18th New York Infantry Volunteer Regiment

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18th New York Battles

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The 18th New York took part in many battles. Most of the time in reserve. In larger battles they were hardly touched. In smaller battles, they tened to be near the front. The 18th NY's glory day was Battle for Crampton's Gap, part of the South Mountain Campaign. Below is a list of the battles that they are listed as being present for.

Reconnaisance on Fairfax Road................................... July 14, 1861
Advance on Manassas, VA.......................................... July 16-21, 1861
Fairfax Court House.................................................... July 17, 1861
Battle of Manassas, VA.............................................. July 21, 1861
Duty of the Defenses of Washington DC....................... until March, 1862
Skirmish at Springfield Station..................................... October 3, 1862
Advance on Massass, VA........................................... March 10-15, 1862
McDowell's advance on Fredericksburg, VA................... April 4-12, 1862
Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula................................. April 22, 1862
Siege of Yorktown....................................................... April 24-May 4, 1862
West Point................................................................. May 7-8, 1862
Seven Days Battles ................................................... June 25-July 1, 1862
Gaines Mill................................................................. June 27, 1862
White Oak Swamp and Glendale.................................. June 30, 1862
Malvern Hill................................................................. July 1, 1862
At Harrison's Landing................................................... until August 16, 1862
Movement to Fortress Monroe, thence to Centreville....... August 16-28, 1862
In works at Centreville, VA............................................ August 29-31, 1862
Cover Pope's retreat to Fairfax Court House................... September 1, 1862
Maryland Campaign..................................................... September 6-22, 1862
Crampton's Gap, South Mountain Campaign.................. September 14, 1862
Battle of Antietam........................................................ September 16-17, 1862
Duty in Maryland......................................................... until October 30, 1862
Movement to Falmouth, VA.......................................... October 30-November 19, 1862
Battle of Fredericksburg, VA......................................... December 12-15, 1862
"Mud March"............................................................... January 20-24, 1863
At Falmouth, VA.......................................................... until April, 1863
Chancellorsville Campaign............................................ April 27-May 6, 1863
Operations at Franklin's Crossing.................................. April 29-May 2, 1863
Maryes Heights, Fredericksburg, VA............................. May 3, 1863
Salem Heights............................................................. May 3-4, 1863
Banks' Ford................................................................. May 4, 1863
Regiment moved to New York....................................... May 16, 1863
18th New York mustered out......................................... May 28, 1863

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At Gaines Mill, this was one of the 18th first large scale battle. Gaines Mill was part of the Seven Days Battles. At Gaines Mill, the 18th NY was part of VI Corps (Franklin); 1st Division (Slocum); 3rd Brigade (Newton). Newton's brigade was a part of the reserve at this battle, deployed on the plateau above Boatswain's Swamp behind the Federal first line and with or in support of the Federal artillery. Newton appears to have been deployed almost directly behind the point of attack of Whiting's Confederate division (Hood's and Law's brigades) which succeeded in breaking the Federal lines and securing the victory for the Confederates. The 18th took minor casualities with 18th men dying on the field or wounded on the field and later died from that wound.
 
21  killed (shown in red)
15 wounded (shown in blue)
The casualties from Gaines Mill of the 18th are:
 
Company A
 
Pvt. Robert Courtney
Pvt. Orville Gregory
Pvt. Nathaniel P.Y. Gridley
Pvt. Samuel Lilly
Pvt. John Schultz
 
Company B
 
Sgt. Robert Wiseman
Pvt. Robert C. Calder
Pvt. Theodore Langdon
Pvt. Michael Luny
Pvt. John Stalker
Pvt. Levi Swartwout
 
Company D
 
Pvt. Michael Weymer
Cpt. George Barry
Pvt. William H. Murphy
Pvt. William H. Thompson
Pvt. James Daley
 
Company E
 
Pvt. John N. Bovee
 
Company F
 
Pvt. Isaac F. Hall
Pvt. Joseph Snyder
 
Company G
 
Pvt. Myron Burton
Pvt. Gardiner King
Pvt. Edwin Martin
Pvt. Renard Richentaylor
Pvt. Henry W. Taylor
Pvt. Isaac H. Van Kuren
 
Company H
 
Cpt. Theodore C. Rogers
Pvt. Anton Holt
Pvt. George E. Homan
Pvt. James Larkin
Pvt. Washington I. Sawyer
 
Company I
 
Pvt. John Carroll
Pvt. Edward Nugent
Pvt. William Stillwell
Pvt. Anthony Sullivan

Company K
 
Pvt. Charles A. Getty
Pvt. John G. Riley
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In brief detail, the 18th New York at Crampton's Gap, were put in relieve of another unit by one of the roads. The Union formed up for a charge. The 18th was in the main charge and suffered some casualties at Crampton's Gap.

15 killed 
3 wounded
2 missing

The casualites from Crampton's Gap of the 18th are:
Adjutant
 
John H. Russell

Company A

Cpl. Edmund B. Hawley
Pvt. John Van Buren

Company B

Pvt. Henry Carroll
Pvt. Richard Hennessy
Pvt. George Martin
Pvt. Jeremiah Ryan

Company C

Cpl. Isaac De Baum
Pvt. Maurice E. Haythorne
Pvt. William J. Stonus

Company E

Capt. William Horsfall
Pvt. William McDonald

Company F
 
Pvt. John Duel 
 
Company G

Pvt. John Litchutt Jr.

Company H

Pvt. Samuel Cole
Company I
 
Cpl. Edward M. Fogerty
 
Company K
 
Pvt. Abram Blaisdell
Pvt. James Garrity


**For further reading on the Battle of Crampton's Gap, read "Sealed With Their Lives" by Timothy J. Reese
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