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 MONUMENT MAREINO THE POSITION OF THE NINTH NETT YORK 
 
 CAVALRY, ON THE GBTTYSBtXKQ BATTI/EFIELD, AT THE 
 
 OPENING OF THE BATTLE THE MORNING OI" 
 
 JULY 1, 1863, 
 
HISTORY 
 
 OF THE 
 
 NINTH REGIMENT, 
 
 NEW YORK VOLUNTEER CAVALRY. 
 
 TS^AR OF 1861 TO 1865. 
 
 COMPILED FROM LETTERS, DIARIES, RECOLLECTIONS AND 
 OFFICLfVL RECORDS 
 
 BY 
 
 NEWEL CHENEY. 
 CAPTAI]Sr AND BREVET MAJOR. 
 
 POLAND CENTER, N. Y. J90J. 
 
 lOOl. 
 
 MARiier MERz & soir. 
 
 STATIOITEiSa, JAMEaTOWN, W. TC, 
 
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INDEX. 
 
 'Page 
 
 'O^ 
 
 The Call for Troops - _ _ _ _ g 
 
 Organization of the 9th N. Y. Cavalry - - 16 
 
 From Westfield to Washington - - 18 
 
 Moving with McClellan's Army . _ _ 28 
 
 On Pope's Campaign ,-____ 49 
 
 With Sigel in front of Washington - - .58 
 
 Fight at Berry ville _____ 67 
 
 At Stafford C H. - _ _ _ . 68 
 
 The Flag Pesentation - _ _ _ 73 
 
 Lincoln at Cavalry Review _ - - _ 81 
 
 Chancellorsville Campaign _ _ _ 89 
 
 Gettysburg Campaign _____ 93 
 
 Advance to the Eapidan _ - _ _ 126 
 
 Re-enlisting _ _ _ - _ _ 143 
 
 Battle of the Wilderness _ _ _ _ 154 
 
 The Ride Around Lee's Army _ _ - 161 
 
 Advancing with Grant _ _ _ 174 
 
 The Battle at Trevillian Station _ _ _ 181 
 
 Before Petersburg - _ _ _ - 193 
 
 Shenandoah Valley Campaign _ _ _ 205 
 
 Battle of the Opequon (0-pek_on) - _ 218 
 
 Battle of Cedar Creek _ _ _ _ 232 
 
 Capture of Early's Army _ _ _ - 247 
 
 Appomattox Campaign - - _ 255 
 
 Surrender of Lee - - - - - _ 271 
 
 Muster Rolls ______ 293 
 
9^N.V.CAWLRV 
 
HISTORY OF THE 
 
 Ninth New York Cavalry Volunteers 
 
 In the Wat of the Rebellion, i56t to 1865. 
 
 INTRODUCTORY. 
 
 In the interest of a complete history of the great war 
 of the rebellion, it is the duty of every soldier who' served 
 during that war, to put on record his recollections of that 
 sendee where it may be referred to by the future historian. 
 
 This history is a compilation from the diaries, letters 
 and recollections of men who served with the regiment, and 
 from the official records. It gives the names in the order 
 of companies, of all the men who joined the regiment, and 
 a brief record of each man's service. It gives an account 
 
6 BEGINNING OF THE WAR. 
 
 of the enlistment and organization of the regiment and its 
 movement from Westfield to Albany and thence to Wash- 
 ington, to join the great army organizing for the defense 
 of the Union. It gives an account of its camps and its field 
 service. It tells of its service with the Army of the Potomac 
 under its successive commanders, McClellan, Burnside, 
 Hooker, Meade, and the invincible Grant; of its service 
 with Pope's army of Virginia; of its service under the great 
 cavalry leaders Buford and Merritt, and that greatest of 
 cavalry leaders Gen. Phil. Sheridan. It tells the story of the 
 part it took at Yorktown and at Williamsburg, at Cedar 
 Mountain, Second Bull- Run and Chantilly; with Sigel in 
 front of Washington and at Fredericksburg and with the 
 cavalry corps in the movement to and in the battle of 
 Chancellorsville. It relates the story of its service in the 
 Gettysburg campaign, beginning with the fight at Beverly 
 Ford, June gth, 1863, and including the fight at Upperville, 
 June 2 1 St; at Philmont June 22; the march into Gettysburg, 
 June 30th; the opening of the great battle, July ist and 2nd, 
 and the capture of the enemy's rear guard at Falling Waters, 
 July 14th. It tells of the part it took in the three cavalry 
 battles at Brandy Station, August ist, September 13th, and 
 October nth, 1863, and in the Mine Run campaign in De- 
 cember. It tells the story of its pai-t in the battle of the 
 Wilderness, in the fight at Todd's Tavem, May 7 and 8th, 
 1864, the ride around Lee's army. May 9; the great cavalry 
 battle at Yellow Tavem, May nth; the fight at Meadow 
 Bridge, May 12th; at Hanover Ford and Crump's Creek, 
 May 27; at Old Church, May 30th; at Cold Harbor, May 
 31st and June ist ; at Trevillian Station, June, i ith ; at White 
 House Landing, June 21st; and its wonderfully successful 
 fight with the enemy's veteran infantry at Deep Bottom 
 July 28th. It relates the story of its service in the brilHant 
 
BEGINNING OF THE WAR. 7 
 
 campaign of the Shenandoah; at Cedarville, August i6th; 
 at Keameysville and Shepardstown, August 25th; at Smith- 
 field, August 29th ; its great cavalry charge at the battle of 
 Winchester, September 19th; its fight at Fisher's Hill, Sep- 
 tember 22nd; at Mt. Jackson, September 23rd and 24th; at 
 Port Republic, September 26th and 27th; its rapid ride of 
 twenty-six miles in pursuit of the enemy from Tom's Brook 
 to Mt. Jackson, October 9th; its part in the great battle of 
 Cedar Creek, October 19th, and the Gordonsville raid in 
 December. . It tells the story of the part it look in the 
 capture of Early's army at Waynesboro, March 2nd, 1865, 
 of fighting its way with Sheridan's cavalry on its long ride 
 across the country to City Point; and of its service in the 
 final campaign fro^m Petersburg to the surrender of Lee at 
 Appomattox Court House. It aims to be a correct record 
 of the services of the regiment from the date of its organ- 
 ization in 1861, to its muster out, July 17th, 1865; of its 
 camps, its marches, its reconnoisances, its skirmishes and 
 its battles, and of the men who were killed, wounded or 
 captured in each engagement or while on picket, carrying 
 dispatches or on duty in any capacity. It also gives the 
 number of prisoners captured, which far exceeded the num- 
 ber of men in the regiment. 
 
 The writer has endeavored to make this history brief 
 enough to be included in a limited number of pages, leaving 
 abundant opportunity for fuller and more elaborate history 
 in published personal recollections and company histories, 
 He wishes to acknowledge the valuable assistance of many 
 comrades who have given him their diaries, letters and recol- 
 lections of their service while with the regiment. 
 
 In publishing this history, the fact has been kept in view, 
 that such a history should be of interest, not solely to those 
 who served with the regiment, but that it should be of 
 
8 BEGINNING OF THE WAR. 
 
 special interest to their children and their descendants. It 
 has been deemed best, therefore, to state briefly some of the 
 public acts of the general government and of the state which 
 led tO' the organization of this as well as the many other 
 regiments which made the great Union Army. Some of 
 these acts, too, are of great historic interest and valuable 
 for reference to every patriotic citizen of the Republic. 
 
 To the sons and daughters of the veterans of the Ninth 
 New York Cavalry this volume is respectfully dedicated. 
 
 NEWEL CHENEY, 
 Captain and Brevet Major, 
 
 gth N. Y. Cavalry. 
 Poland Center, N. Y., March, 1901. 
 
 BEGINNING OF THE WAR. 
 
 SECESSION. 
 
 The result of the presidential election in November, 
 i860, was received in the Southern States in such manner 
 that many Southern leaders felt encouraged to advocate 
 and to endeavor to carry out their theories and plans of 
 secession. South Carolina passed an ordinance of seces- 
 sion Dec. 20. Major Anderson commanding the United 
 States troops in Charleston harbor, aware of the plans of 
 the secession leaders, concentrated his troops and success- 
 fully transferred them to Fort Sumter during the night of 
 Dec. 26. A few days later the State of South Carolina 
 seized the vacant forts, the arsenal, the custom house and 
 postofifice and floated over them the Palmetto flag. On 
 Jan. g, 1861, batteries of the secessionists in Charleston 
 harbor fired upon the Star of the West, which was carrying 
 needed supplies and men for the relief of Major Anderson. 
 Mississippi seceded on the same day, Florida on Jan. 10, 
 
BEGINNING OF THE WAR. 9 
 
 Alabama the ii, Georgia the 19, Louisiana on the 26 and 
 Texas on February 1. 
 
 THE CALL TO ARMS— THE MILITIA. 
 
 On April 15, 1861, the United States Government took 
 its first decided step for the suppression of the rebellion. 
 On that day President Lincoln issued the following procla- 
 mation, calling for 75,000 militia for three months' service. 
 
 "PROCLAMATION. 
 
 "Whereas, the laws of the United States have been for some 
 time past, and now are, opposed, and the execution thereof ob- 
 structed, in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, 
 Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful 
 to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, 
 or by the power vested in the marshals by law; now, therefore. I 
 Abraham Lincoln. President of the United States, in virtue of the 
 power in me vested by the Constitution and the laws, have thought 
 fit to call forth the Militia of the several States of the Union to 
 the aggregate number of 75,000, in order to suppress Baid combi- 
 nations, and to cause the laws to be duly executed. 
 
 "The details for this object will be immediately communicated 
 to the State authorities through the War Department. I appeal 
 to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate and aid, this effort to main- 
 tain the honor, the integrity, and existence of our national union, 
 and the perpetuity of popular Government, and to redress wrongs 
 already long fe'nough endured. I deem it proper to say that the 
 first service assigned to the forces hereby called forth will prob- 
 ably be to repossess the forts, places and property which have been 
 seized from the Union; and in every event the utmost care 'will 
 be observed, coi^sistently with the objects aforesaid, to avoid any 
 devastation, any destruction, or interference with, property, or any 
 disturbance of peaceful citizens of any part of the country; and 
 I hereby command the persons composing the combinations afore- 
 Said, to disperse and retire peacefully to their respective abodes, 
 within twenty days from this date. 
 
 "Deeming that the present condition of public affairs presents 
 an extraordinary occasion, I do hereby, in virtue of the power in 
 me vested by the Constitution, convene both Houses of Congress. 
 The Senators and Representatives are, therefore, summoned to 
 assemble at their respective chambers at 12 o'clock, noon, on Thurs- 
 
10 BEGINNING OF THE WAR. 
 
 day, the 4th day of July next, then and there to consider and de- 
 termine such measures as, in their wisdom, the public safety and 
 interest may seem to demand. 
 
 "In witness whereof. I have hereunto set my hand, and caused 
 the seal of the United States to be affixed. 
 
 "Done at the city of Washington, this 15th day of April, in 
 the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. 
 and of the independence of the United States the eighty-fifth. 
 
 "Abraham Lincoln. 
 
 "By the President: 
 
 "Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of State." 
 
 Under this proclamation, the emergency demanding 
 prompt action, Governor Morgan of New York at once 
 issued orders for the available organized militia to march, 
 and on April igth the famous Seventh Regiment left for 
 the city of Washington. On the 2ist, the Sixth, Twelfth 
 and Seventy-First regiments followed. By April 30, six 
 other regiments of militia and the Ellsworth Fire Zouaves, 
 a two years' regiment, had left the State for active service. 
 Similar action was taken by the Governor and State of 
 Massachusetts. Rebel leaders had been frantically urging 
 the secessionists to advance at once and capture Washing- 
 ton, and this prompt movement by the militia of New York 
 and Massachusetts, no doubt saved the capital from such a 
 dire calamity. 
 
 At the end of their three months' service the militia 
 regiments were discharged and a large portion of the men 
 enlisted in the regiments organizing for the three years' 
 service. 
 
 THE THREE YEARS' VOLUNTEERS— INCREASE 
 OF THE REGULAR ARMY. 
 
 On May 3, 1861, the president issued the following 
 proclamation, calling into service thirty-nine regiments of 
 volunteer infantry and one regiment of cavalry, an aggregate 
 
BEGINNING OF THE WAR. 11 
 
 of 42,034 men, for three years unless sooner discharged. 
 
 "PROCLAMATION. 
 
 "Whereas, existing exlKencies demand immediate and ai^equate 
 measures for the protection of the National Constitution and the 
 preservation of the National Union by the suppression of the in- 
 surrectionary combinations now existing in several States for op- 
 posing the laws of the Union and obstructing the execution thereof, 
 to which end a military force in addition to that called forth by my 
 proclamation of the fifteenth of Aoril in the present year, appears 
 to be indispensably necessary: 
 
 "Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United 
 States, and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy thereof, and 
 of the Militia of the several States when called into actual service, 
 <?o hereby call into the service of the United States forty -two thousand 
 and thirty-four volunteers, to serve for the period of three years 
 unless sooner discharged, and to be mustered into service as in- 
 fantry and cavalry. The proportions of each arm and the details 
 of enrollment and organization will be made known through the 
 Department of T'/ar. 
 
 "And I also direct that the regular army of the United States 
 be increased by the addition of eight regiments of infantry, one 
 regiment of cavalry and one regiment of artillery, making altogether, 
 a maximum aggregate increase of twenty-two thousand seven hun- 
 dred and fourteen officers and enlisted men, the details of which 
 increase will also be made known through the Department of War. 
 
 "And 1 further direct the enlistment for not less than one 
 nor more th?n three years, of eighteen thousand seamen, in addition 
 to the present force, for the naval service of the United States. 
 The details of the enlistment and organization will be made known 
 through the Department of the Navy. 
 
 "The call for volunteers, hereby made, and the (direction for 
 the increase of the regular army, and for the enlistment of seamen 
 hereby given, together with the plan of organization adopted for 
 the volunteers and for the regular forces hereby authorized will be 
 submitted to congress as soon as assembled. 
 
 "In the meantime I earnestly invoke the co-operation of all 
 good citizens in the measures hereby adopted, for the effectual sup- 
 pression of unlawful violence, for the impartial enforcement of con- 
 stitutional laws, and for the speediest possible restoration of peace 
 and order, and. with these, of happiness and prosperity throughout 
 the countrr. 
 
 "In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused 
 
12 ORGANIZATION OF TROOPS. 
 
 the seal of the United States to he affixed. 
 
 "Done at the City of Washington, this third day of May, 
 
 [L. S.] in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred 
 
 and sixty-one, and of the Independence of the United 
 
 States the eighty-fifth. 
 
 "Abraham Lincoln. 
 
 "By the President: 
 
 "William H. Seward, Secretary of State." 
 
 MEETING OF CONGRESS— ORGANIZATION OF 
 
 TROOPS. 
 
 Congress convened in extra session July 4, and adjourned 
 August 6, 1861. Among its measures it authorized the 
 president to accept the services of volunteers for three years 
 in such numbers not to. exceed 1,000,000, as he might deem 
 necessary for the purpose of repelling and suppressing in- 
 surrection. Under the president's proclamation of May 3, 
 and the request by the president that New York state furnisli 
 25,000 men. Governor Edwin D. Morgan issued the follow- 
 ing proclamation July 25th, i86t : 
 
 "The President of the United States having requested me to 
 furnish additional troops for the prompt suppression of resistance 
 to the Constitution and the Laws, T do. hereby call for a volunteer 
 force of twenty-five thousand men, to serve for three years or 
 during the war. Such force will be raised pursuant to a General 
 Order, which will be issued Immediately, and which will prescribe- 
 the mode of organization. To the end that every portion of the 
 State may have an opportunity to contribute thereto, the rendezvous 
 will be at New York. Albany and Blmira. The headquarters at 
 Albany. 
 
 "In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed 
 the privy seal of the State at the city of Albany, this twenty-flfttr 
 day of .Tuly. in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred 
 and sixty-one. 
 
 "Edwin D. Morgan. 
 
 "By the Governor: 
 
 "Lockwood L. Doty. Private Secretary." 
 
 On July 30, Governor Morgan issued General Orders 
 No. 78, and on August 17, General Orders No. 87,' publish- 
 ing in the two orders regulations for the organization of 
 
ORGANIZATION OF TROOPS. 13 
 
 companies and regiments of infantry and cavalry and regi- 
 ments and batteries of artillery. 
 
 GENERAL HEADQUARTERS— STATE OF NEW YORK. 
 GENERAL ORDERS. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, 
 
 No. 78. Albany, July 30, 1861. 
 
 The President of the United States having made a requisition 
 on the State of New Yort for 25,000 additional volunteers to serve for 
 three years or during the war, the following regulations for their oj;- 
 ganization are hereby published: 
 
 1. There will be twenty-five regiments, numbered from forty- 
 three to sixty-seven, both inclusive, one of which will be organized 
 as artillery, with six batteries of four guns each. Detailed instruc- 
 tions for the artillery will be published hereafter. 
 
 2. E^ch infantry regiment will consist of ten companies, and 
 ■each company will be organized as follows: 
 
 One Captain, one First Lieutenant, one Second Lieutenant, one 
 J'irst Sergeant, four Sergeants, eight Corporals, two Musicians, one 
 "Wn.gonGr. and not less than sixty-four or more than eighty-two 
 Privates; maximum aggregate, one hundred and one. 
 
 3. Each regiment will be organized as follows: 
 Minimum. Maximum, 
 
 S30 Company officers and 1010 Company officers and enlisted 
 
 enlisted men. men. 
 
 1 Colonel. 1 Colonel. 
 
 1 Lieutenant-Colonel. 1 Lieutenant-Colonel. 
 
 1 Major. 1 Major. 
 
 '. 1 Adjutant (a Lieutenant). 1 Adjutant (a Lieutenant). 
 
 1 Regimental Quartermaster (a 1 Regimental Quartermaster (a 
 
 Lieutenant). Lieutenant). 
 
 . 1 Surgeon. 1 Surceon. 
 
 1 Assistant Surgeon. 1 Assistant Surgeon. 
 
 1 Chaplain. 1 Chaplain. 
 
 1 Sergeant-Ma.lor. 1 Sergeant-Major. 
 
 1 Regimental Quartermaster-Ser- l Regimental Quartermaster- 
 
 geant. Sergeant. 
 1 Regimental Commissary-Ser- 1 Regimental Commissary-Ser- 
 geant. ' geant. 
 
 1 Hospital Steward. 1 Hospital Steward. 
 
 2 Principal Musicians. 2 Principal Musicians. 
 24 Musicians for Band. 24 Musicians for Band.. 
 
 868 Aggregate. 1048 Aggregate. 
 
14 ORGANIZATION OF TROOPS. 
 
 4. There will be three Depots at which the volunteers 
 will ?.ssemble: 
 
 One in New York city, to be commanded by Brigadier-General 
 Y?.tes; 
 
 One at Albany, to be commanded by Brigadier-General Rathbone; 
 and 
 
 One at Elmira, to be commanded by Brisadier-General Van 
 Valkenburgh. 
 
 5. When thirty-two or more persons shall present their appli- 
 cation to the Commandant of a Depot for a company organization, 
 he will appoint an Inspector to make an inspection, and after the 
 above number of able bodied men. between the ages of eighteen and 
 forty-five (minors having exhibited the written consent of their 
 parents or guardians), have been inspected by him. the Inspector 
 will certify the result thereof to such Commandant, by whose order 
 transportation to his Depot will be provided. On their arrival 
 there, they wil be examined by the Medical Examiner of the Depot, 
 and quarters and subsistence will be furnished. 
 
 6. The above rule will apply to the transportation, &c., of the 
 recruits, who may be enlisted from time to time, to complete the 
 organization of a company. 
 
 7. When thirty-two or more men shall have -been thus accepted 
 by the Medical Examiner, the Commandant of the Depot will im- 
 mediately direct them to nominate, by ballot, a Captain and Lieu- 
 tenant of the company; the remaining officers to be nominated on 
 the completion of the company organization. 
 
 8. After an examination as hereinafter provided (paragraph 
 16) of the persons so nominated as officers, the Commandant of the 
 Depot will transmit the inspection roll, with certificates of inspec- 
 tion, nomination aid examination, to the Adjutant-General of the 
 State. If the company thus organized shall be accepted by the 
 Commander-in-Chief, the pay of tie officers and men will commence 
 from the date of such acceptance. 
 
 9. The company non-commissioned officers, ulitil tie company 
 shall be embodied in a regiment, will be appointed by the Captain; 
 afterwards by the Regimental Commander, on the recommendation 
 of the CaDtain. 
 
 10. The field officers for tiese regiments will be appointed by 
 the Commander-in-Chief, after they shall have passed a satisfactory 
 examination, before a board of officers to be hereinafter named, and 
 will be a,ssigned to the various Depots, to superintend the organiza- 
 tion of their regiments under (he orders of the Commandant ol 
 Depots. 
 
ORGANIZATION OF TROOPS. 15 
 
 11. If delay should occur in the filling up of any company or 
 regiment to the minimum standard to entitle it to be mustered into 
 the United States service, the Commander-in-Chief will disband or 
 consolidate the incomplete organizations, or transfer companies or 
 accept new organizations, as circumstances may require. When 
 companies are consolidated the ofiBcers will be assigned according to 
 rank, and when rank is of the same date it will be fixed by_ lot. 
 Officers rendered supernumerary by disbanc^ing or consolidating in- 
 complete companies or regiments, will be discharged from the service, 
 and their pay. &c.. will cease from the date of such discharge. 
 
 12. After the acceptance of a regiment, the Colonel will ap- 
 point from the company subalterns an Adjutant and a Regimental 
 Quartermaster, who may be reassigned to companies at his pleasure. 
 
 13. The Surgeon and Assistant Surgeon will be appointed by the 
 Commander-in-Chief, after they shall have passed an examination 
 by a commission prescribed by the Medical Department. 
 
 14. The Non-commissioned Staff will be selected by the Colonel 
 from the non-commissioned oflicers and privates of the regiment; 
 and vacancies so created will be filled by appointment as is pre- 
 scribed above. 
 
 15. The Regimental Chaplain will be appointed by the Regi- 
 mental Commander, on the vote of the field officers and company 
 commanders on duty with the regiment at the time the appointment 
 is made. The Chaplain must be a regularly ordained minister of 
 some Christian denomination, and will receive the pay and allow- 
 ances of a Captain of cavalry. 
 
 16. The Commander-in-Chief will appoint for each Depot, a Board 
 of Examiners, to examine into the qualifications of persons nominated 
 for company officers. 
 
 17. Field officers will be examined in the School of the Com- 
 pany and Battalion; company officers in the School of the Soldier 
 and Company; artillery officers, in addition to the above, will be 
 examined in Artillery Tactics and the other branches of that arm 
 of the service. The examiners will also inquire into the moral 
 character and habits, of the persons examined, an^ report for the 
 Information of the Commander-in-Chief. When a person designated 
 as an officer shall be found not qualified, another nomination will 
 be made instead. When no nomination shall be made to the 
 Commander-in-Chief, he will fill the vacancy. 
 
 18. When regiments are duly organized according to the above 
 regulations, they will be presented for muster into the service of 
 the United States. Care will be taken to send one muster roll to 
 the Adjutant-General of the State. 
 
16 ORGANIZATION OF TROOPS. 
 
 19. The following extracts from General Orders No. 15. from 
 the War Department, will be deemed a part of this order: 
 
 "The officers, non-commissioned officers and privates organized 
 as above set forth, will, in all respects, be placed on the footing, as 
 to pay and allowances, of similar corps of the regular army: Pro- 
 vided, that their allowances for clothing shall be $2.50 per month for 
 infr.ntry. 
 
 "Every volunteer non-commissioned officer, private, musician and 
 a,rtjficGr, who enters the service of the United States under this 
 plan, shall be paid at the rate of fifty cents, and if a cavalry vol- 
 unteer, twenty-five cents additional, in lieu of forage, for every twenty 
 miles of travel from his home to the place of muster, the distance to 
 be measured by the shortest usually traveled route; and when hon- 
 orably discharged, an allowance, at the same rate, from the place 
 of his discharge to his home, and in addition thereto the sum of 
 one hundred dollars. 
 
 "Any volunteer who may be received into the service of the 
 United States under this plan, and who may be wounded or otherwise 
 disabled in the service, shall be entitled to the benefits which have 
 been or may be conferred on persons disabled in the regular service, 
 and the legal heirs of such as die or may be killed in service, in 
 addition to all arrears of pay and allowances, shall receive the sum 
 of one hundred dollars. 
 
 "The Bands of the regiments of infantry will be paid as follows: 
 One-fourth of each will receive the pay and allowances of sergeants 
 of engineer soldiers ; one-fourth those of corporals of engineer soldiers, 
 and the remaining half those of privates of engineer soldiers of the 
 l.st class. 
 
 "The wagoners and saddlers will receive the pay and allowances 
 of corporals of cavalry. 
 
 "The Regimental Commissary-Sergeant will receive the pay and 
 allowances of a Regimental Sergeant-Major. The Company Quart- 
 ermaster-Sergeailt, the pEiy and allowances of a Sergeant of cavalry." 
 
 By order of the Commander-in-Chief. 
 
 DUNCAN CAMPBELL, Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 GENERAL HEADQUARTERS— STATE OF NEW YORK, 
 
 GENERAL ORDERS, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, 
 
 No. 87 Albany. August 17. 1861. 
 
 The President of the United States having made requisition 
 on the State of New York for two regiments of cavalry, and two 
 regiments of artillery, the following regulations for their organization 
 are :>ublished: 
 
ORGANIZATION OF THE NINTH. 1-7 
 
 present were musterrea into the United States service Octob- 
 er I, 2aDn;d 3- by Major- Sitgraves of thg sxmy- : . Others were 
 mustered in later as thg^ arrived in camp and passed the 
 medical; examination.* About twenty muskets furnished by 
 the State were uselj^'lc!i¥''instruction in guard duty. -Meals 
 -served at the jrougKj- wooden barracks by Paul Persons, 
 under contract with the State were substjihtial ,and wholes- 
 some. Barracks wer« byilt sufficient for about one-half 
 "the men. The others were in tents. Generous -citizens of 
 Westfield' furnished wood for camp fifes arid opened their 
 houses to the men on cold and stormy nights., j. The several 
 companies were known by the name of the locaflity vvhere 
 a large part of tlie company had enlisted and by. the. officer in 
 command. A little later each company was officially, desig- 
 nated by the letter in brackets- in the following list: 
 Westfield Company, Captaiii-Cowden's (I). 
 Btisti Company, Captain Martin's (F). ;- 
 Jamestown Company, Captain Dinnin's (C). 
 ' Fredonia Company, Captain Glissan's (K). . 
 Portland Company, Captain Weld's (D). 
 Randolph Company, Captain Chamberlain's. (E). 
 Little Valley Company, Captain Anderson's (B). 
 
 Captain Stimspn's. (A). 
 Wyoming Coutity Companies, Captain Tozier's (G). 
 
 Captain Bentley's. (H).. 
 " The Sherman Company, Captain B. J. Coffin's, was con- 
 'solidated with the Randolph company and Captain CofiFn 
 succeededto the command in July, 1862. 
 
 A portion of Captain Anderson's company had. enlisted 
 itdin Sugar Grove where Anderson had been pastor of a 
 cMrch before going to Little Valley. 
 
 October 10, Colonel Burr ;Porter arrived and took 
 command. " 
 
:8 ORGANIZATION OF THE NINTH. 
 
 October 19, the following order was received: 
 
 "GENERAL HEADQUARTERS— STATE OF NEW YORK. 
 
 "SPECIAL ORDERS, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, 
 
 No. 430. Albany, Oct 16, 1861. 
 
 "Brigadier General Rathbone, comma,ncling Depot of Volunteers 
 at Albany will direct the regiments stationed at the Branch Depots 
 at * * Westfield • * * • to hold themselves in readiness for 
 immediate departure. 
 
 "By order of the Commander-in-Chief." 
 
 Oct. 31, uniforms, clothing and canteens arrived suf- 
 ficient for most of the men and were issued. These sup- 
 plies consisted of cavalry japkets, trousers, shoes and under- 
 clothing furnished by the State. Of the underclothing, 
 there was only i shirt, i pair drawers and i pair stockings 
 for each man. 
 
 About Nov. I, Colonel Porter went to Albany and a 
 Major Hyde came on and took command. The first death 
 in the regiment occurred at Westfield, that of Amos Kellogg 
 of the Busti company. He was buried in the Westfield 
 cemetery, the regiment taking part in the solemnities of the 
 occasion. 
 
 On Saturday, Nov. 9, the regiment left Westfield at 2 
 p. m. among an immense throng of friends who had gath- 
 ered to see the soldiers off, and took the cars for Albany. 
 Among the friends of the regiment present the Hon. Geo. 
 W. Patterson was conspicuous for his kindly personal at- 
 tention to the comfort of the men. It required eighteen 
 passenger cars and two freight cars to accommodate the 
 men, baggage and the few officers' horses. Al along the 
 route crowds of friends were at the stations cheering with 
 waving hats and handkerchiefs. At Buffalo the regiment 
 had supper the men being seated in chairs at tables spread 
 with white table cloths and a full supply of dishes, knives, 
 forks and spoons and were served with excellent bread, 
 
ORGANIZATION OF THE NINTH. 19 
 
 butter, ham, coffee, etc. Such tables and furniture were 
 not to be seen again for many months. From Buffalo the 
 train made slow progress only reaching Syracuse at daylight 
 Sunday morning. All the way from Syracuse that bright 
 Sunday the men were cheered with the same enthusiastic 
 waving of hats and handkerchiefs. The regiment arrived 
 at Albany at 4 p. m. and marched up through the city, 
 escorted by a company of artillery, to the barracks at Cainp 
 Rathbone dbout two miles from the railway station in the 
 western part of the city. The barracks consisted of a large 
 brick building built for an orphan asylum with extensive 
 additional wooden structures. The eating hall was in the 
 basement of the brick building and would seat about six 
 hundred. The fare here was quite in contrast with that to 
 which the men had been accustomed and at times so ob- 
 jectionable as to call out decided and active protest, one 
 ofificer taking his company to an eating place in the city 
 for a good dinner. 
 
 Nov. 12, overcoats were issued to the men. Nov. 16, 
 a company from St. Lawrence county was assigned to the 
 regiment by the following order: 
 
 "GENERAL HEADQUARTERS— STATE OF NEW YORK. 
 "SPECIAL ORDERS, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, 
 
 No. 494. Albany, Nov. 16, 1861. 
 
 it * * * * 
 
 "II. The company of -volunteer cavalry from St. Lawrence county, 
 
 now quartered at the Park Barracks In the City of New York, will 
 
 proceed to this place without delay and report to Brlg.-Gen'l Rathbone 
 
 at the Albany Barracks." 
 
 ***** 
 
 This company was commanded by Captain Hiry Derby 
 and was designated Company L. It was enlisted mostly 
 from the towns of Canton, Russel, Edwards and Fine in 
 St. Lawrence county. 
 
 Nov. 27, another company, part of which had been en- 
 
20 dR&ANIZATiON' CXF THE NfNTH/ 
 
 listed for the Un)^ed States 'fcaTncet'srun incomplete organ- 
 ization, which C61. Jas:.''^'molen§fe',"^ia'nderaUtHority of the 
 
 War pe.pa,rtmeht; dated Auf : 7, ^^^^^f^^^^^^;^^^^^''^^^'^^^^^ 
 was assigned'^'tb the're|iment as Cdfflpan3^"^M;'Mde* com= 
 piand offcapt^n Jo.sepl''Milliete, Jr.;;'7''th6;rk6Ms'of th^^ 
 St^te XdJutanF'Gerieral. sl^ow that C^^taSn'iVfiiliete was not 
 commissioned ib\il thaf''tap^ap Jtfse^h M/ Kfen^ediy was 
 mustered 'iii as'captam of Company M'io'rank from Nov: 
 29, i86r^'' ''TiTis''companyj"eti.listed mostly .' fr-om Rouse''s 
 Point/ Troy aiial^ewydrk 'city. ■ ',. " ' '\': '"' . ' ' 
 \ Nov. 21,' the. following order,' which" seems^ to have 
 been a rittle'prert^t'ure, "was read at dress parade in presence; 
 
 of Goverabr'M'organ and Stm : 
 
 \:t ::.,; , '.:.:n nt ■ •'< 'is /j;';;;. ■■■-.-■;/ \-.:.i ^:.x .,■■;• r 
 
 .,;,, "S"5/5i,T& OF NEW. YORK— DEPOT OF VOLUIVlJjE^^. 
 
 . "SP;E.GIAL ORDBES; . , -, ^. .• .h:- -■ ■ 
 
 ^', , No" 455. ';' Albany,. Nov. 2^. 1861. -■ 
 
 -' "111 'accordance wlth^'^peciat order 499 from Geiierat HeaffquaTters, 
 the 9th Reg't N. Y. Vol. Cavalry, Colonel BeardslSW»iU -iorocged on 
 Jlond^y "^ttie 2.^h,;inst." to Washington and repoit ;fpr . duty.tp- the 
 0eneral-in-Chiet ,, 
 
 "Colonel' '^Beardsley will make immediate requisition for stfch 
 supplies of arms, uniforms, feci. '^s -are necessary for the GdmpLete 
 equipment of the regiment and.-al§$);for transportation a^d suli^istence 
 on the route. , . ^ 
 
 "By order BriR.-Gen'l .Tno. F. ' Rathbone. Conimandihg. ' 
 
 '"; , "phas. B. Smith Act. A: D. C." 
 
 . The organization of. rthe; regiment w^s. completed. St 
 received its numerical diesignation as the Nintii (gth) Regi- 
 ment New York Volunteer Cavalty, and .its' musterVip^ rolls 
 were filed with the Adjutant General of the State under the 
 following orders: - / "; ■ . '.7 
 
 "GENERAL HEADQUARTERS-ESTATE OF NEW YORK. 
 
 "SPECIAL ORDERS, ^ AD^ttTTAI^T GENERAL'S OFFICB, 
 
 No. 511. Albany,, November. 23, -.18611 . '5 
 
 .,■ "In accordance -with General Orders No. 87. from - this . Depart- 
 ment, the several companies of cavalry, now stationed at the Depot 
 
ORGANIZATION OF THE NINTH. 21 
 
 of Volunteers at. Albany and under the command of respectlvjely. 
 Captain Harmon .T. Cowden. Captain James R. Dinnln. 
 
 Orange L. Tozier. , • Wilbur G. Bentley.. 
 
 " "William B. Martin. " Joseph G. Weld, 
 
 Emery A. Anderson." -^. Thomas W. Glisan. 
 
 " ■' Hiram K. Stinson. " ', Benj. ■ F. Chamberlain, 
 
 Hiry Derby. " " " — — ^ Millle'te. 
 
 arfe -hereby organized into a regiment to, be kijpwij. and -designated 
 qs the JJinth (9th) Regiflient N. Y. "V'ol. Cayalry. _ . 
 
 "The following persons are" appointeft field officers df the -regi- 
 ment hereby organized an-d' will be- dommlssioned whenever copies 
 of the Field and Staff, and Company muster rolls, certified to by the 
 mustering ofiBcer shall be filed with the- Adjutant Qenerjil. of the 
 Slate, proyidei the several persons named shall have' ^'ssed their 
 examination as provided and prescribed ifi 'General -Orders No. 78. 
 
 "Colonel Johti BeSfdsley, Lieut. Colonel, ; Wm. B. Hyde,: Major 
 William Sackett. Major Charles McLean Knox, -Major, Geo. S. J^c^^ols. 
 "Colonel Beardsley will immediately report for duty to Brig.- 
 Gen'l Rathbone. 
 
 "By Order of the Commander-in-Chief." 
 
 There was no^ written authb'rizafion by' New York State 
 for" the recruitingof. regiments," and tTie published statetnent 
 that Col.' Beardsley received authority to recruit this regi- 
 ment is an error. Written authority was given in many 
 ■ instances to recruit companies... But, no doubt. ni'd.st of 
 the companies voluntarily offei-ed their services without any 
 formal written authority. 
 
 The order of companies and squadrons in the regiin^'nt 
 wa.s a.ssigned as follows : 
 
 Companies F and K First Squadron. 
 
 Companies C and M Second Squadron. 
 
 Companies D and L Third Squadron. 
 
 Companies E and B Fourth Squadron. 
 
 Companies I and G Fifth Squgidron." ' 
 
 Companies H and .\ ..Sixth Squadrofi. 
 
 The finst and second squadrons constituted the first bat- 
 talion under command of Major Sackett ; the third arid fourth' 
 
22 ON TO WASHINGTON. 
 
 squadrons the second battalion under command of Major 
 Nichols, and the fifth and sixth squadrons the third bat- 
 talion under command of Major Knox. 
 
 THE REGIMENT GOES TO WASHINGTON. 
 
 No arms or other supplies "necessary for the complete 
 equipment of the regiment" had yet been furnished as pro- 
 vided inl the orders of Nov. 21, read'^on dress parade in 
 presence of the Governor and Stafif, when the regiment 
 numbering about one thousand officers and men left Albany 
 on the evening of November 26, by the steamer Knicker- 
 bocker down the Hudson and landed next morning at Jersey 
 City opposite the great city of New York. This trip down 
 the river furnished opportunity for the first Lesson in forag- 
 ing. Among the supplies which some of the officers had 
 furnished their mess when they left Albany was a cheese 
 and a can of milk. That night both cheese and milk mys- 
 teriously disappeared. The next morning some of the 
 me^fi were fojjnd to be well supplied with cheese. At Jersey. 
 Crty tlie regiment remained on the boat during the day re- 
 ceiving generous attention from friends in New York City 
 and hearty cheers from the crowds on the ferry boats attest- 
 ing the good wishes of the thousands who' daily passed to 
 and from the great metropolis. On the evening of Nov. 
 27 the regiment was transferred to another boat and steamed 
 down to South Amboy. Here it took cars for Washington 
 by way of Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore. Box 
 cars and some cattle cars were furnished for the men with 
 rough boards laid on blocks for seats. A passenger coach 
 was attached to the rear of the train for the officers. Before 
 the train started, one of the men slyly pulled the coupling 
 pin, detaching the coach on which were most of the officers, 
 
ON TO WASHINGTON. 2a 
 
 and the train with the men prdqeded without them arriving- 
 in Philadelphia about one o'clock at night. At Philadel- 
 phia the men marched to the famous Cooper Shop, which 
 bore the sign "Soldiers' Eating Committee Saloon," and 
 were served with an excellent supper at 1 130 a. m. AIJ 
 soldiers passing through Philadelphia were fed free by this 
 citizens' committee at any hour of the day or night. Up 
 to this date they had fed 140,000. The coach with the 
 officers did not arrive till near daylight. This joke on the 
 officers was attributed to a man of Company D who had 
 been heard denouncing in loud and emphatic words the box 
 and cattle car transportation for the men and the glaring 
 discrimination in favor of the officers. It is fair to say that 
 a few of the officers shared the discomforts of the box and 
 cattle cars with the men. The regiment left Philadelphia 
 soon after daylight Nov. 28, by the Baltimore and Ohio 
 railroad, passing through Baltimore, where the cars were 
 drawn by horses through the city which, in April, had been 
 the scene of bloody and riotous opposition to the passage 
 of Union troops, and reached Washington about an hour 
 before daylight the 29th, having been on the road nearly 
 twenty-four hours from Philadelphia. The following from 
 a letter written at the time and dated Camp Fenton, Wash- 
 ington, Dec. 7, 1861, is descriptive of the trip from Albany: 
 "We left Albany at 4 o'clock p. m. Tuesday, Nov. 26, on 
 the boat Knickerbocker. The men were in fine spirits in 
 expectation of soon being reported for duty. The next 
 morning found us opposite the great city of New York. 
 We anchored on the Jersey side, where we staid most of the 
 day, shifting onto another boat toward night which steamed 
 with us down to South Amboy, where we took cars via 
 Philadelphia and Baltimore to Washington. Arrived in 
 Washington at 5 o'clock a. m. Friday, Nov. 29, having been 
 
24 ON TO WASHINGTON. 
 
 two. days and three nights cJh the route.' Our passage most 
 of the way was a grand ovation. At villages 
 ■along the Hudson we were saluted with bfoomiftg guns' and 
 iwhile in. New York harbor, with waving handl^fchiefs and 
 hearty cheers from the crowded' ferry boats., "''iJVt Phila- 
 delphia, the people were ready to receive ■us'to'ah'ex'c'ellent 
 breakfast ready spread at the early hou^' of 1:36 o'clock a. 
 m., in a great saloon, ere;cted for the purpose, wKere passing 
 troops are suppHed with meal's 'free of charge' at' all" irours, 
 day or night. We will not soon forget the c#ital tread, 
 butter, coffee and other good things received at their hands 
 in that city of "brothei-ly love," and for which we returned 
 thanks in three times three cheers and a "tiger" precedeil' by 
 ^appropriate remarks by Lieut. Kriap'p. The people com- 
 plimented our appearaifce and behavior and took the meas- 
 xire of one of our "babies" — R. D. Lpucks — who' stands 
 '6ft., 4 inches high. We did not get away from the Quaker 
 •City till daylight, and at that early hour the street was tfifong- 
 ed with people of all ages. ' Ladies came to shakfe hands 
 with tis and bid us God-speed. Old men and childi^en Waved 
 their hats and shouted their greetings. 'Those who were 
 not up waved flags from their chamber windows. ' It seem- 
 ed that one great heart-throb of patriotism beat along the 
 whole way from our homes in far away Chautauqiik.' The 
 people are bound by a common interest, havirig 'fathers, sons, 
 Tiusbands and brothers in the great Union army, arid the 
 people here treated us as if we were their own; As we ap- 
 proached Baltimore, the scene changed somewhat. The 
 military guards stationed along the track, especiallly at Havre 
 De Grace where they were in considerable force, intimated 
 to us that we were in the enemies' country. While halting 
 at one place, a colored man asked where we were from. On 
 being told he exclaimed, "wondah ef dar is any mo' men 
 
ON TO WASHINGTON. 25 
 
 in Noo Yok." Well he might since over 100,000 have been 
 accepted from New York State. We v^rere not as cordially 
 received in Baltimore and as we passed along the identical 
 street where the first blood was shed in this war we were 
 forcibly reminded of the affair of last April when the Massa- 
 chusetts troops were attacked here and sacrificed the first 
 lives for their country. But now the Union sentiment was 
 free to manifest itself and we received many cheers even 
 here. But we could not avoid noticing that some stood 
 with folded arms looking upon us in silence while one — 
 a female — stood in her door and shook a broomstick at us- 
 whether to cheer or menace I will not presume to^ judge. 
 But if the former was intended, it wouM have been more in 
 accord with Northern taste if she had tied a flag or at least 
 a handkerchief to her broomstick. We were seven hours 
 running the forty miles from Baltimore to Washington and 
 if the careful engineer had run onto obstructions reported 
 to have been placed on the track the night before nO' harm 
 would have been done. The railroad is Union, at least; 
 while guarded so well by Union troops." 
 
 On its arrival in Washington the regiment marched to 
 the Soldiers' Retreat, a large two story barrack near the 
 station where passing troops were fed. Tlie barracks were 
 crowded with troops, one regiment having just arrived from 
 California. Most of the men lay on the floor or benches 
 asleep and the men of the Ninth New York Cavalry lay 
 down on the floor for an hour's rest before daylight. Break- 
 fast here consisted of a chunk of bread, a chunk of boiled 
 beef, and a tin cup of coffee served on long bare tables, 
 without plates, knives, forks or spoons, each man using his 
 fingers and teeth in primitive style. At dinner, soup was 
 served in bowls with bread. That morning the men had 
 their first view of the National Capitol, only a short walk 
 
26 AT CAMP FENTON. 
 
 from the barracks. The basement of the capitol was be- 
 ing used as a bakery to supply the great army encamped 
 .about the city. 
 
 CAMP FENTON. 
 
 In the afternoon the regiment marched up Seventh 
 .street about two miles from Pennsylvania Avenue 
 to high ground on Meridian hill north of and 
 overlooking the city, and pitched tents in a small grove 
 of pines. This was its first experience in pitching tents 
 and as it rained that night many of the men were awakened 
 long before morning by the water running under them 
 giving them a thorough wetting. The next day, trenches 
 were dug about the tents and thereafter the ground inside 
 remained dry. This camp was named Camp Fenton in 
 compliment to Hon. Reuben E. Fenton then in Congress. 
 A fine level field just north of the camp was convenient for 
 drill and dress parade. Quoting further from the letter 
 referred to of Dec. 7, 1861 : "Camp Fenton is a healthy 
 place with a good well of water. The weather is warm 
 and pleasant. A few of the men are unwell with colds and 
 the measles, but most of us are flourishing finely on bread, 
 beef, pork, potatoes, coffee, sugar and molasses. The sick 
 are well cared for by our active and efficient surgeons. Dr. 
 Spencer and assistants, Drs. Bennett and Goodrich. Regi- 
 ments are leaving daily for service across the Potomac, and 
 their places taken by newly arrived troops. About 15,000 
 troops, including fourteen regiments of infantry, one of 
 cavalry and some flying artillery, were reviewed by Gen. 
 McClellan on our parade ground yesterday and most of 
 them have left today." Here the regiment remained dur- 
 ing the winter drilling in the school of the trooper dismount- 
 -ed and the movements and formations of cavalry on foot. 
 
AT CAMP FENTON. 27 
 
 Sabers were issued to the men Dec. 20, and worn on dress 
 parade. After that saber exercises were part of the daily 
 drill. The daily routine of duty was as follows: Reveille, 
 RoU call, Breakfast, Sick call, Guard mounting, Drill, Dinner, 
 Drill, Dress Parade, Supper, Tattoo, Lights out. Among 
 other daily duties was that of policing or cleaning the com- 
 pany streets of the camp for which a few men were detailed. 
 Sometimes this duty was performed as a punishment for 
 violation of some rule of military discipline. The whole 
 regiment was usually assembled on Sunday for religious 
 services conducted by the Chaplain. 
 
 When the regiment was en route from New York, some 
 of the men were taken sick with measles. Several were 
 left at Philadelphia, where they received good care and 
 soon rejoined the regiment. The regimental hospital tents 
 at Camp Fenton were not sufficient for the proper care of the 
 sick and there were several deaths, the deceased being sent 
 home to their friends. Occasionally could be heard the 
 sad strains of the funeral march as some soldier from this 
 or other camps was being conveyed to the cemetery at the 
 Soldiers' Home north of the city. 
 
 The men were frequently granted passes to the city and 
 to neighboring camps. This gave them an opportunity to 
 visit the houses of congress, then in session, the Patent 
 Office, Smithsonian Institute, Botanical Gardens and other 
 places of interest, to attend the theaters, and to visit their 
 friends in other regiments, some of whom were across the 
 Potomac doing out-post duty. The streets of Washington 
 -were thronged with officers and men from the many camps 
 and with army wagons carrying supplies. Showy displays 
 of military uniforms and equipments filled the windows of 
 the stores. Squads of guards patroled the streets to in- 
 spect passes and preserve order. In the galleries of the 
 
28 WITH THE BATTERIES. 
 
 houses of Congress and at the theaters a large portion of the 
 audiences wore army blue. Across the Potomac could be 
 seen large encampments with their white tents. Signal 
 flags were flying from the dome of the capitol which was 
 used as a signal station. Nearly every day could be heard 
 firing from some of the heavy guns on the fortifications sur 
 rounding the city. Washington and its environments had 
 become a great military camp of an army numbering nearly 
 150,000 and the Ninth New York Cavalry a part of this great 
 army organizing for the defense of the government. 
 
 JN THE FIELD— MOVING WITH McCLELLAN'S 
 ARMY— SERVICE WITH THE BATTERIES. 
 On March 8, 1862, Colonel Beardsley received a request 
 from General Stoneman for one hundred fifty volunteers to 
 reinforce the batteries of the Reserve Artillery commanded 
 by Col. Hunt. The men refused to volunteer and on March 
 9, Col. Beardsley issued the following order: "Major Sacketr 
 will hold his command in readiness to move tomon-ow at 
 10 o'clock a. m., and report to Col. Hunt at his headquarters 
 in the city." The men made a strong protest against thus 
 being forced into a branch of the service for which they did 
 not enlist and had refused to volunteer. A serious row was 
 prevented by the counsels of some of their friends then in 
 the civil service at Washington and in accordance with Col. 
 Beardsley's order, the first battalion, consisting of the four 
 companies, F, K, C, and M, from the right of the regiment, 
 under command of Major Sackett, left Camp Fenton on 
 March 10, and marched to Camp Duncan, the camp of the 
 Reserve Artillery, one and one-half miles east of the capitol 
 The battalion arrived too late by an hour; the Artillery had 
 moved across the Potomac to take part in the movement 
 of McClellan's army against the enemy's position at Manas- 
 
WITH THE BATTERIES. 29 
 
 sas. Their tents were left standing at the camp and the 
 battalion took immediate possession. Good fires were 
 built, clean straw found at the stables, and after a supper of 
 hardtack and boiled pork the men laid down to rest. At 
 II o'clock p. m. the battaHon was called up to march on 
 after the artillery. The weather was fine and there was 
 a good moon. The route was through the city, across 
 Long Bridge and toward Fairfax C. H. At 3 a. m. the 
 battalion halted in a piece of woods and laid down till day- 
 light, when it resumed its march to Bailey's Cross Roads 
 where Col. Hunt was found and a part of his batteries. Here 
 the battalion was divided into detachments for service with 
 the several batteries. Company C was divided into three 
 detachments of about twenty men each. One detachment 
 with Lieut. R. H. Baker was assigned to Captain Caflyle's 
 battery; one with Lieut. J. W. Upham to Capt. Gibson's 
 battery (C 3d U. S.) and the third detachment to Captain 
 Benson's battery (M 2d U. S.), Company M was assigned to 
 batter}'^ B & I^, Companies F and K were similarly assigned, 
 one detachment serving with Tidball's battery and one with 
 Wheeler's battery. The names of the other batteries the 
 writer does not recall. 
 
 The three detachments of Company C were ordered to 
 join their batteries at Fairfax C. H. ten miles ahead and told 
 that they would have the day to go there in. It was then 
 9 a. m. and the men had had no breakfast. A small lunch 
 was secured at a house near by and the men started on. The 
 road was thronged with troops. Fairfax C. H. was reached 
 about 5 p. m., but nothing found of the batteries. The men 
 picked up a supper among the troops who were generous 
 enough to divide their rations, then went back about a half 
 mile to a deserted house with good rooms and fireplaces. 
 Fires were built and the men rested well that night. The 
 
30 WITH THE BATTERIES. 
 
 next morning a pig and some cabbages and salt were found, 
 and the men breakfasted on boiled fresh pork and cabbage, 
 with a small piece of hoe cake which a colored woman sup- 
 plied. Most of the buildings in the vicinity were deserted 
 and some had been burned. A few were left in care of 
 the colored people. Sometime in the morning it was learn- 
 ed that the batteries to which the men had been assigned 
 were passed about live miles back. Manassas had been 
 evacuated by the enmey and the troops halted awaiting 
 orders. The men of Company C reached the batteries 
 about noon and immediately entered upon their duties as 
 artillerymen. Col. Hunt's command consisted of twefve 
 or fifteen batteries of six guns each. Most of the batteries 
 were flying artillery having ten pounder rifled guns and the 
 men all mounted. The guns were of the pattern known as 
 Hotchkiss guns. Carlyle's battery had heavy thirty pounder 
 guns and the gunners rode on the limber and caissons or 
 walked. Benson's, Gibson's, Tidball's, Wheeler's, Battery 
 B and L and other batteries of Hunt's command were flying 
 artillery. Each had ten pounder guns, each gun drawn by six 
 horses, each caisson by four horses and the gunners all well 
 mounted. Then "there were three wagons with each battery, 
 each drawn by four horses, making a force of about one 
 hundred fifty-six men and two hundred horses with each 
 battery of flying artillery. Each man carried a revolver 
 and the sergeants carried sabers. Extra clothing was car- 
 ried in knapsacks which, on the march, were strapped to the 
 caissons or carried in the wagons. About two hundred 
 rounds of shell, grape and canister were carried in the am- 
 unition boxes on the caissons and limber for each gun. 
 Camp kettles were carried in the wagons with other supplies 
 and whenever the battery halted for the night or for camp 
 the company cook or steward prepared the coffee and cooked 
 
WITH THE BATTERIES. 31 
 
 the soup, beef or pork, which with hardtack, constituted the 
 regular army rations. On the march each man carried a 
 canteen of water, or coM coffee if the captain ordered it, a 
 haversack for hardtack and a tin cup which served for both 
 soup and coffee. Before the war, some of these batteries 
 had been at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas and on the military 
 expedition to Utah. At the outbreak of the war some of 
 them were in Texas and were kept from the clutches of the 
 secessionists by the determined loyalty of both oflficers and 
 men. In July, '6i, they took part in the battle of Bull 
 Run and covered the retreat of the Union forces there. 
 
 GOING TO THE PENINSULA. 
 The army soon began to move toward Alexandria to take 
 boats down the Potomac and the bay to Fortress Monroe 
 for McClellan's Peninsula campaign. Htmt's batteries 
 moved to Alexandria about March 15, where they staid 
 about two weeks awaiting transportation. The river was 
 full of boats of every description loading with troops and 
 army supplies. With the movement of the immense army 
 trains and as a result of a severe storm the roads and fields, 
 and the camps of the batteries became very muddy and the 
 men in the batteries were for days without dry feet. Their 
 shelter consisted of two ponchos tied together over a pole 
 supported bv stakes about thirty inches high and a third 
 poncho fastened over one end. This sheltered three men, 
 each man furnishing a poncho. Its resemblance to a dog 
 kennel gave it the name dog-tent. Hay, blankets and 
 overcoats served for bedding. A tallow candle wired to 
 a stake made a light by which to read and write letters. The 
 following from a letter of C. D. Sackett, then a Jamestown 
 editor and dated March 28, 1862, gives his view of the situa- 
 tion: "On Tuesday after a stroll through the capitol build- 
 
32 WITH THE BATTERIES. 
 
 ings and a grand sun^ey of the country up and down the 
 Potomac from the dome of the capitol, I set off in the ferry 
 for the Ninth Cavalry near Alexandria. Their camp was 
 a mile up the hill from the city. This old city has the true 
 ear marks of slavery. Decay, dullness, unthrift, want of 
 neatness and enterprise. It ferments with secession yet. 
 I am under the escort of Lieut. Perry Bly of Ashville, who 
 is as polite and kindly as he is soldierly and brave. The 
 Ninth N. Y. Cavalry are somewhat changed as to their 
 duties. It is said that the government has been out of 
 horses and unable to mount the regiment. Gen. Stoneman 
 visited them recently and urged them to undertake an hon- 
 orable service in the outgoing expedition of Gen. McClellan ; 
 to wit : To serve as cannoniers in the artillery, and a convoy 
 and guard of the baggage train. This service, he was 
 authorized to say from the commanding General, would 
 secure them the first mounted regiment and they would be 
 detailed only for a short time — thirty days at most. Their 
 organization has not been broken up; they are detached 
 for a special service. Gen. Stoneman handed them over 
 to Col. Hunt of the Artillery Reserve as a body of men in 
 whom he felt a special interest. The Artillery Reserve 
 consists of about one hundred pieces of artillery (mostly 
 rifled guns) forming sixteen batteries with nearly two hun- 
 dred horses to each. I could not help thinking what a 
 mighty machinery of destruction these one hundred cannon 
 would be — the same number that McDonald thundered down 
 upon the foe with at the great battle of Leipsic, in Napoleon's 
 time — and yet this is only a fraction of the immense artillery 
 that McClellan is bringing forward to batter the walls of 
 secession. The First Battalion of the Cavalry is detailed 
 as men at the guns. The Second and Third Battalions 
 have been furnished with muskets and are now drilling in 
 
WITH THE BATTERIES. 33 
 
 the manual of arms for an infantry escort to the baggage 
 train of the Reserve. On Wednesday morning I mounted 
 a horse of first rate mettle, and in company with Lieut. Dixon 
 made a circuit of the country, taking the Bull Run road out 
 a few miles and fetching up at Fairfax Seminary. How the 
 desolation of war met us at every turn ! Virginia is trodden 
 like a threshing floor. Grain fields, parks, ornamental 
 grounds, all are stamped by the tread of armies, and not a 
 green thing left. I am told there is scarcely a fence left 
 this side of Manassas. The hill on which the boys have 
 extemporized their camps was lately the estate of a young 
 lady. But its cedar shaded drives, its. rich gardens and its 
 rich ornamentations as well as the mansion itself are swept 
 in the dust and she herself a fugitive. So it is said. Gen. 
 McClellan's Headquarters were near the Seminary. The 
 Division of Gen. Franklin, 20,000 men, were passing, and 
 passing, and passing the camp, for embarkation at Alexan- 
 dria. One is astounded at such masses of men. On the 
 parade ground beyond Fairfax Seminary, a vast show was 
 in progress. Lines of battle, hollow squares, columns in 
 mass and other evolutions were performed with great pre- 
 cision and celerity. Probably 75,000 men have embarked 
 already from Alexandria. Everything is in motion and the 
 scene at the port baffles description. Stores of all kinds, 
 horses, artillery, baggage, are loading a thousand transports. 
 Already a part of the army is landed at Fortress Monroe and 
 Hampton. At Washington, there is a nervous tremor 
 about the Merrimac. She is out again. A New Jersey 
 senator stated yesterday afternoon that but for the Monitor 
 this Congress would be on its flight tO' some northern city 
 and the Capitol would have been shelled by the monster. 
 This was said in debate upon the gunboat bill amendment 
 by Sherman of Ohio to appropriate $750,000 to complete 
 
34 THE PENINSULA CAMPAIGN. 
 
 the Stephens battery." In his letter of the next day dated 
 Washington, March 29, the same writer says : "I have just 
 returned from Alexandria through a blinding storm of snow 
 and rain. It is a dreadful day on soldiers and regiments 
 now embarking by thousands for the line of the James River 
 in the rear of Richmond. Hearing that the Ninth Cavalry 
 would embark today, I hastened down this morning to see 
 the exit. Only the First Battalion as cannoniers to Hunt's 
 batteries have, however, been placed on board. Captain 
 Chamberlain's Company is included. The Second and Third 
 Battalions are still in camp and expect to be ordered ofif in 
 a day or two. File's of Cavalry stood in close order along 
 King's street, waiting for their turn in the movement. The 
 storm pelted them and they looked dreary enough. I have 
 never felt so much sympathy for soldiers as I have since 
 seeing their exposure and weariness here. The. scene at 
 the dock is a wondrous exhibition of the power and supplies 
 of the Country. Immense transports of war material, sub- 
 sistence, horses, mules, confound the belief and tax one's 
 powers of estimate." 
 
 \\'hile at Alexandria the days were fully occupied with 
 camp duties and drilling at the guns. There was occasion- 
 ally battery drill on some open field, with firing of blank 
 cartridges and some target practice, a distant tree or other 
 object serving as a target. 
 
 THE PENINSULA CAMPAIGN. 
 About March 28, Hunt's batteries left Alexandria for 
 Fortress Monroe. Canal boats, barges and schooners as 
 well as steamboats were utilized in carrying troops and 
 supplies. Ninety horses and fifty men of Benson's battery 
 were loaded on one barge which with another barge and 
 four schooners were towed by. a steamboat. Leaving Al'ex- 
 
THE PENINSULA CAMPAIGN. 35 
 
 andria Friday, March 28, this battery arrived off Fortress 
 Monroe Monday evening, March 31, having been three days 
 and nights on the route. Hampton Roads and the harbor 
 was full of shipping and troops were landing as rapidly as 
 possible. The battery was on the barges two days in the 
 harbor before it had an opportunity to land. The space 
 about the Fortress was occupied with cannon, mortars, siege 
 guns, piles of shell and many troops. The two largest guns 
 in the country, the Union gun, carrying a conical shell weigh- 
 ing 520 lbs, and the Duncan gun, carrying a round ball 
 weighing 430 lbs, were mounted in sand batteries in front of 
 the Fortress and pointing toward Sewall's Point then oc- 
 cupied by the enemy. The rebel gunboat Merrimac lay 
 somewhere in Norfolk harbor and was expected at any hour 
 to make a raid on our shipping. The steamship Vander- 
 bildt, said to be our largest ocean steamer lay near with the 
 intention, it was said, of running down the Merrimac and 
 sinking her if she should appear. The little Monitor lay 
 quietly hidden among the multitude of boats ready, too, to 
 meet the Merrimac. One day a few shells from the rebel 
 batteries at Sewall's Point were dropped among our boats, 
 and it was thought the Merrimac was coming. The boats 
 began to move quietly out of the way to let the Monitor 
 out, but in a little while all settled down again. The Mer- 
 rimac did not appear and the expected fight did not come 
 off. On Wednesday, April 2, the barges carrying Benson's 
 battery, were towed up to Hampton, three miles above the 
 Fortress, and the battery disembarked. Of the village of 
 Hampton, evidently once a beautiful place, built mostly of 
 brick, nothing now remained but chimney stacks and brok- 
 en walls. On Friday, April 4, the batteries left Hampton 
 on their way up the Peninsula with the advance of the army. 
 The road was so filled with troops that progress was slow, 
 
36 BEFORE YORTOWN. 
 
 Benson's battery marching only three or four miles before 
 night, when, the road being clear, it pushed on seven miles 
 farther and halted in a field of corn stubble. It was very 
 dark and many of the men lay down to sleep holding their 
 horses, while, the steward, an old Frenchman, more from 
 force of habit than from duty, proceeded with a lantern, to 
 build a fire and cook coffee with water he had found in an 
 open ditch. At dayHght, April 5, the battery was again 
 on the march with the guns in the advance ready for action. 
 The roads had been obstructed by fallen timber, and, in 
 places, new roads were opened through the woods by our 
 troops. The rebel earthworks at Big Bethel and other 
 places were passed without incident, the enemy retiring 
 before the advance of our army and the battery halted at 9 
 p. m. about four miles from Yorktown. 
 
 BEFORE YORKTOWN. 
 Soon the whole army arrived and w^ent into camp, which, 
 by order of Gen. McClellan, was named Camp W^infield 
 Scott. The enemy was said to be in force behind earth- 
 works at Yorktown and McClellan's army of the Potomac 
 remained here four weeks conducting the operations of a 
 siege under his direction. 
 
 THE SECOND AND THIRD BATTALIONS CARRY 
 
 MUSKETS. 
 
 Soon after the First Battalion left Camp Fenton to join 
 the batteries, boxes of muskets were brought to the camp 
 and issued to the other eight companies and they moved 
 with the army as an emergency regiment. 
 
 During McClellan's advance on Manassas, these eight 
 companies marched to Munson's Hill where they bivouacked 
 for one night, then marched back to Camp Fenton. Here 
 
BATTALIONS CARRY MUSKETS. 37 
 
 they staid a few days, then marched to Alexandria to guard 
 an ammunition train on the hill back of the city. During 
 the severe storm they were sheltered in vacant houses in the 
 city, then went into camp near the train. While at Alex- 
 andria Col. Hunt came to the camp and asked for more 
 men to serve with his batteries. The officers of the regi- 
 ment advised the men to volunteer. Two or three men, 
 only, stepped to the front and ofifered their services. Col. 
 Hunt then told the men to go to their quarters. Then Col. 
 Beardsley ordered fiftv men detailed and marched to Hunt's 
 headquarters for service in his batteries. Col. Hunt said 
 he asked for volunteers and would accept no men marched 
 there under guard. These eight companies went down the 
 Potomac on transports which they had loaded with am- 
 munition from a railroad train. They had no rations while 
 on this trip. They landed at Hampton after the army had 
 moved up the Peninsula and lay there about a week. While 
 at Hampton they saw the rebel gunboat Yorktown, a con- 
 sort of the Merrimac, come and capture a schooner and tow 
 it away. From Hampton they marched to Shipping Point, 
 where it was said they were to load and unload ammuniion, 
 but were not called on for this service. From Shipping 
 Point they moved toward Yorktown a mile or two and went, 
 into camp where they remained during the siege of York- 
 town. 
 
 Col. Hunt's batteries were in camp on historic ground 
 near the place where Gen. LaFayette had his headquarters 
 in October, 1781. , The British army, under Lord Corn- 
 wallis, surrendered at Yorktown October 19, 1781. The 
 country is level and evidently a fine farming country. All the 
 men residing in the vicinity had left their homes and farms 
 to the care of their slaves ; on some places, the women and 
 children remaining. Safe-guards were placed over all oc- 
 
38 BATTALIONS CARRY MUSKETS. 
 
 cupied houses. Fence rails were taken for camp fires, wid- 
 ening the fields. Hay and grain were taken for the army 
 horses and mules. Cattle, sheep, hogs, geese, turkeys and 
 chickens were taken by the volunteer troops to supplement 
 their army rations. The men of Hunt's batteries, and all 
 soldiers of the regular army, were strictly prohibted from 
 taking anything not provided in the regular way by author- 
 ity. Occasionally a man of some of Hunt's batteries, for 
 viollating the military rules or orders, was seen carrying a 
 fence rail on his shoulder a certain number of hours, or 
 tied with his arms spread to the spare wheel of a caisson. 
 The heavy guns of Carlyle's battery were placed in an 
 earthwork where for eleven days and nights they did service 
 in bombarding the enemey receiving in return the attention 
 of the enemy's shells. This was the first experience of the 
 men of the gth N. Y. Cavalry under fire. The men of the 
 light batteries were occupied in the routine of camp duties 
 and gun drill. The roads became badly rutted from the 
 traffic of the army wagons and the wagon trains were unable 
 to bring up supplies as fast as needed. On April 15, seventy 
 mounted men of Benson's battery rode to Shipping Point 
 Tor hay which they carried on their horses. Other com- 
 mands obtained part of their supplies in a similar way. Pro- 
 fessor Lowe's balloon was seen to go up from the camp 
 every morning to reconnoiter. One day when Gen. Fitz 
 John Porter went up in the balloon, the wind took it over 
 the enemy's lines where it threatened to drop. But finally 
 a friendly breeze brought it safely back. The firing of the 
 heavy guns and the bursting of shells could be constantly 
 heard. On May 2 and 3 there was heavy cannonading 
 day and night till about midnight of Saturday, May 3. 
 
WILLIAMSBURG. 39 
 
 ADVANCE TO WILLIAMSBURG. 
 
 On Sunday morning, May 4, while all was quiet and many 
 of the men were doing their washing, suddenly the bugles 
 blew the call "boots and saddles." The enemy had left 
 Yorktown and hurried preparations were made to follow 
 him. Bands that had not been allowed to blow even a toot 
 the past two weeks now burst forth with the strains of "The 
 Star Spangled Banner" and other patriotic airs. Wet cloth- 
 ing from the washing was packed in knapsacks and the light 
 batteries hastily harnessed and saddled and accompanied the 
 cavalry in pursuit of the enemy. 
 
 Passing his heavy earthworks it was seen the Confeder- 
 ates had left in great haste. They had spiked their heavy 
 guns, and set fire to their storehouses of provisions. Their 
 barracks and tents were left standing and considerable quant- 
 ities of ammunition were found. Along the road were 
 strewn knapsacks, haversacks, clothing and provision. Some 
 wagons were overtaken, the drivers not stopping to unhitch 
 the teams. Some loaded wagons had been set on fire. 
 Gibson's battery which was in the advance came in sight of 
 and engaged Fort Magruder, near Williamsburg, about noon. 
 In the unequal contest the battery lost one caisson, several 
 horses and some men wounded. Benson's battery was close 
 behind and took a road leading to the left through some 
 woods and intersecting another main road to Williamsburg. 
 Two companies of Pennsylvania cavalry were in 
 advance of the battery and soon found a force 
 of Confederate cavalry in line across the road 
 they were approaching. In the skirmish that followed 
 the Confederates charged, the Pennsylvania cavalry retreated 
 in great haste losing three men killed, several wounded and 
 nearly riding over some of the artillerymen of Benson's 
 
40 WILLIAMSBURG. 
 
 battery who were already standing at their guns. Two 
 guns of the battery had unlimbered and taken position in the 
 road loaded with canister. As the confederate cavalry 
 charged up they boldly opened fire on the battery with their 
 revolvers and their leader shouted, "Surrender, you Yankee 
 
 " adding some other emphatic words. Captain 
 
 Benson replied as emphatically, "No, I'll be ," and 
 
 fired his guns, dismounting a number of the enemy, wound- 
 ing several and sending the rest in hasty retreat. The can- 
 nister from the battery was more than the enemy could 
 stand. The bullets from the enemy's revolvers at close 
 range had made some of the gunners of the battery dodge. 
 Captain Benson himself quickly stepped to one' gun and 
 pulled the lanyard as he replied to the challenge to surrender. 
 He afterward complimented the men of the Ninth N. Y. 
 cavalry serving with his battery for standing firm under fire 
 white some of his veterans dodged behind the limbers. Cap- 
 tain Benson immediately advanced twO' guns to the main 
 road across which was an open field, and beyond it at some 
 distance the enemy's cavalry had again formed line. Ben- 
 son's guns threw a few shells at them and sent them flying out 
 of sight. The battery had no support and at dark the six 
 guns were placed in position pointing each direction with a 
 charge of cannister in the muzzles ready for instant action. 
 Some of the men were placed on picket a few rods away and 
 the rest lay by the guns. About lo o'clock that night the 
 infantry of General Hooker's division arrived and established 
 a picket line. About this time, too, it began raining. In 
 this fight of Sunday afternoon, the men of the gth cavalry 
 with Benson's battery first saw the dead and wounded in 
 action. They were the Pennsylvania cavalrymen and they 
 lay scattered through the woods without care till Hooker's 
 infantry came up. Battery B and L with which company 
 
WILLIAMSBURG. 41 
 
 M served also engaged Fort Magruder on Sunday exchang- 
 ing a few shots. Early Monday morning, May 5, Benson's 
 battery moved on two or three miles and found itself with 
 the troops of Hooker's division confronted by a force of the 
 enemy at Fort Magruder and other earthworks near Will- 
 iamsburg. Two batteries, Webber's and Bramhall's, and 
 several regiments of infantry were in the advance and had 
 opened the battle. The enemy had a well chosen position 
 and their earthworks commanded the roads, the open fields 
 and the fallen timber along the edge of the woods. Soon 
 other regiments were ordered up and before night the whole 
 of Hooker's division was engaged. Benson's battery halted 
 beside the road in the woods till about noon awaiting orders. 
 Some stray bullets whistled past and shell burst among the 
 trees overhead. Captain Benson rode out to the open field 
 to find a place to put his battery into action. While there 
 his horse was shot under him and he came back bringing his 
 saddle and briddle on his arm. He then took the horse 
 Henry Keene had been riding and sent Keene back to the 
 wagons for another horse. Benson was not allowed to put his 
 battery into action there. About noon the battery moved 
 to guard against a fiank movement from that direction. The 
 rain poured without ce.:3-,i-on. "J'lie wounded were brought 
 bark m great numbers. Amid thij .-attle of the musketry 
 and the roar of the artillery could be heard the cheers of 
 Hooker's men as they charged the enemy. The men of 
 Benson's battery lay by their guns all Monday night in the 
 rain and quite wet through. Tuesday morning was cool 
 and foggy but the sun soon came out. The enemy had left 
 our front and the troops moved forward over the battlefield 
 where the dead and all the debris of the battle lay scattered 
 along the road among the fallen timber and in the open 
 fields in front of the confederate earthworks. Benson's 
 
42 LEAVING McCLELL'AN'S ARMY. 
 
 battery wei" t into camp on a large vacant lot in the edge of 
 Williamsburg, where it remained several days awaiting orders 
 and supplies. Across the street was a large residence back 
 of which were a number of negro cabins. The colored 
 people seemed in very good spirits. The first evening the 
 horses of the battery were watered at the large wooden 
 pump near the residence mentioned and a little negro boy 
 four or five years old was singing, "We belong to dat band, 
 hallelujah." These colored people were quite sociable and 
 told how they did the work of building the earthworks, 
 cleaning guns, taking care of the camps and much other 
 work of the military service while the confederate soldiers 
 would sit in the houses or in the shade with the ladies. Wheat 
 and corn cakes and milk were bought of these people and 
 made quite an agreeable change from the desiccated vegetable 
 soup, pork, hardtack and coffee on which the men had sub- 
 sisted the past four or five weeks. Fifty cents per gallon 
 was charged for milk and fifteen to twenty-five cents for a 
 com cake about eight inches in diameter and an inch thick. 
 The stores in the city remained closed till about May 9, when 
 some of them opened. Troops passed every day movingioii 
 toward White House on the Pamunkey. 
 
 LEAVING McCLELLAN'S ARMY. 
 RESENTING INJUSTICE. 
 
 During the four weeks of the siege of Yorktown the eiglit 
 companies carrying muskets had nothing whatever to do 
 but the ordinary camp duties. The men felt humiliated and 
 resentful. They had been ordered into a service for which 
 they refused to volunteer. They felt that the field officers 
 of the regiment who had never enrolled a man and had no 
 friendly interest in the men were keeping the regiment in 
 
LEAVING McCLELLAN'S ARMY. 43 
 
 this service for the sole purpose of holding their well paid 
 positions. Friends in Washington and at home said the 
 men were wrongfully treated and these friends were making 
 efforts through the War Department to have them returned 
 to Washington to be mounted or to re-enlist where they 
 might see honorable service. John F. Smith, an able lawyer 
 of Jamestown, afterwards killed while serving as colonel and 
 leading the ii2th N. Y., visited the 9th N. Y. Cavalry in 
 front of Yorktown to learn their situation and give counsel 
 and advice. His visit was objected to by these field officers 
 and he only avoided arrest by being disguised in the uniform 
 of his brother then serving as a lieutenant in the 49th N. Y. 
 Colonel Hunt, who was exceptionally genial and approach- 
 able, and in this respect, quite in contrast with some of his 
 subordinate ofificers, was interviewed by some of the cavalry- 
 men serving with his batteries. To the question as to further 
 service his reply was that they would have to serve with the 
 batteries during that campaign. This reply was deemed 
 indefinite and unsatisfactory. Some men of companies F 
 and K serving with the batteries left without permission and 
 started back down the peninsula. On their arrival at Fortress 
 Monroe these men were, by order of General Wool in com- 
 mand there, sent to the Rip Raps in the harbor where gov- 
 ernment fortifications were being built. It was understood 
 on inquiry of General Wool, that these men were sent to the 
 Rip Raps, not under arrest, but as the most feasible way of 
 disposing of them and to keep them away from the Fortress. 
 
 THE FIRST BATTALION LEAVES THE BATTERIES 
 
 AND THE REGIMENT IS ORDERED TO 
 
 WASHINGTON. 
 
 When the army advanced from Yorktown, the companies 
 carrying muskets made a vigorous protest against carrying 
 
44 LEAVING McCLELLAN'S ARMY. 
 
 them further. This was reported to Gen. McClellan who 
 issued an order strongly reflecting on the conduct of the 
 regiment, and offering the men the alternative of enlisting 
 in the regular United States service with the batteries or of 
 being discharged. This order was mere buncomb and an 
 insult tO' the intelligence of the men, who had enlisted in 
 good faith and felt as deep concern for the government and 
 the country as those who had been favored with commis- 
 sions and who had ordered the men into a service for which 
 they refused to^ volunteer. It proved to be one of those 
 cases in which the result intended did "not quite come up 
 to the lofty and sounding phrase of the manifesto." When 
 the news of McClellan's order reached Washington, U. S. 
 Senator Preston King, Hon. R. E. Fenton and Hon. Agustus 
 Frank, members of Congress from New York visited the 
 War Department and presented the case to Secretary Stan- 
 ton who at once dispatched peremptory orders to Brig. Gen. 
 J. H. Van Allen, Military Governor of Yorktown, Maj. Gen. 
 John E. Wool, commanding Department of Va., Fortress 
 Monroe, and Maj. General Geo. B. McClellan, Commanding 
 Army of the Potomac, directing "that the 9th N. Y. Cavalry 
 be mustered out of service." These orders were dated 
 Washington, May 14, 1862. When McClellan's order was read 
 to the Second and Third battaUons, the men piled their 
 muskets in front of their company officers' quarters and soon 
 after the two battalions marched to Shipping Point where 
 they took a boat to West Point at the head of York river. 
 Here they remained a few days then proceeded by boat to 
 White House landing. 
 
 Colonel Hunt received McClellan's order while his bat- 
 teries were on the way from Williamsburg to White House 
 at a place called Cumberland. Here he ordered the several 
 detachments of cavalry serving with his batteries to be as- 
 
RETURN TO WASHINTON. 45 
 
 sembled in a hollow square and made them a brief speech. 
 He complimented the men for their gallant services while 
 with the batteries and asked that they volunteer their serv- 
 ices for the campaign. The men refused to volunteer and, 
 on reaching White House landing, the several detachments 
 left the batteries and rejoined the regiment. On May 22, 
 the regiment took a boat at White House landing for Wash- 
 ington. 
 
 The service of the Ninth New York Cavalry with Mc- 
 Clellan on the Peninsula constitutes an episode in its history 
 strongly in contrast with its enthusiastic and efficient service 
 after being mounted and equipped as cavalry and serves to 
 emphasize the value of treating young men fairly and hon- 
 estly in the military service as well as in civil life. The 
 superior efficiency of the American soldier is his intelligence 
 and power of initiative, and these qualities must be recognzed 
 to be of service. The policy of making him a mere machine 
 and especially if for the purpose of serving the selfish interests 
 of the officers is degrading and imbecile. The men of the 
 9th N. Y. Cavalry had won their fight for fair dealing.- 
 
 RETURN TO WASHINGTON. 
 When the boat arrived near the landing at Washington, 
 Hon. R. E. Fenton and John Manley came on board to see 
 "the boys." Manley was telling them that they were to 
 be mustered out and sent home. The officer then in com- 
 mand hearing this said, "What's that you are telling? I 
 order you to leave this boat or I will put you in irons." He 
 then calfed the officer of the guard, who came down from 
 the upper deck in great haste with his saber on and "the 
 boys" nearly crowded him intO' the river. There were no 
 arrests and no further bluster on the part of the officers. The 
 regiment landed at Washington and marched to Park bar- 
 
46 MOUNTED. 
 
 racks where it remained till the first of July, about five 
 weeks, awaiting a final decision as to whether the men were 
 to be mustered out or mounted as cavalry. The situation 
 was freely discussed by friends of the regiment in Washing- 
 ton, among whom besides our members in Congress may be 
 mentioned John Manley, John A. Hall, Delevan Morgan 
 and James Parker. Mr. Parker said he had copies of the 
 orders and of all the telbgrams that passed between Wash- 
 ington and the army relating to the regiment while on the 
 Peninsula and that the misrepresentation made to and about 
 the regiment, the fraud practiced, and more that was tried 
 to be imposed was sufficient to cashier every officer if brought 
 before the proper authorities. This was freely discussed 
 among the officers and the men. The officers still insisted 
 that the regiment would be mounted. The attitude of the 
 men generally was that they were ready and anxious to serve 
 as cavalry for which they enlisted. While at Park barracks, 
 ordinary camp duties were performed and morning reports 
 regularly made but orders were not very strict. There were 
 many on the sick report, at one time 250 reported sick, due 
 largely to the efifects of the malaria of the Peninsula. Sabers 
 were again issued to the regiment about June 6. 
 
 MOUNTED AND EQUIPPED. 
 On Jtme 21, Hon. Preston King, Mr. Fenton and Mr. 
 Frank again called on the Secretary of War and were told 
 by Mr. Stanton the he had "made up his mind to mount 
 the regiment." The last of June horses and equipments 
 were received nearly sufficient to mount all the men fit for 
 duty. On July i, the regiment marched to Cloud's Mills 
 three miles from Alexandria toward Fairfax Court House 
 and about nine miles from Washington where it joined 
 Gen. Sturges' Brigade. There being many more horses 
 
MOUNTED. 47 
 
 than saddles and bridles, many of the men rode bareback 
 with only a rope to guide their horses. The effects of that 
 ride were deeply felt for many days. A number of men, not 
 yet mounted,, marched on foot or rode in the regimental 
 wagons. In a few days enough horses and equipments 
 were received to mount all the men. Camp duty and drill 
 ■were now entered upon with much interest and enthusiasm. 
 The order of cs.mp duties was about as follows: The first 
 thing heard in the morning was the chief bugler near regi- 
 mental headquarters, blowing the call, "Assembly of buglers," 
 when all the company buglers assembled at the tent of the 
 ■chief bugler, and thev blew "Reveille" at 5 a. m. Each 
 company then formed in two ranks on its company street 
 and the First Sergeants called the roll. Then came the bugle 
 call "Stables" and the First Sergeants gave the order "get 
 your feed." The men then proceeded to feed their horses 
 which were tied to long cables stretched along the company 
 streets. Oats were dished out into the nosebags by the 
 Quartermaster Sergeant. Then came the order, "groom 
 your horses." After grooming the men washed and got 
 breakfast. Then the bugles blew "Water call," and the order 
 came "bridle up," "lead out" and the men mounted their 
 horses without saddles and rode to water under command 
 of a sergeant or lieutenant. Then the bugles blew "Sick 
 call" when the sick, which included all who wished to be 
 excused from duty, were marched to the Surgeon's tent. 
 About 8 130 a. m. the bugles blew "Guard mounting" and the 
 First Sergeants gave the order "Guard saddle up," "Lead 
 out," "Mount," and a sergeant marched the men to the color 
 line. The guard consisted of five or six men from each com- 
 pany who had been previously notified and they were posted 
 around the camp of the regiment. After guard mounting 
 came company drill when the First Sergeants gave the orders 
 
48 MOUNTED. 
 
 "saddle up," "lead out," and after forming the company 
 turned it over to the captain saying, "Sir, the company is 
 formed." The Captain then gave the orders, "prepare to 
 mount," "mount," "form ranks," and marched the company 
 to the drill ground where an hour or two was given to the 
 evolutions of the trooper mounted. Drill was conducted 
 both forenoon and afternoon. Dress parade was held at 
 6 130 p. m. So the men werp busy every day and there was 
 heard bugle calls, orders, drill, dress parade, some grumbling, 
 some sport, not forgetting to eat three times per day and 
 some of the men not forgetting to drink at odd hours some- 
 thing stronger than coffee if they could smuggle it into 
 camp. 
 
 The following "Synopsis of Camp Life of 9th N. Y. Cav- 
 aliry, copy submitted by Corporal Wilson, Co. K." gives an 
 interesting interpretation of the bugle calls : 
 
 At sunrise. Reveille. Fall in for Roll Call. 
 
 6 a. m. Stable call. Feed and Groom your Horses. 
 
 7 a. m. Breakfast call. Pork, Hardtack and Coffee. 
 
 7 :30 a. m. Water call. Water your horses and feed some 
 hay. 
 
 7:45 a. m. Sick call. Come and get your Quinine. 
 
 8 a. m. Guard mounting. 2 Hours on and 4 Hours off. 
 
 9 a. m. Company Drill. One and a half hours. 
 
 9 130 a. m. Fatigue call. Clean Camp and Company streets. 
 I p. m. Dinner call. Potatoes, Beans, Pork, Tack and 
 Coffee. 
 
 3 p. m. Battalion drill. One hour. 
 
 4:30 p. m. 1st Call for Parade. Fall in for Dress" Parade. 
 
 5 p. m. Dress Parade. Half to one hour. 
 
 6 p. m. Water call. Soon as Dress Parade is over. 
 6:15 p. m. Stable call. Feed and Groom your Horses. 
 6 :30 p. m. Supper call. Pork, Hardtack and Coffee. 
 
POPE'S CAMPAIGN ' 49 
 
 8 130 p. m. Tattoo. Get to your quarters. 
 9 p. m. Roll call, and soon after conies 
 Taps, or Lights out. Go to sleep. 
 Subject to variations according to orders. 
 
 ON POPE'S CAMPAIGN. » 
 The regiment left camp at Cloud's Mills July 19, tp take 
 part in Pope's campaign and marched to Warrenton where 
 it arrived on July 21, and camped near the village. The 
 men, numbering about 500, were all armed with sabers and 
 revolvers and companies E and M with carbines. The car- 
 bines used were the Burnside with rubber cartridge and 
 using caps. Company M was placed on the right of the 
 regiment and Company E on the left. Each squadron car- 
 ried a bright new guidon and the regiment looked quite 
 gay when in line or on the march. After a few weeks' 
 service, the guidons became worn and were discarded as a 
 useless incumbrance as was also the long rope and iron picket 
 pin with which each man had been equipped to fasten his 
 horse w h«n dismounted or in bivouac. Gen. Pope was at War- 
 renton with McDowell's corps and Gen. Hatch's brigade of 
 cavalry in which were the Sth N. Y. and ist M'd. The 
 cavalry had been skirmishing with the enemy the past few 
 days and on the 19th had taken five prisoners. Gen. Pope had 
 recently come from the western army and there was much 
 expectation that he would conduct a successful campaign. 
 His order that "the country through which the army passes 
 must subsist the army" had been published and the men were 
 iquick to act upon it. No sooner had the picket ropes been 
 stretched and the horses been unsaddled and hitched, when 
 the men hurried to an adjacent field of wheat,- ready cut and 
 bound, and brought enough to feed the horses liberally, then 
 started after pigs, chickens, etc, which made a very satis- 
 
50 POPE'S CAMPAIGN 
 
 factory addition to their rations of hardtack. Warrenton 
 was a fine village of 3,000 people about 60 miles from Wash- 
 ington. It is the county seat of Fanquier county, and is 
 located on high ground overlooking the country to the Blue 
 Ridge mountains. The regiment moved on to Sperryville, 
 about 25 miles, in two days march from Warrenton and re- 
 ported to Gen. Sigel who was in command of an infantry 
 corps there. July 28, the regiment made a reconnaissance 
 to Madison Court House and Stannardsville returning on 
 July 30, making a ride of eighty miles in the three days and 
 stopping two nights in Madison C. H. As the regi- 
 ment rode into those places a few scattering horsemen, prob- 
 ably citizens, were seen to ride rapidly away. The people 
 of Stannardsvillb said the 9th N. Y. was the first to carry 
 the Union colors into that place since the war began. The 
 women of the place brought out refreshments of bread and 
 butter, meat and milk. They had no sugar and very little 
 salt. They said they had to pay as high as one dollar a 
 pound for sugar and eight to ten dollars per bushel for salt. 
 Company M was left at Madison C. H. with a reg- 
 iment of infantry and a battery of mountain howitzers and 
 were driven back about five miles by the enemy. The Con- 
 federates under Stonewall Jackson were in strong force at 
 Gordonsville and occupied Orange C. H. Stannardsville 
 was occupied by a Confederate force about two hours after 
 the 9th N. Y. left. Much wheat was grown all through 
 this section, most of it now in the shock. Many flouring 
 mills were standing idle. August 2, the First battalion, con- 
 sisting of Companies F, K, C, and M, under command of 
 Captain W. B. Martn, was detached and on the move night 
 and day for a week, reconnoitering and patroling in the di- 
 rection of Madison C. H. and Rapidan river. On August 
 9, this battalion while on the way to Culpepper, stopped to 
 
POPE'S CAMPAIGN 51 
 
 rest at James City and some of the men rode with Captain 
 Martin to the signal station on Thoroughfare or Fox moun- 
 tain, where they had a view, through the field glasses of the 
 signal corps, of the battle then in progress just north of 
 Cedar Mountain about six miles away, between Bank's corps 
 and Stonewall Jackson's troops. Reinforcements for Jack- 
 son could be seen moving up on the road from Gordonsville. 
 Early on the morning of Aug. lo, this battalion arrived at 
 Culpepper where it was employed during the forenon in as- 
 sisting Sigel's Provost Marshal in sending men on to the 
 regiments who had straggled or become separated by the 
 casualties of the battle. Many wounded were being carried 
 back in the ambulances, while others were lying in fence 
 comers or under shade trees to rest. But many men were 
 found who had no good reason for being in the rear and 
 were sent forward to their regiments. On the afternoon of 
 the loth, the First battalion rejoined the regiment near the 
 Cedar Mountain battlefield three miles south of Culpepper. 
 The regiment had just arrived here with Sigel's corps from 
 Sperryville. On the night of Aug. ii, Stonewall Jackson 
 moved back across the Rapidan. Aug 12 our cavalry fol- 
 lowed picking up some stragglers. Luther Forbush of Co. 
 C, and Robert L. Golding of Co. K were wounded. During 
 the next few days our cavalry was occupied patroling the 
 roads, guarding the fords and picketing along the Rapidan 
 and Robertson rivers. Gen. Sigel had a couple of mountain 
 howitzers, small brass cannon, drawn by mules, which were 
 known as the Jackass Battery. One day while advancing, 
 Sigel was heard to give the following order: "Git out of 
 the way you tam cavalry while I bring up my Shakass 
 Battery." Gen. Lee's army being no longer confronted 
 by the army of the Potomac under McQellan, was free to 
 move against Pope, and it was soon learned that this was 
 
52 POPE'S CAMPAIGN 
 
 Lee's intention. A cavalry expedition had captured J. E. 
 B. Stuart's adjutant bearing a letter from Gen. Lee, dated at 
 Gordonsville Aug. 15, clearly indicating Lee's purpose to 
 overwhelm Pope's army before it could be reinforced. August 
 18, the 9th N. Y. relieved the 4th N. Y. cavalry which, for the 
 past three days, had been on picket duty along the Rapidan. 
 Across the river were the enemy's pickets. Aug. 19, found 
 Pope's army moving rapidly back and the 9th N. Y. Cavalry 
 acting as rear guard. On Aug. 20 Pope's army had crossed the 
 Rappahannock and the enemy appeared in considerable 
 force on the other side. For several days and nights the 
 regiment was constantly on the move watching the several 
 fords of the Rappahannock and had sharp skirmishing with 
 the enemy at Freeman's Ford, Fox's Ford, Sulphur Springs 
 and \VaterIoo, while the long Rebel column was passing up 
 the river. Geo. H. Robinson of Co. B, was captured 
 August 22, and died at Annapolis, Md., the next January. 
 "During the night of Aug. 22, Gen. J. E. B. Stuart with 1,500 
 Rebel cavalry and two guns, having crossed the Rappahan- 
 nock at Waterloo Bridge and Hart's Mill, pushed on unob- 
 served to Warrenton, surprised Gen. Pope's headquarters*- 
 train near Catlet's Station, during the intense rain and dark- 
 ness; capturing Pope's field quartermaster and his dispatch 
 book, with a quantity of uniforms and personal baggage, 
 burning the wagons and trying to burn the railroad bridge 
 over Cedar River; but the tremendous rain then falling de- 
 feated this design. Stuart claims to have reached the Rap- 
 pahannock at Warenton Springs next day with 300 
 prisoners and many horses, here crossing unharmed, after a 
 night's bivouac and a little skirmishing. Pope's actual 
 headquarters during this raid were near Rappahannock Sta- 
 tion; but our army trains were packed around Catlet's, and 
 g-uarded by 1,500 infantry and five companies of cavalry." 
 
POPE'S CAMPAIGN • 53 
 
 "Greeley's American Conflict." 
 
 On Aug. 25, Jackson moved across the Rappahannock 
 at Hinson's Mill, four miles above Waterloo and encamped 
 that night at Salem west of the Bull Run Mountains. Starting 
 early next morning he moved southeasterly through Thor- 
 oughfare Gap and Gainesville, where he was joined by Stuart 
 with two cavalry brigades; striking before dark the raih"oad 
 at Bristow Station, thus placing himself between Pope's 
 army and Washington and his base at Alexandria; having 
 encountered no resistance. That night, Aug. 26, Jackson 
 sent two regiments of infantry vinder Gen. Stuart, who took 
 part of his cavalry, to Manassas Junction where they cap- 
 tured 8 guns, 300 prisoners, 175 horses, 200 new tents, 10 
 locomotives, 7 trains loaded with provisions and munitions, 
 and immense quantities of quartermaster and commissary 
 stores. These successful raids by Jackson and Stuart great- 
 ly astonished Gen. Pope and his whole army. On the after- 
 noon of Aug. 25, Companies C and M of the 9th N. Y. Cav- 
 alry under command of Capt. Dinnin, accompanied a de- 
 tachment of infantry and a howitzer battery to Fox's Ford 
 about five miles below Waterloo and nine or ten below Hin- 
 son's Mill where Jackson crossed the same day. That night 
 was very dark and as Dinnin's squadron was making its way 
 back to the regiment, it passed Gen. Schenck's headquarters 
 where Dinnin stopped and sent a sergeant to inquire the way. 
 Gen. Schenck seemed greatly alarmed and was about to ride 
 out with some of his staff and orderlies to visit his pickets. 
 His alarm seemed considerably increased when told that the 
 squadron had passed his pickets without being challenged. 
 Gen. Pope immediately began to place his army in position 
 to capture or destroy Jackson's force before it could escape 
 or be reinforced by Longstreet who was moving up toward 
 Thoroughfare Gap from the west. Aug. 27 a portion of the 
 
54 POPE'S CAMPAIGN 
 
 regiment with Buford's cavalry went out to White Plains 
 and Salem and captured about one hundred prisoners. Aug. 
 
 28 the regiment marched from Sulphur Springs through 
 Warrenton and Gainesville to Thoroughfare Gap where about 
 3 p. m. Ricket's Division of McDowell's corps encountered 
 the advance of Longstreet's corps and drove it back. But 
 Longstreet pushed forward his forces through Hopewell 
 Gap and by mountain paths and Ricket s was competed to 
 withdraw. That evening the regiment moved toward 
 Manassas Junction passing along the front of Jackson's po- 
 sition, where he had been sharply engaged with King's di- 
 vision in the afternoon. Some stray bullets and bursting 
 shell warned the regiment that it was not far from the firing 
 line. That night the regiment reached the position of our 
 army on the Bull Run battlefield and early on Friday, Aug. 
 
 29 moved back across Bull Run and bivouacked near the 
 stream where the men took the first opportunity in ten days 
 to bathe and clean up, though they had no change of cloth- 
 ing. The battle raged in front nearly all that day. About 
 9 130 that night Company C, under command of Captain 
 Dinnin was ordered to Sigel's headquarters across Bull Run 
 on high ground to the left of the Warrenton turnpike. Just 
 before daylight the next morning, Aug. 30, Capt. Dinnin 
 was ordered with his company to scout along the left of our 
 lines, to find Gen. Fitz John Porter and to learn the position 
 of the enemy. Dinnin met Gen. Porter out about three 
 miles toward Manassas Junction at the head of his troops. 
 Porter inquired for Pope's and McDowell's headquarters 
 and said the enemy appeared to be receiving heavy reinforce- 
 ments opposite the left of our lines as much cheering was 
 heard in thkt direction. All was quiet on the extreme left 
 from which Gen. Porter had just come. This was reported 
 to Gen. Sigel' and the company was ordered to remain at 
 
POPE'S CAMPAIGN 55^^ 
 
 Sigel's headquarters during the day. This gave a rare op- 
 portunity to see much of the field of battle. Gen. Pope's 
 headquarters were about 200 rods to the right of Sigel's. 
 About 1 1 a. m. our forces having moved up to the front ad- 
 vanced a heavy skirmish line well supported by batteries. 
 As our skirmish line reached a piece of woods on the right 
 center, the enemy opened his batteries which were in a po- 
 sition to have a cross fire on our skirmish line. Our batteries- 
 replied seemingly without much effect. This action contin- 
 ued about an hour our line falling back on the right out ofc 
 range of the enemy's guns. Then columns of our men 
 could be seen moving toward our left as if expecting an at- 
 tack from that direction. They were not mistaken, for 
 about 3 or 4 o'clock p. m., our left was attacked by a heavy 
 force of infantry, artillery and cavalry. For an hour the- 
 wounded came back by hundreds. Our line was driven 
 back and soon the enemy's shells began to drop about Sigel's 
 headquarers and among the wagon trains, ambulances, strag- 
 gling infantry and wounded and made them move in a hurry. 
 A strong guard of cavalry was formed and every able bodied 
 man with a musket was halted and sent to the front where 
 his services were needed. The wounded and wagons were 
 allowed to pass to the rear. But even the cavalry guard 
 soon fell back before our retreating forces. The left and 
 center of our lines were badly broken and being hard pressed 
 by the enemy. Wagons, ambulances, artillery and retreat- 
 ing infantry filled the road and crowded the etone bridge 
 which crossed Bull' Run. Company C. remained at Sigel's 
 headquarters till everybody had left it but the general him- 
 self. He sat on his horse overlooking the battlefield as he 
 slowly rode laway. A large body of our troops away on the 
 right of our line consisting of Heintzetman's corps and irr 
 sight of Sigel's headquarters did not seem to be engaged. 
 
56 POPE'S CAMPAIGN 
 
 Perhaps Sigel was looking for them to move up and check 
 the enemy who' was so closely pressing his corps. The 
 cavalry including the 9th N. Y., forded the stream above the 
 stone bridge and made its way across the fields. Our retreat- 
 ing army filled the road from Bull Run to Centerville long 
 after dark. Many wounded halted beside the road for the 
 necessary care of the surgeons. One squadron of the 9th 
 N. Y. Cavalry was placed on picket that night just north of 
 Bull Run and was not disturbed. One man, Henry Ford, 
 of Company L fell into the hands of the enemy Aug. 29, and 
 two men, John Cameron and B. F. Owen of Company C 
 and one Lieut. Wooley, of Company D, were captured Aug. 
 31. These were all paroled and soon rejoined the regi- 
 ment. The army fell back to Centerville where it remained 
 over Sunday. At Centerville, Monday, Sept. i, the supply 
 wagons came up and rations were issued to the regiment 
 for the first time in two weeks, the men having subsisted 
 during that time largely on roast corn with occasionally a 
 piece of beef, pork, turkey or chicken stuck on a stick and 
 broiled over hastily built fires. For several days the horses 
 were not unsaddled and some days were without feed or 
 water. Beans were now put to cooking in the camp kettles 
 while the men munched their hardtack and drank their coflfee. 
 While the beans were cooking, the bugles blew "boots and 
 saddles," the regiment hastily saddled up, mounted and was 
 ofif to Chantilly and Germantown. Evidence is wanting as 
 to what became of the beans. Stonewall Jackson was again 
 on the flank of our army and our troops were hurrying into 
 position toward Germantown, through a driving rain, to 
 meet him. In the sharp fight which occurred late that 
 afternoon, known as the battle of Chantilly, Generals Kearney 
 and Stevens were killed. That night companies D and L 
 were on picket on the right of our lines and early next 
 
POPE'S CAMPAIGN 57 
 
 morning, Sept. 2, received the body of Gen. Kearney which 
 was brought in an ambulance in charge of a Confederate 
 major and five or six men under a flag of truce. 
 
 Soon after this a dispatch was brought to the picket line 
 by Sergeant Rolph of Company D, purporting to be from 
 Gen. Pope to Gen. Lee. The dispatch was received by a 
 Confederate non-commisioned officer. Some hours after 
 this a considerable body of the enemy's cavalry rode down 
 to their picket post at the edge of the timber and halted, 
 when abotit one hundred of them rode tO' the front displaying 
 flags of truce. It proved to be Gen. Fitzhugh Lee and 
 his escort. Word had been sent to the regiment and Major 
 Sackett came to the picket line with a squadron and rode 
 out tO' meet Lee between the picket lines. Gen. Lee asked 
 if Sackett was a commissioned officer and Sackett replied that 
 he was. Then Lee said, "a dispatch has been sent through 
 the lines purporting to be from Gen. Pope to Gen. Lee. We 
 don't receive dispatches through non-commissioned officers. 
 If you recognize this as the identical dispatch sent, I wish 
 you would hand it to me as such." Sackett took the dis- 
 patch and looked at it and said it was the identical dispatch. 
 Gen. Lee then took the dispatch and with his escort rode 
 back out of sight. Immediately the pickets were called 
 in and he regiment fell back riding in column of fours through 
 our infantry lines where on high ground on either side of 
 the road was a thirty-two pounder brass cannon pointing to 
 the front in a commanding position and Maj. Gen. Hooker 
 stood with his hand resting on one piece making an im- 
 pressive picture. 
 
 That day the regiment was rear guard of our retreating 
 "army and had sharp skirmishing with the emeney's cavalry. 
 About 4 o'clock that afternoon Corporal Nathaniel Hoard 
 of Company E w'as killed, Cassimere Churchill mortally 
 
58 IN FRONT OF WASHINGTON. 
 
 wounded, and Charles H. Vermilya of Co. F was captured. 
 Hoard's body was taken back toward Fairfax C. H. and 
 buried. Churchill was carried back to Alexandria where he 
 -died the next day. That night the regiment moved back 
 to Alexandria. Pope's army was now within the outer line 
 of earthworks in front of Washington and his campaign 
 ended. 
 
 IN FRONT OF WASHINGTON— NEW RECRUITS 
 
 ARRIVE. 
 
 The companies of the 9th N. Y. cavalry had been reduced 
 ty the hardships of the service to an average of eighteen 
 men and horses present for duty. Sept. 3, the regiment 
 marched to Hall's Farm three miles above Chain Bridge 
 where men and horses took much needed rest. While here 
 a large number of recruits joined the regiment and fresh 
 horses and equipments were received. Lee's army advanced 
 into Maryland where it was defeated at the battle of Antietam 
 Sept. 16 and 17, by the reorganized army of the Potomac 
 under McClellan. Lee fell back to Winchester, McClellan 
 not following till the last days of October. During this 
 time the 9th N. Y. Cavalry remained with Sigel's corps in 
 ■front of Washington and did picket and patrol duty. Dur- 
 ing September the cavalry pickets were gradually advanced 
 from Falls Church to Vienna, Hunter's Mill, Thornton and 
 Herndon Stations on the railroad toward Leesburg, to Fair- 
 fax station, Union Mills and Manassas Junction on the 
 Orange and Alexandria railroad, and to Chantilly, Center- 
 ville, Gum Springs and Bull Run on intermediate wagon 
 roads. For three or four weeks some of the companies were 
 under command of sergeants, the commissioned officers be- 
 ing absent on sick leave or detached service. 
 
