Title:

100th New York Volunteer Infantry

Description:

In Memory of 100th New York Volunteer Infantry

1861 Civil War 1865

Battles and Losses from "Fox's History of the Rebellion," Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Bottoms Bridge, White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, Virginia; Folly Island, Cole's Island, Morris Island, night assault on Fort Wagner, seige of Fort Wagner, South Carolina; Bermuda Hundred, Walthall Junction, Proctor's Creek, Drury's Bluff, Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom, seige of Petersburg, Chaffin's Farm, Darbytown Road, second Fair Oaks, Fort Gregg, Appomattox.

Killed 120, wounded 498, missing 288, total 906.

   Losses                             Officers    Enlisted Men    Total

   Mortally wounded and killed           12           182          194
   Died of disease, accidents, etc.       1           131          132
   Died in Confederate prisons                         71           71

   Totals                                13           384          397

See Hon. George S. Hazard's Historical Record in Buffalo Historical Society Building. Dedicated September 25, 1916.

Description: (reverse)

To Commemorate the Patriotism of the 100th New York Volunteer Infantry

1861 Civil War 1865

Organized at Fort Porter, Buffalo, New York, January 7, 1862, Colonel James M. Brown in command, departed for active service March 7, 1862, numbering 960 men, rank and file, participated in the Peninsular Campaign with heavy losses, among them Colonel Brown killed at Fair Oaks, Virginia May 31, 1862, regiment adopted July 29, 1862 by Buffalo Board of Trade who recruited and sent to regiment 956 men, Colonel George B. Dandy U.S. Army took command in August 1862 at the fall of Petersburg, April 2, 1865, Major James H. Dandy in command was killed while planting the colors on Fort Gregg, the regiment was mustered out of service at Richmond, Virginia, August 28, 1865.

Erected by:

Survivors and friends, dedicated at the annual reunion of the 100th New York Veteran's Association, September 25, 1916. See other tablet and Historical Record in Historical Society Building.

Location:

Front Park.

Comments:

Restored, Buffalo Arts Commission, 2002.