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HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE

— IN THE —

WAR OF THE REBELLION

THOMAS S. TOWNSEND,
Compiler of "THE LIBRARY OF NATIONAL RECORDS."

NEW YORK:
A. LOVELL & CO., 3 EAST 14TH STKEET.
1889.

COPYRIGHTED, 1889,
Br A. LOVELL & CO.

THE ECONOMIST PRESS, 330 PEARL ST., N."

DEDICATED

TO THE MEMOBT OF THE ELEVEN HTJNDBED COMMISSIONED OFFI
CERS OF THE VOLUNTEER REGIMENTS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK WHO WERE KILLED, OR DIED FROM THE EFFECTS OF
WOUNDS RECEIVED, OR DISEASE CONTRACTED, IN DE
FENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT DURING THE WAR
OF THE REBELLION, AND WHOSE NAMES,
TOGETHER WITH PAETICULARS OF
THEIR DEATH, APPEAB AT
THE CLOSE OF THIS
VOLUME.

" It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us,
that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which
they gave the last full measure of devotion.'1 — Lincoln's Gettysburg Speech.

PREFACE.

A careful study of the records of the War of the Rebel-
lion, long since convinced the author and compiler of this
volume that due credit had never been given to the sacrifices
and sufferings, the patriotism and devotion of the Empire
State in the great struggle for preserving the Union. The
conspicuous part taken by New York in all the great move
ments of the war ; her magnificent contributions to the
armies of the Union ; her hearty cooperation in all the
financial measures of the Government ; her generous aid in
alleviating the miseries of the conflict, — these things were,
of course, known, and had been in many ways recorded and
commented upon. But no single and intelligent "effort had
thus far been made to bring all the facts together in a com
pact form, or to present concisely the brilliant record made
by the State in the various forms of activity necessary to
the suppression of the Rebellion.
It is the aim of the author to give just that general
glance at New York's share in the honors and privations of
the struggle, and to show briefly, but decisively, what a
conspicuously honorable and glorious part she had in the
triumph of the Union. In a volume of ordinary size this
record can be traced only in outline, but the object of the
author will be attained, if he succeeds in presenting to the
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reader an intelligent idea of the importance of the work
done and the honors achieved by the Empire State in "the
greatest war that ever strained the power or tested the
strength of any government."
It is the hope of the author that his labors may merit
the commendation of his fellow-citizens, and that they may
find in the following pages a grateful reminder of an honor
able past and a new incentive to pride in their native State.
New York, July 4, 1889.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. PAOE
INTRODUCTION ....... 11
CHAPTER II.
FORT SUMTER .... . . 17
CHAPTER III.
THE PRESIDENT'S CALL FOE TROOPS . . 21
CHAPTER IV.
THE MARCH OF THE SEVENTH REGIMENT 26
CHAPTER V.
THE UNION SQUARE MEETING — REVOLUTIONARY FEELING RE
VIVED — ACTION OF THE CLERGY . . . .34
CHAPTER VI.
COLUMBIA COLLEGE — THE COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW
YORK AND THE UNIVERSITY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK 38
CHAPTER VII.
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION ..... 44
CHAPTER VIII.
THE BAR AND THE JUDICIARY . . . . ,51
CHAPTER IX.
THE METROPOLITAN PRESS ..... 54

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PAGE
CHAPTER X.
THE INFLUENCE OF WOMAN— THE SANITARY, CHRISTIAN AND
ALLOTMENT COMMISSIONS, AND THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB 58
CHAPTER XL
THE MERCHANTS AND BANKERS . . . . .66
CHAPTER XII.
THE PATRIOTISM OF NEW YORK CITY .... 77
CHAPTER XIII.
EUROPEAN HOSTILITY — MR. BEECHER' S SERVICES ABROAD —
FOREIGNERS IN THE UNION ARMY . . . .82
CHAPTER XIV.
NEW YOKK SOLDIERY — CONSPICUOUS INSTANCES OF GAL
LANTRY ........ 86
CHAPTER XV.
HOW NEW YORK LED IN MANY WAYS . . . .89
CHAPTER XVI.
NEW YORK AT GETTYSBURG ..... 93
CHAPTER XVII.
HONORS WON IN BATTLE BY NEW YORKEES . . . 106
CHAPTER XVIII.
NEW YOEK IN THE NAVY ...... H2
CHAPTER XIX.
COLORED TROOPS AND THE RIOT IN NEW YOEK . . . 120
CHAPTER XX.
NEW YORK'S LOSSES IN THE WAR — CONCLUSION . 125
APPENDIX NO. I.
ONE THOUSAND NEW YORK HEROES — AND HOW THEY DISTIN
GUISHED THEMSELVES ..... 129)

CONTENTS. 9
PAGE
APPENDIX NO. II.
New York Regiments.
state militia ....... 229
cavalry ... ... 253
artillery . ..... 267
engineer ........ 281
volunteer infantry ..... 283
APPENDIX NO. III.
Our Honored Dead ....... 373

THE
HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE.

CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION.

The extraordinary events that lately aroused attention
throughout the world towards American affairs — the great
conflict that convulsed the foundations of American society,
while incidentally affecting the rights and interests of all
mankind, may well revive occasional recollections concern
ing those memorable days, and especially of the part borne
by the Empire State, in a war unparalleled in the history of
the civilized world for its magnitude and its intensity.
It has become a habit to say that the "War of the Rebellion
is forgotten, because the minds of the people are occupied
with new incidents and events. But this is not, and ought
not to be true, for though we have ceased to talk of the
war as a subject of immediate and pressing interest, yet as
the most valuable and trying experience in the history of
the Nation it can never be lost sight of. "When we consider
the multitudinous incidents of the decade between 1860 and
1870 ; when we reflect upon the vast variety of important
and exciting subjects included in the history of our civil
war, it may not be considered an exaggeration to say that the
events of that decade alone, comprise more material for
history interesting to mankind, than all that is recorded of
the transactions of the previous 240 years, — for it was a
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period like some great tragedy, into which were crowded the
events of centuries. "We can, therefore, appreciate far better
now than ever before, the language uttered in the New York
Chamber of Commerce in April, 1861, when James Gallatin,
himself the son of a statesman prominent in establishing
American freedom, urged his countrymen to arouse to the
full importance of the crisis, prophetically exclaiming, that
" history will make faithful record of our proceedings, and
that that record will be consulted by future generations for
encouragement, for instruction, and for warning throughout
all time."
And well may we also remember the words of the gallant
Theodore "Winthrop, a former member of the Seventh Regi
ment of the New York National Guard (himself one of the
earliest martyrs of the battle-field), when his patriotic spirit
uttered a hope, in his last hours, "that some of his country
men would keep careful record of passing events as we were
making history hand over hand."
But neither Gallatin, Winthrop, nor any other of the far-
seeing men of that early day, could then have formed any
adequate conception of the long duration, vast proportions,
and far-reaching consequences of the warfare thus forced
upon the Nation ; hostilities that cost the country, North
and South, the loss of 500,000 lives, the wounding and pre
mature death of hundreds of thousands more, and the
creation of a public debt out of nothing, which imposed
on the American people a burden as great as that accumu
lated by England in 120 years— a sum of dollars equal to
more than twice the number of inhabitants on this planet.
We all know with what honest pride the descendants of
our revolutionary ancestry glory in the services rendered
by their forefathers in establishing our national indepen
dence. Men and women, who can thus point to the struggle
that resulted in making this a nation, may well appreciate
the sacrifices of those whose blood and services were spent
in preserving that nationality, especially as the War of the

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Rebellion involved a loss of life and treasure a thousand-fold
greater than the Revolutionary War. The example of
Trinity Church in some degree exemplifies this praise
worthy feeling. That corporation has within a few years
deemed it due to a patriotic ancestry, to erect a noble monu
ment in the most conspicuous portion of Broadway, to
commemorate the services and sufferings of the 11,000
revolutionary patriots who perished miserably in British
prisons in New York City. Nearly three times as many of
our gallant volunteers (out of 270,000 who were prisoners
during the war) perished by starvation and other horrors in
the prison-pens of And ergon ville and Libby, Salisbury and
Belle Isle, rather than secure life and liberty by abandon
ing the flag they had sworn to defend. Of this number
46,000 New York soldiers suffered confinement, of whom
5546 died in Southern prisons, or one sixth of the whole
number. Trinity Church, by the monument it has erected, teaches
the great lesson that forgiveness and forgetful ness are
widely different things, and now, although charity and
reconciliation are happily healing all wounds, Heaven
may not forgive us, if we fail to remember the friends who
defended us after unexampled efforts in preserving our
National independence.
To the calm observer in a future age, aye ! even to the cool
est judgment in our own time, it may well seem like despera
tion to have contended against such complicated horrors as
beset the country in 1861. There is a celebrated mountain-
pass in Switzerland over which the traveller is conducted
blindfold. It is said that he would lose his footing, with his
reason, at a glimpse of the fearful abyss beneath. In like
manner, had not God dealt with the American people, in
withholding from them a premonition of the whirling mael
strom of carnage and bloodshed that lay before them, the
boldest minds might have doubted the possibility of preserv
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heroic soldiers, and an expense to the Government and the
loyal States of a sum estimated by the Secretary of the
Treasury in 1880, at $12,000,000,000— ten times as much as
England spent in her six years of war with Napoleon Bona
parte. The most capacious minds of Europe, schooled to the
uttermost limit in all the wisdom of the past, called the war
a madness. It was a madness, if estimated by any material
standard. But the loyal people of the United States had a
hidden strength, which the world did not understand. It
was faith. The people felt as if by an inspiration from
Heaven, that the moral elements of the National cause made
it irresistible. It was this which carried them through the
struggle. Ten times their physical strength would not
have kept them up in the absence of this sovereign faith.
"Never before had the Government been thrown upon an
Administration in such total wreck and ruin," said Horace
Greeley. "It was as if a fleet cast ashore on Fire Island in a
storm, beaten upon by the waves, and dismantled by the
winds, had been hastily committed to the care of fresh
officers to do what they could to rescue it from total
destruction. "
The forlorn condition to which the republic was reduced
in 1861, was depicted by the Hon. Charles Francis Adams
in language brief and vivid enough to be easily understood,
and clearly remembered. " It was," said Mr. Adams, "only
by a little contrivance, by passing through Baltimore in
disguise, at an unexpected midnight hour that Mr. Lincoln
succeeded in defeating the plot that had been formed for
the seizure of his person, and to disable the country from
arriving at the constitutional organization of the Executive
Department. He came to Washington, and was qualified as
President. But President of what ? He looked around
him on all branches of the Government, and everything
seemed to be shaking under him. He looked to the organ
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found, wherever he touched, it was unsound. So ingeniously
had the poison of rebellion been disseminated through all
the ramifications of the Government, that treachery was
cropping out at all points. He had to begin with a
thorough scrutiny of men ; from those occupying the upper
most seats down to almost the lowest place. The President
looked upon the foreign department of his government, and
when he cast his eyes abroad, there was not to be found one
single individual in the foreign service of the Government,
who sympathized with him in his feelings or his difficulties.
Nay, more, there was in the service of the Government (with
the exception of some cautious individual who did not
choose to commit himself) scarcely a person who was not
practically disseminating distrust of the Government under
which he was serving. Not a few of those produced a very
considerable effect in almost every country in Europe, in
creating the opinion, which became prevalent, that the com
plete subversion of the old system was at hand, and that a
new one was inevitable.
"Very shortly after the election of Mr. Lincoln, he did me
the honor to designate me as the individual to represent the
country at the British Court. I reached London in about
two months after the inauguration of the President. On
my arrival, the first news that met me was, that ' three
distinguished Commissioners ' had come out from the Rebel
authorities, and were at that time in London.
"I had the pleasure of learning also, that those Commis
sioners had confidently announced among their friends, that
before I should reach London, the Government and Capitol
at Washington would be in their hands ; consequently I
should stand no chance of being received by the British
government as the representative of the United States.
That is simply a specimen of the mode in which that class
of persons labored throughout Europe, and it required much
time and effort from that day forward, to inspire the
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fidence in our power to maintain the Government of the
United States. Let me go a step farther. When the war
broke out the President looked around to see where was the
military organization upon which he had to rely for the
support of his coercive measures, and he found here, too,
that so vigorously had treason worked itself through all the
channels of military organization, that there was not one
man out of three who could be trusted. He found one set
of men who were, and who ultimately proved themselves to be,
traitors. He found another set of men who were timid and
lukewarm; and did not know whether they would support
the Government, and he found still another set, who had
been in the service so long, and who had arrived at such
an age, that however excellent their disposition, they could
not well be relied upon in the field on account of physical
disability." Such was the condition of public affairs that confronted
President Lincoln at the very threshold of his term of office,
and how prophetic were his words before leaving his West
ern home — that a duty rested upon him which was perhaps
greater, than that which had devolved upon any other man
since the days of Washington. But Lincoln was evidently
raised up by the Divine Providence for the accomplishment
of a great and sublime mission, and gathering up his man
hood, with a calm dignity and a childlike trust in God, he
went forth to give his labor and his life for his country.

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CHAPTER II.
FORT SUMTER.
The gloomy winter of 1860-61 was passed in vain at
tempts to avert the catastrophe impending on the Nation,
by measures of conciliation with respect to slavery.
This was the exclusive subject of conversation and debate in
the National Legislature and the Peace Congress, the
engrossing topic of the journals, political meetings, and
social circles throughout the country. Impartial records
show that loyalists of all parties, anxious to preserve peace,
as long as peace could be preserved without dishonor to
themselves, and without destruction to their Government,
made efforts to preserve peace, almost as remarkable as was
their subsequent energy in defending the Nation after war
fare had been forced upon them.
Actuated by a spirit of magnanimity, Mr. A. A. Low,
in the spring of 1861, accompanied a respectable delegation
from New York and Brooklyn, bearing to the capital of the
Nation a petition signed by 40,000 citizens. They placed
this petition in the hands of Mr. Seward, and desired him
to use his large influence in persuading the representatives
of the people to tender to the States of the South such
concessions as might bring back their fealty and love for
the Union. It was the wish of the committee that the me
morial, as presented, should shadow forth such concessions
on the part of the representatives of New York, as would
satisfy the various opinions held among them, and if these
were declined, "an appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts
was all that was left to them." The appeal was met with in-
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suits, and Mr. Mason, of Virginia, who frequently interrupted
Mr. Seward, said that his state had been arming for over a
year. Finally the Rebels seized the property of the United
States — they seized its forts, its ships and its treasures.
They fired upon the flag of the " Star of the West," and the
Secretary of War, at Montgomery, threatened that by the
1st of May the Confederate flag should float over the Cap
itol at Washington, and in due time over Faneuil Hall,
Boston. They told us that if we gave them a blank
paper and a pencil, to write the terms of a new compact, they
would not agree to it, and they announced that they were
aiming to establish a Republic whose corner stone should be
slavery. " They could not afford to wait for some overt
act on the part of Mr. Lincoln," said Mr. Toombs, of
Georgia, " for it would be fatal to the South, as a political
power based upon slavery, to permit the experiment."
On the 11th of April, 1861, while Jefferson Davis and
members of his Cabinet were discussing the propriety of
immediately opening fire upon Fort Sumter, Mr. Gilchrist,
a member of the Alabama Legislature, appeared before them
and said: " Unless you sprinkle fire in the face of the peo
ple of Alabama they will be back in the old Union in less
than ten days." This warning, possibly, may have stimu
lated the ambitious leaders of the revolt to hasten the con
summation of that treasonable act, by which they hoped to
commit the Southern States irretrievably to rebellion.
On the same day, orders were given for General Beaure
gard to open fire upon Fort Sumter, — the very stones of
whose foundation came from the granite hills of the North,
carried and put there by the money of the Nation. The
dawn of April 12, 1861, was just breaking over the city of
Charleston, revealing to that inglorious band that had in
charge the ruthless deed, the walls of Sumter, surmounted
by the yet unsullied splendors of our National ensign. The
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boom of a gun, fired by Col. George S. James, awoke from
uneasy slumbers the hopeful patriot and determined trai
tor. Those- gloomy echoes had not died away, when a
second gun, fired by Lieut. W. H. Gibbs, confirmed the
mournful truth that peace no longer lingered in the land.
Soon came a third shot, fired by Edmund Ruffin, of Vir
ginia (who, on the day of the surrender of Lee in 1865,
fired a bullet through his own head), and then "freedom
banished, sighed a long farewell."
Major Anderson, the representative of the Federal author
ity, with his little band of patriotic soldiers garrisoned the
Federal fortress, now the. target of insurgent artillery, and
for thirty-four hours did they maintain their defence
against this unholy and unequal attack. Their flag had
been shot down, and though from that moment the Rebels
concentrated their fire on the staff to prevent its being
replaced, yet New York's first volunteer, Peter Hart, was
there, who, reckless of the fast falling messengers of death,
nailed it to the staff, while the cheers of his comrades arose
above the smoke that enveloped them. He had been per
mitted to enter the fort by Governor Pickens, only on con
dition that he would not fight. But, though true to his
pledge, his patriotism and bravery found opportunity for
demonstration in the noble deed above mentioned. Peter
Hart still lives, at this time, holding an humble position in
the New York post office. Honorable allusion should also
be made to the first martyr in the unhappy strife, who lost
his life, not by the murderous shot of insurgent cannon, but
by the premature discharge of a gun used in saluting the
flag, as the little band of heroes marched out of the fort.
He, too, was a New Yorker; his name, the first on the great
roll of fame, was Daniel Hough. He had served his coun
try for two terms in the Mexican war, and left surviving
him an aged mother, two sisters and a brother, who, at the
time of his death, were living in New York City. A month
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National Committee of the Common Council, and repre
sented that the family, in poor circumstances, desired aid to
have his body, which had been buried within -the walls of
Sumter, removed to his native city. A committee was
appointed to confer with Major Anderson on the subject,
but the object never was accomplished.
On Sunday afternoon, April 13, Major Anderson issued
from his charred and battered fortress, his flag in shreds,
his garrison smoke-begrimed, hungry, and worn down
with fatigue. Fort Sumter had surrendered! and the flag
that our fathers of the Revolution carried for seven weary
years, through evil and through good report, through the
snows and frosts of winter, and the heats and droughts
of summer, until at last they brought it out at Yorktown
over a captured army and a land made free and independent
forever — that flag, which had never been trailed in the dust
before a foreign power, had now given place to the flag of
the Southern Confederacy.
The bombardment of Sumter awoke strange echoes, and
touched chords long silent in the American heart. It
was an act that was to close a volume in the history of the
country and open a new one, in which were to be recorded
the sacrifices, the heroic deeds, the unprecedented bravery
of the American people for the preservation of the National
Union, as welt as the miseries, carnage, desolation and times
of deep discouragement, closing with the declaration that
the Union emerged out of all these trials in her full integ
rity and without the loss of a single star from the flag.

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CHAPTER III.
THE PRESIDENT'S CALL FOR TROOPS.
The Rebel cannon were yet thundering in triumph over
captured Sumter, when popular feeling in the loyal States
crowded the electric lines with telegrams, proffering to
President Lincoln all the aid required in men and money,
for repelling the warfare thus forced upon the Nation.
Whatever doubts swayed other minds, the President clearly
saw his duty and fearlessly discharged it. His memorable
proclamation of April 15, 1861, calling for 75,000 volun
teers, was quickly followed by an uprising of the North
which showed that a call for five-fold the force would have
been answered with equal promptness. " Have we a coun
try to save, and shall we save it ? " asked the President,
and wherever the words of his proclamation were read, the
patriotic fire kindled in every heart, and from cities, towns
and villages, all over the country, the lightning flew to bear
their clear and quick response. The hardy farmers,
mechanics and laborers, vied with the merchants and bank
ers in generous demonstrations. Capital and labor were
never more signally exemplified in cooperation for the pub
lic defence. They gathered from the farm, from the work
shop, from the factory ; young men of fortune left luxuri
ous homes for the camp and the field; native and foreign
born alike came forward with a common enthusiasm — all were
seen rallying beneath a common flag, and exclaiming with
one heart and voice, " The American Union, it must and
shall be preserved, cost what it may of treasure and of
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accounted as the inspiration of God, that which came to us
in the united tones of the great mass of statesmen and jur
ists, historians and scholars, philosophers and poets, warri
ors and spiritual guides, must be so accepted. By the side
of the Union stood Bancroft and Motley, Sparks and Pal
frey, who had made the history of its free institutions their
peculiar study. The harps of Bryant and Longfellow,
Whittier, Holmes and Lowell were strung to the music of
the Union, to inspire the hearts of the people, and nerve
their arms. If we turned abroad, Gasparin, Laboulaye and
Langel were seen stemming the tide of Imperial hostility in
France, while John Stuart Mill, Prof essor Newman, Gold-
win Smith, Richard Cobden and John Bright were vindi
cating in England the cause of the Union against the cal
umnies of its foes.
Fort Sumter capitulated on the 13th of April, 1861. On
the 16th the President's call for troops reached Albany —
the birthplace of the American Union. It was there that
the first distinct movement towards a union of the Colonies,
looking to strength and protection from united counsel and
combined efforts, first took place. It was in defence of that
city, at the battle of Saratoga, that the stars and stripes,
emblems of State and National sovereignty, were displayed
for the first time upon our National banner, under whose
folds, in devotion to its sacred import, the greatest army
ever amassed by king or emperor, was now, in the fifteenth
war in which Americans had been engaged, about to decide
by the arbitrament of arms, whether the Nation should live
or die.
The emergencies of this critical period, the necessity for
instantaneous action in supplying money, soldiers and pro
visions for relieving the Government, may be illustrated by
the simple fact, that the National authorities at Washington
were actually cut off from all ordinary peaceable connection
with the people of the North, on whom they had to rely for
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almost as closely as was the little band of Major Anderson
at Fort Sumter. Success at Charleston instantly stimulated
Rebel hostilities against Washington ; and the pet project
of Henry A. Wise, of Virginia, in 1857, was now about
to be carried out by the attempted capture of the National
capital. In preparing for the intended assault, the Rebels not only
severed the connection by railroad and telegraph north
ward, but actually picketed the roads, so as to prevent the
surrounding farmers from supplying the Washington
markets, and forbade Baltimore merchants to sell flour
and other provisions to the . officers of the Government.
So that, if instantaneous relief had not been sent from
New York, the capital might have been quickly reduced
by starvation, if not previously captured by the Rebel
army. There was not a moment to be lost. The danger
of starvation, as well as the Rebel army, was rapidly approach
ing, and before the lightning lines were cut, the last tele
gram was sent by Secretary Stanton to Thurlow Weed on
the night of the 18th of April, urging the chartering of
steamers and the sending of troops and provisions to save
the threatened capital. It will surprise many to learn that
the Governor of the State of New York was actually com
pelled to resort to stratagem to inform President Lincoln
that every practicable effort was being made to forward the
required troops and provisions. The reader may well desire
the name of the person that gallantly braved death as a spy,
by volunteering to act as secret messenger between the State
Government and the President in this critical difficulty. It
was Edward B. Hill, only son of Nicholas Hill, an eminent
lawyer of Albany, who, by devious routes and various dis
guises, fortunately succeeded in assuring President Lincoln
personally, that the siege of Washington would quickly be
raised by the troops rallying everywhere throughout the
State. The name of this patriotic young man and his peculiar

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service to the country, should not be forgotten. When
romance shall throw its glamour over the events of the war
(if romance can add anything to the stern reality of such a
history) some future Cooper may well irradiate the name of
young Hill as a worthy counterpart of the celebrated Harvey
Birch, who rendered a peculiar service to General Washing
ton while the latter was organizing troops around New York
City to ai'd in securing our National independence — though
the gallant young Hill was not spared, like Harvey Birch, to
witness the success of the cause for which he risked igno
minious death as a spy, having fallen heroically soon after in
one of the battles in Virginia.
For many anxious days the capital was defended by only a
little band of brave and gallant men under command of
Cassius M. Clay. Of this handful many were New Yorkers,
among them Gen. Daniel Butterfield (subsequently the hero
of the battle of Resaca),
Gen. J. H. Hobart Ward, Nehemiah Lathrop,
Ray W. Potter, George B. Van Brunt,
James W. Nye, Charles A. Clark,
Samuel P. Dinsmore, Silas B. Dutcher,
John 0. Donnell, Willis Patten,
William Porter, John G. Camp,
B. F. Mudgett, George S. Gregory,
D. D. Connover, James G. Slaight,
John N. Genin, Hugh Tyer,
James Mixlward, William L. Lockwood.
The imminent danger of the capital stimulated the
already sufficiently-excited feelings and efforts of the city's
population, and some of its energetic citizens were actually
engaged at sunrise on the following morning in arousing
sleepers to the necessity of despatching at least one ship-load

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of provisions to Washington. In answer to that appeal, the
Hon. James S. Wadsworth assumed at once the whole
responsibility of chartering and loading a steamer with pro
visions and accompanying it to Washington. Mr. Wads
worth immediately thereafter sought active duty as a soldier,
and New York laid no nobler sacrifice on the altar of
National integrity than when the gallant Wadsworth fell
while nobly leading his division at the battle of the
Wilderness. There was no instance in the war of a more
high-toned surrender of comfort, fortune and life itself to
principle, than that afforded in General Wadsworth's career.
Possessed of enormous wealth, occupying the highest social
position attainable in this country, accustomed to a life of
ease and personal enjoyment, he joined the army because he
believed the cause of the Union to be the highest in which
the sword was ever drawn, and because he could not rest at
ease in his own house while others were fighting the battle
of human liberty and republican government. The patriot
ism of General Wadsworth was also exemplified in his son,
Capt. Craig W. Wadsworth, who served with the most dis
tinguished gallantry in the cavalry branch of the service.

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CHAPTER IV.
the march of the seventh regiment.
With an enthusiasm such as this country had never before
known, the regiments of the National Guard from New
York City and Brooklyn now sprang to arms; and the only
rivalry among them was concerning the hour and the minute
when they should be placed under marching orders. And
not only in 1861, but also in 1862 and 1863 these two cities
furnished all the militia regiments, with the exception of
the Twenty-fifth from Albany and an Ulster County regi
ment, in response to the three calls of the Governor for
troops to march to the defence of the capital. In fact, the
National Guard of New York and Brooklyn essentially con
stituted the National Guard of the State, and its onerous
and arduous duties almost entirely fell upon them.
Language cannot sufficiently describe the feelings with
which the population turned out to witness the departure of
the Seventh Regiment on its line of march through the city
for the scene of action. At the head of the regiment
marched Col. Marshall Lefferts with his Staff, consisting of
Major, Alexander Shaler; Adjutant, J. H. Liebenau; Captain
of Engineers, Egbert L. Viele; Quartermaster, Locke W. Win
chester; Surgeon, Timothy M. Cheeseman; Surgeon's Mate,
John C. Dalton; Chaplain, Sullivan H. Weston; Paymaster,
Meredith Howland; Ordnance Officer, William Patton;
Assistant Quartermaster, John A. Baker; Military Secretary,
Charles J. McClenachan; Commissary Sergeant, L. L. S.
Clearman; R. G. Guide, Oscar Ryder; L. G. Guide, Joseph
J. Morrison. Non-commissioned Staff: Robert C. Rathbone,

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Sergeant-Major; John H. Draper, Ordnance Sergeant;
Simon C. Scott, Color Bearer; Thomas H. Pierce, Color
Bearer. The popular excitement was intensified by the news flying
in "extras," as the regiment was passing through the
streets, showing the difficulties which the Massachusetts
Sixth Regiment had encountered from the murderous mob
then controlling Baltimore. Although the Seventh, on
leaving New York, expected to force a passage through
Baltimore, it was made known at Philadelphia, that the
authorities at Washington found it expedient to order all
troops to hurry instantly ,to the capital with full ranks —
without the delay or loss that might result from fighting
their way through Baltimore. The Mayor of Baltimore,
backed by Governor Hicks, of Maryland, had protested
against any further movement of troops through that city.
The President and General Scott agreed in a temporizing
policy, anxious to get reinforcements to Washington with
out incurring losses of life or time — hoivever galling it
might be to deviate from the usual route. The paramount
object then was to get speedy relief in defending the capi
tal; and hence the policy was adopted of getting around
Baltimore with troops, till the safety of Washington was
secured, and loyal forces could be spared to force a passage
through that city or over its ruins.
This deviation from the common route, this going round
Baltimore, instead of through that city, was specially
annoying to the members of the Seventh Regiment, from
the fact that, during a recent visit to Baltimore, they had
received the hospitalities of the Baltimore regiments, and
they were "anxious to see whether the same men had
become their enemies, and the enemies of their country at
the same time." It may be added here, that it was soon
after learned that the Baltimoreans had actually made
special preparations to meet the members of the Seventh on
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turned out its artillery regiment with ten cannon before sun
rise on the morning when the Seventh was first expected on
its march for Washington— " horses all harnessed, guns
waiting in the streets, all ready, at a moment's call, to
attack the Seventh Regiment, and welcome its members
with bloody hands to hospitable graves," — for which benevo
lent purpose, the Baltimore American said that Col. Petti
grew, in Charleston, was raising a mounted rifle regi
ment, to be specially pitted against the New York
Seventh. The Eighth Massachusetts Regiment passed through New
York some hours before the Seventh Regiment started for
Washington. Beyond Philadelphia, the obstacles in the
path of both regiments were the same; but the commander of
the former resolved to try the railroad as far as it was not
yet torn up, while the Seventh chartered a steamer from
Philadelphia for Annapolis. The Massachusetts troops
found the railroads torn up south of the Susquehanna River,
but fortunately found the large ferry-boat commodious
enough to take the regiment down to Annapolis. Unluck
ily, by bad pilotage or treachery, the boat grounded on a
mud-bank near Annapolis, where the Massachusetts troops,
though anxious to be foremost on the way to Washington,
saw the steamer of the Seventh pass ahead, towards and
alongside of the renowned frigate "Constitution," then used
as a school-ship for the Naval Academy at Annapolis —
which time-honored war ship, like the Naval Academy
itself, was thus saved from falling into the hands'of the
Secessionists, who were prowling in the neighborhood, pre
paring to capture both the academy and the vessel.
The Mayor of Annapolis, like his brother Mayor at Bal
timore, protested against the landing of the New York and
Massachusetts troops. In accordance with the views of his
line officers, Colonel Lefferts replied, that the Seventh
would force its way, if necessary, through Annapolis to
Washington, and that, for the bloodshed which the Annap-

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olis Corporation predicted, they must be responsible who
should oppose the march of his regiment.
The pressing necessity for speed in reaching Washington,
required that all the troops should be quickly placed ashore
in marching order, and after the Seventh Regiment was
landed at the Government dock in Annapolis, its steamer
was sent back to relieve the Massachusetts Eighth from its
unfortunate predicament.
It is not necessary to particularize the difficulties that
beset the troops in repairing the railroad, which had been
partly broken up by Rebels lurking in the woods around
Annapolis and along the line of march towards Washington.
Suffice it to say, that the arrival of the Seventh, as the van
guard of the New York troops, along with the Massachusetts
Eighth, was hailed by the Governmental officers and the
loyal Washingtonians, with a degree of satisfaction that can
better be imagined than described.
The aid so promptly supplied by troops, as well as by
money and provisions from New York, induced President
Lincoln and General Scott to say to the New York Union
Defence Committee, that " the safety of the National capital
and the preservation of the archives of the Government, at
a moment when both were seriously menaced, may fairly be
attributed to the prompt and efficient action of the State and
City of Neto York."
Having accomplished all that was required of it dur
ing its thirty days term of service, and other troops
having been brought into the service for the further prose
cution of the war, the Seventh Regiment returned home,
with the hearty thanks of the President and General Scott,
and with the warm salutations of the people of New York,
expressed through the press and otherwise. Nobly did the
Seventh vindicate the truth of General Scott's response to
Colonel Lefferts' entreaty that the regiment might be
allowed to continue in the service after its term had expired.
"Colonel," said General Scott, "yours is a regiment of

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officers." No less than 650 officers in the Volunteer ser
vice during the war, received their military education
in the school of the Seventh. Of these, six rose to
the rank of Major-General— Alexander Shaler, Abram Dur
yea, Lewis T. Barney, Schuyler Hamilton, Joseph E. Ham-
blin and John McNeill. Twenty-five became Brigadier-
Generals. They were William Henry Browne, Edward
Jardine, Edward L. Molineaux, Jacob E. Duryea, William
H. Lawrence, Gilbert H. McKibben, Henry E. Tremain,
John C. Wright, H. S. Gansevoort, John Hendrickson,
John H. Oley, R. N. Bowerman, Charles A. Hart well,
Allan Rutherford, F. E. Trotter, Samuel B. Jones, William
Gurney, William B. Barton, Robert Nugent, E. E. Graves,
N. B. McLaughlin, J. Frederick Pierson, Egbert L. Viele,
Joseph J. Morrison and 0. H. Hart.
The visitor to Central Park will be interested in viewing
the monument erected there to the memory of the following
fifty-eight men of the Seventh Regiment, who lost their
lives in the defence of their country:
Alden, Captain Henry H., 42d Regiment,
killed at the battle of Balls Bluff.
Addis, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas J., 39th
Regiment.
Arnold, Captain Henry, 47th Regiment, killed
in action, February 20, 1864,
Baker, Lieutenant John A., 147th Regiment.
Bissell, Captain George W., 90th Regiment.
Bogert, Lieutenant A. S., 65th Regiment, died
June 2, 1862.
Brown, Lieutenant Milnor, 124th Regiment,
killed at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863.
Chapman, Lieutenant-Colonel Alford B.,
57th Regiment, killed at the Wilderness,
May 5, 1864.

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Cowdry, Captain Edward A., 95th Regiment.
Drayson, Sergeant Fordred.
Ellsworth, Captain Asher M., 165th Regi
ment, died at Port Hudson, August 14,
1863.
Farnham, Colonel Noah L., 11th Regiment,
died of wounds received at the battle of
Bull Run.
Fleet, Sergeant Augustus.
Gadsden, Adjutant Charles A., 9th Regiment,
killed at the battle of Camden, April 19,
1862.
Hurst, Captain Frederick, 48th Regiment,
died July 31, 1863, of wounds received at
Fort Wagner.
Harrison, Captain Edward, 74th Regiment,
killed at the battle of Bristow Station,
August 27, 1862.
Hicks, Jr., Captain Henry W., 165th Regi
ment.
Hart, Major Robert McD., 159th Regiment,
killed at the battle of Cedar Creek, October
19, 1864.
Kelty, Captain Eugene.
Kingsland, Lieutenant Wm. H., 25th Regi
ment.
Keese, Private J. Lawrence, accidentally
killed while with the 7th Regiment on its
march to Washington in 1861.
Le Fort, Captain George, 73d Regiment,
killed in action, May 20, 1864.
Lewis, Colonel George W., 3d Cavalry.
Lent, Captain Louis H. , 48th Regiment, killed
in action on Morris Island, July 10, 1863.

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Moies, Lieutenant John E.
Miller, Major Lindley M. H.
Morey, Captain George A., 74th Regiment,
died June 23, 1862.
Mellick, Captain Simon A., 7th Cavalry.
Miller, Lieutenant Silas A.
Milligan, Captain Samuel G., 2d Cavalry,
died May 28, 1862.
Mallon, Colonel James E., 42d Regiment.
O'Brien, Captain Fitz James.
Parmelee, Adjutant Lewis 0.
Phipps, Gurdon S.
Plume, Captain I. Henry.
Prentiss, Major Clifton K.
Russell, Captain Theodore, 61st Regiment.
Radcliffe, Captain H. G.
Savage, Henry F.
Stevens, Lieutenant-Colonel George H.
Sands, Captain Henry A., 103d Regiment,
mortally wounded at Antietam.
Seabury, Captain Robert.
Staples, Captain Wright.
Shaw, Colonel Robert G., 54th Massachusetts
Regiment, killed in the assault on Fort
Wagner.
Starr, Colonel Samuel H., 5th New Jersey
Regiment.
Smedberg, Lieutenant Charles J.
Trenor, Captain J. J., 61st Regiment, killed at
Fair Oaks, June 1, 1862.
Tremaine, Lieutenant Walter R., I32d Regi
ment, died December 25, 1862.

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Timolat, Lieutenant Henry N.
Tucker, Lieutenant-Colonel George, 78th
Regiment.
Tracy, Lieutenant Frederick A.
Van Postley, Lieutenant De.
Van Nostrand, James H.
Van Duzer, Lieutenant Charles F., 8th
Cavalry.
Williams, Captain Wm. J., 56th Regiment,
killed at Fair Oaks, May 30, 1862.
Winthrop, Major Theodore, killed at Big
Bethel.
Wheeler, Captain William.
Welles, Private Edward B.

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CHAPTER V.
the union square meeting — revolutionary feeling
revived — action of the clergy.
The echoes of Sumter's guns had hardly died away when
the people of New York assembled on the 20th of April,
1861, at Union Square, in the largest meeting ever held on
this continent, and then and there pledged themselves, not
only to this generation, but to all who should come after
them, bearing their names and partaking their blood, that
the cause of Constitutional Government should be upheld at
every hazard. How would the nerves of Gouverneur Morris,
one of those stern old fathers, who on the 14th of June,
1777, in Congress assembled, first established the Stars and
Stripes as the flag of the Union — how would his nerves have
been thrilled, could he have foreseen how eighty-four years
afterwards, the people of New York would rally to its defence
against domestic treason in that very Union Square which
he, in 1807, stamped indelibly upon the Island of Man
hattan — to bear the name and to be forever consecrated to
the memory of that glorious Union which he had labored so
successfully to call into being. " This meeting," said the
Hon. Wm. M. Evarts, in 18G4, when efforts were being made
to secure aid for the orphans of the soldiers, " was responsible
for the vigor, for the magnitude, the sufferings and bereave
ments of the war, and we invoke the aid and support of this
great community, simply in redemption of that pledge so
made, that the orphans that the war might make, should be
adopted by their oountry." The spirit of Gouverneur Morris
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our government, found fitting commentary in the patriotic
gallantry of their descendants. The four signers of the
Declaration of Independence from the State of New York
were all honorably represented by their great-grandsons on
the battle-fields of the Rebellion: General William Floyd,
by Capt. John Gelston Floyd, Jr., of the 145th Regiment;
Lewis Morris, by Col. Lewis 0. Morris, of the Seventh
Heavy Artillery Regiment, killed at the battle of Coal
Harbor; Francis Lewis, by Lieut. Manning Livingston, of
the Regular Army, killed at thebattle of Gettysburg (Lieu
tenant Livingston was also a great-grandson of Robert R.
Livingston, one of the committee appointed to prepare the
Declaration of Independence, and who also, on the 24th of
March, 1783, informed General Washington that peace had
been declared); Philip Livingston, by Capt. Stephen Van
Rensselaer Cruger, of the 150th Regiment, and Lieut.
Killian Van Rensselaer, of the Thirty-ninth Regiment.
Captain Cruger was wounded at the battle of Resaca and left
on the field for dead. He was soon after promoted for his
gallantry. Gen. Samuel R. Webb, who wrote the order for
promulgating the Declaration of Independence, and was
Grand Marshal on the occasion of the inauguration of Presi
dent Washington, was honorably represented on the battle
field by four of his grandsons, Gen. Alexander S. Webb, who
was twice wounded, as his grandfather had been before him;
Gen. George W. Morrell, Maj. Robert Webb and Capt. Wat
son Webb, of the Regular Army. The first Chief Justice of
the United States, John Jay, was worthily represented by
his great-grandson, Col. William Jay, who served with
distinction on the staffs of Generals Sykes and Meade;
and his father, the Hon. John Jay, was active all through
the war in promoting the interests of the Government
and the welfare of the soldiers. How forcibly do these
patriotic illustrations indicate the truth of the sentiment,
eloquently expressed by the late President Garfield in his
oration on " The Life and Services of General Thomas.".

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"Each individual," said the late President, "possesses
forces and qualities that may date back centuries, and find
their origin in the life and deeds of remote ancestors —
forces, the germs of which, enveloped in the awful mystery
of life, have been transmitted silently from generation to
generation." The patriotic spirit pervaded all classes of society. The
clergy of all denominations showed in their language and
actions, that they vividly realized the responsibilities resting
on all right-minded men in redressing the calamities of
their country. " All denominations share in the inspira
tion," said the editor of the World.
The National ensign was firmly fixed upon the top of the
cross on the lofty steeple of Trinity by Thomas Davidson.
Before an assemblage of many thousand persons he ascended
the steeple step by step until he reached the top. There
he stood on the cross, placing his cap upon the top, amidst
the cheers of the multitude. From the pulpit of the old
North Dutch Church, whose steeple looked down upon
armies of Red Coats in 1776, a venerable minister bid his
hearers take up arms, and declared himself ready to go
with them. Pastors, so numerous that they cannot here be
enumerated, offer their services as chaplains — not a few
descend from the desk and enroll themselves as soldiers.
Whole companies are formed from single churches and go
forth with solemn approbation of their spiritual fathers.
The Churchman fraternizes at last with the dissenter; they
go together in a common cause and with a common faith.
The stern Presbyterian, like the old Covenanter, or like the
Revolutionary "Jersey Blue," puts on his harness. The
Methodist, undaunted pioneer, is in the van, with his
cheery, practical faith. The Baptist, most indomitable of
religionists, takes his place beside his less literal brother.
The venerated pastor of the Old Brick Church opens the
great popular meeting with an invocation, and from another
stand, an honored divine calls out to the crowd, " Why are

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you not on your way to Washington ? " Archbishop Hughes
writes to the chairman: " The Stars and Stripes have been
my flag and shall be so to the end," whereupon 7000
sons of Erin press the recruiting ranks.
Trinity Church, faithful to its traditions of loyalty and
patriotic sacrifices, was forward in encouraging the work
of subscription and enlistment, the clergy of the parish being
themselves well represented in the field. Dr. Higbee had a
son in the navy; Dr. Vinton had two brothers in the army;
Dr. Oglesby, a son; Dr. Dix, a father and a brother, while Dr.
Weston was chaplain of the Seventh Regiment. The Rev.
Dr. Gillette, of the Calvary Baptist Church, was honorably
represented by his son, Col. James Gillette, who was
brevetted for gallant conduct at Gettysburg ; the Rev.
Spencer H. Cone, by his son, Col. Spencer W. Cone, of the
Sixty-first regiment, the father of "Kate Claxton." The
Rev. Dr. Thompson, of the Tabernacle Church, and the Rev.
Dr. William I. Buddington, of the Congregational Church,
should be especially remembered for the assistance they
gave our wounded soldiers at the battle of Resaca, as should
also be the invaluable service rendered our cause in Europe
by the Rev. Dr. McClintock. The Methodist Episcopal
Clergy had a noble representative in the person of Capt.
Pelatiah Ward, formerly pastor at Ellen ville. At the
second battle of Bull Run, he seized the colors of his regi
ment (the Eightieth), which had been shot down, and while
in the act of cheering his men on to renewed efforts, was
mortally wounded. Seven Chaplains of the Volunteer regi
ments from the Empire State died of disease contracted
while in the discharge of their duty. They were the Rev.
R. 0. Dwyer, Second Cavalry ; the Rev. Wm. H. Gilder,
Fortieth Infantry; the Rev. Orlando N. Benton, Fifty-
first Regiment and the Rev. Anthony Zyla, Fifty-eighth
Regiment.

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CHAPTER VI.
COLUMBIA COLLEGE — THE COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW
YORK AND THE UNIVERSITY OF THE CITY OF NEW
YORK.
It is not wonderful that the spirit shown by the religious
organizations should manifest itself in the colleges, and
other institutions for intellectual and moral improvement.
Columbia College, mindful of her Revolutionary fame, was
true to her teachings. " Her traditions and the history of
the past," said the Hon. Hamilton Fish, " are those of pat
riotism and love of country. In her earlier days, her num
bers few, and the noise of war upon us, she gave freely of
her wisdom and her blood. The names of Jay, Hamilton,
Morris, Livingston and Benson are among the records of the
earlier history of our country." So in the War of the
Rebellion, Columbia College secured for herself an enduring
record among the institutions most honored by the services
of their sons in the army and navy. Over one hundred of
her surviving and widely-scattered graduates (one sixth of
the whole number) were among the earliest and most distin
guished in the field and other branches of the service — a
large proportion, when the disqualifying ages and professions
are taken into account, and conclusively proves that in no
other class of our countrymen was the sense of duty and
loyalty to the cause more conspicuous. She was represented
in every arm of the service, from Gen. Phil Kearny, of
the class of '33, who fell at Chantilly by the bullets of
the Sixteenth Georgia Regiment, to Color-Serg. Theodore
Parkman, of the Forty-fifth Massachusetts Regiment, who

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fell in the engagement at Whitehall, North Carolina,
December 16, 1862. " In the days of the struggle which
preceded the conflict with Great Britain," said Mr. Fish,
"an assemblage was held in the city of New York to
denounce the Boston Port Bill. Speakers of eminence, men
of age had been enlisted, and had exhausted, as they
thought, the subject in denouncing the tyranny of the
government. A pale stripling, weak in figure, but intellect
ual in countenance, arose and addressed the assemblage.
At first a feeling of surprise at the audacity of a child fol
lowing a man of learning, when a subject was supposed to
be exhausted, pervaded the assemblage. Soon, however,
they became interested in the earnestness, argument and
power of the boy, who for more than an hour held them in
thrall by his eloquence and persuasiveness. He brought
forth reasons which his superiors in years and experience
had failed to bring forth, and when at the close he released
them, the cry went around: ' Who is he?' The answer was,
a collegian — Alexander Hamilton. That voice of wisdom
and patriotism came from Columbia College, and did more
to arouse the public sentiment of the city, then loyal to the
crown, than came from any other quarter." Lofty niches
in the temple of fame may Columbia claim for its illustrious
dead, and prominent on the honorable roll will be found
recorded, besides the name of General Kearny, Col. Orlando
W. Morris, of the Sixty-sixth New York Regiment, killed
at the battle of Coal Harbor, whose gallantry in previous
battles had been recognized by his fellow citizens by the
presentation to him of a sword at the Metropolitan Fair a
short time before his death; Lieut-Col. William Cary
Massett, of the Sixty-first Regiment, killed at the battle of
Fair Oaks, and Capt. Thomas Colden Cooper, of the Sixty-
seventh Regiment, killed at the battle of the Wilderness.
No less than five of Columbia's graduates, including
Phil Kearny, became general officers: Henry E. Davies, Jr.,
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Potter. Twenty-two of the graduates served in the Seventh
Regiment, six in the Seventy-first, nine in the Twenty-
second and the remainder in smaller numbers in other
regiments. It was a graduate of Columbia, the late Col. J. Watts de
Peyster, Jr., chief of artillery of the Second Division of
the Sixth Corps, who, at the battle of Chancellorsville,
fought his guns with such skill and bravery in covering the
retreat, that the corps was enabled to effect a successful
withdrawal. Colonel de Peyster was a brother of Col.
Johnston Livingston de Peyster, who first raised the Stars
and Stripes over the capitol of the Confederate States, when
the Union troops entered the city of Richmond in 1865,
and was also a brother of the late Maj. Frederick de Peyster,
Jr., who, like his brother J. Watts, died of disease con
tracted in the service of his country. All these gallant
men were sons of the historian, J. Watts de Peyster, who
was himself educated at Columbia College.
Several of the graduates of Columbia "served in the Medi
cal Department, and it was represented in the Sanitary
Commission by the late Dr. Cornelius R. Agnew, Dr. Oliver
W. Gibbs, and Mr. George T. Strong. The whole moral
force of the college was actively exerted in behalf of the
Union. Dr. F. A. P. Barnard, who was chosen President
in 1864, had suffered for his loyalty while teaching in the
South, and made his way North through the Confederate
lines Only after many hardships and detentions. The early
and devoted services of Prof. Francis Lieber, in connec
tion with the work of the Loyal Publication Society, did
much towards strengthening the patriotic impulses of the
North. The generous labors, too, of President Charles
King, President Barnard's predecessor, and Prof. William
G. Peck, in every loyal enterprise, are enough to show
that the Faculty of Old Columbia were not backward in
sustaining the cause for which so many of its graduates were
battling on land and sea. President King had himself been

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a military man ; in his earlier years he was the first colonel of
the Second State Militia Regiment, known as " The Wash
ington Guard," organized in 1824. A Columbia graduate,
who, like President Barnard, suffered in the South for his
convictions, was the Rev. Cecil Duncan, who stood out
boldly against disunion, and was forced at last to fly from
New Orleans, leaving his family behind him.
The city's two other conspicuous institutions of learn
ing — the College of the City of New York, and the Uni
versity — were as prompt to come to the defence of the
Union as Columbia College. When the news was received
that Fort Sumter was fired upon, one of the students of the
College of the City of New York, Gilbert M. Elliott,
unfurled the Stars and Stripes from the top of the college
building, and in an address declared that he would defend
his country's honor with his life's blood. He kept his
promise faithfully, for at the battle of Lookout Mountain,
while in command of his regiment, the 102d New York,
after exhibiting the most extraordinary bravery, he fell dead
from the bullet of a sharpshooter. For his gallantry in the
same battle, and in the same regiment, another graduate of
the college deserves to be ranked among the heroes of the
war — Lieut. Phineas C. Kingsland. A soldier whose name
ranks high among the leading spirits of the great struggle,
Gen. Henry E. TremaiD, was a graduate of the college.
General Tremain was an aide to General Sickles, and,
throughout the battle of Chancellorsville, was everywhere
seen where the danger was greatest, animating the troops
with his presence and carrying out the orders of his chief.
Among the graduates of the college who rose to high rank
through force of merit, was Lieut. James L. Van Buren,
who was promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General, and
died in the service. Maj. Edward F. Young, of the Fourth
Heavy Artillery, has a place, also, on the roll of honor,
dying in 1863 of disease contracted while in the discharge of
his duty. Lieut. William Cullen Bryant Gray and Lieut.

42 THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE
Edward Wightman, both graduates of the college, also lost
their lives in the Union armies. Among the graduates
who served with credit in the Medical Department of the
army, were : Dr. Howard Pinkney, Surgeon of the Eighty-
third Regiment ; Dr. Samuel N. Fiske, of the Twenty-fifth ;
Dr. Benjamin Ellis Martin, of the Fifth (Duryea's Zouaves),
and that most eminent and successful surgeon — Dr. Robert
F. Weir.
Judge Advocate Asa B. Gardener, formerly lieutenant in
the Thirty-first Regiment, also received his education at
the College of the City of New York, as did Capt. David D.
Terry, of the 176th; Capt. Eugene Douglass, of the Forty-
seventh; Capt. Rodney G. Kimball, of the Forty-fourth;
Capt. Benjamin F. Lee, of the 126th ; Capt. Thorndike
Saunders, of the Fifty-seventh ; Capt. James M. Tripp, of
the Thirty-ninth ; Lieut. Dennis F. Sullivan, of the Sixty-
ninth ; Lieut. Richard P. Strong, of the 139th, and Capt.
Wm. H. Sanger.
The University of the City of New York — the smallest of
the three colleges, did its ample share towards supporting
the Government, both at home and in the field.
A spirit of active patriotism was clearly shown at the very
outset of the Rebellion, and on the 3d of May, 1861, the
American flag was raised from the roof of the building by
Captain Jones, who, while in command at Harper's Ferry a
short time before, set fire to the Arsenal, so as to prevent
the arms therein from falling into the hands of the enemy.
On the same day the gallant Baker, then a United States
Senator, and soon to meet his death at Ball's Bluff, delivered
an eloquent address, calling upon the students to do their
part in defence of their country. Twenty patriotic young
men soon responded to the call for volunteers. Of these,
the author has records only of the following : Col. Gouv
erneur Carr (now an attache of the New York Tribune),
who became captain in " Duryea's Zouaves," from which po
sition he was promoted for gallantry to be major of the 165^

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Regiment; Lieut. Hanson C. Gibson and Capt. Wm. W.
Stephenson, both of whom were officers in the 165th, with
their classmate, Colonel Carr ; Lieut. John Townsend Con
nolly, of the 182d ; Lieut. Charles W. Woolsey ; Lieut.
Walter R. Marsh, of the Fifteenth (Engineers) ; Private
James L. Millard, of the Thirteenth ; Chaplain Jesse Brush,
of the 158th ; Surg. Henry N. Fisher ; Serg. Samuel B.
Parish, Second Kansas Cavalry, and Capt. H. W. T. Mali,
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CHAPTER VII.
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION AND THE BAR.
No less prompt and spirited than that of the clergy
and the scholarly classes, was the response of the medical
profession. The surgeon's duty is not, as is often sup
posed, one of slight exposure, for he is often called to ren
der his humane offices in the very fore-front of battle, and
although ardently devoted to his profession, he had not,
like his brother officers, the incentive of promotion and
recognition for distinguished services, for he was unable
to gain any higher rank than that in which he first entered
the army; whether as surgeon of a regiment or medical
director of a corps, he remained always a major. But not
withstanding the hardships, the dangers, and the compara
tive obscurity of the service, the call for troops filled at
once the ranks of the Surgical Staff with volunteers of the
highest character and standing. When the assistant-sur
geon of the Seventh Regiment resigned, just before its
departure for the war, Prof. John C. Dalton, of the
College of Physicians and Surgeons, with but a moment's
notice, announced to his numerous class his desire to serve
his country, and sprung into the vacant position in the
ranks, with the same spirit that took Israel Putnam from
the field he was ploughing, or that sent Dr. Joseph Warren
with a Major-General's commission in his pocket into the
ranks of Bunker Hill.
The medical men of New York, of all classes and schools,
veterans and students, offered their services to the country
with an enthusiasm that could not be surpassed. Pro-

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fessors, such as the noble Dalton and Dr. Gordon Buck, Dr.
Alex. B. Mott, Dr. Thomas M. Markoe, Dr. William Det-
mold, Dr. Finnell, Dr. Carnochan, Dr. James R. Wood, Dr.
John P. Garrish, Professor Parker and Dr. Abraham J.
Berry, forsook their chairs to render what aid they could in
relieving the miseries of a soldier's life.
At home, Dr. Frank H. Hamilton (whose son, Col.
Theodore B., of the Sixty-second Regiment, acquitted
himself with the greatest gallantry at the battle of Chan
cellorsville), Dr. Bradford R. Wood, Dr. Rufus King Browne,
Dr. Sandford B. Hunt, and many others, gave their ser
vices in preparing undergraduates for the duties of
assistant-surgeons in the field. At an improvised meeting
of students, held in the amphitheatre of Bellevue, the
illustrious ex-president of the College of Physicians and
Surgeons, the venerable Stephens, burst forth into exclama
tions of patriotic devotion that brought fountains of water
to the eyes of men unused to tears. " Oh, that I were a
young man again," said he, and the grand old doctor
actually seemed for a moment to be carried back three-
quarters of a century, and his countenance was radiant with
the ever youthful heroism that could be aroused only by
such a cause.
Among medical men, cowardice is the one unpardonable
sin. They are trained under a code of ethics which allows
no man, under any circumstances, to turn his back upon
danger. The same courage that made them rush into the
deadly atmosphere of Norfolk and Chicago, at the call of
suffering, and which fills every hospital and city where the
plague rages fiercest with hosts of recruits, now also draws
to the most dangerous branch, even of army service, the
finest intellect and the highest skill and science of an
unselfish profession.
"New York," said the late Dr. John Swinburne, of
Albany, Medical Superintendent for the State Troops, in his
official report for 1863, " has made the best selection of sur-

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geons for her regiments of any State in the Union. For
this judicious and extraordinary selection," continued Dr.
Swinburne, " we are indebted to Surgeon-General Vander-
poel, of whom the medical profession of the State may well
be proud."
The first surgical operation under fire, performed during
the war, was made by a New York surgeon— the late Dr.
Rufus H. Gilbert, of the Fifth Infantry. Dr. Gilbert, it
will be remembered, subsequently became famous as the
projector of the elevated railroad system.
Forty-five surgeons belonging to the armies of the Union
were killed, and seventy mortally wounded. Of this num
ber only three belonged to the volunteer regiments from the
Empire State — William H. Rulison, of the Ninth Cavalry;
Otto Shenk, of the Forty-sixth Infantry, and John Hurley,
of the Sixty-ninth. Twenty-eight New York surgeons died
of disease contracted while in the discharge of their duty.
They were: Rollin T. Baker, 12th Cavalry;
John F. Robinson, 15th Cavalry;
Lewis F. Baker, 6th Artillery;
Byron L. Flower, 9th Artillery;
Conrad Joachim, 15th Artillery;
Edward Moeller, 15th Artillery;
Asa B. Snow, 1st Engineers;
Richard H. Palmer, 10th Infantry;
Charles H. Wilcox, 21st Infantry;
Joseph B. Artherly, 22d Infantry;
Stephen Griswold, 38th Infantry;
Michael E. Foye, 38th Infantry;
Charles E. Halsey, 40th Infantry;
Thomas H. Sawyer, 43d Infantry;
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Taylor Elmore, 137th Infantry;
Richard W. Faucett, 155th Infantry;
Samuel H. Brown, 174th Infantry;
William P. Bush, 61st Infantry;
John M. Forsher, 66th Infantry;
Richard H. Hinman, 67th Infantry;
Daniel P. Van Vleek, 128th Infantry;
Patrick R. Brannigan, 99th Infantry;
Johnson Clarke, 99th Infantry;
Frederick H. Pettit, 106th Infantry;
Charles Mitchel, 110th Infantry;
Charles E. Washburn, 113th Infantry;
Henry A. Collier, 120th Infantry.
The war experience of many a medical man proved to be
the foundation of his future success, and many volunteer
surgeons have since attained a most enviable position in
their profession, among whom may be mentioned, the well-
known and distinguished surgeon — Dr. Robert F. Weir; also
Dr. Andrew H. Smith, of the Forty-third Regiment; Dr.
Charles E. Hackley, of the Second Cavalry, who was honor
ably mentioned in General Kilpatrick's report of the
great cavalry expedition in 1863, under General Stoneman;
Dr. Richard S. Connelly, of the 123d, who, at ihe battle of
Chancellorsville, took his station in the hottest of the fight,
and dressed the wounded where they fell ; Surg. Alex
ander A. Edmerston, of the Eighteenth ; Surg. Martin
S. Kittenger, of the 100th; Surg. George McAllister, of the
Seventy-first ; Surg. Owen Munson, of the Fifth, and
Surg. John D. Osborne, of the Forty-second, all of whom
voluntarily remained with our wounded soldiers on the
battle-field, rather than desert their suffering comrades;
Surg. George C. Bennett, of the Seventh Cavalry, who
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field; Surgs. Theodore Artand and Felix Petard, of the
Fifty-fifth, who were honorably mentioned in Colonel de
Trobriand's report of the battle of Williamsburg; Surg.
William L. Harding, of the Ninth, honorably mentioned in
Colonel Kimball's reports of the battles of South Mountain
and Antietam; Surg. George H. Humphreys, of the Ninth,
commended in Colonel Kimball's report of the battle of
South Mills; Surg. John S. Jemison, of the Eighty-sixth,
who was unremitting in his care and skilful treatment of
those under his charge at the Second Battle of Bull Run;
Surg. Charles J. Nordguist, of the Eighty-third, who was
presented with a gold watch as a mark of appreciation for
the services rendered by him in the discharge of his pro
fessional duties; Surg. Frank Ridgway, of the Seventy-third,
who constantly exposed himself to danger at the battle of
Williamsburg, in his endeavors to relieve his bullet-stricken
comrades; Dr. J. W. Robinson, of the Eighty-second, who
was especially conspicuous in the prosecution of his labors at
the battle of Seven Pines, and has been reported "missing''
since 1862; Surg. Henry Root, of the Fifty-eighth, who
gained great credit for the hardships and dangers sustained
by him at the battle of Chancellorsville; Surg. Truman H.
Squire, Eighty-ninth Regiment, alluded to in honorable
terms by Colonel Kimball in his report of the battle of South
Mills; Surg. J. G. Porteous, 118th Regiment, of whom Gen.
Butler said in General Orders: " Surg. Porteous deserves the
highest credit for his bravery and attention to his duties,
being the only surgeon in the Second Brigade, Eighteenth
Corps, who advanced with his regiment in the charging
column at the battle of Chapin's Farm; " and Surg. George
de Landre, 158th Regiment, of whom General Butler said:
" While under fire, Surgeon de Landre worked faithfully
night and day dressing the wounds of those who required
attention, without reference to the corps to which they
belonged; " Surg. B. Ellis Martin, Fifth Regiment, hon
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Surg. Alfred Powell, Eighty-second Regiment, who nobly
surrendered himself to the rebels rather than desert his
wounded comrades at the battle of Bull Run; Surg. Wm.
F. Swalm, Eighty-fourth Regiment, honorably mentioned
in Medical Director King's Report of the battle of Bull
Run; Assistant Surg. Joseph E. West, Fourteenth Regi
ment, who had charge of most of the hospitals in the Army
of the Potomac, and was especially thanked by the Medical
Bureau for his zeal and skill in the care of the patients
under him; Surg. Francis M. Wright, Seventh Cavalry Reg
iment, who acquitted himself nobly in engagements near
Suffolk; Surg. Joseph M. Homiston, Eighty-fourth Regi
ment, honorably mentioned in Medical Director King's
report of the battle of Bull Run; Surg. Roger W. Pease,
Tenth Cavalry, whose services were so highly appreciated
that he was promoted to be Medical Director of the Cavalry
Corps of the Army of the Potomac; Surg. Nelson D. Fer.
gerson, Eighth Cavalry, who was captured while in the dis
charge of his duties and suffered the torments of a Rebel
prison; Surg. Alfred D. Wilson, Third Light Artillery;
Surg. Frank W. Benjamin, Third Artillery; Surg. Archi
bald F. Mudie, Third Artillery; Surg. George E. McDonald,
Twelfth Cavalry; Surg. John M. Palmer, Eighty-fifth
Regiment, and Surg. Pitkin B. Rice, 132d Regiment, who
battled bravely with the pestilence in North Carolina, in
1863. To be also mentioned for their constant devotion to the
sick and wounded in hospitals and on the field, are: Dr.
Aaron P. Dalrymple, of' the First Engineers; Dr. Robert
Ormiston, of the Thirteenth State Militia Regiment, and
now one of Brooklyn's most eminent practitioners; Dr.
Thomas M. Flandreau, of the 146th; Surg. J. B. W. Bid-
lack, of the Sixty-second; Dr. John W. Hunt, of the Tenth;
Dr. Julius A. Skilton, of the Eighty-seventh; Dr. Samuel
R. Elliott, of the Sixty-third; Dr. Frederick A. Castle; Dr.
Armand Dufloo, of the Twenty-fifth; Dr. 0. Sprague Paine,
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of the Second Artillery; Dr. William Balser, of the Fif
teenth Artillery; Dr. Benjamin Howard, of the Third Artil
lery; Dr. George V. Skiff, of the Twelfth Infantry; Dr.
Sylvanus S. Mulford, of the Thirty-third; Dr. John H.
Thompson, of the Fortieth; Dr. W. 0. McDonald, of the
Sixty-fifth; Dr. Charles S. Wood, of the Sixty-sixth; Dr.
Henry E. Crampton, of the Ninety-third; Dr. Stephen G.
Champlin; Dr. Robert A. Cameron; Dr. Abraham S. Cox;
Dr. George M. Sternberg, Dr. Joseph H. Stewart, Dr. S.
Fleet Speir, of Brooklyn, and Dr. Joseph Lawrence Hicks,"
of the First Regiment, now a leading physician of Flushing,
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CHAPTER VIII.
THE BAR AND THE JUDICIARY.
While the different professions furnished many heroes
and victims to the war, the Bar gave the most. But this
was no new connection between the court and the field. In
the Revolution the Bar took the lead in the cause of the
country. The greatest judge of the Supreme Court of
the United States, John Marshall, had been a soldier, and
the earliest commanding general of our Revolutionary army,
Artemus Ward, was afterwards a judge. It was, therefore,
right that the Bar should again take the lead in defending
the Union and upholding the majesty of the law. "It was
by virtue of the law," said an eminent jurist, "that the
soldier was enlisted; by virtue of the law that regiments
were formed and armies organized and marshalled; by virtue
of the law that there was the tread of armed men among us,
and that the drum rattled and "even that the cannon roared
to save and protect the Constitution. It was because the
Rebels violated and trampled upon the Constitution that
we, who sustained and supported it, brought them to account
by the arbitrament of arms."
On the 22d of April, 1861, a meeting of the members of
the Bar was held in New York City, and not only were reso
lutions supporting the Government passed, but the sum of
130,000 was quickly subscribed, to aid in preparing the regi
ments for the field. Judge Edmonds, in a patriotic address,
said that he was himself once a colonel, and although over
sixty-five years old, he felt the fire of youthful blood running
through his veins, and was still able to take charge of any mil-

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itary organization of which the members of the Bar might
honor him with the command. Several of the best regi
ments that went to the war were officered by well-known
members of the Bar, and most of these legal heroes distin
guished themselves nobly, and the civil profession to which
they belonged received some part of the lustre of their mili
tary achievements.
From the long list of gallant men whose names adorn the
records of the New York Bar, may be mentioned Gen.
Francis C. Barlow, of whom General Caldwell, in his official
report of the battle of Antietam, said: "Whatever praise is
due to the most distinguished bravery, the utmost caution
and quickness of perception, the greatest promptitude and
skill in handling troops under fire, is justly due to General
Barlow "; Gen. Henry A. Barnum, who after acquitting
himself with the utmost gallantry in the battles on the
Peninsula, led his regiments with great skill and bravery at
Gettysburg and Lookout Mountain, where he was badly
wounded; Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, who was bre vetted briga
dier-general in the Regular Army for bravery at Fredericks
burg and major-general for gallant conduct at Gettysburg;
Gen. Henry W. Slocum, formerly colonel of the Twenty-
seventh Regiment; Gen. Calvin E. Pratt, formerly colonel
of the Thirty-first, who was wounded while gallantly leading
his regiment into action at the battle of Gaines Mills; Gen.
Ferris Jacobs, who, while major of the Third Cavalry Regi
ment, was selected to proceed with his command and destroy
the costly structure in North Carolina, known as the Rocky
Mount Railroad Bridge, a task he accomplished in the most
admirable manner; Gen. Benjamin F. Tracy, colonel of the
109th, and now Secretary of the Navy ; Gen. George H.
Sharpe, formerly colonel of the 120th; Gen. William J.
Nagle, the eldest of four brothers, all of whom enlisted in
the service; Gen. Frederick Townsend, of Albany, to whose
efficiency as adjutant-general is due the fact that the State
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career in the army was in the highest degree honorable;
Gen. William E. Strong; Gen. David Stuart; Gen. John
Cochrane, formerly colonel of the Sixty-fifth; Col. Lewis
Benedict, of the 162d; Col. Wm. H. McMahon; Lieut.-Col.
George W. Arrowsmith, of the 157th, killed at the battle of
Gettysburg; Gen. James C. Rice, formerly colonel of the
Forty-fourth Regiment, killed at the battle of Spottsylvania,
and whose last words were " Turn me over, that I may die
with my face to the enemy "; Col. William 0. Stevens, of
the Seventy-second, killed at the battle of Chancellorsville;
Col. David S. Cowles, of the 128th, killed at the battle of
Port Hudson; Col. Lionel A. Sheldon, of the Forty-second
Ohio; Col. Jesse C. Smith; Col. Samuel A. Rice, of the
Thirty-third Iowa; Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, of the Eleventh
Hlinois Cavalry, and Col. Charles H. Larrabee, of the
4 Twenty-fourth Wisconsin. Among the officers of a lower
rank, whose record for gallantry reflects credit upon the
profession to which they belonged, were Maj. Charles McL.
Knox, of the Ninth New York Cavalry, one of the most
active, zealous and valuable cavalry officers in the army;
Lieut. Philip L. Wilson, of the Fifth Regiment; Capt.
Frederick Scoville, of the Eighth Cavalry; Lieut. Albert
Wyckoff, and Lieut. Edward Carrington, of the 143d Regi
ment, the latter killed in action on March 6, 1865.

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CHAPTER IX.
THE METROPOLITAN PRESS.
The public press should be mentioned as among the fore
most influences and powerful agencies in preserving the
National Union, by arousing attention to the dangers of
the times, and in furnishing materials for their history.
Never was such opportunity presented for journalistic enter
prise, and never was any great responsibility more readily
and successfully encountered. There is a class of persons
who affect to speak contemptuously about " newspaper
statements," but as nearly all our history must now come
through newspaper channels, for nothing escapes newspaper
notice, it may be well for them to reflect upon the words of
one of our leading statesmen when consecrating the battle
field of Gettysburg.
" The astonishingly minute, accurate, and graphic ac
counts of the battle contained in the journals of the day,"
said Edward Everett, " prepared from personal observation,
by reporters who witnessed the scenes and so often shared
the perils which they described, will readily supply the
deficiency of my condensed statements. And where can we
find greater accuracy," continued Mr. Everett, "than in
the leading newspapers ? The error which one journal
makes is very speedily corrected by the others, and in this
age of inquiry and debate, if truth ever emerges from the
well in which she is said to abide, it is to clothe herself in
print." Carlyle said: "The newspapers constitute the
essence of all history," and Daniel Webster expressed his
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find genuine history, you must look for it in the newspapers
and in private letters. "
The energy, liberality and ability of the editorial corps of
the principal city journals during the War of the Rebellion,
more than realized all that Gallatin and Winthrop hoped for,
when urging their countrymen to keep careful record of
passing events for the instruction of future ages. The
metropolitan journals were all ably represented by regular
and occasional correspondents, amid all the scenes of active
warfare, and the expenses of the Herald, though dispropor
tionately large, may be especially mentioned, as indicating
something of the great outlay which other leading journals
readily assumed; since that paper alone maintained a corps of
over sixty war correspondents at an expense of about half a
million dollars. The story of the class of men, which the
exigencies of the war called into existence for the second
time in this country, — army correspondents, — if faithfully
told, would comprise many creditable chapters ,in the history
of the Rebellion. Faithful to the journals they represented,
untiring in the pursuit of such news as the public required,
and sharing all the hardships and dangers of campaign life,
without military rank or honors, they not infrequently
played the double part of soldiers and civilians with infinite
credit to themselves and the profession to which they be
longed. The accounts of movements and battles, by some of those
correspondents, often surpassed in clearness and accuracy
the official reports, and some of them equalled Victor
Hugo's description of the battle of Waterloo. They were
written by gentlemen of education, who were perfectly com
petent to describe a tactical or strategical movement, such
as Mr. Whitelaw Reid, Mr. Edmund C. Stedman, now the
" banker poet," Maj. George F. Williams, Mr. George W.
Smalley, Mr. Henry Villard, now the famous railroad mag
nate, Mr. E. A. Paul, Col. Fiiiley Anderson, Mr. William
Swinton, Mr. George Crounse, Mr. W. F. G. Shanks, Mr.

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John Russell Young, Mr. Truman A. Merriman, Mr. Amos
J. Cummings, Mr. D. P. Conyngham, Mr. S. T. Buckley,
Mr. John A. Connery, Mr. Galen A. Osborne, Mr. L. A.
Hendricks, Mr. George H. Hart and Mr. G. E. P. Doyle.
Such are a few of the men to whom the future historian
will be indebted for the most valuable material in preparing
a history of the great rebellion. Official reports do not,
and never did, convey to the general reader a comprehensive
and correct idea of the nature of a great battle. Welling
ton's reply to Edward Everett, that he could no more de
scribe Waterloo, than he could tell him of all that was
occurring in the ball-room where they stood, illustrates the
imperfection of official reports.
As an indication of the enterprise and accuracy of the
metropolitan press, the following statements from the Con
federate press is very convincing. On the 29th of Novem
ber, 1864, the Richmond Examiner said: "The authorities
are mistaken in supposing that they deprive the enemy of
much information by keeping it out of the press. The
New York Herald, of the twenty-first, received yester
day, is a proof of the fact. They know more of the
affairs in Georgia than we could tell them, and they get
the Georgia papers long before they come to Rich
mond." In August, 1861, there was great excitement in Richmond,
caused by the receipt of a New York journal containing an
account of the military forces of the Confederacy. So
detailed and so accurate was the report that the Confeder
ate Congress proposed to order an investigation, on the
ground that no one in a subordinate position could have
prepared such a paper for the New York press. During
1864, the Richmond Examiner said: "There have been
instances in which the speculations of the New York press
have been the real shadows of coming events. The assign
ment of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston to the command of our
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quarter of a large body of his veteran troops, was not
known in Richmond beyond the circle of the initiated of
the war office, yet we see the whole of our plans, as regards
our campaign of invasion, spread before the world in the
columns of a leading New York journal."

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CHAPTER X.
THE INFLUENCE OF WOMAN — THE SANITARY, CHRISTIAN
AND ALLOTMENT COMMISSIONS, AND THE UNION LEAGUE
CLUB.
The enthusiasm that pervaded all portions of the com
munity was nowhere more remarkable than among the
ladies of New York. It would be interesting to trace the
development of woman through the leading events that have
marked the progress of our country's history. " Woman's
influence," said the Rev. Dr. Storrs, "was instrumental in
the discovery of this continent; it really flashed out upon
Columbus, from the dark eyes of the girl he followed in
the streets of Lisbon, though he was unconscious of it.
This continent, from its grace and delicacy of outline has
been considered the feminine representative of the conti
nents, in comparison with the more massive breadth of the
eastern. It might be called woman's sphere; for here she is
especially protected; here she has the benefits of free gov
ernment, free institutions. "
While the male portion of the population were counsel
ling for the public defence, a notice appeared, calling on
the ladies generally to meet in the Church of the Puritans,
to organize a society for furnishing hospital materials and
make other humane provisions for aiding the soldiers who
might become sick and wounded during the struggle
between the Government and its assailants. This was the
first step in the movement that finally culminated in the
great meeting of three thousand ladies in the Cooper
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Mrs. General Dix, Mrs. Hamilton Fish,
Mrs. Gerard Stuyvesant, Mrs. Judge Daly,
Mrs. Merritt Trimble, Mrs. Henry Lawrence,
Mrs. Peter Townsend, Mrs. Aspinwall,
Mrs. Astor, Mrs. Amos R. Eno,
Mrs. Charles Butler, Mrs. William M. Evarvs,
Mrs. Marquand, and many others.
" This assemblage of ladies," said the Herald, " was
one of the grandest and most noble sights that it is possi
ble for the eye to rest on. Upwards of three thousand
philanthropic ladies assembled for the purpose of adopting a
plan of concerted action — devoting themselves to the cause
of the suffering soldiers and their bereaved relatives and
friends. Among those thousands of Spartan women were
many whose delicacy of physique showed that they had been
nurtured in the lap of luxury. What a noble sight it was to
see many of those ladies offering to place themselves in the
imminent perils of the battle-field, to attend to the wants of
the bullet-stricken and sword-pierced soldiers — and when all
hope is lost; when his life is on the wing from the field of
carnage to the valley of peace — to lean over him like a min
istering angel, and pour such balm into his bursting heart as
will send him on his long journey in a sublime dream to
elysian happiness? Woman's mission is not war, but peace,
and she will appear on the battle-fields of the Rebellion not
in the character of an Amazon, but as an angel of mercy —
a messenger of deliverance — a comforter in the hour of need,
and in the last moments of the dying soldier; in charity and
meekness she will pursue her glorious work of alleviating
human suffering when no other hand than hers is near to
give help and succor, and she will do this without the
prospect of fee and reward, in the pure goodness of
her heart."
A long list could be made of those Nightingales of New

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YorK, conspicuous among whom were Mrs. Dr. Edward Van-
derpoel, Mrs. Susan B. Edson, Mrs. Anna E. Garrish, Mrs.
Caroline M. Kirkland, Miss Cornelia Hancock, of Albany,
Miss S. E. Hall, Mrs. Isaac Palmer, Miss Clara Rapke, Mrs.
S. M. Barnum, Miss Susan K. Dwyer, Miss Mary A. Stan
ley, Mrs. Young, of Ithaca, known in the Grand Army
as "Aunt Becky" Young, Mrs. Joseph Howland, Miss
Woolsey, Mrs. S. H. Gibbons, Mrs. E. J. Russell, Mrs.
R. H. Spencer and Miss Dada. If Massachusetts can
claim Charlotte Cushman, to whose memory the nation
owes a debt of gratitude for the service she rendered our
cause in Europe, New York can point with equal pride to
the late Miss Mary L. Booth. At the very opening of the
war Miss Booth translated Count de Gasparin's " Uprising
of a Great People," and in a fortnight afterward it went over
the country like a trumpet-blast. "It was a whole phalanx
in the cause of human freedom," said Charles Sumner, and
President Lincoln took pains to send her a personal letter of
thanks for what she had done in giving fresh heart to the
American people. "The value of what she did," says
Miss Harriet Prescott Spofford, in a recent sketch, "was
fully recognized, and it has been everywhere felt and
acknowledged that her part in kindling and upholding the
earnestness of the people was not surpassed by the efforts
of any one man, or woman, during the years of the war."
The Cooper Union meeting soon bore practical fruit:
The impetus there given to the movement for the relief of
the suffering soldiers, was strong enough to lead to the for
mation of a Woman's Central Relief Association, which took
charge of all the preparations for work in the field. Thou
sands of wounded soldiers owe their lives to the aid fur
nished by this public-spirited body of women; for by their
efforts the whole hospital service was strengthened and made
more efficient. The headquarters of the association re
mained in New York. On the board of managers were
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Mrs. Hamilton Fish, Mrs. H. Bayles,
Mrs. Cyrus W. Field, Mrs. N. D. Sewell,
Mrs. Charles P. Kirkland, Mrs. G. L. Schuyler,
Mrs. Dr. Bayard, Mrs. C. Griffin,
Mrs. Charles Abernethy, Mrs. Laura Doremieux,
Mrs. V. Botta.
" The American Sanitary Commission " — the great organ
ization which left its humane impress on the thousand
scenes of suffering on the battle-field and in the hospitals,
and which established a model for philanthropic effort in
meliorating the horrors of warfare throughout the world —
was one of the glorious results of the benevolent impulses
that actuated the patriotic movements of the ladies of
New York. Never was such exemplary care bestowed on
the victims of warfare, as was given by this excellent asso
ciation, wherever its services and supplies were most
needed. It is memorable, not only for the good it accom
plished directly, but also for its effect in stimulating benev
olent people everywhere to render aid in similar humani
tarian ways. The exemplary fidelity and economy with
which the whole enterprise was managed, was acknowledged
by all who were most conversant with its operations, and
probably never was an equally large amount — about five
millions of dollars by the parent society and two millions
more by auxiliaries, making a total of seven millions of dol
lars — spent in benevolence more wide-spread and in ways
whereby vast armies were benefitted in hospitals and battle
fields. The periodical reports and the final history of the
Sanitary Commission are worthy monuments to its excellent
officers, and the late Rev. Henry W. Bellows, as its presi
dent, the late Dr. Cornelius R. Agnew, the late Mr. George
T. Strong, Dr. Charles J. Stille, Gen. George W. Cul-
lum and the Rev. Gordon Winslow, need no other claim
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their zealous and laborious services in promoting this
benevolent enterprise. The great services rendered by the
Sanitary Commission, and by other benevolent societies in
which the ladies were efficient auxiliaries, were strikingly
presented by General Meade when alluding particularly to
the immense number of wounded soldiers in the three days'
battle of Gettysburg. " It has been my duty," said General
Meade, "to make inquiry as to the practical working and
benefit of the United States Sanitary Commission, and it
affords me great pleasure to bear testimony, so far as the
Army of the Potomac is concerned, to the inestimable bene
fits and blessings conferred by this noble association on the
suffering and sick and wounded soldiers. A few facts in
connection with this point may be of interest to you. At
the battle of Gettysburg the number of wounded of our
army alone, amounted to nearly fourteen thousand; those of
the enemy left on the field, were estimated by our medical
officers as amounting to eight thousand. This would make
in all, twenty-two thousand suffering beings, requiring
immediate care and attention to save life. Few people can
realize such large numbers," continued the General, "but
if I tell them that should they fill and pack your Academy
of Music, (which holds 3500 people) six times, and then
imagine every soul in this immense crowd wounded,
they will have some idea of the great work for humanity
on the battle-field of Gettysburg."
The gentlemen who conceived, organized and controlled
the United States Sanitary Commission were also the origi
nators of the Union League Club. The Rev. Henry W.
Bellows, in his history of the club, says: " It is the child of
the Sanitary Commission. Professor Walcott Gibbs was the
first to suggest that the idea on which the Sanitary Com
mission was founded needed to take on the form of a
club, which should be devoted to the social organization of
the sentiment of " unconditional loyalty " to the Union,
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person to be consulted and advised with, and the latter
at length became the corner-stone of the Union League
Club. The club soon had the opportunity of repaying the Sani
tary Commission for its parentage, for the whole member
ship became ardent and active supporters of the commission,
and the great Metropolitan Fair, which poured over a mil
lion dollars into the treasury, was organized in its club
house. The influence of the club was manifested in many
ways. The conferences of the directors of banks and trust
companies at the club house, led to the joint action of the
banks and the Secretary of the Treasury in negotiating
Government bonds, a service often acknowledged by Mr.
Chase himself.
One of the most beneficial arrangements for promoting
the welfare of soldiers and the comfort of their families, was
the "Allotment Commission" — an excellent adjunct of the
Sanitary Commission. While the latter provided for the
relief of wounded soldiers in active service and in hospitals,
the former arranged for securing the pay of the volunteers
and forwarding it to the women and children at home.
The promptness and fidelity with which vast sums of money
were thus received from the soldiers and paid over to their
families, is one of the most satisfactory features of those
troubled times. It cost much severe labor and zealous effort
to make it understood through the army, that the Allotment
Commission would attend without compensation to this
arduous service; but when fully comprehended, the soldiers
generally gave requisite authority to the commission to col
lect all or most of their pay and forward it to their families.
The effects were most salutary. The soldier became more
economical in avoiding needless expense when he knew that
every dollar thus saved by him would thus immediately pro
mote the comfort of those he had left at home. It required
extraordinary exertion on the part of the commission to
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after the war begun, as their progress was impeded by
wintry weather and by almost impassable roads. Nearly
one hundred of the State regiments were personally visited
by some or all of the commission, from the necessity of
explaining the law to the officers and men — by addressing
company after company, and obtaining signatures to its
rolls, authorizing the commissioners to collect the monthly
pay. The service thus rendered by the commissioners was
at least equally important as any that could ordinarily be
given in discharging soldierly duty, and the success of their
philanthropic operations may be measurably understood
from the fact that, in their very first annual report, it was
shown that the sums collected and paid over to the families
and friends of volunteers reached the large total of over
$5,000,000 in a single year. These are a few of the facts
connected with the Allotment Commission — the labors of
which were facilitated by the aid of Col. George Bliss, Jr.,
— then Paymaster-General of the State. But foremost in
the scale of merit and honor are the Allotment Commis
sioners themselves — the late Theodore Roosevelt, William
E. Dodge, Jr., and Theodore B. Bronson, upon whom de
volved the principal labor in the discharge of these most
arduous duties.
Never before was such exemplary care taken of the spirit
ual as well as the physical welfare of soldiers, as was bestowed
upon the armies of the Union by the Sanitary, Allotment and
Christian Commissions (the late William E. Dodge, active
in all patriotic and philanthropic works, being president of
the New "York branch of the latter). Six thousand delegates
from the Christian Commission went to the front to render
assistance to the sick and wounded, and during the war
millions of Bibles and religious papers were distributed
among the soldiers. Such works as were done by these
commissions, had been done nowhere else in the world, and
it would be safe to say, that these three commissions com
bined doubled the efficiency of our army. Search history

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through, and it will be discovered that not one of these
purely benevolent institutions, owing their existence, as they
do, to no reasons of state, can be found until we come to
modern times. It was one of the new ideas evoked by this
war — one of those great facts which illustrates how God is
continually in all time, " from seeming evil, still educing
good."

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CHAPTER XI.
the merchants and bankers.
On the day previous to the great meeting in Union
Square, the merchants of New York assembled in the
Chamber. of Commerce, to defend the honor of an insulted
government and an outraged flag. Merchants, like the
clear-seeing, practical men that they are, have in every
period of our history distinguished themselves by their self-
sacrificing patriotism. To them belongs the credit of
sustaining the government in its dangers and perils, and to
them in fostering and extending our commerce we owe our
present greatness and prosperity. " The greatness and
power of this commercial city," said the Hon. William M.
Evarts, " has been the result of the Union," and Daniel
Webster declared that " it was the mercantile classes, that
carried through the Union in 1788." It is not known as
well as it should be, that nine of the fifty-six signers of
the Declaration of Independence were men bred to mer
cantile pursuits. From the beginning to the end of the
war— from the capture of Fort Sumter, through all the
trying scenes that marked the checkered strife, clown to
the surrender of Lee at Appomattox — the merchants, as a
body, in the Chamber of Commerce, and individually, as
members of, and contributors to, various patriotic associa
tions, did their duty and their whole duty, with a degree of
firmness that formed a glorious chapter in the records of
commercial history.
There is sometimes a power behind the throne greater
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Chase and President Lincoln relied for counsel and practical
assistance upon such public-spirited New Yorkers as Isaac,
Sherman and Mr. Silas M. Stilwell, vindicates the truth of
the sentiment. Besides Mr. Sherman and Mr. Stilwell,
the following-named gentlemen may also be mentioned
as among the leading citizens of the metropolis, who, in
various ways, assisted the Government in those dark days
of trouble: Mr. William E. Dodge (also represented in the
field by his son, Gen. Charles C. Dodge, who, while colonel
of the Seventh New York Cavalry, was the hero of a
brilliant expedition into North Carolina); Mr. Stewart
Brown, the father of that gallant young hero, Lieut. Mil-
nor Brown, of the 124th Regiment, killed at the battle of
Gettysburg; Mr. A. A. Low, Mr. Adrian Iselin, Mr. John
A. Stevens, Mr. Moses Taylor, Mr. James Gallatin, Mr.
John E. Williams, Mr. George S. Coe, Mr. Jonathan
Sturges, Mr. Peletiah Perit, Mr. Marshall 0. Roberts, Mr.
James Punnett, Mr. Thomas Tileston, Mr. James M.
Morrisson, Mr. Reuben W. Howes, Mr. Joseph Lawrence,
Mr. John D. Jones, Mr. J. D. Vermilye. Mr. Harvey Fisk,
Mr. Charles H. Russell, Mr. Peter Cooper, Mr. Morris K.
Jesnp, Mr. Isaac H. Bailey, Mr. Moses H. Grinnell, Mr.
John A. Stewart, Mr. Seth B. Hunt, Mr. Wilson G. Hunt,
Mr. Henry G. Stebbins, Mr. W. H. De Forest, Mr. Samuel
Sloan, Mr. Jackson S. Schultz, Mr. William H. Aspinwall,
Mr. S. B. Chittenden, Mr. Carlisle Norwood, Mr. James
Boorman, Mr. Henry T.Vail, Mr. William F. Havemeyer, Mr.
Charles H. Marshall, Mr. August Belmont, Mr. Robert B.
Minturn, Mr. Morris Ketchnm, Mr. James W. Beekman, Mr.
Royal Phelps, Mr. Shepard Knapp, Mr. William H. John
son, Mr. Henry Clews, Mr. Amos R. Eno (Mr. Eno was
represented in the war by his son Col. Amos F. Eno, who
served on the staff of Gen. John S. Phelps); Mr. Daniel F.
Appleton, Mr. Oliver Hoyt, Mr. Fletcher Harper, Mr. Elliot
F. Cowdin, Mr. R. H. McCurdyandMr. Le Grand B. Cannon.
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founding of the Chamber of Commerce, after narrating the
prominent acts and resolutions of that body during its
first hundred years (for that institution is a few years older
than our Nation), the orator of the occasion, John Austin
Stevens, Jr., " capped the climax" of its prominent public
service, by referring emphatically to the zealous spirit with
Which the members of the Chamber sustained the Govern
ment during the darkest hours of its necessities, and all
through the war. " The early years of the Chamber of
Commerce," said Mr. Stevens, " were marked by its
spirited devotion to American freedom. So its century
of life has closed upon years of devotion with equal spirit,
to the maintenance of the freedom which was then gained —
devotion manifested zealously, from the commencement
down to the overthrow of the most formidable rebellion
that ever strained the power, or tested the strength, of any
government. Here was lighted, on the 19th of April, 1861,
that patriotic fire which spread with electric flash to the
farthest eastern homestead on the Atlantic shores and to
the most distant cabin of the Western prairies. Should the
eventful history of this Chamber close with this evening,
the record of its hundred years will ever stand an honor to
New York merchants, and the children and children's chil
dren of its members will point with just pride to their
names upon its rolls."
The prompt and spirited action of the Chamber of Com
merce might well be taken as an indication of the course of
the bankers and business men generally. Any account of the
war would be deficient in a most essential point, if it failed
to refer early and steadily to the prompt and persevering
support afforded by the bankers of New York, when monied
aid was instantaneously required, to equip the multitudes of
gallant men who were thronging towards the battle-field.
The value of any services in public or private life should be
estimated by the difficulties under which those services are
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any country so unpropitious for negotiating loans as was
the time when the New York bankers assembled to devise
means for replenishing the bankrupt National Treasury;
and who can forget the forlorn condition of that treasury,
when Secretary Howell Cobb (secretly aiding the Con
federates, whom he afterwards openly joined) had so crip
pled its pecuniary resources, and so seriously impaired the
National credit, that even a paltry ten million loan could
not be readily effected — though it was a mere two-penny
affair when compared with the thousands of millions re
quired during the succeeding four years. Although the
late Secretary Cobb did all that he could to destroy public
confidence, by intimating a doubt whether a ten million
loan could ever be repaid, " as the Union was about falling
to pieces," the spirit of the New York capitalists could not
be repressed, and when the Administration of President
Lincoln appealed for aid, through the new Secretary, Chase,
the outlines of a financial system were devised by the aid of
New York bankers, enabling the Administration to sustain
the armies then flocking to its standard. The assertion of
a well-known writer has become proverbial " that, under
the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the
sword;" but the condition of this Republic at the commence
ment of hostilities, if not the very salvation of the Union
itself, furnishes one of the many evidences of the fact, that
" the purse " is sometimes mightier than pen and sword
combined. In our own country, as well as in the foreign
nations, from which larger loans are commonly derived by
Americans, there were serious doubts concerning our ability
to maintain a treasury adequate for gigantic warfare, and
the minds of even many loyalists were measurably swayed
by similar doubts,, touching the ability of our political
system to provide the vast sums required for sustaining
a long war. George Peabody, then a well-known banker in
London, wrote that "the anticipation of a conflict between
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in the United States Government stocks and in many of
the State securities, and millions have within a few months
been sent home for a market in consequence."
The London Times exclaimed that "no financial
pressure that ever threatened, is equal to that which now
hangs over the United States," and declared that " national
bankruptcy is not an agreeable prospect, but it is the only
one presented by the existing state of American finances."
The New York Herald early appreciated the efforts of our
bankers to cooperate with Secretary Chase in raising loans,
but mentioned the depressed condition of financial affairs
on the 10th of April, 1861, by saying; "Now that civil war
is commenced, it seems an unfortunate time for Mr.
Chase to throw five millions in treasury notes on the mar
ket, and capitalists will be afraid to touch them at par,
especially as owing to the operation of the Morrill tariff,
there is no prospect of revenue to pay those notes when
they become due, and there is no other security to back
them." As some prominent public men supposed that the difficul
ties would be speedily overcome, it is not wonderful that
financial arrangements, like our military affairs, should have
been managed on a correspondingly limited scale down to
the date of the Bull Run disaster and the second ri-tual
siege of the city of Washington. It was in this forlorn con
dition that the National Government turned towards the
Commercial Metropolis for relief — for instantaneous relief
— and for future help, adequate to the demands incident to
a contest, which it was now generally conceded must be of
long duration and immense cost.
It was while news of a most appalling character was con
vulsing the public mind respecting the Bull Run affair,
that Secretary Chase invited a meeting of New York bank
ers, on the evening of August 8, 1861, -to devise measures
for permanent financial operations, as well as for means of
immediate relief. This consultation was held at the hous>

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of Mr. John J. Cisco, Assistant Treasurer of the United
States. Never was a. meeting of business men convened
under circumstances more memorable. The sturdiest
hearts could not avoid showing profound depression con
cerning the calamities overhanging the Nation.
During the discussion which ensued, Mr. George S. Coe,
President of the American Exchange Bank, suggested the
practicability of uniting the banks of the North by some
organization that would combine them into an efficient and
inseparable body for the purpose of advancing the capital of
the country upon Government bonds in large amounts; and
through their clearing-house facilities and other well-known
expedients, to distribute them in smaller sums among the
people in a manner that would secure active cooperation
among the members in this special work, while in all other
respects each bank could pursue its independent business.
This suggestion met with the hearty approbation of the
assembled company and arrested the earnest attention of
the secretary. At his request it was presented to the
consideration of the banks, at a meeting called for that
purpose at the American Exchange Bank on the following
day. The plan, enlarged and modified, finally included the
banks of Boston and Philadelphia. Mr. John A. Stev
ens, the President of the Bank of Commerce, the largest
and most important financial institution in the country,
was requested by Mr. Secretary Chase to form a Treasury
Note Committee to float the Government loans. Mr. Chase
named John A. Stevens, Moses Taylor, James Gallatin,
John E. Williams and George S. Coe, of New York. Of
this committee John Austin Stevens, Jr., son of the presi
dent, was the confidential secretary. Its business was the
general advisement of the Secretary of the Treasury as to
the financial policy of the Government. Its hope was to
maintain specie payments by a skilful accumulation and
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The report of the committee, prepared by the secretary,
Mr. Coe, was received with general approval at the next
meeting of the bankers, when a committee was appointed to
invite concurrence from banks that were not represented at
the meeting, and it is to the honor of all concerned, that
every bank thus invited, promptly concurred in the course
recommended for meeting the emergencies of the Govern
ment. The result of the conference was a pledge of the banking
interests of New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, to take
$150,000,000 of treasury notes in three instalments of
$50,000,000 each and to pay for them in gold. Of this loan,
New York City furnished $105,000,000. Massachusetts not
being satisfied with the terms, refused to take her full pro
portion, and New York made up the deficiency. This loan
nearly equalled the aggregate capital of all the banks of the
loyal states, and was $15,000,000 more than the cost to the
colonies of the Revolutionary War. Early in 1862, Sec
retary Chase reported, that of the $260,000,000 advanced in
loans to the Government, New York had contributed
$210,000,000. The assistance of the bankers was further
shown in a way that should be particularly appreciated
by the citizens of New York. What could the corporation,
or the Board of Supervisors, have done in organizing
troops, were it not for the prompt cooperation of the banks?
The chairman of the committee for raising volunteers, Mr.
Orison Blunt, was compelled to borrow several millions of dol
lars on what purported to be the bonds of the city (bonds
issued without any legal authority whatever) — the worthless-
ness of which were well known to all the bankers, but
who trusted to future legislative action for legalizing
their issue. Without this timely assistance from the banks,
it would have been impracticable to recruit so promptly
the large forces sent to the war from the Commercial
Metropolis. In fact, on a calm review of the condition of
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say, that the people of the whole Union are indebted to the
wisdom, patriotism and liberality of the New York bank
ers, cooperating with prompt military movements, for the
preservation of the Union. It was well remarked at the
time, and subsequent developments strengthen the asser
tion, that the New York bankers, by promptly furnishing
the sinews of war, were the sole barriers against National
bankruptcy and ruin. Their praises were sounded every
where, and they should never be forgotten in after
times. After Secretary Chase had obtained his first loan from
the New York banks, the London Times said that he had
"coerced" $50,000,000 from the banks, but that he would
not fare so well on the London Exchange. But from that
time, his demands were all met at home, without borrowing
a dollar from the London or any other foreign exchange;
till at the end of the war there had been furnished to the
National Government over four thousand millions of dollars,
exclusive of the expenditures by states, cities, counties and
towns, for war purposes, amounting to at least one thou
sand million dollars more, showing an aggregate of
$5,000,000,000 contributed by the people of the Northern
States within a period of five years, and this for purposes of
the war alone, exclusive of the ordinary expenses of the
Government — a sum which represented in greenbacks of one
dollar each, would girdle the earth twenty-three times. It
affords gratifying evidence of the recuperative powers of this
Nation to add, that two-thirds of the National debt has been
paid, and we shall no doubt in a few years claim from the
London Times, all the praise so doubtingly promised to us
in September, 1863, when it said: "No pressure that ever
threatened, is equal to that which now hangs over the
United States, and it may safely be said that if through
future generations they faithfully meet their liabilities, they
will fairly earn a fame that will shine throughout the
world."

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Richard Cobden asked: "Why is it that the American
states have laughed to scorn the prediction of all our writers
on finance, who told them that they could not go on with
the war for six months, without coming to Europe for a
loan? How is it that they have deceived and disappointed
the whole of Europe? It is because the American people
have never allowed their Government to make a war expen
diture in time of peace. That is the whole secret. They
were spending for the purposes of their Government from
fifteen to seventeen millions sterling a year when the war
broke out, and the savings then made have enabled them to
go through this terrific strain. Take ten millions of savings
for forty years with compound interest, and see what a
fabulous amount it will come to. This is what America
did." The first United States Government bonds were purchased
by residents of New York City, R. L. & A. Stuart, Bond
No. I having been purchased by the late Mr. Alexander
Stuart. It was a New York banker, Mr. Silas M. Stilwell,
who first recommended to Secretary Chase, the Treasury
Note, or Greenback, system. It was a New Yorker, Mr.
Elbridge T. Spaulding, of Buffalo, who first suggested the
National Banking law, which had worked so well in the
State of New York, and with slight modifications it was
adopted by the General Government — the secretary, in one
of his official reports, acknowledging the precedence of
New York State over all others on the subject of
finance. The first contribution made by a private citizen for the
defence of the Nation was made by a New Yorker — Col.
John Jacob Astor, when he liberally furnished the means to
purchase the tug-boat "Yankee," which was sent to the
relief of the garrison at Fort Sumter. The pioneer in the
noble and righteous work of extending relief to the poor
families of our volunteers, was Mr. John Anderson, of New
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$500,000 for the purpose mentioned, Mr. Anderson imme
diately responded, by presenting his check for 810,000.
In many other indirect ways, was the liberality of New
York's citizens shown from time to time. A fund was
raised for the relief of the operatives in Lancashire, Eng
land, who, though suffering intensely from the cutting oil
of the cotton supplies for the English mills, were still under
the influence of John Bright and a few other stanch
friends of the North. Valuable testimonials were gotten up
for Admiral Farragut, General Grant and General Sherman,
and §300.000 were raised for the relief of the sufferers in
East Tennessee. It is to the credit of Mr. John Austin
Stevens. Jr.. that he initiated the movement that resulted
in this substantial assistance. But this was only one of the
many important enterprises organized by this public-spirited
citizen. Money was also sent to aid the Unionists of West
ern North Carolina, and when Sherman captured Savannah,
a large subscription was taken for the sufferers there. In
short, every demand that patriotism could make found a
willing response in New York City. One effect of this gen
erous and patriotic effort to sustain the Nation's credit, was
to gain for New York an enormous reputation for financial
stability, and its municipal securities at once established
themselves beyond question, New York having, since 1865,
been easily at the head of American cities in the matter of
public credit.
Before the war, some men imagined that all the old
National spirit was perishing out of the hearts of the Amer
ican people — that the passion for money-getting was operating
as a fatal canker to patriotism and every heroic sentiment.
Carlyle merely embodied a prevalent European feeling
when he exclaimed : ' ¦' My friend, brag not yet of our
American cousins. Their quantity of cotton, dollars, indus
try and resources, I believe to be almost unspeakable ; but 1
can bv no means worship the like of those. What great
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thing that one could worship and admire has been produced
there? None! The American cousins have yet done none
of these things." It could not now be said that right and
liberty were of less significance than dividends and dollars,
for did not the action of our people prove that under all the
hard work and rage for material progress and development,
there was a capacity nowhere equalled for great actions, and
great sacrifices — that love of country glowed as intensely
here and inspired as pure an enthusiasm as among any
people that ever figured in history?

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CHAPTER XII.
THE PATRIOTISM OF NEW YORK CITY.
It was fortunate for the cause and the honor of the city
of New York that the choice of mayor for the term running
through the years of 1862 and 1863, fell upon a citizen so
well qualified for the emergency as George Opdyke, whose
services among bankers and business men had been so
prompt and persevering in stimulating measures for organ
izing the forces requisite for sustaining the Government.
It was a pleasant feature of Mayor Opdyke's course, that
while encouraging his fellow citizens in their patriotic
efforts, he seized every proper opportunity for rendering
credit to old political opponents, who had promptly buried
partisan feelings in their zeal for sustaining the Union.
This characteristic was happily exemplified in a speech near
the close of 1862, before the war was half over.
The following extract from the address referred to, is
worthy of particular notice for its allusion to the patriotic
course of the people of all parties in this city.
" There has been from the beginning of the war," said
the Mayor, "a moral sublimity in the patriotism of the
citizens of New York which has never received the appre
ciative notice it deserves. A moral sublimity which I
may with entire propriety refer to, since it has found its
highest illustration in the conduct of those to whom I
am politically opposed. This is a Democratic city ; most
decidedly so, as we all know who have read the returns of
recent elections. The leaders of the Rebellion were also-
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in harmony and concert with that party here. Nor is it any
secret that the prime movers of the Rebellion, counting on
the strong ties of party organization and political sympathy,
expected, yes, confidently relied on, the continued sympathy
and support of their political friends in the North, and
especially on their friends in this city. Thank God ! they
were mistaken. They found to their cost, that they had
sadly underestimated the patriotism of the Northern heart.
The first gun fired on Sumter, over which the old flag
waved, severed in an instant every partisan tie, and, under
the prompting of an earnest patriotism, every honest Demo
crat at once rallied to the support of an Administration
to which he had been until then opposed, and it was here,
in this city, that the patriotic movement of the Northern
Democracy was inaugurated. Sir, those of us who were
original friends and supporters of the Administration, can
scarcely appreciate the sacrifice thus made by its political
opponents. We have but to consider the misleading influ
ence of party prejudice, and the bitterness engendered by
party contests, to enable us to judge something of the depth
and strength of the patriotic impulse by which they were
moved. Nor was it mere lip-service that the Democracy
gave the cause. They volunteered with alacrity ; they gave
their money freely ; the city government, which was
chiefly in their hands, appropriated $1,000,000 to fit out
regiments and speed them to the field, — it appropriated
$2,000,000 for the relief of the families of volunteers, and
provided hospitals for the sick and wounded. In view of
these facts, so creditable to the city, and to the party which
cast two-thirds of the votes, and which acted thus nobly in
support of an Administration whose election it opposed, I
have a right to say, that the city of New York is thoroughly
loyal, and that she will never hesitate to contribute freely of
her strength and her resources to uphold the Union, and
•to aid in crushing out this atrocious Rebellion." Mayor
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in New York was fully deserved. There were no stancher
friends of the Union than many of its political leaders in the
Metropolis, who had voted and worked against the Repub
lican candidates in 1860. The war had wiped out party
lines on all questions affecting the suppression of the
Rebellion. Democrats joined with Republicans in holding
up the hands of the President, and on the vital issues of
supporting the war there was no division of sentiment in
Democratic New York. Among those who made themselves
honorably conspicuous at home as " War Democrats," may
be mentioned James T. Brady, James B. Brady, Charles P.
Daly, John Van Buren, Richard Schell, Abram S. Hewitt,
Edward Cooper, Francis B. Cutting (Mr. Cutting was
represented in the army by his son, General William
Cutting, who served on the Staff of General Burnside),
Henry Bergh, Elbridge T. Gerry, James A. Roosevelt,
John Kelly, John T. Agnew, J. Willis James, Isaac Bell,
John D. Townsend, Samuel D. Babcock, Robert M.
Knapp, Wm. C. Prime, Augustus Schell, John T. Hoffman,
S. L. M. Barlow, Daniel Lord, Wm. Allen Butler, John R.
Brady, Hiram Ketchum, William Butler Duncan, Manton
Marble, David M. Stone, and Andrew J. Colvin of Albany,
who, in the Legislature of 1861, rallied the war Democrats for
the defence of the Union.
It is due to the truth of history, however, to state that
though there was an immense preponderance of loyal
sentiment among the great mass of citizens of all parties,
there was actually a smouldering element among a " dan
gerous class," that only awaited some strong wind to
burst into conflagration, as was afterwards shown in the
so-called draft riots of 1863. In view of this threatening
danger, let us turn towards one branch of the city govern
ment, on which largely depended the question whether
troops from other States would be allowed to pass quietly
through its streets, and whether any of our city regiments
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movements for defending the capital. It was evidently an
essential part of the rebel schemes to create in New York
City, just such a state of things as prevailed in Baltimore,
where mobs were arranged to murder Abraham Lincoln, on
his way to enter upon the Presidency. Writers in the Jour
nal of Commerce expressed apprehensions, said to be then
widely felt by property holders on this subject, that efforts
had been made to dissuade the officers of some of the city's
regiments from marching for the defence of Washington, as
their absence would leave the city open to mob violence.
But the reorganization of the New York -Police Department,
under a law of 1860, about which Mayor Wood bitterly com
plained in his telegram to General Floyd, of Georgia, hap
pily rendered the new police system fit to discharge the deli
cate and important duties of this trying crisis. The new law
facilitated the appointment of that excellent superinten
dent, the late John A. Kennedy, a gallant Southerner,
born in Maryland, but whose devotion to the Union flag was
paramount to mere local attachments, or prejudices. It is
worthy of special remembrance that the newly-appointed
superintendent infused his loyal spirit to such an extent
through the newly, organized police, that public order was
secured, and the domestic affairs of New York presented a
marked contrast to the turbulence that disgraced his native
Baltimore. But for this salutary change in the spirit of the
police, it would evidently have been almost impracticable
for our city regiments to have left home to temporarily
defend the National capital. Indeed, it is evident that
nothing but the overwhelming loyalty of the citizens
generally, prevented an attempt by Rebel agents and sym
pathizers to seize the navy yard and the forts around
New York harbor — in readiness for which purposes commis
sions, or promises 'of commissions, in the Confederate
service were evidently scattered among officials in our
city government, including some prominent military men,
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command whenever an insurrection should occur in this
city. But the spontaneous uprising among our citizens
warned these officers to escape like fugitives in the night, as
the contemplated insurrectionary movement could not then
have been successful, and they soon afterwards turned up at
the South in their true colors, as full-fledged generals in
the Confederate armies. A single one of the warnings by
the leading journals may be here quoted, as among the
many indications of danger from local conspiracies.
The Herald, of January 17, 1861, said: "It is rumored
and believed in certain circles, that a large military force is
being enrolled in this city for the purpose of seizing on the
forts in the harbor, as soon as civil war breaks out in
Charleston, or anywhere else at the South. It is said that
from three thousand to five thousand men have already been
enlisted under various pretexts; — some for the purpose of
assisting the South; some for the purpose of protecting the
city, and some for the purpose of acting as a defensive '
corps in the event of the secession of the city from the
State — (a course recommended by Mayor Wood in 1860).
All these pretences have been used for the purpose of get
ting together this force, but it is believed that the real
object is what we have stated, the seizure of the harbor
defences."