 Several stragglers from Lee's army were picked up. One 
 
IN FRONT OF WASHINGTON. 59 
 
 taken at Falls Church, claimed to belong to the Louisiana 
 Tigers. As he was a weak looking soldier he created much 
 amusement by being exhibited as a specimen of that famous 
 •organization with the terrific name. The last of September, 
 the mounted men of the regiment, with other troops of 
 Sigel's corps, moved to Centerville, leaving about two hun- 
 dred men, including most of the recruits, at Hall's Farm 
 where they spent some days drilling in the school of the 
 trooper dismounted. About this time all the companies of 
 the regiment were equipped with Sharp's carbines. Within 
 the next year most of the men were armed with Sharpe and 
 Hankin carbines using a metallic cartridge. These were 
 much more efficient and reliable than the Burnside or Sharp. 
 On Sept. 24 about fifty men of the regiment, with two regi- 
 ments of infantry and a section of artillery, advanced to Bris- 
 toe Station, where a rebel train had been, for several days, 
 ■carrying away ordnance and commissary stores left by Pope's 
 army on its retreat. Eight rebels with muskets, who had 
 been guarding the stores, were captured. Late in the after- 
 noon of the same day, the cavalry troop rode to Brentsville, 
 where it had been advertised that "all capable of bearing arms 
 were to meet that day and enroll themselves in the Confed- 
 erate army." About twenty men were found, some of whom 
 claimed they had enlisted and some claimed they had not. 
 They were all made prisoners and the troop marched back 
 to Bristoe Station where it staid over night. The next day 
 the rebel train came in sight but finding the Union troops 
 at Bristoe and a Union train which had been sent to repair the 
 bridge, it quickly disappeared. In about an hour it again 
 appeared, as if to be reassured, and again disappeared. As our 
 cavalry had only a day's rations and one feed for the horses 
 they returned to Centerville with the twenty-eight prisoners. 
 Sept. 26 a company went on picket on the road toward the 
 
60 IN FRONT OF WASHINGTON. 
 
 Bull Run battlefield. This road is said to have been first cut 
 through by Washington and Braddock from Alexandria to 
 Fort DuQuesne (now Pittsburg) and is called the old Brad- 
 dock turnpike. The company patroled the road to Bull 
 Run bridge every three hours. On the 27th and 28th, 
 Saturday and Sunday, a portion of the company rode out five 
 or six miles over the battlefield where, on Sunday, four pris- 
 oners were taken with muskets. They said they had been 
 looking after sick friends who had been left 
 on the field. They were taken to camp at 
 
 Centerville where they took the parole oath and 
 were then escorted outside the picket line. On 
 Monday, Sept. 29, the 9th N. Y. and ist Md. Cavalry made a 
 reconnaisance to Thoroughfare Gap and Warrenton. March- 
 ing to Gainsville, it halted for noon feed and lunch. From 
 here patrols were sent out on the several roads. Capt. Han- 
 ley with twenty picked men of the 9th rode out through 
 Thoroughfare Gap to White Plains and Salem sixteen miles, 
 where were some rebel hospitals. Lee's army was then at 
 Winchester and held all the country east to Salem and north 
 to the Potomac. Two men of the patrol were kept 
 about 400 yards in advance and two more 200 yards, pro- 
 ceeding cautiously and making inquiry of citizens and col- 
 ored people who generally answered that there were no Con- 
 federate troops in the vicinicv. Some suspicious looking 
 fellows were met, some on foot, some horseback who might 
 have been rebel scouts. A halt was made at White Plains 
 about five minutes to make inquiry when a light shower 
 came up. Beyond the shower the sun was shining over the 
 Blue Ridge Mountains making a fine picture. About this 
 time one of the advance guard came back at a gallop and 
 reported a cavalry force coming. Hanley sent forward a 
 sergeant and four men to support the advance guard. Pass- 
 
IN FRONT OF WASHINGTON. 61 
 
 ing over a little rise three men were seen coming at a gallop. 
 There had been five, but two had turned back. Of the 
 three, two appeared to be citizens and one a scout. Some 
 uneasiness was felt on account of the two who had turned 
 back, and some other mounted men who had been seen gal- 
 loping away on other roads. The three tried to avoid Han- 
 ley's party but were halted bv a carbine shot and they were 
 required to take the parole oath. From White Plains to 
 Salem the five miles was covered at a gallop reaching Salem 
 just at twiUght. Two ladies on horseback were met who 
 apj)eared to be the same ladies met back beyond White 
 Plains. Three Confederate soldiers on foot were halted and 
 accompanied Hanley's men into the village and the hospitals. 
 The churches were used as hospitals. About seventy Con- 
 federate soldiers were found including both sick and well. 
 Their muskets were stacked in easy reach and they could 
 have made Hanley's force prisoners had they known it was 
 so small. Captain Hanley and a sergeant went into the 
 hospitals while the other men sat on their horses in the 
 street with loaded carbines in hand. Every Confederate 
 was required to hold up his right hand and take the parole 
 oath. They were counted but no time was wasted to take 
 their names. After this formality, Hanley made inquiry 
 for some other road back but could learn of none and with 
 much trepidation started back by the light of the new moon 
 on the same road he came. It was especially feared the 
 enemy might have a force in Thoroughfare Gap, but none 
 was encountered and the troop reached Gainsvi'Ue at 10:30 
 p. m., having ridden thirty-two miles since 2 p. m. through 
 the enemy's country. It was afterwards learned that two 
 regiments of Confederate cavalry patroled the country about 
 Salem every day. This was one of the many hazardous 
 scouting expeditions, and serves to illustrate the kind of 
 
62 IN FRONT OF WASHINGTON. 
 
 service constantly required of the cavalry. Wednesday, 
 Oct. I, report came that Johnson with a large Confederate 
 force had come through Snicker's Gap. The 9th N. Y. and 
 1st Md. Cavalry w^ere sent out to reconnoiter. The enemy's 
 pickets were found at Aldie but no large force was east of the 
 mountains. The cavalry returned to camp that evening with 
 very tired horses. At the report of the enemy's advance 
 everything was packed up ready to move back from Center-' 
 ville where Sigel's force consisted of about 4,000 infantry and 
 artillery with earthworks. On the road to Aldie was the 
 old Lacy House once owned by Washington, it was said. 
 On Oct. 13, a battery and four regiments of cavalry including 
 the gth N. Y., left Centerv'ille at 2 a. m. in a drizzling ram 
 and marched to Aldie, fifteen miles, where the force arrived 
 just at daylight. The battery was placed in position on a 
 hill commanding the roads to the west and patrols sent out 
 on the several roads, one detachment going toward Lees^ 
 burg; the 6th Ohio and a portion of the 9th N. Y. to Middle- 
 burg on the turnpike leading through Ashby's Gap. At 
 Middleburg were some Confederate soldiers in hospitals 
 with well soldiers caring for them. From here forty men, in- 
 cluding sixteen men of Company C, part of Company H 
 and a detachment of the 6th Ohio, all tmder the command 
 of Captain Hanley, went on to Upperville about eight miles 
 where a Confederate picket post of about fifteen men were 
 chased back about a mile toward the Gap. It was learned 
 that there was a considerable force with two guns in the Gap 
 and Hanley's men fell back to Upperville notwithstanding 
 the Confederate pickets waved to them to come on. In 
 about half an hour a Confederate force of forty or fifty was 
 seen approaching from the Gap with the evident intention 
 of driving the "Yankees" out of Upperville. Hanley posted 
 two men dismounted: at the bridge which spanned a small 
 
IN FRONT OF WASHINGTON. 63 
 
 stream beyond the village with orders to fire when they 
 should see the enemy's column appear over the bluff just 
 beyond. He then formed his force in two lines across the 
 street back of an angle where they were concealed by the 
 buildings from the approaching enemy, with orders to move 
 forward at his signal using their carbines and revolvers. 
 Soon the shots of the men at the bridge were heard and 
 Hanley waved to his lines to come on. Moving forward at 
 a quick pace Hanley's men came upon the enemy so suddenly 
 some of their men were thrown from their frightened horses 
 and riders and horses captured. The demoralized men and 
 horses at the head of the Confederate column so obstructed 
 the road that their main force had time to turn about and 
 get out of range of the Yankee carbines. Four men only 
 were captured and probably others were wounded. After 
 rallying again in the village, Hanley, in a short speech, con- 
 gratulated his men for their bravery in meeting an equal 
 or superior force and driving them back. A few citizens of 
 Upperville were at their doors and windows and heard Han- 
 ley's speech. That night the whole force moved back to 
 Centerville where it arrived at 3 a. m., having been in the 
 saddle twenty-five hours and rode seventy miles without 
 feed. About Oct. 10, the gth N. Y. rode to Aldie where it 
 captured forty men, an ambulance and two wagons loaded 
 with provisions. The prisoners were paroled. Oct. 16 
 a large part of the brigade made a reconnoissance of three 
 days beyond Thoroughfare Gap. 
 
 A portion of the regiment^ including Compan- 
 ies F and K, went as far as Paris in Ashby's 
 Gap, patroling the different roads and driving back the 
 enemy's pickets. One detachment of Company K under 
 command of Lieut. James Burrows while patroling a road 
 left two men — James Robinson and one other — at a road 
 
64 IN FRONT OF WASHINGTON. 
 
 crossing; while watching the roads at the crossing, two 
 mounted Confederates came riding up and Robinson made 
 them prisoners, sending them back by the other man. Rob- 
 inson then went to a house near for something to eat. While 
 eating at this house, four more Confederates came to the 
 house and made him prisoner. When Lieut. Burrows re- 
 turned he missed his pickets at the road crossing but was 
 informed by a lady at the house, of the capture of Robinson 
 and the direction his captors had gone. Burrows with six 
 men immediately followed in hot pursuit, overtook them and 
 brought Robinson back. 
 
 On the morning of the i8th, a train of eight wagons left 
 Centerville with supplies, intending to reach the brigade 
 at the Gap. The train was guarded by an escort of thirty 
 men of the 9th N. Y.under command of Lieutenant Edwin 
 M. Baldwin of Company G. The train halted at Haymarket 
 to feed and pickets were posted. While here a cavalry force 
 was seen approaching from toward Warrenton. Baldwin's 
 men' supposed it to be a part of the brigade for whom they 
 had supplies, until too late. It proved to be the 4th North 
 Carolina cavalry and the train and escort were all captured 
 except five or six men who managed to escape. In this affair 
 two men were wounded, one of whom, David Miller of Com- 
 pany K, died at Centerville Nov. 3. 
 
 On the night of Oct. 23 a report came to camp that 
 some of the cavalry pickets had been driven in and some 
 of the infantry pickets captured. Just after the men had 
 lain down, an order came for Companies F, C and E to saddle 
 up and report to Gen.Stahl in fifteen minutes. These com- 
 panies rode with Gen. Stahl to Chantilly, four miles north of 
 Centerville on the Winchester turnpike. All was found quiet 
 and the troop returned to Centerville next morning. Chan- 
 tilly was the magnificent country residence of Lee's greatest 
 
IN FRONT OF WASHINGTON. 65 
 
 cavalry leader, Gen. J. E. B. Stuart. The place was now 
 occupied by the Union troops. The first of November 
 Lee's army was retiring from Winchester toward Richmond 
 and McClellan's army had crossed the Potomac. The 
 enemy's cavalry appeared more frequently and our cavalry 
 had been unusually active. A large force of our cavalry 
 had gone out the night of Oct. 31 and a detachment of the 
 9th had come from Thoroughfare Gap the morning of Nov. 
 I. The enemy's pickets were at Middleburg, Thoroughfare 
 Gap and New Baltimore. Saturday, Nov. i, orders were 
 received to be ready to move the next morning with two 
 days' rations in haversacks and three days' rations; 
 in wagons. A locomotive had been run ofif the 
 track by the enemy near Manassas Junction and thirty 
 men captured. On the morning of Nov. 2, an order came 
 that Capt. B. J. Coffin and three lieutenants should hold 
 themselves in readiness to move with the effective force of 
 the regiment. It moved out that morning to the Bull Run 
 battlefield where it was learned that a force of the enemy was 
 at Gainsville. A detachment was sent to reconnoiter. Capt. 
 Coffin's force bivouacked on the battlefield that night putting 
 out a strong picket line. Next morning, Nov. 3, Gen. Stahl 
 rode with Capt. Coffin's command to Thoroughfare Gap. 
 Company C and part of Company K were sent ahead as an 
 advance guard. Ten men were deployed as skirmishers. 
 After a few shots the enemy's pickets fled and were followed 
 through the Gap to a good position for watching the road 
 and the country beyond. In about two hours Gen. Carl 
 Schurz came up with his division of Sigel's corps. Twenty- 
 two men of Company C served at Gen. Schurz's headquarters 
 during the next three weeks. Nov. 7, Gen. Schurz's division 
 moved on to^ New Baltimore by a picturesque road west 
 side of the Bull Run mountains, and the General and his 
 
66 IN FRONT OF WASHINX^TQN. 
 
 cavalry escort were present to witness the scene of McCleJlan 
 taking leave of his army which was now at New Baltimore. 
 
 About Nov. 5th a part of the brigade including the 
 effective force of the gth was near New Baltimore when a 
 rebel cayalry force came from toward Warrenton with ar- 
 tillery. A detachment of the 4th N. Y. was driven in and 
 the brigade moved back toward BuckHn's Mills where part 
 of Schurz's division was located. As the brigade fell back 
 it was closely followed by the enemy's cavalry at a charge. 
 Companies K and E of the 9th had been formed behind a little 
 rise of ground and as the enemy's advance came in sight it 
 was checked and driven back by the sharp fire of our carbines. 
 The enemy then retired toward Warrenton. 
 
 From New Baltimore, the army of the Potomac, now 
 under command of Gen. Bumside moved to the Rappahan- 
 nock and occupied a line from below Falmouth 
 to below Fredericksburg, and Lee's army moved 
 down opposite. Nov. 18 Stuart's cavalry crossed the Rap- 
 pahannock at Warrenton Springs and entered Warrenton 
 just as Burnside's rear guard left the town. Sigel's corps, 
 including the gth N. Y. and several other regiments of cav- 
 alry moved back to Centerville and Chantilly where the 
 cavalry continued patrol and reconnoitering service under 
 command of Gen. Stahl. The gth N. Y. went into camp 
 at Chantilly and the detachment of Company C, which had 
 been with Gen. Schurz, rejoined the regiment. Nov. 28 
 two regiments of infantry, a battery and several regiments of 
 cavalry, starting from Centerville and Chantilly at 2 a. m. 
 marched to Middleburg and Upperville. Company K was 
 sent out to Ashby's Gap where it drove back a picket post of 
 the enemy. That night the regiment bivouacked just east 
 of Middleburg. Early in the morning of the 2gth the in- 
 fantry and artillery were sent back to Centerville, and the 
 
IN FRONT .OF WASHINGTON. 67 
 
 cavalry, consisting of the gth N. Y. iinder command of Major 
 Knox, and parts of the 5th N. Y., 4th N. Y., 2d Pa., ist, Vt., 
 6t.h, Ohio and ist Md., all under command of Gen. Stahl, 
 Colonel Windham and Colonel Cesnola, moved through 
 Snicker's Gap. The advance, consisting of the 5th N. Y, 
 and 2d Pa., under Colonel Windham, encountered the 
 enemy's pickets at the ford of the Shenadoah, drove them 
 back and charged into Major White's camp capturing about 
 thirty men and horses, all White's camp equippage, wagons, 
 flag and White's sash. The 9th N. Y. immediately followed, 
 crossed the river and moved at a rapid trot to Berryville, five 
 miles and with drawn sabers, charged in columns of fours 
 through the village. When the head of the regiment was 
 nearly through the village, the column was fired on from 
 side streets and alleys. Several horses fell, some of the 
 men were hurt and the regiment thrown into some confusion. 
 The men immediately rallied in detachments and, using their 
 carbines and revolvers, drove the enemy from the town and 
 followed them on the dififerent roads for some distance. Sev- 
 eral prisoners were taken and three men of the 9th retaken 
 who had been captured in the village. George Bradley of 
 Company G was killed, John L. Brewster of Company C had 
 his leg broken by the fall of his horse which was shot in 
 the charge through the village. Brewster died in hospital 
 from the effects of his smashup. Several others were wound- 
 ed including Lieutenant John T. Rutherford of Company L, 
 and John Phillips of Company A, Luther Herrick and Edwin 
 F. Leach of Company H were captured. Our cavalry moved 
 back that night tO' Mt. Gillead. The next day, Sunday, 
 Nov. 30, it moved through Leesburg where people were go- 
 ing to church. The church bells were ringing with a very 
 peaceful tone. Stahl's force reached camp at 9 p. m. with 
 40 prisoners, 50 horses, 50 head of cattle and several wagons 
 loaded with camp equippage and arms and a rebel flag. 
 
68 FREDERICKSBURG. 
 
 FREDERICKSBURG. 
 On Dec. 12, Sigel's corps started for Fredericksburg 
 where, next day, Burnside's army assaulted Lee's strong po- 
 sition and failed to carry it. The 9th N. Y. cavairy left 
 Chantilly with the brigade under command of Colonel 
 Cesnola and marched toward Fredericksburg. It ^\as at 
 Dumfries on the 13th and heard the cannonading at the 
 battel of Fredericksburg all day. On Sunday, the 14th, '"he 
 regiment moved down to within about four miles of Fred- 
 ericksburg where it staid three or four days then moved 
 back to Stafford C. H. and camped in a grove of second 
 growth pines just north of the town. This second growth 
 pine covered much of the worn cut lands of that part of \''ir- 
 ginia. It afforded good shelter for winter camps. Here 
 the regiment was employed picketing and patroling, the 
 orders being to patrol all roads vvhere troops could pass. 
 From five to ten men were generally in each patrol. Three 
 miles north of Stafford C. H. was Acquia Church, a brick 
 structure, standing in a magnificent grove of the original 
 timber, mostly oak, which once covered the land in this 
 vicinity. Over the doorway, inside the church, was the in- 
 scription, "Built by John Moncuje in 1757." The brick ii 
 which it was built were brought from Holland by this Mon- 
 cure. He and his wife lay buried in the chancel of the 
 church beneath a marble slab inscribed, "In memory of the 
 race of the house of Moncure." This John Moncure owned 
 nearly aJl the land between Dumfries and Stafford C. H., 
 many thousand acres. Some of the family still lived in the 
 vicinity. A Judge Moncure lived on the Cedar Mountain 
 battlefield. Henry Moncure, a great grandson, lived five 
 miles north of the church near Garrisonville, where he had 
 a country residence named Windsor Forest. Mr. and Mrs. 
 Moncure had been staying in Richmond since the war began 
 
FREDERICKSBURG. 69 
 
 and had come to Windsor Forest a day or two before 
 Burnside moved to the Rappahannock and established his 
 lines. So they were here without the means of subsistence 
 for the winter. They said they had friends and credit in 
 Baltimore and, through the friendly assistance of some 
 officers of the. gth N. Y. cavalry, they secured a pass and 
 transportation tO' and from Baltimore. They obtained 
 their supplies and staid at Windsor Forest through the winter. 
 The 1 7th Pa. cavalry under command of Colonel Kellogg 
 moved in and camped near the 9th N. Y. about Dec. 25. 
 The men were insufiSciently armed and on their way here 
 encountered Stuart's cavalry at Dumfries loosing two hun- 
 dred men. On Christmas night, Dec. 25, the camp was 
 alarmed by a report that a large force of cavalry was north 
 of the camp and nearby. It was afterward learned that 
 Stuart with a large force of cavalry crossed the Rappahan- 
 nock Dec. 25, and moved around our army to Dumfries 
 where he captured twenty-five wagons and about two hun- 
 dred prisoners and thence moved on to Fairfax C. H., Cen- 
 terville, Chantilly and toward Leesburg. On Saturday ev- 
 ening Dec. 27, Colonel Kellogg was requested to relieve the 
 pickets of the 9th N. Y. along the line to the north and west, 
 and the 9th N. Y. pickets joined their regiment at Garrison- 
 ville, where the whole brigade, under command of Colonel 
 Cesnola was moving. The brigade stood to horse all night 
 at Garrisonville and at daylight Sunday morning moved out 
 to Stafiford Store and beyond, where the enemy's pickets 
 were found and three captured. It was learned that a force 
 of about 1,000 of the enemy's cavalry with four pieces of 
 artillery had passed there the day before. The brigade 
 moved back to Garrisonville that night and next day, Dec. 
 2g, moved back to camp leaving the second squadron of the 
 9th N. Y. on picket at Garrisonville with orders to patrol 
 
70 FREDERICKSBTIRG. 
 
 the road to Stafford Store. Early Tuesday morning, Dec. 
 30, the second squadron was relieved by a squadron of the 
 6th Ohio. Jan. 8, 1863, Captain Dinnin with 150 men went 
 on picket at Garrisonville. Jan. 11 a patrol went over the 
 road, past Herndon's whose residence and buildings had been 
 burned by Sigel's troops because one of their men had been 
 shot by persons concealed in the house. A number of times 
 patrols and scouts had been fired at by men concealed in 
 the vicinity of Herndon's and Stafford's Store. Bryon 
 Goetchins of Company M says that John Jones of that com- 
 pany was a scout and was found dead near Stafford's Store. 
 When found he lay beside his dead horse from behind which 
 he had fired every shot from his revolver and had several 
 bullet holes through him; 
 
 Jan. 12 a patrol went over the road past Griffin's and 
 Garrison's, both loyal Union men. Grififin was too old for 
 military service but had a son and son-in-law in the Union 
 army. He spoke highly of the Moncures. He was for 
 a while kept a prisoner at Richmond and was released through 
 the intercession of the Moncures. Jan. 12, the 9th N. Y. 
 men were relieved from picket. Jan. 16 the regiment re- 
 ceivfed orders to cook three days' rations. As the men had 
 nothing but hardtack, they wondered what to cook. Tues- 
 day, Jan. 20, Burnside's army began another move against 
 Lee with the intention of crossing the Rappahannock above 
 Falmouth. That night a series of storms began of rain 
 sleet and snow making the roads impassable for the trains of 
 pontoons and supplies and the moving army was stuck in 
 the mud. The infantry forces were ordered back to their 
 camps. Not so, the cavalry. On Jan. 20, the 9th N. Y. left 
 camp near Stafford C. H and moved by way of Hartwood 
 Church toward Warrenton Junction, and halted at Spotted 
 Tavern or Alcock, Wednesday Jan. 21, it rode to the 
 
FREDERICKSBURG. 71 
 
 Avagons for hay, the wagons being unable to reach the regi- 
 ment through the mud and the stalled army trains, and 
 passed a stormy night in the pine woods near Alcock. Thurs- 
 day, Jan. 22, fifty men under Captain Kennedy patroled the 
 road toward Morrisville. Three of his men were captured 
 while getting dinner at a house. They were taken to Libby 
 prison where they staid two nights when they were paroled 
 together with two thousand prisoners taken at Murfreysboro, 
 Tenn. Jan, 23 a detail went on picket on road toward War- 
 renton. Anothet large detail under Major Nichols went into 
 the country for hay. Five small stacks of hay 
 were found and brought in for the 2d N. Y. Battery, 4th N. 
 Y., 9th N. Y., and 17th Pa. Cavalry, Sa1;urday, Jan. 
 24, Lieut. Cla,rk and men went for hay. Sunday, 
 Jan. 25, Lieut. Bly with a large detail went out 
 toward , Warrenton to arrest desert(^rs. Monday 
 
 26, Capt. Dinnin with a detail of men went for forage and 
 brought in unthreshed wheat. A patrol of eighteen men 
 was fired into by the enemy in ambush near the Grove 
 churches and one killed and two wounded. Tuesday, Jan. 
 27j Capt. Hanley in command of a patrol of forty men of the 
 4th N. Y., gth N. Y., and 17th Pa. Cavalry went out beyond 
 Kelly's Ford and back by Mt. Holley Church and Morrisville 
 and brought in a mounted sergeant and a teamster with a 
 four-horse team and a wagon loaded with grain, all belonging 
 to the 4th Va. Confederate cavalry. Wednesday, Jan. 28, 
 Severe snow storm. Captain Dinnin with detail from the 
 regiment went on picket. Thursday, Jan 29. Snow one foot 
 deep above six to twelve inches of mud. Cleared up cold. 
 A detail went for hay. Another went on picket on Warren- 
 ton road. Jan. 3.1. A detail for forage got unthrashed 
 wheat. Feb. i. A forage detail went for hay to farm of 
 James French. Feb. 2. Forage detail went for hay. Feb. 
 
72 GEN. HOOKER TAKES COMMAND. ' '- 
 
 3. A scouting party went to Rappahannock Station. A 
 reconnoissance of the fords was made by the 4th N. Y. 
 and a detachment of the 9th N. Y. Feb. 4. Very cold. 
 Regiment moved camp on the 3d inst. into a piece of hard- 
 wood timber. Feb. 5. Two men were wounded and six 
 captured near Morrisville. Receivfed orders to be ready to 
 move toward Stafford C. H. at a moment's notice. Regi- 
 ment saddled up to move. Rain fell all night. Feb. 6. 
 Regiment marched beyond Hartwood Church and was ord- 
 ered back because -ot relieved. Picket duty and foraging 
 was renewed. Feb. 7. A forage party brought in un- 
 threshed oats. Sunday, Feb. 8. A forage party brought hay. 
 Feb. 9. Regiment moved from Spotted Tavern toward 
 Stafford C. H. and stopped that night near Bailey'c Mills. 
 Roads were very muddy. Two men were wounded at Somer- 
 ville. Feb. 10. Regiment marched to Stafford C. H. and 
 camped south of the village. Feb. 11. Regiment moved 
 camp to the fine grove about Aquia Church. Strict orde<-s- 
 were given against cutting any timber within 1,000 yards of 
 the church. Since Jan. 20 the regiment had been on the ex- 
 treme right of Burnside's army. Wagons were only able 
 to bring rations for the men, none for the horses. Constant 
 foraging failed to furnish sufficient feed for the horses and 
 they were starved. Many died from the severe service of 
 picket and patrol and want of feed. The 4th N. Y., 17th 
 Pa., and ist Md. Cavalry also encamped about Aquia Church 
 and on Sunday, Feb. 15, the chaplain of the 17th Pa. Cavalry 
 conducted services in the church in the afternoon. 
 
 GEN. HOOKER TAKES COMMAND. 
 On January 26 Gen. Burside was relieved and Gen. Hook- 
 er took command of the Army of the Potomac. General 
 Hooker inaugurated a new policy in the cavalry service. 
 
^ ORGANIZATION OF CAVALRY CORPS. 73 
 
 Heretofore, the Union Cavalry had been attached in brigades 
 and regiments to, the infantry corps and had been unable to 
 •offer any adequate resistance to the better organized troopers 
 of Stuart who raided at will around our army. Now they 
 Avere to be organized into a corps ten thousand or more 
 strong. 
 
 ORGANIZATION OF CAVALRY CORPS. 
 This organization was completed in February and Gen- 
 ■eral George Stoneman assigned to its command. Gen. 
 Stoneman was succeeded about June ist, by Gen. Pleasanton. 
 The corps was organized in three divisions commanded by 
 Generals Pleasanton, Gregg and Kilpatrick who proved to 
 "be most successful cavalry leaders. The regiment, after 
 moving camp several times, settled down at Pleasanton's 
 landing on Aquia Creek and on February 24 was inspected 
 by Gen. Pleasanton. It was found deficient in horses but 
 the men were in good health a.nd spirit. March 5 Lieut. 
 S. W. Clark, with a detachment of men of Company C, went 
 by boat to the mouth of Quantico Creek and took charge of 
 a post there to supply forage to the cavalry on duty about 
 Dumfries. This post was near Shipping Point where the 
 Confederates, in the winter of '61 and '62, built earthworks 
 and mounted heavy guns to blockade the Potomac. The 
 Tuined guns were still there. 
 
 THE FLAG PRESENTATION. 
 Saturday, March 7, Hon. R. E. Fenton, accompanied by 
 a party of friends from Chautauqua and Cattaraugus coun- 
 ties, came from Washington by boat to Pleasanton's Land- 
 ing to present the regiment with a flag. Besides Mr. Fenton 
 the party consisted of Geo. W. Palmer, Judge Selden Marvin, 
 W. L. Sessions, Amos W. Muzzy, Rev. Mr. Stockton, John 
 Manley, Willard McKinstry, Dr. Hudson, Dr. Boyd, Allen 
 

 Flag presented by the people of Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties and carric<{ 
 
 by thft Ninth New York Cavalry^ as it appeared in Apt-fl, 
 
 1901, thirty-six years after the war. 
 
FLAG PRESENTATION. 75 
 
 Wright, J. N. Greene, Mr. Putnam and "Paul" a correspon- 
 dent of the New York Times. The party arrived about 
 noon. Suitable ground had been selected and a rough 
 platform built, and soon afternoon the regiment formed on 
 foot with Major Knox in command. The flag was pre- 
 sented by Mr. Fenton in an address earnest, eloquent and 
 patriotic. It was received by Major Knox who responded 
 in a fitting manner promising that the regiment would pro- 
 tect it with their lives. The flag was of heavy deep blue 
 silk. In the center was the State Coat of Arms, over this 
 the words "NINTH NEW YORK CAVALRY," and under 
 it "EXCELSIOR" in large letters, all done with the needle 
 in heavy raised embroidery, aHke on both sides. The staff 
 was of polished curly maple. In the middle of the staff was 
 a silver band some five inches in length, on which was en- 
 graved "NINTH N. Y. CAVALRY," "FRIENDS AT 
 HOME THINK OF YOU." It was made by Tiffany & 
 Co. of New York under the direction of Mr. Fenton and 
 cost $iio, which was donated by the people of Chautauqua 
 and Cattaraugus, Mr. Fenton giving a large share. As it 
 was unfurled the men felt they were well remembered and 
 were only restrained from cheers by the rules of military 
 discipline and etiquette. When Mr. Fenton was introduced 
 by Maj. Martin who presided, the regiment saluted with 
 saber. After the flag had been received by Maj. Knox, the 
 color guard, consisting of three non-commissioned officers, 
 advanced from the center of the line,took the flag, faced about 
 and the flag was saluted by presenting sabers. The color 
 guard then marched to its position in the center of the line, 
 sabers were returned to their scabbards and then with 
 swinging hats three cheers were given for the flag, three for 
 Mr. Fenton, three for the friends at home and three for the 
 Union. The companies were then marched to their quarters 
 
76 FLAG PRESENTATION. 
 
 and the formalities of the presentation were over. A supper 
 was given by the officers to the visiting guests at which 
 short speeches were made by Mr. Marvin, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
 Fenton, Mr. Palmer and Rev. Mr. Stockton and Shenflf 
 Muzzy sang his song "Dixie Unionized." All the guests 
 staid till morning sharing the quarters of the officers. Their 
 beds consisted of hay spread on the ground with plenty of 
 blankets. They expressed themselves as well pleased with 
 their accommodations and left for Washington next mom- 
 incr. 
 
 The following from a letter of Geo. W. Palmer written 
 the evening of March 8, 1863, after the party had got back 
 to Washington gives something of a picture of the camp 
 and the flag presentation as seen by the visiting friends : 
 
 "By one of those happy coincidences which sometimes 
 occur to heighten the pleasures and render more complete 
 the success of some anticipated event, it happened that Hon. 
 W. L. Sessions, Judge Selden Marvin, Rev. Mr. Stockton 
 and Allen Wright, all fresh from home, arrived in Washing- 
 ton last Friday evening. It had been previously arranged 
 that the flag, purchased sometime since by the peoople of 
 Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties, for the gth N. Y. 
 Cavalry Regiment should be presented by the Hon. R. E. 
 Fenton yesterday ; and the gentlemen named, together with 
 Messrs. John Manley, Dr. Hudson, J. N. Greene, Mr. Put- 
 nam, Sheriff Muzzy and your humble servant, formed the 
 party who attended him to witness the ceremonies. We 
 left Washington at eight o'clock in the morning on the 
 steamer John Brooks. The skies were lowering and a thick 
 fog hung over the river. The distance to Aquia Creek is 
 something over fifty miles, and at first the prospect for a 
 pleasant trip seemed rather doubtful. Before we had pro- 
 ceeded far, however, the skies brightened, the fog lifted from 
 
FLAG PRESENTATION. 77 
 
 the water, and the gloom from the spirits of the passengers. 
 We arrived at Aquia Creek about noon. From this place 
 we took a tug boat and steamed to Hope's Landing about 
 four or five miles up Aquia Creek. About a mile over hills, 
 through gullies, and all the way through mud and mire, we 
 rode on horseback, and there on the top of the hill, to which 
 I could discover but the one approach that was any ways 
 feasible, we found the camp of the 'glorious 9th.' I should 
 judge that there was not over one-half acre of land in the 
 entire encampment and from it the ground slopes on every 
 side and is covered with the scrub pine so prevalent in 
 Virginia. A few of the officers had common tents to shelter 
 them, but the most of them and all the privates, (except a 
 few'who had erected quite comfortable log huts) had nothing 
 but the small shelter tent, and the India rubber poncho, to 
 shield them from the storm. A majority of the horses be- 
 longing to this regiment are worn out and condemned, there 
 being but about fifty all told, reported fit for duty. The 
 officers and men are in the best of spirits, and there is an 
 ardor and enthusiasm for the vigorous prosecution of the 
 war about them, which I confess I did not expect to find. 
 Soon after our arrival the Regiment was got into line and 
 marched into an open field about one-half mile from camp, 
 and formed preparatory to the reception of the flag which 
 was here to be presented. Everything being ready, the 
 flag was now unfurled. It is indeed a beautiful flag. The 
 ground is of deep blue silk upon which is embroidered in a 
 most beautiful manner the coat of arms of the Empire State 
 and the name of the regiment in a scroll. It is edged with 
 a heavy silk fringe and hung with a rich cord and tassel. 
 The lance is about eight or nine feet long, and is divided in 
 the center to render it more conveniently carried, and upon 
 the silver clasp which holds it together is engraved the 
 
78 FLAG PRESENTATION. 
 
 words, "FRIENDS AT HOME THINK OF YOU." For 
 •the beauty and elegance of this banner the regiment are 
 most indebted to Mr. Fenton, who gave the order for it and 
 attended to its execution, and in fact contributed very largely 
 to its purchase. The cost of it was,- I am informed, about 
 $115. Col. Fenton was introduced to the Regiment by 
 Major Martin, and proceeded to address them. It would 
 be impossible for me to give the slightest idea of what he said 
 by attempting to give a report of it. It was impressive, 
 high-toned and touching, and at its conclusion many a heart 
 was nerved up to perform greater deeds of bravery, and a 
 stronger determination to sustain through all hardships and 
 trials, the cause they had espoused. The flag was received 
 by Maj. Knox, the present Commandant of the Regiment, and 
 he responded to the speech of Col. Fenton in a very fitting 
 manner. He promised for the regiment that they never 
 should dishonor it, and would guard and protect it from 
 the contamination of traitors and treason with their blood 
 and their lives. The speeches being over the Color bearers 
 advanced from the center received the flag from their Com- 
 mander, and bore it back to the ranks; the enthusiasm of 
 the men could be restrained no longer, and burst forth in 
 rousing cheers for Hon. R. E. Fenton, for the friends at 
 home and for the Union. The ceremonies being over the 
 regiment wheeled into^ column and marched back to camp, 
 while the guests, accompanied by some of the officers, and 
 soon followed by all or nearly all of them, went down to a 
 little house near the landing, where a sumptuous dinner had 
 been prepared for them. By this time, between four and 
 five o'clock p. m., you may imagine that a good dinner was 
 not to be despised. The way we walked into that dinner 
 could only be excelled by the way the 9th have been in the 
 habit of walking into the rebels and their contraband effects. 
 
FLAG PRESENTATION. 79 
 
 It was nearly dark by the time we got through dinner. I 
 failed to secure copies of the toasts drank on that occasion, 
 but you may be sure they were not expressive of anything 
 in sympathy with the Copperhead, or doubting element of 
 the North. After dinner we went out in front of the house, 
 and by this time, a large number of the non-commissioned 
 officers and privates had assembled there. The sheriff was 
 again called on for his "Dixie Unionized" and he "did it" 
 to the entire satisfaction of "the boys." He also sang 
 "Perry's Victory" which he said he learned when he was 
 fifteen years old. He then officiated in selling the "cow" 
 at auction, which had given an excellent quality of milk 
 (punch), and which Allen Wright insisted on purchasing and 
 importing to Westfield. This created a little fun but all 
 felt too serious to be long diverted and soon calls for speeches 
 were made. In answer to loud calls, Hon. W. L. Sessions 
 made a brief but stirring speech, full of consideration for 
 and confidence in the "gth," and was greeted with three 
 hearty cheers. Next came Judge Marvin. He was over- 
 flowing with good feeling and at first indulged in a little 
 levity and fun, but concluded his remarks in a very feeling 
 manner, and made an earnest appeal to them to faithfully 
 stand by the flag of their country. Three cheers were 
 given for the Judge. Col'. Fenton was again loudly called 
 for, and stepped forward to respond. He was greeted with 
 tremendous applause indicative of the just appreciation of 
 the regiment for his uniform friendship and earnest assist- 
 ance. He again addressed them in a very impressive man- 
 ner. He told them that other regiments had been pre- 
 sented with flags earlier in the history of this contest, but 
 they had not been earned on the battlefield. The flag that 
 had been presented them today had been earned in the toils 
 and hardships of the service and there was a feeling of pride 
 
80 PLEASANTON'S LANDING. 
 
 g.nd satisfaction both in the giving- and receiving, which 
 could not exist before honors had been won. Throughout 
 the speech he was loudly applauded and at the close received 
 three hearty cheers. By the time we had got through with 
 the singing and the speeches, it was quite late in the evening, 
 and the house not possessing sufficient capacity to accommo- 
 date us all, a portion of us mounted horses which had been 
 sent and started through the mud and darkness for the camp, 
 where we arrived without any serious accident. Notwith- 
 standing the rain came down in torrents and it was hard 
 work to keep dry in the tents, after some story telling we all 
 went to bed and slept soundly. The next morning we all 
 started on horseback for Aquia Landing, where we arrived 
 in time for a sumptuous dinner prepared for us by a Mr. 
 Wells and Mr. Dickson, brother of Capt. Dickson of the 
 9th. Dinner being over, and passes examined we once more 
 embarked on board the John Brooks for Washington." 
 
 A corral was built at Pleasanton's Landing for four hun- 
 dred mules. The regiment drew sixty mules and the men 
 found much fun in breaking some of them to ride. Joseph 
 Douglass of Company I was severely kicked in the face by 
 one of the mules and much disfigured. The mules were 
 to be used for carrying camp equippage, shovels and axes 
 and forage. March 9. Many boxes were received from 
 home, with clothing and provision, which had been on the 
 way from two weeks to three months. Col. Beardsley, 
 Capt. Anderson, Capt. Corrigan and others rejoined the 
 regiment. They had been absent since the end of Pope's 
 campaign, Sept. i. Sunday, March 15. Several officers and 
 men started for home on ten days' leave. March 18. A 
 number of mounted men from the several companies were 
 detached for service with the T2th Corps. 
 
 Monday, March 30. Three hundred horses were received 
 
■LINCOLN AT CAVALRY REVIEW. 81 
 
 for the Division on a requisition for thirteen hundred. The 
 regiment had been inspected the day before. Many of the 
 men were without horses but their arms were reported in 
 excellent condition. Eighty men from the regiment were 
 on detached service with the 12th Corps. 
 
 April 5. A strong wind had been blowing all the day 
 before and at night about twO' inches of heavy snow fell. 
 The tents flapped dismally all night some of them threaten- 
 ing to come down and cover the inmates with the wet col- 
 lapsed canvas. But by diligent watching and bracing they 
 stood till morning, leaving little pools of water on the 
 blankets. The horses stood tied to the picket line, their 
 feet in snow and liquid mud and their backs braced against 
 the storm but ate their rations of oats with keen appetites. 
 After hovering over slow fires a long time the men got their 
 breakfast of coffee, hardtack and fried pork. The men 
 detailed for guard duty dreaded to' venture out in the pelting- 
 storm and the bugle blew the second time before the men 
 appeared and proceeded to relieve those who had been on 
 duty all the day and night before. About noon the storm 
 ceased and the sun came out bright and warm. 
 
 LINCOLN AT CAVALRY REVIEW. 
 April 6. There was a grand review of the recently or- 
 ganized Cavalry Corps at Stoneman's Switch on the high 
 plain north of Falmouth, and about eight miles from Pleas- 
 anton's Landing. The 9th N. Y. could not take part for 
 want of horses, but some of the officers rode to the review as 
 Spectators. Over ten thousand cavalry and four batteries 
 of flying artillery were reviewed. President Lincoln and 
 Maj. Gen. Hooker were present. From the reviewing 
 stand could be seen the steeples of Fredericksburg and the 
 high bluffs beyond up ind down the river where the enemy's 
 
82 LINCOLN AT CAVALRY REVIEW. 
 
 earthworks were frowning with heavy guns behind which 
 were the camps of Lee's army 60,000 or 70,000 strong, 
 hidden by the hills and woods. There were several ladies 
 present on horseback and Mrs. Lincoln in a carriage drawn 
 by four horses. One lady was especially noticeable as an 
 expert rider and accompanied a general officer and his staff 
 at a swift gallop. There were about two thousand spec- 
 tators of all ranks near the reviewing stand. Among them 
 were Maj. Gen. Carl Schurz with spectacles on his nose, hair 
 long and curled and looking more like a college professor 
 than a military man notwithstanding his uniform and the 
 two stars on his shoulder straps; Maj. Gen. Howard with 
 his armless sleeve (he lost an arm at Fair Oaks, June 3, 
 1862), Maj. Gen. Slocum, a small man with black hair and 
 fine looking; Brig. Gen. Casey, an old man with white hair 
 and miHtary cloak; Brig. Gen. Hunt and others in full mili- 
 tary dress. Maj. Gen. Stoneman in full dress and a yellow 
 silk scarf over one shoulder, as commander of the cavalry 
 corps, accompanied by his stafif, rode at a gallop to his 
 position at the center of the line and faced to the front. 
 Immediately away across the field could be seen President 
 Lincoln and Maj. General Hooker approaching with a num- 
 erous retinue of about three hundred officers and men. The 
 President, in citizen's dress and high silk hat, with his tall 
 stooping form sat rather awkwardly on a fine bay horse. 
 Maj. Gen. Hooker rode an elegant white horse and was 
 the personification of a military leader who, by his presence, 
 inspired enthusiasm in his troops. They rode up to Gen. 
 Stoneman who was then introduced to the President and 
 took him in charge to review the long lines of cavalry. 
 They started ofif at a gallop, with their three hundred fol- 
 lowers, first to the right of the line, then along the whole 
 front to the left and thence to the reviewing stand. Then 
 
CHANCELLORSVILLE. 83 
 
 the long lines of cavalry broke into column by companies and 
 marched past the reviewing stand. It took a half hour for 
 the President and General Stoneman to ride along the lines 
 and an hour and a half for the column of cavalry and the 
 four batteries of artillery to march past the reviewing 
 officers. This ended a notable review of the newly organ- 
 ized cavalry corps which in the next two years proved to 
 be a powerful factor in defeating the confederate armies 
 and compelling their surrender. 
 
 On the way back to camp many dead horses and mules 
 were noticed along the road worn out by severe service in 
 the wagon trains. Much of the road had been badly rutted 
 by the wagons and made impassable until corduroyed. The 
 second growth pine furnished abundant material for this 
 purpose. The many camps of the infantry regiments were 
 tastefully arranged among the pines which also furnished 
 material for the log walls of their winter quarters as well 
 as, by their dense growth, sheltered the camps from the 
 wintry winds. 
 
 CHANCELLORSVILLE. 
 April ID, the men who were captured with the wagon 
 train at Haymarket Oct. i8, rejoined the regiment. They 
 had been given a free ride to Richmond, while, it was re- 
 marked, the army had started for Richmond three times and 
 failed to get there. April 12, the men who had been at the 
 supply post at Quantico Creek returned to the regiment. 
 All the dismounted men of the regiment moved down to the 
 landing for service in unloading boats. One day, a detail 
 of twenty-six men unloaded five hundred bales of hay from 
 one boat, and twelve hundred sacks of grain from another. 
 Details of mounted men, about eighty in all, were on de- 
 tached service with the Twelfth Corps. They accompanied 
 
84 CHANCELLORSVILLE. 
 
 this Corps on the Chancellorsville campaign and were em- 
 ployed in carrying orders and dispatches and as escort for 
 the general officers. On this service they sometimes en- 
 countered the enemy. Sergt. R. B. Wadsworth and David 
 Moore of Company I, B. F. Owen of Company C and two 
 others were captured one night between Germana Ford and 
 Ely's Ford on the Rapidan while carrying dispatches between 
 Gen. Slocum and Gen. Meade, then commanding the Fifth 
 Corps. Wm. Emery of Company E was wounded May i 
 while carr)'ing the Twelfth Corps flag. Wm. Hills of Com- 
 pany E, then serving with Gen. Geary of the Twelfth Corps, 
 escaped capture by swimming with his horse across the river. 
 Wm. Rolph of Company H was killed at Chancellorsville 
 May 2. 
 
 Sergeant Wadsworth gives the following account of his 
 capture : 
 
 "The right wing of the army composed of the Fifth, 
 Eleventh and Twelfth Corps, commanded by Gen. Slocunij 
 commenced moving April 27. The Eleventh and Twelfth 
 Corps crossed the Rappahannock at Kelly's Ford and the 
 Rapidan at Germana Ford. The Fifth Corps crossed the 
 Rappahannock below and the Rapidan at Ely's Ford. The 
 Fifth Corps was commanded by Gen. Meade. While the 
 Twelfth Corps was crossing at Germana Ford, there was a 
 call for a corporal and four men to go with Major Steel, of 
 Gen. Hooker's staff, to Gen. Meade's headquarters then at 
 Ely's Ford. I went as corporal with another man of Com- 
 pany I, one of Company L and two men of Company C. It 
 was then about 3 o'clock p. m. We rode back about three 
 miles to some corners where an intersecting road leads di- 
 rect to Ely's Ford. Here we met the Eleventh Corps which 
 was following the route oi the Twelfth. We took the road 
 to Ely's Ford which led mostly through woods and found 
 
CHANCELLORSVILLE. 85 
 
 Gen. Meade at the Ford. His Corps was partly across the 
 river. Meade and Steel talked together a long time. Then 
 Gen. Meade wrote a dispatch to Gen. Slocum. Steel gave 
 it to me and told me to push through quickly to Gen. Slocum, 
 cautioning me to keep a sharp lookout until I got to tha 
 corners where we met the Eleventh Corps and there I 
 would find our pickets ; that the countersign was not out yet 
 and I would have to make myself known to pass the pickets. 
 I took Owen with me for advance guard and the other three 
 rode a little distance in the rear. We got along all right 
 till we came near the corners mentioned when we heard the 
 rattle of sabers. It was now late in the evening and quite 
 dark. We moved slow expecting to be challenged; but as 
 no one challenged us we began to fear the pickets might 
 fire on us without challenging. I then called out to them 
 and they replied. After a little talk we felt sure they were 
 our men and supposed them to be some of the 6th N. Y. 
 cavalry, who had moved in advance of the Twelfth Corps 
 that day. They told us to come in, but when we got near 
 them we were surrounded and ordered to surrender. They 
 proved to be a force of about 300 of the First Va. cavalry 
 under command of a Colonel Drake. I was ordered off my 
 horse and a reb jumped onto him and told me to take his. I 
 thought of my dispatch and how I might conceal it. While 
 on the ground I took it with other envelopes from my side 
 coat pocket and shoved them down my pants leg to the 
 top of my boots where they staid. I was taken before Col. 
 Drake who' questioned me closely, but I don't think he got 
 much to do him any good. We were then sent off under 
 guard. At the first opportunity, I took what I supposed 
 to be the dispatch and chewed it ilp. About daylight we 
 crossed the Rapidan at Raccoon Ford and there found Gen. 
 Stuart, Gen. Fitz Hugh Lee and about 3000 cavalry. We 
 
86 CHANCELLORSVILLE. 
 
 were here dismounted and marched afoot with Stuart's cav- 
 alry all day and till 2 o'clock that night when we reached 
 Spottsylvania C. H. In the morning we were placed in the 
 courthouse with other prisoners. The next night we spent 
 in the Methodist church where by a little fire in the stove 
 I got out my letters and discovered I had chewed up a letter 
 from my sweetheart (now my wife), and still had the dis^ 
 patch which I read. It gave an account of the movements 
 of the Fifth Corps and inquired what disposition to make to 
 connect with the other Corps in the morning. Then I 
 put the dispatch in the fire. From Spottsylvania we were 
 sent to Richmond, where, after a few days in Libby prison 
 we were exchanged." 
 
 Serviceable horses and equipments of the several com- 
 panies of the regiment sufficient to mount Companies F 
 and A, were turned over to these companies, which with the 
 remaining mounted men of the several companies made a 
 well mounted force of about one hundred men under com- 
 mand of Captain Hanley to move with the Cavalry corps on 
 the Chancellorsville campaign. April 13, a visit to the camp 
 of the iS4th N. Y. found that regiment under orders to march 
 early next morning to Kelly's ford to support a force of 
 cavalry which was going out on a reconnoissance. April 17 
 the main body of the regiment moved camp from Pleas- 
 anton's Landing to Stafford C. H. Having no horses, each 
 company was allowed a mule on which to pack blankets and 
 camp equipage. The distance was about seven miles. No 
 particular order was observed on this march and one was 
 reminded of a straggling caravan, the best walkers ahead 
 and the slower ones far in the rear. Camp was pitched on 
 a dry knoll just east of the village. The next day the men 
 appropriated all the loose lumber they could find and some 
 that was fastened up as a part of the real estate and before 
 
CHANCELLORSVILLE. 87 
 
 night had constructed quarters of various designs but quite 
 comfortable. Company C, equipped with shovels and axes 
 in addition to their arms, went out on the road toward Fal- 
 mouth where another road branched toward Hartwood 
 Church and worked digging rifle pits. The trees had to be 
 cut away in front of the pits and at this work the men had 
 not forgotten their home training. The dismounted men 
 of the Cavalry Corps and those having poor horses were to 
 picket a line of posts from Dumfries to Belle Plain protecting 
 the base of supplies at Aquia Landing, when the army should 
 move to the front. April 22, the regiment moved camp to 
 the village and occupied the wide lawn of a large residence 
 nearly opposite the courthouse. The courthouse was of 
 brick, one story high containing three rooms. Another 
 brick building for county offices stood near. The jail was a 
 two story building not far away and was utilized as a guard 
 house for soldiers under arrest. The other buildings in the 
 village were old dilapidated structures which had served as 
 taverns, stores, shops and residences; the residences were 
 once surrounded by fenced yards and outbuildings of which, 
 now, scarcely any trace was left. April 23, Captain Hanley's 
 command had gone to the front for active service. Some of 
 the infantry were moving and the rest expected to move in 
 a day or two. General Stoneman had moved up the north 
 side of the Rappahannock on the 13th, with 13,000 cavalry 
 with instructions to cross above the Orange and Alexandria 
 Railroad, strike Fitz Hugh Lee's cavalry brigade near Cul- 
 pepper Court House, capture Gordonsville, and then pounce 
 on the Fredericksburg and Richmond Railroad near Saxton's 
 Junction, cutting telegraphs, railroads, burning bridges, etc., 
 thence toward Richmond, fighting at every opportunity and 
 harassing by every means the retreat of the Rebel armv, 
 which, it was calculated, would now be retiring toward 
 
88 CHANCELLORSVILLE. 
 
 Richmond. The spirit of Gen. Hooker's instructions is 
 embodied in these sentences : "It devolves upon you, Gen- 
 eral, to take the initiative in the forward movement of this 
 grand army; and upon you and your noble command must 
 depend, in a great measure, the extent and brilliancy of our 
 success." Greeley says, "It is hard to repress a suspicion 
 that irony lurks in such language when addressed to an officer 
 like George D. Stoneman." One division crossed the river 
 on the 1 6th, when a rain raised the river so rapidly that this 
 division was recalled swimming its horses; and a succession 
 of April storms kept the streams so full, while the roads 
 were rendered so bad, that a fresh advance was postponed 
 to the 27th ; Gen. Hooker giving the order for the movement 
 of his infantry and artillery next day. On April 22 some 
 men of the gth worked on the barricades on the road toward 
 Falmouth. April 24, there were showers all day. April 
 2cth, 26th and 27th the weather was clear and on the ■27th 
 the army moved to the front. From the vacated camps of 
 the I2th Corps north of the village many things were gath- 
 ered to improve and decorate the camp of the 9th in the 
 village. May 3, the regiment was inspected by Col. Gamble 
 of the 8th 111. Cavalry. The heavy cannonading of the battle 
 of Chancellorsville could be heard at Stafford Court House 
 and all along the line of the dismounted cavalry pickets. 
 Many rumors came of the result of the fighting each day. 
 At night the whippoorwills entertained the pickets with their 
 continuous song. At some small clearings among the pines, 
 where some poor white people lived, the fences, bushes and 
 yards were covered with soldiers' blankets and clothing of 
 all descriptions picked up from the lately abandoned camps. 
 May 4 many stragglers came from the front with varying 
 reports of the battle. One report was that Stoheman was 
 at Gordonsville with his cavalry tearing up railroads and de- 
 
CHANCELLORSVILLE. 89 
 
 stroying the enemy's supplies. This was what was expected 
 of him but he utterly failed to do such valuable service. An- 
 other report was that Hooker was driving Lee's army back. 
 A little later came the report that the nth Corps stampeded 
 and endangered the whole army. May 5, more men came 
 back from the front, some were cavalrymen with worn out 
 borses, some with horses of officers who had been killed or 
 wounded, parts of batteries that had been used up in the 
 ii^ht, suttlers and others. Wednesday May 6, the army 
 was moving back into its old camps. The 12th Corps was 
 passing Stafford C. H. all day. Sad faces told of defeat. 
 Wagon trains and batteries were passing all day and night. 
 A cold rain which began the afternoon of the 5th with a 
 hard thunder shower, the wind shifting tO' northeast, added 
 to the general dreariness. The night of Monday May 4, 
 there was an alarm at Aquia Landing fearing a raid by 
 Stuart's cavalry and everything movable was put on the 
 boats. But the alarm proved groundless. 
 
 HANLEY'S COMMAND OF MOUNTED MEN. 
 
 From Diary of A. O. Skifif of Company A and Recollections 
 
 of W. A. Scranton, Company F. 
 
 "April 13, Capt. Hanley's squadron. Companies A and F, 
 joined Col. George Chapman's command consisting of one 
 Squadron 3d Ind., one Squadron 3d Va., and Capt. Hanley's 
 squadron gth N. Y. The Brigade was commanded by Col. 
 Davis of the 8th N. Y. Chapman's command marched to 
 Catlett's Station. April 14, Capt. Hanley's squadron and 
 the 3d Ind. squadron under command of Caotain Farnsworth 
 marched to Warrenton where they found a small force of 
 the enemy's cavalry. Hanley had the advance and his ad- 
 vance guard of eight men charged the enemy's pickets driv- 
 ing them back into the town. Here were found a number 
 
90 CHANCELLORSVILLE. 
 
 of the enemy with their horses tied to posts and fences and 
 the men scattered about the streets. They hastily rallied 
 and mounted, and after a sharp skirmish in which two Con- 
 federates were captured and one, a Heutenant, killed, took 
 ?4 position behind a small grove of pines just beyond the 
 village. Hanley imediately charged with his squadron and 
 the enemy broke and fled followed by Hanley and his men 
 about two miles. Out about one mile two more Confed- 
 erates were captured and one killed in the running fight. 
 The prisoners were guarded by W. A. Scranton who, while 
 waiting Hanley's return, moved to a higher place in the 
 road where he could see to the front and got up on the stone 
 fence. He heard a rustling behind the fence and there 
 discovered another confederate trying to conceal himself. 
 Scranton made him a prisoner corralling all four in the road. 
 Hanley soon moved back and the command moved to White 
 Sulphur Springs. April 15. The command crossed Fox's 
 Ford on a reconnoissance and returned that evening and 
 camped in the woods. It being very dark that night, the- 
 detachment guarding the prisoners became separated from 
 the command and camped by themselves. All the men be- 
 ing very tired, the prisoners, at their own suggestion, consent- 
 ed to remain without guard and were all found present in 
 the morning when Hanley sent a detachment back for them. 
 Aj)ril 16. Moved half a mile to a better camp. April 17. 
 The whole brigade moved here. April 18. Moved into 
 a new camp. Company A went on picket. Some artillery 
 firing was heard. Sunday, April 19. There was some 
 skirmishing along the river. April 20. The brigade 
 moved from Liberty through Fayetteville to Waterloo and 
 halted in the woods about a mile from the Ford. It was 
 rainy and the men got quite wet. It had rained much of 
 the time the past week, and rations were scarce. April 21. 
 
CHANCELLORSVILLE. 91 
 
 Were not. allowed to build fires till noon when the command 
 moved back a short distance where fires would not be seen 
 from the enemy's position. April 22. Brigade moved to 
 Warrenton. Pickets stood in the rain all night. April 
 23. Rained all day. Moved out on Sperryville pike three 
 miles. April 24. Rained nearly all day. Men were 
 short of rations and very hungry. April 25. After inspec- 
 tion of arms, a report came that the pickets of the 4th N. Y. 
 had been captured. The squadron saddled up and hurried 
 out to investigate but returned without finding any enemy. 
 April 27. Captain Ayers reported for duty from his leave 
 of absence. Tuesday, April 28. Received orders to be ready to 
 move at a moment's notice. That night Sergt. Henry A. 
 Fieldman of Company F went with a patrol to New Balti- 
 more. When returning, the patrol was fired into by a con- 
 cealed party of the enemy. Sergt. Fieldman was killed and 
 Horace R. Howard of Company L was wounded. The divis- 
 ions of Gen. Pleasanton and Gen. Averill moved that night 
 to near Kelly's Ford and next morning April 29, crossed 
 the river and after some skirmishing the enemy retired to- 
 ward Culpepper. In this skirmish Willard N. Kelly of Com- 
 pany K was wounded and captured. Bivouacked in the 
 woods near Kelly's Ford and next morning April 30, marched 
 to Culpepper C. H. and found the enemy retreating. Halted 
 a short time at Culpepper then moved on beyond' Cedar 
 Mountain to near the Rapidan, and camped in the woods. 
 May I. Captain Hanley was ordered with his squadron to 
 support some bridge burners who were to burn the railroad 
 bridge across the Rapidan. Two pieces of artillery under 
 command of Capt. Tidball were to assist. A detachment 
 of Company F was furnished with some light wood saturated 
 with kerosene oil to fire the bridge. About noon the squad- 
 ron charged toward the bridge on foot in face of a brisk fire 
 
92 CHANCELLORSVILLE. 
 
 from the enemy who were in rifle pits the other side. The 
 squadron halted in a cemetery which afforded some protec- 
 tion from the enemy's bullets. Skirmishing was kept up till 
 about dark when the enemy set fire to the bridge and moved 
 away on a railroad train. The squadron then withdrew. 
 Saturday, May 2. The cavalry moved down the Rapidan 
 to Ely's Ford where, after halting for the night it was hastily 
 driven out by a volley of musketry from the other side of 
 the river. Stoneman with most of the cavalry had gone on 
 a raid. May 3. At daylight the brigade moved to where Gen. 
 Hooker's troops were fighting near United States Ford. 
 We were on the right of Hooker's army. The infantry were 
 throwing up defensive earthworks. May 4. Charles 
 Johnson came to see us. He with Pierce Heath and Wm. 
 Prentice, all of Company A were orderlies at Gen. Williams' 
 headquarters and had their horses killed in the fighting of 
 May 3. 
 
 May 5. The Brigade moved back across U. S. Ford to 
 Falmouth where forage was obtained then moved out be- 
 yond Hartwood Church. May 6. Moved toward Kelly's 
 Ford. May 8. Marched to Potomac Creek Bridge near 
 Brooks's Station and went into camp." 
 
 The operations of the Cavalry Corps under Gen. Stone- 
 iran were not well managed. By dividing his forces and 
 sending them in different directions, he made them too weak 
 to do effective service in damaging the railroads, or to defeat 
 the enemy's cavalry. They were kept running from the 
 enemy instead of fighting him. After the Chancellorsville 
 campaign two divisions of the Cavalry Corps went into camp 
 in the vicinity of Warrenton Junction and one division at 
 Brooks's Station." 
 
GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN. 93 
 
 NOW TO RETURN TO THE DISMOUNTED MEN. 
 
 About May 14, Capt. W. G. Bentley was in command of 
 a remount camp at Pleasanton's Landing for the ist Cavalry 
 Division. The Division Quartermaster and Commissary 
 Departments were also located at this landing. There were 
 at the camp abo'Ut six hundred man and one thousand horses. 
 A little later this number was much reduced. These men 
 were from eight different regiments; the 6th, 8th and 9th 
 N. Y., the 8th and 17th Penn., 8th 111., 3d Ind., and 3d Va. 
 Men and unservicable horses were constantly being received 
 from the several regiments at the front and detachments sent 
 out as fast as they could be remounted on serviceable horses. 
 Morning reports were made to Col. Gamble at Stafford C. 
 H. About May 17 Companies H and K were mounted. 
 On May 17 and again on May 21 all the men mounted on 
 serviceable horses at Stafford C. H. were ordered to Dum- 
 fries. May 29 Companies H and K marched to Brooks's 
 Station to join the Division. June 4, Lieut. Col. Sackett 
 returned from Washington with a Colonel's commission for 
 himself and a Lieut. Colonel's commission for Maj. Nichols. 
 Col. Beardsley had resigned. 
 
 THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN. 
 One day in the third week of May, 1863, Gen. Lee ad- 
 dressed a demand for rations to the chief of the Confederate 
 Bureau of Subsistence. The reply came: "If the General 
 wants provisions, let him go and look for them in Pennsyl- 
 vania." This answer was in strict accord with popular 
 Southern sentiment and the feeling of the Confederate Presi- 
 dent. In answer. Gen. Lee, on the 3d of June 1863, put his 
 army in motion. In justification of his movement, Lee said 
 
94 
 
 GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN. 
 
 »"•'- <* -,._„-..... 
 
 after the battle of Gettysburg : "An invasion of the enemy's 
 country breaks up all of his preconceived plans, relieves our 
 country of his presence, and we subsist, while there, on his 
 resources. The question of food for this army gives me 
 more trouble and uneasiness than everything else combined ; 
 the absence of the army from Virginia gives our people an 
 opportunity to collect supplies ahead. The legitimate fruits 
 of a victory, if gained in Pennsylvania, could be more readily 
 reaped than on our own soil. We would have been within 
 a few days' march of Philadelphia, and the occupation of that 
 city would have given us peace." 
 
 On June S, heavy cannonading was heard toward Fred- 
 ericksburg. Gen. Hooker had become aware that the Con- 
 federate army was moving and sent Gen. Howe's Division 
 of the 6th Corps across below Fredericksburg to learn if 
 the enemy was still in force there. He was soon convinced 
 they were as A. P. Hill's corps had been left at Fredericks- 
 burg to make as much display as possible. On June 8th 
 Gen. Lee with Longstreet's Corps was at Culpepper to par- 
 ticipate in a review of Stuart's cavalry. With the exception 
 of some regiments away on outpost duty Stuart had all his 
 command, nearly ten thousand thoroughly equipped men. 
 Stuart, justly proud of his splendid force, had some weeks 
 previous asked his commanding general to come with his 
 
GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN. 95 
 
 friends and review it. "Here I am," said Gen. Lee, to his 
 Cavalry leader, pointing to the bivouacs of Longstre6't's men, 
 "here I am, with my friends, according to your invitation." 
 Gen. Hooker now began tO' put his cavalry in motion 
 to discover Lee's movements and intentions. On June 6, 
 the Cavalry Division at Brooks's Station, now under com- 
 mand of Gen. Buford, with two batteries moved to Hartwood 
 Church. Sunday, June 7, this Division marched to Cat- 
 lett's Station and halted about half a mile from the Station 
 in the woods. Major Wm. B. Martin of the 9th N. Y. 
 came from Stafford C. H. with Company M, and took com- 
 mand of the mounted battalion of his regiment. This bat- 
 talion, now consisting of Companies F, K, A, H and M, was 
 serving with the Second Brigade of Buford's Division. The 
 Brigade was commanded by Col. B. F. Davis of the 8th N. 
 Y. Cavalry. On June 8, Hooker's Cavalry Corps now under 
 command of Gen. Pleasanton, and consisting of Buford's 
 (first), Duffie's (second) and Gregg's (third) Divisions, and 
 the regular reserve brigade, supported by twO' brigades of 
 infantry under Gen. Ames of the Eleventh, and Gen. Russell 
 of the Sixth Corps, each taking a battery moved to Kelly's 
 and Beverly's Fords, preparatory to crossing the Rappahan- 
 nock on a reconnoissance toward Culpepper where Stuart was 
 supposed to be. Gregg's Division moved to Kelly's Ford,' 
 six miles below Beverly Ford. Buford's Division moved 
 to Beverly Ford leaving Catlett's Station at 4 p. m. and 
 halting at one o'clock in the night half a mile from the Ford. 
 The men stood to horse with instructions to make nO' noise 
 or light even a match. 
 
 BATTLE OF BEVERLY FORD. 
 
 At daylight June 9, the 8th N. Y. led by Colonel Davis 
 charged across the Ford driving the Confederate pickets 
 
96 GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN. 
 
 back upon Janes' cavalry brigade encamped just behind with 
 whom the 8th N. Y. became sharply engaged. The Con- 
 federates charged back. Col. Davis was shot and instantly 
 killed. His adjutant cut down with his saber the Confed- 
 erate who shot Davis. Major Martin's battalion and the 
 8th 111. Cav. followed the 8th N. Y. and drove the enemy 
 back. Gen. Russell then crossed with his infantry and en- 
 gaged the enemy in front while Buford's cavalry should 
 strike them in flank. Just as Buford's first regiments reach- 
 ed the enemy's guns they were charged in turn by two regi- 
 ments of Confederate cavalry which burst from the woods 
 on their flank. Pleasanton now found his force heavily 
 engaged. Gregg's Division fought its way from Kelly'.s 
 Ford and came up about noon. The enemy was now pushed 
 back to Brandy Station where he was bringing up reinforce- 
 ments of infantry. Pleasanton found he must fall back or 
 fight a much superior force and withdrew to the fords where 
 he recrossed about dark. Major Martin's battalion fought 
 hard all day. Companies A and H charged the enemy's 
 Hne and captured twenty prisoners. At one time the bat- 
 talion stood in line and received the fire of the enemy's 
 battery till another regiment could move up on its flank. 
 Major Martin and sixteen of his men were wounded, in- 
 cluding Lieut. Herrick of Company A. Nineteen horses 
 were killed. Among the wounded were Malford Arnold, 
 Isaac Benham, Spencer Cronkite, John E. Dewitt, Isaac 
 Farrar, Mortimer Summey and Chas. W. VanEpps of Com- 
 pany A ; Daniel McGregor, Wm. J. Ogle and Geo. C. Welton 
 of Company H ; John Eaton and Henry Gibbs of Company 
 K. Col. Thos. C. Devin of the 6th N. Y. Cavalry took 
 command of the brigade after Col. Davis was killed. 
 
 Pleasanton lost about 500 men. Stuart admitted a loss 
 of over 6qo of his cavalry in this battle. Considered as a 
 
GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN. 97 
 
 reconnoissance in force, Pleasanton's expedition was a decid- 
 ed success. There was no longer any doubt that Lee's army 
 was making its way into the Shenandoah Valley on its way 
 north. 
 
 At Stafford C. H. the news of the battle at Beverly Ford 
 reached camp the same day. 
 
 Horses and equipments were received on the 8th and 
 loth sufficient to mount all the remaining companies. The 
 men on duty at Pleasanton's Landing moved up to Stafford 
 C. H. on the loth. The companies here were under orders 
 to march next morning at 5 o'clock and were occupied nearly 
 all night in getting horses shod and securing equipments 
 ready for the march. Companies D and L were ordered 
 to the 1 2th Corps headquarters where they did duty during 
 the Gettysburg campaign. The other men of the regiment 
 who had been on duty with the 12th Corps rejoined their 
 companies. The remaining five companies, now mounted, 
 left Stafford C. H. at 8 a. m. June nth under command of 
 Col. Sackett, and marched to Catlett's Station where they 
 arrived at 6 p. m. and found the companies of the regiment 
 who took part in the battle of Beverly Ford, and where the 
 whole Cavalry Corps was in camp. June 11 one company 
 Tode out through Warrenton. At a young ladies' seminary in 
 the village one of the men was invited in while the young 
 ladies played the piano and sang for him. He told them of 
 the recent battle, when one of the ladies remarked, "she 
 thought it very strange. In every fight our folks say they 
 Icill all your men, and yet there seems to be just as many of 
 you as ever!" The fences were all gone from the cam- 
 paigning of the previous summer. Grass was nearly high 
 enough to cut for hay affording fine grazing for the horses. 
 Ten companies of the regiment numbering about 450 men 
 present were now under command of Colonel Sacket and 
 
98 GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN. 
 
 serving in the 2d Brigade of Buford's Division. 
 
 Sunday, June 14. The regiment marched to near Beal- 
 ton Station. The First and Third infantry Corps passed 
 that morning and the Eleventh Corps was passing through 
 the day moving on to Manassas Junction and Centerville. 
 June 16, the regiment moved to near Bristoe Station, then 
 back to Catlett's; the Cavalry Corps from Union Mills and 
 Bristoe Station to Manassas Junction and Bull Run. June 
 17, the Corps marched to near Aldie where a portion of it 
 encountered the enemy, the 4th N. Y. losing heavily and 
 its Colonel, Cesnola, being captured. The enemy was 
 driven back and Gregg's Division advanced to Middleburg. 
 The gth N. Y. marched toward Centerville and stopped near 
 Bull Run. June 18, the regiment marched to near Aldie 
 where it stopped to feed then marched to Haymarket and 
 joined the brigade. June 19, the regiment stayed all day 
 in a meadow at Haymarket and at 9 p. m. Companies C and 
 M moved out to support the pickets at Thoroughfare Gap 
 and Hopewell Gap. A patrol visited the pickets every hour. 
 The men stood to horse nearly all night in the rain. A 
 large force of the enemy's cavalry was moving the other side 
 of Bull Run Mountains and their pickets held Thoroughfare 
 Gap. June 20, the regiment marched to Aldie and bivouack- 
 ed on the wide lawn in front of the fine residence of Mr. 
 Dover just west of the village. Sunday, June 21, the Cav- 
 alry Corps supported by Barne's Division of the sth Corps 
 advanced from Aldie and Middleburg to Upperville driving 
 Stuart's Cavalry back through Ashby's Gap. The regiment 
 was called up at 3 a. m. and after getting feed and rations 
 marched to Middleburg where it arrived at 7:30 a. m. and 
 moved to the right of the line which was then forming in 
 front. The regiment moved forward and gave active sup- 
 port to the firing line throughout the day. Most of the 
 
GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN. 99 
 
 • 
 
 fighting was done by the 2d Division which was on the 
 left. The result of the fight was two hundred prisoners, 
 two guns and three caissons captured. June 22, the Cavalry 
 Corps moved back from Upperville to Aldie. The regi- 
 ment moved from Aldie out three miles on the Snicker's 
 Gap turnpike to Goose Creek and placed out pickets. Soon 
 the pickets were attacked - and Companies F and K under 
 command of Captain Hanley went out to support them. He 
 forded the stream and sent Lieut. James Smith ahead witli 
 the advance guard. Smith soon struck the enemy's pickets 
 and after a sharp skirmish Hanley charged with his squadron 
 driving the enemy's pickets back to their main force near 
 Philmont. Hanley immediately fell back sharply followed 
 by the enemy who was in considerable force. After moving 
 back about a mile across a ravine Lieut. James Burrows of 
 Company K who was in command of the rear guard shouted, 
 halt, to the advancing enemy and fired killing a Major Eels 
 who was in the advance. The enemy, evidently fearing 
 they had encountered a larger force, as they could not see 
 beyond the ravine, immediately retreated. As Lieut. Bur- 
 rows's horse was nearly worn out the horse of Major Eels 
 gave him an excellent remount. In the sharp skirmishing 
 Wm. J. Clark of Company F was killed and John P. Samuel- 
 son wounded. Corporal Thos. I. Baker, Amos Woodin of 
 Company F and James Lewis of Company K, were captured. 
 Several Confederate prisoners were taken by the squadron. 
 (Alexander Williams, then Regimental Hospital Steward, 
 says in his diary kept at the time, that two men, besides 
 Major Eels, were killed and twelve prisoners and seven 
 horses captured near Philmont.) 
 
 Captain Hanley sent back to the regiment for reinforce- 
 ments saying he could not retire. The messenger met two 
 companies coming out to learn what had become of Hanley 
 
100 GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN. 
 
 • 
 
 but when they came up the enemy had disappeared. 
 
 From a captured prisoner it was learned that the enemy 
 intended to cross Goose Creek at another ford and capture 
 ■ the camp of the gth N. Y. while the regiment lay there dis- 
 mounted and unsaddled, but their plan was frustrated by 
 Hanley's movement and the killing of Major Eels. When 
 the squadron was charging along the road toward Philmont 
 they discovered a Union flag waving among the shrubbery 
 at a cottage near the road and a family of girls, boys, women 
 and men were waving hats and handkerchiefs and cheering 
 the men on. This was the first display of loyal sentiment 
 the men had seen on their way to Maryland and Pennsylvania. 
 
 June 23, the horses and equipments of the regiment were 
 inspected and a number of horses, condemned as unservic- 
 able, were turned over to the Quartermaster. June 25 
 early in the morning two shots were fired on the picket line. 
 There was no further disturbance. Cherries being ripe 
 and abundant the men regaled themselves liberally on this 
 fine fruit. June 26, the Cavalry Corps, Buford's aitd Gregg's 
 Divisions, marched to Leesburg. June 27, Buford's Divis- 
 ion crossed the Potomac at Edward's Ferry on a pontoon 
 bridge, marched up the river to Point of Rocks, crossing the 
 Monocacy at the canal aqueduct and thence up the east 
 base of the mountain, bivouacked about five miles from the 
 Potomac. Sunday June 28, Buford's Division crossed the 
 Catoctin range to Jefiferson and marched thence to Middle- 
 town. The 9th N. Y. moved on about a mile beyond 
 Middletown for picket duty that night. After entering 
 Maryland some of the people along the route of march 
 showed much enthusiastic loyalty in waving the Stars and 
 Stripes and bringing refreshments to the men. At a pick- 
 et post of the regiment at Miller's Mill west of Middletown 
 eleven Confeder?te prisoners captured at Hagerstown were 
 
GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN. 101 
 
 brought in. A citizen from Frederick City also passed. He 
 had been with his horses away north of Chambersburg, Pa., 
 to keep them from the Confederates. He reported that he 
 had seen nearly the whole of the Confederate army pass 
 through Chambersburg. Ewell's Corps was in the advance, 
 Hill's corps next, then Longstreet's. He counted eighty- 
 six pieces of artillery. The Confederates were taking all 
 available supplies. They crossed the Potomac at Williams- 
 port. June 29, Gamble's and Devin's brigades of Buford's 
 Division marched westwardly across South Mountain to 
 Boonsboro, thence north through Cavetown to Smithburg, 
 thence east over South Mountain by way of Monterey 
 Springs and biviouacked on the eastern slope of the moun- 
 tain, making a long march of about forty miles. Merritt's 
 brigade of Buford's Division moved from Middletown to 
 Mechanicstown. It was learned that a large Confederate 
 column of infantry had passed through Boonsboro about a 
 week before and moved by way of Waynesboro toward 
 Chambersburg. As the long column of Buford's brigades 
 passed, the people were enthusiastic in their greetings and 
 expressions of satisfaction at the approach of the Union 
 aimy. The first large National flag was displayed at the 
 Httle village of Mount Pleasant north of Boonsboro, Md. 
 It was spread out in front of a dwelling as if just brought 
 from concealment. One old man stood beside the road near 
 Monterey Springs, with his hat ofif and tears streaming down 
 his face. As the column passed the men cheered him heart- 
 ily. At Monterey, some of the ofificers called and got a 
 well served supper of bread, butter, ham, apple-butter and 
 coffee. 
 
 Tuesday, June 30. Buford's column moved early, the 
 men being called up at 3 a. m., intending to take the road 
 by way of Fairfield, but encountering a strong outpost of 
 
102 GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN. 
 
 the enemy who was in considerable force at Fairfield, and 
 not wishing to bring on a battle there, Buford turned to the 
 right toward Emmittsburg where the ist Corps was found and 
 thence took the Emmittsburg road to Gettysburg. About 
 ID a. m. some Confederate infantry — Pettigrew's brigade of 
 Heth's Division — made their appearance in the western sub- 
 urbs of Gettysburg and halted. This brigade had been 
 ordered to Gettysburg with instructions to search the town 
 for army supplies, shoes especially, and return the same day. 
 These troops did not enter the place. Learning that the ad- 
 vance guard of Meade's army was approaching, they with- 
 drew toward Cashtown leaving their pickets about four miles 
 from Gettysburg. Buford's column entered Gettysburg 
 about 1 1 a. m. and was given quite an ovation. The people 
 here had been greatly alarmed at the near approach of the 
 Confederate army, some of whom had occupied the town 
 several days before, and the citizens were profuse in their ex- 
 pressions of gratification at seeing Buford's long column 
 of troopers pass through their village. They were at their 
 doors or on the streets with waving flags and handkerchiefs 
 and hearty words of greeting. Young ladies and little girls 
 sang patriotic songs. One group was singing "Rally Round 
 the Flag Boys." This was the first time most of the "boys" 
 had heard this song and it was wonderfully inspiring. Bread 
 and butter and other luxuries were freely handed out and 
 not the least of these the cup of cold water was found ready at 
 every house. The gth N. Y. was at the head of the column 
 with two men as advance guard of whom A. R. Mix of Com- 
 pany F was one. This regiment moved through the town 
 and out on the Mummasburg road and halted in column of 
 squadrons in an open field on the right of the road about 
 one-half mile from the village where it remained over night. 
 The second squadron. Companies C and M, stopped in the 
 
GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN. 103 
 
 grounds of the Pa. State College in the north edge of the 
 village. Devin's brigade placed a line of pickets from the 
 Chambersburg or Cashtown road where it crosses Willough- 
 by Run, north across the Mummasburg road near the Forney 
 residence, thence eastwardly across the Carlisle, Harrisburg 
 and Hunterstown roads to the York road on the northeast. 
 Gamble's brigade placed pickets from the Cashtown road 
 south along Willoughby Run to the Fairfield road. Com- 
 panies A and H of the 9th N. Y. went out across Rock Creek 
 on the Harrisburg and Hunterstown roads and did picket 
 duty on the line that night. Scouting parties were sent out 
 on the several roads which found the evemy's pickets. A 
 Confederate courier was captured carrying a dispatch from 
 Hill to Ewell ordering him to connect with Hill at Cashtown. 
 Ewell did not get the order and failed to connect. Col. 
 Sackett of the gth N. Y., was brigade officer of the day and 
 in charge of the picket line of Devin's brigade. As the battle of 
 Gettysburg was the greatest and most decisive of the war, 
 and to understand clearly the part taken by the 9th N. Y. 
 cavalry it will be necessary now to trace briefly the move- 
 ments and positions of the two armies. 
 
 On the evening of June 30 Gen. Lee had his headquarters 
 at Chambersburg twenty-four miles west of Gettysburg where 
 Longstreet's Corps was resting. Gen. Ewell's Corps, re- 
 turning from its advance on Carlisle, York and the Susque- 
 hanna was halted for the night near Heidlersburg, eleven 
 miles north of Gettysburg. Gen. A. P. Hill's corps was ex- 
 tended along the Chambersburg pike with Heth's and Pen- 
 der's divisions near Cashtown, seven miles northwest of 
 Gettysburg and Anderson's division at Fayetteville. Lee's 
 right and left wings were twenty-eight miles apart. His 
 cavalry still more widely scattered. Three brigades under 
 Stuart had been absent on a raid and were now making a 
 
10 i GETTYSBURG. 
 
 wide detour around the ri^ht of the Union Army in order 
 to rejoin Lee; three other brigades had been left near the 
 Potomac at WilHamsport to guard the rear; and the re- 
 maining brigade — Jenkins' — ^was with Ewell's corps. Stuart 
 had pursued his favorite tactics of riding around the Union 
 army. With his three brigades he crossed the Potomac 
 about twenty miles above Washington on June 28, marched 
 by way of Rockville, fifteen miles from Washington, where 
 he captured a train of 125 wagons and well equipped teams, 
 the wagons being laden with needful suppHes, and thence 
 to Brookville. On June 29 he crossed the Baltimore and 
 Ohio railroad at Sykesville, his men destroying the railroad 
 and telegraph lines and creating great alarm in Baltimore 
 and Washington, and marched by way of Westminster to 
 Union Mills. He encountered the Union Cavalry at West- 
 minster in a skirmish. On June 30 he moved through 
 Hanover to Jefferson. He encountered Kilpatrick's Divis- 
 ion at Hanover in a cavalry battle in which the 5th N. Y. 
 cavalry took the most active part, and was driven from the 
 field. On July i Stuart marched by way of Dover, and 
 Dillsburg to Carlisle and on July 2, from CarHsle by way of 
 Hunterstown to Gettysburg and was placed upon the left 
 flank of Lee's lines. 
 
 On June 28 Gen. Hooker was relieved from the com- 
 mand of the Union army and Gen. George G. Meade took 
 command. June 30 Gen. Meade's Headquarters moved 
 from Middleburg to Taneytown ten miles from Gettysburg. 
 
 The 1 2th Corps, with which companies D and L of the 
 9th N. Y. cavalry were serving, left its camp near Stafford 
 C. H. June 13 and moved toward Dumfries. June 14 it 
 reached Dumfries. June 15 it marched to Fairfax C. H. Tune 
 17 it crossed to near Dranesville. June 18 to Leesburg. June 
 26 from Leesburg across the Potomac at Edward's Ferry lo 
 
GETTYSBURG. 105 
 
 the mouth of the Monocacy, June 27 by way of Point of 
 Rocks to Knoxville, June 28 to Frederick, June 29 to 
 Taneytown and Bruceville, June 30 to Littlestotvn eleven 
 miles southeast of Gettysburg. On the evening of June 30 
 the First Corps bivouacked along the Emmittsburg road with 
 its advance division at Marsh Creek five miles from Gettys- 
 burg. The Eleventh Corps was at Emmittsburg ten miles 
 south of Gettysburg, the Third Corps on the road from 
 Taneytown to Emmittsburg, the Fifth Corps at Union Mills, 
 seventeen miles away, the Sixth at Manchester, thirty miles 
 away, the Second at Uniontown sixteen miles south of the 
 battlefield. Kilpatrick's cavalry division was at Hanover 
 fourteen miles east of Gettysburg where it had encountered 
 early in the day Stuart's Cavalry; and Gregg's division was 
 at Manchester. The Artillery Reserve was at Taneytown. 
 It had been Meade's plan to make his line of defense along 
 Pipe Creek in Maryland some 12 to 15 miles southeast from 
 Gettysburg. The opening of the battle by Buford changed 
 Meade's plan and brought his army to Buford's support. 
 
 So, on the evening of June 30, 1863, Buford's two brig- 
 ades of Cavalry, Gamble's and Devin's, with a battery of 
 horse artillery of six guns — Calef's batttery — A. 2nd. U. S. 
 Artillery — were the only troops occupying the field to be the 
 scene of the great battle of the next three days. About 5 
 o'clock that afternoon, a patrol of eighteen men of the 9th 
 N. Y., rode out the Htinterstown road north east as far as 
 Hunterstown and returned by the Harrisburg roa'd. On 
 the Mray out the patrol after passing a cross road a little way 
 found some of the enemy had ridden in behind them. The 
 patrol immediately turned about and charged, capturing one 
 man. Early the next morning, two of this patrol party, 
 Thomas Smith and Marcus Hall, of Company E, were sent 
 out with orders to the picket on the Hunterstown road and 
 
106 GETTYSBURG. 
 
 rode on to Hunterstown. On approaching Hunterstown 
 they saw four mounted Confederates near the hotel. Hall 
 rode to a house near and inquired of some citizens sitting in 
 the porch how many of the enemy were near there. They 
 replied, "about three hundred." Cook and Hall immediately 
 started back and were followed by the four Confederates till 
 they had passed over a hill where they met a patrol of the 9th 
 N .Y., who charged, capturing all four of the enemy as they 
 came up. On the night of June 30, Col. Wm. Sackett of the 
 9th N. Y. Cavalry, was brigade officer of the day, in charge 
 of the Second Brigade picket line and had his headquarters 
 near the Lutheran Seminary. The advance picket post on 
 the Chambersburg road was held by a Corporal and three 
 men, relieved every two hoAirs, with orders not to fire on any 
 one approaching from the front, but to send a man each 
 direction to notify the line and the reserve. At daylight 
 on the morning of July i, Corporal Alpheus Hodges, of 
 Company F, 9th N. Y. with three men were on duty at this 
 post. Men were seen approaching on the road beyond 
 Willoughby Run, and nearly a mile away. Acting on his 
 orders, Hodges sent his men to notify the line and the 
 reserve while be advanced across the stream stopping to 
 water his horse, then rode to the higher ground beyond far 
 enough to see that the men approaching were Confederates. 
 He then turned back and as he did so they fired at him. 
 Hodges retired to the bridge where, from behind its stone 
 abutments he fired several shots at the advancing enemy. 
 This occurred at about 5 :30 A. M., and this exchange of 
 shots is believed to be the first shots fired at the battle of 
 Gettysburg on the morning of July i, 1863. When Hodges 
 rode back from the bridge to the ilne of videttes on the 
 higher ground east of Willoughby Run he found Col. Sackett 
 had formed a skirmish line of his whole picket force. A 
 
GETTYSBURG. 107 
 
 detachment of the 8th III. afterward rode out the Chambers- 
 burg road and had a skirmish about half a mile beyond 
 Willoughby Run losing one man killed. 
 
 About 7 A. M. Companies C. and M. went out on the 
 Harrisburg road to high ground beyond Rock Creek and 
 relieved companies A. and H. Twelve men of Company 
 M. were sent to picket the Hunterstown road half a mile to 
 the east. The videttes on these roads were in sight of 
 those of the enemy half a mile away to the north. 
 
 About 8 A. M. a force of the enemy's infantry was seen 
 apj)roaching on the Chambersburg road and, before reach- 
 ing \Mlloughby Run, deployed to the north toward the 
 Mummasburg road. The gth N. Y. was then watering its 
 horses by squadrons in Rock Creek. As soon as each 
 squadron returned it was ordered out on the Mummasburg 
 road to support the pickets. Frapier, the bugler, blew the 
 calls "Boots and saddles," "Double quick," "Prepare to 
 mount," in quick succession, the men promptly responding. 
 Companies F and K having watered their horses were the 
 first to saddle up and reach the picket line. Lieut. A. C. 
 Robertson with twenty men of Company F, by Capt, Han- 
 ley's order, rode out on the Mummasburg road to near 
 the Hoffman House and found the enemy approaching in 
 considerable force through the woods south of the road, 
 Robertson was driven back to the open field east of the 
 Forney House. Here Hanley's squadron held its position, 
 his line extendin'^ across the Mummasburg road, till the 
 enemy's skirmishes reached the Forney buildings when 
 some men of the squadron dismounted and drove the enemy 
 from behind those buildings. In this skirmish, W. A. 
 Scranton, of Company F was wounded. As the enemy in- 
 creased in force Hanley's squadron retired to the ridge about 
 a hundred rods east of the Forney House and formed dis- 
 
108 GETTYSBURG. 
 
 mounted behind a stone wall along the crest of the ridge 
 supported by the other companies of the regiment mounted. 
 By 9 o'clock, portions of other regimens of the brigade were 
 formed dismounted along the crest of the ridge where the 
 stone wall and some timber made it a good defensive posi- 
 tion. A detachment of Company G under command of 
 Sergt. Holcomb was sent to fill a gap to the left of the bri- 
 gade line and while advancing to its position on the line 
 some of the enemy rose from behind a fence in front and 
 fired at the detachment killing Corporal Cyrus W. James 
 and he is believed to be the first Union man killed on the 
 battlefield. A few minutes after 9 o'clock a shot was fired 
 from a Confederate battery on the Chambersburg road west 
 of Willoughby Run. A few seconds later three more shors 
 were fired and were promptly replied to by Calef's battery 
 on the ridge east of the Run and south of the Chambersburg 
 road. ^Gamble's brigade held this part of the line. In 
 front of the i^osition of the 9th N. Y. next to the Mummas- 
 burg road was a wheatfield extending toward the Forney 
 House, the grain standing two or three feet high. Soon 
 the enemy's skirmish line was seen creeping forward 
 through the wheat. When within carbine range the dis- 
 mounted men of the gth fired and the enemy fell back be- 
 yond the field. One man was seen to fall while another was 
 seen to stop behind a tree near the road and Perry J. 
 Nichols of Company F ran forward and captured him. He 
 was hustled to the rear and taken to Gen. Buford's head- 
 quarters and was the first prisoner captured in the battle. 
 The Confederate line consisted of two brigades of Heth's 
 division of Hill's corps. They now had twelve guns in 
 action against Calef's battery of six guns. Buford had 
 ordered Devin to hold his line "if it cost every man he had." 
 Heth's infantry continued to move up with a strong skirmish 
 
GETTYSBURG. 109 
 
 line and wefe met \>y the carbine fir^ of Buford's meq a;long 
 their advant«^g«ous HQsition on the ridge, their sturdy re- 
 sistance giving Heth the ipipr^ssiooi that he had infantry be- 
 fore him and: caiUising him to move, slowly and cautiously. 
 The fighting continued tiere for neariy an hour, Buford's 
 men stoutly holding their position, when Gen. Reyr^olds 
 came galloping up with his staff. Seeing Buford in the 
 tower of the Lutheran Seminary with the signal officer, he 
 called out "What's the m,atter, John". ''The devil's to 
 pay", said Buford and the two generals then rode out to the 
 firing line. Having made a brief survey of the field, 
 Reynolds requested Buford to hold fast to his position and 
 he would bring up the whole left wing of the army. He 
 then rode back to meet his troops and. hurry them forward to 
 Buford's relief. Wadsworth's division of the First corps 
 was the first Union infantry to appea,r and about lo o'clock 
 A. M. deployed upon the line occupied by Buford's men. 
 No sooner were they in position than they were heavily en- 
 gaged. Buford's men being now relieved moved back to 
 their horses and mounted. Gamble's brigade moved to the 
 left of the infantry line toward the Fairfield road and Devin's 
 brigade to the right forming a skirmish line across the Car- 
 lisle road, which runs due north from Gettysburg, to Rock 
 Creek near the Harrisburg road. Here Devin's men op- 
 posed the approach of Ewell's corps till the Eleventh corps 
 arrived. As the enemy greatly outnumbered his small bri- 
 gade, Devin retired gradually, effecting this movement to 
 the rear by successive formations in line by regiment. But 
 seeing the necessity of holding the ground till an infantry 
 force could arrive, Devin ordered the 9th N. Y. to support 
 the skirmish line, and forming the rest of the brigade as dis- 
 mounted carbineers, he delayed the approach of Ewell until 
 relieved by the arrival of the Eleventh corps. 
 
110 GETTYSBURG. 
 
 From the high ground on the Harrisburg road beyond 
 Rock Creek where Companies C and M were on picket, 
 the cannonading during the morning and the little puffs of 
 smoke from the bursting shells told of the engagement of 
 Buford's men two or three miles to the west of this picket 
 post. From this post, too, about ii o'clock a. m., a mile 
 or more to the north across the Carlisle road could be seen 
 the long lines of Ewell's corps advancing over the hills and 
 across the fields, followed by heavy columns of infantry. 
 Captain Dinnin, in command of the squadron, sent a man 
 to report this to Col. Devin. A little later a second man 
 was sent. Neither of the men returning, Capt. Dennin 
 himself rode back to report and receive orders. Before 
 Dinnin returned, the near approach of the enemy's line made 
 the picket post untenable. The videttes were called in and 
 the squadron moved back rapidly toward the village amid 
 the flying bullets of the enemy's advance line emerging 
 from the woods along Rock Creek. While crossing Rock 
 Creek, two of the men crossed below the bridge and one, 
 Asa Comstock of Company C, had his horse shot and came 
 back afoot through the fields, bringing his saddle and 
 bridle. On the way back, the squadron met Dinnin wav- 
 ing his saber for the men to come on. The Captain's 
 colored boy Jim, had been to a house near the picket post to 
 get some washing done for the officers of the company. 
 When the videttes were being called in, Jim hurried to the 
 house for the washing, hastily placed the. pieces in the nose- 
 bag strapped to the saddle of the Captain's favorite horse, 
 mounted and galloped back toward the village ahead of the 
 squadron. The enemy's bullets began to sing about him, 
 he lay flat to his horse, the nosebag was flying and shirts, 
 collars, drawers and stockings were scattered along the road 
 and, no doubt these garments afterward did service for the 
 
JOHN BURNS AT GETTYSBURG. Ill 
 
 Southern Confederacy. The squadron halted on the road 
 toward the village and soon found itself in range of a Con- 
 federate battery which was replying to a battery of the 
 Eleventh corps that had just come up. One shell struck 
 the top rail of the road fence tumbling a man off who was sit- 
 ting there. Another shell came directly through a brick 
 house near and the family rushed out in a panic. The 
 squadron then moved to an open field near Rock Creek and 
 on the right of the York road, where the brigade had as- 
 sembled. Troops of the Eleventh corps now occupied the 
 line Devin's brigade had been holding across the Carlisle 
 road and were hotly contesting the advance of Rhode's and 
 Early's divisions of Ewell's corps. While Devin's brigade 
 stood massed near Rock Creek, Weidrich's battery on Ceme- 
 tery hill dropped several shells into the brigade killing and 
 wounding several horses. The excuse given by the officer 
 in command of the battery was that he supposed Devin's 
 brigade to be a force of the enemy's cavalry. It was quite 
 evident that this officer's military ardor had been too much 
 stimulated. 
 
 JOHN BURNS AT GETTYSBURG.- 
 
 Gen. Reynolds had been killed at 10:15 a. m. while 
 leading a regiment of his corps into position in the field 
 south of the Chambersburg road. Three men of the 9th 
 N. Y. were with the General at the time as orderlies. They 
 were Geo. D. Loop, Co. B., Morgan L. Bement and Henry 
 Bentley, Co. C. In the fight between Wadsworth and Heth 
 on this part of the field Gen. Archer and several hundred of 
 his men had been captured. Companies A and H of the 9th 
 N. Y., under command of Capt. W. G. Bentley, conducted 
 these prisoners from the battlefield to Westminster where 
 they were placed on cars for Washington. About 11 
 
112 GETTYSBURG. 
 
 A. M., while a poitioiii of the regiment was standing at the 
 north sixiie erf the village near Pemisylsva»ia College building 
 3/ wounded infantry man came back from the front, stood 
 kis gun against a tree- and sat down. John Bucns,. an old 
 citizen of the village, since made- famous in verse, took the 
 gun and looked at it and asked the soldier if he was going to 
 use it again. "No," replied the soldier, "you can have it, 
 I can't carry it any furthei;." Burns then took the belt and 
 cartridge box which the soldier had taken off, tried the belt 
 around him,, then laid it down, took the cartridges and put 
 them in his pocket, saying he could carry them best that 
 way, and started for the front with the gun in his hands and 
 the cartridges in his pockets. Just before Capt. Bentley 
 left with the prisoners, a young man in citizens' clothes who 
 said his name was James Watson, came to company A and 
 expressed a desire to go into the fight. He had secured a 
 carbine and saber and the men gave him a blouse and he 
 rode along with that company. About 2 :30 p. m. Devin's 
 brigade moved back through the village and took position 
 in line west of Cemetery Hill near the Emmittsburg road. 
 The gth N. Y. was on the right of the line near the village 
 and supporting a battery on Cemetery Hill which was firing 
 over the line at a column of the enemy moving to the south 
 half a mile away. While in position here the First and 
 Eleventh corps fell back through the village to Cemetery 
 Hill. The skirmish line of the enemy, following closely, 
 soon appeared and from behind the buildings and garden 
 fences began firing at the line of cavalry giving special atten- 
 tion to the officers in front. Companies I and G from the left of 
 the regiment, dismounted and, under command of Capt. A 
 McQuinn Corrigan and Lieut. H. A\'. Mason, and using 
 their carbines and revolvers, charged the enemy and drove 
 hfm back through tlie village. In this action Surrendus 
 
GETTYSBURG. 113 
 
 A. Godfrey of Company G was killed and Frank C. Cave of 
 Company I was mortally wounded. This g'allant charge 
 by a squadron of the gth N, Y. cavalry dismounted, dri-ving 
 ba-ck infantry sharp shooters was made a matter of specia:! 
 mention in "Col. Devin's report in which h=e says the enemy 
 was "punished severely." Sergt. E. A. Holcomb had been 
 sent, about noon, with a detachment of Com;pany G, to 
 watch the Hanover road at the bridge across Rock Creek 
 east of the village. When the Eleventh corps fell back, 
 followed by the enemy, the firing came so near, Holcomb 
 rode back to investigate and found that he, too, must retire 
 from his position or be cut off from his road to the village. 
 Calling in his videttes, he moved back and found the village 
 streets too full of troops for him to pass. The enemy's 
 bullets were becoming quite annoying when some one called 
 out "they're going to shell the street." Immediately the 
 troops vanished, the streets became clear and Holcomb with 
 his men rode back without any further trouble and joined 
 the regiment in time to take part with his company in the 
 charge on the enemy's sharpshooters. 
 
 About this time in the afternoon, Buford's two brigades 
 were in position west of Cemetery Hill. Gen. Hancock 
 had been sent by Gen. Meade to take command on the field 
 and arrived while the First and Eleventh corps were retiring 
 through the town in considerable confusion. Gen. Han- 
 cock says in his report, that when he arrived on the field he 
 was "reassured by the Steadiness of Buford's men." This 
 is a well deserved compliment both to Buford and his 
 cavalrymen. Hancock was assisted -in forming the line 
 on Cemetery Hill by Generals Howard, Wa;rren and Buford. 
 The Confederate corps of Hill and Ewell had evidently had 
 enough of fighting for that day and waited for reinforce- 
 ments before attacking the Union position on Cemetery 
 
114 GETTYSBURG. 
 
 Hill. Late that afternoon Gen. Sickles with the Third corps 
 and Gen. Slocum with the Twelfth corps arrived on the field. 
 Geary's division of the Twelfth corps took position at Little 
 Round Top, the extreme left of the Union line and the rest 
 of that corps at Gulp's Hill the right of the line. (Early- 
 next morning' Geary, with his division joined his corps on 
 Gulp's Hill.) Gen. Sickles, with the Third corps took posi- 
 tion between Cemetery Hill and Little Round Top, on what 
 is called Cemetery ridge, although this ridge sinks toward 
 Little Round Top to a low swale. After the arrival of the 
 Third corps, Buford's brigades moved to the left and formed 
 line along the east side of the Emmittsburg road three- 
 fourths of a mile west of Little Round Top and across the 
 peach orchard and the gth N. Y. did picket duty on their 
 front that night. At daylight on the morning of July 2, 
 Company E, of the gth N. Y. Cavalry under command of 
 Capt. B. J. Coffin, patroled the roads in front of Buford's 
 position and discovered Longstreet's corps approaching 
 from that direction. As the squadron rode out the Em- 
 mittsburg road, Sergt. W. T. Bradshaw with six or eight men 
 was sent out a road leading to the west through some woods 
 to a school house near Willoughby Run. From the high 
 ground just through the woods Bradshaw could see a large 
 force of the enemy's infantry moving rapidly into line in the 
 open fields to the north. After exchanging shots with the 
 enemy's pickets, Bradshaw and his men retired. Capt. 
 Coffin hearing the firing sent Lieut. Whittemore with twenty 
 men to Bradshaw's support. On his return, Coffin brought 
 back a colored boy servant of one of Longstreet's officers. 
 The boy had escaped from his master and had started for 
 the Union lines. He gave valuable information concern- 
 ing the Confederate troops. As Coffin's squadron rode 
 back Berdan's sharpshooters were deploying west of the Em- 
 
GETTYSBURG. 115 
 
 mittsburg road. Coffin met Gen. Sickles and reported 
 to him what he had learned and then reported to Gen. Bu- 
 ford. Buford's brigades and Sickles' corps_ both had 
 pickets in their front supported by a skirmish line. Buford 
 now reinforced his line, placed his battery in position, leveled 
 the fences in front and formed his men ready to charge, 
 should the enemy drive in his pickets. The rocky ridge in 
 rear of Buford, now known as .Devil's Den, was oc- 
 cupied by about 400 sharpshooters. About 10 o'clock A. 
 M. troops of the Third corps formed line in front of Buford's 
 position. Except a little skirmishing, all was quiet till noon 
 when Buford's brigade left the field and marched to Taney- 
 town. The men of Companies D and L of the 9th N. Y., 
 who were serving with the Twelfth corps were active in help- 
 ing to place the troops and guns in position as they arrived 
 on the field. During the severe fighting on the afternoon 
 of July 2 and 3 they did valuable service in carrying orders, 
 this duty frequently taking them where bullets and shell 
 were flying thickest. Capt. Hanley of the 9th N. Y., with 
 Companies F and K remained on the field during the after- 
 noon of the second day, the companies being posted on the 
 south-east side of Big Round Top near the Taneytown road 
 while Hanley himself with one or two men was at Gen. 
 Sickles' headquarters during the fight with Longstreet's 
 •corps late that afternoon. That night, these companies re- 
 joined the regiment at Taneytown. Geo. H. Barber, Co. 
 M, was captured July 2 and returned to his company August 
 16. On the morning of July 3, Buford's two brigades 
 moved from Taneytown to Westminster where feed and sup- 
 plies were obtained, horses were shod and the men had an 
 ■opportunity to do their washing. The heavy cannonading 
 at Gettysburg, thirty miles away was distinctly heard on 
 the afternoon of July 3. Many prisoners were brought to 
 
116 GETTYSBURG. 
 
 Wtstmihster and sent away on the cars. Butord's men felt 
 tliat Meade's army was winning the figtit. 
 
 On the afternoon of July 3, Gregg with two brigades of 
 his own division and Custer's brigade of Kilpatrick's divi- 
 sion, encountered Stuart with four brigades at the Rummel 
 farm three miles east of Gettysburg in one of the most bril- 
 liant cavalry battles of the war. Stuart was effectually 
 prevented from advancing on the right ahd rear of Mead's 
 army when that army was engaged in repelling Pickett's 
 despierate charge on Cemetery Hill. At i o'clock that 
 afterttoon Farnsworth's brigade of Kilpatrick's division 
 moved up on the left of Mead's army and immediately at- 
 tacked the videttes and skirmishers who held the right and 
 rear of the enemy's line. At 3 P. M. Merritt's brigade of 
 Buford's division, arriving from Emmittsburg, moved in on 
 Farnsworth's left, and pushing northward along the Em- 
 mittsburg road drove the Confederate skirmishers back a 
 half mile or more. Both Kilpatrick and Merritt were 
 under orders to attack the enemy's right and rear, and 
 annoy him; also to protect Meade's flank and prevent it 
 from being turned. Each brigade was accompanied by a 
 battery of horse artillery. At 5 o'clock P. M., after 
 . Pickett's charge had been repulsed, Kilpatrick ordered an 
 attack by both brigades, Merritt's men to fight dismounted, 
 while two of Farnsworth's regiments, the ist Vt. and ist 
 West Va., were to charge mounted. Farnsworth, leading 
 the 1st Vt., broke through the enemy's line, charging over 
 uneven and rocky ground, with patches of timber and in- 
 tersected with fences, making a circuit of oveir a mile inside 
 the Confederate position and running a gauntlet the entire 
 distance past infantry and artillery, returned to the starting 
 point. Gen. Farnsworth, after protesting to Kilpatrick that 
 a mounted charge over such ground a'nd in front of the 
 
AFTER GETTYSBURG. 117 
 
 enemy's lines of infantry and artillery was unwise and a use- 
 less s'&crifice, obeyed orders, led the charge in person, and 
 was kilted. Had the two brigades advanced farther to the 
 left from Merritt's position they would have struck Lee's 
 supply trains near Fairfield and greatly demoralized Long- 
 street's corps which was already badly defeated. This is 
 the opinion expressed by Gen. Longstreet in his published 
 account of the battle since the war. The battle being over, 
 Pleasanton, who was in chiei command of the cavalry, urged 
 Meade to order a general advance ; being satisfied that Lee's 
 army was nearly out of ammunition and beginning to re- 
 treat. But Mead-e chose to be assured by a cavalry re- 
 connoissance to the enemy's rear. Pleasanton accordingly 
 sent softie cavalry on this errand, who rode all night. 
 Gregg moved out 22. miles on the Chambersburg road, re- 
 turning at 8 A. M., July 4, and reported that road strewn 
 with wounded and stragglers, ambulances and, caissons 
 showing that the enemy was hurriedly retreating. Re- 
 connoissances on other roads indicated the same condition of 
 the Confederate army, still Meade did not advance. 
 
