The 94th New York Infantry Regiment lost 5 officers and 105 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 137 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. It is honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
March 10 Mustered in under Colonel Henry K. Viele, Lieuenant Colonel Calvin Littlefield and Major William R. Hanford
March 15 En route by train to Washington a break in the rail caused five cars to derail. Five men were killed and a number injured, and the regiment’s band instruments and much of its equipment destroyed.
March-April Duty in the Defenses of Washington at Fort Lyon attached to Wadsworth’s Command, Military District of Washington, D.C.
May 2 Colonel Viele unexpectedly resigned. Lieutenant Colonel Adrian Root of the 21st New York Infantry was appointed as colonel.
May 13 Moved to Fredericksburg, Va., and duty there attached to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Dept. of the Rappahannock.
May 25-June 18 Expedition to Front Royal. Ordered to abandon the planned movement to Hanover Court House and force march to Aquia Creek, then by steamer to Alexandria and by rail tro Manassas.
May 27-30 Left knapsacks at Piedmont Station and marched to Front Royal through the night in a driving rain storm.
June-August Duty at Manassas, Warrenton and Culpeper, Va. attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 3rd Army Corps, Pope’s Army of Virginia
The regiment entered the battle wth around 400 men and lost 21 killed, 81 wounded, and 45 missing or captured. Colonel Root was wounded twice, th last time rescuing the regimental colors. Lieutenant J. M. Woodward was mortally wounded. Lieutenant Colonel Littlefield took command of the regiment.
September 6-22 Maryland Campaign. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac
The regiment was probably under the command of Lieutenant Samuel A. Moffett, who wrote the official report for Antietam and South Mountain and signed it “Lieutenant, Commanding Regiment,” It lost 12 men wounded, 1 mortally; and 1 man missing.
Christian’s Brigade advanced from the Poffenberger Woods in support of Hartsuff’s left. The 90th Pennsylvania was detached to support Matthew’s Pennsylvania Battery in the field between D. R. Miller’s and the East Woods, but soon thereafter rejoined the Brigade, which moved through the East Woods and came into line on either side of the Smoketown Road, the 26th and 94th New York forming on the west edge of the East Woods, south of the Smoketown Road. The 88th Pennsylvania fought on the line of, and finally relieved, the 83rd New York, which was the left of Hartsuff’s Brigade, the 90th Pennsylvania relieving the right of Hartsuff and charging about 40 yards beyond it. The Brigade fought until its ammunition was nearly exhausted when it was relieved by the advance of the Twelfth Corps. This tablet marks the point reached by the 90th Pennsylvania.
November 1 Lieutenant Colonel Littlefield resigned and was replaced by Lieutenant John Kress, U.S.A.
November 15 Colonel Root returned from his wound, but was given command of the brigade, leaving Lieutenant Colonel Kress in command of the regiment.
November Transferred to 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 1st Army Corps so that Colonel Adrian would be senior colonel and could take command of that brigade.
The regiment made a bayonet charge on a line of breastworks, capturing over a hundred men of the 33rd North Carolina Infantry. It lost 9 men killed or mortally wounded, 5 officers and 38 men wounded, and 6 men missing.
March 17 Consolidated into five companies, A – E. The 105th New York Infantry was transferred in as Companies F – K.
April 13 Major Tomlinson resigned. Captain Samuel Moffett was promoted to Major and temporary command of the regiment.
June 17 Ordered to evacuate Belle Plain and Aquia Creek, take ship for Washington, and march to the mouth of the Monocacy, cheering President Lincoln in passing in Washington.
The regiment was commanded at Gettysburg by Colonel Adrian Rowe Root until he was wounded and captured on July 1st. Major Samuel Mofffett then took command. The 94th brought 445 men to the field, and lost 12 killed, 58 wounded and 175 captured or missing. Colonel Root and many of the captured from the regiment were left behind unparoled when Lee retreated.
July 5-24 Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va. Colonel Root was asigned to command Camp Parole in Maryland, and Major Mofett continued in command of the regiment.
December 16 Lieutenant Colonel Kress resigned and Major Moffett was promoted to lieutenant colonel. Captain John McMahon was promoted to major.
May 26-June 15 Rapidan Campaign. Assigned to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac
The regiment lost 3 men killed or mortally wounded, 16 men wounded, and 1officer and 29 men missing or captured.
The regiment lost 2 men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 5 men wounded, and 6 officers and 164 men captured.
October 21 Major McMahon was promoted to colonel of the 188th New York Infantry. Captain Henry H. Fish was promoted to major and command of the 94th.
Commanded by Captain George French, the regiment lost 7 men killed or mortally wounded and 33 men wounded out of 221 men engaged.
The regiment lost 3 officers and 13 men killed or mortally wounded, 3 officers and 41 men wounded, and 24 men captured or missing. Major Fish was wounded on the 31st but stayed in command and was killed on the 1st. Captain Franch and color bearer Porter Crawford were also killed.
July 18 Mustered out at Ball’s Cross Roads, Virginia, under Colonel Adrian R. Root, the last volunteer regiment in the Army of the Potomac. The mustering officer for the provisional division that was the remnant of the Army was Captain Walter Chester of the 94th, so the regiment remained mustered in until the last so that he could continue in his duty until he was mustered out by Captain Pond of the Regular Army.