New York Civil War Union Units 13th through 22nd

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All 13th and 14th Units

 * 13th Regiment, New York State Militia (3 months, 1862) Organized at Suffolk, Va., May 28, 1862. Mustered out September 28, 1862.


 * 13th Regiment, New York Heavy Artillery Organized at New York and mustered in at Elmira, N. Y., by Companies as follows: "A" August 12, 1863. "B" August 29. "C" September 11. "D" at Staten Island, N. Y., August 4, 1863. "E" at Fort Schuyler March 10, 1864. "F" February, 1864. "G" March 14. "H" February 18. "I" at Ricker's Island November 10, 1863. "K" at Norfolk, Va., February 21, 1864. "L" June 11, 1864. "M" December, 1863. Companies "A," "B," "C","D" left State for Norfolk, Va., October 5, 1863. Old members and Companies "I," "K," "L" and "M" mustered out June 28, 1865. Balance transferred to 6th New York Heavy Artillery July 18, 1865.


 * 13th Regiment, New York Heavy Artillery (State Militia) (3 months, 1862) Organized at Suffolk, Va., for three months, May 28, 1862. Mustered out September 28, 1862.


 * 13th Regiment, New York Cavalry Regiment organized at Staten Island, N Y. June 20, 1863. Consolidated with 16th New York Cavalry June 23, 1865, to form 3rd Regiment Provisional Cavalry.


 * 13th Regiment, New York Infantry Organized at Rochester, N. Y., and mustered in for two years' service April 25, 1861.


 * 13th Regiment, New York Infantry National Guard (30 days, 1863) Left State for Harrisburg, Pa., June 20, 1863. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Dept. of the Susquehanna. Mustered out July 20, 1863.


 * 13th Independent Battery, New York Light Artillery Organized at New York City and mustered in October 15, 1861. Mustered out July 28, 1865.


 * 14th Independent Company, New York Infantry "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 14th Regiment, New York Heavy Artillery Organized at Rochester, N. Y., and mustered in by Companies as follows: Companies "A" and "B" August 29, Company "C" September 11, Company "D" September 12, Company "E" October 18, Company "F" October 20, Companies "G" and "H" December 7, Companies "I" and "K" December 21, 1863; Company "L" January 8, and Company "M" at Elmira, N. Y., January 17, 1864. Mustered out August 26, 1865.


 * 14th Regiment, New York Cavalry Organized at New York City and mustered in by Companies as follows: "A" November 24. "B" November 25. "C" December 22. "D" December 4, 1862. "E" February 3. "F" February 26. "G" March 14. "H" March 18. "I" April 25. "K" July 8. "L" June 6, and "M" July 18, 1863. Regiment consolidated with 18th New York Cavalry June 12, 1865.


 * 14th Regiment, New York Infantry Organized at Albany, N. Y., and mustered in for two years' service May 24, 1861.


 * 14th Independent Battery, New York Light Artillery Organized October, 1862 from Battery "A," 2nd Battalion, New York Light Artillery. Served by detachments as follows: First Section attached to Battery "C," 4th U.S. Artillery, October, 1862, to January 16, 1863, then to Battery "G," 1st New York Light Artillery, till September 7, 1863. Second Section attached to Battery "G," 1st New York Light Artillery, October, 1862, to September 7, 1863. Third Section attached to Battery "B," 1st New York Light Artillery, October, 1862, to September 7, 1863. These detachments transferred to above named Batteries permanently September 7, 1863

All 15th Units

 * 15th Independent Company, New York Infantry "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 15th Regiment, New York State Militia "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 15th Regiment, New York Heavy Artillery Originally organized as 3rd Battalion German Heavy Artillery at New York City October to December, 1861. Mustered out August 22, 1865.


