148th New York Infantry Regiment

148th New York Infantry Regiment
ActiveSeptember 14, 1862 - June 22, 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchInfantry
EngagementsBattle of Cold Harbor
Battle of Drewry's Bluff
Battle of Chaffin's Farm
Battle of Fair Oaks
Medal issued for the 148th NYVI Reunion
Medal issued for the 148th NYVI Reunion

The 148th New York Infantry Regiment was authorized to recruit from the 26th Senatorial District of the State. They were organized at Geneva, Ontario County and mustered in under the command of Colonel William Johnson on September 14, 1862, for a term of service of three years. The 148th served in the Department of Virginia through June 1865 and mustered out June 22, 1865, then under the command of Colonel John B. Murray. During its service the regiment lost by death, killed in action, 2 officers, 63 enlisted men; of wounds received in action, 2 officers, 42 enlisted men; of disease and other causes, 2 officers, 156 enlisted men; total, 6 officers, 261 enlisted men. Total lost was 267, 24 of them enlisted men who died as prisoners.[1]

  1. ^ New York in the War of the Rebellion, 3rd ed. Frederick Phisterer. Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1912