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The 120th New York Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service
The 120th New York Infantry was organized at Kingston, New York, and mustered in for three years service on August 22, 1862, under the command of Colonel George Henry Sharpe.
The 120th New York Infantry mustered out of service June 3, 1865. Veterans and recruits whose enlistments had not expired were transferred to the 73rd New York Infantry.
Affiliations, battle honors, detailed service, and casualties
= Organizational affiliation
=The regiment was attached to the following brigades:
Whipple's Brigade, Defenses of Washington, D.C., to October 1862
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, III Corps, Army of the Potomac, to December 1862
2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, III Corps, to March 1864
2nd Brigade, 4th Division, II Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May 1864
4th Brigade, 3rd Division, II Corps, to July 1864
3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, II Corps, to June 1865.
= List of battles
=The official list of battles in which the regiment bore a part:
= Detailed service
=Casualties
The regiment lost a total of 384 men during service: 11 officers and 140 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 3 officers and 179 enlisted men died of disease, and 51 died in Confederate prisons.
Commanders
Colonel George Henry Sharpe - commanded until assigned to Army of the Potomac Provost Office and Bureau of Military Information on February 9, 1863
Lieutenant Colonel Cornelius D. Westbrook - took command on February 9, 1863 when Col. Sharpe was reassigned; Westbrook was wounded in action at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 2, 1863
Major John R. Tappen - took command on July 2, 1863 when Lt. Col. Westbrook was wounded; Tappen was promoted to Lt. Col. on February 27, 1864 and mustered out on December 3, 1864
Major Abram L. Lockwood - took command on December 3, 1864 when Lt. Col. Tappen mustered out; Lockwood was promoted to Lt. Col. on December 20, 1864
See also
List of New York Civil War regiments
New York in the Civil War
Citations
References
Further reading
Fiftieth Anniversary of the Muster Into Service of the One Hundred and Twentieth Regiment, N.Y.V. in the War for the Union Celebrated at Kingston, New York, August 22nd, 1912 (Kingston, NY: Freeman Pub. Co.), 1912.
Sharpe, George H. & Theodore B. Gates. Addresses Delivered at Music Hall, Kingston, at the Seventh Annual Meeting of the 120th Regimental Union (Kingston, NY: Daily Freeman Steam Print. House), 1875.
External links
120th New York Infantry monument at Gettysburg
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