 At Westminster, about noon on July 4, the bugles blew 
 "boots and saddles" and Buford's men stood to horse over 
 three hours in a heavy rain storm. About 4 P. M. the 
 brigades marched toward Frederick and halted for the night. 
 The gth N. Y. bivouacked in a meadow of tall wet grass. 
 Sunday, July 5, the brigades marched through Frederick 
 and halted just west of the city. A number of men with 
 Worn out horses we're left at Frederick. Here, Merritt'5 
 brigade rejoined Buford and the division drew three days' 
 feed and rations. It was now known by Buford that Lee's 
 armv Was retreating. July 6, the division marched by way 
 of Middletown and Turner's Gap to Boonsboro, meeting a 
 la;rge number of wagons and prisoners captured the night be- 
 
118 AFTER GETTYSBURG. 
 
 fore by Kilpatrick's division from Lee's retreating army 
 trains on the mountain road through Monterey. A bri- 
 gade of French's division with artillery was guarding Turn- 
 er's Gap. Buford's division moved on to Williamsport 
 where, late in the afternoon it had a sharp fight with the 
 Confederate cavalry. The 3d Indiana of Buford's Division 
 charged and captured 27 wagons and 46 prisoners. The 
 skirmishing continued till after dark and the Division re- 
 mained saddled all night, the men lying by their horses. 
 Lee's wagon trains were at Williamsport where the rising 
 river, swolen by recent rains, impeded the crossing of his re- 
 treating army. That afternoon Kilpatrick's Division 
 moved from Boonsboro to Hagerstown where it was re- 
 pulsed by the enemy, and then joined Buford's Division east 
 of Williamsport. Lee's army was now arriving at Wil- 
 liamsport in too strong force for the cavalry to attack suc- 
 cessfully. Early in the morning of July 7, Col. Devin com- 
 manding the Second Brigade of Buford's Division sent a 
 squadron to drive in the enemy's pickets and while the 
 enemy was waiting for an attack in stronger force Bu- 
 ford's and Kilpatrick's Divisions and Huey's Brigade of 
 Gregg's Division moved back across the Antietam tO' Boons- 
 boro, leaving the 9th N. Y. regiment on picket at 
 St. James College, west side of the Antietam Creek. 
 Companies C and M were placed on the advance post toward 
 Williamsport. Eight videttes were posted to watch the 
 road, while the rest of the squadron was concealed on lower 
 ground. The enemy advanced cautiously, sending out 
 scouting parties and skirmishers to the right and left. About 
 1 1 a. m. a party of sixteen rode up and drove in the videttes. 
 The squadron then quickly advanced, gave them a volley with 
 carbines then charged. The enemy fled dropping two hats, 
 a saber and carbine which were picked up. About noon the 
 
AFTER GETTYSBURG. 119 
 
 enemy advanced in stronger force sending skirmishers into 
 the woods on the right. Twenty men of the gth dis- 
 mounted and drove them out. About i p. m. the enemy 
 advanced in increased force when Companies B and E came 
 out to assist and part of them dismounted to advance into 
 the woods on the right. Just as they were entering the 
 woods orders were received to fall back. The men 
 mounted their horses and just then the enemy's skirmishers 
 came through the woods and fired at short range. The 9th 
 men returned the fire and slowly retired. Thos. 
 J. Beaumont of Company M was wounded in the knee and 
 captured; two men of Company K and one of Company C 
 were wounded, and Albert L. Scott of -Company E killed. 
 Several horses were shot. Sergt. Morgan D. Emery, Com- 
 pany C, was wounded by a ball striking him on the neck para- 
 lyzing him so he was helpless. Some of the men tried to carry 
 him back but he could not be carried far and was left beside 
 the road to fall into the hands of the enemy who, upon seeing 
 him did not consider him worth their attention. He was 
 soon after picked up by the people at the College and cared 
 for, and rejoined his regiment the next winter. Daniel M. 
 Hill and John E. Cameron staid with Sergt. Emery till all 
 their comrades had left, then at Emery's request they took 
 his watch and money, loosened his belt and left him, making 
 their way on foot and separately across the woods and fields. 
 After Hill had gone about a half a mile a lady called to him 
 to "hurry along" for "they were after him." Hill looked 
 around and saw a Confederate coming on the run and calling 
 to him to halt. Hill drew up his carbine and fired and the 
 man fell. Hill then made his way to a farm house and 
 asked for a horse to ride into camp at Boonsboro. The 
 farmer, after being assured that by keeping well to the right 
 toward the mountains the enemy would not see him, hitched 
 
120 AFTER GETTYSBURG. 
 
 his horse Onto his carriag-e and Hill surprised his regiment 
 by riding into camp in a top buggy. 'Cameron also found 
 a horse and rode into camp and the two were the heroes o'f 
 the hour. July 8, it rained hard in the morning. About 
 1 1 a. in., the ene*ny attacked Buford's lines and there was 
 sharp skirmishing in which the artillery took a part. Kil- 
 patrick's Division came up and about 5 p. m. the whole 
 line advanced, the enemy falling back across Beaver Creek. 
 That night the Sixth and Eleventh corps moved to Boons- 
 boro. July Qth the Artillery Reserve and other troops 
 came up. The enemy showed a strong front the other 
 side of Beaver Creek to Which tlie Cavalry advanced in the 
 morning. About 6 p. m. the whole Cavalry line 
 advanced and the enemy fell back across the Antietam. 
 The men who were left at Frederick with unserviceable 
 horses rejoined the regiment with fresh horses for them- 
 selves and brought twenty-five more for the regiment. 
 July 10 the cavalry skirmished along the Autietam Creek 
 near Frankstown till 3 P. M., when they were relieved by 
 the infaritry and moved back one or two miles and unsaddled 
 for the first time in several davs. July n. The 9th N. Y. 
 lay on the hill between the Antietam and Beaver Creek 
 watching the movements of the infantry in front till noon. 
 The skirmishers on both sides were in sight. At noon 
 Gamble's and Devin's Brigades of Buford's Division moved 
 back tO' Boonsboro', thence toward Sharpsburg about three 
 miles, thence west across the Antietam near the Antietam 
 battlefield and through Balcersville toward Williamsport and 
 halted in the woods where the 9th N. Y. remained saddled 
 all night. One battery accompanied these brigades. 
 
 On the way here a small bui-ying ground was passed 
 near the battlefield where some soldiers were buried from a 
 field hospital after the battle of Anteitam. White head- 
 
AFTER GBTTYSBURG. 121 
 
 Taoafrds walked the graves and tke ground was inclose.d with 
 a white hoajrd fence. 
 
 Sunday, July 12. The regiment lay in the woods all 
 •day about 11-3 miles from the Potomac. Companies A 
 and H went out with some .scouts in the morning and 
 "brought in two of the enemy's pickets. They reported 
 Lee's army strongly intrenched. The scouts went out 
 
 again later and brought in two more prisoners. Gamble's 
 and Devin's Brigades with one battery, were on the extreme 
 left of the Union army and Kilpatrick's Division at Hagers- 
 town on the right, with the several infantry corps between, 
 along a line of six or seven miles in front of Lee's intrenched 
 position. The Twelfth corps was on the left of the infantry 
 line next to Gamble's and Devin's brigades. The horses 
 ■of the regiment were saddled most of the time ready for in- 
 stant service. The men got bundles of wheat or straw and 
 spread among the rocks and with their blankets made them- 
 selves quite comfortable, taking a good rest after the week's 
 skirmishing. The new Chaplain, Rev. Chas. B. Keyes had 
 iDeen with the regiment a few days. Although he had not 
 y€t had an opportunity to preach to the men, his presence 
 was recognized by a dearth of profanity. This Sunday 
 morning "Dick" Kingsley of Company C had been to a farm 
 house for hay and corn for his horse and was heard singing 
 "I would not live alway, I ask not to stay where I have to 
 ■steal hay and corn for my horse every day." His devo- 
 tional tone and manner was a ccwnpliment to the Chaplain. 
 
 The men bought bread, butter and pies of the farmers. 
 At many houses the large brick ovens were constantly hot 
 baking bread, biscuits and pies which were sold at reason- 
 able prices. At one place three ladies were hard at work 
 bakine biscuits and selling three for five cents. They 
 ■would sell only three to each man and so were able to serve 
 
122 FALLING WATERS. 
 
 a large number. When the regiment passed they had al- 
 ready s'Tved 1500 men. On this Sunday one officer's mess 
 reported having for supper string beans, new potatoes, 
 bacon, bread, butter, raspberry pie, milk and tea. 
 
 July 13. The brigade was still lying idly waiting for 
 the battle to open. Early in the morning of July 14 the 
 enemy's pickets had disappeared. The cavalry advanced 
 and found Lee's army had crossed the river, except a small 
 rear guard. Custer's Brigade of Kilpatrick's Division 
 charged over the enemy's earthworks and captured a bat- 
 tery and a number of prisoners but lost heavily in killed and 
 wounded. The 9th N. Y. met Custer with the captured 
 battery and flag and passed over the ground where he 
 charged and where many dead lay stretched on the field. 
 The regiment dismounted and advanced as skirmishers to 
 the canal and the river capturing a number of the enemy's 
 straggling rear guard. The enemy threw a few shells from 
 their guns posted on the' other side the river and a few bullets 
 came whistling across. The regiment then moved back to 
 the camp in the woods. Buford's Division captured 256 
 prisoners. July 15. The Division marched by way of 
 Sharpsburg and Harpers Ferry to Berlin. Companies C 
 and M had charge of the 256 prisoners and turned them 
 over tO' the Provost Marshal at Harpers Ferry. On the way 
 the regiment divided their rations with the prisoners and 
 they said they had not had as good rations in a year. They 
 had been without sugar, cofifee and salt most of the time. 
 The New York papers were received giving news of the sur- 
 render of Vicksburg. This was read to the prisoners who 
 expressed doubt of its truth, saying it was impossible to 
 capture Vicksburg ; it was impossible to conquer the South ' 
 no people were ever so united, etc. A few of the prisoners 
 were well clothed but the majority were .ragged and some 
 
AGAIN IN VIRGINIA. 123 
 
 barefooted. They were in need of shoes most of anything. 
 They said such a pair of boots as the Union Cavalry officers 
 wore would cost $ioo in Richmond and an ordinary pair of 
 calf boots $50. 
 
 July 16. The Division moved to Petersville and camped 
 in a fine wood. Here the regiment was inspected and made 
 a report of men, horses, equipment, etc. The report for 
 one company (C) was about as follows: Officers present for 
 duty 2. Enlisted men 50. Sick i. Absent detached; Officers i. 
 Enlsted men 3. Sick 5. Under parole 2. Total; Officers 3. 
 Enhsted men 3. Sick 5. Under parole 2. Total; Officers 3. 
 able 8. Absent, serviceable 2. Horses required 8. Ordnance 
 required: 800 rounds Sharp & Hankin Carbine Cartridges. 
 July 17. There was much visiting with other regiments, 
 the 49th N. Y., 154th N. Y., 83d Pa. and the Jamestown 
 company of Sharpshooters being near in camp. Saturday 
 July 18. Bufords' Division crossed the Potomac at Berlin 
 into Virginia again and moved through Lovettsville. Most 
 of the army had crossed ahead of this Division. Wm. D. 
 Foote of Company B was captured. Sunday July 19. The 
 army moved along just east of the mountains, the cavalry 
 keeping to the right through the fields, the infantry columns 
 and artillery moving along the road. July 20, the division 
 halted near Salem on the Manassas Gap railroad. The 
 second squadron of the 9th N. Y. went on picket at night 
 about a mile from camp. Next morning the pickets found 
 they were near the fine residence of a Mrs. Carter whose 
 husband was in the Confederate service. The place gave 
 evidence of much wealth and refinement. Mrs. Carter was 
 entertaining the daughter of the Confederate General Bragg 
 and a party of young ladies from Warrenton. They were 
 very sociable; wished the war would end but did not think 
 the difficulties could be settled by fighting; wished some of 
 
1^4 ADVANCE TO TfTE RAPPAHANNOCK. 
 
 the leaders were tied together and hung over a pair «f bars 
 and had to fight it out. They admitted the Copfederates 
 were beaten at Gettysburg but thov^ght they would be more 
 sucessful next time. The cost of living was high. The 
 last sugar they bought they paid two dollars and a half a 
 pound for it in Confederate money and it was not as good 
 as that furnished to the Union soldiers which cost then fif- 
 teen cents per pound in Government money. They paid fifteen 
 dollars per poimd for their last tea. They subsisted mostly 
 on corn, bacon, eggs, poultry and milk, and these were 
 scarce when the troops were about there. A safe-guard was 
 placed over the premises, as the cavalry was taking corn 
 for their horses wherever they could find it. The men gave 
 Mrs. Carter a portion of their sugar and tea for which she 
 expressed much thanks. It was learned that the wife of 
 Col. Moseby was at a house near Rectortown where the 
 column had passed the day before. July 22. James Don- 
 ovan, Co. M, was captured near Salem. Gamble's brigade 
 had a skirmish at Chester Gap July 23. Devin's brigade 
 moved to Barber's cross roads to support Gamble, and the 
 9th N. Y. camped near the old homestead of Chief Justice 
 Marshall near Cobler Mountain. The Marshall place was 
 in a fine romantic valley between Cobler Mountain, an 
 isolated peak, half a mile away on the east and the Blue 
 Ridge and its foot hills, five to ten miles away on the west. 
 The house was of brick covered with white mortar like many 
 other houses in that region. The estate was very large. 
 Before the war of the Revolution Lord Fairfax owned all the 
 land now comprising the counties of Fairfax, Loudon, Fan- 
 Quier, Clark and Jefiferson. After the revolution, it was told, 
 this land came into the possession of Chief Justice Marshall. 
 His children settled on different tracts of this land, one in 
 Loudon county, one in Clark and one here in the north^vest 
 
MARSHALL HOMSTE.VD. 125 
 
 part of Fanquier county. The grandchildren had made 
 an equal division and now owned large tracts of the piedmont 
 and mountain lands between the Rappahannock and the 
 Potomac. Many old Virginia families felt proud of their 
 ancestors and enjoyed talking about them, and this account 
 of the Marshall family may have been somewhat colored. 
 There were many colored people on the place, and while 
 the 9th N. Y. was in camp near there, eighteen of these color- 
 ed people left in one party. The party included two sisters 
 whose husbands had gone to Alexandria and who with their 
 children, from fourteen years old down to babes carried in 
 their arms, had started for Alexandria. Neither the Marsh- 
 all family nor any of their other servants knew these people 
 were going till they had gone. A colored boy about 15 
 years old came to the camp and wished to go with the regi- 
 ment. His mother, a comely and intelligent woman, more 
 than half white, and who, one could easily imagine, might 
 have had Marshall blood in her .veins, came and persuaded 
 the boy to go back with her. She had much of interest to 
 tell concerning the Marshalls. Senator Marshall, a son of 
 the Chief Justice, died here in the winter of 1862-3. His 
 grandchildren now occupied the place. The men of the 9th 
 N. Y. were not so graciously received here as at the Carter 
 residence a day or two before. When the regiment first 
 arrived a detail of men from the several companies, under 
 command of Lieutenant Burrows rode to the Marshall place 
 for corn for the horses. While the men were getting the 
 com Lieut. Burrows went to the house to give the proper 
 receipt and the ladies talked to him so sharply they drove 
 him away. They knew he would take the corn. He was 
 welcome to it. They wanted no receipt from him. And 
 ended by inviting him to come and take tea with them. But 
 Burrows was so much embarrassed he did not accept the in- 
 
126 ON THE RAPPAHANNOCK. 
 
 vitation. The regiment was in camp here three nights and 
 on Sunday July 26, the whole Division marched by way ot 
 Waterloo and Fayetteville to Bealton Station. This ground 
 was familiar from the campaigning of 1862. The country 
 here near the Rappahannock had been occupied and trodden 
 by the armies till nearly all the buildings and small villages 
 had disappeared. Of Fayetteville nothing remained but :i 
 few broken chimneys. The hotels and cottages at Warren- 
 ton Springs had been utterly destroyed and now there was 
 nothing left but one single negro cabin. 
 
 July 27. The Division marched to Rappahannock Station. 
 Union sharpshooters were at the railway bridge on the north 
 side of the river and Confederates on the south side. There 
 was no firing between the pickets, but the Confederates were 
 determmed to prevent the Union bridge builders from un- 
 loading timber to rebuild the railroad bridge. July 31. 
 The gth N. Y. we"*^ on picket at Fox Ford relieving the 6th 
 N. Y. While on picket here Henry S. Dixon of Company 
 F, y.as killed by the accidental discharge of ?. carbine and 
 Rufus Deland of Co. E was wounded. That night at mid- 
 night the regiment was ordered back to Rappahannock Sta- 
 tion where it arrived at daylight August i. and found the 
 whole of Buford's division masse'^ ready to cross the river 
 fen- a reconnoissance to Culpepper, The Division crossed at 
 8 a. m. and drove the enemy's cavalry back to his infantry 
 line near Culpepper, fighting all the way there and back. 
 Near Brandy Station the gth N. Y. encountered a force of 
 Confederate Cavalry that had charged up to save a battery. 
 Tlie battery had been in position across the railroad and was 
 only saved from capture by a deeo cut in the railroad which it 
 was impossible for cavalry to cross at that point. One man 
 of the gth, who had become separated from the regiment, 
 rodt clear around the Confederate battery and rejoined the 
 
.BRANDY STATION AUG. i. 127 
 
 regiment. After passing Brandy Station the regiment held 
 a position in line while in range of a Confederate battery 
 directly in its front. While here the battery fired about 
 twenty shots, one striking the ground several rods in front 
 of the line, ricochetted and struck the right of Company C 
 carrying away the tin cup from the saddle of Sergt. Daniel 
 M. Hill and striking Hugh McClellan and his horse at Hill's 
 left in the rear rank, passing obliquely through the horse 
 and severing McClellan's leg. Horse and rider sank to the 
 ground. Other shots took effect along the line while the 
 regiment stood unflinchingly waiting the advance of other 
 regiments on the left. Near Culpepper the Confederate 
 infantry came to the support of their cavalry and Buford 
 withdrew followed by the enemy nearly to the river, the 
 fip-hting continued till after dark. Those reported killed 
 in the gth N. Y. were Hugh McClellan Company C, Angus' 
 McGillis Company B, and Isaac Smalley Company E. The 
 wounded were Lieut. Col. Nichols, Capt. Hanley, Lieut. 
 Mason, Lieut. Robertson, Lieut. Smith, Lieut. Burrows, 
 ^\'m. Baccus and Joseph Smith Company C, Fred Lawson, 
 Judson Lowe, Wm. J. Markham, J. F. Spink and Cyrus P. 
 Orr Company B, David T. Smith Company E, John Cofield 
 Company H, Henry K. Morse Company I, Wm. N. Ellis, 
 W^ashington James, Henry Milspaw and Jesse K. Phillips 
 Company K. Some were wounded by pieces of shell, some 
 by bullets and two by saber cuts. Some were hit two or 
 three times. Some were wounded slightly some severely. 
 Nine were reported missing of whom Bradley Hinckley and 
 Cyrus P Orr of Company B and Alpheus Hodges and 
 Chester E. Matteson Company F were captured. 
 
 The reconnoissance was made with a resolute determi- 
 nation characteristic of Gen. Buford, and he did all that was 
 expected of him in driving back the enemy's cavalry and 
 
128 BRANDY STATION AUG. i. 
 
 learning the position of his infantry. Aug. 3. The brigade 
 moved to Kelly's Ford and reported to Gen. Slocum 12th 
 Corps, and on Aug. 5, crossed the river and did picket duty 
 along Mountain Run. Aug. 1 1 moved to the north side of 
 the river and went into camp in a piece of hardwood timber 
 opposite the mouth of Mountain Run. Aug. 15, the regi- 
 ment moved to Cedar Run four miles east of Catlett's 
 Station near the line of Prince William county to picket and 
 patrol the roads toward Dumfries. As Lee's army was the 
 other side the Rapahannock, twenty-five to 'thirty miles 
 away, the object of these patrols seemed to be to look out 
 for his cavalry expeditions.' It was soon learned that a large 
 party of guerrillas were prowling through that part of Prince 
 William and Stafford counties where the thick growth of 
 small pine covering most of that region afforded facility for 
 hiding. On Aug. 22 Companies C and K were on picket 
 at Howison's Ford on Cedar Run, two miles below the camp, 
 with instructions to patrol the road to Union Church, six 
 miles beyond the post toward Dumfries. That road as well 
 as others in the vicinity had been patroled every day and a 
 squadron of the regiment had passed over it that morning. 
 Later in the day, a detachment of fourteen men of Company 
 C started out to patrol this road. Two reliable men, John 
 ♦Bootey and Asa Comstock were placed as advance guard, 
 with instructions to move forward at a quick pace when in 
 sight of Union Church and the reserve would follow at a 
 charge for the benefit of some new recruits in the detach- 
 ment who had not seen service. Bootey and Comstock 
 had their carbines in hand ready for instant use as was cus- 
 tomary with the advance guard. The other men did not 
 have their carbines in hand, feeling quite secure. When 
 out about three miles at a point where the road was skirted 
 by the thick pine growth, the advance guard halted and 
 
GUERRILLAS. 129 
 
 immediately about thirty men concealed close to the road 
 sprang up and shouted surrender. The movement was too 
 :udden to allow Bootey and Comstock to use their carbines 
 and they were captured. The other men immediately fell 
 back and getting their carbines in hand advanced again to 
 iind the enemy had disapeared in the woods. The enemy 
 iired into the patrol as it fell back, dismounting Joseph Price 
 whom they made prisoner, and wounding Simeon Wash- 
 burn, Harvey Hamilton and Liscomb Robinson. The next 
 ■day Aug. 23, three squadrons went out on' three different 
 roads to try and find the guerrillas. The squadron on the 
 road to Union Church about a mile beyond where the patrol 
 w-as fired into, searched a house on information, given by a 
 ■colored woman, and found five guns, two of them shotguns 
 and loaded, and a considerable quantity of ammunition, also 
 three sabers and other military equipments and clothing. 
 From here the squadron rode on to Stafford Store where the 
 other squadrons were met. One squadron had been fired 
 into on the way and a horse wounded, but the enemy could 
 not be found. The three squadrons staid at Stafford Store till 
 the next morning, some of the officers taking dinner with a 
 Mrs. Cooper whose husband commanded a battery in the 
 Confederate service. A sister. Miss DeShields of Warrenton, 
 V, as staying with her and a little three year old son furnished 
 i.'iuch amusement by playing soldier with his wooden gun, 
 aaying he would shoot the Yankees, not realizing that the 
 men playing with him were the dreaded Yankees. When 
 the boy got tired he went to sleep in Capt. Hanley's arms. 
 The family wished to get to Warrenton where Mrs. C. had 
 two girls in school. Next morning two squadrons returned 
 to camp, the other went out on the road toward Dumfries 
 and returned by Union Church. On the way and about a 
 tnile from the Church they passed the residence of two 
 
130 GUERRILLAS. 
 
 Union families from Greene county, N. Y., Mr. Avery and 
 Mr. Richmond, who had settled here before the war. A 
 Confederate soldier was found at Mr. Avety's who was just 
 recovering from the typhoid fever. He belonged to the 
 4th Va. Cavalry and said that about lOO men of that regi- 
 ment were residents of that vicinity and many were then at 
 home or in the woods near there. 
 
 Mrs. Avery said the sick man was a relative and had a 
 
 brother in the 8th N. Y. Cavalry. The squadron soon met 
 
 Mr. Avery and' Mr. Richmond with an ox cart returning 
 
 from the mill with a grist. To inquiries they replied that it 
 
 would not be safe for them to give informaton if they did 
 
 their buildings would be burned, etc., but gave warning that 
 
 it was not safe for the Union soldiers to go about in small 
 
 parties as there were many Confederates about the woods 
 
 ready to pick off Union soldiers at every opportunity. The 
 
 Union Church was a small building where a school was in 
 
 session. The squadron halted here about an hour and 
 
 while here three young ladies came and claimed a horse that 
 
 one of the men rode. The man had abandoned his_own 
 
 horse which had become too stiff to travel, and had taken 
 
 this one. But this, too, was a government horse which 
 
 had sometime been abandoned. The ladies claimed they 
 
 had recruited him and he belonged to them. Their efforts 
 
 to take him from the man made quite an entertainment. 
 
 They tried to unsaddle him, then to lead him away and 
 
 finally one vaulted into^ the saddle and tried to ride him away, 
 
 but the man kept a firm hold of his horse. Some of the 
 
 men in mock sympathy promised to send the ladies a horse. 
 
 The ladies finally gave up the contest and retired in good 
 
 order. Bootey, Comstock and Price were never heard 
 
 from and were probably murdered. 
 
 Aug. 28, Companies D and L rejoined the regiment from 
 the 1 2th corps. 
 
MOSEBY. A. 131 
 
 MOSEBY. 
 Early Sunday morning August 30, the Brigade started 
 in pursuit of Moseby who had captured some suttler wagons. 
 The Brigade moved by way of Bristoe Station to Gainesville 
 where the trail of the suttler wagons was found and followed 
 through Haymarket toward Aldie to the road that leads 
 through Hopewell Gap. The Brigade continued toward 
 Aldie and halted at 5 a. m. to feed and rest. At 
 
 9 p. m. the Brigade moved on again marching 
 all night and reaching Leesburg just before day- 
 light. Squadrons were placed on all the roads leading into 
 the village, then, at daylight, charged through. No enemy 
 was found. The inhabitants were all asleep and undis- 
 turbed. They had become used to passing troops. The 
 Brigade moved just out of the village and stopped tO' feed 
 and cook coffee. Pickets were posted as usual and soon 
 the post on the road north toward the Potomac was at- 
 tacked. The attacking party was chased back nearly co 
 the Potomac and found to belong to Scott's 900, who were 
 on picket there. They sent back a note explaining who 
 they were. On Monday, Aug. 31, the Brigade moved back 
 to Gum Springs toward Centerville and stopped for the 
 night. The pickets were fired on in the night. Tuesday 
 Sept. 1, the Brigade marched toward Aldie and most of the 
 Brigade tO' Haymarket. The gth N. Y. moved through 
 Aldie and out on the Snicker's Gap pike and thence south 
 to Middleburg. Three Confederates rode out of the .village 
 just ahead of the column. The houses were searched for 
 concealed soldiers and arms, but none found. Seven or 
 eight men wounded in the fight of June 21 were at a hos- 
 pital. The regiment then moved southward across the 
 country to White Plains. A few Confederate scouts were 
 found who fired on the advance guard and fled, and the 
 
132 BRANDY STATION, SEPT. 13. 
 
 place was passed where Moseby had had his headquarters 
 and his washing and cooking done. From White Plains 
 the regiment marched through Thoroughfare Gap and 
 halted about ii P. M., at Buckland Mills. Sept. 2 it 
 
 marched back to camp near Catlett's Station. The other 
 Brigade had gone on an expedition below Falmouth into 
 King William County where the enemy had captured three 
 Union gun boats. 
 
 Sept. 5, moved camp to below Weaverville. Sept lo, 
 the regiment crossed the river at Rappahannock Station and 
 posted pickets about forty rods from the enemy's pickets. 
 Sept. 12, the whole Division together with the Second and 
 Sixth cbrps moved to Rappahannock Sation. Sept. 13, 
 Buford's and Kilpatrick's Divisions crossed the river and 
 with the Qth N. Y. in advance of Buford's Division as skir- 
 mishers, pushed the enemy's line back beyond Cul- 
 pepper. A number of prisoners were captured. The 
 wounded in the 9th N. Y- were James Allen, Compajiy G, 
 mortally; Asa Foy, Company E; Wm. H. Ramsdell, L; A. 
 C. Robertson, C, and Lorenzo Strong, Company A, mortal- 
 ly. Strong died Sept. 16, and Allen Oct. i. Kilpatrick's 
 Division moved forward on the left of Buford and captured 
 some guns that Buford had been driving back, by moving 
 up on their flank. Sept. 14, the cavalry drove the enemy 
 back across the Rapidan. The regiment advanced to Rac- 
 coon Ford with some skirmishing. Sept. 16. Gen. Meade 
 moved to Culpepper and his infantry advanced to the Rapi- 
 dan. Buford's Division moved to Stevensburg five miles 
 east of Culpepper C. H.. Sept. 17, the 9th N. Y. moved 
 to Stevensburg and at night went to the Rapidan on picket 
 below the infantry. Sept. 21, Buford's and Kilpatrick's 
 Divisions went on a reconnoissance to Madison C. H. and 
 the Rapidan river within four miles of Orange ,C. H. The 
 
BARNETT'S FORD. 133 
 
 two Divisions moved through James City and on the night 
 of the 2 1 St, Kilpatrick's Division staid at Madson 
 and Buford's on Robertson river close by. Stuart with 
 three brigades of cavalry had been at James City four days 
 before and now his pickets were just beyond Madison. A 
 strong patrol of Stuart's men charged Kilpatrick's pickets, 
 wounding two, but were driven back with the loss of two 
 killed, one a Captain, and fifteen wounded. Sept. 22, Kil- 
 patrick's Division moved on toward Liberty Mills. He 
 met the enemy early in the morning and was engaged with 
 them all day driving them back across the Rapidan. Bu- 
 ford's Division moved on another road and struck the river 
 at Barnett's Ford several miles below Kilpatrick. The 
 1st Brigade met some considerable opposition but the 2d 
 Brigade was opposed by only one regiment — the 12th Va. 
 Cavalry — and advanced rapidly to the river. The first 
 battalion of the gth N. Y. were in the advance deployed as 
 skirmishers. As they approached the river the enemy's 
 camps and wagon trains could be seen on the other side. 
 It was learned from prisoners that most of their force had 
 been sent up the river to Liberty Mills to oppose Kilpat- 
 rick's crossing there. Buford brought up his battery and 
 commenced shelling the trains and they moved ofif in a 
 hurry. The skirmishers advanced to the Ford and found 
 infantry in earthworks the other side. The whistles of 
 railway engines at Orange C. H. could be heard and the 
 beating of drums indicated the enemy was near in large 
 force. They soon brought up a battery and began shelling 
 Buford's line. The second squadron of the gth dismounted 
 and held their position in the woods near the Ford till 10 
 p. m., then moved back where about 11 p. m. they had hard- 
 tack and cofifee, having eaten nothing since an early break- 
 fast. On the way to the Ford, seven prisoners were 
 
134 BARNETT'S FORD. 
 
 taken ; six of them officers. They had been home on leave 
 of absence and were neatly dressed in gray uniforms but 
 unarmed. They had been running on foot ahead of the 
 skirmishers from Madison but were overtaken. At a large 
 farm house near the Ford the men levied a contribution of 
 three barrels of cider and one hundred and sixty turkeys. 
 It required about two hundred canteens to hold the cidei". 
 The turkeys were tied to the saddles and carried back to 
 camp and made an excellent addition to the rations. The 
 Division remained near the Ford till lo a. m., Sept. 23, 
 then moved back toward Culpepper, leaving the second 
 squadron of the gth N. Y. to act as rear guard. The Di- 
 vision took another road to Culpepper instead of going 
 back through Madison. This the rear guard did not know 
 till it had proceeded on the road toward Madison C. H., 
 about two miles. Urial Smith of Company C, was then 
 sent ahead to find the column and was captured by the enemy 
 who' was following Kilpatrick. The rear guard then re- 
 traced its steps at a gallop and reached the column just in 
 time to avoid the enemy who came into the road just be- 
 hind them. Kilpatrick's guns indicated that he was being 
 closely followed. But he got back all right and brought 
 off six wagon loads of colored people, (contrabands). 
 One wagon was drawn by oxen and had to run some dis- 
 tance to escape the Confederates. Kilpatrick also cap- 
 tured a large quantity of plug tobacco and distributed it 
 among all the men in the two Divisions who were out on 
 the reconnoissance. The cavalry reached camp that night. 
 In the skirmish at Barnett's Ford, Orlo Buck, Company F, 
 and Cyrus Wheelock, Company K, were wounded. Una! 
 Smith, Company C, was captured near Madison C. H. 
 Sept. 24, the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps left Meade's army 
 to go to Chattanooga and moved back from the Rapidan. 
 
NEAR FALMOUTH. 135 
 
 The First Corps moved down to take their place along the 
 river. Sept. 25, Capt. Dinnin and Lieut. Smith left on 
 detached service inspecting horses purchased for the army. 
 Sept. 26, The 6th and Qth N. Y. cavalry marched to Grove 
 Church toward Falmouth where the 6th relieved the ist 
 Vt. Sept. 27, The 9th N. Y. relieved the i8th Pa. Cavalry 
 on a line from United States Ford where it connected with 
 the 6th to Falmouth ten miles below. The picket posts 
 were nearlv a mile apart at points where the river might be 
 forded. The Confederate Cavalry pickets on the other 
 side the river were friendly, coming across and visiting, ex- 
 changing papers, tobacco for coffee and relating experiences 
 in the many battles and skirmishes in which they had met 
 the Union troops. On the other hand the 4th Va. 
 Cavalry guerrillas were much in evidence in attacjjing the 
 pickets at night from the rear. A lieutenant and one man 
 were returning to United States Ford the first evening after 
 visiting the posts below and were challenged at a pme 
 thicket they were passing and ordered to surrender. But 
 as they instantly responded with their revolvers the "bush- 
 whackers' disappeared. The same evening a vidette at 
 one of the picket posts was fired on, but instantly returned 
 the fire and was supported by his reserve. The inhabitants 
 of the vicinity were warned that there must be no more 
 "bushwhacking" at the peril of being driven out and their 
 dwellings burned. After that there was no more of that 
 kind of war while the gth N. Y. was there. The i8th Pa. 
 had had several men captured, their horses and equipments 
 taken and the men released. Sept. 28, Col. Sackett rode 
 up the line searching the houses and finding government 
 saddles, blankets, overcoats and other property. Sept. 29, 
 A squadron of the 6th N. Y. relieved the 9th at U. S. Ford, 
 and the pickets below were strengthened on a report of a 
 
136 BRANDY STATION OCT. ii. 
 
 force of Confederate cavalry in the rear of the line. Oct. 
 3, Lieutenant Stockwell of Company I, died suddenly while 
 on picket duty. Oct. 4, The regiment was relieved and 
 on Oct. 5 moved back to Stevensburg, crossing the Rap- 
 pahannock at Ellis' Ford and arriving in camp about sun- 
 down. Oct. 7, Arms and horse equipments were inspected. 
 Oct. 8, The Division was reviewed by Gen. Buford. Oct. 
 9, The Division was reviewed by Gen. Pleasanton, Sat- 
 urday, Oct. 10, the Division moved to Germania Ford and 
 crossed the Rapidan then moved up the river to Morton's 
 Ford. The enemy had left his long lines of earthworks 
 along the river. Meade had sent Buford to uncover these 
 Fords with the intention of advancing with his army. But 
 it was found that Lee was at the same time crossing Robert- 
 son's riv^r and advancing from Madison C. H. on Meade's 
 right. On Oct. 11, Meade fell back from the Rapidan 
 across the Rappahannock, his retreat being covered by the 
 cavalry corps under Pleasanton, Kilpatrick's Division from 
 Culpepper and Buford's from Morton's Ford, being en- 
 gaged all that day. At Morton's Ford the enemy's in- 
 fantry came up and attacked Buford's Division as it was 
 recro'ssing the river on the morning of Oct. 11. The 9th 
 N. Y. Cavalry was rear guard and lost several men killed 
 and wounded at the Ford. The enemy followed closely 
 all the way to Brandy Station. Here Buford's Division 
 held the enemy in check by hard fighting till Kilpatrick's 
 Division could get back to Brandy Station on its way from 
 Culpepper. The 9th N. Y. charged the enemy's line in 
 the open timber east of the Station, capturing a number of 
 prisoners and losing many nien. The men of the 9th 
 became intermingled with the Confederate infantry and 
 cavalry and there were many hand to hand encounters with 
 sabers, revolvers, carbines and muskets. Lieut Wooley's 
 
BRANDYSTATIONOCT.il. 137 
 
 horse ran with him ahead of his company and he was captur- 
 ed, his horse and arms and even his hat, coat and boots taken 
 from him and he movmted on a horse behind a Confederate 
 trooper, when his comrades came charging up and rescued 
 him. Wooley was an athlete and turned a backward 
 sumersauh from the Confederate trooper's horse and ran 
 back to his comrades, as they came charging up. A Con- 
 federate Major was captured and taken back at a double 
 quick by being compelled to hold onto the stirrup of a 
 stalwart sergeant with the threat of being cut down if he 
 lost his hold. There were many exciting incidents of this 
 charge of the gth in which the men showed unexcelled 
 bravery and nerve. Several had taken some Confederate 
 prisoners and were compelled to leave them and save them- 
 selves, while others being wounded or overpowered were 
 compelled to go back with the Confederates. When the 
 regiment rallied and formed line again many were missing. 
 The 49th N. Y. and other infantry troops were on the high 
 ground just north of Brandy Station and saw the cavalry 
 charge. They spoke of it afterwards with enthusiastic in- 
 terest. Buford's Division still continued to hold the line 
 here till Kilpatrick's men coming back on the road from 
 Culpepper charged through the Confederate line and quick- 
 h' formed on Buford's right. Kilpatrick wheeled his bat- 
 ■ teries into position and repulsed a charge of the enemy with 
 canister at short range, while Buford's men advanced to 
 divert the enemy and the 9th N. Y. charged a second time. 
 Late that day the cavalry fell back to the Rappahannock 
 followed by the enemy and fighting till dark. Among the 
 killed in the 9th N. Y. were Howel J. Jones and Chas. S. 
 Johnson, Company A ; Geo. D. Loop, Company B ; H. B. 
 Tefift, Company C; Mathias W. Greely, Co. D; Melvin M. 
 Dexter, Co. H; Edward P. Gifford, Co. K; Sandford D. 
 
138 . MEADE FALLS BACK. 
 
 Palmeter, Co. L. Among the wounded were Lieut. A. C- 
 Robertson, Thos. P. Baker, Wm. H. Baker, Chas. F. Brown, 
 Ransom Cowing, Edward Johnston, Co. F ; E. A. Holcomb, 
 Robt. Waters, Lieut. H. W. Mason, Co. G ; Edwin H. Miller, 
 Co. H ; Chas. H. Davis, Martin Harmon, Co. I. Among 
 the captured were Capt. J. G. Weld, Jacob Ambrose, Sergt. 
 Major Alonzo L Barton, Michael T. Elwell, James Gilles- 
 pie, Loyal D. Griswold, Joseph Hall, Sergt. Robt. M. Hall, 
 Wm. McArthur, James Wilson. As the casualties were 
 seldom fully reported in official records this is an incomplete 
 list. There were eight killed, twenty-two wounded and 
 founrteen captured of the 9th X. Y. in the engagements of 
 Oct. II as counted at the time and recorded in diaries kept 
 by the men. On Oct. 12, Meade, presuming Lee's army 
 to be at Culpepper, pushed over the Second, Fifth and 
 Sixth Corps to Brandy Station with Buford's Division in 
 the advance nearly to Culpepper, finding only a light force 
 in front when he learned from Gregg's Cavalry Division 
 away on his right that Lee's army was crossing in force at 
 Sulphur Springs and Waterloo. Meade hastily fell back 
 to Catlett's Station and thence to Centerville, being eagerly 
 followed, especially by Stuart's Cavalry. Stuart with 2,000 
 ca\'alry, by a flank movement, got ahead of the Second 
 corps and only escaped capture by hiding one night in a 
 thicket of pines while Gen. Warren's Corps marched by.- 
 During this movement of Meade's army back to Center- 
 ville the gth N. Y. was constantly in the saddle or stand- 
 ing to horse night and day, skirmishing, supporting bat- 
 teries or picketing and without rest for seven consecutive 
 days except to doze a few minutes in the saddle or lying by 
 the horses. On Oct. 13, the regiment crossed the Rap- 
 pahannock at Beverly Ford and moved back to Warrent#n 
 Junction where it did picket duty that night. Oct. 14, 
 
MEADE FALLS BACK. 139 
 
 moved back by way of Catlett's Station and Weaverville 
 to Brentsville and stood to horse all night in the rain. Oct. 
 15, moved back toward Wolf Run Shoals skirmishing and 
 supporting a battery. That night moved back across Bull 
 Run and stopped in the road. Oct. 16, moved back to 
 near Fairfax Station and unsaddled for the first time in 
 three nights. The regiment was reduced to eight or ten 
 men and serviceable horses per company. Oct. 18, Sad- 
 dled up at I a. m. but did not move till sunrise, marched to 
 near Chantilly. Oct. 19, marched through Centerville and 
 stopped near Groveton. Oct 20, The ist and 2nd Squad- 
 rons moved to Hopewell Gap, the rest of the regiment with 
 the 6th N. Y. went through Thoroughfare Gap tO' White 
 Plains and thence toward Warrenton. Oct. 21 the ist 
 and 2d squadrons marched through Thoroughfare Gap and 
 New Baltimore and joined the regiment at Warrenton. 
 Sixth Corps moved up to Warrenton in the evening. Oct. 
 22, Went into camp east of Warrenton. Oct. 23, The 
 Brigade marched via Fayettville to Liberty. Oct. 24, 
 The Brigade moved to below Bealton Station and en- 
 countered the enemy's infantry. Adams J. Davis, of Com- 
 pany H, was killed. The Brigade fell back tO' Liberty. 
 Oct. 25, Moved toward Bealton. Oct. 26, Many men re-- 
 joined the regiment with new horses. Met the enemy in 
 force at Bealton and skirmished nearly all day. Oct 27, 
 The regiment moved to the front as skirmishers. The 
 enemy had retired to Rappahannock Station and the regi- 
 ment went into camp. Sunday, Nov. i, The regiment 
 went on picket toward Morrisville relieving the 17th Pa. 
 and advanced the line to within hearing of the drums and the 
 other camp noises of the enemy across the river. Nov. 4, The 
 regiment was relieved from picket by the 4th N. Y. and a 
 sauadron of the 17th Pa. Alvin Lattin, Co; F, was 
 
140 MEADE FALLS BACK. 
 
 wounded. Nov. 5, The Brigade moved camp below Beal- 
 ton Station. 
 
 Nov. 7, The Fifth and Sixth Corps moved to Rappa- 
 hannock Station and captured the enemy's earthworks with 
 seven guns, 2,000 small arms, the pontoon bridge and 1,600 
 prisoners. The Second and Third Corps moved to Kelly's. 
 Ford and crossed capturing 400 prisoners. Lee fell back 
 to Culpepper that night and across the Rapidan the next. 
 Buford's Division moved to Sulphur Springs. Sunday, 
 Nov. 8, The Division crossed the Rappahannock and ad- 
 vanced toward Culpepper. The Second Brigade halted at 
 Hazel Run and the 9th N. Y. did picket and patrol duty. 
 Nov. 9th,Buford's Division marched to Rappahannock Sta- 
 tion and drew ra'tions. Nov. 10, The Division marched to 
 Culpepper passing the infantry at Brandy Station. Meade's 
 advance was a surprise to Lee who had torn up the rail- 
 roads so efifectually he did not suppose Meade's army could 
 advance ap'ain before winter. Lee's army had been build- 
 ing winter quarters about Brandy Station and toward the 
 Rappahannock. A new platform had been built at the 
 Station and the station buildings were being repaired. Lee 
 fell back so suddenly that many of his army officers left 
 •trunks of clothing and other winter supplies in their new 
 log huts. Meade was now rebuilding his railroad to 
 Brandy Station and this station became the depot of sup- 
 plies for Meade's army for the winter of 1863-4. The 
 residence of John Minor Botts, a large white farm house, was 
 in sight from Brandy Station. Mr. Botts had represented 
 his state in Congress and remained loyal to the Union. But 
 this being his home, he was endeavoring to maintain the 
 position of a non-combatant. The Confederates had now 
 taken him to Richmond under arrest. Nov. 11, The ist 
 and 6th squadrons of the 9th patroled to James City. They 
 
MINE RTTN. 141 
 
 captured two Confederate mail carriers. Nov. 14, The 
 regiment went on picket toward James City relieving the 
 4th N. Y. Nov. 17, The regiment was relieved and re- 
 turned to camp. The regiment continued to do sonie 
 picket duty west of Culpepper till the 
 
 MINE RUN CAMPAIGN. 
 Xov. 26, Meade's army advanced across the Rapidan 
 at Jacob's Mill and Germania Ford, Custer's Cav- 
 alry brigade guarded the upper fords on the right, 
 Gregg's Division crossed at Ely's Ford and moved forward 
 on the left. Merritt's reserve brigade guarded the trains 
 at Richardsville in the rear. At the camp of the 9th N. 
 Y.. the bugles blew reveille at daylight, the men ate a hasty 
 breakfast, then packed up and the regiment moved to Cul- 
 pepper where it placed pickets around the village. Heavy 
 firing was heard in the direction of Germania Ford. Nov. 
 27, The regiment marched to Germania Ford where it halt- 
 ed and cooked cofifee, then moved toward Ely's Ford and 
 unsaddled. Nov. 28, Went to train in afternoon and got 
 feed and rations. Nov. 30, Crossed the Rapidan and 
 marched up toward Germania Ford and went on picket 
 on the plank road, leading toward Chancellorsville. Dec. 
 I, ^^'ent on picket at the junction of the plank road and 
 Orange turnpike near the old Wilderness Tavern. The 
 Reserve Artillery moved back before noon. The regi- 
 ment was relieved from picket in the evening. The in- 
 fantry were moving back all night. Dec. 2, The regi- 
 ment recrossed the Rapidan at Jacob's Mill after the in- 
 fantry and trains had fallen back. A small party of the 
 enemy followed to the river. Lee had intrenched his army 
 in a strong position along Mine Run where Meade did not 
 deem it best to give battle and so moved back across the 
 
142 AT CULPEPPER. 
 
 Rapidan. The gth N. Y. bivouacked near Germania Ford 
 that night and on Dec. 3 marched to Culpepper arid went 
 into camp out on the Sperryville pike about a mile and a 
 half northwest from the village in a fine piece of woods 
 where the men built comfortable winter quarters. On the 
 Mine Run campaign the roads had been muddy, then the 
 weather^turned very cold and the mud became frozen solid. 
 In a six mule team in the wagon train while the train was 
 awaiting orders to move, a mule had lain down and become 
 frozen stifif in the mud. Dec. S, The second squadron 
 went out on a reconnoissance to- Slate Mills and Little Boston 
 about fifteen miles and brought back five horses. The 
 object of the reconnoissance was to learn if there was any 
 movement of the enemy in that direction. Dec. g, Orders 
 were issued to build winter quarters. Two ladies rode in- 
 to camp on horseback. They were members of two 
 Union families who lived about 20 miles from Culpepper 
 on the Warrenton and Sperryville pike and came to ask for 
 an escort and conveyance for their fathers' families within 
 the Union lines so' they could go north to relatives there. 
 The 2nd and 6th squadrons — about 100 men^ — ^with two 
 government wagons, one drawn by four horses, the other 
 by six mules, left camp at 8 p. m. and traveled nearly all 
 night along rough and muddy roads, crossing one ford on 
 Hazel River, and reached the residence of one family about 
 3 a. m. Dec. 10, Their goods were already packed and 
 were quickly placed in the wagons which drove immediate- 
 ly to the residence of the other family and loaded their 
 goods. By this time it was daylight. Breakfast was 
 eaten and the teams fed from corn supplied at the farm. 
 It was found the wagons could not carry all the goods the 
 families intended to take and it was a serious question what 
 they should leave. They finally broke open three barrels 
 
REENLISTING. 143 
 
 of flour and distributed to the cavalrymen who carried 
 it in sacks. Then they were compelled to leave some bed- 
 ding, a barrel of pork and a supply of garden vegetables and 
 potatoes. In the two families there were eight grown 
 peoole and five children. Two ladies and one man rode, 
 horseback ; the others rode in the wagons. One family' left 
 a very comfortable residence. The other family had been 
 burned out of their home by the Confederates and were 
 staying at the house of a neighbor. They wished to have 
 their cows driven along, but that was impossible. The 
 families were brought safely to camp and after taking the 
 oath of allegiance were sent north to their relatives. Dec. 
 14, The regiment, or a portion of it, saddled up just before 
 dark and moved out on the Sulphur Springs road about 
 three miles and staid till near daylight of Dec. 15, then 
 moved on across Hazel river at Rixey's Ford, crossed back 
 again about four miles above and returned to camp just 
 after dark. The regiment was doing picket duty three 
 days out of nine, the 4th N. Y. Cavalry, the 6th and the 9th 
 relieving each other. 
 
 REENLISTING. 
 The term of enlistment of a large part of the army would 
 expire in less than a year, or during the last half of 1864. 
 Knowing the superiority of experienced and trained sold- 
 iers, the Government decided tO' appeal to the veterans to 
 reinlist. About Dec. 17, orders were promulgated by 
 the War Department providing that when three fourths of 
 a company or regiment should reenlist they would be sent 
 home in a body for the purpose of recruiting, and that the 
 men so reenlisting should have a furlough of thirty-five days. 
 These orders also provided that men having more than 
 • fifteen months to serve should be excluded from reenlist- 
 
144 REENLISTING. 
 
 ing. Other inducements to reenlist were the United States 
 bounty of $402, the N. Y. state bounty of $75, and such 
 local bounties as might be provided. Dec. 20, Lewis 
 Hall of Jamestown, and Albert Scudder of Carroll, Chau- 
 tauqua County, visited the 9th N. Y. in the interest of the 
 reenlisting men prepared to ofifer the local bounty of their 
 respective towns. Jan. 6, 1864, Eight companies of the 
 9th N. Y- Cavalry, under command of Lieut. Col. George 
 ,S. Nichols, were ordered home to recruit, three-fourths of 
 the men pf these companies having reenUsted. These 
 companies were F, K, C, M, 1, G, H, and A. Some of the 
 men in the other companies also reenlisted and received fur- 
 loughs. On Jan. 7, the reenhsted men started for home 
 to enjoy their well earned vacation. They went in a body 
 to Washington where they stopped over two days attending 
 Ford's theater the first evening and Grover's the second 
 evening. Several officers received valuable tokens of 
 friendship from the men in their commands. While the 
 presentations were being made Hon. R. E. Fenton appeared 
 and was greeted with great cordiality. He had shown 
 such an earnest and friendly interest in the men and in the 
 regiment, in adversity as well as in victory they could not 
 now let him leave without a speech, and for inspiration they 
 again greeted him with three hearty cheers. Mr. Fenton 
 thanked them for their cordial greeting, and spoke of their 
 cheerful patriotism and faithful service through all the diffi- 
 culties attending their early career and their heroic conduct 
 and constant courage in the field since. He assured them 
 of the soHcitude and pride of friends at home and of the in- 
 creasing interest iii their welfare and success. They would 
 be welcomed on their return from the dangers and honors 
 of the battlefield as few men were ever honored; the just 
 reward for devotion to their country's rights and liberties. 
 
KILPATRICK'S RAID. 145 
 
 The men expressed their appreciation of these kindly and 
 eloquent words in hearty cheers. From Washington the 
 men went on to Elmira where they received their furloughs. 
 Many recruits were enlisted who joined the regiment that 
 winter. 
 
 In the field most of the winter was spent very quietly 
 in camp. Many express boxes were received from home. 
 Picket duty was the main service. The cavalry picket 
 line extended from the Sperryville pike three miles north- 
 west of Culpepper, where it connected with the infantry 
 picket line, south and eastward to the Rapidan, thence down 
 the river to the Rappahannock and for some distance along 
 that river making a line of about sixty miles. The line of 
 infantry pickets was some distance inside the line of cavalry 
 pickets and did not extend along the Rappahannock; 
 Feb. 6, Orders had been received during the night to be 
 ready to move in the morning at 7 o'clock. The best 
 mounted men and a large force of infantry moved toward 
 the river. Heavy firing was heard in the direction of Rac- 
 coon Ford. Sunday, Feb. 7, The regiment returned to 
 camp about 9 p. m., having made a reconnoissance to Bar- 
 nett's Ford. Feb. 13, The Cavalry Division was reviewed. 
 Feb. 15, Two Divisions were reviewed by Gen. Pleasanton 
 near Stephensburg. Between Feb. 18 and 25, the reen- 
 listed men of the regiment had all returned from home. 
 
 KILPATRICK'S RAID. 
 Feb. 27, Gen. Custer with 1,500 cavalry had crossed the 
 Rapidan, flanking the Confederate army on the west and 
 moved to within four miles of Charlottesville, where he met 
 a far superior force and was turned back; being again way- 
 laid near Stannardsville by a force of cavalry only, which 
 he pushed aside with little loss, and returned to his camp 
 
146 KILPATRICK'S RAID. 
 
 near Culpepper, followed by some hundreds of refugees 
 from slavery. This raid, though directed against the 
 enemy's depots, railroads, etc., was designed to distract at- 
 tention from another far more formidable, led by Gen. Kil- 
 patrick, who starting from Stephiensburg, Feb. 28, crossed 
 the Rapidan at Ely's Ford, and moved rapidly around the 
 east flank of Lee's army, by Spottsylvania C. H. to the Vir- 
 ginia Central railroad at Beaverdam station, thence across 
 the South Anna to Kilby station on the Fredericksburg 
 road, cutting both roads as he passed, and pushing on to 
 within three and one-half miles of Richmond, and thence 
 down the peninsula to Yorktown where his command took 
 boats for Alexandria and returned to Culpepper. He 
 captured about 500 prisoners and lost about 150 men. The 
 following account of the part taken in this raid by a de- 
 tachment of the 9th N. V. Cavalry is from the recollections 
 of Capt. J. F. Rutherford and others, and the Journal kept 
 by Wm. G. Hills, of Company E. On Feb. 27, a detail of 
 fifty picked men and horses from the several companies, 
 under command of Capt. J. Q. Brown of Company B, left 
 camp near Culpepper with light saddles and two days' ra- 
 tions and reported to Gen. Kilpatrick at Stevensburg. Kil- 
 patrick's command for the raid to Richmond consisted of a 
 horse battery and 3,000 cavalrymen, of whom 300 were 
 from the Second Brigade of the First Division. Extra 
 rations were drawn at Stevensburg and at dark, Feb. 28, the 
 command moved to Ely's Ford. A detachment under 
 Hogan, the scout, crossed the river and captured every 
 Confederate on picket there, about 40 in all, without a shot 
 being fired. The command marched all night, passing 
 through Chancellorsville and reached Spottsylvania C. H. 
 about noon Feb. 29, stopping a short time to feed horses, 
 then moving on to Beaverdam station which was burned 
 
KILPATRICK'S RAID. 147 
 
 together with a storehouse and some cars. A huge pile of 
 wood was also set on fire which burned rapidly and made a 
 sightly fire. It was about dark when the job was finished 
 at this point and as the command was leaving, a few shots 
 were exchanged with the railroad guards who took courage 
 at the departure of Kilpatrick's men and advanced to the 
 station. The command moved on six or eight miles and 
 halted about an hour to feed and rest the horses and make 
 coffee. Col. Ulric Dahlgren with 400 men had left the 
 column at Spottsylvania, C. H. to move on roads to the 
 right through Louisa and Goochland counties. " The de- 
 tachments of the 4th, 6th and 9th N. Y. with about 50 men 
 of the 3d Ind. Cavalry, making a force of about 350 men, 
 under co^mmand of Major Hall now left Kilpatrick's column 
 at 1 1 p. m. and moved to the left toward South Anna Bridge 
 through a cold, drizzling rain and ihtense darkness. When 
 approaching the Fredericksburg railroad they encountered 
 an infantry picket. Several guns flashed in the darkness 
 and their bullets went singing overhead. The picket re- 
 serve consisted of two companies of infantry in the thick 
 pine woods alongside the road. Capt. Brown was ordered 
 to dismount his men and drive them out. The men dis- 
 mounted and formed a skirmish line as best they could 
 and advanced, firing their carbines into the thicket. Every 
 man was yelling and the Captain was cursing tO' keep them 
 quiet. To the poor Confederate boys the number of their 
 assailants was greatly magnified, and they, cried out "Don't 
 shoot, we surrender," and everyone surrendered, as the cav- 
 alry men advanced . through the woods. One trooper said 
 eight "rebs" .surrendered tO' him; he "surrounded them.'" 
 The other detachments captured a gun and a wagon with a 
 team of mules. A brigade of infantry and a battery and 
 some cavalry were found at the bridge. March i. At day- 
 
148 KILPATRICK'S RAID. 
 
 light the enemy opened with his battery and advanced a line 
 of skirmishers. Major Hall then moved back and crossed 
 at Beech Tree Ford cipturing the Confederate pickets there. 
 The prisoners were all paroled and abandoned, and Hall 
 then moved on, marching all day capturing and destroying 
 one train of cars and an engine and rejoining Kilpatrick's 
 fbt-ce near Richmprid where he had already passed the outer 
 earthworks. A few men who were sore from the long ride, 
 lagged a little, and were promptly "gobbled" by the "Rebel" 
 Cavalry. At dark Kilpatrick fell back and crossed the 
 Chickahominy at Meadow Bridge stopping on the low lands 
 iii the hiidst of a driving storm of sleet and rain. The men 
 too tired and sleepy to think of their wet condition or mind 
 the cold, lay down with their bridle reins around their wrists 
 and went to sleep, fence rails serving as beds to keep them 
 out of the mud. About up. m., while enjoying their 
 "sweet slumbers," they were aroused by the rapid firing of 
 the pickets, closely followed by a bursting shell in their 
 midst. It was evident the position was not adapted to quiet 
 slumbers. Hardly a word was spoken and there was no 
 confusion. The men mounted their horses and moved off 
 raoidly in column of fours. At 2 o'clock a. m. March 2d 
 they had reached a point seven miles from Richmond and 
 waited there for daylight. ' The absorbing topic was their 
 escape. It was said, too, that the reason for not entering 
 Richmond was that Col. Dahlgren, who was to be on hand 
 to make an attack from the other side of the city, had not 
 been heard from and fears were entertained that he had been 
 captured. 
 
 While the next move was being discussed by the officers, 
 a thorough inspection of the neighboring smokehouses and 
 henroosts was made and rewarded with abundance of the 
 best product of the country including turkeys, hams and 
 
KILPATRICK'S RAID. 149 
 
 sweet potatoes. The column moved at daylight with the 
 gth N. Y. men as rear guard. Th^ situation soon became 
 quite serious as Wade Hampton's cavalry were following 
 closely intent on making trouble. The ist Maine cavalry 
 were sent to support the rear guard and charged capturing 
 four prisoners. The column halted near the Pamunkey 
 river about 15 miles from Richmond. Here plenty of corn 
 was found and the tired horses were fed and rested; and the 
 men feasted on ham, turkey and sweet potatoes. That 
 night the column moved across the White House railroad 
 down the Peninsula and came in sight of a large cavalry camp 
 with many fires burning which Kilpatrick mistook for the 
 enemy. The column then countermarched, the guns were 
 placed in position, the men formed in line and dismounted. 
 The night was very cold but no fires were built and the men 
 stood to horse till daylight of March 3d when a patrol sent 
 forward found the camp to be that of so^me cavalry sent up 
 the Peninsula by Gen. Butler to Kilpatrick's aid. The 
 column then moved on and at New Kent C. H. found some 
 colored troops also sent by Butler. The column went into 
 camp about 10 miles from Williamsburg. March 4. March- 
 ed through Williamsburg to Yorktown. Here Kilpatrick's 
 men drew the first rations and forage since leaving Steph- 
 ensburg. Col. Dahlgren struck the fortifications of Rich- 
 mond on March 2 and thence turned eastward making a 
 circuit north of the city to Hanovertown ferry and endeav- 
 ored to reach Kilpatrick's column but was stopped after 
 crossing the Mattapony at Dabney's ford, where he en- 
 countered some Confederate infantry. Dahlgren was killed 
 and his men dispersed. Most of his men succeeded in 
 joining Kilpatrick's column. Gen. Kilpatrick with 1,000 
 men moved up the Pamunkey to learn the fate of Col. Dahl- 
 gfeh. When he returned his command took boats for Alex- 
 
150 GRANT AND SHERIDAN. 
 
 andria where it arrived March 12, and reached camp at Cul- 
 pepper March 15. This ended one of the most remarkable 
 raids of the war. 
 
 GRANT AND SHERIDAN— THE NEW REGIME. 
 
 The last of February 1864, Congress passed an act re- 
 viving the grade of Lieutenant General, hitherto accorded to 
 George Washington alone. On March i President Lincoln 
 promptly approved the measure and nominated Gen. Ulysses 
 S. Grant for the place. He was next day confirmed by the 
 Senate. Grant was summoned from the Western army by 
 telegraph and reached Washington March 8, to receive his 
 commission and instructions as Lieutenant General com- 
 manding all the forces of the Union. Gen. Grant in a brief 
 and modest order, assumed command, announcing that his 
 headquarters would be in the field, and, until further orders, 
 with the Army of the Potomac. A new regime was now to 
 be inaugurated in the management of the Army of the 
 Potomac. There was to be no more moving back to pro- 
 tect Washington or to avoid Lee. There was to be no 
 more crying "on to Richmond." The objective was to be 
 Lee's army and its defeat. As a legitimate result Washing- 
 ton would be protected, the Southern Confederacy would be 
 extinguished and the capture of Richmond would have little 
 significance. The remainder of March and nearly all of 
 April were devoted to careful preparations for the campaign. 
 The Armv of the Potomac, still commandedl by General 
 Meade, was reorganized; its five corps being reduced to 
 three, commanded respectively by Gens. Hancock (2nd), 
 Warren (5th), and Sedgewick (6th), Many general oflficers 
 were relieved. Maj. Gen.' P. H. Sheridan who had been 
 commanding a Division in the Western army under Grant, 
 was selected to command the Cavalry Corps and was ordered 
 
GRANT AND SHERIDAN. 151 
 
 from Chattanooga to Washington by telegram March 23, 
 and assumed command April 5, Gen. Pleasanton having been 
 relieved. Gen. Buford, who had been the efficient com- 
 mander of the 1st Cavalry Division had been stricken with 
 typhoid fever and died. His loss was greatly deplored by 
 the officers and men of his Division by whom he was held i» 
 high honor and esteem. He was succeeded by Gen. A. T. 
 A. Torbert. Gen. Gregg retained his command but Kil- 
 patrick was succeeded by Gen. James H. Wilson. There 
 was some rearrangement of the regiments and brigades. 
 Custer's brigade, which had been serving with Kilpatrick's 
 Division, now became a part of the ist Division; the 4th 
 N. Y. was assigned to Devin's brigade and the ist N. Y. 
 Dragoons to Merritt's brigade. The Cavalry Corps nov; 
 consisted of three Divisions commanded respectively by 
 Gens. Torbert, Gregg and Wilson. The ist Division con- 
 sisted of three brigades, Custer's Devin's and Wesley A. 
 Merritt's; the 2nd and 3d Divisions of two brigades each. 
 Devin's brigade was made up of four regiments, viz : the 4th, 
 6th and 9th N. Y. and 17th Pa. cavalry. The Corps also 
 included six balteries of horse artillery commanded by Cap- 
 tain John M. Rooinson. These batleries, either as units or 
 in sections were assigned to the different divisions in cam- 
 paign. Soon after Sheridan reported to Gen. Meade at 
 Brandy Station he reviewed his new command which now 
 numbered about twelve thousand officers and men and the 
 same number of horses. He found the health and equip- 
 ment of the men good and satisfac;tory but the horses were 
 thin and very much worn down by excessive, and it seemed 
 to him, unnecessary picket duty on a continuous line of near- 
 ly sixty miles. From the beginning of the war the enemy 
 had shown more wisdom respecting his cavalry. He had 
 organized his mounted force into compact masses and made 
 
152 GRANT AND SHERIDAN. 
 
 it a favorite and he was now husbanding the strength of his 
 horses by keeping them to the rear tO' be in good condition 
 for the impending campaign. Gen. Scott had predicted 
 that the Contest would be settled by artillery and had refused 
 the services of many regiments enlisted as cavalry ; and Gen. 
 Aleade was filled with the prejudices that had pervaded the 
 army regarding the importance and usefulness of cavalry. 
 Sheridan sought an interview with Gen. Meade and repre- 
 sented tO' him that as the effectiveness of his command rested 
 mainly on the strength of its horses, the duty it was then 
 performing was both burdensome and wasteful. He also 
 stated his idea of what the cavalry should do, the main pur- 
 port of which was that it ought to be kept concentrated to 
 fight the enemy's cavalry. Meade seemed staggered by 
 Sheridan's plans and would hardly listen to them. Three or 
 four weeks later, however, through Gen. Grant's advice, 
 Sheridan wis perniated to carry out his plans which resulted 
 in most gratifying success. But Meade promptly relieved 
 the cavalry fronv much of the arduous and harrassing picket 
 service, gn ing about two weeks in which to nurse the horses 
 before the campaign opened. Although Meade's convic- 
 tions never became wholly changed, yet thereafter, in the or- 
 ganization of the Army ci the Potomac, the cavalry corps 
 became more of a compact body, with the same privileges 
 and responsibilities that attached to the other corps — con- 
 ditions that never acti'ally existed before. 
 
 To return to the regiment. On March 17, a scouting 
 party went to Sperryville and captured a Confederate major 
 and two conscripts and returned next day. Ira Butler of 
 Company C was captured on the way back to camp. March 
 23 six inches of snow fell, the deepest of the winter. March 
 25 eight Confederate deserters came to the picket post<^ 
 Thirty-two recruits joined the regiment, mounted and 
 
BILLY SCOTT. 153 
 
 equipped. March 29 six deserters and three women came 
 in. No doubt the rigid conscription by the Confederate 
 authorities was driving some men as well as families from 
 the mountain districts, to the Union lines. Gen. Grant 
 reviewed the First cavalry division and the Fifth corps. 
 
 The mountain district along the headwaters of Hazel 
 River northwest of Culpepper and west of the Sperr)rvil1e 
 pike was a resort for Confederate scouts. One, Billy Scott, 
 who had been active in that service and was said to have 
 captured or killed several Union pickets, made his home at 
 a distillery in that region. Capt. B. J. Coffin in command 
 of the 3d and 4th squadrons and accompanied by Capt. 
 "White of Devin's staff, left camp one evening and moved out 
 to the distillery reaching it just daylight. The men sur- 
 rounded the buildings which included a dwelling house, the 
 distillery and a spring house. The spring flowed down 
 through a rock}'^ ravine with timber and laurel growing along 
 its sides. As Coffin's men rode toward the buildings from 
 different directions, Scott was seen to leave the house and 
 walk hurriedly by the springhouse and down the ravine. 
 Sergt. W. T. Bradshaw rode down the path and followed 
 Scott who kept ut> along one side among the rocks and 
 timber trying to escape. Bradshaw with a few shots from 
 his carbine soon compelled Scott to halt and surrender. Brad- 
 shaw turned Scott over to another man of his company, then 
 followed the path through a thicket of laurel and found 
 Scott's horse, a very fine one, which he took back to camp. 
 Bradshaw was afterward required to give up the horse to 
 Capt. White, but he had the honor of capturing both the 
 scout and his horse. A number of expeditions were made 
 during the winter by companies and squadrons of the regi- 
 ment into the region about the head of Hazel River. April 
 8. Several officers of the 9th N. Y. visited the camp of the 
 
154 THE WILDERNESS. 
 
 First N. Y. Dragoons near Mitchell's Station. April 14, 
 Large details of the regiment were picketing the road to- 
 ward James City. Three women came to the picket re- 
 serve. One wished to go to Cvilpepper, the other to obtain 
 a safeguard for their home and property. April 20, 9th 
 men relieved by the 6th N. Y. A large detail from the reg- 
 iment went out beyond Hazel river and captured! six or 
 seven prisoners and several horses. April 21, the ist Cav- 
 alry Division was reviewed by Gen. Sheridan and Gen. 
 Torbert. April 23. Had mounted drill, Col. Sackett in 
 command. Sheriff Chas. Kennedy of Chautauqua County- 
 spent the day in camp. April 24. Inspection of arms by 
 Col. Sackett. As there were not enough horses in the regi- 
 ment to mount all the men orders were received to dismount 
 the recruits and let the veterans have the horses. Horses 
 were received from the 4th N. Y. Cavalry for the 9th. April 
 zy. The regiment moved from its winter quarters and 
 camped near Pony Mountain southeast of the village, 
 April 28. Devin's brigade made a reconnoissance to Madison 
 C. H. and captured about twelve prisoners but found no large 
 force of the enemy. April 30. Several men of the regiment 
 who had had some trainino^ as sailors, and who had passed 
 an examination, were transferred to the Navy. Sunday 
 May I. The Division was inspected by Gen. Torbert. 
 Joseph Fournier Company M was accidentally wounded and 
 died at Culpepper May 7. May 2. A severe windstorm 
 blew down most of the tents in the new camps and made 
 things lively for an hour or two. 
 
 THE BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS. 
 On Wednesday, May 4, the Army of the Potomac moved 
 against Lee who occupied his intrenched position along 
 Mine Run and the south bank of the Rapidan extending from 
 
THE WILDERNESS. 155 
 
 Barnett's to Morton's Ford, a distance of about twenty miles. 
 The fords below Morton's were watched by small detach- 
 ments of Confederate cavalry. Only a few brigades of 
 Lee's infantry held the works along the river, the bulk of ii 
 being situated so it could be thrown to either flank to which 
 the Union troops might approach. Grant adopted the plan 
 of moving by his left flank and crossed the Rapid'an at 
 Germana and Ely's Fords preceded by the cavalry divisions 
 of Gregg and Wilson. Torbert's division remained in the 
 rear to guard the trains and reserve artillery holding from 
 Rapidan Station tO' Culpepper, and thence through Stevens- 
 burg to the Rapahannock. In the camp of the 9th N. Y. 
 reveille blew at 5 a. m., and the regiment received orders to 
 be ready to march. In the afternoon it moved through 
 Stevensburg toward Ely's Ford. Gregg's division crossed 
 the Rapidan at Ely^s Ford before daylight and pushed on to 
 Chancellorsville. Wilson crossed at Germana Ford, moved 
 by the wilderness Tavern to Parker's Store and sent a heavy 
 reconnoissance toward Mine Run. May 5, Torbert's division 
 crossed at Ely's Ford and moved to Chancellorsville where 
 Sheridan had estabhshed his headquarters. The 9th N. Y. 
 went on picket on the road toward Banks' Ford. The in- 
 fantry began fighting about noon and the roar of musketry 
 was incessant till dark. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, commanding 
 the Confederate cavalry, had now concentrated his command 
 on the right of Lee's infantry. His force at this date was 
 a little more than eight thousand men, organized in two di- 
 visions, commanded by Gens. Wade Hampton and Fitzhugh 
 Lee. Hampton's division was composed of three brigades, 
 commanded by Gens. Gordon, Young and Rosser ; Fitzhugh 
 Lee's division comprised three brigades also. Gens. W. H. 
 F. Lee, Lomax and Wickham commanding them. Sheri- 
 'dan had an effective force of about 10,000. Gen. Meade 
 
]56 TODD'S TAVERN. 
 
 crossed the Rapidan, established headquarters near Germana 
 Ford and directed Wilson to advance .in the direction of 
 Craig's Meeting House. Wilson with his second brigade 
 encountered Rosser's brigade and drove it back about two 
 miles holding it there till noon while his first brigade was 
 halted near the junction of the Carpathen and Parker's Stare 
 roads. Hearing nothing of Warren's corps which was ex- 
 pected to follow him, he withdrew his second brigade and 
 had hardly done so when he learned that, early in the fore- 
 noon the enemy's infantry had appeared in his rear at Park- 
 er's Store and cut ofif his communication with Meade. The 
 Confederates now attacked him with a heavy force and 
 pushed troops down the Carpathen road. Wilson was now 
 sandwiched in between the forces of the enemy at Parker's 
 Store and those on the Carpathen road, but he extricated his 
 command by passing around the latter force, and reached 
 Todd's Tavern. Sheridan, upon learning from Meade what 
 he had done, immediately sent Gregg to Wilson's relief. 
 Just beyond Todd's Tavern Gregg met Wilson who was be-- 
 ing followed by the enemy's cavalry. The pursuing force 
 was now checked and driven back to Shady Grove Church. 
 The responsibility for the safety of the trains and of the left 
 flank of the army still continued and Sheridan so disposed 
 his troops as to secure these objects by holding the fine of 
 the Brock road beyond the Furnaces, and thence around to 
 Todd's Tavern and Piney Branch Church. During the day 
 the infantry had been heavily engaged, being attacked, as 
 Lee intended, before the several corps were fairly in position. 
 Meade's army, however, held its line and the day ended with 
 about equal losses on either side. The Ninth Corps, num- 
 bering about 20,000 men, under command of Gen. Burnside 
 arrived on the field during the night increasing Meade's 
 army to nearly 100,000 including his cavalry and artillery. 
 
, ^ TODD'S TAVERN. 15T 
 
 On the morning of May 6 Custer's brigade was engaged with 
 the enemy's cavalry at the Furnaces supported by Devin. 
 The gth N. Y. moved with Devin's brigade but was not en- 
 gaged in the fighting. The enemy was repulsed and Sheri- 
 dan planned to hold his line. But the infantry had had 
 severe fighting with heavy losses, its whole front having" been 
 assailed. Meade became alarmed about his left flank and 
 sent Sheridan a note dated i p. m. stating that Gen. Han- 
 cock had .been heavily pressed and his left flank turned and 
 advising Sheridan to draw in his cavalry so as to secure 
 protection of the trains. Accordingly the cavalry was 
 drawn in close toward Chancellorsville. It was found later 
 that Hancock's left had n,ot been turned and the points on 
 the line the cavalry had left had to be regained at a heavy 
 cost in killed and wounded to both the cavalry and infantry. 
 Lee had most persistently assailed first Meade's left in the 
 morning and then his right late in the afternoon. Meade's 
 losses in the two days of this battle in the Wilderness were 
 nearly 20,000 of whom 6,000 were prisoners. Lee's losses 
 were not so great but were very heavy and included many 
 prisoners. On the morning of May 7th when Meade's 
 skirmishers advanced it was found Lee had intrenched his 
 whole front and was awaiting an attack but evidently not 
 ready to make one. But as fighting in this labyrinth of 
 woods and obscure roads was not Grant's choice but Lee's 
 wholly, Grant resolved to resume his march and put his 
 columns in motion aiming to clear the Wilderness and con- 
 centrate his army on the high open ground around Spottsyl- 
 vania C. H. With this in view the trains were put in motion 
 to go into park at Piney Branch Church. But Piney Branch 
 Church was now held by the enemy so Sheridan held the 
 trains at Aldrich's till the other ground could be regained. 
 This led to the battle of Todd's Tavern for possession of the 
 
158 TODD'S TAVERN. 
 
 (Cross roads at that point, participated in by the enemy's 
 cavalry and Gregg's division, and itwo brigades of Torbert's 
 -division, the latter commanded by Gen. Wesley A. Merritt, 
 as Torbert became very ill on the 6th and had to be sent to 
 Jiospital. To gain the crossroads Gregg assailed the enemy 
 •on the Catharpen road with Irvin Gregg's brigade. Merritt's 
 .reserve brigade advanced on the Spottsylvania road and 
 Davies' brigade of Gregg's division on the Piney Branch road 
 (Uniting with Merritt's left. Merrit's brigade met stubborn 
 resistance. In this brigade were two regiments of regulars 
 which were fighting dismounted on a line extending through 
 the woods each side of the Spottsylvania road. The 9th N. 
 Y. was ordered to advance and support this line. The regi- 
 ment dismounted and moved down the road in column at a 
 double quick and with a charging yell deployed upon the 
 skirmish line and did not stop till the enemy, also fighting 
 ■dismounted, was driven nearly three miles and across an 
 open ifield to a thicket of pines beyond. When the 9th reach- 
 ed the skirmish line, the regulars moved back and left the 
 l6gf>hting entirely to the volunteers. Instead of supporting 
 (the regulars, as. ordered ,the 9t.h had relieved :them. . But the 
 1st N. Y. Dragoons were on the left of the gth and they 
 -were "stayers." The enemy brought up artiUery at the open 
 field and used canister to stop the advance of the dismount- 
 ed 'Union cavalry line. The men of the gth sheltered them- 
 'Selves as well as they could behind the trees along the edg2 
 .of the wood while the deadly canister came whizzing by, 
 and this line was held and picketed that night by men oi 
 (this regiment. At daylight Sunday, May 8, the regiment 
 imo\'ed dismounted up onto this line and advanced into the 
 open field. But now Cowfederate infantry were found in 
 their front behind barricades of rails and logs and in the 
 shelter of the pine woods. The 9th held its line, however, 
 
TOI>D'S TAVERN. 159 
 
 till about 9 a. m., when it was relieved by infantry of the Sth 
 corps. This infantry attempted to advance through the 
 open field and were driven back with heavy loss. In the 
 fighting here of May 7th and Sth, the 9th N. Y. lost six men 
 ■killed, seventeen wounded and four captured. Lieut. Perry 
 Bly was mortally wounded and died May 17. Captain 
 A\'ooley was slightly wounded. The killed were Robt. 
 McCullough and John Nolan of Company B, ist Sergt. John 
 E. Cameron of Company C, Ezra M. Cook and Addison 
 Perkins, Company I, and ist Sergt. Franklin Phillips, Co. 
 K. The wounded, besides the two officers mentioned were 
 Leonard B. Smead Co. A, Albert Woodrufif Co. B, Joseph 
 L. Cam.pbell Co. C, John W. Bullock and Milo M. Ransom, 
 Co. D, Sylvester Hall and Ira HoJdridge Co. F, John N. 
 Gilley and Darius P. Lindsey Co. G, Thadeus S. Histed and 
 Nelson Taylor Co. I, John Baker and Chas. Eagan Co. M, 
 James O. Baker. Vet. Surgeon. The captured were Fred'k 
 Roemer Co. B, Frank Bliss Co. C, Albert Wilcox Co. G, and 
 Wm. L. Gardiner Co. I. First Sergeants Cameron and 
 Phillips and the other dead were buried on the field. Cam- 
 eron was a distinguished man in the regiment, standing six 
 feet, four inches high and of fine soldierly bearing. Cook 
 and Perkins were wounded May 7 and died May 8 at Spott- 
 syh-ania C. H. in the hands of the enemy. 
 
 On the evening of May 7 Sheridan directed Gregg- and 
 Merritt to move at daylight to Snell's bridge on the Po river 
 and Wilson to take possession of Spottsylvania as early as 
 possible and then join the other divisions. This was for the 
 purpose of securing the roads for Meade's infantry to move 
 to Spottsylvania in accordance with Grant's plans. During the 
 night of May 7 Gen. Meade arrived at Todd's Tavern and 
 modified the orders to Gregg and Merritt, directing Gregg to 
 hold Corbyn's bridge and Merritt to move out in front of the 
 
160 TODD'S TAVERN. 
 
 infantry column marching on the Spottsylvania road. Merritt 
 proceeded to obey, but in advancing the cavalry and infantry 
 became intermingled in the darkness with much confusion 
 and delay of the movement. When, next morning, Sheri- 
 dan learned of the changes in the orders to Merritt and Gregg, 
 he had fears for the safety of Wilson who had driven the 
 enemy's cavalry from Spottsylvania C. H. But while Wil- 
 son was preparing to move on to form a junction with Gregg 
 and Merritt at Snell's bridge Longstreets corps appeared and 
 drove him from Spottsylvania. Meade's interference with 
 the cavalry had left Lee's approach to Spottsylvania entirely 
 unobstructed, while three divisions of cavalry remained prac- 
 tically ineffective by reason of disjointed and irregular instruc- 
 tions. Sheridan made some strong remonstrance against 
 Meade's course and then joined Merritt on the Spottsylvania 
 road where he found General Warren making complaint that 
 the cavalry were obstructing his infantry column. Merritt's 
 division was drawn off the road and the Fifth corps moved on 
 toward Spottsylvania only to meet the enemy in force and 
 be driven back with heavy loss. The gth N. Y. had been 
 holding a part of the skirmish line on which the Fifth Corps 
 deployed that morning of May 8. 
 
 A little before noon Gen. Meade sent for Sheridan and 
 when Sherdian reached headquarters he found Meade's pep- 
 pery temper had got the better of his good judgment laying 
 blame here and there for the blunders that had been commit- 
 ted. He was particularly severe on the cavalry, saying, 
 among other things, that it had impeded the march of the 
 Fifth Corps by occupying the Spottsylvania road. Sheridan 
 replied that if this were true, Meade himself had ordered it 
 there without Sheridan's knowledge. Sheridan farther said 
 that such disjointed operations as Meade had required of the 
 cavalry the past four days would soon render the corps inefific- 
 
RIDING AROUND LEE'S ARMY. 161 
 
 ient and useless. After many acrimonious words Sheridan 
 finally said that if he were permitted he would go out and 
 whip Stuart, but if Meade insisted on giving the cavalry di- 
 rections without consulting or even notifying him, Meade 
 could henceforth command the Cavalry Corps himself and he 
 would not give it another order. Meade repeated the con- 
 versation to Grant, mentioning that Sheridan said he could 
 whip Stuart. At this Grant remarked: "Did he say that? 
 Then let him go and do it." This intimation was immedi- 
 ately acted upon by Meade and he issued the following order : 
 
 "Headquarters Army of the Potomac. 
 "May 8, 1864. 1 p. m. 
 ""General Sheridan, Commanding Cavalry Corps: 
 
 "The major-general commanding directs you to Immediately con- 
 •centrate your available mounted force and with your ammunition 
 trains and such supply trains as are filled (exclusive of ambulances) 
 proceed against the enemy's cavalry, and when your supplies are 
 exhausted, proceed via New Market and Green Bay, to Haxall's 
 Xianding on the James River, there communicating with Gen. Butler, 
 procuring supplies and return to this army. Your dismounted men 
 will be left with the train here. 
 
 "A. A. Humphreys, 
 "Major General, Chiet-of-Staff." 
 
 As soon as Sheridan received this order he concentrated 
 his three divisions at Aldrich's where they rested that night. 
 Three days' rations for the men were distributed and half ra- 
 tions of grain for one day were doled out for the horses. 
 Sheridan explained his plan to his division commanders who 
 ■entered into its support unhesitatingly. 
 
 THE RIDE AROUND LEE'S ARMY TO RICHMONI> 
 AND THE JAMES RIVER AND RETURN. 
 Early on the morning of May g Sheridan's Cavalry Corps 
 started from the vicinity of Aldrich's between Spottsylvania 
 C. H. and Chancellorsville toward Fredericksburg, marching 
 on the plank road, Merritt's Division leading. At Taber- 
 
162 , RIDING AROUND LEE'S ARMY. 
 
 nacle Church the column headed due east to the telegraph' 
 road, thence southward crossing the Ny, Po, Taand Mat 
 branches of the Mattapony river, through Thornburg and 
 Childsburg to Anderson's ford across the North Anna river. 
 The Corps moved at a walk, the three divisions on the same 
 road; making a column- nearly thirteen miles long and march- 
 ed around' the right flank of the enemy unsuspected until' 
 the rear guard had passed Massaponax Church south of the 
 Ta river. Meanwhile Stuart had discovered Sheridan's move 
 and set his cavalry in motion sending Fitzhugh Lee to fol- 
 low and attack Sheridan's rear while Stuart himself marched 
 by way of Davenport's bridge on the North Anna, six miles 
 above Anderson's ford, and thence toward Beaver Dam 
 Station near which place his whole command was directed to 
 meet next day. 
 
 Davies' brigade of Gregg's division acted as rear guard 
 and performed that responsible and trying duty with tact and. 
 good judgment, never once permitting Fitzhugh Lee's ad- 
 vance to encroach far enoug'h to compel a halt of the main 
 column. About dark Merritt's division crossed the North 
 Anna at Anderson's ford while Gregg and Wilson encamped 
 on the north side having engaged- the enemy who still hung 
 on the rear till a late hour at night. After Merritt's division 
 GF©6sed the river Custer's brigade moved on to Beaver Dam» 
 St-ation to cut the Virginia Central railroad. Before reach- 
 ing the Station he met a small' force of the enemy, but this- 
 he speedily drove ofif, recapturing from it about four hundred 
 Union prisoners who had been taken recently in the Wilder- 
 ness and were being conducted to Richmond. Custer de- 
 stroyed the station-, two locomotives, three trains of cars, 
 ninety wagons, from eight to ten' milfes of railway and tele- 
 graph lines, two hundred thousand pounds of bacon and other 
 supplies amounting in all to about a million and a half of ra- 
 
RIDING AROtJND LEE'S ARMY. 163 
 
 tions and nearly all the medical stores of Lee's army. On 
 the morning of Sunday, May lo, Gregg and Wilson, while 
 crossing the North Anna were again attacked, but were cov- 
 ered by the division on the south side and the passage was* 
 effected without much loss. The possession of Beaver Dam 
 opened the direct way to Richmond by the Negro-foot road. 
 It: also enabled the corps to obtain forage for the famished 
 horses and to prepare for fighting the enemy. Stuart had 
 hardly united hiS' troops near Beaver Dam when he realizect 
 that concentrating there was a mistake and while Sheridan 
 leisurely took the Negro-foot road toward Richmond, Stuart 
 drew off urging his horses to the death to get between Sheri- 
 dan's column and Richmond. His new tactics left Sheridan 
 unmolested except by a small force following in his rear and; 
 the corps moved on only fifteen to eighteen miles to Ground. 
 Souirrel bridge where it crossed the South Anna river. Here 
 abundance of forage was found and the horses had a goodi 
 night's rest. At noon- on the loth, when the column halted 
 to feed, four companies, C, M, D and L, of the 9th N. Y., 
 about 120 men, were sent out on a road leading to the right, 
 about three miles, to picket that flank. Company L carriedi 
 the regimental flag. When the column moved on, these- 
 companies were not notified. After waiting, a reasonable- 
 time a man was sent back and found the column gone and' 
 heard, considerable firing in the direction it had taken. This 
 indicated a force of the enemy between these companies and' 
 the main body, and it was known that such a force had: fol- 
 lowed' the c&lumn all' the way. The 9th N.Y. men then decided' 
 to seek another road to Ground Squirrel bridge, where, 
 it was knowrr^ tbe corps- was tO' halt. Every man was ord- 
 ered' to have his carbine in hand ready for instant action. 
 Twenty mern with Lieut. S. W. Clark were sent' ahead as ad- 
 vance gnaird with orders' to charge thrbiugh any oppxssing 
 
164 YELLOW TAVERN. 
 
 force and the others would support them. So this little 
 IDarty moved on having in mind the fate of Col. Dahlgren in 
 this region only the February before. Another road was 
 readily found which soon intersects the main road from 
 Louisa C. H. to Richmond and crossed the North Anna at 
 Ground Squirrel bridge and these companies reached the 
 main force at the bridge about 9 p. m. One vidette only 
 of the enemy was encountered about dark. He fired his 
 carbine and fled across the fields. It had been rumored all 
 through the corps that these companies were missing and 
 when the officer in command reported to Col. Sackett, he 
 exclaimed, "Glory to God C — I supposed you were all cap- 
 tured," and then he gave the admonition never to carry 
 away the regimental colors again. Some companies of the 
 regular cavalry, who were picketing a road on the other 
 flank, were not so fortunate and had a hard fight to regain 
 the column losing many men. 
 
 At 2 o'clock A. M., May 11, Davies' brigade of Gregg's 
 division marched to Ashland Station to cut the Fredericks- 
 burg and Richmond railroad, arriving there before the 
 head of the enemy's column, which had to pass through this 
 place to reach Yellow Tavern. Davies drove out a small 
 force, burned a train of cars and a locomotive, destroyed the 
 track for some distance and rejoined the column at Allen's 
 Station. From Allen's Station, the whole command moved 
 on Yellow Tavern, Merritt in the lead, Wilson following 
 and Gregg in the rear. The appearance of Davies at Ashland 
 in the morning had further mystified the enemy. He di- 
 vided his force again, sending a portion to hang upon the 
 Tcar of Sheridan's column, and proceeded with the rest "to 
 Yellow Tavern. By forced marches Stuart reached Yellow 
 Tavern ahead of Sheridan and the presence of his troops 
 on the Ashland and Richmond road becoming known to 
 
YELLOW TAVERN. 165 
 
 Merritt as he was approaching the Brook turnpike, Merritt 
 pressed forward at once to the attack. As the cokimn ap- 
 proached the enemy's position Devin's brigade was in the 
 v^dvance. The gth N. Y. halted in an open field on the lett 
 of the road to fight on foot. Other regiments of the 2nd bri- 
 ;gade and the ist N. Y. Dragons and other regiments of the 
 ^rd brigade also dismounted and formed to the right and 
 left of the 9th N. Y. extending the line over a mile, supported 
 bv Custer's brigade which remained mounted. The gth N. 
 Y. formed line and moved to the left most of the line through 
 a niece of woods, the left in the open field, then across open 
 fields toward another road along which, in front of the 9th 
 IS^. Y., was the 5th Va. cavalry also dismounted and pro- 
 tected by the road fence and ditch. On the higher ground 
 Tialf a mile beyond this road was a battery. The line of the 
 9th N. Y. attracted the attention of this battery as soon 
 as it entered the woods, the shells reaching their horses back 
 in the open field. As soon as the Hne reached the open 
 fields beyond the woods, it faced the carbine five of the 
 ■enemy along the road fence. The line was extended to 
 the left to get the protection of a depression in the ground, 
 a peach orchard and some farm buildings in that direction 
 and then immediately advanced to the road fence, overreach- 
 ing the enemy's line and having a flank fire on him. The 
 right of the line advanced at the same time obliquing to the 
 right and reached the fence. The result of this move and 
 the free use of carbines and revolvers was the capture of 
 one hundred four officers and men of the 5th Va. Cavalry, 
 "with a loss to the gth N. Y. of two men killed, one officer 
 and two men mortally wounded and one officer, and six men 
 ■wounded who recovered. Col. Pate, commanding the 5th 
 Va. and three other officers and a number of men of that 
 regiment were killed. Col. Pate had been a conspicious 
 
16& YELLOW TAVERN. ^ 
 
 character before the war, as a leadier of the Missouri "border 
 ruflfians" in an effort to foist a proslavery constitution onto 
 the, then, new state of Kansas. The men of the 9th N. 
 Y. and the 5th Va., had, on several occasions, met on picket 
 duty and the kindly courtesies then shown were now re- 
 membered in a request for kindlv treatment of the wounded 
 and prisoners when turned over to the provost guard. While 
 the 9th N. Y. was advancing on the 5th Va., a Confederate 
 general officer accompanied by orderlies and a f^ag was seen 
 to ride up on the open field beyond the road. Some men 
 of Compaaiy E elevated their carbines and fired to reach this 
 officer. Immediately after this an ambulance was seen to 
 drive up and carry the officer away. It was afterward* 
 
 learned that Gen. Stuart was mortally wounded in this battle 
 and it is believed his wound was the result of this carbine 
 fire by men of the 9th N. Y. Cavalry. Soon after the 
 line of the enemy at the road fence had been taken, the bat- 
 tery, which had been annoying the 9th N. Y. and the Union 
 lineis together with its supports were gallantlyi charged by 
 Custer in full view of the 9th N. Y. men,, and four of its 
 guns captured!.- Custer was supported bv Wilson's Divi- 
 sion and oiie brigade of Gregg-'s division -which were now 
 brought tip. Devin's and Gibb's dismounted brigades now- 
 advanced and the enemy was driven from the field, the larg- 
 est part going toward Ashlamd while a small force went 
 toward Richmond. Gen. Gordon, who had been com- 
 manding' a brigade fighting Gregg at the rear was killed. 
 Stuart was succeeded in commamd of the Corifprlerate Cav- 
 alry by Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. Sheridan now had control of ■ 
 the road to Richmond and moved on that night, and his- 
 wliele command was maissed: on the plateau south of 
 Meadow Bridge about four miles from the city at daylight 
 of May 12. The men of the 9th N. Y. lay by their horses. 
 
MEADOW BRIDGE. 167 
 
 nearly air night an-d moved on toward morning following 
 the column along a road about three miles from the city 
 within the outer earthworks of Richmond, just daylight' 
 where some shell's had been planted attached to wires so 
 they would explode when the horses' feet struck the wires. 
 Several horses in Wilson's division at the head of the column 
 had been killed and several men wounded by the explosion 
 of some of these shells, when the rest were removed by the 
 aid of the prisoners who were ordered un for that purpose. 
 Thte prisoners reported the owner of one of the neigbhoring 
 houses as the principal person who had engaged' in planting 
 these shells: So Sheridan directed that some of these 
 shells be placed in his cellar and arranged to explode if the 
 enemy's column should come that way, while he and his 
 family were brought ofif as prisoners and held till' after day- 
 light. The night had been dark with frequent showers of 
 rain, and the night march had been made with some diffi- 
 culty. The morning was cool and somewhat foggy. 
 There was intense excitement in Richmond' which was de- 
 fended by about five thousand irregular trooops, hastily 
 collected, under Gen. Bragg, besides three brigades of in- 
 fkntry from the force confronting BUtler, south of James 
 River. The excitement had been intensified by the re- 
 treat of the Confederate cavalry, now under Gen. Fitzhugh 
 Lee, to Mechanicsville,- leaving- Sheridan between them and 
 Richmond: At daylight the head' of the column under 
 Wilson reached the Mechanicsville pike near the city and- 
 encountered' the enemy's earthworks and batteries manned 
 b" Gen. Bragg's troops which made it impracticable, to reach 
 Fair Oak-s by passing between the earthworks and the 
 Chickahominy. As soonas Sheridan learned this, Custer's bri- 
 gade was directed to move to- Meadbw Bridge and cross 
 the Chickahominy there. Custer found the bridge destroyed' 
 
168 MEADOW BRIDGE. 
 
 and the enemy's cavalry posted on the north side in front 
 of Mechanicsville. Merritt was then ordered to take his 
 whole division and repair the bridge, and instructed that 
 the crossing must be made at all hazards. All the time 
 Merritt's men were repairing the bridge, the working party 
 was annoyed by shells from a section of artillery posted on 
 the higher ground half a mile away, and the bullets of Its 
 supporting force. As soon as a few boards were laid the 
 9th N. Y. and another regiment crossed on foot and en- 
 gaged the enemy. When the bridge was completed nearly 
 the whole of Merritt's division crossed, deployed in a long 
 line and advanced across the low swampy ground sparsely 
 timbered, in face of the enemy who was on the higher 
 ground beyond behind temporary works of logs and rails. 
 The gth N. Y. was near the center of the line and received 
 a large share of the enemy's attention. Tlie extended line of 
 the division to the right and left soon had a cross fire on the 
 enemy's position and he was driven out and pursued toward 
 Gaine's Mills leaving a number of men as prisoners. Three 
 more men of the 5th Va. cavalry were among these prison- 
 ers and said there was scarcely an oiificer left on duty in 
 their brigade. It was learned, too, that Gen. Stuart lay 
 mortally wounded at a house not far away. While Mer- 
 ritt's division was crossing at Meadow bridge and driving 
 the enemy from his front, the roar of the artillery in Sheri- 
 dan's rear toward Richmond was something wonderful in 
 that early and misty morning air. The Confederate in- 
 fantry had advanced from behind their works at Richmond 
 and attacked Wilson and Gregg. Gregg had hidden a 
 heavy line of dismounted men in a bushy ravine along his 
 front and when the enemy marched upon it with much dis- 
 play and under the eye of the President of the Confederacy, 
 Gregg's men opened a destructive fire with their repeating 
 
MEADOW BRIDGE. leQ- 
 
 carbines; and at the same time, the thirty-six guns of horse 
 artillery under Captain Robison, belched forth shot and shell, 
 plowing the enemy's infantry with fatal efifect. A train' 
 loaded with troops coming up from the city was nearly des- 
 troyed by the fire of Robison's batteries. Wilson's mem 
 charged the right flank of the enemy's wavering lines which 
 broke and they were compelled to withdraw behind the 
 heavy works thrown un for the defense of the city in 1862. 
 The expectations of the enemy of capturing or crushing 
 Sheridan's Cavalry were now eflfectually dispelled and Sheri- 
 dan was master of the situation. The rest of the day his 
 troopers remained on the battlefield undisturbed, and the 
 time was spent in collecting the wounded, burying the dead, 
 grazing the horses and reading the Richmond papers, two 
 small news boys, with commendable enterprise coming 
 through the lines well supplied and doing a thrifty business. 
 These boys were so intelligent and observant, their mission 
 evidently involved other purposes than the mere sale of news- 
 papers, and they were held till Sheridan's force crossed the 
 Chickahominy and then turned loose. Merritt's division 
 pushed on to Gaine's Mills and encountered the enemy's 
 cavalry again which he soon pushed aside and the whole 
 command went into camp there that night. The 9th N. Y. 
 was among the regiments in the advance to Gaine's Mills 
 and did not have an opportunity to go back and bury its 
 dead. 
 
 Among the killed at Yellow Tavern May 11, were Amos 
 Bird, Co. C, and Ira Lounsberry, Co. G; Capt. J. Q. Brown 
 was mortally wounded and died July 18. Oscar Howard, 
 Co. K, was wounded and left in hands of the enemy and i* 
 supposed to have died. The other wounded were Elisha 
 S. Peck, Co. A ; Wm. M. Lane, Co. B ; Samuel M. Brown, 
 Chas. H. Morse and Oliver Pier, Co. F; Romanz B. Drake,. 
 
17X) MEADOW BRIDGE. 
 
 W.m. J. Ogle and Irving J. Putnam, Co. H ; John Palmer, 
 Co. I ; Joseph Brown, Co. K ; John G. Dixon, Co. M. At 
 Meadow Bridge, May 12, Morgan D. Emery, Co. C, was 
 killed. Maj. A. McQuinn Corrigan, mortally wounded and 
 died May 28. The other wounded were Capt. Milton P. 
 Goodrich, Co. G; Lewis Robbins, Co. C; John Allen, Co. 
 F; Henry Moore and Anthony Nolan, Co. K. Major 
 Corrigan was carried on a stretcher, by men of Company I, 
 most of the way from the battlefield to Haxall's Landing on 
 the James River during a march of two days. On May 
 13, the corps marched to Despatch Station on the Richmond 
 and West Point railroad. May 14, the Corps crossed the 
 Chickahominy at Bottom's bridge and reached Malvern 
 Hill, eighteen miles from Richmond. As the head of the 
 column appeared in «ight of James River the Union gun 
 boats threw a few shells believing it io be the enemy. They 
 were soon signaled and the corps went into camp there for 
 a good rest. The wounded received the care of the sur- 
 .geons and the prisoners and captured guns were turned 
 over to Butler's provost marshall. During the last two 
 days' march the men had to forage for feed and ratioaSj it 
 being five days since they drew their three days' rations 
 near Chancellorsville. Now ample supplies of forage and 
 rations were furnished by Gen. Butler. Malvern Hill was 
 covered with fine farms which furnished abundant grazing 
 for the horses. The men also got bacon, beef, chickens, 
 meal and flour at the farm houses and managed to live very 
 well. The river was full of gun boats, transports and other 
 shipping: Messrs. Bishop and Partridge of Jamestown, 
 had a boat load of suttler's goods at the landing- and were 
 -well patronized by tlie men of the cavalry corps. May 
 15, Late in the afternoon Devin's brigade made a recon- 
 noissance up the James Rivver about six miles with the 9th 
 
' ON THE JAMES RIVER. 171 
 
 K. Y. in the advance. Out about three miles a Confederate 
 ■cavalry picket post of about twenty or thirty men was en- 
 ■countered and a lieuteiaant captured. The lieutenant lost 
 ■control of his horse which brought him right up to the ad- 
 vance guard and he surrendered gracefully. His men fell 
 back rapidly and were followed about three miles but no 
 large force discovered. Most of the roads of the region 
 were narrow, leading to small settlements or plantations. 
 It was along such a road on the low lands near the river the 
 reconnoissance was made. Just before daylight of the isth 
 the camp was awakened by the heavy cannonading of But- 
 ler's attack on Fort Darling. May 17, orders were re- 
 ■ceived to march at 11 a. m. and the horses were saddled. 
 The command did not start and the horses were unsaddled. 
 The bugles blew "boots and saddles" again at dark and 
 Sheridan's oomnjand marched all that night and nearly all 
 the next day. It moved down the river about eighteen 
 miles, then turned north across the Chickahominy at Jones' 
 bridge thence up the north side of that river to Baltimore 
 Cross Roads, making a march of about forty miles to get ten 
 from Malvern Hill. The enemy was holding the bridges 
 and crossing above and a small force was encountered at 
 Jones' bridge. In the skirmishing with this force two 
 men of the 9th N- Y. were wounded of whom Geo. Wilcox 
 of Co. C was one. There were frequent showers, the 
 streams were high and the roads muddy. Sheridan de- 
 cided to cross the ^Pamunkey at White House and sent to 
 Portress Monroe for pontoons. While waiting for these 
 lie sent Custer's brigade up the river, May 20, to destroy 
 the railroad bridge across the South Anna at Hanover Sta- 
 tion and Wilson's and Gregg's divisions to Cold Harbor to 
 <iemonstrate in the direction of Richmond as far as Mechan- 
 ieesviUe and cov^r iCuster's movements. The 9th N. Y, ac- 
 
172 RETURNING TO MEADE'S ARMY. 
 
 companied Custer as far as New Castle and Hanovertown, 
 eighteen or twenty miles above White House to picket the 
 fords and support Custer. The regiment bivouacked on the 
 plantation of Judge Meredith. Judge Meredith lived in 
 Richmond but owned a large tract of land here. On the 
 way the regiment moved along farm roads and crossed some 
 rich plantations on the Pamunkey, where the colored people 
 were peacefully working in the fields, one large gang hoe- 
 ing corn. May 21, Custer moved back after burning some 
 trestle bridges over Hanover Creek but found the bridge 
 across the South Anna too strongly guarded by troops orr 
 their way to reinforce Lee. The 9th N. Y. bivouacked on 
 the plantation of Widow Webb, the old Hampton estate,, 
 about eight miles above White House. She had a fine 
 residence and grounds on the bluff overlooking her planta- 
 tion of three thousand acres of fertile lands along the 
 Pamunkey River, populated with 200 or 300 colored ser- 
 vants. On the way here the regiment crossed the planta- 
 tion of a Widow Braxton, one of the richest in all this sec- 
 gion. Of four daughters, one had married a Dr. Macon 
 who was then living on the place. Some of Gregg's mert 
 had been there and plundered the place like a lot of bandits. 
 As the 9th N. Y. was passing ,the ist squadron rode to the 
 house and Captain Lapham was invited in to see what the 
 soldiers had done. He found one of Gregg's men still in 
 the house and drove him away. This outrageous plunder- 
 ing of houses by Gregg's men called forth strict orders front 
 Sheridan against plundering under heavy penalties. After 
 Custer and Gregg had gone on their expeditions. Sheridan 
 discovered that the old railroad bridge at White House had 
 been only partially burned, the timbers and cross ties being 
 suiificient to carry the horses, if properly covered. So the 
 men of Merritt's brigades were sent out in mounted detach'- 
 
RETURNING TO MEADE'S ARMY. 173 
 
 ments through the surrounding country each man bringing 
 a board or a plank. Merritt soon accumulated lumber 
 enough for the flooring and the bridge was made practicable 
 in one day. By noon of May 22, the whole command was 
 assembled at White House and crossed the Pamunkey by 
 the reconstructed bridge, the men leading their horses. 
 The crossing was effected without accident and the corps 
 marched by way of King William C. H., and reached 
 Aylett's on the Mattapony the same night, Devin's brigade 
 going on to Greenmont six or eight miles farther. Heavy 
 cannonading was heard in th^ direction of Hanover Junc- 
 tion 20 miles away. On the way from the peninsula, many 
 colored people, men women and children, joined the 
 column. When asked where they were going, the an- 
 swer was "O'we'se goin' where you all does." When 
 told they would find rough usage if they left their old homes, 
 they replied in sad tones, "We don't care, we are treated bad 
 here. Massa's very hard on us, neber gives us anything. 
 We don't care whar you all goes. We'se goin' wil you, 
 We'se not stay here any more." It was a severe march 
 for them to keep along with the column and a few of the 
 younger ones went back after following several miles. At 
 Aylett's it was learned that Lee had retired to the line of the 
 North Anna and Meade had followed. All able bodied 
 citizens of that region had been ordered to Richmond. The 
 column moved on May 24 and 25, to Milford Station to the 
 supply trains where ofificers and men obtained feed and ra- 
 tions, fresh clothing and three weeks', mail. On May 24 
 Sheridan reported to Meade at Chesterfield Station. This 
 ended the first independent expedition of the cavalry under 
 its new commander and the men felt proud to be known as 
 Sheridan's cavalry. Sheridan's success was highly com- 
 mended by Generals Grant and Meade. By drawing away 
 
174 ADVANCING WITH GRANT. 
 
 the enemy's cavalry, Meade had been able to move his enor- 
 mous trains without molestation, and the operations of the 
 cavalry in Lee's rear had greatly disconcerted and alarmed 
 that general and constituted an important factor in com- 
 pelling him to move back toward Richmond. The defeat 
 of the Confederate cavalry at Yellow Tavevrn and the death 
 of Stuart was most disheartening to the Confederate cause. 
 The whole object of the expedition had been fully attained. 
 
