The 124th Regiment New York Infantry Volunteers, known as the Orange Blossoms, served in the Army of the Potomac in the Third Army Corps in 1862 and 1863 and in the Second Army Corps in 1864 and 1865. It was mustered into United States service at Goshen on Sept. 5, 1862, and disbanded at Washingtons Headquarters in Newburgh on June 16, 1865. Its battle record included Manassas Gap, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Salient, Cold Harbor, the assault and siege of Petersburg, Hatcher's Run, White Oak Road, Sailor's Creek, Farmville, and Appomattox Surrender, among many other engagements. Its service death record listed 248 dead, including 105 killed in action, 52 who died of wounds, 12 who died in captivity, and 79 who died of disease. The regiment also recorded 393 wounded not mortally, 25 wounded and captured, 34 captured not wounded, 196 discharged on surgeon's certificate of disability, 140 discharged for wounds, and 609 casualties in action. The names of officers and enlisted men from Companies A through K who died for the Union are recorded, including Colonel A. Van Horne Ellis, Major James Cromwell, Hospital Steward Isaac Ellison, and many others from across the regiment's companies.
