Campaigns and Actions of the
178th New York Volunteer Infantry

 

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This list of campaigns and actions for the 178th New York Infantry is extracted from Frederick Dyer's Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Links are provided where Civil War Sites Advisory Committee (CWSAC) Battle Summaries are available. The summaries provide facts about the action and links to National Parks if one exists for that battlefield.
  • Organized at Staten Island, NY: Jun 18, 1863
  • Companies A thru E left state for Washington DC: Jun 21, 1863
  • Company F joined regiment: Sep 1, 1863
  • Companies G thru K joined regiment: Oct 24, 1863

3rd Brigade, DeRussy's Division, 22 Army Corps, Dept of Washington, DC: to July 1863

  • Little River Turnpike: Jun 28-29

Provost Guard, Washington DC, 22 Army Corps: to Nov 1863

  • Fairfax Seminary and Washington DC: til Oct 31, 1863
  • Moved to Eastport Mississippi: Oct 31

District of Columbus, KY; 6th Division, 16th Army Corps, Dept of the Tennessee: to Jan 1864

  • Duty at Eastport Mississippi, Columbus KY, Fort Pillow, Tenn and Vicksburg Miss: til Feb 1864

3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee: to March 1864

3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps. (detachment) Army of the Tennessee, Dept of the Gulf: to Jun 1864

  • Red River Campaign: Mar 10-May 22
  • Fort DeRussy: Mar 14
    CWSAC Battle Summary
  • Occupation of Alexandria: Mar 16
  • Battle of Pleasant Hill: Apr 9
    CWSAC Battle Summary
  • Retreat to Alexandria: Apr 22-26
  • About Cloutiersville, Cane River: Apr 22-23
  • Luciaville: Apr 23-25
  • Construction of Dam at Alexandria: Apr 30-May 10
  • Retreat to Morganza: May 13-20
  • Mansura: May 16
    CWSAC Battle Summary
  • Yellow Bayou: May 18-19
    CWSAC Battle Summary
  • Moved to Vicksburg Miss, thence to Memphis, Tenn: May 20-Jun 9

3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 16th Army Corps. Dept of the Tennessee: to December 1864

  • Old River Lake or Lake Chicot, Ark: Jun 6-7
    CWSAC Battle Summary
  • Colliersville, Tenn: Jun 23
  • Near Lafayette; Jun 23
  • Smith's Expedition to Tupelo, Miss: July 5-21
  • Near Tupelo: July 14-15
  • Old Town or Tishamingo Creek: July 15
  • Smith's Expedition to Oxford: August 1-30
  • Hurricane Creek: Aug 13-14
  • Moved to Devall's Bluff, Ark: Sept 1-7
  • March through Arkansas and Missouri in pursuit of Price: Sept 17-Nov 19, 1864
  • Moved to Nashville, Tenn: Nov 21-Dec 1
  • Battles of Nashville: Dec 15-16
    CWSAC Battle Summary
  • Pursuit of Hood to Tenn River: Dec 17-28

3rd Brigade, 2nd Division (detachment), Army of the Tennessee, Dept of the Cumberland:to Feb 1865

  • At Clifton, Tenn and Eastport Miss: to Feb 1865

District of Alabama, Dept of the Gulf: to Apr 1866

2nd Brigade, 3rd Division 16th Army Corps (new) Military Division West Mississippi: to August 1865

  • Movement to New Orleans LA: Feb 6-22, 1865
  • Campaign against Mobile and its defenses: Mar 17-Apr 12
  • Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely: Mar 26-Apr 8
    CWSAC Battle Summary
  • Assault and capture of Fort Blakely: Apr 9
    CWSAC Battle Summary
  • Occupation of Mobile: Apr 12
  • March to Montgomery: Apr 13-25
  • Duty at Montgomery and at Greenville Alabama: til Apr 1866
  • Mustered out: Apr 20, 1866
Lost During Service: 18 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded; 2 Officers and 190 Enlisted men by disease. Total: 210


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