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CHAPTER XIII.
EUROPEAN HOSTILITY — MR. BEECHER'S SERVICES ABROAD —
FOREIGNERS IN THE ARMY.
The feeling existing among the aristocratic classes of
Europe in regard to America when the war began, will make
appropriate a brief reference to the attitude of England
towards us from the beginning to the close of the contest.
That contest was kept alive by means of military stores and
ammunition manufactured in British workshops and smug
gled into Rebel ports by the blockade runners of Great
Britain. The guns with which the Rebels waged the war,
the money with which they paid and clothed their troops,
and even the very clothes themselves, to a great extent, were
free gifts of the people of Great Britain. Our commerce
was swept from the ocean by armed vessels built in English
ship-yards and fitted out in her ports. Two hundred and
eighty- five of our vessels were captured by the "Alabama"
and other cruisers. One hundred and fifty-eight were
destroyed by the "Alabama" alone, the estimated value
of which, with their cargoes, was $2,600,000, for which,
by the terms of the Treaty of Washington, $15,000,500
was awarded as compensation to be paid by the govern
ment of Great Britain to the United States. These acts,
and others for which the government of Great Britain was
morally responsible, certainly prolonged the war at least
two years, and doubtless added $1,500,000,000 to the
National debt. Had the South been given directly to under
stand that she would not receive the moral support of Eng
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expected to draw their main strength from British favor
and assistance, and the arrangements made by the Confed
erates to procure vessels, arms and military supplies in Great
Britain, on the basis of the cotton crop of the South for
1860, was well known in Downing Street, London. When
questions involving the destruction of the Union were
being discussed on all sides by the monarchies of Europe,
the faithful and statesmanlike manner in which the
Hon. William H. Seward served the Nation during all these
trying ordeals, signally manifested the wisdom of President
Lincoln's selection for the office of Secretary of State.
It is proper here also to refer to the great services ren
dered to the Government by a citizen of Brooklyn, whose
eloquence and convincing arguments, ultimately caused
a revolution in the popular feeling of the United King
dom in favor of the National cause ; reference, of course,
is made to the late Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. No repre
sentative of the loyal States had been able to arouse any
thing like the interest that was taken in Mr. Beecher's ad
dresses, and no better evidence of the power of his eloquence
need be asked, than the earnest efforts made by the Rebel
sympathizers, after his first address, to shut his mouth by
force. Nothing but the fear of him, or rather of the truths
coming from his lips, could have raised such a tempest
of opposition, and there was not a more heroic achievement,
on any of our battle-fields, than the successful delivery of
his great speech against the odds which opposed it, at Exe
ter Hall, London, in 1863.
But while aristocratic England was against America, the
England of Milton, Hampden, and Cromwell, was mainly
with her, and aside from the politicians who made of states
manship a trade, those whose souls were imbued with the
love of humanity and who desired the triumph of constitu
tional law and freedom, were all enlisted in the earnest sup
port of the Government. " Be sure that the heart of
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Hall, of London. " There have been hundreds, if not
thousands, of public meetings enthusiastically for Union and
emancipation ; not one has been convened for sympathy
with the South."
As New York City receives nearly all the vast throngs of
immigrants who seek refuge on our shores, and as it was
falsely said -that the Northern armies were most largely
recruited from foreigners, it is proper to mention that
although great benefit was derived from the general loyalty
of the foreign-born element in our population, there were in
the whole Union armies only five per cent of unnaturalized
foreigners and ten per cent of naturalized citizens, thus
showing that native-born Americans constituted fully eighty
per cent of all the loyal forces. This statement explodes the
falsehoods to the effect that the Secessionists were overborne
by foreign mercenaries. But this must not be understood as
under-estimating the value of the assistance afforded by the
Irish and German citizens, who constitute the great mass of
our foreign-born inhabitants. Edward Everett, when address
ing a war meeting in Boston in 1862, said: " There is no one
element of strength, which is more important to the coun
try than the cordial support of her adopted citizens of
the various foreign nationalities. The Irish alone are prob
ably equal in number to the entire population of the
Union during the Revolutionary War — there. being at least
three millions of Irish birth and lineage in the United
States, and the cordial sympathy of three millions of true
and loyal hearts, ' contributing a fair proportion to our
armies, warrant us in believing that if, on some hard-fought
field, should the doubtful day be about to turn against
us, the Irish brigade, as of old at Fontenoy, would rush
to the rescue, with the terrible war-cry of 'Fag-a-balla,'
and would sweep the foes of the Union before them like
chaff before the wind."
Some of the best officers in the Union Army were for
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friendship that flashed from the swords of her foreign bene
factors on the battle-fields of the Rebellion. England gave
to the Union Gen. John Wr. Fuller and Gen. William H.
Powell. Although the Union had an enemy in Napoleon
III., the people of France were always her friends, and
they were represented in the great struggle by the Prince
de Joinville, the Due de Chartres, the Comte de Paris, Gen
eral de Trobriand and Gen. Alfred N. Duffle. The Prince
de Joinville was also represented in the Navy by his son,
the Due de Penthieve.
Germany was faithful to the standard of the Union and
contributed to her cause many valuable officers, among
them, Gen. Franz Sigel, Gen. August V. Kautz and Gen.
Schimmelfennig, who commanded the forces that first
entered the city of Charleston,inl865; Gen. Adolph von Stein-
wehr and Gen. Lewis Blenker; Prussia, Gen. Peter J. Oster-
haus, Gen. Frederick Solomon, Gen. August Willich, Baron -
von Steuben, Gen. Carl Schurz and Gen. George von Schack,
formerly of the Seventh Volunteer Infantry Regiment;
Hungary, Gen. Alexander Ashoth, Gen. Julius H. Stahel and
Gen. Albin Schoepf; Russia, Gen. John B. Turchin; Spain,
Gen. Edward Ferrero; Sweden, Gen. John McArthur and
Maj. Frederic Rosencrantz; Poland, General Kryzanowski;
Ireland, General Shields, Gen. Thomas W. Sweeny, Gen.
Michael R. Lawler, Gen. Patrick E. Connor, Gen. Thomas
A. Smyth, Gen. Patrick H. Jones and Gen. Thomas Francis
Meagher; Scotland, Gen. Daniel McCraig McCallum, the
manager of our military railroads; Col. David Ireland, of
the One Hundred and Thirty-seventh New York Regiment;
Maj. John M. Farquhar, of the Eighty-ninth Illinois; Lieut.
Daniel Kerr, of the One Hundred and Sevententh Illinois;
Capt. James B. White, Thirtieth Indiana, and Col. David B.
Henderson, of the Forty-sixth Iowa — all four of the officers
last mentioned, who served with honorable distinction on
the battle-fields of the Rebellion, afterwards becoming
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CHAPTER XIV.
NEW YORK SOLDIERY — CONSPICUOUS INSTANCES OF GAL
LANTRY.
The gorgeous blossoming of patriotism, which, upon the
fall of Sumter, burst forth all over the loyal States, found
fruitage during the ensuing four years, in the mustering into
service of 2,500,000 men — a larger army than that with which
Napoleon overran Europe, overthrew kingdoms and em
pires, and revolutionized the political systems of one-half of
Christendom. To that great army, the State of New York
contributed 475,000 — more than one-sixth of the entire
national force. In all civil convulsions it is the heart of
the commercial system that suffers most. The very con
ditions which made New York the most prosperous, of
American cities in the ordinary course of events, caused her
to suffer the most of all when that course was interrupted.
But notwithstanding this, the city of New York stood
foremost in defending the Union, voting the first dollar
voted by any city for the equipment of troops, furnishing
the national Government with three quarters of the money
necessary to raise and support its armies, and contributing
to those armies 116,000 men, not including 20,000 furnished
for three months — all at an expense to the city of
$14,500,000, nearly four times as much as the cost to the
state of the Revolutionary War. Thirty-five thousand of
the sons of the city of Brooklyn went forth to fight the
battles of the Union — a larger number in proportion to her
population, than was contributed by the city of Boston;
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Churches. It was the boast of a Senator from Massachu
setts, at the commencement of the war, that " New York
was being dragged at the wheels of the chariot of Abraham
Lincoln;" but it is more than probable that had it not
been for the devotion of the Empire State, Massachusetts
would have been dragged at the wheels of the chariot of
Jefferson Davis, for it is safe to assume that had it not been
for the patriotism of the State of New York, the result
of the struggle would have been different in every respect.
The historian will never have to record greater heroism
than was displayed by the soldiers from the Empire State on
the battle-fields of the Rebellion. It was said by an eminent
authority, that no soldiers in the world showed more spirit
and endurance. There was no loyal army, the shouts over
whose victories did not drown the dying sigh of some son of
New York. There was scarcely a battle-field that was not
moistened with his blood, aud hardly an official report that
did not bear witness to his courage and devotion. In many
of the New York regiments, says Col. Wm. F. Fox, in his
article on " The Chances of Being Hit in Battle," " the per
centage of killed and wounded in certain actions, exceeded
the loss of the heroic Light Brigade in the famous charge at
Balaklava." " The war developed the fact," said General Sherman,
" that the boys from the city could stand more fatigue and
hardship and marching than the country boys. The boys
from the country were stronger always, but they were used
to a regular life, and when they got into the army, the
irregularities of the life, its hardships and exposures, weak
ened and finally killed many a strong young farmer boy,
while the boys from the city, being used to irregular hours
and irregular living, could stand any amount of hardship
without going under."
The old world at first sneered at the idea of anything
respectable in warfare being effected by men who were not
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definition of our war was, " The wrangling of two armed
mobs." But our foreign critics soon abandoned that notion
and were bewildered by the falsification of their own predic
tions. The London Times frankly acknowledged that the
events of American warfare baffled all its earlier calculations.
" The whole of this dreadful fighting," said the Times,
" has been done by volunteers without as much training as
our British riflemen; yet those new companies, without
professional skill or regimental traditions, — with captains
snatched from the counter, or the store, and with generals
who were attorneys a few months before, — are fighting with
as much obstinacy as Napoleon's Old Guard." The Lon
don Times must have forgotten that the most successful
general of the War of 1812 was a lawyer, Andrew Jackson,
and that the most successful of Napoleon's marshals were
frequently unlearned soldiers from the ranks.

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CHAPTER XV.
HOW NEW YORK LED IN MANY WAYS.
To New York State must be given the credit of being first
in many striking deeds and incidents of the contest. The
first successful military movement of the war was made
under the direction of a New York general, John A. Dix,
who in July, 1861, sent General Lockwood into Accomac
and Northampton Counties, Virginia, with orders to
occupy those counties and drive the Rebels out.
The credit of organizing the first movement for the rais
ing of volunteers, has been very generally awarded to Gen
eral Butler, who issued a call for a meeting of the officers of
the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment to be held at Lowell, on
the 21st of January, 1861; but the records show that the
honor is justly due to Capt. Allan Rutherford, of New
York City, who issued a call for a meeting of volunteers to
aid in defence of the Government, to be held at the Mercer
House, ten days before General Butler's appeal was made
public. It was a New Yorker, Gen. John Cochrane, a grandson of
Surg. -Gen. John Cochrane, of Washington's Staff, who first
publicly urged the arming of the slaves.
It was a citizen of New York, Gen. Hiram Walbridge,
who first pointed out to President Lincoln the importance
of securing Port Royal and Beaufort, South Carolina, and
this advice was acknowledged by the President in a letter of
thanks to Mr. Walbridge.
It was upon the suggestion of the Hon. Thurlow Weed, in
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of a college, was invited by the Government to exchange his
position for the camp and field.
The first gun fired in defence of the Union, was fired
from Fort Sumter by a New Yorker, Capt. (Gen.) Abner
Doubleday, of the First United States Artillery.
The conspicuous gallantry of the soldiers from the State
of New York, adorn the records of all sections of the loyal
States. "The admirable defence of Mumfordsville, Ky.,
in 1862, which frustrated General Bragg's plan for the
reconquest of the Western Border States," said General de
Peyster, "was made by a son of New York — Col. John T.
Wilder, of the Seventeenth Indiana Regiment." General
de Peyster might also have added that Colonel Wilder (com
manding a brigade) had the honor of giving the city of
Chattanooga the first hostile shot it received at the time
General Rosecrans marched on that place in August, 1863.
It was a son of a member of the New York Bar — Maj.
Frank J. White, — who, while in command of a batallion of
prairie scouts, captured the city of Lexington, Mo. Major
White was one of four patriotic citizens, who had the fore
sight to perceive the dangers that lay before the country, and,
with Captain Rutherford, issued the first call for volunteers
in New York City to prepare to defend the Government.
The grand old symbol of the Republic was first raised over
Vicksburg, in July, 1863, by a New Yorker— Col. William
E. Strong, of the Twelfth Wisconsin Regiment.
The first to hoist the Stars and Stripes over the Rebel fort
at Roanoke Island, was the Fifty-first New York, under
command of Col. Edward Ferrero, and its colors were also
the first to wave over the Capitol at Jackson, Miss. It
was a son of New York, Col. Philip Sidney Post, now
a member of Congress, who, as colonel of the Fifty-ninth
Illinois, often led that splendid regiment to victory, and
in recognition of his services was promoted to the rank of
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Fair Oaks, by a brilliant charge of the " Irish Rifles " — the
Thirty-seventh New York. The only Rebel flag captured
at Fair Oaks was taken by " The United States Chasseurs,' '
Sixty-fifth New York, Col. John Cochrane, who was soon
after promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General. The
Sixty-fifth is also entitled to the distinction of having fur
nished three Brigadier-Generals to the army — one more
than was contributed by any other volunteer infantry regi
ment from the State.
The 102d New York was the first to dash across the crest
in the attack on Lookout Mountain, " which made them,"
said General Geary, "the heroes of that battle."
The first to spill their blood on the breastworks of the
enemy at Yorktown, were the soldiers of the "Mozart"
(Fortieth) Regiment, Col. Thomas W. Egan, and they were
also the first to plant the New York State colors on the
breastworks of Fort Magruder.
The first Union banner to float over Fort Fisher in Jan
uary, 1865, was the flag of the 117th New York, Col.
Rufus Daggett, who for his gallantry was promoted to the
rank of Brevet Brigadier-General.
The Stars and Stripes were first raised over the Court
House at Atlanta, Ga., when General Sherman captured the
city, by the Sixtieth New York and 111th Pennsylvania
Regiments. The first flag to float over the ruins of the Rebel fort at
the time of the explosion of the mine in front of Peters
burg, July 30, 1864, was that of the Fourteenth New
York Heavy Artillery, during a charge led by Capt. Charles
H. Houghton, who for his gallantry was promoted to
Brevet Major in 1865.
The Twelfth New York State Militia, led by Col. Daniel
Butterfield, was the first regiment to set foot on the soil of
the old Dominion, in 1861, and was the first to receive an
attack after the army of invasion crossed into Virginia.
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to have saved the fortunes of the day at the battle of Win
chester, September 19, 1864.
In May, 1864, when General Meade called for the reports
of the battles in which the regiments and batteries of the
Army of the Potomac had been engaged, that they might be
inscribed on the flags, Battery D, First New York Artil
lery, Capt. Geo. B. Winslow, bore off the palm.

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CHAPTER XVI.
NEW YORK AT GETTYSBURG.
New York turned the tide of battle at Gettysburg, and
the Empire State will ever remember that that glorious suc
cess, secured chiefly by the unexampled steadiness and
bravery of her private soldiers, will ever signalize and seal
to their honor the truth, that the many disasters our arms
had previously sustained were not to be laid to the charge
of the rank and file. Distinguished military officers have
ascribed the chief credit of our warfare to the private
soldiers, whose energies always rose with the necessity for
action, and declared that "thinking" bayonets often se
cured victory when military science despaired of success.
General Grant said in 1863: " My sympathies are with every
movement which aims to acknowledge our indebtedness to
the private soldiers — the countless, nameless, often disre
garded heroes of the musket and bayonet— to whose true
patriotism, patient endurance, and fiery courage in the day
of danger, we, who are generals, owe victory and the coun
try will yet owe its salvation."
As Gettysburg has been called the " soldiers' battle," the
author cannot refrain from recalling to the minds of his
readers how signally in this great crisis New York sustained
her heroic fame. In this battle two hundred and sixty loyal
regiments were engaged, of which number eighty-seven regi
ments and batteries were from the Empire State. Of the
nineteen infantry divisions six were led by New York officers,
and of the seventy brigade organizations, twenty-one were
under command of New York generals, or colonels. Of Gen-

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eral Meade's eighty-two commanders, the following twenty
were natives of the State of New York: Major-Generals:
Romeyn B. Ayres, Daniel Butterfield, Francis C. Barlow,
Henry Baxter, Joseph B. Carr, Thomas 0. Devin, Abner
Doubleday, Charles K. Graham, Wesley Merritt, Thomas H.
Ruger, Daniel E. Sickles, Henry W. Slocum, Robert 0.
Tyler, James S. Wadsworth, Gouverneur K. Warren; Brig
adier-Generals: William R. Brewster, Marsena R. Patrick,
John C. Robinson, Alexander S. Webb and J. H. Hobart
Ward. The relative strength of the two armies was nearer equal
than ever before, and larger numbers were actually engaged.
The losses far surpassed those of any other battle ever
fought on this continent, the Union loss reaching 23,000,
and the Confederate loss about 28,000.
In results, Gettysburg has been called the decisive battle
of the war, breaking the backbone of the Rebellion. Its
loss would have left the Confederates no hindrance to their
march on Philadelphia and New York, and possibly through
European recognition might have lost to the nineteenth
century the cause of freedom. But it must not be assumed
for an instant that substantially all the fighting our soldiers
did was done at Gettysburg. Gettysburg was merely a
sample of what came before and followed after. It was
only a specimen of a frequent experience of the men who
carried the salvation of the country in the barrels of
their rifles during those terrible four years of conflict.
The results of the battles of Fredericksburg and Chan
cellorsville, followed by the depletion of the Union army by
the mustering out of the short-term troops, while active con
scription at the South had added largely to the Rebel army,
all conspired to raise the confidence of the leaders at Rich
mond, and they plainly saw that if their experiment of war
v/as to have any other effect than final exhaustion through
the superior resources of the North, that now was the op
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effort on their part could do so, secure the end for which
they had raised their fratricidal hands.
General Lee had come to feel an almost boundless con
fidence in his army, and his army shared in no small
degree in the elation. They were well equipped and pro
vided in everything but food, and their necessities in this
respect gave additional incentive to the grand movement
now contemplated — the invasion of the North. On the
evening of Monday, June 15, 1863, Governor Seymour
received a telegram from Washington calling for 20,000
militia to resist the threatened invasion. His order
was issued the next morning, and the great metropolis was
again alive with military excitement. On Wednesday, the
17th, the regiments of the National Guard began to leave,
the Seventh, Colonel Lefferts, in the van; followed by the
Eighth, Col. Joshua M. Varian; the Seventy-first, Col. Benja
min L. Trafford; the Eleventh, Col. J. Maidhoff; the Twenty-
•second, Col. Lloyd Aspinwall; the Thirty-seventh, Col.
Charles Roome; the Fifth, Col. Louis Berger; the Fourth,
Col. Daniel W. Teller; the Sixty-ninth, Col. James Bagley;
the Fifty-fifth, Col. Eugene Le Gal; the Twelfth, Col. Wil
liam G. Ward ; the Eighty-fourth, Col. Frederick A. Conk-
ling ; the Thirteenth, Col. John B. Woodward ; the Fifty-
sixth, Col. Michael Bennett; the Twenty-third, Col. William
Everdell; the Sixth, Col. Joel W. Mason; the Forty-seven-th,
Col. Meserole; the Fifty-second, Col. Matthew T. Cole; the
Twenty-first, Col. Wright; the Fifty-sixth, Lieut.-Col. John
Quincy Adams, and the Seventy-fourth, Col. Watson A. Fox.
On the 22d of June General Lee advanced up the Cum
berland valley, reaching Chambersburg in force on the 27th.
For several days the Rebel army marched through Maryland
and Pennsylvania unopposed, and made extensive levies of
money and supplies from the panic-stricken population.
On the 25th and 26th General Hooker crossed the Potomac,
and failing to obtain expected reinforcements from the
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authorities at Washington to the policy of ample protection
for the Federal capital, resigned his command on the 27th
of June. His place was promptly filled, on the 28th, by the
appointment of Gen. George G. Meade, from the Fifth
Corps. Thanks to the good discipline of the army and to
the fact that the new chief was taken from it, and knew its
condition and had its confidence, so great a change in such
an emergency had no evil consequences. For this fortunate
result, however, great credit is due to his Chief of Staff,
Gen. Daniel Butterfield, — for General Meade has said:
" But for the efficient assistance my Chief of Staff so
heartily rendered, I hardly know how I should have gotten
through with the new and arduous duties imposed on me."
The army accordingly moved on as if no change had
occurred. On the morning of the 29th of June, General
Meade put his army in motion to the northward, to inter
cept, as soon as possible, the invaders, though ignorant of
their present position. Lee was just then ready to cross the
Susquehanna and seize Harrisburg, but becoming aware that
his communications with the Potomac were menaced, he
abandoned that project, and began to concentrate, with a
view to preserving his line of retreat. It has been satis
factorily ascertained that the 14,000 New York militia,
abandoning their business and their homes at an hour's
notice, and boldly confronting the enemy, deterred their
further progress through Pennsylvania and doubtless saved
Harrisburg from capture. On General Ewell's retreat from
Harrisburg, through Carlisle, towards Lee's main army,
the Twenty-second New York State Militia Regiment, with
Col. Lloyd Aspinwall at its head, had the advance of the
pursuing division, supporting Capt. Rufus King's battery.
The Twenty-second took possession of Carlisle and replaced
Lee's flag, which they hauled down, with the celebrated
Carlisle flag, which is now in the armory of the regiment.
"The first men," said Colonel Aspinwall in his report,
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the first Stars and Stripes raised over the place was raised by
a member of the regiment." The Thirty-seventh New York
State Militia, Col. Charles Roome, also claims the honor
of having been the first to enter Carlisle, but where both
regiments did so well, the honors may be equally divided.
The point to which General Lee was now calling his com
manders was Gettysburg— a quiet hamlet about to rise into
fame as the scene of the grandest encounter of modern days.
On Wednesday, July 1, General Buford's cavalry, a few
miles west of Gettysburg, suddenly encountered the advance
of the Confederate army. At ten o'clock on that summer
morning a musket shot was fired by the Rebels against
Buford's picket line — this was the opening shot of the great
battle of Gettysburg. The gallant General Reynolds with a
force of 8000 men arrived just in time to support Buford,
who was hard pressed by two divisions of Gen. A. P.
Hill's corps, numbering from twenty to thirty thousand
men. Here, that day, on Willoughby Run, was fought
what was in itself a great battle, in one respect, perhaps the
greatest battle of the war, — that is, in the number of losses
as compared with the forces engaged,— the Union losses, in
killed, wounded and missing reaching nearly ten thousand.
Until about one o'clock the action had been sustained on the
Union side by the First Corps alone, and General Doubleday
said : " That Corps fought with a determination such as I
had never seen equalled." At one o'clock new actors 'ap
peared upon the stage. Hill was reinforced by a division
under General Pender, while the Eleventh Corps, under
General Howard, came to the assistance of the First Corps.
A division of the Eleventh Corps, commanded by Gen.
Francis C. Barlow, numbering about eight thousand men,
was soon attacked by a force three times that number, under
Gen. Jubal Early, and although General Barlow fought his
division with such skill and bravery as to win the admiration
even of his opponents, he found it impossible to keep
his command to its work, and was himself severely
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wounded, and fell into the hands of the enemy. The
Confederate force which the First and Eleventh Corps
engaged, was enough to have crushed them, and though
by sheer bravery and desperation the soldiers of the
Union began the day with a series of successes, they were
at last compelled to yield— but not until two-thirds
of the men of the First Corps were killed, wounded or
captured, and " had it not been for the marvellous bravery
of this corps," said General Meade, "the position would
have been lost, and with it the country." Such a tribute
from such a source adds additional lustre to the records of
the following New York regiments, and their commanders,
who, with their companions from other States, constituted
the heroic First Corps: Seventy-sixth Regiment, Maj.
Andrew J. Grover, killed; Ninety-fifth Regiment, Col.
George H. Biddle, wounded; One Hundred Forty-seventh
Regiment, Lieut. Col. Francis C. Miller, wounded; Eighty-
fourth Regiment, Col. Edward B. Fowler; Ninety-fourth
Regiment, Col. Adrian R. Root, wounded; One Hundred
and Fourth Regiment, Col. Gilbert G. Prey; Eighty-
third Regiment, Col. Joseph A. Moesch; Ninety-seventh
Regiment, Col. Charles Wheelock; Eightieth Regiment,
Col. Theodore B. Gates; First Light Artillery, Capt. Gil
bert H. Reynolds.
The remnants of the two corps beat a retreat finally
through the town of Gettysburg to Cemetery Ridge, on the
southern edge of the village. Here a part of the Eleventh
Corps had been left in reserve, and behind breastworks
hurriedly thrown up preparations for another stand were
made. Towards evening reinforcements began to arrive,
and during the night almost the whole Army of the Potomac
was brought on the field. The Confederate forces also
came up in full strength and were posted on the Ridge on
which the desperate first day's battle had been fought so
heroically by the First and a part of the Eleventh Corps.
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day's battle, and in gathering up the wounded who so
thickly strewed the field.
The record of New Yorkers, who shed their life's blood on
the first day of the battle of Gettysburg, includes the follow
ing commissioned officers: Theodore Blume, of the First
Independent Battery, the only artillery officer from the
State killed in the three days' battle; Capt. Robert B.
Everett, Capt. Robert Story, Lieut. Philip Keeler and Lieut.
Robert G. Noxon, of the Seventy-sixth Regiment; Capt.
Joseph S. Corbin and Lieut. George W. Brankstone, of
the Eightieth Regiment; Capt. Thomas W. Quirk and
Lieut. Charles A. Clark, of the Eighty-third Regiment;
Lieut. Rush P. Cady, Lieut. James H. Stiles and Lieut.
William J. Morren, of the Ninety-seventh Regiment; Lieut.
Henry I. Palmer, of the One Hundred and Thirty-
fourth Regiment; Lieut. William P. Schenck, Lieut. David
G. Van Dusen, Lieut. Guilford D. Mace^, Lieut. Daniel
McAssy, of the One Hundred and Forty-seventh Regiment;
Lieut. Col. George W. Arrowsmith, Capt. Jason K.
Backus, Capt. George A. Adams, Capt. Harrison Frank
and Lieut. Randall D. Lower, of the One Hundred and
Fifty-seventh Regiment.
The morning of July 2d, the second day of the battle,
found the Union army, with the exception of the Sixth
Corps, encamped on Cemetery Ridge — a line of hills extend
ing south from Gettysburg about three miles, terminating
in a high rocky peak, named Round Top, the less elevated
portion of which is called Little Round Top. Had it not
been for the desperate bravery with which the First Corps, on
the day previous, held on to the Ridge west of the town, we
would have been unable to gain this position, — Cemetery
Ridge, — in itself a tower of strength, and the ensuing battle
would have been fought elsewhere, and under most dis
couraging circumstances. To the west, a mile or less
distant, is Seminary Ridge, on which the Confederate
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and undulating valley — such was the scene of this grand
encounter. Meade's position, though not one of his selection, and
occupied by our retreating columns of the First and Elev
enth Corps before his arrival, because it lay in their way,
was in every respect an advantageous one for defence. Lee
had no alternative but to assume the offensive, for which he
was rendered the more ready by his success on the day
before. The whole day up to four o'clock was consumed in
preparations, the Union army making good use of the time
in throwing up defensive works. At that hour Long-
street's corps made a desperate effort to carry Little Round
Top — a prize eagerly coveted by both combatants. His col
umn charged with reckless fury upon the Union left, which
covered Round Top, but they were met with a valor and for
titude that defied their utmost efforts. Barnes' division of
the Fifth Corps* however, suddenly gave way, and could not
be rallied, when Gen. Samuel K. Zook, formerly Colonel
of the Fifty-seventh New York Regiment, who has been
called the hero of this day's battle, volunteered with his
brigade to take Barnes' place. When his men reached the
ground, Barnes' disorganized troops impeded the advance of
the brigade. " If you can't get out of the way," cried
Zook, "lie down and we will march over you." Barnes
ordered his men to lie down, and the chivalric Zook and his
splendid brigade, in which were the Fifty-second and Sixty-
sixth New York Regiments, under the personal direction of
General Birney, did march over them, right into the breach.
Zook soon fell mortally wounded, and half his brigade per
ished with him.
After one of those fearful struggles, illustrating whatever
there is of the savage and terrible in war, Little Round Top
was successfully held by our troops, although at a heavy sac
rifice of officers and men. A truthful picture of those thou
sands of brave men in deadly encounter, would bring before
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steadiness and bravery so unflinching as to exalt the men
engaged to the highest grade of military renown. The
results of the day were inconclusive, though within the brief
space between four o'clock and nightfall were compressed a
magnitude of military operations, a grandeur and diversity
of exploits, and a devastation of noble lives that makes the day
one of the most memorable in the history of warfare. The
commissioned officers of the New York regiments, whose
lives were then yielded up to the honor of their country,
were: Col. George L. Willard, of the 125th regiment;
Lieut. Robert Evans, of the 108th; Lieut. Emil Frost,
of the 119th; Capt. Lansing Hollister, Capt. Ayers G.
Barker, Lieut. Michael E. Creighton, Lieut. Frederick
Freelewick, Lieut. Jason Carle and Lieut. John R. Bur-
haus, of the 120th (a regiment that, with the exception of
the Twenty-fourth Michigan, lost the largest number of
commissioned officers killed outright, in the three days'
battles, of any regiment in the army) ; Capt. Norman F.
Weer, of the 123d; Col. A. Van Horn Ellis (son of Dr. Sam
uel C. Ellis), Maj. James Cromwell, Capt. Isaac Nichols,
and Lieut. Milnor Brown, of the 124th; Lieut. John H. Van
Emburg and Lieut. Henry W. Hallett, of the 137th, Col.
Patrick H. O'Rorke and Lieut. Charles P. Klein, of the
140th; Lieut. Theodor Paush and Lieut. Adolph Wagner,
of the Thirty-ninth; Lieut. Wm. H. H. Johnson, of the
Fortieth; Maj. Edward Venuti, of the Fifty-second; Adju
tant Louis Deitrich, of the Fifty-eighth; Lieut. Myron D.
Stanley, of the Sixtieth; Lieut. Franklin K. Garland, of the
Sixty-first; Capt. Henry V. Fuller, Lieut. Alfred H.
Lewis, Lieut. Willis G. Babcock and Lieut. Ira S. Thurber,
of the Sixty-fourth; Capt. Otto Friederich, of the Sixty-
eighth; Lieut. Chas A. Foss, of the Seventy-second; Capt.
Eugene C. Shine, Lieut. Wm. L. Herbert and Lieut.
George Dennen, of the Seventy-third; Lieut. Col. James
Huston and Capt. Jonah C. Hoyt, of the Eighty-second,
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McClelland, of the Eighty-eighth; Capt. George H. Ince
and Capt. Elijah T. Muim, of the Sixty-sixth, and Adjutant
J. V. Upham, of the 102d.
The issues depending upon that now-approaching Friday,
July 3d, were too vast, too monientous to give sleep to the
eyelids of the council of commanders which late that evening
assembled, and not even the brief duration of the darkness
of that solstitial night afforded rest to the brave men on
whose fidelity and courage hung the destinies of the century.
That council, not disheartened by the fearful losses we had
sustained, and knowing that the advantages the Rebels
had gained were rather apparent than substantial, voted to
fight it out at Gettysburg. Scarcely for break of day could
wait the anxious heart of Gen. Henry W. Slocum, of New
York, on whom had rested the responsibilities of the Union
right. The bulk of his command had been drawn off to
reinforce the Union left on the evening of July 2d, and in
its absence E well's corps had taken possession of the
Federal lines on Culp's Hill. Having spent the night in
bringing up powerful artillery against the breastworks
where Ewell had placed his troops, at four o'clock General
Slocum opened a heavy fire. This elicited from the enemy
a most furious charge, which for desperation and reckless
ness scarcely has a parallel. But the Union forces pre
sented an impenetrable front, and coolly delivering a terrific
fire, strewed the ground with dead in fearful numbers.
After a close contest the abandoned portion of our line
was recovered by a charge of Geary's division, the original
positions on Culp's Hill were reestablished, and the right wing
made secure. Being thus thwarted in his plans against the
flanks of the Union army, Lee resolved to stake his all
upon the centre. After the struggle had ceased upon the
right, there was for some hours a deep silence, indicating
that some weighty design was in preparation by the enemy.
About noon this silence was broken by the roar of the Con
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attempt to uncover the Union centre, preparatory to a
charge by the flower of Longstreet's veterans under General
Pickett. For more than an hour the Rebel guns poured on
Cemetery Ridge a furious and unremittent shower of shells
— the steadiest and most continuous fire ever maintained by
the Confederate artillery. The Union batteries were not
slow to answer the first attack, and the earth almost shook
under the terrible and unbroken thunder of over three
hundred guns. Finally the rebel fire slackened and then
ceased altogether. The moment had come for Pickett's haz
ardous assault, the last forlorn hope of Confederate victory.
Soon, across the fields, was seen moving the solid mass of
Pickett's division, its three brigades led by Kemper, Garnett
and Armisted. On they came with compact ranks, three
lines deep — not a tree, scarce a shrub to impede their
advance. They seemed to have gathered up all their
strength and determination for one fierce convulsive effort
that should sweep away all resistance.
The entire weight of the Rebel army was now thrown
against the Second Corps, in which New York was represented
by her Thirty-ninth, Forty-second, Fifty-second, Fifty-
seventh, Fifty-ninth, Sixty-first, Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth,
Sixty-sixth, Sixty-ninth, Eighty-second, Eighty-eighth, One
Hundred and Eighth, One Hundred and Eleventh, One Hun
dred and Twenty-fifth and One Hundred and Twenty-sixth
regiments. This devoted corps bore the brunt of the on
slaught, and merits the honors of the victory. Pickett's
splendid division of Longstreet's corps, in front, with the
best of A. P. Hill's veterans in support, came steadily, and
as it seemed, resistlessly sweeping up. At last they were in
point-blank range, and then came the order for our troops
to fire, when from thrice six thousand guns issued a sheet of
smoky flame— a crash of leaden death. The first Confederate
line literally melted away, but on came the second line not
less resolute. Pickett's division now thrust itself up to
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upon the brigade commanded by Gen. Alexander S. Webb,
now president of the College of the City of New York.
" The movement," says Swinton, " was certainly as crit
ical as can well be conceived, but the personal bravery
and skill of General Webb, aided by the cool appreciation
and quick action of General Hancock, caused the repulse and
rout of the assailants," and with the repulse of Pickett's
attack the last hope of Confederate victory perished. As a
token of his appreciation of General Webb's magnificent
conduct on this memorable day, he was presented by General
Meade with a bronze medal.
Thus ended the great battle of Gettysburg, and there was
fulfilled the prophecy, made thirty years before the war, by
William H. Seward, " that slavery was opening up before
our people a graveyard, to be filled with brothers falling in
mutual political combat." Here, in this battle, — the second
bloodiest battle that had occurred in one hundred years, the
grand old Army of the Potomac vindicated its claim to
immortal fame. This army was never in favor at the "War
Department; it rarely, if ever, had heard a word of official
commendation after a success, or of sympathy, or encourage
ment, after a defeat. It had been led to battle oft, to vic
tory but seldom, but now
"Like some tall cliff that rears its awful Jorm
Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm,
Though round its base the rolling clouds are spread;
Eternal sunshine settles on its head."
But this signal victory was not won without great cost. Of
the dead that were identified and buried in the National
Cemetery, over one-third were New York soldiers, and nearly
one thousand nameless dead fell in the ranks of the New
York troops. Of the wounded officers and men, New York
had nearly one-third, and of the total losses, the same pro
portion, 6,777, is to the credit of the Empire State. Out of
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more than at Antietam, where she sustained her next great
est loss in the war. The names of the commissioned officers
from the Empire State, who, on the third day of the battle,
consecrated the scenes of their patriotic devotion with their
life's blood, were: Capt. William H. Gilfillan, of the Forty-
third; Capt. William H. Chester, of the Seventy-fourth;
Capt. Ambrose N. Baldwin, of the Eightieth; Capt. John
Mead, of the One Hundred and Second; Lieut. Joseph B.
Day, Lieut. John Cranston, and Lieut. John H. McDonald,
of the Eighty-second; Lieut. Carl V. Amiet and Lieut.
Dayton T. Card, of the One Hundred and Eighth; Lieut.
John H. Drake, Lieut. Augustus W. Prosens and Lieut.
Erastus M. Granger, of the One Hundred and Eleventh;
Lieut. Edward H. Ketchum, of the One Hundred and Twen
tieth, said to have been the first officer killed on the third
day; Capt. Ephraim Wood, of the One Hundred and Twen
ty-fifth; Capt. Oscar C. Williams, of the One Hundred and
Thirty-seventh; Col. Eliakim Sherrill, Capt. Isaac Shimer,
Capt. Orin J. Herendeen, Capt. Charles M. Wheeler, and
Lieut. Jacob Sherman, of the One Hundred and Twenty-
sixth. But the heroic deeds of those brave men have not per
ished ; the sentiments their lives and death inspire will be
the most precious inheritance of those who are to be the
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CHAPTER XVII.
HONORS WON IN BATTLE BY NEW YORKERS.
The bravery of New York soldiers on the field of battle
is strikingly shown by a glance at the list of awards for the
capture of Confederate battle-flags. Of the three hundred
medals of honor given by the War Department for the
capture of flags, eighty, or more than one quarter, were
presented to soldiers from the Empire State, and of this
number^ forty-one, or one half, were awarded to members of
the twenty-five cavalry regiments. To take from the enemy
a color, is to take it red with the blood of more than one
who had died before its capture became possible. For a
soldier to show an enemy's flag, won by his individual
prowess, is a proof that he has done and dared everything,
— all that may become a man.
The first Confederate flag captured in the war was taken
by a New Yorker — Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth, at the Mar
shall House, Alexandria, Va. The first Confederate flag
captured on the battle-field, was taken at the battle of
Williamsburg by a native of New York City, Lieut. John
N. Coyne, of the Seventieth New York Volunteers, known
as the First Regiment Excelsior Brigade.
The names of the men whose conspicuous gallantry in
capturing the enemy's colors reflects such credit on the
Empire State, are given, as they deserve to be, in full. The
honors are pretty evenly divided between officers and pri
vates. Here is the list of the medal-winners:
Anderson, C. W., Private, 1st Cavalry, Waynesboro, March
2, 1865.

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Bowen, C. B., Corporal, 1st Dragoons, Winchester, Va.,
September 19, 1864.
Begley, T., Sergeant, 7th Heavy Artillery, Coal Harbor,
June 3, 1864.
Burk, M., Private, 125th Regiment, Spottsylvania, May 12,
1864.
Burton, Christopher C, Captain, 22d Cavalry, Waynesboro,
March 2, 1865.
Bickfeld, H. H., Corporal, 8th Cavalry, Waynesboro,
March 2, 1865.
• Buckley, D., Private, 136th Regiment, Peach Tree Creek,
July 20, 1864.
Brewer, William I., Private, 2d Cavalry, Sailor's Creek;
April 6, 1865.
Benjamin, J. F., Corporal, 2d Cavalry, Sailor's Creek,
April 6, 1865.
Brown, Morris, Jr., Captain, 126th Regiment, Gettysburg,
July 3, 1863. Killed June 22, 1864.
Burke, T., Sergeant, 5th Cavalry, Hanover Court House,
June 30, 1862.
Connors, J., Private, 43d Regiment, Fisher's Hill, Septem
ber 22, 1864.
Cullen, T., Corporal, 82d Regiment, Bristoe Station, Octo
ber 14, 1863.
Compson, Hartwell B., Major, 8th Cavalry, Waynesboro,
March 2, 1865.
Carman, W., Private, 1st Cavalry, Waynesboro, March 2,
1865.
Crowley, M., Private, 1st Cavalry, Waynesboro, March 2,
1865.
Calkin, J. S., Sergeant, 2d Cavalry, Sailor's Creek, April 6,
1865.
Dare, George H., Sergeant, 126th Regiment, Gettysburg,
July 3, 1863.
Dockham, W. C, Private, 121st Regiment, Sailor's Creek,
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Davis, T., Private, 2d Heavy Artillery, Sailor's Creek,
April 6, 1865.
Edwards, D., Private, 146th Regiment, Five Forks, April 1,
1865.
Everson, Private Adelbert, 185th Regiment, Five Forks,
April 1, 1865.
Freeman, A., Private, 124th Regiment, Spottsylvania, May
12, 1864.
Ford, George W., Lieutenant, 88th Regiment, Sailor's
Creek, April 6, 1865.
Goheen, C. A., Sergeant, 8th Cavalry, Waynesboro, March
2, 1865.
Gribbon, James H., Lieutenant, 2d Cavalry, Sailor's Creek,
April 6, 1865.
Gifford, B., Private, 121st Regiment, Sailor's Creek, April
6, 1865.
Goettel, P., Private, 149th Regiment, Lookout Mountain,
November 24, 1863.
Hill, J., Sergeant, 14th Heavy Artillery, Petersburg, July
30, 1865.
Harvey, H., Corporal, 22d Cavalry, Waynesboro, March 2,
1865.
Hagerty, Asel, Private, 61st Regiment, Sailor's Creek,
April 6, 1865.
Jones, William, Sergeant, 73d Regiment, Spottsylvania,
May 12, 1864.
Judge, F. W., Sergeant, 79th Regiment, Knoxville, Novem
ber, 29, 1863.
Kelley, T., Private, 6th Cavalry, Front Royal, August 16,
1864.
Kuder, Andrew, Lieutenant, 8th Cavalry, Waynesboro,
March 2, 1865.
Kelley, D., Sergeant, 8th Cavalry, Waynesboro, March 2,
1865.
Kenyon, S. P., Private, 24th Cavalry, Sailor's Creek, April
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Kline, Private H., 40th Regiment, Sailor's Creek, April 6,
1865.
Klauss, A., Corporal, 15th Artillery, Five Forks, April 1,
1865.
Kappesser, P., Private, 149th Regiment, Lookout Mountain,
November 24, 1863.
Leslie, F., Private, 4th Cavalry, Front. Royal, August 15,
1864.
Larish, A. J., Sergeant, 1st Dragoons, Winchester, Septem
ber 19, 1864.
Love, George M., Colonel, 116th Regiment, Cedar Creek,
October 19, 1864.
Ladd, George, Private, 22d Cavalry, Waynesboro, March 2,
1865.
Lutes, F. W., Corporal, 111th Regiment, Petersburg,
March 31, 1865.
Mandy, H. J., Sergeant, 4th Cavalry, Front Royal, August
15, 1864.
Meech, G. E., 6th Cavalry, Winchester, September 19,
1864.
Murphy, H., Corporal, 158th Regiment, Chapin's Farm,
September 29, 1864.
Marsh, A., Sergeant, 64th Regiment, Spottsylvania, May 12,
1864.
Miller, J., Private, 8th Cavalry, Waynesboro, March 24,
1865.
Morris, William, Sergeant, 1st Cavalry, Sailor's Creek,
April 6, 1865.
Miller, F., Private, 2d Cavalry, Sailor's Creek, April 6,
1865.
Murphy, T. J., Sergeant, 146th Regiment, Five Forks,
April 1, 1865.
McEnroe, Patrick, Sergeant, 6th Cavalry, Winchester,
September 19, 1864.
Niven, Robert, Lieutenant, 8th Cavalry, Waynesboro,
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Norton, John R., Lieutenant, 1st Cavalry.
Newman, Wm. H., Lieutenant, 86th Regiment, Amelia
Springs, April 6, 1865.
O'Brien, P., Private, 1st Cavalry, Waynesboro, March 2, 1865.
Parks, J., Private, 9th Cavalry, Cedar Creek, October 19,
1864.
Pittman, G. J., Sergeant, 1st Cavalry, Sailor's Creek,
April 6, 1865.
Payne, J. C, Corporal, 2d Cavalry, Sailor's Creek, April 6,
1865.
Potter, N. F., Sergeant, 149th Regiment, Lookout Mount
ain, November 24, 1863.
Reynolds, George, Private, 9th Cavalry, Winchester, Sep
tember 19, 1864.
Russell, C. L., Corporal, 93d Regiment, Spottsylvania,
May 12, 1864.
Read, Mort A., Lieutenant, 8th Cavalry, Appomattox
Station, April 8, 1865.
Riddle, Randolph R., Lieutenant, 61st Regiment, Sailor's
Creek, April 6, 1865.
Scofield, D. S., Sergeant, 5th Cavalry, Cedar Creek, Octo
ber 19, 1865.
Schlachta, G., Private, 73d Regiment, Spottsylvania, May
12, 1864.
Savacoal, Edwin, Captain, 1st Cavalry, Sailor's Creek,
April 6, 1865.
Sava, J. E., Saddler, 8th Cavalry, Sailor's Creek, April 6,
1865.
Schmal, G. W., Blacksmith, 24th Cavalry, Paine's Cross
Roads, April 5, 1865.
Schubert, F., Sergeant, 43d Regiment, Petersburg, April 2,
1865.
Simmons, J., Private, 2d Artillery, Sailor's Creek, April 6,
1865.
Shipley, R. F., Sergeant, 140th Regiment, Five Forks,
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Tompkins, G. W., Corporal,, 124th Regiment, Petersburg,
April 2, 1865.
Wells, T. M., Bugler, 6th Cavalry, Cedar Creek, October
19, 1864.
Walsh, J., Corporal, 5th Cavalry, Cedar Creek, October 19,
1864.
Westerhald, W., Sergeant, 52d Regiment, Spottsylvania,
May 12, 1864.
Wall, J., Private, 126th Regiment, Gettysburg, July 3,
1863.
Wiley, J., Sergeant, 59th Regiment, Gettysburg, July 3,
1863.
Weeks, J., Private, 152d Regiment, Spottsylvania, May 12,
1864.
Winnegar, William W., Lieutenant, lsft Dragoons, Five
Forks, April 1, 1865.

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CHAPTER XVIII.
NEW YORK IN THE NAVY.
Let the reader now glance at the record of the American
Navy and see what was done by that arm of the service,
which proved to be a most potent diplomatist in prevent
ing foreign interference with our domestic affairs. When
Secretary Welles received the seals of office from Isaac
Toucey, Mr. Buchanan's Secretary of the Navy, he found
the department in the most feeble and deplorable condition
of any branch of the Government, — without vessels, or
armament, or men, and without legal authority to increase
or strengthen either. The entire Navy consisted of forty-six
vessels, one-half of them out of commission, and only
twenty-three left for service, nearly all of which were on
squadron duty abroad, so that only four were available for
home defence. Secretary Welles soon set to work to create a
navy. Every steam engine factory in the land was at once
engaged to produce marine machinery. Every shipyard,
public and private, was taxed to its utmost capacity ; and at
one time twenty-five thousand hammers were at work night
and day in our navy yards, and every forge and furnace in
the country was at white-heat on our iron-clads and gun
boats, and the ordnance which was to man them. Starting
with four vessels only, the number was increased in nine
months to two hundred and twenty-six, and at the end of
four years to six hundred and seventy-one, almost as many
ships as we had seamen in the service at the commencement
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ously deserted the service, it should be remembered that the
whole South was not disloyal, but that in our navy about one
third of the officers belonged to slaveholding territory yet
remained faithful to the Union. The reader is reminded
that notwithstanding the large defection of officers in both
the army and navy, when secession first commenced, politi
cal life was a much better school for treason than military or
naval life ; for while the South gave to the political coun
cils of the nation no Unionists more conspicuous than
Andrew Johnson and Mr. Hamilton, of Texas, there were
one hundred officers in the regular army, all of whom were
born in States that seceded, and more than half of whom were
graduates of AYest Point. Thus it will be seen that the
disloyalty of West Point was not as great as is generally
supposed. In the navy about one-third of the officers
came from slaveholding States, yet remained faithful to
the Union; while one-eighth of the Union army, or 300,000
men, were contributed by the Southern States. Very few
people realize what it cost a Southerner to sustain the old
flag, when every one was rushing blindly into treason and
secession; but time and history will yet hold up for universal
admiration many a Southern hero of that kind whose name
has not yet reached the public ear.
Tennessee gave to the navy Admiral Farragut, and to the
army, Gen. Samuel P. Carter and Gen. Alvan C. Gillem ;
Virginia, Com. Napoleon B. Harrison, and to the army
Gen. George H. Thomas, "the Rock of Chickamauga,"
Gen. Lawrence P. Graham, Gen. John D. Stevenson,
Gen. John Newton, and J. J. S. Hassler, a son of Com
modore Hassler, of Virginia, who was one of four persons
who issued the first call for the raising of troops in New
York City, to defend the Government ; Florida, Gen. John
R. Mcintosh ; Georgia gave to the Union, army Gen. John
M. Cuyler ; Alabama, Gen. William Birney ; North Caro
lina, Gen. Solomon Meredith and Admiral James H. Spotts;
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jamin F. Davis, of the Eighth New York Cavalry ; South
Carolina, Commander Steedman, Commander Percival Dray
ton and Commander John P. Bankhead, of the " Pembina."
One of the most valued nurses in the Union army was
also from South Carolina — Mrs. Jane R. Munsell, who
severed every tie with treason at the outset, and found
her just recompense in healing the wounds of patriotic sol
diers. No action during the war shed more lustre upon our arms,
or was attended with graver consequences to the country
and its commerce, than the exploit of John A. Winslow — a
native of North Carolina, and Commander of the United
States steamer " Kearsage," under whose guns the privateer
" Alabama " went down on the 19th of June, 1864, off Cher
bourg. The embarrassments caused by desertion were but tem
porary. Better men from the merchant marine promptly
volunteered their services to fight the battles of the Union,
and about seven thousand five hundred of those gallant tars
received appointments, and were employed in the service.
But while in this time of need so many officers resigned and
proved false to the Government that had pampered them,
not one common soldier, or sailor, was known to have aban
doned his flag, although during the four years of the war two
hundred and sixty were executed for desertion. When the
disadvantages are considered under which the navy labored
at the commencement of the war, we may claim the credit
of having achieved a series of results surpassing in magnitude
and importance the record of any navy in any country. Let
Norfolk, Hatteras, Roanoke Island, Port Royal, Pensacola,
the Rio Grande, Fort Henry, Fort Donaldson, Island No.
10, Memphis, Vicksburg, Port Hudson, Fort Jackson, Fort
St. Philip, Fort Fisher, the city of New Orleans, Mobile,
and the shattered fragments of Sumter, bear witness to the
activity and efficiency of the American Navy.
"This was the only war in modern times," said Mr.

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Whitney, late Secretary of the Navy, " in which naval
operations on a great scale have been carried on. It was the
only war in which rams, torpedoes, iron-clads, and steam
blockades have been employed. All that is known of naval
war to-day dates from the war of 1861."
The State of New York, ranking as a right arm in bring
ing the great conflict to a successful issue, can boast of a
glorious record in the naval portion of its history. Of the
122,000 enlistments, 48,000 men from the State of New
York were in every scene of danger and duty.
Along the Atlantic and the Gulf, on the Tennessee, the
Mississippi and the Rio Grande, under Dupont, Dahlgren,
Foote, Farragut and Porter, the sons of the Empire State
bore their part and paid the debt of patriotism and valor.
Three thousand and twenty-five naval officers perished in
battle, or died during the war of disease contracted in the
service, of whom eight hundred and eighty-seven were from
the State of New York.
When the Administration was so greatly in need of large
additions to its navy, Commodore Vanclerbilt came forward
and presented his magnificent ship, the " Vanderbilt," cost
ing $800,000, as a free gift to the Government. He thus
placed his name at the head of the list of those who made
magnificent donations, and in recognition of the gift Con
gress presented him with a gold medal. The Commodore
was also represented in the army by his son, the late Capt.
George W. Vanderbilt, of the regular army, who partici
pated in the siege of Corinth by General Halleck, with
whom he entered the city in triumph, but soon after con
tracted a disease from which he finally died.
One of the most important contributions ever made by
individuals at their own risk in defending this, or any other,
nation, was made by citizens' of New York, in an utterly
unexpected manner in one of the most critical periods of the
war. On the 8th of March, 1862, when our fleet of steamers
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under General McClellan, on the Peninsula, the sudden ap
pearance of the Rebel ram " Merrimac," near Old Point Com
fort, threatened serious derangement of the plans of that
officer's campaign. Here occurred the first naval engage
ment on record between iron and wooden vessels, in which
the gallantry of the " Cumberland " will be forever re
membered — her flags floating defiantly, and her noble crew,
including John Bracken, of New York City, delivering
their shots from the port-holes, as the ship sank in the deep
sea. Readers of Scott's novels will have a vivid recollection of
the tournament in Ivanhoe, where an endangered cause
was saved from destruction by the sudden advent of the
Black Knight — an unknown warrior, whose diminutive
appearance seemingly precluded all hope that he could
successfully contend against an apparently overwhelming
adversary. But a parallel on a far mightier scale was to
be furnished on the following morning by a little vessel of
insignificant appearance as she steamed into Hampton
Roads. It was the " Monitor" — looking like a " cheese-box,
on a raft," — designed and built by the late Capt. John
Ericsson, of New York, and constructed at their own ex
pense and risk by the Hon. John A. Griswold and the Hon.
John F. Winslow, of New York, with the Hon. C. S. Bush-
nell, of Connecticut. The "Merrimac" came forth again
to the contest, and after one of the most desperate conflicts
recorded in naval history, we had the satisfaction of behold
ing the little " Monitor " the victor, and the " Merrimac "
slowly withdraw from the contest. Had it not been for the
genius that conceived the " Monitor," and the public spirit
that prompted the manufacturers to peril reputation and
money in her construction, the " Merrimac " could readily
have sunk all the vessels that had landed the Army of
the Potomac on the Peninsula, and Fortress Monroe might
have been lost to the Union. When it is remembered
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victory was achieved, and was then sold to the Government
for $275,000 (less than had been paid for the engines alone
of many a third-class gunboat), we may fairly rank such men
as Mr. Griswold, Mr. Winslow and Mr. Bushnell, among
the heroes and saviors of the country, as well as the
generals who commanded our armies. On the long roll of
gallant officers whose names adorn the records of the
American Navy, New York can point with special pride to
such men as .Com. John L. Worden, who commanded the
"Monitor" in her engagement with the "Merrimac," and
who, in 1861, was captured by the Confederates and became
the first prisoner of war; Lieut. William B. Cushing (born
in Wisconsin, but appointed to the navy from New York)
the hero of the "Albemarle" fight, and who had three
brothers in the service, two of whom were killed while
exhibiting the greatest bravery; Lieutenant Wood, the in
ventor of the torpedo that destroyed the "Albemarle";
Lieut.-Com. Pierre Gouraud, the marksman of the "Mon-
tauk," and the young officer who received the Rebel
Admiral Buchanan's sword at the capture of Mobile ;
Commander Melancthon Smith (a descendant of the
Nestor of the New York Bar), who fought his ship in
the attack upon Port Hudson, until she was riddled with
shot and then destroyed her; Commander David Constable,
who was personally complimented by President Lincoln for
his gallant conduct in leading with his steamer the attack
ing forces in the ascent of the James River, and the bom
bardment of Fort Darling; Commander William E. Le Roy,
one of the heroes of the battle of Mobile Bay; Com. Henry
W. Morris, who particijiated with Farragut, in the passing
of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, and in the atta.ck upon
the Chalmette batteries, the Admiral testifying to the faith
fulness and ability of the commodore, who obtained a
record in the war such as any officer might be proud of;
Commander Homer C. Blake, who was presented with a
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him in an engagement with the privateer "Alabama;" Com
mander Jonathan W. Wainwright, who lost his leg while
in the defence of the city of Galveston, and Commander Wil
liam B. Renshaw, who destroyed his vessel, and himself
with her, rather than allow her to fall into the hands of
the Rebels at the time of the recapture of Galveston in
1863. Commander Theodoras Bailey, when ordered to the South
west Pass, to co-operate in the expedition against New
Orleans, found upon his arrival that his vessel, the
" Colorado," could not go over the bar, and although suffer
ing from the effects of a recent surgical operation, requested
permission of Admiral Farragut to participate as a volunteer.
So great was the confidence of the Admiral in his skill and
bravery, that he placed him second in command, and the
records of the war show how well he performed his duty
during the memorable engagement with the forts, and sub
sequently in his conference with the Rebel authorities at
New Orleans.
The records of the war are crowded with proofs of the skill
and bravery of New York officers, and conspicuous on the
honorable roll will be found the names of Commanders
Edward E. Potter, Charles A. Babcock,
Thomas H. Eastman, Robert W. Shufeldt,
Charles II. Baldwin, Alexander C. Rhind,
Leonard Paulding, George M. Ransom,
Thomas Pattison, William F. Spicer,
S. P. QUACKENBUSH, SOMERVILLE NICHOLSON,
John N. Quackenbush, John S. Barnes,
Francis A. Roe, Montgomery Sicard,
Stephen B. Luce, Charles S. Norton,
William C. West, Robert L. Phythian,
George W. Young, James H. Strong,

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119

Edmund W. Henry,
Ralph Chandler,
L. Howard Newman,
Henry Wilson,
A. E. K. Benham,
Robert L. May,
Henry Erben,
Edward P. McCrea,
George Bacon,
Lester A. Beardslee,
Edward Simpson,
Mllton Haxtun, H. N.

J. R. Madison Mullany,
C. R. P. Rodgers,
Stephen D. Trenchard,
Foxhall A. Parker,
Egbert Thompson,
Robert Townsend,
John M. B. Clitz,
George H. Cooper,
Daniel L. Braine,
Andrew Bryson,
Selim E. Woodworth,
Lewis A. Kimberly,
T. Arnold.

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CHAPTER XIX.
COLORED TROOPS — AND THE RIOT IN NEW YORK CITY.
One hundred and eighty thousand colored troops served
during the war, — the largest negro force ever mustered
into the service of any government. Three colored regi
ments were organized under the auspices of the Union
League Club, for which purpose $18,000 was contributed by
the members. They were known as the Twentieth, Twenty-
sixth and Thirty-first United States Colored Troops. " Con
sidering," said the Rev. Dr. Bellows, in his history of the club,
"that the whole number of negroes capable of bearing arms
in the State, in 1863, was only six thousand, and that fifteen
hundred of these had previously volunteered in regiments
out of the State, the success of the club was very striking."
On the oth of March, 1864, the first of these regiments, the
Twenty-sixth, under command of the late Col. Nelson B.
Bartram, marched down Fifth Avenue and Broadway in
solid platoons, to the strains of martial music, and were
everywhere saluted with the acclamations and plaudits of
countless beholders. Eight months before these same men
could not have shown themselves in the most obscure streets
of the city without fear of instant death. The African
race had been literally hunted down like wild beasts; when
caught, they were shot in cold blood, or hung to the nearest
lamp posts. Their homes were pillaged, the Asylum which
Christian charity had provided for their children was
burned, and there was no limit to the persecution, save
the physical impossibility of finding further material on
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ingly has all this been changed! The negro troops secured
for themselves a record in the war that will insure for
them and their race the respect and honor which was
needed to make their freedom valuable to them, and which,
for us, freely and generously to give proves that we have be
come emancipated from the demoralizing influences of
slavery. Consider for a moment the debt America owed to Africa.
" There had been landed on this Western Continent, on
the West Indies and South America and in the United
States," said the Hon. Charles Summer, "15,500,000 African
slaves, and for every slave reaching those shores another had
perished, either on the voyage, or in the process of procuring
and bringing them down to the coast in Africa. We had,
therefore, thirty millions as the round number, lost to Africa,
by the institution of slavery." " This institution," said the
Hon. R. M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, in the United States
Senate, in 1860, "is the very keystone of the mighty arch
which sustains our social superstructure. Knock that out,
and the mighty fabric, with all it upholds topples and
tumbles to its fall." Could Mr. Hunter have looked into
the future, with what horror would he have seen, within five
' years, that very " keystone of the mighty arch " knocked
out by the entrance of a brigade of negro soldiers into the
city of Richmond, and with what amazement would he have
seen colored troops first occupy the capital of a Confederacy,
of which, in the days of its hoped-for supremacy, African
Slavery was to be the very corner-stone.
No words can state too strongly the debt of gratitude
which the city owed to the handful of policemen who
breasted the fury of the ferocious mob during the three days
of July, 1863, when the life of a negro depended entirely on
the security of his hiding-place. There have been other
abominations of the sort in America, but nothing that began
to be as infernal as this. From the very first day of the
riot, a vileness and depravity of spirit was shown by the
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French Reign of Terror. During the first day of the riot
the police bore the whole brunt of the storm, and it was to
the unflinching courage and admirable tenacity with which
they resisted step by step the fury of the mob, that the
citizens owed the check that was finally put upon its
depredations. Less than fifteen hundred policemen, scat
tered over the city, without any warning of the coming
tempest, were suddenly required to face and withstand a
raging mob of tens of thousands of reckless and infuriated
madmen, who taking advantage of the absence of all our
militia regiments that were again, for the third time, at the
seat of war, endeavored to aid the Confederate cause and to
minimize the advantages our arms were gaining in the field.
The Richmond correspondent of the New York Tribune
said, "I knew, as did everyone connected with the Rebel
War Department, as early as the 6th of July, that there
would be a bloody riot in New York. We were led by let
ters from Copperheads in New York, however, to believe
that instead of being a mere riot, there would be a tremen
dous insurrection; that the Peace-men were organized, and
that the forts and arsenals would be seized, the Abolitionists
massacred and the metropolis itself threatened with destruc
tion." That the club is mightier than the musket in the sup
pression of a mob, was proven by the experiences of those
three days of riot. It has been said that there is no instance
on record in which an efficient police force has not scattered
the mobs they were sent against, while it was also noticeable
that the mob fought far more desperately, and with greater
success, against the soldiers than the police. Bullets have
an unaccountable propensity to kill the wrong person, but
clubs rarely reach any but the right heads; hence the
terrible exasperation that invariably follows the use of the
former in all crowded communities.
Occasions make the reputation of heroes. This apothegm
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when Superintendent Kennedy went alone among the mob,
barely escaping with his life, the police force distinguished
themselves by their supreme courage, devotion and fidelity
to the cause of peace and good order, of the Union, and the
laws. And each and all of these brave men deserve to have
their names perpetuated in the annals of the State and city
of New York, for those who were living in the midst of
those exciting days cannot forget how much the city was
iudebted to the constant vigilance, bravery and skill of
Commissioners Thomas C. Acton and John G. Bergen;
Inspectors George W. Dilks, James Leonard, Daniel Car
penter and John W. Folk ; Captains Theron S. Copeland,
Jacob B. Warlow, G. W. Walling, Jeremiah Petty, Jacob
L. Siebring, T. C. Davis, Jacob J. Mount, Theron R. Ben
nett, John Jourdan, Christopher Dixon, Thomas Steers,
J. J. Williamson, C. W. Caffry, H. Heddon, S. Brower,
John Cameron, Henry C. Scott, Henry Hutchings, James
Todd, Nathaniel W. Mills, Thomas W. Thorne, John C.
Helme, John F. Dickson, F. C. Speight, J. Hartt, James
Z. Bogart, A. S. Wilson, and Officers John A. Crocker,
Stephen B. Smith, John Mangin, Harry Whittemore, John
Walsh, Stephen BlackwoOd, Hiram Chandler and Henry
Dippel (killed).
Many of these brave men were severely injured and some
are still suffering from the effects of wounds received while
defending the lives and property of those committed to their
care. Col. Joel B. Erhardt, after serving with distinction for
two years as an officer of that famous regiment, the First
Vermont Cavalry, resigned, and returned to his native State.
During the riots he was made a provost-marshal, and while
in the discharge of his duty he was severely wounded, and
came near losing his life. He is now Collector of the Port
of New York.
After Superintendent Kennedy was disabled,Commissioner
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there was no better evidence of the weight of the responsi
bility that rested upon this faithful guardian of the public
interests than the fact, that for one hundred hours he never
closed his eyes in sleep, nor had scarcely an opportunity
to obtain a change of clothing. Mr. Acton still lives — hale
and hearty — and is at this time President of the Bank of
New Amsterdam.

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CHAPTER XX.
new york's losses in the war — conclusion.
The grand total of all the Union losses from the attack
on Sumter to the close of the war, amounted to 9,000 com
missioned officers and 285,000 men, equal to the entire num
ber that composed our armies in the Revolutionary War.
Eleven hundred commissioned officers of New York regi
ments were killed, mortally wounded, or died of disease while
in the service of their country; and of this number nearly
one-half, or 543, belonged to the organizations from the ci ty
of New York. Fourteen thousand five hundred New York
soldiers were killed, or died of wounds received in battle, and
17,500 died, of disease contracted in the service during
the four years of the war, thus showing a grand total of
33,000 from the Empire State, who sacrificed their lives
during the War of the Rebellion.
The records also show that the Eighth Heavy Artillery
Regiment, organized at Lockport, and the Eighty-fifth
Infantry, organized in New York City, contributed the
largest number of commissioned officers to that mighty roll
of fallen heroes. The first commissioned officers from the
New York City regiments killed outright in battle, were
Col. James Cameron and Capt. David Brown, of the Seventy-
ninth State Militia (Highlanders), who shed their blood
at the first battle of Bull Run, and the last commissioned
officer from a New York City regiment killed in battle was
Lieut. William Malcolm, of the Sixty-first, who fell on the
6th of April, 1865. Col. William F. Fox, formerly of the
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of Being Hit in Battle," says: " Only thirty-five infantry
regiments, in the armies of the Union, lost over two hundred
officers and men killed and wounded in battle. Of these
thirty-five, five were from the State of New York, viz. : the
Fortieth, Forty-eighth, Sixty-ninth and 121st. Of the five
mentioned, the Sixty-ninth, an Irish Regiment, lost the
largest number — 259." The Sixty-ninth also furnished the
youngest colonel from the Empire State — Col. Denis F.
Burke, who proved himself a most gallant officer and was
honorably mentioned in the official reports.
Twenty-five hundred battles and skirmishes took place
during the four years of the war, and one-half of all the
sacrifices occurred in the principal battles, which numbered
thirty-one in all. When the news of some of these great
battles reached Paris, men asked if giants had broken loose,
who thus fought battles, not of days, but of weeks, and
piled up slaughter in the face of which the bloodiest fights
of Europe seem pale and unsanguinary. The losses of the
Army of the Potomac alone, at the Wilderness, Spottsyl
vania, and Coal Harbor, equalled in number .those of the
whole allied army which fought on the plains of Waterloo for
the liberties of Europe and the very existence of England.
The remains of over three hundred thousand private sol
diers now rest in more than eighty cemeteries, located
mostly in those States, that they gave their lives to save to
the Union. Of this number only 172,000, a little over
one-half, have been identified; and that many have been
enabled to pay the last honors to those whose fate would
otherwise have remained unknown, is due to the thoughtful
care and personal exertions of Miss Clara Barton.
The battles in which our heroes fell were not fought in a
corner, but upon the Lookout Mountain of human hope;
and if it be true that the spirits of departed friends are
cognizant of what is done upon the earth, then we may
imagine the blue vault above us peopled with the spirits of
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dust in the places where they fell, but whose heroic deeds
are enshrined forever in the memories of mankind.
But while we venerate the memory of the dead, let us not
forget the living. They, too, offered up their lives, al
though the sacrifice was not required, and their valor helped
to win the day for which their comrades shed their blood.
While in other lands a single battle might have secured
the triumph of the Right, they had to risk their lives in
twenty-five hundred different engagements. They had to
rise superior to the disastrous perils of the Peninsula; to
encounter the enemy with renewed courage at Manassas,
and, undismayed by that reverse, to assail him determinedly
at Antietam and brave destruction at Fredericksburg.
They buried their thousands of dead under the shadow
of Marye's Heights and went to meet an equal loss at
Chancellorsville. They did not rest upon their laurels at
Gettysburg, but marched on to the terrible carnage of the
Wilderness, the slaughter of Coal Harbor, the weary months
of toil and fighting around Richmond, and the death
grapple with the rebellion between Petersburg and Appo
mattox. We would have had no centennial to celebrate, if the flag,
during those four years of blood and death and perils, had
not been defended with such instances of individual hero
ism, such immolation on the altar of patriotism, even to the
sacrificing of whole families, as crowd the records of the
American Civil War.
New York had her full share in the brilliant deeds, the
sacrifices, the perils and the glories of those years of con
stant struggle. One hundred million dollars were expended
by the State and local authorities in raising troops, includ
ing bounties and sanitary supplies. Her regiments were an
important factor in every campaign — honorably conspicuous
in nearly all the battles and bearing their part in the losses
and sufferings of all.
Individual commands were constantly making brilliant

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records for gallant service, and scarcely a single organization
can be said to have brought discredit on the Empire State.
In Appendix No. 2 are given indications of the courage
and devotion shown by New York regiments, as well as a
brief glance at the salient points in the records of the
various commands raised by that State for the prosecution
of the war.
A volume, too, could be filled with the special acts of
daring; the striking individual achievements; the gallantry
of both men and officers. In another appendix, No. 1,
substantial lists are given of New Yorkers who won hon
orable distinction on flie field of battle. These thousand
instances or so, stand for a greater body of unknown, or un
recorded, achievements of courage, sacrifice, and devotion
which will make the Civil War ever glorious in American
history. And in these inspiring annals, the Empire State
can always look for a fresh impulse to genuine patriotism.
One of the most interesting Greek manuscripts that has
come down to us, and is still in a good state of preservation,
contains a list of Athenian youths who left home to meet
the invader and lay down their lives in defence of their coun
try. Perhaps three thousand years have rolled over this
memorial, and yet it outlives whole cities of brick and mar
ble. May this record of the sons of New York, telling of
immortal deeds, be read three thousand years hence in the
archives of the Empire State.

APPENDIX I.

SOME OF NEW YORK'S HEROES,
AMONG THE LOWEB OFFICERS AND IN TItE BANK AND FILE.
" Whoe'er amidst the sons of reason, valor, liberty and virtue, displays dis
tinguished merit, is a Noble of nature's own creating." Thomson's Coriolanus,

Many names will be found in the list who afterwards attained to
liigher rank by promotion, or have gone down to honored graves in
later stages of the service, or since the close of the war.
The reference at the end of each paragraph in this roll of honor
ably mentioned New York Soldiers, is to the detailed data in the
Author's "LIBRARY OF NATIONAL RECORDS."

Ten thousand acts of heroism the most
worthy of praise, often while the least
paraded, have not been made public and
thus brought within reach of the Compiler.

ALLASON: Captain Robeht F., 38th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in Colonel Farnsworth's Report of the battle of Bull
Run. Vol. 11, page 61.
ABBOTT : Lieutenant Thomas, 42d Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in Lieutenant Colonel Mooney's Report of the battle
of Ball's Bluff. Vol. 14, page 140.
ARNOULD : Lieutenant J., 55th Regiment. Honorably mentioned
in General Peck's Report of the battle of Seven Pines.
Vol. 21, page 359.
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ARMES: Captain George A., 2d Artillery; on the occasion of a
reconnoissance in December, 1864, on the Vaughn Road to
Hatcher's Run, the conduct of Captain Armes was specially
commended by General Miles. Vol. 51, page 203.
ANDERSON: Private Bruce, 142d Regiment. He volunteered to
advance with the head of the column and cut the palisading at
the time of the assault on Fort Fisher. Vol. 52, page 380.
ADAMS : Captain Henry J., 118th Regiment. General Butler said,
" Captain Adams and Lieutenant Gibbs were the first men in
the redoubts (Chapin's Farm), and are commended for their
presence of mind in turning the enemy's guns to bear upon
them." Vol. 49, page 456.
ARCHER: Sergeant Lester, 96th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned by General Butler for his gallantry in placing the colors
of his regiment on Battery Harrison. (Chapin's Farm.)
Vol. 49, page 456.
ARTHUR: Major William, 4th Artillery. He gallantly com
manded his men in the brilliant action of May 19, 1864, at
Spottsylvania. Vol. 44, page 356.
AXTELL: Major Nathaniel G., 142d Regiment. In the engage
ment at Drury's Bluff, May, 1864, Major Axtell was severely
wounded, but persisted in keeping on duty, and went through
the fight in gallant style. Vol. 44, page 413.
AVERY: Lieutenant-Colonel Robert, 102d Regiment. This
gallant officer went to the war as a Captain; he won his way
to the Lieutenant-Colonelcy, and at Chancellorsville received
a wound in the jaw from which he recovered just in time to
lead the left wing at the battle of Lookout Mountain, where it
took more prisoners than it had men in its ranks. Vol. 49, page 68.
AVERY: Major M. Henry, 10th Cavalry. In the engagement at
Deep Bottom, Va., July, 1864, Major Avery, during a most
critical situation, gathered together some fifteen of his rmn
and made desperate efforts to save from capture Battery A ,
2d U. S. Artillery. He charged repeatedly the advancing
column of the enemy, but notwithstanding all his efforts and
the loss of most of his men, he was compelled to retire.
Vol. 46, page 570.
Major Avery also distinguished himself by a brilliant dash
into Drainesville and Leesburg. Vol. 24, page 429.

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ASHBY: Lieutenant-Colonel Charles, 54th Regiment. Honor
ably mentioned in Gen. Carl Schurz's Report of the battles of
Groveton and second Bull Run. Vol. 25, page 58.
AVERY: Lieutenant William B, 1st Marine Artillery. Acquitted
himself with great bravery at the battle of Tranter's Creek.
Vol. 21, page 252.
AVERY: Captain Robebt, 102d Regiment. His conduct at the
battle of Cedar Mountain, spoken of in the highest terms of
praise. Vol. 23, page 295.
AYRES: Captain Conway W., 9th Cavalry. At the battle of Bev
erly Ford, or Brandy Station, he participated with honor in
one of the most daring and brilliant dashes on record. (Killed
in action, September 19, 1864.) Vol. 33, page 266.
ANDREWS: Bugler William, 48th Regiment. A boy sixteen
years old, previously wounded at Fort Wagner, took a rifle
and fired sixty rounds; applying to Major Coan for more am
munition, he went back into the battle and fought gallantly
until it was ended. Vol. 42, page 271.
ARNOLD: A. A., 78th Regiment. Honorably discharged the service
in order to enable him to receive promotion. Vol. 30, page 24t>.
ARROWSMITH: Captain George. Formerly of the 26th Regi
ment, promoted by General Tower for gallantry displayed on
the battle field of Bull Run. Vol. 24, page 148.
ALEXANDER: Lieutenant William, 1st Cavalry. Honorably
mentioned in General Kearny's Report of the Cavalry fight at
Sangster's Station. Vol. 18, page 424.
ALDEN: Major Alonzo, i69th Regiment. He saw arduous duty
in the 38th New York, entering that command on its forma
tion as Second Lieutenant of Company I, and afterwards pro
moted to the Adjutancy, the duties of which position he dis-
chai-ged with great faithfulness. He was appointed Major of
the 169th at the special instance of Hon. James Forsyth and
his coadjutors of the Troy War Committee. Vol. 25, page 97.
Lieutenant-Colonel Alden acquitted himself with great dis
tinction at the battle of Drury's Bluff. Vol. 44, page 337.
ALBRIGHT: Jacob, 37th Regiment. His name inscribed on the
Roll of Honor and to wear the Kearny Cross for gallant con
duct at the battle of Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.

132 THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE
ADAMS: Colonel Julius W., 67th Regiment. Behaved admirably
at the battle of Seven Pines. He sat on his horse smoking his
pipe during the engagement, and gave his orders with the
coolness of a veteran. Vol. 21, page 100.
ADAMS: Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander D., 27th' Regiment.
He led the gallant 27th on the occasion of a brilliant charge at
the battle of Gaines' Mills. Vol. 22, page 648.
ALLEN: Sergeant-Major Maetin, 67th Regiment. Wounded at
the battle of Seven Pines. He did his duty nobly, rallying
his regiment around their standard, and leading them forward
when nearly every officer was either killed or had retired to
the rear. His services were noticed and appreciated by his
commanding officer, who rewarded him by promotion before
he left the field. Vol. 21, page 348.
BROWN: Captain Feancis C, 13th Cavalry. Acquitted himself
bravely on the occasion of an expedition to the Rapidan, and
an encounter with Early's forces, September, 1864.
Vol. 48, page 435.
BEARDSLEY: Majoe Wm. E., 6th Cavalry. The hero of a brilliant
affair with three hundred and fifty men under Mosby at the
time of the fight at Berryville, September, 1864. Beardsley
had only seventy-five men. Vol. 48, page 183.
At the battle of Crooked Run, Major Beardsley led a squadron
of his regiment in a brilliant charge. Vol. 47, page 365.
BURGESS: Corporal, 13th Cavalry. Promoted for bravery in a
fight which resulted in the wounding of the guerilla Mosby,
September, 1864. Vol 48, page 482.
BUSH: Captain Wm. W., 28th Regiment. The first Volunteer
of the war. On the loth of April, 1861, Captain Bush was in
the telegraph office at Lockport, when Lincoln's first call for
troops was issued. Hearing the call as it went over the wire,
he rushed down to his place of business, and five minutes
after enlisted, twenty minutes later he bad nineteen men
enrolled for his company of the 2Sth Regiment. Captain Bush
was very daring: saw severe service in the war, went through
many battles, and survived the horrors of Libby Prison.
Twenty years later he was president of the Twelfth Army
Corps. Vol. 84, page 7S0.

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BRITTON: Captaix Russell A., 19th Cavalry. In an engagement
near Winchester, Va., 1864, he especially distinguished himself
by his coolness and bravery. Vol. 47, page 365.
BRADSHAW: Lieutenant Clinton, 71st Regiment. Gen. George
C Thomas commanding at Washington, July, 1864, at the time
of Jubal Early's raid, said, " As the exigency which called for
the services of troops to defend Washington has gone by, I
desire publicly to thank Lieutenant Bradshaw." Vol. 46, page 376.
BEADLE : Lieutenant Mabcus, 123d Regiment. Formerly of the
United States army. Distinguished for bravery at Wilson's
Creek, and at the battles of Dug Spring, Pilot Knob, Island
No. 10, and at Corinth. Mentioned by Colonel McDougal as
the best example of coolness and courage as marking the con
duct of the officers of the 123d. Vol. 33, page 110.
BURKE: Lieutenant William H., 3d Cavalry. Complimented for
his gallantry in the action near Washington, N. C.
Vol. 31, page 391.
BURKE : Private, 5th Cavalry. Acquitted himself heroically at the
battle of Hanover, Pa. Vol. 34, page 210.
BURTIS: Lieutenant- Colonel Charles H., 74th Regiment. He
was with his gallant regiment in the various battles on the
Peninsula, and fought not only wisely, but too well, as the
fatigue he underwent resulted in illness, which compelled him
to resign. Vol. 25, page 267.
BULL: Lieutenant-Colonel James M., 126th Regiment. Honora
bly mentioned in Colonel Kimball's Report of the battle of
Antietam. Vol. 24, page 556.
BROWER: Lieutenant George H., 71st Regiment. General
George C. Thomas commanding at Washington, July, 1864, at
the time of Jubal Early's raid said: "As the exigency which
called for the services of troops to defend Washington, has
gone by, I desire publicly to thank Lieutenant Brower."
Vol. 46, page 376.
BUSH: Major Robert P., 185th Regiment. He participated with
honor in many noted engagements and was for a, time a
prisoner of war. Vol. 54, page 200.

134 THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE
BIGLER. Corporal Terrence, 7th Artillery. At the battle of
Coal Harbor, June 3, 1864, in the charge of Barlow's division,
the colors of the 26th Virginia Regiment were captured in the
Rebel works by Corporal Bigler. Vol. 45, page 122.
BUNDY: Lieutenant Henry, 13th Battery. At the battle of Peach
Tree Creek, Ga., July 21, 1864, the indomitable Bundy handled
his battery with wonderful skill and bravery. Vol. 47, page 93.
BROWN: Captain John A., 85th Regiment. "He commanded with
great credit the forces that garrisoned Fort Gray during the
siege of Plymouth, N. C. " Vol. 43, page 357.
BURROWS: Lieutenant Jabez, 9th Cavalry. At the battles of
Beverly Ford and Brandy Station, he participated with honor
in one of the most daring and brilliant dashes on record.
Vol. 33, page 266.
BURNS: Captain Michael W., 73d Regiment. Honorably ac
quitted himself at the battle of Williamsburg. Vol. 20, page 318.
He was complimented for his bravery by General Hooker and
every field officer in the brigade. Vol. 28, page 339.
Captain Burns commanded the regiment at the battle of
Gettysburg. His behavior was most gallant and he won the
admiration of all. Vol. 34, page 296.
BURNS: Sergeant Hugh W. His name ordered to be inscribed
on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny Cross for gallant
conduct at Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
BURT: Captain Frank, 89th Regiment. He voluntarily led his
company across the Rappahannock in boats, in order to dis
lodge the Rebel sharpshooters, and thus enable our engineers
to build the bridges that our troops might cross ajnd take the
city of Fredericksburg at the time it was attacked by General
Burnside. Vol. 27, page 254.
BUCKLEY: John H., 51st Regiment. Promoted for bravery on the
battle-field of Newbern. Vol. 20, page 176.
BUTLER: Henry, 3d Cavalry. The hero of a daring act in North
Carolina. The Major of the regiment determined to call on
some one to volunteer and swim the Neuse River — then
after swimming it, to board a Rebel gunboat. To do this dar-

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ing deed, Henry Butler volunteered. He undressed, ran down
the bank and swam to the opposite side. He then started to
get a fire-brand at the burning bridge, when the enemy
opened fire on him. Butler instantly turned and ran for the
river, followed by a couple of the enemy, jumped into the
water, was again fired upon, and finally reached his old
position without injury. Vol. 27, page 450.
BURTON: Lieutenant James W., 7th Cavalry. One of the heroes
of a fight eighteen miles from Suffolk. Vol. 32, page 442.
BAILEY: Majob Ezra H., 1st Cavalry. He was for some time an
active orderly on General Torbert's Staff. His promotion was
a reward for meritorious services in the field. Vol. 52, page 345.
Captain Bailey was the first Cavalry volunteer on the Union
side. Vol. 84, page 719.
BARNEY: Lieutenant-Colonel Albert M., 142d Regiment, one
of the heroes of Fort Fisher. Vol. 52, page 291.
BYRNE: Colonel James J., 18th Cavalry. He greatly distin
guished himself by industry and gallantry during General
Davidson's raid from Baton Rouge to Pensacola. He was on
the General's Staff. Vol. 52, page 254.
BARTON: Colonel Wm. B., 48th Regiment. He commanded a
brigade under General Brooks, and was one of the leading
actors in the successful destruction of the Petersburg and
Richmond Railroad in May, 1864. Vol. 44, page 139.
BULL: Lieutenant Wm. S., 12th Battery. This gallant officer
acquitted himself with the greatest bravery on the 22d of
June, 1864, when the Rebels attacked and captured his battery
in front of Petersburg. Vol. 45, page 482.
BYRNE: Lieutenant John J., 36th Regiment. Especially distin
guished for meritorious conduct during the storming of the
heights of Fredericksburg. Vol. 32, page 308.
BYRNE: Sergeant, 9th Regiment. Honorably mentioned in
Colonel Kimball's Report of the battles of South Mountain
and Antietam. Vol. 25, page 7.
BENEDICT: Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis J., 73d Regiment.
Honorably mentioned in the Tribune's report of the battle of
Williamsburg. Vol. 20, page 261.

136 THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE
BEARD: Majoe Olivee T., 48th Regiment. Honorably mentioned
in General Viele's Report of the capture of Fort Pulaski.
Vol. 20, page 378.
BERCHAND or BURCH ANCE : Hieam, 4th Regiment. At the bat
tle of Antietam he lost his regiment amid the confusion attend
ant upon a great battle, and requested Lieutenant Munn, of the
66th New York, to take him in his command. He was accepted,
and fell into the ranks with his men and fought bravely
through that terrible deadly struggle. Vol. 25, page 107.
BATTERSBY: Lieutenant-Colonel Jenyns C, 1st Cavalry.
When Sheridan in 1864 set out from Winchester to join Grant,
his way was obstructed by the Rebels under Rosser, at the
bridge over North River, near Mt. Crawford. The 1st, under
Lieutenant-Colonel Battersby, was ordered to swim the river a
mile above the bridge, and charge the Rebels in flank, which
they did in fine style, driving them out of their works.
Vol. 84, page 96.
BAKER: Majoe Charles C, 39th Regiment. Major Baker was
wounded at the battle of Spottsylvania Court House, May 18,
1864. He had commanded his regiment with great bravery
through all the severe contests of the army from the battle of
the Wilderness, May 5. Vol. 44, page 384.
BAGG: Majoi- Egbeet, 117th Regiment. One of the wounded
heroes of Fort Fisher. Vol. 52,-page 301.
BROWNE; Seegeant Edwaed, 62d Regiment. In the affair at
Salem Heights, Chancellorsville, in May, 1863, Sergeant Browne,
who was at the time only Corporal, persisted in holding up
the colors of his regiment, although severely wounded, until
he was peremptorily ordered to the hospital. In 1886 Ser
geant Browne was one of the Judges in the city of New York.
Vol. 87, page 206.
BUTLER: Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin C, 93d Regiment. He
fought in nine different engagements, in all of which he
behaved with distinguished gallantry. Vol. 53, page 151.
BOERCKEL: Seegeant Geo. W., Co. F, 47th Regiment. General
Butler says: "For gallantry and good conduct he was recom
mended for promotion." Vol. 49, page 456.

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BAKER: Peivate Silas, 142d Regiment. He volunteered to
advance with the head of the column and cut down the pali
sading at the time of the assault on Fort Fisher. Vol. 52, page 380.
BRADY, Je. : Lieutenant John, 38th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in Colonel Farns worth's Report of the battle of Bull
Run. Vol. 11, page 61.
BROWNELL: Feank E., 11th Regiment. The avenger of the noble
Ellsworth's death. Vol. 11, page 236.
BELLINGER: Christopher, 78th Regiment. Honorably dis
charged the service in order to enable him to receive promo
tion. Vol. 30, page 246.
BROTHERS: Sergeant John, 88th Regiment. One of those
meritorious and distinguished soldiers of General Birney's
division, selected for gallantry as a recipient of the Kearny
Cross. Vol. 32, page 544.
BRONDHART: John, 88th Regiment, nis name ordered to be
inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny Cross,
for gallant conduct at the battle of Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
BRASLLN: Seegeant Thomas, 40th Regiment. His name ordered
to be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny
Cross for gallant conduct at Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
BRAGG: Lieutenant Hexry M., 139th Regiment. Promoted for
special gallantry to Aide-de-camp to General Gilmore.
Vol. 40, page 148.
BAKER: Colonel Benjamin F., 43d Regiment. He led the regi
ment with coolness, skill and courage, through all the battles
on the Peninsula and Pope's campaign. Vol. 25, page 167.
BAGLEY: Lieutenant James, 69th Regiment, N. Y. S. M. Hon
orably mentioned in General Sherman's Report of the battle of
Bull Run. Vol. 11, page 169.
BYRNE: James G., 71st Regiment. Promoted for bravery on the
battle-field of Bull Run. Mr. Byrne was formerly an employee
in the Herald Office. Vol. 11, page 54.

138 THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE
BARTLETT: Major Joseph J., 27th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in General Porter's Report of the battle of Bull Run.
Vol. 11, page 221.
BRITTON: Captain George T., 38th Regiment. Honorably ac
quitted himself at the battle of Bull Run. Vol. 10, page 132.
BOWE: Majoe Petee, 42d Regiment. Honorably mentioned in
Lieutenant-Colonel Moouey's Report of the battle of Ball's
Bluff. Vol. 10, page 532.
BRUNNER: Corporal, 5th Regiment. Honorably mentioned in
General Butler's Report of the battle of Big Bethel.
Vol. 9, page 285.
BARKER: Lieutenant John G., 36th Regiment. Especially dis
tinguished for meritorious conduct dui-ing the storming of the
heights of Fredericksburg. Vol. 32, page 308.
BARKER: Lieutenant Elmer I., 5th Cavalry. Deserves partic
ular mention for his gallantry in a fight with Mosby's gue
rillas. Vol. 33, page 2.
BARKER: Sergeant, 2d Cavalry. Behaved splendidly during the
series of cavalry fights in October, 1863. Vol. 37, page 484.
BARRY: Private, 1st Artillery. Honorably acquitted himself at
the battle of Williamsburg. Vol. 20, page 318.
BARTHOLOMEW: Lieutenant T. L., 9th Regiment. Honorably
mentioned in Colonel Kimball's Report of the battle of South
Mills. Vol. 20, page 146.
BARNETT: Lieutenant Wm. G., 9th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in Colonel Kimball's Report of the battle of South Mills.
Vol. 20, page 146.
BAILEY: Lieutenant Pebrin C, 9th Cavalry. At the battle of
Beverly Ford or Brandy Station he participated with honor in
one of the most daring and brilliant dashes on record.
Vol. 33, page 266.
BARTRAM: Colonel Nelson B., 17th Regiment. From the second
battle of Bull Run to the expiration of the term of his enlist
ment he commanded the regiment. The Army of the Potomac
did not produce a more meritorious or efficient officer. He
was in 1864 Colonel of the 20th United States Colored Regi-

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ment. Colonel Bartram died in 1887, and at the time of Ms
death was an officer in the New York Custom House.
Vol. 40, page 336.
BARTON: Colonel William, 48th Regiment. Commanded a brig
ade at the battle of Olustee, Fla., and had two horses shot
under him. Vol. 41, page 367.
BARRAS: Lieutenant Samuel A., 126th Regiment. He showed
such coolness while endeavoring to rally his wavering compa
nies at the battle of Harper's Ferry, as to attract the attention
of Colonel Miles. Vol. 24, page 410.
BAIRD : Lieutenant-Colonel William H. , 126th Regiment. On
the occasion of a reconnoissance of the Army of the Potomac
in February, 1864, he won the highest commendation from his
superior officers for an exhibition of gallantry seldom wit
nessed on the battle-field. It will be remembered that he was
dismissed for misbehavior in the presence of the enemy at
Harper's Ferry. Assured of his innocence of the charge of
cowardice, he was reinstated by the President and promoted
by the Governor. Vol. 41, page 109.
BOYLE: Lieutenant James A., 12th Regiment. His firmness,
fidelity and fearlessness made him an invaluable officer.
Vol. 33, page 539.
BENNETT: Sergeant-Major J. D., 40th Regiment. His name
ordered to be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the
Kearny Cross for gallant conduct at the battle of Chancellors
ville. Vol. 32, page 372.
BARTHAUR: William C, 100th Regiment. One of the heroes who
charged up to the parapet of Fort Wagner on the 28th of July,
1863, and was badly wounded on the occasion. Vol. 35, page 321.
BELL: Sergeant John, 73d Regiment. Promoted to Lieutenant
for gallant conduct on the field. Vol. 30, page 17.
BENNETT : Thomas, 99th Regiment. One of the heroes on board
the " Congress" who participated in the fight with the " Mer
rimac." Vol. 18, page 232.
BABCOCK: Lieutenant Horace B., 9th Artillery. After being
shot down at the battle of West Point, he supported himself
against a tree and urged on his men, until from loss of blood
he fell exhausted. Vol. 20, page 437.

140 THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE
BARTO: Lieutenant Bennett G., 125th Regiment. Entitled to
distinguished credit for his gallantry in leading one hundred
men across the river at Morton's Ford, in February, 1864.
Vol. 41, page 192.
BENNETT: Seegeant Edwaed. At the battle of Gettysburg he
took twenty-five Rebel prisoners belonging to the 5th Texas
Regiment. He told them to surrender and they refused.
" Co. F, fall on," he cried out. The men did not wait a sec
ond call, but surrendered at once. Vol. 34, page 421.
BENHAM: Seegeant Leonaed, 83d Regiment. Honorably dis
charged the service in order to receive promotion. Vol. 30, page 246.
BASSFORD: Major Abeam, 14th Cavalry Regiment. Alluded to
in complimentary terms by General Wool for his gallantry and
good conduct during the riot in New York. Vol. 34, page 574.
At Cane River, La., he commanded his regiment in gallant
style. Vol. 43, page 217.
BEECHER: Lieutenant Heney B., 67th Regiment. Son of the late
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. Lieutenant Beecher acquitted
himself with great gallantry in North Carolina. Vol. 27, page 484.
BEECHER: Lieutenant Lind, 3d Cavalry. Complimented for his
gallantry in action near Washington. Vol. 31, page 391.
BECKER: Captain Gilbert W., 2d Veteran Cavalry. He was shot
through the neck at the battle of Pleasant Hill, but vaulted
into his saddle as soon as his wound was dressed, and remained
with his command during the entire day. Vol. 43, page 333.
BIRDSEYE: Lieutenant Mortimeb B., 149th Regiment. Pro
moted by the Governor to First Lieutenant in the 2d New
York Cavalry for gallant conduct in the battles before Chat
tanooga. Vol. 40, page 164.
BLAKE: Lieutenant John J., 88th Regiment. General Meagher
in his Report of the battle of Fredericksburg says: "Lieutenant
Blake displayed courage and soldiership of the highest order,
but in doing so, only continued to display those qualities
which have brilliantly characterized his conduct in nine des
perate engagements. Vol. 27, page 526,

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BOYD: Captain Wm. H., 1st Cavalry. He did yeoman service in
watching the approach of the rebels towards Carlisle, Penn.
He was brave, active and energetic, and was constantly to be
found at his post. Vol. 33, page 543.
At one time when the regiment was pursued just before
the Gettysburg campaign, Captain Boyd captured in some
of the fights more than twice his own number. Vol. 85, page 273.
BOUTELLE: Captain Geoege V, Formerly of the 2d Regiment,
and who served for two years with the greatest credit,
appointed Major of the 21st New York Cavalry, on account of
his enlarged experience and his military acquirements. Vol. 37, page 395.
BOUGHTON: Captain Horace, 13th Regiment. He served with
distinction in nearly all the battles in which the armies of
Virginia and of the Potomac were engaged, and was commis
sioned by Governor Morgan Lieutenant-Colonel of the 143d
Regiment. Vol. 25, page 433.
BOICE: Lieutenant Theodobe A., 5th Cavalry. Acquitted him
self heroically at the battle of Hanover. Vol. 34, page 210.
In October, 1863, while riding in the direction of Aldie, Va.,
he suddenly came upon a party of cavalry, dressed in our
uniform, and numbering about a dozen men. Upon riding up
they surrounded him and ordered him to deliver up his arms.
Handing over his sword and revolver he rode with them until
they came in sight of another party, when the Lieutenant
drew a revolver from his boot, shot three of the guerillas and
made his escape. They fired upon him, wounding him five
times, but not mortally. Vol. 37, page 506.
BROOKS: Thomas B., 1st Engineer Regiment. To Captain Brooks
is due all the credit of pushing our zigzags and parallels up to
within speaking distance at Fort Wagner. By day and by
night, through driving rain storms and drifting clouds of
sand, under fire of shell and round shot, this able officer per
sisted in his work, allowing no danger to repel and no
difficulty or accident to dishearten, but with cheerful and
encouraging words toiled on until he saw his hard task accom
plished. Vol. 35, page 566.

142 THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE
BROOKS : Coepokal J. Howard, 1st Engineer Regiment. One of
those soldiers who entered Fort Wagner and planted our flag
upon its parapet at the time of its capture. Lieutenant
Brooks died of wounds August 5, 1864. Vol. 36, page 264.
BRADLEY: Captain James H., 31st Regiment. Wounded, and
acquitted himself with glory on the Peninsula. Vol. 22, page 206.
BROWN: Major John Caetee, of the Les Enfants Perdue Regi
ment. Presented with an elegant sword by the members of
his regiment, as a testimonial of their regard for him as a sol
dier and a man. Vol. 23, page 315.
BROWN: Lieutenant-Colonel William Heney, 31st Regiment.
He acquitted himself with so much bravery at the battle of
West Point, that on the day of the action, the officers of the
regiment unbeknown to him, signed a unanimous application
for his promotion and dispatched it to Governor Morgan. He
also displayed remarkable courage and bravery at Bull Run.
Vol. 22, page 487.
At the battle of Chancellorsville, Lieutenant-Colonel Brown
commanded the 2d brigade of the 3d division of Sedgwick's
corps, and acquitted himself with skill and bravery. He is
one of the heroes of that battle who will bear honorable scars
to the day of his death. Vol. 32, page 276.
BROWN: Colonel Philip P., Jr., 157th Regiment. At the battle
of Gettysburg he held an isolated position of particular peril.
Vol. 34, page 71.
BROWN: Seegeant Heney K., 40th Regiment. His name ordered
to be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny
Cross for gallant conduct at the battle of Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
BROWN: Captain John A., 85th Regiment. He was in command of
Fort Gray, N. C, when it was attacked by the rebels in 1864.
In three assaults he repulsed the enemy in the most deter
mined manner. Vol. 43, page 303.
BREWSTER: Elijah, 73d Regiment. Distinguished himself while
on a boat excursion to secure supplies for General Sickles.
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BREWSTER: Colonel William R., 73d Regiment. He rose from
a sick bed and led the gallant Excelsior Brigade at the battle
of Locust Grove or Mine Run, Nov. 27th, 1863, and by his pres
ence inspired his men with the utmost enthusiasm. Vol. 39, page 56.
BRIGGS: Captain Leeoy H., 36th Regiment. Especially men
tioned for meritorious conduct during the storming of the
heights of Fredericksburg. Vol. 32, page 308.
BRAINERD: Captain Wesley, 50th Engineer Regiment. Acquit
ted himself heroically while assisting to bridge across the
Rappahannock, in order that our troops might cross and cap
ture the city of Fredericksburg. Vol. 27, page 230.
BRODERICK: Seegeant John, 37th Regiment. His name ordered
to be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny
Cross for gallant conduct at Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
BROWNING: Captain Thomas H., 36th Regiment. Especially
distinguished for meritorious conduct during the storming of
the heights of Fredericksburg. Vol. 32, page 308.
BARTLETTE: Captain Charles G., 5th Regiment. Honorably
mentioned in Colonel Kilpatrick's Report of the battle of Big
Bethel. Vol. 9, page 284.
BALDWIN: Captain Charles F., 84th Regiment. Honorably
mentioned in General Porter's Report of the battle of Bull
Run. Vol. 11, page 221.
BOWER: Lieutenant Wm. H., 1st Artillery. He was a most gal
lant officer and lost an arm at Rappahannock Station in June,
1863. He then resigned his position and was placed in com
mand of a detachment of the Reserve Corps. Vol. 49, page 327.
BIRDSALL: " Abchie," 65th Regiment (a mere youth). At the
battle of Cedar Creek he captured a number of Rebels at the
imminent peril of his life. Vol. 50, page 134.
CROCKER: Lieutenant Geoege H., 3d Artillery. At the battle
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of Battery B after the wounding of Lieutenant Wildt. The
brave Crocker had an eye shot out, but he wrapped a handker
chief round his head and fought his guns for an hour after the
hurt. Captain Mesereau says of him in his Report: "I never
saw one display such cool judgment and bravery as he did
during the entire engagement. Vol. 85, page 154.
COOLEY: Captain Alfebd, 156th Regiment. Captain Cooley suc
ceeded Captain Hoyt in command of the regiment at the battle
of Cedar Creek. When Sergeant Decker fell with the colors,
Captain Cooley, seeing their perilous condition, as the surest
way of saving them, stripped them from the staff.
Vol. 51, page 191.
CONLIN: Captain Benjamin F., 155th Regiment. The Herald of
November 2d, 1864, said: "At the time of the battle of the
Boydtown Road, October, 1863, two members of General Han
cock's Staff — namely, Lieutenant-Colonel Smith and Major
Mitchell — were riding down the road in the direction of Gen
eral Egan. But the enemy was yet in possession of the road,
and Egan was cut off. They saw the guns which the enemy in
advance had captured, but in his flight abandoned. Colonel
Smith took two companies of the First Maine and a small
detachment of the First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, and,
hauling off the guns by hand, returned them to the commander
of the battery. Major Mitchell went on towards General
Egan, but soon encountered the remnant of a Rebel regiment
holding as prisoners several of our men. One of them was a
Lieutenant Conlin, of the One Hundred and Fifty-fifth New
York, who rushed out from among them and shouted: ' Major,
I'm a prisoner. You can capture all of them!' Major Mitch
ell immediately wheeled his horse, and, dashing up the road,
soon returned with the Thirty-sixth Wisconsin, of Colonel
Rugg's brigade, with which he captured all that body of the
enemy, and, in doing so, captured Lieutenant Conlin and his
fellow prisoners. The tables were turned, and Conlin, seizing
the swords of the Rebel officers who had previously captured
him, his face covered with blood from a blow a rebel hit him
with his musket when the Lieutenant was endeavoring to
escape, came up the road with a bundle of Rebel swords under
his arm. With the remnant of that Rebel regiment which
Major Mitchell and the Thirty-sixth Wisconsin captured, they
got a Rebel color— the color of the Twenty-sixth North Caro
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capturing the flag belongs, I believe that Conlin claims it.
The general impression is that he is entitled to the honor, and
to him it was finally awarded." For his bravery on this and
other occasions he was, upon the recommendation of General
Hancock, promoted to Commissary of Subsistence, with the
rank of Captain. Captain Conlin still lives, and is an officer
connected with the Brooklyn post office.
CARROLL: Captain John J., 20th Cavalry. A most skilful and
gallant officer. He commanded the expedition in October,
1864, to North Carolina, for the purpose of breaking up illicit
traffic. Vol. 49, page 390.
CAMPBELL: Lieutenant George F., 118th Regiment. Aide to
General Burnham. General Butler says: "He carried an
order to the assaulting column when near the brow of Fort
Harrison, under a heavy fire— a most gallant act."
Vol. 49, page 456.
CURRY: Seegeant John, 47th Regiment. Battle of Chapin's
Farm, General Butler says "he was promoted to First Lieu
tenant in the 36th Regiment of United States Colored troops
for gallant behavior in the assault, and for rallying his men."
Vol. 49, page 456.
COOPER: Peivate E. H., 142d Regiment. He volunteered to ad
vance with the head of the column and cut down the palisad
ing at the time of the assault on Fort Fisher. Vol. 52, page 380.
CHAPIN : Peivate Alric, 142d Regiment. In the assault on Fort
Fisher, he volunteered to approach to a point considerably in
advance of the skirmish line, which he did, and valuable
information in regard to the ditch was gained. Vol. 52, page 380.
CODMAN: Peivate James, 142d Regiment. He volunteered to
advance with the head of the column and cut down the pali
sading at the time of the assault on Fort Fisher. Vol. 52, page 380.
CABE. Private Wm. 142d Regiment. He volunteered to advance
with the head of the column and cut down the palisading at
the time of the assault on Fort Fisher. Vol. 52, page 380.
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COAN: Lieutenant-Colonel Wm. B., 4Sth Regiment. One of the
heroes of Fort Fisher. Vol. 52, page 301.
At Fort Wagner,- Colonel Coan acquitted himself heroically.
Vol. 55, page 73.
CREIGER: Lieutenant-Colonel John A., 11th Regiment.
Honorably mentioned in Colonel Ward's Report of the battle
of Bull Run. Vol. 11, page 61.
CAMBRELING: Lieutenant Churchill C, 5th Regiment. Hon
orably mentioned in General Butler's Report of the battle of
Great Bethel. Vol. 9, page 285.
COLVIN: Lieutenant-Colonel James A., 169th Regiment. Gen
eral Ames in his Report of the assault ou Fort Fisher says :
Lieutenant-Colonel Colvin behaved in the most gallant manner,
and rendered efficient service in collecting and arranging troops
which had become separated from their comrades in the
charge, and in leading them to positions where important
advantages were gained. Vol. 52, page 380.
CURTIS: Lieutenant James M., 71st Regiment. General George
C. Thomas commanding at Washington, July, 1804, at the time
of Jubal Early's raid, said, " As the exigency which called for
the services of troops has gone by, I desire publicly to thank
Lieutenant Curtis. Vol. 46, page 376.
CRENEY: Lieutenant-Colonel James, 95th Regiment. In the
charge on the works before Petersburg, June, 1864, Lieuten
ant-Colonel Creney, after being twice wounded, refused to be
carried from the field, saying to those who were anxious to
assist him — "Go forward and take the enemy's works."
Colonel Creney was in 1865 promoted to Brevet Brigadier-Gen
eral. Vol. 46, page 297.
CHADDOCK: Captain William H. , 112th Regiment. After Lieu
tenant-Colonel Carpenter was wounded at the battle of
Drury's Bluff, May 16, 1864, Captain Chaddock, senior Captain,
assumed command of the regiment and led it with great gal
lantry and courage. Vol. 44, page 337.
CLARKE: Captain Wm. C, 79th N. Y. S. M. He was presented
with an elegant medal by the members of his company, as a
tribute to his soldierly qualities while the regiment was in
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CLAASSEN: Colonel Peter J., 132d Regiment. The success of
the expedition, sent out from Batchelor's Creek, N. C, in
June, 1863, was mainly due to Colonel Claassen, who was in
command of the entire force. Colonel Claassen had long-
before demonstrated that he possessed rare qualities to com
mand. Vol. 46, page 60.
CROWE: Lieutenant Cornelius J., 5th Artillery. At the time of
the engagement at Snicker's Gap, in December, 1862, the
gallant Captain dashed across the Shenandoah River, with
thirty of his men, and charged upon the Rebels on the opposite
side. The water was deep and the current swift.Vol. 27, page 19.
CROSS: Colonel Nelson, 67th Regiment. Entitled to the credit
of leading his regiment with great gallantry in the successful
attack upon and capture of Marye's Heights, Chancellorsville.
Vol. 32, page 282.
CRAWFORD: Sergeant Thomas, 40th Regiment. His name
ordered to be inscribed 011 the Roll of Honor, and to wear the
Kearny Cross for gallant conduct at the battle of Chancellors
ville. Vol. 32, page 372.
CARUTHERS: Private, 8th Cavalry Regiment. At the battle of
Beverly Ford and Brandy Station, he killed the man who shot
his Captain. Vol. 33, page 266.
COSTER: Captain John, 1st Regiment. This gallant officer whom
General Kearny characterized as a "most- noble fellow," was
fearfully wounded in the jaw in one of the battles on the
Peninsula. "His conduct," said General Kearny, "deserves
high mention." He was a brother of Colonel Charles R.
Coster, of the 134th Regiment.
COLE: Captain Geoege W., 3d Cavalry. Acquitted himself hero
ically at the battle of Kinston. He was subsequently pro
moted to the Colonelcy of the 2d United States Colored
Cavalry. Vol. 27, page 365.
CRAFT: Peivate, 82d Regiment. Privates Craft and Hayes were
on picket (on the Peninsula) behind two old chimneys. The
Rebels opened fire on them, tearing down the chimneys over
their heads. The men escaped from the ruins uninjured, and
continued to hold their posts until relieved. With such men
guarding the outposts, there was no danger of surprise.
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CRANDELL: Colonel Levin, 125th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in General Owen's Report of the affair at Morton's Ford
in February, 1864." Vol. 41, page 187.
CULLEN: Corporal Thomas, 82d Regiment. He took the flag of
the 28th North Carolina from the hands of the Rebel bearer at
the battle of Bristow Station, in October, 1863. Vol. 37, page 350.
CUFF: Captain William, 158th Regiment. General Peck, in
General Orders, says: "Great credit is due Captain Cuff, for
the efficient services he performed on the occasion of an expe
dition in March, 1864, for the purpose of capturing vessels of
the enemy engaged in contraband trade. Vol. 43, page 303.
COGSWELL: Colonel Milton, 42d Regiment. Presented with a
sword by the Common Council of the city of New York. On
the scabbard is the motto used by Colonel Cogswell at the
battle of Ball's Bluff: "Men, we'll cut our way through to
Edwards Ferry.'' Vol. 30, page 254.
CURTIS: Captain Levi, 5th Cavalry Regiment. Captain Curtis
and two other members of the 5th Cavalry participated in the
first charge on cavalry made during the war, and especially
distinguished themselves. It took place near Woodstock, Va.
Vol. 42, page 314.
CURTIS: Captain Martin N., 16th Regiment. (The tallest man
in the army, six feet six inches high.) He rallied his men
three times after being wounded at the battle of West Point.
(Promoted to Brigadier-General.) Vol. 20, page 258.
CURTIN: Sergeant John, 40th Regiment. His name ordered to
be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny
Cross for gallant conduct at the battle of Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
CURRIE: Colonel Leonard D. H., 133d Regiment. Honorably
mentioned for his gallant conduct at Port Hudson, June 14,
1863. Vol. 33, page 560.
COSGROVE: Corporal James, 37th Regiment, His name ordered
to be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny
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COONEY: Sergeant Patrick, 37th Regiment. His name ordered
to be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny
Cross for gallant conduct at the battle of Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
COLLINS : Sergeant John, 37th Regiment. His name ordered to-
be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny
Cross for gallant conduct at the battle of Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
COULTUR: Corporal Clarence S., 123d Regiment. At the
battle of Chancellorsville, he was severely wounded in the
head and arm, but bravely continued to fight until again
struck in the head, which rendered him senseless. Vol. 33, page 110.
COSSUM: Sergeant Frederick, 75th Regiment. During the
assault upon the enemy's works at Port Hudson, in June, 1863,
he was wounded and went to the rear three successive times,
returning each time again to the fight, and was only finally
carried from the field after receiving five wounds. Vol. 33, page 519.
COX: Color Sergeant James, 47th Regiment. His cool and
heroic conduct at the battle of Olustee, Fla., February, 1864.
Although he had received a ball in the body (hardly an inch
from the heart), and another in. his thigh, he never let the
fact be known, but remained bare-headed, facing the enemy,
advancing and then slowly falling back with the colors, as
ordered from time to time. The enemy never saw the back of
Sergeant Cox. Vol. 42, page 76.
He was honorably mentioned by General Butler for his gal
lantry at Chapin's Farm, and recommended for promotion.
Vol. 49, page 456.
CROCKER: Captain George A., 6th Cavalry. One of the heroes
of a reconnoissance and brilliant skirmish under General
Geary into Virginia. Vol. 26, page 29.
CONWAY: Chaplain Thomas W., 9th Regiment. Honorably
mentioned in Colonel Kimball's Report of the battle of South
Mills, S. C. Vol. 20, page 146.
CARTWRIGHT: Lieutenant Thomas W., 5th Regiment. He was
wounded and acquitted himself with glory in the battles on
the Peninsula. (Died of wounds received in action December,
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CAHILL: Coepoeal Lawrence, 69th Regiment. As his men were
being decimated and disheartened at Fredericksburg, he
shouted in a stentorian voice: "Stand to it, boys, while a man
remains." Vol. 27, page 384.
CALDWELL: Seegeant William, 51st Regiment. Commissioned
by Governor Seymour for bravery on the field and merito
rious conduct. Vol. 31, page 295.
CARSTEN: M. G., 99th Regiment. One of the heroes of a brilliant
affair on the Nansemond River, by- which the transports
"Commerce" and "Swan" were piloted past the Rebel bat
teries and arrived safely at Fortress Monroe. Vol. 32, page 1.
CELLIER: Seegeant F., 55th Regiment. Honorably mentioned in
Colonel de Trobriand's report of the battle of Williamsburg.
Vol. 20, page 303.
CHAPMAN: Corporal, 126th Regiment. Honorably mentioned as
having been conspicuous for his bravery at the battle of Har
per's Ferry. Vol. 24, page 410.
CHASE: Lieutenant A. Sidney, 5th Regiment. Promoted for
gallantry on the battle-field. Vol. 25, page 134.
CHURCH: Sergeant Harvey, 5th Artillery. Promoted to Second
Lieutenant by Governor Seymour, for gallantry and devotion
to duty. Vol. 40, page 201.
CHAMBERS: Sergeant William H., 5th Regiment. Promoted
for gallantry on the battle-field. Vol. 25, page 97-
CASHEN: Lieutenant John C, 14th Cavalry. He deserves spe
cial and honorable mention for his gallantry and bravery in
the series of brilliant skirmishes in Louisiana early in April,
1864. Vol. 43, page 332.
CAVANAGH: Major James, 69th Regiment. While most ably
and daringly supporting his colonel he fell severely wounded.
Never was there a truer heart, never was there a sounder or
brighter brain." See General Meagher's report. Vol. 27, page 525.
CALLAWAY: Joseph, 99th Regiment. One of the heroes on board
the " Congress " who participated in the fight with the " Mer
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CAMERON- Lieutenant August, 83d Regiment. One of the
heroes of the battle of Fredericksburg. Vol. 27, page 523.
CONWAY : Private, 1st Artillery. Honorably acquitted himself at
the battle of Williamsburg. Vol. 20, page 318.
COOK: Captain Edwin F., 2d Cavalry. Honorably mentioned in
Colonel Kilpatrick's report of the battle of Falmouth.
Vol. 19, page 533.
CLIFFORD: Edwaed, 40th Regiment. His name ordered to be
inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny
Cross for gallant conduct at the battle of Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
CHALMERS: Lieutenant Hugh, 146th Regiment. Presented
with a sword by his company, as a token of their regard for
him as an officer and a man. Died of wounds received in
action June 9, 1864. Vol. 42, page 177.
COOK: Captain John, 91st Regiment. This brave and veteran
officer served under General Scott during the Mexican War,
and although sixty-four years of age, he forsook home, family
and the comforts of life, and again obeyed the call of his
country, and while bravely leading his company in the assault
upon Port Hudson, he fell with his right arm badly shattered.
Vol. 35, page 307.
COOPER: Lieutenant E. C, 9th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in Colonel Kimball's report of the battle of South
Mills, N. C. Vol. 20, page 146.
COLTON: Sergeant George A., 3d Cavalry. The brave ser
geant led a little party of four men in a brilliant charge
against forty of the Confederates at Tranter's Creek, N. C.
Vol. 21, page 252.
COON: Captain Marcus, 2d Cavalry. Conspicuous for his dash
ing bravery in the fight near Upperville, Va., June, 1863.
Vol. 33, page 441.
CONNELLY: Lieutenant Edward, 69th N. Y. S. M. Acquitted
himself heroically at the battle of Bull Run. Vol. 23, page 546.
CONNELLY: Lieutenant Heney M., 158th Regiment. He is en
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a brilliant dash into Jones and Onslow Counties, N. C, in
February, 1864. Vol. 41, page 219.
CHARLES: Colonel Edmund C, 42d Regiment. One of the
heroes of White Oak Swamp, where he was badly wounded
and taken prisoner. Vol. 22, page 534.
CHATFIELD: Lieutenant-Colonel Harvey S., 78th Regiment.
Presented with an elegant sword as a mark of esteem for him
as a soldier and a friend. Vol. 41, page 372.
CHESTER: Captain William H., 74th Regiment. Acquitted him
self with honorable distinction at the battle of Oak Grove on
the Peninsula. Vol. 22, page 187.
CHILD: Lieutenant Charles, 9th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in Colonel Kimball's Report of the battle of South Mills,
N. C. Vol. 20, page 146.
CLYMER: Sergeant Joseph N., 40th Regiment. Promoted to
Second Lieutenant for splendid action on the battle-field.
Vol. 28, page 76.
CAMPBELL: Color-Sergeant "Sandy," 79th Regiment, wounded
at the battle af Chantilly. It was when Campbell fell that
General Stevens seized the colors, and calling to his brave
Highlanders to follow, that he received his fatal wound.
Vol. 24, page 195.
CARR: Colonel Joseph B., 2d Regiment. Appointed a Brigadier-
General for meritorious services on the battle-field. Vol. 24, page 201.
CARPENTER: Sergeant M. V. B., 4th Regiment. He behaved in
the most gallant manner in the midst of a galling fire of the
enemy at Antietam. Vol. 25, page 36.
CONNOR: Sergeant, 9th Regiment. Honorably mentioned in
Colonel Kimball's Report of the battles of Antietam and South
Mountain. Vol. 25, page 7.
CORNELL: Corporal, 9th Regiment. Honorably mentioned in
Colonel Kimball's Report of the battle of Antietam. Vol. 25, page 579.
EGOLF: Captain Joseph, 125th Regiment. He took an active and
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arm at the battle of Ream's Station, where he was left for
dead upon the field, and was finally captured and taken to
Richmond. Vol. 50, page 333.
DONALDSON: Lieutenant John L.,«9th Regiment. Honorably
mentioned in Colonel Kimball's Report of the battle of South
Mills, N. C. Vol. 20, page 146.
DONALDSON: Captain Walter A., 71st Regiment. Having been
compelled by wounds to retire to the Invalid Corps, he was
complimented by a letter regretting his retirement, signed by
every officer of the Excelsior Brigade. Vol. 38, page 211.
DAVENPORT : Lieutenant Feedebick, 89th Regiment. One of the
heroes who volunteered to cross the river in boats, in order to
dislodge the Rebel sharpshooters and thus enable our engineers
to build the bridges, that the troops might cross and take the
city of Fredericksburg at the time it was attacked by Burn
side. Vol. 27, page 254.
DARLING: John Edwaed, New York Mounted Rifles (7th Cavalry).
One of the heroes of the gallant and successful scouting expe
dition sent out from Suffolk, Va., in May, 1863. Vol. 32, page 308.
DASH: Majoe Daniel D., 100th Regiment. One of the heroes of
the battle of Fort Wagner. Vol. 34, page 752.
DANDY: Colonel Geoege B., 100th Regiment. Wounded during
the siege of Charleston in 1863. He was about giving an order
when a shell exploded in a pile of bricks, a fragment of one
striking his leg and causing a contusion. He lay unconscious
for a few moments, then rose, received medical attention and
remained at the front till his regiment was relieved. He is an
officer much esteemed for his military accomplishments. Vol. 36, page 153.
On the 21st of June, 1864, Colonel Dandy made two brilliant
charges, and was complimented for his bravery by General
Howell. Vol. 45, page 464.
DAVIS: Majob Edwin P., 153d Regiment, formerly of the 62d New
York. He was presented with an elegant sword by the officers
and privates of the 62d. On the scabbard is inscribed, " The
hero of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Turkey Bend, Malvern Hill."
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He was brevetted Brigadier-General for meritorious services.
Vol. 51, page 331.
DAVIS: Lieutenant William, 163d Regiment. Promoted on the
battle-field of Fredericksburg for bravery. Vol. 27, page 477.
DENNETT: Captain Geoege M., 38th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in Lieutenant-Colonel Birney's Report of the battle of
Fredericksburg. Vol. 27, page 487.
DEVIN: Colonel Thomas C, 6th Cavalry. On General Burnside's
evacuation of Fredericksburg, the 6th Cavalry, under Colonel
Devin, formed part of his rear guard. For ably performing
this most arduous duty, Colonel Devin received merited ac
knowledgment from General Burnside. Vol. 40, page 161.
De MASURE : Captain Louis, 55th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in Colonel de Trobriand's Report of the battle of Wil
liamsburg. Vol. 20, page 303.
De ST. JAMES : Lieutenant Albeet, 55th Regiment. Honorably
mentioned in Colonel de Trobriand's Report of the battle of
Williamsburg. Vol. 20, page 303.
De BEVOISE: Majoe William H., 84th Regiment. He com
manded the regiment at the battle of Antietam, and conducted
himself in the same gallant manner which had characterized
him in every battle in which his regiment had participated.
Vol. 24, page 637.
DERN: Lieutenant George F., 3d Cavalry. Acquitted himself
with great bravery at the battle of Washington, N. C.
Vol. 24, page 324.
DEWS: Sergeant Edwin, 9th Regiment. Honorably mentioned in
Colonel Kimball's Report of the battles of South Mountain and
Antietam. Vol. 25, page 7.
DENNEN: Sergeant Thomas, 73d Regiment. Promoted for gallant
conduct on the field. Lieutenant Dennen was killed at the
battle of Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863. Vol. 30, page 17.
DEMPSEY: Captain John W., 82d Regiment. Presented with a
sword by the officeis of his regiment, as a token of respect for
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DEFOREST: Colonel Jacob J., 81st Regiment. The gallant
Colonel enrolled the first and last man, and was desperately
wounded at Fair Oaks. Vol. 42, page 24.
DICKEL : Colonel Christian, 4th Cavalry Regiment. Honorably
alluded to by General Fremont, for his gallant services during
the engagements in the Shenandoah Valley. Vol. 22, page 550.
DICKSON: Captain Campbell, 9th Cavalry. At the battle of Bev
erly Ford and Brandy Station Captain Dickson participated
with honor in one of the most daring and brilliant dashes on
record. Vol. 33, page 266.
DONOGHUE: Captain Timothy, 36th Regiment. Especially dis
tinguished for meritorious services during the storming of
Fredericksburg. Vol. 32, page 308.
DONAVAN: Sergeant, 37th Regiment. His name ordered to be
inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny Cross
for gallant conduct at Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
DOWNING: Adjutant-Major A., 7th Cavalry. Acquitted himself
nobly in engagements with the Rebels near Suffolk, Va.
Vol. 26, page 16.
DOWNING: Captain Obadiah J., 2d Cavalry. One of the heroes
of a great cavalry fight at Culpepper, Sept. 13, 1863.
Vol. 37, page 484.
DONALD: Captain Alfred A., 73d Regiment. Honorably ac
quitted himself at the battle of Williamsburg. Vol. 20, page 318.
DOWNEY: Captain " Jack," 11th Regiment. At Bull Run he was
wounded and taken prisoner. It was near the close of the
fight that he received his wound. Up to that moment he was
one of the leaders of the gallant Zouaves, and participated in
all of the attacks made by the regiment upon the overwhelm
ing force of the enemy. Vol. 23, page 587.
DOBKE: Lieutenant-Colonel Adolphus, 45th Regiment. Pre
sented with a sword by the merchants of the Third Ward of
New York City, for his faithful services as a policeman before,
and a gallant officer during the war. Vol. 42, page 226.

