Isaac O. Best, History of the 121st New York State Infantry

[230] regiment at Burksville after Lee's surrender; and therefore do not really belong to the fighting record of the regiment. The only advantage of their connection with the regiment was that their presence enabled the officers who had been commissioned a year before, to be mustered into their full rank. In the published report of the 300 fighting regiments, the number enrolled in the 121st New York is given as 1426. This is twenty-four more than the above table justifies if the 413 added after Lee's surrender are not counted. But for purposes of comparison let the figure stand at the latter number (1426), as the author believes it to be approximately correct.

In the following table the casualties are given in the twenty-five battles in which the regiment is given credit in the army records at Washington as being present. The list of these twenty-five battles is given on the regimental monument on the battle field of Gettysburg, and is found under the head of the “Dedication of the monument.” The following is the list as taken from the records of the regiment.

Name of Battle	Killed		Mortally Wounded		Wounded
	Off.	Men	Off.	Men	Off.	Men
Fredericksburg		4				12	16
Salem Church	6	98	1	15	3	155	278
Gettysburg						2	2
Rappahannock Station		4		3	1	17	28
Wilderness	2	34		6	1	30	73
Spottsylvania	3	46	2	12	8	84	155
Cold Harbor		1				6	7
Petersburg		1				8	9
Fort Stevens		5		2	1	18	28
Charleston		2			1	4	7
Opequon (Winchester）		4			1	14	19
Fisher's Hill						5	5
Cedar Creek	1	14	2	3	2	35	57
Newtown						1	1
Hatcher's Run					1	3	4
Fort Fisher	1			3			4
Petersburg (Capture)	1				1	24	26
Sailor's Creek	2	6			1	12	21
Totals	15	220	5	45	20	530	734