page_title: 67th New York Infantry
section_title: Regimental history
hierarchical_section_title: 67th New York Infantry / Regimental history
caption_attribution_description: English: Monument to the 67 Ny Volunteers at Gettysburg
context_page_description: The 67th New York Infantry was a regiment of the Union Army, which was raised in Brooklyn in 1861 at the beginning of the American Civil War.
context_section_description: May and June 1861: The 67th Regiment, New York Volunteers (their official State Designation) was organized in Brooklyn, New York, under special authority of the War Department. The 67th received its State numerical designation August 19, 1861. The official recruiting office was on Fulton Street in Lower Manhattan.
  Companies A, B, and E were known as "Beecher's Pets", after Henry Ward Beecher, a prominent Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, dedicated abolitionist, and fiery speaker in the mid-19th century. He was the brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Plymouth Church of the Pilgrim, the church of the Reverend Beecher, was a stop on the Underground Railroad, helping escaped slaves reach Canada and freedom. It still stands on Hicks Street in Brooklyn and remains an active and highly patronized church.
  Company C was principally recruited at Scio in Allegany County in western New York state. Company D was recruited from Clyde in Wayne County, and Company H was recruited from Rochester. The newspapers of the day referred to the 67th as the "Brooklyn Phalanx". Brooklyn was not yet part of New York City, and the men of the 67th called themselves the 1st Long Island Volunteers.
  In total 1,567 men and boys enlisted in the 67th from May 1861 to June 1864. They were commanded by Colonel Julius Adams and Lt. Colonel Nelson Cross. Their first assignment was the defense of Washington, D.C.
  August 19, 1861: The recruits of the 67th camped at South Brother Island, East River (between Rikers Island and The Bronx), moved briefly to Fort Hamilton before departing southward, then transferred to Fort Schuyler for basic army training.
  August 21, 1861: The 67th was attached to Graham's Brigade, Buell's division (later known as "Keyes Division"), which was part of the Division of the Potomac. The division became part of the renamed Army of the Potomac.
  August 22, 1861: The 67th departed for Washington, D.C., stopping overnight in Baltimore where they slept with loaded muskets at the station, due to danger from the Baltimore riot of 1861. They arrived in Washington on August 24. They would remain in Washington, moving from camp to camp, until March 1862.
  October 1861: The 67th Regiment was attached to the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, VI Army Corps, Army of the Potomac.
  March 1862: The 67th was attached to the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, IV Army Corps, Army of the Potomac. They were active at the Siege of Yorktown and the Battle of Williamsburg in Virginia. They moved with Gen. George McClellan in Virginia and were active in the Peninsular Campaign, becoming involved in the Battle of Seven Pines, Fair Oaks, and finally, Malvern Hill.
  April 13, 1862: All musicians not assigned to specific companies were mustered out.
  July and August 1862: The 67th Regiment was attached to the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, IV Army Corps, Army of the Potomac. They were part of the reserve units at the Battle of Antietam, September 16–17.
  October 1862: Attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, VI Army Corps, Army of the Potomac.
  December 12–15, 1862: Involved in the Battle of Fredericksburg.
  January 1863: Part of General Burnside's infamous Mud March. They were then active in the Chancellorsville Campaign and in operations at the Battle of Franklin's Crossing.
  May 3, 1863: They were involved in the Battle of Marye's Heights, followed by action at Salem Heights and Bank's Ford.
  July 1863: At the Battle of Gettysburg, the regiment was down to 363 "effectives".  A monument was later erected to the 67th Regiment on Culp's Hill with an inscription that reads "Held this position on July 3rd, then moved double quick to left center to resist Confederate charge upon our batteries". The Pickett-Pettigrew assault (more popularly, Pickett's Charge) was repulsed with severe casualties.
  The 67th Regiment was then involved in the pursuit of General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, duty line on the Rappahannock, the Bristoe Campaign, and the Mine Run Campaign.
  January to March 1864: The 67th had duty guarding prisoners at the prison at Johns
caption: Monument to the 1st Long Island Volunteers at Culp's Hill, Gettysburg Battlefield
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