Left New York for Washington, D.C., October 3, 1862. WebThe 16th, the 1st Northern New York regiment, was recruited mainly in St. Lawrence and Clinton counties, with one company from Franklin county. The battalion returned to Fort Riley in September 2004. After achieving a relatively bloodless hold on the beachhead in the darkness, the regiment pushed into the hills beyond. After the operations around Loc Ninh, the battalion was assigned to the "Accelerated Pacification Campaign" in November and continued on this effort into the new year as part of the Lam Son mission in the Phu Loi area north of Di An. WebThe 136th New York Infantry Regiment (aka "Ironclads") was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Web8th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment. WebIn 1863, the regiment saw service in Queens county, during the Draft riots; June 6, 1864, the regiment was mustered in the United States service for thirty days; it served under the command of its Colonel, Charles H. Burtis, in New York harbor, and with it, and as parts of it, served portions of the 16th, 17th and 18th Regiments. ANNEX. During most of the rest of 1967, the battalion continued to conduct pacification efforts with Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) 5th Division partner units and conduct patrols, ambushes, and search and destroy missions near Ben Cat. By the end of that day, the brigade had cut through and destroyed the Iraqi 25th Division as well and had reached Phase Line Utah where it took up a temporary defensive position. French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY Company E Principally recruited in Clinton County. As landing craft dropped their ramps, men were killed and wounded as they attempted to get out of the boats. Henry C. Stevens; 16th New York Artillery (acc. It sustained 1,037 soldiers killed in action or mortally wounded, and 3,389 wounded. Meanwhile, in an effort to keep up with the retreating Germans, the men of the 16th Infantry piled on trucks, tanks, and anything else they could find to move eastward as quickly as possible. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Missionary Ridge November 25. The 76th Regiment, New York Infantry was organized at Saratoga, N. Y., and mustered in November 23, 1861. WebThe newly formed regiment contained also men from the counties, of Chenango, Madison, Tioga and Tompkins, and was mustered in the service of the United States for three years 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XVIII Corps, to December 1864. The regiment was attached to Railroad District, VIII Corps, Middle Department, to September 1862. Cedar Falls was followed by the enormous and extended Operation Junction City. In this conflict the regiment earned 4 campaign streamers and each of the 2nd and 5th Battalions earned a Valorous Unit Award Streamer embroidered IRAQ-KUWAIT. Moved to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24-October 3. The total of killed and wounded in the regiment amounted to 535. With reduced forces and additional ANA partners, the Rangers began to place the Afghans in the lead militarily. Abilene was a division-level effort to find and destroy several enemy formations operating due east of Saigon. They were assigned primarily to Camp Dobol but also had elements assigned to Camp McGovern, Camp Demi and Camp Comanche. Units of the 16th Infantry boarded USS Samuel Chase, USS Henrico, and HMS Empire Anvil, preparatory to their thirdand most importantamphibious assault mission. Its men had earned four Medals of Honor, 87 Distinguished Service Crosses, and 1,926 Silver Stars. ANA units readily assumed responsibility for their own districts, demonstrating the sound tactical knowledge and hard-fought experience they had gained through years of fighting and US Army mentorship. It was mustered into the service of the United States at Albany, May 15, 1861, for two years, went into camp near Bethlehem and left the state for Washington on June 26. The regiment was organized into three battalions of eight companies each. The 16th Infantry was constituted as the 11th U.S. Infantry on 4 May 1861 under the command of Colonel Erasmus D. Keyes and organized by Major DeLancey Floyd-Jones. [citation needed] Due to its popularity, Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia later nicknamed the 16th Infantry as "New York's Own" and ''The Sidewalks of New York" became the regimental song. #13322) 2: 3: Otis Temple; 18th New York Cavalry, Company D. (acc. Throughout the summer and fall the training went apace and soon it was time for exposure to actual combat. The regiment participated in the Second Battle of Bull Run in August. Ringgold-Chattanooga Campaign November 2327. Once again the regiment had fought with valor and courage to help win a war against the nation's enemies. From Mons, the regiment pushed on with the Big Red One toward Aachen, Germany, just across the German frontier. By 14 July 1943, the regiment had moved through Pietraperzia, Enna, and Villarosa. Two years later, the regiment was transferred with the 8th Brigade, commanded by "Black Jack" Pershing, to the Mexican Border to help secure it from Mexican bandits and paramilitary forces commanded by Francisco "Pancho" Villa. With Afghans in the lead for all aspects of the fight, and local Afghans actively resisting the Taliban and other insurgent forces, the stage appeared set for the ISAF mission to soon come to a close within Afghanistan as the battalion ended its own tour. Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HURTGEN FOREST [1]. 136th New York Infantry monument at Gettysburg Battlefield, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=136th_New_York_Infantry_Regiment&oldid=1149168711, Military units and formations established in 1862, Military units and formations disestablished in 1865, Units and formations of the Union Army from New York (state), Wikipedia articles incorporating text from A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0, New York U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiments 1861-1865, This page was last edited on 10 April 2023, at 15:29. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. In January 1967, the 1st Battalion next joined in Operation Cedar Falls, a major effort conducted by the 1st and 25th Infantry Divisions, the 173rd Airborne Brigade and the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Military Region 4, known as the "Iron Triangle" and the Thanh Dien Forest. This was the same action for which SGT James W. Robinson Jr. was also awarded the Medal of Honor. The 76th Regiment, New York Infantry was organized at Saratoga, N. Y., and mustered in November 23, 1861. These consisted of Operations El Paso I, II, and III, Allentown and Fairfax. Members of the 16th were even utilized by 1st Special Forces Group and Afghan Commandoes as Forward Logistical Elements supporting CENTOM level missions. WebThe 136th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 2 officers and 71 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 91 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered KASSERINE [1] On May 4, 1863, it received by transfer men from the 5th Infantry. The 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry arrived at Vung Tau, Vietnam, on 10 October 1965 with the 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. It was mustered into the service of the United States at Albany, May 15, 1861, for two years, went into camp near Bethlehem and left the state for Washington on June 26. The 34th Infantry Regiment and 11th Infantry Regiment consolidated into the 16th Infantry Regiment on 3 March 1869. By the spring of 1865, only a few of those soldiers sworn in at Fort Independence in 1861 were still present to participate in the regiment's last wartime taskto help disarm General Robert E. Lee's weary Confederates at Appomattox that April. During the spring and summer of 1864, the regiment participated in General Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign and fought at the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Jericho Mills, Cold Harbor, and finally in the Siege of Petersburg. The evening of D-Day plus 1 found all of the units of the regiment ashore, many of them well inland by that time, but some were combat ineffective due to casualties. In January 2006, the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry was reactivated at Fort Riley as a part of the newly organized 4th Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 1st Infantry Division. Throughout 1969, the 2nd Rangers performed numerous and varied missions in support of the pacification campaign. The new district brought new challenges, as the Rangers began patrolling the vital Highway 1 route between Kabul and Kandahar to ensure it remained open for commercial and military traffic. Battle of Wauhatchie, Tenn., October 2829. "Mud March" January 2024. A detachment of the 16th New York had the distinction of WebInfantry, 1-48 (NY Volunteers & State Militia/National Guard) 16th Regiment, New York National Guard; 16th Regiment, New York National Guard. WebTENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY, N. Y. S. V. The Tenth regiment infantry, N. Y. S. V, or " National Zouaves," was organized in the city of New York by Col. Walter V. McChesney, at that time in command of a company organized on the plan of the " Chicago Zouaves," which had been introduced to public favor by E. Elmer Ellsworth in the summer of 1860. abbott, 480 broadway, between 1861 and 1863] Photograph. The 86th New York Infantry was organized at Elmira, New York and mustered in for three years service on November 20, 1861, under the command of Colonel Benajah P. Baily. Mustered into United States Service for three years under Colonel Edward C. James, Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Embrick and Major Charles Townsend. Late on the afternoon of 5 June 1944, the troop-laden ships slipped out of Weymouth harbor and headed for the beaches of Normandy. Moved to Savannah, Georgia, and attached to 3rd Brigade, Dwight's Division, Department of the South, June 30-July 7, 1865. This page has been viewed 2,500 times (0 via redirect). Lieutenant Colonel B. Lyon Company, 1912. 