187th New York Infantry
Regimental History and Service Record
Organized at Buffalo, N.Y., and mustered in October 13, 1864. Left State for Petersburg, Va., October 1 1864. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-- Siege of Petersburg, Va., October 20, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28, 1864. Warren's Raid on Weldon Railroad December 7-12. Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-6, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Lewis Farm, near Gravelly Run, March 29. Junction of Quaker and Boydton Roads March 29. White Oak Road March 31. Five Forks April 1. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Washington, D.C., May 1-12. Grand Review May 23. Duty at Washington, D.C., until July. Mustered out July 1, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 15 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 32 Enlisted men by disease. Total 47.
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Notes
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Page 1470)