156 THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE
DRISCOLL: Cornelius, 37th Regiment. His name ordered to be
inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny
Cross for gallant conduct at the battle of Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
DUFFY: Corporal Michael, 37th Regiment. His name ordered to
be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny Cross
for gallaut conduct at Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
DWIGHT: Colonel William, 70th Regiment. A braver soldier or
a more efficient officer never handled a sword. Vol. 21, page 35.
DYE: Sergeant William, 5th Regiment. He participated in the
first cavalry charge made during the war, and especially dis
tinguished himself. Vol. 42, page 314.
DAYTON: Major Oscar V., 62d Regiment. Honorably mentioned
in General Peck's Report of the battle of Seven Pines.
Vol. 21, page 359.
DANIEL: Captain J. Townsend, 36th Regiment. Recommended
to the President by his Colonel for a brevet commission as
Major, for gallant and meritorious conduct and general high
military bearing, which was endorsed by Generals Devins,
Couch and Hooker. He was in thirteen battles and skir
mishes, in all of which he distinguished himself. Vol. 33, page 109.
DAVIES: Major Henry E., 2d Cavalry. Son of Judge Davies of
New York. Honorably mentioned in Colonel Kimball's Report
of the battle at Falmouth, Va. Vol. 19, page 533.
Acquitted himself with honorable distinction on the occasion
of an engagement with Stuart's Rebel Cavalry near Freder
icksburg. Vol. 22, page 570.
Honorably mentioned in Colonel Kilpatrick's Report of the
operations of his command, in connection with the great
expedition of General Stoneman in May, 1863. Vol. 32, page 206.
At the battle of Culpepper Major Davies led the 1st Brigade
in a rapid charge. The Brigade had the advance and kept it
throughout the day. Promoted to Brigadier-General, Septem
ber 16, 1863. Vol. 36, page 472.
Di CESNOLA: Colonel Louis P., 4th Cavalry. At the battle of
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distinguished himself. Headed by the gallant Colonel sword
in hand, the regiment made a charge under a perfect sheet of
leaded fire, and drove the enemy back. Vol. 47, page 463.
DAY: Colonel Nicholas W., 131st Regiment. At a critical moment
during the battle of Winchester, September 19, 1864, when by a
repulse of a large portion of the 19th Corps, the right center of
the line of battle was weakened, and, perhaps, the fate of the
day imperilled, Colonel Day seized the colors, rushed to the
front, bravely supported by the Color-Sergeant and Color-
Guard, and rallied the regiment out to nearly the line from
which it had just retreated. Vol. 84, page 348.
DRAKE: Colonel Jeremiah C, 112th Regiment. He led his regi
ment and the 8th Maine in a splendid charge upon the enemy
on the 16th of May, 1864, at the time Beauregard surprised
General Heckman's Brigade in a dense fog on the morning of
that day. Colonel Drake died from the effects of wounds,
received June 2, 1864. Vol. 44, page 324.
DIVINE : Lieutenant Michael, 65th Regiment. At the battle of
the Opequan, September 19, 1864, he was always in front of the
lines encouraging the boys by his bravery and example.
Vol. 49, page 135.
DOHERTY: Lieutenant Edward P., 16th Cavalry. Acquitted
himself bravely on the occasion of an expedition to the Rapi
dan and an encounter with Early's forces, September, 1864.
Vol. 48, page 435.
DAUCHY: Lieutenant George K., 12th Battery. He commanded
the battery at Ream's Station with great bravery and skill.
Vol. 47, page 463.
DELACY: Lieutenant-Colonel William, 164th Regiment. This
brave officer was wounded several times, but returned after
each hospital discharge to do battle for the flag. He rose to
Brevet Brigadier-General. Vol. 87, page 445.
DUMONT: Lieutenant Theodore S., 5th Regiment. Honorably
acquitted himself at the battle of Big Bethel. Vol. 10, page 200.
DURYEA: Lieutenant Jacob, 5th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in General Butler's Report of the battle of Big Bethel.
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DOBIE: Captain Jambs H., 6th Regiment. Honorably acquitted
himself at the battle of Santa Rosa Island. Vol. 13, page 462.
DAGGETT: Colonel Rufus, 117th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in General Ames' Report of the attack on Fort Fisher.
Vol. 52, page 203.
DAWSON: Color-Seegbant Tom, 48th Regiment. For coolness
and courage at the battle of Chapin's Farm, Sergeant Dawson
was recommended by General Butler for promotion. Vol. 49, page 456.
DECKER: Sergeant Philip, 156th Regiment. When Corporal
Green fell with the colors at the battle of Cedar Creek, Decker
immediately raised them from the ground, and, with the colors
in one hand and a musket in the other, floated them defiantly
over the heads, as it were, of the enemy. Decker fell badly
wounded. Vol. 51, page 191.
DUNN: Lieutenant James H., 169th Regiment. Promoted to the
rank of Captain for gallant and meritorious services.
Vol. 49, page 286.
DIPPEL: August, 155th Regiment. ("The Andersonville Kid.")
He was the youngest prisoner of the Andersonville pen. He
enlisted as a drummer at the age of fourteen; soon after he
took a musket and fought bravely until captured at Coal Har
bor. Vol. 85, page 115.
EATON: Captain Thomas B., 169th Regiment. In July, 1864, Cap
tain Eaton received his second shoulder bar. Captain Eaton
first served as Lieutenant and Provost Marshal at Chain Bridge
in 1862, and, subsequently, as a, Staff officer in the military
families of General R. S. Foster and the late Colonel J. C.
Drake. He was an industrious and efficient officer.
Vol. 47, page 159.
EATON: Sergeant James M., 7th Cavalry. Colonel Dodge asked
for volunteers to cross Black River, and three men — Sergeant
Eaton, Corporal Pintler and Private Van Duser, volunteering,
were selected for the purpose. Nobly and gallantly they
spurred their horses in the dark and treacherous looking
water, and plunged through and gained the opposite bank.
Vol. 26, page 16.

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EDWARDS: Sergeant W., 40th Regiment. His name ordered to
be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny
Cross for gallant conduct at Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
EDWARDS: Lieutenant Nathaniel M., 1st Engineers. Lieuten
ant Edwards and Captain McKenna entitled to great credit
for conducting the celebrated " Marsh " Battery, used during
the siege of Charleston. Vol. 36, page 186.
EDSALL: T. A., 27th Regiment. This young officer is the hero of a
series of extraordinary escapes from the Confederate army.
He was imprisoned, got free, and was hunted by bloodhounds,
but finally reached home in safety. Vol. 40, page 128.
ESTELLE : Quarteemastee-Seegeant Chaeles. General George
C Thomas commanding at Washington, July, 1864, at the time
of Jubal Early's raid said: "As the exigency which called for
the services of troops has gone by, I desire publicly to thank
Sergeant Estelle." Vol. 46, page 376.
EVARTS : Private Charles B., 6th Cavalry. Son of the Hon. Wm.
M. Evarts. This young man was at college, but reading in the
papers of the daring and seemingly romantic deeds of the 6th
New York Cavalry, he ran away from school and enlisted in the
regiment as a private soldier, his father being at the time in
Europe. He served faithfully and with much credit during
the campaign of 1864, and on the return of the regiment from
the Lynchburg raid, he was commissioned a Lieutenant by
President Lincoln. Mr. Evarts is now a member of the law
firm of Evarts, Southmayd & Choate. Vol. 84, page 96.
EGAN: Colonel Thomas W-, 40th Regiment. After Lieutenant-
Colonel Egan's honorable release from unjust imprisonment,
General McClellan wrote a letter to Governor Morgan, request
ing that Lieutenant-Colonel Egan be promoted to Colonel of
his regiment. This was accompanied by a letter from General
Heintzleman, in which he said : " The promotion would only
be a small reparation for the injustice he has suffered." Gen
eral Kearny says; "He has always led his regiment with
bravery and distinction, and merits the appointment. The
appointment was made, and Colonel Egan led his regiment into
action at Savage's Station and contributed largely to the glo
rious result. Vol. 22, page 136.

160 THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE
ELLIOTT: Captain Charles B., 73d Regiment. Honorably ac
quitted himself at the battle of Williamsburg. Vol. 20, page 38.
ELLIOTT: Lieutenant Henry H., 9th Regiment. Colonel Cahill
says in his Report of the battle of Baton Rouge: "Of his cool
ness and intrepidity in action, every officer in the battle can
bear witness." Vol. 23, page 338.
ELLERBECK: Lieutenant Robert E., 6th Cavalry. One of the
heroes of a reconnoissance and brilliant skirmish under Gen
eral Geary into Virginia. Vol. 26, page 29.
EDDY, Jb. : Major Edward, 47th Regiment. At the battle of Olus-
tee, Fla., Major Eddy assumed command of the regiment
after Colonel Moore and Captain McDonald were wounded,
and his conduct in bringing off the regiment, and aiding in
covering the retreat, was the theme of universal admiration.
Major Eddy was for some time on the staff of General Sey
mour, as Assistant Inspector-General. Vol. 42, page 76.
ELFWING: Captain Nbre A., 48th Regiment. Acquitted himself
gallantly in the storming of Fort Wagner. He had been in
the Swedish Army. Vol. 34, page 753.
EMMETT: Lieutenant Temple, 88th Regiment (Aide to General
Meagher). Brilliantly distinguished himself in all the great
battles before Richmond. Killed August 9, 1862.
Vol. 22, page 414.
ENNIS: Captain John, 14th Cavalry. Deserves special mention
for his gallantry and bravery in the series of brilliant skir
mishes in Louisiana, early in April, 1864. Vol. 43, page 332.
ENTWISTLE: Captain James, 176th Regiment. At the battle of
Fisher's Hill, September 22, 1864, a curious strife manifested
itself between two gallant regiments, the 28th Iowa and the
176th New York. Both were charging directly up the hill at
the Rebel batteries, and each determined to win the trophy of
Victory by the possession of some of the guns. Bravely they
struggled and well, but fortune favored the New Yorkers, and
two companies of the 176th under Captain Entwistle, formerly
Adjutant of Wilson's Zouaves, succeeded in striking the pike
about half way up the hill, just ahead of the Iowaus, and
dashing on gained the summit and took possession of five
pieces of cannon and some small guns which the Rebels had
been in too much haste to remove. Vol. 49, page 352.

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ELLISON. Captain John S., 12th Cavalry Regiment. Presented
with a sabre, sash, belt and pistol by the officers under his
command. Vol. 40, page 3.
ELLIS: Lieutenant Dewitt C, 7th Cavalry Regiment. One of the
heroes of a brilliant expedition into North Carolina, rivalling
that of Havelock's in India. Vol. 21, page 57.
ELLIS: Captain M. H., 175th Regiment. Honorably and bravely
acquitted himself in the battles which occurred during the
march of General Banks from Brashear City to Opelousas, La.
Vol. 32, page 488.
FULLER: Lieutenant Chas. A., 61st Regiment. He was wounded
at Gettysburg, while acquitting himself with great gallantry.
Vol. 54, page 206.
FISK: Captain Henry C, 65th Regiment. He commanded the
regiment at the battle of the Opequan, September 19, 1864,
with great skill and bravery. Vol. 49, page 155.
FRENCH: Lieutenant-Colonel Winsor B., 77th Regiment. Ac
quitted himself with great distinction in an assault upon the
Rebels on the evening of July 12, 1864, when Jubal Early's
forces attacked the northern defences of Washington. Vol. 46, page 287.
FARNUM: Colonel J. Egbert, 70th Regiment. Appointed a Col
onel in the Reserve Corps. There were but twenty-four
colonels in this corps, and the appointment of Colonel Farnum
was the worthy reward of three years active service in which
he won an honorable record, and honorable wounds. Vol. 47, page 27.
Colonel Farnum was especially mentioned for his coolness and
daring courage at the battle of Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 301.
FARRAND : Captain Hiram, 1st Engineer Regiment. He was hon
orably alluded to by General Butler for his energy and effi
ciency in constituting the line of intrenchments on the line of
the 18th Army Corps, receiving a very severe wound in the
discharge of his duties. (Chapin's Farm.) Vol. 49, page 456.
FITZGIBBON: Lieutenant John J., 47th Regiment. Battle of
Chapin's Farm, September 29 and 30,1864, General Butler
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says: "He had honorable mention for gallantry in both
assaults on the enemy's, works, and was recommended for
promotion. Vol. 49, page 456.
FOWLER: Colonel Edwaed B., 84th Regiment (14th New York
State Militia). General Doubleday in " The Campaigns of the
Civil War " says: " The skill and energy of Colonel Fowler at
the battle of Gettysburg were of great service to me."
FARMER : Lieutenant Geoege E., 6th Cavalry. At the battle of
Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864, -Lieutenant Farmer with his
regiment made a dashing charge across the bridge, under a
terrific fire from the enemy on the other side — a crossing, how
ever, was effected, and the Rebels driven from the opposite
bank. Vol. 49, page 425.
FINNIGAN: Coepoeal Michael, 118th Regiment. General Butler
says: "He was reported for his cool and humorous courage in
capturing a rebel, forcing him to stand on the parapet, face
the enemy and give three hearty cheers for the Union."
(Chapin's Farm). Vol. 49, page 456.
FERGUSON: Captain Asa H., 49th Regiment. To him more than
to any other man are we indebted for the capture of prize
steamer " Ladona," laden with a cargo of nearly a million
of dollars. The navy is given one half the value of this prize.
Captain Ferguson not one cent. Vol. 23, page 548.
FARNESWORTH: Colonel Addison, 79th Regiment. Wounded
while gallantly leading a brigade of General Stevens's division
in one of the battles under Pope in Virginia. He is one of
the volunteer officers who have shown themselves worthy of
the highest confidence of the Government. When the rebel
lion broke out he was one of the first to take his place as a
volunteer beside the old flag, as Lieutenant-Colonel of the
" Scott Life Guard," 38th Regiment, from which he was pro
moted to the Colonelcy of the 79th. Vol. 24, page 31.
Colonel Farnesworth was honorably mentioned in General
Ward's Report of the battle of Bull Run. Vol. 11, page 61.
FERRIS: Lieutenant Fbancis, 2d Cavalry. Honorably mentioned
in Colonel Kilpatrick's Report of the battle of Falmouth, Va.
Vol. 19, page 533.

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FARRELL: Corporal, 9th Regiment. Honorably mentioned in Col
onel Kimball's Report of the battles on the Peninsula, and
South Mountain and Antietam. Vol. 25, page 7.
FARRELL: Sergeant, 99th Regiment. Honorably acquitted him
self in a brisk skirmish near Suffolk, Va. Vol. 32, page 70.
FORBES: Captain William T., 102d Regiment, (of General
Geary's Staff). Recommended for promotion for gallantry,
during the storming of Lookout Mountain. Vol. 39, page 77.
FORD: Captain Geoege W., 50th Engineers. Captains Ford, Mc
Dowell, and Major Magruder, superintended the erection of
the bridges across the Rappahannock, at the time of the attack
on Fredericksburg. Vol. 27, page 236.
FOLEY: Seegeant Chaeles, 37th Regiment. His name ordered
to be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny
Cross for gallant conduct at Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
FITZGERALD : Captain Louis, 40th Regiment. This officer served
in the battles on the Peninsula; was wounded at Williams
burg and at Fair Oaks, and was highly complimented by the
late General Kearny, who placed him on his Staff. In the
battle of Fredericksburg, for his efficiency, he was compli
mented in the Official Reports. Captain Fitzgerald is now
Brigadier-General in command of the New York State Militia.
Vol. 29, page 2.
FIELD : Lieutenant William F , 3d Artillery. Acquitted him
self with great skill and bravery at the battle of Washington,
N. C. Vol. 24, page 324.
FIELDS : Cobpobal, 9th Regiment Honorably mentioned in Col
onel Kimball's Report of the battles of South Mountain and
Antietam. Vol. 25, page 7.
FOSTER: Seegeant Clabk C, 37th Regiment. His name ordered
to be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny
Cross for gallant conduct at Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.

164 THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE
FOUR: Captain Jean J., 55th Regiment. Honorably mentioned
in Colonel de Trobriand's Report of the battle of Williams
burg. Vol. 20, page 303.
Acquitted himself with honor at the battle of Seven Pines.
Vol. 21, page 255.
FORBES : Sergeant, 9th Regiment. Honorably mentioned in Col
onel Kimball's Report of the battles of South Mountain and
Antietam. Vol. 25, page 7.
FRANK: Colonel Paul, 52d Regiment. At the battle of Auburn,
1863, the regiment wavered, and was falling back, when
Colonel Frank, who commanded the 3d brigade, rode in their
front and rallied them, crying out, "Stand, boys, and follow
me!" Vol. 37, page 294.
FREDOLPH: Lewis, 88th Regiment. His name ordered to be in
scribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny Cross
for gallant conduct at Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
FUNK: Color-Sergeant Ebnst, 163d Regiment. Promoted on
the battle-field of Fredericksburg for bravery. Vol. 27, page 477.
FITZSIMMONS : Majoe Chaeles, 3d Cavalry. A brave and dar
ing officer — was captured twice in a desperate skirmish near
Trenton, N. C, and although wounded, managed to escape.
Vol. 20, page 673.
FLAGLER: Frank, 3d Cavalry. One of the heroes of Tranter's
Creek, where he was captured by the Rebels. Vol. 21, page 252.
FLEMING: Lieutenant James H., 9th Regiment. Honorably
mentioned in Colonel Kimball's Report of the battle of South
Mills, N. C. Vol. 20, page 146.
GRUB: Private G. M., 159th Regiment. Recommended to the Sec
retary of War for a medal for gallant conduct at the battle of
Chapin's Farm. Vol. 49, page 456.
GILL: Sergeant, 65th Regiment. At the battle of Cedar Creek,
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dered them to surrender or be shot. They gave themselves up,
one lieutenant and four privates. Vol. 50, page 134.
GURNEY: Colonel William, 127th Regiment. At the battle of
Honey Hill, S. C, November, 1864, he was conspicuous for
his gallantry. Colonel Gurney was promoted to Brevet Briga
dier-General in 1865. Vol. 51, page 146.
GREEN: Color-Sergeant C. T., 156th Regiment. At the battle
of Cedar Creek, he carried the state colors of the regiment.
His name deserves a place on the Roll of Honor. Vol. 51, page 191.
GATES: Colonel Theodore B., 80th Regiment. Colonel Gates
succeeded to the command of the regiment after the fall of
Colonel Pratt, killed at Manassas, and until November 23, 1864,
When he resigned, led the van in every onslaught, encouraging
his troops by his noble daring in the fight; while in hospital and
camp their welfare and comfort were always insured by his
sympathy and forethought. General Doubleday in " Cam
paigns of the Civil War" says, " The skill and energy of Col
onel Gates at the battle of Gettysburg were of great service to
me." Vol. 51, page 189.
GIBBS: Lieutenant Nelson J., 118th Regiment. General Butler
says: " Lieutenant Gibbs and Captain Adams were the first
men in the redoubts (Chapin's Farm), and are commended
for their presence of mind in turning the enemy's guns to bear
upon them. Vol. 49, page 456.
GRAHAM: Color-SbrgeanT Samuel, 158th Regiment. He was
recommended to the Secretary of War for a medal by General
Butler for conspicuous gallantry and bravery in the assault
upon the second line of works, at the battle of Chapin's
Farm, and was promoted to first Lieutenant in the United
States colored troops. Vol. 49, page 456.
GRAHAM: Lieutenant Alexander, 79th Regiment. Honorably
mentioned in Colonel David Ireland's Report of the affair at
Lewinsville. Vol. 12, page 153.
GOODENOUGH: Lieutenant Rollin A., 84th Regiment. Honor
ably mentioned in General Porter's Report of the battle of
Bull Run. Vol. 11, page 221.

166 THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE
GILLETTE: Lieutenant Daniel G., 176th Regiment. Son of Rev.
A. G. Gillette, of New York. One of the few who made
gallant resistance to the foe at the battle of Brashear City,
but was captured by the enemy. Vol. 34, page 197.
GORMAN: Corporal Owen, 37th Regiment. His name ordered to
be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny
Cross for gallant conduct at the battle of Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
GORDON: Lieutenant William H., 61st Regiment. Especially
commended for his brave conduct and good qualities, by
Lieutenant-Colonel Broady, in his Report of the battle of
Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 351.
GALLOWAY: Rufus, 123d Regiment. At the battle of Chancel
lorsville he fought on, after being shot in the head, until a ball
in the arm entirely disabled him. Vol. 33, page 110.
GALLAGHER: John, 73d Regiment. Distinguished himself while
on a boat excursion to secure supplies for General Sickles.
Vol. 17, page 149.
GARRIGAN: Corporal Thomas, 38th Regiment. Lieutenant-
Colonel Birney in his Report of the battle of Fredericksburg,
says: "Corporal Garrigan was especially noticed for his brav
ery in the face of the enemy. Vol. 27, page 187.
GARRISON: Corporal, 40th Regiment. His name ordered to be
inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny Cross
for gallant conduct at the battle of Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
GARRARD: Major Jeptha, 3d Cavalry Regiment. One of the
principal heroes of General Foster's expedition against
Kinston and Goldsboro, N. C. Promoted to Colonel 1st
United States Colored Cavalry. Vol. 28, page 581.
GARVIE: Sergeant W., 88th Regiment. His name ordered to be
inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny Cross
for gallant conduct at Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
GARING: Sergeant Grillon, 88th Regiment. His name ordered
to be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny
Cross for gallant conduct at Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.

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GEIN: Sergeant Louis H., 55th Regiment. Honorably mentioned
in Colonel de Trobriand's Report of the battle of Williams
burg. Vol. 20, page 303.
GEISS: Lieutenant William T., 175th Regiment. Bravely
acquitted himself in the battles which occurred : during the
march of General Banks' forces from Brashear City to
Opelousas, La. Vol. 32, page 488.
GARRETT: Sergeant, 3d Cavalry Regiment. At the battle of
Kinston, a gallant thing was done by Sergeant Garrett. It
was important for General Foster to ascertain whether a
certain bridge below Kinston had been destroyed, or was in
condition to permit of the passage of artillery. Sergeant
Garrett was detailed for this duty, aided by four men. His
instructions were to dash on, and creep through the Rebel
troops, and as quickly as possible obtain the desired informa
tion. Several small parties of the enemy were dashed through
without molestation, the Rebels supposing the Sergeant to
belong to their own side, when one of his men reported a
party of forty or fifty Rebels just ahead in one place and
that he could not make his way through. The Sergeant
promptly replied, " I have been ordered to go to that bridge
and I'll be damned if I don't," and he did, and returned to his
company to receive the congratulations of his commanding
officer for his success. Vol. 27, page 434.
GARRARD: Lieutenant John G, 158th Regiment. Entitled to
great credit for his skill and bravery during the brilliant dash
into Jones and Onslow Counties, in February, 1864. Promoted
May 11, 1865, to Captain and A. Q. M. Vol. 41, page 219.
GERE: Lieutenant Eugene B., 5th Cavalry. A force of seventy
men under Lieutenant Gere and Lieutenant Penfield surprised
and routed the Rebel Cavalry and took possession of Orange
Court House, in 1862, after General Crawford had been driven
back with the main column. Vol. 42, page 314.
GEIP: Jacob, 88th Regiment. His name ordered to be inscribed on
the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny Cross for gallant
conduct at Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
GFANMULLER: Captain F. S., 55th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in General Peck's Report of the battle of Seven Pines.
Vol. 21, page 359.

168 THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE
GILL: Chaeles, 99th Regiment. Onboard the "Congress," and
participated in the fight with the Rebel steamer " Merrimac."
Vol. 18, page 232.
GOLDEN: James, 99th Regiment. On board the " Congress," and
participated in the fight with the Rebel steamer " Merrimac."
Vol. 18, page 232.
GOURAND: Adjutant George E., 3d Cavalry. (Formerly
engaged with Messrs Tiffany & Co. ) Gallantly acquitted him
self on the occasion of a brilliant dash of the "Van Allen
Cavalry." Vol. 19, page 130.
Captain Gourand and Lieutenants Williams and Cole volun
teered to take a boat's crew and run through the blockade at
Washington, N. C, with despatches. It was an extremely
hazardous feat and their bravery and daring should be remem
bered. Vol. 31, page 127.
Promoted for special gallantry, to Aide-de-camp to General
Foster. Vol. 40, page 148.
GODFREY: Lieutenant George W., 4th Regiment. Acquitted
himself with great gallantry at the battle of Antietam.
Vol. 25, page 89.
GRAHAM: Colonel Samuel, 5th Artillery. He won golden
opinions for promptness and ability, displayed in the dis
charge of all duties he was called upon to perform, and
especially for the defence of Harper's Ferry in July, 1863.
Vol. 48, page 360.
GRAY: Lieutenant Robeet A., 82d Regiment. Gallantly led the
second bayonet charge at Seven Pines, where he was badly
wounded. Vol. 21, page 359.
GARDNER: Majoe Geoege H., 5th Cavalry Regiment. "One of
the bravest and best officers in the service. He acquitted
himself with great distinction during Banks' campaign in
the Shenandoah Valley. Afterwards, with a few companies
of cavalry and a section of artillery he successfully held Boli
var Heights, near Harper's Ferry, against the attacks of
Ashby's cavalry. In recognition of his services he was made
chief of cavalry by General Stahl. Vol. 40, page 314.
GREGORY: Adjutant Benjamin F., 2d Cavalry. Honorably men
tioned in Colonel Kilpatrick's Report of a successful expedi
tion to Hanover Junction, Va. "A braver and more eager
soldier never met an enemy." Vol, 22, page 642.

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GRIBBEN: Seegeant, 2d Cavalry. Honorably mentioned in
Colonel Kilpatrick's Report of a successful expedition to
Hanover Junction. "A braver and more eager soldier never
met an enemy." Vol. 22, page 642.
GRAHAM: Lieutenant George W., 24th Battery. General Foster
in his Report of the battles of Kinston and Whitehall, says :
" I must particularly mention the conduct of Lieutenant
Graham, acting as aide to Colonel Hickman. Throughout the
entire march he was conspicuous for his venturesome cour
age, and at Goldsboro, in company with Lieutenant B. N.
Mann, 17th Massachusetts, advanced and fired the bridge,
under the fire of the enemy's infantry and artillery. "
Vol. 28, page 193.
GRANGER: Lieutenant Charles M., 88th Regiment. Presented
with a sword as a tribute to his bravery and coolness on the
field of battle. Vol. 28, page 495.
GRANNISS: Lieutenant F. W., 61st Regiment. Especially com
mended for his excellent conduct and soldier-like qualities,
by Lieutenant-Colonel Broady in his Report of the battle of
Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 351.
GRINTON: Captain Heney, 2d Cavalry. Behaved splendidly dur
ing the series of cavalry fights in October, 1863, at Bristow
Station. Vol. 37, page 484.
GROWER: Majob Wm. T. C, 17th Regiment. During General
Sherman's expedition from Vicksburg, the Major acted as a
Brigadier-General. He is a tactician of very high order, and
as he is one who immediately bears the stamp of a gentleman,
he could not but impress those with whom he came in contact.
Vol. 37, page 48.
GREENE: Lieutenant Joseph A., 9th Regiment. During the
bombardment of Hamilton, N. C, Lieutenant Greene with his
company was on the gunboat " Ceres," rendering valuable
assistance. Early in the action the Lieutenant was wounded
in the leg, and was brought on deck, where he lay during the
remainder of the action, loading guns for his men, and speak
ing words of good cheer to them. Vol. 22, page 488.
GREEN: Majoe A. P., 13th Cavalry. Distinguished himself in sev
eral engagements with the enemy. Vol. 29, page 158.

170 THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE
GREEN: Captain August P., 5th Cavalry. During Banks' Shen
andoah campaign, Captains Green and Pratt escorted Hamp
ton's battery into Winchester, at night. Vol. 42, page 314.
GUION: Colonel Geoege M., 148th Regiment. Formerly Captain
in the 33d New York. He was all through the Peninsula
campaign and acted bravely. Vol. 39, page 88.
GUTHRIE: Sergeant George L., 5th Regiment. Promoted for
gallantry on the field. Vol. 25, page 97.
HALL: Lieutenant-Colonel James F., 1st Engineers (Senilis
Engineers). Honorably mentioned in General Benham's Re
port of the capture of Fort Pulaski. Vol. 19, page 357.
During the battle of Olustee, Fla., he was zealously engaged
in inspiring our troops with confidence when the day seemed
to be lost, in exhorting the timid and driving up the cowards.
He rallied the troops and held them up to their work at all
points of the field, and did valuable service in every way.
Vol. 42, page 187.
HARHAUS: Colonel Otto, 2d Cavalry. One of the heroes of the
Cavalry fight at Culpepper, September, 1863. Vol. 36, page 472.
HASSLER: Major Ferdinand R., 13th Artillery. Distinguished
himself in the campaigns on the Peninsula. Governor Sey
mour afterwards promoted him to the Majority of the 13th
Artillery. Vol. 38, page 32.
HAZLEY: Captain Jambs, 89th Regiment. He voluntarily led his
company across the Rappahannock River in boats, in order to
dislodge the Rebel sharpshooters, and thus enable our engi
neers to build the bridges that our troops might cross and
take the city of Fredericksburg at the time it was attacked by
General Burnside. Vol. 27, page 254.
HANCOCK: Color-Sergeant Geoege, 36th Regiment. Especially
distinguished for meritorious conduct during the storming of
the Heights of Fredericksburg (Chancellorsville). Vol. 32, page 308.
HARDY: Sergeant S. P., 73d Regiment. Promoted for gallantry.
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HARDER: Sergeant Philip M., 40th Regiment. His name ordered
to be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the
Kearny Cross for gallant conduct at the battle of Chancellors
ville. Vol. 32, page 372.
HASTY: Captain Chaeles, 2d Cavalry. One of the heroes of the
great Cavalry fight at Culpepper, September, 1863.
Vol. 36, page 472.
HORNE : Bug lee, 9th Regiment. Honorably mentioned in Colonel
Kimball's Report of the battles of South Mountain and Antie
tam. Until wounded, he sounded the various commands
with as much coolness as on parade. Vol. 25, page 7.
HENRY: Chaeles, 99th Regiment. One of the heroes of a brilliant
affair on the Nansemond River, by which the transports
"Commerce" and "Swan" were piloted past the Rebel bat
teries and arrived safely at Fortress Monroe. Vol. 32, page 1.
HENRY: Adjutant James, 37th Regiment. Honorably mentioned
in General Kearny's Report of the battle of Seven Pines.
Vol. 21, page 426.
HARRINGTON: Captain Henry, 42d Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in Colonel Mooney's Report of the battle of Ball's Bluff.
Vol. 14, page 140.
HOUGHTON: Major Chaeles H., 14th Artillery. The hero of
Fort Stedman, March, 1865. He was permanently disabled.
Vol. 87, page 634.
HOUGH: Peivate, 14th Artillery. The man who served the last
watch at Fort Stedman, that foggy morning of March 25, 1865,
when the fort was surprised, was Private Hough. Vol 87, page 634.
HOYT; Peivate Geoege, 142d Regiment. He volunteered to
advance with the head of the column and cut down the pali
sading at the time of the assault on Fort Fisher. Vol. 52, page 380.
HODGES: Seegeant, 9th Regiment. Honorably mentioned in
Colonel Kimball's Report of the battles of South Mountain and
Antietam. Vol. 25, page 7.

172 THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE
HOUSTAIN: Major John B., 132d Regiment. His sufferings in
Rebel prisons and escape therefrom, is worthy of remem
brance. Vol. 38, page 137.
HOPPER: Seegeant Robinson, 88th Regiment His name ordered
to be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the
Kearny Cross for his gallantry at Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
HULL: Captain Walteb C, 2d Cavalry. Behaved splendidly
during a series of cavalry fights in October, 1863, at Bristow
Station. Promoted to Colonel and killed at Cedar Creek,
November 12, 1864. Vol. 37, page 484.
HULL: Majoe Haemon D., 5th Regiment. Promoted for gallantry
on the battle-field. Vol. 25, page 97.
HUSTON: Lieutenant-Colonel James, 82d Regiment. After the
battle of Fredericksburg, General Sumner shook hands with
the brave Lieutenant-Colonel and said: " I can depend on you,
sir, and your regiment. God bless you all." Killed in action
July 2, 1863. Vol. 27, page 522.
HUDSON: Lieutenant-Colonel Heney W., 82d Regiment. Hon
orably acquitted himself at the battle of Seven Pines.
Vol. 22, page 283.
He participated with honor in all the battles fought by the
Army of the Potomac from First Bull Run to April, 1864.
Vol. 43, page 189.
HUTTON: William, 123d Regiment. Wounded in the engagement
at Chancellorsville, but instead of going to the hospital,
remained with his company, and was conspicuous for his
bravery. Vol. 33, page 110.
HUGGINS : Adjutant Charles, 47th Regiment. Behaved gallantly
at the battle of Olustee, Fla. Vol. 42, page 76.
HEARN: Joseph, 5th Cavalry. One of the heroes of the battle of
Front Royal. Vol. 20, page 547.
HEADLEY: John O., 148th Regiment. Honorably mentioned in
General Wistar's Report of the conflagration and explosion at
Yorktown, in December, 1863. Vol. 39, page 309.

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HOWLAND: Colonel Joseph, 16th Regiment. He acted with
great gallantry at Bull Run, and at West Point displayed con
summate coolness and promptitude. Colonel Howland sacri
ficed everything on the altar of his country, seeking only the
approval of a good conscience. He asked no other reward.
Vol. 20, page 468.
HALSTEAD: Captain Eminel P., 2d Artillery. Honorably men
tioned in General Doubleday's Report of the battle of South
Mountain. Vol 25, page 159.
HALSTEAD: Captain Richaed F., 42d Regiment. Promoted for
special gallantry to Aide-de-Camp to General Sedgwick.
Vol. 40, page 148.
HANLEY: Captain Timothy, 9th Cavalry. At the battle of Bev
erly Ford, he participated with honor in one of the most dar
ing and brilliant dashes on record. Vol. 33, page 266.
At the battle of Crooked Run, Captain Hanley exhibited the
greatest skill and bravery. Vol. 47, page 455.
HALL: William, 99th Regiment. One of the heroes of a brilliant
affair on the Nansemond River, by which the transports " Com
merce " and " Swan " were piloted past the Rebel batteries and
arrived safely at Fortress Monroe. Vol. 32, page 1.
HAWKINS: Colonel Rush C, 9th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in General Reno's Report of the battle of South Mills or
Camden. Vol. 20, page 106.
HAMILTON: Captain Edgae A., 7th Cavalry. One of the heroes
of a brilliant expedition into North Carolina. Vol. 21, page 57.
HARMON: Captain Samuel M., 27th regiment. A brave and skil
ful officer, who acquitted himself in the most heroic manner
at Bull Run, West Point, Fair Oaks, and Gaines' Mills, and at
the subsequent b.attles before Richmond. Vol. 23, page 128.
HARMON: Lieutenant William H., 7th Cavalry. Acquitted him
self nobly in the engagements near Suffolk, Va. Vol. 26, page 16.
HARDING: Lieutenant Francis L., 99th Regiment. Honorably
acquitted himself in a brisk skirmish with the enemy near
Suffolk. Vol. 32, page 70.

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HAMMELL: Captain William W., 9th Regiment. Honorably
mentioned in Colonel Kimball's Report of the battle of South
Mills. Vol. 20, page 146.
HAMMELL: Lieutenant-Colonel John S., 66th Regiment. Hon
orably acquitted himself and was mentioned in Colonel Moore's
Report of the battle of Chancellorsville. He was promoted to
Brevet Brigadier-General, March 1, 1865. Vol. 32, page 577.
HANNES: Quartermaster-Sergeant, 9th Regiment. Honorably
mentioned in Colonel Kimball's Report of the battles of South
Mountain and Antietam. Vol. 25, page 7.
HAYMAN: Colonel S. B., 37th Regiment. He acted in the most
gallant manner on the occasion of a brilliant charge of the
regiment at the battle of Williamsburg. Vol. 20, page 454.
Honorably mentioned in General Kearny's Report of the battle
of Seven Pines. Vol. 24, page 426.
HUDD: John, 78th Regiment. Honorably discharged the service in
order to enable him to receive promotion. Vol. 36, page 246.
HUGHES: Lieutenant-Colonel James G., 39th Regiment. Hon
orably mentioned in General Owen's Report of the affair at
Morton's Ford in February, 1864. Vol. 41, page 187.
HUSON : Captain William, 12th Regiment. He acquitted himself
so heroically upon the battle-field in front of Richmond that
the Major of the regiment clapped him on the back and com
plimented him for his bravery. Vol. 23, page 64.
He was also the hero of a creditable and noteworthy piece of
scouting at the time of the battle of Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 205.
HORNER: Lieutenant James B., 9th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in Colonel Kimball's Report of the battles of South
Mountain and Antietam. Vol. 25, page 7.
HUBBELL: Major Wilson, 62d Regiment. Honorably mentioned
in General Wheaton's Report of the battle of Chancellorsville.
Killed at Coal Harbor, June 3, 1864. Vol. 32, page 283.
HUNT: Colonel Lewis C, 92d Regiment. Recommended by Gen
eral Foster for promotion to Brigadier-General for gallant con
duct at Kinston. Vol. 27, page 365.

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HUSK: Colonel Lewis W., 111th Regiment. Honorably mentioned
in General Owen's Report of the affair at Morton's Ford in
February, 1864. Vol. 41, page 187.
HORTON: Lieutenant Charles S., 99th Regiment. One of the
heroes of a brilliant affair on the Nansemond River.
Vol. 31, page 474.
HOFFMAN: Lieutenant William. Promoted for gallantry on the
battle-field. Vol. 25, page 97.
HOFFMAN: Colonel Henry C, 23d Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in General Doubleday's Report of the battle of Pea
Ridge. Vol. 19, page 70.
HOLT: Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas, 70th Regiment. At the
battle of Wapping Heights, he seized the colors of the regi
ment as they fell from the hands of the wounded color-bearers.
Colonel Holt on the march, or in action, was ever ready to
assist any that were exhausted by fatigue or sickness, and at
times during the heavy marches, marched in the ranks himself,
and let the boys ride his horses, and even carried the knapsack
of one of his regiment, who was almost tired out.
Vol. 35, page 198.
HAYES : Jeremiah, 82d Regiment. Privates Hayes and Craft were
on picket (on the Peninsula) behind two old chimneys. The
Rebels opened fire on them, tearing down the chimneys over
their heads. The men escaped from the ruins uninjured and
continued to hold their posts until relieved. With such men
guarding the outposts, there was no danger of a surprise.
Vol. 21, page 347.
HARRING: Lieutenant Abram P., 132d Regiment. Had not
eleven men of the 132d under Lieutenant Harring, in the block
house at Batchelor's Creek, withstood a Rebel army for over an
hour, Newbern would have been captured by the rebels.
Vol. 41, page 136.
HALL: Sergeant Fred. P., 55th Regiment. Honorably mentioned
in Colonel de Trobriand's Report of the battle of Williamsburg.
Vol. 20, page 303.
HARRIS : Sergeant, 2d Cavalry. Honorably mentioned in Colonel
Kilpatrick's Report of a successful cavalry expedition to Han
over Junction. A braver or more eager soldier never met an
enemy. Vol. 22, page 642.

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HART: Captain Orson H., 70th Regiment. Acquitted himself
with honorable distinction at the battle of Oak Grove.
Vol. 22, page 187.
Especially mentioned for his cool and daring courage at the
battle of Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 301.
HART: Captain William G., 88th Regiment. Acting Assistant
Adjutant-General of the Irish Brigade. General Meagher in
his Report of the battle of Fredericksburg says: " He exercised
a bright coolness and intelligent courage while steadying the
men for the attack." Vol. 27, page 525.
HART : Captain William, 4th Cavalry. One of the heroes of the
brilliant cavalry battle at Kelly's Ford. Vol. 30, page 337.
Killed at Raccoon Ford, September 16, 1863. Vol. 30, page 337.
HILL: Sergeant James S., 14th Artillery Regiment. At the battle
of the Crater he took a regimental battle-flag by force.
Vol. 87, page 631.
HAMILTON: Seegeant Andeew, 47th Regiment. Battle of
Chapin's Farm, General Butler says: "For gallantry and
oolness in the assault he was recommended for promotion."
Vol. 49, page 456.
HOTCHKISS: Peivate D. C, 112th Regiment. In the assault on
Fort Fisher, he volunteered to approach to a point consider
ably in advance of the skirmish line, which he did, and by
this step valuable information in regard to the ditch was
gained. Vol. 52, page 380.
HENRY: Captain Edmund S., 127th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in General Foster's General Orders, relative to the
affair at Forts Johnson, Simpkins, S. C, in July, 1864.
Vol. 50, page 382.
HOLBROOK: Captain Melton T., 173d Regiment. Promoted to
Lieutenant-Colonel for meritorious services in the Red River
Campaign and in the Shenandoah Valley. Vol. 51, page 489.
HOGG : Majoe George, 2d Artillery. On the occasion of a recon
noissance on the Vaughn road to Hatcher's Run, December,
1864, Major Hogg commanded the regiment, and his conduct
was especially commended by General Miles. Vol. 5], page 203.

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HOYT: Captain James J., 156th Regiment. Captain Hoyt com
manded the regiment at the battle of Cedar Creek, and was
equal to the emergency as an efficient and brave officer;
amidst the hottest of the action, he could be seen, sword in
hand, encouraging his men, not only by his words but by his
own exemplary conduct. Vol. 51, page 191.
HARRIS: Arnold G., He enlisted in the 21st Regiment from
Buffalo, and was transferred to the navy, being given com
mand of a gunboat on the James River. He volunteered to go
into the Confederate camp as a spy, and before long was high
in the confidence of the authorities at Charleston. He was in
trusted with important dispatches to General Beauregard at
Richmond, and the commander kept him for some time at his
own quarters. Harris was given a dinner by General Beau
regard, and when the yacht "Wanderer" was fitted out as a
dispatch ship to run the blockade he was placed in command.
Important dispatches to the European agents of the Confede
rates were placed in a tin case, which he was to drop over
board if captured. George N. Saunders was on board, and
when the attempt was made to run the blockade, Harris was
at the helm. He steered the yacht alongside a Yankee
cruiser, and when captured, dropped overboard a duplicate of
the tin dispatch case. Harris died in 1888. Vol. 54, page 294.
HEARY: Adjutant James J., 6th Regiment. He saved the regi
mental colors in the fight on Santa Rosa Island. Vol. 13, page 572. .
HAMBLIN: Lieutenant Thomas S., 38th Regiment. Honorably
mentioned in Colonel Farnsworth' s Report of- the battle of
Bull Run. Vol. 11, page 61.
HOWARD: Lieutenant John B., 84th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in General Porter's Report of the battle of Bull Run.
Promoted to Captain and Quartermaster June 30, 1862.
Vol. 11, page 221.
HENBERER: Captain Charles E., 6th Regiment. Distinguished
himself in the fight on Santa Rosa Island. Vol. 13, page 477.
HAMBLIN: Colonel Joseph H., 65th Regiment. When General
Upton assumed command of the division after the death of
General Russell at the battle of the Opequan, Colonel Hamblin
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took command of General Upton's brigade, and was always
where the bullets flew the thickest, and had his horse shot
from under him; still be continued undaunted to cheer his
men on, himself setting the noble example. Colonel Hamblin
was promoted to Brigadier-General in 1865. Vol. 49, page 155.
HERMANCE: Captain Wm. L., 6th Cavalry. At the battle of
Crooked Run, he led a squadron of his regiment in a gallant
charge with great bravery. Vol. 47, page 463.
HARROWER: Captain Henry G., 86th Regiment. GeneralHan-
cock in his complimentary order in reference to the midnight
surprise of September 10, 1804, near Petersburg, says: " Great
credit is due to Captain Harrower, commanding the picket
during the following night, under whose direction the new
line was strengthened and properly connected. Vol. 48, page 396.
HAMMOND: Colonel John, 5th Cavalry. After the battle of
Shepherdstown, Va., August 25, 1864, General Mcintosh
thanked him for the handsome manner in which he had be
haved. And in the battle for the possession of the Weldon
Railroad his conduct was so magnificent as to place him very
high on the Roll of Fame.
Vol. 47, page 504. See also, Vol. 48, page 204.
He also acquitted himself honorably in an engagement with
Mosby' s guerillas in 1863. Vol. 32, page 99.
HUTCHINSON: Wm., 79th N. Y. S. M. This brave fellow carried
the colors of the regiment off the field of Manassas and
through the battles of Chantilly, South Mountain and Fred
ericksburg, where'he gave them up on being appointed First
Sergeant of Co. C. Vol. 47, page 2.
HOLMES: Lieutenant Ansel, 16th Artillery. He distinguished
himself by sighting a gun for a Rebel caisson, which he com
pletely demolished, killing and wounding four Rebels. The
action elicited much praise, and General " Baldy " Smith
remarked that if there were any more officers of the 16th
Artillery of the same sort, he wanted them right away.
Vol. 45, page 94.
ISRAELS: Lieutenant Lehman, 55th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in General Peck's Report of the battle of Seven Pines.
Vol. 21, page 359.

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IRVINE: Lieutenant Colonel William, 10th Cavalry. One of
the heroes of the great cavalry exploit under General Stone-
man, at the time of the battle of Chancellorsville. Vol. 39, page 213.
IRELAND : Colonel David, 137th Regiment. On the second day
of the battle of Gettysburg he was especially conspicuous for
his bravery and skill. Died September 10, 1864— of disease,
at Atlanta, Ga. Vol. 34, page 94.
JAMES: Samuel, 99th Regiment. One of the heroes on board the
"Congress" and participated in the fight with the steamer
" Merrimac." Vol. 18, page 232.
JACKSON: Captain Robert, 36th Regiment. Especially distin
guished for meritorious conduct during the storming of the
Heights of Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 308.
JARDINE: Major Edward, 9th Regiment. Honorably mentioned
in Colonel Kimball's Report of the battle of South Mills.
Vol. 20, page 146.
He commanded the 89th Regiment at the battle of Antietam
and proved himself abundantly competent for the responsibil
ity. Vol. 25, page 7.
He was honorably mentioned in General Butler's Report of
the capture of Fort Hatteras. Vol. 12, page 13.
JOCKNICK: Captain George F., 3d Cavalry. Acquitted himself
with great skill and bravery at the battle of Washington.
Vol. 24, page 324.
JTTDD: Captain Seymour L., 89th Regiment. He voluntarily led
his company across the Rappahannock River in boats, in order
to dislodge the Rebel sharpshooters and thus enable our engi
neers to build the bridges that our troops might cross and take
the city of Fredericksburg at the time it was attacked by Gen
eral Burnside. Vol. 27, page 254.
JUDGE: Sergeant Francis U., 79th Regiment. At the battle of
Fort Sanders (siege of Knoxville) when the battle flag of a
Georgia regiment was raised upon the parapet, he rushed out
among the bullets and tearing it down, carried it through the
embrasure, a prize to his comrades. Vol. 39, page 237.
JENKINS: Lieutenant Daniel E., 51st Regiment. Commis
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meritorious conduct. Killed in action at the battle of the
Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864. Vol. 31, page 295.
JEHL: Majoe Fbancis; 55th Regiment. Honorably mentioned in
Colonel de Trobriand's Report of the battle of Williamsburg.
Vol. 20, page 303.
JOHNSON: Captain David R., 51st Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in Colonel Ferrero's Report of the engagement at
Roanoke Island. (Died of wounds received in action March
19, 1862.) Vol. 17, page 283.
JOHNSON: Captain Robebt T., 72d Regiment. If the country
rewards her heroes, Captain Johnson's name will stand among
the foremost. Promoted September, 1862, to Major 144th
Regiment. Vol. 21, page 70.
JOHNSON: Samuel, 123d Regiment. While the regiment was
engaged at close quarters at the battle of Chancellorsville, he
rushed forward, captured and brought in two prisoners.
Vol. 33, page 110.
JONES: Captain Abeam, 1st Cavalry. Honorably mentioned in
General Kearny's Report of the cavalry fight at Sangster
Station. Vol. 18, page 421.
The hero of a gallant fight at McConnellsburg. Vol. 34, page 181.
One of the heroes of a brilliant skirmish at Smithfield, Sep
tember, 1863. Vol. 36, page 412.
JONES : Colonel Frank, 31st Regiment. He led his regiment in
the attack and capture of Marye's Heights. Vol. 32, page 393.
JONES: Lieutenant P. O., 2d Cavalry. One of the heroes of a
great cavalry fight at Culpepper, June, 1863. Vol. 36, page 472.
JOHNSON: Colonel Charles A., 25th Regiment. The battle of
Hanover Court House was opened by the 25th, the gallant
Colonel displaying great skill and bravery in leading his regi
ment against the enemy. He is entitled to credit for distin
guished services at Chancellorsville. Vol. 20, page 568.
JOHNSON: Sergeant, 9th Regiment. Honorably mentioned in
Colonel Kimball's Report of the battles of South Mountain
and Antietam. Vol. 25, page 7.

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J ACOBSOHN: Sergeant, 9th Regiment. Honorably mentioned in
Colonel Kimball's Report of the battles of South Mountain
and Antietam. Vol. 25, page 7.
JAMESON: Major William, 4th Regiment. Acquitted himself
with great gallantry at the battle of Antietam. Vol. 25, page 89.
JEFFREY: Alexandee, Battery B, Light Artillery. At Gettys
burg he was wounded in the head. The surgeon ordered him
to the hospital, but after a field dressing, he returned to his
guns and stood by them until the fight was over, when he be
took himself to the hospital again. Vol. 53, page 409.
JOURDAN: Majoe James, 84th Regiment. Honorably mentioned
in General Porter's Report of the battle of Bull Run.
Vol. 11, page 221.
JONES: Lieutenant JepthaA., 84th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in General Porter's Report of the battle of Bull Run.
Vol. 11, page 221.
JACKSON: Lieutenant Heney C, 27th Regiment. Honorably
mentioned in General Porter's Report of the battle of Bull
Run. _ Vol. 11, page 221.
JOHNSON: Lieutenant-Colonel Nathan J., 115th Regiment.
He was wounded at the battle of Chapin's Farm September
29, 1864, while carrying the colors cf his regiment, which he
seized from the color-sergeant, who was killed. Vol. 48, page 43.
KETCHUM: Captain Edwaed N., 176th Regiment. Commanded
the Pioneers of the 3d Brigade of General Grover's Division,
19th Corps, at the battle of Fisher's Hill, September 22, 1864.
He received honorable mention in the official reports. Armed
with a Spencer repeating rifle, none were more efficient in
keeping the Rebels close behind their works. Vol. 49, page 352.
KANE: Coepoeal, 13th Cavalry. He inflicted what was sup
posed to be a mortal wound upon the guerilla Mosby.
Vol. 51, page 517.
KEARNS: Corporal, 18th Regiment. At the battle of Gaines Mills,
an officer mounted on a white, horse rode up to the 18th, and
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well-known field officer of an associated regiment, and he was
mistaken by some for him, but upon his coming within fifty
yards he was recognized as a Confederate officer and shot dead
by Corporal Kearns, one of the color-guard. Vol. 86, page 500.
KOENIG: Private Julius B., 115th Regiment. Orderly, at Bri
gade Headquarters, battle of Chapin's Farm. General But
ler says: "He carried the brigade flag with extraordinary
zealousness in the hottest part of the action and is recom
mended to the War Department for a medal." Vol. 49, page 456.
KELLOGG: Captain Rowland C, 118th Regiment. He com
manded a company with skill and bravery in many important
engagements. Vol. 54, page 406.
KEEFE: John D., 69th N. Y. S. M., honorably acquitted himself at
the battle of Bull Run. Vol. 10, page 545.
KREUTZER: Lieutenant-Colonel William, 98th Regiment.
Participated with great gallantry in the first attack made by
the 18th Corps on the works of Petersburg, June 15th, 1864.
Vol. 45, page 505.
KINSEY: Lieutenant-Colonel Wm. B., 161st Regiment. Honor
ably mentioned in Admiral Porter's Report for the assistance
he rendered in effecting the release of the gunboats at Alexan
dria, La., May, 1864. Vol. 44, page 484.
KELLY: Lieutenant-Colonel James, 69th Regiment. He cap
tured the Rebel General Pettigrew at the battle of Seven
Pines. Vol. 21, page 110.
KELLY: Colonel Patrick, 88th Regiment. General Meagher in
his Report of the battle of Fredericksburg, says: "Colonel
Kelly displayed a, courageous soldiership, which I have no
words with all my partiality for him, adequately to describe."
Col. Kelly was killed in action near Petersburg, Va., Decem
ber 13, 1862. Vol. 27, page 126.
KELLY: Sergeant Daniel I., 37th Regiment. His name ordered
to be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny
Cross for gallant conduct at the battle of Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 312.

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KEYES : Alexander, 99th Regiment. One of the heroes on board
the "Congress" who participated in the fight with the Rebel
steamer "Merrimac." Vol. 18, page 232.
KOENIG: Captain Emil, 58th Regiment. Honorably mentioned
in General Schurz's Report of the battles of Groveton and Sec
ond Bull Run. Vol. 25, page 58.
KING: Lieutenant Theodore F., 158th Regiment. He is entitled
to great credit for the skill and bravery exhibited by him dur
ing the brilliant dash into Jones and Onslow Counties in Feb
ruary, 1864. Vol. 41, page 219.
General Peck in General Orders, says: "Great credit is due
him for the efficient services performed on the occasion of an
expedition in March, 1864, for the purpose of capturing vessels
of the enemy engaged in contraband of war." Vol. 43, page 303.
KIMBALL: Major Edwaed A., 9th Regiment. Honorable mention
is made of Major Kimball in General Shields' Report of the
battle of Winchester. Vol. 19, page 217.
Also in an account of the battle of South Mills.
Lieutenant-Colonel Kimball was killed by General Corcoran
April 12, 1863. Vol. 20, page 94.
KRAMM: Lieutenant Adam, 55th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in General Peck's Report of the battle of Seven Pines.
Vol. 21, page 359.
KEYSER: Lieutenant Henry, 5th Regiment. Promoted for gal
lantry on the battle-field. Vol. 25, page 97.
KEECH: Captain Willard, 61st Regiment. Especially com
mended for his brave conduct and soldierlike qualities by
Colonel Broady, in his Report of the battle of Chancellorsville.
Vol. 32, page 351.
KECH: Color-Sergeant Peter J., 115th Regiment. Distinguished
himself by his coolness and courage at the battle of Olustee,
Fla. Advancing his colors to the front, he waved them
defiantly in the face of the enemy immediately opposite to a
Rebel color-bearer who was hiding himself behind a tree.
Nearly all the color-guard were shot down. Sergeant Kech
escaped. His gallantry was noticed and applauded by the
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KIRK: Majob William A., 57th Regiment. He participated with
honor in sixteen engagements, including Antietam, Freder
icksburg and Gettysburg. Died of wounds received at Peters
burg, July 20, 1864. Vol. 41, page 350.
KAVANAGH: Captain John, 63d Regiment. General Meagher
issued a special order complimenting Captain Kavanagh for
his bravery during a general attack on the pickets of the bri
gade on the 19th of June, near Richmond. Killed in action at
Antietam, September 17, 1S62. Vol. 21, page 566.
KAVANAGH: Lieutenant William J., 7th Cavalry. A brave and
worthy officer. Vol. 27, page 481.
KAVANAGH: Sergeant John, 88th Regiment. His name ordered
to be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny
Cross for gallant conduct. Vol. 32, page 372.
KELLY: Peter, 69th N. Y. S. M. Distinguished himself at Bull
Run, was wounded, captured, and afterwards made his escape.
Vol. 15, page 1.
KLINGSOEHR: Lieutenant Victor, 9th Regiment. Honorably
mentioned in Colonel Kimball's Report of the battle of
Wauhatchie. Vol. 41, page 309.
KENNEDY: Sergeant Charles W., 156th Regiment. In one of
the battles under General Banks in Louisiana, our forces fell
back about twenty feet, when Kennedy advancing to the front,
waved his musket as an officer would his sword, and impul
sively shouted: "Let's try it again, boys! We'll have it this
time," and the gallant fellow, bounding forward, the rest fol
lowed with a yell, when the ditch, obstructions, and guns were
passed in a moment, and the next instant the abatis was
taken. Vol. 31, page 434.
KEATING: Sergeant. Honorably mentioned in Colonel Kimball's
Report of the battles of South Mountain and Antietam.
Vol. 25, page 187.
KEATING: Major George, 174th Regiment. He commanded the
regiment in the battle of Donaldsonville and acquitted himself
with conspicuous gallantry. Vol. 35, page 187.
KNAPP: Captain Jacob W., 19th Cavalry (formerly 130th
Infantry), the hero of a brilliant charge, described as being

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only equalled by the charge of Captain Tompkins at Fairfax,
and excelling anything of the kind during the campaign of the
Army of the Potomac. Vol. 38, page 191.
KORWIN: Seegeant Joseph, 55th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in Colonel de Trobriand's Report of the battle of Wil
liamsburg. Vol. 20, page 303.
KROM: Cajtain Abeam H., 5th Cavalry. Acquitted himself with
great gallantry in an engagement with Mosby guerillas at
Warrenton Junction, where he was wounded on the 3d of May,
1863. Vol. 32, page 99.
As a token of the high estimation in which he was held by his
comrades, he was presented with an elegant sword.
Vol. 32, page 412.
KRUGER: Captain Chaeles W., 4th Regiment. Acquitted him
self with great gallantry at the battle of Antietam. Vol. 25, page 89.
KNOSKE: Lieutenant Edwaed G., 4th Regiment. Acquitted
himself with great gallantry at Antietam.
KRETZLER: Alfred, 162d Regiment. One of those meritorious
soldiers of General Birney's division, selected for his gallantry
as a recipient of the Kearny Cross. Vol. 32, page 544.
KNOX: Lieutenant Edwaed M., 15th Battery. A gallant soldier
wounded at Gettysburg. He received the most complimentary
notices for his gallantry while in action, from his superior
officers. Vol. 35, page 247.
LEONARD : Majoe John, 72d Regiment. Especially mentioned for
his cool and daring courage at the battle of Chancellorsville.
Vol. 32, page 301.
LEWIS: Cobpobal Eugene, 1st Cavalry. After the fall of Lieu
tenant Hidden at Sangster Station, he took command of the
fourteen men and fought like a tiger. Vol. 18, page 265.
Honorably mentioned in General Kearny's Report of the fight.
Vol. 18, page 421.
LeFORT: Lieutenant Geoege, 73d Regiment. Promoted for
gallant conduct on the field. Captain Le Fort was killed in
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LEON: Coepoeal, 74th Regiment. He was shot through the thigh
at Williamsburg and refused to allow the surgeon to attend
him, until the others were cared for. Leon served under Gar
ibaldi as a captain in former years.
LEAHY: Captain Laweence, 9th Regiment and subsequently of
the 16th Cavalry. Honorably mentioned in Colonel Kimball's
Report of the battles of South Mountain and Antietam.
Vol. 20, page 146.
He acquitted himself honorably in au encounter with Early's
forces in 1864. Vol. 48, page 435.
LEDLIE: Colonel James H., 3d Artillery. Honorably mentioned
for the skilful manner in which he operated his pieces at the
battle of Kinston. Promoted December 24, 1862, to Brigadier-
General. Vol. 27, page 365.
LATTIN: Sergeant Charles, 37th Regiment. His name ordered
to be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny
Cross for gallant conduct at Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 373.
Le BAIRE : Captain Adolph, 9th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in Colonel Kimball's Report of the battle of South
Mills. Vol. 20, page 146.
Also in the Colonel's Report of the battles of South Mountain
and Antietam. Vol. 20, page 146.
LOCKWOOD: Lieutenant John J., 120th Regiment He handled
his men admirably when attacked by an overwhelming force
of Rebels in October, 1863, near Madison Court House. Killed
in action May 5, 1864. Vol. 37, page 291.
LOWE: Walter, 99th Regiment. One of the heroes of an affair on
Nansemond River. Vol. 32, page 1.
LUM: Adjutant Dyer D., 14th Cavalry. Deserves special men
tion for his gallantry and bravery in the series of brilliant
skirmishes in Louisiana, in April, 1864. Vol. 43, page 332.
LORD: Colonel Newton B., 35th Regiment. Colonel Lord com
manded the regiment in eight different engagements and
proved himself a brave and competent officer. He entered the
service as captain, and by his gallantry won the chief com
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LOUNSBURY : Captain William H., 74th Regiment. Especially
mentioned for his cool and daring courage at Chancellorsville.
Vol. 32, page 301.
LEE: Captain John C, 99th Regiment. Honorably mentioned in
Captain Hymes' Report of the opening of Nansemond River.
Vol. 21, page 400.
He commanded the Harbor Police of Norfolk; was with Gen
eral Graham at the time of the affair at Smithfield, and was
placed in command of the force on the "Smith Briggs," and
made one of the most brilliant fights of the war against great
odds, and subsequently had to swim for his life, or be hung by
the Rebels, who offered a prize for- his head. Vol. 41, page 85.
LEDDY: Captain Thomas, 69th Regiment. Presented with an ele
gant sword by the members of the regiment, as a token of
their appreciation of his bravery and courage in the battles
before Richmond. Vol. 24, page 163.
LINSON: Sergeant Lyman S., 143d Regiment. Honorably dis
charged the service in order to enable him to receive promo
tion. Vol. 30, page 246.
LEWIS: Lieutenant-Colonel Geoege W., 3d Cavalry Regiment.
A gallant soldier whose name belongs to Kinston, Whitehall
and Goldsboro. Vol. 28, page 581.
LEE: Lieutenant John D., 7th Cavalry. One of the heroes of a
brilliant expedition into North Carolina. Vol. 21, page 57.
LYONS: John D., 37th Regiment. His name ordered to be in
scribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny Cross
for gallant conduct at the battle of Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
LYNCH: John, 37th Regiment. Presented with a Kearny Medal
for his brave and gallant conduct. Vol. 35, page 180.
LAWRENCE: Lieutenant John T., 73d Regiment. Promoted for
gallant conduct on the field. Vol. 30, page 17.
LANSING: Colonel H. S., 17th Regiment. Entitled to special
credit for the bravery and skill displayed in reconnoitering
Stonewall Jackson's position on the Peninsula. Vol. 22, page 199.

188 THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE
LANE: Major James C, 102d Regiment. His conduct at the bat
tle of Cedar Mountain is spoken of in the highest terms of
praise. Vol. 23, page 295.
His intrepidity at Cedar Mountain, won for him the title of
" Fighting Major." Vol. 25 page 59.
The record of the 102d is his record, and one of which he has a
right to be proud. Colonel Lane was wounded at Gettysburg,
and did not hesitate to brave death in a dozen battles.
Vol. 40, page 422.
LAPHAM: Captain Daniel W., 9th Cavalry. Exhibited the great
est bravery and skill at the battle of Crooked Run, Va.,
August 16, 1864. Vol. 47, page 463.
LUBY: Captain Timothy, 15th Engineer Regiment.. The bridge
thrown across the James River to Strawberry Plains in July,
1864, was constructed by Captain Luby. Vol. 46, page 576.
LIPPINCOTT: Lieutenant ADON,48th Regiment. Battle of Cha
pin's Farm, General Butler says: "He had special mention
for gallant conduct in two assaults and was recommended for
promotion. Vol. 49, page 456.
LIMBACK: Sergeant John A., 83d Regiment. At the time of the
engagement at Harper's Ferry, Limback, with an advanced
party of the regiment forded the Potomac River and in the
face of a fire from Stuart's Cavalry, climbed up a flag-staff and
nailed the Stars and Stripes to the head. Vol. 86, page 546,
LITTLE: Lieutenant John L., 127th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in General Foster's General Orders relative to the affair
at Forts Johnson and Simpkins, S. C, in July, 1864.
Vol. 50, page 382.
LITTLE: Major Edward H., 127th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in General Foster's General Orders, relative to the
affair at Forts Johnson and Simpkins, S. C, in July, 1864.
Vol. 50, page 382.
LONSWAY: Private Joseph, 20th Cavalry. On the occasion of an
expedition into North Carolina to break up illicit traffic, in
October, 1864, a gallant and heroic deed was performed by
Private Lonsway. It becoming necessary to cross the river,
and the Rebels having secured the flat-boat which is used to
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bank, Lonsway volunteered to secure the boat, and having
received permission to do so from Captain Carroll, he gallantly
swam the stream under a galling fire from the enemy and not
only escaped injury but also brought back the fiat-boat amidst
shouts and plaudits from his companions. Vol. 49, page 390.
LUDLOW : Adjutant Leffert L., S4th Regiment. Honorably
mentioned in General Porter's Report of the battle of Bull
Run. Vol. 11, page 221.
LEOSER: Major Charles McK., 11th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in Colonel Ward's Report of the battle of Bull Run.
Vol. 11, page 61.
LAZELLE: Colonel H. M., 16th Cavalry. Colonel Lazelle com
manded an expedition to the Rapidan in September, 1864, and
acquitted himself with great skill and gallantry. Vol. 48, page 435.
MINNES: Lieutenant Samuel, 10th Regiment. At one of the bat
tles of the Wilderness May 6, 1864, he, with a few other mem
bers of the regiment, attempted to capture a Confederate flag,
and was shot through the body. The surgeons pronounced
the wound fatal, but his will-power was so strong that it car
ried him finally through. For his gallantry on this occasion
he was especially mentioned in General Orders from the War
Department. When he received the wound, he made a vow
that he would be the first wounded man to return to the regi
ment, and on June 29, following, reported back, but really
unfit for duty, thus being the first one back. At Strawberry
Plains, July, 1864, he was slightly wounded twice but refused
to leave the field. At Hatcher's Run and Boydtown Plank
Road, October 27, 1864, he crossed the stream waist deep with
his colors, crossing the field which was enfiladed by artillery
and infantry fire, and planted his colors on the Confederate
breastworks. Here again, he received official notice, and was
recommended for a War Department medal. A Second Lieu
tenant's commission was conferred upon him. At the battle,
he was shot through the right hand and also through the left
thigh, which confined him several weeks to the hospital.
Upon his return he was promoted to First Lieutenant, served
to the end of the war and was mustered out July 8, 1865.
Vol. 87, page 678.

190 THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE
MEYER: Major Francis X., 117th Regiment. Major Meyer says,
his was the first flag to wave over the parapets of Fort
Fisher. Vol. 52, page 426.
MORGAN: Private D. H., 42d Regiment. He volunteered to
advance with the head of the column and cut down the pali
sading at the time of the assault on Fort Fisher. Vol. 52, page 380.
MERRILL : Private George, 142d Regiment. He volunteered to
advance with the head of the column and cut down the pali
sading at the time of the assault on Fort Fisher. Vol. 52, page 380.
McDUFF: Private W. J., 142d Regiment. He volunteered to ad
vance with the head of the column and cut down the palisad
ing at the time of the assault on Fort Fisher. Vol. 52, page 380.
MEAGHER: Sergeant Thomas, 158th Regiment. General Butler
says: " He led a section of his men on the enemy's works at
the battle of Chapin's Farm, and was wounded while scaling
the parapet. He was recommended for a medal. Vol. 49, page 456.
MOLINEUX: Colonel Edwaed L., 159th Regiment. He com
manded a brigade at the hattle of Winchester, September 19,
1864, and acquitted himself with the greatest distinction. One
month later he was promoted to the rank of Brevet Brigadier-
General. Vol. 49, page 352.
MULHALL: Lieutenant Henry, 169th Regiment. Promoted to
the rank of Captain for gallant and meritorious services.
Vol. 49, page 286.
MERRELL: Lieutenant Charles D., 169th Regiment. Promoted
to the rank of Captain for gallant and meritorious services.
Vol. 49, page 286.
MILLER: Private Walter L., 21st Cavalry. Officially reported
for capturing the Rebel officer in command of the artillery at
the battle of Nineveh, November 12, 1864. Vol. 50, page 384.
MORRISON: Colonel David, 79th Regiment. He carried his regi
ment through nearly all the fiery ordeals for three years of the
war — a regiment that covered itself with glory. Vol. 50, page 451.

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He was the first to mount the parapet and scale the walls of a
Rebel fort at Secessionville, S. C. Vol. 21, page 528.
McGRATH: Sr., Captain Eugene, 5th Artillery. Promoted to a
Majorship for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of
the Opequau. This gallant officer served in the Mexican war.
He was wounded at Second Bull Run. Vol. 52, page 345.
McDONALD: Captain Joseph M., 47th Regiment. General Butler
recommended him for promotion for the gallant manner in
which he commanded his regiment after the colonel was
wounded at the battle of Chapin's Farm. Vol. 47, page 456.
He also behaved with great bravery at the battle of Olustee,
Fla. Vol. 42, page 76.
MATTHEWS: Lieutenant John, 11th Regiment. Honorably ac
quitted himself at the battle of Bull Run. Vol. 10, page 463.
MURPHY: Quarteemasteb Chaeles J., 38th Regiment. Honor
ably mentioned in Colonel Farnesworth's Report of the battle
of Bull Run. Vol. 11, page 61.
McKNIGHT : Captain George F., 12th Independent Battery. At
Petersburg, June 22, 1864, four of his guns were captured.
McKnight stood by his guns and his colors till a Rebel flag
flaunted beside his own, and there was but one man left with
him. Vol. 45, page 523.
McDOUGALL: Colonel Clinton D., 111th Regiment. Colonel
McDougall commanded a brigade in the 1st Division, 2d
Corps, in the assault on the works at Petersburg, June 17,
1864, and greatly distinguished himself. Colonel McDougall
was promoted to Brevet Brigadier-General in 1865.
Vol. 45, page 538.
MULCAHY: Major Thomas, 139th Regiment. Participated with
great gallantry in the first attack made on the enemy's ranks
at Petersburg, June 15, 1864, by the 18th Corps. Vol. 45, page 505.
MARSHALL: Colonel Elisha G, 14th Artillery. In the assault
on the Rebel works at Petersburg after the mine explosion,
July 30, 1864, Colonel Marshall commanded with great bravery
the brigade that took the lead. Vol. 47, page 32.

192 THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE
MENKE: Captain Isaac, 17th Regiment. The chief hero of the
battle near Decatur, Ala., 1864. Vol. 44, page 366.
MORRISON: Colonel Joseph J., 16th Artillery. He went to the
war as Captain of Co. A, 9th State Militia, and served with it
through General Patterson's campaign. After his return
home, he organized a light battery with which, as Captain
he joined the 3d New York Light Artillery, and fought under
Burnside and General Hooker through the North Carolina
campaigns, distinguishing himself at Kinston, Whitehall and
Goldsboro. At the latter place his battery was charged upon
by three South Carolina regiments which he repulsed with a
loss of 700 men. Vol. 44, page 47.
McCONIHE: Colonel John, 169th Regiment. He acquitted him
self with great gallantry and distinction in the battles of
Drury's Bluff and Walthal Junction. Killed in action at Coal
Harbor, June 1, 1864. Vol. 44, page 337.
In March, 1864, he was said to be the youngest Colonel in the
army. Vol. 43, page 58.
McKNIGHT : Captain Geoege F., 12th Battery. This gallant offi
cer acquitted himself with the greatest bravery on the 22d of
June, 1864, when the Rebels attacked and captured his battery
in front of Petersburg. Vol. 45, page 482.
MARKSMAN: Coeporal James, 73d Regiment. Promoted for
gallant conduct. Lieutenant Marksman was killed in action
July 3, 1863. Vol. 30, page 17.
MARTIN: Jesse, 5th Regiment. Honorably mentioned by Surgeon
Charles B. White for his conduct while acting as hospital
attendant after the Peninsula battles. Vol. 22, page 562.
MARTIN: Lieutenant Thomas R., 5th Regiment. Promoted for
gallantry on the battle-field. Vol. 25, page 97.
MAHONEY: Philip, 38th Regiment. Honorably mentioned in Gen
eral Birney's Report of the battle of Fredericksburg. Vol. 27, page 487.
MAGRUDER: Major James A., 15th Engineer Regiment. Major
Magruder, Captains Ford and McDowell superintended the
erection of the bridges across the Rappahannock, at the
time of the attack on Fredericksburg by General Burnside.
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MAYES : Lieutenant John, 3d Cavalry. Captured by the Rebels
in a fight near Trenton. He displayed great bravery on the
occasion. Killed at Stony Creek, Va., May 7, 1864.
Vol. 20, page 473.
MURPHY: Colonel John McL., 15th Engineer Regiment. Few
names are better entitled to a place on our bright roll of fame.
Among the very first to volunteei- for his country, his skill and
bravery contributed equally to our success in many engage
ments. Vol. 21, page 520.
MURPHY: Colonel Mathew, 182d Regiment. Complimented on
the battle-field, near the Blackwater, by General Corcoran,
for his gallantry. He was mortally wounded in 1865.
Vol. 29, page 2.
MILLER: Lieutenant W. D. W., 66th Regiment. Promoted for
special gallantry to Captain and Aide-de-camp. Vol. 40, page 148.
MILLER: Lieutenant Merritt B., 125th Regiment. He led one
hundred men across the river at Morton's Ford, and is entitled
to distinguished credit for his gallantry. Died June 26,
1864, of wounds received in action. Vol. 41, page 192.
MARTINDALE: Lieutenant Franklin G., 1st Cavalry. At the
head of twenty-five men, he was the hero of a brilliant per
formance in June, 1863. Vol. 33, page 590.
MARION: Philip, 2d Regiment. Honorably mentioned by Surgeon
Charles White for his conduct while acting as hospital attend
ant after the Peninsula battles. Vol. 22, page 562.
MAJOR: Corporal D. H., 40th Regiment. His name ordered to be
inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny
Cross for gallant conduct at Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
MATTHESON: Colonel Roderick, 32d Regiment. Acquitted
himself with honor at West Point. Killed October 2, 1862.
Vol. 20, page 437.
MAYAN: Sergeant Joseph, 55th Regiment. Honorably mentioned
in Colonel de Trobriand's Report of the battle of Williams
burg. Vol. 20, page 303.
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194 THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE
MARTIN: Major William B., 9th Cavalry. At the battle of
Beverly Ford, in June, 1863, he was ordered to take a squadron
and drive the Rebels out of the brushes. This he most gal
lantly did, though it was right in the teeth of the enemy's
artillery, and he was met by a perfect storm of canister.
Vol. 33, page 201.
MANN: Captain Nehbmiah H., 4th Cavalry. At the battle of
Aldie, finding his squadron hesitate in a charge, he plunged
alone into the enemy's ranks. The result was a sabre gash, a
pistol wound, and a horse killed, but the men were inspired
and rushed to victory. Killed in action, August 16, 1864.
Vol. 33, page 465.
MERRITT: Captain Henry A. D., 5th Cavalry. One of the
heroes of the cavalry fight at Beverly Ford, June, 1863. He
was wounded while gallantly leading his men. Vol. 33, page 230.
MENDENHALL: Lieutenant John B., 99th Regiment. Honorably
acquitted himself in a brisk skirmish near Suffolk. Vol. 32, page 70.
MEYER: Captain Philip, 55th Regiment. Honorably mentioned
in Colonel de Trobriand's Report of the battle of Williams
burg. Vol. 20, page 303.
MEYERS: Major Russell, 32d Regiment. Promoted for his
bravery on many a hard fought field. Vol. 32, page 519.
MEARA: Sergeant J. O. Honorably mentioned in Colonel de
Trobriand's Report of the battle of Williamsburg. Vol. 20, page 303.
MILADOLPHSKY: 88th Regiment. His name ordered to be in
scribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny Cross
for gallant conduct at Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 544.
MIX: Colonel Simon H., 3d Cavalry. This gallant soldier's name
belongs to the battles of Kinston, Whitehall and Goldsboro.
Vol. 28, page 581.
He may be justly styled the chief hero of the battle of Wash
ington, N. C. Killed at Petersburg, Va., June 15, 1864.
Vol. 24, page 372.
MITCHELL: Captain J. F. B., 2d Cavalry. One of the heroes of
the great fight at Culpepper, September, 1863. Vol. 36, page 472.

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Me VICAR: Lieutenant-Colonel Duncan, 6th Cavalry. The hero
of a splendid dash with one hundred and nine of his men on
the 13th of December, at Garrett's Ford, where he encountered
the enemy's pickets, driving them in under his batteries
and to their reserves without losing a man. Killed in action
at Spottsylvania Court House, Va., April 30, 1863.
Vol. 28, page 123.
McKENNA: Captain Charles P., 1st Engineers. Entitled to the
credit of constructing the celebrated "Marsh" Battery used
during the siege of Charleston. Vol. 36, page 180.
McMASTERS: Captain Zolman J., 5th Cavalry Regiment. Ac
quitted himself with great gallantry in an engagement with
Mosby' s guerillas at Warrenton Junction. Died September 24,
1863, of disease. Vol. 32, page 99.
McQUADE: Colonel James, 14th Regiment. He acquitted himself
with great credit and distinction both as Colonel of his regi
ment and Brigadier-General (pro tem.) in many of our prin
cipal battles, and on the Peninsula his gallantry was especially
conspicuous. Vol. 22, page 158.
McREYMOLDS: Colonel Andrew T., 1st Cavalry. Commanding
a brigade at Berryville, June, 1863. He proved himself worthy
of all confidence as a military leader. Vol. 33, page 413.
McKECHNIE: Lieutenant Robert, 9th Regiment. Honorably
mentioned in Colonel Kimball's Report of the battle of South
Mills. Vol. 20, page 146.
Also in the Colonel's Report of the battles of South Mountain
and Antietam. Vol. 25, page 7.
He conducted himself^on several occasions with so much gal
lantry as to win the esteem and confidence of his superior
officers, and the employees of the New York Herald, to which
he was formerly attached, presented him with a splendid testi
monial of their regard. Vol. 29, page 195.
McGUINN: Captain Luke, 5th Cavalry. Acquitted himself heroic
ally at the battle of Hanover Court House. Killed in the
battle of the Wilderness, May 5, 1864. Vol. 34, page 210.
McGEE: Captain James E., 69th Regiment. At Antietam the gal
lant Captain remained on the field until his company was
reduced to five men beside himself, and carried the colors in
his own hand. Vol. 25, page 544.

196 THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE
McDONALD : Coepoeal Thomas, 79th Regiment. Honorably ac
quitted himself at the battle of Bull Run. Vol. 16, page 50.
McDERMOTT: Seegeant James, 73d Regiment. Promoted for
gallant conduct. Vol. 30, page 17.
McGREGOR : Colonel John D., 4th Regiment. Acquitted himself
gallantly at Antietam. Vol. 25, page 89.
McCARTHEY: Captain Chaeles, 175th Regiment. Honorably
acquitted himself in the battles which occurred during the
march of General Banks' forces from Brashear City to Ope-
lousas, La. Vol. 32, page 488.
McCUTCHEON: Sergeant Charles, 2d Cavalry. Honorably men
tioned in Colonel Kilpatrick's Report of a successful expedi
tion to Hanover Junction. Vol. 22, page 642.
MORRIS : Seegeant William, 8Sth Regiment. His name ordered
to be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny
Cross for gallant conduct at the battle of Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
MORRIS: Lieutenant Edwaed H., 62d Regiment. General
Wheaton was unreserved in his commendations of Lieutenant
Morris, who at Chancellorsville commanded forty-five men
deployed as skirmishers, in front of the right of his brigade.
By his skill and judgment, the advance of the enemy's masses
was delayed and time given to move off the brigade. Had a
less discreet officer been in his position, the whole brigade
would undoubtedly have been captured. As it was Lieutenant
Morris was made a prisoner. Vol. 32, page 150.
MULCAHY: Seegeant John, 57th Regiment. At the risk of his
own life, he succeeded in recovering the body of Lieutenant-
Colonel Parisen on the field of Antietam. Vol. 24, page 562.
MURRAY: William, 57th Regiment. One of those distinguished
soldiers selected for gallantry as a recipient of the Kearny
Cross. Vol. 32, page 544.
MAGHIE : Seegeant William, 7th Cavalry. One of the heroes of a
fight eighteen miles from Suffolk. Vol. 32, page 442.

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McNAMARA: Hugh, 36th Regiment. Honorably mentioned by
Surgeon Charles White for his conduct while acting as hospi
tal attendant, after the Peninsula battles. Vol. 22, page 562.
McNARY: Lieutenant-Colonel W. H., 158th Regiment. He com
manded the regiment in the successful expedition to Bear
Inlet, in December, 1863, and was honorably mentioned by
Colonel Jourdan. Vol. 40, page 120.
MILLER: Seegeant W. J., 40th Regiment. His 'name ordered to
be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny
Cross for gallant conduct at the battle of Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
MOYNE: Seegeant W., 40th Regiment. His name ordered to be
inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny Cross
for gallant conduct at the battle of Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 544.
MOTT: Colonel Thaddeus P., 14th Cavalry. General Wood, in a
letter, complimented him on his gallantry and good conduct
during the riot in New York, which he says entitled him to
the thanks of a grateful city. Vol. 34, page 574.
MOSELY: Lieutenant William W., 149th Regiment. Promoted
for special gallantry to Aide-de-camp. Vol. 40, page 148.
MORTON: Lieutenant George C, 5th Cavalry. He participated
in the first charge on cavalry during the war, and especially
distinguished himself. Vol. 42, page 314.
MORTON: Lieutenant Charles E., 2d Cavalry. Honorably men
tioned in Colonel Kilpatrick's Report of the battle of Fal
mouth. Vol. 19, page 533.
MOORE : Major John, 79th N. Y. S. M. This gallant old soldier
was twice wounded at the First and Second Battles of Bull
Run. Vol. 38, page 471.
MORAN: Sergeant Peter, 37th Regiment. His name ordered to be
inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny Cross
for gallant conduct at Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
MORAN: Sergeant Michael, 38th Regiment. The first man to
plant the Stars and Stripes on the Rebel fortifications at
Yorktown. Vol. 26, page 17.

198 THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE
MOLL: Sergeant Robert, 88th Regiment. His name ordered to
be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny
Cross for gallant conduct at the battle of Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
MORGAN: Sergeant C. F., 88th Regiment. His name ordered to
be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny
Cross, for gallant conduct at the battle of Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
MORGANS: Major Morgan, Jr., 176th Regiment. At the capture
of Brashear City, he distinguished himself by his gallantry
and bravery. Vol. 35, page 187.
McIRWIN: Captain Samuel, 2d Cavalry. Honorably mentioned
in Colonel Kilpatrick's Report of the battle of Falmouth.
Vol. 19, page 533.
Honorably mentioned in Colonel Kilpatrick's Report of the
operations of his command in connection with the great
cavalry expedition of General Stoneman, May, 1863.
Vol. 32, page 206.
One of the heroes of the great fight at Culpepper. Vol. 36, page 472.
McIVER: Captain, 69th N. Y. S. M. " He was the first to go on the
battle-field of Bull Run; was the last to leave the field, and
when the panic took place did not move, but looked where the
colors of the 69th were, and there he stood awaiting orders.
Vol. 23, page 546.
McKEAN: Colonel James B., 77th Regiment. Acquitted himself
with distinction in the skirmish at Mechanicsville. Vol. 20, page 538.
McMANUS : Sergeant James, 37th Regiment. His name ordered
to be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny
Cross for gallant conduct at the battle of Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
McMAHON: James, 5th Cavalry. In the first charge made on
cavalry, which was by the 5th New York Cavalry near Wood
stock, McMahon killed four Rebels with his own sabre and
was made a Corporal on the spot, by order of General Hatch.
Vol. 42, page 314.

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MORRISON: Captain Thomas G, 61st Regiment. Especially com
mended for his excellent conduct at Chancellorsville. Died of
wounds received May S, 1864. Vol. 32, page 351.
McCOY: Colonel James W., 22d Regiment. Although wounded
in the head on the morning of the battle of Antietam, he
promptly reported for duty next day when he heard that a
fight was impending. Vol. 24, page 638.
McCARTY: Sergeant Dennis, 38th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in General Birney's Report of the battle of Fredericks
burg. Vol. 27, page 487.
MULLIGAN: Captain Samuel G., 2d Cavalry. Honorably men
tioned in Colonel Kilpatrick's Report of the battle at Falmouth.
Died at Elizabeth, N. J., of disease, May 28, 1862.
Vol. 19, page 533.
MURRAY: Captain John B., 15th Engineer Regiment. After
wards became Colonel of the 148th. He acquitted himself
with great distinction in many battles. Vol. 39, page 88.
NOONAN: Corporal Wm., 47th Regiment. Battle, of Chapin's
Farm. General Butler says: "When the color-bearer was
shot, he seized the colors and bore them through the fight, for
which act of courage and meritorious conduct he was ap
pointed Second Lieutenant in a regiment of colored troops."
Vol. 49, page 456.
NICHOLS: Lieutenant-Colonel George F., 118th Regiment.
General Butler says: "Lieutenant-Colonel Nichols deserves
honorable mention for the gallant manner with which he cap
tured with a small number of men two redoubts on the right
of Fort Harrison while the main assault was being made, and
also for his cool conduct of the skirmish line in the general
assault. Vol. 49, page 456.
NICHOLS: Colonel George S., 9th Cavalry. After the battle of
Cedar Creek we pursued the enemy up to the base of Fisher's
Hill, where Colonel Nichols with his gallant regiment charged
the Rebels again and drove them back, leaving a considerable
portion of their wagon train in our hands, which we secured.
Vol. 49, page 425.
NEAFIE: Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred, 156th Regiment. At the
battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864, Colonel Neafie was
division officer of the day, and on the picket line in front of

200 THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE
the 19th Corps when the firing commenced. With the reserve
picket he held the enemy's skirmish line in check until over
whelmed by superior numbers and flanked, when he was com
pelled to retire within the earthworks. Vol. 50, page 6.
NORMAN: Captain Alfred S., 6th Regiment. Honorably ac
quitted himself at the battle of Santa Rosa Island.
Vol. 13, page 462.
NEWBY: Major Wm., 6th Regiment. Honorably acquitted himself
at the battle on Santa Rosa Island. Vol. 13, page 463.
NORTON: Quarteemastee Chas. B., 50th Engineers. On the
occasion of a presentation to President Lincoln, the President
said to him: "I am pleased to meet a quartermaster who
thought more of his soldiers than he did of himself." Vol. 54, page 1.
O'BEIRNE: Captain Jambs R., 37th Regiment. After four years of
the hardest kind of service, during which he was wounded sev
eral times, the ball in one instance passing clear though the
body ftt the lungs, giving him the rare distinction of a wound
and recovering, similar to those of General Shields, in Mexico,
he was promoted to Brigadier-General. Vol. 84, page 351.
O'DOHERTY: Patrick, 74th Regiment. Colonel Parmly and Cap
tain Minor bear testimony that this soldier did his duty faith
fully up to the time of his discharge. Vol. 43, page 296.
ONDERDONK: Sergeant, 5th Regiment. Honorably mentioned in
General Kilpatrick's Report of the battle of Big Bethel.
Vol. 9, page 284.
PENET: Captain John D., 144th Regiment. Atthe battle of Honey
Hill, November, 1864, he had his leg shattered, but continued
cheering his men while his leg was temporarily bandaged.
Vol. 51, page 146.
NAGLE: Captain William J., 88th Regiment. He resigned a situ
ation in the Custom House, for which he received $1,300 per
annum, and raised » company for the S8th, which cost him
$1,000. All that was left of the company after the battle of
Fredericksburg was two sergeants and three men. He was in
every battle of the war, and had four brothers in the field.
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Honorably alluded to in General Meagher's Report of the
battle of Fredericksburg. Vol. 27, page 526.
NEEDHAM: Fbancis, One of the heroes on board the " Congress"
and participated in the fight with the " Merrimac.'' Vol. 18, page 232.
NEAR: Orderly-Sergeant Chaeles R., 163d Regiment. Pro
moted on the field of Fredericksburg for bravery. Vol. 27, page 477.
NELSON: Majoe Petee, 66th Regiment. Honorably mentioned in
Colonel Morris' Report of the battle of Chancellorsville.
NEVIN: Colonel David J., 62d Regiment. Mr. Nevin left New
York with his regiment in the capacity of Captain, immedi
ately after the First Bull Run battle. The regiment was sta
tioned on the Potomac, above Washington. They had been
there but a few clays when it was discovered that neither
Colonel, Lieutenant-Colonel, nor Major was with the regiment.
Under this situation of affairs, the regiment demanded that
Captain Nevin should take the command. He acted in thnt
capacity for several weeks, but, finding that the labor of three
field officers was more than he could stand, he sent in his
resignation. This was received by General Peck, who stated
that he would send it to General McClellan, with a request
that the application be rejected. Some ten days afterwards,
General Mansfield rode up to Captain Nevin and stated that he
was directed by General McClellan to return the document, as
good officers were too scarce to -lose, and to request him to re
main in the regiment, and that he would be promoted. He was
soon after made Lieutenant-Colonel. At Fair Oaks the colonel
was killed; Lieutenant-Colonel Nevin then took command,
and received special commendation from General Peck for his
gallantry. He was immediately commissioned as Colonel; was
through the Seven Days Fight, although then quite unwell, and
at Malvern Hill was so anxious to do all that was in his power,
that although unable to sit up all day, yet rode up to the field
in an ambulance, and there took command of his regiment
and acquitted himself with <n-ent credit. After the removal of
McClellan a conspiracy was discovered ngainst tliis soldier
by his superior officers, and Governor Seymour was called upon
to see that justice was done to one of whose services the State
might well be proud. Vol. 30, page 186.

202 THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE
NICHOL: Corporal, 3d Cavalry. Acquitted himself with great
skill and bravery at the battle of Washington, N. C.
Vol. 24, page 324.
NOTT: Colonel Charles C, 176th Regiment. In the attack on
Brashear City, La., by the Rebels in June, 1863, Colonel Nott,
although he had been sick for nearly three months, mounted
his horse to endeavor to rally his men, but fell twice.
Vol. 32, page 187.
Colonel Nott is now one of the Judges of the Court of Claims.
NUGENT : Colonel Robert, 69th Regiment. One of the heroes of
Malvern Hill. Vol. 22, page 124.
General Meagher in his Report of the battle of Fredericksburg
says: " Colonel Nugent acted with signal bravery, leading, as
he did, the column into the field with a brilliancy of bearing
worthy of the historic reputation attached in Europe to the
name he bears. His demeanor and the high spirit he dis
played, his words and looks, all were such as could not fail to
encourage and incite his men on that day." Vol. 27, page 526.
O'CONNELL: Sergeant John, 37th Regiment. His name ordered
to be incribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny
Cross for gallant conduct at Bull Run. Vol. 32, page 372.
OSBORN: Sergeant John W., 150th Regiment. Honorably dis
charged in order to enable him to receive promotion. Vol. 30, page 246.
ONDERDONK: Major Benjamin F.. 7th Cavalry. One of the
heroes of a brilliant expedition into North Carolina. Vol. 21, page 57.
OEHL: Henry, 62d Regiment. Displayed remarkable bravery and
coolness when attacked by some two hundred Rebels near the
White Oak Swamp. Vol. 21, page 52.
OSBORNE: Captain Thomas W., 1st Artillery. Honorably ac
quitted himself at Williamsburg. Vol. 20, page 318.
O'NEIL: Major Joseph, 63d Regiment. General Meagher in his
Report of the battle of Fredericksburg says, "Major O'Neil
was as true that day as he has ever been.'' Vol. 27, page 525.
OLONE: Lieutenant H. F., 69th N. Y. S. M. At the First battle of
Bull Run, his bravery was surpassed by none. Vol. 25, page 235.

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PEARCE: Major Charles E., 16th Artillery. His bravery and the
encouragement he gave his men in battle on the Darbytown
Road, October 7, 1864, deserves remembrance. Vol. 49, page 283.
PRINCE: Major Feederick W., 16th Artillery. His bravery and
the encouragement he gave his men in battle on the Darby-
town Road, October 7, 1864, deserves remembrance. Vol. 49, page 283.
PORTEOUS: Private S. R., 142d Regiment. He volunteered to
advance with the head of the column and cut down the pali
sading at the time of the assault on Fort Fisher. Vol. 52, page 380.
PER LEE: Colonel Samuel R., 114th Regiment. Colonel Per Lee
received three wounds: one through the neck, one in the arm,
and another in the side, which exposed the lung. Notwith
standing this complication of wounds he rode on horseback
from Winchester to Harper's Ferry. Vol. 48, page 473.
PIERCE: Major Henry I., 96th Regiment. Participated with
great gallantry in the first attack made on the works at Peters
burg, June 15, 1864, by the 18th Corps. Vol. 45, page 505.
PIPER: Colonel Alexander, 10th Artillery. Participated with
great gallantry in the first attack made on the works of the
enemy at Petersburg, June 15, 1864, by the 18th Army Corps.
Vol. 45, page 505.
PIERCE: Lieutenant-Colonel Francis E., 108th Regiment.
Conspicuous for noble bearing in the great charge by Han
cock's Corps, near Spottsylvania Court House, May 12, 1864.
Vol. 44, page 374.
POWERS: Colonel Charles J., 108th Regiment. Conspicuous
for noble bearing in the great charge by Hancock's Corps,
near Spottsylvania Court House, May 12, 1864. Vol. 44, page 374.
PALMER: Lieutenant-Colonel Jeremiah, 2d Artillery. He
gallantly commanded his men in the brilliant action of May 19,
1864, at Spottsylvania Court House.
POTTER: Major James D., 38th Regiment. Honorably mentioned
in Colonel Farnsworth' s Report of the battle of Bull Run.
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204 THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE
PAYNE: Captain Lewis S., 100th Regiment. During the siege of
Charleston (July, 1863), he succeeded in reaching the parapet
of Fort Wagner and inspecting unmolested the interior. He is
one of the best and most successful scouts in the army.
Vol. 35, page 93.
PATTOON: Major Alexander G, 7th Cavalry. One of the heroes
of a fight eighteen miles from Suffolk. Vol. 32, page 442.
PARISEN: Captain Otto W., 9th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in Colonel Kimball's Report of the battle of South
Mills. Vol. 20, page 146.
Also in the Colonel's Report of the battles of South Mountain
and Antietam. Vol. 25, page 7.
Presented with a gold medal. On one side is the inscription:
" Highwood Guard to Captain Otto W. Parisen, esteemed
as our Orderly Sergeant and chivalric soldier." Vol. 25, page 235.
PARSONS: Lieutenant Charles B., 1st Engineers. One of the
heroes of the siege of Charleston. Vol. 36, page 186.
PARKS: Lieutenant William A., 6th Cavalry. One of the heroes
of a reconnoisance and brilliant skirmish into Virginia.
Vol. 26, page 29.
PENDERGRAST: Lieutenant Jeffrey, 38th Regiment. Honora
bly mentioned in Colonel Bimey's Report of the battle of
Fredericksburg. Vol. 27, page 487.
PEEL: Sergeant Washington, 40th Regiment. His name ordered
to be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny
Cross for gallant conduct at Chancellorsville. Lieutenant
Peel was killed near Petersburg, September 20, 1864.
Vol. 32, page 372.
PENFIELD: Captain James A., 5th Cavalry. Acquitted himself
with great gallantry in an engagement with Mosby' s gueril
las at Warrenton Junction. Vol. 32, page 98.
PELL: Lieutenant John H., 4th Regiment. Honorably acquitted
himself at Antietam. Vol. 25, page 89.
PHELPS, Jr. : Colonel Walter, 22d Regiment. Colonel Phelps
assumed command of the 1st Brigade of the Army of the
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tember, 1862, and led it in the brilliant charge at South
Mountain, and in many, of the subsequent battles fought by
the Army. Every general of the corps recommended Colonel
Phelps to the President for promotion. These recommenda
tions were endorsed by General Hooker in flattering terms.
Vol. 33, page 111.
PIERSON: Lieutenant-Colonel Chaeles H., 43d Regiment.
Deserving of special praise for his gallantry at the battle of
Williamsburg. Vol. 20, page 188.
PROST: Lieutenant Joseph, 55th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in Colonel de Trobriand's Report of the battle of
Williamsburg. Vol. 20, page 303.
PURDY: Lieutenant James H., 59th Regiment. Promoted to a
Captaincy for gallant conduct at the battle of Antietam.
Vol. 26, page 85.
PURDY : Captain Lovell, 70th Regiment. He was wounded at
Williamsburg, and at Gettysburg he was wounded three
times, but instead of retiring from the field, preferred remain
ing with the few gallant men left of his company. Vol. 40, page 49.
PURTELL: Captain Michael D., 73d Regiment. He acted as
Lieutenant-Colonel at the battle of Gettysburg, and acquitted
himself nobly. Killed in action May 10, 1864. Vol. 35, page 195.
PELL: Captain Abijah S., 47th Regiment. Behaved gallantly at
Olustee, Fla. Promoted November 26, 1864, to Major, 8th
United States Colored Troops. Vol. 42, page 76.
PERKINS: John R., 123d Regiment. At the battle of Chancellors
ville he was shot in the thigh by a rifle ball, and was sent to
the surgeon to have the wound dressed, but seeing others
there worse than himself yet unattended, returned to his
company and commenced firing again, when the line fell back.
On account of weakness and loss of blood he was unable to
get away, and was taken prisoner. Vol. 33, page 110.
PERLEY: Lieutenant Henry C, 9th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in Colonel Kimball's Report of the battle of South
Mills, N. C. Vol. 20, page 168.

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PINTLER: Corporal J. H., 7th Cavalry. Colonel Dodge asked
for volunteers to cross the Blackwater River, and Corporal
Pintler, Sergeant Eaton and Private Van Duser volunteering,
were selected for that purpose. Nobly and gallantly they
spurred their horses in the dark and treacherous-looking
water and plunged through and gained the opposite bank.
Vol. 26, page 16.
He was terribly wounded during a reconnoisance to Juni.
A braver man never sat in the saddle. Vol. 27, page 380.
PINCKNEY: Lieutenant Geoege E., 131st Regiment. The hero
of a fight with guerillas on the Atchaf alaya River, March,
1864. Vol. 42, page 391.
PLUM: Lieutenant Francis M., 2d Cavalry. Honorably men
tioned in Colonel Kilpatrick's Report of a successful expedi-
dition to Hanover Junction. He was a son of the late Elias
Plum, of Troy. Vol. 22, page 642.
POTTER: Lieutenant-Colonel Robeet B., 51st Regiment. Hon
orably mentioned in the Tribune's account of the battle of New-
bern. Promoted to Brigadier-General March 13, 1863. Gen
eral Potter died recently. Vol. IS, page 372.
POWELL: Lieutenant Frank, 9th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned by Colonel White in his Report of the battle of Pea
Ridge. Vol. 18, page 565.
PRATT: Captain William P., 5th Cavalry Regiment. During
Banks' Shenandoah campaign, Captains Pratt and Green
escorted Hampton's Battery into Winchester at night.
Vol. 42, page 314.
PRATT: Lieutenant Joseph, 4th Regiment. Acquitted himself
with great gallantry at Antietam. Vol. 25, page 89.
QUIRK : Captain Thomas W. , 83d Regiment. One of the heroes
of the battle of Fredericksburg. He was killed at Gettysburg
July 1, 1863. Vol. 20, page 547.
QUINN: John, 5th Cavalry. One of the heroes of the battle of
Port Royal. Vol. 20, page 547.
QUIN: Captain John, 4th Regiment. Great credit is due him for
the manner in which he stuck by his company at Antietam.
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withstanding which, he marched to the battle at the head of
his company, and remained until relieved. Vol. 25, page 89.
QUINN: Seegeant Henry, 88th Regiment. His name ordered to
be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny
Cross for gallant conduct at the battle of Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 342.
QUAY: Captain John, 125th Regiment. In the affair at Morton's
Ford, Va., February, 1864, a hundred men were" called for as
skirmishers to cross the ford, and these men were gallantly led
by Captain Quay. Killed in action April 2, 1865.
Vol. 41, page 192.
QUINLAN: Major James, 88th Regiment. One of the heroes of
Malvern Hill. Vol. 22, page 124.
In the absence of the lieutenant-colonel, the 88th was most
intelligently and gallantly maintained by Major Quinlan all
through the tempestuous march from Fair Oaks to Malvern
Hill. Vol. 22, page 573.
Honorably alluded to in General Meagher's Report of the bat
tle of Fredericksburg. Vol. 27, page 526.
QUARTERMAN: Captain George H., 74th Regiment. Badly
wounded at Williamsburg where he acquitted himself most
gallantly. Vol. 20, page 360.
QUACKENBOS: Captain Edward M., 36th Regiment. Honorably
alluded to in General Keyes' Report of the battle of Seven
Pines for the assistance rendered by him during the battle.
Died of disease in New York City, August 20, 1862.
Vol. 22, page 242.
RHEIMS: Lieutenant Leon, 3d Battery. Honorably mentioned
in an account of the battle of Lee's Mills. Lieutenant Rheims
is now a well-known merchant in New York City.
Vol. 19, page 396.
RICHARDS: Lieutenant Edwin F., 59th Regiment. Promoted to
Captain. He was a very meritorious officer and served in all
the battles in which the regiment was engaged. Vol. 40, page 316.
ROEMER: Captain Jacob, 34th Battery. The works at College
Hill were erected, partially completed, and handsomely
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siege of Knoxville. He was one of the last artillery officers in
the service. Vol. 40, page 346.
RYDER: Corporal Richard C, 40th Regiment. Corporal Ryder
was highly complimented for his daring and bravery while
acting as Color-Bearer at Oak Grove. Vol. 22, page 19.
Promoted to Second Lieutenant for splendid action on the bat
tle-field. Vol. 28, page 336.
ROGERS: Lieutenant Philip C, 55th Regiment. Acquitted him
self with honor at the battle of Seven Pines. Vol. 21, page 255.
ROWE: Lieutenant Frederick A., 99th Regiment. One of the
heroes of a brilliant exploit on the Nansemond River.
Vol. 31, page 474.
RODEN: Sergeant Michael, 47th Regiment. At the battle of
Olustee, Fla., he conducted himself nobly. Vol. 42, page 76.
ROBERTS : Lieutenant John, 175th Regiment. Formerly of the
71st N. Y. S. M. Among the first to rush to the defence of
the national capital in 1801, and with the gallant 71st acquitted
himself heroically on board steamer "Freeborn," in her
engagement with the Rebel batteries at Aquia Creek and again
in the First Bull Run battle acquitted himself with great gal
lantry. Vol. 27, page 116.
ROBERTS: Corporal. Honorably mentioned in Colonel Kimball's
Report of the battles of South Mountain and Antietam.
Vol. 25, page 7.
ROSA: Colonel Rudolph, 46th Regiment. Honorably mentioned
in General Stevens' Report of the battle of Secessionville. Vol. 34, page 47.
RIDER: Captain Henry W., 12th Regiment. His firmness, fidelity
and fearlessness made him an invaluable officer. Vol. 33, page 539.
RYAN: William. Distinguished himself while on a boat excursion
to secure supplies for General Sickles. Vol. 17, page 149.
RAYMOND: Lieutenant Jasper N., 2d Cavalry. One of the
heroes of the spirited cavalry skirmish at Aldie, Va., June,
1863. Vol. 33, page 386.

