Capt. William H. Terwilliger and Officers

CAPTAIN WILLIAM H. TERWILLIGER WITH OFFICERS OF COMPANY A
NY 63rd REGIMENT INFANTRY (INDEPENDENT IRISH REGT, 3rd REGT. IRISH BRIGADE)
Near Washington, D.C. ca. 1862

I assume the Captain is the formidable officer at the center.

The New York 63rd

William Henry Terwilliger

SERVICE of the NY 63rd

Organized at New York City August 7 to November 4, 1861.
Left New York for Washington, D.C., November 28, 1861.

November 1861 to March 1862	Meagher's Brigade, Sumner's Division, Army of the Potomac
March 1862 to June 1864	2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac
June 1864 to November 1864	Consolidated Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps
November 1864 to June 1865	2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps

1861

Duty in the Defences of Washington, D.C., November 30, 1861, to March 10, 1862

1862

Advance on Manassas, Va., March 10-15
Ordered to the Virginia Peninsula. Siege of Yorktown, Va., April 16-May 4
Battle of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks May 31-June 1
Fair Oaks June 24
Seven days before Richmond June 25-July 1
Battles of Gaines' Mill June 27
About Fair Oaks June 28-29
Peach Orchard and Savage Station June 29
White Oak Swamp Bridge and Glendale June 30
Malvern Hill July 1
At Harrison's Landing till August 16
Moved to Fortress Monroe, thence to Alexandria and Centreville August 16-30
Cover retreat of Pope's Army to Washington, D.C., August 31-September 2
Maryland Campaign September 6-22
Battle of Antietam September 16-17. Duty at Harper's Ferry, W. Va., September 22-October 29
Reconnoissance to Charlestown October 16-17
Advance up Loudoun Valley and movement to Falmouth, Va., October 29-November 17
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15

1863

At Falmouth till April 27
"Mud March" January 20-24
Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6
Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5.
Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24.
Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-4
Duty on line of the Rappahannock till October
Advance from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan September 13-17
Bristoe Campaign October 9-22
Auburn and Bristoe October 14
Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8
Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2

1864

Duties at and near Stevensburg, Va.until May
Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7
Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15
Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7
Spottsylvania May 8-12
Po River May 10
Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21
Assault on the Salient or "Bloody Angle" May 12
North Anna River May 23-26
On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28
Totopotomoy May 28-31
Cold Harbor June 1-12
Before Petersburg June 16-18
Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865
Jerusalem Plank Road June 22-23, 1864
Demonstration north of the James July 27-29
Deep Bottom July 27-28
Demonstration north of the James August 13-20
Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, August 14-18
Ream's Station August 25
Reconnoissance to Hatcher's Run December 9-10

1865

Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, February 5-7
Watkins' House March 25
Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9
Hatcher's Run or Boydton Road March 29-31
White Oak Road March 31
Sutherland Station and fall of Petersburg April 2
Sailor's Creek April 6
High Bridge. Farmville, April 7
Appomattox Court House April 9
Surrender of Lee and his army
Moved to Washington, D.C., May 2-12
Grand Review May 23
Mustered out June 30, 1865

WILLIAM HENRY TERWILLIGER

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