The 87th New York Infantry Regiment (aka "13th Brooklyn" or 13th New York State Militia) was an

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Service

The 87th New York Infantry was organized at

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beginning November 14, 1861, and mustered in for three-years' service on November 20, 1861, under the command of

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Stephen A. Dodge. The regiment was attached to 3rd Brigade, Casey's Division,

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, to March 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division,

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, Army of the Potomac, to August 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, III Corps, to September 1862. The 87th New York Infantry ceased to exist on September 6, 1862, when it was consolidated with 40th New York Volunteer Infantry. Company B was transferred to the

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on September 11, 1862.

Detailed service

Left New York for Washington, D.C., December 2, 1861. Duty in the

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until March 1862. Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10–15. Ordered to the Peninsula, Va., March 17. Siege of Yorktown April 5 – May 4. Skirmish at Yorktown April 11. Battle of Williamsburg May 5. Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks May 31 – June 1. Seven days before Richmond June 25 – July 1. Battle of Oak Grove June 25. 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. Action at Bristoe Station or Kettle Run August 27. Buckland's Bridge, Broad Run, August 27. Battle of Groveton August 29. Second Battle of Bull Run August 30. Battle of Chantilly September 1.

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 49 men during service; 1 officer and 22 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded; 26 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders

* Colonel Stephen A. Dodge

In popular culture

*In '' Ghostbusters: The Video Game'', the regiment are

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s as ghosts who haunted the

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's American Civil War Exhibit and have been fighting against the ghosts of the Confederate's

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(

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) once commanded by John A. Poindexter, failed to realize that they had died, and the war was over. There, the regiment and the Confederate ghosts are being manipulated by the spirits of Ivo Shandor and Cornelius Wellesly to hinder the Ghostbusters before they face Wellesly. In game, the regiment and their opponents are categorized as Class 4 Full-Torsoed Anchored Manifestations, trapped in the mortal plane and unable to move onto the afterlife due to not being at peace.

References

* Dyer, Frederick H. ''A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion'' (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. * Marten, James Alan. ''America's Corporal: James Tanner in War and Peace'' (Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press), 2014. * Ryder, Richard H. ''The Village Color-Bearer: Together with a Story of a U.S. Life-Saving Service Keeper'' (New York: G. S. Patton), 1891. ;Attribution * {{CWR

External links

Regimental flag of the 87th New York Infantry
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