The 150th New York Infantry Regiment was an

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in the

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. It was mustered in October 10, 1862, and mustered out June 8, 1865.

Recruiting areas

*A Company:

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, Amenia,

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, and Pleasant Valley *B Company: Poughkeepsie *C Company: Clinton, Stanford, Pleasant Valley, Poughkeepsie, and Washington *D Company: Hyde Park, Pine Plains, North East, Poughkeepsie, and Rhinebeck *E Company: Dover, Pawling, and Poughkeepsie *F Company: Poughkeepsie, Rhinebeck, Red Hook, and

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*G Company: Poughkeepsie, Beekman, Union Vale, and Fishkill *H Company: Poughkeepsie, Hyde Park, and Clinton *I Company: Poughkeepsie, Stanford, LaGrange, Amenia, and Union Vale *K Company: Rhinebeck, Poughkeepsie, and Fishkill

Field officers

*Colonels: John H. Ketcham, Alfred B. Smith *Lieutenant Colonels: Charles G. Bartlett, Alfred B. Smith, Joseph H. Cogswell *Majors: Alfred B. Smith, Joseph H. Cogswell, Henry A. Gildersleeve

Battle record

* Gettysburg Campaign * Atlanta Campaign **

Battle of Resaca The Battle of Resaca, from May 13 to 15, 1864, formed part of the Atlanta Campaign during the American Civil War, when a Union force under William Tecumseh Sherman engaged the Confederate Army of Tennessee led by Joseph E. Johnston. The battle ...

Battle of Adairsville The Battle of Adairsville Hood, pp.46—52 was a battle of the Atlanta Campaign fought during the American Civil War on May 17, 1864, just northeast of Rome, Georgia. The brief engagement was a Confederate delaying action that allowed Gen ...

Battle of Dallas The Battle of Dallas (May 28, 1864) was an engagement during the Atlanta Campaign in the American Civil War. The Union army of William Tecumseh Sherman and the Confederate States Army, Confederate army led by Joseph E. Johnston fought a series of ...

Battle of Kennesaw Mountain The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain was fought on June 27, 1864, during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. It was the most significant frontal assault launched by Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman against the Confederate Army of Tenne ...

Battle of Peachtree Creek The Battle of Peachtree Creek was fought in Georgia on July 20, 1864, as part of the Atlanta Campaign in the American Civil War. It was the first major attack by Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood since taking command of the Confederate Army of Tennessee ...

** Siege of Atlanta * March to the sea *

Carolinas Campaign The campaign of the Carolinas (January 1 – April 26, 1865), also known as the Carolinas campaign, was the final campaign conducted by the United States Army (Union Army) against the Confederate States Army in the Western Theater. On January ...

Battle of Averasboro The Battle of Averasborough or the Battle of Averasboro, fought March 16, 1865, in Harnett and Cumberland counties, North Carolina, as part of the Carolinas Campaign of the American Civil War, was a prelude to the climactic Battle of Bentonvill ...

Battle of Bentonville The Battle of Bentonville (March 19–21, 1865) was fought in Johnston County, North Carolina, near the village of Bentonville, as part of the Western Theater of the American Civil War. It was the last battle between the armies of Union Maj ...

Casualties

The regiment sustained 41 officers and men killed and mortally wounded, 116 wounded but recovered, and 40 missing or captured, for a total of 207 casualties.http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/infantry/150thInf/150thInf

References

{{Reflist Infantry 150 Military units and formations established in 1862 Military units and formations disestablished in 1865 1862 establishments in New York (state)