captain January 1, 1864 Notable members Captain George W. Cole, Company H - major general by brevet after commanding 2nd United States Colored Cavalry Private Boston Corbett, Company I - later famous for shooting and killing John Wilkes Booth, assassin of Abraham Lincoln, while a Sergeant in the 16th New York Cavalry Regiment Corporal James E. Cross, Company K - Medal of Honor recipient for action at the Battle of Blackburn's Ford Surgeon Henry Draper, Company S from May 31 to October 8, 1862 Assistant Surgeon John Christopher Draper, Company S from May 31 to October 8, 1862 Private Charles F. Rand, Company K - Medal of Honor recipient for action at the Battle of Blackburn's Ford See also List of New York Civil War regiments New York in the Civil War Notes References Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Des Moines, IA: Dyer Pub. Co.), 1908. Tilney, Robert. My Life in the Army: Three Years and a Half with the Fifth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac 1862-1865 (Philadelphia: Ferris & Leach), 1912. Attribution External links Monument to the 12th New York Infantry and 44th New York Infantry at Gettysburg Military units and formations established in 1861 1861 establishments in New York (state) Military units and formations disestablished in 1861 Military units and formations disestablished in 1864 Infantry 012