United States Regiments & Batteries > New York > Infantry
“Scott Life Guard”
The 28th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 2 officers and 46 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 50 enlisted men to disease in the Civil War.
1861 | |
| Organized at Albany, N.Y. | |
| May 18 | Accepted for State service |
| May 22 | Mustered in for two years Federal Service under the command of Colonel Dudley Donnelly, Lieutenant Colonel Edwin F. Brown and Major James Mitchell |
| June 25 | Left State for Washington, D.C. Attached to Mansfield’s Command |
| July 11 | Near Martinsburg, Va. Attached to Butterfield’s Brigade, Sandford’s Division, Patterson’s Army of the Shenandoah |
| August 5 | Expedition to Point of Rocks, Md. |
| August | Guard and outpost duty on the Upper Potomac |
| September 13 | Major Mitchell resigns and Captain Elliott Cook of Company A promoted to major |
| October | Attached to Gordon’s Brigade, Banks’ Division, Army of the Potomac |
| October 20-24 | Operations near Edwards’ Ferry |
1862 | |
| March 1-12 | Advance on Winchester, Va. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Banks’ 5th Army Corps. Lieutenant Colonel Brown took command of the regiment while Colonel Dudley commanded the brigade |
| March 12 | Occupation of Winchester |
| March 18 | Ordered to Manassas, Va. |
| March 19 | Back to Winchester |
| March 24-April 27 | Pursuit of Jackson |
| April | Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the Shenandoah |
| April 16 | Columbia Furnace |
| April 24 | Near Harrisonburg |
| April 26 | Gordonsville |
| May 15 | Operations in the Shenandoah Valley |
| May 16-20 | At Strasburg |
| May 20-25 | Retreat to Winchester |
| May 23 | Front Royal |
| May 24-25 | Battle of Winchester |
| May 25-26 | Retreat to Williamsport |
| May 25 | Bunker Hill |
| May 26-June 10 | At Williamsport |
| June 10-18 | Moved to Front Royal and attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Pope’s Army of Virginia |
| June 29-30 | Reconnaissance to Luray |
| August 9 | Battle of Cedar MountainThe Regiment lost 213 casualties of 339 men engaged. Colonel Donnelly was mortally wounded, Lt. Colonel Brown was wounded and captured, and Major Cook and Captain Bowen of Company D were captured |
| August 16-September 2 | Pope’s Campaign in Northern Virginia |
| August 20-23 | Fords of the Rappahannock |
| August 23-25 | White Sulphur Springs |
| August 26-28 | Plains of Manassas |
| August 29 | Battle of Groveton |
| August 30 | Second Battle of Bull Run |
| September | Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac. The regiment was so reduced by casualties and disease that it was consolidated to a battalion of four companies under Captains Fenn, Fitzgerald, Judd and Waller and under the overall command of Captain William H.H. Mapes, who had just returned from recruiting duty in New York. |
| September 14 | Battle of South MountainThe battalion was not engaged. |
| September 16-17 | Battle of AntietamThe battalion was commanded by Captain Mapes. It lost 1 officer and 8 men wounded (1 man mortally) and 1 man missing. From the War Department marker to Crawford’s Brigade on the Antietam battlefield: Crawford’s Brigade advanced from Line’s farm at daybreak, on the right of Williams’ Division. The 124th Pennsylvania was detached and supported Magilton’s Brigade of Meade’s Division in its engagement on the north edge of the Cornfield. In its deployment the Brigade moved to the left in support of Ricketts’ Division, a part of which it relieved at this point, and occupied the northeast corner of the Cornfield and a part of the East Woods, where it was heavily engaged. Upon the turning of the Confederate flank by Greene’s Division, the 125th Pennsylvania advanced across the fields north of the Smoketown Road and penetrated the woods around the Dunkard Church. The Brigade supported Sedgwick’s Division in its advance and, later in the day, formed in support of the Sixth Corps. |
| September 22 | At Sandy Hook and Maryland Heights |
| October 6 | Lieutenant Colonel Brown and Captain Bowen were paroled at Akin’s Landing, Virginia |
| October 25 | Lieutenant Colonel Brown was promoted to colonel with rank from August 15, Major Cook (still in Confederate prison) was promoted to lieutenant colonel and Captain Theophilus Fitzgerald of Company E was promoted to major. |
| October 31 | Captain Bowman mustered out to become lieutenant colonel of the 151st New York Infantry |
| November 11 | Lieutenant Colonel Cook was exchanged and returned to regiment |
| December 10-14 | March to Fairfax Station |
1863 | |
| January 19-23 | Moved to Stafford Court House |
| April 27-May 6 | Chancellorsville Campaign |
| May 1-5 | Battle of ChancellorsvilleThe battalion lost 78 casualties. |
| June 2 | Mustered out on expiration of its two year term, under the command of Colonel Brown, Lieutenant Colonel Cook and Major Fitzgerald. Three years’ men were transferred to the 60th New York Regiment. |