 ADVANCING WITH GRANT. 
 Grant, by his masterly maneuvers of Meade's army, had 
 forced Lee from his defensive positions on the Rapidan, in 
 the Wilderness and at Spottsylvania. Lee was now planted 
 in a strong position on the North Anna and again Grant 
 advanced Meade's army by its left flank, crossing the 
 Pamunkey, making White House Landing his base of sup- 
 plies, and forcing Lee back toward Richmond. Sheridan's 
 cavalry took an active part in this movement. Wilson's 
 division was sent to the right and was to operate on that 
 flank as it swung to the south, covering to New Castle each 
 advance of the infantry and the fords left behind in the 
 march. Gen. Torbert had now returned to duty and took 
 command of his division. The march to turn the enemy's 
 right began on May 26, Torbert and Gregg in the ad- 
 vance to secure the crossings of the Pamunkey, supported 
 by Gen. D. A. Russell's division of the Sixth corps. Tor- 
 bert started for Taylor's Ford with directions to demon- 
 strate heavily at that, point till dark, then, leaving a small 
 guard there, withdraw quietly and march to Hanovertown 
 ford where the real crossing was to be eflfected. Gregg 
 marched to Littlepage's crossing with similar instructions to 
 make feints, and then to march at night to Hanovertown 
 crossing, taking with him the pontoon bridge. At the 
 
CRAMP'S CREEK. 173 
 
 proper hour Russell's division took up the march and follow- 
 ed the cavalry. The troops were in motion all night and 
 early on the morning of May 27, the crossing at Hanover- 
 town was made, Custer's brigade of Torbert's division driv- 
 ing from the ford about thirty of the enemy's cavalry and 
 capturing six prisoners. The 9th N. Y. left Milford Sta- 
 tion May 26, passed the Sixth corps at Chesterfield Station 
 and marched all night with Torbert's division reaching Han- 
 overtown ford at daylight of May 27, just as the enemy's 
 pickets had been driven away. The. pontoons were soon 
 laid and the whole division crossed. Devin's brigade then 
 took the advance and drove Gordon's brigade from Hanover- 
 town capturing about one hundred and fifty prisoners. The 
 17 Pa. Cavalry then dismounted deployed and advanced 
 up the right bank of the river along a road leading to Han- 
 over C. H. Companies D and L of the 9th N. Y. moved 
 in advance of the dismounted line. Six or eight men of 
 the squadron were kept well advanced on the road and 
 others sent to the right and left as flankers. About fotir 
 miles from Hanover ford the road led through a dense wood 
 with some swampy ground, and across Cramp's Creek 
 which flowed along the farther edge of the wood and into 
 the Pamunkey river. As the squadron advanced through 
 this wood the enemy could be heard chopping and barri- 
 cading the road. A large part of the squadron had been 
 deployed to the right and left as it entered the wood, and 
 were advancing as they best could through the dense timber 
 to find the enemy, and only eighteen men of the squadron 
 were now in the road. These dashed forward at a gallop and 
 found a dozen men of the enemy felling trees to barricade 
 the road at Cramp's Creek. The enemy quickly mounted 
 their horses, fired a few shots and fled. The bridge over 
 the Creek had been torn up and the ford below partly ob- 
 
176 CRAMP'S CREEK. 
 
 structed by fallen timber. The men of the gth N. Y. filed 
 across below the obstructions, and using their carbines and 
 revolvers charged after the enemy. In about a hundred 
 rods they came upon Gordon's brigade lying there dis- 
 mounted. The men in the rear of the brigade were hur- 
 riedly mounting their horses and were badly demoralized by 
 the impetuous charge of this little party of the 9th N. Y. 
 cavalry. About fifty of the enemy threw down their arms 
 and surrendered. By this time the brigade had begun to 
 form to repel the attack and the 9th N. Y. men fell back 
 to the woods, bringing off six prisoners, including one 
 captain and one lieutenant. The enemy followed in con- 
 siderable force to the woods where they were checked by 
 the men of the squadron who had now all come up. In 
 the skirmishing here, Sergt, Flavins Rathbone, Co. D, was 
 killed ;Varus G. Farnum, Co. D, and Michael Burke, Co. L 
 were wounded, and Wm. E. Bass, Co. D, captured. Col. 
 Devin commanding the brigade and Col. Sackett command- 
 ing the regiment both spoke hearty words of commendation 
 of this charge by the men of the 4th squadron of the 9th N. 
 Y. cavalry. Col. Devin had ordered a regiment to the 
 support of the squadron, but it could not get there in time 
 to be of service. Custer's brigade was moving by a road 
 to the left toward Hawe's Shop, whence another road led in 
 rear of Gordon's position and the Confederate cavalry with- 
 drew toward Hanover C. H. Custer's men saw the 
 charge by the 9th N. Y. men and were preparing to lend a 
 hand but the enemy withdrew too soon. Two squadrons 
 of the 9th N. Y. remained at Cramp's Creek that night to 
 picket that road. The next morning, May 28, the Sixth 
 corps moved up, and the cavalry pickets were relieved by 
 Bidwell's infantry brigade. The 49th N. Y. was with this 
 brigade. After being relieved on the line of Cramp's 
 
CRAMP'S CREEK. 177 
 
 Creek, the regiment moved back and took the road to 
 Hawe's Shop with the whole Division. Hawe's Shop was 
 an important position from which roads led directly to Cold 
 Harbor and Meadow Brid"-e. About a mile beyond the 
 Shop the Confederate cavalry, dismounted, was holding a 
 line behind a breast work of rails and logs. Gregg's Division 
 had been engaged with this line for some hours and Tor- 
 bert's division moved up to its support. It was now 
 learned that the Confederate cavalry had been reorganized! 
 into three divisions, commanded respectively by Gen. Wade 
 Hampton, Gen. Fitzhugh Lee and Gen. W. H. F. Lee, the 
 additional division including Gen. M. C. Butler's brigade of 
 about four thousand men, part of whom were armed with 
 long range rifles. These divisions, since Stuart's death, no 
 longer constituted a corps, but were to act in connection 
 with the infantry and receive orders directly from Gen. 
 Robert E. Lee, commanding the Confederate army. The 
 Confederate cavalry stubbornly held their line near Hawe's 
 Shop and the fight continued till after dark, Custer's bri- 
 gade dismounting and joining Gregg's division in the as- 
 sault, supported by Devin's and Merritt's brigades. The 
 Confederate line was carried, a number of prisoners taken 
 and the enemy's dead and wounded left in our hands. From 
 the prisoners it was learned that Longstreet's and Ewell's 
 corps were but four miles away. While the cavalry were 
 fighting here the Second corps moved up a short distance 
 in their rear and threw up a long line of breastworks. They 
 took all the rails they could find near the line, laid them 
 into a straight close fence, then threw dirt up against them 
 from the outside. It was surprising how quickly they 
 made a strong defensive line. After dark, Sheridan with- 
 drew his two divisions of cavalry to the rear of the infantry 
 line and marched all night till he reached the vicinity of Old 
 
178 OLD CHURCH. 
 
 Church, where he was instructed to keep a vigalant watch 
 on the enemy with Gregg's and Torbert's divisions. The 9th 
 N. Y. moved back to Hanovertown and finding a good 
 camping ground about 10 p. m. bivouacked for the night 
 and slept quietly till morning. The Second and Sixth Corps 
 were at the front, the Fifth Corps at Hanovertown and Burn- 
 sides Corps moving up. On Sunday, May 29, the regi- 
 ment moved from Hanovertown down the river to New 
 Castle crossing some of the same rich plantations crossed 
 on May 20, and bivouacked near a fine old mansion sur- 
 rounded by a park of oak trees, shrubbery, vines and flowers, 
 on the bluff overlooking the bottom lands of the Pamunkey. 
 It was owned by ^^^idow Tomlinson and adjoined the fine 
 plantation of Widow Braxton before mentioned. An old 
 colored woman was asked how it happened there were so 
 many widows in that vicinity. She replied "They have all 
 been widows since about the time McClellan was here." 
 Monday morning, May 30, the regiment moved to Old 
 Church on the road toward Cold Harbor, an important point 
 from which roads diverged in several directions, toward 
 Richmond and toward White House, Meade's base of sup- 
 plies. It was considered necessary to Grant's plans that 
 Cold Harbor be secured. The enemy's cavalry now oc- 
 cupied that place and had pushed a strong fine toward Old 
 Church as far as Matadequin Creek. From Old Church 
 Sheridan pushed his pickets toward Cold Harbor and the 
 outposts struck each other just north of Matadequin Creek. 
 Torbert at once reinforced his pickets with Devin's brigade 
 and the fight became general, both sides dismounted, and 
 stubbornly contesting the ground. Finally Torbert threw 
 Merfitt's and Custer's brigades into the action and the en- 
 emy retired. Torbert's men pursuing to within a mile and 
 a half of Cold Harbor and capturing a number of prisoners. 
 
COLD HARBOR. 179 
 
 In this fight near Old Church the gth N. Y. lost one killed 
 and nine wounded. Edgar W. Pottter, Co. A, was killed. 
 The wounded were Isaac Farrar, Co. A; Samuel H. Bradley 
 and Peter S. Lindell, Co. D; David E. Smith, Co. F; Theo. 
 A. Case and Jedutha B. Cory, Co. G; George L. Loop, Co. 
 L ; Milton M. Dixon and A. N. Gilbert, Co. M. On the 
 morning of May 31, Sheridan decided to capture Cold 
 Harbor. Torbert's division moved out promptly Merritt's 
 brigade first, followed by Custer's on the direct road to 
 Cold Harbor while Devin's brigade took a left-hand road 
 that would bring him on the right and rear of the enemy's 
 line which was posted in front of the cross roads. The enemy's 
 line was held by Fitzhugh Lee's cavalry supported by a 
 brigade of infantry posted behind breastworks of logs, rails 
 and earth and poured a heavy fire into Torbert's men as 
 they approached. Torbert's division was soon in line with 
 Merritt on the right, Custer in the center and Devin on the 
 left. After the fighting had continued some time Merritt 
 sent two regiments around to the enemy's left and rear while 
 the remainder of the division assaulted him in front. This 
 maneuvre stampeded the Confederates and they were pur- 
 sued nearly a mile beyond Cold Harbor on the road' to 
 Bottom's bridge. Sheridan's cavalry were now holding 
 Cold Harbor without support, Meade's infantry being nine 
 miles away while it was learned from prisoners that Hoke's 
 and Kershaw's divisions of Lee's army were near and intend- 
 ed to take possession of Cold Harbor. During the night 
 Sheridan withdrew his cavalry but had scarcely done so 
 when he received a despatch from Meade to hold the place 
 at every hazard and the Sixth corps was started by a forced 
 march by Grant's directions to help the cavalry. Sheri- 
 dan's troopers, including Torbert's three brigades and Davie's 
 brigade of Gregg's division, now moved back to Cold Har- 
 
180 REMOUNTED MEN ARRIVE. 
 
 bor and before daylight of June i, took possession of the 
 temporary breastworks which the Confederates had built. 
 The works were reconstructed in some places to suit the 
 ground and were of incalculable value in holding the posi- 
 tion. The troops, without reserves, were placed along this 
 line, boxes of ammunition distributed and orders given that 
 the line must be held. All this was done before daylight 
 and the enemy could be heard making preparations to at- 
 tack. Just after daylight the Confederate infantry of Ker- 
 shaw's division advanced against the right of the line. They 
 were permitted to come within short range, when such a 
 fire was opened on them from the horse artillery and re- 
 peating carbines that they fell back in confusion. They 
 reorganized and advanced again with more caution but were 
 driven back. At lo o'clock a. m. the Sixth corps arrived, 
 having marched all night, and relieved the cavalry, which 
 now moved toward the Chickahominy and covered the left 
 of the infantry line till .Hancock's corps arrived in the after- 
 noon. Meade's army was now reinforced by the Eight- 
 eenth corps under command of Gerieral W. F. Smith, which 
 moved up by way of White House Landing. The cavalry 
 moved back in the afternoon toward White House for feed 
 and rations. About four o'clock p. m. the infantry be- 
 came heavily engaged at Cold Harbor and the roar of 
 musketry and artillery was continuous till dark. On June 
 2, Torbert's and Gregg's divisions moved to the Chicka- 
 hominy at Bottom's bridge. The enemy's cavalry held the 
 south bank with artillery in position prepared to dispute its 
 passage. But it was not Sheridan's intention to cross 
 and his two divisions remained quietly in camp there and 
 at Old Church till the 6th of June. On June 4, Torbert's 
 division moved from Bottom's bridge to Old Church. 
 Here the cavalry was reinforced by the 4th and 22d N. Y., 
 
TREVILLIAN STATION RAID. 181 
 
 and 13th Ohio and a large number of remounted men who 
 had been with the wagon trains since leaving Culpepper 
 the 4th of May. They reported that the trains were con- 
 stantly harassed by guerillas and small parties of the enemy 
 while coming across the country from Fredericksburg. At 
 one place, sixteen wagons were captured, the teamsters 
 murdered and the teams taken. One guerrilla was found 
 trying to escape on a mule from one of the teams. It was 
 so evident he was concerned in the murder of the teamsters 
 that Col. Cesnola ordered him shot in the presence of his 
 regiment. Col. Cesnola was captured at Aldie in June 
 1863. He had been exchanged and had now returned to the 
 command of his regiment, the 4th N. Y. Gregg's division 
 was now at Bottom's bridge and watching the crossings of 
 the Chickahominy below and picketing the roads toward 
 White House Landing. Torbert's and Wilson's divisions 
 were at Old Church and holding the crossing of the Pamun- 
 key at Hanovertown. Colored troops were also picketing 
 the country toward White House Landing and protecting 
 that base of supplies. 
 
 By the 6th of June, Meade's army having failed to carry 
 Lee's position at Cold Harbor, Grant again determined to 
 continue the movement of the army by its left flank to the 
 south bank of the James River. To protect the wagon 
 trains in this movement, it became necessary to draw off the 
 bulk of the enemy's cavalry. 
 
 THE TREVILLIAN STATION RAID. 
 Accordingly Gen. Meade issued an order dated June 5th, 
 3:30 p. m., directing Gen. Sheridan to proceed with two 
 divisions of his cavalry to Charlottesville, destroy the railroad 
 bridge over the Rivanna River near that town, the railroad 
 from that point to Gordonsville and from Gordonsville toward 
 
182 TREVILLIAN STATION RAID. 
 
 Hanover Junction. Gen. Hunter, commanding the troops 
 in West Virginia, liad reached Staunton and successfully en- 
 gaged the enemy there under Gen. Jones. Gen. Grant also 
 sent written instructions to -Gen. Hunter to proceed to 
 Charlottesville and assist Gen. Sheridan in the work of de- 
 stroying railroads and then join the army of the Potomac. 
 Sheridan selected Torbert's and Gregg's divisions for the 
 raid, leaving Wilson to continue with the infantry in its 
 march to the James. On June 6th Torbert's and Gregg's 
 ■divisions were concentrated at New Castle ferry. ^ The dis- 
 mounted men had been sent to White House. Owing to 
 the severe service of the past month, many horses had been 
 lost, many men killed or wounded, and the effective force 
 of the two divisions reduced to about six thousand officers 
 and men. Three days' rations were issued to the men and 
 two days' feed for the horses. The rations and forty rounds 
 of ammunition per man were to be carried on the persons 
 of the troopers and the grain on the pomel of the saddle. 
 Reserve ammunition was also carried in wagons. One med- 
 ical wagon and eight ambulances were provided and one 
 Avagon authorized for each division and brigade headquart- 
 ers. Enough canvas covered boats for a small pontoon 
 bridge were also taken. Much reticence was observed by 
 the officers since Grant had taken command and only division 
 commanders were informed of contemplated movements be- 
 fore their execution. To the men and subordinate officers 
 this move was an enigma. On June 7 Sheridan's force 
 crossed the Panmunkey at New Castle and marched two or 
 three miles toward Aylett's. June 8 the column moved at 
 5 a. m. and marched to Pole Cat Station about eight miles 
 north of Chesterfield. June 9, marched up the north side 
 of North Anna River and bivouacked at North East Creek. 
 June 10. The column marched by way of Twyman's Store, 
 
TREVILLIAN STATION. 183 
 
 crossed the North Anna at Carpenter's ford and encamped 
 on the road leading to Trevillian Station and about four or 
 five miles from that place. Scouting parties of the enemy 
 had been encountered all the way and now became more bold 
 and numerous, indicating a large force of the enemy near. 
 From the prisoners captured it was learned that Brecken- 
 ridge's division of infantry had been ordered to the Shen- 
 andoah Valley as soon as Lee heard of Hunter's victory near 
 Staunton and had been moving along parallel with Sheridan's 
 column. Now the arrival of Hampton's and Fitzhugh 
 Lee's divisions of cavalry which left Lee's army two days 
 after Sheridan started, moving by a shorter route, permitted 
 Breckenridge to pass on to Gordonsville nine miles beyond 
 Trevillian and from there to interpose between Sheridan and 
 Hunter at either Charlottsville or Waynesboro. On the 
 night of June lo, Hampton's division was at Green Spring 
 Valley three miles northwest of Trevillian Station and Fitz- 
 hugh Lee's division near Louisa Court House six miles east 
 of Trevillian. Hampton moved his division by way of Tre- 
 villian Station toward Clayton's Store intending to attack 
 Sheridan between Carpenter's ford and Trevillian. Fitz- 
 hugh Lee "was to join Hampton at Clayton's but on the 
 morning of June ii, the two generals were several miles 
 apart. At daylight June ii Sheridan resumed his march 
 toward Trevillian. Torbert had the lead with Merritt's and 
 Devin's brigades and as he pressed back the enemy's pickets 
 he came upon the enemy posted behind a line of barricades 
 in dense timber about three miles from Trevillian. Mean- 
 while Custer's brigade had been sent by a woods road found 
 on the left to destroy Trevillian Station. In following this 
 road, Custer got to the rear of Hampton's division, charged 
 the led horses, wagons, and caissons found there, getting hold 
 of a vast number of each and also of the station itself. Hamp- 
 
184 TREVILLIAN STATION. 
 
 ton now turned Rosser's brigade in that direction and while 
 Rosser attacked Custer on one side Fitzhugh Lee, who had 
 come up from Louisa C. H. attacked him on the other. Thefc 
 then ensued a desperate struggle for the captured property 
 resulting in its being retaken by the enemy together with 
 Custer's headquarters wagon and four of his caissons. As 
 soon as the firing told that Custer had struck the enemy's 
 rear Sheridan directed Torbert to press the hne in front of 
 Merritt and Devin aided by one brigade of Gregg's division 
 on their left, Gregg's other brigade, in the meantime, attack- 
 ing Fitzhugh Lee on the Louisa C. H. road. Sheridan rode 
 up to Devin and asked if he had a regiment that could break 
 
 the enemy's line in the woods. Devin replied "Yes 
 
 I have. Where's the 9th N. Y. ?" The 9th N. Y. promptly 
 responded to the call, rode to the front, dismounted and form- 
 ed line facing the woods, with Col. Sackett in command. 
 The effective force of the regiment dismounted, after leaving 
 every fourth man to hold horses, was about two hundred and 
 twenty officers and men. Sackett was warned to move inta 
 
 the woods cautiously. He replied, " you can't stop my 
 
 men." When the command was given, "Forward" the men 
 sprang into the woods with a yell. The brush was so thick 
 they could not see the enemy but soon found he was there 
 by his rapid fire and the singing of his bullets. Col. Sackett 
 and about forty ofificers and men fell before this fire of the 
 enemy but this did not stop the others who moved on to the 
 enemy's line and drove him back out of the woods, through 
 an open field which descended to a wooded ravine, across 
 this ravine and woods, through another field to the station, 
 a distance of over two miles. When the men of the 9th 
 reached the first open field, they came in sight of the led 
 horses of the force they were chasing, moving rapidly from 
 the ravine to the enemy's left. A small mounted party of 
 
TREVILLIAN STATION. 185 
 
 the enemy rode rapidly back on a road to the left of the 
 9th and quickly disappeared. About this time Gen. Tor- 
 bert rode up into this open field and ordered up other regi- 
 ments to support the 9th. After crossing the ravine the ist 
 N. Y. Dragoons came up on the right and after reaching 
 the station the 4th N. Y. came up on the left of the 9th N. Y. 
 Prisoners were captured all along the route of the advance, 
 some in the woods, some in the open field, some, who had 
 taken shelter behind an old barn in the field, surrendered as 
 the men of the gth came up to them. The regiment was 
 credited with the capture of over 80 prisoners. The enemy 
 had evidently entertained great confidence in the strength of 
 his position in the woods and some of the prisoners testified 
 generously to the heroic daring of the 9th in breaking their 
 line. One Confederate ofificer who, with a few men, tried 
 to defend his position in the woods instead of falling back 
 with his comrades, and was captured, said with much 
 emphasis, "Well, this beats h — 1. I was at headquarters this 
 morning and they said they were surely going to bag the 
 
 Yankees before night, this looks like it, don't it." 
 
 When the regiment arrived at the station, one of Custer's 
 caissons with the horses attached was standing in the road 
 without drivers or gunners, and a Confederate wagon load- 
 ed with ammunition with its four mules attached demurely 
 waiting for their teamster. A Confederate flag was found 
 in this wagon. Several reams of writing paper were found 
 at the station and distributed and served as valuable souve- 
 nirs on which the men wrote letters home. A box of 
 eatables and knicnacks was also found which had been sent 
 to some Confederate soldier from his home. Some wine was 
 also found. • Hampton's cavalry had been driven back leav- 
 ing 380 men as prisoners, and did not rally till they had got 
 some distance west of Trevillian. At the same time Gregg 
 
186 TREVILLIAN STATION. 
 
 had driven Fitzhugh Lee back toward Louisa Court House 
 so that the two Confederate divisions were several miles 
 apart and did not get together till about noon the next day. 
 Torbert's men now proceeded to tear up the railroad track 
 for some distance toward Gordonsville and at night Sheri- 
 dan's troops went quietly into camp. From prisoners taken 
 it was learned that Hunter was moving toward Lynchburg, 
 away from instead of toward Sheridan and Breckenridge was^ 
 at Gordonsville and Charlottesville. In view of this and 
 the fact that the supply of ammunition was greatly reduced 
 in the battle during the day, Sheridan decided to return by 
 leisurely marches, which would keep the Confederate cavalry 
 away from Lee while Grant was crossing the James River. 
 Then there was the burden of caring for the wounded of 
 which there was a large number, and of holding the three 
 hundred eighty prisoners, who would have to be abandoned 
 in case Sheridan went on to Charlottesville or to join Hunter. 
 The morning of June 12 Gregg commenced destroying the 
 railroad toward Louisa Court House and continued the work 
 during the day. While Gregg was engaged in that work 
 Torbert was sent up the Gordonsville road to secure a by-road 
 leading over Mallory's ford on the North Anna and to the 
 Catharpen road on which Sheridan wished to return. About 
 a mile beyond Trevillian Station the Gordonsville road forks,, 
 the left fork leading to Charlottesville; and a mile beyond 
 the fork Hampton had taken up and strongly intrenched a 
 line across both roads. Torbert soon hotly engaged this, 
 line ; but by the appearance of Fitzhugh Lee's division ar 
 noon on the right and Hampton's strong resistance in front. 
 Torbert was unable to carry the position, although reinforced 
 by one of Greggs' brigades. The gth N. Y.' having lost 
 heavily in carrying the enemy's line on the nth took no 
 part in the battle of the 12th except a slight skirmish on the 
 
TREVILIJAN STATION. 187 
 
 left in which one man was wounded. The losses were very- 
 heavy on both sides. The 17th Pa., 4th and 6th N. Y. of 
 Devin's brigade and the ist N. Y. Dragoons of Merritt's 
 brigade lost heavily in this fight of the second day. To 
 risk another battle would consume all the ammunition and 
 the hazard was too great, so Sheridan gave orders to with- 
 draw on the night of June 12 and retired on the same road 
 he came, taking the prisoners and three hundred seventeen 
 of his wounded that could be moved. Ninety-two men, too 
 severely wounded to be carried, and about fifty Confederate 
 wounded were left in the field hospitals at Trevillian under 
 charge of a surgeon with plenty of medical and other stores. 
 The losses in the 9th N. Y. were the largest of any engage- 
 ment during the war and were as follows: Killed, Homer 
 Inglesby and Geo. H. Negus Co. A, Frederick Lawson Co. 
 B, Thos. D. Wentworth Co. L, Phillip Reese Co. G, Chas. 
 Wool and Lewis E. Wheeler Co. M, and Neil Dayton Co, 
 I. Mortally wounded. Col. Wm. Sackett, commanding the 
 regiment, First Sergt. John Crossgrove, Co. I ; Peter Dele- 
 van and Chas. Speer, Co. G., Christian Nelson and Ephram 
 Wortz, Co. L; Samuel Nye, Co. C. Col. Sackett and Sergt. 
 Crossgrove, and also Lieut. S. W. Clark Co. C, Lieut. Michael 
 Griffin Co. L, and John Fitch Co. F, who were severely 
 wounded were left at the house of a Mrs. Bibb. The house 
 was a mere log hut and Col. Sackett occupied the only bed. 
 Capt. Hall of the 4th N. Y. was left at the same house. Many 
 of the houses were .used as field hospitals. The people at 
 these houses did all they could for the wounded. Col. 
 Sackett died at Trevillian June 14, Sergt. Cossgrove at 
 Gordonsville a few days after the battle. Delevan, Nelson 
 and Wortz all died in the hands of the enemy. Speer and 
 Nye were brought away. Speer died at Washington June 
 21, and Nye Sept. 19. The other wounded who recovered 
 
188 TREVILLIAN STATION. 
 
 were Geo. C. DeWitt and Pierce Heath Co. A, John Mace 
 Co. B, Thos. Crick, Marshall T. Denoyles and Seth O. Van- 
 Wert Co. C, Edwin Blinn, Robert Count, Albert Lewis 
 and Nelson N. Frost, Co. D, (Frost was captured), Rowland 
 Brundage, Leonard F. Hall, Chas. Helms and Noah Wait 
 Co. E, Allison Darrow, Robt. E. Fuller, Thos. H. Hogan, 
 John Hoover, Geo. W. Lopus, Pardon H. Ricker, John P. 
 Samuelson and John Vogler Co. F, Dominic Gilley and John 
 McDonough Co. G (Mcdonough was captured) Romanz 
 B. Drake, Morris Jackson, Wm. J. Ogle and Jared L. Tryon 
 Co. H, Edward P. Gifford, Garrett P. Orton and David H. 
 Patterson Co. K, Geo. W. Hadley Co. M. The others 
 captured were Frank Sepnel Co. B, and J. H. McCullough 
 Co. M. Wm. Irvin, Co. M, volunteered to stay and help 
 take care of Col. Sackett and the other wounded. Two men 
 from other regiments also staid. The loss in the corps was 
 about 300 killed and captured besides the wounded. Lieut. 
 Col. Geo. S. Nichols succeeded to the command of the 9th 
 N. Y. At 2 o'clock on the morning of June 13 Sheridan's 
 forces left Trevillian, recrossed the North Anna at Carpen- 
 ter's ford, and, halting there, unsaddled and turned the horses 
 out to graze for they had been without feed or water for 
 forty-eight hours. Late in the afternoon the column sad- 
 dled up and marched to Twyman's Store. June 14 the 
 <:olumn reached Shady Grove Church on the Catharpen road. 
 Devin's brigade was rear guard. A foraging detail of the 
 '9th N. Y. went for corn and captured a Confederate of the 
 9th Va. June 15, the column passed over the battlefield 
 of Spottsylvania Court House. In the neighboring houses 
 were found many Union and Confederate wounded who were 
 too severely hurt to be moved at the time of the battles 
 there. Such of the Union wounded as were able to travel 
 •were now taken along. Camped at night near Guinea's 
 
TREVILLIAN STATION. 189 
 
 Station. June i6, the column marched at 8 a. m. passing 
 through BowHng Green and on six miles to the north bank 
 of the Mattapony. At night the 9th N. Y. was on picket. 
 Chas. H. Williams Co. D, was wounded and died July 5 at 
 Washington. June 17 and 18 the column continued down the 
 north side of the Mattapony and reached King and Queen 
 C. H. Foraging parties obtained corn and meal. Sunday. 
 June 19th the wounded, prisoners, dismounted men, un- 
 serviceable horses and about two thousand negroes who had 
 joined the column on the route were sent, under an escort 
 of two regiments, to West Point ten miles below, where they 
 could take boats. The negroes began joining the column 
 before it reached Trevillian — men. women and children — 
 with bundles of all sorts, and the number increased from day 
 to day until they arrived at West Point. For want of a 
 sufficient number of ambulances, the wounded had been 
 carried in old buggies, carts and such vehicles as could be 
 made available and their suflfering was intense, the heat of 
 the season and the dusty roads adding much to their discom- 
 fort. Many horses became worn out by the severe service 
 and want of water and feed and were abandoned all along the 
 route and the men had to walk. On the return the day's 
 marches were made short but the heat and dust made the 
 marching tedious. Sunday afternoon the corps marched up 
 the river to Dunkirk Bar and crossed to the south side at 
 a place where the stream was narrow enough to bridge with 
 the pontoon boats. June 20, the corps moved to the 
 Pamunkey, opposite White House, where feed and rations 
 and ammunition were obtained. The corps wagon train 
 and a large number of other wagons with supplies was at 
 White House under the protection of the gunboats and a 
 few regiments of the Invalid corps and colored troops. 
 The enemy's cavalry held the blufifs surrounding the White 
 
190 FIGHT AT WHITE HOUSE. 
 
 House farm, threatening an attack. One of his batteries 
 was seen to move into position in an open field on the 
 blufifs where a gunboat threw a big shell which appeared 
 to explode in the midst of the battery, and men, horses and 
 guns flew in every direction. When the smoke and dust 
 cleared away there was no battery in sight. On June 21, 
 Sheridan's two divisions crossed the Pamunkey on the old 
 railroad bridge. As soon as the troops were over, Gregg's 
 division moved out dismounted toward Tunstall's station 
 supported by Merritt's brigade, Custer's brigade moved 
 mounted toward Cumberland and Devin's toward Balti- 
 more Cross Roads. Devin's brigade soon encountered 
 the enemy on the bluffs and the 9th N. Y. was sharply en- 
 gaged. In this fight Chas. H. Vermilya, Co. F, was 
 killed, and Major W. G. Bentley severely wounded, los- 
 ing a leg. The other wounded were Joseph Arnold and 
 Martin H. Taylor, Co. A, and Wm. H. Deveraux, Co. F; 
 John E. DeWitt, Co. A, was mortally wounded and died 
 at Washington June 25 ; James Carr, Co. C, was wound- 
 ed late in the afternoon on the picket line. That night 
 the enemy retired beyond the Chickahominy. While 
 at White House Sheridan received orders to break up that 
 depot wholly and move the trains which the Army of the 
 Potomac had left there across the peninsula to the pon- 
 toon-bridge at Deep Bottom on the James River. These 
 trains amounted to hundreds of wagons. On the morn- 
 ing of June 22, Torbert's division was sent ahead to se- 
 cure Jones' bridge on the Chickahominy. The wagons 
 followed Torbert while Gregg's division marched along 
 the right flank of the moving wagon tr..in. That night 
 the wagons were all safely parked on the south side of the 
 Chickahominy. On the morning of June 23, the gth N. Y. 
 by direction of Gen. Torbert, moved on to Charles City 
 
CROSSING THE PENINSULA. 191 
 
 C. H. with orders to patrol the road to Wilcox's Wharf 
 and Windham's Landing and at night were on picket 
 there. Devin, with the rest of his brigade moved up the 
 south side of the Chickahominy toward Long Bridge and 
 encountered the enemy's cavalry in a sharp fight in which 
 he was at first driven back, but being reinforced by several 
 companies of colored troops he drove the enemy and es^ 
 tablished his picket line. It was now learned that the 
 enemy held all the ground between Long Bridge on the 
 Chickahominy and the pontoon-bridge except the limited 
 defensive position at Deep Botton. On June 24, Tor- 
 bert's division moved en toward Charles City C. H. es- 
 corting the wagon train, while Gregg halted and fortified 
 his position at St. Mary's Church to hold it till' the trains 
 should pass through Charles City C. H. This Gregg 
 did successfully against the determined efTdrt of the enemy's 
 cavalry to drive him back. At night Torbert's division 
 was sent to support Gregg and the men stood to horse 
 all night but were not disturbed. During the day the 
 9th N. Y. marched from Charles City C. H. up the James' 
 River to Harrison's Landing encountering about 200 of 
 the enemy's cavalry who fell back with slight skirmishing,' 
 and the regiment returned to Charles City C. H., and at 
 night joined the brigade on the road toward Jones' bridge, 
 where the men stood to horse till morning. About 
 I a. m. June 25, the train moved to Windham's or Dout- 
 hard's Landing. About 9 a. m. the regiment moved 
 within the earthwork fortifications and unsaddled. The 
 Landing was guarded by gunboats and about 2,000 colored 
 troops. Here, during June 26 and 27, the wagons were 
 ferried across the James River followed by the two divi- 
 sions of Sheridan's cavalry on the 28th. Many men were 
 killed and wounded in this movement across the peninsu- 
 
192 CROSSING JAMES RIVER. 
 
 la, but not a wagon was lost. The train never ought to 
 have been left for the cavalry to escort after a fatiguing 
 expedition of three weeks. 
 
 Devin's brigade was ferried across James River on the 
 afternoon of June 28 and went into camp on the south 
 side. A fine thunder shower had cooled the air and laid 
 the dust and the ride across the river — here a mile wide — 
 and the two miles up the river to camp, was a refresh- 
 ing change from the long marches, hot days, dusty roads 
 and severe service of the past two months. And here, 
 too, the rations issued included beans, potatoes and cab- 
 bage. A twelve days' rest was promised Sheridan's men 
 but this much needed vacation was put ofif a few days. 
 Wilson's division with Gen. Kautz's cavalry of- the Army 
 of the James making a force of 5,500 men, had been on a 
 most successful raid, destroying the Weldon railroad at 
 Ream's Station, the Southside railroad for thirty miles, up 
 to Burkeville, and thirty miles of the Danville railroad to 
 Roanoke Station. Wilson started on this raid June 22, 
 the same day Sheridan left White House with the wagon 
 trains. On his return he encountered Hampton and 
 Fitzhugh Lee who, on June 28, had moved in between Wnl- 
 son and Meade's army near Stony Creek depot. The 
 Confederate cavalry were supported by two brigades of 
 infantry at Ream's Station. Wilson was defeated with 
 the loss of twelve guns and all his wagons, and was obliged 
 to fall back across the Nottoway and rejoined the Army 
 with his division by way of Peter's bridge some miles down 
 the Nottoway River. Wilson burned his wagons to keep 
 them from the enemy. Kautz's division became separ- 
 ated from Wilson in the fight and making a circuit of the 
 enemy's left reached Meade's army the iiight of the 28tK 
 As soon as Meade learned of Wilson's defeat Sheridan 
 
AT CITY POINT. 193 
 
 was ordered to his relief with Torbert's and Gregg's di- 
 visions. At 4 p. m., June 29, the bugles blew "boots and 
 saddles" and the qth N. Y. moved out with the rest of 
 the cavalry and marched to Prince George C. H., where 
 the men stood or laid by their horses all that night. All 
 was quiet except the firing on the lines in front of Peters- 
 burg about nine miles away. June 30, Marched across 
 the Petersburg and Suflfolk railroad to the Blackwater 
 where Union cavalry were picketing the left of Grant's 
 lines. Here were met a number of Wilson's men com- 
 ing in afoot, some of them bareheaded and barefooted. 
 They reported Wilson's men badly scattered. Many of 
 them were picked up by the enemy in the swamps of Hatch- 
 er's Run and Rowanty Creek. July 1, Marched two or 
 three miles toward the Weldon railroad. The Sixth corps 
 had been pushed out to Ream's Station and all was quiet. 
 July 2, Marched back to Prince George C. H. and on Sunday 
 July 3, back to James River and went into camp at Light 
 House Point near the landing. Horses r.nd men were much 
 fatigued with the continuous service night and day and 
 by the hot weather and dust. The Christian and Sanitary 
 Commissions had boat loads of supplies, including 
 pickles, canned and fresh fruits, which were quite liberally 
 distributed and the men of the 9th received a share for 
 Sunday, July 3. 
 
 July 4, there was a fine display of National colors on 
 the shipping, which filled the river at City Point, and on 
 the gunboats stationed at many points up and down the 
 river. A national salute was ' fired by one gunboat. At 
 night there were fire works at City Point. At 2 p. m. 
 the regiment moved back from the river about one and a 
 half miles to a fine camping g^round with good water. 
 Phillip McGuire, Co. B, was accidently wounded. In 
 
194 VISITING THE 112TH. 
 
 the sixty days since leaving Culpepper, the regiment had 
 tiee.n across the country from the Rappahannock to the 
 James River three times, had been up near Gordonsville 
 and back and recently away below Petersburg and back 
 to the James. The men had bathed in nearly every river, 
 brook and rivulet between the Rapidan and the Black- 
 water, had crossed and helped to destroy more or less of 
 every railr.oad, and in the aggregate had met and fought 
 the enemy nearly half of those days, besides picketing and 
 patroling many roads and guarding many fords. Sheri- 
 dan's cavalry had marked the route for Meade's army from 
 the Rapidan to the James. The land south of the James River 
 was low and much of it swampy. There was no grassy sod to 
 cover the soil and everything, even to the trees and shrub- 
 bery was covered with dust, from the tramping of the 
 army and its great wagon trains. No pack mules and 
 very few wagons had been allowed to the cavalry for 
 transportation since June 6 and officers as well as men had 
 been reduced to the scantiest necessities for clothing and 
 articles for comfort and cleanliness. The cavalry corps 
 remained in the vicinity of Light House Point, about three 
 miles below City Point, till July 26, resting and recupera- 
 ting. The men drew new clothing, and about 1,500 
 horses w€re received. This was not near enough to re- 
 place the losses of the recent campaigns and the dismount- 
 ed men were placed in a camp by themselves. This 
 camp was broken up July 6 and the 3,000 dismounted 
 cavalry men including men from every regiment in the 
 corps, were sent by boat to Washington. About July 
 9 and 10, a number of men visited the 112th N. Y. in the 
 earthworks before Petersburg about eight miles from the 
 cavalry camp. There were three lines of earthworks 
 about ten to fifteen rods apart, conriected by trenches 
 
MRS. SACKETT. 195 
 
 where men could pass without being exposed to the en^ 
 emy's fire. The first fine was occupied by infantry, the 
 second by a battery and the third fine, at this point, by 
 colored troops. The regiments in the front line were re- 
 lieved every forty-eight hours, there being two reliefs only, 
 the men being in the earthworks two days and back in 
 camp two days. The regiments were always relieved at 
 night. The camp of the ii2th was back between two 
 ridges but was frequently visited by the enemy's shells and 
 holes had been dug in the sides of the ridges to which the 
 men could resort for protection. The enemy's line was 
 about forty rods in front of the line occupied by the ii2th. 
 Then there were both Union and Confederate rifle pits in 
 front of the advance fines, occupied by sharpshooters who 
 served as pickets. 
 
 Many enlisted men in the cavalry service had been al- 
 lowed to own their horses and equipments for which they 
 drew forty cents per day. Congress had now passed an 
 act forbidding payment for such service and authorizing 
 the purchase by the quartermaster of all private horses 
 owned by the enfisted men. July ii, the private horses 
 owned by men in the 9th N. Y. were appraised and pur- 
 chased by the quartermaster. .The highest price paid was 
 $185, and the prices ranged from this down to about $100. 
 The saddles and other horse equipments owned by the 
 men were generally the government equipments that had 
 been condemned at inspections and ordered destroyed, and 
 the men were paid nothing for these. 
 
 About July 1 2th, Mrs. Col. Sackett came to Gen. 
 Grant's headquarters and sent an application by flag of 
 truce boat to Gen. Lee for permission to go to Trevillian 
 station and find her husband. A reply came refusing to 
 let her pass the lines but saying that inquiries should be 
 
196 PICKETING BELOW PETERSBURG. 
 
 made and she should be informed as to her husband's con- 
 dition. On July 14, Mrs. Sackett received a communica- 
 tion from Dr. Breckenridge, Surgeon in Chief of Lee's 
 army, and forwarded by Gen. Beauregard, stating that Col. 
 Sackett died on the evening of June 14, from wounds in 
 the abdomen, and was buried next day near Mrs. Bibb's 
 house a few miles from Trevillian station. The com- 
 munication said nothing of the other wounded who were 
 left at the same place. 
 
 Mrs. Sackett brought an ambulance load of canned and 
 dried fruits, canned meats, condensed milk, farina, cocoa, 
 butter, etc., to the camp and distributed to the men of the 
 9th N. Y. She got these things from the Christian Com- 
 mission who had boat loads of such supplies at City Point. 
 The Sanitary Commission had still larger supplies, includ- 
 ing new potatoes, turnips, beets, cabbage, onions, pickles, 
 etc., which were distributed to the soldiers with their ra- 
 tions through the Commissary Department. 
 
 July 15, The regiment moved camp about one and a 
 half miles to a pleasant location in some woods. July 16, 
 Devin's brigade went out to the left of the infantry lines 
 about five miles south of Petersburg and about fifteen miles 
 from camp for picket duty. The line was near the Wei- 
 don railroad. The enemy held that road and his pickets 
 were in front of it. A body of woods hid the road from 
 the Union picket line, but the enemy's cavalry pickets were 
 in sight and in some places quite near the Union cavalry 
 pickets. There was no firing on the picket line except 
 an occasional shot, but the firing about Petersburg could 
 be constantly heard. Trains on the Weldon road could 
 be distinctly heard night and day, one night five heavy 
 trains were counted going south. Scouts said the ienemy 
 was sending troops south. One day, after several shots 
 
' PICKETING BELOW PETERSBURG. 197 
 
 liad been fired on the picket line, a Confederate officer 
 rode over and apologized, saying they would not fire if the 
 Union pickets wouldn't. One day a vidette of the 9th N. 
 T. was feeding his horse, having removed the horse's 
 bridle and put on the nosebag while he sat in the saddle. 
 This seemed justly to afifront the enemy's pickets and two 
 ■of them crept up near the careless vidette with intent to 
 •capture him. When quite close they advanced their car^ 
 bines and shouted "surrender." But the vidette's horse 
 .suddenly wheeled and started back to the reserve where 
 the man arrived badly frightened, the horse only being 
 -wounded by the shots of the enemy. The brigade re- 
 mained on picket four days with only two days' rations and 
 the last night many men were on post without having eaten 
 anything the day before. But they were veterans and did 
 not complain. The brigade was relieved and returned to 
 camp July 20. That evening, the adjutant received a 
 letter from Wm. Irwin of Co. M, who was left at Trevillian 
 to take care of Col. Sackett and the other wounded. Irwin 
 -wrote that Col. Sackett died June 14. The other wound- 
 ed were taken to Gordonsville. Lieutenants Clark and 
 ■Griffin were doing well. Irwin was still helping to take 
 •care of them in the hospital at Gordonsville. 
 
 July 21, The officers of the brigade presented Col. 
 Devin with a fine horse and equipments, costing $300. 
 There was much good cheer on the occasion, the 17th 
 Pa. band joining in the proceedings. 
 
 The price of many articles which officers had to buy 
 "had doubled within the year. Sugar had risen from 12 
 cents per lb. to 20 cents. Coffee from 20 cts to 50 cts. 
 and many other articles in like proportion. Gen. 
 Grant's plans involved an assault on Petersburg and 
 keeping Lee so fully employed that he could send no. troops 
 
198 DEEP BOTTOM OR DARBYTOWN. 
 
 to threaten Washington. A mine had been dug under a 
 Confederate fort on the high ground in front of Burnside's 
 corps, nearly in the center of the Union line in front of Pe- 
 tersburg. The plan was to explode this mine on July 30 
 and advance the Union line so near Petersburg that Grant's 
 guns would make that place untenable. To secure the suc- 
 cess of the assault which was to follow the explosion of the 
 mine it was desirable to draw away as many as possible of 
 Lee's troops to the north side of the James River. So 01* 
 July 26 the Second Corps under command of Gen. Hancock 
 and Sheridan's cavalry corps, including Kautz's division, be- 
 gan a movement to the north side of the James. The cav- 
 alry, leaving camp at 2 p. m., rnarched the rest of that day 
 and all night, crossing the Appomattox at Point of Rocks, 
 thence across Bermuda Hundreds, the peninsula between the 
 Appomattox and the James, and reaching Deep Bottom be- 
 fore daylight of June 27th. During the night Hancock's- 
 corps passed the cavalry and began crossing the pontoon 
 bridge below the mouth of Bailey's Creek at .2 o'clock in the 
 morning. By daylight Hancock's corps was across and the 
 cavalry followed. Soon a portion of Hancock's corps at- 
 tacked the enemy's works on the east side of Bailey's Creek, 
 and aided by the cavalry moving on his right, captured four 
 of the enemy's guns. The enemy was taken quite by sur- 
 prise. Hancock now extended his line along the east side 
 of Bailey's Creek his left resting on the river. The Cavalry 
 joined in the movement moving out on the New Market 
 and Central roads and extending the Hne toward Darbytown 
 three or four miles. The enemy's infantry was found posted 
 across these roads behind a strong line of intrenchments 
 along the west bank of Bailey's Creek. The cavalry were 
 scouting all day, watching the roads and looking for the 
 enemy. Skirmishing continued through the day till dark 
 
DEEP BOTTOM OR DARBYTOWN. 199 
 
 and began again early on the morning of July 28th. The 
 enemy's videttes in front of Rufifin's house on the New 
 Market road had been driven back to their main line and the 
 high ground before the house was held by Torbert's men 
 with a strong picket line. Gregg was on the right support- 
 ed by Kautz. The country here is rolling, the open fields 
 being separated by pieces of woodland. Some of the regu- 
 lar cavalry of Merritt's brigade were on the picket Hne while 
 the main body of Torbert's division was massed and stand- 
 ing to horse on low ground made by branches of Bailey's 
 Creek. Between these branches the higher land was an 
 open field planted to corn which stood about a foot high. 
 This field was enclosed with a fence of logs and rails and 
 was bordered by timber and brush along the slopes of its 
 two sides. Beyond this field was the picket line partly in 
 timber and partly in open ground. Before noon of July 
 28, the Confederate General Kershaw, with his own division 
 and those of Wilcox and Heth advanced to attack the Union 
 line. Directing most of his troops against the cavalry, 
 Kershaw drove back the mounted pickets some distance 
 over the high ground. The enemy's bullets began to strike 
 among Torbert's men standing to horse on the low ground 
 when the order was given to form dismounted. The men 
 quickly formed and moved by companies and squadrons into 
 hne along the sides of the open field. "What regiment is 
 that?" asked Gen. Torbert as the 9th moved forward. "The 
 9th N. Y.," replied Col. D«vin, "You will hear them yell 
 directly. They are going to charge." "Did you order a 
 charge?" asked the General. "No," said Devin, "but they 
 were never in line five minutes without charging." The 9th 
 N. Y. was the first to reach its position, climbing up the 
 blTiflf at the nearest point, and saw the enemy's infantry al- 
 ready very near and advancing in line with the steady motion 
 
200 DEEP BOTTOM OR DARBYTOWN. 
 
 of well trained veterans. When within short carbine rage 
 the gth men opened with a rapid carbine fire. The 
 €nemy seemed bewildered, halted, then faced about and 
 moved rapidly back followed by the men of the 9th using 
 their carbines and revolvers with deadly efifect. The 6th 
 N. Y. was on the right and the 17th Pa. on the left, but did 
 not advance so rapidly. Just then Col. Nichols rode up onto 
 the field and shouted, "Halt," "Halt," "come back you crazy 
 fools," but when he saw the men were bent on finishing up 
 
 the job they had begun, he shouted, "Charge then " 
 
 •"Charge to h — 1 if you want to." The cavalrymen had 
 .a decided advantage in position, some of them advancing 
 ■on the flanks of the enemy's line shielded by the timber and 
 the blufif. Sixty of the enemy's dead, sixty-three prisoners 
 -and two battle flags captured from the 28th North Carolina, 
 attested the effective work of the 9th N. Y. cavalry on this 
 field, with the loss of only one killed and three wounded, one 
 mortally. One of the captured flags was old and nearly 
 "worn out. The other was new and had upon it the names 
 •of seventeen battlefields, including "Manassas Plains," "Fall- 
 ing Waters," "Wilderness," "Cold Harbor," etc. S. L. 
 Mallick Co. I, took one or both these flags. The regiment 
 advanced beyond the line occupied by the cavalry pickets in 
 the morning and found the body of Crock Dinnin, a son 
 of Captain Dinnin of the 9th N. Y. He had been serving 
 in one of the regular regiments of Merritt's brigade and was 
 a vidette on the picket line that morning where he was killed: 
 One of the prisoners said he had marched twelve miles that 
 morning, from below Petersburg, and he was tired out. 
 
 One of the regiments of regular cavalry in Merritt's 
 "brigade also captured a flag. At the time the enemy at- 
 tacked Torbert's pickets, Gregg was moving further to the 
 right where he encountered the enemy in a severe fight losing 
 
DEEP BOTTOM OR DARBYTOWN. 201 
 
 one gun. The 9th N. Y. was exceedingly fortunate in 
 punishing the enemy so severely and 'capturing so many 
 prisoners with so slight a loss. Warren Goss of Co. B 
 was killed. The wounded were Albert A. Fay, Co. D, 
 Coryd&n J. Phillips, Co. F.and Maurice Reeves, Co. G. 
 Reeves died Sept 2 in hospital at Blackwell's Island . 
 
 This counter attack by the cavalry, driving back Lee's 
 veteran infantry, capturing 250 prisoners and three battle 
 flags and re-estabHshing the picket line, Sheridan calls "the 
 victory nf Darbytown." 
 
 The long front presented by Hancock and the cavalry 
 had the desired result of deceiving Lee, causing him to move 
 a large part of his forces to the north side of the James and 
 thinning his lines around Petersburg. Devices were now 
 resorted to, to keep up the deception. The night of the 28th 
 Torbert's division moved back to the south side of the river, 
 the bridge being covered with hay to prevent the tramp of 
 the horses from being heard. After daylight on the morning 
 of the 29th this division marched back again on foot in full 
 view of the enemy creating the impression of a continuous- 
 movement of large bodies of infantry to the north side while, 
 at the same time, Kautz was made to skirmish with the 
 enemy on our extreme right. On the evening of the 29th 
 Lee had transferred all his infantry to the north side save 
 three divisions and all his cavalry save one division. On 
 the morning of July 30, Burnside's mine was to be exploded 
 and the enemy's position to be assaulted. So on the night of 
 the 2gth Hancock quietly withdrew to the south side to take 
 part in the engagement to follow the explosion, leaving the 
 cavalry in a perilous position confronting two-thirds of Lee's, 
 army. Two monitors and several gunboats lay in the river 
 and aiiforded some protection. One monitor moved up the 
 river on the 29th as if to meet a gunboat of the enemy. Be- 
 
202 BURNSIDE'S MINE EXPLOSION. 
 
 fore daylight of July 30, Torbert's division moved back to 
 the south side of the river to its horses and rested there about 
 an hour. Soon after daylight the whole cavalry corps had 
 moved back. Torbert's men mounted their horses and the 
 whole force marched toward the left of Grant's lines below 
 Petersburg, recrossing the Appomattox and passing Burn- 
 iside's, Meade's and Warren's headquarters with the three 
 captured Confederate flags flying at the head of Torbert's 
 division, carried by the men who captured them. The 
 mine was exploded at 4 45 a. m., just after daylight, de- 
 stroying the Confederate, fort and its garrison of 300 men, 
 and leaving a sunken space where the fort stood. Grant's 
 ^uns opened all along the lines, but the assault by Burn- 
 side's men was slow, feeble and badly managed, resulting in 
 failure to gain the high ground beyond the fort as planned. 
 Burnside lost many men in killed, wounded and captured. His 
 colored troops received credit for doing the best service in 
 the assault. As the cavalry column passed Burnside's head- 
 quarters the wounded, including many colored men, were 
 being carried back to the hospitals. From Gen. Warren's 
 headquarters the steeples of Petersburg could be seen. The 
 cavalry were on the move day and night of July 30 and 31 
 and on Sunday, August i, returned to camp near City Point 
 much worn by the severe service, want of sleep and the ex- 
 cessive heat. 
 
 Hunter's over-ambitiotis scheme to capture Lynchburg 
 instead of joining Sheridan near Gordonsville in June as 
 Grant intended, resulted in Hunter's utter failure and placed 
 bis 20,oc)0 troops sosfar away for several weeks, on their 
 return through the moimtain regions of western Virginia 
 that they were of no service for the protection of Washington 
 and the Confederate General Early who, with a force of 
 about 20,000 had bten sent to the relief of Lynchburg, was 
 
' EARLY THREATENS WASHINGTON. 203 
 
 then left free to move down the Shenandaoh Valley to the 
 Potomac where he appeared the first of July and during that 
 month created a great panic in Maryland and southern Penn- 
 .sylvania. Gen. Lew Wallace was in command in Maryland, 
 ■Couch in Pennsylvania and Sigel, succeeded by Crook, di- 
 rected the movements of the troops between Winchester and 
 the Potomac and all together they did not prevent Early 
 from menacing Washington, his infantry appearing within 
 six or seven miles of the capital on July 12 where late that 
 afternoon they had a sharp fight with Gen. Augur in com- 
 mand of the defenses of Washington, who had pushed out 
 a strong reconnoissance to develop the enemy's strength. 
 Gen. Grant had ordered up the Nineteenth corps from New 
 Orleans and when it reached Fortress Monroe he directed 
 it on to Washington where it arrived about this time. The 
 .Sixth corps under command of Gen. Wright had also been 
 .sent up from front of Petersburg. Early now withdrew 
 by way of Leesburg and Snicker's Gap into the Shenandoah 
 Valley having taken fresh horses for his cavalry, artillery 
 .and trains, 2,500 spare horses and 5,000 head of cattle. 
 When Early moved back to the Shenandoah, Grant believed 
 he would rejoin Lee and so the Sixth and Nineteenth corps 
 vs'ere ordered back to Petersburg. But these corps had only 
 reached Georgetown, D. C, when Crook's advance to Win- 
 chester disclosed Early's troops still there and Crook was 
 driven back again to Harper's Ferry while Early's cavalry 
 Viuder McCausland raided through Maryland and as far as 
 Chambersburg, Pa., where on July 30 McCausland made a 
 demand for $100,000 in gold or $500,000 in currency under 
 penalty of burning the town. The money not being instantly 
 forthcoming the town was fired and about two-thirds of it 
 destroyed. All sorts of wild rumors were now afloat, one 
 of which was that Early's army was laying waste all southern 
 
204 EARLY THREATENS WASHINGTON. ' 
 
 Pennsylvania. These constantly recurring and disturbing" 
 conditions so far north which the Confederates were able to 
 make by their possession of the Shenandoah Valley led Grant, 
 to confront them with a force strong enough to prevent any 
 further incursions north of the Potomac, and on July 31, 
 Gen. Sheridan was selected by Gen. Grant to command such 
 a force. On Aug. 4, Gen. Grant was at Monocacy Junctioiii 
 where he had gone direct from City Point in consequence of 
 a characteristic dispatch from the president indicating his dis- 
 gust with the confuson, disorder and helplessness prevailing: 
 along the upper Potomac, and intimating that Grant's pres- 
 ence there was necessary. Gen. Sheridan arrived in Wash^ 
 iiigton Aug. 4, and next day, in company with the Secretary- 
 of War, called on the President before leaving Washington,, 
 and in a short conversation Mr. Lincoln frankly told Sheri- 
 dan that Mr. Stanton had objected to his assignment to Gen.. 
 Hunter's command, because Stanton thought him too young, 
 and he himself had concurred with the Secretary. But now 
 since Gen. Grant had "ploughed round" the difficulties of 
 the situation by picking Sheridan out to command "the boys 
 in the field" he felt satisfied with what had been done and 
 "hoped for the best." On Aug. 6, the situation having beem 
 pretty thoroughly discussed between Mr. Lincoln, Mr. Stan- 
 ton and Gen. Grant, the President issued an order consoH- 
 dating the four geographical districts known as the Middle 
 Department, the Department of Washington, the Depart- 
 ment of the Susquehanna, and the Department of West Vir- 
 ginia and constituting the Middle Military Division and Gen. 
 Sheridan was appointed to its command. Sheridan reported' 
 to Gen. Grant the same day at Monocacy Bridge, and Grant 
 turned over to him the instructions he had written for Gen. 
 Hunter, giving directions for the military movements and for 
 conducting the campaign in the Shenandoah Valley. Gen_ 
 
GOING TO THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY. 205 
 Hunter was relieved at his own request. 
 
 SHENANDOAH VALLEY CAMPAIGN. 
 
 The Army of the Shenandoah, Sheridan's new command, 
 now comprised the Sixth corps under command of Gen. 
 \^'rrght, one division of the Nineteenth corps com- 
 manded by Gen. Dwight, and .the trob-ps -of West Virgfi-nia 
 under Gen. Ci-ook, designated as the Eighth corps. Gen. 
 Emory, comanding the Nineteenth corps, accompanied Gen. 
 Dwight's division, his other division commanded by Gen. 
 Grover having been left at Washington. To this infantry 
 force was added Torbert's division of cavalry and later the 
 cavalry under Gen. Averill. 
 
 Gen. Torbert was made chief of cavalry and Gen. Merritt 
 promoted to his place in command of the First division. 
 Torbert's division had left City Point by boat for Washing- 
 ton the first days of August. The fi^rst and second squad- 
 rons of the 9th N. Y. went on board the propeller Idaho 
 at 2 p. m. Aug. 3, and ran down to Jamestown Island where 
 the boat laid that night. Next morning it passed Fortress 
 Monroe at 8 a. m. Near the Fortress were several U. S. 
 gunboats, an English frigate and a small French gunboat. 
 About noon of Aug. 5, the Idaho arrived at Giesboro Point 
 just below AVashington, where these squadrons disembarked 
 and rode to the camp one and one-half miles from the land- 
 ing where most of the division had already arrived. The 
 camp of the dismounted cavalrymen, called Camp Stoneman, 
 was near. ^Vhile here many officers and men took the 
 opportunity to visit Washington. Several citizens from 
 Chautauqua county were met, who were on their way to 
 other points for recruiting service. Among them were El- 
 dred Lott of Kennedy, Chas. Jeflfords of Jamestown and E 
 W. Scowden of Frewsburg. Lott and Scowden went on to 
 
206 GOING TO THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY. 
 
 Alexandria where they opened a recruiting office. Late in 
 the afternoon of Aug. 6 Devin's brigade marched through 
 Washington and Georgetown to Tennallytown, Md. Aug. 7 
 marched all day and halted near the Monocacy River. Aug. 
 8 marched all day crossing the Monocacy at the aqueduct, 
 the Baltimore and Ohio railroad near Point of Rocks and 
 halted at Sandy Hook near Harper's Ferry. Aug. 9 crossed 
 the Potomac on a pontoon bridge at Harper's Ferry and 
 camped about four miles out on the Winchester turnpike 
 to Halltown. Sheridan's force that he could take into the 
 field was now about 26,000, although his command included 
 the many troops detached for the protection of Baltimore, 
 Washington, Harper's Ferry, Hagerstown, Frederick, Cum- 
 berland and other places and the line of the Baltimore and 
 Ohio railroad. The enemy had for some time been occu- 
 pying Martinsburg, Williamsport and Shepherdstown and 
 sending occasional raiding parties into Maryland as far as 
 Hagerstown. After discovering that Sheridan was massing 
 his forces in front of Harner's Ferry Early immediately con- 
 centrated his in the vicinity of Martinsburg in positions from 
 which lie could continue to obstruct the Baltimore and Ohio 
 railroad, and at the same time be able to retire up the valley 
 
GOING TO THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY. 207* 
 
 for safety. Upon the appearance of Torbert's cavalry Early 
 immediately grew suspicious and fell back twelve miles south 
 of Martinsburg to Bunker Hill. Sheridan desired that 
 Early might remain at some point well to the north until 
 he was well prepared to throw his army on Early's right and 
 rear and force a battle. Early seemed accurately informed, 
 however, of Sheridan's movements and began his retreat up 
 the valley the day Sheridan moved out from Halltown and 
 was south of Winchester before Sheridan could get there. 
 
 Aug. ID, Sheridan's army moved out from Halltown 
 near Harper's Ferry, Torbert with Merritt's division of 
 cavalry leaving camp at 6 a. m., moving in advance through 
 Charlestown and Berryville and going into position near 
 White Post. The Sixth corps moved by way of Charles- 
 town and Summit Point to Clifton. Dwight's division of 
 the Nineteenth corps moved through Berryville to the left 
 of the Sixth Corps. Crook's command went into position 
 on the left of Dwight, and Colonel Lowell with two regi- 
 ments of cavalry marched to Summit Point; so that on the 
 night of Aug. lo, Sheridan's infantry line stretched from 
 Clifton to Berryville with Merritt's cavalry at White Post 
 and Lowell at Summit Point. Early at the same time mov- 
 ed from Bunker Hill to the west bank of Opequon Creek in 
 front of Winchester. The 9th N. Y. went on picket near 
 a stone church about four miles south of Berryville. Thos. 
 Craw. Co. F, was wounded at Berryville. Aug. 1 1 the sev- 
 eral infantry commands moved to the Opequon to secure 
 the fords across that stream. Merritt's cavalry advanced on 
 the Milwood pike toward Winchester and encountering the 
 enemy's cavalry west of the Opequon drove it off toward 
 Newtown and found the enemy's infantry and artillery re- 
 treating up the valley. The gth N. Y. was in advance, en- 
 gaged the enemy a-nd in the skirmishing John P. Martin Co* 
 
208 MOSEBY ATTACKS THE WAGON TRAIN. 
 
 D, was killed and ^^'m. Morse Co. F, wounded. Aug. I2 
 the 9th N. Y. moved out on the Front Royal road from New- 
 town, then turned to the fight and reached the valley pike 
 at Middletown. Edward F. Smith, Co. H, and Joseph 
 Proctor, Co. L, were captured. On the night of Aug. 12, 
 lire infantry had moved to Cedar Creek and the cavalry oh 
 its flanks. The enemy's force occupied Hupp's Hill between 
 'Cedar Creek and Strausburg. Aug. 13, the cavalry went 
 out to reconnoiter toward Strausburg on the middle road 
 about two and a half miles west of the Valley pike, and 
 ■discovered that Early's infantry was at Fisher's Hill, where 
 he had thrown up earthworks extending clear across the 
 iia-rrow valley between the Massanutten and North Moun- 
 tains. On the left of these works he had Vaughn's, Mc- 
 Causland's and Johnson's brigades of cavalry under Gen. 
 Lomax. That morning the 9th N. Y. went on picket to- 
 •ward Cedarviile, and the whole of Devin's brigade moved 
 -out that road in the evening. Reuben Bullock, Co. K, was 
 .'killed. The wagon train of about 300 wagons loaded with 
 •supplies left Harper's Ferry Aug. 12, and reached Berry- 
 A'ille that night. The train was guarded by two regiments 
 -of infantry who had enlisted for 100 days and whose time 
 rvvas nearly expired. The wagons of Devin's and Gibb's 
 'brigades were in the rear. These wagon carried the mail 
 .for Devin's brigade and in one wagon was the paymaster — 
 Maj. Sawyer's — strong box with $125,000 in United States 
 '■money with which to pay the brigade. The train halted 
 to feed just north of Berryville. Early on the morning of 
 Aug. 13, after most of the train had passed Berryville and 
 the last fifty A\'agons were just pulling out Moseby with 
 abotit 200 mounted men charged the rear of the train, cap- 
 -tured about 400 mules and horses, many of the teamsters 
 and the mail, and set fire to many of the wagons. The 
 
SHENANDOAH VALLEY CAMPAIGN. 209 
 
 paymaster's box was not taken, though the horses were 
 taken from the wagon and the wagon set on fire. The 
 guard, of which there were about 150 men with this part 
 of the train, was very inefficient, scarcely firing a shot till 
 the enemy began to leave. They behaved shamefully 
 After Moseby had left, a few men rallied and saved some of 
 the wagons that had been fired including the one with the 
 paymaster's box. Major Sawyer and two or three officers 
 of the brigade were with the wagons. Sawyer felt greatly 
 relieved when he foiind his box of money had not been 
 taken. Moseby robbed the teamsters of money and watches 
 and took $700 from the suttler of the 6th N. Y. All the 
 wagons of the reserve brigade were destroyed and ten or 
 twelve wagons of Devin's brigade. One teamster was killed, 
 several wounded and about thirty or forty captured. Guards 
 were now stationed about the rescued wagons until teams 
 Gould arrive from Winchester. Citizens of Berryville were 
 caught plundering the wagons of sugar, cofifee, etc., before 
 the guards were stationed. Robt. E. Fuller, Co. F. and 
 Scott Rhodes, Co. C, who were driving teams, were captured. 
 
 At Winchester were a large number of sick and wounded' 
 both Confederate and Union. The Confederate hospital- 
 was in charge of a Confederate surgeon from Louisiana and 
 the invalids received attention from the Confederate families 
 of the town, while the Union soldiers in hospital were well 
 cared for by loyal women wearng Union badges, members of 
 Union families of which there were about fifty in Winchester. 
 
 Within the past two days Sheridan had received infor- 
 mation that a column of the enemy, probably Anderson's 
 ccKrps, was moving up from Culpepper C. H. and approaching 
 Front Royal through Chester Gap. On Aug. 14, this in- 
 fonnfiation was eonfimned by a despatch from Gen. Grant 
 dated Aug. 12, saying that "two divisions of infantry, some 
 
210 CEDARVILLE. 
 
 cavalry and twenty pieces of artillery had gone to Early." 
 This despatch had been brought by Col. Chipman of the 
 Adjutant General's office, who had ridden in great haste fi-om 
 Washington, through Snicker's Gap, escorted by a regiment 
 of cavalry. On the morning of Aug. 15, the other two brig- 
 ades of Merritt's division were sent to Cedarville and patroled 
 the road to Front Royal to oppose the enemy's columri com- 
 ing from that direction. Early's force would greatly exceed 
 Sheridan's when Anderson and Fitzhzugh Lee had joined 
 him, and there was no good defensive position south of Hall- 
 town. A retrograde movement would enable Sheridan to 
 strengthen his force by Grover's division of the Nineteenth 
 corps and Wilson's division of cavalry then on their way from 
 Washington by. Snicker's Gap. Sheridan therefore decid- 
 ed to move back to Halltown. In accordance with Grant's 
 instructions, the cavalry were directed to burn all hay and- 
 wheat south of a line from Millwood to Winchester, and to 
 seize all mules, horses and cattle that might be useful to the 
 army, no houses to be burned and the people to be informed 
 that the object was tO' make the valley untenable for the 
 raiding parties of the Confederate army. These instruc- 
 tions were observed by the cavalry as the army moved back. 
 The enemy increased in force at Front Royal and the cavalry 
 was skirmishing every day. Aug. 14, John Seaver Co. B, 
 was wounded. Aug. 15 and 16, two squadrons of the 9th 
 N. Y. under command of Captain Lapham were on picket 
 near the river on the road to Front Royal and had a sharp 
 fight in preventing the enemy from crossing. The enemy 
 was in large force and the gth men were finally relieved by 
 the 4th N. Y. In the fight here near Cedarville, Wm. P. 
 Manton, Co. K, was killed, James O. Baker Vet. Surgeon. 
 Willard N. Kelley, Co. K, Geo. W. Wingrove, Co. F, were 
 wounded. Wingrove was shot and struck with a saber. 
 
CEDARVILLE. 211 
 
 John Trussler, Co. F, \Vm. Necker, Co. B, and Nathan Aus- 
 tin, Co. D, were captured. The First brigade and somd 
 regiments of the Second brigade drove Wyckham's cavah-y 
 brigade and the advance of the enemy's infantry, Kershaw's 
 division, back toward Front Royal capturing two battle flags 
 and nearly 300 prisoners. The 2d squadron of the 9th went 
 on picket near Middletown. Aug. 17, the whole cavalry 
 division moved back near White Post burning large quantities 
 of hay and wheat. Moseby's men were active in capturing 
 men or wagons wherever opportunity offered. Dr. B. G. 
 Streeter was captured Aug. 16, while with the ambulance 
 train near Kearnstown. \\ ilson's cavalry division had now 
 joined S'leridan's army at Winchester and hs pickets joined 
 Merritt's, extending the hne to the west of Winchester. The 
 enemy had a signal station on Three Top Mountain, the 
 i>orth end of the Massanutten range near Strasburg from 
 which he could plainly see the troops of Sheridan moving 
 back and Early at once advanced from Fisher's Hill in con- 
 cert with Anderson and Fitzhugh Lee from Front Royal 
 and drove Wilson's division and a brigade of the Sixth corps 
 out of Winchester. On the morning of Aug. 18 the two 
 columns of the enemy were joined at Winchester. Sheri- 
 dan's infantry moved back toward Charlestown, the Sixth 
 corps to the west and the Nineteenth corps south of Charles- 
 town on the Berryville pike. Grover's division had now 
 come up making two divisions in the Nineteenth corps. 
 ]\Ierritt fell back to Berryville and held the crossing of th^ 
 Opequon on the Berryville pike and Wilson moved to Sum- 
 mit Point holding along the Opequon to the bridge at Smith- 
 field. The 9th N. Y. lay in a grove near the stone church 
 south of Berryville. On Aug. 19, a squadron of the 9th 
 made a reconnoissance out on the Millwood road toward 
 A\'inchester finding the enemy's pickets and learning that 
 
212 CEDARYILLE 
 
 Early was at Winchester and Anderson's corps moving up.. 
 Aug. 20 the gth N. Y. went on picket toward Millwood and 
 White Post. Aug. 21, heavy cannonading was heard to- 
 ward Winchester about noon. The pickets were called in 
 and th.e regiment moved back to Berryville where the whole 
 division was fighting the enemy. The regi«ient immediate- 
 ly joined the brigade ^nd deployed skirmishers. The enemy's 
 infantry had crossed the Opequon at Smithfield in. strong 
 force and driven Wilson's cavalry pickets back to Summit 
 Point and attacked the Sixth corps west of Charlestown. His 
 cavalry had attacked Merritt's division, at Berryville. Early 
 had not, found Sheridan's line where he supposed it to be, 
 and soon withdrew giving no opportunity for a general en- 
 gagement. Merritt's division was quite sharply engaged 
 and in a. much, exposed position without artillery and without 
 support while the enemy's cavalry had a strong infantry- 
 support. In tjhis fight Robt. Taylor, Go. F, was killed. Geo. 
 \Vooley, Go, F„ and Robt. L. Goulding were wounded. Late 
 that afternoon the division moved back to Charlestown. 
 Aug. 22 Sheridan's, infantry had moved" back to Halltown 
 and his cavalry took position on the right in front of Shep- 
 herdstown. The enemy followed, with his main force to 
 Gharlestiown; and sent pickets, some distance to his front. 
 Devin's brigade picketed: the road toward Charlestjown. Wm. 
 J. Mjarkham, Go. B, was woundedi Aug. 25, the cavalry 
 kept saddled: but were undisturbedi Aug_. 24, the Second: 
 squadron of. the 9tih went out on^ the- road toward: Gharles- 
 towni ajid, fpund the eneinjf's. pickets, about a. mile beyond 
 the. riaiJrosdi Xw.o. of his videttes- fltdi sOi precipitately tihey. 
 left tjltfiir; hats which, the- 9th men picked, up. Jiudging^' it 
 to be- an aLJspi.cious tjrtjp to intensify, the scare in-, the nouth, 
 on Augi. ?fj,. Early- SQijtf FiJ^ygh Lee's cavalry- to^ WiJliaws-* 
 PPfltaoji; mpyed; aj} the. rje^ ot Wg^ ariny. biife Andetsonis in^^ 
 
LEETOWN AND- KEARNEYSVI-LLE. 213: 
 
 fantry and McCausland's cavalry tO' Kearneysville. Ander- 
 son then began a heavy demonstration all along his front. 
 Diiring this firing Sheridan sent Merritt's and Wilson's di- 
 visions to Keam-eysville thence tO' proceed toward Lee- 
 town to see what had become of Fitzhugh Lee. The ene- 
 my's pickets were found on the railroad at Kearneysville and. 
 his main force about a mile beyond. They were immedi- 
 ately engaged and Devin's brigade sent out to the right to 
 strike the enemy on his flank and' rear. After moving out 
 rapidly for about a mile through woods and concealed fronv 
 the enemy's view, the brigade turned to- the left and deployed 
 and advanced over hilly ground, across cornfields, woods and 
 meadows, being somewhat delayed by fences, but soon came 
 upon the enemy's infantry pickets- and charged themj captur- 
 ing a number of prisoners, Co. C of the 9th N.Y. capturing 6. 
 The enemy had no cavalry in sight and soon reinforced and 
 extended their infantry line: The 9th N. Y. was in the 
 center of the brigade line, the 4th N. Y. on its right and the 
 17th Pa. on its left. A portion of the 17th charged and got 
 badly cut up. The enemy's columns were now directly in 
 front and in plain- view with their flags temptingly displayed 
 but those flags were guarded by too' many guns for the- 
 cavalry to attempt their capture at this time. From the 
 prisoners it was learned that the enemy was Breckenridge's 
 coFps. Later-, on the i9tih of September, the 9th N. Y. 
 charged the lines of this corps with conspicuous success. 
 Now the eavaliy were compelled to fall back. Custer's brig- 
 ade assumed' the responsible position- of rear guard' and with 
 his horee batteries hurlfed shell' and canister into the enemy's 
 ranks ih" reply- tO'- their musketry; then- charged' with Hig 
 ciieering- squadi"0ns to the nrusic- of- his brass band playing 
 "Star Spangled Banner."' It -was one of the grand" opening 
 soenes in Sliei;idan-'s campaign- of the Shenadoah. The 
 
214 LEETOWN AND KEARNEYSVILLE. 
 
 enemy followed closely; back to Shepherdstown and thence to- 
 ward Harper's Ferry. Near Shepherdstown, tlie 9th N. Y. 
 got a fresh supply of ammunition, dismounted and fought 
 on foot very near where it started from camp that morning. 
 Custer's brigade was compelled to cross the Potomac at 
 .Shepherdstown and the other brigades fought on foot to di- 
 vert the enemy. The fighting continued till dark when the 
 cavalry had fallen back within the infantry lines which oc- 
 cupied a strong defensive position in front of Harper's Ferry. 
 In the fighting near Leetown and Kearneysville Albert C. 
 Lashure of Co. C, Daniel Evans Co. H, and Edward Law- 
 son Co. I were killed. Among the wounded were Capt. H. . 
 W. Mason, Martin Harmon Co. I, John Watson Co. A, 
 Chas .Robbins Co. C, John Custer Co. E, Thos. Beaumont 
 'Co. M. At Shepherdstown the killed were Lieut. James B. 
 Burrows, David P. Loop Co. K, Wm. Chaphe Co. L. Among 
 the wounded were Lieut. Robt. Dennison Co. G, Chas. 
 Chafifee, Wm. N. Lane Co. B. There were twelve wounded 
 in the 9th N. Y. but the records do not give all the names. 
 Aug. 26. The regiment went on picket on the right of the 
 infantry line near the river. If General Early had intendec? 
 to cross the Potomac his plans had evidently been frustrated 
 by the cavalry discovering his movements aiid he now with- 
 drew behind the Opequon. Aug. 27. The 9th was relieved 
 from picket by the 17th Pa. Sunday, Aug. 28. The bugles 
 blew reveille at 3 a. m. and orders were received to be ready, 
 to march at daylight. Merritt's division moved out to 
 Kearneysville to find the enemy and near Leetown surprised 
 Harry Gilmore's camp of about 200 cavalry and drove the 
 enemy's cavalry and infantry picket back across the Opequon 
 at Smithfield, where the division halted that night. The 
 camp fires of the enemy were in plain sight. Merritt's pos- 
 session of Smithfield bridge made Early uneasy and on Aug. 
 
SMITHFIELD. 215 
 
 ■zg he pushed out two divisions of infantry to retake it. This 
 led to a severe fight by Merritt's division which was driven 
 Isack about two miles toward Charlestown when Rickett's 
 division of the Sixth corps came up for support and the 
 -enemy retired. The fighting began about noon. The 9th 
 N. Y. advanced through a piece of woods south of the vill- 
 .age to an open field beyond which was the enemy's infantry 
 in strong force. Their long range guns were far more 
 ■effective than the cavalry carbines across this field. Here 
 Capt. Hanley and several men of the regiment were struck 
 hy the enemy's bullets. The Qtli soon received orders to 
 TTiove back to its horses and after mounting, and while retir- 
 ing across an open field on the side hill east of the village 
 leceived the attention of the enemy posted in the belfry of the 
 church and other advantageous positions and who now oc- 
 •cupied the village in heavy force. The division moved back 
 .about two miles to an opeia ridge where it halted. Some 
 of the regiments dismounted and built slight breastworks of 
 fence rails on the side of the ridge fronting the enemy. While 
 the 9th N. Y. was holding this position General Sheridan and 
 his staff were on this ridge just back of the 9th looking to- 
 ward the enemy aiid waiting the advance of Rickett's division. 
 Among the staff was Dr. \\'m. H. Rulison, surgeon of the 
 •9th N. Y. cavalry and then acting Medical Director of Sheri- 
 dan's army. He was a fine looking man on horseback and 
 a conspicuous mark for some Confederate whose bullet struck 
 him down. Rickett's division advanced to the bridge at 
 Smithfield which was afterward held by Lowell's cavalry 
 brigade supported by the infantry. In the fight of Aug. 
 28 and 29 Dr. Wm. H. Rulison, surgeon of the regiment 
 and David L.yke of Co. L were killed. Chas. N. Baxter Co. 
 •C was mortally wounded. The other wounded were Gapt. 
 Tim Hanley, Patrick G. Donovan, Chas. Lattin, Chas. Peck, 
 
216 SMITHFIELD. 
 
 David Quackenbush Co. F, Leroy Baxter Co. C, Cyru» 
 Davis Co. G, Robt. L. Golding Co. K. Merritt's division 
 moved back to Charlestown that night and on Aug. 30 with 
 Wilson's division moved to Berryville. Averill's cavalry 
 division now occupied Martinsburg where it had moved 
 from Williamspo'rt and the infantry had .advanced in front of 
 Charlestown. That night the ist and 2nd squadrons of the 
 9th N. Y. were on picket in front of Berryville. The enemy's 
 pickets were just beyond. Col. Devin being absent on leave 
 since Aug. 19th, Lieut. Col. Nichols was in command of the 
 brigade, and Capt. Ayers in command of the regiment. Sept. 
 I the 9th was relieved from picket by the 17th Pa. The 9th. 
 saddled up at 3 p. m. to be ready for action, but again un- 
 saddled. Saddled up again at 1 1 p. m., escorted a train tO' 
 Ripley and went intO' camp just after daylight Sept. 2, near 
 Charlestown. Early, being alarmed at Torbert's cavaJry 
 holding Berryville, advanced the bulk of his army across the 
 Opequon to Summit Point. Merritt and Wilson then moved 
 back toward Charlestown. Averill at the same time at- 
 tacked Early's rear near Bunker Hill and Early withdrew 
 again across the Opequon. That night Torbert with Mer- 
 ritt's and Wilson's divisions advanced again to Berryville 
 the men standing to horse till morning and on Sept. 3 moved 
 on to White Post reeonnoitering the road to Front Royal. 
 The enemy's infantry pickets were along the Opequon toward 
 Winchester. Sheridan advanced his infantry line, Wright's- 
 (Sixth) corps to Clifton, Crook's to Berryville and Emory's 
 (Nineteenth) corps between. The 9th N. Y. was on picket 
 that night. Late that afternoon, just after the infantry line 
 was in position. Crook's corps was attacked by Anderson 
 with Kershaw's division which had started to return to 
 Petersburg by way of Ashby's Gap and was greatly surprised 
 at this new line of Sheridan's across his road. Early im- 
 
SHENANDOAH VALLEY CAMPAIGN. 217 
 
 mediately brought up three divisions to Anderson's support. 
 Sheridan, at first, thought Early intended to interpose be- 
 tween his infantry and cavalry and sent orders to Torbert 
 to be in Berryville by daylight of Sept. 4. Torbert did not 
 g-et the order till after daylight and toward noon on Sept. 
 .4, Merritt's and Wilson's divisions moved back to find 
 Berryville occupied by a large force of the enemy. In mov- 
 ing back, the 6th N. Y. was in advance and was suddenly 
 attacked on its flank and thrown into much confusion 
 losing five men killed, four wounded and two officers and 
 "twenty-one men captured. Torbert's divisions now moved 
 over the hills and fields to the east of Berryville and con- 
 nected with the infantry line. That night the 9th N. Y. 
 staid on the hills east of Berryville. E'arly on the morning 
 •of Sept. 5, Merritt's -division moved to the right of the in- 
 fantry line near Summit Point. The infantry were throw- 
 ing up defensive earthworks. In the afternoon the 9th N. 
 Y. made a reconnoissance around the left of the enemy's 
 line, across the Opequon to Brucetown striking the Martins- 
 Irarg pike about six miles from Winchester. Here Averill 
 -was found driving McCausland's cavalry back toward Win- 
 chester. The regiment returned to Summit Point that 
 night in a rainstorm which continued all night and nearly 
 all the next day. "The rain came down in torrents, the 
 "vvind howled, the horses turned tail to the wind a-nd the 
 'boys' laughed and swore and shouted and whistled in the 
 teeth of the storm." — Capt. Pierce's diary. Sept. 7 the 
 regiment went on picket '-elieN'ing the 7th Mich. Salutes 
 "\vere ordered fired by the Navy Sept. 5, for the capture of Mo- 
 bile by Farragut, and at Mihtarv Department headquarters 
 i^ept. 7 for the capture of Atlanta by Sherman. Sept. 8, the ist 
 N. Y. Dragoons were assigned to the Second brigade and 
 Col. Gibbs of that regiment took command. Crook's Corps 
 
218 BATTLE OF THE OPEQUON OR WINCHESTER* 
 
 moved to Summit Point and relieved the cavalry pickets- 
 The other regiments of the brigade moved to Smithfield. 
 Sept. 9, the 9th N. Y. joined the brigade at Smithfield early 
 and had just time to cook coffee and feed when it moved 
 out with the brigade to reconnoiter the enemey's positoii 
 along the Opequon and burned three gristmills. The 
 enemy's pickets were found at the two upper mills. Sept. 
 10, the 9th N. Y. and part of the ist N. Y. Dragoons made 
 a reconnoissance to Bunker Hill in the afternoon. Sunday 
 Sept. II, the regiment went on picket along the Opequorr 
 relieving the ist N. Y. Dragoons. There was some skirm- 
 ishing at the bridge between the pickets. Sept. 12, the 
 regiment was relieved by the 4th N. Y. Sept. 13, the 9th 
 N. Y. went tO' Mill Creek on the Martinsburg pike and found' 
 a strong outpost of Confederate infantry. In the skirmish- 
 ing, Sergt. Manson Gilbert Co. M was killed. Sept. 14 the 
 1st, 2d and 3d squadrons escorted a wagon train to Charles- 
 town. Sept. 16, the regiment went on picket along the 
 Opequon. The 17th Va. Confederate cavalry were picketing- 
 the other side and were very peaceable, riding to the middle 
 of the stream, shaking hands with the 9th N. Y. men, ex- 
 changing papers, etc. The Captain in command of the 17th 
 Va. and the Adjutant were among those who took part in 
 these peaceable meetings. Col. Devin had now returned' 
 and was in command of the Second brigade. Sunday Sept. 
 18, the brigade moved to Summit Point preparatory tO' a 
 general move. General Sheridan had learned through his 
 secret service communication with loyal citizens in Winches- 
 ter that Kershaw's division of infantry and Cutshaw's bat- 
 talion of artillery had left Early's army and were on their way 
 to rejoin Lee. Sheridan now decided to attack Early whose 
 army lay in front of Winchester. His plan was for 
 Torbert to advance from Summit Point, carry the crossings. 
 
BATTLE OF THE OPEQUON OR WINCHESTER. 219 
 
 at Stevens' and Lock's fords, and form a junction near Steph- 
 enson's depot, with Averill, who was to move south from 
 Darksville by the Valley pike. Wilson was to carry the 
 Berryville crossing of the Opequon, charge through, the 
 gorge on the west side the stream, and occupy the open 
 ground beyond. Wilson was to be followed by the Sixth 
 and Nineteenth corps under command of Gen. Wright. Crook 
 was to advance to the Berryville crossing and be held in 
 reserve for a turning column. Wilson drove the enemy's 
 pickets away from the Berryville crossing at daylight, ad- 
 vanced rapidly through the gorge and debouched from its 
 western extremity so suddenly as to capture a small earth- 
 work in front of the enemy's main line and held it till the 
 Sixth corps came up. Sheridan followed Wilson and se- 
 lected the ground on which to form his infantry which be- 
 gan to arrive about 8 o'clock taking up the line Wilson had 
 been holding while the cavalry moved to the south side of 
 Abraham's creek. The infantry lost some time in passing. 
 through the narrow defile to reach their own line, giving- 
 Early time to form his lines for defense. Wright's two 
 corps were engaged for two hours or more when Crook wa& 
 moved up on the right about noon. Torbert with Merritt's 
 division of cavalry crossed the Opequon about noon, Devin's 
 and Lowell's brigades crossing at Steven's ford on the 
 Charlestown road about two miles below the Berryville pike 
 and Custer's brigade at Lock's ford a mile farther down. 
 Gen. Torbert's was with Devin's brigade at Stevens' ford and 
 as soon as he crossed he ran two pieces of artillery up ontO' 
 high ground and fired two shots in quick succession as a 
 signal to Custer that he had crossed. Devin and Lowe'l 
 rapidly advanced along the Charlestown road about two- 
 miles to near its intersection with the valley pike where Cus- 
 ter joined and the whole of Merritt's division then moved 
 
-220 BATTLE OF THE OPEQUON OR WINCHESTER. 
 
 toward Winchester, across the fields and woods on the left 
 of the pike while Averill advanced on the right driving the 
 enemy liack in confusion. The country across which the 
 cavalry advanced was undulatiri^g and mostly open fields 
 with some pieces of woods. About a half mile from the 
 Charlestown road the 9th N. Y. rode to the front and charg- 
 ed across an open field with the 3d Virginia on its right, 
 <lriving a force of Fitzhugh Lee's cavalry. Just then Gen. 
 Lee himself rode up in sight at the edge of the woods just 
 beyond the field. He was accompanied by staf? officers, 
 orderlies and two flags. The 9th and 3d Vrginia gave 
 the party some shots from their carbines and revolvers 
 •as they charged toward the woods and Lee and his staff 
 -quickly disappeared. As Lee was severely wounded in 
 this battle he might have been struck by a carbine bullet 
 ■of the 9th N. Y. Morgan L. Bement of Co. C was mor- 
 tally \\ounded in this charge on the enemy's cavalry. Af- 
 ter dri^'ing Fitzhugh Lee's cavalry from the field Merritt's 
 division immediately moved forward and attacked the ene- 
 my's infantry line Devin's brigade moved on the left of 
 the division with the gth N. Y. in front and soon came 
 up on some open ground overlooking the long lines 
 ■of the enemy's infantry and batteries. The gth N. Y. form- 
 ed line with the precision of veterans on parade. To 
 its left front on lower ground a hundred rods away the 
 advance line of Breckenridge's infantry was just moving 
 back. Gen. Merritt with his stafif rode up to the gth and 
 poiting to Breckenridge's line said to Col. Nichols : "Cok 
 onel. charge your regiment right in there." By this time 
 Ihe enemy's artillery was training its guns or the line of 
 the gth and Merritt's group of officers and orderlies, but 
 this did not disturb the precision with which the regiment 
 ■executed its orders. Immediately Col. Nichols gave the or- 
 
BATTLE OF THE-OPEQUON OR WINCHESTER. 221 
 
 der "Attention gth N. Y.," "Squadrons left half wheel," 
 "March !" As the officers turned to repeat this order to their 
 squadrons, away toward the valley pike could be seen Custer's 
 brigade, his advance regiment with sabers flashing, and 
 close by were the other regiments of Devin's brigade giving 
 assurance that the ,9th was well supported. It was a grand and 
 inspiring scene only granted to those troopers whO' were 
 always to the front. Major Ayers' voice rang out along the 
 line repeating the colonel's order. "Attention 9th N. Y." 
 "Squadrons left half wheel," "March!" The six squadrons 
 made a half wheel to the left bringing the regiment in 
 echelon by squadrons, the most effective formation for a cav- 
 alry charge. Then came the orders in quick succession, "For- 
 ward, trot, march!" "Charge!" And away sped those 
 squadrons striking the enemy with such force and in sucess- 
 sion by squadrons that his line was utterly broken and the 
 Confederates threw down their arms and surrendered by 
 /iundreds. Nearly every man of the 9th brought off from one 
 to three prisoners, one man bringing off five and a troopei 
 of Co. M bringing off the battle flag of the 17th Va. in- 
 fantry which he took from the color guard. To a few was 
 given the sad duty of caring for the dead and wounded and 
 bringing off the body of Major Ayers who was among the 
 killed. The prisoners captured were taken back out of range 
 of the enemy's artillery which continued to throw shell, en 
 dangering the Confederate prisoners as much as their cap- 
 tors. Here they were formed in line and counted up num- 
 bering over four hundred. The losses in the regiment ^■■•ere 
 as follows: Killed, Maj. Conway W. Ayers, Emile Radske", 
 Co. R ; Geo. C. Babcock, Co. H. Among the wounded were 
 Capt. J. T. Rutherford and John Nolan, Co. L; Martin ?■ a- 
 gerand Leroy Baxter, Co. C; Edwin Huntley, Co. H; Na- 
 huni P, Arnold, Co. I ; Lieut. Charles L. Pierce and Henry 
 
^22 FISHER'S HILL.- 
 
 Milspaw, Co. K; Capt. Geo. C. Wooley, Co. 
 M. Eight others were wounded but the records fail to give 
 their names. The First N. Y. dragoons followed the 9th 
 N. Y., in the cavalry charge, the whole army advanced and 
 Early was sent "whirling up the valley." The fighting con- 
 tinued till after dark, the cavalry picking up many prisoners. 
 The cavalry, in this battle, did most efficient service captur- 
 ing cannon and about 1,400 prisoners. Devin's brigade 
 captured four battle flags and the 9th N. Y. did its full share, 
 being the first cavalry regiment to strike the enemy's infantry 
 and made one of the most effective cavalry charges of the 
 war. A Confederate writer afterwards criticised the lack of 
 training of the Confederate infantry to form for defense 
 against cavalry, and referring specially to the charge of the 
 Union cavalry in this battle. Sept. 20 the cavalry moved for- 
 ward early, Merritt's division reaching Strasburg about noon 
 and found the enemy holding the strong position at Fish- 
 "er's Hill. The infantry came up in the afternoon. Averill mov- 
 ed up on the Cedar Creek road to the right and Wilson was 
 sent toward Front Royal. Sept. 21 the Sixth and 19th corps 
 moved into position fronting the enemy. Crook's corps was 
 Itept concealed by the woods and by night marches till it 
 could be moved up on the side of the North Mountain 
 ■whence on the afternoon of Sept. 22 it struck the enemy's 
 left flank driving it back in great disorder and beng joined by 
 the other troops in front in a swinging movement, the 
 enemy was stampeded in a panic leaving all his guns and 
 many prisoners. Torbert had been sent with Wilson's divi- 
 sion and two brigades of Merritt's division up the Luray Val- 
 ley, Sheridan intending that Torbert should strike the 
 enemy's rear at New Market. Devin's brigade and Averill's 
 ca\'alry were left with the infantry. The infantry and Devin's 
 brigade of cavalry pursued the retreating enemy all night, 
 
PORT REPUBLIC. 223 
 
 reaching Woodstock at daylight Sept. 23. Devin's brigade 
 then continued the pursuit to Mount Jackson about ten 
 miles farther where the enemy's infantry was found in con- 
 siderable force about noon. Averill's cavalry was slow in 
 coming up and there was much skirmishing with the enemy 
 by' Devin's men till night. In this fight Edgar Post of Co. 
 F was killed. The wounded were Lieut. David R. Whitte- 
 more, Co. E; Sylvester Hall, Ira Holdridge, Co. F; Peter 
 Jermain Co. D ; Romanz B. Drake, Martin Newton, Co. H ; 
 Franklin Fox and Robt. B. Shattuck, Co. I. Averill's failure 
 to press the enemy as instructed resulted in his being relieved 
 and his cavalry placed in command of Col. Powell. Early 
 in the morning of Sept. 24, the infantry came up and the en- 
 emy was driven rapidly back all that day and night, Sheri- 
 dan's troops reaching Harrisonburg at daylight Sunday 
 morning Sept. 25. Devin's brigade made an effort to check 
 the enemy at New Market by rapidly crowding up onto him 
 but he would not stop to fight. Torbert had failed in his mis- 
 sion up the Luray valley without adequate reason. He had en- 
 countered Wyckham's cavalry at Milford and instead of driv- 
 ing him as he should have done and stfiking Early's rear 
 at New Market he fell back to Front Royal and rejoined 
 Sheridan by the valley pike. On Sept. 25 Devin's brigade 
 moved on through Harrisonburg with the 9th N. Y. in the 
 advance. The infantry halted at Harrisonburg to wait for 
 rations to be brought up in the wagons. The enemy was 
 found on the road toward Port Republic. The second 
 squadron which was in advance as skirmishers captured one 
 mounted man. Sept 26, Merritt's division moved on to Port 
 Republic with the gth N. Y. still in the advance and the 2nd 
 squadron deployed as skirmishers. The enemy was driven 
 back across the river and followed through Port Republic to 
 the mountains east of the village. Here Kershaw's division 
 
224 PORT REPUBLIC. 
 
 was encountered. After Early's defeat at Winchester, Ker- 
 shaw's division and Cutshaw's artillery were ordered back 
 from Culpepper and had just arrved here by way of Swift's 
 Run Gap, on their way to rejoin Early. As soon as Devin's 
 brigade had crossed the river the second squadron of the 
 9th was ordered to watch a road leading down the right 
 bank of the river. As that squadron had been deployed as 
 skirmishers during the day its men were much scattered and 
 not readily assembled. So Company E was added making 
 about forty men in the force which moved down that road 
 ^bout a mile and videttes were posted in positions to watch 
 the country in that direction. While here an officer of Cus- 
 ter's brigade came and asked this picket force to charge a 
 wagon train then moving ud the mountain road through 
 Swift Run Gap. He had seen the train from the bluflfs the 
 other side of the river. The officer in command did not deem 
 it best to leave his picket post without orders however tempt- 
 ing the bait and did not at once accept the invitation. Soon 
 after this a Michigan regiment of Custer's brigade came down 
 the road and word was given out that this regiment would 
 charge the wagon'train. Tliis challenge impelled the picket 
 force of gth N. Y. men to take the lead and they gal- 
 loped ahead. After advancing about a half mile the road 
 led up a little rise from which the train was plainly seen and 
 in an open field to the left toward the river was a force of 
 Confederate cavalry. The 9th men halted, let down the fence 
 to the left of the road so as tO' deploy as skirmishers but the 
 Michigan regiment had failed to come up and was not in 
 sight. Immediately a line of infantry in the woods and 
 brush along the mountain road where the wagon train was 
 moving opened fire on the 9th men who must now retreat, 
 be shot down or captured. They did not hesitate but got 
 back out of the way as quickly as possible. Several horses 
 
PORT REPUBLIC. 225 
 
 were shot, Chas. Smith of Co. E and Gilbert B. Eccles, Co. 
 C, were captured. Eccles was wounded. This reconnois- 
 ance by the g.h N. Y. men disclosed the fact that several 
 regimepts of Kershaw's division lay in the woods in front of 
 that wagon train. That afternoon Devin's brigade w.as 
 sharply engaged near the mountains east of Port Republic. 
 The casualties in the 9th N. Y. were Henry Babcock, Co. & 
 killed; Ca^-t. P. C. Baiky, Geo. Stover, Co. H; John A. Hil- 
 kr, Co. D; Wm. G. Hills, Joel H. Lyman, Co. E; Wm. W. 
 Baker, Co. F; John W. Johnson, Co. G, wounded. Hills 
 and Lyman were wounded before crossing the river. Sheri- 
 dan's object in keeping Merritt's division at Port Republic 
 was to hold the attention of the enemy there while Torbert 
 with Wilson's division and Lowell's brigade went on to 
 Staunton and Waynesboro, to blow up the bridge at Waynes- 
 boro, destroy the grist mills and all supplies of grain and for- 
 age and drive away the cattle. At Waynesboro Torbert was 
 attacked by Pegram's brigade of infantry and Wyckham's 
 cavalry but carried out the instructions to destroy all supplies. 
 Sept. 2y Devin and Custer both crossed the river again to 
 Port Republic. The 9th N. Y. formed line dismounted at 
 the river. Custer engaged the enemy in a sharp skirmish 
 and was driven back. The enemy did not follow. That 
 night the division moved back about five miles and went into 
 ■camp. The 9th N. Y. went on picket. Torbert's attack at 
 Waynesboro alarmed Early and he drew in all his forces to 
 Rock Fish Gap east of Waynesboro. Sept. 29 Merritt's di- 
 vision advanced again to Port Republic and thence scoured 
 the country and burned all mills and barns containing forage 
 or grain and gathered in the cattle. The 9th N. Y. unfortun- 
 ately burned the iron works in Brown's Gap belonging to a 
 Mr. Lewis who was a non-combatant and had refused to join 
 the secessionists. His son, then 16 years of age joined Sheri- 
 
226 BURNING THE VALLEY. 
 
 dan to avoid conscription by the Confederates. Mr. Lewis 
 was afterwards Lieut, governor of Virp^inia. Capt. Good- 
 rich with, his squadron captured twenty-five prisoners. A 
 large force of the enemy's infantry seeing the smok^ of the 
 burning iron works came up after Goodrich left. That night 
 the division camped near Mt. Crawford. Maj. Dinnin re- 
 joined the regiment, having been away about a year inspect- 
 ing horses. Sept. 30, moved two or three miles toward 
 Cross Keyes and camped. Nelson H. Whitney, Co. D, was 
 wounded. Oct. i the gth N. Y. made a reconnoissance to 
 Swift Run Gap where the 25th N. Y. cavalry was on picker. 
 A squadron of that regiment had been to Stannardsville. 
 Oct. 2 the regiment returned bringing several prisoners rap- 
 tured by the 25th and marched back to Harrisonburg. Many 
 families were moving out of the valley. Every supply train 
 carried back families goiner north. The destruction of all 
 grain, flour, feed and taking: all farm stock bv the army left 
 the people nothing to subsist on during the approaching win- 
 ter. Gen. Wilson had gone to Sherman's army as chief of 
 cavalry and Gen. Custer took command of the third division. 
 Oct. 3 Lieutenant John R. Meigs, engineer oflfieer on Sheri- 
 dan's staff was killed within the Union lines between Har- 
 risonburg and Dayton by disguised Confederates. The 
 houses near the scene of the murder were burned by Sheri- 
 dan's order. Oct. 4 the regiment advanced to the ford and 
 skirmished with the enemy across the river. Oct. 5 the 
 whole division went into camp at Cross Keyes. Chas. Woods 
 Co. L, was captured and never afterwards heard from. Oct. 
 6 Merritt's division moved back about fifteen miles, driving 
 along all cattle and sh-eep and burning mills, forage and sup- 
 plies. The gth N. Y. camped that night on the middle road 
 at Timberville. Oct. 7 and 8 the army continued to move 
 back down the valley, the cavalry continuing its work of 
 
TOM'S BROOK. 227 
 
 -clesolating the country. The Confederate cavalry were now 
 under command of Gen. Rosser, who had joined Early with 
 an additional brigade from Richmond and had been annoy- 
 ing Sheridan's forces as they moved back. On the afternoon 
 of Oct. 8 Merritt's division had a sharp skirmish near Tom's 
 Brook station. Custer's division was then on the back road 
 five or six miles away to the northwest near Tumbling Run. 
 Sheridan now determined to chastise Rosser and directed 
 Torbert tO' begin early next mornino- while Sheridan rode 
 up Round Top, an elevation close by, to witness the proceed- 
 ing. Custer was ordered to retrace his steps before daylight 
 next morning and attack the enemy near Tom's Brook while 
 Merritt attacked on the pike. Custer's division encountered 
 Rosser with three brigades at daylight Sunday, Oct. 9. Mer- 
 ritt extended his line to connect with Custer and found the 
 brigades of I.omax and Johnson in his front. The fighting 
 continued till about g a. m. when Rosser's lines were com- 
 pletely broken up and his retreat degenerated into a rout. 
 The 9th N. Y. had been on the line near a road to the west of 
 the pike, part of the regiment fighting dismounted. The 
 men now mounted their horses and the regiment started in 
 pursuit of the enemy with the 2d squadron in the advance. 
 The road led through a piece of wods where a few of the 
 enemy were found on picket. These got into the road and 
 
 • fled before they could be reached. The regiment followed 
 this road which led to the pike at Edinburg. Col. Devin 
 rode with the regiment, his bugler blowing "forward," "gal- 
 lop" and the regiment responded at a lively pace. On reach- 
 ing the pike, the gth N. Y. was ahead of the division and 
 kept on at its rapid gait, passing the recent camp fires of the 
 enemy with their breakfasts still cooking, overhauling wag- 
 ons, ambulances, caissons and cannon and taking some pris- 
 oners. Many of the enemy fled to the woods and mountains. 
 
228 TOM'S BROOK. 
 
 The pursuit was continued to the crossing of the Shenan- 
 doah beyond Mt. Jackson, twenty-two miles from where the 
 regiment started at Tom's Brook, a Hvely and entertaining 
 Sunday morning ride. Merritt's division captured six cannon 
 of which the gth N. Y. captured two in the pursuit, the last 
 one near Mt. Jackson. The regiment also captured three for- 
 ges, two ambulances and 12 wagons. As the regiment was 
 galloping up a long hill north of Mt. Jackson the enemy halt- 
 ed a piece of artillery on top of the hill and fired a shell at their 
 pursuers. Just beyond the hill that gun came into the pos- 
 session of the gth N. Y. A caisson with its ammunition 
 Tjoxes filled with shell was captured near Mt. Jackson. Fence 
 rails were piled under the caisson and set on fire. As the 
 regiment rode away the explosion of those shell sounded like 
 an artillery duel. The captures by the cavalry corps included 
 eleven pieces of artillery and their caissons, all the wagons 
 and ambulances the enemy had with them and three hundred 
 prisoners. Gen. Rosser had been heralded as the "New 
 Savior of the Valley," and the brigade he brought with him 
 -had been called "The Laurell Brigade." His sudden defeat 
 and rapid flight was the subject of humorous camp fire stor- 
 ies for many days. One was that when Gen. Early met him 
 he told Rosser "he had better change the name of his bri- 
 gade to Grapevine because Laurell' don't run!" Sheridan 
 in a characteristic despatch said his cavalry had met this"New 
 Savior of the Valley" chased him twenty-six miles and cap- 
 tured all his guns and wagons. Early himself advised that 
 bis cavalry be dismounted. 
 
 Oct. 10 the army continued its retrograde movement. 
 The gth N. Y. camped in front of Strasburg near the river. 
 Oct. II about noon Merritt's division moved down the river 
 to the north base of the Massanutten mountains. The Ma- 
 nassas Gap railroad was being repaired under the supervision 
 
CHASING THE ENEMY. 229 
 
 of Gen. Augur and the Sixth corps was sent toward Front 
 Royal with the intention of returning to the Army of the 
 Potomac before Petersburg. Oct. 13 Eai-ly advanced 
 through Strasburg and attacked part of Crook's corps at 
 Hupp's Hill and Custer's cavalry to the right on the back 
 road. Picket firing began at 3 a. m. Merritt's division saddled 
 up and later in the day moved to the right to support Custer. 
 Oct. 14 Devin's brigade made a reconnoissance and found the 
 enemy at Fisher's Hill in force. The Sixth corps had now 
 been ordered back and was placed in position on the right 
 of the Nineteenth corps along the north side of Cedar Creek. 
 Crook's corps was on the left of the line east of the Valley 
 Pike and Torbert with Merritt's and Custer's divisions on the 
 right of the Sixth corps. Powell covered the roads toward 
 Front Royal and Sheridan's headquarters were at the Belle 
 Grove House on the west of the pike and in rear of the 
 Nineteenth corps. It was Sheridan's intention to attack the 
 enemy as soon as the Sixth corps arrived but finding Early 
 had moved back to Fisher's Hill, Sheridan concluded tO' wait 
 till his return from Washington where he had been invited 
 by the Secretary of War for Consultation. Oct. 15 the cavalry 
 corps drew a large supply of feed, rations and ammunition 
 and late that afternoon accompanied Sheridan to Front Roy- 
 al with the intention of making a raid to Charlottesville while 
 Sheridan went on to Washington. That night Sheridan re- 
 ceived a despatch from Gen. Wright indicating that Early 
 was being reinforced by Longstreet. This information was 
 given to Gen. \\^right through his signal corps. Torbert was 
 now ordered back to Cedar Creek with all the cavalry but one 
 regiment which escorted Sheridan to Rectortown where he 
 took the cars for Washington. The corps left Front Royal at 
 daylight Sunday morning, Oct. 16, and returned to its po- 
 sition on the right of the infantry line at Cedar Creek. Oct. 
 
230 THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN. 
 
 17 picket, firing at 3 a. m. caused the cavalry to saddle up, 
 but they did not leave camp and unsaddled again at 8 a. rov 
 The political campaign in the Northern states was not 
 lost sight of during these exciting miUtary operations, on 
 the other hand the men in the field felt a deep interest in the 
 political situation. Abraham Lincoln had been renominated 
 for President and Hon. Reuben E. Fenton had been nominat- 
 ed for governor of New York. Mr. Fenton had been the 
 most conspicuous member of Congress in his personal in- 
 terest in the welfare of Union soldiers and the 9th N. Y. cav- 
 alry had especial reason for remembering his kindly and val- 
 uable favors. On Oct. 17, 1864, the officers of the regiment 
 expressed their interest in Mr. Fenton's political success in 
 
 the following terms : 
 
 "In the field near Middletown, Va., Oct. 17, 1864. 
 
