Civil War Record of the 69th New York

Organization of the 69th New York

Mustered into service and left New York for Washington, D.C. November 18, 1861
Attached to Meagher's Brigade, Sumner's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862.
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to June 1864.
Consolidated Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, to November, 1864
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, to June 1865

Service of the 69th New York

From A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion by Frederick H. Dyer
(The Dyer Publishing Company, Des Moines, IA 1908)

1861

Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D.C. - November 18, 1861 to March 9, 1862

1862

Advance on Manassas, VA - March 10
Ordered to the Penninsula, VA - March 28
Seige of Yorktown - April 16 to May 4
Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks - May 31 to June 1

Seven Days before Richmond - June 25 to July 1

  • Battles of Gaines Mill - June 27
  • Peach Orchard and Savage Station - June 29
  • White Oak Swamp and Glendale - June 30
  • Malvern Hill - July 1

At Harrison's Landing - July 2 to August 16
Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Alexandria and Centreville - August 16 to 30
Cover retreat of Pope's Army to Washington - August 31 to September 2

Maryland Campaign - September 6 to 22

  • Battle of Antietam - September 16 and 17

At Harper's Ferry, VA - September 22 to October 29
Reconnaisance to Charlestown - October 16 and 17
Advance up Loudoun Valley and march to Falmouth, VA - October 29 to November 17

Battle of Fredricksburg, VA - December 12 to 15

1863

"Mud March" - January 20 to 24
At Falmouth, VA till April 27, 1863

Chancellorsville Campaign - April 27 to May 6

  • Battle of Chancellorsville - May 1 to 5

Gettysburg Campaign - June 11 to July 25

  • Battle of Gettysburg - July 1 to 3

Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap - July 5 to 24
Duty on line of the Rappahannock - July 25 to September 12
Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan - September 13 to 17

Bristoe Campaign - October 9 to 22

  • Auburn and Bristoe - October 14

Advance to line of the Rappahannock - November 7 and 8

Mine Run Campaign - November 26 to December 2

1864

Duty at and near Stevensburg, VA till May 1864

Demonstration on the Rapidan - February 6 and 7

Campaign from the Rapidan to the James - May 3 to June 15

  • Battle of the Wilderness - May 5 to 7
  • Po River - May 10
  • Assault on the Salient or "Bloody Angle" - May 12
  • Spotsylvania Courthouse - May 12 to 21
  • North Anna River May 23 to 26
  • On line of the Pamunkey - May 26 to 28
  • Totopotomy Creek- May 28 to 31
  • Cold Harbor - June 1 to 12

Before Petersburg - June 16 to 18

Seige of Petersburg - June 16, 1864 to March 27, 1865

  • Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad - June 22 and 23
  • Demonstration north of James Rivier - July 27 to 29
  • Deep Bottom - July 27 and 28
  • Demonstration north of James Rivier - August 13 to 20
  • Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom - August 14 to 18
  • Ream's Station - August 25

1865

  • Reconnaisance to Hatcher's Run - February 5 to 7
  • Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run - February 5 to 7
  • Watkin's House - March 25

Appomattox Campaign - March 28 to April 9

  • Hatcher's Run or Boydton Road - March 29 to 31
  • White Oak Road - March 31
  • Sutherland Station and Fall of Petersburg - April 2
  • Sailor's Creek - April 6
  • High Bridge and Farmville - April 7
  • Appomattox Court House - April 9
  • Surrender of Lee and his army

Moved to Washington, D.C. - May 2 to 12

Grand Review - May 23

Mustered out of service - June 30