The regiment was attached to District of Annapolis, Maryland, VIII Corps, Middle Department, to December 1862.

1st Brigade, 4th Division, XIX Corps, Department of the Gulf, to February 1864.

2nd Brigade, Grover's Division, District of Savannah, Department of the South, to March 1865.

1st Brigade, 1st Division, X Corps, Army of the Ohio, Department of North Carolina, to April 1865.

The 131st New York Infantry mustered out of service July 26, 1865 at Savannah, Georgia.

Madam Porter's Plantation, Indian Bend, April 13.

Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign, August 7 – November 28.

Moved to Savannah, Georgia, January 5–22, and duty there until March.

At Morehead City and New Bern, North Carolina, until April.