My great uncle, Private Owen Fee, was enlisted in the 54th New York National Guard Infantry from 07/26/1864 to 11/10/1864. I am doing genealogy research and can't seem to find this infantry's activities during this time span. Any help, resources, or additional information about the 54th New York National Guard Infantry would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Reddit!
Edit: it appears that they never left NY.
The following is taken from New York in the War of the Rebellion, 3rd ed. Frederick Phisterer. Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, 1912.
Left the State: July 26, 1864 Mustered out: November 10, 1864
In 1861 this regiment was located at Rochester, but it is not now in existence, except Company E, now the 8th Separate Company of the National Guard of the State, organized September 8, 1863. Besides service in 1864 with its regiment, this company was on duty in May, 1871, quelling a riot at Ox Bow Bend, Erie canal, Monroe county; at Rochester, January 3 to 7, 1872, on call of the sheriff; in July, 1877, during the railroad riots, and in August, 1892, at Buffalo, during the switchmen's strike. In the Spanish-American war the company served as Company A, 3d Regiment, N. Y. Volunteer Infantry, from May 17, 1898, to December 5, 1898.
Members of this regiment formed, in 1861, Company B of the 27th Volunteers, and July 26, 1864, the regiment itself was mustered into the United States service for 100 days; commanded by Col. Charles H. Clark, it served (eleven companies) at Elmira, and was mustered out November 10, 1864, at Rochester, N. Y.
That's a 100-days unit. Raised during the Battle of Petersburg to facilitate logistics. It looks like they had unimportant duties like some of the 90-day regiments of 1861 in simply guarding railroads and depots in their home state. Probably a better fate than one of the New Jersey 100-days units, the 37th NJ, which was thrown into the trenches without weapons and told to build fortifications, earning the nickname of Game Chickens.
Grant was getting low on men, so the Union ended up filling the gaps with these regiments to avoid having to slow down the momentum on the front line.