79th New York Infantry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
* "Highlanders"
* Organized at New York City and mustered in May 29, 1861
* Left State for Washington, D.C., June 2, 1861
* Attached to Mansfield's Command, Dept. of Washington, to June, 1861
* Attached to Department of Northeastern Virginia / 1st Division (Tyler) / 3rd Brigade (Sherman), Brigaded with:
** (I) 13th New York Infantry
** 69th New York Infantry
** 2nd Wisconsin Infantry
** 3rd United States Artillery / Battery E
* W. F. Smith's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October
* Stevens' Brigade, Smith's Division, Army of the Potomac, to October, 1861
* Stevens' 2nd Brigade, Sherman's South Carolina Expeditionary Corps, to April, 1862
* 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Dept. of the South, to July, 1862
* 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September, 1862
* 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to April, 1863
* 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to June, 1863
* 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to August, 1863
* 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, to April, 1864
* 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 9th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to September, 1864
* 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, to October, 1864
* Provost Guard, 9th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.--Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., until July 16, 1861. 
* July 16-21, 1861 - The Manassas Campaign
** July 17, 1861 - Occupation of Fairfax Court House, Virginia
** July 21, 1861 - Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
Duty in the Defenses of Washington until October. Reconnaissance to Lewinsville, Va., September 25. Reconnaissance to Lewinsville, Va., October 10-11. Little River Turnpike, near Lewinsville, October 10. Bailey's Cross Roads October 12. Sherman's Expedition to Port Royal, S.C., October 21-November 7. Capture of Forts Walker and Beauregard, Port Royal Harbor, S.C., November 7. Occupation of Bay Point November 8 to December 11. Duty at Beaufort, S.C., and vicinity until Juno 1, 1862. Expedition to Port Royal Ferry January 1. Port Royal Ferry January 1. Action at Pocotaligo, S. C, May 29. Expedition to James Island, S.C., June 1-28. Battle of Secessionville June 16. Evacuation of James Island and movement to Hilton Head, S.C., June 28-July 7. Moved to Newport News, Va., July 12-16; thence to Fredericksburg, Va., August 4-6. Pope's Campaign in Northern Virginia August 13-September 2. Operations on the Rappahannock and Rapidan Rivers August 13-27. Battle of Bull Run August 30. Chantilly September 1. 
* September 3-20, 1862 - The Maryland Campaign
** September 14, 1862 - Battle of South Mountain, Maryland
** September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
Duty in Maryland until October 11. March up the Potomac to Leesburg, thence to Falmouth, Va., October 11-November 18. Battle of Fredericksburg December 12-15. "Mud March" January 20-24. Moved to Newport News, Va., March 13; thence to Kentucky March 20-28. Duty at Paris, Nicholasville, Lancaster, Stanford and Somerset until June. Movement through Kentucky to Cairo, Ill., June 4-10; thence to Vicksburg, Miss., June 14-17. 
* May 18-July 4, 1863 - Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
Advance on Jackson, Miss., July 5-10. Siege of Jackson July 10-17. Destruction of Mississippi Central Railroad at Madison Station July 18-22. At Milldale until August 6. Moved to Crab Orchard, Ky., August 6-12. Burnside's Campaign in East Tennessee August 16-October 17. Action at Blue Springs October 10. At Lenoir until November 15. Knoxville Campaign November 4-December 23. Action at Campbell's Station November 16. Siege of Knoxville November 17-December 4. Repulse of Longstreet's assault on Fort Sanders November 29. Operations in East Tennessee until March, 1864. Action at Holston River January 20. Strawberry Plains January 21-22. Moved to Annapolis, Md., March, 1864. 
* May 4-June 12, 1864 - The Overland Campaign
** May 5-7, 1864 - Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia
*** May 10, 1864 - Combat at Ny River, Virginia
*** May 12, 1864 - Assault on the Salient at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
** May 13, 1864 - Non-Veterans left front
*** May 13-15, 1864 - Guard prisoners to Alexandria, Va.
*** May 31, 1864 - Thence moved to New York and mustered out of federal service
** May 22-26, 1864 - Operations on Line of the North Anna River, Virginia
** May 26-28, 1864 - Operations on Line of the Pamunkey River, VirginiaOriginally only lists North Anna May 23-27 on unit homepage, but not included on Dyer summary for North Anna. It is however, included on summary for Pamunkey
** May 28-31, 1864 - Operations on Line of the Totopotomoy River, Virginia
** June 12, 1864 - Battles of Cold Harbor, VirginiaNot originally listed on Wikipedia order of battle
Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864. Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27-28. Fort Stedman March 25, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Occupation of Petersburg April 3. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Surrender of Lee and his army April 9. 
* Moved to Washington, D.C., April 21-28. 
* Grand Review May 23. 
* Duty at Washington, D.C., until July. Mustered out July 14, 1865.
== Regimental Roster ==
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
* Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 116 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 78 Enlisted men by disease. Total 198.
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
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