 * 15th Regiment, New York Cavalry Organized at Syracuse, N. Y., and mustered in as follows: Companies "A," "B," "C" August 8; "D," "F," "G," August 26; "E" August 15; "H" September 5; "K" October 15; "I" November 30, 1863; "L" January 20, and "M" January 24, 1864. Left State for Washington, D. C. Companies "A" to "G" September, 1863. "H" and "K" October, 1863. "I" November, 1863, and "L" and "M" January, 1864. Consolidated with 6th New York Cavalry June 17, 1865, to form 2nd Regiment Provisional Cavalry.


 * 15th Regiment, New York Engineers Organized at Washington, D. C., October 25, 1861, from 15th Regiment New York Infantry. Mustered out Companies "E," "F," "G," "H," "I," "K," "L" and "M" at Washington, D. C., June 13, 1865; Companies "C" June 14, 1865, and Companies "A," "B" and "D" July 2, 1865.


 * 15th Regiment, New York Engineers (New) Organized at New York City and mustered in for two years service June 17, 1861.


 * 15th Regiment, New York Infantry Organized at New York City and mustered in for two years' service June 17, 1861. Regiment changed to 15th New York Engineers October 25, 1861.


 * 15th Regiment, New York Infantry National Guard (30 days, 1864) Mustered in for thirty days' United States service June 6, 1864. Mustered out July 7, 1864.


 * 15th Independent Battery, New York Light Artillery Organized October, 1862, from Battery "B," 2nd Battalion, New York Light Artillery. Transferred to 32nd New York Independent Battery Light Artillery February 4, 1865.

All 16th and 17th Units

 * 16th Regiment, New York Heavy Artillery Companies organized and mustered in as follows: Companies "A" and "B" at Albany, N. Y., September 28, 1863. Company "C" October 21. Company "D" December 7, 1863. Company "E" at Riker's Island, N. Y., December 16, 1863. Company "G" at Riker's Island January 9, 1863. Company "F" at Elmira January 19. Company "H" February 8, 1864. Company "I" January 28. Company "K" February 2. Companies "L" and "M" at Auburn January 26, 1864. Mustered out August 21, 1865.


 * 16th Regiment, New York Cavalry Organized at Plattsburg, N. Y., and mustered in by Companies as follows "A," "B," "C," "D" June 19, 1863. "F" August 1, 1863. "G" and "H" August 13, 1863. "I" September 2, 1863. "K" September 22, 1863. "L" October 18, 1863, and "M" September 5, 1863. Consolidated with 13th New York Cavalry June 23, 1865, to form 3rd Regiment Provisional Cavalry.


 * 16th Regiment, New York Infantry Organized at Albany, N. Y., and mustered in for two years May 15, 1861. Mustered out May 22, 1863.


 * 16th Independent Battery, New York Light Artillery Organized at Binghampton, N. Y. Left State for Washington, D, C., March 10, 1862. Mustered in at Washington March 27, to date from December 10, 1861. Mustered out July 6, 1865.


 * 17th Independent Company, New York Infantry "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 17th Regiment, New York State Militia (30 days, 1863) Organized for thirty days' United States service July, 1863. Mustered out August 13, 1863.


 * 17th Regiment, New York Cavalry Failed to complete organization. Enlisted men transferred to 1st Veteran Cavalry September 17, 1863.


 * 17th Regiment, New York Infantry Organized at New York City and mustered in for two years' service May 28, 1861. Mustered out June 2, 1863.


 * 17th Regiment, New York Veteran Infantry Organized at Staten Island, N. Y., June 13 to October 17, 1863. Mustered out July 13, 1865.


 * 17th Independent Battery, New York Light Artillery Organized at Lockport, N. Y., and mustered in August 26, 1862. Mustered out June 12, 1865.

All 18th and 19th Units

 * 18th Regiment, New York Cavalry Organized at New York and mustered in by Companies as follows: "A" July 18, "B" July 19, "C" August 12, "D" August 25, "E" August 15, "F" August 31, "G" October 13, "H" October 31, "I" December 2, 1863; "K," "L" and "M" January, 1864. Companies "A" to "F" left State for Washington, D. C., September 26, 1863; Companies "G" and "H" October 23; "I" and "K" December 13, 1863, and "L" and "M" January, 1864. Mustered out at Victoria, Texas, May 31, 1866.


