The 194th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment also known as the 194th New York was an infantry regiment that served with the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was the last to be mustered from the state, and never left the state, instead conducting organization and mustering duties at several recruitment camps.
Organization On January 27, Colonel Joseph W. Corning was given authority from the War Department to raise the regiment. It was organized at Elmira, New York, and mustered into service between March 2 and 27, 1865.
The companies of the regiment were originally recruited at:
A - Horseheads, Elmira, Southport, Chemung, Veteran, Orange, Big Flats, Baldwin B - Southport, Tioga, Elmira, Dix, Candor, Triangle, Horseheads, Maine, Reading, and Union C - Holland, Baldwin, Elmira, Hume, Catlin, Veteran, New Hudson, Rochester, and Canandaigua D - Victor, Milo, Jerusalem, Benton, Potter, Italy, Seneca, Barrington, and Naples E - Jerusalem, Elmira, Caneadea, Potter, Angelica, Southport, Rochester F - Ischua, Allegany, Leon, Mansfield, Westfield, Randolph, Ellicottsville, Persia, and Cold Spring H - Syracuse, Rochester, Virgil, Marion, Walworth, Conquest, Macedon, Niles, Palmyra, Auburn, and Van Buren I - Rochester, Buffalo, Auburn, Elmira, Canandaigua, Greece, Clay, Niles, Mendon, and Irondequoit.
Service
The regiment didn't leave the state and didn't take part in any active field service, and was instead limited to organization and mustering duties. The companies of the regiment were mustered out at respective locations, at Elmira and Hart's Island, between May 3 and May 10, 1865.
Casualties The regiment lost 7 men to disease.
Commanders Colonel Joseph W. Corning Lieutenant Colonel Lorenzo J. Jones
See also List of New York Civil War regiments New York in the American Civil War
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