Charles Asa Bellinger

Enlist: Aug 15, 1862

Muster: July 27 1865

Company A, NY 140th Infantry

Corp-Feb 6, 1863

Promoted to Full Sergeant Jun 18, 1864

Served under Patrick O’Rorke, Colonial

• Fought on 13 Dec 1862 at Fredericksburg, VA.
• Fought on 28 Apr 1863.
• Fought on 1 May 1863 at Chancellorsville, VA.
• Fought on 3 May 1863 at Chancellorsville, VA.
• Fought on 2 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, PA.
• Fought on 3 Jul 1863 at Gettysburg, PA.
• Fought on 9 Jul 1863.
• Fought on 13 Oct 1863 at Warrenton Junction, VA.
• Fought on 27 Nov 1863 at Mine Run, VA.
• Fought on 29 Nov 1863 at Mine Run, VA.
• Fought on 7 Dec 1863 at Robertson Crossroad, VA.
• Fought on 4 May 1864 at Wilderness, VA.
• Fought on 5 May 1864 at Wilderness, VA.
• Fought on 7 May 1864 at Wilderness, VA.
• Fought on 8 May 1864 at Laurel Hill, VA.
• Fought on 9 May 1864 at Laurel Hill, VA.
• Fought on 10 May 1864 at Laurel Hill, VA.
• Fought on 12 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
• Fought on 12 May 1864 at Laurel Hill, VA.
• Fought on 14 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
• Fought on 16 May 1864 at North Anna River, VA.
• Fought on 17 May 1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
• Fought on 23 May 1864 at North Anna River, VA.
• Fought on 25 May 1864 at Totopotomoy Creek, VA.
• Fought on 25 May 1864 at North Anna River, VA.
• Fought on 26 May 1864 at North Anna River, VA.
• Fought on 27 May 1864 at North Anna River, VA.
• Fought on 2 Jun 1864 at Bethesda Church, VA.
• Fought on 3 Jun 1864 at Bethesda Church, VA.
• Fought on 8 Jun 1864 at Bethesda Church, VA.
• Fought on 18 Jun 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
• Fought on 19 Jun 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
• Fought on 22 Jun 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
• Fought on 24 Jun 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
• Fought on 25 Jun 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
• Fought on 26 Jun 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
• Fought on 29 Jun 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
• Fought on 18 Aug 1864 at Weldon Railroad, VA.
• Fought on 19 Aug 1864 at Weldon Railroad, VA.
• Fought on 20 Aug 1864 at Weldon Railroad, VA.
• Fought on 21 Aug 1864 at Weldon Railroad, VA.
• Fought on 1 Oct 1864 at Poplar Springs Church, VA.
• Fought on 1 Oct 1864 at Chappel House, VA.
• Fought on 11 Oct 1864 at Petersburg, VA.
• Fought on 11 Dec 1864 at Weldon Railroad, VA.
• Fought on 18 Dec 1864.
• Fought on 5 Feb 1865 at Hatcher’s Run, VA.
• Fought on 6 Feb 1865 at Hatcher’s Run, VA.
• Fought on 22 Mar 1865.
• Fought on 25 Mar 1865 at Gravelly Run, VA.
• Fought on 31 Mar 1865 at White Oak Church, VA.
• Fought on 31 Mar 1865 at White Oak Ridge, VA.
• Fought on 31 Mar 1865 at Southside Railroad, VA.
• Fought on 31 Mar 1865 at Gravelly Run, VA.
• Fought on 31 Mar 1865 at Petersburg, VA.
• Fought on 1 Apr 1865 at Five Forks, VA
• Fought on 5 Apr 1865 at Five Forks, VA.

