The 28th New York Infantry Regiment, the "Niagara Rifles" or "Scott Life Guard", was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Service The regiment was organized in Albany, New York, and was mustered in for a two-year enlistment on May 22, 1861.
The regiment sailed aboard the steamship Star of the South from New York Harbor for Washington, D.C., on May 2, 1861. It arrived there four days later after a brief stop in Annapolis, Maryland.
The regiment was mustered out of service on June 2, 1863, and those men who had signed three-year enlistments or re-enlisted were transferred to the 60th New York.
Total strength and casualties The regiment suffered 2 officers and 46 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded, and 50 enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 98 fatalities.http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unnyinf3.htm The Civil War Archive website after Dyer, Frederick Henry. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. 3 vols. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959. Private Isaac Sly of Lockport was the first man killed in this regiment. He was shot in the skirmish near Martinsburg on July 11, 1861.
Commanders Colonel Dudley Donnelly Until Killed at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862 Lieutenant Colonel Colonel Edwin Franklin Brown as Lieutenant Colonel He Served until August 9 at Cedar mountain Until wounded, which saw his arm Amputated, then while in the hospital He was Captured Exchanged In October 1862 then he resumed command as Newly Promoted Colonel to the unit Mustered out. Captain William H. H. Mapes Commanded the Regiment at Antietam, The unit had about 65 men in it at the time.
See also List of New York Civil War regiments
Notes
References The Civil War Archive
External links New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center - Civil War - 28th Infantry Regiment History, photographs, table of battles and casualties, and historical sketch for the 28th New York Infantry Regiment. Re-enacting unit dedicated to preserving the history of this unit.