New York 142nd Infantry, Company D (Union)
9/29/62
Organized - New York 142nd Infantry, Company D - New York
9/20/64
Battle - Chaffin's Farm - Henrico County, Virginia
1/13/65
Battle - Second Fort Fisher - New Hanover County, North Carolina
Second Fort Fisher
By January 1865, Fort Fisher on the North Carolina shore was the last coastal stronghold of the Confederacy. The fort protected blockade running vessels entering and departing Wilmington, the South's last open seaport on the Atlantic coast. Maj. Gen. Alfred Terry was placed in command of a Provisional Corps from the Army of the James, and was supported by a Navy and Marine Corps force of nearly 60 vessels under Rear Adm. David D. Porter. Terry's orders were to renew operations against the fort that had fai…READ MORE
6/7/65
Mustered Out - New York 142nd Infantry, Company D - New York
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regiment -New York 142nd Infantry (Union)
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