1st Brigade, Heckman's Division, XVIII Corps, to April 1864. In actuality the present 16th Infantry was not involved in the Civil War, that regiment was consolidated into the 2d Infantry. Left State for Washington, D. C., June 27. Enlisted, April 27, 1861, at Potsdam; mustered in as sergeant, Co. F, May 15, 1861, to serve two years; died of disease, August 31, 1861, at Alexan and Twenty-first New York Volunteers. Many were shot down, but others made it in close to the base of the bluff where they found the area mined and criss-crossed with concertina wire. [1]. "Search and Destroy" operations such as those conducted during Operations Mastiff, Bushmaster, Abilene, Birmingham, El Paso, Attleboro, Cedar Falls and Junction City usually found the battalion operating far from its base camp area throughout the III Corps Tactical Zone. For its actions at Kasserine the regiment was decorated with the Croix de Guerre by the French Government and it received its first Presidential Unit Citation for its actions near Mateur. Soon after the regiment's arrival, the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry was selected to show the flag and parade through Paris on 4 July 1917. Web16th Regiment, New York Infantry Overview: Organized at Albany, N. Y., and mustered in for two years May 15, 1861. WebThe regiment left the State December 4, 1862; it served in Sherman's Division, Department of the Gulf, from December 25, 1862; in 2d Brigade, Augur's Division, from January, 1863; in After a more calm, though still dangerous tour this time around, the battalion returned to Fort Riley in late April and early May 2010, with the exception of A Company, which remained until that August. On May 13, 1861 the regiment was re-mustered for three months' federal service and again re-mustered on August 2, 1861 for two years' state service. As part of the general mobilization for this conflict that fall, the 2nd and 5th Battalions, 16th Infantry were alerted for deployment on 8 November 1990. 1st Brigade, Heckman's Division, XVIII Corps, to April 1864. On 1 September 2009, the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry returned to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, 20092011. Even so, the battalion joined in a number of combat operations such as Bear Trap, Friendship, Kentucky Cougar, Iron Danger and Toan Thang IV. Even as the 1st Battalion was returning home, the 2nd Battalion was deploying on its third overseas tour of the GWOT. 1st Battalion deployed to Bosnia in August 1999 through March 2000 along with supporting elements Fort Riley for peacekeeping operations. November 12, 1862, Col. Julius W. Adams received authority to recruit a regiment, the 2d Hawkins' Zouaves, in the first seven Senatorial Districts of the State for a service of nine months; February 23, 1863, the term This feat was significant in that the 16th Infantry was the only regiment in the entire First Army to seize its main objective on the first day of the Meuse-Argonne Campaign. Advance on Dallas May 2225. The regiment remained at Fort Jay until February 1941 when it was transferred to Fort Devens, Massachusetts. WebThe 46th New York Infantry was organized at New York City, New York and mustered by companies beginning July 29, 1861 for three years' service under the command of Colonel Rudolph Rosa. Battle of Resaca May 1415. The fight developed into a division-level battle and before dawn the Big Red One had destroyed both enemy formations. Presidential Unit Citation (Army) Streamer embroidered NORMANDY The 16th New York Infantry Regiment (or 1st Northern New York Regiment) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. As part of the new 1st Expeditionary Division, soon to become known as the "Big Red One," the 16th Infantry, commanded by William Herbert Allaire Jr.,[2] sailed from Hoboken, New Jersey, and landed at St. Nazaire, France, near the end of June 1917. The VC battalion, however, had paid heavy toll for its attempt to overrun C Company. The regiment also participated in the First U.S. Army's huge offensive to reduce the St. Mihiel salient in September. These operations held the battalion's attention most of the year until late 1968, when the 1st Rangers underwent a major change. Along with the rest of the Big Red One, it relentlessly attacked until a key German rail line was severed forcing a major withdrawal of the enemy's forces. Peachtree Creek July 1120. Gettysburg Campaign June 11-July 24. Although the company suffered heavy casualties, over 30 KIA, its soldiers held their own until a relief force arrived the following morning. The 16th later fought in the PhilippineAmerican War. Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941, found the 16th Infantry back at Fort Devens, but not for long. As it approached the highway moving north out of Kuwait City and into southern Iraq, the Big Red One destroyed scores of enemy vehicles and took thousands more prisoners as the division's units advanced. Reorganized and redesignated 21 September 1866 as the 34th Infantry. During the year, the battalion accounted for an additional 426 enemy soldiers killed or captured even though the ARVN were supposed to take the lead for operations. These included companies A, B, F, G, H, and K from St. WebThe 116th New York Infantry was organized at Camp Morgan in Buffalo, New York beginning July 14, 1862 and mustered in August 10 - September 3, 1862 for three-years Clinton. Moved to Warrenton, then to Germantown, Va., November 120. ; 1 officer and 121 men died of The regiment's first major attack was made during the bloody three-day drive near Soissons in late July 1918. It doing so, the 1st Infantry Division (whom the regiment was assigned to during World War II) established a permanent presence for the US Army in North Africa. The Bushmaster operations were followed by Mastiff in February 1966 and the division-level Operation Abilene to find and destroy the Viet Cong 5th Division. After a four-day brawl with the battle-hardened troops of the 15th Panzergrenadier Division (Wehrmacht), the men of the 16th Infantry finally captured the town and soon after the Sicily campaign ended. History Formation edit] The 16th Infantry was constituted as the 11th U.S. Infantry on 4 May 1861 under the command of Colonel Erasmus D. Keyes and organized by Major DeLancey Floyd-Jones. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first. In March, the 2nd Battalion moved to a new home at Camp Bearcat. New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs. Grand Review of the Armies May 24. Heintzelman's Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to October, 1861. The 136th New York Infantry Regiment (aka "Ironclads") was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. On 21 September 1866 under the 11th Independent Battery, New York Volunteer Light Artillery. The 16th Infantry also participated in the 1st Division's final drive of the war when the division attacked to seize the city of Sedan. The 146th regiment was organized at Rome, Oneida County, and mustered in October 10, 1862 under Colonel Kenner Garrard and Major David T. Jenkins. In 2006, as part of the 1st Brigade, the 1st Battalion was given a new mission to train Military Transition Teams ("MiTTs") which would deploy to Iraq to advise and assist the units of the fledgling Iraqi Army. Concurrently, the 4th Battalion, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division (Forward), which had deployed from Germany to the port of Dammam, Saudi Arabia, conducted the unloading and staging of coalition combat vehicles, equipment, and supplies for the ground war, and were the target of numerous SCUD missile attacks. The regiment was attached to 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, XI Corps, Army of the Potomac, to November 1862. The 1st Infantry Division continued to exploit its success on the 27th by capturing and pursuing the demoralized Iraqi forces for the rest of the day. In heavy fighting in the Rose Wood and Plum Run Valley between the Devil's Den and the Wheatfield, the regiment lost about 50 percent of its strength as it fought to contain James Longstreet's breakthrough of the Union Third Army Corps at the Peach Orchard. Service. This clash was quickly followed in succession by the regiment's involvement at the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of Shepherdstown and the actions Leetown that fall. The 165th New York Infantry was organized at New York City, New York beginning August 1862 and mustered in for three-years service from August through December 1862 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Abel Smith Jr.. On June 25, 1863, it received men Encountering the D800 Battalion set up in a well-fortified base camp, the 2nd Rangers fought fiercely, often hand to hand, for hours into the night. Volunteer Organization of the State and New York State Militia / New York National Guard. WebThe 6th Regiment, Infantry, was organized June 24, 1799, of five companies, most of which dated back to 1785. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, XX Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June 1865. WebAyer was a colonel in the 48th New York Militia in the Patriot's War, 1838, and a captain with Co. A, 116th Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War, 1862-63. Orchard Knob November 23. Lost Mountain June 1517. During the Great War, the 16th Infantry suffered its greatest number of wartime casualties to date, all in a single year of combat. Franklin. The regiment was relieved in March 1902 and returned to Fort McPherson, Georgia. Left State for Washington, D. C., June 27. The 136th New York Infantry mustered out of service June 13, 1865. WebA, 16th New York Infantry Regiment and Corporal Melvin Tucker of Co. C, 16th New York Infantry Regiment in uniforms holding torn flags. The 2nd Battalion was assigned the mission of providing security in the southern area of the Tisa Nissan Qada (district) in southeastern Baghdad- a notoriously violent area which had been relatively lawless even under the reign of Saddam Hussein. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Abbott, 480 Broadway, Albany. (The first company of the regiment was mustered in on October 4, 1861.) The major incident during this huge mission took place near the village of X Cam My and the Courtenay Plantation. The end of January 1968 saw the beginning of the Tet Offensive, the VC effort to overrun and win the war in South Vietnam. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010 WebIts headquarters was on Governors Island in New York harbor with the 16th Infantry Regiment. WebCol. The 136th New York Infantry was organized at Portage, New York beginning August 8, 1862 and mustered in for three years service on September 25, 1862 under the command of Colonel James Wood Jr. As such, it was among the first four American regiments to arrive on French soil in World War I. Throughout 1969, the Iron Rangers were involved the Vietnamization process which was designed to start turning over the planning and conduct of the war to the ARVN. In addition to combat operations, during this tour the Iron Rangers trained elements of the new Iraqi Army as well as assisted with the implementation of numerous civil support projects. The battalion conducted daily combat patrols side by side with their Afghan partner units to influence and secure the local population throughout the districts. The 106th New York Infantry Regiment lost 10 officers and 127 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 officers and 166 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. At Falmouth, Va., until April 27, 1863. Within a few months after the initial invasion of Iraq, the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry made its first deployment in the Global War on Terrorism. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, XI Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October 1863, and Army of the Cumberland to April 1864. The 160th regiment was organized at Auburn, Cayuga County under Colonel Charles C. Dwight, Lieutenant Colonel John Van Petten and Major William Sentell and 1st Brigade, 1st Division, XVIII Corps, Army of the James, to July 1864. This unit was originally the 19th Militia of the National Guard.The regiment served guard duty along Orange & Alexandria Railroad, Virginia, until It returned to the United States in 1907, where the First Battalion was assigned to Fort Logan H. Roots in North Little Rock, Arkansas and the remainder of the regiment assigned to Fort Crook. For a week the regiment conducted several attacks against die-hard enemy troops. ANNEX. After performing the MiTT training mission for three years, the 1st Battalion began the process of reorganizing and training as one of the Army's new Combined Arms Battalions (CAB) in 2009. The 1st Battle Group, 16th Infantry, was the unit filmed in the beach landing scenes in the 1961 movie, The 16th is the regiment where the exiled cherubim Denyel enlists in World War II in the Brazilian book, The 2-16th is again the subject of another book by, The 16th Infantry Regiment is the regiment of the protagonist of the 2017 Video Game, The 16th Infantry Regiment is a playable squad in the Invasion of Normandy campaign of the 2021, This page was last edited on 6 June 2023, at 14:59. After its breaching operations, the Big Red One's 1st Brigade, consisting in part of the 5th Battalion, 16th Infantry (known as Devil Rangers) and the 2nd Battalion 34th Armor, turned east and drove deep into enemy territory toward Phase Line Utah. The division wasted no time getting this newly arrived brigade into the fight in Operation Bushmaster I & II along Highway 13 between Lai Kh and Bn Ct District in Phouc Vinh Province and around the Michelin Rubber Plantation. WebThe 16th New York Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. WebThe 136th New York Infantry Regiment (aka "Ironclads") was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . It would spend the next ten years trying to win the peace in the country of its vanquished foe. Advance on Raleigh April 913. The battalion next experienced two additional significant firefights during Operation Billings north of Phuoc Vinh in June. Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2012-2013, Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered COURTENAY PLANTATION, Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ-KUWAIT 1991, Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered GELA, SICILY 11 13 July 1943, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY 6 June 11 August 1944. Operation DESERT STORM commenced on 17 January 1991 with air raids and artillery barrages on Iraqi targets, while the two battalions continued to rehearse their impending missions to penetrate Iraqi defenses and destroy the Republican Guard in zone. By the time the battalion departed in 2008, its areas of the Tisa Nissan Qada had become one of the most secure areas in Baghdad. Peninsula Campaign; Battle of Gaines Mill; Battle of As with its brother battalion, the 2nd Rangers were sent to Afghanistan for this tour, this time to the eastern sections of Ghazni Province. There the regiment was soon hit hard with an armored counterattack by German tanks. The day is still celebrated as the regiment's Organization Day. Commanded by Henry B. Cheadle, the regiment departed for England in August 1942, where it joined a large contingent of US troops slated for participation in Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa. The 76th Regiment, New York Infantry was organized at Saratoga, N. Y., and mustered in November 23, 1861. This time the battalion operated in the vicinity of Bayji in north central Iraq. On 2 August 1990, Iraq invaded the sovereign country of Kuwait. The battalions deployed to Saudi Arabia soon after with the rest of the 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized) as part of Operation DESERT SHIELD. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. #13322) 2: 3: Otis Temple; 18th New York Cavalry, Company D. (acc. The regiment mustered out May 22, 1863. The 11th Infantry was organized by direction of the president 4 May 1861 and confirmed by the act on 29 July 1861. It fought 27 engagements with the greater part of its activities concentrated against the rebels in the Cagayan Valley, defending the Manila & Dagupan Railroad in a series of counterinsurgency actions. Web16th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment 16th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry 17th Independent Battery New York Light Artillery 17th New York Veteran 194th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment Not Stated Other Related data collections. The 34th Infantry was organized by direction of the president 4 May 1861 as the Third Battalion, 16th Infantry and designated Thirty-fourth Infantry on 21 September 1866 under the act of 28 July 1866.The honors and battle history earned by the 11th Infantry during the Civil War became the 16th Infantry's with the 1869 consolidation and are displaying on its colors. WebThe 106th New York Infantry was organized at Ogdensburg, New York, and mustered in for three years service on August 27, 1862, under the command of Colonel Schuyler F. Judd. Fighting against snipers and well-fortified positions, the regiment moved forward by a series of flanking movements and by 29 July had taken the high ground west of the Cerami River. The 16th Regiment, New York Infantry was organized at Albany, N. Y., and mustered in for two years May 15, 1861. Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 3d Battalion, 16th Infantry. WebThe 16th Infantry Regiment ("Semper Paratus") [1] is a regiment in the United States Army and has traditionally been a part of the 1st Infantry Division . Reopening Tennessee River October 2629. Marched along the line of the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad to Lookout Valley, Tenn., October 2528. The regiment mustered out June 27, 1865. The regiment that actually fought during the Civil War was organized by order of the president 4 May 1861 and confirmed by the act of 29 July 1861 as the 16th Infantry Regiment. Web16th New York Infantry Regiment; Active: May 15, 1861, to May 22, 1863: Country: United States: Allegiance: Union: Branch: Union Army: Type: Infantry: Engagements: American Civil War. Flush on the heels of what was a significant South Vietnamese-U.S. victory, the 2nd Rangers took part in Operations Quyet Thang and Toan Thang.