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The 49th New York Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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The 49th New York Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The 49th New York Infantry was organized at Buffalo, New York and mustered in for three years service on September 18, 1861, under the command of Colonel Daniel D. Bidwell, an attorney from Buffalo.
The regiment was attached to Stevens' 3rd Brigade, W. F. Smith's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, IV Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, VI Corps, [6] Army of the Potomac, and Army of the Shenandoah, to June 1865.
The 49th New York Infantry mustered out of service on June 27, 1865.
The official list of battles in which the regiment bore a part: [11] [8] [9] [10]
The regiment lost a total of 320 men during service; 15 officers and 126 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 5 officers and 174 enlisted men died of disease. [7] The regiment's bloodiest battles were Antietam, 2nd Fredericksburg, The Wilderness, and Spotsylvania Court House. [12]
Of note, the 49th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, commanded by COL Bidwell, brought 414 men into action, but lost only two enlisted men wounded. This was because Neill's 3rd Brigade of VI Corps was one of the last to reach the battlefield on Thursday, July 2, and was held in reserve on the Baltimore Pike at Rock Creek. On Friday, the third day of the battle, the brigade deployed to the north of the Pike on the east side of Rock Creek to push back Confederate skirmishers that were threatening the army's main supply and communications route. It advanced to where its monument is now located, taking light casualties. [13]
Soldiers in the 49th were armed with 825 Model 1842 Muskets. [1] By the end of the first full year of hard campaigning, the regimented returned 846 Model 1842 smoothbore percussion muskets to the Adjutant General. [14] The regiment reported the following survey result to U.S. War Department: [15] [16]
It appears they continued with a mix of Springfields and Enfields. [19] The 57 Enfields reported at Fredericksburg were drawn from New York Armories. [20] [21] [22]
The men of the regiment were initially issued the standard gray militia uniform. In early 1862, they received standard blue sack coats, sky blue infantry trousers, and the sky blue infantry winter overcoat.
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