50th New York Engineer Regiment

50th New York Engineer Regiment
50th New York Engineer Regiment
Active	August 26 - September 20, 1861 (as 50th Infantry); October 22, 1861 - June 13 - 14, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	United States of America; Union
Branch	Engineers
Size	873 (1861), 830 (1862)
Nickname(s)	Stuart's Engineers; Independent Engineers; Sappers, Miners And Pontoniers
Equipment	Model 1822 Musket (069 Cal., smoothbore)
Engagements	Siege of Yorktown; Seven Days Battles; Battle of Malvern Hill; Battle of Fredericksburg; Pollock's Mill Creek; Battle of Chancellorsville; Second Battle of Fredericksburg; Bank's Ford; Battle of Deep Run; Battle of Gettysburg; Mine Run Campaign; Battle of the Wilderness; Battle of Spotsylvania Court House; Battle of North Anna; Battle of Totopotomoy Creek; Battle of Cold Harbor; Second Battle of Petersburg; Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road; First Battle of Deep Bottom; Battle of Hatcher's Run; Battle of White Oak Road; Fall of Petersburg; Battle of Appomattox Court House;
Commanders
Colonel	Charles B. Stuart
Insignia
Volunteer Engineer Brigade

The 50th New York Engineer Regiment was an engineer regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was initially raised as the 50th Volunteer Infantry, but was converted to an engineer regiment after it arrived in Washington DC. It served as an engineer unit for the Army of the Potomac (AoP) from the Peninsula Campaign through the Appomattox Campaign.

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