The 109th New York Infantry Regiment was an
infantry
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regiment
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that served in the
Union Army
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during the
American Civil War
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. The 109th New York was raised in and around
Binghamton, New York
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. It was also known as the Binghamton Regiment and the Railway Brigade.
Service
The regiment was organized in and around
Binghamton, New York
Binghamton () is a city in the U.S. state of New York, and serves as the county seat of Broome County. Surrounded by rolling hills, it lies in the state's Southern Tier region near the Pennsylvania border, in a bowl-shaped valley at the conflue ...
, and was mustered in for a three-year enlistment on August 27, 1862. It left New York on August 30, 1862, to serve as a guard to the
Washington, D.C.
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railroads in
Annapolis Junction, and
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, Maryland. On May 4, 1864, the 109th New York served in Virginia. They fought in the
Overland Campaign
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leading up to the
Siege of Petersburg
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, including the battles of
The Wilderness,
Spotsylvania Courthouse
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, and
Cold Harbor
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.
The regiment was mustered out of service on June 4, 1865, at the Delaney House in Washington, D.C.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 5 officers and 160 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 164 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 329
fatalities.
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Commanders
*
Colonel
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Benjamin Tracy
*Temporarily
Captain
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Edwin Evans
*
Colonel
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Isaac Catlin
See also
*
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 ...
*
New York in the American Civil War
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References
External links
*http://www.civilwarindex.com/armyny/109th_ny_infantry.html
*https://archive.today/20130620221348/http://www.civilwarintheeast.com/USA/NY/NY109.php
*http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unnyinf8.htm#11
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1862 establishments in New York (state)
Military units and formations established in 1862
Military units and formations disestablished in 1865