 * 18th Regiment, New York Infantry Organized at Albany, N. Y., and mustered in May 17, 1861. Mustered out May 28, 1863.


 * 18th Regiment, New York Infantry National Guard (30 days, 1863) Organized for thirty days' July 3, 1863. Mustered out August 15, 1863.


 * 18th Independent Battery, New York Light Artillery Organized at Rochester, N. Y., and mustered in September 13, 1862. Mustered out July 20, 1865.


 * 19th Regiment, New York State Militia (3 months, 1862) Organized for three months' May 26, 1862. Mustered out September 6, 1862.


 * 19th Regiment, New York Cavalry Organized at Portage, N. Y., and mustered in September 2, 1862. Mustered out June 30, 1865.


 * 19th Regiment, New York Infantry Organized at Elmira, N.Y., and mustered in for two years May 22, 1861. Regiment changed to 3rd Regiment New York Light Artillery December 11, 1862.


 * 19th Independent Battery, New York Light Artillery Organized at Lockport, N. Y., and mustered in at Elmira, N. Y., October 27, 1862. Mustered out June 13, 1865.

All 20th and 21st Units

 * 20th Regiment, New York National Guard "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 20th Regiment, New York State Militia (100 days, 1861) Organized for three months' service April 23, 1861. Mustered out August 2, 1861.


 * 20th Regiment, New York Cavalry Organized at Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., and mustered in Companies "A" to "G" September 3, 1863; Company "H" September 4, 1863; Companies "I" and "K" September 17; "L" September 22, 1863, and Company "M" September 23, 1863. Mustered out July 31, 1865.


 * 20th Regiment, New York Infantry Organized at New York City May 6, 1861. Mustered out June 1, 1863.


 * 20th Independent Battery, New York Light Artillery Organized at New York City December 27, 1862. Mustered out July 31, 1865.


 * 21st Regiment, New York State Militia (30 days, 1863) Organized for thirty days' service June 22, 1863. Mustered out August 6, 1863.


 * 21st Regiment, New York Cavalry Organized at Troy, N. Y., and mustered in by Companies as follows: "A," "B," "C" and "D" August 28, 1868; "E" September 1, 1863; "F" September 18, 1863; "G" October 14, 1863; "H" October 15, 1863; "I" October 16, 1863; "K" November, and "L" December, 1863; "M" January, 1864. Mustered out at Denver, Colo. Company "B" June 23, Company F" June 26, Company "G" June 29, Company "C" July 3, Company "E" July 5, Company "D" July 7 and Company "A" August 31, 1866.


 * 21st Regiment, New York Infantry Organized at Buffalo, N. Y., and mustered in for two years,' May 8, 1861. Mustered out May 18, 1863,


 * 21st Independent Battery, New York Light Artillery Organized at Oswego, N. Y., and mustered in at New York City December 12, 1862. Mustered out September 8, 1865.

All 22nd Units

 * 22nd Independent Company, New York Infantry "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 22nd Regiment, New York State Militia (3 months, 1862) Organized for three months' service May 28, 1862. Mustered out September 5, 1862.


 * 22nd Regiment, New York Cavalry Organized at Rochester, N. Y., and mustered in by Companies as follows: Company "A" December 20, 1868; Companies "B¿ and "C" January 5; Companies "D," "E" and "F" January 10; Companies "G," "H" and "I" February 2; Company "K" February 6; Company L" February 12, and Company "M" February 23, 1864. Mustered out August 1, 1865.


 * 22nd Regiment, New York Infantry Organized at Troy, N. Y., and mustered in June 6, 1861. Mustered out June 19, 1863,


 * 22nd Regiment, New York Infantry National Guard (30 days, 1863) Organized for thirty days' service June 18, 1863. Mustered out July 24, 1863.


 * 22nd Independent Battery, New York Light Artillery "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.