Excavated Early War “Against Rebellion / 1861” ID Tag – Daniel Corbin Co. A 169^th NY Infantry – This less encountered style ID tag remains in overall good condition, with most of the original gilding remaining on the shield side of the tag; the soldier name side of the tag has only a small amount of gilding, although the name and regimental attributions are readily readable. On the named side, the inscription reads as follows:

“D. CORBIN

169 NY

CO A”

Private Corbin, at age 42, enlisted in Troy, NY in August 1862, into Co. A of the 169^th New York Infantry. In August 1863, for unspecified reasons, he transferred into the Veteran Reserve Corps 22^nd Infantry, later re-entering his original assignment in Co. A of the 169^th, in April 1864, where he would remain until the end of the war. During the course of Corbin’s service, he would see a considerable amount of action.

Daniel S. Corbin

Residence was not listed; 42 years old.
Enlisted on 8/21/1862 at Troy, NY as a Priv.

On 9/25/1862, he mustered into “A” Co. New York 169th Infantry.
He transferred out on 8/17/1863

On 8/17/1863, he transferred into Veteran Reserve Corps 22nd Infantry.
He transferred out on 4/5/1864

On 4/5/1864, he transferred into “A” Co. New York 169th Infantry.
He transferred out on 1/18/1865

On 1/18/1865, he transferred into Veteran Reserve Corps .
(Date and method of discharge not given.)

169th Regiment, New York Infantry

Overview:

Organized at Troy and Staten Island, N. Y., and mustered in Companies “A” to “E” at Troy September 25, 1862; Companies “F” to “K” at Staten Island October 6, 1862. Left State for Washington, D. C., October 9, 1862. Attached to Provisional Brigade, Abercrombie’s Division, Defences of Washington, to February, 1863. Military District of Washington, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, to April, 1863. Foster’s Brigade, Division at Suffolk, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Virginia, to April, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 7th Army Corps, to July, 1863. Foster’s Brigade, Vodges’ Division, Folly Island, S. C., 10th Army Corps, Dept. of the South, to January, 1864. 1st Brigade, Folly Island, Northern District, Dept. of the South, to February, 1864. 1st Brigade, Vodges’ Division, District of Florida, to April, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 10th Army Corps, Army of the James, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to May, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Army Corps, to June, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Army Corps, to December, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 24th Army Corps, to January, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Terry’s Provisional Corps, Dept. of North Carolina, to March, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 10th Army Corps, Army of the Ohio, Dept. of North Carolina, to July, 1865.

Service:

Duty in the Defences of Washington, D. C., till April 18, 1863. Ordered to Suffolk, Va., April 18. Siege of Suffolk April 20-May 4. Edenton Road April 24. Siege of Suffolk raised May 4. Expedition into Matthews County May 19-22. Expedition to Walkerton and Aylett’s June 4-5. Walkerton June 5. Dix’s Peninsula Campaign June 24-July 7. Expedition from White House to South Anna River July 1-7. South Anna Bridge July 4. Ordered to Dept. of the South, arriving at Folly Island, S. C., July 12. Siege of Forts Wagner and Gregg, Morris Island, S. C., and operations against Fort Sumpter and Charleston August 12-September 7. Bombardment of Fort Sumpter and Charleston August 17-23. Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg September 7. Operations against Charleston and picket duty on Folly and Black Islands, S. C., till February, 1864. Expedition to Johns and James Islands February 6-14. Ordered to Jacksonville, Fla., February 20, and duty there till April. Expedition to Cedar Creek March 2. Ordered to Yorktown, Va., April 21. Butler’s operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4-28. Port Walthall Junction, Chester Station, May 6-7. Chester Station May 10. Operations against Fort Darling May 12-16. Battle of Drury¿s Bluff May 14-16. Port Walthall Junction May 16. Bermuda Hundred May 16-27. Moved to White House, thence to Cold Harbor May 28-31. Battles about Cold Harbor June 1-12. Before Petersburg June 15-18. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16 to December 7. In trenches before Petersburg and on the Bermuda Hundred front till August. Demonstration north of the James August 13-20. Dutch Gap August 13. Strawberry Plains August 14-18. Battle of Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights, September 28-30. Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28. In trenches before Richmond till December 7. Expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C., December 7-27. 2nd Expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C., January 3-15, 1865. Assault and capture of Fort Fisher January 15. Cape Fear Intrenchments February 11-13. Sugar Loaf Battery February 11. Fort Anderson February 18-19. Capture of Wilmington February 22. Campaign of the Carolinas March 1-April 26. Advance on Goldsboro March 6-21. Advance on Raleigh April 9-13. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett’s House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty in North Carolina till July. Mustered out at Raleigh, N. C., July 19, 1865.

Regiment lost during service 10 Officers and 147 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 125 Enlisted men by disease. Total 285.

169th Infantry Regiment

Nickname: Troy Regiment

Mustered in: September 25 to October 6, 1862
Mustered out: July 19, 1865

The following is taken from New York in the War of the Rebellion, 3rd ed. Frederick Phisterer. Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1912.

