Timeline of the 156th New York State Volunteers Infantry Regiment August through November 1862 - Recruitment November 17, 1862 - Regiment Mustered-In, New York, NY April through May 1863 - Operations in West Louisiana April 12 to 13, 1863  - Engagement at Bethel Place  (in Fort Bisland, St. Mary Parish, LA) April 17, 1863 - Battle of Bayou Vermillion, LA  (in Lafayette Parish) May 21 to July 9, 1863 - Siege of Port Hudson  (in Jackson, East Feliciana Parish, LA) March through May 1864 - Red River Campaign April 9, 1864 - Battle of Pleasant Hill, LA  (in DeSoto and Sabine Parishes) April 23, 1864 - Battle of Cane River Crossing  (in Monett’s Ferry, Natchitoches Parish, LA) May 2, 1864 - Engagement at Alexandria, LA (in Rapides Parish) May 16, 1864 - Battle of Mansura  (in Marksville, Avoyelles Parish, LA)     August through December 1864 - Shenandoah Valley Campaign  September 19, 1864 - Battle of Opequon Creek  (in Winchester, Frederick County, VA) September 21 to 22, 1864 - Battle of Fisher’s Hill  (in Strasburg, Shenandoah County, VA) October 19, 1864 - Battle of Cedar Creek  (in Shenandoah, Warren, and Frederick Counties, VA) February through April 1865 - Campaign in the Carolinas April 26, 1865 - Engagement at Bennett House (in Durham, NC)     Oct. 23, 1865 - Regiment Mustered-Out, Augusta, GA

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