43rd New York Infantry Regiment

The 43rd New York Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 43rd New York was mustered in on September 21, 1861, and mustered out June 27, 1865. It was recruited largely in the Albany and New York City areas, fought in many engagements and took heavy casualties.

43rd New York Infantry Regiment
Active	September 21, 1861, to June 27, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Nickname(s)	Albany And Yates' Rifles; Vinton Rifles
Engagements	Lee's Mill Williamsburg Seven Days Battles Antietam Chancellorsville Deep Run Gettysburg Rappahannock Station Locust Grove Auburn Mine Run Wilderness Spotsylvania Courthouse Cedar Creek Cold Harbor Petersburg Sailor's Creek Appomattox

43rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Camp Griffin, Virginia

43rd New York Infantry Monument, Gettysburg Battlefield.

Recruiting areas

The 43rd New York Infantry was recruited in the following areas:

• A Company: Albany
• B Company: Albany
• C Company: Albany and Oneonta
• D Company:Albany
• E Company: Canajoharie
• F Company: Hudson Falls
• G Company: Schenectady
• H Company: New York City
• I Company: New York City
• K Company: Cooperstown

Commanders

• Colonel Francis Laurens Vinton
• Colonel Benjamin F. Baker
• Colonel Charles A. Milliken

Battle record

1. Lee's Mill
2. Williamsburg
3. Seven Days Battles (After the Seven Days Battles, the regiment was consolidated into one battalion)
4. Antietam
5. Chancellorsville
6. Deep Run
7. Gettysburg
8. Rappahannock Station
9. Locust Grove
10. Auburn
11. Mine Run
12. Wilderness
13. Spotsylvania Courthouse
14. Cedar Creek
15. Cold Harbor
16. Petersburg
17. Sailor's Creek
18. Appomattox

Casualties

The 43rd NY suffered 693 casualties: 117 officers and men killed or mortally wounded, 332 wounded and recovered, and 244 missing or captured.

See also

• List of New York Civil War regiments

References

Sources

• "43rd Infantry Regiment". New York Division of Military and Naval Affairs. 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
• "43rd New York Infantry Regiment's Civil War Historical Sketch from the Final Report on the Battlefield of Gettysburg (New York at Gettysburg) by the New York Monuments Commission". New York Division of Military and Naval Affairs. 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
• "43rd Infantry Regiment: Battles and Casualties". New York Division of Military and Naval Affairs. 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2020.