 "At a meeting of the officers o£ the 9th N. Y. cavalry called for 
 the purjjose of expressing their choice for Governor of New York, 
 Captain B. .T. Coffin was called to the chair .and Adjutant M. B. Geer 
 was elected secretary. The following officers were made a com- 
 mittee to present suitable resolutions: Captain Newel Cheney, Surgeon 
 Richard Curran, Lieutenant Jay Burrows. The committee offered 
 the following preamble and resolutions which were adopted by unan- 
 imous vote: 
 
 Whereas, W'e believe all public questions should be made sub- 
 servient to the one great question involving the existence of the 
 nation; that the best interests of humanity and civilization demand 
 that the integrity of the Union be preserved and that the effort of 
 ambitious men to establish a separate government upon the basis of 
 slavery be totally and lastingly defeated, and 
 
 Whereas, We believe that final success is now already within 
 our grasp, that the victories are already won that have struck the 
 death blow to the wicke? rebellion and that every loyal man should 
 now endeavor to strengthen the administration, to enable it to secure 
 the legitimate results of these victories and terminate this, the 
 most dreadful struggle for the preservation of a nation the world 
 has ever seen, and 
 
 Whereas, we believe that now more than ever before, there are 
 needed in the great offiecs of the nation and of the respective states, 
 men of proved loyalty, of large experience, of enlightened statesman- 
 
THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN. 231 
 
 ship, of noble and generous hearts In order that the great and ap- 
 parently conflicting interests to be settled may be brought into- 
 harmony, and justice to all be done while the greatest good of all is 
 secured, p.nd 
 
 Whereas, We recognize in Hon. R. E. Penton all those qualities 
 of mind and heart which tJi'e exigencies of the times demand, and. 
 know him to be a loyal and unflinching patriot, a man of large and 
 varied experience, a wise statesman, a generous and courteous gent- 
 leman, one pre-eminently qualified to faithfully execute the wishes 
 of the loyal people of the Empire state, therefore 
 
 Resolved, That we tender to Hon. R. E. Fenton our hearty sup- 
 port in the coming election, and pledge our best efforts to secure 
 his elevation to the position to which he has been placed in nomination. 
 
 Resolved, That we believe the State of New York to be entirely 
 loyal to the Union and that it ardently desires its preservation as 
 the greatest blessing to the world, and any Chief Executive of that 
 State who places it in antagonism to the National administration, 
 in its efforts to secure that blessing, grossly misrepresents its people- 
 and deserves the execration of all true patriots. 
 
 Resolved. That we tender to Hon. R. E. Fenton our heartfelt 
 thanks for the noble and generous sympathy and aid and counsel 
 he has so uniformly and promptly extended to the soldiers of New 
 York in the field while performing his arduous duties in Congress. 
 
 Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in 
 the papers of the 31st Congressional District. 
 
 B. J. Coffin, Captain 9th N. Y. Cavlry. 
 
 M. B. Geer 1st Lieutenant and Ad.1utant, Chairman. 
 
 9th N. Y. Cavalry. Secretary. 
 
 Oct. i8th, about noon two squadrons, making about one 
 hundred men of the Qth N. Y., under command of Capt. 
 Cheney went out for picket duty relieving the ist N. Y. 
 dragoons on the right of the line at Cedar Creek churches 
 and Old Forge ford, three or four miles west of the Valley 
 pike where the middle road crosses Cedar Creek. 
 
 Oct. 19. The infantry pickets on the extreme left in 
 front of Crook's corps were attacked at 3 a. m. Three divi- 
 sions of the enemy's infantry under Gordon and one brigade 
 of cavalry had crossed the Shenandoah east of Fisher's Hill, 
 moved around the north base of the Massanutten mountains). 
 
2^2 CEDAR CREEK. 
 
 .again crassed the Shenandoah at Bowman's and Mclnturf s 
 fords and moved around to the left of Crook's camp. At 
 ■dayUght and in a dense fog Gordon charged Crook's position 
 and drove him out of his caftips toward the Valley pike. At 
 the same time Early advanced through Strasburg with Ker- 
 .shaw's and Wharton's divisions, Kershaw crossing Cedar 
 ■Creek at Robert's ford, near the Shenandoah, attacking 
 Thoburn's division of Crook's corps in front and connecting 
 -with Gordon, while Wharton crossed Cedar Creek on the 
 Valley pike as soon as the ford was left open. Gordon con- 
 tinued to advance across the pike, after driving back Crook's 
 jnen, turning the position of the Nineteenth corps and com- 
 pelling Wrieht to withdraw his whole army to a line north 
 -of Middleton, the Sixth corps and Merritt's cavalry division 
 being used to check the enemy during this movement. The 
 ■enemy now had possession of Wright's camps and nineteen 
 of his guns while many of Wright's men, wagons and am- 
 bulances were moving back toward Winchester in great dis- 
 order. The 9th N. Y. men on picket at Old Forge ford were 
 awakened at 4 a. m. by sharp picket firing which was found 
 to be at the post below three-fourths of a mile away on their 
 left. Cheney's videttes were visited and found undisturbed 
 and his reserve stood to horse till daylight sending frequent 
 patrols to visit the videttes at the ford and the post below. 
 Just before daylight one of these patrols encountered the 
 ■enemy crossing at the ford below and captured one prisoner, 
 a young fellow who had got separated from his command 
 in the skirmishing and was inquiring for his regment. 
 Several demoralized men from the post below came to 
 Cheney's reserve. They reported that their post had been 
 attacked by a strong force and compelled to fall back leaving 
 the ford unguarded. These men had lost their horses and some 
 •of them their arms. Two or three who had been videttes 
 
SHERIDAN'S RIDE. 233- 
 
 across the creek had got. wet crossing back afoot. After 
 daylight the firing on the left, four miles away, could be 
 heard increasing to the continuous roar of a battle. It waff 
 a part of Early's plan that Rosser should cross Cedar Creek 
 on the middle or back road and attack Custer and soon after 
 daylight a battery began shelling Cheney's reserve. The 
 reserve was then moved behind a piece of woods and a skirm- 
 ish line thrown forward. A little later a column of the 
 enemy's cavalry was seen to cross at the ford below and move 
 to the left apparently in front. of Custer's position. Cheney's 
 men were then swung back to connect with Custer's line- 
 and had light skirmishing for two or three hours. 
 
 Sheridan arrived on the field from Winchester, twelve 
 miles away, about lo a. m., his ride having since been made 
 famous in the poem of Thomas Buchanan Reed entitled 
 "Sheridan's Ride," and was engaged for several hours in 
 reforming the infantry lines north of Middleton. The troops 
 greeted him with enthusiastic cheers wherever he appeared 
 and rapidly moving up onto the line Sheridan had designated. 
 During this time a large part of Early's hungry and tired 
 troops were entertaining themselves in the captured Union> 
 camps, evidently believing the Union army defeated beyond 
 recovery. About 3 p, m. orders were given along the line 
 for a general advance. Merritt's men had already charged 
 a Confederate battery in front of Middleton, capturing some 
 prisoners from whom Sheridan learned that Longstreet had 
 not joined Early as Sheridan had been led to believe. Sheri- 
 dan rode along the front of his infantry line inspiring his 
 men with renewed ardor for battle and assuring the men they 
 were going to retake their camps. The men advanced with 
 confidence and enthusiasm, reassured by Sheridan's pres- 
 ence. The enemy was driven from behind trees, stone walls 
 and all sheltering obstacles. Col. Lowell, whose brigade had 
 
■234 CEDAR CREEK. 
 
 "been on the line dismounted, now mounted his men and 
 charged up to the edge of Middleton. In this charge Col. 
 Lowell was mortally wounded. On the right Custer's men 
 -charged across the meadows driving Rosser back across 
 Cedar Creek and out of sight. The gth N. Y. pickets ad- 
 vanced to the line held during the night and about S p. m. 
 received orders to rejoin the regiment which was now ^vith 
 the advance following the panic stricken enemy, capturing 
 prisoners, guns, caissons, wagons, ambulances ajid all man- 
 ner of camp equippage. Twenty-four guns were captured 
 from the enemy, besides those retaken, making forty-three in 
 all, and twelve hundred prisoners. Devin's brigade cap- 
 tured 22 cannon, 39 wagons, 30 ambulances, 9 caissons, 300 
 horses, 130 mules, 360 prisoners and twO' battle flags. The 
 9th N. Y. followed as far as the base of Fisher's Hill, eight 
 miles from the battle field at Middleton, where, long after 
 ■dark, I-ieut. J. B. Dinsmore of Company I captured the last 
 of the enemy's cannon and H. J. Parks of Co. A captured a 
 battle flag. The regiment worked all night helping to bring 
 back the captured property. The next morning the 43 cap- 
 lured cannon were parked in front of the Belle Grove House 
 Avhere Sheridan had re-established his headquarters. The 
 '9th N. Y. got credit for 170 prisoners, 13 cannon, 6 caissons, 
 -27 wagons and ambulances. Early had now lost about 
 eighty cannon since Sheridan began his campaign in the 
 Shenandoah valley. One of the camp-fire jokes was that 
 Early had become an agent for the transfer of cannon from 
 the Confederacy to Uncle Sam. 
 
 A Confederate medical wagon was upset down a bank 
 beside the road with its expensive equipment of surgical 
 instruments and anesthetics and the odor of chloroform per- 
 vaded the air there for a day or two. Dr. B. G. Streeter, 
 then surgeon, said of those medical supplies, that they must 
 
CEDAR CREEK. 235 
 
 have cost the enemy $50,000 in their Confederate money. 
 Maj. Gen. Ramseur was mortally wounded, fell into Sheri- 
 dan's hands and died next day. 
 
 The casualties in the. 9th N. Y. were three men wounded, 
 Russell Bentley and James Paige, Co. G, and John Fitch, Co. 
 F. Sheridan's victory at Cedar Creek was a wonderful 
 achievement. When Grant heard of it he ordered a hundred 
 shotted guns fired into the enemy's lines before Petersburg, 
 and President Lincoln at once thanked the army in an auto- 
 g'raph letter as follows: 
 
 "Executive Mansion, Washington, Oct. 22, 1864. 
 
 Major General Sheridan :— With great pleasure I tender 
 to you and your brave army the thanks of the nation, and 
 my own personal admiration and gratitvtde, for the month's 
 operations in the Shenandoah Valley; and especially for 
 the splendid work of Oct. 19, 1864. 
 
 Your Ob't Serv't, 
 
 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 
 
 A few weeks later Gen. Sheridan received notice of his 
 promotion in a special letter from the Secretary of War saying 
 "that for the personal gallantry, military skill and just confi- 
 dence in the courage and patriotism of your troops, dis- 
 played by you on the 19th of October at Cedar Run, where- 
 by, under the blessing of Providence, your routed army was 
 reorganized, a great national disaster averted and a brilliant 
 victory achieved over the rebels for the third time in pitched 
 battle within thirty days, Philip H. Sheridan is appointed 
 a major-general in the United States Army." 
 
 On the morning of Oct. 19th Lieut. Erotus Wilder then 
 acting quartermaster of the 9th N. Y. was moving with his 
 wagons of supplies up the valley two miles south of Winches- 
 ter when Gen. Sheridan passed him on his way to the battle- 
 field. Lieut. Wilder immediately parked his wagons, fell in be- 
 
236 SHENANDOAH VALLEY CAMPAIGN. 
 
 hind Sheridan's escort and rode to the front. After the battle 
 he took his. train of suppHes to Middleton and after unload- 
 ing, loaded up his wagons with the wounded and took them 
 back tO' Winchester. 
 
 Oct. 20, Torbert's cavalry moved up the valley to Wood- 
 stock with the five captured flags flying at the head of the 
 column, carried by the men whO' captured them. The 9th 
 N. Y. captured 21 more prisoners on its way back along 
 the river near the mountains. These prisoners were strag- 
 glers from Early's retreating army. They said there were 
 thousands straggling in the mountains making their way 
 back to safety. The regiment camped that night at Round 
 Top just south of Fisher's Hill. Oct. 2t, Moved back 
 through Strasburg and camped on the road toward Front 
 Royal near a ford of the Shenandoah. Oct. 22, The regiment 
 made a reconnoissance to Stony Run, but found nothing of 
 the enemy. , : 
 
 H. J. Parks of Company A, then only seventeen years 
 old and who had captured a flag on the night of Oct. 19th, 
 while pursuing the enemy through Strasburg, now received 
 orders to report at Sheridan's headquarters. Here he found 
 Gen. Custer and three other cavalrymen who had captured 
 flags. All five were then ordered to Washington to report to 
 the Secretary of War. They reached Washington too late 
 in the afternoon tO' visit the War office that day and Gen. 
 Custer directed that they meet at the station next morning 
 and go together to the War Department. Next morning it 
 had been noised about that Gen. Custer was in the city with 
 some captured flags and when he and his men started for 
 the War office with their Confederate flags flying they were 
 much obstructed by the curious and enthusiastic crowd. 
 On reaching the War Department they were immediately and 
 graciously received by Secretary Stanton, who, in fitting 
 
SHENANDOAH VALLEY CAMPAIGN. 237 
 
 words, highly commended their gallant bravery, presented 
 each with a medal of honor and gave them a thirty days' 
 furlough. 
 
 Oct. 25, part of the regiment went on picket at Buck's 
 ford. Oct. 26, a number of officers and men of the regiment 
 whose terms of service had expired, were mustered out, in- 
 cluding the company organizations B, E and-L, and on Oct. 
 27 started for home, going with a wagon train to Martins- 
 burg and thence by cars to Baltimore; some of the officers 
 going on to Washington to settle up their accounts with the 
 VCav Department before going home. The men of com- 
 panies B, E and L whose terrns of service had not expired 
 were assigned to other companies. Oct. 28. A large number 
 of recruits joined the regiment. Twenty-two joined company 
 C. The regiment now remained in camp a nuniber of days 
 with occasional light picket duty. 
 
 Col. Devin issued the following congratulatory order: 
 "Headciuarters Second Brisade, First Cavalry Division 
 
 Middle Military Division. Nov. 6. 1864. 
 
 "Soldiers: The Brevet Brigadier General Commanding feels 
 that he should not let the present opportunity pass without re- 
 ferring to and recalling the operations of his brigade during the late 
 engagements. 
 
 Rapidly transferred from the Army of the Potomac to the Shen- 
 andoah Valley, vou. on the second day's march, engaged a brigade of 
 uounted infantry, and in one hour, drove them from two strong 
 positions in utter rout. Again at Front Royal, Smlthfiel3, Kearneys- 
 ville and Shepardstown, your sturdy arms and keen sabers on each 
 occasion hurled back the serried masses of the foe. At the battle 
 of the Opequon, after charging and routing a superior force of the 
 enemy's cavalry in your front, you whirled like a thunderbolt on 
 the left of his infantry lines,and rode them down in the face of a 
 -withering Are. in two successive charges, capturing over five hundred 
 prisoners and five battle flags. 
 
 When detached from the division, and in advance during the 
 long pursuit of "Early's army from Fisher's Hill to Port Republic, 
 your gallantry and daring while pressing the enemy called forth the 
 highest praise. In the action of the 9th of October, taking the ad- 
 
238 SHENANDOAH VALLEY CAMPAIGN. 
 
 vance near Edinburg, you drove Lomax's division "whirling" through 
 Mt. Jaclison and across the Shenandoah capturing his last gun and 
 his train. 
 
 On the memorable 19th of October, the crowning glory was re- 
 served for you of pursuing the enemy and reaping the fruits of that 
 brilliant victory. Affdr sturdily fighting from early morn with the 
 gallant old division to which you are attachei in its successful efforts 
 to check and finally drive the enemy's right, you dashed across the 
 bridge over Cedar Creek under heavy fire, charged and completely 
 smashing the enemy's rear guard. Darkness did not relax your 
 efforts, but on you pushed, capturing guns, trains and prisoners, until 
 at near midnight, you had reached Fisher's Hill eight miles from the 
 battlefielf. 
 
 At early dawn you charged and drove the enemy's cavalry from 
 the hill and pushed on to Woodstock after the fast flying foe who 
 could not asain be overtaken. 
 
 Twenty-two of the forty-three guns captured by the cavalry, 
 fifty-nine wagons and ambulances, over four hundred prisoners, in- 
 cluding a number of officers, and two battleflags, were the trophies 
 of your success. 
 
 You have captured, during this short campaign, twenty-four guns, 
 nine battle-flags in action and over one thousand prisoners. 
 
 This brilliant success has not been effected without severe loss. 
 One-third of your number, including forty officers, have been killed 
 or wounded. They have fallen nobly at their post of duty. 
 
 Praise from me is superfluous. The record of your deefs is suf- 
 ficient. You have done your duty and the brigade has maintained 
 its old reputation. 
 
 Thomas C. Devin, Brevet Brigadier General. 
 
 Nov. 7. The brigade went to Cedarville for picket duty. 
 The Second division went on a reconnoissance. Nov. 9th, 
 the infantry moved back to Kernstown, where it had been 
 decided a defensive hne should be held to enable Sheridan 
 to detach troops to Gen. Grant, and where, by reconstruct- 
 ing the railroad from Stephenson's depot to Harper's Ferry 
 the army could be more readily supplied. Nov. 10, the 
 bugles blew reveille at 4 a. m. and at daylight the cavalry 
 rroved back to the Kernstown line, three or four miles south 
 of Winchester. Nov. 11. The regiment made a reconnois- 
 sance to Middleton and found the enemy there in large 
 
SHENANDOAH VALLEY CAMPAIGN. 239 
 
 force. The enemy's cavalry moved around Col. Nichols' 
 flank, compelling him tO' retire losing twelve men captured, 
 and three wounded. Two of the wounded were Leroy 
 Cowan and Chas. H. Sikes, Co. K. The captured were 
 James Gaffrey, Stephen Kelley, Adno Warner, Henry D. 
 Warren, Co. A; Frank J. Leavitt, Co. D; John W. Baker, 
 Henry Ehrig, Wm. J. Ogle, Dudley A. Williams, Ezra P- 
 Kinney, Wm. H. Robinson and Oliver Smith, Co. H. The 
 regiment made a running fight for six miles back to New- 
 town followed by a brigade of the enemy's cavalry who were- 
 checked by other regiments of Devin's brigade coming up 
 to the support of the 9th. It was learned! that between 
 Oct. TQ and Nov. 11 Early's scattered forces had been suf- 
 ficiently reorganized to permit him to make a reconnois- 
 sance down the valley as far north as Cedar Creek with 
 about 12,000 men. But this reconnoissance ended in a rapid 
 withdrawal of Early's infantry and with the usual ill-fortune 
 to his cavalry ; Merritt and Custer driving Rosser and Lomax 
 across Cedar Creek on the middle and back roads, while 
 Powell's cavalry struck McCausland near Stony Point, and 
 after capturing two pieces of artillery and about three hun- 
 dred officers and men, chased him into the Luray Valley. 
 Early got back to New Market by Nov. 14 and for lack of 
 subsistence, and being unable to make any further demon- 
 strations against Sheridan, sent Kershaw's division to Peters- 
 burg. Nov. 12. Torbert's cavalry remained saddled all day 
 and at night went out about two miles beyond Newtown, 
 found the enemy's cavalry and drove them back some dis- 
 tance. Sunday, Nov. 13. The cavalry moved out to Cedar 
 Creek and found the enemy had fallen back to Fisher's Hill. 
 Nov. 14. The regiment moved camp about two miles to a 
 piece of woods and the men were ordered to build winter 
 quarters. The ist and 2nd squadrons went on picket. 
 
240 BURNING LOUDON VALLEY. 
 
 Nov. 21. Merritt's division marched to Front Royal and 
 camped for the night. It rained incessantly through the 
 day. Nov. 22. The weather had turned cold. Devin's 
 brigade moved on up the Luray Valley to Millford and drove 
 in the enemy's pickets. Custer made a reconnoissance up 
 the Valley pike and struck the enemy at Mt. Jackson. Nov. 
 23. The cavalry returned to camp. It was very cold and 
 after recrossing the river where some of the men got im- 
 mersed by their horses stumbling, the ice froze to the horses' 
 "legs and icicles were pendant from their tails. 
 
 During the entire campaign Sheridan's army had been 
 much annoyed by guerrilla bands under the leadership of 
 Moseby, White, Gilmore, McNeil and others, necessitating 
 large escorts for supply trains. The most redoubtable of 
 these leaders was Moseby whose force was made up from the 
 country around Upperville, east of the Blue Ridge to which 
 section he always fled for safety. Many men had been captured 
 or killed while with the wagon trains or on picket. Lieut. 
 Erotus Wilder, quartermaster of the 9th N. Y., had been 
 captured while on duty with his wagon train Oct 22. 
 Geo. W. Davis, Co. I, was captured near Winchester Oct. 
 23. Recently Sheridan's chief quartermaster, Colonel Tolles, 
 and Medical Director Ohlenchlager had been killed by 
 Moseby's men within the Union lines. Sheridan now decided 
 to give particular attention to these irregulars and Nov. 27 
 directed Gen. Merritt to march to the Loudon Valley and 
 operate against Moseby, taking care to clear the country of 
 forage and subsistence so as to prevent the guerrillas from 
 being harbo'red there in the future, their destruction or cap- 
 ture being well nigh impossible on account of their intimate 
 knowledge of the mountain region. Merritt carried out his 
 instructions thoroughly, sweeping widely over his line of 
 march with flankers who burned the grain and hay and 
 
SHENANDOAH VALLEY CAMPAIGN. 241 
 
 broiTght in large herds of cattle, hogs and sheep, which 
 wene issued to the troops. The gth N. Y. took part in this 
 expedition leaving camp at sunrise Nov. 28, marched by 
 way of White Post, Berry's ford, Ashby's Gap and Paris and 
 camped two miles beyond Upperville. Nov. 29 marched to 
 Smickersville. ist brigade went to Middleburg and Aldie. 
 Nov. 30, Devin's brigade marched through Waterford to 
 Lovettsville. The reserve brigade .moved on the left and 
 and the First brigade on the right covering the whole valley. 
 "While marching through Waterford, ladies came out with 
 Union flags and cheered the men as they passed." "It was in 
 this town that the Loudon Rangers, Union, were raised. It 
 was a strange sight for rebellious Virginia." "The 9th N. Y. 
 got about eighty horses." — Lieut. Chas. Pierce's diary and 
 letters. 
 
 Dec. 1st one squadron went to the Potomac and des- 
 troyed some grain opposite Berlin and in sight of the trains 
 on the B. & O. R. R., then the brigade marched back to 
 Snickersville where the whole division assembled with about 
 3,000 head of cattle, as many sheep, 600 hogs and about 500 
 horses. The country swept over was about fifteen miles wide 
 and thirty long. Dec. 2, the column marched back through 
 Snicker's Gap, and Berryville and on Dec. 3, reached camp. 
 The weather was pleasant during the six days the troops 
 were out on this expedition. Elijah C. Babbet, Co. A, was 
 wounded and Edwin C. Barber, Co. H, captured near Snick- 
 ersville. James F. Russell, Co. H, was captured Dec. i at 
 Winchester. Dec. 13, companies I and G made a recon- 
 noissance to Fisher's Hill. 
 
 The Sixth corps, one division of the Nineteenth and one 
 division of Crook's corps were sent in December to City 
 Point to join Grant before Petersburg. One division of 
 Crook's corps was sent into West Va., to guard the Balti- 
 
242 GORDONSVILLE RAID. 
 
 more and Ohio railroad, leaving only one division of in- 
 fantry with Sheridan in the valley. Early was at Staunton 
 with Wharton's division of infantry and his cavalry posted in 
 that vicinity except a detachment at New Market and an- 
 other small one at his signal station on Three Top Moun- 
 tain. 
 
 THE GORDONSVILLE RAID. 
 The wintry weather was now severe, snow falling fre- 
 quently to the depth of several inches, and the mercury often 
 sinking below zero. The rigor of the season was very much 
 against the success of any mounted operations, but Gen. 
 Grant being desirous to have the railroads broken up about 
 Gordonsville and Charlottesville, on the 19th of December 
 Sheridan started the cavalry out for that purpose, Torbert, 
 with Merritt and Powell, marching through Chester Gap, 
 while Custer moved toward Staunton to make a demonstra- 
 tion in Torbert's favor, hoping to hold the enemy's troops 
 in the valley. Custer was surprised by Rosser and Payne 
 near Lacy's Springs before reveille and had to abandon his 
 bivouac and retreat down the valley, with the loss of a num- 
 ber of prisoners, a few horses, and a good many horse equip- 
 ments, for the suddenness of the attack gave many of the men 
 no time tO' saddle up. As soon as Custer's retreat was as- 
 sured, Early sent Wharton's division of infantry to Char- 
 lottesville to check Torbert, but this had already been done 
 by Lomax with the assistance of infantry sent up from Rich- 
 mond. The Confederates had been closely observing the 
 columns of Torbert and Custer. Early had marched Lomax 
 to Gordonsville in anticipation of an attack there and sent 
 Rosser down. the valley to meet Custer. Torbert captured 
 two pieces of artillery from Johnson's and McCausland's 
 brigades, at Liberty Mills on the Rapidan River, but in the 
 
SHENANDOAH VALLEY CAMPAIGN. 243 
 
 ip.ain the purpose of the raid utterly failed and by the 27tli 
 of December Torbert returned, many of his men badly frost 
 bitten from the extreme cold which had prevailed. The 
 following gives each day's march on this raid and the part 
 taken by the glh N. Y. : Dec. 19, Torbert with Merritt's 
 "and Powell's divisions marched through Front Royal and 
 bivouacked in Chester Gap. Rain in forenoon December 20. 
 Marched through Flint Hill, Little Washington and Sperry- 
 ville. Weather cold. Dec. 21, marched through Creiglers- 
 ville to near Madison, C. H. Sleet in forenoon. Very cold 
 at night. Dec. 22, marched to Rapidan. Twentieth Pa. 
 cavalry engaged the enemy and captured two pieces of ar- 
 tillery. Cold. One man of the gth N. Y. was wounded and 
 ■one captured. Dec. 23, marched to within two and a half 
 miles of Gordonsville. Found the enemy in a strongly in- 
 trenched position. Li the skirmishing the gth N. Y. lost 
 two men killed, one mortally wounded, three others wound- 
 ed and one captured. Jacob Earhart, Co. L was killed. 
 Daniel Moore, Co. C, mortally wounded. The records fail 
 to give the other names. Marched back to Robertson River. 
 AVeather cold. Dec. 24, marched across Sperryville pike 
 to near Hazel River. Weather more moderate. Sunday, 
 Dec. 25, marched across Hazel River and camped near War- 
 renton. Rained in the night. Dec. 26, marched through 
 Warrenton, White Plains, and camped toward Middleburg. 
 James Wickens, Co. A, was captured near Warrenton and 
 Chas. E. Pratt hurt by his horse stumbling in a ditch while 
 charging after a party of Moseby's men. Dec. 27, marched 
 through Middleburg, Upperville, Ashby's Gap and across 
 the river. Camped near Millwood. Dec. 28, rainy, marched 
 to camp. Dec. 29, cold. 
 
244 WINTER AT LOVETTSVILLE. 
 
 MOVING CAMP TO LOVETTSVILLE. 
 Dec. 30. The bugles blew reveille at 5 a. m. The bri- 
 gade broke camp about 8 a. m. Marched through Winches- 
 ter, Bunker Hill, Mill Creek and bivouacked near the Ope- 
 quon. Weather pleasant. Dec. 31. Marched at daylight 
 through Smithfield,Charlestown and bivouacked near the rail-' 
 road. Sunday, Jan. i, 1865. Moved early, through Har- 
 per's Ferry, crossed the Shenandoah at its mouth on a pon- 
 toon bridge, then down the right bank of the Potomac to 
 Lovettsville. The day was cold, the roads bad, the regi- 
 ment behind the wagon train, the men standing to horse 
 much of the time waiting for the wagons to move on and 
 was all day moving eight miles facing a cutting wind. Jan. 
 2. Late in the afternoon moved to within about a mile of 
 the Potomac, . camped and received orders to build winter 
 quarters. The brigade remained here till Feb. 24 doing the 
 usual camp and light picket duty. On Jan. 31 Senator 
 Foote of the Confederate Congress came through the picket 
 lines and was entertained that night at Brigade headquarters. 
 He was on his way to attend the peace conference which was 
 held at Fortress Monroe Feb. 3, at which were present Presi- 
 dent Lincoln and Secretary of State Seward on the part 
 of the United States and Vice President Stephens, John A. 
 Campbell and R. M. T. Hunter for the Confederacy. This 
 conference as well as one or two others held by other persons, 
 however sincere and honest their purpose, resulted in nothing 
 except to afiford opportunity for buncombe and bitter 
 speeches by political leaders. The Confederates claimed 
 independence. Mr. Lincoln, the integrity of the whole 
 LTnited States. Many men of the regiment were given the 
 opportunity to visit their homes on fifteen days' furlough. 
 Feb. 6. The 9th N. Y. moved into the camp vacated by the 
 20th Pa. While in camp near Lovettsville a number of men 
 
WAYNESBORO. 245. 
 
 were sick and several died. Feb. 22. A national salute was 
 fired at noon at Harper's Ferry for the capture of Charleston 
 and Wilmington and the retaking of Fort Sumter as well 
 as for the celebration of Washington's birthday. Toward 
 the last of February Gen. Early had at Staunton two brigades 
 of infantry under Wharton. Echol's brigade of infantry was 
 ill southwestern Virginia. All the rest of Early's infantry 
 and Fitzhugh Lee's two brigades of cavalry had been sent to 
 Petersburg. Rosser's men were mostly at their homes,, 
 where, on account of a lack of subsistence and forage in the 
 valley, they had been permitted to go subject tO' call. Lomax's 
 cavalry was at Millboro, west of Staunton. Gen. Sheridan 
 had received orders from Grant to destroy the Virginia 
 Central railroad and the James River canal, capture Lynch- 
 burg if practicable and then join Sherman in North Carolina 
 or return to Winchester, and it was Sheridan's aim tO' get. 
 well on the road before Early could collect his scattered 
 forces. So upon the 27th of February Sheridan with his 
 cavalry entered upon that campaign which cleared the Shen- 
 andoah Valley of all organized Confederates. Gen. Torbert 
 being absent on leave. Gen. Merritt was appointed Chief of 
 Cavalry and Gen. Devin to the command of the ist Division. 
 The- column was composed of Custer's and Devin's divisions 
 of cavalry and two sections of artillery, comprising, in all, 
 about 10,000 officers and men. Eight ambulances, sixteen 
 ammunition wagons, a pontoon train of eight canvas boats, 
 and a small supply train, with fifteen days' rations of coffee, 
 sugar and salt were taken along, it being intended to de- 
 pend on the country for the meat and bread ration, the 
 men carrying in their haversacks nearly enough to subsist 
 them till out of the exhausted valley. 
 
 Feb. 24. The 2d brigade, now under command of Col. 
 Fitzhugh left camp at Lovettsville and marched through 
 
246 WAYNESBORO. 
 
 Hillsboro to the Potomac opposite Sandy Hook. Feb. 25. 
 Reveille at 3 a.m., moved at 5 a.m. Marched to near Berryville 
 and went into camp in a cold storm of sleet. The men made 
 beds of pine brush from which they had thawed the frozen 
 sleet over their camp fires. The wagon train moved with the 
 regiment as far as Bolivar Heights from which place a num- 
 ber of unserviceable horses were sent back. Feb. 26. Marched 
 to Winchester and camped a Httle way south east of the 
 town and joined the division. Drew rations, forage and 
 amunition for a long march including 1 5 days of coffee, sugar 
 and salt. Feb. 27. The men of the 4th N. Y. who had not been 
 mustered out were consolidated with the 9th N. Y. and be- 
 came companies B, E and L. The two divisions, Custer's 
 and Devin's, marched to Woodstock, 31 miles. Feb. 28. 
 Moved early, Custer's division in the advance, marching 
 through Mt. Jackson, crossing the Shenandoah on pontoons, 
 thence through New Market and halted at Lacey's Springs. 
 March i. Moved at 4 a. m., marching through Harrisonburg 
 and Mt. Crawford and halted five miles from Staunton. At 
 Mt. Crawford, Rosser had hastily gathered about 500 of 
 his cavalry to contest the crossing and burn the bridge. Two 
 regiment's of Capehart's brigade swam their horses across 
 the stream, drove Rosser to Kline's Mills, capturing 30. pris- 
 oners and twenty wagons and ambulances. March 2. Sher- 
 idan entered Staunton in the morning with Custer's division. 
 Early had left word there that he would fight at Waynesboro 
 where he had gone with Wharton's two brigades of infantry, 
 Nelson's artillery and Rosser's cavalry. Early had also or- 
 dered Echol's brigade of infantry from Southwestern Va. to 
 Lynchburg and directed Lomax's cavalry to concentrate at 
 Pond Gap for the purpose of harrassing Sheridan should he 
 move toward Lynchburg. Devin's division moved through 
 Staunton about noon and followed Custer toward Waynes- 
 
CAPTURE OF EARLY'S ARMY. 247 
 
 boro. Devin detatched one brigade to destroy supplies at 
 Swoope's depot. The by-roads were miry beyond descrip- 
 tion, rains having fallen almost incessantly since leaving Win- 
 chester, but the column pushed on, men and horses becoming 
 covered with mud from head to foot. Custer found Early 
 occupying a line of breastworks on a ridge west of Waynes- 
 boro with two brigades of infantry, eleven pieces of artillery 
 and Rosser's cavalry. Custer sent the dismounted regiments 
 of Pennington's brigade around the left flank of the enemy's 
 line while he himself with two brigades, partly mounted and 
 partly dismounted, assaulted along the whole line of breast- 
 works. Pennington's flanking movement quickly 
 stampeded the enemy, enabling Custer to carry the front 
 with little resistance. Then the 8th N. Y. and ist Conn, in 
 a charge in column broke through the enemy's line, con- 
 tinued through the town of Waynesboro, crossed South 
 liiver and there formed in the enemy's rear and held the 
 east bank of the stream till all the Confederates surrendered 
 except Rosser, who succeeded in making his way back to the 
 valley, and Generals Early, Wharton, Long and Lilley, who 
 Avith fifteen or twenty men, escaped across the Blue Ridge. 
 Sheridan followed up the victory immediately by sending 
 Capehart through Rock Fish Gap, with orders to encamp on 
 the east side of the Blue Ridge. All the enemy's stores and 
 transportation fell into Sheridan's hands, while there were 
 captured on the field seventeen battle-flags, sixteen hundred 
 •officers and men, and eleven pieces of artillery. The prison- 
 ers and artillery were sent back to Winchester under a guard 
 of 1,500 men, commanded by Col. J. H. Thompson, of the 
 1st New Hampshire. Devin's division had little part in this 
 "fight except to support Custer and remained at Waynesboro 
 that night. The 9th A". Y. camped beside the enemy's 
 earthworks. Custer moved on through the Gap and encamped 
 at Brookfield. March 3. Col. Nichols with the largest part 
 
248 GOING TO JOIN GRANT. 
 
 of the 9th N. Y. started back with Col. Thompson to help 
 escort the prisoners. Col. Nichols had command of all the dis- 
 mounted men and unserviceable horses of the two divisions 
 while Capt. Ed. Goodrich of the 9th N. Y. had immediate 
 charge of the prisoners from Waynesboro to Harper's Ferry. 
 It was no light duty as Rosser with his division was con- 
 tending for their possession all the way. The 5th N. Y. made 
 a gallant charge to repel the enemy while Thompson's com- 
 mand and the prisoners were crossing the Shenandoah south 
 of Mt. Jackson. 
 
 GOING WITH SHERIDAN TO JOIN GRANT. 
 Twelve officers and one hundred and eight men 
 of the 9th N. Y. under command of Maj. James R. 
 Dinnin, went on from Waynesboro with Sheridan. Of Din- 
 nin's force Capt. A. C. Robertson had command of companies 
 A, D, G, H and I, and Capt. Frank Brown of companies ,F, 
 K, C and M. Lieut. Chas. Richards was quartermaster and 
 Lieut. Chas. Pierce adjutant. March 3. Dinnin's command 
 marched through Rock Fish Gap and camped east side the 
 mountains toward Charlottesville. Custer moved on to 
 Charlottesville followed by Devin with two brigades, Gibbs' 
 brigade being left behind to blow up the iron railroad bridge 
 across South River at Waynesboro and tD escort the wagon 
 train. Because of the incessant rains and spring thaws the 
 roads were soft and the columns cut them up terribly, the 
 sets of fours throwing up the niud in ridges as much as two 
 feet high, making it most difficult to get the wagons along, and 
 distressingly wearing on the teams. So Sheridan concluded 
 to stop at Charlottesville a couple of days to rest and recuper- 
 ate and at the same time send out parties to tear up the rail- 
 road toward Lynchburg. When Custer reached Charlottesville 
 on the afternoon of March 3, he was met by a deputation of 
 citizens headed by the mayor who surrendered the town with 
 
GOING TO JOIN GRANT. 249 
 
 medieval ceremony, formally handing over the keys of the 
 pubhc buildings and of the University of Virginia. But this 
 little scene did not delay Custer long enough to prevent 
 his capturing just beyond the village a small body of cavalry 
 and three pieces of artillery. Gibb's brigade which was 
 Taringing up the mud impeded trains arrived at Charlottesville 
 March 5. Dinnin's command, which will now be designated 
 a.s the gth N. Y. of Col. Fitzhugh's brigade, moved on to 
 Charlottesville March 4, and on March 5 went out dis- 
 mounted with other regiments and worked tearing up the 
 railroad track and burning bridges. Lieut. Putnam, who 
 bad been left in charge of the camp, and had with some 
 others, previously lost his blankets and supplies of subsistence 
 irom the pack train, obtained permission of Fitzhugh's Ad- 
 jutant General to go out foraging. Men from several dif- 
 ferent regiments joined Putnam's party which was quite suc- 
 cessful, bringing in hams, bacon, flour, etc. Some of the 
 men found some "apple jack" and as they rode into camp 
 •were somewhat rude and noisy at which Col. Fitzhugh, who 
 :saw them, was greatly angered. Sending for Putnam he 
 inquired if he was "in command of that mob that just came 
 in" and said "that strict orders had just been issued against 
 foraging." Putnam repHed that he had been out with a 
 foraging party for which he had a permit from the Adjutant 
 General but had not learned of the order against foraging. 
 Sheridan had expected his troops to subsist on the coun- 
 trj-^ and had not carried supplies. Fitzhugh after some loud 
 words blaming his Adjutant General, directed Putnam to re- 
 port to his regiment. Soon after this Gen. Devin meeting 
 Putnam, quietly spoke some friendly words concerning the 
 matter and that was the last Putnam heard about it. Put- 
 nam was too good an ofhcer to be sacrificed by the whims 
 of superiors and has since received a medal of honor for 
 
250 GOING TO JOIN GRANT. 
 
 special bravery. At Charlottesville foragers had gathered 
 more supplies than the men could carry away and the surplus 
 was turned over to the colored people who were following 
 the column. They were astonished at such generous 
 treatment and were profuse in characteristic expressions of 
 their gratitude such as "God bless you massa, I hab'n't had a 
 harp befo' since de wah begun." 
 
 March 6. Custer's division moved along the railroad 
 toward Lynchburg destroying the track as far as Amherst 
 C. H. within sixteen miles of Lynchburg. Devin's division 
 marched to Scottsville on the James River and destroyed 
 the canal along up the river to . New Market about twenty 
 miles, the gth N. Y. working till midnight on the night of 
 the 7th, and reaching Howardsville. Then working through 
 the day of March 8 reached New Market. At each lock on 
 the canal a detail of ten or twelve men was left with an 
 officer to destroy the lock, which they did by prying off the 
 top stone with bars and levers and breaking the bottom. 
 The gates could not be opened. Ditches were also dug in 
 the side of the canal to let off the water. Custer was expect- 
 ed to join Devin at New Market and it was Sheridan's plan 
 to cross the James River, move on to Appomattox C. H. 
 and destroy the Southside railroad as far east as Farmville. 
 But the river was too high to be fordable, Sheridan's pon- 
 toons were not sufficient to span the river and the only 
 bridges, at Hardwicksville and Duguidsville, were burned by 
 the enemy, the latter bursting into flames just as Sheridan's 
 troops got in striking distance. Sheridan now decided to 
 destroy still more thoroughly the James river canal and the 
 Virginia Central railroad and join Grant in front of Peters- 
 burg, feeling that the war was near its end and wishing to 
 be in at the death. On March g, the main column started 
 eastward down the James river destroying locks, dams and 
 
FROM WAYNESBORO TO CITY POINT. 251 
 
 boats, being preceded by Col. Fitzhugh's brigade of Devin's 
 division in a forced march to Goochland C. H. and Beaver- 
 dam creek with orders to destroy everything below Columbia. 
 Col. Fitzhugh's brigade left New Market at noon of March 
 8th, moved back through Howardsville and Scottsville stop- 
 ping an hour at dark to feed, then marching all night in the 
 rain and reaching Columbia at daylight having marched 
 fifty-twO' miles in thirty-six hours. Capt. A. C. jlobertsog 
 of the gth N. Y. with twelve men moved along between the 
 river and canal, while the column marched along the road 
 north of the canal. Robertson took from a bam in the night 
 five horses and eight mules, all good, serviceable animals. 
 1st Sergt. Daniel M. Hill of Company C found a bar with 
 which he broke the lock, and pried open the door of the barn. 
 The mules were of great value in the wagon train. Co- 
 lumbia" was a small town at the junction of the James and 
 Rivanna rivers. March gth the brigade remained in Co- 
 lumbia. March lo. Col. Fitzhugh's brigade marched to 
 Goochland C. H. The gth N. Y. was in the advance^ to 
 Goochland and beyond to Beaverdam Creek and captured 
 about thirty prisoners. Sergt. Hill of Co. C, with 12 men 
 as advance guard, after passing Goochland, came suddendly 
 onto a mounted Confederate force of about sixty in a field 
 around an angle of the road, charged them and and captured 
 eleven. The others fled. Capt. Robertson captured thir- 
 teen men, six of them mounted and seven dismounted, their 
 horses being hitched in some woods and the men hiding in 
 the brush. Capt. Brown captured five or six men just get- 
 ting into a boat on, the river at the mouth of Beaverdam 
 Creek. The brigade moved back to near Columbia that 
 night and camped in an open field east of the town. Fitz- 
 hugh's brigade had been the fighting column that day while 
 the other troops were destroying the locks and dams below 
 
252 FROM WAYNESBORO TO CITY POINT. 
 
 Columbia. Gen. Sheridan reached Columbia March lo and 
 from here sent despatches to Gen. Grant informing him of 
 what had been done and what he intended to do, and re- 
 questing that supplies be sent to meet him at White House 
 and a pontoon bridge to cross the Pamunkey, regarding it too 
 hazardous to march down the south bank of the Pamunkey 
 where Lee could send out troops from Richmond to strike 
 him on his flank and rear. These despatches were sent in 
 duplicate; one by two scouts — Campbell and Rowan — 
 overland to City Point, the other by Fannin and Moore, 
 who took a small boat down the James River to Richmond, 
 joined Lee's troops in front of Petersburg and thence deserted 
 to the Union lines. Both despatches reached Grant but 
 that carried overland by Campbell and Rowan reached him 
 first. March ii. The troops laid at Columbia for the trains 
 to catch up. The mule teams were so wearied that' it was 
 believed the wagons would have to be abandoned but for the 
 valuable senices of the 2,000 negroes who had joined the col- 
 urnn, and who literally lifted the wagons out of the mud. 
 March 12. Merritt with Devin's division marched to Louisa 
 C. H. and during the 13th tore up the railroad track toward 
 Frederick Hall while Custer's division was doing a similar ser- 
 vice from Frederick Hall toward Beaverdam station. From 
 despatches captured in the telegraph office at Frederick Hall 
 Custer learned that Early was in the neighborhood with a 
 force of about two hundred men. Custer pursued this force 
 capturing some of the men and two of Early's staff officers, 
 -vvhile Early with a single orderly escaped across the South 
 Anna river and returned to Richmond. Fitzhugh's brigade 
 ■crossed the South Anna river on March 12, and camped at 
 Cuckoosville. March 13. Moved early and struck the Va. 
 Central railroad at Tollersville station and worked at tearing 
 up the track. Piling up the ties with some light wood, the 
 
FROM WAYNESBORO TO CITY POINT. 253 
 
 -iron rails were laid across edgeways, the ties set on fire heat- 
 ing the rails so they would bend and be spoiled for further 
 vise until taken to a rolling mill and straightened. Some of 
 Custer's men of a Michigan regiment, after heating some 
 rails, wound them around telegraph poles, then cooled and 
 left them there. March 14. The brigade marched to Beaver- 
 dam station and on the way passed the rails wound around 
 telegraph poles a peculiar and attractive device for destroy- 
 ing rails. At Frederick Hall Sheridan's scouts brought 
 him word from Richmond that Longstreet was assembling 
 a force there to prevent his junction with Grant, and that 
 Picket's division, which had been sent toward Lynchburg tj 
 oppose his march, and Fitzhugh Lee's cavalry were moving 
 east with the object of circumventing him. Reasoning that 
 Longstreet could interpose effectually only by getting to 
 White House ahead of him, Sheridan pushed one column un- 
 der Custer across Ground Squirrel bridge to Ashland where 
 it united with Merritt, who had marched through Hanover 
 Junction. The appearance of Sheridan's troops at Ashland 
 drew the Confederates there, as he hoped it would, and leav- 
 ing Col. Pennington's brigade to amuse, them, the united 
 command retraced its steps northward to Mount Carmel 
 Church where it crossed the North Anna river. After dark 
 Pennington moved back and all the troops reached the church 
 by midnight of the 15th. March 16. The column marched 
 through Chesterfield Station toward Aylets and King Wil- 
 liam C. H. March 17. The column reached King Wiliam 
 C. H. During the march of the 17th, Fitzhugh's brigade 
 was in advance. During the 16 and 17, Capt. Robertson 
 with his squadron marched along the right flank to guard 
 against Longstreet who was reported approaching Sheri- 
 dan's route of march from that direction. The enemy had 
 marched to Hanover C. H. but being unable, either to cross 
 
254 WHITE HOUSE. 
 
 the Pamunkey or forestall Sheridan at White House, retired 
 to Richmond. March i8. The column reajched White 
 House where men, horses and mules were greatly relieved by 
 finding an abundance of supplies. 
 
 The hardships of this march far exceeded those of any 
 previous campaigns by the cavalry. Almost incessant rains 
 for twenty days and nights had drenched the men, and the 
 swollen streams and well nigh bottomless roads east of Staun- 
 ton presented grave difficulties, but surmounting them all, 
 Sheridan's men had destroyed the enemy's means of sub- 
 sistence in quantities beyond computation, had permanently 
 crippled the Virginia Central railroad and the James River 
 canal, and as each day brought them nearer the Army of 
 the Potomac, all were buoyed up with the cheering thought 
 that they would soon take part in the final struggle of the 
 war. 
 
 From the i8th to the 25th of March Sheridan's com- 
 mand remained at White House resting and refitting, a large 
 amount of shoeing being necessary. There were nothing 
 like enough horses at hand to replace those that had died or 
 been disabled on the march from Staunton, so a good many 
 men who were still without horses were sent by boat to the 
 dismounted camp at City Point. March 25. The command 
 marched across the peninsula to Harrison's Landing on the 
 James River. March 26. Marched up the north side of the 
 river, crossed at Deep Bottom and thence across Bermuda 
 Hundreds and the Appomattox to Hancock Station, a point 
 on the military railroad in front of Petersburg. Here by 
 orders on March 27, the Second division, now under com- 
 mand of Gen. Crook, was reunited to Sheridan's command. 
 The reunited corps was now to enter upon the campaign as 
 . a separate army, Sheridan to report directly to Gen. Grant, 
 the intention being to reward him for forgoing, of his own 
 
APPOMATTOX CAMPAIGN. 253 
 
 choice, bi& fxosition as a department eommander by joining 
 the armies before Petersburg. President Lincohi was now 
 at Citj Point, established an the steamer River Queen^ hav- 
 ing come from Washington several days before, to be nearer 
 his generals and also to be where he could receive tidings 
 fix>m the front when operatiojas began, without the delays 
 in getting news to Wasliington. On the afternoon of March 
 26 the President with Generals Grant and Sheridan steamed 
 up the river to where the cavalry were crossing the pontoon 
 bridge at Deep Bottom. For a little while they watched the 
 column as it was passing over the river, the bright sunshine 
 presaging good weather, but only to delude, as was proved by 
 the torrents of rain on the succeeding days of March. On the 
 evening of March 27. Gen. Sherman visited Grant to talk 
 over the military problems confronting the Union generals 
 in the field. Sherman's army was now at Goldsboro, North 
 Carolina, having marched across Georgia from Atlanta to 
 Savannah and thence across South Carolina and was now con- 
 fronted by the Confederate army under Johnston, the two 
 armies remaining in that vicinity till after the surrender of 
 Lee and till Johnston surrendered. 
 
 March 38. The cavalry drew forage and rations ready for 
 a march. March 29. The whole cavalry corps, numbering 
 9,000 mounted men, moved at 7 a. m., marching southwardly 
 to Reams' Station, thence westward toward Dinwiddie C. H. 
 Merritt with Devin's division and Crook with the 2d division . 
 reached Dinwiddie C. H., twenty miles from Petersburg, and 
 placed their forces to cover all the roads centering there. 
 Custer accompanied the wagons containing subsistence and 
 amunition and halted at the crossing of Rowanty Creek five 
 or six miles back. Roads and fields were miry from the 
 winter frosts and rains. At Dinwiddie roads led in five di- 
 rections, the one to Five Forks leading to Lee's right flank 
 
256 DINWIDDIE.C. H. 
 
 and the Southside railroad and affording facility for the 
 enemy to :move in rear of Warren's corps which was now ex- 
 tended to a point on the Boydtown road about five hiiles 
 from Dinwiddle. The place was therefore of great strategic 
 importance and Sheridan decided to hold it. The evening of 
 the 2Qth the left of Grant's infantry, Warren's corps, rested 
 on the Boydtown road, Humphreys' corps was next to War- 
 ren, then came Ord, next Wright, then Parke, his right rest- 
 ing on the Appomattox east of Petersburg, making a line 
 of about fifteen miles. The moving of Warren and Hum- 
 phreys to the left during the day was early discovered by Lee 
 and he met it by extending his right on the White Oak road 
 and drawing in his cavalry under Rosser, W. H. F. Lee and 
 Fitzhugh Lee to cover the cross roads at Five Forks about 
 six miles, a little west of north from Dinwiddle, Fitzhugh Lee 
 taking command of the whole mounted force. The White 
 Oak road led through Five Forks in a nearly east and west 
 direction. The country between Dinwiddle and Five Forks 
 was mostly timbered with some open fields where there were 
 residences. Five Forks was the crossing of five roads in the 
 woods. March 30. Devin's division was pushed out toward 
 the White Oak road supported by Davies' brigade. The 
 enemy's pickets were encountered and Gibbs' brigade pushed 
 forward on a reconnoissance to Five Forks finding the ene- 
 mys' cavalry reinforced by five brigades of infantry behind 
 breast works along the White Oak road under command of 
 Gen. Pickett. The reconnoissance having demonstrated that 
 the enemy intended to hold the position at Five Forks. Gibbs 
 was withdrawn. It rained all night of the 29th and all day 
 the 30th. On the night of the 30th the 9th N. Y. was 
 camped with Devin's division and Davies' brigade about 
 two miles in front of Dinwiddle on the Five Forks road. 
 Crook, with Smith and Gregg's brigades covered the crossings 
 
DINWIDDIE C. H. 257 
 
 of Stony Creek to the west and Custer was still back at Ro- 
 wanty Creek trying to get the trains up. Crook's division 
 numbered 3,.'^oo men and Custer's and Devin's together 
 5,700. Pickett's infantry which consisted of thre* brigades 
 of his own division and two of Johnson's had moved from 
 the right of Lee's intrenchments by the White Oak road to 
 Five Forks and were in position there with Fitzhugh Lee's 
 cavalry. March 31. The rain having ceased, directions were 
 ^iven to both Merritt and Crook to make reconnoissance 
 preparatory to securing Five Forks, and about 9 o'clock 
 Merritt with Devin's division started for the cross roads, 
 Davies' brigade of Crook's division supporting him. The 
 march was necessarily slow because of the mud and the 
 enemy's pickets resisted with obstinacy, but as Pickett had 
 moved his command by another road farther west toward 
 Dinwiddie, Merritt got possession of the cross roads at Five 
 Forks without much trouble. At the same hour that. Mer- 
 ritt with Devin's division started Crook moved Smith's and 
 Gregg's brigades out northwest of Dinwidie to cover Mer- 
 ritt's left and encountered Pickett whose infantry after a 
 sharp fight and assailing Davies, moved in between Crook 
 and Merritt effectually separating them and cutting off both 
 Davies and Devin from the road to Dinwiddie so that to 
 get to Dinwiddie they had to retreat eastwardly aci'oss the 
 woods and fields to the Boydton road. When the enemy 
 attacked Davies, Fitzhugh's brigade with the 9th N. Y. 
 was sent to his relief and about 2 o'clock p. m. rode to Davies' 
 position, dismounted and relieved the ist New Jersey and 
 loth N. Y. cavalry which had been on the skirmish line. 
 Davies' men then retired. After Fitzhugh's men had been 
 -on the line about an hour, the line extending over rough 
 -ground and through the woods, they were attacked on their 
 left rear. Quickly changing front they repulsed this attack 
 
258 DINWIDDIE C H. 
 
 but immediately received a volley from another force ap- 
 proaching from the right of their first position. This at- 
 tack was also repulsed and the men slowly retired, fighting 
 hard, to where they had dismounted. Here they found their 
 horses had been taken back to the position of the Fifth corps 
 on the Boydton road five or six miles away. Capt. A. C. 
 Robertson with about thirty men had been delayed by trying 
 to carry back Ira A. Barnum of Co. A, who had been mor- 
 tally wounded and when he reached the road where he ex- 
 pected to find his horses he was charged by a mounted force 
 of the enemy. His men, consisting of detatchments of the 
 6th and 9th N. Y. and 17th Pa. with their carbines drove 
 the enemy back and, leaving Barnum, hastened on to join 
 their regiments, the enemy following closely for two or three 
 miles. The horses were found on the Boydton road where 
 the brigade mounted and marched to Dinwiddie with the 
 division. Gibbs' brigade had been held in reserve toward 
 Dinwiddie on the Five Forks road. Gregg's brigade was now 
 formed on the left of Gibbs' and the two^ attacked the right 
 and rear of the enemy who had been following Davies and 
 Fitzhugh. Pickett was compelled to halt and face this at- 
 tack, interrupting his advance which if continued would have 
 carried him into the rear of Warren's corps. Sheridan now 
 at 4 p. m. proceeded to organize a defensive line along a 
 gentle ridge through open ground about three fourths of a 
 mile north of Dinwiddie by bringing up his horse artillery 
 which, for two days had been struggling along the muddy 
 road, and Custer with Capehart's and Pennington's brigades. 
 To these were added the brigades of Gregg, Gibbs and Smith 
 as they fell back from checking the advancing enemy. Mer- 
 ritt had also been ordered to bring Davies' brigade and De- 
 vin with Stagg's and Fitzhugh's brigades by the Boydton 
 road to Dinwiddie. Sheridan's line now at 6 p. m. lay across 
 
DINWIDDIE C. H. 259 
 
 the Five Forks road, his left resting in a piece of woods 
 about half a mile northwest of Dinwiddie and his barricades 
 extending in a semicircle through the open fields in a north- 
 easterly direction to some thick woods near the Boydton road. 
 Near sunset, the enemy's cavalry, thinking the day was theirs, 
 made a dash at Smith who was retiring to his position on the 
 left of the line, but just as the assailants appeared in the open 
 field, Capehart's men opened so suddenly on their left flank 
 as to cause the enemy to recoil in astonishment and per- 
 mitted Smith to t3ke. his position unmolested. Sheridan ac^ 
 companied by Merritt and Custer with staff officers and 
 orderlies now rode along the line to encourage the men, 
 Their enthusiastic reception showed that the men were de- 
 termined to stay. The cavalcade drew the enemy's fire 
 which emptied several saddles, among others Mr. Theo. 
 Wikon of the New York Herald being wounded. Sheri- 
 dan's artillery now opened on the advancing Confederates, 
 but the men behind the barricades lay still till Pickett's men 
 were within short range. Then they opened, Custer's repeat- 
 ing carbines pouring out such a shower of lead that nothing 
 could stand up against it. The repulse was very quick and as 
 the gray lines retired to the woods from which they had con- 
 fidently advanced a few minutes before, all danger of their 
 taking Dinwiddie or of advancing upon the left of Grant's 
 infantry lines was over, at least for that night. At this battle 
 of Dinwiddie C. H, March 30 and 31 Ira A. Bamum of Co. 
 A was mortally wounded and died April i. The other wound- 
 ed were Winslow D. Foskett and Alichael Mulcahy, Co. A, 
 and Geo. W. Rice, Co. G. David Drummond, Co. H, was 
 captured. 
 
 THE PACK TRAIN. 
 It had been the practice to detail a company quarter- 
 master sergeant each day to take charge of the pack 
 
260 APPOMATTOX CAMPAIGN. 
 
 mules of the regiment, all the pack animals of the brigade be- 
 ing in charge of an ofificer. Two or three pack mules were 
 tied together and led by a man on horseback. On March 31 
 Sergt. R. B. Wadsworth of Co. I was in charge of the pack 
 animals of the 9th N. Y. The pack train together with 
 officers' servants and extra horses had advanced from Din- 
 widdie following the division toward Five Forks, and were 
 in the woods when Pickett began his attack which drove 
 Davies and Devin back toward the position of the Fifth 
 corps. Sergt. Wadsworth gives the following account of the 
 pack train at this time: "I was in the thick woods when 
 the racket began and shot and shell began to fly. As near as 
 I could tell there was need of our getting farther back as the 
 music appeared to be far on our rear and flank. The ofificer 
 in charge said I had better get my command back out of the 
 woods where we could move better. All hands saw there 
 was something up. I need not tell you the size of the dar- 
 keys' eyes, especially the white part and the way the pack 
 mules and horses began to move, but to get out of those 
 thick woods was no fun, rider and horse on one side of a 
 tree and pack mules on the other all mixed up. I tried to 
 help them all I could but such a scramble and stampede I 
 never saw before nor since. First one set would straddle a 
 tree and then another, the thing was laughable enough, but at 
 last, I think all got out, but were much scattered and did 
 not know where to find their regiments, and as Col. Beards- 
 ley epressed it, when we were on the peninsula in '62 and the 
 regiment thought they had carried muskets long enough, 
 'my command had all gone to h — 1' it was so scattered round 
 and he had no control over it. About 9 p. m. I found the reg- 
 iment and marched into camp with what I had left of my 
 command which consisted of one good darkey, his horse and 
 pack mule belonging to Lieut. Pierce and myself. I believe 
 
FIVE FORKS. 261 
 
 all the others found the regiment before morning, most of 
 them before I did." 
 
 Pickett's advance toward Dinwiddie had isolated him 
 from Lee's army, ofifering a rare opportunity to the Union 
 troops. Gen. Warren was now ordered to report to Sher- 
 idan with the Fifth corps and Grant expected Warren would 
 reach Sheridan by, 12 o'clock the night of March 31. But 
 Warren was slow in moving, his men not leaving their bi- 
 vouac till after daylight of April i and did not reach Sheridan 
 till after Pickett had fallen back to Five Forks closely fol- 
 lowed by De.vin and Custer. By reason of Warren's delay 
 the enemy having escaped, Sheridan massed the Fifth corps 
 at J. Boiseau's house, three miles southeast of Five Forks. 
 Warren himself had not yet come up. That he had accom- 
 plished nothing but to oblige the enemy to retreat was bit- 
 terly disappointing to Sheridan, still he felt sure Pickett 
 would not give up the Five Forks cross roads without a 
 fight. So Sheridan pressed him back there with Merritt's 
 cavalry, Custer advancing ,on the Scott road leading to 
 Five Forks from the south and Devin along the road from 
 the southeast. By two o'clock p. m. Merritt had forced the 
 enemy inside his entrenchments which began about three- 
 fourths of a mile east of the Forks and extended along the 
 sovith side of the White Oak road to about a mile west of 
 the Forks. Mumford's cavalry was on the left of this line 
 dismounted and W. H. F. Lee's division on the right. Ten 
 pieces of artillery were in this line, three on the right, three in 
 the center and four on the left. Sheridan decided to attack 
 the enemy's front with Merritt's two cavalry divisions, make 
 a feint of turning his right flank and with the Fifth corps 
 assail his left. Merritt worked his men in close to the in- 
 trenchments, Custer on the left and Devin on the right, the 
 line being mostly in the woods, Five Forks being merely 
 
262 FIVE FORKS. 
 
 cross roads in the woods. The Fifth corps began its attack 
 about 4 p. m., two divisions striking the eneray's left flank 
 and Griffin with his division moving around to the enemy's 
 rear. Ayer's division of the Fifth corps carried the left of the 
 enemy's line and as his men went over the flank of the enemy's 
 works,Devin's cavalrymen who had been assaulting the front 
 went over with them, and hardly halting to reform, the inter- 
 mingling infantry and dismounted cavalry swept down in- 
 side the intrenchments, pushing to and beyond Five Forks, 
 capturing thousands of prisoners. Custer on the left had 
 to contend with both cavalry and infantry until the enemy 
 was driven from the intrenchments by the Fifth corps and 
 Devin's men. The result of this battte was the capture oJ 
 six pieces of artillery, thirteen battle flags and nearly six 
 thousand prisoners. When the 9th N. Y. advanced with 
 Devin's division to Five Forks April i, it passed over the 
 same ground as on the day before, finding Bamum who was 
 still alive, and taking him back to Dinwiddle where he died 
 and was buried. He had been stripped of nearly everything, 
 but the enemy had evidently failed to recognize the value of 
 a check for $140 which they left on him and which Caph 
 Rslia:tso« afterward forwarded to his wife. The 9th N. Y. 
 with other regiments advanced all the way on foot from Din- 
 widdie driving back the enemy's rear guard. Most. of the 
 distance was through woods and the men skirmishing 
 with the enemy from behind trees. In front of the enemy's 
 intrenchments, the 9th N. Y. was on the extreme right of 
 Devin's line dismounted. So sudden was the attack of the 
 Fifth corps the enemy was dismayed and th-e 9th N. Y. ad- 
 vanced over their works without much resistance, capturing 
 600 prisoners. During the advance to Five Forks Sei^t. 
 Wadsworth was struck by a ball on his right shoulder blade 
 which disabled him from using a carbine but he did not leave 
 
FIVE FORKS. 263. 
 
 tte regiment and continued to do his duty as quartermaster 
 sergHsant. At one point Oiia this ad\<ance, Major Dinnin wished 
 to move 'Some companies to tlie .right across the road and 
 gave the command "Fik to the ri^ht." The jnovement 
 was taken up for some distance along the line drawing a 
 sharp fire from the enemy. When Dinnin saw this he 
 shouted "Front! front!" which put the line ia good order 
 again and advancing upon the enemy. Lieut. K P. Putnam 
 received a severe woufid in his hand and was ordered to re- 
 port to the Siurgeon. While advancing on the enemy's 
 earthworks and but a few yards distant Lieut. Chas. L. Pierce, 
 tiren acting Adjutant had his leg shattered at the knee by a 
 minnie baU necessitating amputation. While advancing" 
 beyond the enemy's earthworks, Qapi,--.5^obertS-on saw a 
 Confederate flag retiring and, with thirty or forty men, he 
 advanced rapidly thinking to capture it. He immediately 
 discovered it was carried by a reserve brigade of the enemy 
 and he ^vas compelled to shelter himself and men behind 
 trees to avoid the sharp fire he received from the retreating 
 brigade. He at once concluded he would forego the delight'- 
 ful pleasure of becoming possessor of that flag. The wound- 
 ed in the 9th N. Y. in the battle of Five Forks April i were 
 Lieilt. Chas. L. Pierce, Acting Adjutant; Lieut. E. P. Put- 
 nam and Sergt. R. B. Wadsworth, Co. L; Christian Wagner 
 and Orson Babcock, Co. G; Martin Newton, Co. H; and 
 Joseph Frappier, Co. M. 
 
 The decisive character of the victory at Five Forks neces- 
 sitated the immediate abandonment of Richmond and Peters- 
 burg by the enemy, and Grant ordered the assault next 
 morning of the whole intrenched line. But Lee could not 
 retreat at once. The necessity oi getting off his trains and 
 munitions of war, as well as being obliged to cover the flight 
 of the Confederate Government, compelled him to hold on 
 
264, APPOMATTOX COMPAIGF. 
 
 to Richmond and Petersburg till the afternoon of the 2d, 
 though Parke, Ord and Wright had carried his outer in- 
 trenchments at several points. The night of April ist the 
 Second corps, under Gen. Humphreys, extended its left to- 
 ward the White Oak road, and on the afternoon of April 2d 
 Miles' division of that corps crossed the Southside railroad 
 near Sutherland's depot, carrying the point which covered 
 Lee's retreat. April 2d Merritt's cavalry moved westward to- 
 ward Ford's station crossing and tearing up the track of the 
 Southside railroad, thence moving north with Devin's divi- 
 sion in front and the 9th N. Y. in advance, the enemy's cav- 
 alry was encountered and pushed back toward Scott's Cor- 
 ners. At one point where the road entered some woods the 
 ■enemy suddenly fired on the advance guard, killing Wesley 
 Darling of Co. F. April 3 the pursuit was resumed, the cav- 
 alry in advance and the Fifth corps following clbsely. Many 
 "hundreds of prisoners fell into Sheridan's hands, together 
 with many wagons and five pieces of artillery. The 9th 
 camped just across Namozine creek. The men's supply of 
 hardtack being exhausted they substituted popcorn, one man 
 reporting having popcorn, fried liver and cofifee for supper 
 and popcorn, fried beef and cofifee for breakfast. It was ap- 
 parent that Lee in his retreat, was making for Amelia C. H. 
 where his columns north and south of the Appomattox river 
 could join, so Crook was ordered to march early on April 
 4 to strike the Danville railroad between Jettersville and 
 Burkeville west of Amelia C. H., Merritt to Amelia C. H. and 
 the Fifth corps to Jettersville. Burkeville was at the junc- 
 tion of the Danville and Southside railroads. Gen. Sheridan 
 with his escort of about two hundred men of the First U. S. 
 cavalry reached Jettersville some little time before the Fifth 
 corps and deployed this little handful of men to cover the 
 cross roads till the corps should arrive. Just as the troopers 
 
APPOMATTOX COMPAIGN. 265 
 
 were deploying a man on a mule rode into his pickets, and 
 on being searched there was found in his boots this telegram 
 in duplicate signed by Lee's Commissary General: "This- 
 amiy is at Amelia Court House short of rations. Send 
 300,000 rations quickly to Burkeville Junction." One copy 
 was addressed to the supply department -at Danville, the 
 other to that at Lynchburg. It was evident that the tele- 
 graph lines had been broken by Crook which would ac- 
 count for the despatches being sent by the man on the mule, 
 and there was revealed the fact that Lee was concentrating 
 at Amelia C. H. Merritt and Crook were now ordered to- 
 Jettersville, Merritt leaving Mackenzie's cavalry to watch 
 the enemy toward Amelia C. H. The Fifth corps arrived 
 about 5 p. m. and was intrenched across the Burkeville road 
 with the determination to stay there till the main army should 
 come up. Sheridan's troops too were hard up for rations, 
 for in the pursuit, he could not wait for his supply trains, 
 and he determined to secure, if possible, the provisions in- 
 tended for Lee. To this end Sheridan directed Young, his 
 chief of scouts, to send four of his best men to Burkeville 
 Junction, there, two of them taking the road toward 
 Danville and two toward Lynchburg and as soon as a tele- 
 graph station was reached the telegram was to be transmit- 
 ted as written and the provisions thus hurried forward. The 
 9th N. Y. was with Merritt's cavalry on its advance toward 
 Amelia C. H. April 4, where the enemy was encountered 
 and thence moved with Merritt back by way of Dennisville 
 and on April 5 reached Jettersville. Gen. Meade with the 
 Second and Sixth corps reached Jettersville at 3 p. m. of 
 the sth. Davie's brigade of Crook's division was now sent 
 on a reconnoissance to Paine's crossroads six miles north 
 of Jettersville and found the Confederate wagon trains and 
 artillery moving rapidly westward. Davies succeeded in 
 
266 JETTERSVILLE. 
 
 btwning nearly two buTidred wagoas. and bromght off fiv* 
 pieces of artillery. Among' the wagons were some belong- 
 ing to Gen. Lee's and Gen. Fitzhugh Lee's headqnarteirs. 
 It was evident Lee was trying to escape on roads worth of 
 Jettersville. A letter from a Confederate colonel' to his 
 family, dated Amelia C. H., April 5, was captured from a 
 negro. The letter stated that Gen. Lee was in the field 
 there with his army in line of battle, and also expressed much 
 concern and fears that the army was ruined. Gen. Grant 
 reached Jettersville near midnight of April 5. Sheridan 
 was anxious to attack as soon as the Second corps began to 
 arrive on the afternoon of April 5, but Meade wished to wait 
 tin his whole army arrived. When, on the morning of April 
 6, Meade advanced toward Amelia C. H. he found that Lee 
 was gone and had been retreating all night. Satisfied that 
 this would be the case Sheridan did not permit the cavalry 
 to participate in Meade's useless advance but started it 
 early in the morning on the road to Rice's station, twelve 
 miles west of Jettersville and eighteen west of Amelia C. 
 H., Crook leading and Merritt close up. Before long the 
 ■enemy's trains were discovered, but Crook could make but 
 little impression on their strong guard; so, leaving Stagg's 
 brigade of Devin's division with Miller's battery to harrass 
 the retreating column, Sheridan moved the rest of his cav' 
 :alry across country, keeping parallel to the enemy's line of 
 march. just before crossing Sailor's: creek, a favorable 
 ■opportunity offering, Merritt and Crook attacked vigorous- 
 ly, gained the Rice station road, destroyed several hundred 
 wagons, made many prisoners and captured sixteen pieces 
 of artillery. Sheridan's cavalry was now astride the enemy's 
 Tine of retreat and had cut off from joining Lomgstreet, wait- 
 ing at Rice's station, a corps of Confederate infantry under 
 Gen. Ewell, composed of Anderson's, Kershaw's and Cu&tis 
 
AMELIA C, H. 267 
 
 Lee's divisions. Stagg's brigade and Miller's battery which 
 had been left back at the forks of the DeatonsviUe road, had 
 meanwhile broken in between the rear of Ewell's colutnn 
 and the head of Gordon's, forcing Gordon to abandon his 
 march for Rice's station, and take the right hand road on 
 which he was pursued by General Humphreys with the 
 Second corps. The complete isolation of Ewell from Long- 
 street in his front and Gordon in his rear led to the battle 
 of Sailor's Creek, in which the enemy fought with despera- 
 tion to escape capture, and Sheridan's men were no less 
 eager and determined to effect his destruction. Ewell placed 
 Anderson's division behind barricades on some high ground 
 west of Sailor's Creek to make a fight there while his other 
 divisions should escape through the woods to roads leading 
 to Farmville. This was prevented by Crook forming his di- 
 vision, two brigades dismounted and one mounted, and as- 
 saulting all along Anderson's front and overlapping his 
 right while Merritt attacked to the right of Crook. The 
 enemy was held here, enabling the Sixth corps to come up 
 from Ewell's rear and attack his other two divisions. Ewell 
 was now hemmed in on every side and all those under his 
 immediate command after a hard fight were captured. Merritt 
 and Crook broke up Anderson, but Anderson himself with 
 about 2O0O disorganized troops escaped through the woods 
 toward Appomattox river. Night had fallen when the fight 
 was entirely over, but Devin was pushed on in pursuit for 
 about two miles, part of the Sixth corps following to clinch 
 a victory which not only anihilated one corps of Lee's re- 
 treating army but compelled Longstreet tO' move up to Farm- 
 ville to take a road north of the Appomattox river leading to 
 Lynchburg instead of going on toward Danville. The 9th 
 N. Y. was with Devin's division on the right of Crook and 
 attacked Anderson's line from the south near G. Harper's 
 
268 SAILOR'S CREEK. 
 
 farm and that night moved with the division tO' Rice's Station 
 two miles west of the battlefield. The result of the battle 
 was the capture of six generals, from nine tO' ten thousand 
 prisoners and twelve pieces of artillery. Immediately after 
 the capture of Ewell, Gen. Sheridan sent Colonel Price of his 
 staff, to report the battle to Gen. Grant. About midnight 
 he sent a despatch to Grant in which he said, "If the thing 
 is pressed I think that Lee will surrender." 
 
 When Mr. Lincoln, at City Point, received this word from 
 General Grant, who was transmitting every item of news ta 
 the President, he telegraphed Grant the laconic message, 
 "Let the thing be pressed." April 7. The troops moved 
 early, Crook's division marching toward Farmville in direct 
 pursuit while Merritt and Mackenzie were ordered to Prince 
 Edward's C. H., seven miles southwest from Farmville. 
 Crook overtook the main body of the Confederates at Farm- 
 ville, and promptly attacked their trains north side of the 
 Appomattox with Gregg's brigade which was forced to re- 
 cross the river with the loss of a number of prisoners, among 
 them Gregg himself. It was clear now that Lee intended 
 to reach Lynchburg, and Sheridan directed everything on. 
 Appomattox C. H. From Prince Edward C. H. the gth 
 N. Y. marched to Farmville and back and then the column,. 
 Devin's and Custer's divisions, moved about six miles toward 
 Prospect Station, ten miles west of Farmville, and camped 
 on Bufifalo Creek. Crook was recalled from Farmville the 
 night of April 7 and moved to Prospect Station and Mack- 
 enzie made a reconnoissance along the Lynchburg railroad. 
 At daylight April 8, Merritt and Mackenzie united with 
 Crook at Prospect Station and the cavalry all moved toward 
 Appomattox Station, twelve or fourteen miles west of Pros- 
 pect. Hardly had it started when Sheridan learned from one 
 of his scouts — Sergeant White — that there were four trains 
 
APPOMATTOX C H. 269 
 
 of cars at Appomattox Station loaded with supplies for Lee's 
 army; these had been sent from Lynchburg, in compliance 
 with the telegram of Lee's commissary-general which had 
 been captured on April 4 and forwarded tO' Lynchburg by 
 two of Young's scouts. The intelligence as to the trains 
 was immediately despatched tO' Crook, and Sheridan pushed 
 on to join him with Merritt's command. Custer having 
 the advance, moved on rapidly and on nearing the station 
 detached two regiments which made a detour to the south, 
 galloped around beyond the station and broke up the track 
 sufificient to prevent the escape of the trains, Custer mean- 
 while taking possession of the station, but none too soon, 
 for almost at the same moment the advance guard of Lee's 
 hungry army appeared, bent on securing these supply trains. 
 Custer attacked this advance guard and had a spirited fight in 
 which he drove the Confederates away from the station, cap- 
 tured t,ooo prisoners including one general officer, thirty- 
 five pieces of artillery, a hospital train and a large park of 
 17s wagons which had been pushed ahead of Lee's main 
 body. Devin coming up a little before dark was put in on 
 the right of Custer, one of Crook's brigades sent to the left 
 and the other two held in reserve. The enemy was then 
 forced back toward Appomattox C. H., four miles north of 
 the station and orders given to continue the skirmishing 
 through the night. The captured railway trains were taken 
 charge of by cavalrymen who had been locomotive engineers 
 and were evidently delighted to get back at their old calling. 
 These cavalry engineers amused themselves by running the 
 trains up and down the track, creating much confusion, and 
 keeping up such an unearthly screeching with the steam 
 whistles that Sheridan talked of ordering the cars burned. 
 They finally got tired of their fun and ran the trains off to 
 the east toward General Ord's column. The necessity of 
 
270 APPOMATTOX, C. H. 
 
 getting the infantry up was so obvious now that staff officer 
 after staff officer was sent to Gen. Ord and to General Grant 
 urging that the infantry be pushed on, for if it could get to the 
 front all knew that the rebellion would be ended on the mor- 
 row. The night of the 8th Gen. Sheridan had his headquarters 
 at a little frame house just south of the station. No one slept 
 that night. Merritt, Crook, Custer and Devin were fre- 
 quently at Sheridan's headquarters and everybody was feel- 
 ing jubilant that the war was about to end. Before sunrise 
 Gen. Ord arrived at the head of his column, having marched 
 the whole night. After a hasty consultation as to where 
 his troops should be placed Gen. Ord went back to urge 
 along his weary men and Sheridan rode to the front to over- 
 look his cavalry line near Appomattox C. H. 
 
 The main body of Lee's army lay in a low valley north 
 and east of the Court House with his rear guard in line to the 
 east to oppose the approach of Meade. Gen. Lee had held 
 a council with his principal generals and it was decided that 
 Gen. Gordon should undertake to break through Sheridan's 
 cavalry line. Early on the morning of April 9th this move- 
 ment began, a heavy line of infantry moving down from the 
 direction of the village. The cavalry, fighting dismounted, 
 resisted this line, giving Ord's infantry time to form in the 
 woods to the rear. The firing began on the extreme left 
 of Sheridan's line where Crook with his own and Mackenzie's 
 divisions was holding some by-roads and had been ordered 
 to hold his grovmd as long as practicable and if farced to retire 
 to contest the enemy's advance. The gth N. Y. was on 
 the line with Devin's division tO' the right of Crook. The 
 skirmishing became quite lively along the whole line when 
 about 9 o'clock Custer's and Devin's divisions retired, 
 mounted their horses and moved to the right. The with- 
 drawal of Merritt's divisions encouraged the Confederates 
 
SURRENDER OF LEE. 271 
 
 who began to press Crook, their Hne of battle advancing 
 with confidence till they reached some high ground where 
 they could see Ord's men emerging from the woods and ad- 
 vancing with the steady movement of veterans, with their 
 gleaming guns, when the gray lines instinctively halted at 
 the hopelessness of a further attack and began to retire to- 
 ward a ridge immediately in front of Appomattox Court 
 House, while Ord, joined on his right by the Fifth corps 
 which had now arrived on the field, advanced over the ground 
 Merritt had abandoned. Sheridan was now riding with 
 Merritt and directed him to strike the enemy's left and as 
 the cavalry column moved along parallel with the Confed- 
 erate line it drew a heavy artillery fire from the enemy, but 
 this could not check the cavalry now. Sheridan soon reach- 
 ed some high ground about half a mile from the Court House 
 where Lee's camps could be seen, and formations were or- 
 dered at a trot for a charge by Custer's and Devin's divisions 
 down the slope leading to these camps. Custer was soon 
 ready but Devin's division being in the rear had hardly com- 
 pleted his preparations when an aid-de-camp galloped up 
 to Sheridan with the word from Custer, "Lee has surrendered; 
 do not charge; the white flag is up." The enemy, seeing 
 that Sheridan's cavalry was forming for a charge had sent 
 the flag out to his front just in time. Some of Sheridan's 
 most advanced regiments had already begun to move toward 
 the enemy's camps, the enemy's wagon trains on the slope of 
 a hill about a mile away presenting an irresistible teniptation 
 for their capture, and two Confederate officers with a white 
 flag, accompanied by some of Sheridan's officers hurried 
 forward at a swift gallop to notify them of the suspension of 
 hostilities. Sheridan immediately rode over to the Court 
 House to join a group of Confederate officers he saw there. 
 But there were some Confederates not yet ready to cease hos- 
 
272 SURRENDER OF LEE. 
 
 tilities and Sheridan and his stafif and escort were fired on 
 when about half way to the Court House compeUing them 
 to ride along a ravine for safety till they reached the Con- 
 federate officers who apologized for the firing. A small 
 brigade of South Carolina cavalry under command of a Gen. 
 Geary continued firing in front of Merritt after bemg noti- 
 fied by Gen. Gordon through Lieut. Allen of Sheridan's 
 stafif. Geary replied, "I do not care for white flags; South 
 Carolinians never surrender," and held Lieut. Allen a pris- 
 oner. By this time, Merritt's patience being exhausted, he 
 ordered an attack, and this in short order put an end to the 
 South Carolinians' "last ditch" absurdity and released Lieut. 
 Allen. Soon all firing ceased and everything was quiet. 
 In the gth N. Y. there was a call for men to go back and 
 escort Gen. Grant to the front to receive Lee's surrender 
 and Major Dinnin with twenty men accompanied Col. New- 
 hall of Sheridan's staff on that errand. Gen. Grant was met 
 back about five miles on the road toward Prospect Station, 
 and when he came up rode through the line of the 9th N. Y. 
 and across to McLean's house, in sight, where he met General 
 Lee and where the terms of surrender were written out and 
 signed. Among the men of the 9th N. Y. cavalry the an- 
 nouncement of Lee's surrender was too gratifying for ade- 
 quate expression. The men did not cheer much but began 
 at once to realize that the hardships and dangers of the mili- 
 tary campaign were over and to think of returning home. 
 They felt, too, that as cavalrymen they had been signally 
 honored in taking part in the last act of Lee's organized re- 
 sistance to the United States Government and his final sur- 
 render. 
 
 The terms of Lee's surrender are summed up in the fol- 
 lowing memorandum: "Appomattox Court House, Va. 
 April 9, 1865. 
 
SURRENDER OF LEE. 273 
 
 "General — In accordance with the substance of my letter 
 to you of the 8th instant, I propose to receive the surrender 
 of the Army of Northern Virginia on the following terms, 
 to wit : Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in dup- 
 licate ; one copy to be given to an officer to be designated by 
 me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you 
 may designate. The officers to give their individual paroles 
 not to take up arms against the Government of the United 
 States until properly exchanged ; and each company or regi- 
 mental commander sign a like parole for the men of their 
 commands. The arms, artillery and public property to be 
 parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed 
 by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side arms 
 of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage. This 
 done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to his 
 home, not to be disturbed by United States authority so 
 long as they obey their paroles and the laws in force where 
 they may reside. 
 
 U. S. GRANT, LIEUT.-GENERAL. 
 "General R. E. Lee." 
 
 "Headquarters Army of Northern Va., April 9, 1865. 
 
 "General — I received your letter of this date, containing 
 the terms of surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia as 
 proposed by you. As they are substantially the same as those 
 expressed in your letter of fhe 8th instant, they are accepted. 
 I will proceed to designate the proper officers to carry the 
 stipulations into effect. 
 
 R. E. LEE, GENERAL. 
 "Lt.-General U. S. Grant." 
 
 Of Lee's army only 28,356 officers and men were now 
 with him to be paroled and of these many had been unable 
 to carry their arms thus far on their hopeless and almost 
 foodless flight. Lee's army was utterly exhausted. 19,132 
 
274 -SURRENDER OF LEE. 
 
 had been captured since March 29, and many others had 
 deserted and gone tO' their homes. "Of the 150,000 men 
 whose names were borne on its muster rolls a few weeks 
 before, at least one-third were already disabled or prisoners, 
 and the residue could be neither clad nor fed, not to dream 
 of their being fitly armed or paid. The parting of Lee with 
 his devoted followers was a sad one as they crowded around 
 their departing chief, who, with streaming eyes, grasped their 
 outstretched hands, at length finding words to say, 'Men, 
 we have fought through the war together. I have done the 
 best I could for you.' There were few dry eyes among those 
 who witnessed the scene; and Grant's soldiers hastened to 
 divide their rations with their late enemies to stay their hun- 
 ger till provisions from his trains could be drawn for them. 
 Then while most of Grant's army returned to Burkesville, and 
 thence, a few days later, to Petersburg and Richmond, the 
 work of paroling went on, under the guardianship of Grif- 
 fin's and Gibbon's infantry and Mackenzie's cavalry; and as 
 fast as paroled the late Confederates took their way to their 
 homes; many of them supplied \\4th transportation as well 
 as food by the Government they had fought so long and so 
 bravely to subvert and destroy." Greeley's American Con- 
 flict. 
 
 On the morning of April 10 all the cavalry except Mack- 
 enzie's division began its march to Petersburg.The column 
 reached Nottoway C. H. about half way back to Petersburg 
 April 15, where a telegram received that night announced 
 the assassination of President Lincoln. This dastardly 
 crime in the interest of the Confederate cause stirred the 
 fighting spirit of the men to be ready for any emergency. 
 When the column reached Petersburg General Sheridan 
 received instructions to march the cavalry and the Sixth 
 corps to Greensboro, N. C, about 160 miles southwest of 
 
GOING TO JOIN SHERMAN. 275 
 
 Petersburg to aid General Sherman who was confronted by 
 the Confederate army under Johnston. Sheridan moved 
 with his command April 24, and reached South Boston, 90 
 miles of the distance on April 28, with his cavalry, the Sixth 
 corps reaching Danville thirty miles farther by rail. At 
 South Boston Sheridan received a despatch from Gen. Hal- 
 leck, then in command at Richmond, informing him that 
 Johnston had surrendered. Sheridan then returned with 
 his command to Petersburg, where he proceeded by steamer 
 to Washington leaving his cavalry to be marched there by 
 easy stages. On the morning of May 10, the 9th N. Y. with 
 the other cavalry started for Washington. Gen. Sherman's 
 troops had then reached Petersburg also on their way to 
 Washington and were moving by. The 9th N. Y. crossed 
 James River, marched through Richmond, viewing Libby 
 Prison where some of the men had received free entertain- 
 ment (?) by the Confederacy, and camped four miles north 
 of the city on the Brook turnpike. May 11. Marched over 
 the same ground over which the cavalry fought just a year 
 before, crossed the same railroad which the cavalry tore up 
 then, crossed the South Anna at Ground Squirrel bridge and 
 camped. May 12-. The 9th N. Y. marched in rear of the 
 wagon train passing through Taylorsville. May 13. Re- 
 lieved from train, crossed the North Anna, joined the col- 
 umn after noon and crossed the Rapidan at Racoon ford. 
 May 14. Passed through Stevensburg and Brandy station, 
 crossed the Rappahannock at Kelly's ford and camped at Cat- 
 lett's station. May 15. Marched through Fairfax C. H. 
 where news reached the column of the capture of Jeff Davis. 
 May 16. Marched to a camp about half way between Alex- 
 andria and Washington. May 21. Marched across Long 
 bridge, through Washington on Maryland and Pennsylva- 
 nia Avenues, past the Capitol and camped near Bladensburg. 
 
276 GRAND REVIEW AT WASHINGTON. 
 
 May 22 was spent in getting ready for the grand review 
 which was ordered for the next two days. May 23. The regi- 
 ment left camp at 9 o'clock and marched to Capitol Hill 
 where it formed in platoons and marched with Meade's army 
 in the review along Pennsylvania Avenue past the White 
 House and on to Georgetown thence by back streets to 
 camp. There was such a crowd on the avenue that the 
 guides of the platoons nearly rode over some of the people. 
 Sergt. R. B. Wadsworth was right guide of the platoon com- 
 posed of Companies I and G. May 24. General 
 Sherman's army marched in review through Pennsylva- 
 nia Avenue. Most of the 9th N. Y. men of Dinnin's com- 
 mand attended as spectators. Each army required five hours 
 to pass the reviewing stand in front of the White House 
 where were President Johnson, Gen. Grant and others. 
 May 25, Governor Fenton visited the camp and made a 
 speech rich in well spoken words of praise and congratula- 
 tion. May 29. Moved again through Washington and 
 Alexandria and camped near Cloud's Mills. June 4, the reg- 
 iment marched to Fairfax C. H., and returned next day. 
 About this time, orders were received tO' join the regiment 
 in the Shenandoah V.alley. These orders mentioned Dinnin's 
 command as the "Detachment of the 9th N. Y. Cavalry." 
 This was irritating to both officers and men. They felt that 
 as they had been the fighting portion of the regiment during 
 the campaign from Waynesboro to Petersburg and thence 
 to the surrender of Lee at Appomattox while the other por- 
 tion was back with unserviceable horses, Dinnin's command 
 should be known and recognized as the 9th N. Y. cavalry. 
 Gen. Devin also' took this view, the orders were not consider- 
 ed valid and Dinnin's command did not move as the detach- 
 ment. 
 
GRANT'S CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS. 277 
 
 The following congratulatory order was received from 
 Colonel Fitzhugh, commanding the brigade. 
 
 "Headquarters, 2nd BriKade, 1st Cav. Dlv. Army of the Middle Military 
 
 Dep't. of Washington, June 4. 1865. 
 
 SPECIAL ORDER NO. 27." 
 
 "The 9th New York Cavalry of this Brigade, having heen ordered 
 to the Deuartment of the Shenandoah, the Brevet Brig. General Com- 
 manding considers it but an act of justice to the ofBcers anil men of 
 this decimated command to refer to their services during the cam- 
 naien just ended. 
 Zoshths.rtmcss Fad mec 
 
 "Upon them devolved the duty of sustaining the reputation of the 
 fighting 9th during the brilliant operations upon the enemy's com- 
 munications north of the James River, and in the campaign which- 
 followeJ and culminated in the suppression of the rebellion. 
 
 "At the battles of the Five Forks, Sailor's Creek, Scott's Cros& 
 Roads and Appomattox C. H. their behavior under their gallant leader. 
 Major Dinnin. elicited the highest commendation, and their stubborn 
 valor on all occasions assisted materially in the success achieved 
 over the enemy. Their glorious record will always be one of the 
 brightest chapters in the history of the 2nd Brigade. 
 
 (Signed) Chas. I... Fitzhugh, 
 
 Official, Brevet Brig. General Commanding. 
 
 J. H. Mahuken, Asst. Adjt. Gen.'' 
 
 June 6th the congratulatory address of Lieut. General 
 Grant was received and read. The following is Gen. 
 Grant's congratulatory address : 
 
 "War Department, Adjutant General's Office. 
 
 Washington, D. C. June 2, 1865. 
 "Soldiers of the Armies of the United States: 
 
 "By your patriotic devotion to your country in the hour of dan- 
 ger and alarm, your magnificent fighting, bravery and endurance, 
 you have maintained the supremacy of the Union and the Consti- 
 tution, overthrown all armed- opposition to the enforcement of th'e 
 laws and of the proclamations forever abolishing slavery — the cause 
 and pretext of the Rebellion — and op'ened the way to the rightful 
 authorities to restore order and inaugurate peace on a permanent and 
 enduring basis on every foot of American soil. Your marches, sd'eges 
 and battles, in distance, duration, resolution and brilliancy of re- 
 sults, dim the luster of the world's past military achievments, and 
 will be the patriots' precedent in defense of liberty and right in all 
 
278 COL. NICHOLS' COMMAND. 
 
 time to come. In obedience to your country's call, you left your 
 liomes and families and volunteered in her defense. Victory has 
 crowned your valor, and secured the purpose of your patriotic hearts; 
 and with the gratitude of your countrymen and the highest honors 
 a great and free nation can accord, you will soon be permitted to 
 return to your homes and families, conscious of having discharged 
 the highest duty of American Citizens. To achieve these glorious tri- 
 umphs and secure to yourselves, your fellow countrymen and pos- 
 terity, the blessings of free institutions, tens of thousands of your 
 gallant comrades have fallen and sealed the priceless legacy with 
 their blood. The graves of these a grateful nation bedews with 
 tears.honors their memories, and will ever cherish and support their 
 stricken families." "U. S. Grant. Lt.-General." 
 
 i 
 
 June 14. Dinnin's command moved under orders for 
 the 9th N. Y. cavalry to report to Gen. Torbert near Win- 
 chester for duty and on the 15th reached Upperville where 
 some of Col. Nichols' command were found on duty. 
 Marched through Ashby's Gap and on the i8th reached 
 Col. Nichols' camp, and the two separate commands of the 
 regiment were reunited under the command of Col. Nichols. 
 
 CIL. NICHOLS' COMMAND. 
 Col. Nichols' command after the battle of Waynesboro 
 moved back to camp near Winchester the first days of March. 
 General Torbert returned from leave and was in command of 
 the cavalry at Winchester. As there were not sufficient 
 horses to mount all the men, many were in the remount 
 camp at Pleasant Valley near Harper's Ferry. March 17. 
 Four hundred remounted men consisting of detachments of 
 the 4th and 9th N. Y. and the ist Regulars left dismounted 
 camp and on March i8th joined their regiments at Winches- 
 ter. March 20. About 250 men of the 9th N. Y. went on 
 a reconnoissance and returned next day. March 28. Two 
 scouting parties were sent out but no enemy found. April 
 3. A salute was fired at Winchester for the capture of Pet- 
 ersburg and Richmond. April 4. Reveille at 3 a. m. Gen. 
 
COL. NICHOLS' COMMAND. 279 
 
 Torbert, \Yith about 5.000 cavalry, leaving camp at 6:30, 
 marched to Cedar Creek. April 5 marched to Mt. Jackson 
 and then back to Woodstock. Found no enemy except a 
 few guerrillas. April 6 moved back to Keamstown. April 
 9, about II p. m., news was received of the surrender of Gen. 
 Lee and a salute was fired at Winchester. April 15, eight 
 Confederate officers from Imboden's and Rosser's com- 
 mands came in with a flag of truce and went back just at 
 night. Sunday, April 16, Torbert's command started at 
 sundown and marched to Xewtown. 17th. Marched through 
 Strasburg and camped near Fisher's Hill. Found Capt. 
 Woodson's command and many others ready to take the 
 parole oath. April 18. Marched through Woodstock and 
 camped beyond Mt. Jackson. Found returning Confeder- 
 ates all the way including a mounted company at Mt. Jack- 
 son. April 19. The 9th with Col. Reno marched to New 
 j\Iarket. Returning Confederates were met all the way. 
 One musician with a brass horn was bantered to play a tune. 
 "Oh, I'm played out," was his quick response. This apt 
 reply, so suggestive of the condition of the Confederacy, 
 created a hearty laugh and earned for him the goodwill of 
 the "boys." April 20. A stage coach commenced running 
 between W'inchester and Staunton. Newspapers were re- 
 ceived giving news of the surrender of Johnston. April 21. 
 About 700 Confederates had been paroled in the past few 
 days. Sunday, April 23. Torbert's cavalry returned to 
 camp. April 24. Capt. Hanley returned with a commission 
 as Lieut. Colonel. May 11. A detail of eight men went to 
 Front Royal for horse thieves but caught none. May 12. 
 News was received that all troops whose terms should expire 
 prior to Oct. i, should be immediately mustered out. May 
 22. Blank muster-out rolls were received and the work of 
 filling them out was immediately begun. A large number of 
 
280 COL. NICHOLS' COMMAND. 
 
 men of the regiment were mustered out June 2, and soon 
 left for home. June 7. Maj. Kennedy came to the regiment 
 and brought word that Maj. Dinnin's command marched 
 from Cloud's Mills to Fairfax C. H. and returned on June 4. 
 On June 21 the reunited regiment under command of 
 Col. Nichols started for Alexandria. On reaching the Shen- 
 andoah the river was found too high to cross till the 24th, 
 when the regiment moved on and reached Cloud's Mills on 
 June 25. June 29. The one year men were mustered out 
 and started for home next day. July-i. The horses and 
 some horse equipments were turned over to another regi- 
 ment. July 4. Began making the muster-out rolls. July 
 14. The rolls were completed and on July 17 the regiment 
 was mustered out. July 18. The regiment marched to the 
 Soldiers' Rest near the station in Washington where the men 
 got into a row with the g5th Pa. infantry. Order was re- 
 stored after a little and the 9th then took the cars for Buffalo. 
 When near Harrisburg Col. Nichols ordered Sergt. ^lajor 
 Vandewark to bring the men down from the top of the cars 
 where some of them had been running and disturbing the 
 train hands. While Vandewark was performing this duty 
 and standing on top of the cars with his back to the front, 
 the train passed through a .covered bridge, Vandewark's 
 head struck the top of the bridge and he was knocked off, 
 down through the bridge into the water. The train was 
 immediately stopped, the lifeless body of the Sergt. Major 
 recovered and brought on with the regiment. The regi- 
 ment reached Buffalo at 5 a. m. July 22 and took breakfast 
 at the Soldiers' Rest. Vandewark's body was taken to his 
 former home in Ellery, Chautauqua county and bviried with 
 impressive funeral services. Many of the men visited their 
 homes and returned again to Buffalo for their final pay and 
 discharge, which they received on July 29. As soon as this 
 
CAPTURES OF THE NINTH CAVALRY. 281 
 
 ■final formality was concluded which made them citizens again 
 the men began to shake hands and say good^ bye and im- 
 mediately stalled for their homes. So the men, who had 
 been associated together, some of thern for four long years 
 of active military service in the field, separated to take up 
 again the duties of citizens. To many of them it has been 
 a long good bye but they do not forget "the warmth of re- 
 gard to be found" in the fact that they have been comrades. 
 To them, as President Harrison has well said, "There is no 
 higher honor in this world than to be ca,lle<i comrade by the 
 survivors of those who saved the Union." The men of the 
 9th N. Y. cavalry recall with the greatest interest and pride 
 their service under Gen. Buford on the Gettysburg cam- 
 paign and from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan in the 
 summer of 1863, their service under Sheridan in the Wilder- 
 ness, the ride around Lee's army, and the advance with 
 Grant in May '64, the Trevillian Station raid in June, the 
 fight at Deep Bottom in July, the brilliant campaign in the 
 Shenandoah Valley in August, September and October 1864, 
 the capture of Early's army in March, 1865, and the final 
 campaign with Sheridan from Waynesboro to Petersburg 
 and thence to Appomattox Court House and the surrender 
 of Lee. The judgment of history will pronounce General 
 Philip H. Sheridan the greatest cavalry leader the world 
 has ever known and it is a special honor to have been in the 
 active cavalry service under his command. 
 
 CAPTURES OF THE 9TH N. Y. CAVALRY. 
 
 The total captures as computed from the history are: 
 ^^^agons and ambulances, 45 ; Caissons, 8 ; Cannon, 1 5 ; 
 Flags, 5; Prisoners, 1,796. Of the prisoners 1,523 were 
 ■captured in action, 259 by patrols and 14 were deserters. 
 
 The official records show the following losses : 
 
282 SUMMARY. 
 
 Killed in action 3 officers. 60 enlisted men 
 
 Died of wounds rec'd in action 5 officers. 29 enlisted men 
 
 Total 8 89 
 
 Wounded who recovered . . 32 officers. 238 enlisted men 
 Captured 4 officers. 135 enlisted men 
 
 Total losses in action 44 462 
 
 Aggregate 506 
 
 Died of disease 5 officers. 122 enlisted men 
 
 Killed and died of wounds 8 officers. 89 enlisted men 
 
 Total deaths 13 211 
 
 Aggregate 224 
 
 Of these 16 enlisted men died in the hands of the enemy. 
 
 The total number of enlistments in the regiment were 
 1,963. Of these a large number never joined the regiment, 
 many of them having enlisted too late to join for active 
 service. Of those who joined, a large number were on de- 
 tached service, or sick, or at dismounted camp without 
 horses. The number present for duty varied from 150 to 
 500. The average being about 350 to 400. Only 220 served 
 to break the enemy's line in the woods at Trevillian Sta- 
 tion. About 250 were on the line dismounted at Yellow 
 Tavern and at Deep Bottom, and not more than 300 in 
 the mounted charge on the enemy's infantry line at Win- 
 chester. Col. Sackett was in command of the regiment at 
 Yellow Tavern, May 11, 1864, and at Trevillian Station, 
 June II, where he was mortally wounded. Col. George S 
 Nichols was in command at Deep Bottom and in the mount- 
 ed charge at Winchester. 
 
 The number of engagements in which the regiment took 
 part was 141. 
 
THE CAPTURED. 283 
 
 THE CAPTURED. 
 
 An account of the adventures, prison life and heroism 
 of the men who were captured would fill a large volume and 
 be of great interest. In this history can only be given an 
 account of one or two, which may be typical of that phase 
 of the war between the north and south. 
 
 Sergt. Robt. M. Hall, Co. I, with seventeen others, was 
 captured in the charge at Brandy Station Oct. ii, 1863. He 
 was closely pursuing a Confederate cavalryman and had 
 ordered him to surrender, when a saber crashed down upon 
 his head from one of a half dozen following him whom he 
 supposed to be Union men as they wore blue overcoats, and 
 he became their prisoner. With the other captured he was 
 taken to Richmond. He was a prisoner of war 409 days and 
 served in seven different prisons. Was longest in Anderson- 
 ville where so' many died, among them Jacob Ambrose of 
 Co. G and Joseph Hall of Co. E. Sergt. Hall was in Libby 
 prison one day then taken to Factory Barracks, thence to 
 the Pemberton building in Richmond and thence to Belle 
 Isle. While in the Pemberton building Sergt. Major Alonzo 
 I. Barton, who had been captured with Hall, made his es- 
 cape in a remarkably skillful and daring manner. There were 
 1,200 prisoners in the building and "Barton was Sergeant of 
 the floor. A squad was taken out each day to bring rations 
 from the cook house. A heavy guard walked each side. 
 Barton and a Frenchman procured gray coats and pants and 
 went out with the squad wearing army blankets to conceal 
 their clothes. When in the street, the two men behind them 
 quietly took off their blankets and they stepped out boldly 
 from the ranks to the" right and left, walked along beside 
 and by the guard without the trick being noticed. Had it 
 been a dozen charges of buckshot would have riddled them. 
 They walked about the city all day not attempting to leave 
 
284 NEWS, SURRENDER OF ATLANTA. 
 
 till night. Hall answered for Barton at the next roll call 
 or count by covering a dummy with a blanket with boots 
 sticking out in sight and reported him sick, so Barton was 
 not missed for a day or two. But he was recaptured when 
 within sight of the Union lines and after great suffering from 
 hunger and exposure. He afterward came near dying from 
 fever, but this saved him from Andersonville and he was 
 sent to the parole camp at Annapolis, Md. 
 
 Hall was Sergeant of a squad of ninety-six men in most 
 of the prisons and fought for life constantly as well as to kill 
 "greybacks." At Belle Isle there was no shelter. From 
 Belle Isle, Hall was taken to Andersonville and reached 
 there three days after that prison was established. While 
 at Andersonville a box from the North came to the men of 
 the 9th N. Y. cavalry of whom there were eighteen or twen- 
 ty. It was carried to their quarters and opened and found 
 to contain many dainties. One-half of these were distribut- 
 ed at once and the balance kept and doled out to the sick 
 as needed. Hall kept a small portion for himself which he 
 •carefully guarded. 
 
 HOW THE PRISONERS GOT THE NEWS OF THE 
 SURRENDER OF ATLANTA. 
 
 The night announcement of the sentinels posted around 
 the prison was about as follows, viz : 
 
 "Post No. I — ID o'clock and all is well." 
 
 "Post No. 2 — ID o'clock and all is well." 
 and so on for all the posts and for each hour of the night, 
 the sentinels holding on to the last word with a long drawn 
 out tone. Occasionally some sentinel Varied the monotony of 
 the call in words of a similar sound about the mule or other 
 humorous subject. One night about the 5th of Sept., 1864, 
 after se\-eral announcements by the sentinels, one sentinel 
 
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 285 
 
 called out, "Post No. 14. Ten o'clock and Atlanta's gone to 
 hell," with the last word drawn out longer than usual. This 
 announcement was wonderfully electrifying to the prisoners 
 who heard it and they began to cheer, the cheering being- 
 taken up and carried all through the camp of 20,000. Very 
 few knew what they were cheering for till some hours later. 
 From Andersonville Hall was taken with other prisoners to 
 near Savannah, Ga., where the stockade inclosed a sandy 
 field near the sea. From Savannah he was taken back about 
 60 miles to Millen, Ga., a new stockade. Twice during Hall's 
 imprisonment, Samuel Jones, a prominent railroad official 
 of the South who had been brought up in Fredonia, N. Y., 
 procured from Jefferson Davis an order for Hall's parole. 
 Hall had just been sent to Andersonville when search was 
 made for him among the prisoners at Richmond. The day 
 Hall was paroled from the Millen stockade he received a 
 letter from Jones sa5dng he would be there himself the next 
 day to take Hall out. For a number of years after the war 
 Jones had his office in New York city, representing South- 
 ern railroads. Jones died some years since and was buried 
 in Fredonia. Sergt. Major Barton died a few years since 
 in Baron county, Wisconsin, where he had served as sheriff. 
 Sergt. Hall stijl lives on his farm near Westfield, a farmer 
 before and since the war. 
 
 THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT 9TH N. Y. CAVALRY 
 During the active campaigns in the field the sick and 
 wounded were cared for by the Surgeons, Assistant Surg- 
 eons, Hospital Stewards and a well organized Hospital 
 and Ambulance Corps. The muster-out roll of the Field 
 and Staff officers of the regiment gives the names and terms 
 of service of the several Surgeons and Assistant Surgeons 
 who served with the regiment. Those who were with the 
 regiment durjng the last two years, which includes its most 
 
286 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. 
 
 active service in the field are best remembered. They were 
 Dr. Wm. H. RuHson, Dr. B. G. Streeter, Dr. A. T. C. Comer 
 and Dr. Richard Curran and Alex. Williams of Co. K, as 
 Hospital Steward. 
 
