutenant Nathaniel P. Lane
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Lieutenant Simon Pincus
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Fourth Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army3
- Commander:
- Lt. Colonel John Sweeney Hammell (captured June 17, 1864)4
- Captain Burton Davis[?]
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- Weapons: Enfield Rifles (.577 caliber) (June 30, 1864)5
Second Offensive Order of Battle: Fourth Brigade | First Division | II Corps | Army of the Potomac | Union Army6
- Commander:
- Captain Burton Davis (wounded June 22, 1864)
- Unknown
- Lieutenant Nathaniel P. Lane (assumed command on June 27, 1864)7
- Unit Strength: 42 officers and men PFD (July 23, 1864)8
- Weapons: Enfield Rifles (.577 caliber) (June 30, 1864)9
- Note: The 66th New York was temporarily assigned to the 64th New York from June 23 to probably around June 27, 1864 due to severe losses on June 22, 1864.10
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Dyer’s Compendium Info:
Petersburg Campaign Battles16:
- 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 on the north side of the James July 27-29.
- Deep Bottom July 27-28.
- Demonstration on north side 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.
- Boydton and White Oak Roads March 29-31. Sutherland Station and fall of Petersburg April 2.
Bibliography:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Unit:
- Number 35. Report of Captain Albert Gosse, Sixty-sixth New York Infantry, of operations, August 13-20
- Number 36. Report of Lieutenant Simon Pincus, Sixty-sixth New York Infantry, of operations August 22-26
- Number 47. Appomattox Report of Captain Nathaniel P. Lane, Sixty-sixth New York Infantry
- Number 48. Petersburg Campaign Report of Lieutenant Simon Pincus, Sixty-Sixth New York Infantry
- Number 49. Petersburg Campaign Report of Captain Albert Gosse, Sixty-Sixth New York Infantry, of operations July 26-30
- OR LI P1: Report of Captain Nathaniel P. Lane, Sixty-sixth New York Infantry, of operations March 25, 1865
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 ↩
- 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 356 ↩
- Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 66th New York Entry, Page 116; 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 ↩
- 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 357: 2 officers and forty men present for duty ↩
- Volume 13 (Ordnance Returns for the Second Quarter, April-June, 1864); 66th New York Entry, Page 116; 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), page 357: A Lieutenant Lane arrived at the front and assumed command of the 66th New York on June 27. ↩
- 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 279-280 ↩
- 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 XL, Part 1 (Serial Number 80), pages 356-357 ↩
- 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 357-358 ↩
- 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 278-279 ↩
- A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3) ↩
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