les-zouaves - History of the 62nd New York State Volunteers

62^nd New York Infantry Regiment

Battle Order

Date	Brigade	Division	Corps	Army

to March 1862	Pack's Brigade	Buell's Division		Army of the Potomac
to July 1862	3rd Brigade	1st Division	4th Army Corps	Army of the Potomac
to September 1862	2nd Brigade	1st Division	4th Army Corps
to October 1862	2nd Brigade	3rd Ddivision	6th Army Corps
to January 1864	3rd Brigade	3rd Division	6th Aarmy Corps
to March 1864	Wheaton's Brigade
to July 1865	1st Brigade	2nd Division	6th Army Corps	Army of the Potomac

Service and Battles

Date	Operation	State

June 30, 1861	Organised and mustered in New York City	New York
August 21, 1861	Left State for Washington D.C.	New York
to October 1861	Attached to Defences of Washington D.C.	District Columbia

till March 1862	Duty in Defences of Washington	District Columbia
March 11 - 15, 1862	March to Prospect Hill	Virginia
March 25, 1862	Ordered to the Peninsula	Virginia
April 05 - May 04, 1862	Siege of Yorktown	Virginia
May 05, 1862	Battle of Williamsburg	Virginia
May 20 - 23, 1862	Operations about Bottom's Bridge	Virginia
May 31 - July 01, 1862	Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks)	Virginia
June 25 - July 01, 1862	Seven Day Battles	Virginia
July 01, 1862	Battle of Malvern Hill	Virginia
till August 16, 1862	At Harrison's Landing	Virginia
August 16 - September 01, 1862	Movement to Alexandria	Maryland
September 06 - 22, 1862	Maryland Campaign	Maryland
September 16 - 17, 1862	Battle of Antietam	Maryland
September 23 - October 20, 1862	At Downsville	Maryland
October 20 - November 19, 1862	Movement to Stafford Court House	Virginia
November 19 - December 05, 1862	Movement to Belle Plains	Virginia
December 12 - 15, 1862	Battle of Fredericksburg	Virginia

January 20 - 24, 1863	"Mud March"	Virginia
till April 27, 1863	At Falmouth	Virginia
April 27 - May 06, 1863	Chancellorsville Campaign	Virginia
May 03, 1863	Battle of Marey's Heights	Virginia
May 03 - 04, 1863	Salem Heights	Virginia
May 04, 1863	Banks' Ford	Virginia
June 05 - 07, 1863	Franklin's Crossing	Virginia
July 02 - 04, 1863	Battle of Gettysburg	Pennsylvania
July 05 - 24, 1863	Pursuit of Lee	Maryland
July 10 - 13, 1863	Funkstown	Maryland
till October, 1863	Duty on line of the Rappahannock	Virginia
October 09 -22, 1863	Bristoe Campaign	Virginia
November 07 - 08, 1863	Advance to the line of the Rappahannock	Virginia
November 07, 1863	Rapahannock Station	Virginia
November 26 - December 02, 1863	Mine Run Campaign	Virginia

till May, 1864	Duty at Brandy Station and vicinity	Virginia
May 03 - June 15, 1864	Campaign from the Rapidan to theJames	Virginia
May 05 - 07, 1864	Battles of the Wilderness	Virginia
May 08 - 12, 1864	Spottsylvania	Virginia
May 12 - 21, 1864	Spottsylvania Court House	Virginia
May 12, 1864	Assault on the Salient ("Bloody Angle")	Virginia
May 23 - 26, 1864	North Anna River	Virginia
May 26 - 28, 1864	On line of the Pamunkey	Virginia
May 28 - 31, 1864	Totopotomoy	Virginia
June 01 - 12, 1864	Cold Harbour	Virginia
June 17 - 18, 1864	Before Petersburg	Virginia
June 17 - July 09, 1864	Siege of Petersburg	Virginia
June 22 - 23, 1864	Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road	Virginia
July 09 - 11, 1864	Moved to Washington D.C.	District Columbia
July 11 - 12, 1864	Repulse of Early's attack on Fort Stevens	District Columbia
July 14 - 21, 1864	Pursuit of Early	District Columbia
August 07 - November 28, 1864	Sheridan's Shenandoah Campaign	Virginia
September 13, 1864	Gilbert's Ford, Opequan Creek	Virginia
September 19, 1864	Battle of Winchester	Virginia
September 21, 1864	Battle of Strasburg	Virginia
September 22, 1864	Battle of Fisher's Hill	Virginia
October 19, 1864	Battle of Cedar Creek	Virginia
till December	Duty in the Shenandoah Valley	Virginia
December 09 - 12, 1864	Moved to Petersburg	Virginia
December 12 - April 02, 1865	Siege of Petersburg	Virginia

March 25, 1865	Fort Fisher, Petersburg	Virginia
March 28 - April 09, 1865	Appomattox Campaign	Virginia
April 02, 1865	Assault on Petersburg	Virginia
April 03 - 09, 1865	Pursuit of Lee	Virginia
April 06, 1865	Sailor's Creek	Virginia
April 09, 1865	Appomattox Court House	Virginia
April 23 - 27, 1865	March to Danville (surrender of Lee)	Virginia
till May 1865	Duty at Danville	Virginia
May 24 - June 03, 1865	March to Richmond, thence to Washington	Virginia
June 08, 1865	Corps Review	District Columbia
till July, 1865	Duty in the Defences of Washington	District Columbia
till August 30, 1865	Fort Schuyler	New York
August 30, 1865	Mustered out	New York

Losses

During its service the Regiment lost by death, killed in action: 2 Officers, 56 Enlisted men; of wounds received in action, 39 Enlisted men; of disease and other causes, 2 Officers, 82 Enlisted men; total, 4 Officers, 177 Enlisted men; aggregate, 181; of whom 9 Enlisted men died in the hands of the enemy.

Awards

Congressional Medal of Honour

Edward Brown Jr.

Rank and organization: Corporal, Company G, 62d New York Infantry. Place and date: At Fredericksburg and Salem Heights, Va., 3-4 May 1863. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Born: 6 July 1841, Ireland. Date of issue: 24 November 1880. Citation: Severely wounded while carrying the colors, he continued at his post, under fire, until ordered to the rear.

James R. Evans

Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 62d New York Infantry. Place and date: At Wilderness, Va., 5 May 1864. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Birth: New York, N.Y. Date of issue: 25 February 1895. Citation: Went out in front of the line under a fierce fire and, in the face of the rapidly advancing enemy, rescued the regimental flag with which the color bearer had fallen.

Charles E. Morse

Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company I, 62d New York Infantry. Place and date: At Wilderness, Va., 5 May 1864. Entered service at: New York. Birth: France. Date of issue: 14 January 1890. Citation: Voluntarily rushed back into the enemy's lines, took the colors from the color sergeant, who was mortally wounded, and, although himself wounded, carried them through the fight.

Monument of the 62^ndN.Y.S.Vol. "Anderson Zouaves" at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania