35th New York Infantry Regiment

35th New York Infantry Regiment
35th New York Infantry Regiment
	35th New York lined up in a camp, 1862.
Active	June 11th, 1861 to June 5, 1863
Country	United States
Allegiance	Union
Branch	Infantry
Engagements	First Battle of Rappahannock Station; Second Battle of Bull Run; Battle of Chantilly; Battle of South Mountain; Battle of Antietam; Battle of Fredericksburg
Insignia
3rd Division, I Corps
1st Division, I Corps

The 35th New York Infantry Regiment, also called the Jefferson County Regiment, was an infantry regiment of the Union Army in the American Civil War.

Service

The 35th New York Infantry Regiment was allowed to be created by the New York state government on May 25, 1861. The regiment was created in Elmira on June 11, 1861. The soldiers of the regiment left New York State on July 9, 1861.

There were 10 outposts of the 35th New York Infantry regiment:

A and E at Watertown
B (Jefferson Grays) at Copenhagen
C at Theresa
D at New York City, Buffalo and Elmira
F at Corning and Hammondsport
G at Adams
H at Cazenovia
I at Redwood
K at Brownville

The regiment was camped on Meridian Hill, then it moved to Arlington House and did construction work on Fort Tillinghast and Fort Craig. The regiment then moved to Falls Church, Virginia from Winter 1861 to 1862. The regiment left the camp in March 1862, for the Manassas movement and moved to Falmouth, Virginia in April. In late August 1862, the regiment fought in the First Battle of Rappahannock Station. The regiment fought in the second battle of Bull Run. 13 soldiers were killed in the Battle of South Mountain, and 67 soldiers were killed in the Battle of Antietam. The regiment was camped at Sharpsburg, Maryland in October 1862.^[1]