Santa Rosa Island
From June 15 through June 23, 1861, the regiment left New York state and moved to Santa Rosa Island, Florida were they were attached to:
- Santa Rosa Island, District of Florida, Department of the South, to May 1862.
- Arnold's Brigade, District of Pensacola, Florida, Department of the South, to September 1862. *Wilson's Brigade, District of West Florida, Department of the Gulf, to November 1862.
- Grover's Division, Department of the Gulf, to January 1863.
- 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 19th Army Corps, Dept. of the Gulf, to June 1863.
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