86th New York Volunteer Infantry

Service

Detailed service

• Left New York for Washington, D.C., November 23, 1861.
• Duty in the defenses of Washington, D.C. until August 1862.
• Pope's Campaign in northern Virginia August 16-September 2.
• Duty in the defenses of Washington until October.
• Moved to Point of Rocks, then to Pleasant Valley,Md., October 18–19.
• Movement toward Warrenton, Va., October 24-November 16.
• Reconnaissance to Manassas Gap, Va., and skirmish November 5–6.
• Movement to Falmouth, Va., November 18–24.
• Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12–15.
• Duty near Falmouth until April 27, 1863.
• "Mud March" January 20–24.
• Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6.
• Battle of Chancellorsville May 1–5.
• Brandy Station and Beverly Ford June 9.
• Gettysburg Campaign June 11-July 24.
• Battle of Gettysburg July 1–3.
• Pursuit of Lee July 5–24.
• Wapping Heights, Va., July 23.
• Duty on line of the Rappahannock until October.
• Bristoe Campaign October 9–22.
• Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7–8.
• Kelly's Ford November 7.
• Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2.
• Duty near Brandy Station until May, 1864.
• Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6–7.
• Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15.
• Battle of the Wilderness May 5–7.
• Spotsylvania May 8–12.
• Po River May 10.
• Spotsylvania Court House May 12–21.
• Assault on the Salient, "Bloody Angle," May 12.
• North Anna River May 23–26.
• On line of the Pamunkey May 26–28.
• Totopotomoy May 28–31.
• Cold Harbor June 1–12.
• Before Petersburg June 16–18.
• Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865.
• Jerusalem Plank Road, Weldon Railroad, June 22–23, 1864.
• Demonstration north of the James July 27–29.
• Deep Bottom July 27–28.
• Demonstration north of the James August 13–20.
• Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14–18.
• Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2.
• Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27–28.
• Reconnaissance to Weldon Railroad December 9–10.
• Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5–7, 1865.
• Watkins' House March 25.
• Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9.
• Boydton and White Oak Roads March 29–31.
• Crow's House March 31.
• Fall of Petersburg April 2.
• Sailor's Creek April 6.
• High Bridge and Farmville April 7.
• Appomattox Court House April 9.
• Surrender of Lee and his army. At Burkesville until May 2.
• Moved to Washington, D.C., May 2–12.
• Grand Review of the Armies May 23.

  Casualties

Commanders

• Colonel Benajah P. Baily
• Colonel Nathan H. Vincent
• Lieutenant Colonel Bena J. Chapin - commanded at the Battle of Fredericksburg; killed in action at the Battle of Chancellorsville while in command of the regiment
• Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin L. Higgins - commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg until wounded on July 2
• Major Jacob H. Lansing - commanded at the Battle of Chancellorsville while still at the rank of captain after Ltc Chapin was killed; commanded at the Battle of Gettysburg after Ltc Higgins was wounded
• Major Michael Stafford - commanded during the Mine Run Campaign; killed in action at Cold Harbor while serving as lieutenant colonel