12th and 44th New York Infantry

The 44th New York Infantry, commanded at Gettysburg by Lieutenant Colonel Freeman Conner, held a position about 100 feet in advance from about 3 p.m. on July 2 until about 11 a.m. on July 3, 1863, with 313 engaged; its losses there were 2 officers and 24 enlisted men killed, 5 officers wounded, one of whom died, and 75 enlisted men wounded, ten of whom died, for a total loss of 106, and at noon on July 3 it was placed in reserve at the right of Little Round Top until the close of battle. Organized at Albany, New York, from August 8 to October 21, 1861, the regiment enrolled 1,096 men, was assigned to the brigade commanded by General Daniel Butterfield, later known as the 3d Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac, and in October 1862 added two full companies, one of Albany State Normal School students and one from Yates County, bringing total enrollment to 1,585; its engagements included Yorktown, Hanover Court House, Gaines' Mill, Malvern Hill, Groveton, Antietam, Shepherdstown Ford, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Middleburg, Gettysburg, Jones' Cross Roads, Rappahannock Station, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, and Poplar Spring Church. The regiment's total casualties were 3 officers and 122 enlisted men killed, 35 officers wounded, one of whom died, 504 enlisted men wounded, 62 of whom died, 2 officers and 145 enlisted men dead from disease, and 50 enlisted men missing in action; it was mustered out at Albany in October 1864, and men whose terms had not expired were transferred to the 140th and 146th New York Infantry. At Gettysburg, Companies D and E of the 12th New York Infantry, under Lieutenant Colonel H.W. Ryder, served on duty at 5th Corps headquarters on July 1, 2, and 3, 1863. The 12th New York Infantry, or some part of it, was present at all battles of the 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac, from Hanover Court House on May 27, 1862, to Appomattox on April 9, 1865. At Gettysburg it had two companies under Lieutenant Colonel Ryder serving as provost guard at 5th Corps headquarters and Army of the Potomac headquarters; on the first day General Francis Channing Barlow, formerly a lieutenant of the 12th, was severely wounded while commanding the 1st Division, 11th Corps, on the second day General Daniel E. Sickles, formerly a captain of the 12th, was severely wounded while commanding the 3rd Army Corps, and on the third day General Daniel Butterfield, who as colonel had brought the 12th Regiment to the war, was wounded and disabled at headquarters as Chief of Staff of the Army. At the beginning of the war, the 12th was the first regiment to cross Long Bridge on the advance of the Union Army on May 24, 1861, and at Appomattox its two companies, consolidated with the 5th New York Veteran Infantry under Lieutenant Colonel H.W. Ryder and Major Paul A. Oliver, took charge of the surrendered Confederate arms. Its enlisted losses were 66 killed or dead of wounds received in action, 67 dead of disease, and 4 dead in the hands of the enemy, and its officers killed or dead of wounds in various battles were Captain Wm. H. Hoagland, Captain Jas. Cromie, Captain Jos. Turkington, Captain Henry C. Burton, Captain Wm. Stockman Woods, and Lieutenant Edward M. Fisher.

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