 Capt. Trask of the 8th 111. cavalry was ambulance officer 
 of the corps. Lieut. A. E. Dana, 8th 111., of the division. 
 During the last year or more of his service Lieut. C. A. 
 Parker of the gth N. Y. served as ambulance officer. The 
 enlisted men of the gth N. Y. who served with the ambulance 
 corps were Sergt. W. S. Vantine, Co. M; Corporal J. K. 
 Chapman, Co. D; William Stevens, Co. E; Norton Courn, 
 Co. A;. Horace Washburn, Co. I; Hubert Nutting, Co. E; 
 Warren Park, Co. D ; C. D. Beckwith, Co. D ; Henry Park, 
 Co. I; Alex. Mellen, Co. E, and Jacob Brannon, Co. I. J. 
 K. Chapman in his written recollections of his service says 
 of these men. "They were always ready to do good service, 
 and little did the men in the ranks know what was being done 
 for their fallen comrades, but I can vouch for many of their 
 acts of kindness. I am aware that many suffered who could 
 not be reached, yet ereat care was taken to hunt them out 
 and get them in where they could be looked after. I call 
 to mind the cavalry battles at Beverly Ford and Brandy 
 Station. Then we could have used three times our number 
 of ambulances had we had them at our comand, but we re- 
 quired every wounded man who was able to ride his horse 
 back to the field hospitals. I remember the case of one offi- 
 cer who was wounded through the Itmgs. He was carried 
 five miles over a rough road by the guards and, strange as 
 it tmy seem, recovered and always afterward spoke well of 
 the ambulance guards. I remember leaving the battle-field 
 of Falling Waters with eleven ambulances loaded with 
 wounded taken from the field hospital, which was a church, 
 and to my surprise, not a Union soldier was among them. 
 
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT. 287 
 
 They were all Confederates. The Union wounded were sent 
 on to Boonsboro before, hut it was the practice to care for all 
 alike. On one occasion between Culpepper and Brandy Sta- 
 tion, a quick movement by the gth N. Y. cavalry by order 
 of Col. Sackett, holding the enemy in check, saved from cap- 
 ture two ambvilances loaded with wounded. At Trevillian 
 Station, the ambulances had been left far in the rear, but this 
 was unavoidale on that and some other occasions. From 
 Trevillian, the wounded who were taken away were carried 
 three days and nights before they could receive proper care, 
 some of them enduring the greatest agony. In the Shen- 
 andoah Valley John Hiller who lost a leg was carried in an 
 army wagon ninety miles before reaching the hospital at 
 Winchester. Only one ambulance was lost during the ser- 
 vice, that was near Charleston in the Shenandoah Valley. 
 William Stevens and two guards of the 4th N. Y. cavalry 
 were captured with it and never afterward heard from. The 
 ambulance was afterward recovered but -with a mule team 
 in place of a fine span of horses." 
 
 THE QUARTERMASTER AND COMMISSARY DE- 
 PARTMENTS. 
 
 The regiment was well served by the several officers who 
 supplied it with clothing, arms, ammunition, horses, horse 
 equipments, camp equippage, forage and rations. Lieut. W. 
 H. Knapp did active and efificient service in helping to organ- 
 ize the regiment and served as its first quartermaster, and in 
 the summer of 1862, on recruiting service, enHsted many 
 men for the regiment. Lieut. Knapp was succeeded by 
 Lieut. E. A. Skinner who entered upon his duties as quar- 
 termaster with the active service of the regiment in the field. 
 Lieut. Skinner's business capacity and integrity added great- 
 ly to the credit of that department and to the efficiency of 
 
288 qTH N. Y. cavalry MONUMENT. 
 
 the regiment. The quartermaster's department while the 
 regiment was in the field was constantly beset with danger 
 from cavalry raids and guerrillas, the capture or destruction 
 of wagon trains and supplies being generally the object of 
 such raids. Especially was this the case during the cam- 
 paign in the Shenandoah Valley where Moseby, White and 
 other irregulars with their followers were most active, and 
 where they readily found shelter and safety in the adjoining 
 mountains. The names of the other officers who served in 
 the quartermaster and commissary departments will be found 
 in the muster-out roll of the Field and Stafif, all of whom did 
 efficient service and gave credit to those departments. 
 
 THE qTH N. Y. cavalry MONUMENT AT GET- 
 TYSBURG. 
 
 The New York legislature of 1886 passed an act providing 
 as follows : 
 
 "Section i. Daniel E. Sickles, Henry W. Slocum, Joseph 
 B. Carr, Charles A. Richardson, and the adjutant-general 
 of this State are hereby appointed commissioners for the 
 State of New York to determine the positions and move- 
 ments, at the battle of Gettysburg, of the several military or- 
 ganizations of this State that took part in that battle, and to 
 do such other acts relating thereto as may be hereafter re- 
 quired."' 
 
 "Section 2. Said commissioners shall determine such po- 
 sitions and movements by means of such records, reports, 
 maps and surveys as may be had, and by such other aids 
 and means as they may judge necessary therefor; and they 
 shall report their proceedings to the legislature at its next 
 session, with such recommendations as they shall judge 
 proper to secure the permanent marking of the movements 
 and positions of such trooDS." 
 
9TH N. Y. CAVALRY MONUMENT. 289 
 
 The commissioners named organized under the title New 
 York Gettysburg Monument Commission with General Sick- 
 les as chairman. After visiting the battlefield, obtaining 
 what data they could concerning the positions and move- 
 ments of New York troops at the battle, and having a survey 
 made by General Graham, its engineer, the commission re- 
 commended an appropriation of $1,500 for each regiment and 
 battery for the purpose of erecting monuments to mark their 
 positions on the field, and an additional appropriation to pur- 
 chase sites for such monuments and proper avenues and ap- 
 proaches. The legislature of 1887 passed an act embodying 
 these recommendations and the Commission was continued 
 to supervise tlxe erection of the monuments. Regimental 
 and battery organizations were invited to furnish suitable 
 ■designs and inscriptions and were permitted to add to the 
 State appropriation such sum as each saw fit for the purpose 
 of making its monument more attractive or imposing. His- 
 torical sketches were also asked for to assist the Commission 
 in properly locating the monuments and supervising the in- 
 scriptions which were required by the Gettysburg Battlefield 
 Memoral Association, a National organization in charge of 
 the field, to be historically correct. The historical sketches 
 furnished the Commission together with orations, poems and 
 addresses delivered at the dedication of the monuments have 
 been embodied in the final report of the Commission in three 
 large volumes printed by the State and containing fine illus- 
 trative pictures of the monuments and their inscriptions. 
 
 On Oct. 2 and 3, 1886, the survivors of the 9th N. Y. 
 cavalry celebrated at W'estfield, N. Y., the 25th anniversary of 
 its organization and formed a regimental association through 
 which $845 was added to the $1,500 given by the State for 
 the 9th N. Y. Cavalry monument on the Gettysburg battle- 
 field. A monument committee was also appointed consist- 
 
290 gTH N. Y. CAVALRY MONUMENT . 
 
 ing of Newel Cheney, A. C. Robertson and E. P. Putnam, 
 who, after much correspondence with the Commission, and 
 with dealers and artists in granite and bronze, submitted a 
 design and inscription which were approved. Two inscrip- 
 tions viz: "Discovering the enemy" and "Picket on Cham- 
 bersburg road fired on at 5 a. m. July i," were, at first strong- 
 ly objected to by the Battlefield Memorial Association on 
 the ground of not being historically correct, until the com- 
 mittee appeared before a meeting of the Association at Get- 
 tysburg with such convincing evidence admirably presented 
 by Col. W. G. Bentley that the Association voted unanimous- 
 ly to allow the inscriptions and made the following record in 
 its published proceedings : 
 
 "At a meeting held July 3, 1888, a committee of the 
 Ninth New York Cavalry appeared before the board, and 
 established to the entire satisfaction of those present that 
 this regiment fired the first shot of July i, 1863." 
 
 The monument, was purchased and dedicated at a reunion 
 of the survivors of the regiment at Gettysburg on the 25th 
 anniversary of the battle, Col. W. G. Bentley delivering the 
 fitting and eloquent dedicatory address. 
 
 The monument marks the position of the regiment on the 
 most advanced line of the field where the battle opened. The 
 inscription, "Picket on Chambersburg road fired on at 5 a. 
 m. July I," announces the historical fact that men of this 
 regiment first discovered the approach of the enemy and 
 fired the first shot in that great battle. Other inscriptions 
 in bronze give dates of organization, re-enlistment and dis- 
 charge of the regiment, the brigade and division in which it 
 served, the names of the principal battles in which it took 
 part, the number of enlistments and the losses. Other bronze 
 plates represent the medallion of Col. Sackett, the Cavalry 
 Corps badge and the seal of the State of New York. The 
 
MEDALS OF HONOR. ■ 291 
 
 bronze alto relievo of a mounted cavalry picket, which oc- 
 cupies one side of the monument with the legend underneath 
 ''Discovering the Enemy," attracts wide attention. The 
 work is by Casper Buberl of New York, one of the finest 
 artists in the United States. Its excellence as a 
 work of art is recognized by the best artists and a large pho- 
 tograph of it, framed, hangs in the most conspicuous place in 
 the leading hotel at Gettysburg, evidence that from an artistic 
 point, and for fine taste and appropriateness, it is one 
 of the finest on the field. Members of the regiment and their 
 friends have reason to feel proud, not only of the service of 
 the regiment, but also that it has one of the most artistic and 
 appropriate monuments on the Gettysburg battlefield. The 
 foundation en which the monument stands is of broken 
 granite bound with portland cement and is laid deep and 
 broad as required by the rules of the Memorial Association 
 for all monuments on the field. The monument itself is of 
 the best granite and real bronze, the most enduring material 
 known, and with its inscriptions will stand for ages a fitting 
 memorial to the gallant and patriotic service of the Ninth 
 New York Cavalry. 
 
 MEDALS OF HONOR. 
 
 During the war medals of honor were awarded by the 
 Secretary of War to Geor^-e Reynolds, company M, for the 
 capture of a flag in the charge on the enemy's infantry at the 
 battle of Winchester Sept. 19th, 1864, and to Henry J. Parks 
 of company A for the capture of a flag at the battle of Cedar 
 Creek Oct. 19th, 1864. 
 
 Since the war Congress passed an act awarding 
 medals of honor for special acts of bravery on the battlefield. 
 Under this act medals have been awarded to a number of 
 officers and men and there are others who are entitled to and 
 would receive them on a properly attested appHcation. 
 
292 BREVET COMMISSIONS. 
 
 BREVET COMMISSIONS. 
 
 The following officers and enlisted men received brevet 
 commissions for gallant and meritorious conduct during 
 their service : 
 
 Colonel William Sackett— Bvt. Brig.-Gen. U. S. V. 
 
 Colonel Geo. S. Nichols— Bvt. Brig.-Gen. U. S. V. 
 ; Major James R. Dinnin — Bvt. Colonel, N. Y. V. 
 
 Major Jospeh M. Kennedy — Bvt. Lieut. Col. U. S. V. 
 
 Captain Newel Cheney — Bvt. Major N. Y. V. 
 
 Capt. Edgar P. Putnam — Bvt. Major N. Y. V. 
 • Capt. Frank C. Brown — Bvt. Major U. S. V. 
 
 Capt. John T. Rutherford— Bvt. Major N. Y. V. 
 
 1st Lieut. Chas. L. Pierce^Bvt. Capt. N. Y. V 
 
 1st Lieut. Robt. Dennison — Bvt. Capt. N. Y. V. 
 
 1st Lieut. Richard H. Baker — Bvt. Major N. Y. V. 
 
 1st Lieut. Seth W. Clark— Bvt. Major N. Y. V. 
 
 I St Lieut. Perry Bly — Bvt. Capt. N. Y. V. 
 
 First Sergt. Daniel M. Hill, Co. C— Bvt. 2d Lieut. 
 
 Sergt. Chas. F. Brown, Co. F — Bvt. ist Lieut. 
 
 Quartermaster Sergt. Geo. M. Wingrove — Bvt. 2d Lieut. 
 
 Sergt. Francis P. Kendall — Bvt. ist Lieut. 
 
 Sergt. Morgan D. Emery — Bvt. 2d Lieut. 
 
 First Sergt. John Cameron — Bvt. ist Lieut. 
 
FIELD AND STAFF. 293 
 
 MUSTER ROLLS. 
 
 Names of officers appear on the roil of the organization with which 
 they last served. Karnes of men who served on the Non-commissioned 
 Staff appear on the roll of the company from which they were appointed. 
 
 Beardsley, John. Enrolled Nov. 5, '61, at Albany, N. Y. Mustered 
 In as Colonel Nov. 5, '61. Resigned April 8, '63. 
 
 Sackett, William. Enrolled Nov. 20, '61, at Albany, N. Y. Must- 
 ered in as Major Nov. 20. '61; as Lieut. Colonel June 27, '62; as 
 Colonel May 1, '63. Died June 14, '64, near Trevillian Station, Va., 
 from wY)unds received in action June 11. '64. 
 
 Nichols, George S. Enrolled Nov. 19, '61, at Albany, N. Y. Must- 
 ered In as First Lieut, and Adjutant Nov. 19, '61; as Major Nov. 23, 
 '61; as Lieut. Colonel May 1, '63; as Colonel to date March 1, '65. 
 Wounded Aug. 1, '63. Mustered out with Regiment July 17, '65, at 
 Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Hyde, William D. Enrolled Nov. 2, '61, at Troy, N. Y. Mustered 
 in as Lieut. Colonel Nov. 2, '61, at Albany, N .Y. Resigned June 27, '62. 
 
 Knox, Charles McLean. Enrolled Nov. 4, '61, at Albany, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Major Nov. 4, '61. Discharged Oct. 8, '63, per special 
 order 450 Adjutant General's office. 
 
 Martin, William B., age 32. Enrolled Sept. 7, '61, at Busti, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Captain Co. F, Oct. 19. '61. Commissioned and must- 
 ered as Major Sept. 7, '62. Wounded at Beverly Ford, Va., June 9, 
 '63. Resigned Dec. 8. "63. 
 
 Anderson, Emery A., age 27. Enrolled Sept. 23, '61, at Little 
 Valley, N. Y. Mustered in as Captain Co. B, Oct. 3, '61; Commisioned 
 and Mustefed in as Major May 1, '63. Dismissed Dec. 20, '63, by sent- 
 ence of General Court Martial at Culpepper Court House, Va. 
 
294 FIELD AND STAFF. 
 
 Bentley, Wilbur G., age 25. Enrolled Sept. 26, '61, at Warsaw, 
 Mustered in as Captain Co. H, Oct. 14. '61. Commissioned and 
 Mustered as Major to rank from Dec. 8, '63. Commissioned and Mus- 
 tered Lieut. Colonel to rank from June 14, '64. Wounded June 21, 
 '64, in action at Whitehouse, Va. Leg amputated. Discharged for 
 disr-bility Oct. 3. '64. 
 
 Corrigan, Alfred McQuin, age 24. Enrolled Sept. 11, '61, at 
 Fredonia, N. Y. Mustered in as First Lieut. Co. K, Oct. 2. '61: ap- 
 pointed Regt. Adjt. Nov. 5, 61; commissioned Captain Co. I June 1, 
 62. as Major Feb. 19, '64; wounded at Meadow Bridge, Va., May 12, 
 '64. Died of wounds May 28, '64, at Hammond General Hospital, Point 
 Lookout. Md. 
 
 Kennedy, Joseph M.. age 25. Enrolled Nov. 27, '61. at New York; 
 mustered in aa Captain Co. M Nov. 29, '61; Mustered in as Major June 
 25, '64. Mustered out July 17, '65, with Regiment at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Ayers, Conway W., age 24. Enrolled Sept. 7, '61, at Busti. Mus- 
 tered in as First Lieut. Co. F, Oct. 2, '61. Appointed Battalion Adj't. 
 Nov. 20. '61. as Captain Co. A, July 13, '62; promoted to Major July 1, 
 '64. Ki'led in action Sept. 19, '64 at Winchester, Va. In three- 
 months' service with 71st N. Y. in 1861. 
 
 Dinnin, James R., age 39. Enrolled Sept. 10, '61, at Jamestown, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Captain Co. C Oct. 3, '61; Mustered in as; 
 Major Oct. 5, '64. Mustered out July i7, '65 with Regiment at 
 Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Hanley, Timothy, age 26. Enrolled Oct. 15, '61, at Troy, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Battalion Adjutant Nov. 23, '61; as Captain Co. F 
 Aug. 18, '62. Wounded Aug. 4, '64, at Smithfield, Va. Mustered in as 
 Lieut. Colonel March 1, '65; Mustered out with Regiment July 17, 
 '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Patchen, Herman. Enrolled Nov. 25, '61, at Albany, N. Y. Mus- 
 tered in aa First Lieut. Co. F, Nov. 25. '61. Appointed Battalion Adjt. 
 (date not given). Resigned Nov. 5. '62. 
 
 Perrin, Francis A., age 21. Enlisted Oct. 10, '61, at New York. 
 Mustered as Q. M. Sergeant Co. M. Oct. 12, '61. Promoted to Second 
 Lieut. March 30, '62. Appointed Acting Adjutant July — , 1862. Re- 
 signed Sept. 10, "62. 
 
 Geer, Mathew B., age 18. Enlisted in Co. D, Aug. 30, '62, at 
 Ellery, N. Y. Taken prisoner Oct. 18, '62, at Haymarket,. Va. Trans- 
 ferred to Co. I March 5, '64. Appointed S'ergeant (date not stated. 
 Mustered as Second Lieut. April 2, '64; as First Lieut, and Adjt. 
 July 14, '64. Discharged to date May 15, '65, by order War Dept. 
 
FIELD AND STAFF. 295- 
 
 McCIanathan, Harrison, age 38. Enrolled Sept. 7, '61, at Dunkirk,. 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Lieut, and Battalion Q. M. Oct. 7. '61. Dis- 
 charged Jan. 30. '62. 
 
 Knapp, William H., age 24. Enrolled Oct. 2, '61, at Westfleld, 
 N. Y, Mustered in as First Lieut and Regimental Quartermaster- 
 Oct. 2, '61. Transferred to Co. I April 4, '62. Resigned May 17, '63.. 
 
 Skinner, Edward A., age 21. Enrolled Nov. 7. '61. at Westfleld,. 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Second Lieut. Co. G, Nov. 7, '61. Appointei 
 Battallion Quartermaster Nov. 8, '61. Mustered in as First Lieut.- 
 and Regt. Q. M. July 1. '62. Resigned Mar. 12, '64. 
 
 Wilder, Erotus H., age 22. Eiilisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw, N. 
 Y. Mustered in as private Co. A Oct. 5, '61. Appointed Corporal' 
 Oct. 9, '61; Sergt. July 1, '62; Regimental Q. M. Sergt. Dec. 15, '62. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20. '63. Commissioned and mustered as First Lieut, 
 and Quartermaster to date May 1, '64. Captured Oct. 22, '64, by 
 Moseby's band n'ear Winchester, Va. In Libby and Dansville prisons 
 until exchanged Feb. 22, '65. Discharged on Surgeon's certificate of 
 disability May 24. "65. 
 
 Whicher, Prank L., age 18. Enlisted Sept. 10, '61, at Jamestown,. 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Bugler Co. C Oct. 2, '61. Appointed Sergeant 
 (date not given); Battalion Commissary Sergt. ■ Dec. 8, '61. Com- 
 missioned and mustered as First Lieut, and Regt. Commissary, Sept^ 
 27, '62. Discharged Oct. 24, '64, by order War Dept. 
 
 Nichols, Foster, age 18. Enrolled Feb. 15, '65, at Lovettsvill'e, 
 Va. Mustered in as First Lieut, and Regt. Commissary Feb. 15, 
 '65. Mustered out with regiment July 17, 1865, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Spencer, John. Enrolled Oct. 24. '61, at Westfleld, N. Y. Mus- 
 tered in as Surgeon Oct. 24, '61. Resigned July 8. '62. 
 
 Rulison, William H., age 39. 'Enrolled July 16, '62, at Washington, 
 D. C. Mustered in as Surgeon July 16, '62. Killed while acting as 
 Cavalry Corps Surgeon Aug. 29, '64, near Smithfield, Va. 
 
 Streeter, B. G., age 30. Enrolled July 1, '62, at Washington, 
 D. C. Mustered in as Assistant Surgeon July 1, '62. Promoted to 
 Surgeon Fourth N. Y. Cav. June 1, 1863. Served as Medical Direc- 
 tor of Cav. Corps. Taken prisoner at Kearnstov/n, Va., Aug. 16, '64; 
 paroled at Aiken's Landing Aug. 22, '64. 
 
 Thompson, J. C, age 25. Enrolled Aug. 19, '62, at Buffalo, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Assistant Surgeon Aug. 19, '62. Mustered out — date 
 not given — as being in excess of organization. 
 
296 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Benn'et, George C. Enrolled Oct. 22, '61, at Albany, N. Y. Mus- 
 tered in as Assistant Surgeon Nov. 19, '61. Resigned May 21, '62. 
 
 Comer, Alexander T. C, age 20. Enrolled April 8, 1863, at Pt. 
 Pleasanton, Va. Mustered in as Assistant Surgeon April 8, '63; 
 mustered out July 17, '65, with Regiment at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Curran, Richard, age 24. Enrolled July 1, '63, at Westminster, 
 Pa. Mustered in as Assist. Surgeon Sixth N. Y. Cav. July 1, '63; 
 mustered in as Surgeon Ninth N. Y. Cav. to date Sept. 5, '64; mus- 
 tered out with Regiment at Clouds Mills, Va., July 17, '65. 
 
 Stever, David M., ag'e 42. Enrolled Nov. 29, '61. at Albany, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Chaplain Nov. 29 '61. Resigned May 15, '62, at Wash- 
 ington. T). C. 
 
 Keyes, Charles B. Enrolled June 22, '63, at Leesburg, Va. Mus- 
 tered in as Chaplain June 22. '63. Taken prisoner July — , '64. Re- 
 Joined Regiment Sept. 28. '64. Mustered out with Regiment July 17, 
 '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 COMPANY A. 
 
 Stimson, Hiram K.. age 55. Enrolled Sept. 20. '61. at I>a Grange, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Captain Co. A Oct. 5. '61. Discharged by order 
 Secretary of War at Washington, D. C. May 23. '62. 
 
 M'errill, Asa B., age 25. Enrolled Sept 20, '61, at Warsaw, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as First Lieut. Co. A Oct. 5, '61, as Captain May 24, '62. 
 Died of disease June 23, '62, at Patent OflSce Hospital, Washington, 
 T). C. 
 
 Robertson, Albert C, age 27. Elnlisted Sept. 20, '61, at James- 
 town, N. Y. Mustered in as Sergeant Co. C Oct. 2, '61; appointed 
 First Sersfeant Nov. 1. '62; commissioned and mustered Second Lieut. 
 Co. F .Tune 23. '63; wounded at Culpepper, Va., Aug. 1st, ,1863. • At 
 3randy Station Oct. 11, '63. Commissioned and mustered First Lieut. 
 Co. A Feb. 18. '64. as Captain Dec." 6, '64. Mustered out .Tuly 17, '65, 
 with company at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Summey, Mortimer, age 20. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Perry, N. 
 Y'. Mustered in as Bugler Co. A Oct. 5, '61; appointed Q. M. Sergeant 
 Oct. 20, '62. Wounded at Beverly Ford, Va., Juno 9, '63; re-enlisted 
 Dec. 20, '63; wounded at Trevillian Station, Va., June 11, '64; com- 
 missioned and mustered as First Lieut. Dec. 13, '64; mustered out 
 with company July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Ramsey, William H., age 22. Enlisted Sept. 16, 'JS2, at Poland, 
 N. Y. Appointed Regimental Commissary Sergeant Oct. 19, '64; com- 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 297 
 
 missioired and mustered Secoud Lieut. Co. A Mar. 20, '65. Musteredl 
 out with company July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Arnold, Milford, age 23. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw, N. Y. 
 Wounded at Beverly Ford, Va., June 9, '63. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. 
 Appointed Corporal Jan. 1, '65. Mustered out with company July 17,. 
 '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Arnold, Joseph, age 33. Enlisted Jan. 12 '64, at Randolph, N. T. 
 Wounded at White House. Va.. June 21, '64. Mustered out with Co.. 
 July 17, '64. 
 
 Annls, Ezra, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 17, '64, at Rochester, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Barnum, Ira A., age 19. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw. Cap- 
 tured at Morrisville, Va., Feb. 5, '63. Rejoined company June 10, '63. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '65. Appointed Corporal Nov. 1, '64. Killed in- 
 action Mar. 31. '65, at Dinwiddle Court House, Va. 
 
 Ayers, Chauncey L., age 18. Enlisted Mar. 30, '64, at Busti. 
 Appointed Regimental Chief Bugler May 1, '64. Mustered out with. 
 Regt. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Barnes, Frank S., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Perry, N. Y. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Corporal May 1, '65. Mustered out 
 with company July 17, '65, at Clouis Mills, Va. 
 
 Benedict, Edward R., age 27. Enlisted Sept 20, '61, at Warsaw. 
 Mustered in as Saddler Co. A Oct. 5, '61. Appointed Battalion Saddler 
 Sergt. Nov. 26, '61. Mustered out April 7, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Babbit, Elijah C, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at La Grange,. 
 N. Y. Taken prisoner at Haymarket, Va., Oct. 18, '62. Re-enlisted Dec. 
 20. '63. Wounded in action near Snickersville. Va., Nov. 30, '64., 
 Mustered out with company Aug. 5, '65. 
 
 Babcock. Orson, age 28. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at La Grange, 
 N. Y. Discharged for disability April 5. '62, Camp F^nton, Washing- 
 ton. D. C. 
 
 Brooks, Barn'et A., age 23. Enlisted Oct. 1. '61, at La Grange^ 
 Discharged for disability Oct. 17, '62, at Baltimore. Md. 
 
 Bostwlck, Leonard L., ag'e 21. Enlisted Oct. 28, '61, at Warsaw. 
 Appointed Sergt. (no date). Died of disease as Private July 31, '62, at 
 Washington. D. C. 
 
 Blowers, Galusha, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw,. 
 N. Y. Discharged for disability June 26, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
■298 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Benham, Isaac, age 21. Enlisted Aug. 16. '62, at Buffalo. Wound- 
 ed June 9, '63, at Beverly Ford, Va. Mustered out June 30, '65, at 
 Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Benson, James G., age 28. Enlisted in Co. B Aug. 26, '62, at 
 Busti. Transferred to Co. A Oct. 18. '64. Appointed blacksmith 
 Nov. 1, '64. Mustered out June 30, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Barber. John J., age 39. Enlisted July 25, '64, at Perry. Mus- 
 terea out June 1st. '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Barnes, William, age 21. Enlisted Aug. 20, '62, at Buffalo, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester Va., In compliance with 
 General Orders. 
 
 Brundage, Roland, age 18. Enlisted in Co. E Aug. 29, '62, at 
 Napoli. N. Y. Wounded at Trevlllian Station, Va., June 11. '64. 
 Transferred to Co. A Oct. 18, '64. Mustered out June 1, '65, at 
 Winchester. Va. 
 
 Bly, Edward P., age 20. Enlisted Dec. 22, '63, at Harmony, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal May 1. '65. Mustered out with company at Clouds 
 Miiip. V?.. 
 
 Bly. Reuben J., age 18. Enlisted Dec. 22, '63, at Harmony, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal May 1, '65. Mustered out with Company July 
 17. '65. 
 
 Carlton, Judson Y., age 26. Enlisted Oct. 20, '61, at Warsaw. 
 Appointed Battalion Sergt. Major Nov. 20, '61. Died of disease May 
 30. -62. at Washinston, D. C. 
 
 Covert. James H., age 19. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at La Grange, 
 N. Y. Discharged April 7, .'62, at Washington, D. C, by order War 
 Deit. 
 
 Cronkhite, Spencer, ag-e 30. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Sergeant Co. A Oct. 5. '61. Wounded at, Bev- 
 erly Ford, Va. June 9, '63. Appointed First Sergt. June 1, '64. Dis- 
 charged Oct. 27, '64. at Middletown, Va. 
 
 Colt, Joseph R., age 33. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Linden. Mus- 
 tered in as blacksmith Co. A Oct. 5, '61. Discharged Oct. 27, '64, at 
 Middletown Va. 
 
 Coburn, Norton, age 32. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw. Dis- 
 -charged Oct. 27. '64, at Middletown, Va. 
 
 Curry. .John, age 25. Enlisted Oct. 10, '61, at Westfield. De- 
 serted July 1, '62. at Washington, D. C. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 299 
 
 Craig, David, age 26. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Corporal Co. A Oct. 5, '61. Reduced to ranks Nov. 
 ■23, '61. Mustered out April 7. '62, at Washington, D. C, by order 
 "War Dei>t. 
 
 Conway. James H., age 27. Enlisted Feb. 24, '65, at New York 
 city. Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65. 
 
 Charles, William, age 19. Enlisted Mar. 29, '65. at New York 
 N. Y. Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65. 
 
 Cofield, Patrick H., age 23. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw, 
 N. Y. Discharged Sept. 22. '64, at Rochester, N. Y. Injured by horse 
 falling and sent to hospital. 
 
 Cox, Edwin, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Perry, N. Y. Ap- 
 pointed Corporal Sept. 1, '62. Re-enlisted Dec. 20. '63. Appointed 
 Sergt. June 1, '64. Q. M. Sergt. Jan. 1, '65. Mustered out with com- 
 pany July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Chase, William E., age 18. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61. at Warsaw, 
 N. Y. Re-enlisted Sept. 20, '63. Appointed Corporal June 1, '64. 
 Sergt. Jan. 1. '65. Mustered out with Go. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 DeWitt, John E., age 21. Enlisted Nov. 8, '61. at Buffalo. Ap- 
 pointed Corporal Sept. 6, '62. Wounded at Beverly Ford, Va., June 
 9, '63. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Sergt. June 1, '64. Died 
 June 24, '64, of wounds received in action at White House, Va., June 
 91. "64. 
 
 Durfee, Thomas W., age 30. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Wyoming. 
 Mustered in as Blacksmith Co. A Oct. 5, '61. Deserted July 19, '62, 
 at Alexander. Va. 
 
 Danforth, Augustus N,. age 26. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Pike, 
 N. Y. Mustered out April 7. '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Davis, Hiram W,. age 44. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Dale, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal Co. A Oct. 5. '61. Discharged Feb. 20, '62, for 
 disability at Camp Fenton. D. C. 
 
 DeWitt, Geo. C, age 18. Enlisted Aug. 27, '62, at New York city. 
 Wounded at Trevillian Station, Va., June 11. '64. Mustered out June 
 1, '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Dailey, Thomas F.. age 21. Enlisted Mar. 30, '65, at New York 
 N. Y. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. 
 
 Foskett, Winslow D., age 24. Enlisted S'ept. 20, '61, at Perry, N. 
 Tf. Re-enlisted Sept. 20, '63. Appointed Corporal Nov. 1, '64. Wound- 
 
300 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 ed at Dinwiddie Court House, Va., Mar. 31, '65. Mustered out with, 
 company July 17. '65, at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Farrar, Isaac, age 22. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw, N. T. 
 Appointed Corporal Sept. 1, '62. Wounded at Beverly Ford, Va., June 
 9, '63. Re-enlisted Sept. 20, 63. Appointed Commissary Sergt. March. 
 
 1, '64. Again wounded at Old Church, Va., May 30, '64. Mustered out 
 with company July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Freeman, William A., age 27. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw, 
 N. Y. Appointed Corporal Nov. 23, '61. Discharged April 7, '62, at 
 Washington. D. C. 
 
 Forester, John W., age 22. Enlisted Sept. 20, 61, at Warsaw, N, 
 Y. Discharged April 7. '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Foot, Asa M., age 33. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal Co. A Oct. 5, '61. Discharged for disability March. 
 
 2, '63. place not given. 
 
 Forbes, Oliver, age 21. iE}nlIsted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw. Dis- 
 charged for disability Oct. 18, '62. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Filkins, Leonard H., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw. 
 Discharged for disability Sept. 10. '62. at New York. 
 
 Foy, Ara. age 28. Enlisted in Co. E Aug. 26. '62, at EUery. 
 Wounded at Brandy Station, Va., Sept. 13, '63. Captured near Berry- 
 ville, va., in Aug. or Sept. — , '64. Escaped in a night march. Trans- 
 ferred to Co. A Oct. 18, '64. Mustered out June 30, '65, at Clouds. 
 Mills. Va. 
 
 Goodrich, Sanford, age 18. Enlisted in Co. E Aug. 30, '62, at Ran- 
 dolph. Transferred to Co. A Oct 18. '64. Mustered out June 1, '65.. 
 at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Gardner, Simon B., age 30. 'Enlisted in Co. G .July 30, '64, at 
 Perry, N. Y. Transferred to Co. A Dec. 14, '64. Mustered out June 
 1. '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Gaffn'ey, James. (No descriptive list received), assigned and joined: 
 Co. A Nov. 2, '64. Taken prisoner Nov. 11, '64, near Middletown, Va. 
 Paroled Feb. 19, '65. Never rejoined company. No discharge. 
 
 Guard, Thomas B., age — . Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw, .^■t.. 
 Y. Appointed Battalion Com. Sergt. Nov. 20, '61. Mustefed out Sept^ 
 29, '62. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Gray, James, age 23. Enlisted Oct. 14, '64, at Kingston. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17, '65. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 301 
 
 Gardner, Albert, age 19. Enlisted July 30, '64, at Perry, N. Y. 
 Mustered out .Tune 1. '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Heath, Pierce, age 19. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw, N. Y. 
 Wounded at Trevillian, Va., June 11, '64. Mustered out April 8, '65, 
 at Elmira. N. Y. 
 
 Hutchins, Bbenezer, age 28. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Linden, 
 N. Y. Discharged April 7, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Hitchcock, Mason H., age 25. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw, 
 Discharged for disability Nov. 10, '63, at Rochester, N. Y. 
 
 Hollenbeck, Henry C, age 17. Enlistei July 21, '62, at Buffalo. 
 Mustered in as musician Co. A July 22, '62. Discharged for disability 
 Sept. 20, '62. at Washington. D. O. 
 
 Hawkins, Samuel, age 33. Enlisted in Co. B Sept. 28, '61, at 
 Sherman, N. Y. Re-enlisted Jan. 1. '64. Transferred to Co. A Oct. 
 18, '64. Wounded accidentally Jan. 20, '65, at Lovettsville, Va. Dis- 
 charged for disability June 21, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Howard, Leonard, age 18. Enlist'ed Mar. 21, '65, at Kingston, 
 N. Y. Mustered out with Co. July 17. "65. 
 
 Hollenbeck, Wallace W., age 20. Enlisted Dec. 20, '63, at Cul- 
 pepper Court House, Va., as Bugler Co. A. On detached service at Cav. 
 Corps Hea:?quarters since July 1, '65. No discharge given. 
 
 Holden, Nelson H., age 26. Enlisted Sept. 15, '64, at Avon. Mus- 
 tered out June 1, '65, a t Winchester, Va. 
 
 Holden, John R., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Ellington. Mus- 
 tered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Hogue, Thomas, age 30. 'Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Avon. Mus- 
 tered out .Tune 1. '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Inglesby, Homer, age 22. Efllisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20. '63. Wounded at Trevillian Station, Va., June 
 11, '64. Died .Tune 12, '64. at Trevillian Station, Va. 
 
 Johnson, Charles F., age 25. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at La Grange. 
 Mustered in as Corporal Co. A Oct. 5, '61. Appointed Sergt. — 6, '62. 
 Killed in action Oct. 11. '63. at Morton's Ford, Va. 
 
 Jones, Howell J., age 26. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw. Ap- 
 pointed Corporal Sept. 6, '62. Killed in action Oct. 11, 63, at Brandy 
 Station. Va. 
 
 Jones, Adelbert W., age 18. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw. 
 Discharged for disability Dec. 10, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
302 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 .ones. Moses P.. a.e 18. Knlistea Sept. 20, '6X. at Warsaw. 
 Died of disease May 28. '62, at Washington. D. u. 
 
 Jones. Thomas, a.e 19. Enlisted Sept. 13. -64. at Freedom. Mus- 
 tered out June 1. '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Oft TTnlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw, N. Y. 
 Kelley,Stepl.en,ag 20.^h^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ 
 
 Re-enlisted Sept 20^ ^^^ ^^^ .g^ p^^^jed Feb. 15. 'es. Mua- 
 
 prisonvsr at Middletown, Va,, ^°^\^^- 
 tered out with company July 17, '65. 
 
 Kelley, Charles G.. a^e 18. Enlisted Oct. 7, '64. at Sheldon, N. Y. 
 Mustered out with Co. .July, '65. 
 
 King, James, age 23. Enlisted Mar. 31, '65. at New York. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17, '65. 
 
 Kelley. Foster, age 28. Enlisted Sept. 20. '61. at Wyoming. Ap- 
 pointed Corporal Oct. 9, '61. Discharged Dec. 29, '62, for disability at 
 W?-shington. D. C. 
 
 Leach, Edwin H., ag© 22. Enlisted Sept. 20. '61. at PavlUion. 
 Captured at Berryville, Va., Nov. 29, '62. Re-enlisted Sept. 20, '63. 
 Appointed Corporal June 1, '64. Died of disease Sept 3, '64, at Wash- 
 in::ton. D. C. 
 
 Lofkins, William, ag-e 19. Enlisted Nov. 11, '61, at Utica, N. Y. 
 Discharged April 9. '62. at Washington. D. C. 
 
 Larabee. Harland C. age 20. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at Otto. Mus- 
 tered out June ]. "65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Milne, Alexander, age 43. Enlisted in Co. E Aug. 21, '62, at 
 Ellery. Transferred to Co. A Oct. 18. '64. Mustered out Jime 1, '65, 
 at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Mayhew, Edward J., age 37. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at La Grange. 
 Mustered in as Bugler Co. A Nov. 2. '61. Discharged for disability 
 Oct. 14. 62. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Metcalf, Samuel, age 31. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Bethany, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Sergeant Co. A Oct. 5. '61. Mustered out April 7, 
 '62. at Washington. D. C. 
 
 Myers, William E., age 25. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at East Otto. 
 Mustered out June 1. '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Metcalf, Vratus G., age 19. Enlisted Sept 5, '64, at East Otto. 
 Mustered out June 1. '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Mulcahey, Michael, age 35. Enlisted Sept. 13, '64, at Attica, N. Y. 
 Wounded Mar. 31. '65. at Dinwiddle Court House, Va. Mustered out 
 July 6, '65, at Washington, D. C. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 303 
 
 Merket, Joseph, age 18. Enlisted Aug. 25, '64, at Mina, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 30. '65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Nye. William R.. age 27. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at Otto, N. Y. 
 Mustered out .Tune 1. '65 at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Neygus,George H.. age 18. Enlisted Feb. 18, '64, at Orangeville, 
 N. Y. Killed in action June 11, '64, at Trevillian Station, Va. , 
 
 O'Connell, Joseph, age 21. Enlisted in Co. E Aug. 30, '62, at 
 Busti. N. Y. Transferred to Co. A Oct. 18, '64. (Under arrest at 
 Lrttell Barracks, Clnclnnatti, O., since Jan. 7, '64.) No discharge 
 riven. 
 
 Orr. George F., ag-e 21. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at East Otto. 
 Mustered out June 1. '64. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Osborne, Patrick, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 1, '64, at Tarrytown. 
 Mustered nut June 1. '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Pelton, Phineas D., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at LaGrang'e, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Corporal Co. A.Oct. 5, '61; promoted to Serg- 
 eant Sept. 1. '62. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63; appointed First Sergt. Nov. 
 1, '64; mustered out with company July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Peggs, Robert, ag-e 30. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Linden, N. Y. 
 Taken prisoner Oct. 8, '62. Paroled Oct. 26, '62. Re-enlisted Dec. 
 20, '63. Appointed Corporal June 2, '65. Mustered out with com- 
 pany July 17. '65. 
 
 Prentice, William W., age 18. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw, 
 N. Y. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Corporal Jan. 1, '65, Sergeant 
 June 2. '65. Mustered out with company July 17, '65, at Cltmds 
 Mills, Va. 
 
 Parker, Augustus C, age 20. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw, 
 N. Y. Discharged April 7. '62. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Prentice, Charles F., age 20. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw, 
 N. Y. Discharged Oct. 27, near Middletown, Va. 
 
 Phillips, Henry, ag-e 22. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at La Grange. 
 Discharged for disability Dec. 4, '64, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Potter, Edgar W., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at La Grange. 
 Mustered in as Sergt. Co. A Oct. 5, '61. Appointed First Sergt. Oct. 
 1, '63. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Killed in action May 30, '64, at Old 
 Church. Vr.. 
 
 Parks, Jefemiah. age 18. Enlisted Feb. 2, '62, at Orangeville, 
 N. Y. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '64. Awarded a Medal of Honor 
 for capturing a flag at Cedar Creek Oct. 19. '64. 
 
30 i COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Pratt, Charles B.. age 26. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at E. Otto. In- 
 jured by horse stumbling in ditch while charging enemy Dec. 26, '64. 
 Mustered out June 1. '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Putnam, Clark, age 42. Enlisted Sept. 5, '64, at Westfield, N. Y. 
 Mustered out with detach June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Powell, Thomas D., age 34. Enlisted Sept. 19, '64, at Java, N. Y. 
 Discharged Jan. 20. '65, for promotion to Assistant Surgeon First 
 N. Y. Cavalry. 
 
 Parsons, Dick, ag'e 18. Enlisted Feb. 20, '65, at ICingston, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 20. '65. at Philadelphia. Pa. 
 
 Phillips, John, age 23. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw. Wound- 
 ed at Berryville. Va.. Dec. 1, '62. Transferred Mar. 31, '64, to Veteran 
 P.eserve Corps. 
 
 Patterson, Robert M., age 26. Enlisted In Co. E. Aug. 22, '62, at 
 Busti. Transf^^rred as Corporal to Co. A Oct. 18, '64. Mustered out 
 June 1. '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Quackenbush, David, age 18. Enlisted Jan. 21, '64, at Ashford. 
 Wounded at Smithfield, Va,, Aug. 29, '64. Appointed Corporal June 
 2, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17. "65. 
 
 Rudgers, James H., age 22. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at La Grange, 
 N. Y. Wounded and taken prisoner at Haymarket, Va., Oct. 18, '62. 
 Re-enlisted Sept. 20, '63. Appointed Bugler Mar. 1, '64. Mustered 
 out with company July 17. '65. 
 
 Richards, Henry C, age 27. Enlisted Sept. 20. '61, at Warsaw, 
 N. Y. Appointed Corporal Oct. 5, '61. Discharged for disability Mar. 
 22. '62. near Alexandria. Va. 
 
 Reddish, Adelbert W., age 19. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Wyoming. 
 Discharged for disability Feb. 24, '63, at Washington, D. C. Again 
 enlisted Feb. 18, '64. Appointed Corporal June 2, '65. Mustered out 
 with Co. July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Rodgers, John, age 18. Enlisted Aug. 8, '64, at Perry. Mus- 
 tered out June 1. '65, at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Roberts, Robert, age 37. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Freedom, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1. '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Rathbun, Erastus C, age 29. Enlisted in Co. E Aug. 28, '62, at 
 Ellington. Transferred to Co. A Mar. 18, '64. Mustered out June 13, 
 '65. at Jarvis Hospital, Md. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 305 
 
 Royer, John, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 20. '61, at Pearl Creek. 
 Died of disease May 6. '62, near Yorlctown, Va. 
 
 St. John. Thadeus F., age 31. Enlisted Oct. 14. '61. at LeRoy. 
 Appointed Regimental Chief Bugler Nov. 5, '61. Mustered out May 
 20. -62. 
 
 Strong, Henry F.. age 27. Enlisted S'ept. 20. '61. at Wyoming, 
 N. Y. Appointed Sergt. Oct. 5, '61; Q. M. Sergt. (no date given.) 
 Discharged for disability Oct. 17. '62, at Baltimore, Md. 
 
 Strong, Lorenzo, age 22. Enlisted Sept. 20. '61, at La Grange, 
 Mustered in as First Sergt. Oct. 5, '61. Died Sept. 16, '63, of wounds 
 received in action Sept. 13, '63 — Leg amputated in field hospital. 
 
 Smith, Zalmon. age 39. Enlisted in Co. E Aug. 26, '62, at Busti, 
 N. Y. Transferred to Co. A Oct. 18, '64. Mustered out June 1, '65, 
 at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Steadman. Isaac, age '23. Enlisted in Co. E Aug. 23. '62. at Pol- 
 and. Transferred to Co. A Oct. 18. '64. Mustered out June 1, '65. at 
 Winchester. Va. 
 
 Skiff. Albert O., age 22. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw, N. Y. 
 Appointed Commissary Sergt. Sept. 6, '62. Re-enlisted Sept. 20, '6?. 
 Discharged Jan. 5. '64 for Commission as First Lieut, in Fifteenth 
 New York Cavalry. 'i 
 
 Sherwin, Jacob, age 44. EInlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as wagon'er Oct. 5, '61. Mustered out April 7, '62, at 
 Washington. D. C. 
 
 Smith, Jacob M., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal Sept. 1, '62. Re-enlisted Dec. 20. '63. Appointed 
 Sergeant June 1, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. at Clouds 
 Mills. Va. 
 
 Stidge, Jacob, age 18. Enlisted Aug. 29, '62, at Buffalo. Mustered 
 out June 1, *65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Smith, John, age 20. Enlisted Aug. 10, '64, at Perry. Mustered 
 out June 1, "65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Stevens, William, age 25. Enlisted in Co. E Aug. 29, '62, at Ran- 
 dolph, N. Y.' Taken prisoner Sept. 4, '64. Transferred to Co. A Oct. 
 18, '64. Died in Rebel prison at Florence, S. C. Nov. 1. '64. 
 
 Sutter. Lewis, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 10. '64, at Blmira. Mus- 
 tered out June 1, '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
306 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 stocking, Dennis S., age 38. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at B. Otto. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Smith, Francis, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 9, '64, at E. Otto. Mus- 
 tered out June 1, '65, at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Sheels, Alonzo, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 5, '64, at Otto. Mus- 
 tered out June 1. '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Soul, Chester, ag'e 20. Enlisted Sept. 5, '64, at Otto. Mustered 
 out June 1, '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Smead, Leonard B., age 35. Enlisted Feb. 20, 64, at Orangeville. 
 Discharged at Washington, D. C, Oct. 12, '64, by reason of wound 
 received at Todd's Tavern. Va., May 7. '64. 
 
 Satterley, Zina. age 40. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at East Otto, N. Y. 
 Died of disease Feb. 26, '65. at U. S. Armory Hospital, Harpers 
 Ferry, Va. 
 
 Taylor, Martin H., age 21. Enlistel Sept. 20, '61, at Perry, N. Y. 
 Ee-enlisted Sept. 20, '63. Wounded at White House, Va., June 21, 
 '64. Discharged for disability July 24, '65, at Rochester, N. Y. 
 
 Thompson, Adelbert, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 6, '64, at Perry, N. Y. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. 
 
 Vandewater, Samuel C, age 28. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw, 
 N. Y. Discharged Oct. 27, '64, near Middletown, Va. 
 
 Van Epps, Charles W., age 23. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw. 
 Discharged Oct. 27, '64, near Middletown, Va. Wounded in action 
 at Beverly Ford, Va.. .Tune 9. '63. 
 
 Warren, Henry D., age 18. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw, N. 
 Y. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Corp6ral June 1, '64. Taken 
 prisoner at Middletown, Va., Nov. 1, '64. Rejoined Co. April 30, '65. 
 Appointed Sergeant May 1, '65. Mustered out with company July 17, 
 •65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Westlake, Jacob, age 20. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Lia Grange, 
 N. Y. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Blacksmith Mar. 1, '64. 
 Mustered out with company July 17. '65. 
 
 Watson, James, age 23. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal Sept. 1, '62; Sergeant Sept. 1, '63; re-enlisted 
 Sept. 20, '63; wounded Aug. 25, 1864, at Middletown, Va.; commis- 
 sioned Second Lieut. May 25, '65. (Not mustered.) Mustered out 
 with company July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Witter, Volney S., age 19. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at La Grange, 
 N. Y. Discharged April 9, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 307 
 
 witter, Alvln R., age 42. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at La Grange, 
 N. Y. Discharged April 7, '62, at "Was^hlngton, D. C. 
 
 Weber, George, age 32. Enlists Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw, N. Y. 
 DiscliargeJ for disability Oct. 28, '62, at Providence, R. I., later served 
 in Second Mounted Rifles. 
 
 Woodford, Solomon, age 34. Enlisted In Co. E Aug. 24, '62, at 
 Busti. Transferred as Corporal to Co. A Oct. 18, '64. Mustered out 
 June 1, "65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Willis, Holder C. age 38. Enlisted Dec. 20, '63, at Culpepper, 
 Va. Appointed wagoner Mar. 1, '64. Absent sick since Jan. 7, '65. 
 Ko discharge ziven. 
 
 Wood, Alonzo, age 41. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at Otto, N. Y. Sick 
 in hospital at Elmira, N. Y. Mustered out June 28. '65. 
 
 Wicklns, James, age — . Enlisted and mustered as Private Co. 
 A, (no date recorded.) Joined company Nov. 2, '64. Captured by the 
 enemy Dec. 26, '64, near Warrentown, Va. 
 
 Warner, Adno, age 18. 'Enlisted Nov. 2, '64, at Java Lake, N. Y. 
 Joined Co. Nov. 10, '64. Captured by the enemy at Middletown, Va., 
 Nov. 11, '64. Died in prison Jan. 19, '65, at Salisbury, S. C. 
 
 Wickham, Levant, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 5, '64, at East Otto, N. 
 Y. Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 William, George P., age 23. Enlisted Sept. 23, '64, at Freedom. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Warren, Seabury O., age 23. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Sheldon, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 1. '65, at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Warren, Pllnney A., age 20. Enlisted Sept. 22, '64, at Dunkirk. 
 Mustered out June 1. '64. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Wilcox, Herman, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 15, '64, at Rochester. 
 Mustered out Jun'e 30, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Youker, David L., age 39. Enlisted in Co. E Aug. 31, '62, at 
 Ellery, N. Y. Transferred to Co. A Oct. 18, '64, and to Veteran Re- 
 serve Corps Aug. 9,' '65, from iwhlch discharged at Gallup's Island, 
 Boston Harbor. 
 
 COMPANY B. 
 
 Brown, John Quincy, age 32. Enlisted Oct. 1, '61, at East Ran- 
 dolph, N. Y. Mustered in as Sergeant Co. E Oct. 7, '61. Appointed 
 Pirst Sergeant June 16, '62. Commissioned and mustered as Second 
 
308 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Lieut Sept. 6, '62. Discharged for disability Jan. 13, "63. Ckjm- 
 missioned First Lieut, of Co. B Mar. 1, '63. As Captain June 23, '63. 
 Wounded in action June — , 1864 at Spotted Tavern, Va. Died in hospi- 
 tal July 18. '64. at Point Lookout. Md. 
 
 Crosby, Nathan, age 44. Enrolled Sept. 23, 1861, at Little Valley, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as First Lieut. Co. B Oct. 3, 1861. Resigned Jan. 
 13. 1863. 
 
 Weld, William, age 30. Enrolled Sept. 23, '61, at Sugargrove, Pa. 
 Mustered in Second Lient. Co. B Oct. 3, '61; as First Lieut. Jan. 16, 
 '63. Discharged for disability March 18, '63. 
 
 Fenton, Reuben N., age 24. Enlisted in Co. C Sept. 20, 1861, at 
 Jamestown, N. Y. Mustered in as Second Lieut. Co. B Jan. 16, 1863. 
 Resigned Mar. 31, 1863. 
 
 Lowe, Judson. age 22. Enlisted Sept. 21. 1861, at Franklinville, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Sergt. Co. B Oct. 3, 1861. Mustered in Second 
 Lieut. March 1, 1863. Wounded at Brandy Station, Va., Aug. 1, 1863. 
 Died of wounds Nov. 19, 1863, at Seminary hospital, Georgetown, D. C> 
 
 Antisdale, Edward, age 20. Enlisted Oct. 8, 1861, at Little Valley,. 
 N. Y. Discharged for disability April 1, 1863, at Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Beebe, Edwin F'., age 25. Enlisted Sept. 23, 1861 at East Otto, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Sergeant Co. B Oct. 3, 1861. Mustered out May 
 20, 1862. at Baltimore. Md. 
 
 Robinson, George H., age 22. Enlisted July 10, 1862, at Batavia, 
 N. Y. Missing since Aug. 22, 1862. Died of disease Jan. 1, 1863, at 
 Annapolis. Md. 
 
 Scott, Marshall E., age 19. Enlisted Sept. 23, 1861, at East Otto,. 
 N. Y. Mustered out Oct. 30, 1864, with company. 
 
 Spink, Joseph F., affe 22. Enlisted Sept. 21, 1861, at Little Valley, 
 N. Y. Appointed Corporal (no date) ; wounded at Bran'dy Station, 
 Va., Aug. 1, 1863; Discharged for disability Mar. 17, 1864, at Wash- 
 ington. D. C. 
 
 Smith, Syreno, age 30. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, at Little Valley, 
 N. Y. Discharged for disability Nov. 19, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Sylvester, David M., age 22. Enlisted June 21, 1862, at Washing- 
 ton, D. C. Appointed Hospital Steward June 21, '62. Taken prisoner, 
 date not given, paroled at Aiken's Landing Sept. 13, 1862. Discharged- 
 for disability Jan. 18. 1863. at Stafford Court House. Va. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 309 
 
 Beach, Robert, age 22. Enlisted Sept. 23, 1861, at East Otto, N. 
 Y. Mustered in as Bugler Oct. 3. 1861. Mustered out May 20. 1862, 
 at Baltimore, Md. 
 
 Beckwith, James M., age 24. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, at Little 
 Valley, N. Y. Mustered out May 20. 1862, at Baltimore. Md. 
 
 Beebe, Eldwin F,, age 20. Enlisted Sept. 23, 1861, at East Otto, 
 N. Y. Appointed Sergeant Co. B Oct. 3, 1861. Mustered out May 20. 
 1862. at Baltimore, Md. 
 
 Benson. Charles A., age 30. Enlisted Sept. 23, 1861, at Conewango, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Corporal Co. B Oct. 3. 1861. Mustered out May 
 20, 1862, at Baltimore, Md. 
 
 Earnhardt, George H., age 44. Enlisted in Co. H. Oct. 29, 1862, 
 at New York city. Transferred, to Co. B, no date. In hospital at 
 muster out of company, no further record. 
 
 Boardman, Francis D., age 28. Enlisted Sept. 23, 1861, at East Otto, 
 N. Y. Mustered out April 9, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Bober. Antonio, age — . Enlisted Jan. 9. 1863. at New York. 
 Transferred Jan. 1st, 1865. to Veteran Reserve Corps. 
 
 Bryant, James A., age 21. Enlisted Oct. 5, 1861, at Ellicottville, 
 N. Y. Mustered out May 20. 1862. 
 
 Buel, Ebenezer, age 33. Enlisted Nov. 4, 1861, at Westfield, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Sergt. Nov. 4, 1861. Appointed Q. M. Sergt. Dis- 
 charged Feb. 27. 1864, by enlistment in regular army. 
 
 Barnard. Henry H.. age 21. Enlisted Oct. 14, 1861, at Mansfield. 
 Discharged May 26. 1862. at Annapolis, Md. 
 
 Bartholomew, Almon, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 23, 1861, at East Otto, 
 N. Y. Mustered out with company Oct. 31. '64. 
 
 Bartoo, Jesse L., age 44. Enlisted Nov. 1, 1861, at Mansfield, N. 
 Y. Discharged for disability Jan. 4, 1863, at Convalescent Camp, Va. 
 
 Barrington, Francis M., age 18. Enlisted Aug. 5, 1862, at Busti, 
 N. Y. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps July 1, 1863. 
 
 Boyce, John B., age 30. Enlisted Oct. 13, 1862, at Buffalo, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability May 21, 1864, at Camp Ston'eman, D. C. 
 
 Button, John, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 23, 1861, at Little Valley, N. 
 Y. Mustered out with company Oct. 31, 1864, at Middleton, Va. 
 
 Chaffee, Charles E., age 21. Enlisted Oct. 7, 1861, at Randolph, 
 N. Y. Appointed Corporal Sept. 6, 1862; Sergt. Jan. 1, 1864; wounded in 
 action at Sheph'erdstown, Va., Aug. 25, 1864; mustered out Oct. 21, 1864, 
 at Elmira. N. Y. 
 
 Chase, Hiram, age 20. Enlisted Sept. 23, 1861, at Little Valley, 
 N. Y. Appointed Corporal Oct. 3, 1861. Died of disease Aug. 8, 1862, 
 at Regimental Hospital. Sperryville. Va. 
 
 Coyle, John G., age 35. Enlisted Sept. 24, 1861, at East Otto, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Farrier Oct. 4. 1861. Mustered out as Black- 
 smith May 13. 1862. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Crandall, William, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 23, 1861, at Little Val- 
 ley, N. Y. Transferred Dec. 10, 1863, to Veteran Reserve Corps. 
 
:310 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Clark. Seth W.. age 29. Enlisted Oct. 15. '61. at Jamestown. 
 Mustered in as Corporal Co. C Oct. 25, '61; as Second Lieut. Co. G Nov. 
 1, '62. Transferred to Co. B Jan. 16, '63; to Co. G June 24, '63. Mus- 
 tered in as First Lieut. Co. I Jan. 5. '64. Transferred to Co. C Feb. 
 29, '64. Wounded at TrevUlian Station. Va., June 11, '64. Claims 
 he received five wounds in action while in the service. Dlsoharg'ed for 
 ■disability Feb. 20. '65. 
 
 Upham, Joseph W., age 32. Enrolled Sept. 10, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Mustered in as Second Lieut. Co. C Oct. 2, '61. Discharged July 4. '62, 
 •on tender of resignation. 
 
 Doolittle, Lamberton, age 32. Enlisted in Co. A, Sept. 20, '61, at 
 ■Castile, N. Y. Appointed Regimental Com. Sergt. Sept. 27, '62. Com- 
 missioned and mustered as Second Lieut. Co. C Nov. 6. '62. Dis- 
 charged Oct. 25. "63. 
 
 Alberts, Charles B., age 39. Enlisted Sept. 25, '61, at James- 
 -town. Mustered in as Q. M. Sergt. Co. C Oct. 2, '61. Discharged for 
 •disability Feb. 25. '63. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Baker, James O.', age — . Enlisted Nov. 20, '61, at Albany. Ap- 
 pointed Regt. Veterinary Surgeon April 28, '63. Wounded at Todd's 
 Tavern May 7, '64. Discharged for disability April 29, '65, at Balti- 
 more. Md. 
 
 Bootey, Edward R., age 22. Enlisted Sept. 10, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Hustered in as Corporal Co. C Oct. 3, '61. Discharged for disability 
 Dec. 5. '62. at Convalescent Camp near Alexandria. "Va. 
 
 Bentley, Henry, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 25, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Corporal June 1, '65. Mustered 
 out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Beach, William R., age 22. Enlisted Oct. 15, '61. at Jamestown. 
 Died of disease Feb. 20, '62, at Camp Fenton, D. C. 
 
 Bement, Morgan L.. age 23. Enlisted Sept. 20. '61. at James- 
 town; mustered in as Private Co. C Oct. 2, '61; re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63; 
 appointed Corporal (no date). Died Sept. 20. '64, of wounds received 
 In cavalry charge Battle of Winchester Sept. 19, '64. 
 
 Bootey, John C, age 20. Enlisted Sept. 10, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Captured by guerrillas at Stafford's Store, Va., Aug. 22, '63, and sup- 
 "posed to have been murdered. 
 
 Baxter, Charles, age 18. Enlisted Oct. 22, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Tie-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Corporal (no date). Died at 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 311 
 
 Harpers Ferry of wounds received in action Aug. 29, '64, at Smlth- 
 ield. Va. 
 
 Baccus, William, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 15, '61, at Jamestown. 
 "Wounded at Brandy Station, Va.. Aug. 1. '6R. Re-enlisted T)ec.. 20, 
 '63. Appointed Sergt. (no date). Discharged May 1, '64, to enlist in 
 Xr. S. Navy. 
 
 Brewster, John L.. age 21. 'Enlisted Aug. 26, '62. at Ellicott. 
 Died April 21, '63, at Washington, D. C, of wounds received In action 
 at BerryvlUe. Va.. Nov. 29. '62. 
 
 Bement, S. M.. age 39. Enlisted Nov. 9, '62. at Poland, to serve 
 nine months. Mustered out Nov. 20, '63, at Culpepper Court House, 
 Ta. 
 
 Bird, Amos J., age 19. Enlisted Feb. 5, '64, at Dunkirk. Killed 
 In action May 11. '64, at Yellow Tavern. Va. 
 
 Bliss, Prank J., age 21. Enlisted Feb. 23. '64. at Dunkirk. Mis- 
 sing in action at Todds Tavern May 1,' '64. Died Oct. 9, '64, in An- 
 dersonvil'e Prison. Ga. 
 
 Bain, Edgar J., age 18. Enlisted Aug. 25, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Deserted Feb. 9. '62, from Camp Fenton. D. C. 
 
 Allen, Charles, age 18. Enlisted Aug. 9, '62, at Buffalo. Deserted 
 July 3, '63, at Taneytown, Md. 
 
 Annis, John P., age 29. Enlisted Sept. 6, '64, at Carroll. Mus- 
 tered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Biteley, William H., age 25. Enlisted Feb. 5, '64, at Ellicott. 
 tered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Bill, Edwin J., age 35. Enlisted Dec. 10, '63, at Ellicott. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Butler. Ira. age 20. Enlisted Dec. 10, '63, at Clean. Captured 
 Mar. m, '64. near Culpepper, Va. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, 
 &t Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Brown, William, age 36. Enlisted Dec. 15, '63, at Stockton. Mus- 
 tered out June 9, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Beach, Henry L., age 26. Enlisted Aug. 26, '64, at Rome, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 30, '65, at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Baxter, Leroy, age 18. Enlisted Feb. 2, '64, at Poland. Wounded 
 in action at Winchester. Va., Sept. 19. '64. Mustered out with Co. 
 July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
312 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Brosman, John, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Malone. Died 
 of disease July 5. '65, at his home in Madrid, N. Y. 
 
 Bradley, Gordon, age 23. Enlisted Sept. 1, '64, at Malone. Mus- 
 tered out June 1, "65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Brownell, Orin C, age 28. Enlisted Sept. 21, '64, at Chautauqua. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Cameron, John E., age 19. Enlisted Oct. 10, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Mustered in as Corporal Oct. 23. '61, Captured at Centerville, 
 Va., Aug. 31, '62. Rejoined Co. Feb. 3, '63. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. 
 Appointed First Sergt. (date not stated.) Killed in action May 8, 
 '64, at Todd's Tavern, Va. 
 
 Cowan, Marvin J., age 36. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Jamestown, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Sergt. Co. C Oct. 2, '61. Discharged April 9, 
 •62. at Washington. D. C. 
 
 Carey, John, age — . Enlisted Nov. 20, '61, at Albany. Deserted 
 July 19, '62, from Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Campbell, Joseph, age 22. Enlisted Aug 28, '62, at Poland. 
 Wounded at Todd's Tavern May 8, '64. Discharged for disability Jan. 
 30, '65, at McDougal Hospital, N. Y. Harbor. 
 
 Carr, James, age 23. Enlisted Feb. 25, '64, at Ashford. Wounded 
 at White House, Va., June 21, '64. Discharged for disability April 13, '65, 
 at Washinston. D. C. 
 
 Comstock, Asa N., age 19. Enlisted Aug. 15, '62, at Carroll. 
 Captured by guerrillas at Stafford's Store, Va., Aug. 22, '63. Supposed 
 to have been murdered as no further record. 
 
 Cox, George, age 26. Enlisted Aug. 31, '62, at Ellington. Died 
 suddenly of heart disease Jan. 15, '63, at Stafford Court House, Va. 
 
 Crick, Thomas, age 33. Enlisted Aug. 28, '62, at Poland. Wound- 
 ed in action at Trevillian Station, Va., June 11, '64. Mustared out 
 May 23, '65, at Harpers Ferry, Va. 
 
 Cummings, Orin, V., age 18. Enlisted Aug. 18, '62, at Poland. Mus- 
 tered out June 6. '65. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Crosby, Henry B., age 31. Enlisted Aug. 30, '62, at Poland. Ap- 
 pointed Corporal (date not stated); Q. M. Sergt. June 1st, '64. Mus- 
 tered out June 1, '65, at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Cobb, Nathan C, age 18. Enlisted Aug. 31, '62, at Poland. Ap- 
 pointed Corporal Mar. 1, '65. Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, 
 Va. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 313 
 
 Cox, Jacob, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 6, '64, at Poland. Mustered 
 out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Churchill, Eugene, age 23. Enlisted Feb. 11, '64, at Yorkshire. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, "Va. 
 
 Cousins, John A., age 19. Enlisted Mar. 23, '65, at New York. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Conant, Emanuel, age 40. Enlisted Feb. 21, '65, at New York. 
 Appointed Saddler April 30, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, 
 at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Cunningham, Thomas, age 32. Enlisted Mar. 22, '65, at New 
 York. Deserted June 14. '65. from Winchester, Va. 
 
 Deland, Alvin P., age 21. Enlisted Oct. 25, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Died of disease July 17. '64. at Portsmouth Grove, R. I. 
 
 Davis, Harvey, age 29. Enlisted Nov. 8, '62, at Ellington, to 
 serve nine months. Mustered out Aug. 19. '62, at Cedar Run, Va. 
 
 Dingley, William M.. age 21. 'Enlisted Oct. 25, '62, at James- 
 town, to serve nine months. Mustered out Nov. 26, '63, at Culpepper 
 Court House, Va. 
 
 Demmon, Frank L., age 33. Enlisted Aug. 30, '62, at Ellington. 
 Discharged for disability Dec. 11, '62. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Damcott, John, age 22. Enlisted Oct. 31, '62, at-Westfleld, to 
 serve nine months. Mustered out Nov. 20, '63, at Culpepper Court 
 House. Va. 
 
 Devoe, Richard H., age 29. Enlisted Nov. 27, '62, at Jamestown, 
 to serve nine months. Mustered out Aug. 26, '62, at Cedar Run, Va. 
 
 Davis, Henry C, age 31. Enlisted Aug. 30, '62, at Ellington. 
 Taken prisoner near Morrisville, Va., Jan. — , '63. Died of disease 
 Aug. 3, '63, at Jarvis Military Hospital. Baltimore, Md. 
 
 Decker, Peter L.. age 28. Enlisted Dec. 1, '63, at Ellicott. Ap- 
 pointed Blacksmith Jan. 21, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. 
 
 Denoyells, Marshall D., age 18. 'Enlisted Dec. 24, '63, at Pomfret 
 Appointed Bugler Mar. 1, '64. Wounded in action at Trevillian Station 
 Va., June 11. '65. Transferred Feb. 20, '65, to Veteran Reserve Corps. 
 
 Dregger, Henry C, age 19. Enlisted Feb. 3, '64, at Ellicott. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Emery, Morgan D., age 19. Enlisted Oct. 10, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Wounded in action near Williamsport, Md., July 7, '63. Appointed 
 
308 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 McGowan, John W., age 28. Enlisted Sept. 23, 1861, at Little 
 Valley, N. Y. Mustered in as Wagoner Oct. 18. 1861. Died of disease 
 April 12, 1862, at Hampton Hospital, Va. 
 
 Mace, John, age 21. Enlisted Dec. 9, 1862, at New York. Wound- 
 ed in action at Trevillian Station, Va., June 12, 1862; in hospital at 
 Chester, Pa., at muster out of company. 
 
 McCullough, Rohert, age 20. Enlisted (date not given) ; ap- 
 pointed Corporal April 23, 1862; re-enlist'ed Jan. 1, 1864, and appointed 
 Corporal. Killed in action May 8. 1864. at Todd Tavern, Va. 
 
 McGillis, Angus, age 29. Enlisted Aug. 9, 1862, at Buffalo, N. Y. 
 Killed in action Aug. 1, 1863, at Brandy Station, Va. 
 
 McGuire, Philip, age 30. Enlisted Feb. 21, 1863, at New York. 
 Wounded at City Point, Va., July 4, 1864; in hospital at Washington, 
 D. C, on muster out of company. 
 
 Myers, David, age 38. Enlisted Nov. 10, 1862, at Jamestown, 
 to serre nine months ; discharged Dec. 1, 1863, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Niles, Nathan S., age 44. Enlisted Sept. 23, 1861, at Little Valley, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Farrier, Oct. 8, 1861. Died, Feb. 18, 1862. 
 at Regimental Hospital, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Newton, Truman, age 23. Enlisted Oct. 8, 1861, at Little Valley, 
 N. Y. Mustered out April 9, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Noland, John, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1862, at Buffalo, N. Y. 
 Killed in action May 8, 1864. at Todd Tavern. Va. 
 
 Necker, William, age 34. Enlisted April 28, 1864, at New York. 
 Taken prisoner at Cedarville, Va., Aug. 16, 1864. No further record. 
 
 Noyes, William F., age 22. Enlisted June 21, 1862. at Wash- 
 ington, D. C. Appointed Hospital Steward June 21, 1862. Taken 
 prisoner at Haymarket, Va., Oct. 18, 1862. Mustered out June 1, 
 1865, at 'Winchester. Va. 
 
 Orr, Amhurst L., age 33. Enlisted Oct. 20, 1861, at E^st Otto, 
 N. Y. Discharged for disability April 16, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Orr, Cyrus P., age 24. Enlisted Sept. 23, 1861, at Little Valley, 
 N. Y. Appointed Corporal Sept. 6, 1862. Wounded and taken prisoner 
 at Brandy Station,' Va., Aug. 1, 1863. Died in prison at Richmond, 
 Va., Jan. 30. 1864. 
 
 Pratt, Jackson M., age 18. Enlisted Sept. 23, 1861, at East Otto, 
 N. Y. Died of disease May 8, 1862, near Yorktown, Va. 
 
 Peterson, Samuel, age 23. Enlisted Sept. 23, 1861, at Sugargpove, 
 Pa. Appointed Corporal Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered out with company 
 Oct. 31. 1864. 
 
 Perry, Abner, age 44. Enlisted Oct. 5, 1861. at Little Valley. 
 Mustered out April 9. 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Russell, Almond P.. age 30. Enlisted Sept. 1861, at Little Val- 
 ley, N. Y. Mustered in as First Sergt. Co. B Oct. 8, 1861. Discharged 
 for disability Aug. 14, 1862, at Fairfax Seminary, Va. 
 
 Reed. Lester M., age 39. Enlisted Nov. 18. 1862. at Buffalo, 
 N. Y. Discharged for disability Jan. 8, 1864 at Giesboro Point, D. C. 
 
 Radskey, Elmire, age — . Enlisted April 12, 1864, at New York. 
 Killed in battle of Opequan, Va., Sept. 19, 1864. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 309' 
 
 Thompson, Hiram S., age 23. Enlisted Sept. 23, 1861, at Little- 
 Valley, N. Y. Mustered In as Quartermaster S'ergt. Oct. 3, 1861. 
 Mustered out April 9, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Thompson, Joseph F., age 29. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Little- 
 Valley, N. Y. Mustered In as Saddler Oct. 8. 1861. Mustered out 
 April 9, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Terry, Allison T., age 20. Enlisted Dec. 12, 1861, at Sugargrove, 
 Pa. Discharged for disability Mar. 7, 1863, at Hall's Farm, Va. 
 
 Titus, Thomas K., age 26. Enlisted Aug. 26, 1862, at Westfield,. 
 N. Y. Mustered out May 15. 1865, at Elmira, N. Y. 
 
 Town, George, ag'e 34. Enlisted Sept. 26, 1861, at Little Valley, 
 N. Y. Appointed Corporal Oct. 3, 1861; Sergt. Jan. 15, 1862; discharged 
 for disability July 5, 1862. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Woodin, Ransom E., age 34. Enlisted Sept. 23, 1861, at Sugar- 
 grove, Pa. Mustered out with Company Oct. 31, 1864. 
 
 White, James M., age 25. Enlisted Sept. 24, 1862, at Conewango, 
 N. Y. Discharged for disability Jan. 8, 1863, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Woodruff, Athert, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 23, 1861, at East Otto,. 
 N. Y. Appointed Bugler Oct. 10, 1862; wounded in action May 7, 1864, 
 at Todd's Tavern, Va.; discharged for disability Dec. 7, 1864, at Wash- 
 ington, D. P.. 
 
 COMPANY C. 
 Cheney, Newel, age 25. ^Enlisted Sept. 10, '61. at Jamestown; 
 mustered in a.s First S'ergt. Co. C. Oct. 3, '61. Commissioned and 
 mustered as First Lieut. Sept. 10. '62. As Capt. Co. L Feb. 12. '64. 
 Transferred to Co. C June 12, '64. Discharged Oct. 25, '64, in the 
 field near Middletown, Va., on account of expiration of term of en- 
 listment. 
 
 Richards, Charl'es M., age 24. Enlisted in Co. M Sept. 27, '61, at 
 N. Y. city; appointed Bugler Dec. 5, '61; Sergt. Mar. 21, '62; discharged 
 May 21, '62; again enlisted as private Co. M June 1, '62, at Pittston, 
 Pa.; appointed Q. M. S. June 1," '62, First Sergt. April 14, '63; re-enlist- 
 ed Dec. 20, '63; commissioned and mustered Second Lieut. Co. C, 
 to date April 13, '64; as Captain Dec. 28, '64. Mustered out July 17, 
 '65, with company at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Baker, Richard H., age 29. Enrolled Sept. 10, '61, at Jamestown; 
 Mustered in as First Lieut. Co. C Oct. 2, '61; discharged Sept. 10, '62, 
 on tender of resignation. 
 
314 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Sergt date not shown. Killed in action May 12, '64, at Meadow 
 Bridze, V?-. 
 
 Eccles, Gilbert W.. age 21. Enlisted Auff. 28, '62, at Poland. 
 Wounded in action and captured at Port Republic, Va., Sept. 26, '64. 
 Discharged for disability Nov. 21, '65, at Hospital, David's Island, N. Y. 
 
 Eccles. Josiah B., age 19. Enlisted Auk. 28. '62. at Poland. Mus- 
 tered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Freeman, Henry, age 19. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Jamestown, 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20. '63. Appointed Corporal June 1, '64. Mustered 
 out with Co. July 17. '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Fuller, Robert E., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 15, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Discharged for disability Oct. 25, '62, at Washington, D. C. Again 
 enlisted Dec. 23, '63, at Kiantone, N. Y., as private Co. F. Wounded, 
 in action at Trevillian Station, Va., June 11, '64. Captured at Berry- 
 ville, Va., Aug. 12, '64. Exchang'ed Sept. 12, '64. Mustered out at Ann- 
 apolis. Md.. June 23. "65. 
 
 Porbush, Luther, age 22. Enlisted Sept. 10, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Appointed Corporal Oct. 5, '61. Wounded at Cedar Mountain Aug. 12, 
 '62. Discharged for disability Nov. 14, '62, at Alexandria, Va. 
 
 Fenton, Henry N., age 29. Enlisted Oct. 1, '61, at Westfield. 
 Appointed Saddler Oct. 15, '61. Discharged April 9, '62, at Washington, 
 D. C. 
 
 Fuller, Benjamin F., age 30. Enlisted Aug. 31, '62, at Ellington, 
 Mustered out with detachment June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Puller, James, age 18. Enlisted Aug. 29, '62, at Poland. Mus- 
 tered out June 1. '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Foster, James, age 24. Enlisted Sept. 8, '62, at Buffalo. Mustered 
 in as Private Co. C Sept. 8. '62. Mustered out with detachment June 
 ], '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Forrester, David, age 43. Enlisted Feb. 4, '64, at Ellicott. Mus- 
 tered out May 23. '65, at Harpers Perry, Va. 
 
 Grant, Frank D., age 24. Enlisted Aug. 28, '62, at Poland. Ap- 
 pointed Bugler (date not given.) Mustered out June 1, '65, at Win- 
 chester. Va. 
 
 Gates, Philo, age 23. Enlisted Sept. 1, '64, at Poland. Mustered, 
 out June 1, '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Griffin, Thomas, age 34. Enlisted Feb. 28, '65, at New York. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 315- 
 
 GlUman, John C, age 24. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at Chautauqua. 
 Mustered out .Tune 1. '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Holt, Peter, age 30. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Jamestown. Mus- 
 tered in as Bugler Co. C Oct. 2, '61. Discharged Nov. 27, '62, at Chan- 
 tilly, Va. 
 
 Hunt, Reuben, age 25. Enlisted Sept. 10, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Mustered in as Corporal Co. C Oct. 2, '61. Discharged for disability 
 Oct. 29. '62. at Albany. N. Y. 
 
 Hamilton, William H., age 19. Enlisted Aug. 20, '62, at Ellington- 
 Wounded near Cedar Run, Va., Aug. 22, '63. "Transferred to Veteran 
 Reserve Corps Nov. 30, '64. 
 
 Hunt, William M., age 29. Enlisted Jan. 1, '64, at Carroll. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. .July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Hankin, Richard W., age 20. Enlisted Dec. 23, '63, at Gerry.. 
 Deserted Oct. 26, '64, from Camp Stoneman, Washingion, D. C. 
 
 Jones, Charles J., age 21. Enlisted Oct. 1, '61, at Jamestown.. 
 Died of disease May 19, '62, at City Hospital. N. Y. city. 
 
 Jones, Nelson, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 1, '61, at Jamestown. Dis- 
 charged for disability Oct. 30, '62, at Point Lookout, Md. 
 
 Johnson, Doras, age 25. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Discharged for dls^ility Dec. 24, '62, at Convalescent Camp near Alex- 
 andri?.. Va. 
 
 Kingsley, Orlando, age 19. Enlisted Oct. 15. '61. at Jamestown. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Corporal June 1, '65. Mustered out. 
 with Co. July 17. '65 at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Hunt, Charles, age 26. Enlisted Oct. 1, 61, at Jamestown. Muster- 
 ed in as Corporal Co. C Oct. 8, '61. Appointed Sergt. Oct. 1, '63. Re- 
 enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Commissary Sergt. June 1, '64. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Hill, Daniel M., age 23. 'Enlisted Sept. 25, '61, at Jamestown.. 
 Mustered in as Corporal Co. C Oct. 2, '61. Appointed Com. Sergt. 
 Sept. 20, '62. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed First Sergt. June 
 1, '64. Mustered out with company July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Haskins, Henry W.. age 21. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Mustered in as Private Co. C Oct. 8, '61. Discharged by order of the^ 
 War Dept. Subsequent service in 64th N. Y. Infantry. 
 
316 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Hoag, Marvin, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 15, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Discharged Apr. 9. '62. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Half-white, Joseph, age 38. Enlisted Nov. 10, '62 at Jamestown to 
 :serve nine months. Mustered out Nov. 26, '63, at Culpepper Court 
 "House. Va. 
 
 Houseman, William H., age 33. Enlisted Aug. 25, '62, at EUicott. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Keene, Henry, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 25, '61, at Jamestown. Pro- 
 moted to Corporal (no date). Discharged for disability Mar. 23, '63, 
 at Pleasantons Landing. Va. 
 
 Keene, Samuel, age 45. Enlisted Nov. 9, '62, at Poland to serve 
 nine months. Mustered out Nov. 26, '63, at Culpepper Court House, Va. 
 
 King, Cleveland, age 43. Enlisted Aug. 29, '62, at Poland. Mus- 
 tered out with detachment June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Kenyon, Georda P., ag'e 24. lEnlisted Sept. 3, *'64, at Waddington. 
 Mustered out with Co. June 30. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Kouneske, Emil, age 21. Enlisted Feb. 21, '65, at New York city. 
 TMustered out with company July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Lashure, Albert C, age 29. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Mustered in as Corporal Co. C Oct. 2, '61. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. 
 Appointed Sergt. (date not stated). Killed in actjpn Aug. 25, '64, at 
 Jjeetown. Va. 
 
 Lydle, Lyman, age 34. Enlisted Oct. 1, '61, at Jamestown. De- 
 rserted June 10. '62 from Washington, D. C. 
 
 Loucks, Ralph D.. age 28. Enlisted Oct. 21, '61, at Jamestown. 
 •Captured at Haymarket, Va., Oct. 18, '62. Returned to Co. Nov. 18, '62. 
 Appointed Sergt. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Mustered out with Co. 
 July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Lonkto, Abel, age 28. Enlisted Dec. 22, '63, at Kiantone. Muster- 
 ed out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Mason, Lorenzo, age 22. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Died of disease Oct. 8, '62, at Portsmouth Grove, R. L 
 
 Mason, Chauncey C, age 18. Enlisted Oct. 10, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Appointed teamster Nov. 1. '62. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed 
 •Corporal Nov. 1. '64; Sergt. June 1, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 
 17. -65. at Clouds MUls, Va. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 317 
 
 Moon, Charles E., age 18. 'Hhilisted Sept. 24, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Ke-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Corporal June 1, '65. Mustered 
 out with Co. Jvdy 17. "65. 
 
 Marsh, Otis, age 22. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Jamestown. Re- 
 enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Wounded Aug. 26, '64, near Charlestown, Va. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va.' 
 
 McClellan, Hugh, age 38. Enlisted Aug. 11, '62, at Buffalo. Killed 
 in action Aug. 1, '63, at Brandy Station, Va. 
 
 McNamara, Timothy E., age 19. Enlisted Aug. 6, '62, at Buffalo. 
 Appointed Corporal Oct. 1, '63. Mustered out June 1, '65 at Win- 
 chester, Va. Served as Clerk at Reg't'l Div. and Corps Headquarters. 
 
 McGlinn, Patrick, age 29. Enlisted Oct. 19, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Deserted June 17, '62, from Washington, D. C. 
 
 Mead, Daniel D., age 40. Enlisted Aug. 30, '62, at Ellington. 
 Discharged for disability Mar. 20, '63, at Hope Landing, Va. 
 
 Menner, John, age 18. Enlisted Dec. 10, '63, at EUicott. Muster- 
 ed out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Mullen. Thomas, age 18. Enlisted Feb. 5, '64, at Dunkirk. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Mitchell, William, age 34. Enlisted Feb. 28, '65, at New York. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 McDonald, Kingsley, age 18. Enlisted Feb. 2, '64, at Poland. 
 Died of diseas'e Mar. 24, '64. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Moore, Daniel M., age 24. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Portland. Died 
 at Baltimore. Md., of wounds received in action at Gordonsville, Va., 
 Dec. 23. '64. 
 
 Marsh, Edson, age 22. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at Poland. Mustered 
 out June 1 . "65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Mott, Valentine S., a^e 22. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Waddington. 
 Mustered out June 1. '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Northup, Charles A., age 22. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Discharged Apr. 9. '62.*at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Nye, Samuel, age 20. Enlisted Aug. 26. '62, at Ellery. Wounded 
 at Trevillian Station, Va., June 11, '64. Died of wound Sept. 19, '64, 
 at Washington. D. C. 
 
 Nye, Danforth, age 18. Enlisted Aug. 26, '62, at EUery. Dis- 
 charged for disability Dec. 8, '62 at Washington, D. C. 
 
318 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Newcomb, Freeman L., age 18. Enlisted Jan. 20, '64, at Napoli. 
 Appointed Corporal June 1, 65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, 
 at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Newell, Wilbur H.. age 18. Biillsted Feb. 8. '64, at Middlebury, 
 N. Y. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65 at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Owens, Benjamin F., age 19. Enlisted Oct. 15, '61, at "Westfield. 
 Discharged Apr. 7, '62, at Washington, D. C. Again enlisted July 26, 
 '62, at Ellery. Captured Aug. 31, '62, at C'entersville, Va., again on 
 May 12, '63, at ChancellorsvlUe, Va.. while carrying dispatches for 
 General Slocum. Mustered out with detachment June 1. '65, at 
 Winchester. Va. 
 
 O'Brien, John, age 23. Enlisted Mar. 27, '65, at New York. Dis- 
 charged June 26. '65, at Hospital, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Peterson, Augustus, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Appointed Corporal Nov. — , '62. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed 
 Sergt. June 1, '64 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. at Clouds 
 Mills. Va. 
 
 Peterson, Charles, age 28. Enlisted Stpt. 20. '61, at Jameston. 
 Appointed Sergt. (date not stated). Died o£ disease Dec. 5, '61, at 
 Chantilly. Va. 
 
 Pitman, Hardy M.. age 23. Enlisted Oct. 15. '61. at Westfield. 
 Mustered out Apr. 9. '62. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Price, Alfred, age 23. Enlisted Oct. 2, '61, at Randolph. Died of 
 disease Dec. 9. '61, at Randolph. 
 
 Peters, John, age 22. Enlisted Aug. 31, '62, at Buffalo. Discharg- 
 ed Apr. 22, '64, at Culpepper, Va., for transfer to U. S. Navy. 
 
 Price, Joseph, age 20. Enlisted Sept. 9, '62, at Buffalo. Captured 
 by guerrillas near Stafford's Store. Va., Aug. 22, '63. Supposed to 
 have been murdered, no furthere recori. 
 
 Robinson, Henry B., age 38. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at LaGrange. 
 Mustered is Qr. M. Sergt. Co. A Oct. 5, '61. Discharged Oct. 18. '62, 
 for disability at Washington, D. C. Again enlisted in Co. C June 4, 
 '64. Appointed Q. M. Sergt. June 1, '65. Mustered out with company 
 July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Russell, Willam. age 35. Etalisted Nov. 9. '62, at Poland to serve 
 nine months. Mustered out Nov. 2, '63, at Culpepper, Va. 
 
 Robinson, Llscom C, age 39. Enlisted Nov. 9, '62, at Poland to 
 serve nine months. Wounded near Cedar Run, Va., Aug. 23, '63. Mus- 
 tered out Nov. 26, '63, at Culpepper Court House, Va. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 319 
 
 Read, Henry, age 23. Enlisted Oct. 19, '61, at Jamestown. Died 
 of disease .Tuly 27, '62. at Alexandria. Va. 
 
 Rhodes, Scott, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 20, 61, at Jamestown. Re- 
 enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Captured at Berryville, Va., Aug. 13, '64. Died 
 in Salisbury Prison. N. C. 
 
 Robbins, Charles, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 10, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, 63. Appointed Corporal Nov. 1, '64. Wounded 
 in action at Kearneysville, Va., Aug. 25, '64. Appointed Sergt. Mar. 
 1, '65. Mustered out with Co. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Russell, William, age 20. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Discharged for disability Apr. 8, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Robbins, L'ewis N., age 27. Enlisted Feb. 11, '64, at Carroll. 
 Wounded at Meadow Bridge, Va., May 12, '64. Discharged for dis- 
 ability May 31, '65, at Rochester, N. Y. 
 
 Shaw, Cornelius, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 19. '61, at Jamestown. 
 Appointed Corporal Nov. 1, '62. Q. M. Sergt Mar. 1, '63. Re-enlisted 
 Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Sergt. Nov. 1. '64. Mustered out with Co. 
 July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. Commissioned Second Lieut. May 
 
 16. '65. Not mustered. 
 
 « 
 
 Sager, Martin, age 19. Enlisted Oct. 1. '61, at Westfield. Re- 
 enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Sergt. (date not stated). Wounded 
 in Cavalry charge at Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, '64. Died Sept. 26, 
 '64, r.t Winchester. Va. 
 
 Steers, William W., age 26. Etalisted Sept. 15, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Mustered in as Farrier 'and Blacksmith Oct. 2. '61. Re-enlisted Dec. 
 20, '63. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Simmons, Ambros'e, age 32. Enlisted Oct. 1, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds 
 Mills. Va. 
 
 See, Stephen V., age 20. Enlisted Feb. 25, 64, at Dunkirk. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17. '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Sischo, Castle, age 23. Enlisted Oct. 17, '61, at Jamestown. Re- 
 enlisted Jan. 1, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds 
 Mills. Va. 
 
 Smith, Urial, Jr., age 33. Enlisted Aug.' 30, '62, at Ellington. 
 Captured at Madison Court House, Va., Sept. 22, '63. Died of disease 
 in Andersonville Prison, July 15, '64. 
 
320 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Smiley, Theodore, age 22. Enlisted Sept. 15, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Deserted June 30, '62, from Washington, D. C. 
 
 Strong, Charles, age 38. EnUsted Oct. 7, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Deserted June 16, '62, from Washington. D. C. 
 
 Snow, Charles, age 35. Enlisted Nov. 14, '62, at Jamestown for 
 nine months. Mustered out Nov. 26. '63, at Culpepper, Va. 
 
 Stockwell, Thomas, ag-e 39. Enlisted Nov. 9, '62, at Poland to 
 serve nine months. Mustered out Nov. 26, '63, at Culpepper, Va. 
 
 Smith, Henry A., age 22. Enlisted Nov. 15. '62, at Ellington. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Sackett, Anson L., age 20. Enlisted Sept. 6, '64, at Persia. Mus- 
 tered out June 1. '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Smith Joseph age — . Enlisted July 1. '63, at Alexandria, Va. 
 Wounded in action near Brandy St.. Va.. Aug. 1, '63. Transferred 
 May 1. '64, to U. S. Navy. 
 
 Saxton, Ezra H., age 19. Enlisted Feb. 2, '64, at Poland. Dis- 
 charged for disability Mar. 27, '65, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Taylor, Orlando J., age 18. Enlisted Oct. 30, '61, at Westfield. 
 Captured at Haymarke!, Va., Oct. 18, '62; returned to Co. Dec. 20, 
 '62. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Corporal Mar. 1, '65. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Taylor, Lafayette, age 25. Enlisted Aug. 20, '64, at Poland. Mus- 
 tered out June 30, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Taylor, Charles, age 18. Enlisted Aug. 20, '64, at Poland. Mus- 
 tered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Turner, Hiram, age 29. Enlisted Sept. 20. '61. at Jamestown. 
 Discharged for disability Apr. 9. '62, at Georgetojyn, D. C. 
 
 TefCt, Henry B., age 43. Enlisted Aug. 21, '62, at Poland. Killed 
 in action Oct. 11, '63, at Mortons Ford, Va. Buried at Rappahannock 
 Sta.. V?.. 
 
 Tracy, John P.. age 38. Enlisted Aug. 30, '62, at Ellington. Dis- 
 charged for disability Dec. 9, '63, at General Hospital, Alexandria, Va. 
 
 Terry, Sylvester, age 18. Enlisted Ffeb. 22, '64, at Dunkirk. 
 Mustered out with Co, July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Thompson, Delos, age 27. Enlisted Nov. 8, '62, at Ellington to 
 serve nine months. Mustered out Aug. 19, '68, at Cedar Run, Va. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 321 
 
 Tucker, William H., age 32. Enlisted Nov. 9, 62. at Jam'estown 
 to serve nine months. Mustered out Aug. 9, '63, at Cedar Run, Va. 
 
 Thomas, George W., age 19. Enlisted Jan. 4, '64, at Almond, N. Y. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Tanner, Seth M., age 18. Enlisted Feb. 22, '64, at Dunkirk. 
 Mustefdd out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va, 
 
 Van Wert, Seth O., age 23. Elilisted Oct. 7, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Appointed Corporal Oct. 1, '63. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Wounded in 
 action at Trevillian Sta., Va.( June 11, '64. Appointed Sergt. Nov. 1, 
 '64. Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Vanderwark, Oliver, age 19. Enlisted Oct. 1, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Sergt. (no date). Appointed 
 Sergt. Major May 23, '64. Discharged with Co. June 1, '65. Killed 
 by being knocked from cars on way home. 
 
 Wells, George G., age 24. Enlisted Aug. 21. '62, at Ellington. 
 Appointed Regt'l. Saddler Sergt. May 1, '63. Mustered out June 1, 
 '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Whicher, Samuel M., age 22. Enlisted Sept. 10, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Mustered in as Sergt. Co. C Oct. 2, '61. Appointed Regt. Com. Sergt. 
 — , 27, '63. Commissioned Second Lieut. Feb. 9, '64. First Lieut. 
 July 8, '64, (not mustered). Mustered out Oct. 18, '64, at Harpers 
 Ferry. Va. 
 
 WUcox, George, age 19. Enlisted Oct. 15, '61, at Westfield. Re- 
 enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Wounded and sent to Hospital May 15, '64. 
 Appointed Corporal Nov. 4, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, 
 at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Winchester, Addison, age 25. Elilisted Oct. 1, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Appointed Blacksmith (date not shown). Died of disease May 17, 
 '63. Carver Hospital, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Waite, Ira P., ag'e 22. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Jamestown. Dis- 
 charged for disability Apr. 7, '62. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Winters, Theodore L., age 22. Enlisted Oct. 10, '61, at Westfield. 
 Mustered in as Farrier Co. C Oct. 23, '61. Discharged for disability 
 Mar. 10. '62. at Alexandria, Va. 
 
 Wilcox, Harrison, age 33. Enlisted Oct. 25. '61, at Jamestown. 
 Mustered in as Wagoner Co. C Nov. 6, '61. Discharg'ed for disability 
 Junf 12. '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
322 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Warrior, Charles, age 28. Enlisted Nov. 14, '62, at Jamestown, 
 for nine months. Mustered out Nov. 26, '62, at Culpepper, Va. 
 
 Washburn, Simeon, age 27. Enlisted Nov. 9, '62, at Poland to 
 Serve nine months. Wounded near StafEords Store Aug. 23, '63. 
 Mustered out Nov. 26, at Culpepper Court House, Va. 
 
 Winsor, Woodley C, age 18. Enlisted Aug. 14, '62, at Jamestown. 
 Appointed Corporal May 1, '65. Mustered out June 1, '65, at Win- 
 chester. Va. 
 
 Weeks, Welcome J., age 24. Enlisted Aug. 26, '62, at EUicott. 
 Mustered out June 1. '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Winchester, Alex. H., age 26. Enlisted Sept. 17, '64, at Villenova. 
 Mustered out June '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Wheeler, Henry, age 19. Enlisted Aug. 31, '64, at Poland. Mus- 
 tered out June 1. '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Washburn, Clark, age 40. Enlisted Sept. 6, '64, at Carroll. Mus- 
 tered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Washburn, Giles C, age 26. Enlisted Sept. 7, '64, at Coldspring. 
 Mustered out June 1. '65. at Winchestef. Va. 
 
 White, James E., age 24. Enlisted Sept. 6, '64, at Carroll. Mus- 
 tered out June 1. '65. at Winchester. Va.. 
 
 White, George, age — . Enlisted July 28, '62, at Sperryville, Va. 
 Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Sept. 26, '63. 
 
 Wilson, Lewis H., age 19. Enlisted Feb. 15, '64, at EUicott. Ap- 
 pointed Corporal June 1, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at 
 Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Wilcox. William H.. age 18. Enlisted Dec. 11. '63. at EUery. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Wilson, Edward, age 17. Enlisted Feb. 15, '64, at Ellicott. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Worden, Justus A., age 28. Enlisted Sept. 9, '64. at East Otto. 
 Mustered out June 1. '64. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Wilcox, R. Hawley, age 36. Enlisted Aug. 11, '64, at Coldspring. 
 Mustered out June 1. '65, at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Younle, James P., age 21. Enlisted Sept 10, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Mustered in as Sergt. Co. C Oct. 2, '61. Appointed Srgt.-Major June 
 1, '62. Died of disease Sept. 11, '62. at Washington, D. C. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 323 
 
 Yarmgton, Alex S.. age 29. Enlisted Sept. 6, '64, at Persia. 
 Mustered out .Tune 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 COMPANY D. 
 
 Weld, Joseph G., age 25. Enrolled Sept. 20, '61, at Brocton. Mus- 
 tered in as Capta'n Oct. 3, '61. Discharged Oct. 3. '64. 
 
 Adam, William A., age 31. Enrolled Sept. 20, '61, at Brocton. 
 Mustered in as First- Lieut. Co. D Oct. 2, '61. Resigned June 4, '§2. 
 
 Sprague, Luther A., age 23. Enlisted in Co. B Oct. 5, '61, at 
 Little Valley, N. Y. Apointed Sergt. Sept. 6, '62. Re-enlisted Feb. 
 16, '64. Appointed First Sergt. Feb. ■ 17, '64. Commissioned and 
 mustered Second Lieut. Co. D Dec. 6, '64; First Lieut. May 20, '65. 
 Wouncted at Port Republic, Va., Sept. 26. '64. and at Five Forks, Va., 
 Mar. 8. '65. Mustered out with Co. .Tuly 17. '65. 
 
 Goodrich, Edwin, age 20. Enlisted Nov. 9, '61, at Westfield, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal June 25, '62; Q. M. Sergt. Nov. 1, '62. Re-en- 
 listed Dec. 20. '63. Commissioned and Mustered as First Lieut. 
 June 1, '64. As Captain to date Oct. 4. '64. Mustered out with Co. 
 July 17. '65. 
 
 Markham, William J.,age 35. Enlisted in Co. B Sept. 23,'61, at Little 
 Valley, N. Y. Appointed Corporal Sept. 6, '62. Wounded in action Aug. 
 1, '63, at Brandy Sta., Va. B'e-enlisted Jan. 1, '64. Appointed Sergt. 
 May — , '64. Wounded at Berryville, Va., Aug. 22, '64. Transferred 
 to Co. D Oct. 28, '64. Appointed First Sergt. Jan. 1, '65. Com- 
 missioned and Mustered Second Lieut, to date April 16, '65. Mustered 
 out with Co. July 17. *65. 
 
 Arnold, Elisha V., age 21. Enlisted Nov. 8, '61 ,at Westfield. 
 Appointed Q. M. Sergt (no date given). Mustered out May 20, '62. 
 
 Austin, Mathew J., age 19. Enlisted Aug. 1, '62, at Buffalo. 
 Taken Prisoner Aug. 16, '64, at Berryville, Va. Released May 17, '65. 
 Mustered out June 22. '65. at Camp Chase. Ohio. 
 
 Aikins, Edgar D., age 18. Enlisted Dec. 31, '63, at Hanover. Ap- 
 pointed Bugler Mar. 25, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. 
 
 Adkins, Thomas, age 19. Enlisted Feb. 12, '64, at Sherman, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal May 1. '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. 
 
 Avens, John, age 26. Enlisted Mar. 13, '65, at New York. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17, '65. 
 
324 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Billings, Alba L., age 30. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Brocton. 
 Mustered in as Sergt. Oct. 2, '61. Muster'ed out May 13, '62 at Wash- 
 ington. D. C. 
 
 Barber, Malon G., age 27. Enlisted Oct. 8, 61, at Westfield. Mus- 
 tered in as Wagoner Oct. 14, '61. Discharged for disability June 9, 
 '62. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Bullock, Frank C, age 24. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Brocton. 
 Mustered out Apr. 1, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Bailey. Lewis H.. age 26. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Brocton. 
 Mustered out April 9, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Bailey, Milton W., age 21. EWisted Sept. 20. '61, at Brocton. 
 Discharged for disability June 10, '62, at Clouds, Mills, Va. 
 
 Beckwith, Charles P., age 18. Enlisted Oct. 7, '61, at Sherman. 
 Mustered out Oct. 26. '64. at Middletown, Va. 
 
 Burch, Henry C, age 22. Enlisted S'ept. 19, '61, at Smith Mills. 
 Mustered in as Corporal Oct. 2, '62. Died of disease July 7, '62. at 
 Regimental Hospital, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Baker, William H., age 22. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Smith Mills. 
 Mustered) out May 20, '62. at Washington. D. C. 
 
 Bloomfield, Richard H., age 38. Elilisted Oct. 11, 1861, at Stock- 
 ton. Mustered out Nov. 23, '64, at Middletown, Va. 
 
 Baker, Leonard, age 27. Enlisted Sept. 5. '64. at Yorkshire. 
 Mustered out June 6. 65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Beebe, Edwin L., age 27. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at East Otto. 
 Mustered out Jun'e 6. '65 at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Bates, Greorge F., age — . Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at East Otto. Mus- 
 tered out June 30, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Brooks, Orrin L.. age 20. Enlisted Sept. 3. '64. at Otto. Mus- 
 tered put .Tune 6. '65, at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Bradley, Samuel H., ag'e 21. Enlisted Feb. 1, '64, at Clean, N. Y. 
 Wounded in action at Old Church, Va., May 30, '64. Appointed Cor- 
 poral Nov. 1, '64; Q. M. Sergt. Nov. 10, '64. Mustered out with Co. 
 July 27. '65. 
 
 Bullock, John W., age 28. lEnlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Brocton. 
 Re-enlisted Jan. 2, '64. Wounded in action at Todds Tavern, Va. 
 May 7. '64. Appointed Corporal Jan. 1. '65. Mustered out with Co. 
 July 17. '65. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 325 
 
 Brown, David H., age 34. Enlisted in Co. B Oct. 17, '62, at Buf- 
 falo. Transferred to Co. D Oct. 28, '64. Appointed Corporal May 10, 
 '65. Mustered] out with Co. July 17, *65. 
 
 Bradley, Chester, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Brocton. 
 Re-enlisted Jan. 2, '64. Appointed Bugler (no date.) Mustered out 
 with Co. July 17. "65. 
 
 Bonner, William, age 18. Enlisted as Substitute Aug. Is, '64, at 
 Goshen. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. 
 
 Barrington, Francis, age 18. Enlisted Aug. 5, '62, at Busti. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17. '65. 
 
 Bennet, Joseph, age 21. Enlisted Feb. 17, '65, at New York. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, "65. 
 
 Boss, William E.. age 24. Enlisted Sept. 26, '61. at Porestville. 
 Re-enlisted D'ec. 28, '63. Taken prisoner at Hanover Town, Va., May 
 27, '64. Mustered out June 24. '65, at New York city. 
 
 Bowman, Worterman, age 29. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Brocton. 
 Appointed Q. M. Sergt. (no date) ; • discharged for disability Oct. 24, 
 '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Blinn, Ekiwin, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Brocton. Appoint- 
 ed Corporal April 5, '63. Re-enlist'ed Jan. 2, '64. Appointed Sergt. 
 Mar. 25, '64. Wounded in action at Trevillian Sta., Va., June 11, '64. Dis- 
 charged May 9. '65. at Washington. D. C. 
 
 Bradt, John W.. age 21. Enlisted Oct. 11. '61. at Stockton. Ap- 
 pointed Corporal (no date). Discharged for disability Dec. 4, '62, at 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 Batchelder, John, age 31. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Brocton. 
 Mustered in as Farrl'er and Blacksmith Oct. 2, '61. Discharged for dis- 
 ability Oct. 20, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Bloomfield, .Toseph T.. age 21. Enlisted Nov. 5. '61. at Stockton. 
 . Appointed Blacksmith Mar. 19, '64. Mustered out Nov. 10, '64, at 
 Elmira. N. Y. 
 
 Crosby, Charles R., age 22. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Brocton. 
 Mustered in as Corporal Oct. 2, '61. Appointed Sergt. June 26, '62. 
 Discharged for disability Aug. 2, '62, at Al'exandria, Va. 
 
 Cowen, Ira B., age 19. Enlisted Sept. 26, '61, at Smiths Mills. 
 Appointed Corporal Jan. 1, '64; Sergt. Aug. 1, '64; discharged Oct. 26, 
 '64. at Middletown.Va. 
 
:326 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Count, Rob'ert, age 32. Enlisted Oct. 17, '61, at Smiths Mills. 
 Appointed Corporal Nov. 1, '62; re-enlisted Dec. 28, 1863. Wounded 
 . June 11. '64. at Trevilllan Station, Va., discharged for disability 
 Nov. 29. '64. at Rochester. N. Y. 
 
 Chapman, John K., age 24. Enlisted Sept 26, '61, at Smiths Mills 
 Appointed Corporal April 5. '63; detailed in charge Div. ambulance 
 train. Mustered out Oct. 26. '64, at Middletown, Va. 
 
 Colt, Wolcott, age 43. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Brocton. Mustered 
 .X)ut for disability June 25, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Colt, Henry, age 27. Enlisted Sept. 20. '61. at Brocton. Dis- 
 - charged for disability June 6, '62, at Alexandria, Va. 
 
 Carr, Lansford B.. age 24. Enlisted Nov. 5, '61, at Stockton. 
 Discharged for disability Mar. 17, '63, at Hope Landing, Va. 
 
 Cowing, John W.. age — . Enlisted Sept. 26. '61, at Smiths Mills. 
 "Mustered out April 9. '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Clark, John A., age 44. Enlisted Aug. 30, '62. at Gerry. Dis- 
 ■ charged for disability Feb. 23. '63, at Alexandria. Va. 
 
 Clark, RoUin C, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at Russell. Mus- 
 tered out June 6. '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Clark, Hiram S., age 30. Enlisted in Co. C Sept. 8, '64, at Ma- 
 llone. Transferred to Co. D (no date). Mustered out June 6, '65, at 
 Winchester, Va. 
 
 Colvin, Mark, age 23. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at East Otto,. Mus- 
 iterea out June 6. '65 at Winchester Va. 
 
 Campbell, Joseph J., age ' 22. Enlisted Feb. 16, '65, at Goshen. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65. 
 
 Cook, Michael, age 30. Enlisted Mar. 2, '65, at New York. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. .Tuly 17. '65. 
 
 Douglass, William J., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Brocton. 
 Discharged for disability Feb. 9, '63, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Ducoll, Jeremiah, age 41. Enlisted Sept. 20. '61, at Brocton. 
 'Discharged Jan. 20, '63, at Washington, D. C, for disability. 
 
 Daniels, William H., age 35. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61. at Brocton. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 28, '63. Mustered, out with Co. July 17, '65. 
 
