Category: military > regiment > infantry

Beginning date (not before): 1861-07-27

Beginning date (not after): 1861-10-31

Ending date (not before): 1865-07-25

Ending date (not after): 1865-07-25

Additional Information: The 51st New York was organized in New York City and engaged in Roanoke Island; New Berne; Groveton; Second Bull Run; Chantilly; South Mountain; Antietam; Fredericksburg; Wilderness; Spotsylvania Courthouse; Cold Harbor; Petersburg (1864-06-19, 1864-06-23, 1864-07-30); Poplar Grove Church.