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One Hundred and Twenty-Sixth New York Infantry.
Willard's Brigade —
Alex. Hays's Division--Second Corps.
| companies. | killed and died of wounds. | died of disease, accidents, in Prison, &c. | Total Enrollment. |
| Officers. | Men. | Total. | Officers. | Men. | Total. |
| Field and Staff | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | 14 |
| Company | A | 1 | 10 | 11 | | 12 | 12 | 106 |
| | B | 1 | 25 | 26 | | 12 | 12 | 101 |
| | C | | 14 | 14 | | 11 | 11 | 107 |
| | D | | 20 | 20 | | 15 | 15 | 111 |
| | E | 1 | 12 | 13 | | 14 | 14 | 103 |
| | F | 2 | 14 | 16 | | 12 | 12 | 104 |
| | G | 1 | 13 | 14 | | 11 | 11 | 96 |
| | H | 4 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 102 |
| | I | 1 | 8 | 9 | | 11 | 11 | 94 |
| | K | 2 | 11 | 13 | | 12 | 12 | 98 |
| Totals | 16 | 137 | 153 | 1 | 122 | 123 | 1,036 |
153 killed == 14.7 per cent.
Total of killed and wounded, 535; died in Confederate prisons (previously included), 25.
| battles. | K. & M. W. | battles. | K. & M. W. |
| Maryland Heights, Md. | 17 | Cold Harbor, Va. | 3 |
| Gettysburg, Pa. | 64 | Petersburg, Va. (assault, 1864） | 10 |
| Auburn Ford, Va., Oct. 13, 1864 | 5 | Weldon Railroad, Va., June 22, 1864 | 2 |
| Bristoe Station, Va., Oct. 13, 1864 | 7 | Siege of Petersburg, Va. | 3 |
| Morton's Ford, Va. | 3 | Deep Bottom, Va. | 2 |
| Wilderness, Va. | 18 | Ream's Station, Va. | 3 |
| Po River, Va. | 5 | Picket, Va., Oct. 20, 1864 | 1 |
| Spotsylvania, Va. | 6 | Hatcher's Run, Va., March 25, 1865 | 2 |
| Totopotomoy, Va. | 1 | Sutherland Station, Va. | 1 |
Present, also, at
Mine Run;
North Anna; Strawberry Plains; Boydton Road;
Farmville;
Appomattox.
notes.--Recruited at
Geneva, N. Y., from the counties of
Ontario,
Seneca, and
Yates.
It was under fire for the first time at
Maryland Heights, where it received the main force of the enemy's attack, a large share of the casualties occurring in its ranks.
During the fighting at
Harper's Ferry it lost 13 killed and 42 wounded; total, 55.
The regiment was surrendered two days after, together with the rest of the garrison at
Harper's Ferry, and being paroled immediately was ordered to
Chicago, Ill., where it spent two months in
Camp Parole, awaiting notice of its exchange.
Returning to
Virginia, the winter of 1862-3 was passed in camp at
Union Mills, Va. In June, 1863, it joined the Army of the Potomac, and was placed in
Willard's Brigade,
Alex. Hays's (3d) Division, Second Corps, with which it marched to
Gettysburg, where the regiment won honorable distinction, capturing five stands of colors in that battle.
Colonel Willard, the brigade commander, being killed there,
Colonel Sherrill succeeded him, only to meet the same fate, while in the regiment the casualties amounted to 40 killed, 181 wounded, and 10 missing; total, 231.
At Bristoe Station the regiment won additional honors by its conspicuous gallantry, and sustained the heaviest loss in that action; casualties, 6 killed, 33 wounded, and 10 missing; total, 49.
The One Hundred and Twenty-sixth having been transferred to
Barlow's (1st) Division, entered the spring campaign of 1864 with less than 300 men, of whom 100 were detailed at headquarters as a provost-guard.
Its casualties at the
Wilderness were 5 killed, 62 wounded, and 9 missing; and at
Po River and
Spotsylvania, 6 killed, 37 wounded, and 7 missing.
Colonel Baird was killed at
Petersburg.
