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Warren Rifles

Location: Reynolds Avenue, the Railroad Cut

Order of Battle: 1st Corps, 1st Division, 2nd Brigade

Number Engaged: 261; 7 killed, 62 wounded, 46 missing

Commander: Col. George H. Biddle (1802-1884)

Raised: New York City and the counties of Rockland, Schoharie, and Westchester.

Monument Specifications: Monument consists of a tiered base, rectangular pedestal, and a finial comprised of a knapsack and a sphere. A state seal relief is affixed to the upper front portion of the piece and there are corps disk insignias on the lower front and upper side faces. It indicates the position where the 95th New York Infantry assisted in the repulse of Davis’s Confederate Brigade on the morning of July 1, 1863.

Dedication Date: July 1, 1893.

Sculptor/Artist/Company: Frederick & Field, fabricator.

Other Monuments and Memorials: There are four positional marker stones denoting other locations held by the 95th New York on the battlefield. 1) North Reynolds Avenue, the Railroad Woods (10am) and 2) Wadsworth Avenue, Oak Ridge (noon). This monument was recently moved to the other side of Wadsworth Avenue by the National Park Service. 3) Chambersburg Pike, at intersection with Confederate Avenue (4pm) and 4) Culp’s Hill summit (July 2 & 3).

Supplemental Materials: After Action Report of Maj. Edward Pye (will open a pop up window).

Regimental History ~ Dyer’s Compendium of the War of the Rebellion:

Organized at New York City November, 1861, to March, 1862. Left State for Washington, D.C., March 18, 1862. Attached to Wadsworth’s Command, Military District of Washington, D.C., to May, 1862. Doubleday’s Brigade, Dept. of the Rappahannock, to June, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps, Pope’s Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 5th Army Corps, to August, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Army Corps, to July, 1865.

SERVICE.–Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D, C., until May, 1862, and at Aquia Creek, Va., until June. Duty at and near Fredericksburg until August. Pope’s Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August 21-23. Sulphur Springs August 26. Battles of Gainesville August 28; Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30. Maryland Campaign September 6-22. Battles of South Mountain September 14; Antietam September 16-17. Duty at Sharpsburg, Md., until October 30. Movement to Falmouth, Va., October 30-November 19. Union November 2-3. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15. At Falmouth and Belle Plains until April 27, 1863. “Mud March” January 20-24. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Operations at Fitzhugh’s Crossing April 29-May 2. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-July 24. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Pursuit of Lee to Manassas Gap, Va., July 5-24. Duty on line of the Rappahannock and Rapidan to October. Bristoe Campaign October 9-22. Advance to line of the Rappahannock November 7-8. Mine Run Campaign November 26-December 2. Demonstration on the Rapidan February 6-7, 1864. Campaign from the Rapidan to the James May 3-June 15. Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spottsylvania May 8-12; Spottsylvania Court House May 12-21. Assault on the Salient May 12. North Anna River May 23-26. Jericho Ford May 23. On line of the Pamunkey May 26-28. Totopotomoy May 28-31. Cold Harbor June 1-12. Bethesda Church June 1-3. Before Petersburg June 16-18. Siege of Petersburg June 16, 1864, to April 2, 1865. Mine Explosion, Petersburg, July 30, 1864 (Reserve). Weldon Railroad August 18-21. Poplar Springs Church September 29-October 2. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher’s Run, October 27-28. Warren’s Raid on Weldon Railroad December 7-12. Dabney’s Mills, Hatcher’s Run, February 5-7, 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Lewis Farm, near Gravelly Run, March 29. White Oak Road March 31. Five Forks April 1. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. Moved to Washington, D.C., May 1-12. Grand Review May 23. Duty at Washington until July. Mustered out July 16, 1865. Regiment lost during service 5 Officers and 114 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 136 Enlisted men by disease. Total 256.