66th New York Infantry Regiment

The 66th New York Regiment was formed in New York City on the basis of the 6th Regiment of the New York Militia. On November 4, he was accepted for service in the USSA army for a period of 3 years. His first commander was Colonel Josée Pinkney, Lt. Col. James Bull, and Major Orlando Morris.

On November 16, 1861, the regiment left New York, arrived in Washington and was included in the brigade of Brigadier General Lawrence Graham (Buell Division), but already in January was transferred to the brigade of William French (Sumner Division). As part of this brigade, he participated in the attack on Manassas in March, after which he was sent to the Virginian Peninsula, where the French brigade became the 3rd brigade of the division of Israel Richardson in the II Corps of the Potomac Army. The regiment managed to take part in the final phase of the siege of Yorktown, after which the army launched an attack on Richmond and the French brigade participated in the battle of Seven Pines . In this battle, the regiment lost 2 people killed and 5 wounded.

The brigade also fought at Oak Grove , at Gaines Mill , at Savage Station, at Glendale, and then was the rear guard of the army during the retreat to Malvern Hill. After the battle of Malvern Hill , Richardson's division was moved north to Centervia and in September participated in the Maryland campaign . During the entire Seven-Day Battle, the regiment lost 4 people killed, 8 wounded and 33 missing.

On July 20, William French's brigade was handed over to Colonel John Brook. On August 10, French returned, but on September 6, command again passed to Brook.

On September 17, a regiment under the command of Captain Whale participated in the battle of Entity , where Brook's brigade was the reserve of Richardson's division. When the Mieger and Caldwell brigades were able to push the enemy from the line on the Sanken Road, Richardson brought Brook into battle. “We were advancing across the hill,” Captain Whale wrote in the report, “completely in front of the enemy. Here we came under the deadly fire of the battery on the right. With a successful flank maneuver, we helped repel the enemy’s attempt to circumvent our right flank. Then an order came to drive the enemy out from the position to the left cornfield. The most terrifying phase of the battle began here. People fell quickly and often, but did not retreat. The battalion went forward and decisively threw the enemy, who retreated in an erratic mass, strewn the field with dead and wounded. "

Under Entitym, the regiment lost 11 people dead, 90 wounded, and one missing.

After the battle, the regiment stood for a while in Harpers Ferry, on October 6, Brook's brigade was handed over to Samuel Zuk , and in November attacked Falmouth ( Fredericksburg campaign ). On December 3, Colonel Pinkney left the regiment, Major Morris became Colonel, and Captain Peter Nelson became Major.

When the battle of Fredericksburg began on December 13th, the French division and then the Hancock division were sent to storm the heights of Marie. The Zuka brigade advanced in the first line of the division. A horse was killed near Zuk, but he remained at the head of the brigade and was able to bring it 60 meters to the enemy’s position, moving further than all the other brigades. In this attack, his team lost 527 people. By the beginning of the battle, 66th New York City numbered 238 people and lost 18 people killed, 47 wounded, and 8 people missing in battle. Lieutenant Colonel James Bull, Captain Wale and Captain John Dodge were killed.

• New York in the War of the Rebellion, 3rd ed. Frederick Phisterer. Albany: JB Lyon Company, 1912.

• Timeline History of the Regiment
• 66th Infantry Regiment
• Monument 66th under Gettysburg
• Captain Whale's report after the battle of Entity