Federal Regiment49th New York Infantry"2nd Buffalo Regiment"Organized: Buffalo, NY; mustered in 9/18/1861 Disbanded/Mustered out on 9/17/1864 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commanding Officers: LCol. William C. Alberger Maj. George W. Johnson | Battlefield Tablets for this Unit: Tablet #75: Irwin's Brigade, Smith's Division - 17 Sep, 12 PM to 18 Sep, 12 PM Tablet #120: Army of the Potomac - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 12 PM Tablet #102: Sixth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 4 PM Tablet #72: Smith's Division, Sixth Army Corps - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 19 Sep, 9 AM Tablet #74: Irwin's Brigade, Smith's Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 19 Sep, 9 AM Tablet #74, cont: Irwin's Brigade, Smith's Division - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 19 Sep, 9 AM This Regiment's Chain of Command: Army - Army of the Potomac Corps - Sixth (VI) Army Corps Division - 2nd Division, VI Corps Brigade - 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, VI Corps | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History of the Unit: Left NY State for Washington, D.C., September 20, 1861. Attached to Stevens' 3rd Brigade, W. F. Smith's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to May, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 6th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, and Army of the Shenandoah, to June, 1865. References, Sources, and other Notes: Basic data from Dyer.1
* If there's a symbol in the Details column ... Click on their last name to see more Notes1 Dyer, Frederick H., A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Des Moines, Iowa: The Dyer Publishing Co., 1908, 49 NY Infantry [AotW citation 187] « Search for Another Unit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||