66th New York Infantry Regiment

66th New York Infantry Regiment
66th New York Infantry Regiment
Active	November 4, 1861, to August 30, 1865
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Type	Infantry
Size	775
Nickname(s)	Governor's Guard
Equipment	Fusil d'Infanterie Mle 1842 (18mm/.69 caliber, rifled), Lorenz Model 1854 (.54 caliber, rifled)
Engagements	American Civil War: Siege of Yorktown; Battle of Seven Pines; Seven Days Battles; Battle of Antietam; Battle of Fredericksburg; Battle of Chancellorsville; Battle of Gettysburg; Bristoe Campaign; Mine Run Campaign; Battle of the Wilderness; Battle of Spotsylvania Court House; Battle of Cold Harbor; Siege of Petersburg; Second Battle of Petersburg; Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road; First Battle of Deep Bottom; Second Battle of Deep Bottom; Second Battle of Ream's Station; Appomattox Campaign; Battle of White Oak Road; Third Battle of Petersburg; Battle of Sutherland's Station; Battle of Sailor's Creek; Battle of High Bridge; Battle of Appomattox Court House;
Commanders
Colonel	Joseph C Pinckney
Colonel	Orlando H. Morris
Colonel	John S. Hammell
Insignia
1st Division, II Corps

The 66th New York Infantry Regiment (or National Guard Rifles) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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