The 121st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment ( 121st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment ), also Onesers or Upton's Regulars - one of the Union infantry regiments during the Civil War in the United States . The regiment was formed in August 1862, and went through many battles of the civil war in the East from the battle of South Mountain to the battle of Appomattox. He is famous for participating in the battle of Rappahanok Station and in Upton's attack .
| 121st New York Infantry Regiment | |
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 New York State Flag | |
| Years of existence | 1862 - 1865 |
| A country |  USA |
| Type of | Infantry |
| Number | 985 people (august 1862) |
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Formation
On July 19, 1862, Colonel was authorized to recruit a regiment in the districts of Herkimer and Otsego. The gathering point was Herkimer, where on August 13, 1862, the regiment was accepted to serve in the New York State Army for a period of three years. The companies were recruited: A - at Magnheim, Little Falls, Selsbury and Danube; In - in Winfield, Plainfield, Litchfield, Herman-Flets, Colombia and Stark; C - in Fairfield, Russia, Hercomer and Newpot; D - in Frankfort, Warren, Manheim, Schuyler, Columbia and Salisbury; E - in Middlefield, Milford, Cherry Valley, Hartwick, Springfield Otego and Roseboom; F - in Edmston, Exeter, Unadilla, Otego and Maryland; G - in Cherry Valley, Roseboat, Decatur, Middlefield, Westford, Worcester and Herkimer; N - in Little Falls, Richfield, Salisbury and Otego; I - Milford, Laurence, Morris, Worcester, Pittsfield, Hartwick and Herman-Flats; K - in Lawrence, New Lisbon, Oneont, Burlington, Otego, Butternates, Pittsfield and Plainfield [1] .
On August 23, the regiment was recruited into the federal army at Camp Schuyler camp. His first commander was Colonel Richard Francot, Lt. Col. Charles Clark, Major - Egbert Alcott.
Battle Path
On August 30, the regiment left the state and on September 3 arrived in New York, where it was immediately included in the 1st division (Henry Slocam) of the VI Corps of the Potomac Army, in the Joseph Bartlett brigade. As part of this brigade, the regiment served until the end of the war.
The division was immediately involved in the Maryland campaign, and the regiment participated in the battle near the South Mountains (near the Crempton Gorge), although it was not brought into battle. In the battle of Entityam, the regiment, as a newly recruited and inexperienced, was also not introduced into the battle. On September 25, 1862, Colonel Franchot resigned to take the place of Congress, and Emory Upton, then the first lieutenant in the regular army, was elected Colonel.
In October, the regiment was stationed in Sharpsberg, and in November participated in the advance of Falmouth. December 13, he participated in the battle of Frederiksberg, where he lost 4 privates killed and 12 wounded.
In January, the regiment participated in the Mud March .
On March 23, Lieutenant Colonel Clark left the regiment and on April 10, Major Alcott took his place with a promotion.
The Chancellorsville campaign began at the end of April: the division crossed the Rappahanou at Franklins Crossing, was not involved in the second battle at Frederiksberg, but when the heights of Marie were taken, the division was sent to attack the rear of the enemy army. The division was advancing in columns on both sides of Plenk Road. To the left of the road (on its southern side) was a team of Joseph Bartlett [2] .
Faced with the enemy, the Bartlett team turned south of the road. The federal line passed through a strip of dense forest and stumbled upon the Alabamans on its western outskirts. South of the road, the 9th Alabama Regiment occupied the Salem Church and the school building, turning them into a small fortress. This fortress suspended the federal offensive for some time [3] . Gathering strength, the northerners went on the assault on this fortress: the 121st New York burst into the log building of the school, and the 23rd New Jersey captured Salem Church, capturing the defenders of the church. To the west of the church were the defenses of the 8th and 10th Alabama regiments. The 121st New York regiment attacked them: the regiment rushed into a bayonet attack, hit the 10th Alabama and threw it away. The retreat of the 10th Alabama opened the flank of the 8th Alabama . His commander was already wounded, but Lt. Col. Hilary Herbert noticed the danger and turned two companies to the left, which opened flanking fire on the advancing New Yorkers. Upton then recalled that in just 7 minutes he had lost 200 of his 453s. At that moment , the 9th Alabama attacked; he was joined on the left by the 11th and 14th, and then the 10th and 51st Georgian regiments of the Sams brigade. The attackers broke through to the church and school, freeing their prisoners there. Brooks' brigades began to retreat beyond the forest [4] .
Under Salem Church, the regiment lost 4 officers and 92 privates killed, 2 officers and 155 privates wounded, 2 officers and 21 privates captured or missing. The regiment lost 62% of its composition in just 20 minutes of the battle. Captain Nelson Wendell, first lieutenant Doubleday, second lieutenant Frederick Ford, died, and captain Thomas Arnold was mortally wounded and died on May 18 [5] .
Notes
- ↑ 121st Infantry Regiment
- ↑ Sears, 1996 , p. 378.
- ↑ Sears, 1996 , p. 382.
- ↑ Sears, 1996 , p. 383-384.
- ↑ Timeline of the history of the regiment
Literature
- Pfanz, Harry. Gettysburg, The second day. - Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1987 .-- 601 p. - ISBN 080781749x .
- New York in the War of the Rebellion, 3rd ed. Frederick Phisterer. Albany: JB Lyon Company, 1912.
- * Sears, Stephen W. Chancellorsville. - Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996 .-- 221 p. - ISBN 0-395-87744-X .