25th New York Infantry Regiment explained

Unit Name:	25th New York Infantry Regiment
Dates:	May 11, 1861, to June 26, 1863
Country:	United States
Allegiance:	Union
Branch:	Infantry
Battles:	Battle of Gainesville Second Battle of Bull Run Battle of South Mountain Battle of Antietam Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Seven Pines Battle of Hanover Court House

The 25th New York Infantry Regiment, the "Union Rangers", was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The regiment was organized in New York City, New York, on May 10, 1861, and was mustered in for a two-year enlistment on June 28, 1861.

The regiment was mustered out of service on June 26, 1863, and those men who had signed three year enlistments were transferred to the 44th New York.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 7 officers and 54 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 25 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 90 fatalities.^{[1] [2]}

Commanders

• Colonel James E. Kerrigan
• Colonel Charles Adams Johnson

See also

• List of New York Civil War regiments

Notes

1. http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unnyinf3.htm The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.
2. Fox, William F., Lt.-Col., 'Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865', Albany, N.Y., 1889, p. 477.

References

• The Civil War Archive

External links

• New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center - Civil War - 25th Infantry Regiment History, photographs, table of battles and casualties, and historical sketch for the 25th New York Infantry Regiment.