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The 101st New York Infantry Regiment ( "Union Brigade" and "2nd Onondaga County Regiment") was an
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Service

The 101st New York Infantry was organized at Buffalo,
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, and mustered in for three years service in January 1862 under the command of
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Enrico Fardella. The regiment was attached to Wadsworth's Command, Military District of Washington, to May 1862. Whipple's Brigade, Defenses of Washington to June 1862. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division,
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, to August 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, III Corps, to December 1862. The 101st New York Infantry ceased to exist on December 24, 1862 when it was consolidated with the 37th New York Volunteer Infantry.


Detailed service

Left New York for Washington, D.C., March 9, 1862. Duty in the defenses of Washington, D.C., until June 1862. Ordered to join the Army of the Potomac on the Virginia Peninsula June 1862. Seven days before Richmond June 25 – July 1. Battles of Oak Grove June 25, Jordan's Ford June 27, White Oak Swamp, Glendale June 30, and Malvern Hill July 1. At Harrison's Landing until August 16. Movement to Fort Monroe, then to Centreville, August 16–26. Pope's campaign in northern Virginia, August 26 – September 2. Battle of Groveton, August 29. Second Battle of Bull Run, August 30. Battle of Chantilly, September 1. Guarding fords of the Monocacy until October 11. Movement up the Potomac and to Falmouth, Virginia, October 11 – November 19. Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 12–15.


Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 74 men during service; one officer and 24 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, one officer and 48 enlisted men died of disease. One mortal casualty, John Mahay, wounded at Second Bull Run, was written about by
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in his ''Memoranda during the War'', a chronicle of the poet's volunteer work in the war hospitals around Washington.


Commanders

* Colonel Enrico Fardella * Colonel George F. Chester


Medal of Honor Citations

*
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: “ Took command of the company in action, the captain having been wounded, the other commissioned officers being absent, and handled it with skill and bravery”


See also

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List of New York Civil War regiments The following units served the Union Army during the American Civil War. Infantry Militia infantry Cavalry Artillery 1st New York Light Artillery *Battery A, 1st New York Light Artillery *Battery B, 1st New York Light ...
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New York in the Civil War The state of New York during the American Civil War was a major influence in national politics, the Union war effort, and the media coverage of the war. New York was the most populous state in the Union during the Civil War, and provided more tro ...


References

* Dodge, Theodore Ayrault. ''On Campaign with the Army of the Potomac: The Civil War Journal of Theodore Ayrault Dodge'' (New York: Cooper Square Press), 2001. * Dyer, Frederick H. ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'' (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. * Ford, Henry E. ''History of the 101st Regiment'' (Syracuse, NY: Times Pub. Co.), 1898. ;Attribution * {{CWR Military units and formations established in 1861 1861 establishments in New York (state) Military units and formations disestablished in 1862 Infantry 101