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RADCLIFFE: W. R., 99th Regiment. One of the heroes on board
the " Congress " who participated in the fight with the Rebel
steamer "Merrimac."
RICE: Lieutenant-Colonel James C, 44th Regiment. General
Butterfield in a letter to General Williams, dated July 2, 1862,
said: "In consideration of the bravery and heroic conduct
upon three battle-fields, I would most urgently recommend
the commanding general to designate Lieutenant-Colonel Riec
as Colonel of the regiment, made vacant by the resignation of
Colonel Stryker. Vol. 22, page 431.
At Gettysburg he commanded the 3d brigade of Barnes' divis
ion, after acting Brigadier-General Vincent was wounded, and
inspired his troops with the greatest enthusiasm. Promoted
to Brigadier-General August 17, 1863. Vol. 34, page 120.
REED : Thomas, 3d Cavalry. One of the heroes of Tranter's Creek,
where he was captured by the Rebels. Vol. 21, page 252.
REID: Alexander, 123d Regiment. While the regiment was
engaged at close quarters at Chancellorsville, he rushed for
ward, captured, and brought in two prisoners. Page 110.
REDDY: Cobpoeal James, 37th Regiment. His name ordered to
be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny
Cross for gallant conduct at the battle of Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
RANDOLPH: Sergeant Alfred, 2d Cavalry. Honorably men
tioned in Colonel Kilpatrick's Report of a successful expedi
tion to Hanover Junction. Vol. 22, page 642.
ROBINSON: Sergeant, 65th Regiment. Color-Bearer of the regi
ment. At the time the regiment was about to disband, Colo
nel Hamblin, after thanking the regiment for the gallantly it
had always shown, presented Sergeant Robinson with a splen
did blue cross, as a token of his admiration for the gallant
manner in which he had borne the flag of his country on all
the battle-fields in which the regiment had been engaged.
Vol. 48, page 203.
REVELL: Lieutenant William A., 13th Cavalry Regiment.
Acquitted himself bravely on the occasion of an expedition to
the Rapidan, and an encounter with Early's forces, September,
1864. Vol. 48, page 435.
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210 THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE
RAFFERTY: Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas, 71st Regiment. For
the last fourteen months of the regiment's term of service, he
was in command. He was an excellent officer and has been
faithful to all trusts. Vol. 46, page 281.
RAULSTON: Lieutenant-Colonel John B., 81st Regiment.
Participated with great gallantry in the first attack made on
the Rebel works at Petersburg, June 15, 1864, by the 18th
Corps. Vol. 45, page 505.
At the battle of Fair Oaks, in 1862, Captain Raulston unsup
ported held an important position for two hours. Vol. 41, page 390.
REMINGTON: Captain Geo. W., 2d Cavalry. He greatly distin
guished himself during General Davidson's raid through Miss
issippi in December, 1864. Vol. 58, page 405.
RYAN: Thomas C. H., 13th Cavalry. Promoted to Second Lieu
tenant for his bravery in the fight at Culpepper. Vol. 49, page 155.
REEVES: Captain James H., 3d Regiment. One of the heroes of
Fort Fisher, where he lost a leg. Vol. 52, page 291.
ROOK: Cobpoeal Daniel T., 156th Regiment. He bore the flag
of the regiment in the battle of Cedar Creek, and his name
deserves a place on the Roll of Honor. Vol. 51, page 191.
RANDALL: Lieutenant-Colonel Geoege M., 14th Artillery.
One of the heroes of the battle of the Crater, July 31, 1864.
Also one of the heroes of Forts Steadman and Haskill.
Vol. 87, page 635.
SHEA: Peivate Joshua, 92d Regiment. He was recommended by
General Butler for a medal, for gallant conduct in bringing
the wounded from the field, under a heavy fire at the battle of
Chapin's Farm. Vol. 49, page 456.
SMITH: Lieutenant Clabk, 169th Regiment. Promoted to the
rank of Captain for gallant and meritorious services.
Vol. 49, page 286.
SUESS: Captain John L., 1st Engineer Regiment. Honorably
mentioned by General Butler for his energy in prosecuting the
works which enabled our forces to hold Fort Harrison.
Vol. 49, page 456.

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SCHILLING: Private John, 159th Regiment. Recommended to
the Secretary of War for a medal, for gallant conduct at the
battle of Chapin's Farm. Vol..49, page 456.
SHEPPARD: Captain Morris F., 16th Artillery. His bravery and
the encouragement he gave his men in the battle on the Darby-
town Road October 7, 1S64, deserves remembrance. Vol. 49, page 2S3.
SMITH: Lieutenant Edwin R., 169th Regiment. Promoted to
the rank of Captain for gallant and meritorious conduct.
Vol. 49, page 286.
SCOFIELD: Sergeant David H., 5th Cavalry. At the battle of
Cedar Creek, October, 1864, he captured the battle colors of
Kershaw's division of Longstreet's corps. General Sheridan
gave him thirty-five days furlough as a reward for his bravery.
Vol. 59, page 134.
SMITH: Colonel John F., 112th Regiment. One of the heroes of
Fort Fisher. Vol. 52, page 291.
SKELLIE : Corporal Ebenezee, 127th Regiment. General Butler
says: " He took the colors of the regiment when the color ser
geant fell, and carried them through the first charge (battle
of Chapin's Farm). At the second charge, after all the color
guard were killed or wounded, he carried the colors to the
enemy's works, where he fell wounded. Vol. 49, page 416.
SMITH: Major Eliphas, 56th Regiment. On all occasions under
the fire of the enemy, he showed unflinching bravery and cool
ness. Vol. 52, page 309.
SUMNER: Colonel E. V., 7th Cavalry. (Son of Major-General
Sumner.) Too much credit cannot be given to Colonel Sum
ner for his display of real courage and skill in manoeuvring
troops in the fight on the Darbytown Road, October 7, 1864.
Promoted to Brevet Brigadier-General in 1865. Vol. 49, page 171.
SCOTT: Major Rufus, 19th Cavalry. In the battle at Newtown,
Va., August 16, 1864, Major Scott commanded the regiment,
which, although confronted by superior numbers, alone and
unsupported, fought nobly for an hour and a half.
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SCOTT :— Orderly Sergeant, 85th Regiment. He was one of the
bravest men in the regiment. At one time in 1864 he went
outside of the fort at Plymouth and passed an open field to
within thirty or forty rods of the rebel line, loading and firing
as he went. There was only one Rebel that returned his fire.
Scott would wave his cap at him every time he fired.
STANDRING: Captain John T., 5th Artillery. On the 21st of
July, 1864, Captain Standring led a gallant charge, and drove
three hundred and fifty Rebel sharpshooters out of the town of
Bolivar, Va. ' Vol. 46, page 437.
STEGMAN: Majoe L. R., 102d Regiment. Colonel Lane being
sick in the hospital at the time of the battle near Pine Hill,
Ga., Major Stegman led the regiment into battle. Vol. 46, page 142.
STRAY: John, 1st Engineer. He was presented by General Gil-
more with a bronze medal for valorous conduct, of which, we
believe, but thirty-nine in all were ever distributed. Vol. 44, page 243.
SHAW: Captain John G., 79th N. Y. S. M. Honorably acquitted
himself at the battle of Bull Run. Vol. 10, page 609.
SPERLING: Lieutenant J., 71st N. Y. S. M. Honorably acquitted
himself at the battle of Bull Run. Vol. 14, page 272.
SINCLAIR: Lieutenant James B., 79th Regiment. Honorably
mentioned in an account of the battle of Bull Run.
Vol. 13, page 289.
SCOTT: Private W., 6th Regiment. Honorably mentioned in
Colonel Wilson's Report of the battle on Santa Rosa Island.
Vol. 14, page 6.
SAXTON: Sergeant-Major Charles T. Honorably mentioned
in connection with the battles of Port Hudson and the Red
River and Shenandoah Valley campaigns. Vol. 54, page 406.
S AVERY: Captain John E., 75th Regiment. He was wounded at
Port Hudson, while bravely leading his men. Vol. 54, page 206.
SMITH: Private Co. G., 13th Cavalry. Promoted for bravery in a
little fight which resulted in the wounding of the guerilla
Mosby. Vol. 48, page 482.

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STEVENS: Captain Samuel, 1st Cavalry. He received General
Ewell's sword at the battle of Sailor's Creek. Vol. 84, page 562.
SMITH: Captain Joseph H., 97th Regiment. In the battle for the
possession of the Petersburg and Weldon Railroad, Captain
Smith came face to face with a Rebel captain, who insisted on
his surrender, and on his refusal, attempted to run him
through with a, bayonet. Parrying the bayonet thrust with
his sabre he got out of the captain's way and escaped.
Vol. 47, page 416.
SARTELLE: Sergeant Henry, 132d Regiment. In the battle of
Chancellorsville he was shot through the arm (after firing
over forty rounds). After the wound was dressed by the sur-
geon he returned to his company and continued firing with his
revolver, the fight being then at close quarters, and did not
leave until ordered to do so. Vol. 33, page 110.
SAWYER: Captain Thomas J., 47th Regiment. Atthe battle of
Olustee, Fla., 1S64, he behaved with extraordinary bravery.
At one time running the colors » hundred yards in advance
of the line, calling on the boys to "Rally round the flag."
The gay captain in the thickest of the bullet storm very ener
getically expressed his opinion that he could "lick" any
Rebel in the fight. Vol. 42, page 76.
SAVAGE: Lieutenant-Colonel Henry F., 25th Regiment.
Though his arm was broken early in the engagement at Hau-
over Court House, he determined not to forsake his regiment,
and with heroism worthy of record he rode back and front of
his men, stimulating them to deeds of valor, until finally he
fainted from loss of blood and fell from his horse.
Vol. 20, page 568.
SALISBURY: Sergeant William H., 99th Regiment. Honorably
acquitted himself in a brisk skirmish near Suffolk, Va.
Vol. 32, page 70.
SAVACOAL: Sergeant, Edwin F., 1st Cavalry. One of the brav
est men in the army. He alone captured seventy prison
ers and afterwards killed the notorious guerilla Captain
Blackford. Captain Savacoal died June 3, 1865, of wounds
received in action at Sailor's Run, Va. Vol. 41, page 247.

214 THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE
SANGER: Lieutenant Wm. H., 2d Cavalry. One of the heroes of a
brilliant expedition into North Carolina. Vol. 21, page 57.
S AMMON : Colonel Simon, 115th Regiment. Wounded at the battle
of Olustee, Fla., in February, 1864, while gallantly leading his
regiment. Vol. 42, page 10.
SCOTT: Lieutenant James, 47th Regiment. He behaved gal
lantly at Olustee, Fla. Captain Scott was killed at Fort
Fisher, February 11, 1865. Vol. 42, page 76.
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SCHAEFFER: Sergeant Jacob, 88th Regiment. His name
ordered to be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the
Kearny Cross for gallant conduct at Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
SCHMIDT : Captain Adolph, 14th Cavalry. The hero of a bril
liant fight with the Rebels near Pensacola, Fla., in April, 1864.
Vol. 43, page 220.
SCHULTZ: Sergeant Julius C, 37th Regiment. His name
ordered to be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the
Kearny Cross for gallant conduct at the battle of Chancellors
ville. Vol. 32, page 372.
SCHEFFELIN: Major Wm. H., 7th Cavalry. Acquitted himself
nobly in an engagement with the Rebels near Suffolk, Va.
Vol. 26, Page 16.
SCHOONMAKER: Sergeant-Major Leonard S., 51st Regiment.
Commissioned Lieutenant by Governor Seymour for meritori
ous conduct and bravery on the field. Vol. 31, page 395.
SHELDON: Lieutenant Oscar, 3d Cavalry. Honorably men
tioned for his gallantry at Kinston, N. C. Vol. 27, page 435.
SHORT: Lieutenant John P., 73d Regiment. Promoted to Cap
tain for gallant conduct. Vol. 30, page 17.
SHINE: Lieutenant Eugene C, 73d Regiment. Promoted to
Captain for gallant conduct. Vol. 30, page 17.
SHAURMAN: Lieutenant-Colonel Nelson, 90th Regiment. He
commanded the regiment in the assault upon Port Hudson.
He was a thorough soldier and would not send his regiment
where he would not go himself. Vol. 34, page 295.

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SHAFER: Lieutenant William B., 2d Cavalry. Behaved splen
didly during the series of Cavalry fights in October, 1863, at
Bristoe Station. Vol. 37, page 484.
SEELY: Lieutenant Israel R., 47th Regiment. Promoted to a
Captaincy. He earned his promotion through all the grades
of rank. Vol. 25, page 295.
SEARING: Sergeant, 9th Regiment. Honorably mentioned in
Colonel Kimball's Report of the battles of South Mountain
and Antietam. Vol. 25, page 7.
SETON, Jr., Captain Wm., 4th Regiment. Acquitted himself with
great gallantry at the battle of Antietam. Vol. 25, page 89.
SHILLINGLAW: Captain Robeet T., 79th Regiment. Honorably
acquitted himself at Bull Run. Vol. 16, page 50.
SHOEMAKER: Peivate, 1st Artillery. Honorably acquitted him
self at the battle of Williamsburg. Vol. 20, page 318.
SHANLEY: Captain Timothy S., 69th Regiment. Presented
with an elegant sword by his companions in arms as a testimo
nial of their regard for him as a soldier and a man.
Vol. 23, page 180.
SEAMAN, Je: Tee ad well, 83d Regiment. Honorably dis
charged the service to enable him to receive promotion.
• Vol. 30, page 246.
SERRELL: Colonel Edward W., 1st Engineers. Honorably men
tioned in General Benham's Report of the capture of Fort
Pulaski. Vol. 19, page 357.
Honorably mentioned in General Wright's Report of the bat
tle of Secessionville. Vol. 22, page 336.
Honorably mentioned in General Brannon's Report of the
battle of Frampton. Vol. 26, page 179.
SEARS: Captain Alfred F., 1st Engineer Regiment. Honorably
mentioned in General Viele's Report of the capture of Fort
Pulaski. Vol. 19, page 430.
Honorably mentioned in General Stevens' Report of the battle
of Secessionville. Vol. 22, page 321.
SEYMOUR: Captain Allen M., 2d Cavalry. Honorably men
tioned in Colonel Kilpatrick's Report of a successful Cavalry
expedition to Hanover Junction. Vol. 22, page 642.

216 THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE
SHERRILL: Colonel Eliakim, 126th Regiment. In the battles
resulting in the capture of Harper's Ferry, Colonel Sherrill
was conspicuous for his skill and bravery. • Dismounting from
his horse, and with revolver in each hand, he rallied his
wavering troops, calling upon his boys to stand by him, until
he was shot in the mouth by a musket ball and carried to the
rear. Colonel Sherrill was killed at the battle of Gettysburg,
July 3, 1863. Vol. 24, page 410.
SHALER: Colonel Alexander, 65th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in General Newton's Report of the battle of Fredericks
burg. Vol. 28, page — .
In the attack on Marye's Hill, at a critical juncture, he rallied
his column with magnificent gallantry, and brought it up to
the work once more, and took it on up the hill. Promoted to
Brigadier-General, May 26, 1863. Vol. 32, page 69.
SMITH: Lieutenant Petee J., 37th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in General Kearny's Report of the battle of Seven Pines.
Vol. 21, page 426.
SMITH: Captain John, 4th Regiment. Acquitted himself with
great gallantry at Antietam. Vol. 25, pagp S9.
SMITH: Captain John, 88th Regiment. Honorably mentioned in
General Meagher' s*Report of the battle of Fredericksburg. ol. 27, page 526.
SMITH: Seegeant Friend A., 38th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in General Meagher's Report of the battle of Fred
ericksburg. Vol. 27, page 487.
SMITH: Captain Thomas, 73d Regiment. Acting Major at the
battle of Gettysburg, and behaved splendidly. Vol. 35, page 195.
SMITH: Lieutenant Bernard N., 169th Regiment. Appointed
Brigade Quartermaster on the staff of General Foster. He
went out as a private in the beginning of the war, in the 44th
New York Regiment, and was severely wounded in the face
and neck, immediately subsequent to which he was promoted
to a Lieutenancy for his bravery, and later became Captain.
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SMITH: Lieutenant John A., 47th Regiment. Behaved gallantly
at the battle of Olustee, Fla. Killed in action, May 7, 1864.
Vol. 42, page 76.
SMITH: Captain Solomon P., 115th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in General Hatch's General Orders, No. 19, for the
brave and skilful manner in which he commanded a party of
twenty-five men in a hazardous and daring expedition from
Pilatka, Fla., in March, 1864. Vol. 43, page 262.
SOEST : Colonel Clemens; 29th Regiment. Honorably mentioned
in Colonel Schurz's Report of the battles of Groveton and
Second Bull Run. Vol. 25, page 58.
SPILLAN: Seegeant'T., 37th Regiment. His name ordered to be
inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny
Cross for gallant conduct at the battle of Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
SQUIER: Lieutenant Chaeles W., 74th Regiment. He displayed
conspicuous gallantry at the battle of Williamsburg. Vol. 21, page 48.
STILES: Seegeant, 9th Regiment. Honorably mentioned in Col
onel Kimball's Report of the battles of South Mountain and
Antietam. Vol. 25, page 7.
STUART: Colonel Chaeles B., 50th Engineer Regiment. Honor
ably mentioned for his valuable services in connection with
General Woodbury's Engineer Brigade during the great battles
on the Peninsula. Vol. 22, page 268.
STUART: Captain Lewis J., 62d Regiment. General Wheaton
was unreserved in his commendations of Captain Stuart, at
Chancellorsville, whose skill and judgment aided very mate
rially in saving his brigade from capture. Vol. 32, page 150.
STUART : Lieutenant Robeet, 2d Cavalry. One of the heroes oj?
a spirited skirmish at Aldie, Va., June, 1863. Died September
22, 1863. Vol. 33, page 386.
STUART: Captain John, 51st Regiment. He won the commenda
tion of his superiors in a long series of fights. Vol. 29, page 547.
STEVENS: Captain Hazard, 79th Regiment. He was conspicu
ous throughout the battle of Secessionville. Vol. 21, page 528.

218 THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE
Wounded at the battle of Chantilly while gallantly leading on
his men. Vol. 24, page 195.
STEPHENS : Cobpoeal, 9th Regiment. Honorably mentioned in
Colonel Kimball's Report of the battles of South Mountain
and Antietam. Vol. 25, page 7.
SIMPSON: Cobpoeal, 21st Regiment. The plucky corporal was
too smart for the boasting guerilla Mosby. He was the per
sonification of bravery. Vol. 43, page 12.
SIMMS: Captain Samuel H., 51st Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in Colonel Ferrero's Report of the engagement at Roan
oke Island. Killed in action at Petersburg, Va., July 30, 1864.
Vol. 17, page 283.
SIEBERT : Lieutenant Louis, 7th Cavalry. One of the heroes of a
brilliant expedition into North Carolina. Promoted to Captain
and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, May 22, 1863.
Vol. 21, page 57.
SMITH, Je. : Majoe Abel, 3d Regiment. Honorably mentioned in
Colonel Hyne's Report of the opening of the Nansemond River.
Vol. 21, page 400.
Honorably mentioned in General Kearny's Report of the cap
ture of Ponchatoula, La. He was also Lieutenant-Colonel of
the 165th, and died June 23, 1863, of wounds received before
Port Hudson. Vol. 21, page 906.
STADPOLE : Patrick, 37th Regiment. His name ordered to be in
scribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny Cross
for gallant conduct at the battle of Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
SUITER: Colonel James A., 34th Regiment. Honorably acquitted
himself at the battle of Seven Pines. Vol. 22, page 283.
SUTCLIFFE: Corporal, 99th Regiment. Honorably acquitted
himself in a brisk skirmish with the enemy near Suffolk.
Vol.32, page 70.
TAYLOR: Colonel Nelson, 72d Regiment. He led the Excelsior
Brigade in the Virginia battles under Pope, and was rewarded
for his gallantry by promotion to the rank of Brigadier-General.
TALCOTT: Lieutenant Edward N. K., 1st Engineer Regiment.
One of the heroes of the siege of Charleston. Vol. 36, page 186.

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TERREY: Captain Francis A., 170th Regiment. Presented with a
sword by the officers and men of his regiment, as a testimonial
of their appreciation of him as a man and a soldier.
Vol. 38, page 147.
THOMAS: Lieutenant Isaac, 80th Regiment. He shot a color-
bearer at the battle of Antietam and brought off his colors.
Vol. 25, page 341.
THOMAS: Lieutenant George W., 3d Artillery Regiment. One
of the officers under Burnside to whom is due the capture of
Fort Macon. Vol. 20, page 64.
THOMPSON : Captain Ambrose, 137th Regiment. Chief Quarter
master of General Shields' division. He was thanked in gen
eral orders by the commanding general at the head of the
army, for his efficiency in the various positions in which he
was placed. Vol. 19, page 230.
THOMPSON: Lieutenant Lawrence H., 73d Regiment. Pro
moted to Lieutenant for gallant conduct on the field.
Vol. 30, page 17.
THOUROT : Lieutenant-Colonel Louis, 55th Regiment. Honor
ably mentioned in Colonel de Trobriand's Report of the battle
of Williamsburg. Vol. 20, page 303.
THORPE: Captain Gould H., 165th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in Colonel Clark's Report of the capture of Poncha-
toula. Vol. 31, page 406.
TILLOTSON: Captain Charles W., 99th Regiment (Union Coast
Guard). Honorably acquitted himself at the battle of Roanoke
Island. Vol. 7, page 263.
Honorably mentioned in General Foster's Report of the battle
of Newbern. Vol. 19, page 40.
TIBBITTS: Colonel William B., 2d Regiment. Colonel Tibbitts
entered at the beginning of the war as a Captain of a compain
of his own raising, and for gallantry on the battle-field was
promoted to the Colonelcy of the 21st Cavalry. Vol. 25, page 97.
This cool, fearless, educated and experienced officer displayed
the highest possible gallantry at Big Bethel, Bristoe Station
and Chancellorsville. Vol. 35, page 66.
TIGHE: Lieutenant Richard F., 163d Regiment. Promoted on
the battle-field of Fredericksburg. Vol. 27, page 477.

220 THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE
TRAVER: Corporal George, 88th Regiment. His name ordered
to be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny
Cross for gallant conduct at the battle of Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
TREADWELL: Captain AVilliam A., 14th Artillery Regiment.
Presented with a sword by the members of his company, as a
mark of their appreciation of his services as a soldier and
their esteem for him as a man. Vol. 40, page 189.
TYLER: Lieutenant-Colonel Rockwell, 56th Regiment. " Dur
ing all the engagements with the enemy he commanded the
regiment, and all praise is unnecessary, for every one knows
he is as good a soldier as there is in the army." Vol. 53, page 309.
TRAVIS: Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund R., 6th Artillery. He
gallantly commanded his men in the brilliant action of May
19, 1S64, at Spottsylvania Court House. Vol. 44, page 356.
THOMAS: Corporal Joseph, 158th Regiment. At the battle of
Chapin's Farm, September 30, 1864, Corporal Thomas captured
a Rebel flag. He took it at great risk and without help from
any one. General Butler offered him a commission by way of
reward. The corporal said he was too young for such an
honor and responsibility. Vol. 49, page 100.
UPTON: Colonel Emory, 121st Regiment. He commanded a bri
gade at Rappahannock Station, November, 1865, and was one
of the principal heroes of that brilliant affair. Promoted to
Brigadier-General July 4, 1864.
VANPETTEN: Lieutenant Colonel John B., 160th Regiment.
At the battle of Winchester, Lieutenant-Colonel Petten had a
bullet through his thigh, but refused to give up the command
of his regiment until the fighting was over. As he led off at
the head of it General Emery said to him: "Colonel, you are
going into a hot fire, you had better dismount." "Can't
walk, sir," replied the Colonel, pointing to his bandaged
thigh. Vol. 86, page 597.
VAN RENSSELAER: Lieutenant W. V., 50th Engineer Regiment.
His services during the war were of the greatest value.
Vol. 286, page 233.

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VON KLEISER: Captain Alfred, 30th Battery. Acquitted him
self with great gallantry and distinction at the battle of Pied
mont, Va., June, 1864. Vol. 45, page 337.
VAN BROCKLI3 : Brevet Major Martin, 50th Engineer Regi
ment. General Warren in his congratulatory orders in refer
ence to the raid on the Weldon Railroad, in December, 1864,
allrMes in honorable terms to Major Van Brocklin's efficiency
and promptness in the management of the pontoon train.
Vol. 51, page 284.
VEDDER: Beevet Major Commodoee Peeey, 154th Regiment.
He has an honorable record for gallantry at Lookout Moun
tain, Chancellorsville and the siege of Savannah. Vol. 54, page 206.
VON SCHACK: Colonel Geoege, 7th Regiment. He was honor
ably mentioned by Generals Hancock, Humphreys, Caldwell,
and others, for gallantry and soldierly qualities. Vol. 53, page 400.
VAN WINKLE: Corporal, 148th Regiment. General Butler says
Corporal Van Winkle was recommended to receive a medal for
distinguished gallantry at the battle of Chapin's Farm, in tak
ing a position in advance of the skirmish line within short dis
tance of the enemy's gunners, and driving the cannoneers from
their guns. Vol. 9, page 456.
VAN DUSER: Corporal, 9th Regiment. Honorably mentioned in
Colonel Kimball's Report of the battles of South Mountain
and Antietam. Vol. 25, page 7.
VANDERGRUFF: N. G., 99th Regiment. One of the heroes of a
brilliant affair on the Nansemond River, by which the trans
ports "Commerce" and "Swan" were piloted past the Rebel
batteries and arrived safely at Fortress Monroe. Vol. 32, page 1.
VOSS: Corporal, 40th Regiment. His name ordered to be
inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny Cross
for gallant conduct at the battle of Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
VAN ARNSBURG: Colonel George, 45th Regiment. Honorably
mentioned for his bravery in many battles, and at Gettysburg
he commanded the 1st Brigade, 3d Division, 11th Corps.
Vol. 35, page 14.

222 THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE
VAN VOORHEES: Lieutenant-Colonel Koert S., 137th Regi
ment. One of the heroes of the battle of Wauhatchie, Octo
ber, 1863. Vol. 38, page 92.
VENUTI: Captain Edwaed, 52d Regiment. One of the first
cases under the recent laws conferring full citizenship for one
year's faithful services in the army. Killed in action near
Gettysburg, July 2, 1863. Vol. 25, page 608.
VERNON: George R. Promoted to Second Lieutenant in the 14th
United States Infantry, for gallant and meritorious services.
Vol. 31, page 51.
VERMILYEA: Lieutenant Isaac D., 1st Cavalry Regiment. He is
entitled to the greatest praise for the manner in which he led
his men in a brilliant affair with a party of Rebels at Perry's
Ferry in May, 1863. Killed in action at Piedmont, Va., June
5, 1864. Vol. 32, page 543.
VINTON: Colonel Francis L., 43d Regiment. Deserving of
especial praise for his gallantry at the battle of Williamsburg.
Promoted March 13, 1863, to Brigadier-General. Vol. 20, page 188.
VOSBURGH: Lieutenant Philo, 36th Regiment. Especially dis
tinguished for meritorious conduct during the storming of
Fredericksburg heights. Vol. 32, page 308.
WOOD, Je. : Colonel James, 136th Regiment. He commanded a
brigade at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, Ga., July 20, 1864,
and did all that was required of him, as might be expected
from so excellent a commander. Vol. 46, page 511.
WELLS: Peivate James, 6th Cavalry, battle of Gettysburg, 3d day.
"At this tumultuous moment, we witnessed a deed of heroism
such as we are apt to attribute only to the Knights of the
olden times. General Hancock mounted, and accompanied by
his staff, with the corps flag flying in the hands of the brave
Irishman, Private Wells, started at the right of his line, and
slowly rode along the terrible crest to the extreme left of his
position, while shot and shell roared and crashed around
him, and every moment tore great gaps in the ranks at his
side." Vol. 84, page 232.
WINSLOW: Colonel Cleveland, 5th Regiment. Atthe battle of
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the first assault, but after the wound was dressed, resumed
his place at the head of his regiment. He was that sort of
man who stuck to his regiment and to fighting, as long as
he could hold a sword and ride a horse. Vol. 45, page 113.
WRIGHT : Captain John G., 51st Regiment. Honorably mentioned
in Colonel Ferrero's Report of the engagement at Roanoke
Island. Vol. 17, page 283.
WOODS: Lieutenant, 8th New York State Militia. Honorably
mentioned in General Butler's Report of the battle of Big
Bethel. Vol. 9, page 285.
WEISS: Lieutenant-Colonel Fbancis, 20th Regiment. Honor
ably acquitted himself at the capture of Forts Hatteras and
Clark, N. C. Vol. 12, page 119.
WILKINSON: Captain Abthue, 74th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in General Graham's Report of a reconnoissance to
Mathias Point. Vol. 14, page 256.
WALSH: Cobpoeal John, 5th Cavalry. At the battle of Cedar
Creek, 1864, he recaptured the colors of the 15th New Jersey
Infantry, that had been captured from the regiment early in
the day. General Sheridan gave him thirty-five days furlough
as a reward for his gallantry. Vol. 50, page 134.
WOODMAN: Captain Chaeles H., 65th Regiment. Conspicuous
for his gallantry at the battle of Cedar Creek, October, 1864.
Vol. 50, page 134.
WARD: Colonel (now General) J. H. Hobaet, 38th Regiment.
Honorably mentioned in the Tribune's Report of the battle of
Williamsburg. Vol. 20, page 261.
General Birney, in his Report, says: "To Colonel Ward fell
the good fortune to lead the most important charges of the
day." Vol. 20, page 331.
Honorably mentioned in General Heintzleman's Report of the
battle of Fair Oaks, where he acted as Brigadier-General. Vol. 29, page 124.
WALSH: Lieutenant James J., 36th Regiment. In the attack
upon Marye's Heights, the column faltered, but was rallied
handsomely by Lieutenant-Colonel Walsh. Vol. 32, page 69.

224 THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE
Honorably mentioned in General Keyes' Report of the battle
of Fair Oaks (Seven Pines) for the assistance rendered him
during the battle. Vol. 22, page 242.
WARDNER: Chaplain Nathan, 96th Regiment. He was espe
cially commended by General Butler for charging with his
regiment, in the advancing column, ready to administer the
last consolations to the dying. Vol. 49, page 456.
WELLES : Private Henry, 148th Regiment. General Butler says :
" He was recommended to receive a medal for distinguished
gallantry at the battle of Chapin's Farm, in taking a position
in advance of the skirmish line, within short distance of the
enemy's gunners, and driving the cannoneers from their
guns." Vol. 49, page 456.
WHITMAN: Captain George W., 51st Regiment. Honorably
mentioned in the Official Report of the Mine Explosion and also
for his long previous career of skill and courage as a soldier.
Vol. 49, page 529.
WESTON: Captain H. James, 127th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in General Foster's General Orders relative to the affair
at Forts Johnson and Simpkins, S. C, in July, 1864.
Vol. 50, page 382.
WALLING: Lieutenant William H., 142d Regiment. At the
time of the assault upon Fort Fisher, N. C, December 25,
1864, Lieutenant Walling captured a Rebel flag from the outer-
bastion of the enemy. Vol. 51, page 4S2.
WILBER: Lieutenant John J., 65th Regiment. At the battle of
the Opequan, September 19, 1864, he was always in front of
the lines, encouraging the boys by his bravery and example.
Vol. 49, page 135.
WHITCOMB: Sergeant Wm. H., 5th Cavalry. Sergeant Whitcomb
greatly distinguished himself by his bravery at the battle of
Shepherdtown, Va., August 25, 1864. When the fire was the
hottest and the lines wavering, as if in uncertainty, he rode
his horse boldly to the front of our line, and then by word and
example cheered and encouraged his faltering comrades. Ser
geant Whitcomb also distinguished himself at Buckland Mills
under Kilpatrick, and at Todd's Tavern in the Wilderness,
where he was wounded. Vol. 47, page 504.

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WIEDRICH: Colonel Michael, 15th Artillery. The regiment
under his command was universally accorded the honor by
their comrades of having saved the day on the ISth of
August, 1S64, in the action on the Weldon Railroad, by a
courageous charge just at the right time. Vol. 47, page 511.
WARREN: Colonel Gouveeneur K., 5th Regiment. Promoted to
Brigadier-General on recommendation of General McClellan,
for distinguished conduct at Gaines Mills. Vol. 24, page 643.
WALRATH: Major Ezra L., 115th Regiment. With imperturb
able cheerfulness, and the cool courage which distinguished
him, he moved along the line of his men at the battle of Olus
tee, Fla., cheering and encouraging his soldiers. His shoulder
strap was cut away by a bullet, but he soon replaced it with
the device proper to a Lieutenant-Colonel. Vol. 42, page 10.
WANNAMAKER: Sergeant George W., 5th Regiment. Pro
moted to Lieutenant for gallantry in the field. Vol. 25, page 97.
WEBSTER: Lieutenant Almer P., 9th Regiment. Honorably
mentioned in Colonel Kimball's Report of the battle of South
Mills, N. C. Vol. 20, page 259.
Honorably mentioned in Colonel Kimball's Report of the
battles of South Mountain and Antietam. Vol. 25, page 7.
WEST: Captain Rowland R., 12th Cavalry. The hero of a bril
liant engagement at Greenville, N. C, November 25, 1863.
Vol. 39, page 108.
WEBBER: Charles F., S4th Regiment. Formerly an employee of
the New York Herald, acquitted himself gallantly at the battle
of Chancellorsville. ol. 34, page 118.
WHEELOCK: Colonel Chaeles, 97th Regiment. General Double-
day in "The Campaigns of the Civil War," says: "Colonel
Wheelock on the first day of the battle of Gettysburg was cut
off during the retreat of Robinson's division and took refuge
in a house. A Rebel Lieutenant entered and called upon him
to surrender his sword. This he declined to do, whereupon
the Lieutenant called in several of his men, formed them in
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line, took out his watch, and said to the Colonel: " You are an
old, g ay-headed man, and I dislike to kill you, but if you
don't give up that sword in five minutes, I shall order those
men to blow your brains out." When the time was up the
Colonel still refused to surrender. A sudden tumult at the
door called the Lieutenant off for a moment ; when he returned
the Colonel had given the sword to a girl in the house who had
asked him for it, and she secreted it between two mattresses.
He was then marched to the rear, but being carelessly
guarded, escaped the same night and returned to his regiment.
In the battle of August 19, 1864, for the possession of the
Weldon Railroad, Colonel Wheelock commanded a brigade
with great skill and bravery, and in fact saved the day for a
portion of the line. The Colonel died January 21, 1865, of dis
ease. Vol. 47, page 416.
WHEELER: Captain William, 4th Regiment. Acquitted himself
gallantly at the battle of Antietam. Vol. 25, page 89.
WHEELER: Captain William, 13th Independent Battery. A
splendid sword presented to him by the battery as a token of
their high appreciation of him as a man and a soldier. Killed
in action near Marietta, Ga., June 22, 1864. Vol. 42, page 169.
WHITE: Majoe Amos H., 5th Cavalry Regiment. Particularly dis
tinguished himself at the battle of Hanover, Pa.
Vol. 34, page 210.
He acquitted himself nobly in the severe fights along the
Rappahannock in October, 1863. Vol. 37, page 259.
WILLIAMS: Captain Geoege C, 55th Regiment. At the battle of
Seven Pines, when the regiment broke, the gallant Captain
found himself without a company to be any longer captain of.
He inquired for the 62d Regiment — chased it as it was advanc
ing in line of battle, and begged the privilege of fighting
through the action with it, and he did so most gallantly.
Vol. 21, page 283.
WILBUR: Captain R. H., 102d Regiment. Recommended for pro
motion for gallantry during the storming of Lookout Moun
tain. Vol. 39, page 77.
WOODWARD: James, 84th Regiment. Formerly an employee of
the New York Herald, wounded, and acquitted himself with
gallantry at Gettysburg. Vol. 34, page 117.

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WHITING: Captain James R., 9th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in Colonel Kimball's Report of the battles of South
Mountain and Antietam. Vol. 25, page 7.
WADLEIGH: Sergeant, A. G., 40th Regiment. His name
ordered to be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the
Kearny Cross for gallant conduct at Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
WALSH: Corporal Joseph, 88th Regiment. His name ordered to
be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the Kearny
Cross for gallant conduct at Chancellorsville. Vol. 32, page 372.
WALTON: Lieutenant Thomas, 40th Regiment. His name
ordered to be inscribed on the Roll of Honor, and to wear the
Kearny Cross for gallant conduct at the battle of Chancellors
ville.
WALKER: Lieutenant James, 4th Regiment. Acquitted himself
with great gallantry at the battle of Antietam. Vol. 25, page 89.
WAINWRIGHT : Colonel William P., 76th Regiment. Honorably
mentioned in General Doubleday's Report of the battle of
South Mountain. Vol. 25, page 159.
WALL: Captain John, 3d Artillery. He was in command of the
Fort at Washington, N. C, at the time the place was besieged
by the Rebels, and behaved with distinguished gallantry
throughout the entire attack. Vol. 31, page 384.
WALTERS: Captain Charles C, 2d Cavalry. A braver man and
more eager soldier never met an enemy. Killed at Rapidan
Station, Va., August 18, 1862. Vol. 22, page 642.
WILSON: Sergeant Philip L., 5th Regiment. Promoted for
gallantry on the battle-field to Lieutenant. Vol. 25, page 97.
WILSON: Lieutenant Harper, 36th Regiment. Especially distin
guished for meritorious conduct during the storming of
Fredericksburg. Vol. 32, page 318.
WILSON: Seegeant Alphonso, 145th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in General Wister's Report of the conflagration and
explosion at Yorktown, in December, 1863. Vol. 39, page 389.

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WILLIS: Captain Martin, 74th Regiment. One of the heroes of
the battle of Williamsburg, where he was taken prisoner.
Vol. 23, page 534.
WILCKEN: Lieutenant Charles L., 1st Engineers. One of the
heroes of the siege of Charleston. Died October 10, 1864, at
Newbern, N. C, of disease. Vol. 36, page 186.
YORK: Lieutenant Joseph S., 5th Regiment. Honorably men
tioned in General Kilpatrick's Report of the battle of Big
Bethel. Vol. 9, page 284.
YORK: Captain Robert P., 114th Regiment. He performed dis
tinguished services in the battles of the Opequan and Cedar
Creek. At the battle of the Opequan, while bearing the
national ensign as a rallying point for our troops, he was
struck in the throat with a spent ball, which for a short time
rendered him almost speechless. He was promoted to Lieu
tenant-Colonel of the 75th Regiment. Vol. 52, page 345.

APPENDIX II.
NEW YOEK REGIMENTS.
STATE MILITIA, CAVALRY, ARTILLERY, ENGINEER, AND
VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.

