New York 157th Infantry, Company C (Union)
19/9/62
Organized - New York 157th Infantry, Company C - New York
30/4/63
Battle - Chancellorsville - Spotsylvania County, Virginia
On April 27, 1863, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker launched a turning movement designed to pry Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia out of its lines at Fredericksburg.READ MORE
1/7/63
Battle - Gettysburg - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
In the summer of 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee launched his second invasion of the Northern states. Lee sought to capitalize on recent Confederate victories and defeat the Union army on Northern soil, which he hoped would force the Lincoln administration to negotiate for peace. Lee also sought to take the war out of the ravaged Virginia farmland and gather supplies for his Army of Northern Virginia. Using the Shenandoah Valley as cover for his army, Lee was pursued first by Union Maj. Gen. Joseph Ho…READ MORE
30/11/64
Battle - Honey Hill - Jasper County, South Carolina; Beaufort County, South Carolina
10/7/65
Mustered Out - New York 157th Infantry, Company C - New York
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regiment -New York 157th Infantry (Union)
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