84th New York Infantry
Regimental History and Service Record
"14th Brooklyn State Militia Infantry"
- Tendered services to Government and left Brooklyn for Washington, D.C., May 18, 1861
- Mustered into United States service at Washington May 25, 1861
- Attached to Mansfield's Command, Defenses of Washington, to June, 1861
- Attached to Department of Northeastern Virginia / 2nd Division (Hunter) / 1st Brigade (Porter), Brigaded with:
- Keyes' Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October, 1861
- Keyes' Brigade, McDowell's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862
- 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862
- 1st Brigade, King's Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862
- 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps, Pope's Army of Virginia, to September, 1862
- 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June, 1863
- 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, to March, 1864
- 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 5th Army Corps, to June, 1864.
SERVICE.--Camp at Meridian Hill, Defenses of Washington, D.C., until July 2, 1861. Advance into Virginia and occupation of Arlington Heights May 23-24. Camp near Arlington House July 2-16. Advance on Manassas, Va., July 16-21. Battle of Bull Run July 21. Duty at Arlington Heights until September 28. Advance on Munson's and Hall's Hills September 28. At Upton's Hill until March, 1862. Skirmish, Fall's Church Road, near Fairfax Court House, November 18, 1861. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15, 1862. McDowell's advance on Falmouth, Va., April 4-19. Camp at Falmouth until May 25. McDowell's advance on Richmond, Va., May 25-29. Operations against Jackson May 29-June 21. Duty at Falmouth until August 5. Expedition to Po River July 23-25 (Cos. "B" and "E"). Mt. Carmel Church July 23. Reconnaissance to Spottsylvania Court House August 5-8. March to Cedar Mountain March 10-11. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August 20-23. Battles of Gainesville August 28; Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30; Chantilly September 2.
- September 3-20, 1862 -
The Maryland Campaign
At Sharpsburg, Md., until October 20. March to Falmouth, Va., October 26-November 22. At Brooks' Station November 22-December 8. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. At Falmouth and Belle Plain until April 27, 1863. "Mud March" January 20-24. Expedition to Port Conway April 22-24.
- April 27-May 6, 1863 -
The Chancellorsville Campaign
- Operations at Pollock's Mill Creek April 29-May 2.
- May 1-5, 1863 -
Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
- June 11-August 1, 1863 -
The Gettysburg Campaign
- July 1-3, 1863 -
Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- July 1-3, 1863 -
Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24. At Manassas Junction until August 1. At Rappahannock Station until August 14. Duty on line of the Rappahannock until October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Provost duty at Culpeper, Va., December 28, 1863, to May 4, 1864.
- Demonstration on the Rapid February 6-7.
- May 4-June 12, 1864 -
The Overland Campaign
- Left front May 22 and arrived at Brooklyn May 24.
- Veterans and Recruits attached to 12th New York Battalion May 21, then transferred to 5th New York Veteran Infantry June 2, 1864.
- May 28-31, 1864 -
Operations on Line of the Totopotomoy River, Virginia
[1]- June 1-3, 1864 -
Battle of Bethesda Church, Virginia
[2]
- June 1-3, 1864 -
- May 28-31, 1864 -
- Regiment mustered out June 14 to date June 6, 1864.
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Notes
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 271, 760, 761, 827, 905, 916, 933, 934, 936, 940, 941, 1438)
- Fox, William F. 1840-1909. Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the Extent and Nature of the Mortuary Losses in the Union Regiments, With Full and Exhaustive Statistics Compiled From the Official Records on File in the State Military Bureaus and at Washington. Albany: Albany Pub. Co., 1889. (Page 12)