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New York 42nd Infantry (Union)

Muster
  • Muster In Date:22 June 1861
  • Muster In Place:
    • Great Neck, New York
  • Muster Out Date:13 July 1865
Other
  • Aliases:
    • Jackson Guard, New York
    • Tammany Regiment, New York
  • Leaders:
    • Brigadier General Charles Pomeroy Stone
    • Brigadier General John Gibbon
    • Brigadier General John Sedgwick
    • Brigadier General Napoleon J. T. Dana
    • Brigadier General Napoleon J.T. Dana
    • Brigadier General Oliver O. Howard
    • Brigadier General William Harrow
    • Colonel Edmund C. Charles
    • Colonel James E. Mallon
    • Colonel Milton Cogswell
    • Colonel Norman J. Hall
    • Colonel William R. Lee
    • Lieutenant Colonel George N. Bomford
    • Major James E. Mallon
    • Major General John Sedgwick
battles
Name
Start Date
End Date
Duration
Place
Jerusalem Plank Road21 June 186424 June 18643 day(s)Petersburg, Virginia
Glendale30 June 186230 June 1862< 1 dayHenrico County, Virginia
Gettysburg1 July 18633 July 18632 day(s)Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Siege of Yorktown (1862)5 Apr 18624 May 186229 day(s)York County, Virginia; Newport News, Virginia
Antietam17 Sept 186217 Sept 1862< 1 daySharpsburg, Maryland
Second Petersburg15 June 186418 June 18643 day(s)Petersburg, Virginia
Fredericksburg13 Dec 186213 Dec 1862< 1 dayFredericksburg, Virginia
Ball's Bluff21 Oct 186121 Oct 1861< 1 dayLoudoun County, Virginia
Seven Pines31 May 18621 June 18621 day(s)Henrico County, Virginia
Chantilly1 Sept 18621 Sept 1862< 1 dayFairfax County, Virginia
Cold Harbor31 May 186412 June 186412 day(s)Hanover County; near Mechanicsville, Virginia
Second Auburn14 Oct 186314 Oct 1863< 1 dayFauquier County, Virginia
Spotsylvania Court House8 May 186421 May 186413 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Wilderness5 May 18647 May 18642 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
Chancellorsville30 Apr 18636 May 18636 day(s)Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Second Fredericksburg3 May 18633 May 1863< 1 dayFredericksburg, Virginia
Bolivar Heights16 Oct 186116 Oct 1861< 1 dayBolivar Heights, West Virginia

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