60th New York Volunteer Infantry

Service

Detailed service

1861

• Left New York for Baltimore, Md., November 4, 1861.
• Duty at Baltimore, Md., and between there and Washington, D.C.; also at Relay House, Md., and Harpers Ferry, Va., until June 1862.

  1862

• Defense of Harpers Ferry May 28–30.
• Operations in the Shenandoah Valley until August.
• Pope's Campaign in northern Virginia August 16-September 2.
• Sulphur Springs August 24. Battle of Groveton August 29.
• Second Battle of Bull Run August 30.
• Maryland Campaign September 6–22.
• Battle of Antietam September 16–17.
• Duty at Bolivar Heights until December.
• Reconnaissance to Rippon, Va., November 9.
• Expedition to Winchester December 2–6.
• Marched to Fredericksburg, Va., December 9–16.
• Duty at Fairfax until January 20, 1863.

  1863

• "Mud March" January 20–24.
• Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6.
• Battle of Chancellorsville May 1–5.
• Gettysburg Campaign June 11-July 24.
• Battle of Gettysburg July 1–3.
• Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5–24.
• Duty on line of the Rappahannock until September 24.
• Movement to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24-October 3.
• Duty in Lookout Valley until November.
• Reopening Tennessee River October 26–29.
• Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23–27.
• Battle of Lookout Mountain November 23–24.
• Battle of Missionary Ridge November 25.
• Battle of Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, November 27.
• Duty at Bridgeport, Ala., until May 1864.

  1864

• Scout from Stevenson to Caperton's Ferry April 11.
• Veterans on furlough December 1863-January 1864.
• Atlanta Campaign May 1-September 8.
• Operations about Rocky Faced Ridge, Tunnel Hill, and Buzzard's Roost May 8–11.
• Battle of Resaca May 14–15.
• Near Cassville May 19.
• New Hope Church May 25.
• Battles about Dallas, New Hope Church, and Allatoona Hills May 26-June 5.
• Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10-July 2.
• Pine Mountain June 11–14.
• Ackworth June 12.
• Lost Mountain June 15–17.
• Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15.
• Muddy Creek June 17.
• Noyes Creek June 19.
• Kolb's Farm June 22.
• Assault on Kennesaw June 27.
• Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4.
• Chattahoochee River July 6–17.
• Peachtree Creek July 19–20.
• Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25.
• Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26-September 2.
• Occupation of Atlanta September 2 to November 15.
• Expedition from Atlanta to Tuckum's Cross Roads October 26–29.
• Near Atlanta November 9.
• March to the sea November 15-December 10.
• Near Davisboro November 28.
• Siege of Savannah December 10–21.

  1865

• Carolinas Campaign January to April 1865.
• North Edisto River, S.C., February 12–13.
• Battle of Bentonville, N.C., March 19–21.
• Occupation of Goldsboro March 24.
• Advance on Raleigh April 9–13.
• Occupation of Raleigh April 14.
• Bennett's House April 26.
• Surrender of Johnston and his army.
• March to Washington, D. C, via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20.
• Grand Review of the Armies May 24.

  Casualties

Commanders

• Colonel William B. Hayward - removed from command in January 1862 at the petition of the regiment's company commanders
• Colonel George S. Greene - promoted to brigadier general April 28, 1862
• Colonel William B. Goodrich - mortally wounded in action at the Battle of Antietam while in brigade command
• Colonel Abel Godard - discharged September 13, 1864 due to disability
• Colonel Winslow M. Thomas - discharged April 3, 1865 due to disability
• Colonel Lester S. Willson
• Lieutenant Colonel Charles Russell Brundage - commanded at the Battle of Antietam
• Lieutenant Colonel John C. O. Redington - commanded at the Battle of Chancellorsville
• Lieutenant Colonel Lester S. Williams - commanded during the Carolinas Campaign
• Major Thomas Elliott - commanded during the March to the Sea

  Notable members

• Corporal Follett Johnson, Company H - Medal of Honor recipient for action at the Battle of New Hope Church