Ruggles' Regiment: The 122nd New York Volunteers in the American Civil WarAn account of the campaigns and battles in which the 122nd New York Volunteers fought forms the major part of this book: it follows the life of the 122nd from its mustering on, to its ultimate discharge and homecoming in the summer of 1865. This account details the extremes of misery and discomfort, the occasional heroism, the long boredom of waiting, which is the lot of all soldiers in all armies, and the numbing fear of battle when every bullet seems to have one's name on it. In the early chapters the story of the regiment is set against the background of the war itself, because what the regiment and its members actually did formed only part of a larger strategy and larger struggle. Later chapters focus attention not on battles but on the day-to-day concerns of army life--conditions in camp, the arms and equipment carried by the men, their entertainments, and private worries. They examine the cause for which this regiment was fighting by exploring the minds and motives of those who fought. |
Contents
The 6th Corps on the March to South Mountain | 10 |
From Fredericksburg to Gettysburg | 12 |
Gen Burnside Under Difficulty Va January 24th 1863 | 18 |
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1863 discharged 28 July 30 July 9 Aug absent at muster Age on Enlistment April army attack battery battle brigade Burnside camp Capt captured at Wilderness Cedar Creek Charles Cold Harbor command Company Rank Discharged Confederate Corp 23 June Craichie deserted wounded died of typhoid disability deserted disability wounded discharged for disability Dwight E Pte enemy Enlisted Company Rank Enlistment Enlisted Company F Pte fight fire Fort Stevens Fredericksburg front G Corp G Pte George H Pte H Pte 23 James John John 21 June 1865 wounded K Pte Lee's March miles moved Name Age officers Onondaga Onondaga County Ostrander Petersburg picket Pte 23 June rebels rebs regi regiment Richmond river Ruggles Sept 1862 deserted Sgt 23 June Sixth Corps skirmishers soldiers Syracuse Daily Journal transferred to V.R.C. troops Union Union army Warrenton William Winchester wounded at Cold wounded at Wilderness