Soldiers Memorial Boonville NY 146th Regt Appomattox Court House Lee Surrender

Description

NICELY FRAMED six is approx 22 x 18.5.     The 146th New York participated in the battles of:
Fredericksburg
,
Chancellorsville
,
Gettysburg
,
Williamsport
,
Wilderness Tavern
,
Spotsylvania Court House
,
North Anna
,
Totopotomy Creek
,
Cold Harbor
,
Siege of Petersburg
, Weldon Railroad,
White Oak Ridge
,
Five Forks
, Rappahannock Station,
Bristoe Station
,
White Oak Swamp
,
Popular Springs Church
,
Hatcher's Run
, and
Appomattox Court House
.
The 146th New York suffered severe casualties by the end of the war. The regiment was nearly decimated at the battle of the Wilderness (Saunders Field) where many were cut off by the fires of the battle. Out of a number of 1,707 men, their losses were: 7 officers and 126 men killed in action and/or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 187 men who died of sickness and/or other things, and 1 officer and 87 men who died in captivity, many at the
Andersonville
prison camp.
The
146th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
, nicknamed Garrard's Tigers, was a Federal regiment which mustered on October 10, 1862, and mustered out on July 16, 1865. The regiment was raised and organized in
Rome, New York
, and was known as the
5th Oneida Regiment
. Another nickname for this unit was the
Halleck's Infantry
, after New York-born general
Henry Halleck
.