• The 140th, the “Rochester Racehorses,” was recruited in Monroe county, organized at Rochester, and there mustered into the U. S. service on Sept. 13, 1862, for three years. In June, 1863, it received by transfer the three years men of the 13th N. Y., and in Oct., 1864, the veterans and recruits of the 44th.The regiment left the state on Sept. 19, 1862, proceeded to Washington and joined the Army of the Potomac in November, being assigned to the 3d (Warren’s) brigade, 2nd (Sykes’) division, 5th corps. With this command it was under fire for the first time at the battle of Fredericksburg, where it lost a few men wounded and missing. The 5th corps was only partially engaged at Chancellorsville, though the 140th lost 21 killed, wounded and missing in that disastrous battle. Describing this gallant, fighting regiment, Col. Fox says: “Col., O’Rorke was killed at Gettysburg while leading his men into action on Little Round Top, where their prompt action aided largely in seizing that important position, the regiment losing their 26 killed, 89 wounded and 18 missing. The 140th was then in Ayres’ division-the division of regulars. In 1864 the regulars were brigaded in one command under Ayres, and the 140th was placed in the same brigade; the division was commanded by Gen. Charles Griffin. But in June, 1864, the regiment was transferred to the 1st Brigade of Ayres’ (2nd) division. This brigade was commanded in turn by Col. Gregory, Gen. Joseph Hayes, Col. Otis, and Gen. Winthrop. The latter officer fell mortally wounded at Five Forks. The regiment was in the hottest of the fighting at the Wilderness and suffered severely there, losing 23 killed, 118 wounded and 114 captured or missing; total  255.Three days later it was engaged in the first of the series of battles at Spotsylvania, in which action Col. Ryan and Maj. Starks were killed. At Spotsylvania the casualties in the regiment were 12 killed and 48 wounded; and at the Weldon railroad, 4 killed, 19 wounded and 51 captured or missing. The regiment was composed of exceptionally good material; the men were a neat, clean lot, and in their handsome Zouave costume attracted favorable attention wherever they appeared. “The 140th took part in nearly all the great engagements of the Army of the Potomac from Fredericksburg to the close of the war. It was actively engaged at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Bethesda Church, siege of Petersburg, Weldon railroad, Poplar Spring Church, Hatcher’s run, White Oak road and Five Forks. It was present at Fredericksburg, Bristoe Station, Rappahannock Station, in the Mine Run campaign, North Anna, Totopotomy, White Oak swamp and Appomattox. Other important losses incurred besides those above detailed were, 60 wounded and missing at Bethesda Church; 22 killed, wounded and missing in the first assault on Petersburg; 23 killed and wounded at Hatcher’s run; and 57 killed, wounded and missing during the final Appomattox campaign. Col. O’Rorke, when he was killed at Gettysburg, was mounted on a rock at Little Round Top, cheering on his men. He graduated at the head of his class at West Point in 1861 and was only 25 years of age when killed. The regiment was mustered out June 3, 1865, near Alexandria, Va., under Col. Grantsyne. Its total enrollment during service was 1,707, of whom 533 were killed and wounded; 8 officers and 141 men were killed and died of wounds; 2 officers and 168 men died of disease and other causes; total deaths, 319, of whom 77 died in Confederate prisons.
• Source: The Union Army, Vol. 2, p. 149 NEW YORK ONE HUNDRED AND FORTIETH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. Monroe County Regiment; Rochester Race Horses. (Three Years) August 8, 1862, Capt. Hiram Smith received authority to recruit this regiment; it was organized at Rochester with Patrick H. O’Rorke as Colonel, and there mustered in the service of the United States for three years September 13, 1862. June 26, 1863, the three years’ men of the 13th Infantry, and October 6, 1864, the members of the 44th Infantry, not mustered out with their regiments, were transferred to it. June 3, 1865, the men not to be mustered out with it were transferred to the 5th Veteran Infantry. The companies were recruited principally: A at Brockport; B, C, E, F and K at Rochester; D at Rochester, Brighton, Gates, Penfield and West Webster; G at Rochester and Churchville; H at Rochester, Brockport and Fairport; and I at Chili, Greece, Penfield, Rochester, Ogden, Henrietta and Parma. The regiment left the State September 19, 1862; it served in the Provisional Brigade, Casey’s Division, defenses of Washington, from September, 1862; in the 2d Brigade, 2d Division, 12th Corps, from October, 1862; in the 3d Brigade, 2d Division, 5th Corps, from November, 1862; in the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 5th Corps, from March, 1864; in the 1st Brigade, 2d Division, 5th Corps, from June 6, 1864; and, under Col. W. S. Grantsyne, it was honorably discharged and mustered out June 3, 1865, near Alexandria, Va.Source: Phisterer, p. 3,615

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