STATE MILITIA.
Second Regiment. — The regiment was known in the army as the
Eighty-second Volunteer Infantry. — See Record of the Eighty-second.
Fifth Regiment. — The Fifth was composed almost exclusively of
Germans, and was one of the first to leave for the seat of war,
under command of Col. Lewis Berger. The regiment received
great praise for the cutting out of the Smith's Point lightship. At
the First Battle of Bull Run it formed part of General Patterson's
command. On their way home from the war they were attacked in
Baltimore by the mob, and some of the members were injured. Iu
June, 1863, the regiment again volunteered their services to the gov
ernment, and under their old commander, Colonel Berger, advanced
to the front, and as in 1861 rendered good service at Fenwick, Pa.
After faithful performance of all that was required of them they
returned home, and were on duty in New York at the time of the
draft riots.
Sixth Regiment. — " Governor's Guard." The Sixth, like the
Fifth, was composed largely of Germans. The officers were,
Col. James C. Pinckney, subsequently Colonel of the Sixty-sixth
Volunteer Infantry; Lieut.-Col. Samuel K. Zook, who, later in
the war commanded the Fifty-seventh Infantry, from which posi
tion he was promoted to Brigadier-General, and was killed at
the battle of Gettysburg; Maj. Milton G. Rathbun, Adjt. Joel
W. Mason, Chaplain Charles H. Phillips. In 1862 the regiment
again went to the front under command of Col. Joel W. Mason.
During this, their second term of service, the Sixth performed all
the duties required of them with a willingness and fidelity to entitle
them to the respect and thanks of all their friends at home. Again,
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in June, 1863, when General Lee invaded the North, the regiment
joined the forces arrayed to repel his further advance. The regi
ment was assigned the duty of guarding the Monocacy Bridge.
They were encamped on the very ground occupied by Lee and Jack
son at the time of the battle of Antietam. The position was placed
under the command of Colonel Mason. The Sixth afterwards
moved to the Relay House, and did good service in guarding the
road to Washington.
Seventh Regiment.— The regiment dates its origin from August
6, 1824, when the Marquis de Lafayette, the commander of the
National Guard of Paris, was received by the First Division, New
York State Militia. On that day Captains Hawley, Telfair, Curtis
and Simons, who commanded four companies in the Eleventh Regi
ment, resolved to organize a new regiment, which resulted in the
formation of the Seventh. Previous to the year 1S47, the regiment
was known as the Twenty-seventh Regiment. As early as the 14th
of January, 1861, in anticipation of coming troubles, Maj. (General)
Alexander Shaler, offered a resolution before the board of officers,
which was unanimously adopted, that the Seventh were ready to
perform any duty that they might be called on by the Governor to
perform. The prompt response of the regiment, and its services
during the war have already been narrated in Chapter IV.
Eighth Regiment. — " Washington Greys." The regiment claims
to be the oldest organized regiment in the service — it being a little
over one hundred years since it was organized. The Boston Ancient
and Honorable Artillery is supposed to be the oldest organization,
but it is contended that the latter is an independent organization,
similar to New York's Old Guard ; is very limited in its membership,
and does not constitute a full regiment. Nor has it for many years
had any relation to the State Militia of Massachusetts. The regi
ment left for the seat of war on the 23d of April, 1861, one thousand
strong. The men were mostly mechanics, hard working fellows,
with no money to spare and families to provide for; Col. George
Lyons, himself, left sick members of his family behind him. Many
a man joined the ranks who had sanctified the cause by some great
personal sacrifice. A stand of colors was presented to the regiment
by Dr. Darrow, on behalf of Mrs. Charles C. Crawford, Mrs. Charles
Chandler and Mrs. Charles A. Secor. The flag had been made by
Mrs. Secor thirty-three years before, and was highly valued by the
family. The ladies sent it, however, with the regiment, of which Mrs.
Secor's son was a member. The regiment went to Baltimore, where
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the Sixth Massachusetts, were delegated to perform the specific
work of capturing the celebrated Winans' Steam Gun, which they
did effectually and efficiently. The regiment next took part in the
capture of a lightship. The Eighth occupied General Lee's house
as their headquarters for some time. At the first battle of Bull Run
the regiment suffered severely, as they always maintained an
unbroken front. When the regiment returned home they were
addressed by Governor Morgan, as follows: "The city and state of
New York are duly grateful to you for your very efficient services in
defence of our country and our flag. You have performed your
duty and covered yourselves with glory." Many members of the
Eighth were promoted to positions in other regiments. The Forty-
seventh Volunteers had a large number from the Eighth in its ranks
as officers and privates. The First and Second Ira Harris Cavalry
and the Sixty-ninth Infantry had also a number from the Eighth.
On the 29th of May, 1862, the regiment, 895 strong, marched for the
second time to the seat of war. The regiment was, on this occasion,
presented with a flag by Messrs. Tiffany & Co. The officers were
Col. Joshua M. Varian, Lieut.-Col. Obed F. Wentworth, Adjt.
David B. Keeler, Maj. Leander Buck. Major Buck was presented
with an elegant sword, which he received with a few appropriate
remarks, saying: "If the sword was disgraced, they would never see
the disgracer." The regiment was on duty at Yorktown. Their
duties were arduous, but they were performed to the perfect satis
faction of the commanding officer. After their return home,
November 19, 1862, the five members of the regiment who died dur
ing their last term of service were buried with appropriate honors.
Their names were :
Hugh J. Hopkins, Co. G, buried at Calvary Cemetery.
Thomas W. Burns, Co. K, buried at Calvary Cemetery.
Charles P. Albans, Co. I, buried at Greenwood.
Henry Richards, Co. A, buried at Bridgeport, Conn.
Charles E. Lawrence, Co. H, buried at Fordham, N. Y.
On the 17th day of June, 1863, the regiment left for the third time
in defence of the country. They went to Harrisburg, and biv
ouacked one mile from the city. Colonel Varian reported to Gen
eral Couch, and was ordered to move his regiment across the
Susquehanna and occupy the partially finished entrenchments,
which order was complied with. On the 19th, Colonel Varian was
ordered to take the regiment to Shippensburg, for the purpose of
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the regiment was ordered to Scotland, and on the 21st to Chambers
burg. The enemy entering Chambersburg, the regiment retreated
to Carlyle. The enemy still advancing, General Knipe ordered the
Eighth to move forward and take possession of a very strong posi
tion, known as Rocky Ridge, which they did. Here the regiment
remained until 9 p. m. when it was ordered to fall back to Kingston.
The majority of the men were asleep when the orders came, but
they were quickly awakened, and in five minutes they were moving
along the Kingston road. The enemy still following, orders were
given for the regiment to move towards Carlyle, and take position;
this was done. From Carlyle they were ordered to Oyster Point,
where General Couch said the Eighth and Seventy-first regiments
had accomplished everything that had been required of them, and
that they had returned from one of the most successful expeditions
he had ever seen accomplished, according to the number engaged in
it, viz. : Advancing fifty-two miles beyond all defences and support
in case of an attack; holding the enemy in check for the period of
six days, thereby giving our forces ample time to prepare their
defences, and also allowing the farmers of the Cumberland Valley an
opportunity to run off their stock, thus making General Lee's raid a
profitless expedition. It was said that the Eighth did more real
arduous duty and underwent more fatigue and deprivations than any
other militia regiment that had left home. They were in the
advance from the first hour they entered the state of Pennsylvania.
They marched 170 miles of the roughest travelling that can be imag
ined, through valleys, up mountains and down again, and the greater
part of the time amid rain and mud, with scarcely a pleasant day
while away from home. The regiment was drawn up in line of bat
tle five times, on two of which occasions Colonel Varian was Acting
Brigadier-General, and Lieutenant-Colonel Wentworth was in com
mand of the regiment. When drawn up in line of battle at Oyster
Point, where the Rebels attacked them, the commanding general of
the division, upon arriving on the ground, refused to take the com
mand until the movements planned by Colonel Varian were all com
pleted. When the regiment returned home, Colonel Varian was
presented with a magnificent sword, upon which is the following
inscription: "Presented to Col. J. M. Varian, Eighth Regiment,
N. Y. S. N. G., by the officers and members of his command, as a
testimony of their great respect for him as a brave soldier and
worthy citizen,— July 30, 1863."
Ninth Regiment. — This was a three years' regiment and was
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first to volunteer, but as false promises were held out to them,
numbers of recruits having left lucrative positions, were compelled
to join other regiments or wait for the final orders for the Ninth to
leave. By great exertions, and not until after the corps had volun
teered for three years, were their services finally accepted. The
regiment was composed chiefly of American young men, and com
prised as intelligent » set of troops as left the city. The officers
were Col. John W. Stiles, formerly of the Eighth N. Y. S. M.;
Lient.-Col. W. H. Halleck, for many years commander of the
"City-Guard;" Surgeon N. F. W. Fisher, who discarded all his
business and friends to accompany the regiment; Maj. E. L. Stone,
Adjt. J. B. Coppinger, Sergeant of Engineers, George Merrill.
This is the gentleman who was the claimant in the great Merrill
will case, which recently attracted so much attention in New
York. The Ninth was the first regiment to go through Baltimore
without arms. They went to Camp Cameron and stayed there a
month, then led the advance up the Maryland side of the Potomac.
Eleventh Regiment. — This regiment was formerly known as
the Second Regiment, "Washington Guard," and was raised in
1824 by Capt. Charles Mapes, of the 142d Regiment of ununiformed
militia. The first Colonel of the regiment was Charles King, since
President of Columbia College. The regiment had varying success
until 1849, when Colonel Bostwick was placed in command. He
was ably supported by Lieut.-Col. John E. Bendix (during the war
Colonel of the Tenth New York Volunteers), and Maj. Edward Fer-
rero (who rose from Colonel of the Fifty-first to the rank of
Major-General). The regiment, the only rifle corps in 1861, in the
First Division, made strenuous efforts through their commander,
Col. Joachim Maidhof (a merchant of New York), to 1 e mustered
into the service at the earliest possible day. Colonel Maidof wrote
to General Scott on the 28th of May, 1861, stating that the regiment
was anxious to volunteer for the term of six months. On the 30th
of May, the Secretary of War wrote to the Colonel that the quota of
the State was full, and that it would be impossible to accept any
more troops. On the 28th of May, 1862, the regiment left for the
field. The officers were Colonel Maidhof (formerly of the Fifth
Regiment), Lieut.-Col. William B. Weinberger, Maj. George A.
Raymond, Adjt. Frederick Vilmar. On the 18th of June, 1863, the
regiment went to the war for the second time. On the 3d of July
they arrived at Carlisle. During the greater part of its campaign,
Colonel Maidhof was in command of a brigade. The following ex
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was regarded by its commanding officer: "All duties, however
severe, were performed with a cheerful alacrity, and, although they
never encountered the enemy in action, their fortitude in bearing-
immeasurable hardships of hunger, and exposure to the inclement
elements, bear attestation to their possession of all the qualities
requisite to the character of the soldier. "
Twelfth Regiment. — "Independence Guard." The Twelfth left
for the war on the 21st of April, 1861, about 850 strong. The officers
were Col. Daniel Butterfield, who subsequently became one of the
most famous of the major-generals, and was the chief hero of the
battle of Resaca; Lieut.-Col. William G. Ward, Maj. Henry A. Bost-
wick, Adjt. Frederick T. Locke, who was later in the war promoted
to the rank of Brigadier-General for gallant and meritorious service,
Engineer Benjamin S. Church, Surg. A. Henry Thurston, Chap
lain M. B. Smith. In the ranks marched Private Francis C. Barlow,
who also rose to the rank of Major-General, and won a record for
bravery and soldierly qualities surpassed by none; Captain Ryder
also became a Brigadier-General. About seventy-five officers were
furnished to the volunteer army from the ranks of the Twelfth. In
1887 Cap. William H. Murphy was the only survivor in active ser
vice with the regiment who went to war in 1S61. The Twelfth was
the first regiment to cross the Long Bridge into Virginia, and Major
Church is said to have been the first of the line to reach the opposite
shore. The crossing of the bridge was a grand and impressive
spectacle. The moon was full and the sky cloudless. Silently, sol
emnly and firmly, the troops marched across the river, no sound to
disturb the solemnity but that of their own footsteps— the order and
firmness of which heightened the effect. The line of the regiment
extended along the whole aqueduct, and the Constitution was pro
claimed by the advance of the Twelfth on the right bank by the
time the rear of it had moved from the left bank of the river ....
The regiment suffered severely in the battle of Bull Run. It was
one of the regiments sent to reinforce General Patterson. During
its absence two deaths occurred among the members which cast a
gloom over the regiment. They were Thomas Benbow and Private
Morris. General Banks in his order directing the return home of the
regiment, said: " The Commanding General takes occasion upon the
issue of this first order to make acknowledgment to the Twelfth for
the service it has rendered, and the fidelity with which it has dis
charged all the duties of citizen soldiers, especially in the exemplary
conduct, its readiness for service, correct discipline, and prompt
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the second time, with William G. Ward, for Colonel, Livingston
Satterlee, Lieutenant-Colonel; Henry A. Bostwick, Major; E. Ellery
Anderson, Adjutant. When its three months term of service had
expired, the regiment volunteered to remain until the threatened
danger to Harper's Ferry was over. Their offer was accepted, and
the regiment was among those captured and paroled by "Stone
wall'' Jackson. New York should remember with pride those who
so nobly remained to uphold her honor in the face of the enemy.
(Their names may be found on page 229, of volume xxvi. of Town-
send' s "Library of National Records.'') But it was melancholy to
see the regiment march up Broadway without their arms, and reflect
that the fine weapons with which they marched down Broadway
lour mouths before, had been given up into the hands of the enemy,
to be used in slaughtering their own comrades.
Before leaving for home, General Wool addressed the following
letter to Colonel Ward: "Before you return with your regiment to
the Empire City, I wish, in bidding you a cordial farewell, to express
my high appreciation of the patriotic conduct which the Twelfth has
shown during this, the most perilous time of our beloved country.
Being placed in a position of unusual responsibility and danger, you
and your brave men have nobly fulfilled the expectations which your
Commanding General entertained of you, and I hereby tender my
thanks to every officer and soldier in your regiment, but especially to
yourself, for the promptness with which you responded to my call,
and setting aside all thoughts of safety, home and comfort, re
mained faithful to your post as true American patriots." The regi
ment arrived home on the 19th of September. Only one death
occurred during its second term of service, that of Private Daniel J.
Wright, whose loss was much lamented. On the 20th of June, 1863,
the regiment advanced to the defence of the nation for the third
time. They went to Fenwick, Perry Co., Pa., and did picket duty
on the mountains. It was tough work at first, sleeping on the
ground with nothing but a piece of coarse muslin and a blanket to
shelter them; but the boys soon got used to it. Maj. Charles McL.
Knox, who acquitted himself with great honor in the Ninth Cav
alry, was formerly a member of the Twelfth, as was Lieut. Alex
ander B. Elder, of the Tenth Volunteer Infantry, and many others
who became famous in connection with the volunteer regiments dur
ing the war. In the ranks of the Twelfth was a fierce fanatic, who,
at one time, shot through the legs a companion who was teasing
him. He was often seen on picket duty with a musket in one hand
and a Bible in the other. This man was Boston Corbett, who shot
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Thirteenth Regiment. — This is a Brooklyn regiment and left for
the war on the 24th of April, 1861. The officers were Col. Abel
Smith, Lieut.-Col. Robert B. Clark, Major Willetts, Adjutant John
son, Chaplain Rev. William Lee. On the 9th of June, Companies
A, F, and D, left Annapolis in two steamers and proceeded to
Easton, where they attacked the armory. The Confederate General
Thomas, in command of the armory, finally demanded to know to
whom he should surrender. The answer was: "The demand is
made in the name of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United
States, to Abel Smith, Colonel of the Thirteenth Regiment, New
York State Militia." The surrender was made, the armory opened
and the military stores captured. Soon after the return home of the
regiment, Colonel Smith died, October, 1861. He was one of the
first to respond to the call of his country, and was commander of
the post at Annapolis, while his regiment was there. He was
reorganizing his regiment for the war, at the time he met with an
accident which caused his death. In the attack on the armory at
Easton, Private Ceasar Meisel, a gallant soldier, was killed, and his
body was brought home and buried in Greenwood. The 78th and
83d Volunteer Regiments, were largely recruited from the 13th, as
was also the 91st (" McClellan Chasseurs ").
In 1862 when the regiments of the National Guard were again
called upon to go to the front, the Thirteenth went forward the
second time, under command of Col. Robert B. Clark, with John B.
Woodward as Lieutenant-Colonel, Samuel K. Boyd, Major, and
William McKee, Adjutant. The regiment did picket duty at Suffolk
during nearly their entire term of service; while in the performance
of this duty, Guysbert V. Holt, of Brooklyn — a most estimable
young soldier, was shot through the head while he was on his way
back to camp. The Thirteenth went out the third time, when Lee
invaded the North in 1863, and served most of the time at Fenwick,
Perry Co., Pa. During this campaign it was commanded by Col.
John B. Woodward.
Fourteenth Regiment. — The Fourteenth was known as the
Eighty-fourth Volunteer Infantry. — See Record of Eighty-fourth.
Seventeenth and Eighteenth.— On the evening of July 3, 1863,
the captains of Companies A and H, of the Eighteenth Regiment
received orders for their commands to report immediately at
Yonkers, there to join their regiment, and to proceed at once to the
seat of war. With promptness and alacrity the companies assem
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where the Seventeenth and Eighteenth were to rendezvous. Arriv
ing at Yonkers the soldiers' life began, but its dreariness was re
lieved by the glorious news of the fall of Vicksburg. On the 8th, the
Seventeenth and Eighteenth moved to New York City, and thence
by cars to Philadelphia and Baltimore, at which city they arrived
after having been thirty hours on the road from Yonkers. Here
they reported to General Schenck, who ordered them to Fort Mar
shall, recently evacuated by the Eighth New York. Colonel James
Ryder of the Eighteenth was placed in command of the post, and
by his dignified deportment made many friends.
Nineteenth Regiment.— The regiment left Newburg for the seat
of war on the 4th of June, 1862. The officers were Col. William R.
Brown, Lieut.-Col. James Low, Maj. David Jagger, Adjt. William
M. Hathaway, Surg. George S. Little. They were accompanied to
Jersey City by Gen. S . C. Parmenter and his Staff officer— Paymaster
Brewster. They were fully armed and equipped with the best of
military material, and were not in any way inferior to other New
York regiments that had gone before them. The regiment was on
duty in Baltimore during its term of service. After its return home
the regiment was reorganized for nine months service under its
worthy Colonel Brown, and was known as the 168th Volunteer
Infantry. Previous to the departure of the regiment in February,
1863, Colonel Brown was presented with a magnificent sword by his
friends in Orange county.
Twentieth Regiment. — " Ulster County Regiment." After nu
merous disappointments the regiment reached New York on the 28th
of April, 1861, and left that city on the 8th of May for the war. The
officers were Col. George W. Pratt, Lieut.-Col. Hiram Schoonmaker,
Maj. Theodore B. Gates, Adjt. J. B. Hardenburgh, Surg. C. Leon
ard Ingersoll, Chaplain Rev. C. B. Darracb. The regiment, in
connection with the Brooklyn Thirteenth, did good service during
its three months in the vicinity of Alexandria. Upon its return
home the regiment re-enlisted for three years, and was known as
the Eightieth Volunteer Regiment. Of the fallen heroes of this
regiment there may be found in the Presbyterian Cemetery, at
Matteawan, the grave of a brave and gallant soldier, Private Hugh
Wallace. — See Record of Eightieth Infantry.
Twenty-First Regiment. — On the 26th of June, 1863, the regiment
left Poughkeepsie for the seat of war. The officers were Col.
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Fitchett, Adjt. James E. Schram, Quartermaster Joseph H. Marshall,
Surg. Edward H. Parker, Chaplain Rev. G. M. McEckron. The
regiment went to Baltimore, and at the time of the battle of Gettys
burg formed part of the left wing of the Army of the Potomac,
under command of General Schenck. At first they were held in
readiness to repulse the enemy, who were menacing Baltimore,
but no fighting occurred. After that, they assisted the New York
Seventh in guarding and transporting the 16,000 Rebel prisoners
that had arrived at Baltimore, who were captured by Grant at
Vicksburg. Company H was from Fishkill Landing, and was
known as the "Denning Guard," named in honor of the late
William H. Denning, a wealthy citizen of that place, who had mani
fested great interest in the company in many generous ways. The
company was commanded by Capt. H. H. Hustis, and Lieuts.
Samuel Underbill, William N. Anthony and David K. Tillott.
Twenty-Second Regiment. — On the 22d of April, 1861, the
"White Ball Club," a company composed of young men of good
family, called a meeting of its members and other citizens, for the
purpose of forming a drill club, whose special province it should be,
in the absence of the regular militia who had gone to the war, to
defend the lives and property of the citizens of New York. At this
meeting Mr. George DeForest Lord presided, and an organization
was effected, the gentlemen present forming themselves into a drill
company. Thirty names were signed to the roll, including those of
William E. Dodge, Jr., A. W. Parsons, Jr., Henry A. Oakley, now
president of the Howard Insurance Company, Henry J. Howland
and Charles Trumbull White. The regiment was then known as the
" Union Greys," and it was not until 1864 that it became part of the
National Guard, when the law required all militia regiments to con
nect themselves with the National Guard. The "Union Greys"
were accordingly incorporated in the regular State Militia, and
became known as the Twenty-second Regiment. In July, 1862, the
regiment was called into active service and ordered to Harper's
Ferry. It went at once to the front under command of Col. James
Monroe, a graduate of West Point, with Lloyd Aspinwall for
Lieutenant-Colonel, J. Henderson Grant, Adjutant, James Ren-
wick, Jr., Engineer, and the Rev. John Cotton Smith, Chaplain.
While in camp at Harper's Ferry, Colonel Monroe died of typhoid
fever, brought on by exposure and fatigue, and thus was taken
from the regiment one whom all had learned to love, and in whom
the confidence of the members was at once enthusiastic and
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also entertained by every member of the regiment, was that he
might at least be spared to ride at the head of the Twenty-second
when they returned home. But he fell, like Vosburg and Ellsworth,
not in the field where it was his ambition to confront danger, but a
victim to disease contracted while on duty. The arrival of large
numbers of raw recruits from Ohio, Illinois and Indiana, necessitated
the breaking up of the regiment for a time, and the detailing of its
men as drill-masters. After four months' service in Virginia the
regiment returned home, under command of Colonel Aspinwall, who
succeeded the lamented Monroe. In June, 1863, the regiment was
again ordered to the front, and upon their arrival at Harrisburg was
mustered into the service in General "Baldy " Smith's Division. In
General Smith's advance from Harrisburg to Waynesboro, through
Carlisle, the regiment, with Colonel Aspinwall at its head, had the
advance of the division, supporting Capt. Rufus King's battery.
The regiment took part in the fight with Fitz Hugh Lee, at Sporting
Hill, three miles from Harrisburg, and then advancing to Carlisle it
was ascertained when four miles from that place, that Lee had taken
possession of the town. The Twenty-second proposed to attack
and drive the Rebels out of Carlisle, and accordingly the boys went
in on a run and Lee vacated. The Twenty-second now took posses
sion of the place and replaced Lee's flag, which they hauled down,
with the celebrated Carlisle flag, which may now be seen in the
armory of the Twenty-second. General "Baldy" Smith arrived
with his Staff an hour later, and at six in the evening Fitz Hugh Lee
sent in a flag of truce and demanded the surrender of the town and
the troops in it. This was refused and the Confederates surrounded
the place and shelled it all night. At four o'clock in the morning,
the Rebels set fire to the government barracks outside the town, and
then retreated through Papertown to South Mountain. From Carl
isle the regiment was ordered to Waynesboro, where they arrived on
the night of the day that Lee left on his retreat from Gettysburg.
The Twenty-second assisted in garrisoning the town, relieving part
of Sedgwick's Sixth Corps, and thus became part of the Army of the
Potomac. After remaining a week at Waynesboro they were
ordered to Harper's Ferry, but while on the march they heard of the
riots in New York, and received orders to return home immediately.
Colonel Aspinwall in a letter summing up the operations of his regi
ment, says: "The regiment were on foot thirteen hours the day
before, participating in the affair at Sporting Hill, marched nineteen
miles on the day of the bombardment, and were in motion the whole
night during the shelling of the town, having had no rations served
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marketplace of Carlisle." "The first men," said Colonel Aspin
wall, "to enter Carlisle, were the men of the Twenty-second; and
the first Stars and Stripes raised over that place was by a member of
the Twenty-second." The regiment was made up of young men
belonging to the first families of New York, and here again we find
Fishkill represented in the Twenty-second by two sons of the Hon.
Henry E. Davies, William G. and Julien T. Davies; thus it will be
seen that no less than four sons and one brother of Judge Davies are
referred to in these regimental records. Upon the return home of
the regiment, Captain Howland was presented with a sword as a
mark of appreciation of the ability with which he commanded his
company. Twenty-Third Regiment. — This was the first regiment to leave
Brooklyn for the war in 1863, when the call was made for troops to
repel Lee's invasion of the North. The regiment left on the 18th of
June. Before their departure, General Smith, commanding the
Eleventh Brigade, to which the Twenty-third was attached, issued
an order complimenting the regiment on the alacrity with which they
obeyed the call for troops, having prepared themselves within the
brief space of forty-eight hours, fully armed and equipped and pre
pared for any emergency. The officers were Col. William Everdell,
Jr., Lieut.-Col. John A. Elwell, Engineer J. H. Frothingham, Surg.
Dr. A. D. Wilson.
Twenty-Fifth Regiment. — This fine regiment was recognized as
the crack corps of Albany. The regiment was among the first in the
United States service, being the third regiment from the State in
1861 under the call of the President. The Twenty-fifth built the
fort known as Fort Albany, on the Virginia side of the Potomac,
acknowledged to be one of the finest defences of Washington. It
also had the honor of capturing the first two prisoners captured by
the Army of the Potomac. The regiment served its term of three
months and fifteen days. It left for the war on the 22d of April.
The officers were Col. Michael K. Bryan, Lieut.-Col. James Sarft,
Maj. David Friedlander, Adjt. J. Van Zaunt, Chaplain Rev. John M.
Kimball. Company G is the oldest company in the State, and was
quartered on Governor's Island during the war of 1812. The men
did not have an opportunity of signally distinguishing themselves in
battle, it having been detailed in the reserve for the defence of the
capital. They occupied a prominent position in the reserve and
were the advanced post. A large number of the men were anxious-
to get back that they might join the volunteer regiments. On the
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to the war for the second time. By command of Governor Morgan,
they carried the following inscription on their regimental standard:
"Washington, April, 1861." The regiment did picket duty at
Suffolk during nearly their entire second term of service, and were
mustered out on the 28th of August. Many of the members having
expressed a desire to volunteer in the Third Regiment, Colonel
Alford issued an order to that effect, with the additional informa
tion that the State as well as the United States bounty would be
paid to all who would so enlist. The regiment came home with
much regret at not having had a chance to strike a blow for their
country. A large number of men of the Twenty-fifth re-enlisted in
the Fourth Regiment of the Corcoran Legion (175th Volunteers),
of which Colonel Bryau was elected Colonel, and the official person
nel of the 175th did not vary materially from that of the Twenty-
fifth. The brave Colonel Bryan was killed in the action at Port
Hudson, where he exhibited dauntless bravery ; always at the post
of duty, he set an example which his brave men emulated. He fell
in the prime of life, and in the midst of usefulness for a cause he
devotedly loved.
Twenty-Eighth Regiment. — This is a Brooklyn regiment and
was composed of the best class of German citizens. The regiment
left for the war on the 30th of April, 1861. The officers were Col.
Michael Bennett (who was unable to accompany the regiment on
account of an accident which resulted in temporarily injuring him).
Lieutenant-Colonel Burns, in command; Surgeon, Dr. Rice; Chap
lain, Rev. Mr. Zaf t. Before the regiment left there was an interesting
display of patriotism by the young ladies of Brooklyn Heights Semi
nary (one of whom, Miss Mollie Fancher, has since become the
famous invalid of Brooklyn). They unfurled a beautiful flag at
their chapel in Montague Street, where speeches were made by Pro
fessor West, Rev. Dr. Storrs, and others. Although it was not the
fortune of the Twenty-eighth to participate in the battle of Bull
Run, the position they occupied was a most important one, command
ing as it did the passage of the Potomac by way of the Georgetown
Bridge. Had Beauregard pursued his advantage on Sunday after
noon, and made a dash at Washington, it would have fallen to the
lot of the Twenty-eighth to take a prominent part in disputing the
passage of the Potomac, and they would doubtless have displayed
the traditional bravery which their countrymen have earned on
many a hard fought field of the old world. The regiment left as a
monument of their industry, Fort Bennett, named in honor of the
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which was constructed by them. In 1862 the regiment went to the
war for the second time, and again in June, 1863, they went to Harris
burg, and on both occasions were complimented for their faithful
services and quick attention to orders.
Thirty-Seventh Regiment.— The Thirty-seventh was organized
in September, 1861, by the governor, and t.rj line officers duly com
missioned. On the 18th of September, Mr. Charles Roome was
elected Colonel of the regiment— a gentleman acknowledged to be a
good officer and fully competent to lead his men. The formation of
the regiment was first proposed by Mr. Roome and Mr. Monell (who
became Lieutenant-Colonel) at the commencement of our national
difficulties, and when the city of New York was left in a defenceless
and unprotected state by the withdrawal to the seat of war of a
large number of our volunteer militia. The principal object then
was to raise a regiment for the protection of the city in case of need.
So successful was the recruiting for the regiment, and so superior
was the material of which it was being formed, that the original
plan was abandoned, and a permanent organization under the State
Militia law was decided on. The officers were to a large extent
taken from the Seventh. In May, 1862, the regiment volunteered
their services and were sworn in May 27, for three months. The
officers were Colonel Roome, Lieut-Col. C. L. Monell, Major Ossian
D. Ashley, Adjt. Charles M. Catlin, Engineer Henry F. Scudder.
While at Baltimore the regiment sent out two detachments on spe
cial service, and an entire company was at one time at work among
the secessionists of the eastern shore. The first expedition under
Lieutenant Morris seized the steamer " Lady Washington," and the
second under Captain Smith, captured the steamer " George Weens,"
and both prizes under considerable difficulty were taken to Wash
ington. One company, at Denton, Carolina County, under command
of Captain Lyon, arrested a number of secessionists and sent them to
Fort Mc Henry. General Wool in special orders said: "During the
three months term of service of the Thirty-seventh, the officers and
men were at all times ready to do their duty in any position to
which they might be called." In June, 1863, the regiment went to
the war for the second time, and on the 1st of July they marched
into Carlisle, being, it is said, the first union regiment to enter the
city after the retreat of the Rebels, although the officers of the
Twenty-second claim the honor for the men of their regiment; but
where both did so well, the honors may be equally divided. Some
of the members claim that the Thirty-seventh did more duty during
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Forty-Seventh Regiment.— " Our Own," of Williamsburg.
Notwithstanding the drain on Williamsburg for recruiting the Thir
teenth and Twenty-eighth regiments, the newly formed Forty-seventh
filled up its ranks rapidly. The Hon. Samuel T. Maddox, whose
name was a tower of strength in Williamsburg, recruited a company,
and the rush to enlist under him was astonishing. The regiment
first left for the war in May, 1862, enlisting for three months. The
officers were Col. I. V. Meserole, Lieut.-Col. George Sangster,
Maj. Jeremiah Johnson, Surg. Dr. Cornelius H. Schaffs, Maj. J. E.
Minor. During their time of service they did garrison duty at Fort
McHenry, Baltimore, and though they never had an opportunity to
distinguish themselves in the field, they manifested the greatest im
patience to get into action. In June, 1863, the regiment went to the
war again for thirty days. On their arrival at Baltimore they were
ordered to Washington, where they encamped on Arlington Heights.
Every night the regiment, in company with the Fourteenth Massa
chusetts, was sent out on picket duty; the lines extending along the
road to Fairfax Court House. The regiment returned home June
25th, when a large number of the members re-enlisted in the Third
Metropolitan Regiment.
- Sixty-Ninth Regiment.— When the apparition of civil war first
started forth and appalled the people, the Sixty-ninth was the first
of all foreign-born citizens to spring to the front. The Sixty-ninth
was organized in 1851, under the command of Col. Charles S. Roe.
Its subsequent commanders up to the commencement of the war,
were Col. James B. Ryan and Michael Corcoran. A short time
before the war broke out a stand of colors was presented to the regi
ment, and a sword of honor to Colonel Corcoran, as a testimonial of
sympathy with a sentiment which made him refuse to parade an
Irish regiment in honor of the reception in New York of the Prince
of Wales. Mr. A. V. Stout presided on the occasion of the presenta
tion. On the day after the presentation, the English depositors in
Mr. Stout's bank (the Shoe and Leather) bustled up to the counter
in one long continued current and withdrew every dollar that was in
his keeping, to the amount of several hundred thousand dollars.
The 23d of April, 1861, was a great day for the Irish citizens of New
York. The Sixty-ninth — " an American regiment — all born in Ire
land," departed for the scene of war with great eclat, setting the
entire population of the lower wards of New York in a state of
excitement bordering on madness. The regiment carried with them
a beautiful banner, the gift of Mrs. Daly, the wife of the Hon.
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Col. Robert Nugent, Maj. James Bagley, Adjt. John McKeon, Chap
lain Rev. Thomas Mooney, Surg. Dr. Kiernan. The regiment
numbered 1000 muskets, but the rank and file and musicians num-
. bered 1,300. Two thousand additional men could have been enlisted,
but the'orders from headquarters prevented Colonel Corcoran from
mustering more than 1,000 muskets. As the regiment were march-
ino- down Broadway, they halted in front of the Astor House, and
while there the heart of one of the recruits, a fine looking fellow,
was besieged by the lamentations of his wife and children who weic
on the sidewalk. The poor fellew could not stand it, and rushed
from the ranks. His comrades were disarming him in the street,
when an elderly and very respectable looking gentleman, stepped
out of the crowd of spectators, seized the abandoned musket and
offered to take the vacant place. Upon inquiry it was ascertained
that the gentleman who thus volunteered, was Mr. Michael Cooney,
formerly of Albany, and one of the founders of the " Emmet Guard"
of that city, and was the First Lieutenant of that company when
they volunteered their services to the general government in 1847, to
go to Mexico— the first company to do so in the Empire State. The
offer, so prompt, and impulsive on the part of the old gentleman,
elicited cheers from the crowd, but it was not accepted, doubtless on
account of the age of him who made the patriotic offer. The regi
ment bore the hardships of the march without a single murmur or
expression of dissatisfaction, and seemed determined to outdo their
brethren in arms in their strict obedience to orders, and their readi
ness to serve their country in whatever duty they might be called
upon to perform. On the 21st of May, Captain Thomas Francis
Meagher, with 100 sons of the Irish sod, forming a Zouave company,
started to join the regiment, and with the company also went 300
recruits to fill up the regiment. Among these gallant fellows was a
member of the Pope's Irish Brigade, who had distinguished himself
in the Army of the Pontiff, during the difficulties in Poland. His
name was John Gleason. Gleason had been presented with a gold
medal by Lamoriciere on the preceding 5th of October, for his gallant
services at the battle of Ancona, and was promoted from the rank of
sergeant to that of lieutenant. The latter distinction was accorded
him for takiug Monte Moratte, while in charge of a company of skir
mishers. On the 23d of May, a detachment of the regiment sta
tioned on the southern slope of Washington Heights, seized a train
of cars, containing some 300 passengers, a portion of whom were
retained as prisoners. On the 26th of May, the Mayor of George
town, in a letter to Colonel Corcoran, said: " I trust you are aware
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prompted the Sixty-ninth to repair here for the defence of our
homes and£lives, and our capital, for which we owe a debt of grati
tude that can never be cancelled." " Nobly did the Sixty-ninth sus
tain its national character at the battle of Bull Run," said the Hon.
Charles P. Daly, " nobly did they stand up for the cause of their
adopted country — for which Montgomery died, for the preservation
of those blessings which Taylor, Smith, and Thornton, who signed
the Declaration of Independence, meant to transmit to every Irish
man who should make this country the land of his adoption."
Although their term of service had expired, the members unani
mously volunteered to serve throughout the battle, and were accord
ingly assigned the post of honor in the advance, when the grand
army first moved forward. The most gallant charge of the day at
Bull Run was made by the Sixty-ninth, the Seventy-ninth, and the
Thirteenth New York State Militia regiments, who rushed upon one
of the Rebel batteries, firing as they proceeded, and attacking it at
the point of the bayonet. They were almost in possession of the
Rebel guns, when a murderous volley raked their front and they
were compelled to fall back. Colonel Corcoran, the life and soul of
the regiment, who led them with solid front and steady steps to
battle, and when the rout commenced which broke the lines of the
regiment, remained with the flag, was captured, and became one of
the chief victims of Southern retaliation and hate, being one of those
afterwards selected to be hung, should our government decide on
summary proceedings against the privateersmen. Dr. George W.
Bagley, of the Eleventh Virginia Regiment, says, ''I saw George
Burwell bring in Colonel Corcoran, his personal captive." At Bull
Run fell the brave Capt. James Haggerty and Lieut. Edward Cos
tello, beloved by all. The bravery of the officers of the regiment is
indicated by the fact that five captaincies in the regular army were
awarded to its members in honor of their gallant conduct on that
occasion. Eighteen of the members died at Richmond, two of
whom were wounded in the battle. After three months absence the
regiment returned home, having added many a laurel to the crown
of Ireland, and demonstrated that the power and responsibility of
the bayonet, directed by the unflinching muscle of Irishmen, know
ing no fear and fearing no danger, was the certain signal of victory
and success. The Sixty-ninth did its duty faithfully and well. No
better tribute can be awarded them, no richer guerdon offered, no
brighter pearl bestowed. The first in love, the foremost in war. (he
last in a retreat from danger, the Irishman has made his name the
wide world over. The men of the Sixty-ninth did but add another
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their whole career, in the battle or out of it, on the field or in the
trench, they forgot themselves, and thought only of their country.
Fort Corcoran, built at Arlington Heights, will stand for ages as a
monument of their persevering industry and patriotism. In the
charge at Bull Run they threw off their coats and rushed into the
fight without thinking of themselves. And so they came home
ragged and half naked, wanting in everything but the courage and
manliness which are essential features of their character. No one
could look at their diminished ranks as they marched up Broadway,
without saying to himself that such noble men were deserving of all
the thanks that a nation could give, nor resist the suggestion of his
good angel to bless old Ireland for such excellent citizens. On the
30th of May, 1S02, the regiment again advanced to the defence of the
nation, carrying with them the old Irish standard which was borne
with so much valor at Bull Run* and wherever it was seen along the
line of march it was honored by the people. Before their departure
they were addressed by Father Mooney, who told them that " the
best soldier was he that respected his God while he fought for his
country." Colonel Corcoran being a prisoner at Richmond, the reg
iment was commanded by Maj. James Bagley. After performing
faithfully all the service required of them to the perfect satisfac
tion of the Commanding General, the regiment returned home on
the 27th of August. At four o'clock on that summer afternoon, the
war worn veterans, with Corcoran at their bead, inarched up Broad
way, amid the most intense excitement. Before his arrival home
the gallant Colonel had received as a mark of appreciation of his
faithful services, a promotion to the rank of Brigadier-General. In
response to the cordial reception he met with from the assembled
crowds, he said that, "No inducement, however strong, not even the
fee simple of Broadway, would restrain him from the battle-field."
"Such a speech as that," said Mayor Opdyke, "deserves not only a
brigade, but a division."
On the 22d of June, 1863, the regiment departed once more for the
scene of action. It is a curious fact in connection with the regi
ment, militia though it be, that almost every officer in command had
been subject to the vicissitudes of the field. The officers were Col.
James Bagley, Lieut.-Col.' James Cavanagh, Adjt. William Fogarty,
Quartermaster James B. Tully. For the first week they were at
Camp Ewen, McKim's mansion, Baltimore. The regiment witnessed
every day heavy battalion and company drills under the personal
supervision of Lieutenant-Colonel Cavanagh, who brought to the
Sixty-ninth the experience of Manassas, Yorktown, the Seven Days,
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been since 1861 Major of Colonel Nugent' s Sixty-ninth volunteer regi
ment. Colonel Nugent went out with the old Sixty-ninth as Lieu
tenant-Colonel in 1861. During their entire term of service they
were located in the city of Baltimore, and by the gallantry and
soldierly bearing of its Colonel, officers and men, commended itself
to General Schenck as set forth in the General's order directing
their return home to help quell the riot in New York.
Seventy-First Regiment. — In 1853, a battalion was organized,
which was called the "American Rifles," comprising three compa
nies. In 1855, three additional companies were added to the above
and at an election of officers, Abram S. Vosburg was unanimously
elected Colonel. The battalion then changed its name to the
" American -Guard," and was chartered as the Seventy-first Regi
ment, New York State Militia. It was this regiment that quelled the
famous "Dead Rabbit" riot in 1857. Immediately after it was
announced that the Seventy-first had volunteered in April, 1861, and
that its tender was accepted by the government, the rush of recruits
became tremendous, and more names were put upon the list than
could by any possibility be enrolled in the companies. A week
before, and scarcely a Corporal's guard of the regiment were ready
to volunteer. On Saturday night, April 20th, the rolls were closed,
with over 1,110 names registered and 200 applicants refused. On
the 21st of April, the regiment left for the scene of action. The
officers were — Col. Abram S. Vosburg, Lieut.-Col. Henry P. Martin,
Maj. George A. Buckingham, Adjt. A. Hamilton Pride, Engineer E.
A. Quintard, Quartermaster George W. Roosevelt, Surg. Charles
McMillan, Asst. Surg. John E. A. Dodge, Chaplain Cornelius Carson,
Paymaster Eugene Penguet, Serg.-Maj. Henry F. Liebenau (now on
the editorial staff of the New York Star); Quartermaster-Serg.
Nicholas W. Day (who later in the war became Colonel of the 131st
Regiment, and acquitted himself with great distinction); Right Gen.
Guide, S. E. Egbert; Left Gen. Guide, F. Shelby; Color Sergs. H.
T. Searles and H. E. Smith. Soon after their departure a company
of riflemen, called the "Parmenter Riflemen "—Company L, 19th
N. Y. S. M., from Newburg, and accompanied by Gen. S. C. Parmen
ter, Col. William R. Brown, and Capt. E. Alsdorf, passed through
New York, on their way to join the Seventy-first. The company
was commanded by Captain Ellis, of New Windsor. The regiment
went to Washington, and on its arrival there was quartered in the
Inauguration Ball Room; thence they were ordered to the Navy
Yard. This was the post of honor, being the most important place
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engagement at Acquia Creek, where they dismantled some of the
enemy's guns, silenced one battery, besides disabling about thirty
men. The conduct of Lieut. Thomas B. Prendergast was the
subject of general commendation by the men under his command,
and after his return home he was presented with a testimonial for
his gallant conduct by Bryant's minstrels. The regiment had been
from home but a few weeks when the national forces were called to
sustain an almost irrreparable loss by the death of Colonel Vosburg,
which was occasioned by over labor and exposure, which proved too
much for his weak lungs. Colonel Vosburg was born in Kinder-
hook, Columbia County, in 1825. He was from one of the old Knick
erbocker families. His grandfather took an active part in the
Revolutionary War, and was among the first to throw off allegiance
to the Crown. He was, in fact, a Whig, in face of the army of Kinder-
hook Tories. Colonel Vosburg, therefore, inherited patriotism
from a worthy source, and his prompt response to the call of his
country showed that he was not an unworthy descendant. No
regiment had been given by New York, which, from the time
it made its remarkable march from Annapolis to Washington,
until the bloody day at Bull Run, that challenged more general
admiration in all that constitutes good soldiers and brave men
than the Seventy-first, under command of Col. Henry P. Martin, who
succeeded to the position made vacant by the death of Colonel
Vosburg. Most notably did the regiment display the fruits of
Colonel Vosburg's training at the battle of Bull Run. They fought
like tigers, and were among the last to leave the field in good order.
The regiment was one of the first in the engagement, as it
was one of the last out of it. They lost more men in killed and
wounded (seventy-five) than both the Rhode Island regiments
together, upon whom Colonel Burnside, acting Brigadier-General,
lavished the chief praise, although he alludes in his report to
the bravery and steadiness manifested by Colonel Martin and his
entire regiment. Among the brave men of the Seventy-first who fell
at the battle of Bull Run were Captains Ellis and Hart, who fell
while bravely leading their men into action. Captain Ellis was a
son of Dr. Samuel C. Ellis, of New York, and was one of five broth
ers, all of whom participated in the battle. One brother, Capt.
Augustus Van Home Ellis, did all that human effort could do to
preserve the lives of his men and bring them safely off the field.
He afterwards became Colonel of the 124th Regiment — an Orange
County regiment, at the head of which he participated with great
distinction at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, and after a glori
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were Lieut. Edward B.. Doherty and Capt. James Gillette, a son of
the Rev. Dr. Gillette of New York. Lieutenant Doherty killed two
horses under Colonel Barton, of Georgia, and finally killed the Col
onel and captured his sword and sash. Lieutenant Doherty was
captured on the 21st of July, but effected his escape on the 26th.
Later in the war he was appointed Captain in the Sixteenth New
York Cavalry Regiment, and commanded the company of that regi
ment to which Boston Corbett belonged, and which was instrumen
tal in causing the death of Booth — the assassin of President Lincoln.
While at Richmond, Captain Gillette was one of the prison secreta
ries, and he furnished the Herald's Fortress Monroe correspondent
with a list of prisoners captured by the Rebel forces up to Decem
ber 27, 1861, which was published in the New York Herald of
January 6, 1862. Captain Gillette was one of four patriotic brothers,
sons of the Rev. Dr. Gillette, all of whom served their country with
great distinction throughout the war. Capt. James Gillette after
his return home from captivity was appointed to a position on the
Staff of General Geary, and was honorably mentioned for his bravery,
especially at the battle of Chancellorsville. He died in November,
1880, and was characterized in an obituary notice as " a grand and
noble man." In connection with this list of names referred to
above the following strange and interesting developments occur.
On the 29th of October, 1861, the New York Herald said in an
account of the great expedition to Beaufort : ' ' There is a painful
rumor in circulation that a clerk of one of the men-of-war has been
missing for three days, and is also suspected of having taken the
signal book of the vessel with him. It is supposed that he took a
boat and put off to Sewall's Point, and there joined the Rebels.
If he has not already reached his destination, his capture will be
certain." On the 30th of October, 1861, the Herald's Washington corrrespon-
dent wrote as follows: "The assertion in to-day's New York
Tribune, ' upon good authority ' that the private secretary of Com
modore Dupont had absconded, carrying with him the maps and
charts, and even the sealed orders of the Commodore, was pro
nounced at the Navy Department, in the presence of the Washing
ton correspondent of that paper, to be totally and maliciously false."
On the 6th of January, 1862, when the Herald published the list of
deserters and prisoners at Richmond, furnished by Captain Gillette,
it said: " Among them will be found the name of Ernest Hale, com
mander's clerk, United States steamer "Pawnee." This is the indi
vidual who decamped with the signal books while Commodore
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On the 2Sth of May, 1862, the gallant heroes of Bull Run left for
the war the second time, 820 strong. The officers were Col. Henry
P. Martin, Lieut.-Col. Charles H. Smith, Adjt. A. H. Pride, Quarter
master George W. Roosevelt, Commissary Robert B. Roosevelt. On
their arrival at Washington they were ordered to Tenallytown
Creek. Their term of service expired on the 28th of August, but by
special request of the Secretary of War, the regiment remained in
the service two weeks longer. Just before their return home a dep
utation of the regiment waited upon the Secretary of War and
informed him that all the men except eighty would re-enlist in the
volunteei- service. In June, 1863, the regiment was again called into
service, and once more (June 17) they advanced to the front, under
command of Col. Benjamin L. Trafford, formerly Captain of Com
pany B. (Colonel Trafford died in December, 1883. At the time of
his death he was editor of the Democrat, Red Bank, N. J.) The offi
cers were Lieut.-Col. William J. Coles, Maj. David C. Muschutt, Adjt.
JohnR. Livermore, Engineer Trumbull Smith, Surg. Dr. Edgar Bird-
sail, Quartermaster George W. Roosevelt. The regiment saw hard
work from the time they left New York, until their return home.
They were in the extreme advance. They were driven gradually
back before the advancing foe from Chambersburg to Harrisburg, a
distance of nearly sixty miles. Most of their marches were made in
the dead of night, accompanied by incessant rain and mud, followed
by a cunning and indomitable enemy earnestly endeavoring to flank
them. Once the Rebels nearly succeeded, and the regiment only
escaped by marching "double quick" through fields of growing
grain, the Rebels taking the road. As they entered Oyster Point,
they thought they were at last to have some rest, but scarcely had
they pitched their tents, when the Rebels commenced shelling
them, and a sharp skirmish ensued. The post at the Point was
occupied by four companies. Captain Schutt, of Company C, was in
command, and Captain Mander, of Company B, about a mile from
him. The men had not had their clothes off for fourteen days.
Finally the troops commenced an active retreat again, so that they
were on the constant move, never spending scarcely a dozen hours in
the same place. The Seventy-first furnished a large number of
officers for the volunteer service. The officers of the 131st Regiment
were mostly from the Seventy-first. Among those whose services
were especially conspicuous, and whose names received honorable
mention, were Col. Peter J. Claassen, of the 132d Regiment; the gal
lant Capt. Henry W. Hicks, Jr., of the 165th, a hero of Port Hudson;
Lieut. James H. Sperling, of the Fifty-third Regiment, who was
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his bravery at Bull Run; Lieut.-Col. Philip J. Parison, of the Fifty-
seventh, killed at Antietam; William J. Burrowe, the hero of the
affair at Lewinsville, who was appointed Aide-de-camp to General
Smith; Lieut. Thomas B. Oakley, who was presented with a watch
by his comrades of Company A, and was promoted to Major in
the Seventy-first for his bravery at Bull Run.
Seventy-Ninth Regiment. — " Highland Guard." The Seventy-
ninth was among the first to volunteer its services. The very fact
of having assumed the name of one of old Scotia's noblest and
bravest battalions, could not fail to stamp indelible fame and
renown upon its escutcheon. After many vexatious delays the regi
ment departed for the front on the 2d of June, 1861. The officers
were Col. James Cameron, a brother of Simon Cameron, Secretary of
War in 1861 (who joined the regiment after its departure); Lieut.-
Col. S. M. Elliott, commanding; Maj. David McLellanrl, Adjt. David
Ireland (who later in the war was Colonel of the 137th Regiment, and
died of disease in 1864) ; Surg. James Norval. At the battle of Bull
Run, the most gallant charge of the day was made by the Seventy-
ninth, Sixty-ninth and Thirteenth State Militia Regiments. Colonel
Cameron gallantly led the Seventy-ninth to the charge; the brave
Scotchmen were so eager for the fight, that they actually stripped
off their shoes and coats and rushed upon the enemy. Colonel
Cameron did not live to see the valiant deeds of those whom he com
manded, for after discharging his revolver twice, and while in the
act of shooting the third time, a ball from a muske' penetrated his
left breast, and he fell dead on the field, but the memory of their
lost commander seemed only to add to their prowess, and under the
lead of the brave Major McLelland, they rushed into the hottest of
the fight and seemed determined to avenge his death. The Seventy-
ninth was a three years regiment, and was known as the Seventy-
ninth Volunteers. — See Record of Seventy-ninth Volunteei- Infantry.
Eighty-Fourth Regiment. — In June, 1863, Governor Seymour
organized and commissioned the Eighty-fourth as one of the regi
ments of the First Division. The officers were Col. Frederick A.
Conkling, Lieut.-Col. Angus Cameron, Major Thomas Barclay, Adjt.
James P. Raymond, Surgeon Jas. Norval. The regiment went to
Baltimore, and while there Capt. William Atkinson's company con
stituted the provost-guard of the city. Company F, Capt. Alexander
McLeod, were stationed in the jail, where 750 prisoners were confined.
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soldierly and gentlemanly conduct. The remainder of the regiment
were in camp at the well-known grounds called Frisby's woods, about
three miles from the city, except the command of Capt. William
McKay, who had charge of the Light Street bridge. Lieutenant-Col
onel Cameron and Major Barclay were alternately brigade officers of
the day. Colonel Conkling made a very good soldier. The regiment
returned home on the 3d of August, 1863, having been absent one
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CAVALRY.
New York's twenty-five regiments of cavalry had a conspicuous
share in the hard fighting done by that branch of the service. Not
withstanding all the disadvantages and obstacles the three divisions
of cavalry in the Army of the Potomac had to contend with, they
proved during General Grant's campaign, in 1864, to be the salvation
of his army. In regard to what they did at Gettysburg General
Custer said: " I challenge the annals of warfare to produce a more
brilliant or successful charge than was made by the cavalry on the
third day of the battle." Their effective work was proven on a
hundred battle-fields, and the severity of their service is shown by
the long list of losses, which were greater proportionately, than
those of the infantry. A brief review of the regimental records will
indicate the extent and variety of the service seen by the New York
cavalrymen. First Regiment. — " Lincoln Cavalry." The regiment was organ
ized in New York City, by Col. Andrew T. McReynolds, of Grand
Rapids, Mich., formerly a captain in the regular army, who lost the
use of an arm by a wound in a charge with Phil Kearny, in the
taking of the city of Mexico, 1848. The commission for this regi
ment was issued to Col. Carl Schurz immediately after the attack on
Fort Sumter, and as he was soon thereafter appointed Minister to
Spain, the eight companies organized by Colonel Schurz were
turned over to Colonel McReynolds.
It is remarkable how many of the wielders of the sabre, connected
with the regiment, subsequently became distinguished by the use
of their pens. Carl Schurz, Editor; Lieutenant-Colonel Battersby,
who wrote "Bridle-Bits"; Joseph Pulitzer, Editor of the World;
and Lemoyne Burleigh, Military Editor of the Brooklyn Stan
dard. In July, 1861, the regiment, 1,400 strong, left New York for the
seat of war, being the first regiment of mounted men received into
the service. From the time it left New York until its return, the
history of the regiment was closely allied with the greatest engage
ments and victories of the war — their deeds of bravery were the
theme of every tongue. Under such cavalry commanders as
Stoneman, Pleasanton, Sheridan, Kilpatrick, Crook and Averill,
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under fire during the war at least 300 times, in many instances fight
ing for six or eight days right along. At the battle of Ninevah,
November 12, 1804, the brigade to which the regiment belonged
made a terrific charge on the Rebels under Major-General Lomax,
self-styled the "Savior of the Valley," completely routing them.
This was considered one of the finest charges of that celebrated
> campaign. Col. Alonzo W. Adams, who had succeeded Colonel
McReynolds in command, led his regiment in person, capturing all
the guns and battle-flags, and 200 prisoners. Seven hundred prison
ers, two twelve- pound howitzers and 108 wagons, taken by Lee in the
Gettysburg campaign, were recaptured by one hundred men of the
regiment and one hundred of the Twelfth Pennsylvania at the battle
of Greencastle, Pa. The detachment from the first was under com
mand of Capt. Abram Jones. Captain Jones had entire command
of the detachment, and captured more prisoners than he could
guard. — The charge of the regiment at Capen Bridge, in October,
1862, was made under command of Capt. William H. Boyd, of Com
pany C, who was subsequently promoted to Colonel of the Twenty-
first Pennsylvania cavalry. In this charge Imboden's command was
completely broken up. The brilliant charges at Piedmont and
Lynchburg, were led by Maj. Timothy Quinn. The regiment opened
the spring campaign of 1865, on the 1st and 2d of March, with two
gallant charges in succession, under command of Lieut.-Col. Jenyns
C. Battersby, and under the immediate direction of General Custer
at Mount Crawford and Waynesboro. These charges were the
opening of the ball in which Gen. Jubal Early's entire army was
destroyed and driven in both charges some twenty miles, and every
thing seen was captured and left on the field for other regiments to
gather up. The regiment claims to have captured more prisoners
and property than any other cavalry regiment in the service— having
captured over four hundred prisoners. At the engagement at
Rood's Hill, Colonel Adams was complimented on the field by
General Powell for his coolness and daring, and for the good disci
pline and efficiency of bis regiment under a heavy fire. Colonel
Adams went out as Lieutenant, and was promoted step by step till
he reached the position of Colonel. At the battle of Sailor's Creek,
the Sergeant-Major of the regiment, Oliver Lumphrey, lost his left
leg. After Lumphrey was shot from his horse, his leg terribly
shattered, he crawled to the side of a tree, and bracing himself
against it, fired off the remaining shots in his pistol, crying out to his
comrades,— " Go on, boys, don't stop for me, I can take care of
myself." Thus it will be seen that few regiments have a more bril
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Ketchum Stearns, one of the best officers of the regiment, died in
February, 1S66.
First Regiment Veteran Cavalry.— This regiment was organ
ized at Geneva in 1S63. The Seventeenth Cavalry was consolidated
with it. It went to the war under command of Col. John S. Platner.
In 1864 the regiment participated with great credit in a number of
engagements. Second Cavalry.— " Harris Light Cavalry." Secretary Stanton
said : "No regiment in the United States service had done so much
for the Government as the Harris Light Cavalry. To the Hon. Henry
E. Davies, of Fishkill Landing, is the country indebted in a great
measure for the organization of this regiment. In July, 1861>
Judge Davies visited Washington for the purpose of ascertaining
how his services could be made most effective in the way of hasten
ing forward regiments from New York. He first called upon Gen.
eral Scott, who not only urged the immediate formation of a new-
cavalry regiment, but requested the Judge to name competent
officers to command it. Judge Davies, accordingly recommended
his nephew — J. Mansfield Davies, Judson Kilpatrick and Henry F.
Davies, Jr., for important positions, and. they were at once con
firmed by the Secretary of War as Colonel, Lieutenant-Colonel and
Major. Colonel Davies remained in command of the regiment until
December, 1862, when he resigned, and was succeeded by Lieutenant-
Colonel Kilpatrick. After a famous raid preceding the battle ot
Chancellorsville, which made the name of the United States Cavalry
one of the proudest in the military service of the country, Colonel
Kilpatrick was promoted to Brigadier-General, and Maj. Henry E.
Davies (who became Lieutenant-Colonel after the resignation of his
cousin) was promoted to Colonel. Colonel Davies commanded the
regiment with great skill and bravery until September, 1S63, when
he, too, for meritorious services was promoted to Brigadier-General.
The fourth Colonel of the regiment was Walter C. Hull — a brave and
skilful officer, who was killed in action at Cedar Creek, in Novem
ber, 1864. He was succeeded by Otto Harhaus, who resigned in
September, 1864, when A. M. Randol became its sixth and last Col
onel. Colonel Randol was promoted to Brevet Brigadier-General
in 1865. Among the celebrated raids in which the Second partic
ipated, was that under Col. Ulric Dahlgren, known as the Richmond
raid, when the regiment went inside the fortifications and ap
proached within a mile and a half of the city. Maj. Edwin F. Cook,
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J. F. B. Mitchell next. They were selected for their well-known and
daring invincibility in desperate circumstances. Chaplain Edward R.
Roe accompanied the regiment as volunteer aide to General Kilpat
rick. Major Cook was captured and put in irons. Captain Mitchell
cut his way through with the bulk of Colonel Dahlgren's party and
joined the main command. Surg. S. F. Kingston was among the
captured. During General Pope's campaign, Lieut. Robert Loudon
captured the Confederate raider, Mosby, who at the time was Gen
eral Stuart's Adjutant-General, and upon his person were found
despatches showing the intentions of General Lee to fall upon Pope
before he could be reinforced, and this information probably saved
Pope's army from a great disaster. — Among the brave men of the
regiment worthy of special mention were Sergs. Frank Miller and J.
S. Calkin, to whom medals of honor were awarded by the Secretary
of War, and Capt. Francis M. Plum, of whom it was said "no braver
man ever drew a sword." Captain Plum (recently deceased) was
a brother-in-law of Col. George L. Willard, of the 125th Regiment,
and a son of the Hon. Elias Plum, of Troy. — This was the only reg
iment in the army that had as many as five Colonels promoted to
Brigadier-Generals. Second Regiment " Mounted Rifles." — This regiment was or
ganized at Buffalo, and went to the war under command of Col. John
Fisk. It took part in a great number of battles and suffered
especially in the battle in front of Petersburg.
Third Cavalry.— " Van Allen Cavalry." Named in honor of its
first Colonel, James H. Van Allen. When Colonel Van Allen resigned
in April, 1802, he was succeeded by Col. Simon H. Mix. Colonel Van
Allen was lost overboard in mid-ocean in July, 1886. Colonel Mix
proved himself one of the best cavalry officers in the service, and
commanded the regiment with distinguished credit until June, 1864,
when he was killed in action at Petersburg. After the death of
Colonel Mix the regiment returned to North Carolina, where they
met with a warm reception from their old comrades. As they knew
every by-path and lane as well as the veriest Secesh. and the Rebels
knew it, too, the latter had to keep a much sharper lookout.— At
one time during the war the regiment was within twelve miles of
Richmond, and would have been there had it not been for a man
named Bayle. (For explanation see Seventh Cavalry). Maj. G. W.
Cole was appointed by General Butler Cavalry Inspector in his
department, and later in the war became-Colonel of the Second
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appointed to command the First United States Colored Cavalry
Regiment. Samuel C. Pierce, who was the last Lieutenant-Colonel of the reg-
ment was several times captured by the enemy, but on each
occasion effected his escape.
Fourth Cavalry.— The regiment was first commanded by Col.
Christian Dickel, who was succeeded in 1862, by Col. Lewis P. di
Cesnola. The Fourth served with credit under Fremont, Rose
crans, Sigel, Pope, Stoneman, etc., as the many flattering encomiums
bestowed on it by their commanders testify. It went to the war
with seven hundred men, and had added to it at various times about
one thousand recruits, and numbered scarcely one hundred for
active duty when discharged. The regiment opened the battle of
Cross Keys, Va., and rendered itself conspicuous by its determined
resistance to several charges made by the rebel forces— a resistance
which was successful in saving Schirmer's battery from capture,
besides inflicting severe chastisement on the enemy, and killing the
Rebel General Ashby. Cooperating with the Second Michigan
Cavalry, it made the only cavalry charge during the second battle
of Bull Run, under the direction of Gen. John Buford. This was
successful in checking the enemy's advance and saving many thou
sands from being captured. The Fourth participated in thirty-four
battles and skirmishes, and its meritorious conduct in all of these
was productive of many flattering tributes from the Generals under
whom it served. Col. di Cesnola was captured and exchanged for
Colonel Brown, of the Fifty-ninth Georgia Regiment. At the battle
of Aldie, so gallant was the conduct of Colonel di Cesnola, that
General Kilpatrick took off his sabre and presented it to the Colonel.
At the third charge which the Colonel led in that battle, his horse
was shot from under him, and he was captured. He is now
manager of the Museum of Arts and Sciences in New York City.
Fifth Cavalry. -" First Ira Harris Guard." The regiment was
raised by Col. Othneil de Forrest, immediately after the first battle
of Bull Run, and went to the war nearly 1200 strong. It served
under Custer and many others— all of whom made themselves
remarkable as cavalry leaders in the history of the country. The
first campaign of the regiment was down the Shenandoah Valley,
after the defeat of Stonewall Jackson at Winchester, and at Harris
burg a portion of the regiment (Companies F, J, and E) charged
upon Ashby's rebel cavalry and defeated them. This was the first
cavalry charge of the war where sabres were used. When General
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Banks fell back from Harrisburg, it brought up the rear of his army,
and at Strasburg, when Jackson, coming through Front Royal,
drove that General through the Valley, it was cut off, yet saved
all his wagon train and Hampton's battery, and escorted them in
safety into Maryland, by a circuitous march through the mountains.
Afterwards, under General Hatch, in company with two other regi
ments, it captured Culpepper. At Orange Court House it distin
guished itself, taking the place, after defeating the Seventh
Virginia cavalry, and capturing forty-seven men and officers,
including the commanding officer, Major Marshall. At Kelly's Ford
it drove a large body of rebels from the woods, and then held the
bridge all day against the attack of a part of Jackson's infantry.
Afterwards it was selected by General Pope as his body-guard, and
followed him to Bull Run. The regiment participated in the battles
of Antietam, Gettysburg, Brandy Station, Wilderness, Spottsylvania,
Petersburg, Winchester, Cedar Creek, besides forty-two lesser bat
tles and 120 skirmishes. During General Kilpatrick's raid towards
Richmond, when Col. Ulric Dahlgren was captured, Lieut. Theo
dore A. Boice, with twelve men, cut the track and destroyed the
telegraph at Guinea Station. Lieut. Henry A. D. Merritt was also
one of the heroes of that famous expedition, in which he was cap
tured and suffered the hardships of a Rebel prison. The regiment
returned home under command of Col. Amos H. White, with only
550 men out of 2500 that composed its original strength or after
wards joined it as recruits.
Sixth Cavalry.— " Second Ira Harris Guard."— The regiment
left for the war in December, 1861, and went first to York,
Pennsylvania, where it passed the winter in barracks, dismounted.
In the spring of 1862, they were mounted, and one battalion sent to
the Peninsula, the remainder of the regiment being first permanently
employed in guarding Garnett's Ford. On General Burnside's
evacuation of Fredericksburg, the Sixth formed part of his rear
guard, which under their Colonel, Thomas G Devin, ably performed
the most arduous duty, for which Colonel Devin received merited
acknowledgments from General Burnside. The regiment next took
an active part in the Maryland campaign, being the first Union
regiment to enter Frederick City, and doing good service at South
Mountain and Antietam— the latter battle being opened by a squad.
ron from the Sixth. For a brilliant affair at Levettsville the regi
ment was thanked in a special order from General Burnside. On
the 30th of April, 1863, a spirited charge by 200 men upon the whole
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opening of the great battle of Chancellorsville. It was in this
charge that the regiment lost its commanding officer, Lieut-Col.
Duncan Mc Vicar. General Pleasanton said : "The heroism of the
Sixth New York Cavalry in cutting its way to our line through
treble the force of the enemy's cavalry, created the greatest admira
tion." At Beverly Ford the regiment took an active part, Colonel
Devin commanding the division. At Aldie, Upperville, Middleburg,
Gettysburg, Williamsport, Boonsboro, etc., the regiment did its full
share of fighting. On the withdrawal of the Army of the Potomac
from the Rapidan, October, 1863, the brigade to which the Sixth
belonged acted as rear guard and performed arduous and important
service. In 1865, Colonel Devin was promoted to Brigadier-General,
and the regiment returned home under command of Col. Charles L.
Fitzhugh, who, for meritorious services, was also promoted to
Brevet Brigadier-General. It was affirmed in 1864 that the regiment
had not lost a man by " gobbling " for over a year, having been on
outpost duty during the whole time, while their loss in action was
very small for the amount of duty performed, the Colonel knowing
how to take the men into action, and how to bring them out.
In recognition of the gallantry of the regiment at the battle of
Five- Forks, where the men of the Sixth were the first to enter the
Southern fortifications, General Sheridan presented the regiment
with a flag, emblazoned with the words "Five Forks." At Cedar
Creek the regiment led the charge over the bridge, and assisted in
the capture of twenty-two field pieces. Out of the 1000 men who
originally enlisted, but 200 answered to the roll-call at the final
disbandment. Colonel Devin died in April, 1878.
Seventh Cavalry. — "First Battalion Mounted Rifles." This
regiment had the honor of first entering the enemy's works
at Norfolk, in 1862. Within the short space of three weeks
succeeding the occupation of Norfolk, the regiment captured Suf
folk, and under command of Col. Charles C. Dodge (son of the Hon.
William E. Dodge, of New York), explored the country for twenty
miles around Norfolk, travelling 164 miles in four days— a march
said to rival that of Havelock's in India. In the attack on Charles
City Cross Road, Sergeant Wood, a brave and faithful officer, was
mortally wounded. In October, 1864, Lieut. William W. Disosway,
a son of Mr. Cornelius R. Disosway, a well-known lawyer of New
York, was shot dead by a man named Patrick Boyle, one of the
guard, Lieutenant Disosway, at the time, being ProvostM-arshal at
Williamsburg. Boyle was tried by court-martial and sentenced to
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suspended by President Lincoln. Boyle, pending the suspension,
escaped to the Rebels from Fort Magruder, and conveyed to them
intelligence of the intended advance upon Richmond, thus causing
the failure of that well planned expedition. At the battle of
Darbytown Road, October 7, 1864, the regiment did bravely and suf
fered severely. Among the officers who especially distinguished
themselves was Capt. John C. Oberteuffer, who was the hero of
many an act of gallantry, and finally laid down his life in the
engagement near Jones' Creek, Va., on the 21st of December, 1864. —
Among the officers of the regiment was Lieut. Courtenay H. James
— a nephew of the great English novelist.
Eighth Cavalry. — This regiment was first commanded by
Col. Samuel J. Crooks, who was succeeded by Col. Benjamin
F. Davis, a splendid soldier, killed in action at Beverly Ford,
June 9, 1863. It was in this engagement that the regiment suf
fered terribly, losing a large number of valuable officers besides
Colonel Davis. A portion of the regiment in 1864 were at home
on furlough, having re-enlisted. The men were from the vicinity
of Rochester, and had achieved a reputation second to that of no
regiment in Buford's old command. The Confederate General,
John G. Walker, said: " A very meritorious and important movement
was made by Colonel Davis of the Eighth New York Cavalry, at the
time of the capture of Harper's Ferry, of which no mention has
been made in either the Federal or Confederate official reports."
Ninth Cavalry.— The regiment was raised mostly in Chautauqua
County, except three fine companies from Wyoming, at a time when
it was supposed the county had contributed all that could be mus
tered within its limits. But by the timely aid of the indefatigable
Adjutant-General Thomas Hillhouse, seconded by Gen. Chester A.
Arthur, the regiment was speedily raised and equipped for the field.
The Colonel of the regiment was John Beardsley, a graduate of
West Point, who had seen service in Florida and Mexico. Maj.
George S. Nichols, who became Colonel of the regiment in 1865, was
a member of the State Senate, and brought high abilities to bear
upon his duties. The officers generally were well qualified for their
positions, and the regiment was fortunate in the selection of them.
Among the brilliant operations of the regiment will be remembered
the reconnoissance in December, 1862, under General Stahl, by
whose direction Maj. Charles McL. Knox, at the head of 200 men,
charged through the principal streets of Berry ville, Va., driving a
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Seventh Virginia Cavalry and routed them. Major Knox, who was
discharged in is. '4, for physical disability, was one of the most
active and zealous cavalry officers in the service. Capt. Timothy
Hanley, another brave and skilful officer, made a brilliant dash into
Warrenton, at the head of his squadron and paid off an old score
he had against the rebels. In March, 1865, Captain Hanley was
promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel of the regiment. The Eighth
claims the honor of having opened the battle of Gettysburg, and in
the succeeding engagements at Hagerstown and Williamsport, July
6 and 7. 1863, and at Culpepper, in September, 1803. the regiment
covered itself with glory. During the pursuit of Early, after the
battle of Winchester, Colonel Nichols and the regiment rendered
invaluable service. Of individual acts of gallantry, one of the most
remarkable, perhaps, was made by Maj. William B. Martin. In
front of General Buford's line were two belts of timber, extending
from the main forest, the whole of which was occupied by the
enemy in force, the line of skirmishers extending from one point to
the other. Major Martin was ordered to sweep in the line of skir
mishers. He did so by making one of the most brilliant dashes of
the war. First sending a detachment commanded by Captain Han
ley to clear one piece of the woods of the enemy's carbines, Major
Martin with three companions dashed across the open space in the
rear of the skirmishers, and drove the enemy out. In this engage
ment Capts. Campbell Dickson, and Conway W. Ayres (who was
killed in ls04). and Lieut. James B. Burrows (killed in 1S64) acquitted
themselves with great distinction. Among the brave men of this
regiment may also be mentioned Privates Jeremiah Parke and
George Reynolds, to whom were awarded medals of honor by the
Secretary of War.
Tenth Cavalry. — The regiment went to the war under com
mand of Col. John C. Lemmon. It participated in twenty great
engagements and in innumerable raids and skirmishes. In the
great cavalry expedition under General Stoneman (Chancellorsville
campaign) it took a prominent and honorable part. At Brandy Sta
tion the regiment fought with the greatest gallantly and repulsed
the enemy in repeated charges, although losing heavily themselves.
A short time before his death. Capt. Aaron T. Bliss said that in the
action at Stoney Creek which occurred June 28. 1804. two days
before his death, that his squadron consisted of sixty-eight men, and
all but eight were killed or wounded before surrendering. Lieut.-
Col. William Irvine was captured during the war and suffered ter
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Assistant Commissioner of Exchange. Lieutenant-Colonel Irvine
was formerly a member of Congress from the Steuben district.
Surg. Roger W. Pease was promoted to Medical Director of the
Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac. Among the gallant
men of the Tenth Cavalry, Charles Beach was conspicuous by his
bravery. At the battle near Upperville, he had three horses shot
under him, but escaped uninjured.
Eleventh Cavalry — " Scott's 900." The regiment went to the
war under command of Col. James B. Swain, with L. P. di Cesnola as
Lieutenant-Colonel. Colonel Swain was discharged in 1864, and was
succeeded by Col. John P. Sherburne. — At the time of the Rebel
cavalry raid into Poolsville, in April, 1863, Lieut. William Smith was
supposed to have been captured, but was probably killed, as he has
never since been heard of. — In a desperate fight at Fairfax Court
House, June 27, 1863, a squadron, under command of Maj. S. Pierre
Remington, encountered the Sixth Virginia Cavalry, and dashed at
them with sabres. The Major made two charges and drove the
enemy for three miles to a wood, and there encountered a superior
force that checked him with the fire of carbines. The fight from
beginning to end was fierce. Its termination, from the overwhelm
ing disparity of numbers, was disastrous. Major Remington after
having had his horse shot twice, .cut his way out and made his
escape with eighteen men. Capt. George A. Dagwell and Lieut.
Augustus B. Hazleton were reported killed, but were fortunately
spared and served with the regiment until its term of service
expired. Lieut. D. von Weltzien was one of those captured, while
acquitting himself heroically. Lieut. Col. di Cesnola resigned in
June, 1862, and became Colonel of the 4th Cavalry.
Twelfth Cavalry.— The regiment went to the war in 1863, under
command of Col. James W. Savage. It participated in General
Foster's raid to Tarboro, in July, 1863, where Capt. Cyrus Church
was killed. It took part in resisting the Rebel attack on Newbern,
and was engaged in the capture of Plymouth, where two companies
of the regiment were captured, most of whom perished at Anderson
ville. Among those who survived was Lieut. Alonzo Cooper, a very
gallant soldier, who has lately written a book on "In and Out of
Rebel Prisons." The Twelfth was also engaged in the second at
tack on Newbern, and in numerous raids and skirmishes throughout
the State. In March. 1805, the regiment led the advance of Scho-
field's column, which was moving to join General Sherman, and
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near Kinston, and subsequent skirmishes between that place and
Goldsboro. Upon joining General Sherman the regiment was put
into General Kilpatrick's division, and sent to guard the country
about Tar River, where it was stationed until its return home in
July, 1865. Among the officers of the regiment who were always
conspicuous for gallantry and the welfare of their men, were Capt.
John S Ellison, Capt. James L. Graham, Capt. Elam A. Mahon, Capt.
J. W. Van Valkenberg, Capt. John S. Loud, Maj. Rodney M. Taylor,
Maj. Rowland R. West, Maj Floyd Claikson, and Maj. J. Ward Gas
per. Major Claikson is now Commander of Post Lafayette, G. A. R.
Thirteenth Cavalry.— First Seymour Light Cavalry It was
first commanded by Col. Henry S. Gansevoort, who was soon pro
moted to Brevet Brigadier-General. The regiment first distin.
guished itself by the destruction of the Rebel pontoon bridges and
train at Falling Waters,— a very daring exploit. It was in the
brigade commanded by Col. C. R. Lowell: 400 of the men were
from Rochester. The guerilla Mosby is said to have been wounded
by Corporal Kane, of Company F.
Fourteenth Cavalry.— This was a New York City regiment,
and went to the war under command of Col. Thaddeus P. Mott,
a splendid officer, who had greatly distinguished himself as captain
in the Third New York Independent Battery. The regiment partici
pated with the Thirteenth Regiment in the destruction of the Rebel
pontoon bridges and train at Falling Waters. The regiment took
part in subduing the riot in New York, July, 1863, and General Wool
complimented Colonel Mott and the officers for their gallant and
efficient services. The Fourteenth next went to Louisiana, and ac
quitted itself gallantly in many engagements. Capt. John F. Porter
was one of those brave men who endured the torments of a Southern
prison. Colonel Mott was honorably discharged in 1864, and Abram
Bassford was appointed his successor. From the long list of hon
ored men who served as commissioned officers of the Fourteenth,
the following names will be familiar to the surviving members — -
Lieut-Col. John W. Cropsey, Maj. John Ennis, Maj. James A. Duffy,
Capt. Raymond H. Perry, Capt. W. C. H. Andres, Capt. Charles E.
Morton, Capt. Adolph Schmidt, and Lieut. Aaron Low, who was
promoted to Captain in the Eighteenth Cavalry.
Fifteenth Cavalry. — Nine companies of the regiment were
from Syracuse. It was commanded by Col. Robert M. Richardson.
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Col. Augustus I. Root, who was killed in April, 1865. The saltpetre
works near Franklin, West Virginia, were destroyed by a scout under
command of Lieutenant-Colonel Root. Colonel Richardson resigned
in January, 1865, and the regiment returned home under command
of Col. John J. Coppinger. Colonel Coppinger is a relative of the
Hon. James G. Blaine. A feature of the regiment was that each
company used the same kind and color of horses. The evolutions of
Company C, under command of Cap. George M. Ellicott and Lieut.
Hezekiah B. Ranny, could not be surpassed.
Sixteenth Cavalry. — "Sprague's Light Cavalry." The regi
ment was organized at Plattsburg, and was first commanded by Col.
H. M. Lazelle, who resigned in 1864, and was succeeded by Col. Nel
son B. Sweitzer, who was in 1865 promoted to Brevet Brigadier-Gen-
.. eral. The regiment took a creditable part in putting down the draft
riots in New York, in July, 1863, and was complimented by General
Wool. In 1864, it participated in a severe engagement at Fairfax
Station, Virginia, where the gallant Capt. James H. Fleming (the
only commissioned officer lost during the war) was killed. In 1865
the regiment was consolidated with the Thirteenth New York Cav
alry, and the consolidated force was known as the Third Provisional
Cavalry Regiment.
Seventeenth Cavalry. — The regiment was never fully organized.
Eighteenth Cavalry.— " Corning Light Cavalry." The Eigh
teenth did not leave for the war until 1864. While in process of
organization it rendered efficient service in quelling the riot in New
York City. Most of the officers hailed from that City. They
were Col. James J. Byrne, Lieut.-Col. John Tracey, Jr., Majs. Edward
Byrne and John Ennis. Colonel Byrne had proved himself to be a
gallant soldier while on the Staff of General Davidson during a raid
from Baton Rouge to Pascagoula. At the battle of Sabine Cross
Roads a squadron under command of Capt. William Davis had a
warm position, fought bravely and lost heavily. Captain Davis
proved himself a hero in every sense of the word.
, Nineteenth Cavalry.— " First New York Dragoons." The
Nineteenth was first commanded by Col. Alfred Gibbs, who was pro
moted in 1864 to Brigadier-General. His successor was Col. Thomas
J. Thorp, who was also promoted to Brigadier-General in 1865. The
regiment was organized at Portage, as the 130th New York, Infantry.
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Twentieth Cavalry.— " McClellan Cavalry." Col. Newton B.
Lord, who commanded the Thirty-fifth New York Infantry in nine
battles, was authorized by Governor Seymour to raise this regiment,
which was largely made up from the Twenty-third, Twenty-fourth
and Thirty-fifth Regiments. It went to the war 1,200 strong; the
county of Jefferson, mainly, with a few adjoining counties assisting,
had the honor of furnishing most of the men. Some six hundred
were veterans. The Twentieth served in General Kautz's division
with the Army of the James, during the siege of Richmond. It was
afterwards merged into General McKenzie's independent brigade,
and entered Lynchburg soon after the surrender of General Lee.
Having been engaged in siege operations, the regiment has not so
lengthy a record, as those continuing with Sheridan through his
valley campaigns.
Twenty-First Cavalry. — The Twenty-first was commanded by
Col. Wm. B. Tibbets, who was promoted to Brevet Brigadier-General
in 1864. It was a Troy regiment, and was for a long time stationed
in the defences of Washington. The regiment was engaged in
several severe actions, and lost three commissioned officers during
the war. Lieut.-Col. Charles Fitz Simons was wounded in the battle
of Ashby's Gap. Capt. Henry E. Snow raised Company A, and was
the first Captain appointed, and he was also the last field officer in
command of the regiment, and possibly the last officer in the volun
teer service of the State.
Twenty-Second Cavalry. — The first Colonel of the regiment was
Samuel J. Crooks, who resigned in March, 1865, and was succeeded
by Col. Horatio B. Reed. The regiment acquitted itself with dis
tinction in the engagements at Kemeysville, White Oak Swamp,
Va., and at Dinwiddie Court House.
Twenty-Third Cavaley. — This was known as " Mix's Battal
ion," composed of two companies.
Twenty-Fourth Cavalry. — Was organized at Auburn, and was
commanded by Col. Walter C. Newberry, who was promoted for
gallant conduct to Brevet Brigadier-General in 1865. In 1865 the reg
iment was consolidated with the Tenth New York Cavalry, and the
consolidated force was known as the First Provisional Cavalry. The
regiment took part in the following battles — Wilderness, Spottsyl
vania, Guinea Station, North Anna, Tolopotomoy, Bethesda Church,
Coal Harbor, Petersburg, Cemetery Hill, Weldon Railroad, Ream's
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Twenty-Fifth. Cavalry.— "Sickles' Cavalry." The regiment
never had any Colonel, but was commanded by Lieut.-Col. Aaron
Seeley. Colonel Seeley was a very popular officer, and was for some
time in command of a brigade. He was wounded at Woodstock.
At the battle of Nineveh the regiment behaved splendidly. It
formed part of Sheridan's famous cavalry force, and was with that
gallant commander nearly all their term of service. It took part in
fourteen great engagements and numerous skirmishes. The only
commissioned officer killed in action was Lieut. Charles N. How
ard. Twenty-Sixth Cavalry.— " First Frontier Cavalry." This regi
ment was organized at the very close of the war and was com
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ARTILLERY REGIMENTS AND BATTERIES.
HEAVY ARTILLERY.
Second Heavy Artillery. —(There was no First Regiment. ) The
regiment was organized at Utica, and was first commanded by Col.
Milton Cogswell, formerly Colonel of the Forty-second " Tammany
Regiment," who acquitted himself with great distinction in the
engagement at Ball's Bluff, in 1861. Colonel Cogswell remained with
the regiment until April, 1863, when he resigned and Joseph N. G.
Whistler succeeded to the command. The regiment fought bravely
at Bull Run, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Toloptomoy, Coal Harbor,
Petersburg, Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom and Ream's Station.
It was entirely raised in Oneida County; thirty-four Indians of
the Oneida tribe served in the regiment. Governor Morgan
presented it with an elegant flag. Early in the war the regiment
garrisoned Forts Ward, Worth and Blenker — the advanced line
of defences on the Virginia side of the Potomac. At the time of
the Rebel raid upon Manassas, August 29, 1862, it was the means
of saving the remainder of General Taylor's New Jersey Brigade,
by drawing the Rebel attention to them, Holding them in check
while the New Jersey troops made good their retreat. The
regiment also covered the retreat of the Twelfth Pennsylvania
Cavalry. Among the privates of the regiment whose bravery at
tracted the attention of their superiors were John J. Williamson,
Charles A. Jones, George W. Lacy, and Edward Hanlon, who were
promoted to Second Lieutenants, and Thomas Davis, who was
awarded a medal of honor by the Secretary of War.
Fourth Heavy Artillery. — No regiment had a more extensive
reputation in the Army of the Potomac than the Fourth Heavy
Artillery. Their duties throughout were numerous and difficult,
there being no department or branch of service connected with the
army but what the Fourth were duly represented. Their record is
stainless, and their flag unfurled to the breeze the name of every
engagement from the Wilderness to the Appomattox Court House.
The regiment has its full share of noble names on the roll of our
illustrious dead. After the surrender of Lee the regiment left the
Second Corps and garrisoned nine forts, constituting the Third
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the second Colonel of the regiment. The first was Col. Thomas D.
Doubleday, who was discharged in March, 1863. Colonel De Russey
was Colonel for only two months, when he was promoted to Briga
dier-General, and was succeeded by Col. John C. Tidball, of the
Second United States Artillery, another accomplished officer, who,
for meritorious services, was promoted in 1865 to Brevet Brigadier-
General: Capt. William Arthur, a brother of the late President Arthur,
was wounded at Coal Harbor. In 1863, a young Lieutenant of the
Tenth Tennessee Regiment, came into the lines of the 4th, and
joined Captain Arthur's company. His name was Low William
Roscoe. Having had some difficulty with Captain Arthur, he took
advantage of an opportunity unknown to others and shot him. The
wound was not fatal. Roscoe was himself mortally wounded in
front of Petersburg, and while on his death-bed, acknowledged
having shot Arthur.
Fifth Heavy Artilleby. — This was a Brooklyn Regiment,
although New York City and Lewis County furnished a large number
of men. It was •commanded by Col. Samuel Graham, a well-known
citizen of Brooklyn, who held several public positions of prominence.
It was the largest artillery regiment from the State, mustering 1800
officers and men, most of the officers having served a three months'
¦i
campaign in the Fourteenth and Seventeenth Regiments. For the first
two months the regiment was employed in manning the different for
tifications in New York harbor, after which it was for two months
in the defences of Fort Marshall, Baltimore. While lying at Bal
timore, two companies were detached from the regiment, and
under command of Maj. Henry B. Mcllvaine, were sent to Harper's
Ferry, and stationed on Maryland and Bolivar Heights. Here
they were taken prisoners at the time of " Stonewall " Jackson's
capture of Harper's Ferry. In the beginning of the year 1863, the
regiment was sent to Harper's Ferry, but had only been there a
short time when it was ordered back to Baltimore, where it was
usefully employed for nearly a year. In April, 1864, it was again
sent to Harper's Ferry, where it was engaged in artillery and infan
try service. In this way it was occupied in guarding Maryland
Heights, and assisted in building Forts Duncan and Sullivan — the
companies of infantry doing exceedingly good service, which met
with a merited recognition from commanding officers. In this
neighborhood, the regiment remained until the 4th of July, on
which day it was engaged with a heavy force of Early's men, who,
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the regiment distinguished itself, but suffered a severe loss in killed
and wounded. In the latter part of July, four companies — G, H, E,
and F, were detached from the Second Battalion, and under com
mand of Maj. Caspar Urban, joined the army of General Sher
idan, and took part in all the great battles of the Valley. At
the battles of Perryville, Winchester and Cedar Creek, these compa
nies won distinction, but they suffered severely, for of the 766 men
who composed the command of Major Urban, only 125 passed
unharmed through the campaign. The other portion of the regi
ment, under command of Colonel Graham, were employed during
this time at Pleasant Valley, pursuing guerillas, etc. On the 19th
of November, 1863, Governor Seymour presented the regiment with
a handsome silk regimental standard. In presenting the banner
Governor Seymour said: "This day, when 1 took part in the
celebration that was to consecrate yonder battle-field (Gettysburg),
when I felt as an American citizen proud of my own country, and
proud of the gallant services of her citizens, in every State, never
theless my eye did involuntarily wander to that field where lies the
glorious dead of our good and great State, and when I returned, to
see marching before me your manly and sturdy columns, not know
ing you belonged to New York, my heart did quicken and my pulse
tingle to learn that you were acting under commissions issued by
myself. Sergeant, I place these colors in your hands in the firm
confidence that they will be borne through every field of triumph,
of toil and of danger, in a way that will do honor to yourselves, to
the great State which you represent, and the still greater country to
which we all belong." On the 4th of March, 1864, the regiment's
term of service expired and many of the men and officers returned
home. But the regiment had been so largely reinforced during its
stay at Baltimore, that it was Still a strong organization, so strong
indeed as to be counted a brigade. The regiment, though less dis_
tinguished than some others for the brilliancy of its achievements
rendered good service, and the efforts of its rank and file entitled
them to the grateful remembrance of their fellow citizens. Colonel
Graham died in May, 1884. Capt. Albert L. Munson was among the
faithful and gallant officers of the regiment, and has an honorable
record. Sixth Heavy Artilleby. — This regiment was organized as the
135th New York Volunteer Infantry. On the 3d of October, 1862,
it was changed to the Sixth Artillery, and joined the Army of the
Potomac, participating in battles with the Second, Third, Fifth,
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Washington, D. C, for garrison duty, at which place it remained
five weeks (this being the only garrison duty it ever did), when it
was ordered to the army of the Shenandoah, General Sheridan com
manding. It was here that it lost its beloved Colonel, J. Howard
Etching, who had been promoted to Brevet Brigadier-General.
The regiment was commanded first by Col. William H. Morris, a
splendid officer and charming gentleman, who in April, 1863, was
promoted to Brigadier-General. He was succeeded by Colonel
Etching. After the latter' s death, Col. George C. Kibbe was in
command until June, 1865, when Stephen Baker became its
last Colonel. When the regiment was mustered in (September 2,
1862), it numbered 1100 men. It returned home after three years
hard service with 698 men, of which there were only about 250 of the
original organization, the balance being one year men, who joined in
1864. Lieut. Charles P. Miller — a gallant soldier, died on the 19th
of August, 18S7, of pneumonia, at New London, and within one hour
his wife died of the same disease. Lieut. Amos Cross was wounded,
and has been for years an inmate of a Rhode Island Insane Asy
lum. Seventh Heavy Artillery. — The regiment was organized at
Albany in August, 1862, by Col. Lewis O. Morris. It was first known
as the 113th Infantry, but was changed to the Seventh Heavy Artil
lery. It was stationed around Washington, until May, 1864, when it
was assigned to the Second Army Corps. Its members participated
in all the engagements from Spottsylvania to Petersburg, especially
distinguishing themselves atCoal Harbor, where they were the first to
enter the Rebel works and had the honor of capturing the Rebel
colors. It was in this engagement that the State as well as the regi
ment was called to mourn the loss of Colonel Morris, a splendid
soldier, and a member of one of the oldest families in the State.
The regiment returned home with 316 men, out of about 1800 whose
names had been enrolled, 300 having been discharged two months
before. The remainder had been either killed or wounded. Capt.
John S. McEwan is now Assistant Adjutant-General of the State.
Eighth Heavy Artillery. — Ten companies of this regiment were
organized at Lockport, in August, 1862, as the 129th Infantry. It
was changed in December, 1862, to the Eighth Heavy Artillery. The
regiment was for a long time in Baltimore, garrisoning Forts Federal
Hill, McHenry and Marshall. In May, 1864, it left Baltimore to join
the Second Army Corps. On the 19th of May it fought its first
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cessive times. At the battle of Coal Harbor, Juiie 3, 1S64, as the
regiment was advancing across an open space, a masked battery
opened upon it a withering fire. Col. Peter A. Porter led one charge
of his regiment against the enemy in person and was killed within a
few yards of the Rebel works. In connection with the fall of Col
onel Porter, the following extract from his letter of 1863, declining
the Republican nomination for Secretary of State, will be read with
increased interest: "I left home," said Colonel Porter, " in com
mand of a regiment composed mainly of the sons of friends and
neighbors, in a measure committed to my care. I can hardly ask
for my discharge, while theirs cannot be granted, and I have a strong
desire, if alive, to carry back those whom the chances of time and
war shall permit to be 'present,' and to ' account' in person for all."
Colonel Porter was a son of the late P. R. Porter, of Niagara Falls, a
conspicuous figure upon the frontier during the last war with Great
Britain. In the battle of Coal Harbor the regiment lost twelve com
missioned officers and two-thirds of its rank and file. Besides the
battle of Coal Harbor, the regiment participated in nine great
engagements, losing in all nineteen commissioned officers — a greater
loss than was sustained by any other regiment from the State during
the war. Among the brave men of the Eighth whose gallant services
are worthy of special remembrance were Maj. Henry M. Starr, Maj.
Samuel D. Ludden, Maj. James Low, Jr., and Maj. Erastus M.
Spaulding, Lieut. Ashley P. Hawkins, Lieut. Edwin R. Loomis,
Lieut. W. W. Stearns and Lieut. Marcus H. Chapelle; the latter
lost an arm at Coal Harbor and is now in the New York Custom
House. The Century Club of New York City presented medals to
several of the privates for gallantry in battle, in rescuing the body of
Colonel Porter from the field.
Ninth Heavy Aetilleey. — The Ninth New York Heavy Artillery
was raised in Cayuga and Wayne counties, as the 138th Infantry, and
went to Washington, 1,000 strong, under command of Col. Joseph
Welling, of Lyons, N. Y. ; William H. Seward, Jr., Lieutenant-Col
onel; and Edwin P. Taft, Major. The regiment was stationed in
forts, in the defences of Washington, and two companies added, M
and L. The latter was a new company recruited for the regiment,
the former being a battery of Light Artillery, organized, I believe,
in Western New York. The regiment was recruited to about 2,000
men, and was ordered to the Army of the Potomac, Sixth Corps, in
the spring of 1864. Colonel Welling resigned and left the regi
ment after landing at Belle Plain, Va. ; Lieutenant-Colonel Seward
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part was at Coal Harbor, losing many officers and about 300 men.
Part of the regiment was sent to Baltimore and were severely handled
in the Monocacy fight; Major Taft losta leg and was taken prisoner;
Colonel Seward's horse was shot and fell upon his rider, breaking
his ankle, and, of course, giving him a, severe shock, but standing on
his knees he cheered his men, and did much toward holding them
against the superior numbers of the enemy, who were pressing from
all sides. The regiment was afterwards commanded by Col. James
W. Snyder (promoted from Major) and did good work in the Valley
under Sheridan, losing heavily in officers and men. The regiment
lay in works around Petersburg until the final assault, and were
some of the first troops over the Rebel breastworks.
Tenth Heavy Aetilleby. — This regiment was formerly known
as the First, Second and Fourth battalions, Black River Artillery. It
was commanded by Col. Alexander Piper. It was raised principally in
Jefferson County, and was originally 1,800 strong. They were for a
long time in the defences of Washington, then with the Army of the
Potomac in the battles before Petersburg, next with Sheridan at
Cedar Creek, then back to the Army of the Potomac until the evacu-
tion of Richmond.
Eleventh and Twelfth Heavy Artillery Regiments were never fully
organized. Thieteenth Heavy Artillery. — The regiment was organized in
New York City, aiid was commanded by Col. William A. Howard, for
merly Colonel of the First Regiment (Marine) Light Artillery. Lieut.
Johnston Livingston De Peyster raised the first flag over Richmond,
when the city surrendered in 1865. The Third Battalion of the reg
iment under command of Maj. Robert W. McLaughlin, consisting of
Company I, Capt. Patrick A. O'Malley; Company K, Capt. Stewart J.
Donnelly; Company L, AmyaL. Fitch, and Company M, Capt. Edward
C. Parkinson, altogether numbering 500 men, formed the celebrated
Naval Brigade, Army of the James. This battalion consisted of
sailors enlisted for service on the army light-draft iron-clad gun
boats, which were built by Norman Wiard, to penetrate otherwise
inaccessible places and meet the enemy most unexpectedly.
Fourteenth Heavy Artillery. — The regiment was raisedin the
neighborhood of Rochester, and was commanded by Col. Elisha G.
Marshall, who in 1865 was promoted to Brevet Brigadier-General. The
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At Coal Harbor, the regiment again sustained fearful losses. Lieut.
John H. Thompson was one of those captured, and suffered the
torments of Rebel captivity until death put an end to his sufferings.
Among the brave men of the regiment who escaped death and were
especially esteemed by Company G, was Capt. Wm. A. Treadwell, to
whom a sword was presented by his associates as a token of esteem
for his soldierlike qualities. Private Hough of Company M, served
the last watch on the morning of the day of the attack on Fort
Steadman. On the same day an attack was made on Fort Haskell,
and the bravery of Capt. Charles H. Houghton made him the hero
of that affair. Mr. George L. Kirmer, in his article on " The Tragedy
of the Crater," says: "The Fourteenth New York Heavy Artillery,
serving as infantry, which led the assault, had but little over 300
duty men present. It had entered the campaign of the Wilderness
1,800 strong. The morning of the explosion the Colonel led the
brigade and there was no other field officer present, the last Major
having been killed in the charge of June. Only two of the Captains
remained." Fifteenth Heavy Artillery. — This was a New York City regi
ment, and was commanded by Colonel Louis Schirmer. It was a
German regiment, and did its full share of fighting at the Wilder
ness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Tolopotamoy, Bethesda Church,
Petersburg, Chapel House and Hatcher's Run, and was conspicuous
by its steadiness and bravery.
Sixteenth Heavy Artillery. — The Sixteenth was raised by Col.
Joseph J. Morrison, and was the largest regiment in the United
States or any other service. Colonel Morrison had previously dis
tinguished himself as Captain of a light battery (Third Artillery),
well known in North Carolina both by Union and Rebel troops
as Morrison's battery. The Sixteenth participated in the siege of
Petersburg, the many battles before Richmond, and the subjugation
of Fort Fisher. In October, 1864, the regiment claimed the honor
of having formed in line of battle closer to Richmond than any other
regiment in the service had thus far done. The soldiers of the Six
teenth were often placed in positions of great hardship and danger
of which no mention has been made in the official reports.
The Utica Herald said of General Butler's Dutch Gap Canal and
of the assistance rendered by a portion of the Sixteenth:
" In the James River, about five miles below Richmond, was the
peninsula known as Farrar's Island, in front of which the Confed
erates, who were making their final efforts for the lost cause, had
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totally obstructed the river with sunken ships and torpedoes.
Above the Peninsula were the Howlett house batteries, which aided
the great obstructions in preventing the national vessels from gain
ing a nearer approach to the Confederate works. With a view of
outflanking the obstructions and the batteries, Gen. B. F. Butler
ordered a cut to be made through the 1 ¦iso of the peninsula. The
position was exposed to the continuous fir - of the Southerners, but
when volunteers were called for from the Sixteenth New York
Heavy Artillery to do the first turn of the work, eighty-seven men —
four sergeants, seven corporals and seventy-six privates — promptly
responded. They were to work seven and a half hours each day
and were to receive eight cents for each hour's work. The detach
ment was put under the command of Capt. Thomas F. Sheppard, a
well-known citizen of Penn Yan, and First Lieut. James M. Lati-
more, of this city, who had charge of the roll.
The construction was commenced August 10, not August 15, as it
has been written, and the detachment worked until August 20,
when other volunteers took its place. During the time several of
the men were wounded and killed. They protected themselves by
throwing up the dirt from the canal as far as possible, and lived in
" gopher holes " along the river bank. The work was arduous and
the pay small, but they performed their task with enthusiasm in the
hope of the near overthrow of their enemies. Their zeal was poorly
rewarded. Uncle Sam is supposed to be a good paymaster, but
these eighty-seven men, through some mistake or oversight, never
received pay for their extra labor.
While Captain Sheppard' s detachment was at work upon the con
structions one day, General Grant, entirely unattended, came over
and stood upon the embankment. He talked with Lieutenant Lati-
more about the work and examined his roll of the men. While do
ing this a shell from Howlett's battery dropped into the ground a
short distance behind him, but fortunately failed to explode. The
great General by his words at the time showed his full appreciation
of the voluntary duty of the men.
light artillery.
First Light Aetillery (Marine).— This regiment performed use
ful service under command of Col. Wm. A. Howard, late of the Rev
enue Service., It was organized on the principle of the Royal Marine
Artillery. It was entirely the work of Colonel Howard, having been
organized, recruited and drilled by him. The regiment served in
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be required, throwing the guns overboard and hauling them to the
land, or the reverse when wanted. It was in the department of
North Carolina, where it blockaded the ports for a long time, besides
participating in several battles under General Burnside. The head
quarters of Colonel Howard were at Newbern, but the regiment was
at Roanoke Island, of which Colonel Howard was Governor. It
was disbanded in March, 1863, and Colonel Howard was appointed
Colonel of the Thirteenth Heavy Artillery.
First Light Artillery. — The regiment was first commanded by
Col. Guilford D. Bailey, who was killed at Fair Oaks on the 31st of
May, 1862. General Casey, in his Report of that battle, says: "lean-
not forbear mention of the severe misfortune sustained by the division
and the service in the loss of Colonel Bailey, my Chief of Artillery,
who fell in the attempt to spike the pieces in my redoubt, which
were necessarily abandoned." Battery H had its Captain, Joseph
Spratt (who was in 1863, promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel of the
Tenth New York Artillery), and Lieut. John H. Howell, and many
privates wounded. At the commencement of the engagement, Bat
teries A and H, commanded by Lieut. George P. Hart (later in the
war Major of the First U. S. Colored Regiment, of the District of
Columbia), and Captain Spratt respectively, did great execution, till
the enemy was right upon them, when, what was left of them were
obliged to withdraw, taking with them what they could of their
killed and wounded, but leaving several of their guns in the hands
of the enemy. At the battle of Williamsburg (preceding Fair Oaks),
Col. Charles S. Wainwright, who succeeded Colonel Bailey in com
mand, spoke in terms of great praise of Capt. Thomas W. Osborne,
Sergeants Ham and Doran, Privates Barry and Conway, of Company
H, and Privates Shoemaker and Westcott, of Company D. At the
time of the rebel raid upon Manassas, 1862, the Rebels fell upon the
regiment by surprise, the officer in command supposing the rebel
force to be our cavalry, until too late, and eight of our guns were
captured. This was not done, however, until after a most sanguin
ary resistance. During the artillery duel at Chancellorsville, on the
afternoon of May 2, Battery L sustained the heaviest losses. There
were excellent artillerists with the battery, who punished the rebels
severely. Colonel Wainwright was in 1864 promoted to Brevet Brig
adier-General. Third Light Artillery. — The regiment entered the service in
1861 as the .Nineteenth Infantry, and served as such until 1863, when
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sufficient to reorganize as the Third New York Heavy Artillery, but
soon their arms were changed to that of Light Artillery, and as such
served with distinction in the Army of the Ohio, under Schofield,
being attached to the Twenty-third Corps. The various batteries
saw service under Generals Foster, Hunter, Peck, Sheridan and Scho
field, and their banners bear the following inscriptions: Fort Macon,
Washington, Hawk's Mills, Kinston, Whitehall, Goldsboro, New
bern. The regiment was for some time at Hatteras Inlet — a position
worse than condemning them to the galleys, but the officers and
men bore their privations with manly, soldierlike fortitude. Capt.
John H. Howell, of Battery M, formerly of the First Artillery, as
efficient an officer as he is a brave, accomplished gentleman, com
manded the post for some time, and contracted a disease which
greatly injured his constitution. He was afterwards appointed Chief
of Ordnance on the Staff of General Nagle, at Hilton Head. Cap
tain Howell was in New York during the riots of 1863, and rendered
such valuable service that he was specially mentioned in official
reports for his gallant conduct. There are few among the surviving
members who do not remember the siege of Fort Macon. The only
man killed on our side during the bombardment is said to have been
William Dart, of Company I, from Cauastoga. Battery Flagler was
admirably manned by a portion of Battery I, Capt. John H. Ammon
and Lieut. George W. Thomas, and Battery G, Capt. William A.
Kelsey. During the siege of Washington, the guns were splen
didly served by Capt. William J. Riggs, Lieut. William F. Field and
Lieut. John O'Niel, of Battery H. The latter died of disease con
tracted in the service in 1S64. Lieutenant O'Niel's Battery H en
gaged the enemy for three-quarters of an hour on the main street,
until every man, except one, was shot from his post. He then, with
the assistance of the remaining man, Sergeant King, and some vol
unteers from an infantry regiment, dragged the pieces to a place of
safety. Lieut. Paul Birchmyer, of Battery H, with a detachment
manned the batteries at the time of the attack upon the fortifica
tions around Charleston, S. C. Col. James H. Ledlie, who was pro
moted to Brigadier-General in 1862, was honorably mentioned for
the skilful manner in which he operated his pieces at the battle of
Kinston. A medal was presented to Capt. Joseph J. Morrison by
the officers and men of Battery B. Around the margin of the medal
are inscribed the names of Newbern, Washington, Plymouth, Wel
don, Kinston, Whitehall, Goldsboro and Charleston— battle-fields
where he led the battery. Captain Morrison resigned in May, 1863,
and was appointed Colonel of the Sixteenth Heavy Aj-tillery, and
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Colonel. The regiment went to the wrar under command of Col.
John S. Clark, who was promoted to Brigadier-General, in Novem
ber, 1861. The Lieutenant-Colonel of the regiment was Clarence
A. Seward, a nephew of the Hon. William H. Seward, and now one
of the most eminent lawyers of New York. All the commissioned
officers lost by the regiment during the war died of disease, except
Lieut. Edward A. Wildt, who was killed in action at Honey Hill, S.
C, November, 1864. INDEPENDENT batteeies.
Fibst Battery. — It was first commanded by Capt. Terence J. Ken
nedy, who was in 1862 promoted to Major of the Third Artillery. He
was succeeded by Capt. Andrew Cowan. Major Kennedy died in
October, 1863. He claimed to have been the first man in the State
to enroll himself in defence of the Union. The names of thirty bat
tles are inserted on the colors of the battery. On every field the
^ battery fought well and nobly; but the grandest example of their
courage and discipline was " double canister at ten yards," on
Cemetery Ridge, Gettysburg. The last canister fired, they hastily
dragged the guns below the crest for shelter, but there was no
enemy left, able to follow or seize them.
Second Battery. — Capt. Charles Bookwood resigned early in the
war, and was succeeded by Capt. Louis Schirmer. — The battery
fought splendidly at Gettysburg, where Lieut. Theodore Blume was
killed. This was the only battery that fired a gun with Hancock's
brigade, at the battle of Williamsburg. It was organized at Auburn
and took part in nineteen battles.
Third Battery. — This battery was known as Mott's battery, its
captain being Thaddeus P. Mott, a son of the eminent physician and
surgeon — the late Dr. Valentine Mott. Captain Mott served his
country faithfully on the upper Potomac, in the early part of the war;
also in the affair at Lewinsville, Va., in September, 1802, when his
battery confronted the famous Washington Artillery, causing them
to beat a hasty retreat. In the Seven Days' battles, on the Peninsula,
the battery, under the personal command of Captain Mott, fought
the enemy for five consecutive hours, defeating the rebels at every
point, but with a fearful loss to his men. All the officers attached
to the battery were promoted from the ranks. Lieut. Robert B.
Ballestier was one of the heroes of the first battle of Bull Run.
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affair at Lewinsville, where the battery fired 954 shots. Captain
Mott resigned in July, 1802, and was appointed Colonel of the
Fourteenth New York Cavalry. He was succeeded in command
of the battery by Capt. William A. Hani.
Foukth Batteey. — Capt. James E. Smith. The battery rendered
splendid service at Gettysburg. The enemy's movements in that bat
tle indicated their purpose to seize Round Top Hill, and this in their
possession, General Longstreet would have had easy work in cutting
up our left wing. To prevent this, General Sickles directed General
Ward's brigade and Smith's battery, as the Fourth was called, to
secure that vital position. The.battery was disbanded towards the
close of the year 1863. In 18S7 Captain Smith was chief of the
Certificate Division of the Pension Office.
Sixth Batteey. — Lieut. Washington A. Roebling subsequently
became famous as the builder of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Seventh Battery.— Capt. Peter C. Regan. The battery was one
of the finest in the service, and participated in most of the battles
fought by General McClellan and allthe other commanders of the
Army of the Potomac. It was organized at Newburg. In the attack
on Fort Harrison, they turned the guns on the enemy. The officers
who returned home with the battery, were besides Captain Regan,
Lieuts. Martin V. Mclntyre, John S. Bennett, John B. Brosero and
Abram A. Smith.
Eighth Battery.— Capt. Peter Morton. This was a Newburg
battery, and served creditably for three years.
Eleventh Battery.— Capt. George W. Davey. It was organized
at Albany and took an honorable part in the battles of Second Bull
Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run, North
Anna, Tolopotomoy, Coal Harbor, Petersburg, Deep Bottom.
Thirteenth Battery.— The battery was commanded by Capt.
Henry Bundy; it served with the Army of the Potomac until April,
1862, when it was ordered to the Mountain Department under General
Fremont. It afterwards served under General Pope in his campaign
in Virginia, and suffered severely in men.— When General Pope was
relieved, it joined the Army of the Potomac, with which it served
until ordered to the Department of the Cumberland, in September,
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Lookout Valley. It took part in the battle of Mission Ridge, and
subsequently accompanied the forces sent to the relief of Knoxville.
The men re-enlisted at Bridgeport, Alabama, January 1, 1864. The
battery took part in every engagement with the Twentieth Army
Corps in the campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and lost
so heavily in men that it had to be twice filled by details of infantry.
After the fall of Atlanta, all the detailed men were ordered to
rejoin their regiments, which reduced the effective force of the
battery to eighty-six men, and it was then ordered to garrison
duty. On their tattered battle-flag were inscribed the following
battles in which they had been engaged: Cross Keys, Freeman's
Ford, White Sulphur Springs, Waterloo Bridge, Second Bull Run,
Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mission Ridge, Mill Creek, Resaca,
New Hope Church, Pine Knob, Muddy Creek, Nose Creek, Culp's
Farm, Kenesaw, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Nashville. A sword
was presented to Capt. William Wheeler by his associates and men
of the battery, as a token of their admiration for him, but the
brave .soldier did not live long to use it, for he fell in action near
Marietta, Ga., on the 22d of June, 1864.
Fourteenth Batteey. — Capt. James McKay Rorty. The Four
teenth and Fifteenth Batteries originally formed the Second New
York Artillery. The battalion was organized in New York City in
December, 1861, and its designation changed to the Fourteenth and
Fifteenth Batteries in October, 1862. It was transferred to Compa
nies B and G, First New York Artillery, in September, 1863.
Fifteenth Battery. — Capt. Patrick Hart. This old battery went
to the war with the famous Irish Brigade, but was soon separated
from the brigade and assigned to the Fifth Army Corps, and was
known as the fighting battery of that corps. It took part in nearly
all the battles of the Army of the Potomac, and returned home in
July, 1865, with but forty-eight of its original number.
Nineteenth Battery. — Capt. Edward W. Rogers. The battery
did its full share of hard fighting, and acquitted itself honorably in
the battles of Suffolk, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Coal Harbor,
Weldon Railroad, Petersburg and Hatcher's Run. „
Twentieth Battery. — Capt. B. Franklin Ryer. The battery was
quartered in the harbor of New York, doing garrison duty on Gov
ernor's Island. Its principal active service was in quelling the riot
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Twenty-Third Batteey.— Capt. Samuel Kittinger. The battery
was formerly known as Company A, "Rocket Battalion." General
Peck complimented the battery for its gallant behavior in the
engagement near Greenville, N. C. Capt. Alfred Ransom and Lieut.
Thomas Low were among the gallant men of the battery.
Twenty-Foueth Batteey. — Capt. A. Lester Cady. Captain Cady
with a squad of his men made a raid to Lake Phelps, N. C, and did
some valuable service.
Twenty-Seventh Battery. — Capt. John B. Eaton. The battery
acquitted itself with special distinction at the battle of Petersburg.
It was from Buffalo.
Twenty-Eighth Batteey.— Capt. Josiah C. Hannum. The bat
tery was quartered in the harbor of New York, doing garrison duty
at Fort Schuyler. Their principal active service was in subduing
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ENGINEER REGIMENTS.
Fiest Engineer Regiment. — "Serrell's Engineers." The regi
ment was organized in New York City, and was known as " Serrell's
Engineers." Col. Edward W. Serrell commanded the regiment all
through the war, or until February, 1865, when he was honorably dis
charged, and James F. Hall succeeded to the command. Colonel
Hall rose to the rank of Brevet Brigadier-General, and died in Jan
uary, 1884.
The regiment was for some time in the Department of the South,
and its flag was the first to float over Fort Pulaski. At Bermuda
Hundred the regiment rendered valuable service, and also in the
siege of Petersburg. Among the commissioned officers whose names
deserve remembrance for gallantry and devotion, were Capt. Charles
B. Parsons, Capt. Richard W. Coe, Capt. Thomas B. Brooks, Capt.
Charles P. McKenna, Capt. John L. Suess, Maj. Frederick E. Graef,
Capt. Henry M. Dalrymple, and Capt. Samuel C. Eaton.
Fifteenth Engineer Regiment. — This was a New York City reg
iment, and was first commanded by Col. John McLeod Murphy,
who resigned in 1862, and was succeeded by Col. Clinton G. Colgate.
(Colonel Colgate died in November, 1886.) It was largely through
the skill and sleepless energy of Lieut. Calvert S. Webster, that the
Chickahominy was spanned by those half-dozen bridges over which
the army passed on their way to Richmond in 1862. Eugene Webster,
the elder brother of Lieutenant Webster, took part in the same bat
tles with his brother, but on the opposite side ; Eugene being on the
staff of the Confederate General Lee. Lieutenant Webster died at
New Haven in 1862, of disease contracted in the service of his coun
try. He was a son of William G. Webster of New Haven, and a
great-grandson, through his mother, who was a Custis, of Martha
Washington. Upon the return home of the regiment it was re-organized, and
again towards the close of the war went to the front under command
of Col. Wesley Brainerd, with William A. Ketchum as Lieutenant-
Colonel. Colonel Brainerd had formerly been Major in the Fifti
eth Engineer Regiment.
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iment was first commanded by Col. Charles B. Stuart, who resigned
in June, 1863, and was succeeded by Col. Wm. H. Pettes.
The largest pontoon bridge ever built in this country was built by
Capt. Porteus C. Gilbert. It extended across the Chickahominy, and
was laid on the occasion of General McClellan's withdrawing his
troops from Harrison's Landing. The regiment also laid the pon
toon bridge at Fredericksburg (Burnside's campaign), in the laying
of which Capt. Augustus S. Perkins lost his life. The duties devolv
ing upon the regiment were severe in the extreme, and hundreds who
survived the- war were broken in health by the exacting nature of
the work they were obliged to perform. The following are a few of
the commissioned officers whose names adorn the history of this
famous regiment: Lieut.-Col. Ira Spaulding, Maj. James H. McDon
ald, Maj. William W. Folwell, Maj. George W. Ford, Maj. Frederick
E. Embick, Maj. Edmond O. Beers, Capt. Michael H. McGrath,
Capt. Martin Van Brocklin, Maj. Wesley Brainerd, Lieut. Edward
C. James, Capt. Mahlom B. Folwell, and Lieut. A. Barton Hough.
Major Brainerd was promoted to Colonel of the Fifteenth Engineers;
Lieutenant James was promoted to Major in the Sixtieth Volunteer
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VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENTS.
First Regiment. — " National Guard." The regiment was organ
ized in New York City for two years service. It went to the war in
May, 1861, under command of Col. William H. Allen. A short time
after leaving home, Col. J. Fred Pierson succeeded Colonel Allen in
command of the regiment. In the battles on the Peninsula under
General McClellan, nine out of ten of the Color-Guard were shot,
and the regiment by its gallantry, steadiness, and endurance dis
played its worthiness to bear the name of the First Regiment from
the State of New York. Lieut.-Col. Garrett Dyckman was the per
son to whom was awarded the gold snuff box, bequeathed by General
Jackson to the bravest man in the State of New York.
Second Regiment. — " Troy Regiment." This was a two years
regiment, and was among the first in Hooker's fighting division. It
went to the war under command of Col. Joseph B. Carr, who was
soon after promoted to Brigadier-General, and his subsequent career
proved the wisdom of his promotion. He was succeeded in com
mand by Col. Sidney W. Park, who had a leg shot away in a brilliant
charge at Chancellorsville. The reception of the regiment upon its
return home was the greatest gala-day ever known in Troy.
Thtrd Regiment. — Organized at Albany. Colors presented by
Bowen, Holmes & Co. The regiment went to the war under com
mand of Col. Frederick Townsend. Colonel Townsend, after leading
the regiment to the seat of war, resigned in June, 1861, and was
appointed Major in the regular army, and subsequently partici
pated with distinguished credit in the battles of Pea Ridge and
Stone River. Colonel Townsend was succeeded in command by Col.
Samuel M. Alford, and in June, 1864, John E. Mulford became the
third Colonel. The latter was in 1865 promoted to Brevet Brigadier-
General. Colonel Mulford subsequently became famous as Commis
sioner for the exchange of prisoners. Company A was the first com
pany raised on Long Island, and was composed of Williamsburg fire
men. Next to the Fifth Infantry, the Third furnished a larger num
ber of officers for the army than any other regiment from the State.
When its term of service expired, only two officers were in the regi
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ing been promoted from the ranks. General Dix, in complimentary
orders, said: "In discipline, courage, and in a faithful discharge of
their duties, the Major General Commanding ventures to say they are
not surpassed by any other regiment in the service." The regiment
took part in the battle of Big Bethel,— the first battle in which New
York troops were engaged. During the siege of Suffolk it bravely
defended South Quay battery. Among the honored dead of the
Third was Capt. Stephen W. Fullerton, of Newburg, a nephew of
Judge Fullerton. Captain Fullerton was a Member of Assembly
from Orange County, when the war broke out, and is said to have
raised the first company of volunteers organized in the State.
Fourth Regiment.—" Scott Life Guard." Every officer in the
Fourth with the exception of Lieut. John H. Fullerton (an uncle of
Captain Fullerton, of the Third Regiment) served in the Mexican
War. The regiment was first mustered into the service of the
State April 22, 1861. Immediately after the first battle of Bull Run,
they were placed on duty guarding the line of railroad from Balti
more to Havre de Grace, a duty very harassing and arduous, as the
pickets of the regiment covered a distance of about fifty miles, and
constant attempts were made to burn the bridges, etc., on the route.
In April, 1862, they were moved to Fort McHenry, Baltimore, and
from there to Suffolk, Va., then the outpost of our army in that
department. After the second battle of Bull Run they were ordered
to the defences of Washington, then threatened by the enemy, and
were attached to McClellan's army. The first battle of the regiment
was Antietam, where General Hancock is said to have fairly danced
up and down in his saddle for joy to see the regiment so long in posi
tion under the destructive fire the enemy were pouring into their
ranks. They suffered fearfully, losing some two hundred men, one-
third of those engaged. They also suffered severely at Fredericks
burg. The regiment went to the war under command of Col. Alfred
W. Taylor, who was succeeded in July, 1862, by Col. John D.
McGregor. Fifth Regiment. — "Duryea's Zouaves." During the war 2,164
men were recruited and assigned to this regiment. In 1865, seven
hundred men returned home, of whom about one hundred were
recruited in 1861. The Fifth was attached to the First Brigade,
Second Division, Fifth Army Corps, and wore for its distinctive
mark the "white cross." At the battle of Gaines Mills when the
Regulars, with whom the Fifth was brigaded, were forced to
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repulsed the onset in such splendid style as to draw down cheers of
admiration from all who witnessed it, and then held the ground for
four terrible hours against immense odds, and only abandoned it
finally during the night, when the whole army retreated behind the
Chickahominy. At the second battle of Bull Run, the regiment lost
in. fifteen minutes, out of some 580 men, 110 killed and 209 wounded.
Few, if any regiments, lost more men in a single engagement and in
a shorter space of time. The regiment was commanded during the
war by six Colonels, three of whom were promoted to Generals.
Fishkill was represented in this regiment by Maj. J. Mansfield
Davies and Capt. Henry E. Davies, Jr., the former a nephew and the
latter a son of the Hon. Henry E. Davies. In August, 1861, both of
these gallant officers resigned, and Maj. J. Mansfield Davies was
promoted to Colonel of the Second Cavalry Regiment, and Capt-
Henry E. Davies, Jr., to Lieutenant-Colonel. Upon the resignation
of his cousin, J. Mansfield Davies, in December, Lieutenant-Colonel
Davies succeeded to the command of the regiment. From the very
commencement of his military career as Captain hi the Fifth, Henry
E. Davies, Jr. rose steadily and rapidly by his devotion to duty and
gallantry in action. From Colonel of the Second Cavalry, he was
promoted, on the 16th of September, 1863, to Brigadier-General,
and finally for his bravery and gallantry in charging on the 6th of
April, 1865, at Sailor's Creek, the enemy in breastworks, and captur
ing the same, with three guns, two Generals and a large number of
prisoners, he was promoted to a full Major-General. Capt. Gouver
neur Can- was promoted to Major of the 165th. He went to the war
from the editorial rooms of the New York Times, as did also another
gallant soldier, Charles G. Halpine, although the latter was not a
member of the Fifth.
Sixth Regiment. — "Wilson's Zouaves." Col. William Wilson
sent- to the Mayor of New York a Secession flag, which was the
first Secession flag raised in Florida, and the one under which the
State seceded.
Seventh Regiment. — " Steuben Regiment." The Seventh was
in French's Division of Sumner's Corps, a division that gained from
the veteran General Sumner, when examined before the Committee
on the Conduct of the War, the credit of " never turning their
backs upon the enemy." The Seventh participated in eight great
battles, and lost during its term of service fourteen officers killed
and fifteen wounded, besides 180 enlisted men killed and 450
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was Fedeicksburg, in December, 186., and lost in that engagement
nine commissioned officers, more than any other regiment from the
State. The regiment went to the war under command of Col. George
Von Schack, a young Prussian officer. When Sumter was attacked he
was beaming in the favor of the Court of Berlin, but at once decided to
cast his lot with America and immediately started for New York and
joined the Seventh. He was promoted many times until he reached
the rank of Colonel, and was subsequently breveted by the President
and confirmed by the Senate as Brigadier-General, for gallant and
meritorious services. There were two regiments known as the
Seventh Infantry. The first was organized in 1861, and when its
term of service expired was reorganized and again went to the war
in 1863, with Colonel Von Schack as its Colonel. During the two
years term of service the regiment suffered severely, especially at
Antietam and Fredericksburg. At Fredericksburg nine com
missioned officers were killed outright.
Eighth Regiment. — "First German Rifles." Colors were pre
sented by Mrs. Belmont. The regiment went to the field under the
command of Col. Louis Blenker, who was soon after promoted to
Brigadier-General, and died in October, 1863. He was succeeded
by Col. Felix Prince Salm-Salm. At the battle of Cross Keys the
regiment advanced gallantly under a heavy fire, but being so long
unsupported and largely outnumbered, it was badly cut up, losing
not less than three hundred men — more than half its strength. The
regiment suffered severely by the loss of "missing" commissioned
officers — no less than seven having disappeared and have not since
been heard of. Colonel Salm-Salm was a cousin of the King of
Prussia. After the war he went to Mexico, and devoted himself to
saving the life of Maximilian. He was killed at the battle of
Gravelotte. Ninth Regiment. — "Hawkins Zouaves." This was a two years
regiment, and was commanded by Col. Rush C. Hawkins, with
George F. Betts as Lieutenant-Colonel. The regiment fought well
at the battles of Camden and South Mountain. At Antietam the
regiment lost nearly half their men — ninety-five being killed out
right. John G. Curtin, of Company D, having lost his arm at
South Mountain, the officers and men of his company raised the
sum of five hundred dollars to enable him to start in business.
This shows of what material the regiment was composed. In the
same battle Private John Van Deusen had his right arm shot off.
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who was assaulted by thieves and badly injured. Henry Gunther,
who followed the flag of the regiment in many a battle was in 1887
one of the Aldermen of New York City. Lieut.-Col. Edward A.
Kimball was the officer shot dead by General Corcoran. Colonel
Kimball claimed the honor of having hauled down the Mexican flag
at the storming of Chapultepec and planting the Stars and Stripes
in its place; but this distinction was also claimed by Colonel Inness
of the Thirty-sixth Regiment. Captain John W. Jacobus and Henry
C. Perley were brave and faithful officers, and have, since the war,
been conspicuous in the public affairs of New York City.
Tenth Regiment. — "National Zouaves." The Tenth will always
occupy an honorable place in the history of the Rebellion, for it had
its full share of sacrifices and was composed of a gallant body of
officers and privates, who served their country faithfully and
bravely through twenty-one great battles, and all the hardships inci
dent to a soldier's life.
The Tenth may date its origin from the time of the first meeting
held to organize troops to defend the Government, should the
occasion require. — This meeting, previously refered to in this vol
ume, was held at the Mercer House, and among those present was
Mr. Frank J. White and Mr. Charles H. Ludwig. These gentlemen
and others, were instrumental in initiating a movement which
resulted in the organization of the Tenth Regiment. Mr. White
became a captain in the regiment, and Mr. Ludwig enlisted as a pri
vate. The former remained with the regiment but a short time, and
subsequently became famous by the capture of Lexington, Mo. Mr.
Ludwig served all through the war and by his courage and merito
rious conduct won the esteem and admiration of his superior officers.
He is now at the head of one of the leading printing houses of New
York City.
The regiment went to the war under command of Col. W. W. Mc-
Chesney, who was soon succeeded by Col. John E. Bendix, and it is
not wonderful that under such a leader the regiment soon attained a
degree of proficiency that enabled it to secure a most honorable
record. The first great battle in which the Tenth was engaged was Gaines
Mills, a battle in which it suffered severely, but nearly every officer
and private proved himself a hero. Captains Salmon Winchester,
James Henry Briggs, and George F. Hopper were always in the front
encouraging their men to brave and gallant efforts, and their
example was emulated by nearly all the officers, of whom a large num
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They were Lieuts. Alfred Chamberlain, Charles Hill, Charles D. Stock
ing, Harvey V. Russell, Norwood A. Halsey, Gabriel Cunningham,
Serg. Josiah Hedden, who was killed at the Second battle of Bull
Run, Serg. Charles W. Cowtan, whocontinued through out the war
to prove himself an admirable officer and accomplished gentleman,
and Serg. James M. Smith. Capt. Oscar F. Angell was captured.
He was finally exchanged, and was killed in action May, 1864. Lieut.
John A. Brady commanded his company with such skill and bravery
as to receive the commendations of his commanding officer. Brady
died in July, 1871. At Malvern Hill, the Tenth was the last regi
ment to leave the field. At the Second battle of Bull Run the
regiment lost about one hundred and fifty men in killed and
wounded. General Warren said of the conduct of the. regiment in
this battle, " Braver men than those of the Tenth, who fought and fell,
could not be found." Color-bearer H. Alexander was badly wounded
in three different parts of the body, but he still clung to the colors
and would not allow them to be taken from him. As he was being
lifted up the steps of the hospital, he became insensible, and an effort
was made to take the flag from him, but his clutch was like a
grasp of iron; his hands seemed glued with his own blood to the
Stars and Stripes. "Brave and noble fellow !" burst involuntarily
fiom Surgeons and bystanders. The next great battle in which the
Tenth participated was Fredericksburg and the storming of Marye's
Heights, and General French said of the conduct of the regiment;
" The Tenth was magnificent. No troops ever stood fire better or
longer than they." Colonel Bendix was wounded, after which Capt.
George F. Hopper, an admirable officer, took command. Later in
the war Capt. Hopper was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel. Of the
twelve commissioned officers who went into the battle, only three
escaped unhurt; Capts. Joseph Newburg, George F. Tait, Alfred
Chamberlain and Gabriel Cunningham being among the severely
injured. When the regiment was about to leave for home, at the
expiration of its term of service, General French issured an order in
which he said, "The General commanding division deems it his duty
to express to Colonel Bendix, his officers and men, the high position
they attained for the regiment in the soldierly characteristics of
bravery, discipline and a military tone and bearing not excelled in
the army." In May, 1863, the original members were mustered out,
and the three years recruits, consolidated into battalions of six com
panies, which was retained in service as such until the close of the
war. All through General Grant's Virgina campaign the regiment
acquitted itself with the same heroism that had marked i4s earlier
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Capt. George M. Dewey, and on the sixth of May, about one
hundred men were killed and wounded in the engagements at Peters
burg. General Egan testified to the valuable services rendered by the
Tenth. At Coal Harbor, among the gallant soldiers of the regiment
who fell in defence of their country were Serg. George P. Chase and
Corp. George W. Reynolds. ,
Lieuts. George Hackett, and Frank M. Clark, Privates Joseph W.
Kay, George W. Bell and William H. Reese were among the wounded
in the Wilderness battles. Private George Wells, of Company F, a very
brave soldier, was mortally wounded. In addition to those who have
been alluded to for gallant and meritorious conduct, the following
names are justly entitled to a place on the Roll of Honor: Lieuts.
Henry V. Martin, Putnam Field, W. H. H. Wilcox, James M. Smith,
James Whitelow, John H. Murray, Thomas D. Mosscrop, Capt. Rob
ert A. Dimmock, Sergs. Edward Harrison, William Early, William
McNulty, Private Christopher Farrell, and Private Charles Lederer.
Lederer shot the rebel who would otherwise have killed Lieu
tenant-Colonel Marshall. Capt. William F. Beers died in 1872.
At the time of his death he was connected with the New York Tri
bune. Eleventh Regiment. — " First Fire Zouaves." Presented with a
magnificent banner by the late Mrs. Astor. This was the regiment
commanded originally by Col. Elmer E. Ellsworth, who was assas
sinated by Thomas Jackson, atthe Marshall House, Alexandria, Va.,
in April, 1861, while attempting toitake from the roof of Jackson's
house a secession flag. The regiment was composed of 1,100 men
from the New York Fire Department. After the death of Ells
worth, Lieut.-Col. Noah L. Farnham took command of the regiment.
At the first battle of Bull Run the Eleventh fought like tigers and
were badly cut up. General Heintzleman testified to their bravery.
It is said that the Black Horse Cavalry, of Virginia, made an attack
upon the rear of our army, and that the Zouaves turned, fired and
killed a great number of them. A short time before the term of
the regiment expired Charles McK. Leoser was appointed Colonel
of the regiment. — Lieut.-Col. John A. Creiger was a great-great-
grandson of John A. Creiger, the first commissioned officer on Man
hattan Island. The commission was issued to him by Governor
Stuyvesant in 1659.
Twelfth Regiment. — The Twelfth went to the war under com
mand of Col. Ezra L. Walrath, who remained with the regiment
but a short time, when Col. Henry A. Weeks succeeded him in
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command. In the battles on the Peninsula the regiment fought
splendidly. At Groveton, Colonel Weeks commanded a brigade
and was badly wounded. At Malvern Hill Maj. Henry A. Barnum,
while leading the regiment in an attack was shot through the body
and left for dead on the field. The Major had previously distin
guished himself before Yorktown ulpon the occasion of a Rebel
sortie, holding the outposts with less than half as many men as
were in the enemy's ranks, and driving them back with great loss.
When the two years term of the regiment expired he was mustered
out of the service. He soon after, however, reentered the service
and raised the 149th Regiment, of which he was elected Colonel,
and finally was promoted to Brigadier-General. General Barnum
said of his old regiment — the Twelfth — " General Richardson sent
special thanks to the Twelfth for saving the left wing of the army at
one time during the Peninsula battles." At the second battle of.
Bull Run the Twelfth formed part of General Butterfield's brigade.
The regiment marched twenty-one days without change of clothing,
and went into the battle in this fatigued condition. At Fredericks
burg the Twelfth was again conspicuous for its gallantry, and lost
many valuable officers. When the regiment was mustered out
scarcely a vestige of its original element remained. Lieut. Silas
Titus — a gallant soldier, was promoted to Colonel of the 122d Regi
ment. ' '
Thirteenth Regiment. — The first Colonel of the regiment was
Isaac F. Quimby, who resigned early in 1861. He was succeeded by
Col. John Pickell, and he in his turn by Col. Elisha G. Marshall.
The regiment was with the Army of the Potomac, and in the
battles on the Peninsula it bore an honorable part. At the battle of
Chickahominy, Maj. George Hyland, Jr., commanded Companies B
and D, with great skill and bravery. At Gaines Mills, the regiment
captured the flags of the Fifth and Seventh Tennessee Regiments.
At the second battle of Bull Run the Thirteenth lost over two hun
dred men out of five hundred taken into the fight. Two or three
times the flags of the regiment went down, but there were strong
and faithful hands ready each time to lift them up, and they
were not dishonored, though they were sadly riddled and torn
by the deadly storm of bullets hurled at their defenders. The
Thirteenth furnished many valuable officers for other regiments,
including Captain Robert F. Taylor, who was promoted to Colonel
of the Thirty-third Regiment, and Capt. Horace Boughton to Lieu
tenant-Colonel of the 143d.
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Albany, and went to the war for two years under command of Col.
James McQuade. General Fitz John Porter said: " At the battle of
Gaines Mills, Colonel McQuade, with his regiment, against orders,
and, at the risk of defeat and disaster, and yielding to impulse,
gallantly dashed forward and repulsed an attacking party." " Col
onel McQuade," said General Porter, " was the only regimental
commander in Griffin's brigade, who escaped death during the
Seven Days battles, and he only by a miracle, for he was constantly
exposed." For ten days previous to the battle of Chancellorsville,
Colonel McQuade had been ill, but when the battle began he was
taken in an ambulance to the field where he mounted his horse and
commanded his troops throughout the fight. The battle over, he
fell from his horse exhausted, and was confined to his bed for two
weeks. He returned to Utica with his regiment in 1863. President
Johnson promoted the Colonel to Brevet Brigadier-General. The
Colonel died in March, 1885. The regiment went to war with 776
men, and returned home with 439. It lost 325 in killed and
wounded. Sixteenth Regiment. — The Sixteenth went to war under com
mand of Col. Thomas A. Davies — a brother of the late Hon. Henry
E. Davies. It was composed largely of St. Lawrence County men.
When Colonel Davies was placed in command of a brigade, Adjt
Joseph Howland, son of the late Samuel Howland, succeeded to
the command of the regiment. It was a movement on the part of
the Sixteenth that brought on the battle of West Point in 1862.
In the seven days fighting on the Peninsula the regiment lost 228
men. They wore straw hats and were conspicuous targets for the
enemy. At Gaines Mills, both Colonel Howland and Lieut.-Col.
Samuel Marsh were severely wounded. Colonel Marsh expired
after enduring terrible agony on the following 4th of July. General
Bartlett said: " To Colonel Howland I am indebted for maintaining
the extreme right of my line at Gaines Mills, and nobly leading his
regiment to the charge and retaking two guns from the enemy; —
whatever of noble, moral, physical, and manly courage has ever been
given by God to man, has fallen to his lot." Colonel Howland died
at Fishkill, April, 1880.
At the battle of Chancellorsville, one company of the regiment
took up the field in the attack on Salem Heights forty-six men,
twenty-five of whom were left dead and wounded after one charge,
and of the remainder who escaped, there was hardly one whose
garments were not torn by the whistling bullets. Six officers of
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They were Thomas A. Davies to Brigadier-General, Captain John L.
Stetson to Lieutenant-Colonel of the Fifty-ninth Regiment, Captain
N. Martin Curtis (who subsequently became a hero of Fort Fisher),
to Lieutenant-Colonel of the 142d; Lieut. Frederick F. Wead to
Lieutenant-Colonel of the Ninety-eighth New York, and Lieut.
Robert P. Wilson to Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.
Seventeenth Regiment. — " Westchester Chasseurs." The regi
ment was commanded by Col. H. S. Lansing, with Thomas F.
Morris as Lieutenant-Colonel. When Lieutenant-Colonel Morris
resigned in 1862, Nelson B. Bartram became his successor. The
Seventeenth subsequently became the first veteran regiment to return
to the war in October, 1863. The Seventeenth and a, Massachusetts
regiment constituted the entire infantry force under General Stone-
man on the Peninsula when he made that hasty, timely and terrible
march. At Hanover Court House the Seventeenth took one of the
enemy's guns. General Butterfield spoke of the splendid advance
of the brigade, led by the Seventeenth and Forty-fourth New York
at the battle of Groveton. At the battle of Bull Run no less than
four color-bearers lost their lives in its defence, and the flag being
saved, and rigged to a new staff, was returned to the Common
Council of New York, as a proof of the valor of the regiment. The
regiment lost over 200 men at Bull Run, out of 550 who went into the
battle. Lieutenant-Colonel Nelson B. Bartram subsequently commanded
the Twenty-sixth United States Colored Regiment. He died in
1880. The regiment returned home at the expiration of its term of ser
vice, and having been reorganized returned to the seat of war under
command of Col. William T. C. Grower, a very gallant soldier, who
had been Major in the old regiment. Colonel Grower was mortally
wounded in the engagement at Jonesboro, Ga. The regiment
accompanied General Sherman's army to North Carolina, and took
part in the engagement at Averysboro. Among the commissioned
officers who were always conspicuous for their gallantry, were Major
Alexander S. Marshall, Lieut.-Col. Edward Jardine, Lieut.
G. A. C. Barnett, Capt. James B. Horner, Capt. Augustus B. Sage,
and Capt. Hiram Wilde. Private J. L. Sayles was in 1886 com
mander of the Grand Army of the Republic, State of New York.
Eighteenth Regiment.— " New York State Rifles," The Eigh
teenth went to the war under command of Col. William A. Jackson,
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Col. Wm. H. Young, who resigned in 1862, when George R. Meyers
became its third and last Colonel. Colonel Young was personally
complimented for his cool and daring courage and the valor of his
regiment at the battle of West Point. At the battle of Gaines Mills
the regiment lost 180 in killed, wounded and missing. For its stead
iness under .fire at the battle of South Mountain the regiment re
ceived honorable mention in the official reports. A large number of
the fallen heroes of the regiment were from Fishkill, on the Hud
son. Among them were Privates John Delany, William J. Hadden,
John M. Pyres, William Cherry, William H. Williams, James
Moore, Alonzo Brundage, Corporal Wm. H. Astin and David Tice.
hurst. Nineteenth Regiment.— This was the Third Heavy Artillery
Regiment. See Third Artillery.
Twentieth Regiment. — " Turner Rifles." Flag presented by
Mrs. Charles Edward Strong. This was Col. Max Webber's splendid
German regiment. Testimonials from the brigade and division
commanders testify to the conspicuous bravery of the officers of the
regiment. Nearly all the men had been engaged in the revolution of
1845, in the Fatherland, and were exiles from home.
At Antietam the regiment suffered terribly, losing no less than
seven commissioned officers.
Colonel Webber was promoted to Brigadier-General in 1862, and
Francis Weiss succeeded to the command. He commanded the regi
ment for only two months, when Ernest Von Vegesack was ap
pointed Colonel. Although the term of the regiment expired on the
3d of May, 1863, the men, with the exception of 100, refused to
leave their brigade until the battle of Chancellorsville was fought.
The remnant of the regiment, numbering 449 men, went into the
action, and by their devoted gallantry atoned for the disgrace cast
upon them by their comrades. Only 240 of them returned to camp;
the rest fell under the enemy's bullets.
Twenty-First Regiment. — The regiment was commanded by
Col. William F. Rogers, and Adrian R. Root as Lieutenant-Colonel.
Colonel Root was in 1802 promoted to the Colonelcy of the Ninety-
fourth Regiment and subsequently rose to the rank of Brevet Briga
dier-General. At the second battle of Bull Run the regiment was
conspicuous for its bravery.
Twenty-Second Regiment. — Col. Walter Phelps, Jr. The regi
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than any other regiment. They entered the field with twenty-six
officers and 000 men, and came off with two officers and 220 men—
the proportion of officers killed and wounded being greater up to
that time, than of any other corps since the war commenced. Ten
commissioned officers were killed or mortally wounded.
At the battle of Chickahominy the regiment did its share of fight
ing. At Antietam the regiment was again engaged, and General
Doubleday in bis Report of the battle of South Mountain alludes in
terms of great praise to the gallantry of Capt. Jacob L. Yates, who
was at the time in command of the regiment. Capt. Oliver D. Pea-
body who enlisted as a private, first smelt powder at Plattsburg,,
when the British appeared at that place in 1813.
Twenty-Third Regiment. — General Doubleday in his Report of
the battle of South Mountain refers in complimentary terms to the
steadiness and gallantry of the regiment and to the brave and skilful
manner in which it was led by Col. Henry C. Hoffman.
Twenty-Fourth Regiment. — "First Oswego Regiment." The
regiment went to the war under command of Col. Timothy Sullivan.
During the battle of South Mountain, General McClellan unexpect
edly rode up, and halting in front of the Twenty-fourth, exclaimed:
"Boys, you have driven the enemy from these hills, and now you
must follow them up." After this the regiment fought with un
daunted courage.
At the second battle of Bull Run, the regiment fought splendidly
and suffered terribly, as will be realized from the fact that it lost no
less than six commissioned officers. Colonel Sullivan resigned in
January, 1803, and was succeeded by Col. Samuel R. Beardsley.
Twenty-Fifth Regiment.—" Union Rangers." The Twenty-fifth
Regiment opened the battle of Hanover Court House, where it lost
many valuable officers. At the battle of Gaines Mills, the regiment,
led by Lieut.-Col. Charles A. Johnson, twice repulsed the enemy
from its immediate front, but after a hard fight at close quarters
with greatly superior numbers they were compelled to give up the
position. Twenty-Sixth Regiment.— The first Colonel of the regiment was
William H. Christian, who was succeeded in 1862 by Col. Richard H.
Richardson. The regiment took part in the battles of Second Bull
Run and Fredericksburg, and most of its losses occurred in those
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Twenty-Seventh Regiment. — The Twenty-seventh went to the
war under command of Col. Henry W. Slocum, who was soon pro
moted to Brigadier-General. His successor was Col. Joseph J. Bart
lett, who, in 1862 was also promoted to Brigadier-General — the
Twenty-seventh can thus be proud of having furnished the army
with two of its most distinguished generals. When Colonel Bartlett
was promoted, Col. Alexander D. Adams became the third Colonel
of the regiment. The promotions from the ranks within the regi
ment during the war were upwards of ninety, and outside of the
regiment were double. Capt. Hiram C. Rogers won a brigadier's
star on the Staff of General Slocum and proved himself worthy
of the promotion. It was Lieutenant H. McMahon who carried
the flag of the Twenty-seventh at Crampton's Gap in 1862 and was
severely wounded. The Twenty-first cavalry regiment was made up
largely from the Twenty-seventh. A daughter of General Slocum
was adopted by the regiment, and twenty-five years later (1887) Miss
Slocum entertained the surviving members of the regiment at her
father's residence in Brooklyn. In Capt. George G. Wanzer's com
pany was a private, who subsequently became distinguished as an
author— Albion W. Tourgee, who was wounded and taken prisoner
at the first battle of Bull Run. The regiment was mentioned in the
brigade commander's reports of the battle of Bull Run as one of the
few commands that re-formed, and went into the battle after being
broken. At the battle of West Point the regiment went ashore in
the face of the enemy in row-boats, advanced on the open plain, and
guarded the disembarkation of troops, stores and cannon. At the
battle Of Gaines Mills, under the lead of Lieutenant-Colonel Adams,
the regiment charged through a tremendous fire with a shout, and
without firing so much as a single shot till the ground was cleared.
Colonel Bartlett commanded a brigade, and led in person each of
his four regiments to the charge separately, and was promoted to
Brigadier-General for his gallantry in this action. During the Seven
Days battles the regiment was under fire every day. Maj. Curtiss C.
Gardiner, a, gallant officer, was severely wounded at Gaines Mills.
At Fredericksburg, the Twenty-seventh was the first regiment to
cross the Rappahannock in the Left Grand Division, and drove the
enemy's skirmishers back from the river.
Twenty-Eighth Regiment.— The Twenty-eighth bore the brunt
of the battle of Cedar Mountain, where Col. Dudley Donnelly was
mortally wounded.
The regiment opposed an entire Rebel brigade under command of
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who kept their places in line of battle were either killed, wounded
or taken prisoners. After the loss of Colonel Donnelly, Edwin F.
Brown succeeded to the Colonelcy of the regiment.
Twenty-Ninth Regiment.— " German Regiment." The regiment
returned home with only 35'6 men. Their colors showed the fierce
storm of iron hail they had endured in nearly all the great engage
ments of the Army of the Potomac. At Chancellorsville the Twenty-
ninth belonged to a brigade to which was due the credit of saving
our trains and ammunition from capture. Col. Adolph Von Stein-
wehr was promoted to Brigadier-General, and his record is brilliant.
General Von Steinwehr said of the conduct of the regiment at Chan
cellorsville, " You, together with the other regiments of my brigade
bravely defended your position, when all around lay in confusion."
Thirtieth Regiment.— The Thirtieth was composed of companies
from Saratoga Springs, Greenfield, Troy, Lansingburg, Albany,
Schenectady and Poughkeepsie. The regiment went to the war
under command of Col. Edward Frisby, who was killed at the second
battle of Bull Run. In this battle the regiment was exposed to a
terrible fire and suffered severely. Corporal Lawrence behaved
with extraordinary gallantry until shot down. He was succeeded
by five other standard bearers, each of whom, one after another,
shared the same fate. After the death of Colonel Frisby, Col. Wil
liam M. Searing assumed command of the regiment. From among
the officers of the Thirtieth who deserve to rank among the heroes
of the war were Lieut. Richard C. Bentley, who was promoted to
Lieutenant-Colonel of the Sixty-third; Lieut. Walter Cutting to
Captain and Aide-de-camp; Lieut. Charles E. Russ to Captain; Lieut.
Alonzo Alden to Major of the 169th, and subsequently promoted to
Brevet Brigadier-General; Capt. Robert B. Everett. Lieut. Philip
Keeler and Lieut. Robert G. Noxon, who were transferred to the
Seventy-sixth, and all three were killed at Gettysburg. Lieut.
Michael Long was also transferred to the Seventy-sixth, and was the
only one of the four that survived the battle of Gettysburg. •
Thirty-First Regiment.—" Montezuma Regiment." This was a
New York City reoiment, and its first commander was Col. Calvin E.
Pratt, who was, in lSii-2. promoted to Brigadier-General. His suc
cessor in command of the regiment was Col. Frank Jones. At the
battle of West Point the regiment succeeded in resisting, unaided,
the attack of four regiments for upwards of three hours. Out
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storming of Marye's Heights (Chancellorsville), the regiment, led
by the gallant Lieut. Col. Leopold C. Newman, was the first in the
enemy's works, riddled in the passage thither by a whole charge of
grapeshot, and at a cost of many brave soldiers and officers. Col
onel Pratt commanded a brigade, which had the honor to open the
battle on the 2d of May.
In 1864, Lieut. William Tracy was commissioned Captain in the
Twenty-sixth United States Colored Regiment. He died in Decem
ber, lbSO.
Surg. Frank H. Hamilton died in August, 1886 ; George Herman
of Company F received in 1S87 a pension amounting to $11,000.
Thirty-Second Regiment.— " First California Regiment." The
first battle in which the regiment was engaged was the battle of
West Point, where it sustained a severe loss, both of officers and
men. The regiment under command of Col. Francis E. Pinto,
claim the credit of being the first of Burnside's army to cross
over to Fredericksburg and plant our standard on the soil. It was
also conspicuous for its gallantry at the battle of South Moun
tain. When the regiment was about to leave for home General
Sedgwick issued a special order complimenting it on its honorable
record. Thirty-Third Regiment. — The following is an extract from a
speech of General McClellan to the regiment, which, with the
Seventh Maine, made the brilliant charge under General Hancock
at the battle of Williamsburg: "On that little hill you saved our
army from a disgraceful defeat. Bear upon your colors the inscrip
tion 'Williamsburg' as a token of your bravery, and as the highest
honor I can confer upon you."
The Thirty-third and the Seventy-seventh New York drove the
enemy out of the village of Mechanicsville. General Davidson said
in his Report of the battle of Gaines Mills: "The Thirty- thi rd had
the honor of repulsing the enemy most handsomely." At the battle
of Fredericksburg the regiment again fought bravely. John S.
Heavem was the first man wounded in Franklin's command.
In (he charge dn Marye's Heights (Chancellorsville) on the 3d of
May, 1863, the Thirty-third constituted the right of the charging
column. Steadily the men pressed forward under a heavy shower of
canister, dashed over the Cemeteiy Heights, then down the ravine
at the left ; through underbrush and obstructions of every kind, and
up the steep sides of Marye's Heights to the very .mouth of the Rebel
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was the first to reach the ramparts. It was commanded by Col.
Robert F. Taylor, Lieut.-Col. Joseph W. Corning, and Maj. John
S. Plainer, all of whom proved themselves worthy of their posi
tions. Several of the officers of the Thirty-third acquitted them
selves honorably after promotion to higher positions, among
whom were Capt. George M. Guion, who became Colonel of the
148th Regiment, Capt. Theodore B. Hamilton, promoted to Lieuten
ant-Colonel of the Sixty-second, and Lieut. Wm. H. Long, promoted
to Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.
Thirty-Fourth Regiment. — At the battle of Fair Oaks the regi
ment formed part of Gorman's brigade of Sedgwick's division.
The Rebels charged upon our column, and the main strength of the
charge fell upon the Thirty-fourth. Nobly did they sustain the rep
utation of their State. Firm as a rock stood they against the
advancing enemy. At the battle of Antietam the regiment main
tained their well-earned laurels, but lost heavily in officers and men.
William LaDew was the first Colonel of the regiment, and when he
resigned James A. Suiter was appointed his successor. Colonel
Suiter also resigned in 1863, when Byron Laflin became the last
Colonel of the regiment. After the battle of Fair Oaks General
Gorman wrote a letter to Governor Morgan eulogizing the bravery
of the Thirty-fourth.
Thirty-Fifth Regiment.—" Jefferson County Regiment." The
regiment went to the war under command of Col. William C. Brown,
who remained with it but a short time, when he resigne'd, in 1863,
and Newton B. Lord was appointed Colonel. Colonel Lord resigned
and John G. Todd was placed in command. At the battle of Antie
tam the regiment behaved with more than ordinary gallantry, and
here it lost the only commissioned officer killed during the war,
Capt. John R. Barnett, who fell mortally wounded while in the dis
play of the highest military skill and courage. In this battle the
regiment captured the flag of the Seventh Texas Regiment.
Fredericksburg was the last battle in which the regiment was
engaged. On leaving the army for home General Patrick shook
hands with each man as an earnest of the feeling with which he
bade them good-by.
Thirty-Sixth Re ient.—" Washington Volunteers." This was
a New York City regiment and went to the seat of war under com
mand of Col. Charles II. Innes. Not less than ten of the officers
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the State of Massachusetts said: "The Tenth Massachusetts and
the Thirty-sixth New York almost annihilated an entire Rebel bri
gade at the battle of Malvern Hill. In the attack upon Marye's
Heights (Chancellorsville) May 3d, 1863, Capt. J. Townsend Daniel
(as appears in special orders from the War Department) led the
right company of the Thirty-sixth, which was the first to plant its
colors on the heights. At one time the column faltered, but was
handsomely rallied by Lieut.-Col. James J. Walsh, and Maj. Elihu J.
Faxon, who was one of the first men killed.
Thirty-Seventh Regiment.— " Irish Rifles." General McDowell
in his Report of the battle of Bull Run said: "The Thirty-seventh
New York kept possession of Fairfax Station for twelve hours after
the retreat, and brought away all the ordnance and quartermaster
stores, and then retired in good order along the line of the railway.
The Thirty-seventh, with the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth, are said to
have borne the brunt of the battle of Williamsburg. At Fair Oaks
General Kearny led a charge of the regiment, and in his report
said, " The services of the Thirty-seventh were invaluable." General,
Berry in his Report of the battle of Fredericksburg said: "The
Thirty-seventh contributed largely in repulsing the enemy. It has
won laurels in this fight, which added to its very many ones, makes
the organization one of the most noted in the volunteer service."
General Sickles complimented the regiment on its behavior at the
battle of Chancellorsville. Col. John H. McCunn was but a short
time in command of the regiment. He was succeeded by one every
way worthy to command so gallant an organization, Col. S. B. Hay.
man. Of those who rose to higher positions through force of merit, may
be mentioned Maj. Patrick H. Jones, who became Colonel of the
154th Regiment and subsequently rose to the rank of Brigadier-Gen
eral, and Lieut. Wilson Barstow, promoted to Captain and Aide-de
camp. Maj. Wm. De Lacy was another gallant soldier, as was also
Lieut.-Col. Gilbert Riordan.
Thirty-Eighth Regiment. — " Second Regiment Scott Life
Guard." The Thirty-eighth participated in the first battle of Bull
Run, and Lieut.-Col. Addison Farnesworth, U. S. A., said: "During
all my experience in former campaigns and presence on many a
battle-field, I never witnessed greater bravery or more soldierly
requisites than were displayed by the Thirty-eighth at Bull Run."
General Birney, in his Report of the battle of Williamsburg said:
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gallantry at Bull Run, and, although in that engagement, and in
this, it has lost fifteen officers and one-third of its members, it is
still ready to devote the remainder to the flag." General Kearny
said, " To Colonel Ward fell the good fortune to lead the most
important charge of the day at Williamsburg." The charge is said
to have divided the fortunes of the day in our favor. In a letter to
Governor Morgan, General Kearny said, "New York will always
hold her place while she has such sons to represent her."
General Sickles said of the services of the Thirty-seventh and
Thirty-eighth Regiments at Chancellorsville, "Wherever valor and
fidelity are passports to honor and hospitality, these twin regiments,
on whose colors the shamrock and the stars are blended, will be
heartily welcome."
In both the battles of Bull Run and Williamsburg the Thirty-
eighth was opposed by the Fifteenth Louisiana Regiment. Cols.
J. H. Hobart Ward and Regis de Trobriand were promoted to the
rank of Brigadier-Generals. Maj. Augustus Funk, a -gallant officer,
was promoted to the Colonelcy of the Thirty-ninth Regiment;
Lieut.-Col. Addison Farnesworth to Colonel of the Seventy-ninth,
and Capt. John M. Cooney to Assistant Adjutant-General.
Thirty-Ninth Regiment. — "Garibaldi Guards." The Thirty-
ninth fought gallantly at First Bull Run, Cross Keys, Gettysburg,
North Anna, Bristoe Station, Po River, Mine Run, Spottsylvania,
Wilderness, Tolopotomoy, Coal Harbor, Petersburg, Strawberry
Plains, Ream's Station and Deep Bottom. The regiment was organ
ized chiefly through the exertions of Mr. Charles B. Norton, who
was appointed Quartermaster, and later in the war, upon the recom
mendation of General McClellan, he was promoted to Brigade Quar
termaster. A flag was presented to the regiment by a daughter of
General Avezzana. This was the tri-colored standard which the
patriot Garibaldi bore in triumph through the campaign of 184S-49,
and with his own hands planted on the battlements of one of the
castles of the Eternal City — a triumphant emblem of liberty and
power. Fortieth Regiment.— " Mozart Regiment." The Fortieth took
part in twenty-one great battles and lost twelve commissioned
officers. The Fortieth, with the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth
bore the brunt of the battle of Williamsburg. General Kearny
said : " The conduct of the regiment at the battle of Savage's Station
was magnificent."
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Fortieth moved across the corn-field, down the ravine, and up the
opposite slope, with the greatest gallantry and determination, and
almost immediately broke the Rebel lines and put them to flight."
In 1886, there were but ninety of the veterans of the regiment liv
ing. Colonel Edward Riley, who took the regiment to the front in
1S61, and Col. Madison M. Cannon, who headed the* little band of
survivors on their march home, were still among the living. Col.
Thomas W. Egan, who rose to the rank of Brigadier-General, died
in February, 1887.
Forty-Fiest Regiment.— " De Kalb Regiment." The regiment
was commanded by Col. Leopold Von Gilsa. At the second battle
of Bull Run it lost the only commissioned officer in the war — Lieut.
Richard Kurz. Lieut.-Col. Emil Duyseng resigned in 1861, and
became Major of the Fifteenth Heavy Artillery, and was mortally
wounded in one of the last engagements of the war. Colors were
presented to the regiment by a daughter of Mr. R. A. Witthaus.
The regiment was composed entirely of Germans, of whom about six
hundred had been in the Prussian army in 1848-51. Twenty-three
of its thirty-three officers were veterans tried by fire.
Forty-Second Regiment. — " Tammany Jackson Guard." When
Fort Sumter was attacked, Tammany Hall took immediate action in
placing itself on the side of the Union, and at its own expense
recruited, equipped, and sent the Forty-second to the field — a regi
ment whose record on many a bloody field is unsurpassed by any
other that fought under the Stars and Stripes. Col. Wm. D. Ken
nedy was the Grand Sachem when he received his commission as
commander of the regiment. Over seven thousand men fought under
the regimental banner, and less than five hundred returned home. Of
the original 1200 only 250 returned. Colonel Kennedy, like Vosburg
and Ellsworth, did not live to command the regiment in battle, for
he died of disease in July, 1861. At the battle of Ball's Bluff the regi
ment first saw service. When General Baker fell, Colonel Cogs
well (who had succeeded Colonel Kennedy), took command of a bri
gade. Colonel Cogswell ordered his brigade to cut their way
through to Edwards Ferry. In the beginning of the engagement
Capt. Timothy O'Meara placed by the side of the star spangled banner
the green flag of his native isle. The twin emblems seemed to inspire
the men with redouble'd energy and intrepidity, and they charged
upon the enemy with terrible effect. Nor did they give way till all
hopes were dead. Colonel Cogswell and Captain O'Meara were
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of Antietam the regiment lost 180 killed, wounded and missing out
of 280 who went into the battle. At Gettysburg Lieut.-Col. William
A. Lynch, seeing the color-sergeant shot down, and the men waver
ing under a terrible fire, spuing from his horse, tore the standard
from the hands of the patriotic and dying sergeant, and bearing it
at the head of his command, restored the temporary flagging hopes
of the regiment. This brave man died in August, 1887.
Forty-Third Regiment.—" Albany and Yates Rifles." The first
Colonel of the regiment was Francis L. Vinton, who was, in 1863,
promoted to Brigadier-General. He was succeeded by Col. Ben
jamin F. Baker, who remained with the regiment until February,
1864, when he resigned. Five gallant officers served as Lieutenant
Colonels: Charles H. Pierson, Volkert van Patten, Charles A. Milli-
ken, John Wilson and James D. Visscher. Wilson died of wounds
received at the battle of the Wilderness, and Visscher was killed in
action July 12, 1864. During General McClellan's Peninsula cam
paign the Forty-third held the extreme right on the Chickahominy
and its steady valor contributed greatly to General Porter's success
in withdrawing from his position to the new base on the James
River. After the battles of the Wilderness in May, 1864, the Forty.
third was a mere wreck of the splendid regiment that went into
action on the 6th of that month. Its three field officers were dead or
dying, and the regiment caught in the bloody surge of the night of
the 6th was almost no more. Lieutenant-Colonel Wilson lived but a
few hours after being wounded, Capt. William Wallace was instantly
killed, and Maj. John Fryer lived about two weeks after receiving
his mortal wound. He was one of the youngest officers of the Sixth
Corps, only twenty-one years of age. The color-guard and colors of
the regiment were captured, and Sergeant Hackett, the brave stand
ard bearer, was sent to Andersonville. Thoughtfully had he in the
darkness stripped the flag from the staff and wrapped it around bis
body. He kept those colors concealed about him. and soon after
died in his loathsome confinement. He was buried with the flag he
had borne aloft still hidden beneath his uniform. The regiment was
now reduced to seven commissioned officers and ninety-two men.
Lieutenant-Colonel Visscher now assumed command of the glorious
remnant, but the bullets of the enemy on the 12th of July, in the
Shenandoah Valley, removed him from a position that he would
have doubtless continued to hold with honor to himself and the
welfare ot his men. Colonel Upton said of the battle of Spottsyl
vania: "Captain Burham, of the Forty-third New York, had two
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pnd line." This is evidently a mistake, as there was no officer of
that name connected with the regiment, and the statement probably
refers to Captain David Burhaus, who, however, was not killed, but
remained with the regiment for a year longer and was discharged in
June, 1865. At the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg the
Forty-third exhibited the highest degree of courage and suffered
severely. Mr. Simeon Draper presented a flag to the regiment.
Forty-Fourth Regiment.—" People's Ellsworth Regiment." At
the battle of Malvern Hill the regiment in the most critical move
ment in the fortunes of the day, were ordered to charge bayonets
upon the enemy, which it most gallantly performed under a sharp
fire, repulsing the enemy and capturing a stand of colors, but of the
225 men with which the charge was made, 100 were killed or
wounded. This charge turned the fortunes of the day and gave vic
tory to our arms. Gen. Fitz John Porter said: " Col. James C. Rice
drove a portion of the enemy from the field, taking a flag, bearing
the inscription. "Seven Pines." During the battle Colonel Rice
halted his men four times under the Are of the enemy, and when he
had arranged them to his satisfaction, he ordered the famous bay
onet charge on a brigade of Confederates, and took more prisoners
than he brought men of his own alive out of the engagement. Col
onel Rice said of the battle: " History will record the engagement
as one of the most severe and brilliant contests of the war." Cor
poral Chandler of Company F, the Color-Sergeant, was wounded. The
flag was then seized by Corporal Young, and no sooner had he raised
it than he was shot. Young Chandler, who had been wounded in
the leg and arm, with his wounds bleeding, crept to the staff, and
with great effort raised it the third time. In a moment he was again
shot in the breast and soon after expired. His last words were, " I
regret that I have only one life to give to my country." General
Butterfield spoke of the splendid advance of the brigade, led by the
Forty-fourth and Seventeenth New York at the battle of Groveton.
On the thirtieth of May, 1863, the Forty-fourth led the advance of the
army to Chancellorsville, and in that battle, as well as at Gettysburg
and the Wilderness, the Forty-fourth retained the honors won at
Malvern Hill. In August, 1863, Colonel Rice was promoted to Brig
adier-General, in which position this splendid Christian soldier dis
played all the qualities that make up a skilful and courageous
military leader, and, after being mortally wounded, his last words
were " Turn me over, that I may die with my face to the enemy."
Lieut. Charles E. Pease was in 1863 promoted to a position on the
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General Grant, which proved to contain an offer of capitulation
from General Lee, and Lieutenant Pease was the first officer to
announce the glad tidings to the Army of the Potomac. He died in

Forty-Fifth Regiment.— "Fifth German Rifles," Col. George
Van Arnsburg. The battle of Cross Keys was the first important
engagement in which the regiment participated. At Chancellors
ville the regiment suffered severely and lost many gallant officers.
At the battle of Resaca the Forty-fifth in a most gallant manner
saved the Fifth Indiana Battery from capture.
Forty-Sixth Regiment.— " Fremont Regiment." The Forty-sixth
has a fine record, having participated with great gallantry at Hilton
Head, Bull Run, Chantilly, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericks
burg, Siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, Weldon Railroad, Blue Springs,
Campbell Station, Knoxville, Petersburg, Poplar Spring Church,
Ream's Station and Coal Harbor. At Chantilly the regiment formed
part of General Stevens' brigade, which received the first volley
from Rebel muskets. The regiment with fixed bayonets charged
through the woods, and drove the Rebels before them with great
slaughter. The regiment went to the war under command of
Col. Rudolph Rosa, with Germain Metternich, Lieutenant-Colonel.
Colonel Metternich was accidentally killed in 1862.
Forty-Seventh Regiment. — The regiment was first commanded
by Col. Henry Moore, who was succeeded by Col. James L. Frazer,
and finally, by Col. Christopher R. McDonald. The services of the
regiment were specially invaluable at the battle of Olustee, Fla.,
February 20, 1864, where it lost several of its best officers. Sergeant
Cox was wounded in the breast; the Colonel ordered another ser
geant to take the colors; Sergeant Cox again seized the flag, advanced
twenty-five paces to the front, waved them in front of the foe, and
fell with a bullet in his leg. A color corporal took the colors and
was killed. All the other color-bearers but one, successively met
their death in defence of the regimental banner. After this battle
the regiment returned North, joined the Army of the Potomac, and
participated in General Grant's campaign. At the battle of the
Wilderness the regiment behaved nobly, as it did also in the assault
on Fort Fisher in 1865. The long list of officers of the Forty-
seventh, whose names are worthy of special remembrance, includes
Lieut.-Col. Alfred B. Nicholson, who died in February, 1884, Maj.
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George B. Kirby, Charles W. Gallear, Lieuts. Hugh S. Sanford,
Joseph J. Humphreys, William S. Warren, Majs. Edward Eddy, Jr.,
Hiram Pulver and John G. Borden. Major Frank A. Butts, a splen
did officer, took command of the regiment after the wounding of
Colonel McDonald at the battle of Olustee, and brought it off the
field. Colonel McDonald died in October, 1874.
Foety-Eighth Regiment.—" Continental Guard." The Forty-
eighth was largely composed of Brooklyn men. Few regiments
have a more brilliant record, and few suffered more severely. No
less than eighteen of its commissioned officers were killed or mor
tally wounded during its term of service. The regiment went to
the field under command of Col. James H. Perry, who died of dis
ease at Fort Pulaski, June 18, 1862. Col. Wm. H. Barton suc
ceeded Colonel Perry in command of the regiment, and held the
position until December, 1864, when he resigned, and William B.
Coan became the third and last Colonel of the regiment, The Forty-
eighth was for a long time in the department of the South, and
acquitted itself with great gallantry at Fort Wagner as is evinced by
the fact that five of its commissioned officers were killed in that
sanguinary engagement. The regiment was also engaged in the
battle of Olustee, Fla. After the latter engagement the Forty-
eighth, with the Forty-seventh, returned North and took part in
General Grant's Virginia campaign. At Fort Fisher, Capt. James
W. Dunn was wounded inside the fort after dark, and for lack of
proper attention he died from hemorrhage: Colonel Coan was
wounded in the head — a severe flesh wound, while getting his men
into position, before the charge began. The following are a few of
the gallant heroes of the Forty-eighth, whose names should stand
conspicuous on the Roll of Honor: Major Nere A. Elfwing, Lieut.
B. R. Corwin, Lieut. Benjamin Seaward, Capt. Van Rensselaer K.
Hilliard, Capt. Edward Downer, Capt. Henry T. Garaghan, Capt.
Albert F. Miller, Capt. Elbridge J. Hutchinson, Lieut. Christopher
Hale, Lieut. Albert F. Howland, Lieut. Roger Edwards, Lieut. Henry
W. Robinson and Capt. Adon Lippencott.

