Major Battles of the 111th New York Infantry Volunteers

The New York 111th were mustered into service on August 21, 1982. They travelled from the 22nd through the 26th, ariving in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. They were engaged in preliminary training and receiving their military equipment right up to the Siege of Harper's Ferry.

First battle was the Siege of Harper's Ferry, VA. 12-15 Sep 1862. The unit's losses at the Siege was as follows:

5 enlisted men killed,
6 enlisted men wounded,
36 officers captured or missing,
934 enlisted men captured or missing,
981 total.
This and the following casualty lists are extracted from "111th NY Infantry Official History" by John F. Walter, July 1996

  • For additional information"The Redemption of the "Harper's Ferry Cowards" by R.L.Murray ©1994- The story of the 111th and 126th NY Volunteers
  • Blue & Gray Magazine August - September 1987, "The Siege of Harpers Ferry, Stonewall Attacks"!

    On September 24, just ten days after the culmination of the Harpers Ferry battle, the 111th parolees boarded in Annapolis, Maryland a train which began their trip west to Camp Douglas. The cars had previously held cattle and had only received a cursory sweeping. In Pittsburg, Pennsylvania the dirty cattle cars were replaced with freight cars for the remainder of the trip. Each car held fourty men crowded into them. The men chopped holes in the cars for fresh air and sunlight. They arrived at night time in Chicago. The men remained at Camp Douglas for two months. They were released from their internment on November 19, 1862. It however, was the 26th of November before transportation was available to take them to encampment at Camp Chase on Arlington Heights only a few miles from Washington, DC.

    Casualties while confined to Camp Douglas in Chicago, Illinois is not reported. Sanitary conditions were atrocious to say the least. The following fatal diseases were reported at Camp Douglas in 1862:

    Typhoid Fever,
    Diptheria,
    Small Pox,
    Cholera,
    Consumption (Tuberculosis),
    Dysentery,
    Measles,
    Pneumonia.
  • For additional information:"To Die In Chicago - Confederate Prisoners at Camp Douglas - 1862 - 1865", by George Levy, Evanston Publishing, Inc.
  • Blue & Gray Magazine August - September 1987, p53-54 "What Became of the Prisoners?"

    GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

    Prior to the Gettysburg conflict the 111th had left Companies B & C, back in Virginia on detached duty leaving the regiment at about 64 percent of their force. According to R.L.Murray's book the 111th had "95 men killed or so severely wounded that they would eventually die of their wounds (54 killed and 41 mortally wounded). Of the 390 men at Gettysburg of the 111th they had losses of 249 men reported. Only one other Union regiment that fought at Gettysburg had more fatalities than the 111th - the 24th Michigan with 99 men killed or mortally wounded."

    Casualties at Gettysburg, PA. 2-3 July 1863 are as follows:

    3 Oficers killed,
    55 enlisted men killed,
    8 officers wounded,
    169 enlisted men wounded,
    14 enlisted men captured or missing,
    249 total.

    Casualties at Bristoe Station, VA. 14 Oct 1863 are reported from camp at Mitchell's Ford, VA on 17 Oct 1863 as follows:

    2 enlisted men killed,
    2 officers wounded,
    20 enlisted men wounded,
    2 enlisted men captured or missing,
    26 total.

    Casualties at Mine Run Campaign after 31 Oct 1863 are as follows:

    1 officer captured or missing,
    29 enlisted men captured or missing,
    30 total.

    Casualties at Morton's Ford, 6 - 7 Feb 1864 are as follows:

    3 enlisted men wounded,
    3 total.

    Casualties at The Wilderness, VA. 5 - 7 May 1864 are as follows:

    2 officers killed,
    40 enlisted men killed,
    6 officers wounded,
    113 enlisted men wounded,
    176 enlisted men captured or missing,
    178 total.

    Casualties from 8 - 21 May 1864 at Po River on the 10th and Oak Orchard on the 18th and on march toward North Anna River are as follows:

    12 enlisted men killed,
    4 officers wounded,
    33 enlisted men wounded,
    13 enlisted men captured or missing,
    62 total.

    Casualties from 22 May - 1 June 1864 at North Anna River 22 - 23 May, 27th marched in direction of Pamunkey River crossing it on 28th and engagement on 30th are as follows:

    4 enlisted men killed,
    1 officer wounded,
    8 enlisted men wounded,
    7 enlisted men captured or missing,
    15 total.

    Casualties from 15 - 30 June 1864. Marched to and crossed James River on 13th. and arrived in front of Petersburg on the 15th; participated in engagements on 18, 21, 22, and at Deep Bottom, 26 are as follows:

    14 enlisted men killed,
    2 officers wounded,
    43 enlisted men wounded,
    18 enlisted men captured or missing,
    77 total.

    No casualties from 27 - 29 July 1864.

    No casualties from 13 - 20 Aug 1864.

    Casualties on 25 Aug 1864 at Ream's Station are as follows:

    3 enlisted men wounded,
    2 officers captured or missing,
    25 enlisted men captured or missing,
    30 total.

    Casualties Oct 29,30 1864

    Caputred Enlisted Men (Picket duty 29th) 66
    Captured Enlisted Men (Picket duty 30th) 82
    157 total

    Casualties from engagement at Fort Stedman, part of Appomattox, VA campaign on 25 March 1865

    1 officer killed,
    8 enlisted men kiled,
    3 officers wounded,
    69 enlisted men wounded,
    81 total

    Casualties part of Appomattox, VA campaign 29 March 1865

    3 men killed,
    23 wounded,
    1 missing,
    27 total

    Casualties part of Appomattox, VA campaign 2 April 1865

    4 enlisted men killed,
    1 commissioned officer wounded,
    40 enlisted men wounded,
    2 comissioned officers missing,
    16 enlisted men missing,
    61 total

    General Meade rode along the line of troops of 111th immediately after the surrender at Appomattox, VA. This made the men of the 111th some of the first Union Soldiers to hear of the surrender.

    From General Orders 10: "It is ordered that there shall be inscribed upon the colors or guidons of the following regiments and batteries serving in this army the names of the battles in which they have borne a meritorious part, and as hereinafter specified, viz:"

    Gettysburg
    Bristoe Station
    Mine Run
    The Wilderness
    Po River
    Spottsylvania
    North Anna
    Totopotomoy
    Cold Harbor
    Peterburg
    Strawberry Plains
    Deep Bottom
    Ream's Station



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