25th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment

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25th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry

Active May 11, 1861 to June 26, 1863
Country United States
Allegiance Union
Branch Infantry
Engagements Battle of Gainesville
Second Battle of Bull Run
Battle of South Mountain
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Chancellorsville

The 25th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, the "Union Rangers", was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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[edit] Service

The regiment was organized in New York City, New York on May 10, 1861 and was mustered in for a two year enlistment on June 28, 1861.

The regiment was mustered out of service on June 26, 1863, and those men who had signed three year enlistments were transferred to the 44th New York.

[edit] Total strength and casualties

The regiment suffered 7 officers and 54 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 25 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 90 fatalities.[1]

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  1. ^ http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unnyinf3.htm The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959.

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