The 25th New York Infantry Regiment, the "Union Rangers", 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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, on May 10, 1861, and was mustered in for a two-year enlistment on June 28, 1861. The regiment was mustered out of service on June 26, 1863, and those men who had signed three year enlistments were transferred to the 44th New York.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 7 officers and 54 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 25 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 90 fatalities.Fox, William F., Lt.-Col., 'Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865', Albany, N.Y., 1889, p. 477.

Commanders

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James E. Kerrigan * Colonel Charles Adams Johnson

Notes

References

The Civil War Archive

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