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The 111th New York Infantry served in the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 2nd Corps. It arrived early on July 2nd 1863 and took position near Ziegler's Grove, went to the relief of the 3rd Corps in the afternoon, then took this position that evening and held it to the close of the battle. Of 390 engaged from 8 companies, casualties were 58 killed, 177 wounded, and 14 missing, for a total of 249. The regiment was recruited in Cayuga and Wayne Counties and mustered in at Auburn on August 20, 1862. Its engagements included Bolivar Heights and all battles of the 2nd Corps from Gettysburg to Appomattox. Total enrollment was 75 officers and 1730 men. Losses were 12 officers and 394 men killed and died, and 26 officers and 531 men wounded, for a total of 863. It mustered out on June 5, 1865.
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