82nd New York Infantry Regiment

82nd New York Infantry Regiment
ActiveMay 20-June 7, 1861, to June 25, 1864
Country United States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
Nickname(s)Second Regiment N. Y. S. Light Infantry, or State Guards
EngagementsFirst Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Ball's Bluff
Battle of Yorktown (1862)
Battle of Fair Oaks
Seven Days' Battles
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Bristoe Station
Mine Run Campaign
Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse
Battle of Cold Harbor
Siege of Petersburg
Insignia
2nd Division, II Corps

The 82nd New York Infantry Regiment, the "Second Militia," "Second Regiment N. Y. S. Light Infantry," or "State Guards", was an infantry regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War.