Vicki & Ann Thank you for not mentioning I gave the wrong unit information. With apologies, below is the real 148th NY Volunteer Infantry unit. Luckily for me the unit served in the siege of Petersburg also, so the rest of the data ought to be all right.... Mike 148th REGIMENT INFANTRY. Organized at Geneva, N.Y., and mustered in September 14, 1862. Left State for Suffolk, Va., September 22, 1862. Attached to Viele's Command, Norfolk, Va., 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to July, 1863. Norfolk, Va.. Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to October, 1863. Wistar's Brigade, United States forces, Yorktown, Va.; Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps, Army of the James, to September, 1864. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Army Corps, to December, 1864. 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 24th Army Corps, to May, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 24th Army Corps, to June, 1865. SERVICE.--Garrison and guard duty at Norfolk, Va., till October, 1863, and at Yorktown, Va., till April, 1864. Wistar's Expedition against Richmond February 6-8, 1864. Butler's operations on south side of the James and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-28. Occupation of City Point and Bermuda Hundred, Va., May 5. Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church May 9-10. Operations against Fort Darling May 12-16. Battle of Drury's Bluff May 14-16. Bermuda Hundred May 16-27. Moved to White House, thence to Cold Harbor, May 28-31. Battles about Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 15-18. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Duty In the trenches before Petersburg and on the Bermuda Hundred front till September 27. Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve). Battle of Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, September 28-30. Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28. Duty in trenches before Richmond till March, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. On line of Hatcher's and Gravelly Runs March 29-30. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Rice's Station April 6. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Duty in the Department of Virginia till June. Mustered out June 22, 1865. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 100th New York Infantry. Regiment lost during service 4 Officers and 112 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 149 Enlisted men by disease. Total 267. akeegan wrote: > which State did he was his unit from? > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 10:25 AM > Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] State archives questions > > >> I recently sent to the archives for information on two men. One I >> knew was >> related the other was a possible. Anyway, I received them the other >> day and >> have a couple of questions perhaps some of you can answer: >> >> in the side margin before the years column is hand written E.P. M.I. R, >> What does it stand for? >> >> under the line where his info is written, there is a notation that says >> "772R-Apr 10" - 63 14 in the days column Sept in Month and 1862; what >> does this >> mean? >> >> Under remarks: Present on MR-April 10" 1863 >> M- IR Sept 14. 62 Absent, sick >> Wounded. absent since June 18"1864. 772- OR. >> Wounded in Hand. June 19" 1864 near Petersburg. Va. borne as Roberts. >> Cas-List June 1864. Ok, I know that he lost two fingers on his left >> hand, is this >> saying that he was at a field hospital in June? What is the M - IR >> in Sept >> of the previous year? What battle might have been going on in >> Petersburg, >> Va. in June of 1864? >> >> His name was Aaron D. Robertson and he was a private with Company I >> of the >> 148th Inf. He enlisted on 28 August 1862 and mustered in on 31 >> August 1862. >> He later received a pension of $8.00 a month for the loss of his two >> fingers. >> >> Any help here understanding these papers would be helpful. Vicki in WNY >> >> Researching these names: ARWINE, BAKER, BARRETT, BENVANSCHOTEN, BRANDOW, >> BROKAW, BUTLER, CARNES, CROWE, DEAN, FERRIS, GOLDEN, HAVENS, >> HENDERSHOTT, >> HOXTER, HUBER, ISAMAN, JENKS, KELLEHER, KNAPP, KOONTZ, LUNDRIGAN, >> MAKELEY, >> MCDERMOTT, MEHLENBACHER, MERRITT, NEU, NORTHRUP, O"CONNOR, OSINCUP, >> OXX, PATTERSON, >> POWERS, QUICK, RAHMLOW, ROBERTSON, ROBINSON, ROOT, RYAN, SLAUGHTER, >> STOCUM, >> WADE, WHITE, WILCOX, WRIGHT, VAN OXX, YECKLEY, YOUNG, ZIMMERMAN. >> >> >> ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== >> To unsubscribe from list mode, email [email protected] >> and in the text area of the message, type only the word >> unsubscribe >> >> >> > > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To search our list archives since 1996, go to > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > and enter Civil-War in the list name > > >