September 24, 1862, Col. Clarence Buel received authority to raise this regiment in the then 12th Senatorial District of the State; it was organized at Staten Island, and mustered in the service of the United States for three years, Companies A to E at Troy, September 25, 1862; the remaining companies at New Dorp, Staten Island, October 6, 1862. June 7, 1865, it received by transfer the men of the 142d Infantry not mustered out with their regiment.
The companies were recruited principally: A at Nassau, Troy, Schodack and Poestenkill; B, G, H and I at Troy; C at Troy, Brunswick, Hoosick, Pittstown, Easton and Poestenkill; D at Sandy Hill, Kingsbury and Fort Edward; E at Fort Edward; F at Whitehall, Lisbon and Fort Ann; and K at Lansingburg and Troy. Company I was also known as the Nail Factory Company.
The regiment left the State October 9, 1862; it served in the Provisional Brigade, Abercrombie’s Division, defenses of Washington, from October, 1862; in the Military District of Washington, D. c., 22d Corps, from March, 1863; in the 2d, Foster’s, Brigade, 1st, Corcoran’s, Division, 7th Corps, at Suffolk, Va., from April 17, 1863; on the Peninsula, Va., in June and July, 1863; in the Department of the South, 18th Corps, from August, 1863; on Folly Island, S. C., and in Foster’s and Drake’s Brigades, Vodges’ Division, 10th Corps, from October, 1863; in the District of Florida, from February, 1864; in the 2d Brigade, 3d Division, 10th Corps, from April, 1864; in the 2d Brigade, 3d Division, 18th Corps, from May 30, 1864; in the 3d Brigade, 2d Division, 10th Corps, from June 15, 1864; in the same Brigade of 24th Corps, from December, 1864; of the Provisional Corps, from March, 1865; of the l0th Corps, from April 2, 1865; and, commanded by Col. Alonzo Alden, it was honorably discharged and mustered out July 19, 1865, at Raleigh, N. C.
During its service the regiment lost by death, killed in action, 6 officers, 67 enlisted men; of wounds received in action, 1 officer, 58 enlisted men; of disease and other causes, 3 officers, 150 enlisted men; total, 10 officers, 275 enlisted men, aggregate, 285; of whom 25 enlisted men died in the hands of the enemy, and 2 officers and 26 enlisted men were killed by the explosion of the magazine at Fort Fisher, N. C., January 16, 1865.

The following is taken from The Union army: a history of military affairs in the loyal states, 1861-65 — records of the regiments in the Union army — cyclopedia of battles — memoirs of commanders and soldiers. Madison, WI: Federal Pub. Co., 1908. volume II.

One-Hundred and Sixty-ninth Infantry.—Cols., Clarence Buell John McConihe, Alonzo Alden; Lieut.-Cols., John McConihe, Alozo Alden, James A. Colvin; Majs., Alonzo Alden, James A. Col vin, Joseph H. Allen. The 169th, known as the Troy regiment, was recruited in the counties of Rensselaer and Washington and or ganized at Troy and Staten island. Cos. A to E were mustered into the U. S. service at Troy, Sept. 25, 1862, and the remaining companies at New Dorp, Staten island, Oct. 6, the term of enlist-ment being three years. The 169th left the state Oct. 9, 1862, for Washington. It achieved honorable distinction in the field, and numbered by Col. Fox among the three hundred fighting regiments He says: “The regiment was actively engaged in the defense of Suf-folk, Va., where it served in Foster’s brigade, Corcoran’s division. ] the following summer it participated in the operations about Charles ton harbor and in May, 1864, it moved with the Army of the James to Bermuda Hundred. The regiment disembarked there with Butler army and hard fighting, with its consequent heavy losses, immediately ensued. At Cold Harbor it fought in Martindale’s division, Col. M Conihe being killed in that battle. The 169th held a perilous position in the trenches before Petersburg, losing men there, killed or wounded almost every day. While there, on the evening of June 30, 1864, the bri-gade (Barton’s) was ordered to charge the enemy’s lines, so that, under cover of their fire, Curtis’ brigade could throw up an advanced rifle-pit but the regiment while going into position was prematurely discovered by the enemy and thereby drew upon themselves a severe fire, which not only .frustrated the plan, but cost the regiment many lives The regiment was one of those selected for the expedition against Fort Fisher, being then in Bell’s (3d) brigade, Ames’ division, l0th corps, and took part in the desperate but victorious assault c that stronghold. A large proportion of its losses there, however occurred at the explosion of the magazine, after the fort had bee captured. After the fall of Fort Fisher, the regiment accompanied the l0th corps in its advance on Wilmington. The following is list of the engagements in which the 169th took part: siege of Suf-folk, Fort Wagner, S. C., Port Walthall Junction, Chester Station Bermuda Hundred, Cold Harbor, around Petersburg, Dutch gap Chaffin’s farm, Va., and Fort Fisher, N. C. It was present at Eden-ton road, Carrsville, Blackwater, Zuni, Nansemond, South Anna Drewry’s bluff, Darbytown road and Wilmington. On the conclu-sion of the war it remained as a garrison at Raleigh, N. C., which city it had entered with the advance of Sherman’s army, and was there mustered out on July 19, 1865, under command of Col. Alden. The regiment was fortunate in the personnel of its officers and in he ranks was some of the best blood sent forth by the Empire State. In all its numerous fights the regiment never faltered, both officers and men behaving in the most praiseworthy and gallant manner. The total enrollment of the regiment (not including the men transferred from the 142nd N. Y., on June 7, 1865, after the war had ended) was 1,467, of whom 10 officers and 147 men—or 0.7 per cent.—were killed and mortally wounded; 3 officers and 125 men died of disease and other causes; total deaths, 285. The total number killed and wounded Was 618.

