| 157th New York Infantry Regiment | |
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| Active | Mustered in:19 September 1862; Mustered out: 10 July 1865. |
| Country | USA |
| Allegiance | New York |
| Branch | Infantry Regiment |
| Type | Volunteer |
| Size | Regiment |
| Commanders | |
| Colonel of the Regiment | Philip P. Brown Jr |
| New York U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865 | ||||
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The 157th New York Infantry Regiment was a regiment of infantry organized in New York state during the American Civil War.[1]
On August 13, 1862, Colonel Philip P. Brown Jr. was authorized to recruit this regiment in the then 23d Senatorial District of the State. It was organized at Hamilton, convening in the service of the United States for three years from September 19, 1862. On June 22, 1865, the men not to be Muster (military) with the regiment were transferred to the 54th New York Volunteer Infantry.[2]
- ^ Phisterer, Frederick (1912). New York in the War of the Rebellion. Vol. 5 (3rd ed.). Albany: J. B. Lyon Company. pp. 3831–3843.
- ^ "54th Regiment, New York Infantry". familysearch.org.