63rd New York Infantry Regiment

63rd New York Infantry Regiment
New York flag
ActiveNovember 1861 – June 30, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
Nickname(s)3rd Regiment of the Irish Brigade
Equipment.69 M1842 smoothbore "buck and ball"
EngagementsAmerican Civil War
Five unidentified soldiers of the 63rd New York Infantry Regiment in uniform and one unidentified man in civilian dress with federal and state battle flags and rifle stack. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

The 63rd New York Infantry Regiment was a Union Army regiment in the Irish Brigade during the American Civil War. It served in some of the leading campaigns and battles of the Army of the Potomac in the Eastern Theater of operations.