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“De Kalb Regiment.”

Location: Slope of East Cemetery Hill along Wainwright Avenue

Order of Battle: 11th Corps, 1st Division, 1st Brigade

Number Engaged: 218; 15 killed, 58 wounded, 2 missing

Commander: Lt. Col. Heinrich D. von Einsiedel (1832-1865)

Raised: New York City, Philadelphia, and Essex County (New Jersey)

Monument Specifications: Vertical marker stands on a tiered, rough-hewn base. A relief consisting of three crossed flags and a State Seal are affixed to the front face. A crescent insignia of the 11th Corps appears on the reverse, at top. It indicates the position held by the 41st New York Infantry on July 2, 1863 between 5:00 to 6:00 A.M. as they sustained an attack on its line. They held this position through July 4, 1863.

Dedication Date: July 3, 1893.

Sculptor/Artist/Company: Buberl, Caspar, 1834-1899, sculptor.

Main Inscription: 41ST. N.Y. INFANTRY/1ST BRIG. 1ST. DIV. 11TH. CORPS./(DE KALB REGIMENT)/JULY 2, 3, 4, 1863. (On rear:) CASUALTIES/KILLED 15./WOUNDED 58./MISSING 2./TOTAL LOSS 75.

Other Monuments and Memorials: None.

Supplemental Materials: After Action Report of Lieut. Col. Detleo von Einsiedel (will open a pop up window).

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

Organized at Yorkville, N.Y., and mustered in June 6, 1861. Left State for Washington, D.C., July 8. Attached to 2nd Brigade, Runyon’s Reserve Division, McDowell’s Army of Northeast Virginia, to August, 1861. W. T. Sherman’s Brigade, Division of the Potomac, to September, 1861. Martindale’s Brigade, Porter’s Division, Army of the Potomac, to November, 1861. Unassigned, Blenker’s Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. Unassigned, Blenker’s 2nd Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to April, 1862. 1st Brigade, Blenker’s Division, Dept. of the Mountains, to June, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps, Pope’s Army of Virginia, to September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 11th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, to August, 1863. 1st Brigade. Gordon’s Division, Folly Island, S.C., 10th Corps, Dept. of the South, to April, 1864. Folly Island, S.C., Northern District, Dept. of the South, to August, 1864. 1st Brigade, Hardin’s Division, 22nd Army Corps, Dept. of Washington, to September, 1864. 2nd Brigade, Kitching’s Provisional Division, and Army of the Shenandoah, to December, 1864. Ferrero’s Division, Defenses of Bermuda Hundred, Va., Army of the James, to August, 1865. Dept. of Virginia to December, 1865.

SERVICE.–Duty in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., until April, 1862. Operations in the Shenandoah Valley May to August. Battle of Cross Keys June 8. Duty at Sperryville and Centreville until August. Pope’s Campaign in Northern Virginia August 16-September 2. Fords of the Rappahannock August 20-23. Sulphur Springs August 24. Battles of Groveton August 29; Bull Run August 30. Duty in the Defenses of Washington until December. Reconnaissance to Snicker’s Ferry and Berryville November 28-30. March to Fredericksburg, Va., December 10-16. Duty at Falmouth and Brook’s Station until April 27, 1863. “Mud March” January 20-24. Chancellorsville Campaign April 27-May 6. Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-5. Gettysburg (Pa.) Campaign June 11-August 1. Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3. Ordered to Folly Island, S.C., August 1. Siege operations against Forts Wagner and Gregg, Morris Island, and against Fort Sumter and Charleston, S.C., August 8-September 7. Operations against Charleston and duty on Folly Island, S. C., September, 1863, to August, 1864. Expedition to Johns and James Islands February 6-14, 1864. Action at Bugbee’s Bridge February 9 and 11. Demonstrations on James Island May 21-22 and July 1-10. Ordered to Washington, D.C., August, 1864, and duty there until September 27. Ordered to Shenandoah Valley September 27, and duty there until November 22. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Moved to Washington, D.C., thence to Bermuda Hundred, Va., and duty in the defenses at that point until March, 1865. Siege operations against Petersburg and Richmond, Va., December, 1864, to April, 1865. Fall of Petersburg April 2. Duty in the Dept. of Virginia until December. Mustered out December 9, 1865. Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 69 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 69 Enlisted men by disease. Total 143.