Foety-Ninth Regiment. — Flag presented to the regiment by Mrs.
Egbert L. Viele. The Forty-ninth has a splendid record. The
regiment was engaged in twenty-two great battles and lost like the
Forty-eighth, eighteen conmmissioned officers. The first Colonel of
the regiment was Daniel D. Bidwell — an admirable officer, who was,
in 1864, promoted to Brigadier-General. The regiment was composed
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largely of men from Buffalo. The Forty-ninth was with the Army
of the Potomac and suffered terribly in the battles of the Wilderness
and Spottsylvania. In the charge on Marye's Heights, May 3, 1863,
the regiment with the Thirty-third and Seventy-seventh bore the
brunt of the assault.
Capt. Julius C. Borcherdt says of the part taken by the regiment:
"At the battle of the Wilderness on the 6th of May, 1864, battle
opened at four a. m., heavy musketry until five; then a battery
opened upon us in our immediate front, doing terrible execution
with their shell and solid shot, they could not have had a better
range. At six A. M. a ten pound solid shot first passed through
a large oak tree, then striking Capt. John F. E. Plogsted, who was
sitting on the ground leaning against a large tree immediately
in front and right of company, taking off his left leg and shattering
his right leg and arm, then passing through under my company,
throwing Private John Weismantel some six feet into the air, and
finally bringing up at my left against Orderly Serg. Gus Meyers, roll
ing him several feet but not injuring him. Weismantel was killed
by the concussion; not a wound or drop of blood showed. I
had Captain Plogsted removed to the rear at once. It will be hard to
forget the death-look on his face when he gave me his last message
for his wife: he died at 6.30 A. m. Immediately after removing the
Captain, a shell burst in front of my company, » piece perforating
the rim of my hat and part of it wounding Private Joe Klein in the
hand and arm. The loss was proving so great to our regiment from
this cannonading, that Colonel Bidwell ordered the regiment to
double-quick to the front about one hundred yards to get out of their
line of fire. The way they piled in the shot and shell while we were
advancing! A perfect hail of canister greeted us, killing Capt. Charles
H. Hickmott, Lieut. Henry C. Valentine, and a large number of men.
As the words " Halt ! lie down !" were given, a shell burst within
ten feet of my company, one piece passing through a file of my men
a foot to the left of me, throwing their blood aud flesh all over me,
also wounding Ed. Borcherdt; a large piece passing to my immedi
ate right, killing Lieut. Reuben M. Preston, tearing off his entire
face. Poor fellow ! he was one of our noblest young men in the ser
vice! So young and so full of hope ! What a shock it will be for his
young bride! But God is just. . . .
" Our loss is very heavy in killed and wounded to-day, especially
in officers. We have now only three Captains and seven Lieutenants
left. No direct charge was made upon us. But we were annoyed
by their sharpshooters and occasional shelling until four p. m.,
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some light earthworks which had been thrown up by the Third Heavy
Artillery. Heavy firing to our left, where General Hancock must be
having a hard struggle with the Johnnies, and our noble Vermont
Brigade is no doubt having its share of hard knocks.
" At six p. m., the rebels charged in heavy columns on our whole
front, making charge after charge. We held them until seven
o'clock, when our extreme right gave way, which was held by new
troops of our First Division. Our old brigade held him in check
until we received a front, flank and even rear fire, which made it
decidedly uncomfortable for us; still we held on, jumping from one
side of the rifle-pit to the other, until General Sedgwick appeared
along about eight p. m., and ordered Colonel Bidwell to clear
the plank road and woods in the rear. Colonel Bidwell gave the or
der, and with a yell the boys charged and cleared the woods, captur
ing quite a number of prisoners. I was on the extreme left of the
column, when, in the darkness and dense jungle of underbrush,
I was separated from my command and fell into rebel hands. At
that moment a portion of the Ninety-fifth Pennsylvania, in running to
the rear, the rebels mistook for a charging column, and gave
way. I placed myself at the head of them, and made for our lines.
Came near being lost in the wilderness. I rejoined my command at
three a. m."
Ftfty-Ftbst Regiment. — "Shepard Rifles." The Fifty-first had
a brilliant and more than ordinarily varied career. They fought and
conquered on three sides of the grand square embraced by our lines
— on the Atlantic, along the Border States and on the Mississippi.
At the battle of Roanoke Island, Capt. David F. Wright, Company A
(color company), planted the American flag upon the ramparts of the
Rebel fort in advance of any other regiment. Lieuts. Palin H. Sims
and James J. Johnston took possession of the guns of the fort. At
Antietam, in the short space of five minutes the regiment lost
ninety-five men. At Fredericksburg, they were in Sumner's corps
and lost six color-bearers and eighty men, and their regimental flag
was the last to leave the field. The flag of the Fifty-first was the
.first to wave over the capitol at Jackson, Miss. Only 200 men
returned home out of 1200 with which they originally left New York.
Before the departure of the regiment for the war, Col. Elliott F.
Shepard, of Governor Morgan's Staff, presented it, in a very
eloquent address, with an elegant banner. Col. Edward Ferrero
first commanded the regiment, and in 1862 he was promoted to
Brigadier-General. Col. Robert B. Potter was also promoted -to
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Vallandigham Court Martial. Col. Charles W. Le Gendre was hon
orably discharged in 1864. The last Colonel was John G. Wright,
who was promoted from Major. Major Wright was captured at the
battle of Poplar Springs Church. He had been through thirty-five
battles, and all his comrades testify to his courage and devotion.
At the battles of South Mountain, Newbern, Wilderness, Petersburg,
as well as Antietam, and Fredericksburg, the regiment was unsur
passed for its bravery and good conduct. At the battle of Fred
ericksburg, Hancock's division had fallen back, entirely exposing
his right flank. Sustaining his position with two additional brig
ades, he deputed the work of carrying the heights to General Ferrero.
At his command the Fifty-first charged up the slope, through a
shower of musket balls, drove the enemy back in confusion from the
rifle pits to the shelter of the earthworks and became masters of the
position. The regiment lost six color-bearers, and their flag was
the last to leave the field.
Among the commissioned officers of the regiment whose names
will be remembered by the surviving veterans were Lieut. Col.
Theodore B. Marsh, Lieut.-Col. R. C. Mitchell, Capt. Clifford Cod-
dington, Capt. Henry W Francis, Capt. Henry H. Holbrook, Capt.
Chas. W. Walton, Capt. George A. Tuttle, Adjt. Abram W. McKee,
Lieut. Leonard S. Schoonmaker and Maj. George W. Whitman.
Lieut. Gilbert H. McKibbih was promoted for gallantry and
meritorious conduct to Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.
Fifty-Second Regiment.—" German Rangers or Sigel Rifles."
The Fifty-second has a splendid record. It was in -twenty-two
great battles and its losses were terrible. Thirty-five men and five
officers were all that remained of the regiment upon its return home
after its three years of gallant service. The regiment returned
home under command of Maj. Henry P. Ritzins.
Fifty-Foueth Regiment.— This was a noble regiment, and its
officers were generally well selected and worthy of their positions.
Col. Eugene A. Kozlay was an admirable officer, as was also Lieut.-
Col. Charles Ashby, a nephew of the Rebel General Ashby, killed _
in 1862. Lieutenant-Colonel Ashby resigned in 1863, and in 1864 '
Bankson T. Morgan was promoted to the position. At the second
battle of Bull Run the regiment lost 187 men and two commissioned
officers. Fifty-Fifth Regiment.— " Lafayette Guard." Col. Regis de
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imminent capture eight pieces of artillery after a most brilliant
charge, in which it drove the enemy back to the woods at the point
of the bayonet. All this at the sacrifice of nearly one quarter
of the number of men engaged. The regiment was consolidated
with the Thirty-eighth Regiment in 1862, and its honors became
blended with that gallant regiment. General Keyes said,—" The
Fifty-fifth at Fair Oaks vindicated its claim to the proud title of
'Guard Lafayette,'" and General Nagle said: "The regiment
fought most gallantly."
Fifty-Sixth Regiment.— The Fifty-sixth took part in fourteen
battles and many skirmishes. At the battle of Fair Oaks, it went
into action 500 strong, and lost in killed and wounded nearly half
their number. General Nagle said: "The Fifty-sixth and the 100th
were the first to advance upon Williamsburg, and when ordered by
General McClellan to support General Hancock the enemy gave up
the contest." The regiment was originally commanded by Col.
Charles H. VanWyck, who was promoted, in 1865, to Brevet Briga
dier-General. Lieut-Col. John J. Wheeler resigned in 1864, and was succeeded
by Rockwell Tyler.
Fifty-Seventh Regiment. — "National Guard Rifles." The
Fifty-seventh was first commanded by Col. Samuel K. Zook,— who
was the very personification of gallantry. Colonel Zook was pro
moted to Brigadier-General in May, 1863, and was killed on the
second day of the battle of Gettysburg. At the battle of Antietam
the regiment was commanded by Lieut.-Col. Alfred B. Chapman.
In this engagement three of the fourteen commissioned officers were
killed and six wounded. The regiment left the field with only six
officers and ISO men — less than half the number who left home the
year before. But the regiment made their foes suffer more than an
equal proportion : in one charge the Fifty-seventh took more prison
ers than the regiment numbered, and captured the colors of the
Twelfth Alabama Regiment. At Fredericksburg the regiment fought
bravely and again suffered severely. In the battle of the Wilderness,
Lieutenant-Colonel Chapman was killed while encouraging his men
in the midst of the conflict. The Fifty-seventh returned home under
the command of Col. James W. Britt, who is now an officer in the
New York Custom House. The regiment was engaged in twenty-
three important battles.
Fifty-Ninth Regiment. — Colors presented by Hon. A. C. Fiivr-
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twenty-three great battles in which it lost fourteen commissioned
officers. It was originally commanded by Col. Wm. Linn Tidball
and Philip J. Joachimsen, as Lieutenant-Colonel. Colonel Tidball
resigned in January, 1863. In 1864 Wm. A. Olmsted was appointed
to the position. Colonel Olmsted was a very popular officer, and at
the close of the war was promoted to Brevet Brigadier-General. At
the battle of Antietam the regiment held their position in front of
the line of battle until flanked on both sides by the enemy, and
ordered from the field by General Sumner in person. They went
into the fight with 400 men and twenty-four officers, and came out
with twelve officers and 146 men.
Sixtieth Regiment. — " St. Lawrence Regiment." Colonel George
S. Greene was promoted to Brigadier-General in April, 1862, and
his successor, Col. Wm. B. Goodrich, was mortally wounded at
the battle of Antietam, while in the display of great valor. At
Gettysburg the regiment fought bravely, where it was called to
part with many valuable officers. The regiment went to the war
under command of Col. William B. Hayward, who resigned in
1862. Sixty-First Regiment. — " Clinton Guard." The Sixty-first was
a New York City regiment. Its first Colonel was Francis C. Barlow,
who was promoted to Brigadier-General in 1862. At the battle of
Fair Oaks, the Sixty-first was the only regiment of its brigade that
did not break and run at some time or other. General Howard said
that " he did not believe there were any braver men in the world."
The Sixty-first entered the field of Antietam under command of
Colonel Barlow. Colonel Barlow was severely wounded and his life
despaired of by all except his faithful wife, to whom he was married
on the same evening that he went to the war. Mrs. Barlow was a
daughter of Mr. Francis George Shaw, of Staten Island, and a sister
of Col. Robert G. Shaw, who was killed at Fort Wagner, while in
command of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment— the first
colored regiment raised in the Northern States. General Caldwell,
in his report of the battle of Antietam, says: "Whatever praise is
due to the most distinguished bravery, the utmost coolness and
quickness of perception, the greatest promptitude and skill in
handling troops under fire, is'justly due to Colonel Barlow." While
lying in the hospital Colonel Barlow received his commission
as Brigadier-General, and he was succeeded in command of the
regiment by Col. Nelson A. Miles, than whom the service pos
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rative of Chancellorsville, " Campaigns of the Civil War," says,
" Colonel Miles was shot through the body, while encouraging his
men to defend the position." This "shot through the body"
did not prove fatal, for the Colonel was promoted to Briga
dier-General one year after the battle referred to by General
Doubleday. The regiment participated with honor in twenty-four
battles. At Fair Oaks the regiment suffered terribly. The long list
of killed or mortally wounded includes officers whom the State
could not afford to lose. At Gettysburg General Barlow was again
wounded and fell into the hands of the enemy. So well satisfied
was Gen. Jubal Early that Barlow would die, that he said to him,
"Yon will never live to fight again," to which General Barlow
replied, "I will live to fight you yet, General," and the prophecy
was fulfilled at the battle of Spottsylvania, in 1864, where Barlow,
having in the meantime been promoted to Major-General, in a bril
liant manner snatched from Early's corps an entire division. By
his capture of Maj. Gen. Edward Johnson and 5,000 men at Spottsyl
vania Court House, he won his brevet, and his conduct during the
closing campaign of the war was such that Generals Grant and
Meade selected him for the only full vacant Major-Generaliship.
General Barlow is also a brother-in-law of George Wm. Curtis, who
married another daughter of Mr. Shaw.
Among the officers who survived the war, and whose records
entitled them to grateful remembrance, were, Col. George W. Scott
(a very popular officer), who was promoted to Brevet Brigadier
General, Lieut.-Col. Oscar K. Broady, Capt. Theodore W. Greig,
Maj. George W. Schaffer, Lieut.-Col. Richard A. Brown, Capt. Wil-
lard Keech, Capt. Thomas Welsh, Lieut. Rufus L. Rundell and
Lieut. Wm. H. French, Jr.
Sixty-Second Regiment. — "Anderson Zouaves." The regiment
bore an honorable part in nineteen of the principal battles of the
Army of the Potomac. After the terrible battle of Williamsburg,
General Kearny, being anxious to know whether or not the Rebel
forts were deserted, the Sixty-second pushed up and took the fort
next on the left, and planted thereon the Stars and Stripes. This
gallant act. was performed by Abram T. Perine, color-sergeant of
Company C. The gallantry with which the regiment moved up to
receive the enemy's fire in the assault upon Marye's Heights in May,
1863 (Chancellorsville) ; and in about as many seconds, lost, in killed
and wounded, sixty-four officers and men, "was," said General
Wheaton, "worthy of especial praise and notice." On many occa
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of their commanders. General Wheaton was unreserved in his
commendations of Lieut. Edward H. Morris. By his skill and good
judgment the advance of the enemy's masses was delayed, and time
given to move off the brigade. Had a less discreet officer been in
command, the whole brigade would have been captured ; as it was,
the brave Lieutenant was himself made a prisoner. Col. John L.
Riker was killed at Fair Oaks, and his last words were "Boys,
we're surrounded— give them cold steel." In view of the number of
battles in which the Sixty-second was engaged, its loss in commis
sioned officers was remarkably small — only two being killed during
the war : Colonel Riker and Maj. Wilson Hubbel. The latter was
killed outright at Coal Harbor on the 3d of June, 1S64. Of those
who returned home and whose names are associated with the valor
of the regiment there were among many others, Lieut.-Col. Theo
dore B. Hamilton, Col. David J. Nevin, Capt. William Ackerman,
Capt. Frederick Hanson, Capt. George H. Eddy, Capt. William H.
Baker and Capt. William F. Davies. Capt. Jacob Duryee, who
recruited and reorganized Company H, died in June, 1889. His
grandfather fought in the War of 1812.
Sixty-Third Regiment.— This was a New York City regiment
and has also a splendid record. It was actively engaged in twenty-
four great battles and lost fourteen commissioned officers. The regi
ment was especially conspicuous for deeds of bravery at the battle of
Antietam. The colors were shot down sixteen times, and on each
occasion a man was ready to spring forward and place the colors in
front. Fifteen of those gallant men were more or less severely
wounded. In Company G all the commissioned officers and non
commissioned officers, except two corporals, were either killed or
wounded. Col. James D. Brady arose step by step from private to
colonel. Sixty-Fourth Regiment.—" Cattaraugus Regiment." No regi
ment from the State has a more enviable record than the Sixty-
fourth; few participated in a greater number of battles or lost a
larger percentage of its men and officers. The regiment was en
gaged in nearly all the great engagements of the Army of the
Potomac, from Yorktown to Ream's Station. At the battle of
Antietam, the regiment captured two stands of colors and several
hundred prisoners. The Sixty-fourth fought with the remnant of
the Sixty-first, in Caldwell's brigade of Sedgwick's division. The
following officers remained with the regiment during its term of
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tion to the service for which they had enlisted: Maj. Lemen W.
Bradley, Capt. Orvel H. Willard, Capt. Lewis H. Fassett, Capt. Rich
ard F. Lincoln, Capt. Horatio T. Hunt, Capt. William W. Roller,
Capt. John A. Manley, Lieut. Austin B. Rumsey, Lieut. Addison
Pierce, Lieut. Wm. C. Bockoven, Lieut. Wm. W. Russell, Lieut.
Edw. T. McCutchem, Lieut. Albin C. Blackmore.
The regiment returned home under command of Col. William
Glenny — an admirable soldier, who, in 1865, was promoted to Brevet
Brigadier-General. Sixty-Fifth Regiment. "First United States Chasseurs." On
every battle-field fought by the Army of the Potomac, there lie the
dead of the Sixty-fifth, while a goodly portion sacrificed their lives
in the Shenandoah Valley. The regiment went to the war under
command of Col. John Cochrane, who was promoted to Brigadier-
General in July, 1862. He was succeeded by Col. Alexander Shaler,
who, in May, 1863, was also promoted to Brigadier-General. Joseph
H. Hamblin succeeded Colonel Shaler in command of the regiment,
and, in 1804, he, too, was promoted to Brigadier-General. Three
Brigadier-Generals were thus contributed to the army by the Sixty-
fifth Regiment. Colonel Hamblin is said to have been the hand
somest officer in the Army of the Potomac. At the battle of Malvern
Hill, when it seemed almost the fashion to fall back, the Sixty-
fifth was one of the few regiments that not only held its ground, but
delivered such a fire that the Rebel officers pronounced it equal to
"hell." At the battle of Fair Oaks, Colonel Cochrane handled his
regiment admirably and displayed great skill and bravery. General
Keyes said, " The Sixty-fifth fought bravely and captured the colors
of the Twenty-third North Carolina Regiment, — the first battle-flag
captured during the campaign." The correctness of this statement
will be disputed, for Lieut. John N. Coyne, of the Seventieth New
York Regiment, was awarded a medal for capturing a battle flag at
the battle of Williamsburg, which was previous to the battle of Fair
Oaks. At Fredericksburg, Colonel Shaler was selected for his
bravery to lead a brigade under General Sedgwick, and the distin
guished services rendered by the Colonel on that occasion resulted
in his promotion to Brigadier-General. At the battle of the
"Opequan," Colonel Hamblin had charge of a brigade, and Capt.
Henry C. Fisk (who in 1865 was promoted to Colonel) commanded
the regiment. Colonel Hamblin was always where bullets flew the
thickest, and had his horse shot from under him; still he continued
undaunted to cheer his men on. The officers of the regiment were
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October 19, 1864, the regiment lost its Lieutenant-Colonel, Thomas
J. Higginbotbam — a very valuable officer, who was killed outright
while leading his men against the foe. At Cedar Creek, Capt. John
J. Wilber, and Capt. Charles H. Woodman were especially conspicu
ous for their gallantry; they were as usual self-possessed, brave and
cool. The latter had a horse shot from under him.
Few regiments were better officered than the Sixty-fifth, and the
following, who were mustered out on expiration of term of service,
will be remembered by the surviving veterans of the regiment: Capt.
B. B. Miller, Capt. Henry C. Ellis, Capt. Ivan Tailof, Capt. George
A. Bernard, Capt. Andrew S. Bushee, Capt. Samuel Truesdell, Capt.
E. E. Cozens, Lieut. W. J. Morton, Lieut. M. A. Stearns, Lieut.
W. R. Hedden, Lieut. W. R. Roome, Lieut. W. H. Welsh, Lieut. A. J.
Verplank, Lieut. W. O. Macay, Lieut. Charles Crowell, Lieut. A. J.
Sizer, Lieut. W. G. Ford, Lieut. Henry R. Hentstein.
Besides these should also be remembered Capt. Edward H.
Little, who was promoted to Major of the 127th Regiment; Capt.
Wm. Gurney, promoted to Colonel of the 127th; and Lieut.
LeRoy Crockett, promoted to Major of the Seventy-seeond Ohio;
Lieut.-Col. David J. Miller, Maj. Edmund K. Russell, Capt. F. J.
Volks, Capt. Michael Divine, Capt. J. C. Ball, and Capt. Thomas J.
Hassett were all heroes and did their part towards sustaining 'the
reputation of the " First United States Chasseurs."
Sixty-Sixth Regiment.— The Sixty-sixth was another splendid
regiment, of which the city and State might well be proud. The
regiment participated in twenty-three great battles ; 400 out of 900
men were lost in action during the war, and many others died from
wounds or illness. Out of the remainder (150) 133 re-enlisted at the
expiration of their term of service. On the 10th of March, 1862, they
took up the line of march for Manassas (the Rebel stronghold). At
night, after a fatiguing march of eighteen miles through the woods,
in single, sometimes double files, over hills so steep they had to
assist their ascent by grasping the bushes, and fording numerous
streams, and in a drenching rain, they bivouacked near Bull Run.
Col. Orlando W. Morris led his regiment with unsurpassed coolness
and bravery at the battle of Chancellorsville, where he was wounded;
and at Gettysburg he was again wounded. Colonel Morris in his
Report of the battle of Chancellorsville said,— "Of the conduct of
the officers and men of the Sixty-sixth I cannot speak in too high
terms. It was all that could be expected of the bravest." Colonel
Morris, while bravely bearing the colors of his regiment in the
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ing the reputation of a high-minded Christian soldier. Colonel
Morris was presented with an elegant sword at the Sanitary Fair, in
New York, in 1864, by his fellow citizens, in recognition of his gal
lant conduct. This sword is now in possession of his brother,
Mr. Charles S. Morris, of Elizabeth, New Jersey. The desperate
bravery of the Sixty-sixth at Fredericksburg, in December, 1862, is
proved by the fact that almost the entire regiment lay dead on the
field. Lieut. Adolphus Nelson, a gallant officer and a son of Judge
Nelson of Westchester County, was killed by a mob on Staten Island
in June, 1865.
Sixty-Seventh Regiment.— " First Long Island Regiment."
The regiment went to the war under command of Col. Julius W.
Adams. Colonel Adams resigned in 1862, and was succeeded by
Col. Nelson Cross. Colonel Adams said, " This was the first regi
ment in the State to offer its services for the war." General Nagle
said of the regiment at the battle of Fair Oaks: "Occupying the
most advanced position, my brigade made the most desperate,
bloody and obstinate fight of the day. The key point of the battle
was held by the Sixty-seventh New York, and they held it against
great odds until the arrival of reinforcements." The Prince de
Joinville said, " Had the Sixty-seventh given way the army would
have been destroyed." Serg. -Maj. Martin did his duty nobly,
rallying the regiment around their standard, and leading them for
ward when nearly every officer was killed or wounded. His services
were noticed by his commanding officer, who promoted him on the
field. Among the wounded was Capt. Augustus Belknap, Jr. At
the storming of Marye's Heights (Chancellorsville) the Sixty-seventh
was in the advance, and the record of services rendered on other
important occasions by its gallant Colonel, Nelson Cross, was in
keeping with the reckless energy shown on these bloody heights.
The regiment was in seventeen battles and was reduced in numbers
during its two and a half years' service, from nearly 1000 to less than
400, of which remnant nearly two thirds re-enlisted for three years.
The Sixty-seventh is the regiment in which the famous Miles
O'Reilly served as Sergeant in Company C. Captain Belknap died
in June, 1889.
Sixty-Eighth Regiment. — " Cameron Rifles." This was a Ger
man regiment, and was first commanded by Col. Robert J. Betje,
and afterwards by Col. Felix Salm-Salm, a foreign officer who ren
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many of the great battles, and suffered severely, especially at Chan
cellorsville, Gettysburg and White Sulphur Springs. Colonel Salm-
Salm was killed in the battle of Gravelotte.
Sixty-Ninth Regiment.— " First Regiment, Irish Brigade." The
regiment lost at the battle of Fair Oaks, the day on which it won its
first laurels, and in the succeeding battle of Malvern Hill, 410 brave
fellows. At the battle of Fredericksburg two companies of the
Sixty-ninth were detailed to capture a house filled with Rebel
sharpshooters, on the right of the stone-wall. Under the lead of
Capt. James Saunders, to the work they rushed impetuously,
dwindling and melting away before the enemy's sure and destruc
tive fusillade, as they advanced, driving the Rebels out, but at the
cost of two-thirds of the two companies of heroes who had thus
honored the country and the army. The Sixty-ninth took part in
twenty-three great battles.
The following are among the officers who were identified with
the Sixty-ninth and passed into civil life with honorable war rec
ords: Col. Robert Nugent, promoted to Brevet Brigadier-General in 1865,
Lieut.-Col. James Kelly, Lieut.-Col. James J. Smith, Maj. Rich
ard Moroney, Capt. Edward F. O'Connor, Maj. James Cavanagh,
Maj. John D. Mulhall, Lieut. Charles J. Clark, Capt. Robert H.
Milliken, Capt. Maurice W. Wall, Capt. Michael H. Murphy, Lieut.-
Col. James E. McGee, Lieut. Dennis F. Sullivan and Lieut. James G.
Smith. Seventieth Regiment. — "First Excelsior Brigade." — The regi
ment went to the war under command of Col. Daniel- E. Sickles,
who, in September, 1861, was promoted to Brigadier-General, and
was succeeded by Col. William Dwight, who was also promoted to
Brigadier-General. At the battle of Williamsburg, the first Rebel
regiment that confronted the Seventieth took it for one of its own
side, and the commanding officer, dictated by his assistant,
demanded Colonel Dwight to show his colors, at the same time the
Rebel flag was displayed by the Rebel color-bearer. Then our stand
ard was raised, and the Stars and Stripes waved in defiance of the
ensign of the enemy. No sooner had the good old flag been espied
than a volley was discharged at our men; but it passed over their
heads. The fire was returned with good effect. It was here that
the gallant Captain O'Rielly fell dead as he gave the order, "Boys,
follow me. Forward, March!" Captain O'Rielly was the first officer
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fell in the war. He was a son of the late Henry O'Rielly, of tele
graph fame. After the battle Lieutenant-Colonel Farnum, in' a let
ter to Mayor Opdyke of New York, said: "Under the precious rags
which wc le once so proudly borne more men have fallen in a single
fight than ever fell under any other flag in the army of the United
States since the war commenced. The regiment went into the field
with 600 privates and twenty-seven officers, and more than half of
the privates were killed or wounded, as were also twenty-three of
the twenty-seven officers." As this broken but unconquered band
marched by General Heintzleman, to the rear, the General and his
Staff uncovered their heads. "Soldiers," said General Heintzle
man, "when you took the name of the First Excelsior, you had done
nothing to deserve it, now you have won it."
Surg. Harvey E. Brown died in August, 1889. He rendered notable
service in 1861. Surgeon Brown was a graduate of the University of
New York, and was a son of that gallant soldier, Col. Harvey Brown
of the Fifth United States Artillery, who, as Commander of United
States troops, rendered invaluable assistance in quelling the disturb
ances in New York City at the time of the riot in 1863.
Seventy-First Regiment. — "Second Excelsior Brigade." The
regiment was commanded by Col. George B. Hall. At the battle of
Fair Oaks, General Sickles rode along the front of his men, and gave
orders for the regiment to " charge bayonets." Col. George B. Hall
gallantly led the charge, one of the most brilliant made in any bat
tle ; not a man shirked or straggled from the ranks. The regiment
arrived just in time to assist General Brooks' brigade, then hard
pressed, and doubtless saved his troops from disaster. The regiment
also bore an honorable part in the battle of Bristoe Station, where it
again suffered severely.
Seventy-Second Regiment.— " Third Excelsior Brigade." Gen
eral Hooker, in his Report of the battle of Malvern Hill, says: "I
especially invite attention to the brilliant conduct of Colonel Nelson
Taylor's regiment, (Seventy-second N. Y.). The loss sustained by
the regiment is the truest index of its services." Colonel Taylor
was promoted to Brigadier-General in September, 1862, and his suc
cessor, the brave and lamented Col. William O. Stevens, was killed
at the battle of Chancellorsville. After the death of Colonel Stevens,
Col. John S. Austin assumed command of the regiment and John
Leonard was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel. Many promotions were
made from the Seventy-second to positions in other regiments.
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Lieut. Thomas W. G. Fry rose to the rank of Captain and Commis
sary of Subsistence.
Seventy-Third Regiment. — " Fourth Excelsior Brigade." To
General Heintzleman's corps belonged the honor of being the first
to enter the abandoned works of the enemy at Yorktown, and to
Col. William R. Brewster of the Seventy-third was due the credit of
raising the first flag over the evacuated town. General Sickles said,
" Nothing could resist the impetuous rush of the regiment at the
battle of Fair Oaks." General McClellan said, "I well remember
the gallantry of the Seventy-third at Williamsburg, Fair Oaks and
during the Seven Days battles."
Colonel Brewster rose from a sick bed to command the Excelsior
Brigade at the battle of Mine Run, November 27, 1863, and by his
presence inspired his men to the utmost enthusiasm. Among the
brave men of the Seventy-third, Maj. Michael W. Burns is deserving
of especial remembrance. He was promoted from a Captaincy in
his regiment after the Seven Days battles, where he was taken pris
oner by the Rebels and subsequently exchanged. He was compli
mented for his bravery by General Hooker and every field officer in
his brigade. At the battle of Gettysburg, the regiment was magnifi
cently handled by Major Burns. He was presented with a sword,
sash and belt by the citizens of the Fifth Ward, New York, as a
testimonial of their appreciation of his gallantry in the field. In
1863, Major Burns was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel of his regi
ment, and in 1865, to Brevet Colonel. Colonel Burns died in Decem
ber, 1883. At the battle of Williamsburg, Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis
Benedict, Jr., was last seen, standing up to his full height, and wav
ing his men forward with his pistol. He was heard to shout:
"Fight, men, fight to the last." Benedict, or "Poor Old Pop," as
he was called, was captured in this battle. The regiment lost in
action seven hundred officers and men, of whom all but forty-six
were killed or wounded. It captured during the war five Rebel
colors, five pieces of artillery, and never lost any. The regiment
was in twenty-three great battles and lost nineteen commissioned
officers. The regiment also lost heavily at Chancellorsville, and it is
claimed by many that Stonewall Jackson was mortally wounded by
the bullets of the Seventy-third; but of this there is much doubt.
Colonel Brewster was promoted to Brevet Brigadier-General in
1864. Seventy-Fourth Regiment.— " Fifth Excelsior Regiment."
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Graham, who was promoted to Brigadier-General in 1863. (General
Graham died in May, 1889.) Colonel Graham was succeeded by
Col. Thomas Holt, whose name appears in the Official Records at
Washington, as having been "missing" since November 30, 1863.
Ten commissioned officers were lost by the regiment during its term
of service. Among the gallant men who returned home with the
regiment were, Lieut. Colonel Wm. H. Lounsbury, Maj. Lovell
Purdy, Jr., Capt. Francis E. Tyler, Capt. Wm. Conway, Capt. Victor
Hurlaux, Maj. George H. Quarterman, Maj. Henry M. Alles, Lieut.
Charles W. Squier, Capt. Frederick E. Garnett. Captaiu Garnett has
recently written an admirable article on the battles of the Wilder
ness. It was on the evidence of Private Thomas Wallsch — who suffered
fearfully at Andersonville that Wirz — the keeper, was convicted and
hung. Mr. Wallsch, who died recently, was a man of high intellect
ual attainments, and for some time after the close of the war held a
position in the Post office Department at Washington.
Seventy-Fifth Regiment. — The regiment was engaged in the
battles of Cotten, Bisland, Port Hudson and Winchester. On the
occasion of a review of the regiment at New Orleans, General Butler
declared it to be " one of the finest he had ever seen." At the battle
of Winchester, Lieut.-Col. Willoughby Babcock was wounded, taken
prisoner, and soon after died. The regiment behaved splendidly at
Port Hudson. The Seventy-fifth furnished many officers for other
regiments, including Capt. Clinton McDougall, to Colonel of the 111th
Regiment; Capt. James H. Hinman to Major of the 111th; Capt.
Luther Goodrich to Colonel of the Eighty-eighth United States Col
ored Troops; Lieut. Charles W. Drew, to Colonel of the Seventy-
sixth United States Colored Troops ; and Lieut. Augustus W. Benedict
to Major of the Seventy-sixth United States Colored Troops. Lieut.-
Col. Robert P. York was an admirable officer, as were also Maj.
Benjamin F. Thurber, Capt. Frank Silsby, Capt. Anson Tuller, Capt.
Arba M. Seymour, Lieut. William H. Sayre, Lieut. Isaac Stark,
Lieut. Frederick Cossum, Lieut. William H. Root, Lieut. Roselle B.
Roe, Capt. George B. McFarlan, Capt. William M. Hosmer, Capt.
Charles H. Cox, Capt. Lester D. Wilson and Lieut. Charles W.
Wolcott. Seventy-Sixth Regiment. — "Cortland County Regiment."
The Seventy-sixth has a brilliant record, and lost in battle some of
the best officers the State could furnish. In the terrible slaughter
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ment seemed to be mowed down, the color-bearer, and with him the
colors, was brought to the ground. Color-Bearer Charles E. Stamp,
immediately rushed forward and rescued the colors amid a storm of
bullets, and bore them through the rest of the fight. The Colonel
at once promoted him to the rank of Color-Sergeant for his gallantry.
At South Mountain, Stamp advanced a short distance ahead of his
regiment, and driving his flag staff down into the earth, he cried:
"There, come up to that." But he was too good a mark, and he
was killed by a bullet piercing his forehead. At Second Bull Run
and at Gettysburg the Seventy-sixth bore a conspicuous part and
covered itself with glory. The regiment had three Colonels, viz.:
Nelson W. Green, William P. Wainwright, and Charles E. Living
stone. Seventy-Seventh Regiment. — " Bemis Heights Regiment."
The regiment took the most prominent part in the battle of Mechan
icsville, and was encouraged in their charge upon the Rebels by their
gallant Colonel, James B. McKean. A Rebel guidon was captured
by the regiment, bearing the inscription, " Victory or Death." The
Seventy-seventh were engaged in twenty great battles, and at the
battles of Fredericksburg and Spottsylvania Court House, behaved
with the greatest bravery and suffered severely. In the charge on
Marye's Heights, May 3, 1863, the regiment did nobly, and with the
Thirty-third and the Forty-ninth bore the brunt of the assault.
Seventy-Eighth Regiment. — "Cameron Highlanders." In 1864,
the regiment was consolidated with the 102d Regiment. It went to
the war under command of Col. Daniel Ullman, who was in 1803 pro
moted to Brigadier-General. In 1864, Col. Herbert Hammerstein was
appointed to the command of the regiment, and Harvey S. Chatfield,
Lieutenant-Colonel. At the battles of South Mountain and Antie
tam the regiment fought bravely, and also at Chancellorsville. At
Chancellorsville, George Washington Monks received a bullet in his
brain which he carried for twenty-three years, until January, 18S6,
when he died. Seven clays is the longest time any one else was ever
known to survive such a wound. Lieutenant-Colonel Chatfield, now
a member of the bar of New York City, was a gallant soldier, as was
also Adj. Henry P. Herring.
Seventy-Ninth Regiment.— " Highlanders" (Seventy-ninth State
Militia.) When the regiment went into Virginia at the commence
ment of the war it laid aside the " Kilts " together with the plaid
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years regiment to return home from the war. At the battle of
Chantilly Gen. Isaac I. Stevens (formerly Colonel of the regiment),
seizing the colors of the Seventy-ninth, exclaimed: "We are all
Highlanders; follow, Highlanders; forward, my brave Highland
ers." The Highlanders did follow their Scottish Chief, but while
sweeping forward a ball struck him in the right temple, killing him
instantly, — the very manner of death he had craved when discussing
with his brother officers, the day before, the probabilities of his own
fall. One hour afterwards, when taken up, his hand was still
clinched around the flag-staff. A moment after General Stevens
seized the colors, his son, Capt. Hazard Stevens, fell wounded, and
cried to his father that he was hurt. With but a glance back, that
Roman father said : "I can't attend to you now, Hazard; Corporal
Thompson, see to my son." An official order was read to the regi
ment, complimenting them for their bravery at South Mountain and
Antietam. At the first battle of Bull Run, the most important
charge of the day was made by the Seventy-ninth and Sixty-ninth
New York Regiments, but its brave Colonel, James Cameron, did
not live to see the valiant deeds of those whom he commanded, for
while in the act of cheering on his men, he fell a martyr on the field.
Instead of becoming disheartened, these descendants of Wallace and
of Bruce pushed on, encouraged by the brave Maj. David McLelland,
and Adjt. David Ireland, in their charge upon the enemy. " Chan
tilly, Coosaw, both Bull Runs, Port Royal, and Blue Springs, Jack
son and Knoxville, in their turn, have seen their Highland Flings."
Among the individual acts of heroism, was that of Capt. Francis W.
Judge, of Company K, who, when the battle-flag of a Georgia regi
ment was raised upon the parapet of Fort Sanders, rushed out amid
the bullets, and tearing it down, carried it through the embrasures,
a prize to his comrades. The Seventy-ninth was engaged in sixteen
battles, and it is remarkable that its loss in commissioned officers
should have been so small and unusually light; only two were
killed in battle. Among the survivors of the war, whose military
records have received honorable mention, were Maj. Andrew D.
Baird, Capt. Alexander L. Baird, Col. David Morrison, Maj. William
Simpson, Capt. Wm. S. Montgomery, Capt. Joseph Laing, Capt.
Samuel T. Wallace, Capt. Wm. C. Clark, Capt. John Glendinning,
Capt. Robert Arm on, Capt. John Windsor, Capt. Robert Gair, Lieut.
James Gilmore, Lieut. George D. Martin, Lieut. George Harrison,
Lieut. James Donaldson, Lieut. John S. Dingwall, Lieut. George H.
Ladley, Lieut. John Whyte, Lieut. Charles Watson, Lieut. Thomas
Hamilton, Lieut. James McGiffin, Lieut. Henry Hutchinson and
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Major Andrew D. Baird is now one of Brooklyn's most influential
citizens. Eightieth Regiment. — (Twentieth State Militia.) At^the second
battle of Bull Run the regiment lost three valuable officers, by the
fall of Col. George W. Pratt, Capt. Peletiah Ward, and Lieut. John
B. Horner. The regiment was at close quarters with the enemy in a
piece of woods, and while thus engaged, Captain Ward was wounded
in the arm by a sword. Nothing daunted, however, he seized the
colors of the regiment, which had been shot down, and while in the
act of cheering on his men to renewed efforts he was shot in the
thigh. He was then taken from the field, but not before he had
sustained the third wound, which proved mortal. He was a man of
unbounded generosity and true nobility, and at the time of his enlist
ment, he was pastor of the Ellenville Methodist Episcopal Church.
The day before the battle of Gettysburg, the regiment was ordered
to join the First Corps, and after the battle, but a fragment of its
number remained; eighteen of the twenty-eight officers who went
into the battle were killed or wounded, with 160 privates killed and
wounded, out of 280 who entered the fight. The regiment returned
home in 1864, with only 342 men out of 1300 that had been connected
with it. The regiment was organized at Kingston. Colonel Pratt
was succeeded by Col. Theodore B. Gates, and a more worthy suc
cessor could not have been found. Colonel Gates led the van in
every onslaught, encouraging his troops by bis noble daring, and
constantly watching over the comfort and welfare of his men while
in hospital and camp. At Gettysburg, on the third day, the regi
ment made a brilliant and successful charge under the lead of its
brave Colonel. General Doubleday said in " The Campaigns of the
Civil War,"— " The skill and energy of Colonel Gates were of great
service to me during the battle." When Colonel Gates was pro
moted to the command of a brigade, Jacob B. Hardenbergh suc
ceeded to the command of the regiment. Among those who
returned home with honorable records were Maj. Walter A. Van
Rensselaer, Capt. Wm. H. Cunningham, Lieut. Andrew S. Schutt,
Lieut. Abram Merritt, Lieut. Edward A. Ross, Lieut. Wm. S.
Freligh, Lieut. George B. Walcott, Lieut. Francis D. Devail, Lieut.-
Col. John McEntee, Maj. John R. Leslie, Capt. Elson M. Misner,
Capt. Daniel McMahon. General Gates is now a member of the bar
of New York City.
Eighty-First Regiment.—" Second Oswego Regiment." The
regiment returned home in March, 1864, with only 370 men out
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Jacob J. DeForest, was with the regiment from its formation to
September 1, 1864. He enrolled the first and last man, and was
desperately wounded at the battle of Fair Oaks, where the regi
ment behaved with especial gallantry and lost 136 men. Twelve
commissioned officers were killed or mortally wounded. At
Chapin's Farm the Color-Sergeant of the regiment is said to have
planted the first Union flag on the parapet of the Rebel fort. The
Eighty-first was the first regiment to gain the Rebel works and
succeeded in carrying the redoubts. It lost in this engagement
probably more men than any other regiment in its division, and cap
tured twelve of the sixteen pieces of artillery. The Eighty-first fur
nished many officers for other regiments, including Lieut. Peter
French, who was promoted to Major in the Forty-sixth Regiment,
Capt. Augustus G. Bennett, Lieut. Richard H. Willoughby, Lieut.
Edgar Abeel, Lieut. Henry Sharp and Lieut. Brantley G. Read, were
promoted to positions in the Twenty-first United States Colored
Regiment. The following were mustered out with honorable records on the
expiration of their term of service: Lieut.-Col. John B. Raulston,
Maj. David B. White, Capt. Rudolphus D. S. Tyler, Capt. Martin J.
DeForest, Capt. Hugh Anderson, Capt. E. A. Stimson, Lieut.
Edward A. Cook, Lieut. George C. Smith, Lieut. Julius H. Clark
and Lieut. Maurice P. Tidd.
Eighty-Second Regiment. — (Second State Militia.) The regi
ment went to the war under command of Col. George W. B. Tomp
kins, who resigned in May, 1862. The regiment behaved with such
conspicuous bravery at the battle of Fair Oaks that General Gdrman
addressed a letter to Governor Morgan eulogistic of the officers and
men. At the battle of Gettysburg, of 246 men who went into battle
only sixty came out alive. Lieut.-Col. James Huston was killed at
the head of his regiment while gallantly urging his men to stand
against the desperate assaults of Ewell' s Corps. Serg. Hugh Carey
captured the flag of the Seventh Virginia Regiment. He was twice
wounded at Gettysburg. Carey was a brother of stenographer Carey
of the Supreme Court, and died in March, 1886. Lieut.-Col. J. H.
Wibox died in June, 18S7. At the close of the war he was brevetted
Brigadier-General for gallant conduct in the field.
Ten commissioned officers of the regiment were killed or mortally
wounded during its term of service.
Eighty-Third Regiment. — (Ninth State Militia.) The number of
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they remembered the obstinate fighting spirit of the Ninth Militia,
the Ninth Volunteers, the Ninth New Jerseys, the Ninth Pennsyl-
vanias and any number of other Ninths, too numerous to mention.
On many a bloody field in Virginia have the soldiers of the glorious
Ninth fallen, and in many a Rebel dungeon have they spent their
last hours. The regiment went to the war 1100 strong, and not more
than 109 rank and file and twenty officers returned home. The regi
ment was among the first to open the battle of Antietam. At a
period of great emergency General Hooker called on General
Ricketts for his best brigade, and Ricketts sent forward Hartsuff's
brigade, to which the Ninth belonged. In this battle the regiment
lost nineteen killed and one hundred wounded. The regiment may
claim the honor of also opening the battle of Fredericksburg. Just
before sunrise, on the 13th of December, Franklin moved his corps,
and skirmishing at once commenced. The regiment was ordered to
charge and take a Rebel battery at the point of the bayonet, which
was giving much annoyance. Under command of Capt. John Hen-
drickson, the regiment obeyed the order with alacrity, and appeared
to melt away before the leaden storm that was poured upon them.
Bravely did the boys stand up to the work, although after a fierce
struggle they were obliged to fall back. The regiment lost 132 men
and seven officers out of 300 men and eleven officers who went into
the battle. At the battle of Gettysburg, every man in the regiment
but twenty was either killed or wounded.
The first Colonel of the regiment was JohnW. Stiles. Colonel Stiles
resigned in 1863, and died in 18S5. He was succeeded by Capt. John
Hendrickson. Colonel Hendrickson was a brave officer, but having
been wounded in action, was compelled to resign in August, 1863.
He was succeeded by Col. Joseph A. Moesch, another gallant
soldier, who was killed in the battles of the Wilderness. Some
of the bravest men of the regiment were in the ranks, and many
of them received severe wounds which prevented all hope of
military promotion. Among such men of the Eighty-third was
Private A. G. Iffla— now in the New York Custom House— who- was
so severely wounded at the battle of Antietam, that a leg had to be
amputated, and he was obliged to remain ten days on the field
before he could be moved, so severe were his sufferings. Iffla was
probably the shortest man in the army, being almost liliputian by
the side of Lieut.-Col. M. N. Curtis of the 142d Regiment, who was
the tallest man in the Army of the Potomac. The Eighty-third
participated in eighteen battles and lost in killed and wounded, and
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Eighty-Fourth Regiment.— " Fourteenth State Militia." No
regulars that ever served on any field won more imperishable honor
than this regiment of militia from the city of Brooklyn. On the
16th of May, the ladies of Brooklyn presented the regiment with a
beautiful flag. The Rev. Joseph S. Inskip, Chaplain of the regi
ment, in returning thanks for the presentation, said : "If ever that
flag shall be laid low, the Fourteenth Regiment shall be buried
with it, and that, too, with a Chaplain, so help me God." At the
battle of Bull Run, the regiment suffered lamentably. Col. Alfred
M. Wood was captured,- and became one of those selected to be-hung
should our Government decide on summary proceedings against the
privateersmen. Colonel Wood, while in captivity, manifested by
every word and act his undying devotion to the flag, and they found
although they had captured Brooklyn's "Wood," it would not burn
except with patriotic fire. At South Mountain, the regiment, which
first drew the Rebel fire on the right in Keyes's division fought
splendidly. The regiment attacked the Fourteenth Virginia Regi
ment, into which they poured such an effective fire, that after the
battle, Colonel Strong and 150 of his men lay dead on the field. At
Antietam, the regiment, in Doubleday's division fought in the most
gaUant manner and suffered severely. What scenes of carnage had
that handful of patriots lived through ! Always in front, fearless
and unflinching, they stood where the havoc of war raged the
wildest, and pressed on through fire and sword into the enemy's
line and works, thus showing that " the spirit of liberty which
inspired the Long Island forefathers had not died out, but remained
in the hearts of their sons."
Surg. James M. Farley, who died recently, was the surgeon who
amputated the leg of the Rebel General Ewell.
General Doubleday, in his narrative of the first day's battle of
Gettysburg, in the " Campaigns of the Civil War," says: — "The two
regiments posted by Reynolds, the Fourteenth Brooklyn and Ninety-
fifth New York, finding their support gone on the right, while
Archer's Rebel brigade was advancing to envelop their left, fell back
leisurely under Col. Edward B. Fowler of the Fourteenth Brooklyn,
who assumed command of both, as the ranking officer- present."
" Fortunately, Fowler's two regiments came on to join Dawes, who
went forward with great spirit, but was altogether too weak to
assail such a force. The Rebels made a fierce and obstinate resist
ance, but while Fowler confronted them above, Dawes brought a
gun to enfilade their position, and formed his men across the cut, by
Fowler's order, to fire through it. The Rebels could not resist
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others escaped." Colonel Fowler can accordingly be regarded as
one of the chief heroes of the first day's battle of Gettysburg.
James B. Tomsey, one of the most gallant fighters of the regiment
died recently, having been since the war a clerk in the Brooklyn
Post Office.
Eighty- Fifth Regiment.— In April, 1864, the Rebels made a most
determined attack upon Fort Gray, and in no less than three several
assaults, they were repulsed in the most gallant maimer by Capt.
John A. Brown, of the Eighty-fifth, commanding the fort. Col.
Enrico Kardello was promoted to Brevet Brigadier-General in 1S65.
Col. Jonathan S. Belknap, in command at Fort Anderson, wrote
to the commanding naval officer as follows : When on the 14th
of March, General Pettigrew, with eighteen pieces of artillery
and more than 3000 men, made his furious assault on Fort Ander
son, garrisoned by 300 men of my command, the capture or destruc
tion of the brave little band seemed inevitable. But the gunboats
came promptly to the rescue. Your well directed fire drove the
enemy from the field, covered the landing of the Eighty-fifth New
York, sent to the relief of the garrison, and the repulse of the Rebel
army was complete.
Lieut.-Col. Abijah J. Wellman died June, 1888. He entered the
service as Major, and was severely wounded at Fair Oaks, from the
effects of which he suffered during the rest of bis life.
Capt. John Raines served until July, 1803, when he resigned,
having performed his duties faithfully and bravely. He is now
a member of the Republican State Committee.
Eighty-Sixth Regiment. — "Steuben Rangers." The Eighty-
sixth was engaged in the second battle of Bull Run, Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania,
North Anna, Tolopotomoy, Coal Harbor, Petersburg, Deep Bottom
and Boydton Road.
Thirteen commissioned officers were killed or mortally wounded,
which indicates how great must have been the loss among the rank
and file. The first Colonel of the regiment was Benjamin P. Bailey,
who resigned in 1803, and was succeeded by Col. Benjamin Higgins.
Eighty-Seventh Regiment. — At the battle of Oak Grove, the
colors of the regiment were completely riddled with bullets, but
Color-Bearer 1!. II. Ryder never for a moment left his exposed posi
tion. The regiment, 250 strong, under command of Lieut.-Col.
Richard A. Bachia, filed across the field opposite the redoubts, to
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the thicket. After passing through a piece of woods to the left, the
enemy made an advance from the woods on the right, and were sup
ported by pickets posted in two houses a short distance off, and two
small rifle pits in close proximity. A line of skirmishers was
thrown out, when the regiment advanced in line of battle, taking-
possession of the houses and rifle pits, which they held during the
day, and at night fell back to their original position. The regiment
was commanded by Col. Stephen A. Dodge. General Nagle alluded
in complimentary terms to the conduct of the regiment at the battle
of Fair Oaks. The only commissioned officer killed in battle was
Capt. Matthew W. Jackson, who fell at the second battle of Bull
Run. It was at the battle of Bull Run that Corporal James Tanner, now
Commissioner of Pensions at Washington, was terribly wounded.
Private Charles A. Orr became in 1886, Senior Vice-Commander
of the Grand Army of the Republic, State of New York.
Eighty-Eighth Regiment. — When the Irish brigade was organ
ized, Patrick K. Horgan raised » company at his own expense,
which became Company D. Horgan was severely wounded in the
foot at Savage's Station, but refused to leave the field.
Company D was cut to pieces at Antietam. Captain Horgan was
again severely wounded at Fredericksburg, and was mentioned in
General Orders by General Hancock for bravery. His injuries now
forced his retirement. He died in December, 1886.
At the battle of Malvern Hill the regiment was so infuriated by
the slaughter of their brave companions-in-arms, that under the
lead of the brave Maj. James Quinlan, they made a desperate
assault on the enemy with the bayonet, and were only prevented
from rushing on the batteries of the wily enemy by the loud com
mand of their officers. Tho regiment took a most honorable part in
the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, the Wilderness, and Peters
burg. At the latter battle Col. Patrick Kelly was killed. The
regiment lost eighteen commissioned officers, among whom were
two sons of the late Thomas Addis Emmett. Capt. William J. Nagle
was the oldest of five brothers who enlisted in defence of the Union.
Eighty-Ninth Regiment. — The regiment was commanded by
Col. Harrison S. Fairchild, who was promoted in 1865, to Brevet
Brigadier-General. At South Mountain the Eighty-ninth resisted, at the point of the
bayonet, the charge of the enemy, iu a most gallant style. The
regiment made itself historic by the famous crossing in small boats
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At Fair Oaks, Antietam and Petersburg the regiment fought
bravely and suffered severely.
Lieut. Frank S. Smith was always at the post of duty, and proved
himself a gallant soldier. He is now a member of the Republican
State Committee.
Ninetieth Regiment. — The regiment was stationed 'for a long
time at Key West. During the first six months after its arrival, it
was reduced by disease from 900 to less than 700.
Lieut.-Col. Louis W. Tinelli, Capt. Jeremiah Simpson, Lieuts.
Henry F. Blackwell, John T. Sheppard and Andrew S. Onderdonk
were among those who shared the fortunes of the Ninetieth.
The Ninetieth participated with great credit in the battle of Cedar
Creek, October 19, 1804. The regiment was commanded by Maj.
John C. Smart, who had just given the order to fall back when he
was shot dead.
General McMillan, in his Report, refers to the gallantry of the
Ninetieth at Cedar Creek. Adair Creek was the last battle in which
the regiment was engaged.
Ninety-First Regiment.—" McClellan Chasseurs." The regiment
was organized in December, 1861, and returned to Albany in July,
1864, with only 364 men. It was then reorganized and left for the
field with 1600 men.
Port Hudson was the principal battle in which the regiment was
engaged, and it was in this battle that its losses were chiefly in
curred. Col. Jonathan Tarbell was promoted in 1S65, to Brevet Brigadier-
General. In 1804, Capt. Edward A. Selkirk was promoted to Major
of the Second Heavy Artillery Regiment; and Capt. George W.
Schaffer to Major of the Sixty-first Regiment. Alfred Wagstaff,
Jr., was Major of the regiment, and William J. Denslow, Lieutenant-
Colonel. Ninety'-Sbcond Regiment. — The Ninety-second was organized at
Potsdam. At the battle of Fair Oaks the regiment made a very
brilliant charge, and thereby saved Regan's battery. In this battle
the regiment was badly cut up. Col. Lewis C. Hunt was among the
wounded, and in 1862 he was promoted to Brigadier-General. Capt.
Cyrus O. Hubbell and Lieuts. Giles F. Ward, James O'Neil and
Morris C. Foote were among, the gallant officers of the regiment.
Captain Hubbell was in 1887 an Alderman of New York City.
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York regiments made a charge on the enemy at Fair Oaks that
would have honored veteran troops."
Ninety-Third Regiment.—" Morgan Rifles." Capt. Walter W.
Bramen is entitled to great credit for his coolness during the bom
bardment at night on the James River. He was officer of the night,
and had many prisoners in the guard-house, and notwithstanding
the whole guard had to move to a safer place, he did not lose a man.
The regiment for a long time filled the responsible post of headquar
ters and provost guard to the Army of the Potomac, and during this
service they seized' and turned over to the authorities at Washington
over 20,000 prisoners.
The Ninety-third participated gallantly in fifteen great battles —
Yorktown was the first ; Boydton Road the last. The Ninety-third
was commanded by Col. John S. Crocker, with Benjamin C. Butler
Lieutenant-Colonel. Capt. Charles A. Quinn, a gallant officer, died recently.
Ninety-Fourth Regiment. — " Bell Jefferson Rifles." The Ninety-
fourth took part in twenty-four engagements, and its tattered colors
evinced their severity. It contained over 3,000 men during its term
of service, and returned home with only 579. Col. Adrian R. Root
was twice brevetted for faithful and meritorious services. The first
great battle in which the Ninety-fourth was engaged was Cedar
Mountain, where it lost many valuable officers and gallant men.
The first Colonel of the regiment was Henry K. Viele, who resigned
in 1862 and was succeeded by Colonel Root. Colonel Root in 1865
was promoted to Brevet Brigadier-General, a distinction most
worthily earned. Capt. Walter T. Chester claimed to have been
the last man mustered out of the United States Service, but Private
Charles W. Hooper of the First New York Engineers claims the
same distinction.
Maj. John McMahon was promoted to the Colonelcy of the 188th
Regiment, and Capt. Isaac Doolittle to Lieutenant-Colonel of the
same. Capt. Byron Parsons, Adjt. Chas. E. Hulbert, Lieut. Alba A.
J'ohnson, Lieut. J. J. Shedd, Lieut. Henry Swan and Lieut. Charles
W. Sloat, were all valuable officers and gallant soldiers.
Ninety-Fifth Regiment. — " Warren Rifles." The regiment suf
fered more severely than the average at- the battle of South Moun
tain, as it was in the advance and. hotly engaged. The Ninety-fifth
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men; after the battle it could muster but 153. Major Pye was pro
moted to Colonel, and died in 1864, of wounds received in action.
The Rebel General Garland was killed at South Mountain by the
bullets of the Ninety-fifth. Colonel Pye was mortally wounded at
Coal Harbor.
At Gettysburg the Ninety-fifth and the Fourteenth Brooklyn cap
tured General Archer and his brigade. The first Colonel of the
Ninety-fifth was George H. Biddle, who resigned in 1863. Major
Pye was appointed his successor. Lieut.-Col. James Creney, Capts
Wm. L. Sherwood, Reuben Biggs, Abram S. Gurnee, George H.
Everett, Henry M. Jennings, Archibald McC. Bush and Edward A.
Cowdry and Lieutenants Hiram Osborne, Wm. O. Chapman, John M.
Armstrong and Wm.'F. Ingmire are all honorably identified with
the gallant achievements of the regiment. Capt. Samuel C. Timp-
son — a splendid officer, was captured in the Wilderness battle
and died in a rebel prison.
Ninety-Sixth Regiment.— The regiment participated in thirty
great battles, as large if not a larger number than has been credited
by the War Department to any other regiment from the State. Col.
Charles O. Gray was killed at Kinston, N. C, in 1862. He was suc
ceeded by Col. Edgar M. Cullen. In 1886 Colonel Cullen was Judge
of the Supreme Court, Second Judicial District. Colonel Cullen
resigned in 1865, when Stephen Moffitt became the last Colonel of
the regiment.
There was a generous rivalry between the color-bearers of the
Ninety-sixth and the Eighth Connecticut, as to which was-the first to
plant their colors on Battery Harrison. So nearly equal were they,
however, that it is difficult to say which was in the advance.
Ninety-Seventh.— " Conkliug Rifles." At the second battle of
Bull Run, the regiment was in General Duryea's brigade, and was in
the advance, subject to the hottest of the fire throughout the day.
They received great praise for their steadiness and coolness under
the galling fire of the enemy.
The regiment participated in sixteen great battles. Its first
Colonel was Charles Wheelock, who was promoted to Brevet Briga
dier-General in 1864, and died in 1865. He was succeeded by Col.
John P. Spofford. Capt. Samuel M. Ferguson died in March, 1886.
Surg. George S. Little is now Superintendent of the Brooklyn E.
D. Hospital.
Ninety-Eighth Regtment.— The first battle in which the regiment
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graduated at West Point in the same class with General McClellan.
The regiment was next commanded by Col. Charles Durkee who
resigned in 1863 and was succeeded by Frederick F. Wead— a fine
soldier, who was killed at Coal Harbor in 1864. The regiment lost
eight commissioned officers during its term of service.
Ninety-Ninth Regiment.— " Union Coast Guard." As a coast
guard it participated in the battle of Big Bethel, besides, in detach
ments, operating frequently against the rebels on Craney Island,
Sewell's Point and New Market Bridge, Va. In August, 1861, it was
re-organized into an infantry regiment. In June, 1864, the organiza
tion was again formed into a veteran battalion. It participated m
the battles at Cherry Stone Creek, Harrison Junction, and Kinston.
It was identified with a great number of fights, both in Virginia and
North Carolina. Strong detachments of the regiment shared in the
glory of the Burnside expedition iu the establishment of the First
Union foothold in the state of North Carolina, beginning with Fort
Mercer, Cape Hatteras, and Roanoke Island. In the action at Frank
lin, Va., Capt. James H. Hart, a most gallant officer, was killed, and
was the only commissioned officer lost in battle.
One Hundredth Regiment. — General Heintzleman said " the One
Hundredth made a charge on the enemy at Williamsburg that would
have honored veteran troops." At the battle of Fair Oaks, Capt.
John W. Wilkeson lost his life from his over anxious and ever-con
scientious desire to maintain honorable control of his company and
bring it in order off the field. Every other company in the regiment
had broken. He made his men " face about," " fire," and " retreat,"
"halt," "load," "face again; and "fire," and retreat" again. His
military place in this manoeuvre was in front of his men when they.
retreated, and in the rear of them when they faced about to fire.
Too brave and too proud to require a courage from common soldiers
of which he did not set the example as an officer, he inarched
on their flank, and in the rear of them while retreating. In this con
spicuous place of danger, a bullet through his breast killed the last
officer of the regiment that was left on the field, and ended the regi
ment's part in that great battle. Col. James M. Brown was also
killed in this action. The regiment took a gallant part at the battle
near Deep Bottom, Drury's Bluff, and Morris Island, South Carolina,
in each of which many valuable officers were killed, and the regi
ment suffered severely in the loss of privates. During the closing
operations around Petersburg, General Grant rode up to General
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connected ? They will sweep right in here and turn you right and
left. What troops have you here ? " The One Hundredth New York,"
said General Terry. "Colonel Dandy's Regiment ? send him here,"
said Grant. Now Dandy (George B.), was a West Pointer, and a
" whooper." He rode up and saluted, as General Grant said,—" I want
you to take your regiment down, and connect those lines in that ra
vine. Colonel Dandy saluted again, with "certainly, sir;" and then
formed his regiment as if be was going out on dress parade, colors in
the centre, and swung down into the ravine under fire of the battery,
and when the work was overrode back, with another salute, — " The
lines are connected, sir." " How many men did you lose ?" asked
Grant. "None, sir," said Dandy. "I thought so, replied General
Grant. Colonel Dandy was promoted to Brevet Brigadier-General
in 1S65.
One Hundred First Regiment. — The regiment participated
with great bravery in the battle of Chantilly. Col. George F.
Chester was especially distinguished for his skill and courage. At
the battle of Malvern Hill, two companies supported Randolph's
Rhode Island Battery. The balls flew around them thick and fast,
but strange to say, only a few men were killed and wounded. Lieut.
William M. Smith was conspicuous by his bravery and gallant bear
ing. The regiment having been greatly reduced, it was consolidated
with the Thirty-seventh New York Volunteers, in December, 1862.
Maj. Samuel L. Mitchell, Jr., a gallant soldier, was a son of the late
Samuel L. Mitchell, one of New York's most estimable citizens.
One Hundred Second Regiment.— At Cedar Mountain, the
regiment, commanded by Col. T. B. Van Buren, suffered severely.
Capt. Julius Spring, one of the bravest and most ardent spirits of the
war, fell while cheering on his men. The dead of the 102d were
buried as they fell, in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Tennessee,
Georgia, North and South Carolina. Their division commander, Maj.
Gen. John W. Geary, complimented them as follows: " It may safely
be asserted that no organization in the army has a prouder record
or has passed through more arduous, varied and bloody campaigns."
The 102d was the only regiment from New York City that was with
General Sherman all through his grand march. The regiment be
longed to the famous White Star Division, which led the assault on
Lookout Mountain. The regiment acted as the advance guard of
skirmishers and was the first to dash across the crest in the attack.
It was here that the gallant Maj. Gilbert M. Elliott was killed. At
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form was broken by a huge rock and an intervening fence, which
rendered their movements in the face of a galling fire from the
enemy exceedingly difficult. Determined that the brave little band
should not yield under any circumstances, the officers stepped from
the ranks and led the way. Capt. M. E. Cornell scaled the fence not
thirty feet from the enemy's sharpshooters, and called to his com
rades to follow him, which they did, and with a wild cheer, but alas!
he was marked for destruction, and his comrades rushed over his
dead body and drove the enemy more than a mile from their posi
tion. Colonel Van Buren resigned in 1S62. He was succeeded by
Col. James C. Lane, who was honorably discharged in 1864, when
Herbert Hammerstein became Colonel of the regiment. Colonel
Lane was a very popular officer and was presented by the regi
ment with a medal of honor, on which was inscribed " He was our
leader, God bless him!" The Colonel died August, 1889. Colonel
Hammerstein retained the position until January, 1865, when Lieut.
Col. Harvey S . Chatfield, of the Seventy-eighth regiment, a very
gallant soldier, became the fourth and last Colonel of the regiment.
Colonel Chatfield is now a well-known member of the New York
Bar. In the long list of officers of the 102d, whose valor and devo
tion to the cause entitle them to remembrance, will be found the
names of Lieut-Col. Oscar J. Spaulding, Maj. R. H. Wilbur, Captain
Barent Van Buren, William H. Griffin, Robert B. Hathaway, Henry
M. Maguire, Eugene Schilling, Theodore D. Cornel], Isaac Van
Steenberg, John R. Elliott, Capt. Daniel M. Elmore (who died in
November, 1886), Capt. William H. Batchelder, and Lieuts. Charles
Mooney, William Wright, Irvine Carman, Frederick Weber, Phineas
C. Kingsland, Cuyler Garrett, and Edwin G. Davies.
One Hundred Third Regiment. — At the battle of Antietam the
regiment, under command of Maj. Benjamin Ringold, supported
the Ninth New York Regiment. Of the 187 men who took part in
the charge on the stone bridge, twenty-seven were killed, seventy-
five wounded, and twenty-nine were missing. Four successive
color-sergeants were killed; also Capt. Henry A. Sand and Capt.
William Brandt, who raised the colors again after the sergeants
were killed. Col. F. W. Egloffstein was wounded and compelled to
resign. Major Ringold was appointed his successor, and was mor
tally wounded at the battle of Chancellorsville. William Heine,
engineer on the Staff of General Dix, was the next colonel of the
regiment. One Hundred Fourth Regiment. — " Wadsworth Guard." The
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ond Bull Run, South Mountain, Mine Run, Wilderness, Fredericks
burg, Antietam, Chantilly, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, North Anna,
Spottsylvania, Bethesda Church, Weldon Railroad, Petersburg. At
the Second Bull Run the regiment was commanded in an admirable
manner by Maj. Lewis C. Skinner. Lieut. John P. Rudd was the
first man of the regiment killed.
One Hundred Fifth Regiment.. — The regiment took an hon
orable-part in the battle of Antietam, where it lost its Lieutenant-
Colonel, Howard Carroll. James M. Fuller was the first Colonel;
he resigned in 1802, and John W. Shedd became his successor.
One Hundred Sixth Regiment. — At Sailor's Creek, April 6,
1865, the 106th (through Brevet Lieut.-Col. Hiram W. Day), received
the flag of truce surrendering Lieut.-Gen. Ewell and his troops,
(surrender of General Lee, April 9). The defence of the bridge at
Fairmount, Va., in April, 1S05, by a detachment of the 106th under
Col. Edward C. James, was one of the most brilliant of the war.
Fearing the destruction of the magnificent trestle work over the
Monongahela river at that point by the Rebels, Company F, Capt.
Martin J. Chamberlain (who was killed in 1864), and Company D,
Capt. Alvah W. Briggs (who was promoted to Brevet Colonel in
1865), were despatched to protect it. Seven times did the Rebels
charge our men, and although thirty to one, they were seven times
repulsed. At length, after three hours' fighting, the Rebels, with
an overwhelming sweep, rode over our little braves, taking them all.
No sooner was the capture complete than the Rebels gave the boys
three cheers for their gallant defence. The regiment took part in
twenty-two great battles, and returned home with only 400 men.
A beautiful flag was presented to the regiment in 1804 by the
ladies of St. Lawrence and Franklin Counties as a token of their
bravery and devotion. Col. Andrew N. McDonald died in January,
1885, from the effects of an overdose of morphine. He had been one
of the youngest Colonels in the Army.
The 106th participated with honor in the battles of Fairmount,
Martinsburg, Wapping Heights, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Coal
Harbor, Petersburg, Monocacy, Opequan, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek.
Lieut.-Col. Alvah W. Briggs, Maj. Edward M. Payne, Captains Hor
ace L. Aldridge, Charles Snyder, Thomas Shaw, Joseph C. Robinson,
and Lieut. Robert H. Cox and Sergt. Donald Grant are all entitled
to recognition for soldierly and meritorious conduct.
One Hundred Seventh Regiment. — It is worthy of note that
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call from the President for 300,000 volunteers, was the 107th, raised
by two patriotic representatives in the Legislature, — Robert Van
Valkenburg, who became Colonel, and Alexander S. Diven, who,
after Colonel Van Valkenburg' s resignation, succeeded to the com
mand and was promoted to Brevet Brigadier-General a few months
later. The regiment fought bravely at Chancellorsville and at the
battle of Dallas, Ga. Lieut.-Col. William F. Fox, a gallant officer of
the 107th, has, since the close of the war, rendered the country a
service by the compilation of an invaluable work ' entitled "The
Chanees,of being Killed in Battle." Colonel Fox is now a resident
of Albany.
One Hundred Eighth Regiment. — The first flag presented to
the regiment was by Gen. Chester A. Arthur. This beautiful
banner was badly shattered at the battle of Antietam — the first
battle in which the regiment was engaged. It came out of that
fight with its centre rent and pierced by sixty-nine bullets. In addi
tion to this flag, the regiment received from Governor Morgan one
of the prize banners pledged to the four regiments respectively, to
be organized under the call of July 12, 1862, the 102d being the sec
ond organized under that call. The third flag was presented by the
ladies of Brighton, Monroe County. At Antietam the regiment was
actively engaged from 8 A. m. until 4.30 p. m. on the front line, and in
an open field near the centre of the line. The regiment lost 169 out
of 600 in this battle. At Fredericksburg fifty-three were lost out of
above 340 engaged. Col. Oliver H. Talmer was promoted to Brevet
Brigadier-General for faithful and meritorious services. The Colonel
died in 1884. In the fight at Morton's Ford, Va., in 1864, the regi
ment advanced rapid!;-, and without firing a shot, to a stone wall
occupied by the enemy, when they delivered a volley, and with
shouts leaped the wall, and were soon in possession of an important
position which virtually closed the contest.
One Hundred Ninth Regiment. — The regiment went to the war
under command of Col. Benjamin F. Tracy (now Secretary of the
Navy). Colonel Tracy resigned in 1864 and was succeeded by Col.
Isaac S. Catlin, who was promoted for skill and bravery in many
desperate battles, to Brevet Brigadier-General. The 109th partici
pated in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Coal Harbor,
Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Ream's Station, Poplar Spring Church
and Hatcher's Run.
Maj. George W. Dunn, who has since the war been conspicuous in
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orable distinction. He is now a member of the Republican State
Committee. One Hundred Tenth Regiment. — The regiment was organ
ized at Oswego, and went to the front under command of Col.
Clinton H. Sage. Colonel Sage resigned in 1S03, and Col. DeWitt C.
Littlejohn became his successor. Colonel Littlejohn commanded
the regiment but a short time, when Charles Hamilton was appointed
Colonel of the regiment. The regiment was engaged in the battles
of Bisland and Port Hudson. Capt. James Doyle, one of the bravest
of the brave, lost his left arm at Port Hudson.
One Hundred Eleventh Regiment. — The regiment was organ
ized at Auburn, from companies recruited in Cayuga and Wayne
counties. It was mustered into the service August 20, 1S62, and left
the city the following day for Harper's Ferry, Va., where, after join
ing that ill-fated garrison, it was included in its surrender shortly
afterwards. The men were released on parole, but were not declared
exchanged until December, 1S02, when they entered the field again,
and went into winter quarters at Centreville, remaining there several
months in a brigade commanded by Gen. Alexander Hayes. The
first Colonel of the regiment was Jesse Seguin, who resigned in Jan
uary, 1863, when Clinton D. McDougall became his successor. Col
onel McDougall was an admirable officer, and for gallant and meri
torious services was promoted in 1865 to the rank of Brevet Brig
adier-General. On June 25, 1S63, General Hayes' brigade joined the
Second Corps, which was marching by on its way to Gettysburg.
The regiment left two companies on guard at Accotink Bridge, with
the remaining eight companies numbering 300 men. It was engaged
at Gettysburg on the second day of the battle in the brilliant and
successful charge of Willard's brigade, losing there 58 killed, 177
wounded, and 14 missing. Total 249. The National Tribune said of
the battle of Gettysburg, " the 111th lost twenty-two per cent, of its
number engaged — killed and mortally wounded. That is nearly one
man in every four that it took into action. This was a very startling
loss, and half as many again, in proportion, as the Light Brigade
lost in its famous charge at Balaklava. Of the wounded 30 died,
making 88 killed in the battle. From Gettysburg until the end
the regiment fought under Hancock. At the battle of the Wilder
ness the regiment fought splendidly, and lost 42 men* killed, 119
wounded, and 17 missing, total 178 — half of its effective force. The
regiment bore a most honorable part in twenty-two great battles.
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term of service, of whom 778 were killed and wounded — 74 of which
died in Rebel prisons. The dead of the regiment number the larg
est, with the exception of the Sixty-ninth New York, of any regi
ment from the State. Total dead of the Sixty-ninth, was 401 ; of the
111th, 400.
On the 30th of October, 1804, during the siege of Petersburg, 86 of
the members were captured and sent first to Libby Prison; after
wards to Salisbury Prison, N. C. When the prisoners were released
in March, 1865, in consequence of Sherman's march to the sea, only
40 of the 86 were living, the remainder having succumbed to the
horrors attending their confinement; and of the remaining 40, sev
eral died shortly after leaving the prison. In this little band of suf
fering martyrs was Mr. Robert L. Drummond, a gentleman who has
since attained honorable distinction in civil life. Mr. Drummond
graduated at the Albany Law School, and since the close of the war
has for nine years been District Attorney for Cayuga County.
Nearly all the officers have honorable records, and several were
promoted to higher positions in other regiments. The survivors
doubtless remember the bravery, skill and devotion manifested by
the following named officers: Lieut.-Col. Lewis W. Husk, Maj.
Sidney Mead, Maj. James H. Hininan, Maj. Joseph W. Corning,
Lieut.-Col. Isaac M. Lusk, Capts. Ira Jones, Sebastian D. Holmes,
John A. Laing, Marcus W. Murdock, Samuel C. Bradley, Lafayette
Mumford, Philip Lape; Lieuts. John J. Brinckerhoff, George Par
ker, Charles A. Farnum, George W. Moore, Andrew P. Camp,
Stephen A. Pyatt, Arthur W. Marshall, and many others. Capt.
Robert C. Perry died in 1881. Lieut. Edwin K. Burnham, another
gallant officer of the 111th, is now superintendent of public build
ings at Albany.
One Hundred Twelfth Regiment. — The regiment served with
great credit in the siege of Suffolk, in 1862-63, in the siege of
Charleston, under Giiniore, and in the Florida campaign. It was
afterwards transferred to General Butler's department, Fortress
Monroe, and participated in the attack upon Richmond, via the
James River. Col. Jeremiah C. Drake was mortally wounded at
Coal Harbor in 1864. Early in the war he was Captain in the Forty-
Ninth New York. Col. John F. Smith died of wounds received
while bravely leading his regiment in the assault on Fort Fisher.
He was a thorough soldier and polished gentleman. After the death
of Colonel Smith, Ephraim A. Ludwick became Colonel of the
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ONE Hundred Thirteenth Regiment. — This was the Seventh
Heavy Artillery.
One Hundeed Foueteenth Regiment. — The regiment main
tained their ground manfully and repulsed the enemy most
handsomely at the battle of Pleasant Hill, La. The regiment also
fought bravely at Bisland and Port Hudson, where Col. Elisha B.
Smith was mortally wounded. Eight other commissioned officers
were lost by the regiment during its term of service. Col. Samuel
R. Per Lee succeeded Colonel Smith in command. At Sabine Cross
Roads, Lieut.-Col. Henry B. Morse was wounded.
At Port Hudson the regiment fought splendidly and suffered
severely. A valuable article on the siege of Port Hudson has
recently been written and published by Capt. James F. Fitts. Cap
tain Fitts in his narrative, says: "A detachment of the regiment
was at one time on duty at sea, 500 miles from the Florida coast in
British and Spanish waters. This was the most distant point from
the territorial limits of the United States during the war." The
history of the war cannot furnish instances of greater gallantry than
was displayed by the 114th at the battle of Winchester. The regi
ment was subjected to as heavy a fire as ever a regiment received;
but nobly did they maintain their position, losing in killed and
wounded two thirds of their number.
At Cedar Creek the conduct of the regiment was magnificent, and
General McMullen alluded to its conduct in complimentary terms.
The regiment fought in the fog and misty daylight, as though deter
mined to die to a man rather than yield an inch. The regiment was
detailed to act as guard to the Nineteenth Corps train, and did their
work bravely, taking it off the ground and out of the enenry's reach,
but not without a severe loss in killed and wounded.
The whole number of men enlisted in the regiment was 1113; of
this number 174 died of disease; 250 were discharged in hospital,
and 431, more than one third of the whole strength were killed or
wounded in action. At Fisher's Hill the regiment suffered fear
fully, losing 123 out of 250, who went into the action. Company G
was largely composed of students from Madison University.
Colonel Per Lee was wounded at Winchester, and his gallantry and
admirable qualities as a commanding officer were recognized by pro
motion to Brevet Brigadier-General. Surg. Harris H. Beecher served
faithfully during the war, and died in July, 1889.
One Hundeed Fifteenth Regiment. — At the battle of Olus
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regiment suffered fearfully — the desperate assaults on the Union
right failed to drive in the brave 115th. General Hatch, in general
orders, made known to his command the successful accomplishment
of a daring and difficult expedition by a detachment of twenty-five
men of the 115th sent out from Pilatka. One thousand four hun
dred and ninety-three men were raised for this regiment. They had
seven officers killed and eighteen wounded. Took part in sixteen
battles. The regiment was organized at Fonda, and was commanded by
Col. Simon Sammon, who resigned in November, .1864. Nathan J.
Johnson was promoted to Brevet Colonel in March, 1805. Lieut.-
Col. George S. Batchelor, now Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
resigned in 1863, and was succeeded by Ezra L. Walrath, formerly
Colonel of the Twelfth Regiment. .
One Hundeed Sixteenth Regiment. — The 116th did the real
fighting at the battle of Plains Store, and the regiment was com
plimented on the battle-field by General Augur. At Port Hud
son the regiment bore a glorious part and suffered severely, losing
among others its gallant Colonel, Edward P. Chapin. Col. George
M. Love succeeded Colonel Chapin in command of the regiment, and
in recognition of his valuable services he was promoted to Brevet
Brigadier-General in 1865. Colonel Love is said to have captured
the first Confederate flag captured at the battle of Cedar Creek.
Colonel Love died in April, 18S7. Adj. John B. Weber was, in 1887,
a member of Congress.

One Hundred Seventeenth Regiment. — The 117th was from
Rome. The first Colonel of the regiment was William R. Pease,
who resigned in October, 1863; the next Colonel was Alvin White,
who resigned in July, 1804, when Rufus Daggett succeeded
to the command, and in 1865 Colonel Daggett was promoted to
Brevet Brigadier-General. At Coal Harbor, Petersburg and Drury's
Bluff, the regiment fought splendidly and suffered greatly. The
regiment belonged to the first brigade of the second division of the
Tenth Corps. The brigade was the first to storm and take Fort
Fisher, during which every officer and man covered himself with
glory, and saw the colors first planted on the parapet of the fort.
Colonel Daggett was honorably mentioned in the official report of
General Ames. Surg. James A. Morris was blown up at Fort Fisher,
and his body had to be dug out of the sand which covered him, but
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One nuNDKED Eighteenth Regiment. — Among the officers and
in the ranks of this regiment were some of the most prominent
young men of the Sixteenth Senatorial District. The regiment went
to the war with 1040 men, under command of Col. Samuel T. Rich
ards, who resigned in 1863, and was succeeded by Col. Oliver Keese,
Jr., who resigned in 1864. and was succeeded by Col. George F.
Nichols. The ravages of war fearfully reduced their numbers, and
few regiments saw such losses as the 118th. It was selected to be
armed with "Spencer's Repeating Rifles" and always formed the
skirmishers, covering the advance of the Third Division, Twenty-
fourth Corps. It formed a portion of the skirmishers of the Third
division when Richmond was finally occupied jn 1865, and was the
first organized Federal infantry in that city. It wears by order on
its colow the names of twelve great battles.
One Hundred Nineteenth Regiment. — The aggregate num
ber of officers who served with the 119th was sixty-nine, and
privates, 981. The regiment returned home with 306 officers and
men, and had received only eight recruits. They were in
General Geary's division (White Star), — Twentieth Corps, army
of Georgia. Col. Elias Peisener was killed at Chancellorsville,
cheering his men at the moment he fell, and notwithstanding the
loss of its beloved Colonel and one-third of its whole rank
and file, the regiment returned from the field in good order,
preserving their banners and accoutrements amid the disorder
and flight of the residue of the corps. At Gettysburg the regi
ment was admirably commanded by Col. John T. Lockman. In
the successful charge on the Rebel front at Resaca, the regiment
lost its brave Lieutenant Colonel, Edward P. Lloyd. No regiment
was more frequently under fire or employed in more difficult or
important enterprises than the 119th. Colonel Lockman is now
a member of the New York Bar. Maj. Benjamin A. Willis—
a most estimable man and gallant soldier, died in October,
1886. Maj. Harvey Baldwin, Capt. James P. Batterson, Capt.
Charles S. Caswell, Capt. Francis A. O. Gartner, Capt. Charles
Becker, Capt. Louis Leubuscher, Capt. Francis Peisener, were all
brave and gallant soldiers.
One Hundred Twentieth Regiment.— The regiment belonged
to the famous Sickles brigade, and was raised at Kingston. It par
ticipated in thirteen great battles and the surrender of Lee's army.
During the battle of Gettysburg on the 2d of July, the regiment
rallied three several times around their colors, being every time
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ments can be rallied the second time. Col. George H. Sharp (lately
Surveyor of the Port of New York) paroled Lee's army. He had
been promoted to Brevet Brigadier-General in 1864. The regiment
lost thirteen commissioned officers in battle. Lieut.-Col. John R.
Tappan was mustered out on expiration of term of service, when
Cornelius D. Westbrook became Lieutenant-Colonel. He was finally
succeeded by Lieut.-Col. Abram L. Lockwood, who rose to the rank
of Brevet-Colonel in 1865, and Maj. Wralter P. Scott to Brevet-Lieu
tenant-Colonel. Capt. Alonzo R. Cole, Lieut. James H. Lockwood
and Lieut. Marquis M. Drake were among the surviving heroes of
the 120th.
One Hundred Twenty-First Regiment. — Few regiments suf
fered more severely or have a more brilliant record than the 121st.
At Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Salem Heights, Spottsylvania,
Wilderness, Coal Harbor, Fisher's Hill and Petersburg, the regiment
nobly sustained the honor of the Empire State. There could be no
better evidence of the gallantry of the regiment than the fact that
fourteen commissioned officers were killed or mortally wounded dur
ing the war. Col. Richard Franchot was the first Colonel; he resigned
in 1862, when Emory Upton was placed in command of the regiment.
Colonel-Upton was at the time only twenty-two years of age. In 1864
he was promoted to Brigadier-General, and in that position won for
himself a most enviable reputation. Colonel Upton died' recently.
At the battle of Opequan, General Upton was wounded while carry
ing forward the colors of the regiment in the final charge. At the
battle of Rappahannock Station the 121st came up in splendid style
and deserves as much credit for gallantry as any regiment engaged.
At the battle of the Wilderness, Lieut.-Col. Egbert Olcott was shot
in the head, thrown from his horse, and abandoned to his fate. He,
recovered, however, and was promoted to Brevet Colonel of the regi
ment in 1864.
Among the officers of the 121st, who shared the fortunes of the
regiment during nearly its entire term of service were Lieut. Henry
Upton, Lieuts. Thomas C. Adams, Delos M. Kenyon, G. W. Quacken-
bush, Maj. Henry M. Galpin, Capt. Marcus R. Casler, Daniel D.
Jackson, Maj. John S. Kidder, Maj. James W. Cronkite, Capts. A.
M. Tyler, Lansing B. Paine, James W. Johnston, Hiram C. Van
Scoy and Thomas J. Hassett.
One of the most costly sacrifices the regiment sustained during.
the war was in the fall of Capt. Charles A. Butts on the 10th of May,
1864, at the battle of the Wilderness. At the time of the second call
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uating class of Hamilton College. He however left college and joined
the regiment as a private. His gallantry soon attracted the attention
of his superior officers and he was promoted gradually to the rank
of Captain. After receiving his mortal wound his comrades endeav
ored to remove him from the field, but he implored them to leave
him to his fate, fearful that they would be captured. Sadly they
were compelled to do so, and the next day the battle-ground was
burned over, and no trace of his remains have ever been found.
One Hundred Twenty-Second Regiment. — The regiment was
from Syracuse, and was commanded by Col. Silas Titus, who
remained with the regiment until January, 1S65, when he was honor
ably discharged. All the brigade and division commanders testified
to the superior gallantry of the regiment on many of the great bat
tle-fields, such as Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Rappahannock
Station, Wilderness, Spottsylvania and Cedar Creek. At Chancel
lorsville on the morning of May 3, General Shaler' s brigade was
ordered to regain a line of rifle pits, from which Green's brigade had
fallen back the night before. The 122d took the lead, and troops
never loaded and fired with greater precision and rapidity. The
rifle pits were taken. Many valuable officers were killed outright,
including the brave Lieut.-Col. Augustus W. Dwight, who fell in
action near Petersburg, March 25, 1865. Lieut. Theodore L. Poole
lost his arm while bravely defending the flag. Among those who
served their time with the regiment and were honorably dis
charged were Maj. Joshua B. Davis, Captains Morris H. Church,
Lucius A. Dillingham, John M. Dwight, George W. Piatt, Davis
Cossitt, Frank Lester, Edward P. Luther, Francis Colahan, Andrew
J. Smith and Lieuts. Otto W. Parrison, George H. Gilbert, Charles
W. Ostrander and Adolph Wilman.
One Hundred Twenty-Third Regiment. — It was in the action
at Dallas, Ga., that Col. Archibald L. McDougall received his fatal
wound, after proving himself a true and gallant officer, previous to
which the regiment lost its Lieutenant-Colonel, Franklin Norton, at
the battle of Chancellorsville. James C. Rogers succeeded Colonel
McDougall in command of the regiment, and in 1865, he was pro
moted to Brevet Brigadier-General. The regiment was organized
at Salem, and fought bravely at Peach Tree Creek where it lost
heavily. One Hundeed Twenty-Foubth Regiment. — The 124th was from
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333 men, out of 1300 men who had been connected with the organiza
tion. Two hundred and twenty-five of the men who took the field
with the regiment, passed with it through all the battles of the
Army of the Potomac, and returned home with the organization.
Only three of the original officers retained command at the close of
the service. Its first Colonel was A. Van Horn Ellis, who was killed
at Gettysburg. The second Colonel of the regiment was Francis M.
Cummins. Colonel Cummins died in March, 1884. Major Henry S.
Murray, a gallant soldier, was captured, and was for some time con
fined in Libby Prison. The regiment was known as the " Orange
Blossoms." The survivors of the 124th were the first in the State to
erect a monument at Gettysburg to the memory of their fallen com
rades. Colonel Ellis's heroic efforts to redeem the fortunes of the
day at the battle of Chancellorsville, were the subject of universal
admiration. One Hundeed Twenty-Fifth Regiment. — The regiment was
organized at Troy, and was commanded by Col. George L. Willard,
a son-in-law of the late Elias Plum, Esq., of that city. Colonel Wil
lard was Major in the Nineteenth United States Infantry, an accom
plished soldier, who had been in the service fourteen years, and
who, after participating with honor in many of the severest battles
of the war, finally met a soldier's death on the field of Gettysburg.
The Lieutenant-Colonel of the regiment, Aaron B. Myers, was mor
tally wounded in the Wilderness, and twelve other commissioned
officers fell in the many bloody battles in which the 125th was en
gaged. The 125th and 126th claim the honor of first crossing the
river when the Army of the Potomac moved in February, 1864. Col.
Levin Crandell was Colonel Willard' s successor, and Joseph Hyde
succeeded Lieutenant-Colonel Myers.
One Hundeed Twenty-Sixth Regiment. — The 126th was organ
ized at Geneva, and bears upon its colors the names of thirteen
great battles. Col. Eliakim Sherrill was killed at Gettysburg, and
Lieut.-Col. William H. Baird was killed while charging on the
enemy's works at Petersburg. That the regiment did its part hon
orably and suffered severely, is evident from the fact that sixteen
commissioned officers were killed or mortally wounded in action.
Col. James M. Bull succeeded Colonel Sherrill in command of
the regiment, and in April, 1864, he resigned, and after that time
the regiment had no Colonel or Lieutenant-Colonel, except dur
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One Hundred Twenty-Seventh Regiment. — The regiment
went to the war about one thousand strong, with its full complement
of officers, and returned with twenty-five officers and 530 men. The
regiment arrived at Charleston, S. C, a few days after its evacua
tion, and was detailed by order of General Sherman for permanent
city garrison, on account of its good character, and Col. William
Gurney was appointed permanent post commander. A large part of
the regiment was from Long Island, the remainder from New York
City. The 127th took a very prominent part in the battle of Honey
Hill, S. C, in November, 1864, and in the following month at
Devereaux Neck, S. C. The Lieutenant-Colonel of the regiment was
Stewart L. Woodford, who, in March, 1865, was promoted to Colonel
at the 103d United States Colored Troops, and at the close of the
war to Brigadier-General. Colonel Gurney was also promoted in
1865 to Brevet Brigadier-General. The only commissioned officer
lost by the regiment during the war was Capt. Cornelius A. Cooper,
who died of disease in 1802.
One Hundred Twenty-Eighth Regiment. — The first effort to
raise a regiment in Columbia County was made on the 23d of
July, 1862, in a call to form Company A. The company soon filled
its ranks, and others soon followed in quick succession. Dutchess,
the sister county of Columbia, contributed Companies B, C, D, F, H
and I. The efforts of the public men of Dutchess County were con
stant in helping to form the regiment, and none were more unremit
ting in their labors than the late Hon. William Kelly, of Rhinebeck.
Companies F and H were from Fishkill, about one hundred men from
that town enlisting as privates at the time of the organization of the
companies. The following are the commissioned and non-commis
sioned officers of the regiment who were residents of Fishkill Land
ing and Matteawan: Quartermaster Alexander Annan, (died
recently); Commissary Sergeant E. Augustus Brett; Ordinance
Sergeant John Matthews; Corporal Washington J. Montfort, of Com
pany D; Lieutenant, Henry H. Sincerbox, of Company H; Orderly
Sergeant Columbus S. Keys, Company H; Sergeant Benjamin F.
Benson, Company H; Sergeant Garret F. Dillon, Company H; Cor
poral A. B. Mase, Company H; Corporal Charles H. Weller, Com
pany H; Company F, Capt. Arthur DeWint; First Lieutenant J. J.
Williamson; Second Lieutenant C. R. Anderson; Orderly Sergeant
Henry Rothery; Second Sergeant Charles Van Tine; Third Sergeant
David Warren; Fourth Sergeant David C. Van Amburgh; Fifth
Sergeant Francis IT. Brett; Corporals Augustus M. Myers ; Second,
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Fifth, Augustus H. Terry; Sixth, Jeremiah Boice; Seventh, William
Bailey; Eighth, Robert Pickles.
The Colonel of the regiment was David S. Cowles, a lawyer of the
city of Hudson, and a brother of Judge E. P. Cowles. The Lieuten
ant-Colonel was James Smith, and the Chaplain Rev. John Parker,
of the Methodist Episcopal Church. On the 31st of August, the
regimental flags were presented to the regiment in the presence of
4000 spectators. Colonel Cowles, in response to the presentation
speech, announced the firm purpose of the regiment, that the flags
should never be returned dishonored, and concluded as follows:
"And should it be the destiny of some of us to fall, you may truth
fully write upon the marble that shall mark the resting place of
each, " He lived as mothers wish their sons to live,
And died as fathers wish their sons to die."
On the 5th of September, the regiment left for the seat of war.
After marching and countermarching, performing garrison duty in
various places, it finally embarked for Louisiana, and in April, 1863,
the regiment was complimented by General Sherman for the success
of its first achievement — the capture of a large quantity of property
at Gainesville. As one after another we have seen the regiments of
the Empire State when brought to the stern crisis of battle, meet
undismayed the dread encounter, and by their steady heroism add
glory after glory to their flag, so at the great battle of Port Hudson
on the 27th of May, 1863, came the splendid 128th, and no more des
perate fighting ever took place than that of the division of General
Sherman to which the 128th belonged. The division moved steadily
forward under the most murderous fire of shot, shell, grape, canister
and musketry. Colonel Cowles was on foot, and gallantly led his
columns to a charge on the fortifications. His comrades were
struggling hand to hand with the enemy, and he was eager to share
with them the fortunes of the day. Placing himself conspicuously
in front, with a clear voice heard above the tumult, he was encour
aging and leading his men to the assault, when within a few rods of
a gateway which formed the entrance to the rebel works, two balls
struck him, one entering his breast and passing through his body.
"Boys, have I not done my duty? Tell my mother I died with my
face to the enemy. Christ Jesus, receive my spirit," were the last
words of Colonel Cowles. Upon the fall of Colonel Cowles the
command of the regiment devolved upon Capt. Francis S. Keese, of
Dutchess County, whose bravery at this critical point was only
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assault that Orderly Serg. Charles L. Van Slyck, of Kinderhook,
was killed. He fell by a shot that took away both legs at the knee,
but notwithstanding the near approach of death, this brave officer
continued to fire at the enemy until another shot hit him in the
breast and terminated his life. John Hughes of Mattewau was
instantly killed by being shot in the head while advancing on the
enemy. Lewis Pearsall of Matteawan was also among the brave
men mortally wounded. On the 14th of June, the second assault on
Port Hudson, in which the Union forces were repulsed, was made.
In this assault the 12Sth lost but one man killed — Robert P. Church
ill, of Company C, from Rhinebeck. Capt. George W. Van Slyck,
Capt. Arthur DeWint, Adjt. J. P. Wilkinson and nineteen men were
wounded. After the repulse, a general order was issued by the
commanding general, summoning the bold men of the corps to
organize a storming party of 1000 men to vindicate the flag of the
Union and the memory of its defenders who had fallen. The
128th responded to the call, and a large number of the members
volunteered. They were placed under command of Captain Keese,
who distinguished himself so greatly in the assault of May 14.
These brave men took part in many assaults and participated in
many bloody repulses.
After the fall of Port Hudson on the 9th of July, 1863, the regi
ment was ordered to proceed to Baton Rouge, under command of
General Arnold, and after the most fatiguing march ever made by
the regiment, reached that city on the 22d. At Baton Rouge, Capt.
Arthur De Wint, who was badly wounded at Port Hudson while dis
playing the utmost heroism and gallantry, resigned his position and
returned home. Just before the battle of Port Hudson, he wrote to
his sister: " I shall take no other mode of promotion than thatwhich
lies in the path of duty and bravery." Captain De Wint is a de
scendant of President John Adams, and it is said that his father,
when asked early in the war by Chaplain Parker if he had any mes
sage to send to his son, said: " Tell him to stand up to the scratch,
and thrash the rascals." The 128th next took part in the ill-fated
Red River expedition, which resulted in nothing but loss of men,
except to show how, under fatigue and disaster, the American soldier
can sustain his devotion to the National unity. The battle of Cane
River was one of the battles resulting from this expedition, and
the 128th was the first to cross the river and plant a flag upon the
hill. The regiment, led by Lieut.-Col. James Smith, also made a
brilliant charge on the enemy during the engagement, routing them
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sealed orders for Washington, when it joined the Nineteenth Army
Corps, in General Sheridan's division.
In the successful engagements in the Shenandoah Valley, the 128th
was assigned the honor of leading a charge upon a strong Rebel posi
tion near Strasburg. In the succeeding engagement at Winchester,
Major Keese and four other officers, and sixty men were killed or
wounded. During the three engagements of Winchester, Fisher's
Cieek and Cedar Creek, the regiment lost 200 in killed, wounded
and missing. General Emory says in his Report of the battle of
Fisher's Creek: "To strengthen and shorten our lines it became
necessary to drive in the enemy's skirmishers and occupy their lines.
This was handsomely done by the 128th, Lieut.-Col. James P. Foster
commanding, supported by the 176th New York." At the battle of
Cedar Creek, Capt. Robert F. Wilkinson, on General Emory's Staff,
was severely wounded, and six privates were killed. After these
battles the regiment was engaged in garrison duty at Winchester,
Newbern and Savannah — its last march from Savannah to Augusta,
a distance of 130 miles, was accomplished in six days. At Augusta,
the regiment was mustered out of the service, and returned home
with only 400 men of the original 960, and 173 'recruits. The first
loss sustained by the regiment was in the death of Surg. Daniel P.
Van Vleek, of Kinderhook, who died on board United States steam
Transport, September 21, 1862. The second loss was in the death of
Lieut. F. W. Sterling, who also died at sea, December 6, 1862..
Twenty-four privates died in the Rebel prison at Salisbury. Among
them were J. Powles and J. Wilhelm, of Fishkill; also private John
Hague, a son of Rev. J. B. Hague, of Hudson. Among the brave
men of the regiment who became martyrs to the war, the name of
Capt. Edward Gilford, of Hudson, Company A, must not be for
gotten. During the siege of Port Hudson he was captured, and
after an imprisonment of thirty-nine days, effected his escape in the
most daring and remarkable manner. But his sufferings resulted in
his death, which deprived the regiment of a faithful, efficient
officer. While in Louisiana, many members of the regiment were
transferred to the Corps d'Afrique, organized by General Banks.
Few companies of any regiment can boast of a larger number of pro
motions for gallant and meritorious services than Companies F and
H. The reception given to these two companies by the citizens of
Fishkill, upon their return home, will long be remembered. The
"Denning Guard" turned out with full ranks, and presented a fine
appearance; also the veterans, firemen, citizens, etc. Flags and
floral decorations were numerous, and the whole population turned
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reception, which was closed by an eloquent and touching address by
the Rev. Joseph Kimball, of the Reformed Dutch Church.
One Hundred Twenty-Ninth Regiment.— See Eighth Heavy
Artillery. One Hundeed Thietieth Regiment. — See Nineteenth Cavalry.
One Hundred Thirty-First Regiment. — This regiment was raised
from among the Metropolitan Police, and was the first regiment of
the Metropolitan brigade. It went to the war under command of Col.
Charles S. Trumbull, and most of the officers hailed from the Seventh
regiment. It went with the Banks expedition to Louisiana, and
became attached to the famous Nineteenth army corps. The regi
ment participated most honorably in the Port Hudson campaign,
where it suffered severely. In 1864, it left the Department of the
Gulf and joined General Butler at Bermuda Hundred, Va., and
shortly after joined General Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, and
participated in his gallant achievements, losing very heavily at the
battle of Opequan, -September, 1864. After this it went to North
Carolina, and became attached to the Tenth army corps, and theu to
General Sherman's army. In May, 1865, it went to Augusta, Ga.,
and in June, arrived at Savannah, and was there mustered out of the
service. The regiment travelled over ten thousand miles by land and
water during its term of service. It was known as the fighting regi
ment, and participated in the battles of Irish Bend, Vermilion Bayou,
Port Hudson, Cox's Plantation, Opequan, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek.
The regiment returned home with only 240 men out of 1000 with
which it went to the war. General Sheridan attributed our victory at
Winchester, September, 1864, to the heroism displayed by the 131st.
Colonel Trumbull resigned in 1863, and Nicholas W. Day became his
successor. One Hundred Thirty-Second Regiment.—" Second Empire Bri
gade." This was a New York City regiment, and was commanded by
Col. Peter J. Claassen. The only commissioned officer killed was
Lieut. Arnold Zenette, who fell in action at Batchelor's Creek, N. C,
in 1864. In this battle the enemy charged three successive times and as
often were handsomely repulsed by the brave boys of Companies D,
E, and G, who were defending the bridge on the Neuse River. The
enemy were finally reinforced, and after four hours of hard fighting
the little garrison was forced to retire from its defence. Had not
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back the rebel army until the rest of the regiment came up, New
bern would have been captured. Colonel Claassen comprehended the
nature of the rebel attack from the first. The regiment went to the
field with 900 men .and returned home with 304 men and officers.
During its three years term of service it was almost continually on
outpost duty. Capt. Abraham Dowdney died in 1S86: at the time
of his death he was a member of Congress. There was a part of a
company composed of Indians in the regiment, and of the number
the First Lieutenant and First Sergeant were full-blooded redskins.
They made good soldiers, and all lived to get home but one, who
was captured and died at Andersonville. Up to September, 1863,
there had been more promotions from the ranks in the 132d, than
any other regiment from the State.
One Hundred Thirty-Third Regiment. — " Second Regiment
Metropolitan Guard." The record of the 133d is a brilliant one.
They were especially commended by Gen. Halbert E. Paine for gal
lantry in the assault on Port Hudson, June 14th, 1S63, and also
by Admiral Porter, for assistance in building a dam on Red River, to
enable the iron-clad fleet to pass the rapids in May, 1864.
The regiment was admirably commanded by Col. Leonard D. H.
Currie, and Lieut.-Col. Anthony J. Allaire, now a popular officer
of the Metropolitan Police. Capts. N. W. Meserole, John Silvey,
George H. Simpson, John H. Greer and Lieuts. S. L. Davids, George
W. La Roza, and J. H. Cartwright were gallant officers, and shared
the honors of the regiment.
One Hundred Thirty-Fourth Regiment.— The 134th was from
Schoharie County, and fought bravely at Gettysburg, Dug Gap, and
in the siege of Savannah. Col. Charles R. Coster, who died recently,
was one of the best officers in the service; Capt. Austin A. Yates was
another splendid soldier. He enlisted as a private, and by merit
alone rose to the rank of Major. In 18S5 he was nominated for
State Senator.
One Hundred Thirty-Fifth Regiment. — See Sixth Heavy Ar
tillery. One Hundred Thirty-Sixth Regiment. — The regiment was from
Portage, and was commanded by Col. James Wood, Jr., who was
promoted to Brevet Brigadier-General in 1865. The 136th fought
bravely at the battle of Chattanooga. Lieut.-Cols. Lester B. Faulk
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One Hundred Thirty-Seventh Regiment. — This was one of
the four regiments in General Geary's (White Star) division,
that formed the front line in the assault upon Lookout Mountain.
The regiment suffered severely at Gettysburg and Chattanooga.
Col. David Ireland died of disease at Atlanta, Ga., in 1864.
One Hundred Thirty-Eighth Regiment. — See Ninth Heavy
Artillery. One Hundred Thirty-Ninth Regiment. — The City of Brooklyn
may well feel proud of this organization. It was originally com
manded by Col. Anthony Conk, who resigned in 1863, and was suc
ceeded by Col. Samuel H. Roberts. The 139th went to the war with
1000 men, to which 250 recruits were added, and returned home with
only 340. It was in the Army of the James nearly its entire term of
service, and was the third regiment to enter Richmond when
that city capitulated. At one time during the war, the regiment
marched sixty-one miles in fifty-four hours and captured the rebel
garrison at Charles City Cross Roads. Lieut.-Col. Edgar Perry and
Capt. S. Clark Beecher, were killed at the battle of Coal Harbor.
Lieutenant-Colonel Perry was a son of the late Eli Perry, of Orange
County, and nephew of the Hon. William E. Hasbrook, of Newburg,
and of Col. John H. Perry, of the Forty-eighth New York, who was
killed at Fort Pulaski. He was a brave and promising young officer,
and at the time of his death was in command of the regiment. Col
onel Roberts signalized himself at the head of his regiment on many
a hard fought battle-field. At Petersburg he was chosen on account
of his daring and coolness to lead the forlorn hope, and the valor of
his command could not be surpassed. Colonel Roberts was pro
moted to Brevet Brigadier-General, and died in July, 1885.
One Hundred Fortieth Regiment. — The regiment was known
as the "Rochester Racehorses." It participated in nearly all the
great engagements of the Army of the Potomac, from Fredericks
burg to the close of the war. It suffered severely at Gettysburg,
where fell Col. Patrick H. O'Rorke. Rochester may be proud of the
record of her 140th. It was in the Third Brigade of Sykes division.
Fifth Corps. Few men made a more brilliant record than Colonel
O'Rorke. He was mounted on a rock, cheering on his men at Little
Round Top, when a bullet struck him. He had been graduated at
the head of his class at West Point, in 1801, and was only twenty-five
years of age when he was killed. His devoted wife, to whom he
had been married but a short time, soon after his death retired to a
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At the battle of Poplar Spring Church, Lieut.-Col. Elwell S. Otis
commanded a brigade with the greatest skill and bravery. Colonel
Otis was wounded in this engagement and was soon after promoted
to Brevet-Colonel of the regiment.
See record of the 146th for further information about the 140th at
Gettysburg. One Hundred Forty-First Regiment. — The 141st was raised at
Elmira, and was first commanded by Col. Samuel G. Hathaway.
Colonel Hathaway resigned in February, 1863, and John W. Divinny
was appointed his successor. On the 1st of June, 1863, Colonel
Divinny also resigned and Wm. K. Logie became the third colonel,
and one year later Colonel Logie was killed while gallantly leading
and encouraging his men at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, Ga.
At the battle of Resaca, the regiment fought bravely and suffered
severely. Lieut.-Col. James C. Beecher committed suicide in 1886.
He was early in the war chaplain of the Sixty-seventh Regiment.
One Hundred Forty-Second Regiment. — The regiment belonged
to the brigade that was the first to storm and take Fort Fisher, in
1865, during which its unflinching bravery deserves lasting remem
brance. Col. Martin N. Curtis, the tallest man in the Army of the
Potomac, and now a member of the New York Legislature, was the
first to gain a foothold within the Rebel parapet. The Colonel was
promoted to Brigadier-General in 1865. Lieut.-Col. Albert M. Bar
ney was honorably mentioned in General Ames' report of the
assault. Colonel Barney was promoted to Brigadier-General, and
died in August, 18S6.
At the battle of Chapin's Farm, the regiment went into action five
hundred strong and lost one hundred men in less than thirty minutes.
Capts. David A. Nevin, William Dodge, Franklin F. Brown, Jona
than Houghton, Dan. S. Griffin, Wm. Wheeler, Wm. D. Brennan,
Birney B. Keeler, Hiram A. Winslow, William H. Walling and Amos
Wells were among the gallant soldiers of the 142d. Surgeon Hans
Powell died in January, 1885.
One Hundred Forty-Third Regiment. — The regiment was from
Monticello, and went to the war under command of Col. David P.
DeWitt. Soon after the war commenced Colonel DeWitt left a lux
urious home at Middletown, and was appointed Major of the Second
Maryland Regiment. After holding this position for a short time he
became Colonel of the Third Maryland. The Third was soon reduced
to a mere skeleton, and the Colonel was relieved from the command
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the field it was assigned to the defences of Washington, where it
remained until April, 1863, when it was transferred to the depart
ment of Virginia. It took part in the siege of Suffolk and the oper
ations against Richmond. After the battle of Gettysburg it was
transferred to the Army of the Potomac, and in the following Sep
tember was sent with General Hooker to the Army of the Cumber
land, in which it served during the Chattanooga and Knoxville cam
paigns. After that it formed part of General Sherman's command,
and participated in all of the battles and campaigns in which the
Twentieth Corps were engaged, from Chattanooga to Raleigh. The
regiment never took a step backward and was highly complimented
for its bravery and efficiency. The regiment returned home under
command of Col. Horace Houghton, who was promoted in 1865 to
Brevet Brigadier-General.
Near the close of the war, on the 6th of March, 1865, in the action
at Natural Bridge, Florida, fell Lieut. Edward Carrington, at the
time of his death on the Staff of General Newton, a splendid soldier,
and a man possessed of an unusually brilliant and solid mind.
After the battle of Keuesaw Mountain, Lieutenant Carrington was
the only member of General Newton's Staff who remained uninjured.
He was a graduate of Yale College and studied law in the office of
Messrs. Bowdoin, Laroque & Barlow.
One Hundred Forty-Fourth Regiment. — The 144th was raised
in twenty days in Delaware County, and when it left Delhi numbered
956 men. In the fall of 1S64 it was reduced to between three and
four hundred. It was then filled up to one thousand men by one year
recruits from the same county. From Delhi the regiment proceeded
at once to the defences of the capital at Upton Hill, Cloud's Mills
and Vienna. In the spring of 1803 they were sent to Suffolk, and
remained there during Longstreet's siege of that place. In May the
regiment was placed in General Gordon's command at West Point,
Va., and participated in Keyes's demonstration against Richmond.
In July they joined the Army of the Potomac. In the fall and
winter of 1863 the regiment was engaged at Folly Island and Morris
Island, and formed a part of Gilmore's force during the bombard
ment of Sumter and Charleston. It was also engaged at Seabrook
and John's Island. In February the regiment went to Florida,
where it was engaged chiefly in raiding. It returned to Hilton Head
in June, 1864, and was with Foster in his co-operative movements
with Sherman. At Honey Hill, Devereaux Neck and Coosawatchie
it was engaged under Porter, while Sherman flanked Charleston.
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envoy to European courts. The first Colonel of the regiment was
Robert S. Hughston, the next was David E. Gregory, the third was
Slidell, and the last was James Lewis. Lieut.-Col. Calvin A. Rice
and Maj. William Plaskett were among the valuable officers. The
only commissioned officer killed in action was Lieut. James W.
Mack, killed at Honey Hill.
One Hundred Forty-Fifth Regiment. — Chancellorsville was
the principal engagement in which the regiment took part. The
regiment never had a Colonel. It was disbanded in December, 1863,
and the members transferred to other regiments. The only com
missioned officer killed in action was Lieut. Wm. H. Poole, killed
at Chancellorsville.
One Hundred Forty-Sixth Regiment. — The regiment was
from Oneida County, and was known as the " Fifth Oneida." The
first Colonel of the regiment was Kenner Garrard, who, as Captain
in the Fifth United States Cavalry, was made a prisoner of war by
the disgraceful surrender of General Twiggs, in Texas in 1860. The
146th were in the Third Brigade of Sykes' division of the Fifth Corps.
Its first battle was Fredericksburg, in 1862. At Chancellorsville the
regiment suffered heavily on the first day's fight and acquitted itself
with honor. At Gettysburg, the brigade made a charge in support
of the flying columns of the Third Corps, which had met with a
temporary reverse. Subsequently the brigade, consisting of the
140th and 146th charged up and obtained possession of the famous
Round Top, but at a severe loss in officers and men. It was here
that Colonel O'Rorke of the 140th was killed. Colonel Garrard was
made Brigadier-General for gallant conduct at Gettysburg. At the
battle of the Wilderness, the 140th and 146th made the first charge
of the day, both regiments losing terribly. The 146th suffered
almost total annihilation, for out of nearly 600 muskets, the loss was
some 400 in killed, wounded and missing. Among the killed was
Col. David T. Jenkins. Colonel Jenkins was considered one of the
best engineer officers in the Army of the Potomac, who were not
graduates of West Point. Colonel Garrard, after his promotion,
made for himself a high reputation in the West as a cavalry officer
and it was he who held Cumberland Gap so long against the attacks
of the enemy. The gallant officers of the 146th, whose services
entitle them to grateful remembrance were, among many others:
Capts. Benjamin F. Wright, Henry E. Jones, Wm. A. Walker, Henry
Loomis, Levi H. York, Robert P. WTarren, H. W. S. Swett, Lawrence
Fitzpatrick, Alonzo J. King, Charles K. Dutton, Lieut.-Col. James
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Grindlay, Maj. Isaac P. Powell and Maj. Peter Claesgent. The reg
iment returned home with twenty-eight officers and 250 men — 120
were killed in action.
One Hundred Forty-Seventh Regiment. — The regiment was
from Oswego and has a brilliant record. It went to the war
under command of Col. Andrew S. Warner. Colonel Warner re
signed in February, 1863. John G. Butler was the next Colonel; he
remained in command until November, 1863, when Francis C. Miller
was appointed to the position. The regiment participated with
great gallantry in twelve of the leading engagements of the Army of
the Potomac. On the first day of the battle of Gettysburg, Maj.
George Harneyhiot receiving the order to retire which was_sent to the
regiment, held it to its position, until, having lost half its members,
the order to retire was repeated. Lieut. Joel A. Baker died in Jan
uary, 1SS5. At the time of his death he was Chief of Police of
Oswego. The regiment lost eleven commissioned officers.
One Hundred Forty-Eighth Regiment. — The 148th was from
Geneva, and went to the front under command of Col. William
Johnson, who resigned in October, 1863, and Col. George M. Guion
became his successor. In October, 1864, Colonel Guion resigned,
and Col. John B. Murray became his successor. Colonel Murray
was an admirable officer and rose to the rank of Brevet Brigadier-
General. The regiment fought bravely at Fair Oaks in 1804 (where
Captain Gage was killed while displaying conspicuous gallantry),
Coal Harbor, Rice's Station and in the operations around Petersburg.
Mr. Conrad Bancroft enlisted as a private. He was a single man,
and invested all his bounty and sev'en hundred dollars additional
in the town bonds for a war fund, and made a will by which, in case
he did not return, all his property was to be distributed among the
widows and orphan children of Canandaigua. The following are
the names of a few of the commissioned officers of the 148th, whose
honorable records deserve remembrance: Lieut.-Col. Fred L. Mann
ing, Maj. John Cooley, Capt. John R. McNaughton, Capt. Henry R.
Murray, Capt. Henry Parsons, Capt. Edward Cole, Capt. Cortland
Van Rensselaer, Lieuts. Erastus H. Lewis, Jay AV. Neighbor, Harvey
S. McLeod, Richard Edwards, Capt. Nicholas R. Johnston, Capt.
Hiram H. Hewitt and Capt. Edgar A. Griswold. Corporal E. Van
AVinkle, Privates Henry S. Welles and George A. Buchanan were
heroes of special acts of gallantry and recipients of medals of honor
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One Hundred Forty-Ninth Regiment. —The 149th was from
Syracuse, and the regiment can boast of having been com
manded by one of the bravest and most successful soldiers furnished
by the State — Col. Henry A. Barnum. The Colonel was wounded
at Malvern Hill and again at Lookout Mountain, and for gallant and
meritorious services was promoted, in 1865, to Brigadier-General.
The 149th was one of the two New York regiments in Geary's
division that formed the front line in the assault upon Lookout
Mountain, and four of the ten stand of colors captured in the battle
of Chattanooga, were taken by the 149th.
During the military operations following the battle of Chicka
mauga, including the famous " battle above the clouds " on Lookout
Mountain and the hot fight at Missionary Ridge, Colonel Barnum' s
regiment, the 149th New York, captured five Rebel flags out of a
total of eleven taken in action at Chattanooga. Its commander, who
still carried an open bullet-hole through his body from the wound
received at Malvern Hill, was shot through the sword arm under the
towering crest of Lookout Mountain. Gen. George A. Thomas'
attention was directed to the 149th by reason of these facts, and
having assured himself of Colonel Barnum' s great personal bravery
in the battles at Chattanooga, he, by a special order, conferred upon
Colonel Barnum the highest honor in his power by selecting him to
carry the captured flags to Washington and deliver them to the
Adjutant-General. Colonel Barnum fulfilled this distinguished duty, displaying the
flags at the great Sanitary Fair in Cincinnati, at a similar fair at his
then home in Syracuse, and before the Legislative Assembly of this
State at Albany. A resolution of thanks to Colonel Barnum was
passed by the Assembly, January 5, 1864. En route from Albany a
fearful abscess developed in the unhealed body wound of the Col
onel', and at New York Dr. Lewis A. Sayre operated on the wound
and passed an oakum rope through the track of the bullet, from
front to rear through the left ilium.
Delaying in New York only two days, Colonel Barnum proceeded to
Washington, but was there confined to his hotel for some weeks by
the painful and prostrating condition of his wounds. As soon as
able to ride to the War Department, Colonel Barnum sent a note to
the Adjutant-General of the army, notifying him that he was there
to turn over the flags to the Government in pursuance of his orders
from General Thomas. A brief note directing him to deliver the flags
to the officer in charge of trophies at the War Department was the
only recognition the gallant officer received from his government.
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ton on like errands and had been honored by promotion, medals and
special mention in the halls of Congress. For Colonel Barnum, sick
and suffering as he was, was reserved the indignity of being treated,
not as a gallant soldier who had well nigh lost his life in his coun
try's service, but as a simple messenger detailed to carry property
from point to point.
The young officer's pride forbade his soliciting other recognition;
his soldierly instinct made complaint impossible. Waiting but a
few days longer, to nurse his strength, he returned to his command.
His personal courage in future battles gained for him the rank of
Brigadier-General, but not until twenty-five years later did he re
ceive the medal so dear to every soldier's heart.
In the list of officers who remained with the regiment during
nearly its entire term of service and acquitted themselves with hon
orable distinction were Maj. Abel G. Cook, Maj. Henry N. Burhaus,
Lieut.-Col. Nicholas Grumbach, Capts. Eben G. Townsend, and
James E. Doran, Lieuts. Orson Coville, George G. Truair, Matthew
H. Westcott, Walter M. Dallman and Alexander McKinstry.
One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment: — This splendid Dutchess
County regiment knows what fighting is, and never had to show
the Rebels their backs, and it knows how to "forage liberally" on
the enemy's country, as South Carolina too well knows. The regi
ment was organized by Col. John H. Ketcham, at Poughkeepsie, and
was commanded by him until the fall of Atlanta, and for a short
time at the siege of Savannah, where he was severely wounded.
While suffering from his wound, he was breveted Brigadier-General,
but failing to gain health and strength for the field, he tendered his
resignation, believing that officers holding rank and drawing pay
should be with their commands. Being the idol of his regiment,
-his retirement was a source of regret to all who had been under his
command. Colonel Ketcham is now a Representative in Congress —
his record is an honorable one both in a military and civil sense.
He has served his State in many official capacities — first as supervisor
of his native town (Dover), next as Member of Assembly, next in the
State Senate, five times a member of Congress, a delegate to the
National Republican Convention, and Commissioner of the District
of Columbia. The 150th Regiment, which he commanded, had
about 1300 men on its rolls from first to last, and returned home in
1865 with fearfully thinned ranks. The regiment first did guard
duty in the city of Baltimore, when it went to Gettysburg, and took
part in that great battle. In September, 1863, the regiment went
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Corps, and followed the fortunes of General Sherman; and has been
especially mentioned for its bravery in a speech by General Sher
man and in a letter by General Slocum. Few names will shine
brighter in the history of the 150th Regiment than that of Capt.
John S. Scofield, of Glenham, who after serving most honorably at
Gettysburg, in Sherman's march to the sea, and siege of Atlanta,
returned home when the regiment was mustered out, but has since
gone to an honored grave, having died December 11, 1876, and his
body was interred in Fishkill Rural Cemetery. The regiment came
home under command of Alfred B. Smith, of Poughkeepsie, who
went out as Major, and rose to the position of Colonel through a
steady attention to duty and the constant exhibition of those quali
ties of head and heart that constitute the true soldier. Colonel
Smith was promoted to Brevet Brigadier-General in 1865. Fish
kill contributed thirty-four brave fellows to the regiment atthe time
it was organized.
The officers of the 150th were all admirably well qualified for their
positions, and some of those who survived the dangers of the war
now occupy exalted positions in civil life; among them Maj. Henry
A. Gildersleeve, who is one of the Judges of the Court of General
Sessions, in New York City ; Lieut.-Col. Charles G. Bartlett was a
brave and valuable officer, as were also Capt. Benjamin S. Broas,
Lieut. Wade H. Steenburgh, Capt. Obed Wheeler, Capt. S. V. R. Cru
ger, who was supposed to have been mortally wounded at the battle
of Resaca, and Lieut. Cyrus S. Roberts and Perry W. Chapman.
One Hundred Fifty-First Regiment. — The 151st was organized
at Lockport, and went to the war under command of Col. William
Emerson. Colonel Emerson remained with the regiment until
December, 1864, when he was honorably discharged, There were
three Lieutenant -Colonels connected with the regiment during its
term of service: Lieut.-Col. Erwin A. Bowen was honorably dis
charged February 26, 1S64; Thomas M. Fay honorably discharged
November 5, 1864; and in 1865 Lieut.-Col. Charles Bogardus was
promoted to Brevet-Colonel. The regiment did its share of the
fighting at Wappiug Heights, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Coal-
Harbor, Petersburg, Monocacy, Opequan, Fisher's Hill and Cedar
Creek. Four commissioned officers were killed in action.
One Hundred Fifty-Second Regiment.— In 1863, the regiment
served under General Peck at Suffolk, and General Keyes on the
Peninsula. Being at Washington, en-route for the Army of the Poto
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where it remained until October, when it proceeded to the Army of
the Potomac, and joined the First Brigade, Second Division, Second
Corps. The regiment took part in all the succeeding engagements
of that army and the series of movements which ended in the surren
der of General Lee. The regiment met with heavy losses, and
returned home with only 256 men.
The regiment was organized at Mohawk. Leonard Boyer was
Colonel of the regiment until January, 1863, when he resigned. Col.
Alonzo Ferguson then took command. In November, 1863, Colonel
Ferguson was honorably discharged.
One Hundred Fifty-Third Regiment. — The regiment did its
share in making history and putting down the Rebellion. It was first
stationed at Alexandria, Va., as provost guard, after which it oc
cupied Washington, doing the same duty there. It was subsequently
transferred to the Gulf Department, and participated in the Red
River campaign, losing heavily in the battles of Sabine Cross Roads,
Pleasant Hill, Cane River Crossing and Mansura. The regiment was
commended by the Commanding General for distinguished bravery
in these battles. In 1864 the 153d came back to Washington to defend
it from an expected attack by Early, becoming part and parcel of
Sheridan's army — First Brigade, First Division, Nineteenth Corps.
It took part in the battles of Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek
and many skirmishes. After the surrender of Lee it moved to
Savannah, where the regiment, by the gentlemanly conduct of its
officers and men, won the esteem and respect of the citizens. Col.
Edwin P. Davis was brevetted Brigadier-General for meritorious
service. The first Colonel of the regiment was Duncan McMartin,
who resigned in April, 1863, when Colonel Davis succeeded to the
position. There were four Lieutenant-Colonels connected with the
153d, viz: Thomas Armstrong, William H. Printup, Alexander Strain
and George H. McLaughlin. The regiment was organized at Fonda.
One Hundred Fifty-Foueth Regiment. — The regiment was
organized at Jamestown, and went to the war under command of
Col. Patrick H. Jones, who, in 1865, was promoted to Brigadier-Gen
eral. At the battle of Chancellorsville, the regiment belonged to a
brigade in General Howard's Eleventh Corps, commanded by Colonel
Bushbeck — the only brigade in the corps that fought bravely. It
fought with great courage until an attempt to longer hold its posi
tion would have been madness, and it then stubbornly withdrew.
To this brigade is the credit due of saving from capture the trains
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Marsh Run, which empties into the Rappahannock, were manned by
the 154th New York and Seventy-third Pennsylvania regiments, who
pushed fearlessly across the river and took possession of the oppo
site bank.
One Hundred Fifty-Fifth Regiment.— The regiment was
greatly indebted to the venerable and wealthy Bishop Tinson for his
generosity in aiding in its formation. It went to the war under
command of Col. William McEvilly, and it would have been hard to
find a better man for the position— his appearance alone commanded
respect. The 155th followed the flag of the famous Irish Brigade
throughout its services, and on many battle-fields contributed to its
fame. Lieut.-Col. Hugh C. Flood was wounded at Spottsylvania,
from the effects of which he finally died. Capt. John Byrnes was
taken prisoner at Ream's Station. Out of its original number of 700
strong, its losses were 6 officers killed, 10 wounded and 9 taken
prisoners, 42 men were killed, 256 wounded and 67 missing. The
155th furnished several valuable officers for other regiments. Lieut.-
Col. James P. McMahon was promoted to Colonel of the 164th, and was
killed at Coal Harbor. Lieut. John Tracy, Jr., promoted to Major
of the Eighteenth Cavalry; Second Lieut. James S. Van Cortlandt to
First Lieutenant in the 22d Cavalry regiment.
One Hundred Fifty-Sixth Regiment. — It was in the Gulf
Department for two years — Gen. N. P. Banks, commander. It
made a march after the Bisland fight to Alexandria, La., and subse
quently was in the fight at Port Hudson and the capture of that
place, where on the 14th of June, 1863, Lieut.-Col. Thomas Fowler,
of Kingston, who was leading the regiment in a charge, had both
legs shot off and died soon after. Here, also, and for some time pre
vious, Companies A, G, and D acted as Banks' Headquarters Guard.
They retained this honorable position until the surrender of Port
Hudson, and General Banks returned to New Orleans. Afterwards
the regiment was present in clearing out obstructions from the Red
River, and at Morganza Bend the " boys" had a chance to try their
metal with the Rebels. This was in 1864, and during the same year
it came north and was at the battle of Opequan Creek near Win
chester; then went up the valley with Sheridan to Cedar Creek,
where it took part in that battle. The regiment was also in the
fight at Fisher's Hill, after which it was sent to Savannah, Ga., and
did duty in different parts of that State. The regiment never lost its
colors, but brought them back after three years' service, blood
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At the battle of Cedar Creek the colors of the regiment were borne
by Corporals of the Color Guard, the National flag by Daniel T.
Ronk, the State colors by C. T. Green. Corporal Green fell with the
colors. Serg. Frank Decker, of Company E, immediately raised them
from the ground, and with them in one hand, and a musket in the
other floated them defiantly over the heads, as it were, of the
enemy; but soon he also fell severely wounded; Capt. Alfred Cooley
(having succeeded the brave Capt. James J. Hoyt in command of
the regiment) being near by when Decker fell, stripped the colors
from the staff. The Rebels now came up and demanded his surren
der, but the captain managed to escape and thereby saved the colors.
Col. Jacob Sharpe commanded a brigade with great skill and
bravery at the battle of Winchester, where he was wounded. At the
battle of Opequan, Lieut.-Col. Alfred Neafie commanded the regi
ment, and showed himself to be an officer of the best military quali
ties. The 156th was a New York City regiment. It was first com
manded by Col. Erastus Cooke, who resigned in March, 1S63, and
immediately thereupon Col. Jacob Sharpe was placed at the head
of the regiment.
One Hundred Fifty-Seventh Regiment. — This regiment was
organized at Hamilton, September, 1862, and participated with
distinguished credit in eight important engagements. It was
alluded to in terms of the highest praise for its gallantry at the
battle of Gettysburg, where it suffered terribly. Lieut.-Col. Geo.
W. Arrowsmith, whose bravery was unsurpassed, was among the
killed on the first day of the battle. The regiment lost seven com
missioned officers killed or mortally wounded. Col. Philip P.
Brown, Jr., commanded the regiment with distinguished credit.
Capts. Lafayette McWilliams, E. Charlier, George L. Warren,
Garret S. Van Hoesen and Lieuts. James A. Coffin and R. ATalworth
Bourne, were among the gallant men whose names were identified
with the valor of the regiment.
One Hundred Fifty-Eighth Regiment. — " First Empire Regi
ment." This was a Brooklyn regiment. It went to the war under
command of Col. James Jourdan, who was promoted to Brevet Brig
adier-General, and was succeeded by Col. W. H. McNary, who, in
1865, was also promoted to Brevet Brigadier-General. The regiment
was complimented in General Orders by General Peck, for its gal
lant conduct on the occasion of a successful expedition to Bear
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were destroyed. At Norfolk the 15Stn was attached to the provost
guard. The regiment went to the relief of General Foster, when he
was beleagured at Washington, N. C. The regiment made several
brilliant raids into North Carolina. Subsequently Lieutenant Col
onel McNary, who is said to be as brave a man as ever lived, and led
his regiment wherever it went, was appointed Military Governor of
Beaufort. In 1864, the regiment, under command of Colonel Jour
dan made a dash into Jones and Onslow counties, N. C. This was
one of the most brilliant raids that had occurred, and reflected great
credit upon Colonel Jourdan and his gallant regiment. At Fort
Gregg, Va., in April, 1865, the regiment lost the only commissioned
officer killed in action, by the fall of Lieut. Edward Reilly. The
15Sth returned home with 350 men out of about 700 that went to the
war in 1862. General Butler telegraphed to General Grant: "The
15Sth is with the Army of the James, and won its colors handsomely
at Battery Harrison. Four of the enlisted men of the regiment
were awarded medals of honor by the Secretary of War — they were
Serg. Wm. Laing, Serg. James Howard, Private John Schilling and
Private G. M. Grub.
One Hundred Fifty-Ninth Regiment. — The first battle in
which the regi ment was engaged was "Irish Bend," La., April 14,
1S63, where it fought bravely and lost many of its best pfficers.
Col. Edward L. Molineaux was severely wounded. After recovering
from the effects of his wound he was appointed Inspector-General
of the Nineteenth Corps, and in 1S64 was promoted to Brevet Briga
dier-General. The regiment participated with credit in the siege of
Port Hudson. After the battle the regiment returned North and at
the battle of Cedai* Creek, Va., October, 1864, it received honorable
mention for its gallantry.
One Hundred Sixtieth Regiment. — The regiment bore an hon
orable part in the battles of " Cotton," Plain's Store, Cox's Planta
tion, Bisland, Port Hudson, Pleasant Hill, Cedar Creek, and Win
chester. The regiment went to the war under command of Col.
Charles C. Dwight, who later in the war was appointed by General
Banks Judge of the Provost Court of the Department of the Gulf.
The 160th was for sometime on provost guard duty at Opelousas.
Company F, Captain Josiah P. Jewett, was on board the steamer
"Diana" and acted with great bravery in the battle between the
vessel and Rebel batteries near Brashear City, La. Captain Jewett
died in May 1863, of wounds received in action.
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received a bullet through his thigh, but refused to give up com-
mand of his regiment until the fighting was over. As he led off
at the head of it, General Emory said to him " Colonel, you are
going into a hot fire, you had better dismount." — "Cannot walk,
sir," replied the Colonel pointing to his bandaged thigh. In April,
1865, Colonel Van Petten was promoted to Colonel of the 193d regi
ment. One Hundred Sixty-First Regiment.— "Plain's Store," Port
Hudson and Cox's Plantation were the principal engagements
in which the 161st took part. In September 1864, the regiment
formed part of the expedition to Texas, and were on board the
gunboats. The first Colonel was Gabriel T. Harrower, who resigned
after being with the regiment about a year. The official records
represent that Lieut. John Jay has been missing since December 31,
1862. One Hundred Sixty-Second Regiment. — -'Third Metropolitan
Guard." This was a New York City regiment and went to the front
under command of Col. Lewis Benedict, who was killed at the bat
tle of Pleasant Hill, La., while bravely leading a charge. The regi
ment fought bravely at Bisland and Port Hudson. After the
death of Colonel Benedict, Justus W. Blanchard was appointed to
the command, and in 1865 he was promoted for gallantry to Brevet
Brigadier-General. One Hundred Sixty-Third Regiment. — " Third Empire Regi
ment." The regiment behaved most gallantly at the battle of
Fredericksburg, where it lost 150 men, killed, wolmded, and miss
ing. Lieut. William Davis, Scrg.-Maj. Richard F. Tighe, Color Serg.
Earnest Funk and Orderly Serg. Charles R. Near, were promoted on
the field for bravery exhibited in the face of the enemy. At Freder
icksburg the 163d had to mourn the loss of many a brave officer and
efficient private. After the battle the regiment was consolidated
with the Seventy-third New York. General Whipple, in announcing
the order of the AVar Department for the consolidation said: " The
General Commanding desires to assure the officers and men of the
gallant 163d Regiment, that his separation from them is a most pain
ful one. By uniform good conduct in camp, and on the march, and
especially by bravery in battle, the regiment has won the approba
tion and confidence of all, and although it goes to add lustre to
another organization, it has given renown to the colors and to the
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One Hundred Sixty-Fourth Regiment. — The regiment was
often called the " Buffalo Tigers." It was almost entirely raised by
the exertions of Col. John E. McMahon — a graduate of Fordham
College, and afterwards Private Secretary to Governor Seymour.
Colonel McMahon was one of three brothers, all of whom became
colonels in our army. Colonel McMahon was with his regiment but
a short time, for in March, 1863, he died of disease contracted while
in the discharge of his duties. He was succeeded by his brother
James P. McMahon, who was promoted to the position from Lieut.-
Col. of the 155th. As captain in the Sixty-ninth regiment, James P.
McMahon led the regiment in the mein >rable charge at Fair Oaks.
At the battle of Coal Harbor, in 1864, Colonel McMahon fell dead at
the head of his regiment. The only surviving brother is Gen. Martin
T. McMahon, United States Marshal for the district of New York.
The regiment took part in the siege of Suffolk, and was sent out on
many daring expeditions — one was to cut Mosby off in his retreat to
Aldie. The regiment returned home under command of Col. Wil
liam DeLacy, who was severely wounded while charging on the
enemy at Spottsvylvania Court House. The regiment lost eighteen
officers killed and nine wounded; of the former number nine were
wounded at the battle of Coal Harbor, and afterwards died of their
wounds. Upwards of seven hundred of the file were killed or
wounded. Colonel DeLacy had served with great gallantry as
Major of the Thirty-seventh Regiment, from which position he was
promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel of the 164th. He was wounded sev
eral times and returned after each hospital discharge to do battle for
the flag. The Colonel rose to the rank of Brevet Brigadier-General.
He is now engaged in the printing business in New York City. Gen
eral Humphreys, in his narrative of the battle of Coal Harbor —
"Campaigns of the Civil War," says: "Colonel McMahon, 164th
New York, forming the left of McKeon's brigade, but separated
from it by the swamps, gained the breastworks, with a portion of his
regiment, and whilst alongside of his colors, cheering on his men,
fell with many wounds, dying in the enemy's hands, they capturing
his colors and the men with them." Maj. John Beattie died in
March, 1885. At the battle of Ream's Station Major Beattie was pro
moted on the field for gallantry, from the position of Adjutant to
that of Major. He was wounded three times during the war, and
was taken prisoner at the battle of Coal Harbor, and for nine months
suffered the miseries of Rebel prisons.
One Hundred Sixty-Fifth Regiment. — The 165th was organ
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Col. Abel Smith, Jr., who was mortally wounded at Port Hudson.
Among the officers who were especially active in organizing the regi
ment were Capt. Henry W. Hicks, Jr., Capt. Gould H. Thorpe and
Capt. W. W. Stephenson.
The regiment fought bravely at Port Hudson, where it lost many
valuable officers and gallant men.
Adj. Nathan S. Putnam— a fine soldier, and who was badly
wounded at Port Hudson, died in January, 1886.
One Hundred Sixty-Sixth and One Hundred Sixty-Seventh
Regiments.— Failed to complete their organizations.
One Hundred Sixty-Eighth Regiment.— The regiment was
from Newburg. It was sometimes classed as the Nineteenth State
Militia, but the official records do not recognize it as such. It was a
nine months regiment, and was under command of Col. William R.
Brown. The 168th acquitted itself with great credit on the occasion
of a raid into King Williams County, Va. Lieut.-Col. James Low, Jr.,
resigned in 1863.
One Hundred Sixty-Ninth Regiment.— This was a Troy regi
ment, although partly organized in New York City. It was Com
posed of some of the best blood the State sent to the field. It went
to the war under command of Col. Clarence Buell, upon whom
descended the star that was to have descended upon Col. George L.
Willard, of the 125th, who was killed at Gettysburg. During the
siege of Suffolk and in the fighting on the Edenton Road, N. C, in
April, 1863, the regiment behaved most gallantly. So much so, that
the Brigade-Commander issued a special order exceedingly compli
mentary to the regiment. During the siege of Suffolk, Colonel Buell
was wounded and incapacitated for further service. He was suc
ceeded by Lieut.-Col. John McConihe, who was one of the wounded
heroes of the battle of Shiloh, in 1862. As an evidence of the appre
ciation with which his gallantry was regarded by the citizens of
Troy, he was presented with a sword, on which is the inscription,
" Come on, boys! Shiloh, April 7, 1862." Presented by the citizens
of Troy as a token of their esteem and of their high appreciation of
his gallantry and military bearing throughout the campaign in
Missouri, in 1861; on the bloody field of Shiloh, where he was
severely wounded, in the action on the Edenton Road, N. C, and at
the siege of Charleston. At the battle of Coal Harbor, this brave
officer was killed while in the continuance of the same soldierly
skill and bravery that had marked his previous career. When
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regiment, and for gallant and meritorious services he was promoted
to Brevet Brigadier-General in 1865. The regiment suffered terribly
at Coal Harbor. It was engaged in all the operations on the line in
front of Petersburg and Richmond from June 18, to December 7.
Many and severe were the fights it fought and heavy the loss it sus
tained, until its rank and file were so reduced that the entire num
ber for duty at one time was only eighty-nine men. In the assault
on Fort Fisher the regiment fought gallantly and lost heavily. It
suffered a loss of eighty-one men by the explosion of the magazine
in the fort the morning after the capture. Colonel Alden was badly
injured by the explosion. After Fort Fisher the regiment was
engaged in the operations against Fort Anderson and Wilmington,
and was the first to enter the latter city. It marched with Sherman
after Joe Johnston, and entered Raleigh with the advance of our
troops, where it remained as a garrison until it was mustered out.
In all its fights the regiment never showed a disposition to flinch,
and officers and men behaved in the most gallant and praiseworthy
manner, earning for themselves laurels which never fade.
Among the brave men of the regiment who belonged to a class of
soldiers the fewer of whom we lost the better it was for the cause of
the Union, may be mentioned Capt. Joseph H. Allen, who rose to the
position of Major and subsequently Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel,
Capt. Bernard N. Smith, Capt. Warren B. Coleman and private
William H. Merriam, who was promoted for gallantry in another
regiment. Merriam was long and credital ly connected with the
press and was at one time editor of the late Troy Daily Budget.
In the assault on Fort Fisher, in 1865, the regiment lost 139 men —
a larger loss than was sustained by any other regiment. General
Ames in his report of the attack, says Lieut.-Col. James A. Colvin
behaved in the most gallant manner, and rendered great service in
collecting and organizing the troops which had become separated
from their commands, and in leading them to positions where
important advantages were gained.
One Hundred Seventieth Regiment. — The regiment was
organized on Staten Island and went to the war under command of
Col. Peter McDermott. Colonel McDermott was with the regiment
but a short time when he resigned and Col. James P. Mclvor suc
ceeded to the vacant position. Colonel Mclvor was a very superior
officer, and his gallantry was rewarded by promotion to the rank of
Brevet Brigadier-General. The 170th took part in eleven sanguin
ary engagements and thirteen of its officers were killed in action.
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Salisbury prison. Adjt. Patrick R. Dunne, Lieut. James Freelan
and Lieut. Patrick Quigley were captured at Ream's Station. Lieut.
Michael K. Reily was another gallant soldier, captured and confined
in the Charleston jail, from which he finally effected his escape.
General Egan wrote to the Adjutant-General and commended in the
highest terms of praise the conduct of the regiment in the operations
around Petersburg.
One Hundred Seventy-First and One Hundred Seventy-
Second Regiments. — Were never organized.
One Hundred Seventy-Third Regiment.— " Fourth National
Guard." The 173d was raised principally in Brooklyn, under the
auspices of the police commissioners. It first went to Louisiana
and participated in Banks' Red River expedition, and also in the
assaults upon Port Hudson, where it suffered severely. When Gen
eral Grant assumed command of the Army of the Potomac, the
regiment came North, and joined General Sheridan's command in
the Shenandoah Valley, where it took part in the engagements of
Fisher's Hill, Winchester and Cedar Creek, in each of which the
regiment fought with great gallantry. After the surrender of
General Lee they went to Savannah, from which place it returned
home under command of Col. Louis M. Peck. In 1864 the city of
Brooklyn presented the regiment with a new stand of colors — the
banner bearing upon its folds the names of the battles in which the
regiment had up to that time participated.
The following named non-commissioned officers, members of the
color-guard, were severely wounded while carrying the old colors;
Sergs. J. Cary and G. Kendrick; Corps. William Eckles, Patrick
Kelly, John W. King, Edward Clifton and J. Gregory.
The regiment went to war under command of Col. Charles B.
Morton and William N. Green, Jr., as Lieutenant-Colonel. Colonel
Morton resigned in March, 1863, and was succeeded by Colonel Peck.
Lieutenant-Colonel Green was mortally wounded at Port Hudson,
and M. T. Holbrook, formerly connected with the police, became
Lieutenant-Colonel of the regiment.
One Hundred Seventy-Foubth Regiment. — " Fifth National
Guards." The regiment fought bravely at Plain's Store, Port Hud
son, and Cox's Plantation. At Port Hudson it was badly cut up.
They took three guns from the enemy but could not hold them and
were obliged to leave them. On the 13th of July, 1863, the regiment
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missioned officers, by the fall of the brave Lieutenant De Van
Postly, who fell in the engagement near Donaldsonville.
Col. Theodore W. Parmele resigned in July, 1803, and was suc
ceeded by Col. B. F. Gatt.
One Hundeed Seventy-Fifth Regiment. — This regiment was
commanded by the gallant Col. Michael K. Bryan, who fell while
bravely encouraging his men in the action before Port Hudson,
June 14, 1863. The regiment afterwards took part in the expedition
to Texas. In the engagement at Vermilion Bayou, the Rebels in
the abatis fought bravely, and our forces fell back about twenty
feet, when Serg. Charles W. Kennedy, of Company I, advancing
to the front, waved his musket and impulsively shouted, "Let's try
it, boys, again, we'll have it this time, follow me," and the gallant
fellow hounded forward, the rest following with a yell, when the
ditch, obstructions and guns were passed in a moment, and the next
instant the abatis was taken. Lieut.-Col. John A. Foster was pro
moted to Brevet Brigadier-General in recognition of his valuable
services during the war.
One Hundeed Seventy-Sixth Regiment. — "Ironsides." The
176th was organized in New York City and Hamilton County, and
went to the war under command of Col. Charles C. Nott, now one of
the judges of the Court of Claims. A. J. H. Duganne was Lieuten
ant-Colonel, Morgan Morgans, Jr., Major, David Drake, Adjutant.
Matthew C. Kempsey, Chaplain. This was one of the last regiments
organized and one of the last that remained in the service. It was
organized under the direction of the Young Men's Christian Associ
ation of New York City. The regiment participated in Banks' Red
River expedition, and took an active part in the defence of New
Orleans against General Taylor's grand advance during the Port
Hudson campaign. Ths battle of Lafourche Crossing was fought by
the 176th under command of Major Morgans, and no battle was
fought more gloriously or victoriously for the Union cause. Mor
gans commanded from the top of a sugar hogshead in lieu of a
horse, and won the admiration and confidence of his men. About
the time of the fight at Lafourche, a portion of the regiment was
engaged in a disastrous fight at Brashear City, where no one was in
command, and "where everybody except the enemy was captured."
But this unfortunate affair was not owing to any lack of bravery on
the part of the members of the 175th. In fact they resisted the foe
with all the courage that could have been expected of brave and
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Colonel Nott, Capts. William P. Coe, Samuel E. Thomason,
Lieuts. Phoebus W. Lyon, John F. Kimball, David G. Wellington,
Charles P. Sherman, Louis W. Stevenson and David G. Gillette
were among the captured. Lieutenant Kimball died in prison and
Capt. John S. Cutter after exhibiting the greatest heroism was shot
through the heart.
In July, 1864, the regiment accompanied the Nineteenth Corps to
Maryland, and arrived in time to assist in repelling Jubal Early's
invasion. It afterwards served.under General Sheridan, throughout
his brilliant campaign in the Shenandoah Valley and gained honor
able mention for its conduct in each of his three great victories. In
the assault on Fort Fisher the regiment captured four guns in the
enemy's works. General Emory in his report of that battle, says:
" To strengthen and shorten our lines, it became necessary to
drive in the enemy's skirmishers and occupy their lines. This was
handsomely done by the 128th New York, supported by the 176th."
Lieut.-Col. A. J. H. Duganne died October, 1884. Maj. George
Haven Putnam is now a member of the firm of George P. Putnam's
Sons, the well-known publishing house in New York City.
Adjutant Drake died in August, 1879. He was a son of the Hon.
Elias G. Drake of New York.
One Hundred Seventy-Seventh Regiment.— This regiment was
organized at Albany for nine months service. It went to the field
under command of Col. Ira W. Ainsworth, with David M. Woodhall
as Lieutenant-Colonel,— both brave and skilful officers. The regi
ment performed its part gallantly in the assault upon Port Hudson,
and had its full share of noble sacrifices. Lieutenant-Colonel Wood-
hall died in July, 1885. At the time of his death he was Brigadier-
General of the Ninth Brigade, State Militia.
One Hundred Seventy-Ninth Regiment.— The 179th was organ
ized at Elmira towards the close of the war. It fought splendidly
in the engagements before Petersburg.— Weldon Railroad, Poplar
Spring Church, and Hatcher's Run. The regiment was ably com
manded by Col. William M. Gregg. Its Lieut.-Col., Franklin B.
Doty, was moi tally wounded, April 5, 1865.
One Hundred Eightieth and One Hundeed Eighty-First
Regiments. — Were never organized.
One Hundred Eighty-Second Regiment.— Sixty-ninth National
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ninth State Militia, which participated in the first battle of Bull
Run. After that fatal disaster, in which it fought so gallantly, it
returned home, and when the Corcoran Legion was organized, more
than half of the officers and men joined it. Difficulties arising at
the time prevented the entire regiment from enlisting in it. It was
recruited to the full complement of men, and marched with the bri
gade when it left New York. The regiment was commanded by Col.
Matthew Murphy, who died in 1865, of wounds received in action.
The regiment participated in the siege of Suffolk, and fought bravely
at Coal Harbor. By order of General Meade nineteen battles were
inscribed on the regimental banners. These battles tell of frightful
sacrifices in officers and men. At the battle of Ream's Station the
regiment suffered terribly. Out of the eight hundred strong with
which it left home there only remained 170 upon its return.
Among the veterans of this gallant regiment whose honorable
records are identified with its history were Capt. Michael Kelly,
Capt. Thomas M. Canton, Lieuts. Edward Kelly, Patrick Snee,
Christopher J. Bell, Matthew J. Barny, Richard McGee and Maj.
Robert Haggart, and Lieut.-Col. John Coonan.
One Hundred Eighty- Third Regiment. — Regiment was never-
organized. One Hundred Eighty-Fourth Regiment.— The 184th was organ
ized at Oswego in August, 1864, to serve one year. It was com
manded by Col. Wardwell G. Robinson and Lieut.-Col. William P.
McKinley. The regiment fought bravely at the battle of Cedar
Creek, October 19, 1864.
One Hundred Eighty-Fifth Regiment. — On the 23d of August,
1864, a public meeting was held at the City Hall, Syracuse, and a
committee of leading citizens was formed for the purpose of organ
izing a regiment. The muster of the regiment took place Septem
ber 22, 1864, and on the following day the command left for the
Army of the Potomac. The regiment immediately entered into
active service before Petersburg. The first death in the regiment.
was that of A. B. Neal, who died in camp, October 24, 1864..
October 26, the regiment arrived at the South Side Railroad, where
an attack was made by General Hancock's forces upon the enemy.
The regiment sustained no loss here. On December 5th the regi
ment was instrumental in destroying the Weldon Railroad, and after
that frequent raids were made into the enemy's line. The regiment.
was in the second battle of Hatcher's Run. On the 5th of Marcln
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the advance upon Fort Steadman was made. Attacks were also
made on Petersburg, the Quaker Road, where Col. Gustavus Sniper
saved the day for General Chamberlain, and the victory was gained,
but 225 men were killed and many wounded. During the engage
ment Colonel Sniper grasped the colors, after the death of the
bearer, and led the victorious charge. The regiment repelled the
attack made by the enemy on Fort Steadman; they were in the
great battle of Five Forks and were in the last skirmish at Appo
mattox. The regiment went to the war under command of Col. Edwin S.
Jenney, who was honorably discharged in February, 1865. In 1885
Colonel Jenney was city attorney of Syracuse. Col. Gustavus
Sniper succeeded Colonel Jenney in command of the regiment. In
the battle of March 29, 1865 (Petersburg), Colonel Sniper led the regi
ment personally in a brilliant and successful charge, carrying the
regimental colors after three color-bearers had been shot down. The
conduct of the officers and men was of the most admirable character
and they were all entitled to the greatest credit. Among those who
returned home with the regiment were Lieuts. Lewis S. Edgar,
Stephen S. Jordan, AArm. A. Brooks, Jacob M. Doran and F. Augus
tus Schermerhorn. The latter is now one of the trustees of Colum
bia College. The 185th went to the war with 923 men, including
officers, and returned with twenty-two officers and 544 enlisted men.
They returned with a most brilliant record.
One Hundeed Eighty-Sixth Regiment. — The regiment was
raised principally in Jefferson County, and was officered in part by
those who had seen two years service in the old Thirty-fifth New
York Volunteers. It went to the war under command of Col.
Bradley Winslow, who, in 1865, was promoted for meritorious ser
vices to Brevet Brigadier-General. Although but about eight
months in the service, it participated in several hard fought battles.
In the battle of April 2, 1865, before Petersburg, the regiment was
among the first to enter the Rebel fortifications, and was highly com
plimented by its brigade and division commanders for the gallantry
shown in the charge on Fort Mahone. In this charge Colonel
Winslow was wounded while leading his men.
One Hundeed Eighty-Seventh Regiment. — The regiment was
organized at Buffalo, and went to the war in October, 1864, under
command of Col. Daniel Myers. The regiment has an honorable
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One Hundeed Eighty-Eighth Regiment. — The 188th was organ
ized at Dunkirk, and went to the front near the close of the war
under command of Col. John McMahon. Like the 187th, it fought
well at the battle at Hatcher's Run.
One Hundeed Eighty-Ninth Regiment. — The 189th was organ
ized at Elmira, and was commanded by Col. Allen L. Burr. The
regiment joined the Fifth Army Corps just previous to the battle of
Hatcher's Run. Then, and afterwards, during the active campaign,
Colonel Burr, though a good and highly valued officer, was unfor
tunately sick, and the command of the regiment in every fight
devolved upon Lieut.-Col. Joseph G. Townsend. The regiment
fought bravely at Petersburg, where on the 11th of January, 1865,
Capt. Burrage Rice, a most capable and popular officer, was delib
erately murdered after surrender. Previous to the return home of
the regiment, General Gregory, to whose brigade it had been
attached, made a very touching and forcible speech eulogistic of its
good conduct.
One: Hundeed Ninetieth and One Hundeed Ninety-Fiest
Regiments. — Only a battalion for these regiments was raised.
One Hundred Ninety-Second Regiment. — The 192d was not
organized until one month before the surrender of Lee. Nathan G.
Axtell was the Colonel. He was formerly Chaplain of the Thirtieth
Regiment, and was called the "fighting Chaplain." He was a good
officer and a perfect gentleman. Capt. Stephen H. Bogardus, Jr.,
wras presented with a sword by the members of his company as a
testimonial of their admiration for him as a soldier and a friend.
One Hundred Ninety-Third Regiment. — The 193d was organ
ized at Auburn in April, 1865. Col. J. B. Van Petten was in com
mand. He had won a good record as Lieutenant-Colonel of the 100th
Regiment, and was finally promoted to Brevet Brigadier-General.

