Historical Sketch And Roster Of The New York 147th Infantry Regiment

The New York 147th Infantry Regiment was organized at Oswego and there mustered into the U. S. service on Sept. 23 1862. It received by transfer on Jan. 25 1865 the remnant of the 76th N. Y. The regiment left the state on Sept. 25 1862 and after serving for a time in the defenses of Washington north of the Potomac and in the provisional brigade provost guard Army of the Potomac it was placed in the 1st division 1st corps. It was under fire for the first time at Fitzhugh's crossing below Fredericksburg and afterwards participated in most of the major battles in Virginia and at Gettysburg. In March 1864 when the 1st corps was broken up it was assigned to the 3d brigade 4th (Wadsworth's) division 5th (Warren's) corps and was actively engaged in all the battles of the corps during Grant's bloody campaign of 1864-65.