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One Hundred and Fortieth New York Infantry.
Weed's Brigade —
Ayres's Division--Fifth 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 | 2 | 5 | | | | 15 |
| Company | A | 1 | 20 | 21 | | 20 | 20 | 173 |
| | B | | 11 | 11 | | 13 | 13 | 148 |
| | C | | 15 | 16 | | 17 | 17 | 187 |
| | D | 1 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 162 |
| | E | | 20 | 20 | | 16 | 16 | 171 |
| | F | | 10 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 167 |
| | G | | 13 | 13 | | 9 | 9 | 172 |
| | H | 1 | 19 | 20 | | 16 | 16 | 180 |
| | I | 1 | 13 | 14 | | 21 | 21 | 176 |
| | K | 1 | 7 | 8 | | 21 | 21 | 156 |
| Totals | 8 | 141 | 149 | 2 | 168 | 170 | 1,707 |
Total of killed and wounded, 533; died in Confederate prisons (previously included), 77.
| battles. | K. & M. W. | battles. | K. & M. W. |
| Chancellorsville, Va. | 4 | Siege of Petersburg, Va. | 5 |
| Gettysburg, Pa. | 41 | Weldon Railroad, Va. | 7 |
| Wilderness, Va. | 55 | Poplar Spring Church, Va. | 1 |
| Spotsylvania, Va. | 17 | Hatcher's Run, Va. | 5 |
| Bethesda Church, Va. | 3 | White Oak Road, Va. | 3 |
| Picket Line, Va. | 2 | Five Forks, Va. | 6 |
Present, also, at
Fredericksburg; Rappahannock Station;
Mine Run North Anna;
Totopotomoy;
White Oak Swamp (1864);
Appomattox.
notes.--Organized at
Rochester, N. Y., and mustered into service September 13, 1862, leaving the
State on September 20.
The regiment joined the Army of the Potomac in November, and was assigned to
Warren's (3d) Brigade,
Sykes's (2d) Division, Fifth Corps.
It was present with this command at
Fredericksburg, where it was under fire for the first time, a few of the men being wounded there.
Colonel O'Rorke was killed at
Gettysburg while leading his men into action on
Little Round Top, where their prompt action aided largely in seizing that important position, the regiment losing there 26 killed, 89 wounded, and 18 missing; total 133.
The One Hundred and Fortieth was then in
Ayres's Division — the division of regulars.
In 1864 the regulars were brigaded in one command under
Ayres, and the One Hundred and Fortieth was placed in the same brigade; the division was commanded by
General Charles Griffin.
But in June, 1864, the regiment was transferred to the First Brigade of
Ayres's (2d) Division.
This brigade was commanded in turn by
Colonel Gregory,
General Joseph Hayes,
Colonel Otis, and
General Winthrop.
The latter officer fell mortally wounded at
Five Forks.
The regiment was in the hottest of the fighting at the
Wilderness, and suffered severely there, losing 23 killed, 118 wounded, and 114 captured or missing; total, 255. Three days later — on May 8th--it was engaged in the first of the series of battles at
Spotsylvania, in which action
Colonel Ryan and
Major Milo L. Starks were killed.
At
Spotsylvania the casualties in the regiment were 12 killed and 48 wounded; and at the Weldon Railroad, 4 killed, 19 wounded, and 51 captured or missing. The regiment was composed of exceptionally good material; the men were a neat, clean lot, and in their handsome Zouave costume attracted favorable attention wherever they appeared.
