28th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 28th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 28th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry
dates= May 22, 1861 to June 2, 1863
country= United States
allegiance= Union
branch= Infantry
equipment=
battles= Battle of Winchester
Battle of Cedar Mountain
Second Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Chancellorsville
The 28th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, the "Scott Life Guard", was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
ervice
The regiment was organized in Albany, New York and was mustered in for a two year enlistment on May 22, 1861.
The regiment was mustered out of service on June 2, 1863, and those men who had signed three year enlistments or who re-enlisted were transferred to the 60th New York.
Total strength and casualties
The regiment suffered 2 officers and 46 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 50 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 98 fatalities. [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unnyinf3.htm The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.]
Commanders
*Colonel
ee also
*List of New York Civil War regiments
Notes
References
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionny.htm The Civil War Archive]
External links
* [http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/infantry/28thInf/28thInfMain.htm New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center - Civil War - 28th Infantry Regiment] History, photographs, table of battles and casualties, and historical sketch for the 28th New York Infantry Regiment.
* [http://www.28thnycoe.com] Re-enacting unit dedicated to preserving the history of this unit.
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