169th New York Infantry Regiment

The 169th New York Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 169th New York Infantry was organized at Troy and Staten Island, New York. Companies A through E were mustered on September 25, 1862, at Troy. Companies F through K were mustered on October 6, 1862, at Staten Island. The regiment was mustered in under the command of Colonel Clarence Buell.

The regiment was attached to Provisional Brigade, Abercrombie’s Division, Defenses of Washington, to February 1863. Military District of Washington, XXII Corps, Department of Washington, to April 1863. Foster’s Brigade, Division at Suffolk, VII Corps, Department of Virginia, to April 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, VII Corps, to July 1863. Foster’s Brigade, Vodges’ Division, Folly Island, South Carolina, X Corps, Department of the South, to January 1864. 1st Brigade, Folly Island, Northern District, Department of the South, to February 1864. 1st Brigade, Vodges’ Division, District of Florida, to April 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, X Corps, Army of the James, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, to May 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XVIII Corps, to June 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, X Corps, to December 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, XXIV Corps, to January 1865. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Terry’s Provisional Corps, Department of North Carolina, to March 1865. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, X Corps, Army of the Ohio, Department of North Carolina, to July 1865.

The 169th New York Infantry mustered out of service July 19, 1865, at Raleigh, North Carolina.

Detailed service

Left New York for Washington, D. C, October 9, 1862. Duty in the defenses of Washington, D. C., until April 18, 1863. Ordered to Suffolk, Va., April 18. Siege of Suffolk April 20-May 4. Edenton Road April 24. Siege of Suffolk raised May 4. Expedition into Matthews County May 19–22. Expedition to Walkerton and Aylett’s June 4–5. Walkerton June 5. Dix’s Peninsula Campaign June 24-July 7. Expedition from White House to South Anna River July 1–7. South Anna Bridge July 4. Ordered to the Department of the South, arriving at Folly Island, S.C., July 12. Siege of Forts Wagner and Gregg, Morris Island, S.C., and operations against Fort Sumter and Charleston August 12-September 7. Bombardment of Fort Sumter and Charleston August 17–23. Capture of Forts Wagner and Gregg September 7. Operations against Charleston and picket duty on Folly and Black Islands, S.C., until February 1864. Expedition to Johns and James Islands February 6–14. Ordered to Jacksonville, Fla., February 20, and duty there until April. Expedition to Cedar Creek March 2. Ordered to Yorktown, Va., April 21. Butler’s operations on south side of the James River and against Petersburg and Richmond May 4–28. Port Walthall Junction, Chester Station, May 6–7. Chester Station May 10. Operations against Fort Darling May 12–16. Battle of Drury’s Bluff May 14–16. Port Walthall Junction May 16. Bermuda Hundred May 16–27. Moved to White House, then to Cold Harbor May 28–31. Battles about Cold Harbor June 1–12. Before Petersburg June 15–18. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond June 16 to December 7. In the trenches before Petersburg and on the Bermuda Hundred front until August. Demonstration north of the James River August 13–20. Dutch Gap August 13. Strawberry Plains August 14–18. Battle of Chaffin’s Farm, New Market Heights, September 28–30. Battle of Fair Oaks October 27–28. In the trenches before Richmond until December 7. Expedition to Fort Fisher, N.C., December 7–27. 2nd Expedition to Fort Fisher, N.C., January 3–15, 1865. Assault and capture of Fort Fisher January 15. Cape Fear Entrenchment’s February 11–13. Sugar Loaf Battery February 11. Fort Anderson February 18–19. Capture of Wilmington February 22. Carolinas Campaign March 1-April 26. Advance on Goldsboro March 6–21. Advance on Raleigh April 9–13. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett’s House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. Duty in North Carolina until July.

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 285 men during service; 10 officers and 147 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 3 officers and 125 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders

• Colonel Clarence Buell
• Colonel John McConihe – killed in action June 1, 1864 at the Battle of Cold Harbor
• Colonel Alonzo Alden

Notable members

• CaptainJoseph H. Allen, Company C – New York municipal politician and industrialist
• Private William H. Freeman, Company B – Medal of Honorrecipient for action at the Second Battle of Fort Fisher