APPENDIX III.

OUK HONORED DEAD.

COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE VOLUNTEER REGIMENTS FROM THE
STATE OF NEW YORK WHO WERE KILLED, DIED FROM THE
EFFECTS OF WOUNDS RECEIVED OR DISEASE CONTRACTED IN
DEFENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT DURING THE WAR OF THE RE
BELLION.

"Rest, dear Saints!
Rest within the bosom of that earth,
Thou did so much to make
A more worthy residence for thy fellow men."
Rev. Henry W. Bellows.

NAME.

RANK.

REGIMENT.

DIED OF
WOUNDS.

KILLED.

BATTLE.

Atwood, James L.

Lieut.

2d Mt. R.

June 26, '64

Petersburg, Va.

Ayres, Conway WT.
Alford, Charles B.

Capt.

9th Cav.

Sep. 19, '64

Lieut.

19th Cav.

Aug. 29, '64
Smithfield.
Ames, Albert N.
Lieut.
L. Art.
Sep. 26, '64
Near Petersburg.
Arndt, Albert
Major
L. Art.
Sep. 18, '62
Angell, Oscar F.
Capt.
10th Inf.
Mar. 10, '64
Po. River, Va.
Alden, Henry H.
Capt.
42d Inf.
Oct. 21, '61
Ball's Bluff.
Arnold, Henry
Capt.
47th Inf.
Feb. 20, '64
Allen, George D.
Lieut.
51st Inf.
Mar. 14, '62
Newbern.
Antonieski, Edward
Capt.
58th Inf.
July 25, '63
Angell, M. C.
Capt.
61st Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
Alton, Pulaski V.
Lieut.
64th Inf.
May 12, '64
Spottsylvania.
Andrews, Robert D.
Lieut.
74th Inf.
Aug. 27, '62
Bristoe Station.
Anderson, Rudolf N.
Lieut.
74th Inf.
Nov. 20, '62
Bristoe Station.
Avery, William E.
Lieut.
75th Inf.
May 27, '63
Port Hudson, La.
Angle, William W.
Capt.
86th Inf.
May 3, '63
Chancellorsville.
Anderson, Hiram J.
Lt.-Col.
92d Inf.
June 1, '64
Coal Harbor.
Andrews, Andrew J.
Lieut.
104th Inf.
Jan. 26, '63
Amiet, Carl V.
Lieut.
108th Inf.
July 3, '63
Gettysburg.
Arnold, Thos. S.
Capt.
121st Inf.
May 18, '63
Salem Chapel, Va.
Ahreetz, Charles A.
Lieut.
134th Inf.
Dec. 13, '64
Siege of Savannah.
Alexander, Jr., Wm. H.
Lieut.
139th Inf.
Oct. 29, '64
Fair Oaks.
Adams, Oscar M.
Lieut.
148th Inf.
June 19, '64
Arrowsmith. George W.
Lt.-Col.
157th Inf.
July 1, '63
Gettysburg.
373
374

THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE

Adams, George A.
Abraham, Joseph S.
Brett, Robert H.
Bedell, John V.
Baker, August
Bliss, Aaron T.
Boyd, Horatio H.
Beardsley, Bronson
Burch, Calvin
Berry, William A.
Burghardt, Charles H.
Bell, Robert H.
Barclay, Michael H.
Bates, William W.
Blake, Edwin L.
Brown, Fayette S.
Bentley, Elisha
Braunstein, Franz
Bailey, Guilford D.
Brower, Henry D.
Blume, Theodore
Brooks, J. Howard
Becker, Edward H.
Bottcher, Mas
Bartels, Erichs
Burton, Henry C.
Barnard, Alanson M.
Blauvelt, Isaac D.
Barnett, William G.
Barry, George
Beaumont, Carlisle D.
Beattee, AVilliam T.
Barney, Andrew J.
Buckley, John P.
Brown, James A.
Bacon, William K.
Bode, Bernard
Babcock, Horatio G.
Brown, Sylvester H.
Brown, Josiah
Brown, George W.
Brown, Charles L.
Barnett, Jas. R.
Brown, Edmond W.
Bruen, David R.
Bailey, Theodore S.
Bisky, Louis
Bunker, Charles H.
Butler, Frank
Burke, John
Beer, Adolph
Braun, Frederick
Brooks, Arthur L.
Boyle, Peter T.
Babcock, Willis G.
Byron, William
Bull, James H.
Bulis, James E.
Blake, John J.
Birmingham, Andrew
Buckly, Patrick
Brunn, Jacob
Bugbee, William H.
Barrett, Patrick

Capt.Lieut.Capt.
Lieut.Capt.Capt.Lieut.
Lieut. Capt.Capt.Lieut.Capt.Lieut.Lt.-Col.Major
Lieut. Lieut.
Lieut. Col.
Lieut.Lieufc
Lieut. Capt.Capt.
Lieut.Lieut.Lieut. Capt.Capt.Capt.
Lieut.Lieut. MajorCapt.
Lieut.
Lieut. Capt.
Lieut.Capt.
Lieut.Lieut. Major
Capt.Lieut.Lieut.Lieut.Capt.Lieut.Lieut.Lieut.Lieut. Capt.Capt.Capt.
Lieut.Lieut.Lt.-Col.Lieut. Capt.
Lieut. Lieut.Capt.Capt. Capt.

157th Inf.
164th Inf.
IstVet.Cav
2d Mt. R.
5th Cav.
10th Cav.
10th Cav.
10th Cav.
24th Cav.
2d H. Art.
4th H. Art.
7th H. Art.
7th H. Art.
8th H. Art.
8th H. Art.
8th H. Art.
14th H. Art.
15th H. Art.
1st Lt. Art.
Lt. Art.
1st Engnrs.
~th Inf.
th Inf.
th Inf.
12th Inf.
16th Inf.
17th Inf.
17th Inf.
18th Inf.
22d Inf.
22d Inf.
24th Inf.
24th Inf.
24th Inf.
26th Inf.
29th Inf.
31st Inf.
32d Inf.
32d Inf.
33d Inf.
34th Inf.
35th Inf.
37th Inf.
39th Inf.
43d Inf.
45th Inf.
51st Inf.
51st Inf.
52d Inf.
54th Inf.
58th Inf.
61st Inf.
63d Inf.
04th Inf.
65th Inf.
66th Inf.
66th Inf.
69th Inf.
69th Inf.
69th Inf.
0th Inf.
70th Inf.
2d Inf.

July 25,

July 18. '64
Sep. 18, '63

June 23, '

Apl. 17, '65
June 19, '64
July 6, '64
June 25, '64
June 19, '64

June 15, '64

Aug. 5, '64

June 3, '64
May 30, '64

June 30, '64
June 19, 63

June 18,
June 18,

Sep. 21, '62
Dec. 15, '62
May 9, '62
May 21, '62
July 3, '62
May 22, '62

Apl. 2, '65

June 8, '64
Dec. 17, '62

June 3, '64
June 3, '64
May 31, '62
Aug. 25, '64
July 1, '63
Dec. 13, '62
Dec. 13, '62
Mar. 31. '65
June 27, '62
June 27, '62
Aug. 30, '62
Mar. 16, '65
June 27, '65
Aug. 29, '62
Aug. 30, '62
Aug. 30, '62
Aug. 30, '62

Gettysburg.Coal Harbor.
Newtown, Va.
Petersburg, Va.
Kelly's Ford.
Ream's Station, Va.
Middleburg, Va.
Middleburg, Va.
Near Petersburg.

May 2, '63
May 7, -62
Sep. 14, '62

Sep. 18, '62
Nov. 24, '64
May 5, "64
May 2, '63
Aug. 13, '64
Sep. 30, '64
Mar. 31, '65
Aug. 30, '62
May 2, '63
June 1, '62
May 5. '64
July 2, '63
Dec. 11, "62
June 17, '64

Sep. 17, '62
May 5, '62
May 5, '62
.May 6, '62

Petersburg.Coal Harbor.
Coal Harbor.
Fair Oaks, Va,
Ream's Station.
Gettysburg.
Petersburg.Fredericksburg.Fredericksburg.
NrBoydtown rvd,Va
Gaines Mills, Va.
2d Bull Run.
Averysboro, N. C.
Gaines Mills, Va.
2d Bull Run.
2d Bull Run.
2d Bull Run.
2d Bull Run.
2d Bull Run.
Fredericksburg.Chancellorsville.
West Point.
South Mountain.
Williamsburg.
Antietam.
Williamsburg. Near Petersburg.
Wilderness.Chancellorsville.Petersburg. Hatcher's Run.
2d Bull Run.
Chancellorsville. Wilderness.
Gettysburg.
Fredericksburg.

Fredericksburg.Antietam. Williamsburg. Williamsburg. Williamsburg.

IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.

375

NAME.

RANK.

REGIMENT.

DIED OP
WOUNDS.

KILLED.

BATTLE.

Bliss, Harman W.

Capt.

72d Inf.

June 6, '63

Chancellorsville.

Brooks, Wm. C.

Lieut.

72d Inf.

May 3, '63

Chancellorsville.

Beach, Benjamin
Babcock, Willoughby

Lieut.

73d Inf.

May 5, '62

Williamsburg.

Lt.-Col.

75th Inf.

Oct. 6, '64

Bartholomew, N. G.
Capt.
76th Inf.
May 5, '64
Wilderness.
Belding, John M.
Lieut.
77th Inf.
Oct. 27, '64
Brown, David
Capt.
79th Inf.
July 21, '61
Bull Run.
Baldwin, Ambrose N.
Capt.
80th Inf.
July 3, '63
Gettysburg.
Brankstone, Geo. W.
Lieut.
80th Inf.
July 1, '63
Gettysburg.
Ballard, Willard W.
Capt.
81st Inf.
June 3, '64
Coal Harbor.
Burke. John W.
Lieut.
Slst Inf.
June 2, '64
Coal Harbor.
Bloomfleld, James H.
Lieut.
84th Inf.
May 24, '63
Apl. 8, '65
Bailey, Stephen A.
Lieut.
86th Inf.
Byrnes, James E.
Lieut.
S8th Inf.
June 3, '64
Burt, Albert C.
Lieut.
89th Inf.
Oct. 27, '64
Fair Oaks.
Bailey. John
Capt.
93d Inf.
May 5, '64
Wilderness.
Barnes, Dennis E.
Capt.
93d Inf.
May 6, '64
Wilderness.
Burn, Benjamin B.
Capt.
95th Inf.
May 6, '64
Benedict, Walter H.
Capt.
96th Inf.
May 16, '64
Brown, James M.
Col.
100th Inf.
May 31, '62
Fair Oaks.
Brown, Cyrus
Lieut.
100th Inf.
Aug. 13, '63
Bacon, Francis
Lieut.
102d Inf.
May 3, '63
Chancellorsville.
Buckley, Chas. C.
Lieut.
105th Inf.
Sept. 17, '62
Antietam.
Bayne, Jas. H.
Lieut.
106th Inf.
June 1, '64
Coal Harbor.
Blackman, Aaron B.
Lieut.
106th Inf.
June 1, '64
Coal Harbor.
Barton, Daniel W.
Lieut.
109th Inf.
May 12, '64
Spottsylvania.
Belding, Silas W.
Lieut.
111th Inf.
Api. 2. '65
Sutherl'd St'n, Va.
Breed, Edwin E.
Lieut.
114th Inf.
Sep. 19, '64
Ocoquan, Va.
Burch. Isaac
Lieut.
114th Inf.
Oct. 21, '64
Cedar Creek, Va.
Bowsky, Charles
Lieut.
116th Inf.
June 5, '63
Brigham, Geo. W.
Capt.
117th Inf.
May 17, '64
Barker, Ayers G.
Capt.
120th Inf.
July 2, '63
Gettysburg.
Burhans, John R.
Lieut.
120th Inf.
July 2, '63
Gettysburg.
Butts. Charles A.
Capt.
121st Inf.
May 10, '64
Burrell, Jonathan
Capt.
121st Inf.
Oct. 26, '64
Brower, Jabez M.
Major
122d Inf.
Oct. 19, '64
Brown. Milnor
Lieut.
124th Inf.
July 2, '63
Gettysburg.
Birdsall, Jonathan
Lieut.
124th Inf.
Oct. 22, '64
Petersburg.
Barnes, Edward N.
Lieut.
125th Inf.
June 27, '64
Bryan, George A.
Lieut.
125th Inf.
June 16, '64
Baird, Wm. H.
Lt.-Col.
126th Inf.
June 16, '64
Petersburg.
Brown. Jr., Morris
Capt.
126th Inf.
June 22, '64 Petersburg.
Benjamin, Nathan J.
Lieut.
131st Inf.
July 14, '63
Port Hudson.
Beecher, S. Clark
Capt.
139th Inf.
June 2, '64
Coal Harbor.
Baur, Frederick
Lieut.
140th Inf.
May 3, '64
Barber, Alfred E.
Lieut.
141st Inf.
May 16, '64
Resaca. Ga.
Brickingham, Chas. L.
Lieut.
146th Inf.
Sept. 2, '64
Near Weldon R. R.
Brown, James
Lieut.
147th Inf.
July 4, '64
Bristol, Lansing
Lieut.
147th Inf.
Feb. 6, '65
Hatcher's Run, Va.
Breed, Benjamin F.
Lieut.
149th Inf.
May 3, '63
Chancellorsville.
Billings, Cornelius C.
Capt.
151st Inf.
May 6, '64
Wilderness.
Backus, Jason K.
Capt.
157th Inf.
July 1. '63
Gettysburg.
Benedict, Lewis
Col.
162d Inf.
Apl. 9, '64
Bogart. James H.
Major
162d Inf.
June 14, '63
Brocklow, Theodore F.
Capt.
163d Inf.
Dec. 13, '62
Fredericksburg.
Byrne, John J.
Lieut.
163d Inf.
Dec. 13. -62
Fredericksburg.
Behers. Frederick W.
Lieut.
163d Inf.
Dec. 13, '62
Fredericksburg.
Boyle, Robert
Lieut.
164th Inf.
July 29, '64
Birdsall, Walter S.
Lieut.
169th Inf.
May 16. '64
Walthall, Va.
Bryan, Michael K.
Col.
175th Inf.
June 14, '63
Port Hudson.
Barton, John
Major
179th Inf.
July 31, '64
Petersburg.
Blachford, Daniel
Capt.
179th Inf.
June 17, '64
Petersburg.
Bowker^ James B.
Lieut.
179th Inf.
Oct. 27. '64
Butler, William
Major
182d Inf.
Aug. 16, '64
376

THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE.

NAME.

RANK.

REGIMENT.

DIED OF
WOUNDS.

KILLED.

BATTLE.

Butler, Edward K.

Capt.

182d Inf.

June 3, '64

Coal Harbor.

Bauder, E. F.

Lieut.

185th Inf.

Apl. 15, '65

Conway, Joseph E.

Capt.

IstVet.Cav.

July 25, '64
Martinsburg, Va.
Compton, Frederick
Lieut.
2d Vet.Cav.
Aug. 29, '62
2d Bull Run.
Carter, Chas. F.
Capt.
2d Vet.Cav.
July 13, '64
Crozier, Robert
Lieut.
6th Cav.
May 7, '63
Nr. West Point, Va.
Carrell, John
Lieut.
6th Cav.
Jan. 18, '65
Cutler, Henry C.
Lieut.
8th Cav.
June 9, '63
Beverly Ford, Va.
Church, Cyrus
Capt.
12th Cav.
July 20, '63
Tarboro, N. C.
Cone, Chas. H.
Lieut.
21st Cav.
July 19, '64
Ashby's Ford, Va.
Olapp, A. G.
Lieut.
8th H. Art.
Nov. 21, '64
Caldwell, Joseph S.
Lieut.
8th H. Art.
June 3, '64
Coal Harbor, Va.
Chase, Arthur L.
Lieut.
8th H. Art.
June 3, '64
Coal Harbor, Va.
Campbell, Oliver M.
Lieut.
8th H. Art.
June 3, '64
Coal Harbor, Va.
Carpenter, Orrin B
Lieut.
9th H. Art.
Oct. 19, '64
Chapman, Henry K.
Lieut.
4th Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
Cartwright, Thos. W.
Capt.
5th Inf.
Dec. 26, '62
Cooper, E. C.
Lieut.
9th Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
Cornell, Henry
Lieut.
11th Inf.
Sep. 18, '62
McCloud's Mills, Va.
Cadwell, Miles P. S.
Capt.
22d Inf.
Aug. 30, '62
2d Bull Run.
Clute, Hiram
Lieut.
22d Inf.
Sep. 28, '62
Clashing, Charles
Corse, Henry B.
Cassleman, Montgomery
Lieut.
22d Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
Lieut.
24th Inf.
Aug. 30, '62
2d Bull Run.
Capt.
26th Inf.
Aug. 30, '62
2d Bull Run.
Church, Moses
Lieut.
33d Inf.
June 28, '62
Clark, Thomas
Lieut.
40th Inf.
July 29, '64
Carter, John B.
Lieut.
43d Inf.
Sep. 19, '64
Winchester.
Caesar, Herman
Capt.
52d Inf.
May 2, '63
Chapman, Alford B.
Lt.-Col.
57th Inf.
May 5, '64
Wilderness, Va.
Collins, Wm. A.
Capt.
61st Inf.
May 8, '64
Coultis, Wm. Henry
Lieut.
61st Inf.
June 23, '62
Carroll, Edward B
Capt.
63d Inf.
Apl. 2, '65
Crissy, Frederick M.
Lieut.
66th Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
Cooper, T. Colden
Capt.
67th Inf.
May 6, '64
Wilderness.
Conway, John
Lieut.
69th Inf.
Dec. 12, '62
Fredericksburg
Chamberlain, Henry
Lieut.
70th Inf.
May 5, —
Williamsburg.
Chester, Wm. H.
Capt.
74th Inf.
July 3, '63
Gettysburg.
Crandall, Chauncey D.
Lieut.
76th Inf.
Dec. 13, '62
Fredericksburg.
Carpenter, Wm. B.
Capt.
77th Inf.
May 10, '64
Spottsylvania.
Courter, Chas. A.
Lieut.
78th Inf.
May 3, '63
Chancellorsville
Cameron, James
Col.
79th Inf.
July 21, '61
Bull Run.
Corbin, Joseph S.
Capt.
80th Inf.
July 1, '63
Gettysburg.
Copeland, Amos M.
Lieut.
81st Inf.
Jan. 10, '65
Cranston, John
Lieut.
82d Inf.
July 27, '63
Conally, John M K.
Capt.
¦<3d Inf.
May 12, '64
Spottsylvania.
Clark, Chas. A.
Lieut.
83d Inf.
July 1, '63
Gettysburg.
Chapin, Nelson
Capt.
85th Inf.
Apl. 20, '64
Plymouth, N. C.
Chapin, Barna I.
Lt.-Col.
86th Inf.
May 3, '63
Chancellorsville'
Cherry, James
Lieut.
86th Inf.
May 10, '64
Cloon'ey, Patrick F,
Capt.
88th Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
Cray, James L.
Capt.
96th Inf.
June 10, '64
Coal Harbor.
Cady, Rush P.
Lieut.
97th Inf.
July 24, '63
Gettysburg.
Cornell, M. E.
Capt.
102d Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
Cavanaugh. Arthur
Capt.
102d Inf.
Oct. 28, '62
Carroll, Howard
Lt.-Col.
105th Inf.
Sep. 29, '62
Chamberlain, Martin J.
Capt.
106th Inf.
July 22, '64
Monocacy, Md.
Card, Dayton T.
Lieut.
108th Inf.
July 3, '63
Gettysburg.
Carpenter, Elial F.
Chapin, Edward P.
Lt.-Col.
112th Inf.
May 18, '64
Col.
116th Inf.
May 27, '63
Port Hudson.
Casselmain. Wm. C.
Lieut.
117th Inf.
May 15, '64
Drury's Bluff.
Chamberlain, James
Capt.
120th Inf.
Oct. 27, '64
Creighton, Michael E.
Lieut.
120th Inf.
July 2, '63
Gettysburg.
Carle. Jason
Lieut.
120th Inf.
July 2, '63
Gettysburg.
Corbett. John C.
Lieut.
123d Inf.
May 3, '68
Chancellorsville.
IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.

377

NAME.

RANK.

REGIMENT.

DIED OF
WOUNDS.

KILLED.

BATTLE.

Cromwell, James

Major

124th Inf.

July 2, '63

Gettysburg.

Crist, David

Capt.

124th Inf.

May 30, '64
Apl. 1, '65

Cormick, Edward J.

Capt. '

124th Inf.

Petersburg.
Clapp, E. S. P.
Lieut.
125th Inf.
June 5, '64
Coleman, Isaac De Witt
Lieut.
125th Inf.
June 16, '64 Petersburg.
Clerainshaw, Chas. E.
Lieut.
125th Inf.
May 12, '64
Spottsylvania.
Clapp, Alfred R.
Lieut.
126th Inf.
Sep. 15, '62
Harper's Ferry.
Cowles, David S.
Col.
128th Inf.
May 27, '63
Port Hudson.
Carrington, Edward
Lieut.
143d Inf.
Mar. 6, '65
Natural Bridge,FIa,
Curran, Henry H.
Major
146th Inf.
May 5, '64
Wilderness.
Chalmers, Hugh
Coan, Arthur V.
Lieut.
146th Inf.
June 9, '64
Lieut.
146th Inf.
Sep. 30, '64
Near Weldon R. R.
Crosby, Allanson
Capt.
154th Inf.
July 9, '64
Cronin, Philip
Lieut.
155th Inf.
Oct. 6, '64
Cotton, Charles R.
Capt.
160th Inf.
Apl. 9, '64
Pleasant Hill, La.
Carville, C. R.
Lieut.
165th Inf.
May 27, '63
Port Hudson.
Crippen, Norman J.
Lieut.
169th Inf.
Aug. 13, '64
Dutch Gap, Va.
Cipperly, Samuel L.
Lieut.
169th Inf.
June 16, '65
Fort Fisher, N. C.
Corneery, John
Capt.
170th Inf.
Sep. 9, '64
Cochen, Henry
Capt.
173d Inf.
June 14, '63
Port Hudson.
Cutter, John S.
Capt.
176th Inf.
June 23, '63 Brashear City, La.
Clark, Hiram
Lieut.
185th Inf.
Apl. 9, '65
Decker, James N.
Lieut.
2d Cav.
Apl. 17, '62
Near Falmouth, Va.
Dunn, Melville S.
Lieut.
2d Vet.Cav.
Apl. 4, '64
De Long, James B. N.
Lieut.
2d Mt. Rifles
June 18, '64
Petersburg.
Dwyre, Philip
Lieut.
5th Cav.
May 27, '62
Front Royal, Va.
Dye, Elam S.
Lieut.
5th Cav.
June 30, '63Hanover.*Pa.
Davis, Benjamin F.
Col.
8th Cav.
June 9, '63
Beverly Ford, Va.
Doran. James E.
Major
24th Cav.
Apl. 15, '65
Dawson, Geo. S.
Capt.
2d H. Art.
Dec. 6, '64
Duysing, Emil
Major
15th H. Art.
May 27, '65
De Mott, Charles
Lieut.
1st L. Art.
June 3, '64
Bethesda Church.
Davis, Henry W.
Capt.
1st L. Art.
May 26, '64
Jericho Ford.
Downs, John S.
Capt.
4th Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
Du Four, Faber
Capt.
7th Inf.
Dec. 13, '62
Fredericksburg.
Divver, Daniel
Lieut.
11th Inf.
July 21, '61
Bull Run.
Demarest, James H.
Capt.
17th Inf.
Aug. 30, '62 2d Bull Run.
Davis, Thomas
Capt.
26th Inf.
Aug. 30, '62 2d Bull Run.
Donnelly, Dudley
Col.
28th Inf.
Aug. 15, '62
|Cedar Mountain.
Dargen, Francis
Lieut.
30th Inf.
Aug. 30, '62 2d Bull Run.
De Witt, Calvin S.
Capt.
38th Inf.
May 12, '62
Dwyer, Samuel C.
Capt.
38th Inf.
May 19, '62
Williamsburg.
Dexter, Samuel
Lieut.
42d Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
Dempsey, John M.
Lieut.
43d Inf.
May 6, '65
Dunham, Eugene L.
Lieut.
44th Inf.
July 2, '63
Gettysburg.
Dessauer, Francis A.
Capt.
45th Inf.
May 2, '63
Chancellorsville.
D'Arcy, Wm. E.
Capt.
48th Inf.
Aug. 14, '64
Deep Bottom.
Dunn, James W.
Capt.
48th Inf.
Jan. 15, '65
Fort Fisher.
Darbey, Henry H.
Capt.
64th Inf.
Apl. 11, '65
Farmville, Va.
Dodge, John P.
Capt.
66th Inf.
Dec. 15, '62
Fredericksburg.
Duffy, Felix
Capt.
69th Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
July 18, '62
Antietam.
Doyle, Stephen M.
Capt.
72d Inf.
Malvern Hill.
Donald, Alfred A.
Capt.
73d Inf.
Aug. 27, '62
Dennen, Thomas
Lieut.
73d Inf.
May 2, '63
Chance] lorsville.
Dennen, George
Dussuet, Charles
Lieut.
73d Inf.
July 2, '63
Gettysburg.
Lieut.
74th Inf.
May 10, '64
Spottsylvania.
Dennison, Ansel
Lieut.
77th Inf.
Feb. 28, '63
Dolbier, Samuel
Lieut.
81st Inf.
Sep. 29, '64
Chapin's Farm.
Delaney, James J.
Capt.
82d Inf.
June 29, '62
Davey, George R.
Capt.
84th Inf.
Aug. 29, '62 2d Bull Run.
Danford, Charles H.
Lieut.
93d Inf.
Apl. 1, '65
Drescher, William C.
Lieut.
97th Inf.
May 6, '64
Wilderness.
Delormi, Louis •
Lieut.
97th Inf.
Se|>. 17, '62
Antietam.
Dandy, James H.
Major
100th Inf.
Apl. 2, '65
378

THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE

NAME.

RANK.

REGIMENT.

DIED OF
WOUNDS.

KILLED.

1 BATTLE.

Dutton, William F.

Lieut.

108th Inf.

July 19, '64

Drake, John H.

Lieut.

111th Inf.

July 3, '63

Gettysburg.

Drake, Jeremiah C.

Col.

112th Inf.

June 2, '64

Dann, Isaac H.
Lieut.
117th Inf.
June 4, '64
Coal Harbor.
Dedrick, William H.
Lieut.
120th Inf.
Sep. 20, '64
Douw, John D. P.
Capt.
121st Inf.
Nov. 11, '64
Doubleday, U. F.
Lieut.
121st Inf.
May 3, '63
Chancellorsville.
Duroe, Horatio N.
Lieut.
121st Inf.
Mar. 25, '65
Fort Fisher.
Dwight, Augustus W.
Lt.-Col.
122d Inf.
Mar. 25, '65
Petersburg.
Daicy, John H.
Lt.-Col.
123d Inf.
July 22, '64
P'ch Tree Cr'k, Ga.
De Valier, George B.
Lt.-Col.
133d Inf.
Apl. 26, '63
Denton, B. F.
Lt.-Col.
133d Inf.
June 14, '63
Port Hudson.
Davis, Joseph A.
Lt.-Col.
149th Inf.
May 3, '63
Chancellorsville.
Dumphey, Richard B.
Lt.-Col.
155th Inf.
June 4, '64
Dwight, Albert J.
Lt.-Col.
155th Inf.
June 22, '64
Petersburg.
Draper, Gilbert A.
Lt.-Col.
159th Inf.
Apl. 14, '63
Dexter, S. N.
Capt.
160th Inf.
Sep. 19, '64
Nr. Winchester, Va.
Donnelly, John B.
Major
170th Inf.
Aug. 25, '64
Ream's Station.
Doty, Franklin B.
Lt.-Col.
179th Inf.
Apl. 5, '65
Petersburg.
Epner, Benjamin C.
Lieut.
8th Cav.
June 11. '63
Beverly Ford, Va.
Evans, Charles S.
Lieut.
7th H. Art.
June 5, '64
Coal Harbor.
Ellis, James U.
Lieut.
9th H. Art.
July 9, '64
Elmeier, Herman
Lieut.
7th Inf.
Apl. 10, '65
Esselstyn, Richard
Lieut.
25th Inf.
May 31, '62
Hanover C. H.
Evry, Chas. C.
Lieut.
47th Inf.
Feb. 20, '64
Olustee, Fla.
Edwards, Robt. S.
Lieut.
48th Inf.
July 18, '63
Fort Wagner.
Ellis, William
Major
49th Inf.
Aug. 3, '64
Ellis, Harrison F.
Lieut.
72d Inf.
May 3, '63
Chancellorsville.
Everett, Robert B.
Capt.
76th Inf.
July 1, '63
Gettysburg.
Ellsworth, Daniel S.
Capt.
86th Inf.
May 3, '63
Chancellorsville.
England, Theophilus L.
Lt.-Col.
89th Inf.
June 18, '64
Near Petersburg.
Eldridge, Norman F.
Lieut.
93d Inf.
May 6, '64
Wilderness.
Elliott, Gilbert M.
Major
102d Inf.
Nov. 24, '64
Lookout Mountain.
Evans, Robert
Lieut.
108th Inf.
July 2, '63
Gettysburg.
Edmons, Geo. W.
Lieut.
112th Inf.
Oct. 27, '64
Ellis, A. Van Horn
Col.
124th Inf.
July 2, '63
Gettysburg.
Elliott, James M.
2apt.
142d Inf.
Jan. 15, '65
Fort Fisher, Va.
Eagan, Michael J.
Lieut.
170th Inf.
June 16, '64
Foote, Benjamin F.
2apt.
3th Cav.
June 9, '63
Beverly Ford.
Follett, Charles D.
Japt.
3th Cav.
June 4, '63
Fleming, James H.
2apt.
16th Cav.
Aug. 8, '64
Fairfax Station.
Flannagan, Ichabod P,
Lieut.
1th H. Art.
Aug. 25, '64
Ream's Station.
Fountain, Elias
Lieut.
3th H. Art.
Oct. 19, '64
Farnham, Noah L.
Lt.-Col.
11th Inf.
Aug. 14, '61
Bull Run.
Fisher, Edward M.
Lieut.
12th Inf.
June 27, '62
Dhickahominy. Va.
Frick, Adolph
Ueut.
20th Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
Ferguson, Archibald H.
Capt.
25th Inf.
June 28, '62
Fisk, George E.
Lieut.
25th Inf.
May 27, '62
ETanover C. H.
Fairman, Washington B.
Lieut.
25th Inf.
June 30, '62
jaines Mill.
Frisby, Edward
Col.
JOth Inf.
Aug. 30, '62
2d Hull Run.
Faxon. Elihu J.
Major
36th Inf.
May 3, '63
21u. ucellorsville.
Fennon. William J.
Lieut.
J7th Inf.
May 31, '62
Seven Pines.
Fryer, John
Vlajor
(3d Inf.
May 12, '64
Farrell, James
2apt.
48th Inf.
July 18, '63
Fort Wagner, S. C-
Fox, Charles E.
Lieut.
48th Inf.
Aug. 11, '63
Port Wagner.
Fee, John A.
3apt.
48th Inf.
July 15, '64
Near Petersburg.
Fowler, Andrew L.
Lieut.
51st Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
Folger, Henry H.
Lieut.
57th Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
Florentine, Abraham
Capt.
59th Inf.
Oct. 19, '62
Antietam.
Fuller, Henry V.
Capt.
34th Inf.
July 2, '63
Gettysburg..
Fisk, George R.
Lieut.
54th Inf.
May 12, '64
Spol'tsylvania.
Friederich, Otto
Dapt.
38th Inf.
July 2, '63
3ettysburg.
Foss, Charles A.
Lieut.
?2d Inf.
July 7, '63
Gettysburg.
IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.

379

NAME.

RANK.

REGIMENT.

DIED OF
WOUNDS.

KILLED.

BATTLE.

Fish, Elias A.

2apt.

Hst Inf.

Oct. 2, '64

Ferris, Thaddeus C.

jieut.

»th Inf.

Oct. 19, '64

Cedar Creek, Va.

Fish, Henry H.

Major

)4th Inf.

Apl. 1. '65
French, George
Dapt.
Mth Inf.
Apl. 1, '65
Faville, Dwight S.
jieut.
)7th Inf.
Aug. 31, '62 2d Bull Run.
French, James H.
jieut.
100th Inf.
May 22, '64
Force, George B.
Major
108th Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
Francisco, Francis H.
jieut.
115th Inf.
Aug. 16, '64
!)eep Bottom, Va.
Frost, Emil
jieut.
119th Inf.
July 2, '63
Gettysburg.
Freelewick, Frederick
jieut.
120th Inf.
July 2, '63
Gettysburg.
Fish, John D.
Oapt.
121st Inf.
May 12, '64
Spottsylvania
Ford, Frederick E.
Lieut.
121st Inf.
May 3, '63
Chancellorsville.
Finnegan, James
3apt.
124th Inf.
Oct. 28, '64
Forrest, Edwin
I^apt.
134th Inf.
May 20, '64
Dug Gap, Ga.
Froeligh, Peter D.
Lieut.
146th Inf.
May 5, '64
Wilderness.
Freer, John T.
Lieut.
156th Inf.
Apl. 13. '63
Bisland, La.
Frank, Harrison
^apt.
157th Inf.
July 2, '63
Gettysburg.
Fitch, Lewis E.
Lieut.
161st Inf.
Apl. 8, '64
Sabine Cross Roads.
Finiey, Madison K.
Lieut.
162d Inf.
Apl. 21, '64
Fitzmaurice, John S.
Lieut.
170th Inf.
May 18, '64
Farwell, Allen T.
Capt.
179th Inf.
July 30, '64
Gall, Alexander
Lieut.
5th Cav.
June 30, '63
Hanover, Pa.
Greenleaf, Chas. H.
Lieut.
5th Cav.
Aug. 26, '64
Goodrich, Asa L.
Capt.
8th Cav.
Apl. 3, '65
Glennon, Patrick R.
Lieut.
22d Cav.
June 22, '64
DinwiddieC. H.,Va
Gibbons, Austin
Lieut.
24th Cav.
Nov. 18, '64
Gardner, Alexander
Capt.
8th H. Art.
June 3, '64
Coal Harbor.
Gladden, G.
Lieut.
8th H. Art.
June 3, '64
Coal Harbor.
Glass, Robert
Lieut.
8th H. Art.
July 15, '64
Gregory, Truman
Capt.
9th H. Art.
June 23, '64
Gordon, John S.
Capt.
13th H. Art.
Oct. 7, '64
Swift Creek, N. C.
Gossin, Andrew
Lieut.
14th H. Art.
Dec. 1, '64
Petersburg.
Gadsden, Chas. A.
Lieut.
9th Inf.
Apl. 19, '62
Camden.
Goetling, William
Lieut.
13th Inf.
Aug. 30, '62
2d Bull Run.
Griffith, Geo. W.
Lieut.
14th Inf.
Julyl, '62
Grower, Wm. T. C.
Col.
17th Inf.
Sep. 3, '64
Jonesboro, Ga.
Gerety, Michael
Capt.
42d Inf.
Oct. 21, '61
Ball's Bluff.
Gillies, James
Lieut.
42d Inf.
Oct. 21, '61
Ball's Bluff.
Gilflllan, Wm. H.
Capt.
43d Inf.
July 3, '63
Gettysburg.
Grassan, Henry
Lieut.
45th Inf.
June 21, '62
Cross Keys.
Grotowsky, Wilhelm
Lieut.
46th Inf.
June 2, '62
Green, James M.
Lt.-Col.
48th Inf.
July 18, '68
Fort Wagner, S. C.
Goodrich, Wm. B.
Col.
60th Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
Garland, Franklin K.
Lieut.
61st Inf.
July 4, '63
Gettysburg.
Gibbs, Thomas 0.
Lieut.
67th Inf.
May 12, '64
Spottsylvania.
Grecheneck, George
Capt.
72d Inf.
May 17, '62
Williamsburg.
Glass, John J.
Lieut.
73d Inf.
May 5, '62
Williamsburg.
Grover, Andrew J.
Major
76th Inf.
July 1, '63
Gettysburg.
Guyer. Frederick
Capt.
83d Inf.
May 6, '64
Wilderness.
Gruman, Isaiah
Lieut.
84th Inf.
Sep. 9, '62
Gray, Robert Listen
Lieut.
93d Inf.
May 5, '64
Wilderness.
Gray, Charles 0.
Col.
96th Inf.
Dec. 14, '62
Kinston, N. C.
Near Hanovertown.
Gorman, John
Capt.
109th Inf.
May 31, '63
Griswold, N. J.
Lieut.
109th Inf.
July 30, '64
Petersburg.
Granger, Erastus M.
Lieut.
Ulth Inf.
July 3, '63
Gettysburg.
Gowdy, Henry
Lieut.
124th Inf.
May 11. '63
Chancellorsville.
Green, Eglow L.
Lieut.
125th Inf.
June 17. '64
Gregg, Joseph H.
Gaylord, Sidney C.
Capt.
137th Inf.
July 3, '63
Gettysburg.
Lieut.
147th Inf.
June 18, '64
Gage, E. Darwin
Capt.
148th Inf.
Oct. 27, '64
Fair Oaks, Va.
Gridley, Henry
Lieut.
150th Inf.
June 22, '64
Culp's Farm, Ga.
Goodspeed, Benjamin
Capt.
151st Inf.
June 3, '64
Coal Harbor.
Griffin, John W.
Lieut.
170th Inf.
May 24, '64
North Anna River.
Green. Jr.. Wm. N.
Lt.-Col.
173d Inf.
1 May 14. '64
380

THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE

NAME.

RANK.

REGIMENT.

DIED OP
WOUNDS.

KILLED.

BATTLE.

Hidden, Henry B.

Lieut.

1st Cav.

Mar. 9, '62

Sangster Station.

Hull, Walter C.

Col.

2d Cav.

Nov. 12, '64

Cedar Creek, Va.

Hall, Thomas

Lieut.

2d Vet.Cav.

Apl. 14, '64

Hart, "William
Capt.
4th Cav.
Sep. 16, '63
Raccoon Ford.
Hannas, Diodate C.
Dapt.
6th Cav.
Sep. 10, '62
Hawes, Edward S.
Lieut.
10th Cav.
June 19, '63
Middleburg, Va.
Halleck, Franklin B.
Capt.
11th Cav.
May 17, '64
Apl. 7, '65
New River, La.
Hubbard, Henry A.
Dapt.
12th Cav.
Hammond, Alvaro
Lieut.
18th Cav.
Apl. 8, '64
Sabine C'ss R'ds La.
Holcomb, Nelson B.
Lieut.
21st Cav.
Dec. 6, '64
Howard, Charles N.
Lieut.
35th Cav.
June 21, '64
Hooker, Henry C.
Dapt.
3d H. Art.
Aug. 14, '64
Howard, Frederick H.
Lieut.
2d H. Art.
Aug. 16, '64
Ham el, David
Lieut.
6th H. Art.
May 27, 64
Hawkins, William J.
Uapt.
8th H. Art.
June 23, '64
Hoyt, George A.
Uapt.
8th H. Art.
July 5, '64
Petersburg.
Hard, Wallace B.
Lieut.
8th H. Art.
June 3, '64
Coal Harbor.
Howard, Orson
Dapt.
9th H. Art.
Oct. 19, '64
Cedar Creek, Va.
Hedges, Job C.
Major
14th H. Art.
June 17, '64
Petersburg.
Hartley, Ezra T.
Lieut.
14th H. Art.
July 3, '64
Petersburg.
Henchen, Francis
Lieut.
L. Art.
July 27, 64
Hager, George 0.
Capt.
5th Inf.
Aug. 30, '62
Heringer, Oscar V.
Capt.
7th Inf.
Jan. 30, '63
Fredericksburg.
Husler, Charles
Capt.
7th Inf.
Feb. 26, '63
Antietam.
Hedden, Josiah
Lieut.
10th Inf.
Aug. 30, '62
2d Bull Run.
Hoagland, Wm. H.
Capt.
12th Inf.
Dec. 13, '62
Fredericksburg .
Harrer, Frederick
Capt.
14th Inf.
July 13, '62
Gaines Mills, Va.
Horsfall, William
Capt.
18th Inf.
Sep. 14, '62
Crampton's Gap,Va
Hubbard, Daniel C.
Lieut.
24th Inf.
Aug. 30, '62
2d Bull Run.
Halpin, Charles
Lieut.
25th Inf.
May 27, '62
Hanover C. H.
Holliday, Harrison
Capt.
30th Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
Heiss, August
Capt.
3lst Inf.
May 7, 62
West Point.
Hill, Clarence E.
Lieut.
34th Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
Hays, Patrick H.
Lieut.
37th Inf.
May 5, '62
Williamsburg.
Hum, John
Capt.
40th Inf.
Dec. 13, '62
Fredericksburg.
Hoestriech, .George
Capt.
46th Inf.
Aug. 29, '62
2d Bull Run.
Hunting, Edward F.
Lieut.
47th Inf.
Feb. 20, '64
Hurst, Frederick
Capt.
48th Inf.
July 31, '63
Charleston, S. C.
Holt, Erastus D.
Lt.-Col.
49th Inf.
Apl. 7, '65
Hickmott, Charles H.
Capt.
49th Inf.
May 6, '64
Heacock, Reuben B.
Capt.
49th Inf.
May 18, '64
Haas, Herman
Lieut.
49th Inf.
May 12, '64
Haberkorn, Emil
Lieut.
54th Inf.
Aug. 30, '62
2d Bull Run.
Highbee, Henry H.
Lieut.
57th Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
Hubbell, Wilson
Major
62d Inf.
June 3, '64
Coal Harbor, Va.
Hewitt, Leroy S.
Lieut.
64th Inf.
July 8, '62
Savage's Station.
Hjgginbotham, Thos. J.
Lt. -Col.
65th Inf.
Oct. 19, '64
Hoga, Adalbert
Lieut.
68th Inf.
May 2, '63
Chancellorsville.
Hurley, John
Surgeon
69th Inf.
Apl. 15, '63
Hagner, Herrick
Lieut.
70th Inf.
May 5, '62
Williamsburg.
Hydorn, Charles H.
Lieut.
72d Inf.
May 3, '63
Chancellorsville.
Herbert, Wm. L.
Lieut.
73d Inf.
July 2, '63
Gettysburg.
Harrison, Edward A.
Capt.
74th Inf.
Aug. 27, '62
Bristoe Station.
Hutchinson, Luther T.
Lieut.
75th Inf.
June 14, '63
Port Hudson, La.
Horner, John R.
Lieut.
80th Inf.
Aug. 30, '62
2d Bull Run.
Huston, James
Lt.-Col.
82d Inf.
July 2, '63
Gettysburg.
Hoyt, Jonah C.
Capt.
82d Inf.
July 2, '63
Hawley, Harvey P.
Lieut.
82d Inf.
May 81, '62
Hirt, Felix
Lieut.
83d Inf.
Dec. 13, '62
Fredericksburg.
Horgan, William
Major
88th Inf.
Dec. 13, '62
Fredericksburg.
Hackett, Francis J.
Lieut.
88th Inf.
July 1, '62
Malvern Hill.
Hnllock. John
Capt.
96th Inf.
June 3, '64
Coal Harbor, Va.
Hart. James H.
Capt.
99th Inf.
June 16, '63
Franklin, Va.
Haddock, Herbert H.
Lieut.
100th Inf.
July 18, '63
Hoyt, Agor H.
Lieut.
100th Inf.
May 16, '64
Drury's Bluff, Va.
IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.

381

NAME.

RANK.

REGIMENT.

DIED OF
WOUNDS.

KILLED. BATTLE.

Hooker, Alfred J.

Dapt.

106th Inf.

July 9, '64

VIonocacy, Md.

Hathaway, Gilbert W.

Lieut.

106th Inf.

May 9, '64

Spottsylvania.

Hill, John D.

Lieut.

107th Inf.

May 25, '64

Dallas, Ga.

Holmes, Robert E.

Lieut.

108th Inf.

Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
Hill, Horace G.
Lieut.
111th Inf.
May 5, '64
Wilderness.
Hull, Henry
Lieut.
112th Inf.
July 3, '64
Hunt, Wm. J.
Dapt.
117th Inf.
July 29, '64
Hollister, Lansing
Dapt.
120th Inf.
July 2, '63
Gettysburg.
Howland, T. C.
Dapt.
121st Inf.
Apl. 6, '65
Sailor's Creek, Va.
Hoyt, Henry H.
Lieut,
122d Inf.
June 21, '64
Petersburg.
Herendeen, Orin J.
Capt.
126th Inf.
July 3, '63
Gettysburg.
Hunton, Jr., Abraham
Lieut.
126th Inf.
June 7, '64
Holmes, Rufus R.
Lieut.
126th Inf.
July 4, '63
Gettysburg.
Hallett, Henry W.
Lieut.
137th Inf.
July 2, '63
Gettysburg.
Hordenbough, R. M. J.
Lieut.
143d Inf.
Mar. 16, '65
Hamlin, Franklin N.
Lieut.
147th Inf.
Jan. 25, '64
Hulsen, Washington W.
Dapt.
152d Inf.
May 5, '64
Hart, Thomas
Dapt.
155th Inf.
June 25, '64
Hunt, Major L.
[jieut.
157th Inf.
May 2, '63
Chancellorsville.
Henery, J. F.
Lieut.
157th Inf.
July 24, '63
Gettysburg.
Hart, Robert McD.
Major
159th Inf.
Oct. 19, '64
Cedar Creek, Va.
Haws, William C.
Lieut.
162d Inf.
Apl. 29, '64
Hickey, Thomas
Capt.
164th Inf.
June 3, '64
Coal Harbor.
Hughes, John H.
Lieut.
169th Inf.
Sep. 6, '63
Ingraham, Aaron H.
Lieut.
48th Inf.
June 1, '64
Coal Harbor.
Ince, George H.
Capt.
66th Inf.
July 2, '63
Gettysburg.
Jones, D. K. Smith
Capt.
4th H. Art.
June 17, '64
Jones, Edward
Major
6th H. Art.
Oct. 30, '64
Johnson, William H.
Lieut.
L. Art.
Nov. 2, '64
Jacobi, Frederick
Lieut.
7th Inf.
Dec. 13, '62
Fredericksburg.
Jennings, Charles E.
Capt.
26th Inf.
Oct. 1, '62
Jewsbury, John
Lieut.
31st Inf.
May 3, "63
Jordan, Albert
Lieut.
39th Inf.
June 15, '62
Cross Keys.
Johnson, Wm. H. H.
Lieut.
40th Inf.
July 2, '63
Gettysburg.
Johnson, Seth F.
Capt.
44th Inf.
May 5, '64
Wilderness.
Johnson, Geo. W.
Lt.-Col.
49th Inf.
July 27, '64
Johnson, David R.
Capt.
51st Inf.
May 19, '62
Jenkins, Daniel E.
Capt.
51st Inf.
May 6, '64
Wilderness.
Jennings, Gould J.
Capt.
59th Inf.
Oct. 25, '62
Antietam.
Jackson, Edward
Lieut.
82dlnf.
June 3, '64
Jackson, Mathew M.
Capt.
87th Inf.
Aug. 29, '62
2d Bull Run.
Joyce, John O'C.
Capt.
88th Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
Judd, Seymour L.
Capt.
89th Inf.
Aug. 27, '64
Near Petersburg.
Johnson, John G.
Lieut.
96th Inf.
June -, '64
Coal Harbor. •
Jones, Richard
Capt.
97th Inf.
Sep. 5, '62
July 8, '63
2d Bull Run.
Johnston, Thomas
Lieut.
104th Inf.
Gettysburg.
Jones, E. C.
Lieut.
109th Inf.
June 17, '64
Petersburg.
Jones, David
Lieut.
116th Inf.
June 2, '63
Port Hudson.
Jackson, William A.
Capt.
124th Inf.
June 18, '64
Petersburg.
Jones, Edward P.
Capt.
125th Inf.
May 12, '64
Spottsylvania.
Johnson, Jr., Wm. P.
Capt.
142d Inf.
July 30, '64
Petersburg, Va.
Jenkins, David T.
Col.
146th Inf.
May 5, '64
Apl. 6, '65
Wilderness.
Jackson, Caleb G.
Lieut.
148th Inf.
Rice's Station, Va.
Jewett, Josiah P.
Capt.
160th Inf.
May 10, '63
Johnson, Frank T.
Capt.
162d Inf.
Apl. 9, '64
Knehh, Francis
Lieut.
2d H. Art.
May 19, '64
At the Pines, Va.
Kitching, J. Howard
Col.
8th H. Art.
Jan. 10, '65
Kennedy, James
Capt.
7th H. Art.
Sep. 10, '64
Kieffer, Luther
Capt.
14th H. Art.
June 2, '64
Coal Harbor.
Klein, Charles E.
Lieut.
31st Inf.
May 9, '62
Kurz, Richard
Lieut.
41st Inf.
Aug. 30, '62
2d Bull Run.
Knickerbocker, Hugh B.
Capt.
43d Inf.
May 3, '63
Chancellorsville.
382

THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE

NAME

RANK.

REGIMENT.

DIED OV
WOUNDS.

KILLED.

BATTLE.

Koonz, George H.

Lieut.

43d Inf.

May 3, '63

Chancellorsville.

Keenan, James N.

Lieut.

48th Inf.

Feb. 20, '64

Olustee, Fla.

Klingenberg, Max

Lieut.

52d Inf.

Mar. 31, '65

Weldon Railroad.

Kirk, William A.

Major

57th Inf.

June 20, '64

Petersburg.
Kavanagh, John
Capt.
63d Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
Kendall, Ezra W.
Lieut.
64th Inf.
June 1, '62
Fair Oaks.
Koenig, Paul
Capt.
68th Inf.
Aug. 31, '63
Wh. Sulph. Springs.
Kelly, Richard A.
Capt.
69th Inf.
May 12, '64
Spottsylvania.
Kelly, Patrick J.
Lieut.
69th Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
King, Richard P.
Lieut.
69th Inf.
May 26, '64
Kibburn, Wm. W.
Lieut.
70th Inf.
May 5, '62
Williamsburg.
Keeler, Philip
Lieut.
76th Inf.
July 1, '63
Gettysburg.
Kingman, Lyman M.
Capt.
81st Inf.
May 31, '62
Fair Oaks.
Kelly, John
Lieut.
82d Inf.
May 6, '64
Wilderness.
Keating, Michael
Kelly, Patrick
Lieut.
82d Inf.
June 5, '64
Col.
88th Inf.
June 16, '64
Petersburg.
King, Timothy
Lieut.
88th Inf.
June 1, '62
Fair Oaks.
Kelley, John E.
Major
96th Inf.
May 29. '62
Koch, John
Lieut.
97th Inf.
June 5, '64
Kellogg, Samuel S.
Lieut.
100th Inf.
May 31, '62
Fair Oaks.
Kelly, John
Capt.
104th Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
July 9, '64
Antietam.
Kingston, John
Lieut.
106th Inf.
Monocacy, Md.
Knox, John F.
Capt.
107th Inf.
May 29, '64
Dallas, Ga,
Kinleyside, John S.
Lieut.
108th Inf.
June 3, '64
Coal Harbor.
Knowlton. Daniel C.
Capt.
114th Inf.
Oct. 19, '64
Cedar Creek.
Ketchum, Edward H.
Lieut.
120th Inf.
July 3, '63
Gettysburg.
Klein, Charles P.
Lieut.
140th Inf.
July 2, '63
Gettysburg.
Klock, Jacob C.
Capt.
153d Inf.
Oct. 15, '64
Winchester, Va.
Keeley, James H.
Capt.
170th Inf.
Aug. 25, '64
Kelly, Martin
Lieut.
182d Inf.
May 26, '64
Layton, Daniel
Lieut.
22dCav.
June 14, '64
W. Oak Swamp, Va.
Lee, Michael J.
Lieut.
4th H. Art.
June 9, '64
Low, Thomas
Capt.
8th H. Art.
Apl. 25, '65
Lewis, Wilber F.
Capt.
5th Inf.
Aug. 30, '62
Loetze, Hugo
Lieut.
7th Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
Lange, Stephen
Lieut.
7th Inf.
July 1, '62
Malvern Hill.
Lema, Albert S.
Lieut.
13th Inf.
June 27, '62
Gaines Mills.
Lloyd, Edward H.
Lieut.
14th Inf.
July 1, '62
Malvern Hill.
Loreriz, G. Adolph
Lieut.
20th Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
Lohman, Christian
Lieut.
20th Inf.
Oct. 9, '62
Antietam.
Lendrum, Duncan
Lieut.
22d Inf.
Aug. 30, '62
2d Bull Run.
Leonard, Hugh
Lieut.
26th Inf.
Aug. 30, '62
3d Bull Run.
Leipe, B'r'n Von Zeidlitz
Lieut.
29th Inf.
Sep. 7, '62
Lamon, George F.
Lt.-Col.
32d Inf.
Nov. 10, '62
Lennon, Patrick H.
Capt.
42d Inf.
May 12, '64
Lodge, Douglas
Capt.
43d Inf.
May 4, '63
Dhancellorsville.
Larabee, Lucius S.
Capt.
44th Inf.
July 2, '63
Gettysburg.
Leonhard, Charles
Capt.
45th Inf.
May 2, '63
Chancellorsville.
Lunkenbein, Peter
Lieut.
46th Inf.
Apl. 24, '62
Lent, Louis H.
Capt.
48th Inf.
July 10, '63
Morris Island, S. C.
Lambert, Jr., David
Lieut.
49th Inf.
July 12, '64
Laty, Charles
Lieut.
52d Inf.
Dec. 13, '62
Fredericksburg.
Chancellorsville.
Lynch, John C.
Capt.
63d Inf.
May 3, '63
Lydon, Patrick W.
Lieut.
63d Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
Lynch, George
Lewis, Alfred H.
Lieut.
63d Inf.
Sep. 18, '62
Antietam.
Lieut.
64th Inf.
July 2, '63
Gettysburg.
Laurier, Theodore
Lieut.
71st Inf.
June 3, '62
Fair Oaks.
Lowentrout, Jno. L.
Lieut.
71st Inf.
Aug. 27, '62
Bristoe Station.
Le Fort, George
Capt.
73d Inf.
May 20, '64
Leonard, Benedict A.
Lieut.
73d Inf.
May 12, '64
Spottsylvania.
Lewis, Henry H.
Lieut.
73d Inf.
Aug. 27, '62
Bristoe Station.
Lennon, Martin
Capt.
77th Inf.
Nov. 1, '64
'
Layton. Thomas
Lieut.
83d Inf.
Dec. 13, '62
Fredericksburg.
Little. Stephen B.
Lieut.
96th Inf.
June 3, '64
Coal Harbor.
IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.

383

NAME.

RANK.

REGIMENT.

DIED OF
WOUNDS.

KILLED.

BATTLE.

Linnahaer, T. J.

Lieut.

116th Inf.

June 14, '63

Port Hudson.

Lloyd, Edward F.

Lt.-Col.

119th Inf.

May 15, '64

Resaca, Ga.

Lockwood, John J.

Lieut.

120th Inf.

May 5, '64

Wilderness.

Lincoln. Spencer F.

Lieut.

126th Inf.

July 18, '64

Logie, William K.
Col.
141st Inf.
July 20, '64
Peach Tree Cr'k, Ga.
Lindsay, David J.
Capt.
149th Inf.
July 20, '64
Peach Tree Cr'k, Ga
Larkin, Christopher
Lieut.
156th Inf.
Oct. 19, '64
Cedar Creek, Va.
Lower, Randall D.
Lieut.
157th Inf.
July 1, '63
Gettysburg.
Lathrop, Robert D.
Lieut.
159th Inf.
Apl. 14, '63
Lockwood, Byron L.
Lieut.
159th Inf.
Apl. 14, '63
Lynch, Jeremiah
Capt.
170th Inf.
June 7, '64
Logue, Patrick
Lieut.
170th Inf.
May 24, '64
Spottsylvania.
Lee, Henry R.
Capt.
173d Inf.
May 5, '64
Cane River.
Morgan, Wm. L.
Capt.
1st. V. Cav.
Feb. 20, '64
Upperville, Va.
Martenson, August-is T.
Lieut.
2d Cav.
June 17, '63
Morse. Eli
Capt.
2d M. Rifles
Apl. 1, '65
Dinwiddie C. H., Va.
Morrison, Jeremiah R.
Lieut.
2d M. Rifles
June 6, '64
Mix, Simon H.
Col.
3d Cav.
June 15, '64
Petersburg.
Mayes, John
Lieut.
3d Cav.
May 7, '64
Stony Creek, Va.
Mann, Nehemiah H.
Capt.
4th Cav.
Aug. 16, '64
Chester Gap, Va.
McGuinn, Luke
Capt.
5th Cav.
May 5, '64
Wilderness, Va.
McVicar, Duncan
Lt.-Col.
6th Cav.
Apl. 30, '63
Spottsylvania C. H.
JVIain, John G.
Lieut.
6th Cav.
Oct. 19. '64
Nr. Strausburg, Va.
McNair, James
Capt.
8th Cav.
June 23, '64
Mitchell, Wm. H.
Capt.
21st Cav.
May 15, '64
New Market, Va.
McKeel. James M.
Capt.Col.
4th H. Art.
Aug. 25, '64
Ream's Station.
Morris, Lewis 0.
7th H. Art.
June 4, '64
Morris, John A.
Capt.
7th H. Art.
May 19, '64
Spottsylvania.
Maguire, Charles
Capt.
7th H. Art.
July 4, '64
McCulloch, Charles
Capt.
7th H. Art.
May 19, '64
Spottsylvania.
McClure, Thos. J.
Lieut.
7th H. Art.
June 3, '64
Coal Harbor.
McGinnis. James
Capt.
8th H. Art.
Aug. 25, '64
Ream's Station.
Miller, Wm. C.
Lieut.
15th H. Art.
May 6, '64
Wilderness.
Mueller, Robert
Lieut.
15th H. Art.
Aug. 23, '64
Murphy, Lawrence
Capt.
5th Inf.
June 2, '64
Montgomery, Chas. S.
Capt.
5th Inf.
Feb. 6, '65
Hatcher's Run.
Morrell. Francis A.
Lieut.
10th Inf.
Feb. 4, '63
Fredericksburg.
Monk, Wm. H.
Lieut.
10th Inf.
May 28, '64
Marsh, Samuel
Lt.-Col.
16th Inf.
July 4, '62
Gaines Mills, Va.
McFadden, John
Lieut.
16th Inf.
Aug. 8, '62
Gaines Mills, Va.
Merkle, Robert
Capt.
20th Inf.
Sep. 26, '62
Antieram.
McCoy, Robert E.
Capt.
22d Inf.
Aug. 29, '62
2d Bull Run.
Milliman, Henry S.
Capt.
22d Inf.
Sep. 10, '62
2d Bull Run.
McMahon, Michael
Capt.
25th Inf.
May 27, '62
Hanover C H.
Morse, William
Lieut.
33th Inf.
Aug. 30, '62
2d Bull Run.
Mallon, James E.
Col.
42d Inf.
Oct. 14, '63
Bristoe Station.
McPherson, Charles
Capt.
4-2d Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
Mentzel, Herman
Lieut.
46th Inf.
Jan. 22, '64
Markscheffel, Theodore
Lieut.
46th Inf.
June 12, '64
Coal Harbor.
Moser, Samuel H.
Capt.
48th Inf.
May 16, '64
Palmer Creek.
Moody, Miller
Capt.
59th Inf.
Nov. 7, '62
Antietam.
Masset, W. Carey
Lt.-Col.
61st Inf.
June 1, '62
Fair Oaks.
Morrison, Thos. G.
Capt.
61st Inf.
May 8, '64
Melntyre, William
Lieut.
61st Inf.
June 1, '62
Fair Oaks.
Malcolm, William
Lieut.
61st Int.
Apl. 6, '65
Macky, James E.
Lieut.
63d Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
McDonald, Miles
Lieut.
63d Inf.
June 17. '64
Petersburg.
McConnell, Henry
Lieut.
63d Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
Messervey, James J.
Capt.Cof
64th Inf.
Aug. 17, '64
Deep Bottom, Va.
Coal Harbor.
Morris, Orlando W.
66th Inf.
June 3, '64
Munn, Elijah F.
Mitchell, John
Capt.
66th Int.
July 2, '63
Gettysburg.
Capt.
70th Inf.
May 5, '62
Williamsburg.
Murphy, Terance
Lieut.
71st Inf.
Aug. 27, '62
Bristoe Station.
McDonough. Henry J.
Capt.
72d Inf.
Nov. 27, '63
Locust Grove, Va.
384

THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE

NAME.

RANK,

REGIMENT.

DIED OF
WOUNDS.

KILLED.

BATTLE.

Marksman, James

Lieut.

73d Inf.

July 3, '63

Gettysburg.

McAllister, John

Lieut.

73d Inf.

Aug. 27, '62

Bristoe Station.

McCune, Alexander M.

Capt.

74th Inf.

June 7, '64

Mitchell, Peter M. J.
Capt.
78th Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
McAmbly, John
Major
81st Inf.
May 31, '62
Fair Oaks.
Martin, James
Capt.
81st Inf.
June 3, '64
Coal Harbor.
McDonald, John H.
Lieut.
82d Inf.
July 3, '63 '
Gettysburg.
Moesch, Jos. A.
Col.
83d Inf.
May 6, '64
Wilderness.
Mallory, George
Capt.
84th Inf.
Aug. 29, '62
2d Bull Run.
Myers, David
Capt.
84th Inf.
Sep. 25, '62
Murphy, Thomas
Lieut.
88th Inf.
Dec. 13, '62
Fredericksburg.
McClelland, Wm.
Lieut.
88th Inf.
July 2, '62
Gettysburg.
McCarthy, Daniel
Morren, Wm. J.
Lieut.
88th Inf.
Dec. 13, '62
Fredericksburg.
Lieut.
97th Inf.
July 1, '63
Gettysburg.
Mead, John
Capt.
102d Inf.
July 3, '63
Gettysburg.
Mount, Geo. F.
Lieut.
112th Inf.
Aug. 25, '64
McKittrick, Wm. H.
Morton, John T.
Capt.
115th Inf.
Sep. 29, '64
Chapin's Farm, Va.
Lieut.
121st Inf.
Apl. 6, '65
Sailor's Creek.
McDougall, Archibald L.
Col.
123d Inf.
June 23, '64
Dallas, Ga.
Myers, Aaron B.
Lt.-Col.
125th Inf.
May 8, '64
Wilderness.
Miller, Merritt B.
Lieut.
125th Inf.
June 26, '64
Munson, Ira
Capt.
126th Inf.
May 14, '64
McDonald, Jno. A.
Lieut.
126th Inf.
June 16, '64
Petersburg.
Middleton, Benjamin F.
Lieut.
139th Inf.
Sep. 29, '64
Chapin's Farm, Va.
Mack, James W.
Lieut.
144th Inf.
Nov. 30, '64
Harry Hills, S. C.
Mace, Guilford D.
Lieut.
147th Inf.
July 1, '63
Gettysburg.
McAssy, Daniel
Lieut.
147th Inf.
July 1, '63
Gettysburg.
Musson, Willard A.
Capt.
152d Inf.
Oct. 27, '64
Manly, John W.
Lieut.
159th Inf.
Apl. 14, '63
McDonough, Nicholas
Lieut.
160th Inf.
May 18, '64
Pleasant Hill, La.
Maxson, B. Frank
Lieut.
160th Inf.
Sep. 19, '64
Dedar Creek, Va.
McMahon, Jas. P.
Col.
164th Inf.
June 3, '64
Coal Harbor.
Maroney, William
Capt.
164th Inf.
June 20, '64
MeCaffry, Edward
Lieut.
164th Inf.
June 4, '64
McTavish, Hugh G.
Lieut.
164th Inf.
Mar. 12, '65
McConihe, John
Col.
169th Inf.
June 1, '64
Coal Harbor.
McCarty, Patrick
Capt.
170th Inf.
May 24, '64
Merrimann, H. N.
Capt.
177th Inf.
July 14, '63
Murnjiy, Mathew
Col.
182d Inf.
Apl. 16, '65
Minier, Daniel
Lieut.
185th Inf.
Mar. 29, '65
Numan, John F.
Lieut.
2d M. Rifles
Dee. 9, '64
Hatcher's Run.
Norris, William T.
Lieut.
22d Inf
Aug. 30, '62
2d Bull Run.
Noxon, Robert G.
Lieut.
76th Inf.
Sep. -,'63
Gettysburg.
Newmann, August
Norton, Franklin
Lieut.
103d Inf.
May 12, '63
Lt.-Col.
123d Inf.
May 12, '63
Chancellorsville.
Nichols, Isaac
Capt.
124th Inf.
July 2, '63
Gettysburg.
Noyes, Samuel C.
Lieut.
154th Inf.
May 2, '68
Chancellorsville.
Nolan, John
Lieut.
155th Inf.
June 25, '64
Neville, John
Lieut.
162d Inf.
July 17, '63
Nugent, John H.
Capt.
182d Inf.
June 3, '64
Coal Harbor.
O'Keefe, Joseph 0.
Major
2d Cav.
Apl. 6, '65
Oberteuffer, John C.
Capt.
7th Cav.
Dec. 21, '64
Nr Jones' Creek, Va
Ordner, John
Capt.
10th Cav.
June 2, '64
St. Mary's Ch., Va.
O'Brien, Michael
Capt.
2d H. Art.
June 6, '64
Coal Harbor.
Orr, William E.
Lieut.
7th H. Art.
June 2, '64
Oldswager, John
O'Donohue, William
Lieut.
)th H. Art.
Oct. 19, '64
Capt.
Light Art.
May 3, '63
Chancellorsville.
Osborne, George
Lieut.
5th Inf.
Aug. 18, '64
Weldon R. R., Va.
O'Leary, Jeremiah
Lieut.
37th Inf.
May 5, '62
Williamsburg.
O'Keefe, Thomas J.
Lieut.
39th Inf.
May 12, '64
June 18, '64
Spottsylvania, Va.
Petersburg.
Ohmes, Henry W.
Capt.
46th Inf.
0 Brien, Jeremiah
Lieut.
48th Inf.
July 30, '64
Petersburg.
Owens, James A.
Lieut.
61st Inf.
June 1. '64
IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.

385

N4ME.

BANK.

REGIMENT.

DIED OF
WOUNDS.

KILLED.

BATTLE.

\ Neil, Bernard S.

Capt.

69th Inf.

June 16. '64

O'Rielly, Henry Brooks

Capt.

70th Inf.

May 5, '63

Williamsburg.

Oakley, Sumner

Capt.

77th Inf.

Mar. 25, '65

O'Donoghue, Joseph
Capt.
8Sth Inf.
July 3, '62
Malvern Hill.
O'Driseoll, Robert J.
Lieut.
88th Inf.
Oct. 27, '64
Osborn, Charles W.
Lieut.
95th Inf.
May 6, '64
Wilderness, Va.
Olney, Stephen S.
Lieut.
115th Inf.
Jan. 15, '65
Fort Fisher.
O'Wily, Henry
Capt.
123d Inf.
July 20, '64
P'ch Tree Creek. Ga
Owen, Henry B.
Capt.
126th Inf.
May 12, '64
Owen, George C.
Lieut.
137th Inf.
Nov. 24, '63
Lookout Mountain.
O'Rorke, Patrick
Col.
140th Inf.
July 2, '63
Gettysburg.
O'Connell, Michael
Lieut.
155th Inf.
Aug. 25, '64
Ream's Station.
Oakley, Stephen C.
Lieut,
162d Inf.
May 28, '63
O'Sulllvan, James A.
Lieut.
164th Inf.
May 18, '64
Spottsylvania.
Prendergrast, R. G.
Capt.
1st Cav.
Nov. 12, '64
Nineveh, Va.
Phillips, William W.
Lieut.
6th Cav.
June 11, '63
Paige, W. W.
Capt.
10th Cav.
June 22. '64
Pittman, August
Lieut.
12th Cav.
Mar. 8, '65
Wise's Ford, N. C.
Pitchier, Peter
Lieut.
2d H. Art.
Apl. 5, '65
Piatt, Horton R.
Lieut.
6th H. Art.
May 21, '64
Porter, Peter A.
Col.
8th H. Art.
June 3, '64
Coal Harbor.
Porsch, Robert
Lieut.
15th H. Art.
Sep. 25, '64
Perkins, Aug. S.
Capt.
50th Eng.
Dec. 11, '62
Fredericksburg.
Perkins S. Lee
Capt.
2d Inf.
Aug. 31, '62
Partridge, Wm. T.
Capt.
5th Inf.
June 27, '62
Gaines Mills.
Pabst, Jacob
Lieut.
20th Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
Piersons, Chas. B.
Lieut.
22dlnf.
Sep. 17, '62
Bull Run.
Pawling, Teneyck G.
Lieut.
24th Inf.
Aug. 30, -62
3d Bull Run.
Park, Asa
Lieut.
27th Inf.
July 21, '61
1st Bull Run.
Pross, Frederick
Lieut.
31st Inf.
May 7, '62
West Point.
Paush, Theodore
Lieut.
39th Inf.
July 2, '62
Gettysburg.
Peel, Washington
Lieut.
40th Inf.
Sep. 20, '64
Near Petersburg.
Paxson, James 0.
Capt.
48th Inf.
July 31, '63
Fort Wagner.
Plogsted, John F. E.
Capt.
49th Inf.
May 6, '64
'
Wilderness.
Preston, Reuben M.
Lieut.
49th Inf.
May 6, '64
Wilderness.
Pfantz, Albert
Lieut.
53d Inf.
June 1, '62
Parisou, Philip J.
Lt.-Col.
57th Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
Pon, Paul M.
Lieut.
57th Inf.
Dec. 12, '62
Fredericksburg. * .
Pohlman, Wm. H.
Lieut.
59th Inf.
July 21. '63
Plumb, Isaac
Capt.
61st Inf.
June 11, '64
Parker, Frederick
Lieut.
64th Inf.
Dec. 18, '62
Fredericksburg.
Price, Benjamin
Capt.
70th Inf.
July 23, '63
Palmer, J. L.
Lieut.
71st Inf.
June 15, '62
Fair Oaks.
Purtell, Michael D.
Capt.
73d Inf.
May 10, '64
Spottsylvania.
Pnelan, John
Capt.
73d Inf.
May 12, '64
Spottsylvania.Wapping Heights.
Preston, Chas. S.
Lieut.
74th Inf.
July 23, '62
Phenis, Barnard
Lieut.
76th Inf.
Aug. 18, '64
Near Petersburg.
Peirce, Stephen H.
Peterson, Peirson B.
Lieut.
77th Inf.
Mar. 25, '65
Lieut.
78th Inf.
Oct. 27, '62
Antietam.
Pratt, Geo. W.
Col.
80th Inf.
Sep. 11, '62
2d Bull Run.
Porter, Lewis B.
Capt,
81st Inf.
Nov. 15, '64
Phinney, John
Capt.
86th Inf.
Aug. 10, '64
Pye, Edward
Col.
95th Inf.
June 12, '64
Phelps, A. B.
Peach, James L.
Lieut.
98th Inf.
May 16, '64
Drury's Bluff.
Capt.
106th Inf.
Oct. 11, '63
Culpepper, Va.
Parker, Samuel
Capt.
106th Inf.
Oct. 3, '64
Fisher's Hill, Va.
Proseus, Augustus W
Lieut.
111th Inf.
July 3, '63
Gettysburg.
Palmeter, John G.
Capt.
112th Inf.
Aug. 1, '64
Pierce, Gordon L.
Lieut.
112th Inf.
June 1, '64
Pruyn, Charles E.
Major
118th Inf.
June 15, '64
Peisener. Elias
Col.
119th Inf.
May 2, '63
Chancellorsville.
Peirce. Silas E.
Lieut.
1-21 st Inf.
May 13, '64
Plumb. Wm. H.
Capt.
125th Inf.
Oct. 15, '63
Palmer, Henry I.
Lieut.
134th Inf.
July 1, '63
Gettysburg.
25
386

THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE

NAME.

RANK.

REGIMENT.

DIED OF
WOUNDS.

KILLED.

BATTLE.

Perry, Edgar

Lt.-Col.

139th Inf.

June 3, '64

Coal Harbor.

Poole, Wm. H.

Lieut.

145th Inf.

May 3, '63

Chancellorsville.

Pelouze, Edward

Capt.

155th Inf.

Aug. 25, '64

Purdy, David
Capt.
155th Inf.
Feb. 22, '65
Pluuket, Wm. R.
Lieut.
159th Inf.
Apl. 17, '63
Price, Charles P.
Lieut.
159th Inf.
Apl. 17, '63
Power, G. A.
Major
173d Inf.
July 9, '63
Podger, Samuel H.
Lieut.
173d Inf.
June 26, '63
Port Hudson.
Postley, De Van
Lieut.
174th Inf.
July 13, '63
nr.D'D 'lds'nville,La.
Phillips, Augustus
Lieut.
184th "Inf.
Oct. 19, '64
Cedar Creek, Va.
Quirk, Thomas W.
Capt.
83d Inf.
July 1, '63
Gettysburg.
Quay, John
Capt.
125th Inf.
Apl. 2, '65
Reeves, James E.
Lieut.
8th Cav.
June 12, '63
Rulison, William H.
Surgeon
9th Cav.
Aug. 29, '64
Robb, William J.
Lieut.
10th Cav.
June 9, '63
Brandy Station.
Root, Augustus I.
Lt.-Col.
15th Cav.
Apl. 8, '65
Roff, William H.
Lieut.
2d H. Art.
July 3, '64
Rasbery, William J.
Lieut.
6th H. Art.
Oct. 19, '64
Cedar Creek, Va.
Read, John B.
Lieut.
7th H. Art.
June 3, '64
Coal Harbor.
Rector, Jr., George W.
Lieut.
8th H. Art.
Oct. 29, '64
Hatcher's Run, Va.
Rieman, Adolph
Lieut.
15th H. Art.
Feb 8, '65.
Feb. 8, '65
Reed, James
Lieut.
17th Inf.
Aug. 30, '62
2d Bull Run.
Rogers, Theodore C.
Capt.
18th Inf.
June 27, '62
Gaines Mills, Va.
Russell, John H.
Lieut.
18th Inf.
July 28, '62
Gaines Mills, Va.
Roth, Louis
Lieut.
20th Inf.
Sep. 18, '62
Antietam.
Rice, Philip
Lieut.
30th Inf.
Aug. 29, '62
2d Bull Run.
Rossiter, Charles D.
Lieut.
33d Inf.
May 4, '63
Fredericksburg.
Rich, Theodore F.
Capt.
39th Inf.
Aug. 25, '64
Ream's Station.
Reynolds, Edward
Capt.
59th Inf.
Dec. 24, '62
Fredericksburg.
Roosa, Stephen C.
Lieut.
59th Inf.
Sep. 20, '62
Antietam.
Riker, John L.
Col.
62d Inf.
May 31, '62
Fair Oaks.
Rysdyk, George F.
Lieut.
67th Inf.
May 31, '62
Fair Oaks.
Reynolds, Thomas
Lieut.
69th Inf.
July 1, '62
Malvern Hill.
Rugg, Ornn P.
Capt.
77th Inf.
May 12, '64
Spottsylvania.Nr Fortress Munroe
Rix, Daniel C.
Capt.
81st Inf.
Sep. 29, '64
Reynolds, Charles M.
Lieut.
a3d Inf.
May 8, '64
Ra'e, William C.
Lieut.
84th Inf.
May 10, '64
Ryder. Patrick
Capt.
88th Inf.
May 5, '64
Wilderness.
Rogers, Lyman A.
Ransom, Charles M.
Capt.
98th Inf.
July 10, '64
Coal Harbor.
Lieut.
98th Inf.
July 14, '64
Coal Harbor.
Richardson, William
Capt.
100th Inf.
June 27, '64
Deep Bottom, Va.
Runckle, Charles H.
Lieut.
100th Inf.
July 18, '63
Morris Island, S. C.
Ringold, Benjamin
Col.
103d Inf.
May 3, '63
Chancellorsville.
Rudd, John P.
Lieut.
104th Inf.
Aug. 30, '62
2d Bull Run.
Rutter, Nathaniel E.
Randall. Valorus
Capt.
107th Inf.
May 1, '63
Chancellorsville.
Lieut.
110th Inf.
June 14, '63
Port Hudson.
Reynolds, Michael
Lieut.
118th Inf.
June 2, '64
Coal Harbor.
Ryan, George
Ransom, John D.
Col.
140th Inf.
May 8, '64
Capt.
142d Inf.
Nov. 10, '64
Ratcliff, Wm. M.
Lieut.
143d Inf.
July 20, '64
P'ch Tree Creek, Ga
Randall, Charles B.
Lt.-Col.
149th Inf.
July 20, '64
P'ch Tree Creek, Ga
Reilly, Edward
Lieut.
158th Inf.
Apl. 2, '65
Fort Gregg, Va.
Richmond, Duncan
Capt.
159th Inf.
Oct. 19, '64
Reddy, James M.
Lieut.
164th Inf.
June 3, '64
Coal Harbor.
Ryan, Michael
Lieut.
169th Inf.
Jan. 15, '65
Fort Fisher.
Redmond, Michael W.
Lieut.
182d Inf.
Jan. 22, '64
Rice, Burrage
Capt.
189th Inf.
Jan. 11, '65
Petersburg.
Savacoal, Edwin F.
Capt.
1st Cav.
June 3, '65
Sailor's Run, Va.
Sullivan, Jerry A.
Major
1st V. Cav.
May 10, '64
Cabletown, Va.
Smith, Herman E.
Lieut.
3d Cav.
Oct. 7, '64
Saunders, F. J.
Lieut.
6th Cav.
Dec. 15, '64
Winchester, Va.
Sayles, James A.
Capt.
8th Cav.
June 23. '64
Nottaway C.H.,Va
IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.

387

Sackett, William
Schlick, Theodore
Simons, Geo. W.
Springsteed, Edward A.
Stone, David H.
Schamberger, Leander
Stoeckner, Francis
Southard, Henry D.
Sovereign, Frederick W
Slevoight, Carl
Sick, Emil
Savage, Charles H.
Skillen, Charles H.
Sprout, Charles P.
Sullivan, Wm. O.
Stephens, Wm. R.
Shuter, James
Sehrt, Ferdinand
Shenk, Otto
Scott, James
Smith, John A.
Schlondorf, Geo. L.
Swartwout, Samuel M.
Sears, Henry H.
Sims, Samuel H.
Sringweiler, Chas. F.
Scherrer, William
Schreiber, Paul
Stoldt, Gustave
Stetson, John L.
Smurr, William H.
Seymour, Hannibal
Stanley, Myron D.
Sullivan, John
Smart, James M.
Smith, Cadwalader
Smith, Harrison T.
Sullivan, Daniel R.
Shanley, Timothy L.
Stevens, William O.
Shine, Eugene C.
Short, James
Story, Robert
Swarthout, Martin H.
Salter, Theodore R.
Scholes, Clayton
Stafford, Michael B.
Stone, Samuel F.
Stanton, Amos B.
Sparks, John
S nart, John C.
Shephard, Sylvester B.
S >uth. Joseph
Stiles, James H.
Spring, Julius
Sand, Henry A.
Sheppard, Charles W.
Snedaker, James W.
Smith, JohnF.
Sherwin, Samuel G.
Smith, Elisha B.
Sheffer, Levi
Stone, J. Parsons
Stone, John S.
Stevenson, Wm. H.

Col.MajorCapt.MajorLieut. Major
Capt. Capt.
Lieut. Lieut.Lieut.Capt.Lt.-Col.
Lieut. Capt.
Lieut.Lieut.Lieut.SurgeonCapt.
Lieut.Lieut. Major
Lieut.Capt.Lieut. Capt.
Lieut.Capt.Lt.-Col. Lieut.Lieut.Lieut.Capt.Lieut. Lieut.
Capt. Capt.Capt.Col.
Capt.Lieut.Capt. *
Lieut.LieutLieut.
Lt.-Col.Capt.
Lieut.Lieut. MajorLieut.Lieut.Lieut. Capt.Capt.Lieut. Lieut.Col. Lieut.
Col. Lieut.Capt.
Capt.Lieut.

REGIMENT.

DIED OF
WOUNDS.

KILLED.

BATTLE.

9th Cav.

June 10, '64

Trevellean St'n, Va.

22dCav.

Aug. 25, '64

Kearney sville, Va.

24th Cav. •

Sep. 4, ^

7th H. Art.
Aug. 25 '64
Ream's Station.
9th H. Art.
Jan. 14, '64
Petersburg.
15th H. Art.
May 27, '64
15th H. Art.
June 22, '64
1st Eng.
June 3, '64
Bermuda Hundred.
5th Inf.
Aug. 30, '62
Manassas Plains.
7th Inf.
Dec. 13, '62
Fredericksburg.
7th Inf.
Oct. 27, '64
Fort Sedgwick, Va.
13th Inf.
Aug. 30, '62
2d Bull Run.
14th Inf.
June 27, '62
Gaines Mills, Va.
28th Inf.
Aug. 9, '62
Cedar Mountain.
40th Inf.
Dec. 13, '62
Fredericksburg.
40th Inf.
Dec. 13, '62
Fredericksburg.
40th Inf.
June 16, '64
Petersburg.
46th Inf.
June 16, '62
46th Inf.
Aug. 21, '64
47th Inf.
Feb. 11, '65
Fort Fisher.
47th Inf.
,
May 7, '64
47th Inf.
May 7, '64
48th Inf.
July 30, '64
Near Petersburg.
48th Inf.
Aug. 16, '64
Deep Bottom, Va.
51st Inf.
July 30, '64
Petersburg, Va.
51st Inf.
Sep. 14, '62
South Mountain.
52d Inf.
May 26, '64
52d Inf.
Mar. 31, '65
Hatcher's Run.
58th Inf.
July 20, '63
59th Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
59th Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
59th Inf.
Dec. 12, '62
Fredericksburg.
60th Inf.
July 7, '63
Gettysburg.
63d Inf.
Dec. 15, 62
Fred ericksburg.
62d Inf.
May 12, '64
Spottsylvania.
63d Inf.
Sep. 17. '62
Antietam.
64th Inf.
Mar. 25, '65
67th Inf.
June 26, '62
Fair Oaks.
69th Inf.
Oct. 1, '62
Antietam.
72d Inf.
May 3, '63
Chancellorsville.
73d Inf.
July 2, '63
Gettysburg.
74th Inf.
July 23, '63
76th Inf.
Aug. 6, '63
Gettysburg.
80th Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
July 21, '61
Antietam.
84th Inf.
Bull Run.
84th Inf.
July 21, '61
Bull Run.
86th Inf.
Dec. 1, '64
86th Inf.
May 10, '64
Spottsylvania.
86th Inf.
June 18, '64
Petersburg.
88th Inf.
May 5, '64
90th Inf.
Oct. 19, '64
Cedar Creek.
91st Inf.
June 14, '63
96th Inf.
June 3, '64
Coal Harbor, Va.
97th Inf.
July 1, '63
Gettysburg.
102d Inf.
July 9, '62
103d Inf.
Oct. 31, '62
Antietam.
106th Inf.
June 1, '64
Coal Harbor.
111th Inf.
May 5, '64
Wilderness.
112th Inf.
Jan. 18, '65
112th Inf.
June 28, '64
114th Inf.
June 19, '63
Port Hudson.
115th Inf.
Feb. 20, '64
Olustee.
117th Inf.
June 17, '64 Petersburg.
118th Inf.
May 16, '64 IDrury's Bluff, Va.
118th Inf.
May 16, '64
Drury's Bluff, Va.
388

THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE

NAME.

RANK.

REGIMENT.

DIED OF
WOUNDS.

KILLED.

BATTLE.

Sims, John V.

Lieut.

122d Inf.

Sep. 19, '64

Near Winch'st'r, Va

Sherrill, Eliakim

Col.

126th Inf.

July 3, '63

Gettysburg.

Sherman, Jacob

Lieut.

12Uu Inf. •

July 26, '63

Gettysburg.

Sherman, Geo. A.

Lieut.

126th Inf.

May 12, '64
Shimer, Isaac
Capt.
126th Inf.
July 3, '63
Gettysburg.
Stanton, Martin V.
Lieut.
126th Inf.
June 18, '64
Swift, John W.
Capt.
139th Inf.
Sep. 29, '64
Chapin's Farm, Va.
Starks, Milo L.
Major
140th Inf.
May 8, '64
Schenck, Wm. P.
Lieut.
147th Inf.
July 27, '63
Gettysburg.
Scott, Reuben F.
Lieut.
148th Inf.
June 5, '64
Coal Harbor, Va.
Sleight, David B.
Lieut.
150lh Inf.
Mar. 16, '65
Schoen, John C.
Capt.
151st Inf.
June 3, '64
Coal Harbor.
Schuyler, Wm. S.
Capt.
155th Inf.
July 20, '64
Smith, Herman
Lieut.
159th Inf.
Oct. 14, '64
Scudder, Theodore A.
Lieut.
162d Inf.
Apl. 19, '64
Smith, Jr., Abel
Lt.-Col.
165th Inf.
June 23, '63
Seely, Francis H.
Lieut.
170th Inf.
June 22, '64
Shea, Morgan
Lieut.
173d Inf.
June 14, '63
Port Hudson.
Strong, Richard M.
Lieut.
177th Inf.
May 12, '63
Sloan, John Barnet
Major
179th Inf.
June 17, '64
Petersburg.
Saxton, Baker L.
Lieut.
179th Inf.
June 30, '64
Petersburg.
Sweeney, Daniel.
Lieut.
182d Inf.
Aug. 25, '64
Ream's Station.
Taylor, Richard S.
Lieut.
8th Cav.
May 14, '64
Tremain, Frederick
Lt.-Col.
10th Cav.
Feb. 8, '65
Hatcher's Run, Va.
Taylor, Rowley P.
Capt.
19th Cav.
June 30, '63
Deserted Farm.
Thorp, Alexander K.
Capt.
19th Cav.
Sept. 19, '64
Winchester, Va.
Turkington, Joseph
Thomas, Gorton T.
Capt.
5th Inf.
Apl: 6, '65
Lt.-Col.
22d Inf.
Sep. 7, '62
2d Bull Run.
Thompson, Thomas P.
Lieut.
25th Inf.
May 27, '62
Hanover C. H.
Twaddle, James T.
Lieut.
32d Inf.
July 5, '62
Tilden, Oliver A.
Capt.
38th Inf.
Sep. 1, '62
Chantilly.
Thomas, Benjamin N.
Lieut.
44th Inf.
July 8, '63
Tantum, John M.
Lieut.
48th Inf.
Aug. 16, '64
Strawberry Pi's, Va.
Terry, Seward H.
Capt.
49th Inf.
May 12, '64
Spottsylvania.
Tyler, Mortimer L. V.
Lieut.
49th Inf.
May 12, '64
Spottsylvania.
Throop, N. Garron
Major
57th Inf.
Jan. 12, '63
Fredericksburg.
Thoman, Max A.
Lt.-Col.
59th Inf. -
July 11, '63
Trenor, James J.
Capt.
61st Inf.
June 1, '62
Fair Oaks, Va.
Touley, Thomas
Major
63d Inf.
May 30, '64
Wilderness, Va.
Thurber, Ira S.
Lieut.
64th Inf.
July 2, '63
Gettysburg.
Thomas, Gilbert F.
Lieut.
77th Inf.
Oct. 19, '64
N'r Middletown, Va.
Tabor, Wm. J.
Lieut.
77th Inf.
Oct. 19, '64
N'r Middletown, Va.
Tuttle, Squire M.
Lieut.
8lst Inf.
Sep. 30, '64
Tremain, F. W.
Major
89th Inf.
Apl. 2, '65
Near Petersburg.
Tenbroeck, Chas. R,
Lieut.
101st Inf.
Sep. 4, '62
Townsend, Charles
Lieut.
106th Inf.
June 1, '64
Coal Harbor.
Thrasher, Byron P.
Capt.
108th Inf.
May 30, '63
Tarbox, David
Lieut.
108th Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
Tucker, Charles E.
Capt.
114th Inf.
June 14, '63
Port Hudson.
Tompkins, Wm.
Lieut.
115th Inf.
Feb. 20, '64
Olustee, Fla.
Tuttle, David W.
Capt.
116th Inf.
July 13, '63
Donaldsonville, La.
Thomas, John F.
Capt.
117th Inf.
Jan. 15, '65
Fort Fisher.
Tucker, William H.
Lieut.
121st Inf.
Oct. 19, '64
Cedar Creek, Va.
Timolat, Henry M.
Lieut.
131st Inf.
Sep. 11, '64
Tresser, Charles F.
Lieut.
136th Inf.
Dec. 16, '63
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Taft, Joseph B.
Lt.-Col.
143d Inf.
Nov. 25, '63
Chattanooga. Tenn.
Taylor, Sylvester J.
Lieut.
147th Inf.
July 3, '64
Underhill, Jr. Nimrod
Capt.
14th H. Art.
June 23, '64
Petersburg.
Upham, J. V.
Lieut.
102d Inf.
July 2, '63
Gettysburg.
Vermilyea, Isaac D.
Lieut.
1st Cav.
June 5, '64
Piedmont, Va.
Van Valkenburgh, D. H.
Major
1st L. Art.
May 31, 62
Fair Oaks, Va.
Vaughn, Henry D.
Lieut.
L. Art.
Oct. 19, '64
N'r Middletown, Va.
IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.

389

NAME.

RANK.

REGIMENT.

DIED OF
WOUNDS.

KILLED.

BATTLE.

Von Buchenhagen, B.

Lieut.

7th Inf.

Jan. 1, '63

Fred ericksbu rg.

Von Apel, August
Voelker, Charles

Lieut.

7th Inf.

Dec. 11, '62

Fredericksburg.

Lieut.

20th Inf.

Sep. 17, '62

Antietam.

Vanderpool, Barrett

Lieut.

40th Inf.

