44th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 44th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 44th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
dates= August 30, 1861–October 11, 1864
country= United States of America
allegiance= Union
branch= United States Army
type= Infantry
role= Infantry
size= 1,200
equipment=
nickname=Ellsworth Avengers
battles= Peninsular Campaign
Second Battle of Bull Run
Battle of South Mountain
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Cold Harbor
Siege of Petersburg
The 44th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War which was formed up in mid-1861, and mustered in on August 30, 1861.
ervice
The regiment was first mustered by Stephen W. Stryker, a former lieutenant in the 11th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, in part to remember his former commander, Colonel Elmer Ellsworth in Alexandria, Virginia, the first officer to die in the war. The regiment became known as "Ellsworth's Avengers". Several other members of the regiments were members of Ellsworth's Chicago Zouave Cadets, including Colonel Freeman Conner, Major Edward B. Knox and Captain Lucius Larrabee, who commanded Company B and was killed at Gettsburg. [Ingraham (1925) pp. 66]
The regiment first saw action in the Peninsular Campaign and by October 1862, battle deaths and disease had left only 200 men of the regiment's original strength of 1100 members.
The 44th New York mustered out on October 11, 1864, with the veterans and recruits being transferred to the 140th and 146th New York Volunteers.
Commanders
*Colonel Stephen W. Stryker
*Colonel Freeman Conner [Ingraham (1925) pp. 66]
ee also
*List of New York Civil War regiments
Notes
References
* Ingraham, Charles A (1925). "Elmer E. Ellsworth and the Zouaves of '61". Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press.
* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionny.htm The Civil War Archive]
External links
* [http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/reghist/civil/infantry/44thInf/44thInfMain.htm New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center - Civil War - 44th Infantry Regiment] History, photographs, table of battles and casualties, and historical sketch for the 44th New York Infantry Regiment.
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