 Downes, Richard, age 26. Enlisted Feb. 16, '65, at Goshen. Mus- 
 vtered out with Co. July 17. '65. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 327 
 
 Dunbar, William H., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at 'East Otto. 
 "Mustered out June 20. '65, at Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Dawson, Alexander, age 29. Enlisted Sept. 2, 1864, at East Otto. 
 Itfustered out .Tune 6, '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Davis, John J., age 28. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Freedom. Mus- 
 tered out June 6. "65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Eneslow, Sidney P., age 20. Enlisted Sept. 1, '64, at Malone. 
 Mustered out June 6. '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Edmunds, Hosea, age 35. Enlisted Sept. 7, '64, at Avon, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 6. '65, at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Farnham, Varus G., age 18. 'Elnlisted Sept. 23, '61, at Brocton, 
 '3^. Y. Appointed Bugler, date not stated. Re-enlisted Dec. 28, '63. 
 Appointed Corporal Mar. 26, '64. Wounded at Hanovertown, Va., May 
 27, '64. Appointed Sergt. Dec. 6, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 
 17, '65. Commissioned 2nd Lieut. May 16, '65. 
 
 Foster. Joseph H.. age 19. Enlisted in COi B Nov. 23, '61. at Little 
 "Valley. Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64. Appointed Corporal June 1. '64. 
 Transferred to Co. D Oct. 28, '64. Appointed Sergt. Jan. 1, '65. Mus- 
 i;ered out with Co. July 17, '65. 
 
 Fay, Albert A., age 18. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Brocton. Re- 
 ■enlisted Jan. 2, '64. Wounded in action at Deep Bottom, Va., July 28, 
 '64. Appointed Corporal Aug. 15, '64. Discharged for disability June 
 17. -65. at Buffalo, N. Y. 
 
 Frost, Nelson N., age 21. Enlisted Nov. 3, '61, at Westfield. Re- 
 «nlisted Jan. 2. '64. Wounded . and taken prisoner at Trevillian 
 Station, Va., June 11, '64. Returned to duty April 26, '65. Appointed 
 Corporal to rank from Jan. 1. '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65. 
 
 Fish, Benjamin D., age 18. Enlisted in Co. B Dec. 2, '63, at ,Elli- 
 cott, N. Y. Appointed Blacksmith. Transferred to Co. D Oct. 28, '64. 
 Mustered out with Co. .July 17. '65. 
 
 Fitzgerald, John, age 21. Enlisted Mar. 1, '65, at New York. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65. 
 
 Fryer, John, age 29. Enlisted in Co. B Nov. 2, '62, at Buffalo. 
 "Wounded Sept. 28, '64, at New Market, Va. Transferred to Co. D 
 Oct. 28, '64. Discharged for disability June 14, '65, at Hospital, Balti- 
 more. Md. 
 
 Fay, John, age 41. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Washington. Mustered 
 out June 6. '65, at Winchester. Va. 
 
328 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Furness, Asa, age 26. Enlisted Sept. 24, '64, at Humphreys. Mus- 
 tered out June 6, '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Frank, Oscar, age 17. Enlisted Aug. 29, '64, at Malone. Died in 
 Hospital at Lovittsville. Va., Feb. 13. '65. 
 
 Grant, J'ehile M., age 33. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Brocton. Mus- 
 tered in as Sadler Oct. 2, '61. Mustered out Oct. 26, '64, at Middle- 
 ton. Va. 
 
 Greeley, Mathias W., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 21, '61, at Stockton, 
 Mustered in as Sergt. Oct. 2. '61. Killed in action Oct. 11, '63, at 
 Brandy Stp.tion. Va. 
 
 Gardner, Edwin F., age 21. Enlisted in Co. B Aug. 26, '62, at 
 Ellery, N. Y. Transferred to Co. D Oct 28, '64. Mustered out with. 
 Co. .Tuly 17, '65. 
 
 Golding, Theodore W., age 23. Enlisted Aug. 30, '62, at Elling- 
 ton. Transferred- Dec. 16, '64, to Veteran Reserve Corps. 
 
 Gillman, Hiram, age 36. Enlisted Sept. 5, '64, at Chautauqua. 
 Mustered out .Tune 30. '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Green, John, age 19. Enlisted Sept. 13, '64, at Avon, N. Y. Di'ed. 
 of disease in Hospital at Lovettsville, Va.. Jan. 25, '65. 
 
 Green, Julius, age 23. Enlisted Sept. 9, '64, at Yorkshire. Mus- 
 tered out from Hospital at Buffalo July 20, '65. 
 
 Gibbs, Lewis O., age 31. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 6, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Green, Herman, age 24. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at East Otto. Mus- 
 tered out June 30, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Gheres, John, age 28. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Machias. Mus- 
 tered out June 6. "65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Gleason, Patrick, age 19. Enlisted Feb. 16, '65, at Goshen. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17. '65. 
 
 Hull, Birney D., ag-e 19. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Brocton. Ap- 
 pointed (jorporal. Discharged for disability Sept 5, '62, at Wash- 
 Inffton. Di C. 
 
 Hlpwell, Jacob C, age 29. Enlisted Sept. 20. '61, at Brocton. 
 Mustered out at Washington, D. C, Dec. 28, '62, for disability. 
 
 Hadden, Orren D., age 43. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Brocton. 
 Appointed Battalion Veterinary Surgeon Nov. 1, '61. Mustered out 
 Sept. 29, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 329 
 
 Hakes. Halsey F.. age 19. Enlisted Oct.. 3. '61 at Westfleld. 
 Mustered in as Corporal Nov. 9, '61. Died July 10, '62, at Clouds Mills, 
 Ya. 
 
 Hamlin, Mark H., age 20. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Westfleld. 
 Mustered in as Bugler Oct. 1, '61. Appointed Regt. Chief Bugler Nov. 1, 
 '61. Discharged Sept. 26. '62. 
 
 Hiller, John A., age 24. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Smiths Mills. 
 A.ppointed Corporal. Re-enllsted Dec. 28, '63. Wounded at Port Re- 
 public Sept. 26. '64. Leg amputated. Discharged June 27, '65. 
 
 Hamlin, Myron P., age 19. Enlisted Aug. 18, '62, at Buffalo. 
 Appointed Bugler. Discharged Nov. 28, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Hawkins, John, age 28. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at East Otto. Mus- 
 ered out .Tune 6. '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Hicks, Clark, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 2. '64, at East Otto. Mus- 
 tered out Jun'e 6. "65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Hyland, William G., age 18. Enlisted Feb. 12, '64, at Yorkshire. 
 Discharged Jan. 16, '65, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Hewit, Henry, age 16. Enlisted Sept. 29, 64, at Malone. Mustered 
 out June 6. '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Harrison, Jesse, age 32. Enlisted Sept. 9, '64, at East Otto. Mus- 
 tered out June 6, '65, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Horton, Edward, age 18. Einlisted Jan. 16, '64, at Ellicott. In 
 Hospital, Washington, D. C, since Mar. 10, '64; no record of discharge. 
 
 Horton, Andrew J., age 40. Enlisted Mar. 1, '65, at New York. 
 Mustered out July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Inglis, John, age 21. Enlisted in Co. B Nov. 18, '62, at Buffalo. 
 Transferred to Co. D Oct. 28, '64. Appointed First Sergt. Deserted 
 Peb. 2'7. '65, while on furlough. 
 
 Johnson, John, age 22. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Brocton. Re- 
 enlisted Dec. 28, '63. Appointed Wagoner Mar. 19, '64. Mustered out 
 -with Co. .Tuly 17. '65. 
 
 Jermain, Peter, age 33. Enlisted Jan. 12, '64, at Hanorer. Wound- 
 ed At Mount Jackson, Va., Sept. 23. '64. Mustered out with Co. 
 July 17. -65. 
 
 Kilburn, Washington, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 17, '61, at Dunkirk. 
 Mustered out April 9, '62. at Washington, D. C. 
 
330 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Kenyon, William H., age 26. Enlisted Sept. 23, '61, at New Albion^ 
 Mustered in as Corporal Co. B Oct. 3, '61. Appointed Sergt. July 15^ 
 '62. Commissary Sergt. Sept. 6, '62. Re-enlisted Feb. 16, '64. Trans- 
 ferred Oct. 28, '64. to Co. D. Mustered out July 7, '65, at Washington^ 
 D. C. 
 
 Lewis, Henry S.. ag-e 21. Enlisted Nov. 5. '61. at Stockton. Ap- 
 pointed Sergt. Aug. 15, '64. Discharged Nov. 23, '64. 
 
 Lillie, George, age 35. Enlisted Aug. 30, '62, at Jamestown. Ap- 
 pointed Saddler, Mustered out June 1, '65, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Llndall, . Charles, age 18. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Stockton. Mus- 
 tered out Nov. 23. '64, at Middleon, Va. 
 
 Lane, William M., age 21. Enlisted in Co. B Feb. 6, '64, at Ischua, 
 N. Y. Wounded at Yellow Tavern, Va., May 11, '64; also at Shepards- 
 town, Va., Aug. 25, '64; transferred to Co. D Oct. 28, '64. Discharged 
 for disability June 15, '65, at Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Lidel, Peter S., age 20. Enlisted Oct.. 11. '61, at Stockton. Re- 
 enlisted Jan. 2, '64. Wounded at Old Church, Va., May 30, '64. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17, '65. 
 
 Leavitt, Frank J., age 19. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at Malone, N. Y.. 
 Taken prisoner at Middletown, Va., Nov. 11, '64. No further record. 
 
 Lewis. Albert E.. age 21. Enlisted Feb. 24, '64, at Dunkirk. 
 Wounded at Trevillian Station, Va., June 11, '64. Appointed Corporal 
 Jan. i; '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. 
 
 Munger, Hiram, age 42. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61. at Stockton. Mus- 
 tered in as Blacksinith Co. D Nov. 9. '61. Discharged for disability 
 Mar. 28, '62. at Alexandria, Va. 
 
 Martin, John P., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Brocton. Taken, 
 prisoner and paroled Aug. 3, '62. Appointed Corporal (no date). Ap- 
 pointed Sergt. Feb. 14. '63. Re-enlisted Dec. 28, '63. Killed in actioa 
 Aug. 11, '64. at White Post, Va. 
 
 Mills. Samuel, age 26. Enlisted S'ept. 20, '61. at Brocton. Ap- 
 pointed Corporal. Discharged for disability Dec. 6, '62, at Washington, 
 D. C. 
 
 McRoy, Robert, age 26. Enlisted Sept. 17, '61, at Smith JJlills. 
 Mustered out April 9, '62. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Marks, Milton W., age 26. Enlisted Aug. 29, '62, at Allegany^ 
 Mustered out Jan. 6, '65, at Washington, D. C. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 331 
 
 McCarthy, Joseph, age 22. Etallsted Mar. 14, '65. at New York,- 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. 
 
 Nichols, Prank C. age 23. Enlisted Sept. 20. '61. at Brocton.. 
 Mustered in as Corporal Oct. 2, '61. Discharged for disability May 22. 
 '62. at Wa.shingt.on, D. C. 
 
 NeeSham, James, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 11. '61. at Westfielil. 
 Mustered out April 9, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Ogden, James M., age 22. Enlisted Sept. 20. '61, at Brocton^ 
 Mustered in as Corporal Nov. 2, '61. Reduced to ranks. Appointed 
 Bugler. Deserted July 1st, '62. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Ogden, Lewis M., age 25. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Brocton. Mas- 
 tered in as Sergt. Oct. 2, '61. Appointed 1st Sergt. Appointed Battal- 
 ion Commissary S'ergt. Dec. 6. '61. Mustered out at Washington, 
 D. C. Sept. 20. '62. 
 
 Otis, Harrison G., age 31. Enlisted in Co. B Aug. 31, '62, at EUery.- 
 Transferred to Co. D Oct. 28, '64. Mustered out June 6, '65, at Win- 
 chester. Va. 
 
 Prosser, William, age 19. Enlisted in Co. L Nov. 2, '61, at Russell, 
 N. Y. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Transferred to Co. D Nov. 1, '64.- 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65. 
 
 Parks, Silas W., age 19. Enlisted Aug. 31, '62, at Jamestown^ 
 Mustered out June 6. '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Paine, Charles, age 25. Enlisted in Co. B Nov. 1, '62, at Buffalo. 
 Transferred to Co. D Oct. 28, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. 
 
 Purdy, John, age 35. Enlisted Mar. 1, '65, at New York. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. .Tuly 17. '65. 
 
 Quinn. John, age 35. Enlisted Oct. 8, '61, at Westfield. Discharged- 
 for disability May 28, '62, at Alexandria, Va. 
 
 Reomer, Fredrick, age 22. Enlisted in Co. B Oct. 5, '61, at Sugar- 
 grove, Pa. Re-enlisted Feb. 16, '64. Wounded and captured 
 at Todds Tavern May 7, '64. Transferred to Co. D Oct 28, '64. Sup- 
 pose to have died in Andersonville Prison Nov. 3. '64. 
 
 Rathbone, Flavins J., age 26. Enlisted Sept. 23, '61, at Smith's 
 Mills. Appointed Corporal Nov. 1, '62; Sergt. Nov. 1, '63. Re-enlisted 
 Dec. 28, '63. Killed in action May 27, '64, at Cramps Creek, Va. 
 
 Raynor, Charles B., age 26. Enlisted Oct. 3, '61, at Westfield. 
 Mustered in as Bugler Oct. 3. '61. Discharged for disability June 25,- 
 '62. at Washington. D. C. 
 
332 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Rolph, George W., age 20. Ekillsted Sept. 20, '61, at Brocton. 
 Mustered out for disability May 20, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Rolph, Henry B.. age 23. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Brocton. Dis- 
 charged for disability June 19, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Ransom. Mllo M., age 27. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Brocton. 
 Mustered In as Sergt. Oct. 2, '61. Re-enlisted Dec. 28, '63. Wounded 
 at Todd's Tavern May 7, '64. Transferred Aug. 11, '64 to Veteran 
 Reserve Corjis. 
 
 Ross'eau, Thomas, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at Malone. Mus- 
 tered out June 6, '65 at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Skinner, James T., age 18. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Westfleld. 
 Re-enllsted Jan. 2, '64. Appointed Corporal Nov. 1, '64; Sergt. May 
 10, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. 
 
 Scott, Warren, age 28. Enlisted 4ug. 19, '62, at Jamestown. Died 
 of disease Oct. 14, '63, while on furlough at Gerry, N. Y. 
 
 Skinner, Charles E., age 18. Enlisted Feb. 29, '64, at Stockton. 
 Mustered out with Oo. July 17. '65. 
 
 Seaver, John, age 25. Enlisted in Co. B Oct. 8, '62, at Buffalo. 
 Wounded in action Aug. 14, '64, near Cedarville, Va. Transferred 
 Oct. 28, '64. to Co. D. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. 
 
 Seppel, Fredrick, age 21. Enlisted In Co. B Oct. 17, '62, at Buffalo. 
 Taken prisoner at Trevillian Station, Va., June 13, '64. Transferred 
 to Co. D Oct. 28, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. 
 
 Smith, Adam, age 31. Enlisted Mar. 2, '65, at N. Y. city. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17. '65. 
 
 Sanders, Edwin, age 27. Enlisted Aug. 31, '64, at Chautauqua. 
 Mustered out June 6, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Sanders, George, age 20. Enlisted Sept. 1, '64, at East Otto. 
 Mustered out June 6. '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Shepherd, Calvin, age 30. Enlisted Aug. 3, '64, at Elllcott. Mus- 
 tered out June 6. '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Titus. Thomas H.. age 22. Enlisted Sept. 20. '61. at Brocton. 
 Mustered in as Corporal Oct. 2, '61. Deserted July 5, '62. Returned 
 •under the President's Proclamation April 29, '65. Mustered out May 
 15, '65. at Elmira. N. Y. 
 
 Thompson, Horace, age 24. Enlisted Oct. 16. '61, at Westfield 
 Captured at Haymarket, Va., Oct. 18, '62. Died In Hospital, Washington, 
 D. C, July 5. '64, from wounds received In action. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 333 
 
 Truesdale, Joel, age 24.. Enlisted Aug. 29, '62, at Allegany. Dis- 
 charged for disability Jan. 23. '64, at Alexandria, Va. 
 
 Tallman, William J., age 26. Enlisted Aug. 18, '62, at Westfield. 
 Discharg'ed for disability Mar. 24, '64, at Culpepper, Va. 
 
 Thacher, Otis, age 39. Enlisted Aug. 15, '62, at Buffalo. Mus- 
 tered out June 6. "65.. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Tinkcom, Asa P., age 23. Enlisted in Co. I Aug. 29, '64, at Carroll. 
 Transferred to Co. D Dec. 14. '64. Appointed Blacksmith. Mustered 
 out June 30. ■65, at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Whitney, Nelson H.. age 24. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61. at Brocton. 
 Re-enlisted Jan. 2, '64. Wounded In action at Mt. Crawford, Va., Sept. 
 30, '64. Appointed Corporal Jan. 1, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 
 17. '65. 
 
 Williams, Charles H.. age 23. Enlisted Sept. 20. '61, at Brocton. 
 Re-enlisted Jan. 2. '64. Wounded June 16, '64. Died in 
 Hospital, Washington, D. C, July 5, '64, from wounds. 
 
 Whitney, Samuel B., age 44. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Stockton 
 Mustered in as Corporal Oct. 2. '61. Mustered out April 9, '62, at 
 Wcshin^ton, D. C. 
 
 Williams, Charles B., age 23. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61. at Brocton. 
 Appointed Corporal Nov. 1, '62. Muster'ed out Oct. 26, '64, at Mid- 
 dletown, Va. 
 
 Williams, Silas S.. age 26. ^Enlisted Sept. 20. '61. at Pike. Dis- 
 charged for disability Mar. 27, '62, at Alexandria. Va. 
 
 Woodard. Tompkins, age 21. Enlisted Oct 24. '61. at Stockton, 
 Mustered out May 13. '62. at Washington, D, C. 
 
 Wade, Henry, age 27. Enlisted Dec. 29, '63, at Farmville, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability Mar. 31, '65, at Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Willett, Isaac, age 26. Enlisted Aug. 29. '64. at Russell. Mus- 
 tered out June 30. '65, with Co. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Wilson, James, age 27. Enlisted in Co. B Aug. 9. '62. at Buffalo. 
 •Missing in action at Brandy Station, Va.. Oct. 11. '63. Transferred 
 to Co. D Oct. 28, '64. Mustered out June 6, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Wooley. Gilbert, age 27. Enlisted Dec. 23. '63, at Westfield, 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Young, John G., age 18. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Brocton, N. Y. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 28, '63. Appointed Corporal Aug. 1, '64; Sergt. Jan. 
 1, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65. 
 
334 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 COMPANY E. 
 
 Chamberlain, Benj. F., age 35. Enrolled Oct. 1st, 1861, at East 
 Randolph, N. Y. Mustered in as Captain Company E Oct 7th, 1861. 
 Resigned July 19, 1862. 
 
 Coffin, Benj. J., age 40. Enrolled Sept. 28. 1861, at Sherman, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as First. Lieut. Co. E Oct. 5, 1861, as Captain 
 July 19. 1862. Mustered out Oct. 27.. 1864. 
 
 Truesd'ell, Zebedee, age 25. Enrolled Sept. 28, 1861, at Sherman, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Second Lieut. Co. E Oct. 5, 1861; promoted 
 First Lieut. July 19, 1862. Died Sept. 29, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Burrows, James B., age 24. Enlisted Sept. 11, 1861, at Fredonia, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Sergeant Co. K Oct. 2. 1861; as Second Lieut. 
 May 22. 1862. As First Lieut. Mar. 12, 1863. Wounded at Brandy 
 Station, Va., Aug. 1, 1863. Discharged Dec. 2, 1863, for disability. Mus- 
 tered in again as First Lieut Co. E Feb. 11, 1864. Killed Aug. 25, 1864, 
 at Shepherdstown, Va. 
 
 Whittmore, David' R., ag-e 30. Enlisted Sept. 25. 1861, at Sher- 
 man, N. Y. Mustered in as Sergeant Oct. 2, 1861. Appointed First 
 Sergt. .July 19, 1862. Mustered in as Second Lieut. June 23, 1863. 
 Wounded in action Sept. 23. 1864. Mustered out Oct. 27, 1864. with 
 company. 
 
 Applebee, Oilman, age 23. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Clymer, 
 N. Y. Mustered out with company Oct. 27, 1864. 
 
 Abbott, Samuel D., age 28. Enlisted Aug. 26, 1862, at Busti, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability May 5, 1863, at Mount Pleasant Hospital, 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 Barry, William, age 30. Enlisted Dec. 10, 1864, at New York City. 
 Absent in Hospital at muster out of company. No further record. 
 
 Bowers, Joseph, E., age 24. Enlisted June 6, 1863, at Stafford Court 
 House, Va. Deserted March 27, 1864. at Culpepper, Va. 
 
 Barber, Solomon, age 30. Enlisted Aug. 20, 1862, at Napoli, N. 
 Y. Discharged for disability Dec. 13, 1862,. at Armory Square Hospital, 
 Washinrrton. D. C. 
 
 Ballard, Frank R., age 21. Enlisted Nov. 7, 1862, at Napoli, N. Y. 
 to serve nine months. Mustered out Aug. 19, 1863, at Cedar Run, Va. 
 
 Brown, Gardner M., age 23. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Sherman, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Bugler Oct. 2, 1861. Died of disease June 19, 
 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 335 
 
 Brightman, Geo. E., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Harmony,, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Corporal Oct. 2, 1861. Muster'ed out with 
 company Oct. 27. 1864. 
 
 Bogardus, Leroy, age 19. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Harmony, 
 N. Y. Mustered out with company Oct. 27, 1864. 
 
 Bradshaw, William, age 25. Enlisted Oct. 1. 1861, at Randolph, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Sergt. Oct. 7th, 1861. Appointed First Sergt. 
 Aug. 7th. 1862. Mustered out with company Oct. 27, 1864. 
 
 Churchill, Cassimer. age 21. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, at Ellington. 
 Died Sept. 3, 1862, at Hospital Alexandria Va., of wounds received in 
 action near Fairfax, C. H.. Sept. 2. '62. 
 
 Cole, James L., age 21. Enlisted April 1, 1864, at Albany. Cap- 
 tured, no date or place given. No further record. 
 
 Cumstock, Lymon, ag'e 28. Enlisted Sept. 28. 1861, at Stocliton, 
 N. Y. Mustered out May 20, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Coates, Thomas D., age 24. Enlisted Sept. 5, 1862, at Chenango. 
 Captured at Haymarket, Va., Oct. 18, 1862. Died of disease Nov. 12, 
 1862, at Camp Parole, Annapolis, Md. 
 
 easier, John, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Clymer, N. Y. 
 Mustered out with company Oct. 27, 1864. Wounded at Kearneysville, 
 Va., Aug. 25, '64. 
 
 Clifford, James, age 28. Enlisted Sept. 28, '61, at Sherman, N. 
 Y. Mustered out Oct. 27, 1864, with company. 
 
 Cumstock, Dennis, age 26. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Sherman, 
 N. Y. Died of disease Dec. 18, 1861, at Camp Fenton, Washington, 
 D. C. 
 
 Deland, Rufus, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, at East Randolph, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as corporal Oct. 7, 1861. Appointed Sergt. June 16, 
 1862. Wounded at Brandy Station, Va., Aug 1, 1863. Mustered out 
 Oct. 27. 1864. 
 
 Dewey, Tyler T., age — . Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Sherman, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Blacksmith Oct. 30. 1861. Mustered out with com- 
 pany Oct. 27. 1864. 
 
 Dorman, Dearing L., age 22. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Sherman, 
 N. Y. Mustered out Apr. 9, 1862 at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Davenport, Cyrus G., age 22. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, at East Ran- 
 
336 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 dolph, N. y. Appointed Corporal June 16, 1862; Sergt. June 24, 1862. 
 Mustered out, Oct. 27, 1864. with company. 
 
 Dixon, Henry S.. age 22. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861. at East Randolph, 
 N. Y. Killed accidentally July 31, 1863, at Foxs Ford, Va., while on 
 Iiicket. 
 
 Dow, Lyman, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, at East Randolph, N. 
 
 Y. Died of disease Nov. 9, 1862, at Centerville, Va. 
 
 Dow, Orville, age 25. Enlisted Oct. 7, 1861, at Cold Spring, N. Y. 
 Mustered out April 9. 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Dunham, Thomas H., age 25. Enlisted Aug. 30, 1862, at Ellington, 
 N. Y. Discharged for disability Jan. 18, 1863, at Regimental Camp. 
 
 Dow, Frank, age 22. Enlisted Oct. 1. 1861, at East Randolph, 
 N. Y. Appointed Quartermaster Sergt. Nov. 5, 1861. Discharged for 
 disability Apr. 21, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Day, George, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Harmony, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal Sept. 6, 1862. Discharged for disability Apr. 28, 
 nSfi.'?. at Alexandria, Va. 
 
 Elwell, Micha'el T., age 43. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, at Napoli, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal Sept. 6. 1862. Died of disease Nov. 26, 1864, at 
 Parole CamD. AnnaDolis. Md. 
 
 lEichols, Julius, age 28. Enlisted Dec. 25, 1863, at Culpepper, Va. 
 In Hospital at muster out of company. No further record. 
 
 Bcker, Marcus D. L., age 19. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Harmony, 
 N. Y. Mustered out May 20, 1862, by order War Dept. 
 
 Emery, William, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 10, 1861, at Clymer. 
 Transferred Mar. 19, 1864, to Veteran Reserve Corps. 
 
 Ellis, Robert, age 44. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Sherman, N. Y., 
 as First Sergeant, and discharged for disability June 1, 1862, at 
 Washington. D. C. 
 
 Ellis, John, age 42. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Sherman, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Wagoner Oct. 2, 1861. Mustered out May 20, 1862, at 
 Washinston. D. C. 
 
 Fowler, Derrick, age 25. Enlisted Oct. 9, 1861, at Napoli, N. Y. 
 Died of disease Dec. 13, 1862, at Point Lookout. Md. 
 
 Fargo, Daniel T., age 21. Enlisted Oct. 2:2, 1861, at South Valley, 
 N. Y. Mustered out May 20, 1862. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 337 
 
 Fairbanks, Leland, age 40. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, at Poland, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability Oct. 18, 1862, at Alexandria, Va. Injured 
 by fall of his horse. 
 
 Fry, William, age 44. Enlisted Sept. 7, 1862, at Randolph, N. Y. 
 Discharg'dd for disability Jan. 1, 1863, at Stafford, C. H., Va. 
 
 Foskit, Hezekiah, age 23. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, at Randolph, N. Y. 
 Mustered out with company Oct. 27, 1864. 
 
 Goodrich, Isaac, 'age 21. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, at Randolph, N. Y. 
 Mustered out May 20, 1862, by order War Dept. 
 
 Goodrich, Aaron, age 43. Enlisted Nov. 1, 1861, at Randolph, N. Y. 
 Mustered out Apr. 9, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Gleason, Wilbur F., age 21. 'Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Harmony, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Corporal Oct. 5, 1861. Appointed Q. M. Sergt. 
 Aug. 29, 1862. Mustered out with company Oct. 27, 1864. 
 
 Gardner, James, age 18. Enlisted Dec. 17, 1863, at Adams. Taken 
 prisoner at Monocacy, Md., July 30, 1864. Paroled Feb. 22 1865. 
 Discharged July 17, 1865. by order War Dept. 
 
 Harrington, William, age 19. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Harmony, 
 N. Y. Mustered In as Blacksmith Oct. 2, 1861. Mustered out with 
 company Oct. 27, 1864. 
 
 Hoard, Nathan, age 28. Enlisted Oct. 9, 1861, at Napoli, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Corporal Co. B Oct. 16, 1861. Killed in action Sept. 
 2. 186i?. at Germantown, Va. 
 
 Hills, William G.. age 21. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, at Bast Randolph, 
 N. Y. Co. E Oct. 7, 1861. Mustered out Oct. 27, 1864 with company. 
 Wounded at Port Republic, Va., Sept. 26, '64. 
 
 Hall, Leonard F., age 18. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, at East Randolph, 
 N. Y. Appointed Corporal Sept. 6. 1862. Wounded a.t Trevillian 
 Station June 11. 1864. Mustered out Oct. 27, 1864, with company. 
 
 Helmes, Charles H., age 21. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, at East Ran- 
 dolph, N. Y. Wounded at Trevillian Station June 11, 1864. Mustered 
 out Oct. 27, 1864, with company. 
 
 Hall, Amos A., age 25. Enlisted Aug. 25, 1862, at Ellery, N. Y. 
 Wounded in action Oct. — , 1863. Discharged for disability Aug. 23, 
 1864. at Hospital in New York City. 
 
 Hall, Horace, age 33. Enlisted Aug. 26, 1862, at Busti, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability Dec. 5, 1862, at Armory Square Hospital, 
 Washington. D. C. 
 
338 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Holbrook, Samuel H., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Harmony, 
 N. Y. Appointed Corporal Sept. 6, 1862. Discharged for disability 
 Sept. 1. 1863. .at Point Lookout. Md. 
 
 Heath, Jackson V. B., age 32. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Sher- 
 man, N. Y. Mustered out with company Oct. 27, 1864. 
 
 Huntington, Charles, age 18, Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, at East Ran- 
 dolph, N. Y. Mustered out Oct. 27, 1864, with company. 
 
 Huntington, Monroe H., age 22. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, at East 
 Randolph, N. Y. Discharged for disability Oct. 29, 1862, at Wash- 
 ington. D. C. 
 
 Hall, Joseph, age 23. Enlisted Aug. 26, 1862, at EUicott, N. Y. 
 Taken prisoner at Brandy Station, Va., Oct. 11, 1863. Died at Anderson- 
 ville. Ga., July 3. 1864. 
 
 Hall, Marcus, age 31. Enlisted Aug. 26, 1862, at Busti, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability June 11, 1864, at Hospital, Washington. 
 
 Hildum, George F., age 29. Enlisted Aug 19, 1862, at Ellington, 
 N. Y. Discharged for disability Jan. 17, 1863, at New York City. 
 
 Kiernan, John, age 27. Enlisted Apr. 5, 1863, at New York. In 
 Hospital at Muster out of company. No further record. 
 
 Kappel, John L., age 40. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Harmony. 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Sergt. Oct. 8, 1861. Appointed Q. M. Sergt. 
 June 23, 1862. Discharged for disability Aug. 29, 1862, at Wash- 
 in^tor. D. C. 
 
 Lowe, Patrick, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, at East Randolph, 
 N. Y. Mustered out May 20. 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Little, Eugene, age 18. Enlisted Oct. 9, 1861, at Kennedy, N. Y. 
 Mustered out with company Oct. 27. 1864. 
 
 Mitchel, Benj. H., age 44. Enlisted Sept. 8, 1861, at Harmony, 
 ISI. Y. Mustered in as Quartermaster Sergt. Oct. 5, 1861. Appointed 
 Battalion Q. M. Sergt. June 21, 1862. Mustered out Sept. 29, 1862, at 
 Washington. D. C. 
 
 May, Orville S., age 22. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Clymer, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Saddler Oct. 22, 1861. Appointed Regimental Saddler 
 Sergt. Jan. 1, 1862. Died of disease June 28, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 McKay, William C, age 29. Enlisted Sept. 6, 1862, at Buffalo, 
 N. Y. Transferred to United States Navy April 22, 1864. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 339 
 
 MillRr. Norton, age 19. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861. at East Ran- 
 dolph, N. Y. Appointed Corporal Mar. 5. 1864. Mustered out Oct. 
 27. 1864. witli company. 
 
 Marsh, HoUis, age 24. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, at East Randolph, 
 N. Y. Mustered out Apr. 9, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Myers, Albert, age 23. Enlisted Oct. 22, 1861, at Cold Spring, 
 N. Y. Mustered out Apr. 9. 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Mayborne, Charles, age 30. Enlisted Nov. 10, 1862, at Sherman, 
 N. Y., to serve nine months. Mustered out Aug. 19, 1863, at Cedar 
 Run. Va. 
 
 Merrill, Marcus P., age 21. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, at East Ran- 
 dolph, N. Y. Appointed Corporal Sept. 6, 1862; Sergt. May 22, 1863. 
 Mustered out with company Oct. 27. 1864. 
 
 Metcalf, Augustus L., age 18. Enlisted Oct. 8, 1861, at East Ran- 
 dolph, N. Y. Mustered out Oct. 27, 1864, with company. 
 
 Nutting, Hubert V., age 22. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, at East Ran- 
 dfilph. N. Y. Mustered out with company Oct. 27, 1864. 
 
 Palmer, Thomas, age 29. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, st Harmony, 
 N. Y. Discharged for disability June 24, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Packard, Mathew H., age 37. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Harmony, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Bugler Oct. 2, 1861. Discharged for disability 
 June 24, 1862. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Peck, Daniel, age 19. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Harmony, N. 
 Y. Wounded in action June 8, 1864. Appointed Corporal June 24, 
 1863. Discharged for disability Aug. 31, 1864, at Alexandria, Va. 
 
 Paddock, Charles, age 43. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Harmony, 
 N. Y. Mustered out at Washington, D. C. Apr. 9. 1862. 
 
 Quigley, John, age 26. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Dunkirk, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability S^ept. 19, 1864, at New York City. 
 
 Robblns, William H., age 29. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Sherman, 
 N. Y. Mustered out with company Oct. 27, 1864. 
 
 Russell, Parson C, age 39. Enlisted Nov. 1, 1862, at Napoli, N. 
 Y., for nine months. Discharged for disability Aug. 26, 1863, at- 
 Buffalo, N. Y. 
 
 Rice, Charles H., age 32. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Sherman, 
 N. Y. Appointed Corporal Mar. 13, 1862; Sergt. Sept. 4, 1862. Mus- 
 tered out with company Oct. 27, 1864. 
 
340 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Rainor, Cornell, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Harmony, 
 N. Y. Mustered out with company as Bugler Oct. 27, 1864. 
 
 Robinson, James W., age 18. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Harmony, 
 N. Y. Mustered out with company as Bugler Oct. 27, 1864. 
 
 Staunton, Chas. W., age 29. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Sherman, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Corporal Oct. 30, 1861. Reduced to ranks 
 Mar. 13. 1862. Mustered out Oct. 27. 1864, with Co. Wounded while 
 on duty at Gen. Seigel's Headquarters Dec. 24, '62. 
 
 Snow, Ora, age 35. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, at Bast Randolph, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Corporal Oct. 7, 1861. Mustered out May 20, 1862, at 
 Washinston. D. C. 
 
 Smith, David T., age 20. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, at East Randolph, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Corporal Oct. 7, 1861. Wounded at Brandy 
 Station, Va., Aug. 1, 1863. Mustered out Oct. 27, 1864, with Co. 
 
 Seager, George, age 18. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, at Conewango, 
 N. Y. Discharged Apr. 14, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Scott, Albert J., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Sherman, N. 
 Y. Killed July 7. 1863. near Williamsport, Md. 
 
 Smith, Francis, H., age 22. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Arkwright, 
 N. Y. Transferred Aug. 1, 1863, to Veteran Reserve Corps. 
 
 , Smith, Charles, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, at Poland, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal Juiie 16, 1862; Sergt. Sept. 6, 1862. Taken pris- 
 oner at Port Republic, Va., Sept. 26, 1864. Died in Rebel prison. 
 
 Smalley, Isaac, age 18. Enlisted Aug. 29, 1862, at Napoli, N. Y. 
 Killed Aug. 1, 1863, at Brandy Station, Va. 
 
 Smith, Thomas D., age 40. Enlisted Aug. 26, 1862, at Busti, N. Y. 
 Transferred Apr. 29, 1864, to U. S. Navy. 
 
 Smalley, Leonard C, age 26. Enlisted Aug. 29, 1862, at Napoli, 
 N. Y. Transferred Apr. 22, 1864. to U. S. Navy. 
 
 TefEt, Lyman O., age 36. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Harmony, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Corporal Oct. 2, 1861. Discharged for disa- 
 bility Apr. 7, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Thomas, James, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Harmony, N. 
 Y. Mustered out with company Oct. 27, 1864. 
 
 Tillotson, Jared N., age 19. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Sherman, 
 N. Y. Mustered out Apr. 9, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 341 
 
 Taylor, Firman, age 28. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, at East Randolph, 
 N. Y.' Died June 4, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Underwood, Daniel, age 19. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, at Napoli, N. Y. 
 Mustered out Oct. 27, 1864. with company. 
 
 Underwood, William G., age 29. Enlisted Aug. 29, 1862, at Napoli, 
 N. Y. Discharged for disability Mar. 30, 1863, at Hope Landing, Va. 
 
 Vanscooter Sheldon, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 7, 1861, at East Ran- 
 dolph, N. Y. Diea of disease June 21, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Woodford, Henry J., age 28. Enlisted Aug. 27, 1862, at Busti, 
 N. Y. Discharged for disability Dec. 8, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Woodworth, Henry C. age 22. Enlisted Oct. 1. 1861, at East 
 Randolph, N. Y. Appointed Corporal June 16, 1862; Sergt. Sept 6, 
 1862. Mustered out Oct. 7. 1864. 
 
 Whitney, George, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Sherman, 
 N. Y. Mustered out Apr. 9, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Wing, William, age 23. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861, at Harmony, N. 
 Y. Died of disease June 7, 1862, at Harmony, N. Y. 
 
 Waite, Alexander, age 36. Enlisted Nov. 8, 1862, at Napoli, N. Y., 
 to serve nine months. Mustered out Aug. 19, 1863, at Cedar Run, Va. 
 
 Waite, Noah, age 21. Enlisted Aug. 29, 1862, at Napoli, N. Y. 
 Captured at Trevillian Station June 11, 1864. Mustered out June 23, 
 1865. at Annapolis. Md. 
 
 COMPANY F. 
 
 Smith, James A., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 13, '61, at Sugargrove, 
 Pa. Mustered in as Corporal Oct. 2, '61. Appointed Sergt. Feb. 2, 
 '62. Commissioned and Mustered as Second Lieut. Oct. 10, '62; as 
 First Lieut. Co. B June 23, '63; as Captain Co. G Aug. 27, '64. Mus- 
 tered out at expiration term of enlistment Oct. 31. 64. Enlisted 
 again at Winchester, Va., Feb. 22, '65. Commissioned and mustered 
 as Captain Co. F Mar. 20, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at 
 Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Herrick, Luther, ag-e 22. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Warsaw. 
 Mustered in as Corporal Co. A Oct. 5, '61. Commissioned and mus- 
 tered as Second Lieut. Aug. 4, '62. Captured Nov. 29, '62, at Berry- 
 ville, Va.; returned Feb. 5, '63. Wounded at Beverly Ford, Va., June 
 9. '63. Mustefed in as First Lieut. Co. P Aug. 7, '63. Dismissed 
 Feb. 24, '64. by order War Dept. 
 
342 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Lattln. Alvin, ase 22. Enlisted Oct. 10, '61, at Westfleld. Mus- 
 tered in as Corporal Co. F Oct. 10, '61. Appointed Sergt. Jan. 1, '63. 
 Wounded Nov. 4. '63. Re-enlisted Feb. 16. '64. Appointed First 
 Sergt. May 1. '64. Commissioned and Mustered in Second Lieut. 
 Dec. 12, '64. as First Lieut. Dec. 28, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 
 17. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Scott. James B., age 24. Enlisted in Co. C Sept. 10, '61, at 
 Jamestown. Appointed Sergt. Major Nov. 8, '61. Commissioned and 
 mustered Second Lieut. Co. F Feb. 7, '62. Resign'ed June 6, '62. 
 
 Andrews, George W., age 29. Enlisted as Bugler Sept. 16, '61, at 
 East Otto. Discharged for disability Apr. 22, '62, at Fort Monroe, Va. 
 
 Argue, William, age 21. Enlisted Aug. 7, '62, at Buffalo. Muster- 
 ed out June. 1, '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Arance, Daniel, age 20. Enlisted Aug. 1, '64, at Cold Spring. 
 Mustered out May 23, '65, from Hospital at Harpers Ferry, Va. 
 
 Armstrong, Myron M., age 21. Enlisted as Wagoner Oct. 10, "61, 
 at Westfleld. Died of disease May 13, '62, in Hospital at New 
 York City. 
 
 Al'.pn. Jamvjs T.. age 21. Enlisted Oct. 10, '61. at Westfleld. 
 Deserted from Hospital May — . '62, near Yorktown, Va. 
 
 Ayling, Jesse, age 25. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Busti. Mustered 
 in as Sergt. Oct. 2. '61. Appointed First Sergt. Jan. 1, '63. Re-en- 
 listea Dec. 20, '63. Reduced to duty Sergt. May 1, '64. Mustered out 
 with Co. July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Allen, John, age 22. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Bustl, N. Y. Re- 
 enlisted Dec. 20. '63. Wounded in action May 12, '64. at Meadow 
 Bridge. Va. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. 
 
 Allen, Lavinius. age 18. Enlisted Sept. 5, '64, at Malon'e. Acci- 
 dentally wounded Nov. 27, '64. Mustered out with Co. June 1, '65, 
 at Albany. N. Y. 
 
 Brown, Charles F., age 22. Enlisted Sept. 9, '61, at Busti. Mus- 
 tered in as Corporal Oct. 2, '61. Appointed Sergt. Jan. 1, '63. Wounded 
 in action at Brandy Station. Va., Oct. 11. '63. Re-enlist<id Dec. 20, 
 '63. Appointed First Sergt. Dec. 12, '64. Mustered out with Co. 
 July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Barge, John, age 23. Enlisted Sept. 7, '61, at Busti, N. Y. Ap- 
 pointed Corporal Feb. 1, '62. Died of disease June 7, '62, at Davids 
 Island. N. Y. Harbor. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 343 
 
 Baker, Thomas J., age 24. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Bustl. Ap- 
 pointed Corporal Jan. 1, '63. Captured near Philmont, Va., June 22, 
 '63. Returned to duty Oct. 10. '63. Wounded in action at Mortons 
 Ford, Va.. Oct. 11, '63. Mustered out Oct. 27, '64, at Middletown, Va. 
 
 Barton, George W.. age 19. Enlisted Nov. 7, '61, at Westfleld. 
 Mustered In as Saddler Nov. 7, '61. Re-enllsted Dec. 20, '63. Mus- 
 tered out with Oo. July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Brown. Samuel, age 42. Enlisted Apr. 6. '65, at New York. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Buck. Orlo W., age 21. Enlisted Oct. 10. '61, at WestBeld. 
 Wounded in action at Barnets Ford. Va.. Sept. 22. '63. Re-enlisted 
 Feb. 16, '64. Mustered out wit^ Co. July 17. '65, at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Burt, Harvey, age 18. Enlisted Feb. 22, '64, at Dunkirk. Mus- 
 tered out witli Co. July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Booth, Daniel, age 44. Enlisted Sept. 6, '64, at Chenango. Mus- 
 tered out June 19. '65. at Buffalo. 
 
 Booth, Orlando S.. age 20. Enlisted Sept. 6, '64, at Chenango. 
 Mustered out July 14. '65. at Rochester. N. Y. 
 
 Brown, Samuel W.. age 21. Enlisted Sept. 26, '61. at Bustl. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20. '63. Wounded in action at Yellow Tavern Va., 
 May 11. '64. Returned to duty Sept. 21, '64. Mustered out with 
 Co. July -11. '65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Bemus, George, age 31. Enlisted Sept. 1, '64, at Cherry Creek. 
 Wounded in the foot by his own carbine Oct. 7. '64. Mustered out 
 with Co. July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
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 Bowman, Jacob, age 25. Enlisted in Co. L Oct. 14, '62, at Buffalo. 
 
 Transferred to Co. F. Nov. 1. '64. Mustered out with Co. July 17, 
 •65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Baker, Franklin B.. age 33. Enlisted S^pt. 6, '64, at Carroll. 
 Mustered out June 30. '65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Baker, David M., age 20. Enlisted Aug. 10, '64, at Harmony. 
 Mustered out June 1. '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Buck, Martin E., age 21. Enlisted Aug. 8, '62, at Busti. Mustered 
 out .Tune 20. -65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Birt. Eugene P., age 22. Enlisted Sept. 6, '64. at Dunkirk. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
344 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Bemis, Franklin, a,ge 25. Enlisted Sept. 8, '64, at Elmira. Mus- 
 tered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Bennet, Joseph A., age 36. Enlisted Sept. 4, '64. at Poland. 
 Mustered out .Tune 1, '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Brennan, John, age 21. Enlisted Feb. 27, '65, at New York City. 
 Deserted May 27, '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Cornish, Daniel J., age 19. Enlisted Sept. 23, '61, at Farmington. 
 Re-'enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Bugler May 8, '65. Mustered out 
 with Co. July 17. '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Cling-ersmith, Albert P., age 28. Enlisted Sept. 23, '61, at Busti. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20. '63. Mustered out as Blacksmith with Co. July 
 17. '65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Cowing, Ransom, age 29. Enlisted Sept. 7, '61, at Busti. Mus- 
 tered in as Sergt Co. P Oct. 2, '61. Wounded at Brandy Sta., Va., 
 Oct. 11. '63. Commissioned Second Lieut. Feb. 9, '64, not mustered. 
 Mustered out Oct. 27, '64, at Middletown, Va. 
 
 Cooper, Harmon, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 23, '61, at Farmington, 
 Pa. Appointed Corporal Sept. 6, '62. Died of disease Feb. 6, '63, at 
 Farmington. Pa. 
 
 Oomstock, Stephen, age 21. Eblisted Sept. 23, '61, at Busti. Re- 
 enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Kill'ed in action at Cedarville, Va., Aug. 16, '64. 
 
 Clark, William J., age 21. Enlisted Aug. 7, '62, at Buffalo. Killed 
 in action June 22, '63, at Philmont, Va. 
 
 Clark, Lyman, age 23. Enlisted Aug. 20, '64, at Dunkirk. Mus- 
 tered out June 28. "65, at Elmira. N. Y. 
 
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 Crane, Thomas, age 24. Enlisted Sept. 18, '61, at Jamestown. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Wounded at Berryv-ille, Va., Aug. 21, '64. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Collfield, James, ,age 21. Enlisted Feb. 22, '65, at New York. 
 Mustered out with Co. at Clouds Mills, Va., July 17, '65. 
 
 Clingersmith, William P., age 25. Enlisted Sept. 13, '64, at 
 Schenectady. Mustered out June 30, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Cowing, Pordice B., age 22. Enlisted Sept. 1, '64, at Busti, N. Y. 
 Mustered out .Tune 30, '65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Culver, Simon, age 33. Enlisted Sept. 23, '61, at Farmington, Pa. 
 Mustered in as Blacksmith Oct. 2, '61. Mustered out Apr. 7, '62, at 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 345 
 
 Curtis, Alonzo. H., age 23. Enlisted Sept. 23, '61, at Fannlngton. 
 Discharged for disability Apr. 7, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Cox, Marvin, age 37. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Mansfield. Mus- 
 tered out June 30. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Covin, Charles M., age 22. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Klantone. 
 Mustered out June 30. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Darling, Wesley W., age 18. Enlisted In Co. B Sept. 23, '61, at 
 Sugargrove, Pa. Re-enlisted Jan. 1. '64. Transferred to Co. F Oct. 
 28, '64. Killed in action Apr. 2, '65, at Scott's Farm, Va. 
 
 Darrow, Allison C, age 22. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Busti. Re- 
 enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Wounded at Trevlllian Sta., Va., June 11, '64. 
 Appointed Corporal Nov. 4, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, 
 at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Davis, Clinton D., age 19. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Busti. Mus- 
 tered out Oct. 27, '64. at Mlddletown, Va. 
 
 Devereaux, William H., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Busti. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20. '63. Wounded at White House, Va., June 21, 
 '64. Discharg'ed for disability, June 23, '65, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Daniels, John M., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 23, '61, at Ashville. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65, at 
 Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Doran, Patrick C, age 21. Enlisted Mar. 1, '64, at Carrollton. 
 Wounded at Smithfleld, Va., Aug. 28, '64. Mustered out with Co. 
 .Tuly 17. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Devereaux, John M., age 21. Enlisted Aug. 29, '64, at Busti. Mus- 
 tered out June 1. '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Davis, Harley, age 19. Enlisted Mar. 7, '65, at New York. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Eddy, Alonzo P., age 19. Enlisted Sept. 16, '61, at Busti, N. Y. 
 
 Mustered in as Corporal Co. P Oct. 2, '61. Appointed Sergt. S'ept. 
 
 6, '62. Appointed Q. M. Sergt. May 8, '64. Mustered out Oct. 27, 
 "64. at Mlddletown. Va. 
 
 Fieldman, Henry, age 38. Enlisted Oct. 10, '61, at Westfield. 
 Mustered in as Sergt Oct. 10. '61. Killed on patrol Apr. 28, '63, near 
 Warrentown, Va. 
 
 Furguson, Eben C age 20. Enlisted Feb. 8, '64, at Harmony. 
 Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps Apr. 13, '65. 
 
316 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Fitch, John, age 37. Enlisted Apr. 6, '64, at New York. Wounded 
 in actiftn at Trevillian Sta.. Va.. June 11. '64, again at Cedar Creek, 
 Va., Oct. 19, '64. Appointed Blacksmith June 2, '65. Mustered out 
 with company. 
 
 Freeman, Benona, age 19. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Ashville, 
 N. y. Died of disease May 3, '62, at Yorktown. Va. 
 
 Fay, Montros'e M., age 20. Enlisted in Co. B Jan. 16, '64, at 
 Great Valley. Appointed Bugler (no date). Transferred to Co. F 
 Feb. 28, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Frees, John, age 25. Enlisted Apr. 10, '65, at New York. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Gunton, William, age 25. Enlisted Sept. 25, '61, at Busti, N. Y. 
 
 Died of disease Dec. 29. '62, at Hospital, Fort Schuyler, N. Y. 
 
 * 
 
 Gron, Frederick A., age 21. Enlisted Oct. 12, '61. at Westfi'eld. 
 Appointed Corporal Apr. 1. '63. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Mustered 
 out with Co. .Tuly 17, '65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Gron, Charles, age 25. Enlisted Sept. 23, '61, at Busti. Re- 
 enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. at Clouds 
 Mills. Va. 
 
 Garher, James P., age 20. Enlisted Feb. 27, '65, at New York. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Hogati. Thomas H., age 19. Enlisted Feb. 2, '64. at Olean. 
 Wounded at Trevillian Sta.. Va.. June 11. '64. Mustered out with Co. 
 .Tuly 17, '65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Hull, Sylvester, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 6, '61, at Westfield. Re- 
 enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Wounded at Todds Tavern, Va., May 7, '64, 
 and Mt. Jackson, Sept. 23, '64. Mustered out July 31, '65, at New York 
 Citv. 
 
 Holdridge, Ira F., age 23. Enlisted Dec. 9, '63, at EUicott Wound- 
 ed at Todds Tavern, Va., May 8, '64. and at Mt. .Tackson Sept. 23, '64. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Hart. Joseph, age 28. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at Mina, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Hart, Chauncey, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at Mina, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Harrington, Edward M., age 19. Enlisted Dec. 31, '63, at Carroll. 
 Discharged for disability June 15, '64, at Camp Stoneman, D. C. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 347 
 
 Hall, Newel D., age 33. Enlisted Feb. 8, '64, at Perry. Mustered 
 out May 13. '65. at Rochester. N. Y., 
 
 Houghton, Nelson, age 31. Enlisted Jan. 21, '64, at Elllcottville, 
 N. Y. Died of disease Aug. 29, '64, at Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Humphrey, George A., age 19. Enlisted Sept. 23, '61, at Ashville, 
 N. Y. Died of disease Jan. 2, 62, at Camp Fenton, D. C. 
 
 Hubbard, Egbert, age 22. Enlisted Sept. 26, '61^ at Ashville. 
 Mustered out May 20, "62. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Hazeltine, Daniel C, age 30. Enlisted Aug. 5, '62, at Harmony. 
 Appointed Blacksmith Oct. 2, '62. Mustered out June 1, '65, at Win- 
 chester. \a.. 
 
 Hodges, Alpheus. age 18. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Ashville. 
 Appointed Corporal Sept. 26, '62. Captured at Brandy Sta., Va., Aug. 
 1, '63. Mustered out Oct. 29, '64, at Middletown, Va. 
 
 Howard, Horace R.. age 23. Enlisted in Co. L Sept. 22, '62, at 
 Buffalo. Appointed Corporal July 1, '63; Sergt. June 1, '64. Wounded 
 Apr. 28, '63, on patrol near Warrenton, Va. Transferred to Co. F 
 Nov. 1; 'C4. Mustered out June 1, '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Hoover, John, age 44. Enlisted Dee. 7. '63. at EUicott. Wounded 
 at Trevillian Sta., Va., June 11, '64. Mustered out June 20, '65, at 
 Elmira. N. Y. 
 
 Johnson, John, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 16, '61, at Busti. Dis- 
 charged for disability June 9. '62. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Johnston, Edward, age 24. Enlisted Oct. 10, '61, at Westfield. 
 Mustered in as Corporal Oct. 10, '61. Appointed Sergt. Sept. 6, '62. 
 Wounded at Brandy Sta., Va., Oct. 11, '63. Discharged as Q. M. 
 Sergt. for disabilities May 16, '64. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Johnston, Newell, age 28. Enlisted as Bugler Sept. 20, '61, at 
 Busti. Discharged for disability May 28, '62, at Alexandria, Va. 
 
 Kellogg, Daniel, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 18, *61, at Busti, N. Y. 
 Appointed Battalion Q. M. Sergt. Feb. 6, '62. Died of disease May 
 27. '62 at David's Island, N. Y. Harbor. 
 
 Knapp, Jesse, age 35. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Ashville. De- 
 serted July 2, '62 from hospital at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Klock, Manning H., age 19. Enlisted Sept. 24, '61, at Ashville, N. 
 Y. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Died Mar. 21, '64, at U. S. Hospital at 
 Alexandria. Va. 
 
348 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 • 
 
 King, Milton, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 26, '61, at Busti. Sentenced 
 by General Court Martial, for desertion, to hard labor at Brigade head- 
 quarters for remainder of term. Died of disease July 23, '64, at Fin- 
 ley Hospital. Washington, D. C. 
 
 Lopus, James H., age 20. Enlisted Jan. 27, '64, at Harmony. 
 Wounded accidentally June 18, '64. Sent to hospital. Returned 
 to duty Jan. 16, '65. Again sent to hospital. Sick May 9, '65. No 
 further record. 
 
 Low, Henry A., age 23. Enlisted Jan. 8. '64, at EUIcottvUle. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17. '56. at Clouds Mills, Va. Previous 
 service of two years with 37th N. Y. 
 
 Lopus, George W.. age 19. Enlisted Sept. 24, '61, at Panama. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Wounded at Trevillian' Sta., Va., June 11, 
 '64. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Lattin, Charles, age 27. Enlisted Feb. 3, '64, at Mansfield. 
 Wounded at Smithfield, Va., Aug. 28, '64. Appointed Corporal Nov. 
 4, "64. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. Also 
 served in 37th N. Y. Infantry from May 13, '61. to June 22, '65. 
 
 Mathews, Jonathan P., age 26. Enlisted Aug. 5, '62, at Busti, N. 
 Y. Mustered out June 1. '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 McQuade, James, ag'e 28. Enlisted Mar.^20, '65, at N. Y. city. 
 Deserted May 12. '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Mescall, John, age 21. Enlisted Mar. 22, '65, at N. Y. city. De- 
 serted May 27. "65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Mix, Ashbel R., age 19. Enlisted Sept. 10, '61, at Farmington, 
 Pa. Mustered out Oct. 27, '64. at Middletown, Va. 
 
 McCanna, John, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 12, '62, at Buffalo. Cap- 
 tured Oct. 18, '62, at Haymarket, Va. Deserted July 3, '63, at Get- 
 tysburs. Pa. 
 
 Morton, Erastus D., age 20. Enlisted Sept 22, '61, at Sugar- 
 grove, Pa. Died of disease Sept. 18. '62, at Portsmouth Grove, R. I. 
 
 Morton, Darius, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Busti, N. Y. 
 Died of disease Nov. 18. '62. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Mattson. Eli C. age 20. Enlisted Aug. 14, '62, at Harmony. 
 Captured Aug. 1, '63, at Brandy Sta., Va. Died of disease Feb. 24, 
 '65, at Mt. Pleasant Hospital, Washington, D. C. 
 
 McLeary, David, age 19. Enlisted Apr. 4, '65, at N. Y. city. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 349 
 
 Murphy, William, age 25. Enlisted Mar. 1, '65, at Brooklyn, Mus- 
 tered out July 17. "65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Morse, Chas. H., age 24. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Bustl, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability Mar. 6. '63, at Hall's farm, Va. Again en- 
 listed .Tan. 30. '64. at Chautauqua, N. Y. Wounded in action at Yel- 
 low Tavern, Va., May 11, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at 
 Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Morrissy. Patrick, age 21. Enlisted Mar. 7, '65, at New York. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Meade, Charles, age 29. Enlisted Sept. 28, '61, at Ashville. Re- 
 enlisted Dec. 20. '63. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds 
 MillE. Va. 
 
 Morse, William, age 22. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Bunti. lie- 
 enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Wounded in action Aug. 11, '64, near Newtown, 
 Va. Mustered out with company July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Norton, Harlan P., age 24. Enlisted Sept. 7, '61, at Busti, N. Y. 
 tered in as Q. M. Sergt. Oct. 2, '61 Discharged for disability 
 Oct. 8. "62, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 Nichols, Perry J., age 18. Enlisted Aug. 14, '62, at Busti. Mus. 
 Mustered out June 1, "65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Nelson, Wilson H., age 27. Enlisted Nov. 6, '61, at Westfield. 
 Discharged Apr. 9, '62, at Washington. D. C. 
 
 Oliver, Henry, age 42. Enlisted Sept. 18, '61, at Ashville. Re- 
 enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds 
 Mills, Va. 
 
 Odell, Marquis L.. age 23. Enlisted Sept. 22, '61, at Sugargrove, 
 Pa. Sent to hospital from Yorktown, May 1, '62, and never reported 
 back tn compp.ny. 
 
 Phillips, Corydon J., age 21. Enlisted Aug. 5, '62, at Busti, N. Y. 
 Wounded at Deep Bottom, Va., July 28, '64. Discharged for disabil- 
 ity Feb. 6. "65. at Washington. D. C. 
 
 Post. Edgar, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 17. '61. at Ashville, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Corporal Oct. 2, '61. Appointed Sergt. Oct. 8, '62. Re- 
 enlisted Dec. 20. "6.^. Wounded June 20. '64. Killed in action Sept. 
 23. -64. at Mt. Jackson. Va. 
 
 Peck, Charles F., age 18. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Busti. Re- 
 enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Corporal Dec. 12, '64; wounded at 
 
350 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Smithfleld, Va., Aug. 28, '64; mustered out July 17, '65, with Co., at 
 Clouds Mills, 'V». 
 
 Pier, Oliver D., age 25. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Ashville. Re- 
 enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Wounded at Yellow Tavern, Va., May 11, '64. 
 Mustered out with Co. .Tuly 17. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Prendergast, John, age 19. Enlisted Feb. 22, '64, at N. Y. city. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Peterson, John, age 22. Enlisted Mar. 31, '64, at Busti. Mus- 
 ter out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Phillips, Richard, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 18, '61, at Panama. Re- 
 enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds 
 Mills, Va. 
 
 Redington, Franklin, age 19. Enlisted Sept. 18, '61, at Ashville. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20. '63. Appointed Corporal .Tune 2. '65. Mustered 
 out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds MUls, Va. 
 
 Ricker. Giles A., age 18. Enlisted in Co. B Oct 2, '61, at Sugar- 
 grove. Appointed Corporal Apr. 23, '62; Sergt. S'ept. 1, '62. Re-en- 
 listed Dec. 20. '63. Transferred to Co. F Jan. 1. '64. Mustered out 
 as Commissary Sergt. with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Root, Gregory L., age 25. Enlisted Sept. 18, '61, at Parmington, 
 Pa. Discharged Apr. 9, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Richter, Herman, age 22. Enlisted Mar. 7, '65, at N. Y. city. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Ricker, Pardon H., age 32. Enlisted Feb. 13, '64, at Dunkirk. 
 Wounded at Trevillian Sta., Va., June 11, '64. Mustered out with 
 Co. July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Smith, Frederick, age 18. Enlisted Mar. 24, '65, at N. Y. city. 
 Deserted May 20. '65. from Winchester. Va. 
 
 Stoddard, .Tacob, age 44. Enlisted Sept. 7, '61, at Busti. Dis- 
 charged for disability Dec. 8, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Samuelson, Samuel A., age 20. Enlisted Sept. 23, '61, at Sugar- 
 grove, Pa. Discharged Apr. 9. '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Scranton, William A., age 18. Enlisted Sept. 18, '61, at Parming- 
 ton, Pa. Wounded in action July 1, '63, at Gettysburg, Pa. Mus- 
 tered out Oct. 29. '64. at Middletown, Va. 
 
 Sweet, James S.. age 21. Enlisted Aug. 27, "64, at Busti. Mus- 
 tered out June 1. '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 351 
 
 Stewart. John .T., age 19. Enlisted Oct. 26, '61, at Westfield. 
 Appointed Corporal July 1, '62. Discharged for disability Nov. 14, 
 '62. at WlashinKton, D. C. 
 
 Smith, Oscar W., age 19. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Busti. Died 
 of disease Dec. 15, '61, at Regimental Hospital, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Samuelson, John P.. age 21. Enlisted Sept. 23, '61. at Sugar- 
 grove. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Corporal Jan. 1, '63. 
 Wounded at Trevillian Station, Va., June 11, '64. Transferred to 
 Veteran Reserve Corps, Apr. 27, '65. 
 
 Smith, David E., age 20. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Farmington, 
 Pa. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Wounded at Old Church, Va., May 
 30, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Sheldon, David A., age 34. Enlisted Dec. 24, '62, at Black Brook. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Saxton, Charles H., age 21. Enlisted Oct. 8, '61, at Westfield, 
 N. Y. Discharged Apr. 9, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Thompson, Thomas, age 23. Enlisted Jan. 27, '64, at N. Y. city. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Taylor, Robert. Enlisted Jan. 19, '64. Killed in action Aug. 
 21, '64. at Berryville, Va. 
 
 Thompson, Van Rensselaer, Jr., age 18. Enlisted Sept. 18, '61, at 
 Farmington. Died of disease Apr. 27, '62, in hospital at Ship Pt., Va. 
 
 Trusler, John, age 26. Enlisted Sept. 17, '61, at Farmington, Pa. 
 Appointed Corporal July 11, '62; S'ergt. May 1, '63; re-enlisted Dec. 
 20, '63: captured at Cedarville, Va., August 16, '64. Mustered 
 out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Vogler, .Tohn, age 40. Enlisted Dec. 26, '63, at Utica. Wounded 
 at Trevillian Station, Va., June 11, '64; mustered out July 15, '65, at 
 Elmira. N. Y. 
 
 Vermilyea, Charles H., age 19. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at West- 
 field. Captured in skirmish at Fairfax, Va., Sept. 2, '62. Re-enlisted 
 Dec. 20, '63. Killed in action June 21. '64, at White House Landing, 
 V:-.. 
 
 Wood, William V., age 29. Enlisted Nov. 19, '61, at Albany, N. 
 Y. Appointed Hospital Steward Nov. 25, '61. Mustered out Apr. 
 9. '62. at Wa.'ihington. D. C. 
 
352 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 . Winser. John S.. age 21. Enlisted Sept. 13, '64, at Schenectady. 
 Mustered out June 30. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Woodcock, George W., age 23. Enlisted Oct. 14, '61, at West- 
 field. Died of disease Apr. 16. '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Woodin, Thomas C, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 18, '61, at Busti. Ap- 
 pointed Corporal Oct. 8, '62; re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63; appointed Sergt. 
 Dec. 12. '64. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Way, William D., age 23. Enlisted Sept. 18, '61, at Orangeville. 
 Appointed Corporal Jan. 1, '63. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appoint- 
 ed Sergt. .Tune 2, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds 
 Mills. Va. 
 
 Wingrove, George M., age 30. Enlisted Apr. 13, '64, at N'ew 
 York. Appointed Q. M. Sergt. Mar. 4, '64. Wounded in action at 
 Cedarville, Va. Aug. 16, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at 
 Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Ward, James, age 30. Enlisted Mar. 21, '65, at N. Y. city. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Williams, Thomas, age 19. Enlisted Mar. 7, '65, at N. Y. city. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Woodin, Amos E., age 18. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Sugargrove. 
 Missing in action at Phillmont, Va.. June 22, "63; returned Oct. 28, 
 '63. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Corporal Jan. 4, '64. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Wooley, George, age 25. Enlisted Feb. 22, '64, at Brashire. 
 Wounded in action at B'erryville, Va., Aug. 21, '64. Mustered out 
 with Co. July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Wilcox, Amos P.. age 26. Enlisted Dec. 20. '63, at Ellicott. 
 Transferred Jan. 19. '65, to Veteran Reserve Corps. 
 
 COMPANY G. 
 
 Tozier, Orange L., age 34. Enrolled Oct. 11, '61, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Captain Co. G, Oct. 11, '61. Discharged July 19, '62, 
 on tender of resignation, at Alexandria, Va. 
 
 Goodrich, Milton P., age 35. Enrolled Sept. 10, '61, at Ripley, N. 
 Y. Mustered in as First Lieut. Co. I, Oct. 1, '61. Appointed Bat- 
 talion Adjt. Nov. 20, '61. Mustered as Captain Co. G, Sept. 2, '62; 
 wounded May 12, '64, at Meadow Bridge, Va. Discharged for disa- 
 bility Aug. 9. '64. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 353 
 
 Rutherford, John T., age 40. Enlisted Nov. 2, '61, at Russell, N. 
 
 Y. Mustered in as Sergt. Co. L Nov. 2, '61. Commissioned and 
 mustered Second Lieut. Feb. 23, '62; as First Lieut. Dec. 27, '62; as 
 Captain Co. B. June 27, '64. Wounded in action Sept. 19, '64, at 
 Winchester, Va. Mustered out Oct. 31, '64. Mustered in again as 
 Captain Co. G, Dec. 2, '64. Mustered out with company July 17, '65, 
 at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Griffin, Michael, ag-e 22. Enlisted in Co. L Oct. 16, '61, at Rus- 
 sell, N. Y. Appointed Corporal Feb. 20, '62; Q. M. Sergt. Oct. 11, 
 '62; First Sergt. Mar. 10, '63; commissioned and mustered First Lieut. 
 Co. G Feb. 19. '64. Wounded in action June 11, '64. at Trevillian Sta., 
 Va. Mustered out Nov. 2, '64. Term of service expired. 
 
 Carson, Marcus, age 24. Enlisted Oct. 1, '61, at North Java, N. 
 Y. Mustered in as First Lieut. Oct. 11, '61. Mustered out May 15, 
 '62, by order War Dept. 
 
 Baldwin, Edwin M., age 21. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Sheldon, N. 
 Y. Appointed Sergt. June 22, '62. Commissioned and mustered 
 Second Lieut. May 15, '62. Captured Oct. 18, '62, at Haymarket, 
 Va. Exchanged Dec. 1. '62. Discharged Dec. 2, '62, on tender of 
 resignation. 
 
 Standish, Wesley J., age 26. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Sheldon, N. 
 Y. Mustered in as Sergt. Oct. 11, '61. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. 
 Commissioned and mustered Second Lieut. Dec. 28, '64. Mustered 
 out with Co. July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Ambrose, Jacob, age 23. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Sheldon, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal Apr. — . '63. Captured at Brandy Sta., Va., Qct. 
 11, '63. Died in prison at Andersonville, Ga., June 23, '64. 
 
 Allen, James, age 23. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Warsaw, N. Y. 
 Wounded at Brandy Sta., Va., Sept. 13, '63. Died Oct. 1, '63, Armory 
 Square Hospital, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Bailey, William J., age 22. Enlisted Sept. 17, '64, at Avon, N. Y. 
 Deserted Oct. 15, '64, at Harpers Ferry, Va. 
 
 Bennet, Benjamin C, age 28. Enlisted Aug. 30, '64, at Ellicott. 
 Died of disease Mar. 25. '65. at Baltimore, Md. 
 
 Bradley, George, age 23. Enlisted Sept. 26, '61, at Dunkirk, N. 
 Y. Killed in action Nov. 29. '62. at Berryville, Va. 
 
 Butler, George, age 22. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Orangeville, N. 
 Y. Mustered out Apr. 7. "62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
354 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Brownell, Albert H., age 18. Enlisted Sept. 1, '61, at Dunkirk. 
 Discharged for disability Apr. 28, '63, at Stafford C. H., Va. 
 
 Brown, Isaac, ag'e 44. Enlisted Aug. 23, '64, at Randolph, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 6, '65, at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Baldwin, William J., age 18. Enlisted Aug. 31, '64, at Poland, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 6. '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Barriger, Samuel, age 17. Enlisted Aug. 27, 64, at Mlna, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 6. '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Bentley, Russell, age 20. Enlisted Sept. 5, '64, at Albany, N. Y. 
 Wounded in action Oct. 19, '64. Mustered out June 6. '65, at Win- 
 chester, Va. 
 
 Bentley, Hiram, age 36. Enlisted Sept. 5, '64, at Albany, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 6. '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Brown, Edwin, age 28. Enlisted Sept. 6, '64, at Avon. Muster- 
 ed out June 6. '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Balcomb, Wesley P., age 27. Enlisted as Bugler Oct. 11, '61, at 
 Sheldon, N. Y. Mustered out Apr. 7, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Baker. John, age 18. Enlisted Oct. 17. '61. at Dunkirk. Re-en- 
 listed Dec. 20, '63. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds 
 Mills. Va. 
 
 Bump, Job C, age 22. Enlisted Oct. 7, '64, at Rochester, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal May 1, '65. Mustered out June 6, '65, at Winches- 
 ter. Va. 
 
 Babcock, Orson, age 32. Enlisted July 27, '64, at Perry, N. Y. 
 Wounded in action at Five Forks, Va., Apr. 1, '65. Mustered out 
 .Tune 27. '65, at Elmira. N. Y. 
 
 Blake, John, age 18. Enlisted Feb. 20. '65. at N. Y. city. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Burbee, Horace, age 20. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61. at Weathersfield 
 Springs. Captured at Gum Springs, Va., Oct. 8, '62. Re-enlisted 
 Dec. 20, '63; wounded at Pleasatons Landing, Va., Apr. — , '63. Ap- 
 pointed Corporal May 1, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. 
 
 Baker, Daniel, age 30. Elilisted Feb. 8, '64, N. Y. city. Mus- 
 tered out with Co., July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Bragg, Ezra, age 23. Enlisted Oct. 14, '61, at Randolph, N. Y. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at 
 Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 355 
 
 Case, John H., age 27. Enlisted Aug. 31, '62, at Ellington, N. Y. 
 Transferred Feb. 20. "65. to Veteran Reserve Corps. 
 
 Callahan, Thomas, ag'e 21. Enlisted Oct. 3, '61, at Dunkirk. Dis- 
 charged Feb. 22, '64. at Culpepper, C. H., Va. 
 
 Case, Theodore A., age 21. Enlisted Aug. 31, '62, at Ellington. 
 Wounded in action at Old Church, Va.. May 30, '64. Mustered out 
 June fi. '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Crawford, William H., age 19. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Sheldon, 
 N. Y. Died of disease Jan. 8, '65, in hospital at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Clune, Martin, age 21. Enlisted May 1. '64, at Culpepper, Va. De- 
 serted Aug. 27. '64. at Harpers Ferry. Va. 
 
 Cory, William H., age 23. Enlistdd Sept. 10, '64, at Orangevllle, N. 
 Y. Mustered out June 6. '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Clark, Chauncey D., age 19. Enlisted Sept. 5, '64, at Malone, N. 
 Y. Mustered out June 6. '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Crimbal, George, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 1, '64, at Ellicott, N. Y. 
 3\rustered out May 9. '65, at Harpers Ferry, Va. 
 
 Calkins, Veranus. age 24. Enlisted Oct. 11. '61. at Bennington, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Wagoner Oct. 11, '61. Mustered out as Farrier 
 Oct. 26. '64. at Middletown, Va. 
 
 Crawford, Henry G., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Sheldon. 
 Appointed Corporal June 27, '65. Mustered out June 30, '65, at 
 Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Corey, Juduthan B., age 22. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Westfield. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Wounded at Old Church, Va., May 30, '64. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Corey, James S., age 21. Enlisted Feb. 22, '64. Appointed 
 Corporal. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. 
 
 Cochran, Robert J., age 30. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Warsaw. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Mustered out with Co. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Courtney, Thomas, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 26, '61, at Dunkirk. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Sergt. May 12, '65. Mustered 
 out with Co. July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Davis, Cyrus, age 22. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Holland. Re- 
 enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Wounded in action at Smithfleld, Va., Aug. 28, 
 '64. Discharged for disability July 17, '65, at BufEafo, N. Y. 
 
356 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Delcorn, Peter, age 21. Enlisted Feb. 8, '64, at Sheldon, N. Y. 
 Wounded in action and captured at Trevillian Sta., Va., June 11, '64. 
 Supposed to have died in prison. 
 
 Delvin, Henry, age 19. Enlisted Aug. 10, '64, at Perry, N. Y. 
 Mustered out .Tune 30. '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Debrey, John, age 24. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Sheldon, N. Y. 
 Mustered out Apr. 7, '62^ at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Denman, David, age 24. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at East Java, N. 
 Y. Mustered out Apr. 9, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Drew, James, age 30. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Sheldon, N. Y. 
 Mustered out Apr. 9, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Emmereck, George, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Sheldon, N. 
 Y. Deserted July 19, '62, from Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Einmereck, William, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 10, '64, at Sheldon, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 6, '65, at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Prasher, Joseph, age 24. Enlisted Jan. 23, '64, at Plattsburgh, 
 N. Y. Appointed Corporal May 1, '65 ; Sergt. June 2, '65. Mustered 
 out with Co. .July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Fox, Charles M., &ge 24. Enlisted Oct. 9, '64, at Sheldon, N. Y. 
 Mustered out with Co., July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Foskett, Wesley, age 26. Enlisted Dec. 28, '63, at Perry, N. Y. 
 Mustered out Aug. 7, '65, at U. S. Hospital, Cumberland, Md. 
 
 Fullington, Pascal P., age 25. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Sheldon. 
 Mustered in as Farrier Oct. 11, '61. Mustered out Oct. 26, '64, at 
 Middletown. Va. 
 
 Flanders, John S., age 20. Enlisted Oct. 1, '64, at Harmony, N. 
 Y. Mustered nut June 6. '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Foster, Franklin, age 26. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Warsaw, N. 
 Y. Discharged for disability Apr. 18, '63, at Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Frank, Franklin, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 17, '62, at East Otto, N. 
 Y. Captured Oct. 18, '62, at Haymarket, Va. Discharged for disa- 
 bility Dec. 30, '62, at Annapolis, Md. 
 
 GlUey, Dominic, age 18. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Sheldon. Re- 
 enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Wounded in action at Trevillian Sta., Va., June 
 11, '64. Mustered out with Co., as Corporal, July 17, '65, at Clouds 
 Mills, Va. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 357 
 
 Glrsh, Carlos, age 24. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Sheldon. Mus- 
 tered in as Coporal Oct. 11, '61. Re-enlisted Dec. 20. '63. Appoint- 
 ed Sergt. Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Gilley, John N., age 22. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Sheldon. Mus- 
 tered in as Corporal Oct. 11, '61. Re-enlist'ad Dec. 20, '63. Appoint- 
 ed Sergt. Wounded at Todds Tavern, Va., May 7, '64. Discharged 
 May 12. "65. by order War Dept. 
 
 Gill, Wallace W., age 26. Enlisted Oct. 1, '64, at Rochester, N. 
 Y. Mustered out May 14, '65, from hospital, Baltimore, Md. 
 
 Glochley, Joseph, ag'e 18. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Sheldon, N. 
 Y. Mustered out Oct. 22. '64, at Middletown. Va. 
 
 Godfrey, Surendus A., ag'e 21. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Lundy's 
 Lane. Mustered in as Corporal Oct. 11, '61. Killed In action July 
 1. *63. at Gettysburg. Pa. 
 
 Gilley, Micha'el, age 23. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Sheldon, N. Y. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Died at Washington, D. C, May 29, '64, of 
 wounds received in action May 7, '64, at Todd's Tavern, Va. 
 
 Holcomb, Edward A., age 21. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Sheldon, 
 N. Y. Mustered as Sergt. Oct. 11, '61. Wounded at Brandy Sta., 
 Va., Oct. 11, '63. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed First Sergt. 
 Commissioned Second Lieut. Apr. 22, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 
 17, '65, at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Holman, Franklin B., age 23. Enlisted Aug. 31, '64, at Ellicott, 
 N. Y. Died of disease Feb. 22, '65, at Lovettsville, Va. 
 
 Helbert. John, age 22. Enlisted Nov. 23, '61, at Albany, N. Y. De- 
 serted Mar. 31, '62, at Alexandria. Va. 
 
 Head, Jonathan, age 29. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Sheldon, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Corporal Oct. 11, '61. Re-enlisted Dec. 20. '63. Ap- 
 pointed Sergt. Mustered out with Co. July 11, '65, at Clouds Mills, 
 Vs. 
 
 Headley, Elwood, age 37. Enlisted Sept. 1, '64, at Ellicott, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 20, '65. at Annapolis, Md. 
 
 Helmes, Adelbert H., age 22. Enlisted Aug. 23, '64, at Randolph, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 2, '65, at Frederick, Md. 
 
 HlUman, Jacob, age 32. Enlisted Nov. 5, '61, at Smiths Mills, N. 
 Y. Discharged for disability Mar. 6,- '62, at Camp Fenton, Washing- 
 ton, D. C. 
 
 Holman, Henry C, age 21. Enlisted Aug. 31, '64, at Ellicott, N. 
 Y. Mustered out June 6, '66, at Winchester, Va. 
 
358 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Hemley, Elezer C, age 36. Enlisted Aug. 23, '64, at Randolph, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 6, '65. at Wmchester. Va. 
 
 Heaton, Hiram, age 44. Enlisted Aug. 31, '64, at Ellicott, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 6, "65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Hass. Peter, ag-e 37. Enlisted Aug. 31, '64, at Ellicott, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 6. *65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Hamilton, Wiloughby M., age 33. Enlisted Jan. 18, '64, at Wat- 
 erford. Mustered out May 31, '65, at hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Johnson, Henry, age 25. Enlisted Mar. 1, '64, at Culpepper, Va. 
 Mustered out May 20. '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 James, Cyrus W., age 22. Enlisted Sept. 6, '61, at Dunkirk, N. 
 Y. Appointed Corporal Oct. 2, '62. Captured Jan. 6, '63. Rejoined 
 company. Killed July 1. '63. at Gettysburg, Pa. 
 
 James, Washington, age 27. Enlisted Sept. 26, '61, at Dunkirk, 
 N. Y. Appointed Corporal Sept. 26, '61. Appointed Sergt. Mus- 
 tered out Oct. 26, '64. at Middletown, Va. 
 
 Johnson, John W., age 28. Enlisted as Bugler Oct. 11, '61, at 
 Sheldon. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Wounded in action Sept. 26, '64, 
 at Port Republic, Va. Appointed Q. M. Sergt. Mjistered out with 
 Co. July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Kellogg, Nathaniel, age 26. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Sheldon, N. 
 Y. Captured Oct. 18, '62, at Haymarket, Va. Exchanged Dec. 10, 
 '62. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Mustered out as Blacksmith July 17, 
 •65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Kroner, Frederick, age 40. Enlisted Mar. 7, '65, at N. Y. city. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Lebanon, Joseph, aged 29. Enlisted Sept. 5, '64, at Albany, N. Y. 
 Appointed Blacksmith. Mustefed out June 30, '65, at Clouds Mills, 
 Va. 
 
 Leach, Zebulon, age 40. Enlisted Aug. 29, '64, at Mlna, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 6. '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Lindsley, Darius P., age 22. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Attica, N. 
 Y. Appointed Corporal May 8, '62. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Ap- 
 pointed Sergt.; wounded at Todd's Tavern, Va., May 7, '64. Trans- 
 ferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, Dec. 16, '64. 
 
 Lounsbury, Ira., age 37. Enlisted Jan. 2, '64, at Hornellsville, 
 N. Y. Killed in action May 11, '64. at Yellow Tavern. Va. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 359 
 
 Lewis, Daniel L.. age 23. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Sheldon, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Q. M. Sergt., Oct. 11, '61. Mustered out Apr. 9, 
 ■62. at Washington. D. C. 
 
 Miller, William E., age 21. Enlisted Oct. 3, '61, at Dunkirk, N. 
 Y. Deserted from Camp Penton, Feb. 8, '62, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Marks, Joseph, age 18. Enlisted Aug. 25, '64, at Mina, N. Y. De- 
 serted Jan. 8. *65. from Washington, D. C. 
 
 Mathews, Joseph, age 26. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Sheldon, N. 
 Y. Died .of disease Sept. 14, '63. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Martin, Sewell, age 43. Enlisted Aug. 30, '64, at Ellicott, N. 
 Y. Died of diseas'e Dec. 14, '64, hospital. Harpers Ferry, Va. 
 
 Martin, Lewis, age 42. Enlisted Aug. 30, '64, at Ellicott, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 5. '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Mack, Jacob, age 39. Enlisted Aug. 30, '64, at Ellicott, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 5. '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Nicholson, Abel S., age 44. Enlisted Nov. 1, '61, at Caneadea, 
 N. Y. Discharged for disability Mar. 17, '63, at Hope Landing, Va. 
 
 McBride, William, age 23. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61. at Sheldon, N. 
 Y. Discharged for disability Mar. 9. '62. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Mills, Erius, age 22. Enlisted Sept. 24, '61, at Dunkirk, N. Y. 
 Mustered out Apr. 7. '62. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Marsh, Daniel E., age 22. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at Poland, N. 
 Y. Mustered out June 5. "65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Miller, Franklin, age 22. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Sheldon. Re- 
 enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Sergt. Mustered out with Co. July 
 17. -65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 McDonough, John, age 19. Enlisted Feb. 14, '64. at Dunkirk. 
 Wounded in action and captured at Trevillian Sta., Va., June 11, '64. 
 
 Miller, John, age ?4. , Enlisted Oct. 3, '61, at Dunkirk, N. Y. 
 
 Captured Oct. 2, '64, at Kernstown, Va. Exchanged and returned 
 
 to Co. Mar. 1. '65. Mustered out with Co., July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, 
 V?.. 
 
 Nelson, Peter, age 26. Enlisted Mar. 7, '65, at N. Y. city. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Nelson, Franklin, age 24. Enlisted Oct. 25, '61, at Attica, N. Y. 
 Deserted July 1. '62. from Washington, D. C. 
 
360 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Parker, Harrison, age 44. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Sheldon, N. 
 y. Appointed Battalion Q. M. Sergt. Nov. 8, '62, by Col. Beardsley's 
 order. (No further record.) 
 
 Paige. James B., age 21. Enlisted Oct. 11. '61, at Orangeville. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Wounded in action Oct. 19, '64, at Cedar 
 Creek, Va. Appointed Com. Sergt. Mustered out with Co. July 17, 
 ■65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Putney, Pliney, age 18. Enlisted Jan. 19, '64, at Orangeville. Ap- 
 pointed Corporal May 10, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at 
 Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Proper, James, age 19. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Java. Re-en- 
 listed Dec. 20, '63. Mustered out with Co., July 17, '65, at Clouds 
 Mills, Va. 
 
 Pennington, James, age 35. Enlisted Oct. 4, '64, at Genesee 
 Falls. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Phillips, John G., age 42. Enlisted Aug. 30, '64, at Sherman, N. 
 Y. Mustered out June 6, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Paige, Jessie, age 28. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Orangeville, N. 
 Y. Discharged for disability Mar. 28, '63, at Buffalo, N. Y. 
 
 Pillsbury, Aldis P., age 18. Enlisted Aug. 31, '64, at EUicott, N. 
 Y. Mustered out June 6, '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Paige, Wesley R., age 22. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Orangeville, 
 N. Y. Discharged for disability Mar. 9, '62, at Camp Penton, Wash- 
 ington, D. C. 
 
 Rinant, John, age 22. Enlisted Mar. 7, '65, at N. Y. city. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Raff, Fred C. age 28. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Sheldon. Mus- 
 tered in as First Sergt. Oct. 11, '61. Discharged for disability Oct. 
 2. "62. at Halls Farm. Va. 
 
 Reeves, Maurice, age 18. Enlisted Oct. l-l, '61, at Java, N. Y. Dis- 
 charged Apr. 9. '62. Re-enlisted Jan. 21, '64. Wounded at Deep 
 Bottom, July 28, '64. Died Sept. 2, '64, in hospital, Blackwell's 
 Island. Appointed Corporal. 
 
 Rumager, Peter, age 22. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Orangeville, 
 N. Y. Died of disease Aug. 9, '62, in hospital at Culpepper C. H., Va. 
 
 Richard, Francis J., age 19. Enlisted Aug. 23, '64, at Sherman, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 30, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 361 
 
 Rycroft, Thomas W., age 37. Enlisted Sept. 25, '64, at Rochester, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 6. '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Rich, Francis, age 28. Enlisted Aug. 23, '64, at EUicott, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 6, '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Rood, Alexander C, age 25. Enlisted Sept. 5, '64, at Avon, N. 
 Y. Mustered out June 6, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Rice, George W., age 21. Enlisted Aug. 22, '64, at Sherman, N. 
 Y. Wounded at Dinwiddle C. H., Mar. 31, '65. Mustered out June 
 30, '65, at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Surchel, George, age 21. Enlisted Nov. 9, '61, at Sheldon, N. Y. 
 Mustered out Apr. 7, "62, at Washington, B. C. 
 
 Standish, Alfred, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Westfield, N. 
 Y. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Corporal. Died of disease 
 Aug. 27, '64, at Warsaw, N. Y. 
 
 Sherwood, George, age 18. Enlisted July 26, '64, at EUery, N. 
 Y. Deserted Dec. 12, '64, from Harpers Ferry. Va. 
 
 Stephens, Perry, age 30. Enlisted Sept. 5, '64, at Avon, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 6. "65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Swear, William, age 42. Enlisted Sept. 24, '64, at Rochester, N. 
 Y. Mustered out May 23. '65, at Harpers Ferry, Va. 
 
 Stevens, Byron, age 19. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Warsaw, N. Y. 
 Mustered out Apr. 7. '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Stevens, Perry, age 36. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Avon, N. Y. Mus- 
 tered out June 6. '65. at Winchester, Va. * 
 
 Spencer, George W., age 30. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Sheldon, 
 N. Y. Mustered out Oct. 26, '64, at Middletown, Va. 
 
 Smith, Charles, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 1, '64, at Hanover, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 6. "65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Sjiencer, Stephen B., age 30. Enlisted Aug. 29, '64, at Ellicott, 
 N.-Y. Mustered out June 6, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Speer, Charles, age 26. Enlisted Feb. 26, '64, at Ashford, N. Y. 
 Wounded at Trevillian Station, Va., June 11, '64. Died at Washington, 
 D. C. June 21. '64. 
 
 Sackett, George, age 20. Enlisted Sept. 6, '64, at Canandaigua, 
 N. Y. Mustered out with detachment June 6, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 SchafCer, Adam, age 22. Enlisted Mar. 25, '65, at N. Y. city. 
 Mustered out Aug. 13, '65. at Alexandria, Va. 
 
362 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Snyder, Jacob, age 21. Enlisted Mar. 7, '65, at N. Y. city. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Stafford, Thomas, age 30. Enlisted Mar. 20, '65, at N. Y. ctiy. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Tilton, James, age 19. Enlisted Sept. 10, '64, at Orangeville, N. 
 Y. Mustered out June 6, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Tilton, Henry B., age 25. Enlisted Aug. 23, '64, at Ellicott, N. 
 Y. Mustered out June 5, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Trask, William W., age 20. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Java, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability Mar. 9, '62, at Camp Penton, Washington, 
 D. C. 
 
 Tilton, Reuben J., ag'e 18. Enlisted Oct. 5, '64, at Sheldon. Ap- 
 pointed Corporal May 4, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at 
 Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Torry, Everett W., age 34. Enlisted Sept. 26, '61, at Smith Mills. 
 Mustered in as Sergt. Oct. 2. '61. Mustered out Oct. 26, '64, at Mid- 
 dletown. V?.. 
 
 Uhl, August, age 30. Enlisted Mar. 7, '65, at N'ew York City. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Vaname, Charles, age 33. Enlisted Aug. 23, '64, at Randolph," N. 
 Y. Mustered out June 6, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Valgo, James, age 19. Enlisted Oct. 24, '61, at Westfield, N. Y. De- 
 serted Mar. 31. '62, from Alexandria, Va. 
 
 Valgo, John, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 24. '61. at Westfield, N. Y. 
 Deserted Mar. 31, '62. from Alexandria. Va. 
 
 William, Payette H., age 21. Enlisted Aug. 23, '64, at Randolph, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 6, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Weeden, Lathrop E., age 19. Enlisted Aug. 27, '64, at Randolph, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 30, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Woodin, David, age 28. Enlisted Aug. 23, '64, at Randolph, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 6 .'65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Wooster, Horace, age 44. Enlisted Sept. 23, '64, at Dayton, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 30. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 White, Bber J., age 23. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61. at Orangeville. 
 Appointed Corporal. Mustered out April 9, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 White, Thomas, age 27. Enlisted Sept. 1, '64, at New York City. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 363 
 
 Wagner, Christian, age 19. Enlisted Oct. 1. '61, at Orang-eville. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Wounded in action at Five Porks, Va.. Mar. 
 31, '65. Appointed Corporal. Discharged for disability July 25, 
 '65. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Wilcox, Albert, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Java. Re- 
 enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Captured at Todds Tavern, Va., May 7, '64. 
 Appointed Corporal. Mustered out Apr. 28, '65. 
 
 Waters, Robert, age 26. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Sheldon, N. Y. 
 Wounded in action Oct. 11. '63, at Brandy Sta., Va. Transferred 
 Apr. .'!. '64, to Veteran Reserve Corps. 
 
 Wood, Myron, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 11, "61, at Warsaw, N. Y. 
 Died May 22, '62. Place not stated. 
 
 Yarton, Edward, age 18. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Sheldon, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability Jan. 22, '63, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Yost. James W.. age 34. Enlisted Sept. 3. '64, at Portland. 
 Mustered out June 30, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 COMPANY H. 
 
 Bailey, Perrin C, age 25. Enrolled Sept. 26, '61, at Warsaw, N. 
 Y. Mustered in as First Lieut. Oct. 14, '61. Commissioned and 
 mustered as Captain Co. L Jan. 16, '64. Transferred to Co. H Feb. 12, 
 '64. Wounded in action Sept. 26, '64 at Port Republic, Va. Mus- 
 tered out Jan. 27. '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Caldwell, Walter L., age 19. Enlisted Oct. 14. '61, at Herkimer, 
 N. Y. Appointed Corporal Sept. 1, '62 ; Sergt. Nov. 1, '62. Re-enlisted 
 Dec. 20. '63. Commissioned and mustered Second Lieut. Oct. 26. '64, 
 as First Lieut. Dec. 6, '64; as Captain Apr. 29, '65. Mustered out 
 July 17, '65, with Co. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Stiles, Sampson D., age 34. Enlisted Oct. 17, '61, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Corporal Co. L Nov. . 2, '61. Appointed Sergt. June 
 7, '62. Commissioned and mustered Second Lieut. June 23, '63; as 
 First Lieut. Co. H Feb. 15, '64. Mustered out Oct. 19, '64, at Harpers 
 Ferrr. Va. 
 
 Dixon, John R., age 29. Enlisted Oct. 30, '61, at Geneva, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as private Co. M. Oct. 30, '61. WoundeJ Feb. 5. '63, 
 while in scouting service under Cant. Snyder of Gen'l Seigel's Scouts 
 near Alcocks, Va. Appointed Sergt. Aug. 8, '63. Re-enllsted Dec. 20, 
 '63. Appointed First Sergt. April 13, '64. Commissioned and mus- 
 tered Second Lieut. Co. I Dec. 28, '64; as First Lieut, of Co. H April 22, 
 
364 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 '65. Acting Adjt. at close of war and made last morning report of 
 regiment. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Knapp, William L., age 44. Enrolled Oct. 5, '61, at Warsaw, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Second Lieut Co. H. Oct. 14, '61. Mustered out Feb. 
 10, '63, on tender of resignation. 
 
 Wright, Edwin, age 24. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Brocton, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Corporal Co. D Oct. 2, '61. Appointed Sergt. June 25, 
 '62. Q. M. Sergt. (date not given.) Re-enlisted Jan. 2, '64. Appointed 
 Sergt. Ma.ior Nov. 10, '64. Commissioned and mustered in Second 
 Lieut. Co. H May 28, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at 
 Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Asher, Michael, age 18. Enlisted Feb. 5, '64, at Sheldon, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability Sept. 28, '65, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Austin, Fred, age 37. Enlisted Oct. 5, '61, at Orangeville, N. Y. 
 Mustered 'n as Saddler Oct. 14, '61. Discharged for disability April 
 9, '62. at Alexandria, Va. 
 
 Asher, Nicholas, Jr., age 18. Enlisted Sept. 9, '64, at Sheldon, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 22, '65, at Baltimore, Md. 
 
 Adams, Rosalvo C, age 22. Enlisted Sept. 5, '64, at Perry Cen- 
 ter, N. Y. Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Brandon, James, age 24. Enlisted Sept. 26, '61, at Dunkirk, N. Y. 
 Deserted Mar. 31, '62, at Alexandria, Va. 
 
 Batscher, Leo, age 23. Enlisted Feb. 23, '65, at N. Y. City. 
 Deserted May 29. '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Bergen, John, age 27. Enlisted Sept. 25, '61, at Dunkirk, N. Y. 
 Died of disease June 30, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Babcock, George, age 38. Enlisted Feb. 13, '64, at Castile, N. Y. 
 Killed in action Sept. 19, '64, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Butcher, John, ag'e 18. Enlisted Jan. 25, '64, at Chautauqua, N. 
 Y. Died of disease Aug. 15, '64. at McDugal Hospital, N. Y. Harbor. 
 
 Barlow, Edwin C,. age 35. Enlisted Oct. 30, '61, at Castile, N. Y. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Captured Nov. 29, '64, at Snickersville, Va. 
 sAppointed Corporal June 2, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at 
 Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Baker, John W., age 18. Etolisfed Oct. 7, '61. at Dunkirk. Re- 
 enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Captured Nov. 11, '64, at Middletown, Va. Re- 
 joined Co. Appointed Blacksmith. Mustered out with Co. July 17, 
 '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 365 
 
 Battig, Aloise. age 28. Enlisted Feb. 21, '65. at N. Y. city. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Bennett, Robert, age 37. Enlisted Mar. 24, '65, N. Y. City. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Bennett, Davis, age 28. Enlisted Mar. 20, '65, at N. Y. city. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Brown, Francis, age 22. Enlisted Sept. 23, '61, at Sheldon, N. Y. 
 Mustered in Co. A Oct. 5. '61, Transferred to Co. H Nov. 7. '61. Dis- 
 charged for disability May 30. '62, at Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Butler, Adam, age 19. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Sheldon, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1. '65, at Winchester. Va. 
 
 . Barnes, Warren, age 28. Enlisted Aug. 16, '64, at Perry, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 30. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Butler, Ambrose, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Sheldon, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Bradshaw, George, age 27. Enlisted Aug. 28, '62, at Buffalo, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1. '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Bernard, James, age 18. Enlisted Oct. 5, '61, at Warsaw, N. Y. 
 Mustered out May 14, '65, at McKims Mansion Hospital, Baltimore, 
 Md. 
 
 Brownell, Lorenzo, Aug. 19. Enlisted in Co. A Sept. 20, '61, at 
 Covington, N. Y. Transferred to Co. H Nov. 9, '61. Appointed First 
 Sergt. Mustered out for disability April 9, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Baars, George, age 26. Enlisted July 1, '62, at Batavia, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability Dec. 12, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Baker, Stephen, age 24. Enlisted Nov. 8, '61, at Westfield, N. Y. 
 Mustered out April 9, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Crowley. .Tames, age 38. Enlisted Oct. 17. '61. at Jamestown, N. 
 Y. Re-enlisted Dec. 20. '63. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at 
 Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Cameron, John, age 18. Enlisted July 7, '64, at Dunkirk, N. Y. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Carpenter, Hiram E., age 29. Enlisted Sept. 19, '64, at Java, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1. '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Cronkhite, Henry, age 27. Enlisted Feb. 8, '64, at Middleberry, 
 N. Y. Mustered out i..i.ay 14, '65, at McKim's Mansion Hospital, 
 Baltimore, Md. 
 
366 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Chichester, Alexander R., age 19. Enlisted Oct. 5, '61, at Warsaw, 
 N. Y. Discharged Apr. 9, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Cornell, Robert H., age 22. Enlisted Oct. 5, '61, at Warsaw, N. 
 Y. Discharged for disability Apr. 24, '62, at Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Cole, Abner, age 19. Enlisted Sept. 5, '64, at Avon, N. Y. Ap- 
 pointed Corporal May 1, '65. Mustered out with detachment June 
 3. '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Coffield. .John, age 26. Enlisted Oct. 14, '61. at Linden, N. Y. 
 Appointed Bugler .Tan. 1. '62. Wounded In action at Brandy Station, 
 Va., Aug. 1. '63. Mustered out Oct. 27, '64, at Mlddletown, Va. 
 
 Drake, Romanza B., age 21. Enlisted Jan. 27, '64, at China, N. Y. 
 Slightly wounded In Wilderness, Va., May 6, '64, again at Yellow 
 Tavern May 11. at Trevllllan Sta., Va., June 12, '64, and at Mt. 
 Jackson, Va., Sept. 23, '64. Discharged account of gunshot wounds 
 at Bower General Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Dennis, Chester C, age 18. Enlisted Oct. 5, '61, at China, N. Y. 
 Deserted Feb. 7. "63. at Stafford C. H.. Va. 
 
 Drummond. Daniel, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 5, '61. at York. Re- 
 enllsfed Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Corporal Nov. 18, '64. Captured 
 Mar. 31, '65. near Dinwiddle C. H., Va. Rejoined and mustered out 
 with Co. July 17. '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Demastus, Poster M., age 23. Enlisted Feb. 28, '65, at New York 
 City. Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Donaldson, John H.. age 19. Enlisted Oct.. 5. '61. at Middlebury. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Corporal June 2, '65. Mustered 
 out with Co. July 17. '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Doolittle, Edward J., age 18. Enlisted Oct. 5, '61, at Weathers- 
 field Springs, N. Y. Discharged for disability May 30, '62, at Phila- 
 delphia. P?.. 
 
 Dexter, Melvin M., age 21. Enlisted July 10, '62, at Batavia, N. Y. 
 Killed in action Oct. 11, '63. at Morton's Ftard. Va. 
 
 Davis, Adams J., age 32. Enlisted Oct. 17, '61, at Dunkirk, N. Y. 
 Killed In action Oct. 24, '63, at Bealton Sta., Va. 
 
 Davenport, Vincent L. Enlistment and muster In all blank. Died 
 Died of wounds received In action Aug. 25, '64, at KearneysvlUe, Va. 
 
 Eckert, Michael, age 38. Enlisted Mar. 8, '65, at New York City. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
eOMPANY ROLLS. 367 
 
 Evans, Daniel, age 23. Enlisted Dec. 9, '63, at Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 Died of wounds received in action Aug. 25, '64, at Kearneysville, Va. 
 
 Ennis, James, age 30. Enlisted Oct. 5, '61, at Hermitage, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability May 13, '62, at Camp Winfield Scott, near 
 Yorktown. Va. 
 
 Ehrig, Henry, age 22. Enlisted Sept. 26, '61, at Dunkirk, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal Nov. 1. '62. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed 
 Sergt. Nov. 15, '64. Captured Nov. 11, '64, at Middletown, Va. Re- 
 joined and mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Fargo, William H. H., age 31. Enlisted Feb. 8, '64, at "Warsaw, 
 N. Y. Appointed Corporal May 1, '64; Sergt. Mar. 1, '65; First Sergt. 
 May 1, '65. Captured Oct. 4, '64, at Edenburgh, Va. Mustered out 
 with Co. July 17, "65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Parnum, Walter H., age 21. Enlisted July 10, '62, at Batavia, N. 
 Y. Mustered out June 1. '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Penton, Henry J., ag'e 27. Enlisted Aug. 29, '64, at Carroll, N. 
 Y. Mustered out May 18. '65, at Baltimore, Md. 
 
 Gray, John, age 28. Enlisted Feb. 22, '65, at N. Y. city. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Gregg, Emory, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 13, '64, at Orangeville, N. 
 Y. Mustered out June 30, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Gath, John J., age 36. Enlisted Sept. 7, '64, at Attica, N. Y. Mus- 
 tered out June 26. '65, at Baltimore, Md. 
 
 Huntley, Edwin, age 26. Enlisted Feb. 4, 64, at Middlebury. Ap- 
 pointed Corporal May 1, '64. Wounded in action Sept. 19, '64, at Win- 
 chester, Va. Appointed Sergt. May 1. '65. Mustered out with Co. 
 July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Hecox, Samuel, age 18. Enlisted Oct. 7, 61, at Dunkirk. Re- 
 enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Bugler Dec. 21, '63; Corporal 
 May 1, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Harwell, George, age 20. Enlisted July 14, '63. Mustered out 
 with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Hill. Charles R., age 26. Enlisted Feb. 17, '65, at N. Y. city. 
 Mustered out May 7, '65, at Harts Island, N. Y. Harbor. 
 
 Harvey, Russel, age 20. Enlisted Sept. 21, '64, at Ischua, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
368 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Harvey, Joseph V., age 19. Enlisted in Co. D Sept. 5, '64, at 
 Otto, N. Y. Transferred to Co. H Dec. 16, '64. Mustered 
 out June 1. '65. at Wincliester,. Va. 
 
 Hall, Anson B., age 21. Enlisted Oct. 5, '61, at Hermitage, N. Y., 
 Mustered in as Sergt. Oct. 14, '61. Discharged for disability May 20, 
 '62. at Baltimore, Md. 
 
 Hughs, Alvin A., age 19. Enlisted Oct. 5, '61, at Hermitage, N. 
 Y. Discharged for disability May 13, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Inman, James, age 20. Enlisted Dec. 26, '63; at Ripley, N. Y. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds. Mills, Va. 
 
 Icra, Peter, age 25. Enlisted Sept. 15, '64, at Phelps, N. Y. Dis- 
 charged June 2. '65. near Winchester, Va. 
 
 Jackson, Morris, ag'e 18. Enlisted Nov. 6, '61, at Westfleld, N. Y. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Wounded in action .Tune 12, '64, at Trevillian 
 Station, Va. Discharged for disability Feb. 11, '65, at Washington, 
 D. C. 
 
 Jackson, Lester, age 18. Enlisted Jan. 25, '64, at Chautauqua, 
 N. Y. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Jemison, Samuel, age 26. Enlisted Oct. 14, '61, at Wheatland. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds 
 Mills. Va. 
 
 Jergarsen, Herman C, age 38. Enlisted Mar. 7, '65, at N. Y. city. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 7. '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Koerner, Henry, age 27. Enlisted Feb. 15, '65, at N. Y. city. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Kinney, Ezra P., age 21. Enlisted Oct. 5,'61, at Mount Morris, N. 
 Y. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Captured Nov. 16, '64, at Winchester, Va. 
 Rejoined company June 28, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, 
 at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Lejune, Joseph, age 34. Enlisted Apr. 5, '65, at N. Y. city. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Lilly, John, age 28. Enlisted Oct. 5, '61, at Weathersfleld 
 Springs, N. Y. Mustered in as Corporal Oct. 14, '61. Discharged for 
 disability Apr. 8, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Lemmon, Edwin M., age 44. Enlisted Oct. 5, '61, at Warsaw, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Wagoner Oct. 14, 'gl. Mustered out April 9, 
 •62. at Washington. D. C. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 369 
 
 Miller, Edwin H., age 18. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Westfleld, N. 
 Y. Wounded Oct. 11, '63, at Brandy Station, Va. Mustered out Oct. 27, 
 '64, at Middletown, Va. 
 
 Mclntire, Miner E., age 20. Enlisted Sept. 13, '64, at Avon, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Munger, Samuel K., age 42. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Warsa-w', N. 
 Y. Mustered out April 9, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Mitchel, Richard W., age 44. Enlisted Oct. 24, '61, at Morganville, 
 N. Y. Discharged for disability Dec. 30, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 McCluskey, Patrick, age 29. Enlisted Aug. 22, '62, at Buffalo, N. 
 Y. Deserted Feb. 25, '63, while on furlough. 
 
 Morgan, Henry J., age 21. Enlisted Dec. 9, '63, at Brooklyn, N. 
 Y. Deserted Feb. 28. '65, from Hospital. 
 
