98th New York Infantry Regiment
ActiveFebruary 1, 1862, to August 31, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchUnion Army
RoleInfantry
SizeRegiment
Part ofIV Corps, Army of the Potomac
Nickname(s)"Malone and Lyons Regiment"
CampaignsAmerican Civil War
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Colonel William Dutton
Colonel Charles Durkee
Colonel Frederick F. Wead
Lieutenant Colonel William Kreutzer
98th Regiment NY Infantry Camp Colors

The 98th New York Infantry Regiment was a unit of the Union Army during the American Civil War.

History

Regimental Organization

Company A – recruited principally in Franklin County[1]
Company B – recruited principally in Franklin County [2]
Company C – recruited principally in Franklin County [3]
Company D – recruited principally in Franklin County [4]
Company E – recruited principally in Franklin County [5]
Company F – recruited principally in Wayne County[6]
Company G – recruited principally in Franklin County [7]
Company H – recruited principally in Franklin County [8]
Company I – recruited principally in Wayne County[9]
Company K – recruited principally in Wayne County[10]

Private William Slack (standing) and Private John Slack (sitting, right), 98th New York Infantry. Both born in North Dundas, Ontario and both wounded at Cold Harbor in 1864. William Slack died of his wounds.

Time Line

DateEvent
January 25-February 8, 1862Companies A, B, C, D, E, G and H organized at Malone, N.Y. and companies F, I and K organized at Lyons, N.Y. Organization completed at Albany, N.Y.
March 8, 1862Left State for Washington, D.C. under Colonel William Dutton, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Durkee and Major Albon Mann
March 28, 1862Moved to the Virginia Peninsula and attached to 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac
April 5-May 4, 1862Siege of Yorktown, Va.
April 29, 1862Reconnaissance toward Lee's Mills
May 5, 1862Battle of Williamsburg
May 21–23, 1862Operations about Bottom's Bridge
May 24–27, 1862Reconnaissance to Seven Pines
May 24, 1862Chickahominy, near Savage Station, and Seven Pines
May 31-June 1, 1862Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks
The regiment lost 11 men killed, 3 officers and 31 men wounded, and 26 men missing.
June 1862Assigned to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps
June 25-July 1, 1862Seven days before Richmond
June 30, 1862White Oak Swamp
July 1, 1862Malvern Hill
July 1862At Harrison's Landing. Assigned to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps. Colonel Dutton died of typhus fever. Lieutenant Colonel Durkee was promoted to colonel and took over the regiment.
August 16–23, 1862Moved to Fortress Monroe
September 18, 1862Duty at Yorktown
December 25, 1862Moved to Morehead City, N. C. and assigned to Naglee's Brigade, Dept. of North Carolina
January 1–21, 1863At Carolina City and assigned to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of North Carolina
January 28–31, 1863Moved to Port Royal Harbor, S.C.
February 10-April 3, 1863At St. Helena Island, S.C., assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, Dept. of the South. Colonel Durkee resigned, and Lieutenant Colonel Frederick M. Wead was promoted to colonel and took command of the regiment.
April 3–11, 1863Expedition against Charleston, S.C. assigned to District of Beaufort, N. C., Dept. of North Carolina
April 12–15, 1863Moved to New Berne, N. C.
April 17–21, 1863Expedition to relief of Little Washington and duty in the District of Beaufort, N. C.
October 16–18, 1863Moved to Newport News, Va. attached to Newport News, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina
December 1863At Portsmouth, Va.
January 1864District of the Currituck, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina
March–April 1864Veterans on furlough
March 1864Assigned to 1st Brigade, Heckman's Division, 18th Army Corps
April 26, 1864Moved to Yorktown, Va. and assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Army Corps, Army of the James
May 3–28, 1864Butler's operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond
The regiment lost 1 officer and 21 men killed or mortally wounded, 3 officers and 57 men wounded, and 12 men missing.
May 5, 1864Occupation of City Point and Bermuda Hundred
May 8–10, 1864Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church
May 12–16, 1864Operations against Fort Darling
May 14–16, 1864Battle of Drewry's Bluff
May 16–28, 1864Bermuda Hundred
May 27–31, 1864Moved to White House, thence to Cold Harbor
June 1–12, 1864Battles about Cold Harbor
Colonel Wead, 1 other officer and 30 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 77 men wounded, and 3 men missing. Lieutenant Colonel William Kreutzer was commissioned as colonel, but the regiment did not have sufficient manpower for him to muster in.
June 15–18, 1864Before Petersburg
The regiment lost 1 officer and 14 men killed or mortally wounded and 40 enlisted men wounded.
June 18, 1864Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond begin
July 30, 1864Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve)
August–September 1864Duty in the trenches before Petersburg and on the Bermuda Hundred front
September 28–30, 1864Battle of Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights
The regiment lost 19 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 4 officers and 42 men wounded, and 1 man missing.
October 27–28, 1864Battle of Fair Oaks
The regiment lost 3 men wounded.
November 2–17, 1864Detached for duty in New York during Presidential election of 1864
November 1864Duty in trenches north of James and before Richmond
December 1864Assigned to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 24th Army Corps
April 1865Assigned to 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 24th Army Corps
April 3, 1865Occupation of Richmond and Provost duty in Richmond and in the Dept. of Virginia
July 1865Assigned to 2nd Independent Brigade, 24th Army Corps
August 31, 1865Mustered out at Richmond, Va. under Colonel Frederick F. Wead, Lieutenant Colonel William Kreutzer and Major William H. Rogers

Regiment losses

The 98th New York Infantry Regiment lost:

by death and killed in action: 2 officers and 61 enlisted men
of wounds received in action: 2 officers and 37 enlisted men
of disease and other causes: 4 officers and 132 enlisted men
total: 8 officers and 230 enlisted men
aggregate: 238 of whom 22 enlisted men died in the hands of the enemy[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "98th Regiment, New York Infantry". FamilySearch. Intellectual Reserve, Inc. 28 September 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  2. ↑ "98th Regiment, New York Infantry". FamilySearch. Intellectual Reserve, Inc. 28 September 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  3. ↑ "98th Regiment, New York Infantry". FamilySearch. Intellectual Reserve, Inc. 28 September 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  4. ↑ "98th Regiment, New York Infantry". FamilySearch. Intellectual Reserve, Inc. 28 September 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  5. ↑ "98th Regiment, New York Infantry". FamilySearch. Intellectual Reserve, Inc. 28 September 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  6. ↑ "98th Regiment, New York Infantry". FamilySearch. Intellectual Reserve, Inc. 28 September 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  7. ↑ "98th Regiment, New York Infantry". FamilySearch. Intellectual Reserve, Inc. 28 September 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  8. ↑ "98th Regiment, New York Infantry". FamilySearch. Intellectual Reserve, Inc. 28 September 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  9. ↑ "98th Regiment, New York Infantry". FamilySearch. Intellectual Reserve, Inc. 28 September 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  10. ↑ "98th Regiment, New York Infantry". FamilySearch. Intellectual Reserve, Inc. 28 September 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  11. ↑ Phisterer, Frederick (1912). New York in the War of the Rebellion. Albany: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 3128.
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