Their Formation:
On July 2, 1862 President Lincoln called for an additional three hundred thousand troops to serve for three years or the duration of the war.
Responding to Lincoln’s plea, Mrs. Benson J. Lossing (wife of the noted historian) took the first principle step in forming a Dutchess County Regiment by
publishing an article in the Poughkeepsie Eagle (now the Poughkeepsie Journal) on August 21, 1862 calling on local citizens to come to the aid of their
country.
The resulting regiment, the 150th New York State Volunteer Infantry Regiment, was formed in the summer of 1862, being formally mustered into service
on October 10th and 11th with John H. Ketcham being commissioned as Colonel.
The 150th left Dutchess County on October 12, 1862.
Their Affiliations:
¨ VIIIth Army Corps Middle Department Oct., 1862 – Jan., 1863
¨ 2nd Separate Brigade, VIIIth Army Corps Jan., 1863 – Feb., 1863
¨ 3nd Separate Brigade, VIIIth Army Corps Feb., 1863 – July, 1863
¨ 2nd Brigade, 1st Division XIIth Army Corps July, 1863
Army of the Potomac
¨ 3nd Brigade, 1st Division XIIth Army Corps July, 1863 – Oct., 1863
Army of the Potomac
¨ 3nd Brigade, 1st Division XIIth Army Corps Oct., 1863 – April, 1864
Army of the Cumberland
¨ 2nd Brigade, 1st Division XXth Army Corps April, 1864 – Jan., 1865
Army of the Cumberland
¨ 2nd Brigade, 1st Division XXth Army Corps Jan., 1865 – June, 1865
Army of the Georgia
Their Service:
Mustered into Federal Service, (October 10, 1862)
Camp Dutchess, Pok’eepsie, N. Y.
Defenses ofBaltimore, Md. (Oct., 1862 – Feb., 1863)
Duty in Middle Department (Feb., – July, 1863)
Baltimore, Md.
Gettysburg Campaign (July 1 – August 1, 1863)
· Battle of Gettysburg July 1 – 3, 1863
· Pursuit of Leenear Manassas Gap, Va. July 5 – 24, 1863
· Duty on line of Rappahannock Till September, 1863
· Transfer to Stevenson, Alabama Sept. 24 – Oct. 3, 1863
· Guard Duty on line ofNashville & Chattanooga Railroad
Tullahoma and Normandy, Tn. Till April, 1864
Atlanta Campaign (May 1 – Sept. 8, 1864)
· Demonstration onRocky Faced Ridge, Ga. May 8 – 11, 1864
· Battle, Resaca, Ga. May 14 - 15, 1864
· Combats near Cassville, Ga. May 18 - 19, 1864
· Advance on Dallas, Ga. May 22 – 25, 1864
· Battles about Dallas, New Hope Church
and Alattona Hills, Ga. May 25 – June 5, 1864
· Operations about Marietta and
against Kenesaw Mountain, Ga. June 10 – July 2, 1864
Combats about Pine Hill, Ga. June 11 - 14, 1864
Combats about Lost Mountain, Ga. June 15 - 17, 1864
Combat, Gilgal (Golgatha Church), Ga. June 15, 1864
Action Muddy Creek, Ga. June 17, 1864
Combat, Noyes Creek, Ga. June 19, 1864
Combat, Kolb’s Farm, Ga. June 22, 1864
Assault, Kenesaw Mountain, Ga. June 27, 1864
· Combat, Ruff’s Station(Neal-Dows Station) and
Smyrna Camp Grounds, Ga. July 4, 1864
· Operations on the line of the
Chattahoochee River, Ga. July 5 - 17, 1864
· Battle, Peach Tree Creek, Ga. July 19 - 20, 1864
· Siege of Atlanta, Ga. July 22 – Aug. 25, 1864
· Operations at Chattahoochee River Bridge,
Pace’s and Turner’s Ferries, Ga. Aug. 26 – Sept. 2, 1864
· Occupation of Atlanta, Ga. Sept. 2, – Nov. 15, 1864
Sherman’s March to the Sea
(Nov. 15 – Dec. 10, 1864)
· Skirmishes, Montieth Swamp, Ga. Dec. 9, 1864
· Siege, Savannah, Ga. Dec. 10 – 21, 1864
Campaign of the Carolinas (Jan. 21 – April 26, 1865)
· Battle, Averysborough, N. C. March 16, 1865
(Taylor’s Hole Creek)
· Battle, Bentonville, N. C. March 19 – 21, 1865
· Occupation, Goldsborough, N. C. March 24, 1865
· Advance on Raleigh, N. C. April 9 – 13, 1865
· Occupation, Raleigh, N. C. April 14, 1865
· Surrender of Johnston’s Army,
Bennett’s House,
Durham Station, N. C. April 26, 1865
March to Washington, D. C.,
Via Richmond, Va. (April 29 – May 19, 1865)
Grand Review of Western Armies,Washington, D. C., (May 24, 1865)
Mustered out of Federal Service,Washington, D. C., (June 8, 1865)