132nd New York Infantry
Regimental History and Service Record
"2nd Regiment Empire Brigade"
Organized at New York City and mustered in at Washington, D.C., October 4, 1862. Left State for Washington September 27, 1862. Attached to Spinola's Brigade, Division at Suffolk, Va., 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 5th Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to March, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 5th Division, 18th Army Corps, to July, 1863. Unattached, Defenses of New Berne, N. C., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to January, 1864. Palmer's Brigade, Peck's Division, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to April, 1864. Sub-District New Berne, N. C., District of North Carolina, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to March, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, District of Beaufort, N. C., Dept. of North Carolina, to March, 1865. 1st Brigade, Division District of Beaufort, N. C., Dept. of North Carolina, to April, 1865. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to June, 1865.
SERVICE.--Moved from Washington, D.C., to Norfolk; thence to Suffolk, Va., October, 1862, and duty there until December, 1862. Ordered to New Berne, N. C., December 17, and duty there until March, 1865. Expedition from New Berne to Trenton, Pollocksville, Young's Cross Roads and Swansborough March 6-10, 1863. Expedition from New Berne for relief of Little Washington April 7-10. Expedition from New Berne toward Kinston April 16-21. Operations about New Berne against Whiting January 18-February 10, 1864. New Berne February 1-4, 1864. Batchelor's Creek February 1. Beech Grove February 1-3. Batchelor's Creek May 26. Scout to Dover and Core Creek June 17-18. Expedition toward Kinston June 20-23. Jackson's Mills, Southwest Creek, June 22. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26, 1865. Southwest Creek March 7. Battle of Wise's Forks March 8-10. Kinston March 14. Occupation of Goldsboro March 21. Advance on Raleigh April 9-13. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty at Salisbury, N. C., until June. Mustered out June 29, 1865. Recruits transferred to 99th New York Infantry.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 13 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 159 Enlisted men by disease. Total 174.
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Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 1455-1456)
