The 1st New York Infantry Regiment was an

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that served in the

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during the

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Service

The regiment was organized in

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and was mustered in for a two-year enlistment on April 22, 1861. The regiment was mustered out of service on May 25, 1863.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 79 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 3 officers and 31 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 113 fatalities.http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unnyinf1.htm The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.

Commanders

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William H. Allen * Colonel Garret Dyckman * Colonel

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Notes

References

The Civil War Archive

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