New York 48th Infantry, Company A (Union)
10/09/1861
Organized - New York 48th Infantry, Company A - New York
18/07/1863
Battle - Second Fort Wagner - Morris Island, Charleston County, South Carolina
20/02/1864
Battle - Olustee - Baker County, Florida
Olustee
In February 1864, the commander of the Union Department of the South, Maj. Gen. Quincy A. Gillmore, launched an expedition into Florida to secure Union enclaves, sever Rebel supply routes, and recruit black soldiers. Brig. Gen. Truman Seymour moved his 5,500-man force from Jacksonville deep into the state, meeting little resistance. On February 20th, as he advanced toward Lake City, he approached Brig. Gen. Joseph Finegan's 5,000 Confederates entrenched in an open pine woods near Olustee. Finegan send forw…READ MORE
16/08/1865
Mustered Out - New York 48th Infantry, Company A - New York
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regiment -New York 48th Infantry (Union)
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