125th New York Infantry

The 125th New York Infantry, in the 3d Brigade, 3d Division, 2d Corps, was recruited in Rensselaer Co., N.Y., mustered in at Troy, N.Y. on Aug. 27th 1862, engaged in 23 battles, and mustered out at Albany, N.Y. on June 5th 1865. George Lamb Willard, Colonel of the 125th New York Infantry, Major 19th United States Infantry, and Brevet-Colonel United States Army, was born August 15, 1827, and was killed in action July 2, 1863, while in command of his brigade at the place marked by a granite monument 1,070 yards to the left. On July 2, 1863, the regiment was in line at the stone wall until 7 p.m., when the brigade went to the support of the Third Corps, charged, and drove back Barksdale's Mississippi Brigade, then returned at 8:30 p.m. On July 3, 1863, the regiment was in front on line of the stone wall on the west side of Hancock Avenue at the time of Longstreet's assault. Number engaged was 500; killed, 26; wounded, 104; missing, 9; total, 139. The regiment participated in all of the battles engaged in by the Army of the Potomac from that time up to and including Appomattox, Va., April 9, 1865.

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