43rd New York Infantry Regiment
ActiveSeptember 21, 1861, to June 27, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
Engagements
Lee's Mill
43rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Camp Griffin, Virginia
43rd New York Infantry Monument, Gettysburg Battlefield.

The 43rd New York Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 43rd New York was mustered in on September 21, 1861, and mustered out June 27, 1865. It was recruited largely in the Albany and New York City areas, fought in many engagements and took heavy casualties.

Recruiting areas

The 43rd New York Infantry was recruited in the following areas:[1]

Commanders

Battle record

  1. Lee's Mill
  2. Williamsburg
  3. Seven Days Battles (After the Seven Days Battles, the regiment was consolidated into one battalion)
  4. Antietam
  5. Chancellorsville
  6. Deep Run
  7. Gettysburg
  8. Rappahannock Station
  9. Locust Grove
  10. Auburn
  11. Mine Run
  12. Wilderness
  13. Spotsylvania Courthouse
  14. Cedar Creek
  15. Cold Harbor
  16. Petersburg
  17. Sailor's Creek
  18. Appomattox

Casualties

The 43rd NY suffered 693 casualties: 117 officers and men killed or mortally wounded, 332 wounded and recovered, and 244 missing or captured.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "43rd NY Infantry Regiment during the Civil War - NY Military Museum and Veterans Research Center". Dmna.ny.gov. 2009-03-10. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  2. ↑ Promoted to Brigadier General
  3. ↑ Resigned
  4. ↑ "43rd NY Infantry Regiment's battles and casualties during the Civil War - NY Military Museum and Veterans Research Center". Dmna.ny.gov. 2008-06-04. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
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