Sep. 3, '62

Visscher, James D.
Lt.-Col.
43d Inf.
July 12, '64
Valentine, Henry C.
Lieut.
49th Inf.
May 6, '64
Venuti, Edward
Major '
52d Inf.
July 2, '63
Near Gettysburg.
Von Amo, Walter
Capt.
52d Inf.
May 16, '64
Von Steuben, Otto
Lieut.
52d Inf.
May 12, '64
Spottsylvania, Va.
Vansteinberg, Benj. V.
Van Ingen, Gerritt
Lieut.
59th Inf.
Sep. 22, '62
Antietam.
Lieut.
89th Inf.
Sep. 26. '62
Antietam.
Vigean, Paul
Lieut.
96th Inf.
June 3, '64
Coal Harbor, Va.
Vandeveer, Garrett
Capt.
115th Inf.
Feb. 24, '64
Olustee, Fla.
Van De Sande, John
Lieut.
115th Inf.
Sep. j3, '64
Deep Bottom, Va.
Van Emburgh, John H.
Lieut.
137th Inf.
July 2, '63
Gettysburg.
Van Dusen, David G.
Lieut.
147th Inf.
July 1, '63
Gettysburg.
Pleasant Hill, La.
Van Dusen, Wm. J.
Capt.
160th Inf.
Apl. 9, '64
Vaughn, A. D.
Capt.
169th Inf.
July 30, '64
Petersburg, Va.
Walter, Joseph
Lieut.
1st Cav.
Apl. 19, '65
Walters, Charles C.
Capt.
2d Cav.
Aug. 18, '62
Rapidan Stat'n, Va.
Whittaker, Daniel
Lieut.
2d Cav.
June 17, '63
Aldie, Va.
Westinghouse, Albert
Lieut.
2d V. Cav.
Dec. 10, '64
Williams, Wm. F.
Capt.
2d Mt Rifles
June 19, '64
Near Petersburg.
Wood, Oliver S.
Lieut.
4th Cav.
June 12, '64 Quinlian Station.
Wheelan, William
Lieut.
7th Cav.
Oct. 26, '62
At Blackwater.
Williams, Chas. P.
Lieut.
24th Cav.
Apl. 10, '65
Wright, Nathaniel
Capt.
7th H. Art.
Aug. 25, '64
Ream's Station.
West, Charles H.
Lieut.
8th H. Art.
Aug. 25, '64
Ream's Station.
Wright. Walter P.
Wildt, Edward A.
Lieut.
8th H. Art.
June 16, '64
Petersburg.
Lieut.
L. Art.
Nov. 20, '64
Honey Hill, S. C.
Wheeler, William
Capt.
L. Art.
June 22, '64
Marietta, Ga.
Wicks, J. M.
Capt.
3d Inf.
Oct. 27, '64
Wright, Edward 0.
Lieut.
5th Inf.
Aug. 30, '62
Manassas Plains.
Winthrop, Frederick
Col.
5th Inf.
Apr. 1, '65
Five Forks, Va.
Winslow, Cleveland
Lt.-Col.
5th Inf.
July 7, '64
Bethesda Ch'r'h, Va
Woods, William S.
Capt.
5th Inf.
Aug. 19, '6-1
Weinberg, Constantine
Lieut.
5th Inf.
June 2, '64
Winter, Andrew
Lieut.
7th Inf.
Dec. 13, '62
Fredericksburg.
Winchester, Salmon
Capt.
10th Inf.
Dec. 16, '62
Wilson, Andrew
Capt.
17th Inf.
Sep. 18, '62
Wilson, Geo. S.
Lieut.
17th Inf.
Feb. 7, '63
Washburn, Jeremiah P.
Capt.
21st Inf.
Aug. 30, '62
2d Bull Run.
Whitney, Wm. L
Lieut.
21st Inf.
Aug. 30, '63 Bull Run.
Webster, Joseph
Lieut.
27th Inf.
July 22, '62
Gaines Mills.
Wliittock, Henry
Capt.
31st Inf.
June 27, '62 Gaines Mills.
Wallace. Edmond
Lieut.
32d Inf.
May 7, '62
West Point.
Wright, Louis R.
Lieut.
32d Inf.
Sep. 14. '62
Crampton's Pass.
Walcot, Harrison T.
Capt.
40th Inf.
May 5, '64
Wilderness.
Wilson, John
Lt.-Col.
43d Inf.
May 7, '64
Wallace, William
Capt.
13d Inf.
May 6, '64
Wilderness.
Wiggins, Wm. T.
Capt.
49th Inf.
May 5, '64
Wilderness.
Wolf. Louis
Lieut.
52d Inf.
Oct. 21, '64
Near Petersburg.
Walsh, Eugene
Lieut.
52d Inf.
June 15, '64
Williams, Wm. J.
Capt.
56th Inf.
May 3-1, '62 .Fair Oaks.
Wright, Augustus M.
Capt.
57th Inf.
July 2, '64
Near Petersburg.
Whitnev, Chas. H.
Capt.
59th Inf.
Sep. 17, '62 Antietam.
Wade, Edward H.
Capt.
59th Inf.
Oct. 5, '62
Antietam.
Wright, Eugene M.
Lieut.
59th Inf.
May 12, '64 Spottsylvania C. II.
Wilson, John E.
Lieut.
60th Inf.
June 18, '64 Near Golo-otba. Ga.
Wiggins. David T.
Lieut.
64th Inf.
May 12, '64 Spottsylvania. C. H.
Wei lie. Julius
Capt.
66th Inf.
Dec. 15, '62
Fredericksburg.
Williams, Charles
Lieut.
69th Inf.
Sep. 17, '62
Antietam.
Willard, Darwin
Capt.
72d Inf.
May 5, '62
Williamsburg.
Whiteside. James E.
Lieut.
75th Inf.
Jan. 14, "63
Bayou Teehr. La.
390

THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE

NAME.

RANK.

REGIMENT.

DIED OF
WOUNDS.

KILLED.

BATTLE.

Williams, Richard

Lieut.

76th Inf.

Aug. 29, '62

2d Bull Run.

Weldon, Thomas F.

Lieut.

76th Inf.

Aug. 26, '64

Wheeler, Luther M.

Capt.

77th Inf.

May 3, '63
Chancellorsville.
Ward, Peletiah
Capt.
80th Inf.
Sep. 3, 62
2d Bull Run.
Warner, John N.
Capt.
86th Inf.
July 2, '03
Gettysburg.
Woodward, W. J. M.
Lieut.
94th Inf.
Sep. 15, '62
Woodrow, Stark A.
Lieut.
95th Inf.
May 1. '64
Wead, Frederick F.
Col.
98th Inf.
June 3, '64
Coal Harbor.
Wilkeson, Jr. John
Lieut.
100th Inf.
May 31, '62
Fair Oaks.
Warwick, William
Wood, Almon A.
Capt.
109th Inf.
June 17, '64
Near Petersburg.
Lieut.
110th Inf.
May 26, '63
Williams, J. Knox
Lieut.
117th Inf.
Sep. 30, '64
Wendell, Nelson 0.
Capt.
121st Inf.
May 3, '63
Chancellorsville.
Wooster, Frank M.
Lieut.
122d Inf.
June 1, '64
Coal Harbor.
Wilson, Martin L.
Lieut.
122d Inf.
June 19, '64
Wilderness.
Weer, Norman F.
Capt.
123d Inf.
July 26, '63
Gettysburg.
Willard, Geo. L.
Col.
125th Inf.
July 2, '03
Gettysburg.
Wood, Ephraim
Capt.
125th Inf.
July 3, '63
Gettysburg.
Wheeler, Chas. M.
Capt.
126th Inf.
July 3, '63
Gettysburg.
Williams, Oscar C.
Capt.
137th Inf.
July 3, '63
Gettysburg.
Warren, Theodore M.
Lieut.
141st Inf.
July 20, '64
P'ch Tree Cr'k, Ga.
Waterbury, Peter L.
Lieut.
143d Inf.
July 24, '64
P'ch Tree Cr'k, Ga.
Wilson, Thomas A.
Capt.
146th Inf.
Apl. 25, '65
Five Forks, Va.
Wilcox, Sylvanus S.
Watters, Charles
Capt.
151st Inf.
Nov. 27, '63
Locust Grove, Va.
Lieut.
164th Inf.
May 18, '64
Spottsylvania.
Williamson, James
Lieut.
177th Inf.
May 27, '63
Port Hudson.
Welpley, Francis
Capt.
182d Inf.
Aug. 25, '64
Ream's Station.
Yearsley, Charles L.
Lieut.
7th H. Art.
June 16, '64
Petersburg.
Yardley, James M.
Lieut.
10th Inf.
Dec. 13, '62
Fredericksburg.
Young, Elisha S.
Capt.
32d Inf.
May 7, '62
West Point.
Young, John R.
Lieut.
88th Inf.
Dec. 13, '62
Fredericksburg.
Zoller, Jonas
Lieut.
2d H. Art.
Feb. 16, '65
Zenette, Arnold
Lieut.
132d Inf.
Feb. 1, '64
Bachelors Cr'k N. C
DIED OF DISEASE AND OTHER CAUSES.
NAME.
RANK.
REGIMENT.
DATE.
Artherly, Joseph B.
Surgeon
22d Infantry
August 12th, 1862
Ayer, James
Captain
116th Infantry
May 22d, 1863
Aldrich, Daniel N.
Captain
141st Infantry
August 11th, 1863
Benedict, James A.
Lieutenant
5th Cavalry
December 11th, 18G1
Boudinot, Frank
Lieutenant
7th Cavalry
May 2d, 1864
Brown, John Q.
Captain
9th Cavalry
May 11th, 1864
Bly, Jerry
Lieutenant
9th Cavalry
May 17th, 1864
Burrows, James B.
Lieutenant
9th Cavalry
August 25th, 1864
Baker, Rollin T.
Surgeon
12th Cavalry
October 19th. 1864
Baker, Lewis F.
Surgeon
6th H. Art.
September 6th, 1864
Bell, Matthew
Lieutenant
7th H. Art.
April 12th, 1864
Bickford, William H.
Lieutenant
8th H. Art.
March 9th, 1865
Beach, Alexander J.
Captain
13th H. Art.
August 10th, 1864
Bundy, William
Lieutenant
15th H. Art.
April 26th, 1864
Burt, William J.
Lieutenant
Light Artillery
1st Bat. Sh'psh't
April 18th, 1864
Bradley, Thomas S.
Captain
June 28th, 1863
Backus, Frederick W.
Lieutenant
17th Infantry
August 10th, 1862
BHischeim, Theodore
Lieutenant
41st Infantry
March 6th, 1864
Bullyniore. William
Lieutenant
49th Infantry
May - 1862
IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.

391

NAME.

RANK.

REGIMENT.

DATE.

Benton, Orlando N.

Chaplain

51st Infantry

March 15th, 1862

Barstow, Samuel

Captain

64th Infantry

April 20th, 1862

Berry, John

Captain

65th Infantry

May 10th 1864

Bogert, A. S.

Lieutenant

65th Infantry

June 2d, 1862

Bowe, Halsey

Lieutenant

77th Infantry

August 11th, 1862

Berry, D. Clinton

Captain

82d Infantry

May 15th, 1862

Brownson, Amos

Lieutenant

85th Infantry

May 24th, 1862

Bennett, James

Captain

86th Infantry

August 25th, 1862

Brennau, Francis T.

Lieutenant

97th Infantry

May 6th, 1864

Brannigan, Patrick R.

Surgeon

99th Infantry

October 5th, 1864

Brandt, William

Captain

103d Infantry

November 7th, 1862

Baldwin, Lathrop
Bradley, James H.

Major

107th Infantry

July 30th, 1864

Lieutenant

131st Infantry

October 2d, 1864

Brown, Hiram P.

Lieutenant

148th Infantry

October 8th, 1863

Badger John W.

Lieutenant

154th Infantry

June 2d, 1863

Bradley, Wesley W.

Lieutenant

159th Infantry

May 10th, 1863

Brown, Samuel H.

Surgeon

174th Infantry

July 31st, 1863

Coyle, Thomas

Captain

5th Cavalry

Nov. 24th, 1861

Crafts, William C.

Lieutenant

8th Cavalry

August 29th, 1863

Corrigan, A. McQ.

Major

9th Cavalry

May 28th, 1864

Cobb, Lyman G.

Lieutenant

9th Cavalry

September 6th, 1862

Cole, Daniel

Lieutenant

4th H. Art.

December 27th, 1863

Cornwall, Selah

Captain

9th H. Art.

November 1st, 1862

Cooper, Dealton W.

Lieutenant

10th H. Art.

August 5th, 1864

Cozzens, Henry H.

Lieutenant

Light Artillery
15 th Engineers

February 18th, 1864

Cassin, Walter S.

Major

October 8th, 1863

Campbell, John C.

Captain

1st Infantry

May 7th, 1863

Cooper, Marmaduke

Lieutenant

3d Infantry

November 15th, 1862

Clark, Martin C.

Captain

23d Infantry

May 13th, 1863

Coan, William H.

Lieutenant

27th Infantry

September 11th, 1862

Casey, Philip

Lieutenant

30th Infantry

October 24th, 1861

Conkling, William T.

Lieutenant

30th Infantry

November 28th, 1861

Carr, Joseph R.

Lieutenant

3 1th Infantry

October 4th, 1861

Clark, Johnson

Surgeon

99th Infantry

December 8th, 1861

Cross, William R.

Lieutenant

104th Infantry

March 2d, 1862

Coltier, E. B.

Lieutenant

116th Infantry

August 21st, 1863

Cockbum, William J.

Lieutenant

120th Infantry

July 22d, 1862

Collier, Henry A.

Surgeon

120th Infantry

January 23d, 1863

Cameron. Angus

Lieutenant

121st Infantry

November 9th, 1862

Clapp, Alonzo H.

Major

122d Infantry

June 23d, 1865

Cressy, Charles T.

Lieutenant

124th Infantry

July 14th, 1864

Cooper, Cornelius A.

Captain

127th Infantry

November 26th, 1862

Callahan, Alexander

Lieutenant

139th Infantry

September 14th, 1863

Cooke, Howard

Captain

156th Infantry

March 19th, 1864

Dwyer, R. 0.

Chaplain

2d Vet. Cavalry

June 30th, 1864

De Forest, Othneil

Colonel

5th Cavalry

Dec. 16th, 1864

Disosway, William W.

Lieutenant

7th Cavalry

October 13th, 1863

De Camp, John

Lieutenant

14th Cavalry

July 26th, 1864

Dalrymple, Theodore

Lieutenant

24th Infantry

April 21st, 1862

Daniel, Robert R.

Major

31st Infantry

April 13th, 1863

Dickinson, Raselas

Captain

49 th Infantry

October 10th, 1861

Deitrich, Louis

Lieutenant

58th Infantry

July 2d, 1863

Deming, Eugene M.

Captain

61st Infantry

July 1st, 1862

Davis, Benton H.

Captain

66th Infantry

July 2d, 1864

Dimock, J. J.

Major

82d Infantry

June 33d, 1862

Day, Joseph B.

Lieutenant

82d Infantry

July 21st, 1863

Davis, Edward F.

Lieutenant

85th Infantry

April 10th, 1862

Dutton, William

Colonel

98th Infantry

July 4th, 1862

Dudley, William L

Lieutenant

103d Infantry

August 5th 1862

Donnelly, George G.

Lieutenant

114th Infantry

April 27th, 1863

Davis, George W.

Lieutenant

121 st Infantry

October 20th, 1862

Davis, Amos F.

Captain

136th Infantry

November 4th, 1862

392

THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE

NAME.

RANK.

REGIMENT.

DATE.

Dalzell, William

Lieutenant

142d Infantry

August 24th, 1863

Davis, John

Lieutenant

155th Infantry

October 16th, 1864

Donaldson, John

Captain

156th Infantry

September 19th, 1863

Dunbar, Walter 0.

Captain

157th Infantry

March 17th, 1863

Dunn, John

Lieutenant

164th Infantry

September 29th, 1863

Edwards, George

Captain

1st Engineers

November 22d, 1864

Unnis, William H.

Lieutenant

9th Infantry

August- 1862

Ellsworth, E. Elmer

Colonel

11th Infantry

May 24th, 1861

Eastman, Henry C.

Lieutenant

60th Infantry

March 8th, 1862

Emmett, Temple

Lieutenant

88th Infantry

August 9th, 1862

Emmett, Richard

Lieutenant

88th Infantry

February 2d, 1863

Elmore, Taylor

Surgeon

137th Infantry

May 25th, 1864

Egbert, Eugene
Ellsworth, Asher M.

Lieutenant

141st Infantry

December 18th, 1864

Lieutenant

165th Infantry

August 14th, 1863

Farr, Thomas S.

Captain

8th Cavalry

October - 1864

Flower, Byron L.

Surgeon

9th H. Art.

October 24th, 1863

Fullerton, Stephen W.
Faxon, Daniel E.

Captain

3d Infantry

September 11th, 1861

Lieutenant

36th Infantry

June 19th, 1862

Farr, George W.

Lieutenant

36th Infantry

May 17th, 1862

Foye, Michael E.

Surgeon

38th Infantry

June 9th, 1861

Fancher, Wilham

Captain

64th Infantry

May 24th, 1862

Forsher, John M.

Surgeon

66th Infantry

October 25th, 1862

Feeney, John

Captain

73d Infantry

May 24th, 1864

Fox, Charles

Lieutenant

92d Infantry

July 12th, 1862

Farnum, Charles S.

Lieutenant

100th Infantry

May 12th, 1862

Fraser. Marcus

Lieutenant

143d Infantry

November 20th, 1862

Flirt, Henry C.

Lieutenant

147th Infantry

November 4th, 1862

Faucett, Richard W.

Surgeon

155th Infantry

June 22d, 1864

Fowler, Thomas

Lt.-Col.

156th Infantry

July 1st, 1863

Grey, W. C. B.

Lieutenant

4th H. Art.

January 1st, 1863

Gilleo, Richard M.

Lieutenant

6th H. Art.

March 27th, 1863

Gunn, George

Captain

1st Engineers

January 21st, 1862

Gilbert, Edwin S.

Lt.-Col.

25th Infantry

February 22d, 1863

Gleason, Shepard

Major

25th Infantry

June 17th, 1863

Gaul, Charles L.

Lieutenant

27th Infantry

August 20th, 1862

Griswold, Stephen

Surgeon

38th Infantry

December 31st, 1861

Gilder, Sr., Wilham H.

Chaplain

40th Infantry

April 13th, 1864

Grimm, Louis

Lieutenant

62d Infantry

January 30th, 1864

Griffith Walter L.

Lieutenant

90th Infantry

October 1st, 1862

Gardner, Chauncey

Lieutenant

110th Infantry

June 23d, 1864

Gilbert, James E.

Lieutenant

114th Infantry

February 16th, 1863
August 8th, 1863

Gifford, Edward

Captain

128th Infantry

Goewey, John T.

Lieutenant

170th Infantry

May 18th, 1865

Harmoricier. Charles

Lieutenant

1st Cavalry

October 8th, 1861

Hathaway, Henry C.

Lieutenant

12th Cavalry

October 3d, 1864

Hatch, Jeremiah

Captain

19th Cavalry

December 21st, 1862

Harris, Henry G.

Lieutenant

4th H. Art.

September 10th, 1862

Ilazen, Charles F.

Lieutenant

6th H. Art.

May 2d, 1863

Hyatt, George D.

Lieutenant

6th H. Art.

July 26th, 1864

Ilodgkins, Thomas

Lieutenant

1st Light Artillery

January 25th, 1863

Hillis, David D.

Lieutenant

3d Artillery

September 24th, 1864

Hochheim, Lewis

Captain

7th Infantry

July 13th, 1861

Holt, James

Lieutenant

11th Infantry

 1862

Holbrook, Joseph

Lieutenant

16th Infantry

August 28th, 1861

Hart, R. Stewart

Lieutenant

17th Infantry

June 24th, 1861

Hayward, Elisha L.

Captain

21st Infantry

September 9th, 1862

Haak, Ludwig

Lieutenant

29th Infantry

January 28th, 1862

Halsey, Charles E.

Surgeon

40th Infantry

August 30th, 1862

Hogan, Guy

Lieutenant

60th Infantry

August 4th, 1862

Hinman, Richard H.

Surgeon

67th Infantry

May 22d, 1802

IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.

393

NAME.

RANK.

REGIMENT.

DATE.

Howard, Orville C.

Japtain

"1st Infantry

September 20th, 1861

Higgin, Martin E.

Lieutenant

"3d Infantry

July 9th, 1863

Hendricks, James T.

Daptain

30th Infantry

September 17th, 1862

Hannahs, Franklin F.

Captain

31st Infantry

August 9th, 1862

Hinds, John M.

Lieutenant

32d Infantry

June 30th, 1863

Hill, William R.

Lieutenant

90th Infantry

October 7th, 1862

Hulbert, Henry S.

Captain

31st Infantry

June 14th, 1863

Helleday, Gustave B.

Lt.-Col.

39th Infantry

August 19th, 1862

Hopkins, James
Hull, Egbert B.

Lieutenant

106th Infantry

February 22d, 1863
June -1861

Lieutenant

125th Infantry

Hopkins, James A. P.

Lt.-Col.

133d Infantry

November 19th, 1861

Hunter, C. T.

Lieutenant

134th Infantry

March 11th, 1864

Hall, Wilham C.

Lieutenant

136th Infantry

May 27th, 1864

Hine, Franklin T.

Lieutenant

144th Infantry

December 20th, 1864

Huke, George D.
Hinds, Josiah

Lieutenant

148th Infantry

November 5th, 1863

Lieutenant

152d Infantry

August 7th, 1864

Haven, Samuel C.

Lieutenant

162d Infantry

June 25th, 1863

Hermion, George W.

Lieutenant

168th Infantry

September 21st, 1863

Hayes, Mathias

Lieutenant

175th Infantry

October 16th, 1863

Hoyt, Wilham W.

Colonel

189th Infantry

November 8th, 1U64

INGALLS, A T.BERT S.

Major

40th Infantry

August 11th, 1862

Ives, Samuel J.

Lieutenant

70th Infantry

December 28th. 1863

Irwin, John J.

Lieutenant

90th Infantry

August 29th, 1862

Ireland, David

Colonel

137th Infantry

September 10th, 1864

Jernegan, Francis W.

Lieutenant

13th Cavah-y

December 2d, 1863

Joachim, Conrad

Surgeon

10th H. Art.

September 4th, 1862

Joachim, Charles

Lieutenant

15th H. Art.

October 8th, 1863

Jeffries, Ulysses F.

Lieutenant

10th H. Art.

November 8th, 1864

Jackson, William A.

Colonel

18th Infantry

November 10th, 1861

Jordan, Albert

Lieutenant

3Bth Infantry

June 15th, 1862

Jones. William W.

Lieutenant

44th Infantry

May 5th, 1862

Judd, Willard B.

Lieutenant

97th Infantry

February 19th, 1865

Jackson, Rollin C.

Captain

106th Infantry

December 15th, 1862

Jones, Evan G.

Lieutenant

117th Infantry

July 5th, 1863

Jilson, H. H.

Captain

122d Infantry

October 8th, 1862

Jenkins, Isaac T.

Lieutenant

154th Infantry

July 21st, 1863

Jones, Julius A.

Lieutenant

176th Infantry

October 19th, 1864

Ketchum, John P.

Lieutenant

4th Cavalry

October 8th, 1863

King, John B.

Lieutenant

10th Cavalry

July 31st, 1863

Knight, J. Randolph
Kuchne, Leo

Lieutenant

10th H. Art.

November 23d, 1862

Lieutenant

15th H. Art.

June 9th, 1863

Kimball. Edward A.

Lt.-Col.

9th Infantry

April 12th, 1863

Kane, William

Lieutenant

11th Infantry

 1862

Kerrigan, Thomas

Captain

25th Infantry

December 12th, 1861

King, Samuel

Captain

30th Infantry

September 1st, 1862
July 22d, 1861

Kennedy, William D.

Colonel

42d Infantry

Kleefisch, John H.

Lt.-Col.

68th Infantry

September 22d, 1862

Kinnear, James

Lieutenant

79th Infantry

June 18th, 1862

Ki-outh, Hermann

Captain

103d Infantry

June 6th, 1865

Kelly, Samuel B.

Lieutenant

121st Infantry

March - 1865

Kennedy, G. D.
Knox, James H.

Captain

134th Infantry

August 3d, 1862

Lieutenant

140th Infantry

October 13th, 1863

Kane, Patrick

Captain

175th Infantry

September 6th, 1863

Kimball, John F.

Lieutenant

176th Infantry

December 19th. 1803

Kingsley, Henry L.

Lieutenant

185th Infantry

March 31st, 1865

Lowe, Judson W.

Lieutenant

9th Cavalry

November 19th. 1863

Laydon, Marshall M.

Captain

15th Cavalry

October 5th, 1864

Louis, John

Captain

12th Infantry

October 21st, 1861

Leonard, George H.

Surgeon

51st Infantry

February - 1863

Littrow, Victor Lud. V.

Major

54th Infantry

April S3il, 1862

394

THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE

NAME.

RANK.

REGIMENT.

DATE.

Lorgan, P. M.

Lieutenant

56th Infantry

August 19th, 1862

Lewis, George T. J.

Captain

62d Infantry

July 14th, 1862

Lynch, Thomas T.

Major

63d Infantry

February 12th, 1862

Lyman, George P

Lieutenant

98th Infantry

May 20th, 1862

Ling, Ferdinand J.

Lieutenant

103d Infantry

September 17th, 1862

Lattin, Jerome

Captain

Illth Infantry

July 15th, 1864

Lockwood, John "W.

Captain

111th Infantry

Lewis, Norman M.

Lieutenant

114th Infantry

November 17th, 1864

Lewis, Thomas

Lieutenant

144th Infantry

September 8th, 1863

Lefever, Johannes

Lieutenant

156th Infantry

November 9th, 1864

Lawrence, James R.

Lieutenant

176th Infantry

April 1st, 1863

Leo, John

Major

185th Infantry

December 3d, 1864

Milligan, Samuel G.

Captain

2d Cavalry

May 28th, 1862

McMasters, Zolman J.

Captain

5th Cavalry

September 24th, 1863

McVean, Charles

Captain

8th Cavalry

October 26th, 1864

Merrill, Asa B.

Captain

9th Cavalry

June 23d, 1862

Kosher, Henry E.

Lieutenant

12th Cavalry

October 6th, 1864

McAlester, M. P.

Lieutenant

20th Cavalry

September 18th, 1863

McMahon, James

Lieutenant

5th H. Art.

July 3d, 1864

Moss, Edgar S.

Lieutenant

7th H. Art.

October 18th, 1864

Moeller Edward

Surgeon

15th H. Art.

November 10th, 1863

McQueen, James

Captain

15th Engineers

September 18th, 1861

Moore, Theodore

Lieutenant

1st Infantry

June 30th, 1862

Mengersen. William

Captain

8th Infantry

July 12th, 1862

Mattock, William

Lieutenant

l?th Infantry

July 31st, 1861

Mattheson, Roderick

Colonel

3-M Infantry

October 2d, 1862

McHugh, Francis J.

Captain

37th Infantry

December 12th, 1861

McQuaide, Hugh

Captain

38th Infantry

December 26th, 1861

McGarry, Michael 0.

Lieutenant

39th Infantry

May 25th, 1864

Muller, August

Captain

41st Infantry

August 25th, 1865-

Miller, William H.

Captain

44th Infantry

April 17th, 1862

Metternich, Germain

Lt.-Col.

46th Intantry

May 13th, 1862

Moss, Charles H.

Captain

49th Infantry

March 25th, 1862

McKibbin, James

Lieutenant

57th Infantry

May 17th, 1862

McDonald, John

Lieutenant

61st Infantry

June 24th, 1862

McNeil, John

Captain

66th Infantry

December 13th, 1863

McDermott, James

Captain

73d Infantry

May 31st, 1864

Morey, George A.

Lieutenant

74th Infantry

June 23d, 1862

Marsh, Moses P.

Lieutenant

76th Infantry

September 26th, 1862

Mulligan, Greig H.

Lieutenant

90th Infantry

August -1862

Minturn, B. G.

Captain

92d Infantry

August 4th, 1864

McCaffrey. John J.

Lieutenant

104th Infantry

September 17th, 1862

Mitchell, Charles

Surgeon

110th Infantry

August 28th, 1864

Meade, Joseph N.

Lieutenant

119th Infantry

February 11th, 1863

McEntie, Charles H.

Captain

120th Infantry

December 2d, 1862

Meyer, August

Captain

140th Infantry

May 24th, 1864

McMellon, Patrick A.

Captain

140th Infantry

August 23d. 1864

McGraw, Hugh

Lieutenant

140th Infantry

July 9th, 1863

Mayo, DeWitt C.

Lieutenant

144th Infantry

September 27th, 1HH3

Marshall, Rowland H.

Lieutenant

150th Infantry

September 13th, 1863

McMahon, John E.

Colonel

164th Infantry

March 3d, 1863

McGregor. Thomas H. D.

Lieutenant

169th Infantry

January 16th, 1865

Maguire. John

Captain

175th Infantry

April 14th, 1865

Melhan, William

Lieutenant

188th Infantry

April 17th, 1865

Nazer. Ferries

Lt.-Col.

4th Cavalry

April 23d, 1863

Nixon, Samuel F.

Lieutenant

1st Infantry

May 26th, 1863

Near, Charles R.

Lieutenant

73d Infantry

September 1st, 1863

Newton, John S.

Lieutenant

90th Infantry

September 13th. 1863

Newcomb, Walter K.

Captain

125th Infantry

August 9th, 1863

O'Neil, John

Lieutenant

3d L. Art.

August 10th. 1864

Otto, Joseph

Captain

20th Infantry

June 4th, 1861

IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.

395

NAME.

RANK.

regiment.

DATE.

O'Sullivan, Maxwell

Captain

88th Infantry

April 13th, 1862

Oakley, Nehemiah

Lieutenant

162d Infantry

November 10th, 1863

Porter, Jr., George

Lieutenant

6th H. Art.

June 25th, 1865

Palmer, Albert A.

Lieutenant

13th H. Art.

June 6th, 1864

Parker, Robert I.

Lieutenant

1st Light Artillery

February - 1863

Parker, James C.

Lieutenant

Light Artillery

June 4th, 1862

Perrine, Richard V. R.

Lieutenant

1st Engineers
4th Intantry

February 8th, 1862

Pearson, William

Lieutenant

January 1st, 1863

Pigott, Alfred J.

CaptainColonel

36th Infantry

July 6th, 1863

Perry, James H.

48th Infantry

June 18th, 1862

Pennock, Horatio B.

Captain

72d Infantry

August 4th, 1862

Parsons, Darius M.

Captain

96th Infantry

June 12th, 1862

Powell, Charles A.

Lieutenant

98th Infantry

May 13th, 1862

Priest, Luther

Captain

106th Infantry

March 14th, 1863

Pettit, Frederick H.

Surgeon

106th Infantry

December 25th, 1863

Poole, Joseph H.

Lieutenant

140th Infantry

July 29th, 1864

Putnam, Charles F.

Major

153d Infantry

September 9th, 1865

Palmer, Charles H.

Lieutenant

169th Infantry

July 28th, 1863

Philips, John P.

Lieutenant

177th Infantry

September 4th, 1863

QUACKENBOS, EDWARD M.

Captain

36th Infantry

August 20th, 1862

Rushmore, Joseph M.

Captain

2d Mounted Rifles

August 16th, 1864

Roche, Charles H.

Captain

12th Cavalry

October 17th, 1864

Robinson, John F.

Surgeon

15th Cavalry

Februaiy 3d, 1864

Richards, Melzer

Lt.-Col.

24th Cavalry

April 13th, 1865

Rundell, Marshall H.

Lieutenant

1st Light Artillery

July 21st, 1862

Ranhaus, Herman

Lieutenant

46th Infantry

August 26th, 1863

Roosa, Isaac

Lieutenant

56th Infantry

January «0th, 1863

Rush, Frank W.

Lieutenant

56th Infantry

December 25th, 1863

Reynolds, Hosea C.

Lieutenant

60th Infantry

October 24th, 1862

Russell, Theodore

Captain

61st Infantry

June 1st, 1862

Rother, Robert

Major

68th Infantry

May 2d, 1863

Rice, A. Clark

Lieutenant

121st Infantry

September 20th, 1863

Redfield, George N.

Lieutenant

126th Infantry

November 9th, 1862

Raymond, Samuel M.

Lieutenant

131st Infantry

April 3d, 1863

Robertson, William

Captain

173d Infantry

August 28th, 1865

Ramsey, Jesse W.

Lieutenant

175th Infantry

October 11th, 1863

Rosche, Francis

Lieutenant

177th Infantry

August 17th, 1863

Stuart, Robert

Lieutenant

2d Cavalry

September 22d, 1862

Smith, Thomas B.

Captain

2d Vet. Cavalry

February 26th, 1865

Stowe, Don D.

Lieutenant

2d Vet. Cavalry

April 12th, 1864

Sisson, Benjamin E.

Captain

8th Cavalry

February 11th, 1863

Swain, James P.

Lieutenant

8th Cavalry

December 20th, 1864

Stockwell, George B.

Lieutenant

9th Cavalry

October 3d, 1863

Smith, Moses S.

Lieutenant

14th Cavalry

June 26th, 1863

Sherwin, Elbridge S.

Captain

8th H. Art.

July 30, 1864

Swan. Henry R.

Lieutenant

8th H. Art.

June 14th, 1864

Stoyell, George C.

Lieutenant

9th H. Art.

January 21st, 1863

Scott, John

Lieutenant

16th H. Art.

February 19th, 1805

Searle, Tyler E.

Lieutenant

1st Light Artillery

November 3d, 1864

Sahm, Nicholas

Captain

1st Light Artillery

May 1st, 1864

Stone, Henry M.

Lt.-Col.

3d L. Art.

October 2d, 1864

Stahl, William H.

Captain

Light Artillery

September 15th, 1863

Steele, Rodney W.

Lieutenant

23d Infantry

December 7th, 1861

Shay, Cyrus

Lieutenant

25th Infantry

June 20th, 1861

Sawyer, Thomas H.

Surgeon

43d Infantry

August 23d, 1862

Sautter, Frederick

Lieutenant

58th Infantry

April 30th, 1863

Stevens, Gorham P.

Lieutenant

70th Infantry

August 12th, 1862

Silva, Manuel

Captain

73d Infantry

August 17th 1861

Sittler, Robert

Chaplain

74th Infantry

August 6th, 1863

Shannon, George W.

Lieutenant

82d Infantry

September 15th, 1862

396

THE HONORS OF THE EMPIRE STATE

NAME.

RANK.

REGIMENT.

DATE.

Sullivan, John

Japtain

90th Infantry

August 16th, 1862

Stackhouse, George W.

Vlajor

91st Infantry

May 27th, 1863

Southwick, James M.

Lieutenant

93d Infantry

May 4th, 1862

Storms, David

Lieutenant

98th Infantry

April 20th, 1862

SLephens, Walter S.

Lieutenant

104th Infantry

April 10th, 1864

Schwerin, Henry R.

Daptain

119th Infantry

May 6th, 1863

Simpkins, Edgar

Lieutenant

120th Infantry

March 31st, 1865

Sterling, F. W.

Lieutenant

128th Infantry

December 6th, 1862

Scone, William H.

Japtain

144th Infantry

October 17th, 1863

Sisson, George A.

Lieutenant

147th Infantry

May 13th, 1863

Sweet, John

Lieutenant

150th Infantry

August 13th, 1864

Steadman, William

Lieutenant

156th Infantry

August 13th, 1863

Stone, J. R.

Daptain

157th Infantry

August 12th, 1864

Stapletont Michael G.

Lieutenant

164th Infantry

March 26th, 1865

Strong, Richard M.

Lieutenant

177th Infantry

May 12th, 1863

Swan, Edwin

Captain

186th Infantry

February 15th, 1865

Ten Broeck, Samuel

Captain

5th Cavalry

July 4th, 1863

Truesdell, Zebedee

Lieutenant

9th Cavalry

September 29th, 1862
July 5th, 1864

Thompson, J. Floyd

Captain

20th Cavalry

Tompkins, Theodore F.

Lieutenant

6th H. Art.

March 16th, 1863

Thonipson, John H.

Lieutenant

14th H. Art.

November 20th, 1864

Tillinghast, Henry D.

Lieutenant

49 th. Infantry

May 31st, 1862

Taggart, George L.

Lieutenant

64th Infantry

May 20th, 1864

Tracey, W. W.

Captain

65th Infantry

May 6th, 1864

Turbagne, George

Lieutenant

66th Infantry

December - 1864

Tarry, Frederick

Lieutenant

91st Infantry

August 24th, 1863

Timpson, Samuel C.

Captain

95th Infantry

December 28th, 1864

Thorp, Lorin L.

Captain

110th Infantry

April 8th, 1863

Thurber, William D.

Lieutenant

114th Infantry

October 27th, 1864

Trumpelman, Otto

Captain

119th Infantry

July 24th, 1863

Tremain, Walter R.

Lieutenant

132d Infantry

December 25th, 1862

Taft, William H.

Lieutenant

137th Infantry

October 31st, 1862

Thomas, DeWitt C.

Lieutenant

144th Infantry

June 5th, 1863

Tanner, Benjamin P.

Lieutenant

151st Infantry

September 21st, 1863

Turner, George S.

Captain

170th Infantry

October 24th, 1864

Trembley, William W.

Captain

178th Infantry

May 7th, 1864

Von Schwenke, George

Captain

4th Cavalry

November 1st, 1863

"Von Einsiedel, Detler

Lt.-Col.

41st Infantry

August 23d, 1865

Von Gayl, Frederick

Lieutenant

49th Infantry

June 12th, 1863

Von Haake, Herman

Lieutenant

52d Infantry

June 23d, 1864

Von Roseiberg, Albert

Captain

58th Infantry

May 3d, 1864

Von Gerber, Gustav

Lt.-Col.

68th Infantry

November 19th, 1861

Van Cott, Leonard B.

Lieutenant

119th Infantry

December 3d, 1862

Van Vleek, Daniel P.

Surgeon

128th Infantry

November 21st, 1862

Ward, Giles F. -o1'-'

Lieutenant

12th Cavalry

January 28th, 1865

White, Charles S. ; , ¦

Lieutenant

7th H. Art.

July 8th, 1864

Willett, Joseph

Lieutenant >

8th H. Art.

February 17th, 1865

Wilkie, Chauncey

Captain

14th H. Art.

August 1st, 1864

Westervelt, Minthorne

Lieutenant

1st M. Art.

December 3d, 1862

Wilcken, Charles L.

Lieutenant

1st Engineers

October 10th, 1864

Webster, Calvert S.

Lieutenant

15th Engineers

August 9th. 1862

Wilcox, Charles H.

Surgeon

21st Infantry

November 7th, 1862

Wager, Prentice B.

Lieutenant

32d Infantry

October 22d, 1861

White, Loring E.

Lieutenant

60th Infantry

July 26th, 1862

Woodworth, William W.

Captain

64th Infantry

December 28th, 1862

Walker, J. S.

Captain

65th Infantry

May 27th, 1862

West, William H.

Lieutenant

67th Infantry

August 27th, 1861

Wyatt, James

Chaplain

79th Infantry

July 10th, 1863

Wildrick, John L.

Lieutenant

86th Infantry

December 8th, 1862

Woodward, Jackson A.

Lieutenant

86th Infantry

June 1st, 1863

White, William E.

Captain

90th Infantry

February 4th, 1865

IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.

397

NAME.

rank.

Wilson, Hiram S.

Captain

Webster, Jay

Lieutenant

Wheelock, Charles

Colonel

Word«n, Monroe C.

Lieutenant

Waters, Frank

Lieutenant

Washburn, Charles E.

Surgeon

Wing, Edgar M.

Lieutenant

Webb, William J.

Lieutenant

Williams, John W.

Chaplain

Washburn, A. G.

Captain

Welling, Edgar P,

Lieutenant

Wilkes, De Ponthen J.

Lieutenant

Yates, Squire M.

Lieutenant

Young, Edward F.

Major

Yates, Henry

Lieutenant

Zyla, Anthony

Chaplain

REGIMENT.

DATE.

93d Infantry

March 24th, 1864

96th Infantry

August 3d, 1864

97th Infantry

January 21st, 1865

101st Infantry

April 25th, 1862

112th Infantry

October 3d, 1803

112th Infantry

April 10th, 1865

118th Infantry

May 16th, 1864

122d Infantry

March 1, 1863

131st Infantry

December 15th, 1863

131th Infantry

January 20th, 1863

150th Infantry

October 21st, 1863

162d Infantry

December 6th, 1862

22d Cavalry

April 9th, 1865

4th H. Art.

December 22d, 1863

50th Engineers

May 23d, 1862

58th Infantry

April 5th, 1865

INDEX.*

Abeel, Edgar
Abernethy, Mrs. Charles
Ackerman, William .
Acton, Thomas C. .
Adams, Alexander D.
Adams, Alonzo W.
Adams, George A.
Adams, John Quincy
Adams, Julius W.
Adams. Thomas C.
Addi, Thomas J.
Agnew, Cornelius R.
Agnew, John T. .
Ainsworth, Ira W. .
Albans, Charles P.
Alden, Alonzo
Alden, Henry H.
Aldridge, Horace L.
Alexander, H.
Alford, Samuel M.
Allaire, Anthony J.
Allen, Joseph H.
Allen, William H .
Alles, Henry M.
Alsdorf, E. .
Amiet, Carl V.
Ammon, John H.
Anderson, C. R.
Anderson, C. W.
Anderson, E. Ellery
Anderson, Finley
Anderson, Hugh
Anderson, John
Andres, W. C. H. .
Angell, Oscar F.
Annan, Alexander
Anthony, William N.
Appleton, D. F.
Armon, Robert .
Armstrong, John M.
Armstrong, Thomas .
Arnold, Henry
Arnold, Henry L.
Arnold, H. N. T.
Arrowsmith, George W.
Artand, Theodore .
Artherly, Joseph B.
Arthur, Chester A.
Arthur, William

PAGE . 323 61
. 312 123
. 295
254
. 9995
. 315
341
. 30
40, 61

. 231
296, 364
. 30
334

241,283 . 349

283 319
. 247 105
. 276
344 106
235 55

74
263

67
. 321
. 330
. 358 30
. 349
. 119
53, 99, 360 48
. 46
. 335

Asboth, Alexander
Ashby, Charles
Ashley, Ossian D. .
Aspinwall, Lloyd
Aspinwall, William H,
Aspinwall, Mrs. William H.
Astin, William H. .
Astor, John Jacob
Astor, Mrs. John Jacob
Atkinson, William
Austin, John S.
Ayres, Conway W.
Ayres, Romeyn B.
Axtell, Nathan G.

PAGE 85

95, 96, 238.

B.

Babcock, Charles A.
Babcock, Samuel D.
Babcock, Willis G.
Babcock, Willoughby
Bachia, Richard A.
Backus, Jason K. .
Bacon. George
Bagley, James
Bailey, Benjamin P.
Bailey, Guilford D.
Bailey, Isaac H. .
Bailey, Theodorus
Bailey, William .
Baird, Alexander L.
Baird, Andrew D.
Baird, William H. .
Baker, Benjamin F..
Baker, Joel A.
Baker, John A. .
Baker, Lewis F. .
Baker, Rollin T.
Baker, Stephen .
Baker, William H.
Baldwin, Ambrose N.
Baldwin, Charles H.
Baldwin, Harvey
Ball, J. C.
Ballestier, Robert B.
Balser, William
Bancroft, Conrad
Bankhead, John P.
Barclay, Thomas

242
239 6759
2! 13
. 74
19, 289
. 251
317
. 261 94
. 371

. 118 79
. 101319
. 326 99
. 119
95, 244, 246
. 326275
. 67
118
. 345 321
. 321 343
302
. 354
26,30 4646-
. 270312
. 105118
. 340314
. 277 50
. 354 114
. 251

* This index does not include names of New York Heroes, mentioned in Appendix
No. 1, nor those of our Honored Dead, in Appendix No. 3.
399

too

INDEX.

Barker, Ayres G.
Barlow, Francis C.
Barlow, S. L. M.
Barnard, F. A. P.
Barnes, John S. .
Barnett, G. A. 0.
Barnett, John R.
Barney, Albert M.
Barney, Lewis T.
Barney, Matthew J,
Barnum, Henry A.
Barnum, Mrs. S. M.
Barrett, Edward
Barry, (Private)
Barstow, Wilson
Bartlett, Charles G.
Bartlett, Joseph J.
Barton, Clara .
Barton, William B.
Barton, William H.
Bartram, Nelson B.
Bassford, Abram
Batchelder, William H
Batchelor, George S.
Battersby, Jenyns C.
Batterson, James P.
Baxter, Henry
Bayard, Mrs. .
Bayles, Mrs. H. .
Beach, Charles
Beardsley, John
Beardsley, Lester A.
Beardsley, Samuel R.
Beattie, John .
Becker, Charles .
Beecher, Harris H.
Beecher, Henry Ward
Beecher, James C.
Beecher, S. Clark
Beekman, James W
Beers, Edmond O.
Beers, William F. .
Begley, T. .
Belknap, Jr. Augustus
Belknap, Jonathan S.
Bell, Christopher J.
Bell, George W. .
Bell, Isaac
Bellows, Henry W.
Belmont, August
Belmont, Mrs. August
Benbow, Thomas
Benedict, Augustus W.
Benedict, Lewis
Benedict, Lewis J.
Bendix, John E.
Benham, A E. K.
Benqamin, Frank W.
Benjamin J. F.
Bennett, Augustus G.
Bennett, George C.
Bennett, John S.
Bennett, Michael
Bennett, Theron R.
Benson, Benjamin F.
Bentley, Richard C.
Benton, Orlando N.
Bergen, John G.

52,

94,

PAGE . 101
97, 234, 310 79
40
118
292

52, 290, 355 60
113
275

357295 125 30

120, 292 263:;:«339
253,254 340

61,

351 30

61 61
262
. 260 119
. 294
363
. 340

351
350

282289 107315
326309289

62, 120 67

2.34
319
53, 362
. 318
233,287 119 49
. 107323
. 47
278
95,241 123
. 344296
. 37
123

Berger, Lewis
Bergh, Henry .
Bernard, George A.
Berry, Abraham J.
Betje, Robert J. .
Betts, George F.
Bickfleld, H. H. .
Biddle, George H.
Bidlack, J. B. W.
Bidwell, Daniel D.
Biggs, Reuben
Birchmeyer, Paul .
Birdsall, Edgar
Birney, William
Bissell, George W.
Blackmoi-e, Albin C.
Blackwell, Henry F.
Blackwood, Stephen
Blake, Homer C. .
Blanchard, Justus W.
Blenker, Lewis .
Bliss, Aaron T.
Bliss, Jr., George
Blume, Theodore
Blunt, Orison
Bockoven, William C.
Bogardus, Charles
Bogardus, Jr., Stephen H.
Bogart, James Z.
Bogert, A. S. .
Boice, Jeremiah .
Boice, Theodore A.
Bookwood, Charles
Boorman, James.
Booth, Mary L. .
Borcherdt, 'Ed.
Borcherdt, Julius C.
Borden, John G.
Bostwick, Henry A.
Botta, Mrs. V.
Boughton, Horace
Bourne, R. Walworth
Bowen, C. B.
Bowen, Erwin A.
Bowei-man, R. N.
Boyd, Samuel K.
Boyd, William H.
Boyer, Leonard
Bracken, John
Bradley, Lemen
Bradley, Samuel C.
Brady, James B.
Brady, James D.
Brady, James T.
Brady, John A.
Brady, John R.
Braine, Daniel L.
Brainerd, Wesley
Bramen, Walter W.
Brandt, William
Brankstone, George W.
Brannigan, Patrick R.
Brennan, William D.
Brett, E. Augustus
Brett, Francis H.
Brewer, William I.
Brewster, William R.
Briggs, Alvah W.

PAGE
95, 329 79
. 314 45
. 315286
. 107
98,330 . 49
305
. 330
276
. 250 113 30
313
. 328 123
. 117
362
85,286 261
. 6499
. 72
313357371123 30
345 258
277 6760
306306305
234,235 61
. 290360
. 107
357
, 30
236
254358 116
313
337 79
. 312 79
. 288 79
. 119
281,282 . 329

47
. 851344
. 344 107
94, 318

INDEX.

401

Briggs, James Henry
Brincherhoff , John J.
Britt, James W.
Broady, Oscar K. .
Broas, Benjamin S. .
Bronson, Theodore
Brooks, Thomas B.
Brooks, William A.
Brosero, John B.
Brower, S.
Brown, David
Brown, Edwin F.
Brown, Franklin F.
Brown, Harvey E.
Brown, James M.
Brown, John A.
Brown, Milnor
Brown, Jr.. Morris .
Brown, Jr., Philip P. .
Brown, Richard A.
Brown, Samuel H.
Brown, Stewart
Brown, William C.
Brown, William R. .
Browne, Rufus King
Browne, William H.
Brundage, Alonzo
Brush, Jesse
Bryan Michael K.
Bryant, William Cullen
Bryson, Andrew .
Buchanan, George A.
Buck, Gordon
Buck, Leander .
Buckingham, George A.
Buckley, D.
Buckley, S. T.
Buddington, William I.
•Buell. Clarence
Bull, James M.
Bundy, Henry
Burhaus, David
But-haus, Henry N.
Burhaus, John R.
Burk, M.
Burke, Dennis F.
Burke, T. . . .
Burleigh, Lemoyne .
Burnham, Edwin K.
Burns, (Lieut.-Col.) .
Burns, Michael W
Burns, Thomas W.
Burr, Allen L.
Burrowe, William J.
Burrows, James B.
Burton, Christopher C.
Bush, Archibald Mc C.
Bush, William P.
Bushee, Andrew S.
Bushnell, C. S.
Butler, Benjamin C. .
Butler, Mrs. Charles
Butler, John G. .
Butler. William Allen
Bntterfleld, Daniel
Butts, Charles A.
Butts, Frank A.
Byrne, Edward 26

PAGE . 287
337
. 309311
. 357 64
. 281370
. 278123
. 125
296
. 351
317
. 331
. 336
30, 67, 101
107
. 360311

. 29-1
237, 247, 334 4530
. 293 43
241, 367 22
. 119
354 45
231
. 247 107
. 56
37
304313
. 278 303
. 356 101107 126
. 107
253
. 337 241
. 318 231
. 371 251
. 261 107
. 330 47
. 314 116
. 329 59
. 354 79
, 91, 94, 96, 234341 301
264

Byrne, James J.
Byrnes, John

PAGE 264
. 359

c.

Cady, A. Lester .
Cady, Rush P.
Caffry, C. W.
Calkin, J. S. .
Cameron, Angus
Cameron, James
Cameron, John .
Cameron, Robert A.
Camp, Andrew P.
Camp, John G.
Cannon, Le Grand B.
Cannon, Madison M.
Canton, Thomas M.
Card, Dayton T.
Carey, Hugh
Carle, Jason
Carman, Irvine
Carman, W. .
Carnochan, John M. .
Carpenter, Daniel
Carr, Gouverneur
Carr, Joseph B.
Carrington, Edward
Carroll, Howard
Carson, Cornelius
Carter, Samuel P. .
Cartwright, J. H.
Cary, J.
Casler, Marcus R.
Castle, Frederick A.
Caswell, Charles S.
Catlin, Charles M. .
Catlin, Isaac S.
Cavanagh, James .
Chamberlain, Alfred .
Chamberlain, Martin J.
Champlin, Stephen G.
Chandler, (Corporal)
Chandler, Mrs. Charles
Chandler, Hiram
Chandler, Ralph .
Chapelle, Marcus H.
Chapin, Edwin P.
Chapman, Alford B.
Chapman, Perry W.
Chapman, William O.
Charlier, E. .
Chase, George P.
Chatfield, Harvey S. .
Cheeseman, Timothy M.
Cherry, William .
Chester, George F.
Chester, Walter T.
Chester, William H.
Chittenden, S. B.
Christian, William H.
Church, Benjamin S.
Church, Cyrus .
Church, Morris H.
Churchill, Robert P.
Cisco, John J.
Claassen, Peter J.

99
. 123
107, 25u
. 251
125, 251, 321
. 123 50
. 337 24
. 67
801
. 369
. 105
. 323
. 101
. 333
. 107 45
123
42, 285
94,28353, 352334
. 247
. 113
349
. 366
. 341 49
. 340 242
. 335
246, 316
. 288334 50
. 303
. 230 123
. 119
271
. 339
30, 309
. 357
. 330

. 320, 333 26
. 293
332
. 329 105
. 67
. 294
. 234262
. 342346
. 71
250, 348

402

Index.

PAGE

. 354

Clark, Charles A, .

. 24, 99

. 316

. 289
Clark, John S. .
. 277
. 323
Clark, William C. .
. 321
. 47
Clarkson, Floyd
. 263
Claxton, Kate
. 37
Clearman, L. L. S. .
26
Clews, Henry
67
Clifton, Edward
366
Clitz, John M. B.
. 119
Coan, William B.
. 305
Cochrane, John .
53, 89, 91, 313
Coddington, Clifford
. 308
Coe, George S.
67, 71, 72
Coe, Richard W.
281
Coe, William P. .
368
Coffin, James A.
. 360
Cogeswell, Milton
. 267, 301
Colahan, Francis
342
Cole, Alonzo R. .
. 341
Cole, Edward .
354
Cole, G. W. .
. 256
Cole, Matthew T. .
95
. 281
Coleman, Warren B.
. 365
. 250
Collier, Henry A.
47
Colvin, Andrew J.
79
Cofvin, James A.
365
Compson, Hartwell B.
. 107
Cone, Spencer H.
37
Cone, Spencer W.
. 37
Conk, Anthony
. 350
Conkling, Frederick A.
95, 251
Counelley, John Townsend
43
Connery, John A.
56
Connolly, Richard S.
47
Connor, Patrick E.
. 85
Connors, J.
107
Connover, D. D.
. 24
Constable, David
. 117
Conway, (Private!
. 275
Conway, William
319
Conyngham, D. P.
56
Cook, Abel G. .
. 356
Cook, Edward A.
. 323
Cook, Edwin F.
255
. 300
Cooley, Alfred .
360
Cooley, John
. 354
Coonan, John .
369
Cooney, John M.
. 300
Cooney, Michael
244
. 262
Cooper, Cornelius A.
. 344
Cooper, Edward .
79
Cooper, George H. .
. 119
Cooper, Peter
67
Cooper, Thomas Colden
39
Copeland, Theron S.
123
Coppinger, J. B.
233
Coppinger, John J.
Corbett, Boston
. 264
235
Corbin, Joseph S.
Corcoran, Michael
Cornell, M. E.
Cornell, Theodore D.
Corning, Joseph W.
Corwin, B. 11. .
Cossitt, Davis
Cossum, Frederick
Costello, Edward
Coster, Charles R.
Coville, Orson
Cowan, Andrew
Cowdin, Elliott C.
Cowdrey, Edward A
Cowles, David S. .
Cowtan, Charles W.
Coyne, John N.
Cox, (Sergeant)
Cox, Abraham S.
Cox, Charles H.
Cox, Robert H.
Cozens, E. E. .
Crampton, Henry E. .
Crandell, Levin
Cranston, John
Crawford. Mrs. Charles C.
Creiger, John A. .
Creighton, Michael E.
Creney, James
Crocker, John A.
Crocker, John S.
Crockett, Le Roy .
Cromwell, James
Cronkite, James W.
Crooks, Samuel J.
Cropsey, John W. .
Cross, Amos
Cross, Nelson .
Crounse, George .
Crowell, Charles
Crowley, M 
Cruger, Stephan Van Rensselaer
Cullen, Edgar M.
Cullen, T. .
Cullum, George W.
Cummings, Amos J.
Cummings, Francis M.
Cunningham, Gabriel
Cunningham, William H
Currie. Leonard D. H.
Curtin, John G.
Curtis, Martin N.
Cushing, William B.
Cutter, John S.
Cutting, Francis B.
Cutting, Walter
Cutting, William
Cuyler, John M. D.
Dada, Miss .
Daggett, Rufus
Dagwell, George A.
Dallman, Walter M.
Dalrymple, Aaron P.
Dah-ymple, Henry M.
298
106,
292, 324,
333333337
305342 319
245 349
356277 67
330345288 313
304 50
319334314 50
343 105
230289 101
330123
329314 101
-341
,265 263
270315 55
314 107
, 357
330 107 61
56
343288 322349286 351 117
368 79
296 79
113
. 60
91,339 . 262 356 49
281
35
INDEX.

403

240, 255, 39,

91

Dalton, John C.
Daly, Charles P.
Daly, Mrs. Charles P.
Dandy, George B. .
Daniel, J. Townsend
Dare, George H.
Darrach, C. B.
Dai-row, Dr.
Dart, William
Davey, George W. .
Davids, S. L.
Davies, Edwin G.
Davies, Henry E.
Davies, Jr., Henry E.
Davies, J. Mansfield
Davies, Julien T.
Davies, Thomas A.
Davies, William F.
Davies, William G.
Davis, Benjamin F.,
Davis, Edwin P. .
Davis, Joshua B.
Davis, T.
Davis, T. C.
Davis, Thomas
Davis, William
Davis, William
Day, Hiram
Day, Joseph B.
Day, Nicholas W.
Decker, Frank
De Forest, Jacob J.
De Forest, Martin J.
De Forest, Othneil
De Forest, W. H.
Deitricn, Louis
De Lacy, William
De Landre, George
De Lany, John
Dennen, George
Denning, William H.
Denslow, William J.
De Peyster, Jr., Frederick
De Peyster, Johnston Livingston
De Peyster, J. Watts .
De Peyster, Jr., J. Watts
De Russey, Gustavus A.
Detmold, William .
De Trobriand, Regis
De Vail, Francis D.
Devin, Thomas C.
Dewey, George M.
De Wint, Arthur .
De Witt, David P. .
Di Cesnola, Louis P.
Dickel, Christian
Dickson, Campbell
Dickson, John F.
Dilks, George W. .
Dillingham, Lucius A.
Dillon, Garrett F.
Dimmoek, Robert A.
Dingwall, John S.
Dinsmore, Samuel P.
Dippel, Henry
Disosway, William W.

PAGE
26,44
79,245
59, 243 332
. 299 107
. 237
. 230
. 276
. 278
. 349
. 333
285, 291
255,285
255, 285
240
. 291 312
. 240
113, 260

247

85,

342
. 108
123
. 267264
. 362a34
. 105
348300323
. 323
. 257
. 61
. 107
299, 363 48
. 293 101

. 4040
40,90 40
. 267 45
300, 308
. 322
94, 258

. 344
. 351
257, 262257
. 261
. 123
. 123
342
. 344
. 289
. 321 24
. 123
. 259

Diven, Alexander's.
Divine, Michael
Divinny, John W. .
Dix, John A.
Dix, Mrs. John A.
Dix, Morgan
Dixon, Christopher
Dockham, W. C.
Dodge, Charles C.
Dodge, John E. A.
Dodge, Stephen A. .
Dodge, William .
Dodge, William E. .
Dodge, Jr., William E.
Doherty, Edward B.
Donaldson, James
Donnelly, Dudley .
Donnelly, Stewart J. .
Doolittle. Isaac
Doran, (Sergeant)
Doran, Jacob M.
Doran, James E.
Doremieux, Laura
Doty. Franklin B.
Doubleday, Abner .
Doubleday, Thomas D
Douglass, Eugene
Dowdney, Abram
Downer, Edward
Doyle, G. E. P.
Doyle, James
Drake, David
Drake, Jeremiah C.
Drake, John H. .
Drake, Marquis M.
Draper, John H.
Draper, Simeon
Drayson, Fordred
Drayton, Pei-cival
Drew, Charles W.
Drummond, Robert L.
Duffle, Alfred N. .
Duffy, James A.
Dufloo, Armand
Duganne, A. J. H.
Duncan, Cecil
Duncan, William Butler
Dunn, George W.
Dunn, James W.
Dunne, Patrick R.
Durkee, Charles
Duryea, Abram .
Duryea, Jacob E.
Duryee, Jacob
Dutcher, Silas B.
Dutton, Charles K.
Dutton, William
Duysing, Emil
Dwight, Augustus W.
Dwight, Charles 0.
Dwight, John M.
Dwight, William .
Dwyer, R. O. .
Dwyer, Susan K. .
Dyckman, Garrett .

. 314
. 351
. 8959
. 37
123
. 107
67,259 . 247327
. 351
64,67
64,238 249321295272329
. 275
370
. 356 61
. 368
90, 94
. 268
42,304 . 349
. 305
. 56
336
. 367337
. 105
. 341 27
. 803 31
. 114
. 319
. 337
. 85
263
. 49
367
. 4179
. 335305

30
. 312 24
. 353330
. 301 342

342316 3760

404

INDEX.

E.

PAGE

PAGE

Fergerson, Nelson D.

49

Early, William

. 289

Ferguson, Alonzo

. 358

Eastman, Thomas H.

118

Ferguson, Samuel M.

. 330

Eaton, John B.

. 280

Ferrero, Edward . . 85

90, 233, 307

281
Field, Mrs. Cyrus W.
61
Eckles, William ....
366
Field, Putnam
. 289
Eddy, Jr., Edward .
305
Field, William F.
. 276
Eddy, George H.
. 312
Finnell, Dr. .
. 45
370
Fish, Hamilton
38
47
Fish, Mrs. Hamilton
. 59, 61
Edmonds, Judge
51
Fisher, Henry N.
43
Edson, Susan B.
. 60
Fisher, N. F. W. .
. 233
Edwards, D. . .
108
Fisk, Harvey .
67
Edwards, Richard
. 354
Fisk, Henry C.
. 313
Edwards, Roger
305
Fisk, John
. 256
Egan, Thomas W. . . .
91, 301
Fisk, Samuel N.
. 42
Egbert, S. E 
247
272
Egloffstein, F. W. . . .
. 333
Fitchett, Charles .
. 237
305
Fitts, James F.
. 338
Ellicott, George M. . . .
264
Fitzhugh, Charles L. .
. 259
Elliott, Frederick .
64
Fitzpatrick, Lawrence
. 353
Elliott, Gilbert M.
41, 332
Fitzsimons, Charles .
. 265
Elliott, John R. . . .
333
Flandrau, Thomas M.
49
Elliott, S. M 
251
. 31
Elliott, Samuel R. . .
49
Fleming, James H.
. 264
247
Flood, Hugh C. . . .
. 359
Ellis, A. Van Home . 101, i
48, 343
46
Ellis, Henry C 
, 314
Floyd, Jr.. John Gelston .
. 35
Ellis, Samuel C. . . .
248
Fogarty, William .
. 246
Ellison, John S 
263
Folk, John S.
. 123
Ellsworth, Asher M.
31
Folwell, Mahlon B.
282
Ellsworth, E. Elmer . . . )
06, 289
Folwell, William W. .
. 282
Elmore, Daniel
333
Foote, Morris C.
328
, 47
Ford, George W.
. 108, 282
Elwell, John A.
240
Ford, W. G.
. 314
Embick, Frederick E.
. 282
. 47
Emerson, William .
357
Foss, Charles A.
101
Ennis, John . . . %
63,264
. 347
Eno, Amos F. .
67
367
Eno, Amos R.
. 67
Fowler, Edward B.
. 98, 325
Eno, Mrs. Amos R.
59
Fowler, Thomas
. 359
Erben, Henry
.119
Fox, Watson A. .
. 95
Erhardt, Joel B.
123
Fox, William F.
87, 125, 335
Ericsson, John
. 116
Foye, Michael E. .
46
Evans, Robert .
101
Franchot, Richard .
341
Evarts, William M.
34, 66
Francis, Henry W,
. 308
Evarts, Mrs. William M.
59
Frank, Harrison
99
Everdell, Jr., William
95,240
. 304
Everett, George H.
330
Freelan, James
. 366
Everett, Robert B.
99, 296
Freelewick, Frederick
. 101
Everson, Adelbert .
108
108
Freligh, William S.
. 322
F.
French, Peter .
. 323
French, Jr., William H.
. 311
Fairchild, Harrison S.
. 327
Friedlander, David .
. 241
Fancher, Mollie
241
Friederich, Otto .
. 101
Fardello, Enrico .
. 326
Frisby, Edward
. 296
Farley, James M. ,
325
Frost, Emil ....
. 101
Farnesworth,' Addison,
!99, 300
Frothingham, J. H.
240
Farnham, Noah L. . . 31,
!89, 317
Fry, Thomas W. G. .
. 318
Farquhar, John M.
. 85
, 802
Farragut, David G.
Farrell, Christopher
113
Fuller, Henry V. .
. 101
. 289
334
313
Fuller, John W. .
. 85
Faucett, Richard W. .
. 47
Fullerton, John H. .
. 284
Faulkner, Lester B.
. 349
Fullertou, Stephen. W.
. 284
Faxon, Elihu J. ...
. 299
Funk, Augustus
. 300
Fay, Thomas M.
357
Funk, Ernst
. 362
INDEX.

405

G.

PAGE
PAGE
Gadsden, Charles A. .
Greer, John H. ...
349
Gage, E. Darwin
. 354
Gribbon. James H.
108
Galr, Robert
. 321
Griffin, Mrs. C.
61
Gallatin, James
12, 67, 71
Griffin, Dan S.
. 351
Gallear, Charles W. .
305
Griffin, William H.
333
Galpin, Henry M. .
. 341
Grindlay, James
. 353
Gansevoort, Henry S.
80,263
Grinnell, Moses H.
67
Garaghan, Henry T.
. 305
Griswold, Edgar A.
. 354
Gardener, Asa B.
42
Griswold, John A.
116
Gardiner, Curtiss 0.
. 295
Griswold, Stephen
. 46
Garland, Franklin K.
. 101
Grover, Andrew J.
98
Garnett, Frederick E.
. 319
292
Garrard, Kenner
. 353
Grub, G. M.
361
Garrett, Cuyler
333
Grumbach, Nicholas
. 356
Garrish, Anna E.
60
Guion, George M.
298, 354
Garrish, John P.
45
Gunther, Henry .
. 287
Gartner, Francis A. 0.
. 310
Gurnee, Abram S.
. 330
Gaspar, J. Ward
. 263
Gumey, William . . 30, 314, 344
Gates, Theodore B. 98
, 237, 322
Gatt, B. F.
367
Genin, John N.
24
H.
Gerry, Elbridge T.
79
Gibbons, Mrs. S. H.
60
Hackett, (Sergeant) . . .302
Gibbs, Alfred ....
264
Hackett, George
Hackley, Charles C.
. 289
Gibbs, Oliver W.
40
. 47
Gibbs, Walcott
62
Haddeh, William J.
293
Gibson, Hansom C.
. 43
Hagerty, Asel
. 108
Gifford, B. . .
108
Haggart, Robert
369
Gifford, Edward
. 347
Haggerty, James
. 245
Gilbert, George H.
342
Hague, John . . . ¦
347
Gilbert, Porteus C.
. 282
Hale, Christopher
. 305
Gilbert, Rufus H.
46
Hall, George B.
317
Gilder, W. H. .
37
Hall, James F.
. 281
Gildersleeve, Henry A.
357
Hall, Miss S. E. . .
60
GilfUlan, William H.
. 105
Halleck, W. H.
. 233
Gillem, Alvan C.
113
Hallett, Henry W.
101
Gillette, (Rev.)
37
285, 31 5
Gillette, David G.
, 368
Halsey, Charles E.
46
Gillette, James
37, 249
Halsey, Norwood A. .
. 288
Gilmore, James
321
Ham, (Sergeant)
275
Gleason, John
. 244
30
Glendenning, John
321
Hamblin, Joseph H.
313
Glenny, William
. 313
Hamilton, Charles
. 336
Goettel, P.
. 108
Hamilton, Frank H.
45,297
Goheen, C. A.
. 108
Hamilton, Schuyler
. 30
Goodrich, Luther
319
Hamilton, Theodore B. . 4E
, 298, 312
Goodrich, William B.
. 310
Hamilton, Thomas
. 321
Gouraud, Pierre
117
Hammerstein, Herbert
320, 333
Graef, Frederick E.
. 281
Hancock, Cornelia
. 60
Graham, Charles K.
94, 318
Hanley, Timothy
. 261
Graham, James L.
. 263
Hanlon, Edward
. 267
Graham, Lawrence P.
. 113
Hannum. Josiah C.
. 280
Graham, Samuel
268
Hanson, Frederick
. 312
Granger, Erastus M.
105
Hardenbergh, Jacob B.
237, 322
Grant, Donald
334
48
Grant, J. Henderson
. 238
Harhaus. Otto
. 255
Graves, E. E.
30
278
Gray, Charles O. . . .
&30
Harney, George .,
. 354
Gray, Wm. Cullen Bryant
41
Harper, Fletcher
67
Gregg, William M.
368
Harring, Abram P.
. 348
Gregory, David E.
353
Harrison, Edward A. .
. 31
Gregory, George S.
24
Harrison, Edward
P-0
Gregory, J. .
. 366
. 3.'1
Greig, Theodore W.
. 311
Harrison, Napoleon B. . 113
Green, C. T. .
. 360
Harrower, Gabriel T. . . 302
Green, Nelson. W.
320
Hart, (Captain) . . 248
Green, Jr., William N.
. 366
Hart, George H.
50
406

INDEX.

Hart, George P.
Hart, James H.
Hart, O. H.
Hart, Patrick
Hart, Peter
Hart, Robert McD.
Hartt, J. .
Hartwell, Charles A.
Harvey, H.
Hassett, Thos. J.
Hassler, J. J. S.
Hathaway, Robert B.
Hathaway, Samuel G.
Hathaway, William M.
Havemeyer, William F.
Hawkins, Ashley P.
Hawkins, Rush C.
Haxtun, Milton .
Hayman, S. B.
Hayward, William B.
Hazleton, Augustus B.
Heavem, John S.
Hedden, Josiah
Hedden, Wilham R.
Heddon, H.
Heine, William
Helme, John C. .
Henderson, David B.
Hendricks, L. A.
Hendrickson, John
Henry, Edmund W.
Hentsten, Henry R.
Herbert, William L.
Herendeen, Orin J.
Herman, George
Herring, Henry P.
Hewitt, Abram S.
Hewitt, Hiram H. .
Hickmot, Charles H.
Hicks, Jr., Henry W.
Hicks, Joseph Lawrence.
Higbee, Rev. Dr.
Higginbotham, Thomas J.
Higgins, Benjamin
Hill, Charles
Hill, Edward B.
Hill, J 
Hill, Nicholas .
Hillhouse, Thomas
Hilliard, Van Rensselaer K.
Hinman, James H.
Hinman, Richard H.
Hoffman, Henry C.
Hoffman, John T. .
Holbrook, Henry H.
Holbrook, M. T.
Hollister, Lansing
Holmes, Sebastian D.
Holt, Guysbert V.
Holt. Thomas .
Homiston, Joseph M.
Hooper, Charles W.
Hopkins, Hugh J.
Hopper, George F.
Horgan, Patrick K.
Horner, James B.
Horner, John B. .
Hosmer, William M.

PAGE 275
. 331 30
. 279 19
. 31
123 30
108
314, 341 113
. 333351
. 237 67
. 271286
. 119
299
. 310
262
. 297288
. 314 123333
. 123 85
. 56
30,324 . 119
314
. 101105
. 297320
. 79
354
. 306
31,364 5037
. 314

108 23
. 260
. 305
319, 337 47
. 294 79
. 308366
. 101
837

319 49
329
. 231287
. 327

319

Hough, (Private)
Hough, Daniel
Hough, A. Barton
Houghton, Charles H.
Houghton, Horace
Houghton, Jonathan
Howard, Benjamin
Howard, Charles N.
Howard, James
Howard, William A.
Howell, John H.
Howes, Reuben W.
Howland, Albert F.
Howland, Henry J.
Howland, Joseph
Howland, Mrs. Joseph
Howland, Meredith
Hoyt, James J.
Hoyt, Jonah C.
Hoyt, Oliver
Hubbell, Cyrus O.
Hubbell, Wilson
Hughes, Archbishop
Hughes, John
Hughston, Robert S.
Hurlbert. Charles E.
Hull, Walter C. .
Humphreys, George H.
Humphreys, Joseph J.
Hunt, John W.
Hunt, Lewis C.
Hunt, Horatio T.
Hunt, Sandford B.
Hunt, SethB. .
Hunt, Wilson G.
Hurlaux, Victor
Hurley, John
Hurst, Frederick
Husk, Lewis W.
Hustis, H. H. .
Huston, James
Hutchings, Henry
Hutchingson, Elbridge J.
Hutchingson, Henry
Hyde, Joseph
Hyland, Jr., George

Iffla, A. G. . . .
Ince, George H.
Ingersoll, C. Leonard
Ingersoll, Robert G.
Ingmire, William F. ,
Inness, Charles H.
Inskip, Joseph S.
Ireland. David
Irvine, William .
Iselin, Adrian

PAGE . 273 19
. 282
91, 273
. 352351 50
266
. 361
272, 274
. 275 67
. 305
238,240 . 291 60
. 26
360
. 101 67
. 328312
. 37
346
. 353329
. 255

. 85,251

49
328
313 45 67
67
319 4631

101, 323 123
. 305321
. 343
290

. 324
. 102
. 237 53
. 330
. 298
. 325
321, 350
. 261 67

J.

Jackson, Daniel D.
Jackson, Matthew W.
Jackson, William A.
Jacobs, Ferris

341 327292 52

INDEX.

m

Jacobus, John W.
Jagger, David
James, Courtney H.
James, Edward C.
James, J. Willis
Jardine, Edward
Jay, John
Jay, John
Jay, William
Jemison, John S.
Jenkins, David T.
Jenny, Edwin S.
Jennings, Henry M.
Jesup, Morris K.
Jewitt, Josiah P.
Joachim, Conrad
Joachimson, Philip J.
Johnson, (Adjutant)
Johnson, Alba A.
Johnson, Charles A.
Johnson, Jeremiah
Johnson, Nathan J.
Johnson, Robert T.
Johnson, William
Johnson, Wilham H.
Johnson, W. H. H.
Johnston, James J.
Johnston, James W.
Johnston, Nicholas R.
Jones, Abram .
Jones, Charles A.
Jones, Frank .
Jones, Henry E. .
Jones, Ira
Jones, John D.
Jones, Patrick H. .
Jones, Samuel B.
Jones, William
Jordan, Stephen S.
Jourdan, James
Jourdan, John
Judge, Francis W. .
K.

PAGE . 287
. 237
. 260
282,334 . 79
30, 292 35
362 35

353370330 67
361 46
310

294

317354 67
101
307
341354 254
267, 294296353 337 67
85, 299, 358

108
370

. 123
108, 321

Kane, (Corporal) ... .263
Kappesser, P. . . 109
Kautz, August V. ... 85
Kay, Joseph W. ... 289
Kearny, Philip . . . 38
Keech, Willard ... 311
Keeler, Birney B  351
Keeler, David B  231
Keeler, Philip . . . 99,296
Keese, Francis S. . . 345
Keese, J. Lawrence . . 31
Keese, Jr., Oliver . . 340
Kelly, D. . . . -108
Kelly, Edward  369
Kelty, Eugene , .... 31
Kelly, James  316
Kelly, John  79
Kelly, Michael ... 369
Kelly, Patrick ... 327
Kelly, Patrick . 366
Kelly, T. . • 108
Kelly, William 3M

Kelsey, William A.
Kempsey, Matthew C.
Kendrick, G.
Kennedy, Charles W.
Kennedy, John A.
Kennedy, Terence J.
Kennedy, Wilham D.
Kent, James
Kenyon, Delos M.
Kenyon, S. P.
Kerr, Daniel
Ketcham, John H.
Ketcham, Edward H.
Ketchum, Hiram
Ketchum, Morris
Ketchum, William A.
Keys, Columbus S.
Kibbe, George. C.
Kidder, John S.
Kiernan, Dr.
Kilpatrick. Judson
Kimball, Edward A.
Kimball, John F.
Kimball, John M.
Kimball, Rodney G.
Kimberly, Lewis A.
King, (Sergeant)
King, Alonzo J. .
King, Charles .
King, John W.
Kiugsland, A. C.
Kingsland, Phineas C.
Kingsland, William H.
Kingston, S. F. .
Kirby, George B.
Kirkland, Caroline M.
Kirkland, Mrs. Charles P.
Kitching, J. Howard
Kittinger, Martin S.
Kittinger, Samuel
Klein, Charles P. .
Klein, H.
Klein, Joe .
Knapp, Robert M.
Knapp, Shepard
Knox, Charles McL
Kozlay, Eugene A.
Kurz, Richard
Kryzanowski, Vlademir

PAGE 276
. 367
366
. 367
80,122 . 277 301
237 341
. 108 85
. 356 105
. 7967
. 281344
. 271
344245257

361242 49
116
270

40,233

41,333 31

305 6061
270 47
, 280 101
, 109

53,

79
67
235,260 308301

Lacy, George W.
Ladd, George .
La Dew, William
Ladley, George H.
Laflin, Byron
Laing, John A.
Laing, Joseph
Laing, William
Lane, James C. .
Lansing, H. S.
Lape, Philip
Larish, A. J.
Larrabee, Charles H.
La Roza, George W.
Lathrop, Nehemiah

267 109

337321 361
. 333
292
. 337 109 53
349
. 24

408

INDEX.

PAGE

Lattimore, James M.

274

Lawler, Michael R. . . .

85

Lawrence, (Corporal)

296

Lawrence, Charles E.

. 231

Lawrence, Mrs. Henry

59

Lawrence, Joseph

. 67

Lawrence, William H.

30

Lazelle, H. M. .

. 264

Ledlie, James H.

276

Lederer, Charles

. 289

Lee, Benjamin F.

42

Lee, Wilham

. 236

Lefferts, Marshall .

26,95

Le Gal, Eugene .

. 95

Le Gendre, Charles W.

308

Lemmon, John C.

. 261

Lent, Louis H.

31

Leonard, George H.

46

Leonard, James

123

Leonard, John

. 317

Leoser, Charles McK.

289

Le Roy, William E.

. 117

Leslie, F. .

109

Leslie, John R.

. 322

Lester, Frank

342

Leubuscher, Louis

. 340

Lewis, Alfred H.

101

Lewis, Erastus H.

. 354

Lewis, George W.

31

Lewis, James

. 353

Liebenau, Henry F.

247

Liebenau, J. H.

26

Lieber, Francis

40

Lincoln, Richard F.

. 313

Lippincott, Adon
Little, Edward H.

305

. 314

Little, George S. . 237. 330

Littlejohn, Dewitt C.

. 336

Livermore, John R.

250

Livingston, Manning

35

Livingstone, Charles E. .

320

Lloyd, Edward P.

. 340

Logie, William K.

351

Locke, Frederick T.

. 234

Lockman, John T.

340

Lockwood, Abram L.

341

Lockwood, James H.

341

Lockwood, William L.

. 24

Long, Michael

296

Long, William H. .

. 298

Loomis, Edwin R.

271

Loomis, Henry .

. 353

Lord, Daniel

79

Lord, George DeForest

. 238

Lord, Newton B. . . . 265, 298

Loud, John S.

. 263

Loudon, Robert

256

Lounsbury, William H.

. 319

Love, George M. . . 109, 339

Low, Aaron .

. 263

Low, A. A.

17,67

Low, James . . 237, 364

Low, Thomas .

2SO

Lower, Randall D.

99

Ludden, Samuel D.

118

. 271

Ludwick, Ephraim A.

337

Ludwig, Charles H.

. 287

PAGE
Lumphrey, Oliver . . .254
Lusk, Isaac M. .... 337
Lutes, F. W  109
Luther, Edward P. ... 342
Lynch, Wm. A. .... 302
Lyon, George W  242
Lyon, Phoebus W  368
Lyons, George ... 230
M.

Macay, W. O. .

. 314

Mace, Guilford D.

99

Mack, James W.

. 353

Maddox, Samuel T.

. 248

Maguire, Henry M.

. 333

Mahon, Elam A.

, 263

Maidhoff, Joachim

. 95, 233

Malcolm, William

125

Mali, H. W. T.

. 43

Mallon, James E.

32

Mander. (Captain)

. 250

Mandy, H. J. .

. 109

Mangin, John

. 123

Manley, John A.

. 313

Manning, Frederick L.

. 354

Marble, Manton

79

Markoe, Thomas M.

. 45

Marquand. Mrs.
Marsh, Samuel

59

. 291

Marsh, Theodore B.

. 308

Marsh, Walter R.

. 43

Marshall, Alexander S.

. 292

Marshall, Arthur W.

. 337

Marshall, Charles H.

67

Marshall, Elisha G.

. 272, 290

Marshall, John W.

289

Marshall, Joseph H. .

. 238

Martin, (Sergeant Major)

. 315

Martin, Benjamin Ellis

. 42,48

Martin, George D.

. 321

Martin, Henry P.

. 247

Martin, Henry V.

. 289

Martin, William B.

. 261

Mase, A. B.

. 344

Mason, Joel W.

. 95, 229 k

Masset, William Carey .

39

Matthews, John .

. 344

May, Robert L.

. 119

McAllister, George

. 47

McArthur, John

85

McAssy, Daniel .

. 99

McCallum, Daniel McC. .

85

McChesney, W. W.

. 287

McClelland, William

101

McClenachan, Charles J. .

. 26

MeClintock, John

37

McConihe, John .

. 364

McOrea, Edward P.

. 119

McCurdy, R. H. .

. 67

McCutchem, Edward T.

. 313

McDermott, Peter

. 365

McDonald, Andrew N. .

. 334

McDonald, Christopher R.

. 104

McDonald, George E.

49

McDonald, James H.

. 282

McDonald, John H.

105

INDEX.

409

PAGE

McDonald, W. 0.

. 50

McDougall, Archibald L

. 342

McDougall, Clinton D.

. 319,336

McEckron, G. M.

. 238

McEnroe, Patrick

. 109

McEntee, John

322

McEvily, Wilham

. 359

McEwan, John S.

. 270

McFarlan, George B.

. 319

McGee, James E.

. 316

McGee, Richard

. 369

McGriffln, James

. 321

McGrath, Michael H.

. 282

McGregor, John D.

. 284

Mcllvaine, Henry B.

. 268

Mcintosh, John R.

. 113

. 278

Mclvor, James P.

365

McKay, William

. 252

McKean. James B.

. 320

McKee, Abram W.

. 808

McKee, Wilham

. 236

McKenna, Charles P.

. 281

McKeon, John

. 244

McKibbin, Gilbert H.

. 30, 308

McKinley, William P.

. 369

McKinstry, Alexander
McLaughlin, George H.

. 356

. 358

McLaughlin, N. B.

. 30

McLaughun, Robert W.

. 272

McLelland, David

251, 321

McLeod, Alexander

251

McLeod, Harvey S.

. 354

McMahon, Daniel .

. 322

McMahon, James P. .

. 359, 363

McMahon, John.

329, 371

McMahon, John E.

363

McMahon, Martin T.

. 363

McMahon, Wilham H.

. 53, 295

McMartin, Duncan

. 358

McMillan, Charles

. 247

McNary, W. H.

. 360

McNeill, John

. 30

McNorton, John R.

. 354

McNulty, William

. 289

McQuaide, James .

291

McReynolds, Andrew T.

. 253

Mc Vicar, Duncan .

. 259

Mc Williams, Lafayette

. 860

Mead, Sidney

. 337

Meade, John

. 105

Meagher, Thomas Franc

is 85, 244

Meech, G. E.

. 109

Meisel, Csesar .

. 236

Mellick, Simon A.

. 32

•[eredith, Solomon

. 113

..lerriam, Wilham H.

. 365

Merrill, George

. 233

Merriman, Truman A.

56

Merritt, Abram

. 322

Merritt, Henry A. D.

. 258

Merritt, Wesley,

. 94

Meserole, J. V.

95, 243

Metternich, Germain
. 304
. 306
Miles, Nelson A.
310
Millard, James L.
. 43
Miller, Albert F.
Miller, B. B.
Miller, Charles P.
Miller, David J.
Miller, F.
Miller, Francis C.
Miller, Frank .
Miller, J.
Miller, Lindley M. H.
Miller, Silas A.
Milliken, Charles A. .
Milhken, Robert H.
Mills, Nathaniel W.
Millward, James
Minor, J. E. . .
Minturn, Robert B.
Misner, Elson M.
Mitchell, Charles
Mitchell, J. F. B.
Mitchell, R. Charlton
Mitchell, Jr., Samuel L.
Mix, Simon H.
Moeller, Edward
Moesch, Joseph A.
Moffit, Stephen .
Moise, John E.
Molineux, Edward L.
Monell, C. L.
Monroe, James .
Montfort, Washington, J
Montgomery, William S.
Monks, George Washington
Mooney, Charles
Mooney, Thomas
Moore, George W.
Moore, Henry
Moore, James
Morey, George A. .
Morgan, Bankson T.
Morgans, Jr., Morgan
Morrell, George W.
Morren, William J.
Morris, (Private) .
Morris, (Lieutenant)
Morris, Edward H.
Morris, Henry W.
Morris, Lewis O.
Morris, Orlando W,
Morris, Thomas F.
Morris, William
Morris, William H.
Morrison, David
Morrison, James M.
Morrison, Joseph J.
Moroney. Richard
Morse, Henry B.
Morton, Charles B,
Morton, Charles E.
Morton, Charles S.
Morton, Peter
Morton, W. J.
Mosscrop, Thomas D.
Mott, Alexander B.
Mott, Thaddeus P.
Mount, Jacob J.
Mowris, James A.
Mudgett B. F.
Mudie, Archibald F.
314270
314 109
,354 256 109 32
32
302
310 123 24
243 67
332 47
46
330 32
30, 361242
344 321320
. 333
244,246 . 337 304
367 35
26.
23 1
242312 117
35, 270
39, 314
. 292 109
. 270
. 321
. 67
30, 273, 276316
. 338
118
. 278
. 314
. 289 45
263, 277
24
410

INDEX.

Mulford, John E.
Mulford, Sylvanus S.
Mulhall, John D.
Milligan, Samuel G.
Mumford, Lafayette
Munn, Elijah T.
Munsell, Jane R.
Munson, Albert L.
Munson, Owen
Murdock, Marcus W.
Murphy, John McLeod
Murphy, H.
Murphy, Matthew
Murphy, T. J.
Murphy, Michael H
Murphy, William H.
Murray, Henry R.
Murray, Henry S.
Murray, John B.
Murray, John H.
Muschutt, David C.
Myers, Aaron B.
Myers, Augustus M.
Myers, Daniel
Myers, George R. N.
Nagle, William J.
Neafle, Alfred
Near, Charles R.
Neighbor, Jay W.
Nelson, Adolphus
Nevin, David A.
Nevin. David J. .
Newberry, Walter C.
Newburgh, Joseph
Newman, Leopold C.
Newman, L. Howard
Newman, William H.
Newton, John
Nichols, George F.
Nichols, George S.
Nichols, Isaac .
Nicholson, Alfred B.
Nicholson, Somer-ville
Niven, Robert
Nordquist, Charles J.
Norton, Charles B.
Norton, Franklin
Norton, John R.
Norvall, James
Norwood, Carlisle
Nott, Charles C.
Noxon, Robert G.
Nugent, Robert
Nye, Jas. W. O.
Oakley, Henry A.
Oakley, Thomas B.
Oberteuffer, John C.
O'Brien, Fitz James
O'Brien, P. .
O'Connor, Edward F.

52, 327
. 360
. 362
. 354
. 315351
. 312
. 265
. 288297
. 119
. 110
. 113
. 340
. 260
. 101
. 304
. 118
. 109 48
. 300
. 342 110
251,251 . 67
. 367
99, 296
244,316 . 24

238 251260 32
110
316

O'Donnell, John .
Ogilby, Rev. Dr.
Olcott. Egbert
Oley, John H.
Olmsted, Frederick Law
Olmsted, Wm. A.
O'Malley, Patrick A.
O'Meara, Timothy
Onderdonk, Andrew S.
O'Neil, James
O'Neil, John .
Opdyke, George .
O'Reilly, Henry Brooks
Ormiston, Robert
O'Rorke, Patrick H.
Orr, Charles A.
Osborne, Galen A.
Osborne, Hiram .
Osborne, John D.
Osborne, Thomas W. .
Osterhaus, Peter J. .
Ostrander, Charles W.
Otis, Elwell S.

Paine, Lansing B.
Paine, O. Sprague
Palmer, Henry I.
Palmer, Mrs. Isaac
Palmer, John M.
Palmer, Oliver H.
Palmer, Richard H.
Park, Sidney W.
Parke, Jeremiah .
Parker, Professor
Parker, Edward H.
Parker, Foxhall A.
Parker, George .
Parker, John
Parkinson, Edward C.
Parkman, Theodore
Parks, J.
Parmele, Theodore W.
Parmelee, Lewis O.
Parmenter, S. C.
Parish, Samuel B.
Parison, Philip J.
Parrison, Otto W.
Parsons, Jr., A. W.
Parsons, Byron .
Parsons, Charles B.
Parsons, Henry .
Patrick, Marseua R.
Patten, Willis
Pattison, Thomas
Patton, William .
Paul, E. A.
Paulding, Leonard
Paush, Theodore
Payne, Edward M.
Paine, J. C.
Peabody, Oliver D.
Pearsall, Lewis
Pease, Charles E.
Pease, Roger W.
Pease, William R.

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. 341

310272301

. 276
. 77
316
. 49
101. 350
. 327 56

47
275

351

341 49 9960
49
335 46
283 261 45
. 238 119
. 337345
. 272 38
. 110

32
237, 247 43
. 251
. 342

329281
354 94
. 24
118

55
118101334110294344

49, 262

INDEX.

411

Peck, Lewis M.
Peck, Wilham G.
Peisener, Elias
Peisener, Francis
Penquet, Eugene
Per Lee, Samuel R.
Perley, Henry C.
Perine, Abraham T.
Perit, Peletiah .
Perry, Edgar
Perry, James H.
Perry, Raymond H.
Perry, Robert C.
Petard, Felix
Pettes, William H. .
Pettit, Frederick H.
Petty, Jeremiah
Phelps, Royal
Phelps, Jr., Walter
Philhps, Charles H.
Phipps, Gurdon S. .
Phythian, Robert L.
Pickell, John
Pickles, Robert
Pierce, Addison
Pierce, Samuel C. .
Pierce, Thomas H.
Pierson, Charles H.
Pierson, J. Frederick
Pinckney, Joseph C.
Pinkney, Howard .
Pinto, Francis E.
Piper, Alexander
Pittman, G. J.
Plaskett, William .
Platner, John S. .
Piatt, George W. .
Plogsted, John F. E.
Plum, Francis M.
Plume, I. Henry .
Poole, Theodore L.
Poole, William H.
Porteous. James G.
Porter, Burr
Porter, John F.
Porter, Peter A. .
Porter, William
Post, Philip Sidney
Postley, De Van
Potter, Edward E.
Potter, Edward E.
Potter, N. F.
Potter, Ray W.
Potter, Robert B.
Powell, Alfred
Powell. Hans
Powell, Isaac .
Powell, Wilham H.
Powles, J.
Pratt, Calvin E.
Pratt, George W. .
Prendergast, Thomas B.
Prentiss, Clifton K.
Preston, Reuben M.
Prey, Gilbert G. .
Pride, A. Hamilton
Prime, William C.
Printup, William H.

PAGE 366 40
340
. 340
249
. 338287
. 311 67
. 350305
. 263337

47
123 67
293
. 229 32
118
. 290 345
. 313 257 27
. 302
30,283 229 42
. 297272
. 110
. 353
255, 298
. 342
. 306
. 256 32
312
. 353 48
. 266263
. 271 24

39
118
. 110 24
.'307 49
. 351
. 354 85
. 347
52, 296
237,322 . 248
. 32
. 306

247 79
358

Pronsens, Augustus W.
Pulitzer, Joseph
Pulver, Hiram
Punnett, James
Purdy, Jr., Lovell
Putnam, George Haven
Putnam. Nathan S.
Pyatt, Stephen A.
Pye, Edward .
Pye, John M. Q.
Quackenbush, G. W. .
Quackenbush, John N. .
Quackenbush, S. P.
Quarterman, George H.
Quick, Thomas W.
Quigly, Patrick
Quimby, Isaac F.
Quinlan, James
Quinn, Charles A.
Quinn, Timothy
Quintard, E. A.

R.
Radcliff, H. G.
Raines, John
Randol, A. M.
Ranny, Hezekiah B.
Ransom, Alfred
Rapke, Clara .
Rathbone, Robert C.
Rathbun, Milton G.
Raulston, John B.
Raymond, George A.
Raymond, James P.
Read, Brantley G.
Read, Mort A."
Reed, Horatio B.
Reese, William H.
Regan, Peter C.
Reid, Whitelaw
Reilly, Edward .
Reilly, Michael K.
Remington, S. Pierre.
Renshaw, William B.
Renwick, Jr., James
Reynolds, George
Reynolds, George W.
Reynolds, Gilbert H . .
Rheims, Leon .
Rhind, Alexander C. .
Rice, Dr. .
Rice, Burrage
Rice, Calvin A.
Rice, James C
Rice, Pitkin B.
Rice, Samuel A. .
Riddle, Randolph R.
Ridgway, Frank
Richards, Samuel T.
Richardson, Richard H.
Richardson, Robert M.
Riggs, William J;

PAGE . 105
253
. 305 67
. 319

337

341 118 118
319

254
, 247

255 264280 60

. 251
. 323
. 110
. 265
. 289278 55
361
. 366
. 262
. 118
. 238
110, 261
. "289 98
277
. 118
. 241
. 371
353
53, 303 49
. 53
. 110
. 48
. 340294 263
. 276

412

INDEX.

PAGE

PAGE

Riker, John L.

312

Sanford, Hugh S. .

. 305

Riley, Charles

. 321

. 42
Riley, Edward
. 301
Sangster, George' .
. 243
Ringold, Benjamin
. 333
Sarft, James
. 241
Riordan, Gilbert
299
Satterlee, Livingston
. 235
. 308
Saunders, James
. 316
Roberts, Cyrus S. .
. 357
Saunders, Thorndiko
42
Roberts, Marshall 0. .
. 67
Sava, J. E. . .
. 110
Roberts, Samuel H.
. 350
Savacoal, Edwin
. 110
Robinson, Henry W.
. 305
Savage, Henry F.
. 32
Robinson, John C.
94
Savage, James W.
. 262
. 46
Sawyer, Frederick A.
. 304
Robinson, Joseph C.
. 334
Sawyer, Thomas H.
. 46
Robinson, J. W. .
. 48
Sayles, J. L.
. 292
Robinson, WardwellG.
. 369
Sayre, Lewis A.
. 355
Rodgers, C. R. P.
. 119
Sayre, William H.
. 319
Roe, Edward R.
. 256
Schaffer, George W.
311, 328
Roe, Francis A.
118
Schaffs, Cornelius H.
. 243
Roe, Rozelle B. .
. 319
Schell, Augustus
79
Roebling, Washington A.
. 278
. 79
Rogers, Edward W.
. 279
Schemmilfennig, Alexander
85
Rogers, Hiram C.
. 295
. 99
Rogers, James C.
. 342
Schermerhorn, F. Augustus
. 370
Rogers, William F.
. 293
Schilling, Eugene
. 333
Roller, William W.
. 313
Schilling, John
. 361
Ronk, Daniel T.
, 360
Schirmer, Louis
. 273,277
Roome, Charles
. 95, 242
Schlacta, G.
. 110
Roome, W. R. .
. 314
Schmal, G. W. . .
110
Roosevelt, George W.
. 247
Schmidt, Adolph
203
Roosevelt, James A.
79
Schoepf , Albin
. 85
Roosevelt, Robert B.
. 250
Schoomaker, Hiram
237
Roosevelt, Theodore
64
Schoomaker, Leonard S. .
. m
Root, Adrian R.
98, 293, 329
Schram, James E.
238
Root, Augustus I. .
264
Schubert, F.
. 110
Root, Henry
. 48
Schultz, Jackson S.
67
Root, William H. .
. 319
Schurz, Carl
. 85,253
Rorty, James Mc Kay
. 279
Schutt, (Captain)
. 250-
Rosa, Rudolph
304
. 322
Rosencrantz, Frederick
85
Schuyler, Mrs. G. L.
61
Ross, Edward A.
. 322
Scofield, D. S. . .
. 110
Rotherty, Henry
. 344
Scofield, John S. . . .
. 357
Rudd, John P.
334
Scott, George W. .
. 311
Ruger, Thomas H.
94
Scott, Henry C. .
. 123
Rulison, William H.
46
Scott, Simon C.
27
Rumsey, Austin B.
Rundell, Rufus L. .
. 313
Scott, Walter P.
. 341
. 311
Scoville, Frederick
53
Russ, Charles E.
. 296
. 242
Russell, Charles H.
67
Seabury, Robert
82
Russell, C. L.
. 110
Searing, William M. .
. 296
Russell, Edmund K,
. 314
Searles, H. E. .
. 247
Russell, Mrs. E. J.
. 60
Seaward, Benjamin .
. 305
Russell, Harvey V.
. 288
Secor, Mrs. Charles A. .
. 230
Russell. William W.
. 313
Seeley, Aaron
. 266
Rutherford, Allen .
. 30,89
Segoine, Jesse
. 336
Ryder, (Captain)
. 234
. 328
Ryder, James
. 237
Serrell, Edward W.
. 281
Ryder, Oscar .
. 26
. 277
Ryder, R. H. .
. 326
Seward, William H.
83,104
Ryder, B. Franklin
. 279
Seward, Jr., William H. .
. 271
Sewell, Mrs N. D. .
61
Seymour, Arba M.
. 319
S.
Seymour, Joseph
. 344,
Shaler, Alexander 26.
30, 230, 313
Sage, B. Augustus
.292
Shanks, W. F. G.
55
Sage, Clinton H.
. 336
Sharp, Henry
. 323
Salm, Salm Felix
286, 315
Sharp, George H.
52, 341
Sammon, Simon
339
Sharpe, Jacob
. 309, 360
Sand, Henry A.
32, 333
Shaw, Robert G.
32
INDEX,

413

Shaw, Thomas
Shedd, J. J.
Shedd, John W. .
Shelby, F.
Sheldon, Lionel A.
Shehk, Otto
Shepard, Elliott F.
Sheppard, John T.
Sheppard, Thomas F.
Sherburne, John P.
Sherman, Charles P.
Sherman, Isaac
Sherman, Jacob
Sherwood, William L.
Sherrill, Eliakim .
Shields, James
Shine, Eugene C.
Shipley, R. F.
Shoemaker, (Private)
Shut eldt, Robert W.
Sicard, Montgomery
Sickles, Daniel E. .
Siebring, Jacob L.
Sigel, Franz
Silsby, Frank
Silvey, John
Simmons, J.
Simpson, Edward
Simpson, George H.
Simpson, Jeremiah
Simpson, Wilham
Sims, Palen H.
Sincerbox, Henry H.
Sizer, A. J. .
Skiff, George V.
Skilton, Juhus A.
Shimer, Isaac .
Skinner, Lewis C.
Slaight, James G.
Slidell, W. J.
Sloan, Samuel
Sloat, Charles W.
Slocum, Henry W.
Smalley, George W.
Smart, John C. .
Smedberg, Charles J.
Smith, Abel
Smith, Jr., Abel
Smith, Abram A.
Smith, Albert M.
Smith, Alfred B.
Smith, Andrew H.
Smith, Andrew J.
Smith, Bernard N.
Smith, Charles H.
Smith, Elisha B.
Smith, Frank S. .
Smith, George C.
Smith, H. E.
Smith, James .
Smith, James E. .
Smith, James G.
Smith, James J. .
Smith, James M.
Smith, Jesse C. .
Smith, John Cotton
Smith, John F. .
Smith, Melancthon

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. 53
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. 274

. 368 67
. 105
. 330
. 105, 343 85
. 101
HI
. 275
. 118
. 118
52, 94, 316
. 123 85
. 319349 110
119349

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105
334 24

, 102, 295 55

364278242357 47
342365 250

323247345 278316
3162K8 53
238337117

Smith, M. B.
Smith, Stephen B.
Smith, Trumbull
Smith, William
Smith, William M
Smyth, Thomas A.
Snee, Patrick
Sniper, Gustavus
Snow, Asa B.
Snow, Henry E.
Snyder, Charles
Snyder, James W.
Solomon, Frederick
Spaulding, Elbridge T.
Spaulding, Erastus M.
Spaulding, Ira
Spaulding, Oscar J.
Speeding, Samuel
Speight, F. C.
Speir, S. Fleet
Spencer, Mrs. R. H.
Sperling, James H.
Spofford, John F. .
Spotts, James H,
Spratt, Joseph
Spring, Julius
Squier, Charles W.
Squier, Truman H.
Stahel, Juhus H.
Stamp, Charles E.
Stanley, Mary A.
Stanley, Myron D.
Stark, Isaac
Starr, Henry M.
Starr, Samuel H.
Stearns, Joseph Ketchum
Stearns, M. A.
Stearns. W. W.
Stebbins, Henry G.
Stedman, Edmund C. .
Steedman, Charles
Steenburg, Wade H.
Steers, Thomas
Stephens, Doctor
Stephenson, William W.
Sterling, F. W.
Sternberg, George M.
Stetson, John L.
Stevens, Hazard
Stevens, Isaac I.
Stevens, John A.
Stevens, Jr., John Austin
Stevens, William O.
Stevenson, John D.
Stevenson, Louis W.
Stewart, John A.
Stewart, Joseph H.
Stiles, James H.
Stiles, John W. .
Stille, Charles J.
Stillwell, Silas M.
Stimson, E. A.
Stocking, Charles D.
Stone, David M.
Stone, E. L.
Storrs, R. S.
Story, Robert
Strain, Alexander .

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. 250 262
. 332 85

370
. 46
265 334
. 272 85
. 74
271 282
333
. 344123
. 5060
. 250

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320 00
101
319
271 32
254314271

55
. 114
. 357
. 123 45
43,364
. 347
. 50
. 292
. 321
. 321
• 67, 71
58, 71, 75
53, 317
. 113
. 368 67
. 50 99
233,324 61
67, 74
. 323

79
. 233
58,241 . 99
. 358

414

INDEX.

Strong, Mrs. Charles Edward
Strong, George T. .
Strong, James H.
Strong, Richard P.
Strong, William E.
Stuart, Alexander .
Stuart, Charles B.
Stuart, David .
Sturges, Jonathan
Stuyvesant, Mrs. Gerard
Suess, John L.
Suiter, James A.
Sullivan, Dennis E.
Sullivan, Dennis F.
Sullivan, Timothy
Swain, James B.
Swalm, Wilham F.
Swan, Henry .
Sweeney, Thomas W.
Sweitzer, Nelson B.
Swett, H. W. S. .
Swinburne, John
Swinton, William
Swords, Thomas T.

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40,61 . 118 42
53,90 74
. 282 53
. 6759
. 281
298
. 316 42
. 294 262
. 49
329

4555

Taf t, Edward P. .
Tailox, Ivan
Tait, George F. .
Tanner, James
Tappan, John R.
Tarbell, Jonathan .
Taylor, Alfred W.
Taylor, Moses
Taylor, Nelson
Taylor, Robert F. .
Taylor, RodneyM.
Teller, Daniel W.
Terry, Augustus H.
Terry, David D.
Thomas, George H.
Thomas, George W.
Thomason, Samuel E.
Thompson, Rev. Dr.
Thompson, Egbert
Thompson, John H.
Thome, Thomas W. .
Thorpe, Gould H. .
Thorpe, Thomas J.
Thurber, Benjamin F.
Thurber, Ira S. .
Thurston, A. Henry
Tibbets, William B. .
Ticehurst, David
Tidball, John 0. .
Tidball, William Linn
Tidd, Maurice P.
Tiffany & Co. .
Tighe, Richard F.
Tileston, Thomas
Tillott, David K.
Timolat, Henry N. .
Timpson, Samuel C. .
Tinelli, Louis W.
Titus, Silas .
Todd, James

. 271
314

. 827
. 341 328
. 284
. 67, 71
. 317
290, 298
. 263 95
. 345 42
113276
368 37
. 119
50, 273
. 123

319 101234265

310323231 362 67

328
290, 342 123

Todd, John Q.
Tompkins, G. W. .
Tompkins, George W. B.
Tompsey, James B.
Tourgee, Albion W.
Townsend, Eben G.
Townsend, Frederick
Townsend, John D.
Townsend, Joseph G.
Townsend, Mrs. Peter
Townsend, Robert
Tracey, Jr., John .
Tracy, Benjamin F.
Tracy, Frederick A.
Tracy, Wilham .
Trafford, Benjamin L.
Treadwell, William A.
Tremain, Henry E.
Tremaine, Walter R.
Trimble, Mrs. Merritt
Trenchard, Stephen D,
Trenor, J. J.
Tripp, James M. .
Trotter, F. E. .
Truair, George G.
Truesdell, Samuel .
Trumbull, Charles S.
Tucker, George
Tuller, Anson
Tully, James B.
Turchin, John B.
Turner, George S.
Tuttle, George
Tyer, Hugh
Tyler, A. M. . .
Tyler, Francis E.
Tyler, Robert O.
Tyler, Rockwell
Tyler, Rudolphus D. S.

U.

Ullman, Daniel .
Underhill, Samuel
Upham, J. V.
Upton, Emory
Upton, Henry
Urban, Caspar

V.

Vail, Henry T. .
Valentine, Henry C.
Van Allen, James H.
Van Amburgh, David C.
Van Arnsburg, George
Van Brocklin, Martin
Van Brunt, George B.
Van Buren, Barent
Van Buren, James L.
Van Buren, John
Van Buren, T. B.
Van Courtlandt, James S.
Vanderbilt, Cornelius
Vanderbilt, George W.
Vanderpoel, Surgeon General

111
. 323326
. 295356
52,283 79
. 371 59
. 119
264,359 52,335 a,
. 297
95,250 . 273
. 30, 41

, 119 32
42 30
356814
, 348 33
319
246 85

24
. 341
319
. 94
309
. 323

. 320238 102
341341269

67
3062.-6344
304 282
. 24
333
, 41 79
332359
, 115115

INDEX.

415

Vanderpoel, Mrs. Edward
Van Deusen, John
Van Dusen, David G.
Vau Duser, Charles F. .
Van Emburg, John H.
Van Hoesen, Garret S. .
Van Patten, Volkert .
Van Petten, John B.
Van Rensselaer, Cortland
Van Rensselaer, Killian
Van Rensselaer, Walter A.
Van Scoy, Hiram C.
Van Slyck, Charles L.
, Van Slyck, George W. .
Van Steenbergh, Isaac
Van Tine, Charles .
Van Valkenburg, J. W.
Van Valkenburg, Robert ¦
Van Vleek, Daniel P.
Van Winkle, E.
Van Wyck, Charles H.
Van Zaunt, J. .
Varian, Joshua M.
Venuti, Edward
Vermilye, J. D.
Verplank, A. J.
Viele, Egbert L. .
Viele, Mrs. Egbert L.
Viele, Henry K. .
Villard, Henry
Vilmar, Frederick
Vinton, Rev. Dr.
Vinton, Francis L.
Visscher, James D.
Volks, F. J.
Von Gilsa, Leopold
Von Schack, George
Von Stein wehr, Adolph
Von Steuben, Baron
Von Vegesack, Ernst
Von Weltzien, D.
Vosburg, Abram S. w.

Wadsworth, Craig W
Wadsworth, James S.
Wainwright, Charles S.
Wainwright, Jonathan.
Wainwright, William P.
Walbridge, Hiram .
Wagner, Adolph.
Wagstaff, Jr. Alfred
Walcott, George B.
Walker, William A.
Wall, J.
Wall, Maurice W. .
Wallace, Hugh .
Wallace, Samuel T.
Wallace, William
Walling, George W.
Walling, William H.
Wallsch, Thomas .
Walrath, Ezra L. .
Walsh, J.
Walsh, James J.
Walsh, John .

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. 95, 231101
. 67
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26.30 305
. 329 55
. 233 37

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. 320 89
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. 237 321

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. 308

Wanzer, George G.

. 295

Ward, Giles F. . . .

. 328

Ward, J. H. Hobart

. 24, 94, 300

Ward, Peletiah .

. 37, 322

Ward, Wilham G. .

. 95, 324, 235

Warlow, Jacob B.

. 123

Warner, Andrew S.

. 354

Warner, John N.

. 101

Warren, David

. 344

. 3u0

Warren, Gouverneur K.

94

. 353
Warren, William S.
. 305
Washburne, Charles E.
. 47
Watson, Charles
. 321
Wead, Frederick F.
. 292, 331
Webb, Alexander S.
. 35, 94, 104
Webb, Robert
. 35
Webb, Watson
35
Webber, Max
. 293
Weber, Frederick .
. 333
Weber, John B. . . .
. 339
Webster, Calvert S.
. 281
. 23.89
Weeks, Henry A.
289
Weeks, J.
. Ill
Weer, Norman F. .
101
Weinberger, Wm. B.
. 233
Weir, Robert F.
. 42, 47
Weismantle, John
. 306
Weiss, Francis
. 293
Weller, Charles H.
. 344
Welles, Edward B.
33
Welling, Joseph .
. 271
Wellington, David G.
368
Wellman, Abijah J. .
. 326
Wells, Amos
351
Wells, George
. 289
Wells, Henry S.
. 3.54
Wells, T. M.
111
Welsh, Thomas
. 311
Welsh, W. H.
. 314
Wentworth, Obed F.
231
. 241
West, Joseph E.
49
. 263
West, William C. .
. 118
Westbrook, Cornelius D. .
. 341
Wescott (Private) .
. 275
Wescott, Matthew H.
. 356
Westerhald, W.
. Ill
Weston, Sullivan H.
. 26, 37
Wheeler, Charles M.
. 105
. 309
Wheeler, Obed
. 357
Wheeler, William
. 279
Wheeler, William
. 351
Wheeler, William
. 33
Wheelock, Charles
98,330
. 267
White, Alvin .
. 339
White, Amos H. .
. 258
White, Charles Trumbull
. 238
White, David B.
. 323
White, Frank J.
90, 287
White, James B.
. 85
Whitelow, James .
. 289
416

INDEX.

Whitman, George W.
Whittemore, Harry
Whyte, John
Wightman, Edward
Wilber, John J.
Wilbur, R. H. .
Wilcox, Charles H.
Wilcox, J. H. .
Wilcox, W. H. H.
Wilde, Hiram
Wilder, John T.
Wiley, John
Wilhehn, J. .
Wilkinson, J. P.
Wilkinson, Robert F.
Wilkeson, John W.
Willard, George L.
Willard, Orvel H.
Willets, Elbert H.
Williams. George F.
Williams, John E.
Williams, Oscar C.
Williams, Wilham H. .
Williams, William J.
Williamson, John J.
Willich, August
Willis, Benjamin A. .
Willoughby. Richard H.
Wilman, Adolph
Wilson, Alfred D.
Wilson, A. S.
Wilson, Henry
Wilson, John
Wilson, Lester D.
Wilson, Philip L.
Wilson, Robert P.
Wilson, William
Winchester. Locke W.
Winchester, Salmon
Windsor, John
Winnegar, Wilham W.
Winslow, Bradley
Winslow, George B.
Winslow | Gordon
Winslow, Hiram A.
Winslow, John A.
Winslow, John F.
Winthrop, Theodore
Witthaus, R. A.

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292
. 285 26
. 287 321
. Ill
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. 116"
12. 33
. 301

Wolcott, Charles W.
Wood, (Sergeant)
Wood, Alfred M.
Wood, Bradford R.
Wood, Charles S.
Wood, Ephraim
Wood, Fernando
Wood, Jr., James .
Wood, James R.
Wood, WiUam W. W.
Woodford, Stewart L.
Woodhall, David M.
Woodman. Charles H.
Woodward, John B.
Woodworth, Selim E.
Woolsey, Charles W.
Woolsey, Miss
Worden, John L.
Wright, Benjamin F.
Wright, Daniel J.
Wright, David F.
Wright, Francis 31.
Wright, John C.
Wright, John G.
Wright, Joseph
Wright, Wilham
Wyckoff, Albert T.
Yates, Austin A.
Yates. Jacob L.
York, Levi H.
York, Robert P.
Young, Corporal
Young. Edward.F.
\ oung, George W.
Young. John Russell
"i oung. Sirs. (" Aunt Becky ")
Young, Wilham H.

319
. 259
. 325 45
. 50
105
0,81 349 45
117
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,236. 119 43 60
117
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237
333 53

349294
353319303 41
118 56 60

Zaft. Rev. Mr.
Zook. Samuel K.
Zvla. Anthony
Zenette, Arnold

. 241
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. " 348

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