168th New York Infantry
Regimental History and Service Record
"19th State Militia Infantry"
Organized at Newburg, N.Y., and mustered in February 11, 1863. Left State for Baltimore, Md., February 12, 1863; thence moved to Norfolk, Va. Attached to Busteed's Independent Brigade, 4th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to April, 1863. King's Independent Brigade, 4th Army Corps, to June, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 4th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1863.
SERVICE.-- Garrison duty at Yorktown, Va., until June, 1863. Dix's Peninsula Campaign June 24-July 7. Ordered to Washington, D.C., July 9; thence to Funkstown, Md. Join Army of the Potomac at Hagerstown, Md., July 14. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 14-24. Guard duty along Orange & Alexandria Railroad until October. Mustered out October 31, 1863.
Lost during service 1 Enlisted man killed and 1 Officer and 36 Enlisted men by disease. Total 38.
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Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Page 1467)