127th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment | |
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Active | July 10, 1862 – June 30, 1865 |
Country | United States |
Allegiance | Union |
Branch | Infantry |
Engagements |
Siege of Suffolk Battle of Diascund Bridge Battle of Nine Mile Ordinary Second Battle of Charleston Harbor Battle of Honey Hill Battle of Deveaux’s Neck Battle of Tulifinny Battle of Rivers' Bridge |
The 127th New York Volunteer Infantry (a.k.a. "National Volunteers" and "Monitors") was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The 127th New York Infantry was organized at Staten Island, New York beginning July 10, 1862, and mustered in for three-years service on September 8, 1862, under the command of Colonel William Gurney.
The regiment was attached to Abercrombie's Brigade, Defenses of Washington, D.C., to October 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, and 4th Brigade, 1st Division, XII Corps, to October 1862. 3rd Brigade, Abercrombie's Division, Defenses of Washington, D.C. to February 1863. 3rd Brigade, Abercrombie's Division, XXII Corps, Department of Washington, to April 1863. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, VII Corps, Department of Virginia, to July 1863. 1st Brigade. 1st Division, XI Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August 1863. 1st Brigade, Gordon's Division, Folly Island, South Carolina, X Corps, Department of the South, to January 1864. 1st Brigade, Folly Island, South Carolina, Northern District, Department of the South, to April 1864. Morris Island, South Carolina, Northern District, Department of the South, to October 1864. District of Beaufort, South Carolina, 2nd Separate Brigade, Department of the South, to November 1864. 1st Brigade, Coast Division, Department of the South, to January 1865. 1st Separate Brigade, Northern District, Department of the South, to March 1865. 1st Separate Brigade, District of Charleston, South Carolina, Department of the South, to June 1865.