32nd New York Infantry Regiment explained

Unit Name:	32nd New York Infantry Regiment
Dates:	May 31, 1861, to June 9, 1863
Country:	United States
Allegiance:	Union
Branch:	Infantry
Battles:	First Battle of Bull Run Peninsular Campaign Battle of South Mountain Battle of Antietam Chancellorsville Campaign

The 32nd New York Infantry Regiment, also known as the "1st California Regiment", was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The regiment was organized in Staten Island, New York and was mustered in for a two-year enlistment on May 31, 1861.

The regiment was mustered out of service on June 9, 1863, and those men who had signed three year enlistments or who re-enlisted were transferred to the 121st New York on April 19, 1864.

Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 8 officers and 37 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 53 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 99 fatalities.^[1]

Commanders

• Colonel Francis Effingham Pinto

See also

• List of New York Civil War regiments

References

• The Civil War Archive

External links

• New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center - Civil War - 32nd Infantry Regiment History, photographs, table of battles and casualties, and historical sketch for the 32nd New York Infantry Regiment.

Notes and References

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.