158th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment


The 158th New York Infantry regiment was organized in Brooklyn as one of the regiments of the Empire-Spinola Brigade, and on August 13, 1862 James Jourdan was appointed its Colonel. It was mustered in the service of the United States for three years at Norfolk, Virginia. The companies were recruited principally: A, B, D, E, F, G, H, I and K at Brooklyn, and C at Manhattan, Jamaica, and New York City.
The 158th New York left the state on September 18, 1862; it served in Viele's Brigade at Norfolk, Virginia, at Suffolk, Virginia, at New Berne, North Carolina, 18th Corps, in the 2nd Brigade, 5th Division, 18th Corps, in Jourdan's Independent Brigade, Palmer's 1st Division, 18th Corps, in the defenses of New Berne, N. C., Jourdan's Brigade, 1st Division, 18th Corps, at Beaufort and Morehead, North Carolina, in the 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 18th Corps, in the 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 24th Corps, and in the 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 24th Corps ; they were commanded by Col. William H. McNary.
The 158th New York was honorably discharged and mustered out June 30, 1865, at Richmond, Virginia. The men not to be mustered out with the regiment were transferred to the 100th Infantry.

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