137th Regiment, New York Infantry

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Brief History
Organized at Binghamton, Broome County, and were mustered in September 25, 1862. They were called "Ironclads" and were mustered in under Colonel David Ireland. They marched to Washington, D. C., April 29-May 19, 1865. Veterans and Recruits transferred to 102nd New York Infantry on June 1, 1865. The regiment mustered out, under Col. Koert S. Van Voorhees, June 9, 1865, near Bladensburg, Maryland.

The New York State Military Museumwebsite has a unit history project page for the 137th Infantry Regiment.

See the webpage dedicated to the 137th NY Infantry Regiment. Be sure and click on the different links.

See the webpage for the monument to the 137th NY Infantry Regiment. It gives details of the monument.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles,companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

See the Regiment Roster, for listing of individuals, their company and their involvement. Another listing can be found here.

Company A - principally recruited from Binghamton and Sanford of Broome County

Company B - principally recruited from Binghamton, Chenango, Conklin, Kirkwood, Union and Windsor, all of Broome County; Richford, Tioga County

Company C - principally recruited from Owego,Tioga County

Company D - principally recruited from Ithaca, Tompkins County

Company E - principally recruited from Binghamton, Chenango, Lisle, Maine, Triangle, Union and Whitney's Point, all of Broome County

Company F - principally recruited from Binghamton, Colesville, Chenango, Conklin, Kirkwood, Port Crane, Sanford and Windsor, all of Broome County

Company G - principally recruited from Berkshire, Richford, Newark Valley, and Candor, all of Tioga County; Caroline and Groton of Tompkins County

Company H - principally recruited from Spencer, Candor, Barton and Owego, all of Tioga County

Company I - principally recruited from Ulysses, Newfield and Ithaca, all of Tompkins County

Company K - principally recruited from Groton, Danby and Caroline, all of Tompkins County

Company L - principally recruited from Elmira, Chemung County

Source Material
Civil War Soldiers &amp; Sailors Systemhas the information listed above and may have additional historical information. Searches can be made by name of a soldier or sailor. Information about cemeteries battles, prisoners, medals of honor and national parks is also included.

Phisterer, Frederick. ''New York in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1865. ''Albany, New York : J.B. Lyon, 1912. Google Books, other libraries with this book, FHL book 974.7 M2p, FHL film 1486494-1486496

The Union Army : a History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States, 1861-65, Records of the Regiments in the Union Army, Cyclopedia of Battles, Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers, Reprint of original published: Madison, WI.: Federal Pub. Co., 1908. Other libraries with this book, FHL book 973 M2ua

Gale, Andrew H. and Richard T. Gillespie. Civil War letters and diary of Andrew H. Gale of the 137th Regiment, New York State Volunteers,  Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2005. Google Books [in part]

See the webpage dedicated to the 137th New York Infantry Regiment at Culp's Hill in Gettysburg, PA.

This webpage gives a history of the 137th New York Infantry Regiment.

This webpage give another history version, although rather brief but with good information, of the 137th New York Infantry Regiment.