 Mynard, Silas C, age 25. Enlisted in Co. A Oct. 14, '61, at Warsaw, 
 N. Y. Transferrei to Co. H Nov. 7, '61. Mustered out May 20, '62. 
 Again enlisted Jan. 30, '64, at Warsaw, N. Y. Appointed Corporal 
 Mar. 1, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Morgan, David, age 18. Enlisted Dec. 9, '63, at Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal June 2, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at 
 Clouds Mills, V?.. 
 
 Mathews, Henry M., age 19. Enlisted Oct. 8, '61, at Wyoming, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Q. M. Sergt. Oct. 14. '61. Mustered out April 
 9, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 McGuire, Thomas, age 29. Enlisted Mar. 2, '65, at Brooklyn. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds M,..s, Va. 
 
 Morrissey, Morris, age 24. Enlisted Mar. 22, '65, at N. Y. City. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 McHugh, John, age 35. Enlisted Feb. 10. '65, at N. Y. city. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Maider, John M., ag'e 23. Enlisted Sept. 7, '64, at Attica, N. Y. 
 Mustered out July 13, '65. at Elmira, N. Y. 
 
 Newton, Martin C, age 18. Enlisted Oct. 24, '61, at Stafford, N. 
 Y. Appointed Corporal Nov. 1, '62. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed 
 Sergt. May 1, '64. Wounded at Mt. Jackson Sept. 23, '64. also at Five 
 Forks, Va., April 1, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds 
 Mills, Va. 
 
370 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Ogle, William J., age 20. "Enlisted Dec. 20, '63, at Culpepper, Va. 
 Wounded June 11, '64, at Trevillian Station, Va. Captured Nov. 11, 
 '64, at Middletown, Va. Appointed Corporal Nov. 15, '64; Com. Sergt. 
 April 2, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Putnam, Irving J., age 20. Enlisted Oct. 10, '61, at Bethany, N. 
 Y. Appointed Corporal July 16, '63. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Wound- 
 ed at Yellow Tavern, Va., May 11, '64. Appointed Sergt. Nov. 15, '64. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65, at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Prentiss. William A., age 26. Enlisted Feb. 27, '64, at Portville, 
 N. Y. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Picaut, Paul, age 18. Enlisted Mar. 22, '65, at N. Y. city. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17. '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Peck, Cyrus O., age 25. Enlisted Oct. 10, '61, at Warsaw, N. Y. 
 Appointed Q. M. Sergt. April 12, '62. Discharged for disability Apr. 
 28, '63. at Finley Hospital. Washington, D. C. 
 
 Phillip, Zenas D., age 18. Enlisted Oct. 5, '61, at Wyoming, N. Y. 
 Died of disease May 28. '62. at White House Landing. Va. 
 
 Peck, Blisha I., age 22. Enlisted In Co. A Sept. 20, '61, at War- 
 saw, N. Y. Transferred to Co. HI Nov. 7, '61. Re-enusted Jan. 18, 
 '64. Wounded at Yellow Tavern, Va., May 11, '64. Died June 5, 
 '64. at Point Lookout. Md. 
 
 Patterson, David C, age 40. Enlisted Ort. 5, '61, at Warsaw, N. 
 Y. Mustered in as Farrier Oct. 14, '61. Discharged for disability 
 April 8. '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Post, Bela, Jr., age 22. Enlisted Oct. 5, '61, at Castile, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability Oct. 4, '62. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Reese, Philip, age 18. Enlisted Dec. 9, '63, at Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 Killed June 11. '64. at Trevillian Station, Va. 
 
 Ryan, Michael, age 26. Enlisted Sept. 30, '61, at Westfleld, N. Y. 
 Died of disease Feb. 19. '62, at Washington. D. C. 
 
 Ross, John, age 18. Enlisted Oct. 5, '61, at Silver Creek, N. Y. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Corporal June 2, '65. Mustered 
 out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Reed, Wesley, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 8, '64, at Sheldon, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1. '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Rowland, Hiram, age 44. Enlisted Sept. 5. '64. at Avon, N. Y. 
 Mustered out May 23, '65, at Harpers Ferry, Va. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 371 
 
 Reddish, Allen C, age 22. Enlisted Oct. 5, '61, at Wyoming, N. Y. 
 Mustered out Apr. 9, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Russell, James P., ag-e 21. Enlisted Oct. 5, '61. at Pilte, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal Sept. 1, '63. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Captured 
 by Mosby Nov. 15, '64, and taken to Libby Prison Dec. 1, '64. Paroled 
 Feb. 20, '65. Discharged June i21, '65, at Elmira, N. Y. 
 
 Richards, Charles M.. age 28. Enlisted Feb. 8, '64, at Warsaw, 
 N. Y. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds MUls, Va. 
 
 Reinhardt, Ernest, age 32. Enlisted Mar. 7, '65, at N. Y. city. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Robinson, William H., age 18. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at La Grange, 
 
 Robinson, William H., age 18. Enlisted in Co. A Sept. 20, '61, at 
 La Grange, N. Y. Transferred to Co. H Nov. 7, '61. Captured at 
 Winchester, Va., Nov. 16, '64. Paroled at Aikens Landing, Va., Feb. 
 17, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Robinson, John, age 21. Enlisted Feb. 11, '64, at Orangevile, N. 
 Y. Absent in arrest at Washington, D. C. No discharge. 
 
 Ross, Albert, age 28. Enlisted July 15, '62, at Buffalo, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability Dec. 10, '62, at Fairfax, C. H., Va. 
 
 Shaw, Arnold B., age 38. Enlisted Aug. 31, '62, at Ellington, N. 
 Y. Discharged for disability Nov. 21, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Smith, George O., age 40. Enlisted Sept. 26, '61, at Dunkirk, 
 N. Y. Discharged Mar. 9, '62, for disability at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Simons, Warren A., age 20. Enlisted Oct. 5, '61, at Warsaw, N. Y. 
 Mustered out April 9. '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Scott, Thomas, age 29. Enlisted Oct. 24, '61. at Silver Creek, 
 N. Y. Discharged April 9, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Smith, Sylvester C, age 29. Enlisted Sept. 26, '62, at Jamestown, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 1. '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Saler, Peter, age 22. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Sheldon, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 30, '65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Smith, John, age 23. Enlisted Feb. 20, '65, at N. Y. city. De- 
 serted .Tune 16. '65. from Winchester. Va. 
 
 Smith, Charles H., age 22. Enlisted June 8, '63, at Dunkirk, N. 
 Y. Deserted Nov. 26, '63, at Culpepper, C. H., Va. 
 
372 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 stover, George, age 23. Enlisted Oct. 5, '61, at Peoria, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal Sept. 1, '62. Discharged for disability Oct. 25, 
 '62. from Dnnbarton Hospital, Georgetown. D. C. Enlisted again 
 Feb. 23, '64. Wounded in action Sept. 27, '64, at Port Republic, Va. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Smith, Edward F.. age 28. Enlisted Sept. 30. '61, at Dunkirk, 
 N. Y. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Captured at Berryville, Va., Aug. 12, 
 '64. Paroled Oct. 17, '64. Transferred May 8, '65, to the Veteran 
 Reserve Corps. 
 
 Smith, Oliver, age 23. Enlisted Sept. 5, '61, at Warsaw, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal July 18, '63. Re-enli&ted Dec. 20, '63. Captured 
 Nov. 15. '64, near Winchester, Va. Mustered out with Co. July 17, 
 •6^. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Sanders, David, age 24. Enlisted Jan. 29, '64, at N. Y. City. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Soule, David, age 30. Enlisted Oct. 8, '61, at Middleburg, N. Y. 
 Discharged April 9, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Smith, Charles A., age 28. Enlisted Oct. 5, '61, at Castile, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Corporal Oct. 14, '61. Discharged Apr. 9, '62, by order 
 War Dept.. Washington. D. C. 
 
 Schenell, Joseph, age 26. Enlisted Sept. 25, '61, at Moscow, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Farrier Oct. 5, '61. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Sentenced 
 Apr. 25. '64. by General Court Martial to be shot for desertion. Com- 
 muted to discharge with loss of all pay and allowances due, and im- 
 prisonment at hard labor during the war at Dry Tortugas, Fla. 
 
 Tryon, Jared L... age 30. Enlisted Oct. 24, '61, at York. Mus- 
 tered in as Sergt. Oct. 24, '61. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed 
 First Sergt. Wounded at Trevillian Station, Va., June 11, '64. Com- 
 missioned Second Lieut. Feb. 9, '64. Discharged for disability Mar. 
 28, '65. at Rochester, N. Y. 
 
 Tillotson, Walter C, age 19. Enlistei Feb. 24, '64, at Alexander, 
 N. Y. Appointed Blacksmith Nov. 15, '64. Mustered out with Co. 
 July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Tibbitts, Horace M., age 30. Enlisted Feb. 14, '65, at N. Y. city. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Van Arnum, Francis, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Mansfield, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 30. '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 373 
 
 Wells, RoUin G., age 44. Enlisted Oct. 16, '61, at Stafford, N. Y. 
 Appointed Battalion Veterinary Surgeon Dec. 1, '61. Discharged Feb. 
 14, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Waters, George, age 27. Knlisted Feb. 27, '64, at Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 Deserted Feb. 28. '65, while on furlough. 
 
 Westbrook, John H., age 21. Enlisted July 14, '62, at Buffalo, 
 N. Y. Sent to Hospital Aug. 20. '62. No further record. 
 
 Wagoner, Peter S., age 39. Enlisted Oct. 14, '61, at La Grange, 
 N. Y. Discharged Apr. 9, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Wilson, Lewis, ag'e 23. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at Leon, N. Y. Mus- 
 tered' out May 17. '65, at Fredrick, Md. 
 
 Welton, George C, age 19. Enlisted Nov. 4, '61, at Wyoming, N. 
 Y. Wounded June 9, '63, at Beverly Ford, Va. Discharged for dis- 
 ability Dec. 28, '63, at Convalescent Camp, Va. 
 
 Welch, Melvin, age 18. Enlisted Oct. 7, '61, at Sheridan, N. Y. 
 Deserted June 14, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Wade, George, age 19. Enlisted Oct. 24, '61, at Bethany, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal Sept. 1, '62. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed 
 Sergt. May 1, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills 
 Va. 
 
 Wolcott, John W., age 24. Enlisted Nov. 9, '61, at Peoria. Re- 
 enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Corporal Nov. 15, '64. Mustered out 
 with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 West, John, age 34. Enlisted Feb. 8, '64, at Warsaw. Mustered 
 out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Williams, Dudley A., age 24. Enlisted Jan. 10, '64, at Orangeville, 
 N. Y. Captured Nov. 11, '64, near Middletown, Va. Mustered out to 
 date July 17, "65. 
 
 Watkins, Sylvias, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 5, '61, at Wyoming, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal Sept. 1, '62; Com. Sergt. Nov. 1, '62. Re-enlisted 
 Dec. 20, '63. Captured Nov. 11, '64, at Middleton, Va.; paroled. Mus- 
 tered out May 30, '65, at Elmlra, N. Y. 
 
 Whaley, Almond J., age 25. Enlisted Oct. 5, '61, at Wyoming, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Corporal Oct. 14, '61. Discharged for disability 
 Nov. 23, '62, at Convalescent Camp near Alexandria, Va. 
 
 Wells, William, ag'e 30. Enlisted Sept. 25, '61, at Harmony, N. Y. 
 Mustered out May 21, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
374 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 COMPANY I. 
 
 Cowden, Harmon J., age 36. Enroled Sept. 10, '61, at Westfield, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Captain Co. I Oct. 1, '61. Died of disease May 
 22, '62, on Hospital Steamer Elm City near White House, Va. 
 
 Mason, Henry W., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Brocton, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Sergt. Co. D Oct. 2. '61. Commissioned and mustered 
 in as Second Lieut. .Ian. 4, '62, as First Lieut. Co. G Oct. 10. '62, as 
 Captain Co. I Feb. 19, '64. Wounded at Kearneyville, Va., Aug. 25, 
 '64. Rejoined Regiment from hospital Dec. '64. Mustered out Apr. 
 22, '65, at Harpers Ferry, Va. Slightly wounded at Brandy Station, 
 Va.. Oct. 11. "63. 
 
 Putnam, Edgar P., age 17. Enlisted in Co. D Oct. 11, '61, at Stock- 
 ton, N. Y. Appointed Corporal June 25, '62; Sergt. Nov. 1, '62. Re- 
 enlisted Jan. 2, '64. Commissioned and mustered as First Lieut, to 
 date Oct. 4, '64, as Captain Co. I Apr. 22. '65. Mustered out with Co. 
 July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills. Va. Wounded at Trevillian Sta., Va., 
 June 11, '64, and at Five Forks, Va., A pr. 1, '65. 
 
 Stockwell, George B., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 10, '61, at Mayville, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Sergt. Oct. 4, '61. Commissioned and mustered 
 Second Lieut. Co. G Jan. 7, '63, as First Lieut. Co. I July 9, '63. Died 
 of disease Oct. 2. '63. while on picket near Falmoth. Va. 
 
 Burrows, Jabez, age 29. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Fredonia, N. 
 Y. Mustered in as Sergt. Oct. 1, '61. Appointed Q. M. Sergt. Nov. 
 6, '62. Sergt. Major Dec. 15, '62. Commissioned and mustered in 
 Second Lieut. Co. D June 23, '63. As First Lieut. Co. I Feb. 18, '64. 
 Mustered out Nov. 25, '64, near Middletown. Va. 
 
 Webb, John M., age 21. Enlisted in Co. D Sept. 26, '61, at For- 
 estville, N. Y. Appointed Bugler June 20, '62; Corporal Nov. 1, '62. 
 Re-enlisted Jan. 2, '64. Appointed Sergt. Aug. 15, '64. Commissioned 
 and mustered Second Lieut. Co. I Oct. 26, '64, as First Lieut, to date 
 Nov. 30, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Dinsmore, John B., Jr., age 23. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Ripley, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Sergt. Oct. 1. '61. Commissioned and mustered 
 in as Second Lieut. Sept. 7, '62. Mustered out Oct. 25, '64, near 
 Middletown. Vq.. 
 
 Andrews, Harvey, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 21, '61, at Westfield, 
 N. Y. Mustered out April 7. '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Atkinson, John J., age 20. Enlisted Sept. 10, '61, at Ripley, N. Y. 
 Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds 
 Mills. Va. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 375 
 
 Austin, James, age 22. Enlisted Dec. 14, '63, at Stockton, N. Y. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Arnold, Nahum P., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 10, '61, at Westfield, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Sergt. Oct. 1, '61. Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64. 
 Wounded in action Sept. 19, '64, at Winchester, Va. Mustered out 
 with Oo. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Arery, Lyman, age 32. Enlisted Nov. 8, '62, at Mina, N. Y. Died 
 of disease Aug. 14, '63, at Jarvis Hospital, Alexandria, Va. 
 
 Atkinson, William, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 10, '61, at Ripley, N. 
 Y. Died of disease Mar. 20, '62. at Georgetown, D. C. 
 
 Bacon, Henry, age 29. Enlisted Feb. 28, '65, at Lisbon, N. Y. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Boynton, Albert R., age 19. Enlisted Sept. 28. '61. at Harbor 
 Creek, Pa. Died of disease June 1. '62, at Hospital, Baltimore, Md. 
 
 Burlingame, Cyrus L., age 24. Enlisted Aug. 27, '64, at Malone, 
 N. Y. Di^i of disease Mar. 1, '65, at Baltimore, Md. 
 
 Brasted, Myron O., age 30. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Ripley, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Corporal Oct. 1, '61. Appointed Sergt. Nov. 1, '62. 
 Mustered out Oct. 25. '64. near Middletown. Va. 
 
 Boynton, Philander H., age 22. Enlisted Sept. 28, '61, at Harbor 
 Creek, Pa. Mustered in as Bugler Oct. 4, '61. Discharged for dis- 
 ability M?.y 20. "62. 
 
 Baker, Albert, age 24. Enlisted Sept. 10, '61, at Ripley, N. Y. 
 Mustered out Apr. 7, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Burst, Herman, age 23. Enlisted Oct. 7, '61, at Westfield, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability May 12, '62, at Camp Winfleld Scott, Va. 
 
 Bentley, Reuben, age 18. Enlisted Oct. 5, '61, at Westfield, N. 
 Y. Discharged for disability June 6. '62, at Alexandria, Va. 
 
 Benson, Murray, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 28. '61, at Westfield, N. 
 Y. Appointed Corporal Nov. 1, '62. Mustered out Oct. 25, '64, near 
 Middletown. Va. 
 
 Bradshaw, Henry S., age 29. Enlisted Aug. 28, '61, at Westfield, 
 N. Y. Mustered out Oct. 25. '64, at Middletown, Va. 
 
 Christie, Lucius, age 22. Enlisted Sept. 10, '61, at Ripley, N. Y. 
 Mustered out Oct. 25. '64. near Middletown, Va. 
 
 Cave, William H., age 22. Enlisted Nov. 8, '62, at Mlna, N. Y. 
 Mustered out Aug. 7, '63. at Cedar Run. Va. 
 
376 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Crofoot, Hiram B., age 21. Elnlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Kiantone, N. 
 Y. Mustered out May 23, '65, at Island Hospital, Harpers Perry, Va. 
 
 Carlisle, Richard, age 25. Enlisted Aug. 29, '64, at Malone, N. Y., 
 to serve one year. Mustered out June 1,'65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Comstock, Stephen, age 21. Enlisted Aug. 29, '64, at Russell, 
 N. Y. For one year. Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Callahan, Patrick, age 24. Enlisted Aug. 25, '64, at Mina, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Cooley, James, age 17. Enliste^d Aug. 29, '64, at Mina, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1, "65. at Winchester. 
 
 Cooley, Horace J., age 26. Enlisted Aug. 30, '64, at Mina, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Cross, William H., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Mina, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1. '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Crawford, Franklin B., age 19. Enlisted Sept. 6, '64, at Perrysburg, 
 N. Y. Mustered out July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Carr, Daniel, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Vfllenova, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Colburn, Justin I., age 22. Enlisted Aug. 30, '64, at Mina, N. Y. 
 Mustered out Jun'e 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Clute, Ahram, age 19. Enlisted Aug. 29, '64, at Sherman, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1. '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Cross, Silas B., age 26. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Otto, N. Y. Mus- 
 tered out May 17. "65. at York, Pa. 
 
 Canes, Franklin, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Ripley, N. Y. 
 Mustered out Oct. 25, '64, at Middletown, Va. 
 
 Cloud, Charles B., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 10, '61, at Findleys 
 Lake, N. Y. Discharged for disability Apr. 7, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Collins, James, age 25. Enlisted Oct. 17, '61, at Jamestown, N. 
 Y. Discharged for disability Apr. 7, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Cave, Charles F., age 18. Enlisted Nov. 10, '62, at Mina, N. Y., 
 to serve nine months. Died July 23, '63, of wounds received July 1, 
 '63. at Gettysburg. Pa. 
 
 Cheney,. Munson, age 38. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at Chautauqua, N. 
 Y. Died of disease Mar. 26, '65, at McKims Mansion Hospital, Balti- 
 more. Md. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 377 
 
 Crossgrove, John, Jr., ag-e 24. Enlisted Sept. 10, '61, at Westfleld, 
 N. Y. Promoted to Sergt. Nov. 1. '62. Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64. Ap- 
 iwinted First Sergt. Wounded June 11, '63, at Trevillian Station, 
 Va. Died a few days later in Hospital, Gordonsvi^.e, Va., in enemy's 
 hands. 
 
 Cook. Ezra M.. age 20. Enlisted Oct. 1, '61. at Westfleld, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal Nov. 1, '62. Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64. Wounded 
 and captured May 7, '64, at Todd's Tavern, Va. Died May 8, '64, at 
 Spottsylvania, Va., while in hands of enemy. 
 
 Davis, George W., age 23. Enlisted Nov. 15, '61, at Westfleld, 
 N. Y. Captured near Winchester, Va., Oct. 23, '64. Paroled Feb. 22, 
 '65. Mustered out May 10. '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Davis, Charles H., age 22. Enlisted Sept. 10, '61, at Mayville, N. 
 Y. Wounded in action Oct. 11, '63, at Brandy Station, Va. Re- 
 enlisted Fet). 16, '64. Discharged for disability Apr. 15, '65, at Win- 
 che.'ster. Vs.. 
 
 Dayton, Neil, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at WestfleM, N. Y. 
 Killed June 11. '64, at Trevillian Station, Va. 
 
 Davis, John, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 29, '61, at Westfleld, N. Y. 
 Appointed Bu.gler .Tune 10, '62. Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64. Appointed 
 Blacksmith. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Douglass, Joseph, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 25, '61, at Westfleld, N. 
 Y. Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at 
 Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Davis, Charles, age 22. Enlisted Sept. 10, '64, at Ellington, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1. '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Davis, Leroy W., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 1, '64, at Cherry Creek, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Dotzel, Nicholas, age 36. Enlisted Nov. 8, '62, at Mayville, N. Y., 
 to serve nine months. Mustered out Sept. 29, '63. at Philadelphia, 
 Pa. 
 
 Dick, Carlisle, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 28, '61, at Westfleld, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability Dec. 8, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Davis. William H.. age 42. Enlisted Oct. 17, '61, at Westfleld, 
 N. Y. . Discharged for disability May 16, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Dodge, Warren, age 37. Enlisted Nov. 1, '62, at Mina, N. Y., 
 for nine months. Mustered out Aug. 5, '63, at Cedar Run, Va. 
 
378 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Again, enlisted Aug. 30, '64. Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, 
 Ya. 
 
 Everheart, Jacob, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 9, '64, at Yorkshire, N. 
 Y. Killed in action Dec. 23, '64, at Gordonsville, Va. 
 
 Everheart, Stephen, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 13, '64, at Jamestown, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 18, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Bdminston, Arthur, age 27. Enlisted Oct. 13, '62, at Pomfret, N. 
 Y., to serve nine months. Mustered out Aug. 12, '63, at Catlets Sta- 
 tion, Va. 
 
 Edwards, William, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 18, '61, at Ripley, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability Apr. 16, '63, at Convalescent Camp, Va. 
 
 Eggleston, William, age 28. Enlisted Sept. 7, '64, at Cold Spring, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 30, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Frew, Richard M., age 32. Enlisted Aug. 29, '64, at Cherry Creek, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 1. '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Farley, Fred L., age 18. Enlisted Sept. 6, '64, at Perrysburg, N. 
 Y. Mustered out June 1. '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Pox, James P., age 20. Enlisted Sept. 6, '64, at Carroll, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 30, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Preer, Samuel H., age 18. Enlisted Sept. 1, '64, at Malone, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1. '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Foote, William D., age 26. Enlisted in Co. B Oct. 30, '62, at North 
 Collins. N. Y. Captured at Emmetsburg, Md., .Tuly 18, '63. Trans- 
 ferred to Co. D Oct. 28. '64. Appointed Sergt. May 1. '65. Trans- 
 ferred to Co. I May 18, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65 at 
 Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Fox, Fredrick, age 27. Enlisted Sept. 20, '6J, at Westfleld, N. Y. 
 Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65, at Clouds 
 Mills, Va. 
 
 Fry, Albert, age 22. Enlisted Mar. 3, '65, at N. Y. city. Died of 
 disease Mar. 26, '65. in Hospital at City Point, Va. 
 
 Fox, Franklin, age 28. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Mina, N. Y. Ap- 
 pointed Corporal Nov. 1, '62. Wounded in action Sept. 23, '61, at Mt. 
 Jackson, Va. Mustered out Oct. 25, '64, at Middletown, Va. 
 
 Grover, Newel, age 36. Enlisted Nov. 8, '62, at Mina, N. Y., to 
 serve nine months. Died of disease Mar. 9, '63, at Washington, D. C. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 379 
 
 Gardner, William L., age 21. Enlisted -Dee. 5, '63, at Ripley, N. 
 Y. Wounded and captured May 7. '64, at Todd's Tavern, Va. Died 
 Sept. 18. '64. in Hospital, Andersonville, Ga. 
 
 Graham, David I., age 29. Enlisted Sept. 10, '61, at Ripley, N .Y. 
 Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64. Appointed Corporal Nov. 2, '64; Sert Dec. 1, 
 '64. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Gleason, William S., age 24. Enlisted Sept. 10, '61, at Mayville, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Q. M. Sergt. Oct. 5, '61. Discharged for dis- 
 ability June 25. '62, at Alexandria. Va. 
 
 Goodrich, James P., age 20. Enlisted Sept. 10, '61, at Ripley, N. 
 Y. Mustered in as Corporal Oct. 4, '61. Discharged for disability July 
 7. '62. at Alexandria, Va. 
 
 Gates, Royal A., age 25. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at Villenova, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Grimes, Isaac H., age 18. Enlisted Sept. 17, '64, at Mina, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 30. '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Gavitt, William, age 23. Enlisted Sept. 10, '61, at Greenfield, Pa. 
 Mustered out April 9. '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Grover, Oran A., age 35. Enlisted Nov. 8, '62, at Mina, N. Y., to 
 serve nine months. Mustered out Aug. 7, '63, at Cedar Creek, Va., 
 again enlisted Aug. 28, '64. Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, 
 Va. 
 
 Grimes, Andrew, age 39. Enlisted Aug 30, '64, at Mina, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1. '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Hopkins, Fred M., age 24. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Westfield, 
 N. Y. Died of disease Jan. 29, '63. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Hesslink, William W., age 18. Enlisted Nov. 17, '61, at Westfield, 
 N. Y. Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64. Died June 20, '64, at Washington from 
 wounds received May 30. '64, at Old Church, Va. 
 
 Histed, Thadeus S., age 28. Enlisted Sept. 18, '61, at North East, 
 Pa. Appointed Corporal Nov. 1, '62. Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64. Wound- 
 ed in action at Todds Tavern. Va., May 7, '64. Mustered out with 
 Co. July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Hull, Edwin A., age 18. Enlisted Sept. 10, '61, at Ripley, N. Y. 
 Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64. Appointed Corporal May 1, '65. Mustered 
 out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Hamilton, James, age 22. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Harbor Creek, 
 Pa. Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64. Appointed Corporal May 1, '65. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
380 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Haskell, Rufus, age 25. Enlisted Oct. 10, '61, at Mina, N. Y. 
 Re-enlisted .Tan. 1. '64. Appointed Blacksmith. Mustered out with 
 Co. July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Hamilton, Thomas, age 22. Enlisted Mar. 3, '65, at N. Y. city. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Hewitt, Francis, age 18. Enlisted Mar. 1, '65, at Peekskill, N. Y. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Harmon, Martin, age 23. Enlisted Sept. 10, '61, at Westfield, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Corporal Oct. 4, '61*. Appointed Sergt. Nov. 1, 
 '62. Wounded in action (saber cut), at Brandy Station, Oct. 11, '63. 
 Again wounded' in action Aug. 25, '64, at Leetown, Va., Mustered out 
 Oct. 25, '64. 
 
 Hall, Robert M., age 27. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at_ Westfield, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Corporal Oct. 1, '61. Appointed Sergt. July 1, '62 ; Q. 
 M. Sergt. (date not stated). Captured at Brandy Station, Va., Oct. 
 11, '63. Paroled Nov. 20, '64. Mustered out Feb. 6, '65, at Elmira, 
 N. Y. 
 
 Hopkins, Samuel J., age 19. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Westfield, 
 N. Y. Discharged for disability May 28, '62, at Gen'l Hospital, Alex- 
 drla, Va. 
 
 Histed, Henry E., age 23. Enlisted Sept. 18, '61, at North East, 
 •Pa. Discharged for disability Dec. 3, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Houghton, Hiram, age 18. Enlisted Aug. 22, '64, at Sherman, N. 
 Y. Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Hotchkiss, George W., age 22. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Perrysburg, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 30, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Hicks, John, age 25. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Yorkshire, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1. '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Hitchcock, Samuel J., age 22. Enlisted Aug. 25, '64, at Mina, N. 
 Y. Mustered out June 30, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Hall, Philander, age 25. Enlisted Sept. 7, '64, at Tonawanda, l>f. 
 Y. Mustered out .Tune 30. '65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Hopkins, Daniel, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Tonawanda, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 1. '65. at Winchester Va. 
 
 Lawrence, Edward, age 31. Enlisted Dec. 15, '63, at Stockton, N. 
 Y. Killed Aug. 25, '64, at Kearneyville, Va. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 381 
 
 Lewis, John H., age 18. Enlisted Feb. 4, '64, at Sheridan, N. Y. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Lee, Andrew E., age 22. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Ripley, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Corporal Oct. 1, '61. Discharged for disability Oct. 
 25. '62. at Washington. D. C. 
 
 Lldsworth, James D., age 24. Enlisted Oct. 19, '61, at Ripley, N. 
 Y. Discharged for disability May 21, '63, at Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Larkins, Franklin, age 30. Enlisted in Co. G Aug. 30, '64, at 
 Sherman, N. Y. Transferred to Co. I Dec. 12, '64. Mustered out 
 June 1. '65. at Winchester. 
 
 Kerr, David E., age 22. Enlisted Aug. 15, '62, at Jamestown, N. 
 Y. Discharged for disability Dec. 23, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Kimball, George, age 19. Enlisted Oct. 21, '61, at Ripley, N. Y. 
 Deserted July 5. '63, at Fredrick, Md. 
 
 Mapes, Henry, age 19. Enlisted Nov. 6. '62, at Mina, N. Y., to 
 serve nine months. Mustered out Aug. 5, '63, at Cedar Run, Va. 
 
 Mendell, Asa, age 35. Enlisted Sept. 5, '64, at Kiantone, N. Y. 
 Clustered out June 7, '65, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Moore, David, age 19. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Mina, N. Y. Cap- 
 tured May 2. '63, at Chancellorsville, Va. Deserted from Camp Parole, 
 Annapolis, Md. 
 
 Morrison, Miles B., age 22. Enlisted Aug. 17, '64, at Cold Spring, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Moore, Henry H.. age 23. Enlisted Sept. 6, '64, at Carrojl, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Morse, Henry H., age 19. Enlisted Sept. 28, '61, at Westfield, N. 
 Y. Appointed Corporal Nov. 1, '62. Wounded in action Aug. 1, '63, at 
 Brandy Station, Va. Mustered out Oct. 25, '64, at Middletown, Va. 
 
 May, Johnson M., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 7, '64, at Cold Spring, 
 N .Y. Mustered out June 30, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Merrick, William H., age 24. Enlisted Sept. 20, '64, at Carroll, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 1. '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Melcher, Joseph, age 22. Enlisted Feb. 25, '65, at Albany, N. Y. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Masey, John, age 25. Enlisted Mar. 15, '65, at N. Y. city. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
382 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 McNaught, Malcom, age 26. Enlisted Feb. 28, '65, at N. Y. city. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Mallick, Jackson A., age 23. Enlisted Nov. 7, '61, at North East, 
 N. Y. Re-enlisted Jan. 31, '64. Appointed Corporal June 17, '64; 
 Sergt. May 1, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds 
 Mills. Va. 
 
 Mallick, Samuel L., age 23. Enlistea Nov. 7, '61, at North East, 
 N. Y. Discharged for disability Dec. 4, '62, at Armory Square Hospi- 
 tal, Washington, D. C. Again enlisted Dec. 31, '63. Appointed Cor- 
 poral July 28, '64; Sergt. May 1, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, 
 '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Nye, George, age 26. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Westfleld, N. Y. 
 Died of disease June 3. '62, in Hospital at Alexandria, Va. 
 
 Newcomb, Martin, age 20. Enlisted Sept. 28, '61, at Westiield, 
 N. Y. Discharged for disability April 7, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Osborne, William, age 38. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Ripley, N. Y. 
 Deserted June 1, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Pinney, Roswell W.. ag'e 20. Enlisted Feb. 20, '65, at Potsdam. 
 Mustered out June 24, '65, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Perkins, Addison, age 22. Enlisted Oct. 10, '61, at Mayville, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Private Co. I Oct. 10, '61. Re-enlisted Jan, 1, '64. 
 Wounded at Todd's Tavern, Va., May 7, '64. Died May 8, '64. 
 
 Pask, Henry, age 27. Enlisted Oct. 21, '61, at Ripley, N. Y. Mus- 
 tered out Nov. 25, '64, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 Persons, William W., age 20. Enlisted Aug. 21, '62, at Westfield, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 1, '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Palmer, John, age 24. Enlisted Aug. 1, '62, at Buffalo, N. Y. 
 Captured Jan. 28. '63. Wounded May 11, '64, at Yellow Tavern, Va. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Perkins, Alfred M., age 17. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Chautauqua, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 1. '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Rogers, Harvey W., age 24. Enlisted Nov. 19, '61, at Westfield, 
 N. Y. Deserted July 15, '62, from Alexandria, Va. 
 
 Ross, Lyman W., age 39. Enlisted Aug. 29, '64, at Mina, N. Y. 
 Died of disease Feb. 8. '65. at Lovettsvllle, Va. 
 
 Russell, George W., age 26. Enlisted Oct. 8, '61, at Westfield, N. Y. 
 Deserted June 1, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 383 
 
 Rogers, Gilbert, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at North East, Pa. 
 Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64. Appointed Corporal May 1, '65. Mustered out 
 •with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Rodgers, John R., age 26. Enlisted Jan. 7, '64, at Gerry, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal Dec. 1, '64. Mustered out .with Co. July 17, '65, at 
 Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Ross, Zenus, age 37. Enlisted Sept. 6, '64, at Cold Springs, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 26, '65. at Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Riddell, Franklin T., age 19. Enlisted Sept. 2, '62, at Jamestown, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Reeves, George W., age 37. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Villenova, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1. '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Robertson, John P., age 20. Enlisted Nov. 6, '62, at Mina, N. Y., 
 to serve nine months. Mustered out Aug. 5, '63, at Cedar Run, Va. 
 
 Reeves, Daniel, age 30. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Villenova, N. Y. 
 Mustered out Jvine 1, '65, at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Reeves, William I., age 44. Enlisted in Co. G Aug. 31, '64, at 
 Ellicott, N. Y. Transferred to Co. I Dec. 12. '64. Mustered out June 
 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Shaddock, William, age 18. Enlisted Jan. 4, '64, at Harmony, 
 N. Y. Appointed Corporal Dec. 1, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 
 17, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Sperry. BjTon A., age 18. Enlisted Feb. 2, '64, at Chautauqua, 
 N. Y. Appointed Corporal Nov. 2, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 
 17, '65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Sherlock, Francis, age 24. Enlisted Mar. 10, '65, at N. Y. city. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Simpson, George W., age 45. Enlisted Nov. 26, '61, at Brooklyn, 
 N. Y. Mustered out April 7, '62. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Simmons, Hiram, age 34. Enlisted Sept. 21, '61, at Mayville, N. 
 Y. Mustered in as Corporal Oct. 10, '61. Discharged for disability 
 May 28. '62. at Alexandria. Va. 
 
 Stiles, George I., age 36. Enlisted Sept 10, '61, at Ripley, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Blacksmith Oct. 1, '61. Discharged for disability 
 Mar. 17. "63, at Hope Landing, Va. 
 
 Schmidt, Gustavus, age 30. Enlisted Sept. 7, '64, at Ellington. 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 30, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
384 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Sparling, William W.. age 18. Enlisted Nov. 8, '62, at Mayville, 
 N. Y.. to serve nine months. Mustered out Aug. 7, '63, at Catlets 
 Station, Va. 
 
 Smart, Clark, age 31. Enlisted Nov. 9, '62, at Chautauqua, N. Y., 
 to serve nine months. ^Mustered out Aug. 7, '63, at Cedar Run, Va. 
 
 Stafford,, Joseph D., age 26. Enlisted Sept. 6, '64, at Ellicott, N. 
 Y. Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Swift, Orville. age 18. Enlisted Sept. 4, '64, at Poland, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 30. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Shaddock, Robert B., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 30, '61, at North 
 East, Pa. Wounded in action Sept. 23. '64. at Mt. Jackson, Va. Dis- 
 charged tor disability Jan. 25, '65, at Satterle Hospital, Philadelphia, 
 Pr. 
 
 Sorber, Hiram, age 26. Enlisted Oct. 17, '61, at Mayville, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability April 9. '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Shepard, Martin, age 22. Enlisted Oct. 21, '61, at Mayville, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability April 24, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Simmons, Jared, age 26. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Mayville, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability April 9, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Shaw, John, age 25. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Ripley, N. Y. Mus^ 
 tered out Oct. 25, '64, near Middletown, Va. 
 
 Tabor, Lorenzo H., age 22. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at North East, 
 Pa. Mustered in as Corporal Oct. 1, '61. Appointed First Sergt. Nov. 
 2, '62. Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, 
 p.t Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Tucker, Hammond W., age 35. Enlisted Feb. 20, '65, at Pottsdam, 
 N. Y. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Taylor, Nelson, age 22. Enlisted Sept. 10, '61, at Ripley, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal Nov. — , '62. Woundei in action at Todd's Tavern, 
 Va., May 8, '64. Mustered out Oct. 25. '64, near Middletown, Va. 
 
 Terhaar, Derrick, age 19. Enlisted Nov. 8, '62, at Mina, N. Y., 
 to serve nine months. Mustered out Aug. 7, '63, at Cedar Run, Va. 
 
 Thurston. Allston, age 22. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Villenova, N. 
 Y. Mustered out June 1. '65, at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Wyman, William, age 26. Enlisted Nov. 8, '62, at Mayville, N. Y., 
 to serve nine months. Mustered out Aug. 7,'63, at Cedar Run, Va. 
 
 Woods, Arthur, age 21. Enlisted Aug. 7, '62, at Buffalo, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability April 2, '63, at Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 385 
 
 Wallace, Abram, age 18. Enlisted Aug. 22, '64, at Sherman, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65, at "Winchester, Va. 
 
 Wallace, Robert R.. age 40. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Sherman, 
 N. Y. Mustered nut Tune 1. '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Whelpley, Hiram, age 22. Enlisted Sept. 10, '64, at Carroll, N. Y. 
 Mustered out ,Tune 1. '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Wilson, John, age 20. Enlisted Aug. 25, '64, at Mina, N. Y. Mus- 
 tered out June 1, '65, at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Wood, Mahlon, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 8, '61, at Ellery, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability Sept. 8, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Wallace, James, age 31. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at French Creek, 
 N. Y. Mustered out Oct. 25, '64, near Middletown, Va. 
 
 Wells, Albert, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 21, '61, at Mayvile, N. Y. 
 Died of disease Dec. 24, 61, at Camp Penton, D. C. 
 
 Wimbs, Luke, age 20. Enlisted Mar. 8. '65, at New York city. 
 Died of disease May 26, "65, in Hospital Maryland. 
 
 Wad^worth, Robert B., age 24. Enlisted Sept. 12, '61, at Westfield, 
 N. Y. Captured while carrying dispatches at Chancellorsville, Va., 
 May 2, '63. Returned to duty from parole camp Sept. 2, '63. Re- 
 enlisted Jan. 1, '64. Appointed Corporal Oct. 1, '64; Sergt. Nov. 2, '64, 
 and Q. M. Sergt. May 1, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at 
 Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 White, William D., age 19. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Ripley, N. 
 Y. Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64. Appointed Com. Sergt. Nov. 2, '64. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Watts, William W„ age 22. Enlisted Sept. 10, '61, at North East, 
 Pa. Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64. Appointed Corporal May 1, '65. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Walters, Theodore, age 22. Enlisted Sept. 14, '61, at Ripley, N. 
 Y. Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at 
 Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Washburn, Horace, age 26. Enlisted Sept. 8, '61, at Ripley, N. Y. 
 Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64. Wounded in action at Cold Harbor, Va., June 1, 
 '64. Discharged July 6, '65, at U. S. General Htospital at Rochester, 
 N. Y. 
 
 Wells, William, age 25. Enlisted Mar. 3, '65, at New York City. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
386 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Young, Thomas, age 23. Enlisted Oct. 22, '61, at Northville, Pa. 
 Mustered in as Blacksmith Oct. 22. "61. Discharged for disability May 
 28, '62. at Alexandria. Va. 
 
 Zimmerman, John, age 26. Enlisted Nov. 9, '62, at MayvlUe, N. Y., 
 to serve nine months. Mustered out Aug. 9, '63, at Cedar Run, Va. 
 
 COMPANY K. 
 
 Glisson Thomas W., age 40.- Enrolled Sept. 11. '61, at Fredonia, 
 N. Y. Mustered In as Captain Co. K Oct. 2, '61. Discharged Dec. 9, 
 '62, on tender of resignation. 
 
 Dickson, Campbell, age 25. Enrolled Sept. 10, '61, at Ripley, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Secon* Lieut. Co. I Oct. 1, '61; as First Lieut. Co. K 
 Sept. 7, '62; as Captain Dec. 10, '62. Discharged for disability Nov. 
 21, '63. 
 
 Lapham, Daniel W., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at La Grange, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Second Lieut. Oct. 5, '61; as First Lieut. May 
 20, '62; as Captain Cxj. K Feb. 6, '64. Mustered out Oct. 25, '64, at 
 Middletown, Va. Wounded in action Aug. 16, '64, at Cedarviye, Va. 
 
 Brown, Frank C, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Brocton, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Corporal Co. D Oct. 2, '61. Re-enlisted Dec. 28. '63. 
 Commissioned and mustered as Second Lieut. Mar. 25. '64; as First 
 Lieut. Co. F April 13, '64; as Captain Co. K Dec. 28, '64. Mustered 
 out with Co. July 17. '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Cobb, Lyman J., age 20. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Fredonia, N. 
 Y. Mustered in as Second Lieut. Co. K Oct. 15, '61; as First Lieut. 
 Nov. 8. '61. Died Sept. 6, '62. of disease. 
 
 Davis, Henry V., age 19. Enlisted Oct. 30, '61, at Westfleld, N. Y. 
 in Co. D. Appointed Corporal June 25, '62; Sergt. Nov. 1, '62; com- 
 missioned and mustered' Second Lieut. Jan. 13, '63; as First Lieut. 
 Co. E Apr. 28. '63. Transferred to Co. K Jan. 17, '64. Mustered out 
 Nov. 26, '64, at Kearnstown, Va. 
 
 Pierce, Charles L., age 21. Enlisted Oct. 13, '61, at Ellington, 
 N. Y., in Co. K. Appointed Corporal May 1, '62; Sergt. Nov. 1, '62; 
 Re-enlisted Nov. 20. '63. Commissioned and mustered First Lieut. 
 Aug. 10, '64. Wounded in action Apr. 1, '65, at Five Forks, Va. Leg 
 amputated. Mustered out from Hospital Sept. 14. '65. 
 
 Wheelock, Cyrus, age 24. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Freedonia, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Sergt. Co. K Oct. 2, '61. Commissioned and 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 387 
 
 mustered as Second Lieut. June 16, '63. Wounded at Harnett's Ford, 
 Va.. Sept. 23. '63. Discharged for disability Dec. 19, '63. 
 
 Rolph, William H., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at Brocton, N. 
 Y. Mustered in as Sergt. Co. K Oct. 2, '61; Appointed First Sergt. 
 June 25. "62; Re-enlisted Dec. 28, '63; commissioned and mustered 
 Second Lieut. Co. K Dec. 28, '64; as First Lieut. April 22, '65; Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Arnold, Henry, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Fredonia, N. Y. 
 Mustered in Oct. 2, '61. Discharged for disability June 11, '62, at 
 Washington. D. C. 
 
 Abbott, Timothy L., age 36. Enlisted Sept. 5, '64, at Fredonia, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Brown, John, age 19. Enlisted Jan. 26, '64, at Sheridan, N. Y. 
 Wounded in action at Yellow Tavern, Va., May 11, '64. Appointed 
 Corporal Mar. 1, '65. Mustered out July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Bullock, Richard, age 18. Enlisted Jan. 5, '64, at Cherry Creek, 
 N. Y. Appointed Corporal Mar. 1, '65. Mustered out July 17, '65, at 
 Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 BuHock, Joseph C, age 21. Enlisted Jan. 26, '64, at Sheridan, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal June 2, '65. Mustered out July 17, '65, at Clouds 
 Mills. V?-. 
 
 Beebe, Milton B., age 20. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Stockton, N. 
 Y. Appointed Bugler Oct. 24, '61. Discharged for disability June 20, 
 '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Bullock, Reuben, age 28. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Cherry Creek, 
 N. Y. Killed Aug. 13, '64, at Berryville, Va. 
 
 Bullock, Arza, age 18. Enlisted Jan. 26, '64, at Sheridan, N. Y. 
 Died of disease Aug. 9. '64. at Cherry Creek, N. Y. 
 
 Bullock, Peter, age 26. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Cherry Creek, 
 N. Y. Mustered out Oct. 25, "64. at Middletown, Va. 
 
 Brown, William, age 18. Enlisted Aug. 3, '64, at Perry, N. Y. 
 Mustered out with detach June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Brown, Sylvester M., age 21. Enlisted Aug. 4, '64, at Perry, N. 
 Y., in Co. M. Transferred to Co. K Dee. 14, '64. Mustered out June 
 1. "65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Babbitt, Delos C, age 20. Enlisted Sept. 12, '64, at Orangeville, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as private Co. K Sept. 12, '64. Mustered out June 
 1, "65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
388 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Bennet, Orlando, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 8, '61, at Westfield, N. 
 Y. Mustered in Oct. 20, '61. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Wounded May 
 12, '64, at Yellow Tavern, Va. Appointed Corporal Jan. 1, '65. Dis- 
 charged June 19, '65, by order of War Dept. 
 
 Barton, Caleb W., age 42. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Smith's 
 Mills, N. Y. Mustered in Oct. 11. '61. Appointed Battalion Saddler 
 Sergt. Nov. 8, '62. Discharged for disability April 7, '62, at Alexander, 
 Va. 
 
 Barmore, Ralph, age 20. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Villanovia, N. Y. 
 Mustered in Oct. 2, '61. Died of disease June 2, '62. in Nelson Gen'l 
 Hosnital. Yorktown. Va. 
 
 Cook, Hiram, age 31. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Clear Creek, N. 
 Y. Mustered out July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Cowan, Leroy, age 19. Enlisted Aug. 29. '64, at Carroll. N. Y. 
 Wounded in action Nov. 11, '64. at Middletown, Va. Mustered out 
 May 25. '65. at Elmira. N.-Y. 
 
 Clauson, .John, age 22. Enlisted Feb. 23, '65, at N. Y. City. Mus- 
 tered in as Private Co. K Feb. 23, '65. Mustered out July 17, '65, at 
 Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Cutting, William H., age 19. Enlisted Feb. 24, '65, at N. Y. City. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Clancy, Felix, age 30. Enlisted Mar. 3, '65, at N. Y. City. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17. '65, at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Canafa, Jesse, age 22. Enlisted Mar. 8. '65, at N. Y. City. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17. '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Clark, Alexander, age 26. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at Malone, N. Y. 
 Mustered out Aug. 12. '65. at Washington D. C. 
 
 Curran, Charles, age — . Enlisted Oct. 28, '64. Mustered out July 
 17, '65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Camp, Frank C, age 22. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Forestville, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Corporal Co. K Oct. 2, '61. Discharged April 7, 
 '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Kern, .John, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 11.' '61. at Laona, N. Y. Mus- 
 tered in as Corporal Co. K Oct. 4, '61. Discharged for disability April 
 5, '62. at Washington. D. C. 
 
 Cook, Elliott L., age 18. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Fredonia, N. 
 Y. Appointed Bugler Oct. 4, '61. Discharged for disability June 2, 
 '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 389 
 
 Cassidy, William, age 30. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64 at Malone, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Crumb, William, age 32. Enlisted Sept. 5, '64, at Albany, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Denoyelles, James N., age 19. Enlisted Sept. 11, 61, at Fredonia, 
 N. Y. Mustered out April 7, '62. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Dalrymple, Warren N., age 23. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Ark- 
 wright, N. Y. Mustered out Oct. 25, '64. at Middletown, Va. 
 
 Dennlson, Ira L., age 20. Enlisted Sept. 1, '64, at Busti, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1. '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Dewhurst, Joseph, age 23. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Villanova, N. 
 Y. Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Dye, George W., age 22. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at Leon, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1. '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Downing, Asal S.. age 21. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Sinclairyille, 
 N. Y. Died of disease Dec. 31, '64, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Dunning, Samuel, age 25. Enlisted Oct. 22, '61, at Porestville, N. 
 Y. Appointed Corporal Oct. 25, '61; Sergt. Mar. 9, '62. Deserted 
 June 22, '63, from Washington, D. C. 
 
 Dalrymple, Charles E., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Westfield, 
 N. Y. Appointed Corporal Feb. 6. '62. Re-enlisted Dec. 20. '63. Ac- 
 cidentally wounded in hand .Tune 6. '64. Deserted Sept. 1, '64, from 
 Hospital in Buffalo, N. Y. 
 
 Dalrymple, Charles A., age 23. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Fredonia, 
 N. Y. Deserted July 19, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Ells, William N.. age 18. Enlisted Oct. 15, '61, at Cherry Creek, 
 N Y. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Wounded in action at Brandy Sta., 
 Va., Aug. 1, '63. Appointed Corporal May 1, '64; Sergt. May 3, '65. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Ellis, Perry, age 18. Enlisted Jan. 5, '64, at Cherry Creek, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability July 5, '64, at Portsmouth Grove, R. I. 
 
 Ellis, Fred P., age 19. Enlisted Sept. 25, '61, at Arkwright, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability Dec. 22, '62, at Providence, R. I. 
 
 Easton, John, age 26. Enlisted July 8, '62, at Buffalo, N. Y. 
 Wounded at Beverly Ford, Va., June 9, '63. Mustered out June 1, 
 '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Fullington, George, age 33. Enlisted Sept. 10, '64, at Sheldon, N. 
 Y. Mustered out from Island Hospital, Harpers Ferry, Va., May 13, '65. 
 
390 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Francis, Charles, age 20. Enlisted Sept. 24, '61, at Predotiia, N. Y. 
 Re-enllsted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Corporal Jan. 2, '65. Mustered 
 out with Co. .luly 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Fisher, Cassius A. B., age 18. Enlisted Nov. 5, '61, at Stockton, 
 N. Y. Mustered out May 22, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Fullington, Oliver, age 20. Enlisted Sept. 13, '64, at Orangeville, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Forrester, Charles B.. age 20. Enlisted Aug. 18, '64, at Wayland, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Gibbs, Henry, age 20. Enlisted Oct. 2, '61, at Fredonia, N. Y. 
 Wounded at Beverly Ford, Va., June 9, '63. Discharged for disability 
 June 5. "64. at Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Goldin, Robert L., age 20. Enlisted Sept. 11„ '61, at Ellington, N. 
 Y. Wounded at Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 12, '62. Re-enlisted Dec. 
 20, '63; again wounded in action Aug. 29, '64, at Smithfield, Va. 
 Transferred Jan. 20. '65, to the Veteran Reserve Corps. 
 
 GifCord, Edward P., age 22. Enlisted Oct. 19, '61, at Dunkirk, N. 
 Y. Appointed Corporal Nov. 1, '62; Sergt. Feb. 1, '63; wounded in 
 action at Horton's Sta., Va., Oct. 10, '63. Re-enlisted Feb. 16, '64. 
 Again wounded June 11, '64, and died June 12, '64, at Trevillian 
 Station, Va. 
 
 Hotchkiss, Harmon, age 26. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Perrysburg, 
 N. Y. Mustered out Aug. 14, '65, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 Harmon, Samuel M., age 27. Enlisted Feb. 24, '66, at N. Y. City. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Harrison, William, age 40. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Fredonia, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Blacksmith Co. K Oct. 2, '61. Re-enlisted Dec. 
 20, '63. Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 HendersxDn, Jacob E, age 21. Enlisted Mar. 6. '65, at Albany, 
 N. Y. Mustered, out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Heidelburgh, Henri, age 25. Enlisted Mar. 13, '65, at N. Y. City. 
 Mustered out Aug. 3, '65, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Hines, Syrenus, age 26. Enlisted Oct. 4, '61, at Dunkirk, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal May 15, '63. Discharged for disability Feb. 25, 
 '64. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Hunt, Wallace, age 18. Enlisted Aug. 15, '64, at Ripley, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 391 
 
 Hill, "William, age 22. Enlisted Sept. 6, '64, at Yorkshire, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Hill, Charles, age .17. Enlisted Sept. 6, '64, at Yorkshire, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Howe, Franklin, age 17. Enlisted Aug. 24, '64, at Little Valley, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Hill, Austin O., age 20. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Cherry Creek, 
 N. Y. Died of disease June 5, '62, at Davids Island, N. Y. Harbor. 
 
 Howard, Oscar, age 18. Enlisted Jan. 26, '64, at Sheridan, N. Y. 
 Wounded May 11, '64, at Yellow Tavern, Va., and left in hands of the 
 enemy. Supposed to have died. No further record. 
 
 Johnson, Lyman, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 25, '61, at Fredonia, N. 
 
 Y. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Corporal May 17, '65. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 James, Lewis, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 14, '61, at Cherry Creek, 
 N. Y. Captured at Phillemont, Va., June 22, '63. Re-enlisted Dec. 
 20, '63. Mustered out July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Johnson, Orin S., age 23. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Westfleld, N. 
 Y. Mustered in as Q. M. Sergt. Co. K Oct. 2, '61; reduced to Sergt. 
 Dec. 1, '61; appointed Com. Sergt. Oct. 1, '62; First Sergt. Feb. 1, '63. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Wounded in action. Discharged Jan. 9, '65. 
 
 Johnson, Frank, age 18. Enlistecl Sept. 11, '61, at Arkwright, N. 
 Y. Appointed Bugler Dec. 23, '61. Mustered out Apr. 9, '62, at 
 Washington. D. C. 
 
 Jones, William, age 23. Enlisted Mar. 21, '64, at Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 Deserted Oct. 5. '64. from Woodstock, Va. 
 
 Jackson, William, age 21. Enlisted Dec. 20, '63, at Culpepper, 
 Va. Appointed Corporal Feb. 1. '64; reduced Jan. 1, '65. Deserted 
 from Hospital, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Johnson, Henry F., age 22. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Cherry 
 Creek, N. Y. Mustered out Apr. 9, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Jones, John, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Sheldon, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Johnson, Ransom T., age 24. Enlisted Sept. 10, '64, at Orangevllle, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 1. '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Kelley. Henry W., age 20. Enlisted Oct. 3, '61, at Gerry, N. Y. 
 Captured Oct. 11, '62, at Haymarket, Va. Paroled Jan. 10, '63. Re- 
 
392 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 enlisted Dec. 20^ '64. Appointed Corporal May 1, '64; Sergt. Jan. 1, 
 '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Kelley, Willard N., age 18. Enlisted Oct. 14, '61, at Gerry, N. Y. 
 Wounded in action and captured at Kelleys Pd., Va., Apr. 29, '63. 
 Returned to duty Dec. 6, '63. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed 
 Corporal Jan. 1, '64; Sergt. May 1, '64. Wounded in action at Cedar- 
 ville, Va., Aug. 16, '64. Mustered out with Co. as Q. M. Sergt. July 
 17, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Kendall, Francis P., age 46. Enlisted Not. 14, '61, at Dunkirk, N. 
 Y. Appointed Corporal Jan. 1, '62; Sergt. July 1, '62. Re-enlisted 
 Dec. 20, '63. Appointed First Sergt. July 1, '64; commissioned Second 
 Lieut, (not mustered) May 16, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, 
 '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 King. Frank, age 21. Enlisted Mar. 20, '63, at Buffalo, N. Y. 
 Deserted May 12, '63, from Stafford Court House, Va. 
 
 Kruntz, Henry, age 37. Enlisted Sept. 6, '64, at Sheldon, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Kelley, Eber, age 25. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at Leon, N. Y. Mus- 
 tered out June 1, '65, at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Keeney, Earl D.. age 18. Enlisted Sept. 10, '64, at Orangeville, 
 N. Y. Mustered out May 17, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Lawrence, John H., age 36. Enlisted Oct. 12, '61, at Westfield, 
 N. Y. Appointed Corporal Aug. 1, '62; Sergt. Nov. 1, '62; Com. Sergt. 
 Feb. 1, '63. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Mustered out with Co. July 17, 
 '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Lyons, Lucian, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Hamlet, N. Y. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Corporal Jan. 1, '65. Mustered 
 out with Co. July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Leyden, Cornelius, age 18. Enlisted Oct. 16, '61, at Westfield, 
 N. Y. Discharged Aug. 7, '62. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Lyons, Manley S., age 18. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Cold Spring, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 1. '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Lewis, Benjamin F., age 23. Enlisted Sept. 10, '64, at Orangeville, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 1, '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 McKnight, Joseph, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 3, '61, at Dunkirk, N. 
 Y. Appointed Corporal Nov. 1, '62. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Ap- 
 pointed Sergt. May 1, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds 
 Mills, Va. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 393 
 
 Millspaugh, Henry, age 19. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Cherry- 
 Creek, N. Y. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '64. Appointed Corporal Jan. 1, 
 '65; Sergt. Mar. 1, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds 
 Mills, Va. Slightly wounded at Brandy Sta., Va., Aug. 1, '63, also 
 slightly wounded at Winchester. Va.. Sept. 19, '64. 
 
 Moore, Henry, age 18. Enlisted Oct. 23, '61, at Cherry Creek, 
 N. Y. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Wounded in action May 12, '64, at 
 Yellow Tavern. Va. Appointed Bugler Jan. 18. '65. Mustered out 
 July 17. '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Myers, Henry, age 20. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Villenova, N. Y. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20. '63. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds 
 Mills, Va. 
 
 Mowrey, Levy E.. age 18. Enlisted Aug. 22, '64, at New Albion, 
 N. Y. Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Mahoney, David, age 22. Enlisted in Co. L Oct. 9, '62, at Buffalo, 
 N. Y. Transferred to Co. K Nov. 1, '64. Mustered out July 17, '65, at 
 Clouis Mills. Va. 
 
 Mallory, Richard, age 18. Enlisted Mar. 7,- '65, at N. Y. City. 
 Mustered out July 17. '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 McCormick, Edwin, age 18. Enlisted Mar. 13, '65, at N. Y. City. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Nearhausen, Peter, age 26. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Sheldon, N. 
 Y. Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Miller, David, age 18. Enlisted Oct. 10, '61, at Cordovia, N. Y. 
 Wounded in action at Haymarket, Va., Oct. 18, '62. Died of wounds 
 Nov. 3, '62. at Centerville, Va. 
 
 Manton, William P., age 23. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Fredmiia, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Private Co. K Oct. 2, '61. Appointed Bugler 
 May 1. "62. Re-enlisted Dec. 20. '63. Killed in action Aug. 16, '64, at 
 Cedarville, Va. 
 
 Martin, John, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Brocton, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability June 24, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Montgomery, H. H.. age _29. Enlisted Oct. 8, '61, at Westfield, 
 N. Y. Discharged for disability Jan. 31, '63, at Convalescent Camp, 
 Vr.. 
 
 Morton, Charles S., age 20. Enlisted Sept. 3, '64, at Cold Spring. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
394 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Neft, Fred C, age 26. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Predonla, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Blacksmith Co. K Oct. 2, '61. Discharged May 18, '62, 
 at Washington. D. C. 
 
 Nolan, Anthony, age 29. Enlisted Sept. 19, '62, at Buffalo, N. Y. 
 Appointed Sergt. Wounded in action at Meadow Bridge, Va., May 12, 
 '64. Reduced May 2, '65. Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Nash, Clinton D., age 20. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Dayton, N. Y. 
 Died of disease Apr. 29, '62, at Camp Wlnfield Scott near Yorktown, Va. 
 
 Orton, Garret V., age 26. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Forestville, 
 N. Y. Appointed Corporal Oct. 4, '61. Reduced to ranks June 16, 
 '62. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Wounded in action June 11, '64, at 
 Trevillian Sta., Va. Discharged June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Orton, Charles, age 26. Enlisted Nov. 7, '61, at Fredonia, N. Y. 
 Deserted July 2, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Phillips, Jesse K., age 26. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Cherry 
 Creek, N. Y. Appointed Corporal July 1, '62. Wounded at Brandy 
 Sta., Va., Aug. 1, '63. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Sergt. 
 Jan. 4, '65. Mustered out with Co. .Tuly 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Potter, Wllloughby, age 23. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Fredonia, 
 N. Y. Deserted Mar. 11, '62, at Baileys Cross Roads, Va. 
 
 Phillips, George, age 26. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Charlotte, 
 N. Y. Died of disease July 6, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Pierce, Levi, age 23. Enlistei Sept. 11, '61, at Sinclairville, N. 
 Y. Mustered in as Corporal Co. K Oct. 2. '61. Deserted June 22, '62, 
 from Washington, D. C. 
 
 Patterson, David H., age 22. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Forestville, 
 N. Y. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Wounded in action at TrevUlian Sta., 
 Va., June 11. '64. Transferred Feb. 20, '65, to the Veteran Reserve 
 Corrs. 
 
 Phillips, Franklin, age 24. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Cherry Creek, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Corporal Co. K Oct. 2, '61. Appointed Sergt. 
 June 11. '62. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Killed May 8, '64, at Todd's 
 Tavern. Va. 
 
 Quigley, Frank H., age 21. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Fredonia, 
 N. Y. Deserted .Tune 22. '62, from Washington, D. C. 
 
 Reiber, Fred C, age — . Enlisted Sept. 6, '64, at Varrysburg, N. 
 Y. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 395 
 
 Robinson, James, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Fredonia, N. 
 Y. Re-enllsted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Corporal Jan. 1, '65. Dis- 
 charged May 18. '65. a,t Winchester. Va. 
 
 Ramsdell, David L., age 18. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Laona, 
 N. Y. Appointed Bugler Jan. 3, '62. Discharged for disability Jan. 
 9, '64, at Convalescent Camp, Va. 
 
 Rugg, Chas. A., age 34. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Perrysburg, N. 
 Y. Appointed Battalion Veterinary Surgeon Dec. 5. '61. Discharsted 
 for disability Feb. 20, '62. at Washington. D. C. 
 
 Rudd, Lebens B:. age 29. Enlisted Sept. 10. '64, at Orangevillp, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 1, '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Rice, Blugene D., age 19. Enlisted Sept. 6, '64, at Bennington, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 1. '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Rich. Delos, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 11. '61, at Fredonia. De- 
 serted June 22, '62, from near Washington, D. C. 
 
 Rossman, George, age 31. Enlisted July 7, '62, at Buffalo, N. Y. 
 Transferred Sept. 4, '63, to Veteran Reserve Corps. 
 
 Smith, Otis, H., age 16. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at Malone, N. Y. 
 Died of disease Sept. 22, '64, at Augur U. S. Hospital. 
 
 Sullivan, Patrick, age 26. Enlisted Mar. 3, '65, at Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 Mustered otit with Co. July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Stevens, Converse, age 25. Enlisted Mar. 11. '65, at N. Y. City. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Smith, Joseph D., age 20. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Fredonia, N. 
 Y. Mustered in as First Sergt. Co. K Oct. 2, '61. Discharged Mar. 
 9, '62. for disability at Camp Fenton. Washington, D. C. 
 
 Stafford, Joseph C, age 22. Enlisted Feb. 1, '64, at Poland, N. Y. 
 Accidentally wounded May 19, '64. Appointed Corporal Jan. 1, '65. 
 Mustered out .Tuly 17. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Smith, John, age 30. Enlisted Sept. 21, '62, at Buffalo, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal May 3. '65. Mustered out ,June 1, '65. at Win- 
 chester. Va. • 
 
 Satterlee, Oel D., age 30. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at East Otto, N. 
 Y. Mustered out as Blacksmith June 1, '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Smith, Francis M., age 18. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Hamlet, N. Y. 
 Transferred to Invalid Corps Nov. 13, '63. Roll says discharged for 
 physical disability. Records lost. 
 
 Stearns, Oscar, age 21. Enlisted Nov. 9, '61, at Villenova, N. Y. 
 Deserted July 2, '62, at Clouds M._ls, Va. 
 
396 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Smith, Ornos S., age 26. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at Leon, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Squires, Dewitt, age 24. Enlisted Oct. 3, '61, at Buffalo, N. Y. 
 Died of disease Dec. 31, '61, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Stebbins, Henry, age 37. Enlisted July 8, '62, at Buffalo, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Stevens, Henry, age 19. Enlisted Aug. 3, '64, at Perry, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Scott, Ethal, age 33. Enlisted Aug. 29, '64, at Malone, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1. '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Sikes, Charles H., age 18. Enlisted Sept. 6, '64, at Mansfield, N. 
 Y. Wounded in action Nov. 11, '64, at Middletown, Va. Mustered out 
 June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Terry, Cyrus W., age 19. Enlisted Oct. 15, '61, at Westfield, N. 
 Y. Discharged for disability Mar 17, '63, at Hope Landing, Va. 
 
 Terry, Charles W., age 18. Enlisted Aug. 27, '64, at Leon, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 30, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Usher, Fredrick, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 29. '61, at Sheridan, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal. Deserted July 29, '62, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Vader, Martin, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Ellington, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability Oct. 9. '62, at Fort McHenry, Md. 
 
 Wheeler, William, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 25, '61, at Fredonia, 
 N. Y. Re-enlisted Dee. 20, '63. Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65, 
 at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Wilson, Thomas C, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Fredonia, 
 N. Y. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Bugler May 1, '64; Cor- 
 poral Jan. 1. '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, 
 Va. 
 
 Wright, Theron E., age 32. Enlisted Sept. 19. '61, at Hamlet, 
 N. Y. Mustered out.April 9, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Wheeler, George, age 25. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Dunkirk, N. 
 Y. Appointed Regimental Saddler Sergt. .Tuly 10, '62. Discharged 
 for disability Dec. 12, '62, at Providence, R. L 
 
 Wright, Edwin M., age 22. Enlisted Nov. 4, '61, at Westfield, 
 N. Y. Died of disease May 15, '62, at N. Y. City Hospital. 
 
 Warren, Freeman, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 24, '61, at Fredonia, N. 
 Y. Died of disease June 15, '62, at Patent Office Hospital, Washington, 
 D. C. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 397 
 
 Williams, Alexander, age 23. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Predonia, 
 N. Y. Appointed Sergt. Oct. 4, "61; Q. M. Sergt. Dec. 1, '61; Hospital 
 Steward Feb. 26. '63. Mustered out at Expiration of term of service 
 Oct. 1. '64, at Elmira. N. Y. 
 
 Ward, Almond P..age 26. Enlisted Sept. 10. '64, at Orangeville, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Worden, .Justice, age 39. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Hamlet, N. Y. 
 Mustered out Apr. 9. '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Wood, William S., age 18. Enlisted Sept. 7, '61, at Westfield, N. Y. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Discharged for disability June 12, '65, at 
 Winchester, Va 
 
 Yerrington, HUeman, age 30. Enlisted Sept. 11, '62, at Faulkner, 
 N. Y. Appointed Corporal July 1, '62. Reduced Dec. 25, '62. Mustered 
 o ut Sept. 14, '64, at Elmira, N. Y. 
 
 COMPANY L. 
 
 Derby, Hiry, age 44. Enrolled Oct. 8, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Captain Co. L Nov. 2, 1861. Resigned Sept. 10, 1862. 
 
 Clark, Chauncey M., age 36. Enrolled Oct. 8, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as First Lieut. Co. L Nov. 2, 1861; as Captain Nov. 1, 
 1862. Resigned Apr. 28. 1863. 
 
 Bache, William F., age 23. Enlisted Sept. 7. 1861, at Busti, N. 
 Y. Mustered in as Sergt. Co. P Oct. 2, 1861. Appointed Battalion 
 Sergt Major Feb. 6, 1862; Sergt. Major Feb. 22. 1862. Mustered in 
 as Second Lieut. Co. P to date from June 6, 1862; First Lieut, and 
 Adjutant Oct. 25, 1862; as Captain Co. L June 24, 1863. Resigned Dec. 
 15. '1863. 
 
 Smith. Wm. N., age 21. Enlisted Oct. 16, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Q. M. Sergt. Co. L Nov. 2, 61. Appointed Sergt. Major 
 Oct. '62. Mustered in as Second Lieut. Jan. 15. '63; as First Lieut, 
 and Adjutant Aprjl 19. '63; as Captain Co. L Dec. 21, '63. Mustered 
 out Oct. 18, 1864. 
 
 Smith, James R., age 26. Enlisted Oct. S, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Second Lieut. Co. L Nov. 2, 1861. Resigned Feb. 22, 
 1862. 
 
 Allen, Timothy, age 18. Enlisted Oct. 25, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Discharged at Washington, D. C. April 9, 1862. 
 
398 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Austin, Fletcher, age 35. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1861, at Russell, N. 
 Y. Discharged April 9, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Bush,- .Tohn, age 20. Enlisted Nov. 22, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Discharged May 18, 1862, by order Secretary of War. 
 
 Brophy, Martin, age — . Enlisted Dec. 4, 1862, at New York City. 
 Deserted Nov. 18, 1864, at Remount Camp. 
 
 Brown, Myron, age 23. Enlisted Oct. 8. 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Appointed Blacksmith Jan. 1, 1864. Mustered out with Co. Nov. 3, 1864. 
 
 Bullock, Johnston, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 16. 1861. at Ressull, 
 N. Y. Appointed Corporal Oct. 25, 1862. Mustered out Oct. 18, 1864, 
 at Harpers Perry, Va. 
 
 Beach, Calvin, age 43. Enlisted Nov. 2, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability Mar. 17, 1863, at Hope Landing, Va. 
 
 Beach, Miles, age 20. Enlisted Oct. 25, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Appointed Wagoner, no date. Mustered out Nov. 3, 1864. 
 
 Bebee, Thadeus, age 24. Enlisted Oct. 25, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability Dec. 5, 1862, at Baltimore, Md. 
 
 Barnes, Horace, age 43. Enlisted Oct. 25, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Corporal Nov. 2, 1861. Appointed Sergt. May 
 1, 1862. Died of disease June 6, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Crary, Harris C, age 23. Enlisted Oct. 23, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Bugler Nov. 2, 1861. Discharged May 9, 1862, at 
 Washington. D. C. 
 
 Coswell, Max. age — . Enlisted .tan. 18, 1863, at New York. 
 Taken prisoner Oct. 10, 1863. Mustered out with company July 17, '65, 
 at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Carter, Edward, age — . Enlisted July 26, 1864. at New York. 
 Deserted Sept. 18. 1864, from BerrSrville, Va. 
 
 Chaphe, William, age 40. Enlisted April 27, 1864, at Paris, N. Y. 
 Killed Aug. 25, 1864, at ShepherdstoWn, Va. 
 
 Carl, James, age 18. Enlisted Nov. 2, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability Mar. 9, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Cleveland, Alfred, age 32. Enlisted Oct. 25, 1861, at Russell. 
 N. Y. Mustered out at Washington, D. C, May 18, 1862. 
 
 Carpenter, Edward J., age 28. Enlisted Oct. 25, 1861, at Russell, 
 N. Y. Deserted Dec. 13, 1861, at Camp Peiiton, D. C. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 399 
 
 Derby, H. Fernando, age 19. Enlisted Aug. 19, 1862, at Wilna, 
 N. Y. Died of disease Nov. 13, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 bodd, Henry, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 15, 1862, at New York. Dis- 
 charged June ,6, 1865. from Hospital. 
 
 Dimick, Ezra T., age 23. Enlisted Oct. 16, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal July 14, 1862; Sergt. Mar. 1, 1863. Transferred 
 Sept. — , 1863, to Vfeteran Reserve Corps. 
 
 Derby, George W., age 20. Enlisted Nov. 2, 1861, at Russell, N. Y, 
 Died of disease June 10, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Fuller, William, age 40. Enlisted Oct. 16. 1861. at Russell, N. Y, 
 Discharged for disability Dec. 4, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Frink David, age 37. Enlisted Nov. 19, 1861. at Clayton, N. Y 
 Deserted Dec. 16, 1861, at Camp Fenton, D. C. 
 
 Ford, Henry, age 43. Enlisted Oct. 16. 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Taken prisoner at Bull Run, Va., Aug. 29, 1862. Paroled Sept. 3. 
 1862. Died of disease Dec. 11, 1862, at Camp Parole, Md. 
 
 Goodrich, James V., age 19. Enlisted Nov. 4, 1861, at Russell, 
 N. Y. Mustered out Apr. 9, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Grigor, Alexander, age 44. Enlisted Oct. 8, '61, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability Mar. 30, 1863, at Hope Landing, Va. 
 
 Guily, Chauncey, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability Dec. 6, 1862, at Convalescent Camp, Va. 
 
 Griswold, Loyal, age 22. Enlisted Nov. 2, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal July 14, 1862. Captured at Brandy Station, Va., 
 Oct. 11, 1863. Joined company and appointed Sergt. June 1, 1864. 
 Mustered out with company Nov. 3. 1864. 
 
 Henderson, Joseph A., age 21. Enlisted Oct. 23, 1861, at Russell, 
 N. Y. Discharged for disability Jan. 29, 1863, at Convalescent Camp, 
 Va. 
 
 Hall, Ira F., age 25. Enlisted Oct. 16, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability May 27, '1862, at Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Henderson, Alexander, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 25, 1861, at Russell, 
 N. Y. Discharged for disability Jan. 28. 1863. 
 
 Heaton, Richard, age 18. Enlisted Nov. 2, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Deserted July 20. 1862, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Ives, Anson, age 44. Enlisted Nov. 2, 1861, at Russell. Mustered 
 out April. 9, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
400 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Jones, Henry, age 28. Enlisted Sept. 22, 1862, at New York. 
 Died Ont. 2, 1864, in Rebel prison. 
 
 King, Henry, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 25, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability Feb. 3, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 King, Isaac, age 23. Enlisted Nov. 2, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Mustered out Oct. 18, 1864. at Harpers Ferry, Va. 
 
 Kelsey, Sanford B., age 21. Enlisted Oct. 8, 1^1, at Russell, N. 
 
 Y. Mustered in as Corporal Nov. 2, 1861. Appointed Sergt. 
 
 July 14. 1862. Discharged for disability Sept. 27, 1862, at Phila- 
 delphia. Pa. 
 
 Leavete, James F., age 18. Enlisted Nov. 4, 1861, at Russell, N. 
 Y. Mustered out Apr. 9, 1862. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Lemon, Charles W., age 24. Enlisted Oct. 8, 1861, at Russell, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Corporal Nov. 2, 1861. Died of diesase 
 Aug. 18, 1862, at Alexandria, Va. 
 
 Lindsley, Chester, age 44. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1861, at Russell, N. 
 Y. Discharged for disability Mar. 9, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Little, Nahum J., age 21. Enlisted Oct. 16, 1861, at Russell, N. 
 Y. Mustered in as Corporal Nov. 2, 1861. Appointed Sergt. 
 Oct. 25, 1862. Killed Oct. 11, 1863, at Morton's Ford, Va. 
 
 Loop, Russell W., age 44. Enlisted Oct. 16, 1861, at Russell, N. 
 Y. Mustered in as Farrier Co. L Nov. 2, 1861. Mustered out Oct. 
 18, 1864, at Harpers Ferry, Va. 
 
 Lyke, David, age 21. Enlisted July 10, 1862, at Batavia, N. Y. 
 Killed Aug. 29, 1864. at Smithfield, Va. 
 
 Loop, George L., age 18. Enlisted Dec. 6, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Appointed Bugler (no date). Wounded May 30, 1864, at Old Church, 
 Va. Discharged for disability as Corporal Nov. 2, 1864, at McDougal 
 Hospital, New York Harbor. 
 
 Morris, Orville O., age 25. Enlisted Oct. 16, 1861, at Russell, N. 
 Y. Discharged Apr. 9. 1862. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Murphy, John, age — . Enlisted Dec. 5, 1862, at New York. 
 Transferred Jan. 18. 1865. to Veteran Reserve Corps. 
 
 Marsh, William S.. age 43. Enlisted Nov. 2, 1861, at Russell, N. 
 Y. Appointed Corporal Oct. 25, 1862. Mustered out with company 
 Nov. 3. 1864. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 401 
 
 Marshall, Thomas, age 25. Enlisted Dec. 2, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Died of disease Jan. 7, 1862, at Washlngtoon, D. C. 
 
 McArthur, William, age 29. Enlisted Oct. 21, 1861, at Russell, N. 
 Y. Taken prisoner at Brandy Station, Va., Oct. 11, 1863. Died in 
 prison Aug. 20, 1864, at Andersonville, Ga. 
 
 McBrown, John D., age 26. Enlisted Oct. 16, 1861, at Russell, N. 
 Y. Mustered in as Sergt. Nov. 2. 1861. Discharged Apr. 9, 1862, 
 at Washington. D. C. 
 
 Nelson, Christion, age — . Enlisted Jan. 19, 1864, at New York. 
 Wounded and taken prisoner at Trevillian Sta., June 12, 1864. Reported 
 died afterwards. 
 
 Osehemry, John, age 18. Enlisted July 20, 1864, at Poughkeepsie, 
 N. Y. Mustered out at U. S. General Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., 
 June 26. '65. 
 
 Pearcy, Jacob, age 31. Enlisted Oct. 25, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Died of disease July 17, 1862, at Alexandria, Va. 
 
 Parmelee, Sanford, age 21. Enlistjed Nov. 2, 1861, at Russell, N. 
 Y. Appointed Corporal July 14, 1862; Sergt. Oct. 25, 1862. Killed 
 Oct. U, 1863. at Brandy Station, Va. 
 
 Perry, William C, age 25. Enlisted Sept. 15, 1862, at Buffalo. 
 Deserted Apr. 1, 1863, at Point Pleasanton, Va. 
 
 Phelps, Elihu V.. age 24. Enlisted Oct. 16, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Sergt Nov. 2, 1861. Died of disease July 9, 1862, 
 at Alexandria. Va. 
 
 Phelps, George W., age 18. Enlisted Oct. 16, 1861, at Russell, 
 N. Y. Discharged May 18, 1862, by order War Dept. 
 
 Pond, Joseph W., age 20. Enlisted Oct. 25, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Bugler Nov. 2, 1861. Discharged May 6, 1862, 
 by order War Dept. 
 
 Rowley, Julian S., age 20. Enlisted Oct. 14, '61, at Rouses Point, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Corporal Co. M Oct. 19, '61. Re-enlisted Dec. 
 20, '63. Appointed Regimental Q. M. Sergt. July 1, '64. Mustered 
 out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. Commissioned First 
 Lieut, and Regimental Quartermaster July 31, '65, with rank from May 
 24. '65: not mustered. 
 
 Richard, Thomas, age 19. Enlisted Oct. 25, 1861, at Russell, N. 
 Y. Mustered out Nov. 3, 1864. 
 
402 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Rose, Edward, age 20. Enlisted Nov. 2, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Mustered out April 9, 1862. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Ray, Alanspn, age 27. Enlisted Oct. 21, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Mnsterefi out May 6. 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Robinson, Erwin, age 29. Enlisted Sept. 18, 1862, at Buffalo, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal July 1, 1863; Sergt. Sept. 24, 1863. Discharged 
 May ]2. 1864. to enlist in the U. S. Navy. 
 
 Rushton, James, age 33. Enlisted Aug. 1, 1863, at Edwards, N. Y. 
 Transferred Jan. 8, 1864. to Veteran Reserve Corps. 
 
 Steiglity, I,ucus, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 20, 1862, at New York. 
 Discharged from Hospital June 10. 3 865. 
 
 Shaw, Elijah W.. age 24. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Died of disease Dec. 27, 1861, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Simmons, Archable. age 18. Enlisted Nov. 4. 1861. at Russell. N. 
 Y. Died of disease Feb. 3, 1862. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Sheldon, Samuel D., age 23. Enlisted Oct. 8, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Appointed Sergt. Oct. 25, 18^2. Mustered out Nov. 3, 1864, with 
 company. 
 
 Spaulding, Hiram, age 42. Enlisted Oct. 16, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as First Sergt. Nov. 2, 1861. Reduced to ranks Oct. 
 11, 1862. Died of disease Mar. 23, 1863. at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Taylor, John W.. age 32. Enlisted Oct. 25, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability Feb. 5, 1863, at Convalescent Camp, Va. 
 
 Van Brocklin, Henry A., age 29. Enlisted Oct. 16, 1861, at Russell, 
 N. Y. Mustered out Oct. 18, 1864. at Harpers Ferry, Va. 
 
 Warren, Martin B., age 28. Enlisted Oct. 16, '61, at Russell, N. 
 Y. Mustered in as Saddler Nov. 2, '61. Discharged Apr. 9, '62, 
 at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Wilson, Charles, age 29. Enlisted Oct. 8, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. De- 
 serted Jan. 20. '1862, at Camp Fenton. D. C. 
 
 Warren, Hiram S., agQ 18. Enlisted Oct. 16, 1861, at Russell, N. 
 Y. Discharged for disability Feb. 6. 1863, at Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Wood, James O., age 24. Enlisted Oct. 16, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as Sergt.. Nov. 2, 1861. Died of disease Nov. 25, 1862, 
 at Washington. D. C. 
 
 Whittier, Forest L.. age 27. Enlisted Oct. 17, 1861, at Russell, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Corporal Nov. 2, 1861. Appointed Sergt. July 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 403 
 
 14, 1862; First Sergt. Mar. 1, 1864. jyiustered out with company Nov. 
 3, 1864. 
 
 Warrimer, Lucius, age 19. Enlisted Oct. 25, 1861, at Russell, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Corporal Nov. 2. 1861. Deserted Jan. 29. 1862, 
 at Camp Fenton, p. C. 
 
 WiUey, George, age 28. Enlisted Oct. 25, 1861, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Mugterecl in as Wagoner Nov. 2, 1861. Mustered out April 9, 1862, at 
 Wasbinrrton. r»- C. 
 
 COMPANY M. 
 
 Wooley, George C, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 9, '61, at Smiths Mills, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Second Lieut. Co. D Oct. 1, '61; as First Lieut, to 
 date from June 1, '62. Captured near Centerville, Va., Aug. 31, '62. 
 Mustered in as Captain Co. M July 24, '64. Wounded at Todds 
 Tavern, Va., May 7, '64. Captured and rescued at Brandy Sta., Oct. 
 11, '63. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills! Va. 
 
 McTighe, P. Edward, age 30. Enrolled Oct. 7, '61, at New York 
 City. Mustered in as First Lieut. Oct. 16, '61. Mustered out on 
 resignation Feb. 6. '62. 
 
 Bly, Perry, age 40. Enrolled Sept. 7, '61, at Ashville, N. Y. Mus- 
 tered in as Second Lieut. Co. F Oct. 10, '61; as First Lieut. Co. M Feb. 
 22, '62. Wounded in action Oct. 11, '63, at Brandy Sta., Va.; again 
 wounded at Todds Tavern, Va., May 8, '64. Died from wounds May 
 17, '64. at Armory Square Hospital, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Brown, Charles G., age 23. Enlisted Sept. 9, '61, at Busti, N. Y. 
 Mustered in as First Sergt. Co. F Oct. 10. '61. Commissioned and 
 mustered as First Lieut. Nov. 5, '62. and appointed Battalion Q. M. 
 Resigned June 23, '63. Again enlisted Aug. 16, '64, at Harmony, N. Y. 
 Commissioned and mustered First Lieut. Oct. 26. '64. Transferred 
 to Co. M Oct. 30, '64; to Co. C Dec. 31, '64; to Co. M Mar. 2, '65. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Wilson. William, age 24. Enrolled Nov. 27, '61, at Rouses Point, 
 N. Y.. Mustered in as Second Lieut. Co. M Nov. 29, '61. Resigned 
 Jan. 24, '62 ; again enlisted at Champlain, N. Y. Oct. 22, '62. Appointed 
 Sergt. Nov. 13, '62; Com. Sergt. Jan. 16, '63. Deserted from dis- 
 mounted camp at Washington. D. C. March 1. '64. 
 
 O'Nell, Walter, age 31. Enlisted Sept. 9, '61, at New York City. 
 Mustered in as PMrst Sergt. Sept. 9, '61. Commissioned and Mustered 
 Second Lieut. .Tan. 24, '62. Resigned Mar. 29. '62. 
 
404 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Parker, Chauncey A., age 33. Enlisted Sept. 30, '61, at Little 
 Valley, N. Y. Mustered in as Sergt. Co. B Oct. 15, '61. Appointed 
 Battalion Sergt. Major Dec. 1, '61; commissioned and mustered Second 
 Lieut. Co. M Sept. 15, '62. Mustered out Oct. 14, '64, at Middletown, Va. 
 
 Carragher, John H., age 19. Enlisted Nov. 4, '61, at New York 
 City. Re-enlisted Dee. 20, '63. Commissioned and mustered as 
 Second Lieut. Nov. 1, '64; as First Lieut, (not mustered) May 15, '65. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Ansley, Marvin, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 30, '61, at Geneva, N. Y. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, 63. Appointed Corporal Sept. 1, '64; Sergt. Nov. 
 1, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Angel, Byron D., age 22. Enlisted in Co. L Oct. 25, '61, at Russell, 
 N. Y. Appointed Corporal July 14, '62; Sergt. July 1, '63. Transferr^" 
 to Co. I Dec. 31, '63. Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64. Appointed Q. M. Sergt. 
 Mar. 1, '64. Transferred to Co. L Mar. 5. '64. Reduced to ranks 
 July 12. '64. Transferred to Co. M Nov. 1, '64. Appointed Corporal 
 Jan. 1, '65. Mustered out July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 AldriS'ge, Erastus, age 36. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Ashline, Lawrence, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 28, '61, at Rouses Point, 
 N. Y. Mustered out Nov. 4, '64, at Middletown, Va. 
 
 Ashline, John J., age 17. Enlisted Feb. 28, '65, at Plattsburg, 
 N. Y. Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Ashline, Joseph, age 19. Enlisted Mar. 7, '65, at Plattsburg, N. Y. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Brockway, John P., age 18. Enlisted in Co. L Oct. 19, '61, at 
 Russell, N. Y. Appointed Corporal Oct. 25, '62; Sergt. Mar. 1, '63. 
 Reduced to ranks June 9, '63. Transferred to Co. I Dec. 31, '63. 
 Re-enlisted Jan. 1, '64. Appointed Bugler Mar. 1, '64. Transferred 
 to Co. M Nov. 1, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds 
 Mills. Va. 
 
 Burke, Michael, age 21. Enlisted in Co. L Nov. 22, '62, at Buffalo, 
 N. Y. Wounded at Crumps Creek and sent to Hospital May 27, '64. 
 Transferred to Co. M Nov. 1, '64. Captured Nov. 22, '64, taken to Sa,l- 
 isbury, N. C. Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va, 
 
 Black, James, age 19. Enlisted Sept. 9, '61, at New York City. 
 Appointed Corporal Sept. 9, '61. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appoint 
 ed Sergt. Mar. 1. '64; First Sergt. Jan. 1, '65. Mustered out with Co, 
 July 17. "65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 405 
 
 Baker, Jolm, age 22. Enlisted Sept. 12, '61, at New York City. 
 He-enllsted Dec. 20, '63. Wounded at Todd's Tavern, Va., May 7, 
 '64. Appointed Corporal Nov. 1, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 
 17 -RZ. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Barber, George, W., age 21. Enlisted in Co. L Aug. 12, '62, at 
 Russell, N. Y. Appointed Q. M. Sergt. June 12, '64. Transferred to 
 Co. M Nov. 1, '64. Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Barber. George H.. age 24. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Rouses Point, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Corporal Nov. 16, '61. Captured July 2, '63, 
 at Gettysburg. Pa. Returned to Co. Aug. 16, '63. Appointed Sergt. 
 Sept. 1. '64. Mustered out Dec. 7, '64, at Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Bashant, Tancied, age 24. Enlisted Sept. 27, '61, at Rouses Point, 
 N. Y. Deserted July 19, '62, at Alexandria, Va. 
 
 Bardman, John, age 30. Enlisted Aug. 15, '64, at Perry, N. Y. 
 Deserted Mar. 10, '65, at Camp Remount, Pleasant Valley, Md. 
 
 Bryant, Otis W., age 24. Enlisted Sept. 21, '64, at Ischua, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Bottom, Jacob, age 25. Enlisted Sept. 17, '64, at Salamanca, N. Y. 
 to serve one year. Mustered out June 1. '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Benedict, Joseph, age 43. Enlisted Sept. 17, '64, at Manchester, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 13, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Beaumont, Thomas, age 18. Enlisted Nov. 5, '61, at Troy, N. Y. 
 Captured at Williamsport, Md., July 7, '63. Returned Nov. 1, '63. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Wounded at Kearneyville, Va., Aug. 26, '64. 
 Discharged for disability June 19, '65, at McDougal Hospital, New York 
 Ha.rbor. 
 
 Blair, Enos, age 18. Enlisted Sept. 27, '61, at Rouses Point, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability Apr. 4, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Blessing, Hugh, age 33. Enlisted Nov. 30, '61, at New York City. 
 Discharged for disability Apr. 5, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Boynton, Elisha. age 22. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Rouses Point, 
 N. Y. Discharged for disability Mar. 17, '63, at Hope Landing, Va. 
 
 Caragher, Charles A., age 18. Enlisted Nov. 28, '64, at Brooklyn, 
 N. Y. Appointed Bugler Jan. 1, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 
 17. •6.';. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Cassin, Joseph, age 24. Enlisted Sept. 27, '61, at N. Y. city. Ap- 
 pointed Blacksmith Dec. 5. '61. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Mustered 
 out with Co. July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
406 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Cassin, Edward, age 23. Enlisted Oct. 23, '61, at Rouses Pcnnf, 
 N .Y. Discharged for disability Mar. 13, 63, at Hope Landing, Va. 
 
 Cassida, James, age 21. Enlisted in Co. L Dec. 11, '62, at BufEalo, 
 N. Y. Transferred to Co. M Nov. 1, '64. Mustered out with Co. 
 July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Conners, James C, age 18. Enlisted Nov. 11, '61, at Rouses 
 Point, N. Y. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Corporal Sept. 1, 
 '64; Sergt. May 1, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds 
 Mills. Va. 
 
 Carley, Chancey, age 23. Enlisted Oct. 20, '61, at Rouses Point, 
 N. Y. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Wagoner Jan. 20, '64. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Cressor, Charles E., age — . Enlisted Nov. 11, '64. Mustered out 
 with Co. July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 COpeland, William N., age 21. Enlisted July 22, '64, at Detroit, 
 to serve one year. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds 
 MiUs. Va. 
 
 Charbot, Joseph, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 26, '61, at Troy, N. Y. Dis- 
 charged May 21, '62. Again enlisted for one year July 10, '62. Re-en- 
 listed Dec. 20, '63. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds 
 Mills. Va. 
 
 Cyr, Leander, age 23. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at New York City. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Discharged for disability July 21, '65, at 
 Tro.v. N. Y. 
 
 Carter, William H., age 25. Enlisted Oct. 26, '61, at Rouses Point, 
 N. Y. Appointed Corporal Dec. 5, '61; Sergt. June 2, '62; Com. Sergt. 
 Oct. 11, '62; First Sergt. Jan. 16, '63. Captured at Alcocks, Va., Jan. 
 21, '63. 
 
 Clark, Albert A., age 22. Enlisted Oct. 30, '61, at Geneva, N. Y. 
 Mustered out Nov. 4, '64, at Middletown, Va. 
 
 Clark, Orrin R., age 32. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1, '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 demons, John, age 24. Enlisted Sept. 17, '64, at Manchester, N. 
 Y. Mustered out June 30, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Duquette, Julius, age 19. Enlisted Sept. 27, '61, at New York 
 City. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Corporal Nov. 1, 64. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 407 
 
 Dixon, Milton M., age 20. Enlisted Jan. 26, '64, at Plattsburgh, 
 N. Y. Wounded at Old Church, Va., May 30, '64. Mustered out 
 with Co. July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Dilley, Richard, age 18. Enlisted In Co. L Sept. 29, '62, at James- 
 town, N. Y. Sent to Hospital Jan. 18, '63. Transferred to Co. M. 
 Deserted Oct. 30, '63, from Ladles' Home Hospital, N. Y. 
 
 Daily, John, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 17, '64, at Rochester, N. Y. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Devere, Thomas, age — . Enlisted Nov. 11, '64. Mustered out 
 with Co. July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Doud, James, age 33. Enlisted Feb. 16, '65, at New York Clt> 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Dixon, John G., age 27. Enlisted Oct. 31, '61, at Geneva, N. Y. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Corporal Mar. 19, '64. Wounded 
 May 11, '64. at Yellow Tavern, Va. Discharged for disahillty Oct. 3, 
 '64, at Washington. D. C. 
 
 Dixon, Milton M., age 19. Enlisted Jan. 26, '64, at Prattshurg. 
 Wounded May 30. '64, at Old Church. Va. Mustered out with Co. 
 July 1 7. "65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Dixon, Henry M., age 24. Enlisted Sept. 12, '64, at Avon, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1. '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Dake, Nathan, age 19. Enlisted Sept. 26, '64, at Ellicottville, N. 
 Y. Mustered out June 30. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Donnevan, James, age 23. Enlisted Oct. 20, '62, at Champlain, 
 N. Y. Captured near Salem, Va., July 22, '63. Returned from prisoner 
 of war Dec. 2, '64. Deserted April 25, '65, at Mahem River, Va. 
 
 Douglas, Martin, age 27. Enlisted Oct. 3, '61, at Rouses Point, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Corporal Oct. 12, '61. Discharged for disability 
 Nov. 21, '62, at Armory .Square Hospital, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Donnelly, John, age 37. Enlisted in Co. L Sept. 12, '62, at Buffalo, 
 N. Y. Transferred to Co. M Nov. 1, '64. Mustered out June 1, '65, at 
 Winchester. Va. 
 
 Elmendorf, Truman, age 29. Enlisted in Co. L Mar. 29, '64, at 
 Vernon, N. Y. Transfered to Co. M Nov. 1, '64. Transferred Feb. 1, 
 '65, tn Veteran Reserve Corps. 
 
 Eagan, Charles, age 24. Enlisted Sept. 10, '61, at N. Y. City. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Wounded in action at Todd's Tavern, Va., 
 May 7, '64. Transferred Oct. 20, '64, to Veteran Reserve Corps. 
 
408 CX)MPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Frappier, Joseph, age 24. Enlisted Oct. 28, '61, at Rouses Point, 
 N. Y. Appointed Regt. Bugler. Re-enlisted Feb. 16, '64. Wounded 
 Apr. 1, '65, at Five Forks, Va. Mustered out at Harris Gen'l Hospital 
 Sept. 5. '65, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 Fourchier, Edmond, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 30, '62, at Champlain, 
 N. Y. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Fit-zmaurice, Garrett, age 29. Enlisted Oct. 4, '64, at Java, N. Y. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Fournier, Joseph, age 25. Enlisted Oct. 26, '62, at Champlain. 
 N. Y. Died May 7, '64, at Culpepper, Va., of accidental wounds. 
 
 Fuller, William C, age 24. Enlisted Sept. 23, '61, at N. Y. City; 
 Deserted June 30. '63, at Littletown, Md. 
 
 Gowey, Henry, age 19. Enlisted Nov. 6, '61, at Rouses Point, 
 N. Y. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Corporal Jan. 1. '65. Mus- 
 tered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Goetchious, Byron, age 19. Enlisted Sept. 10, '61, at N. Y. City. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Corporal Jan. 1, '65. Mustered 
 out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Gilbert, Walford: N., age 19. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Rouses 
 Point, N. Y. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Corporal May 1, '65. 
 Mustered out with Co. .July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Gilbert, William H., age 19. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at N. Y. City. 
 Appointed Bugler (no date.) Mustered out Oct. 15, '64, at New York 
 City. 
 
 Gilbert, Alexander N., age 18. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at N. Y. City. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20. '63. Wounded in action May 30, '64, at Old 
 Church, Va. Transferred Dec. 15, '64, to Veteran Reserve Corps. 
 
 Gilbert, Manson E., age 20. Enlisted Mar. 4, '62, at Chazy, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal Mar. 17, '63. Sergt. Aug. 8, '63. Re-enlisted Dec. 
 20, '63. Killed in action Sept. 13, '64, at Bunker Hill, Va. 
 
 Gillespie, James, age 21. Enlisted in Co. L Dec. 11, '62, at Buf- 
 falo, N. Y. Captured at Brandy St., Va., Oct. 11, '63. Transferred 
 to Co. M Nov. 1, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, 
 Va. 
 
 Goodrow, Oliver, age 24. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Rouses Point, 
 N. Y. Captured at Haymarket, Va., Oct. 18. '62. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, 
 '63. Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 409 
 
 Gregory, John, age 41. Enlisted Oct. 3, '61, at IJouses Point, N. 
 Y. Re-enllsted Dec. 20, '63. Mustered out with Co. July 17, "65, at 
 Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Harris, William H., age 18. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Rouses 
 Point, N. Y. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Corporal Dec. 1, 
 '64; Sergt. Jan. 1. '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds 
 Mills, Va. 
 
 Hobkirk, Robert, age 32. Enlisted Oct. 3. '61, at N. Y. City. 
 Appointed Corporal Oct. 4, '61; Sergt. Oct. 11, '62. Mustered out to 
 date Oct. 27, '64, at Middletown, Va. 
 
 Houghtaling, John, age 21. Enlisted Feb. 11, '64, at Ellicott, 
 N. Y. Died of disease Mar. 15. '64. at Camp Stoneman, D. C. 
 
 Haley, Mathew, age 26. Enlisted Oct. 17, '61. at N. Y. City. .De- 
 serted June 24, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Hart, Francis, age 18. Enlisted Nov. 27, '61, at N. Y. City. De- 
 serted Dec. 6, '62, at Chantilly, Va. 
 
 Harley, George W., age 18. Enlisted Jan. 14, '64, at Brooklyn, 
 N. Y. Wounded in action at Trevillian St.. Va.. June 11. '64. Joined 
 Co. from Hospital Aug. 24, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, 
 at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Higley, William, age 28. Enlisted Sept. 5, '64, a,t Bennington, 
 N. Y., as substitute. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds 
 Mills. Va. 
 
 Irwin, William G., age 18. Enlisted Oct. 26. '61, at N. Y. City. 
 Captured at Trevillian St., Va., (left to take care of Col. Sacket 
 June 12, '64.) Mustered out May 3, '65, at New York City. 
 
 Jones, Edward, age 19. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Rouses Point, N. 
 Y. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Deserted July 14, '64, at Elmira, N. Y. 
 
 Jones, John, age 22. Enlisted Oct. 26, '61, at Rouses Point, N. Y. 
 Appointed Bugler, (date not stated). Discharged Nov. 22, '62, at Chan- 
 tilly. Va. 
 
 Kennedy, John, age 37. Enlisted Feb. 20, '65, at N. Y. City. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Leblen, Israel, age 27. Enlisted Sept. 27, '61, at Rouses Point, 
 N. Y. Mustered out Oct. 27, '64, at Middletown*, Va. Again enlist- 
 ed Feb. 28. '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65, at Clouds Mills, 
 Va. 
 
 Lawrence, Celestine, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 27, '61, at Rouses 
 Point, N. Y. Deserted July 19, '62, at Alexandria, Va. 
 
^10 COMPA-NY IfOL^S. 
 
 Lyke, Lewi? K., age 22. EnJisted in Co. L July 10, '62, at Batavia, 
 N. Y. Transferred to Co. M Nov. 1, '64. Mustered out June 1, '65, at 
 Winchester. Va. 
 
 Loop, George L., age 22. Enlisted Dec. 6, '61, at Russell, N. Y. 
 Appointed Bugler. Wounded May 30. '64, at Old Church, Va. Dis- 
 charged foT disability as Corporal Nov. 2, '64, at New York Harbor. 
 
 Moran, John, age 30. Enlisted Nov. 6, '61, at Rouses Point, N. 
 Y. Appointed Saddler Dec. 5, '61. llustered out with Co. July 17, '65, 
 at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Myers, Francis, age 24. Enlisted Sept. 10, '64, at Milo, N. Y. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Martin, William, age 18. Enlisted Dec. 19, '63, at Troy, N. Y. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Messier, Wilbrod, age 24. Enlisted Oct. 10, '62, at Rouses Point, 
 N. Y. Sick in New York June 21, '64, at time Co. was mustered 
 out. No further record. 
 
 McGlU, James, age 21. Enlisted Nov. 6, '61, at Rouses Point, N. 
 Y. Deserted July 19, '62. Returned June 1, '64. Mustered out with 
 Co. July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Mullen, Michael, age 18. Enlisted Oct. 21, '62, at Rouses Point, 
 N. Y. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Moulton, Lowell G., age 21. Enlisted May 4, '64, at Portville, N. Y. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 McMarrow, William, age 19. Enlisted Feb. 23, '65, at Brooklyn, 
 N. Y. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 McHugh, Thomas, age 18. Enlisted Mar. 23, '65, at Brooklyn, 
 N. Y. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 McCullough, James H., age 29. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Rouses 
 Point, N. Y. Appointed Corporal Nov. 13, '62. Captured June 11, 
 '64, at Trevillian St.. Va. Died Mar. 3, '65, at Camp Parole, Md. 
 
 McGregor, John, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 6, '62, at Champlain, N. Y. 
 Deserted Jan. 25. '63, at Alcock, Va. 
 
 Martin, Nicholas, age 21. Enlisted Nov. 9, '61, at Rouses Point, 
 N. Y. Transferred to Co. H Nov. 25, '63. Transferred to Veteran Re- 
 serve Corps, no date stated. 
 
 McCreedy, Henry, age 23. Enlisted Nov. 6, '61, at Rouses Point, 
 N. Y. Discharged for disability Mar. 9, '62, at Camp Fenton, Wash- 
 ington, D. C. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 411 
 
 Miller, James, age 24. Enlisted Oct 28, '61, at N. Y. City. Mus- 
 tered out Apr. 7, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Mondor, Alexander, age 21. Enlisted Oct. 3, '61, at Rouses Point, 
 N. Y. rUscharged for disabUity Dec. 11, '62, at Fairfax C. H., Va. 
 
 Mitchell, James A., age 27. Enlisted Oct. 14, '61, at Bouses Point, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Sergt. Oct. 19. '61. Reduced tt) ranks. Cap- 
 tured Jan. 21, '63, near Alcock, Va. Mustered out Oct. 27, '64. 
 
 Noel, Simeon, age 16. Enlisted Mar. 9, '65, at Plattsburgh, N. Y. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Nolan, John, age 19. Enlisted in Co. L Oct. 16, '61, at Russell, 
 N. Y. Appointed Corporal Oct. 25, '62; Sergt. July 1, '63. Trans- 
 ferred to Co. M Nov. 1, '64. Wounded at battle of Winchester, Va., 
 Sept. 19, '64. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. Discharged 
 for disability Aug. 21, '65, at Mower Gen'l Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 O'Conner, Patrick, age 19. Enlisted Sept. 27, '61, at N. Y. City. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Corporal Nov. 1, '64. Mustered 
 out with Co. July 17. '65. at Clouds Mills, Va, 
 
 Oliver, Henry C. age 19. Enlisted Jan. 19, '64, at K Y. City. 
 Mustered out with Co.July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Olena, Lewis, age 17. Enlisted Feb. 28. '65, at Plattsburgh, N. Y. 
 Mustered out with Co, July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Pelkey, Isaac, age 17. Enlisted Feb. 28, '65, at Plattsburgh, N. Y, 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va, 
 
 Pelkey, Andrew, age 17. Enlisted Mar. 11, '65, at Plattsburgh, N, 
 Y. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Poland, Peter, age 17. Enlisted Feb. 25, '65, at Plattsburgh, N^ 
 Y. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Page, Wallace A., age 22. Enlisted Oct. 11, '62, at Rouses Point 
 N. Y. Appointed Corporal Dec. 5, '61; Sergt. June 10, '62. Captured 
 Dec. 22, '62. Promoted to Q. M. Sergt. Aug. 8. '63. Mustered out Oct, 
 ?7, "64. at Middletown, Va. 
 
 Price, Edward A., age 18. Enlisted Feb. 15, '64, at Dunkirk, N. Y. 
 Died Mar. 12. '64, at Hospital Camp Stoneman, D. C. 
 
 Potter, Levi S., age 26. Enlisted Oct. 26, '61, at Rouses Point, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Corporal Nov. 6, '61. Reduced to ranks Oct. 11, 
 '62. Deserted Nov. 29, '62, at Chantilly. Va. 
 
412 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Parshall, Henry C, age 21. Enlisted Nov. 6, '61, at N. Y. City. 
 Discharged for disability Mar. 9, '62, at Camp Penton, Washington, 
 D. C. 
 
 Proctor, Joseph, age 28. Enlisted In Co. L Oct. 9, '62, at Buffalo, 
 N. Y. Captured at Berryville, Va., Aug. 13, '64. Transferred to Co. M 
 Nov. 1, '64. Released Feb. 28, '65. Mustered out June 23, '65, at 
 Annaiiolis. Md. 
 
 Raymond, Nelson, age 23. Enlisted Oct. 14, '61, at Rouses Point, 
 N. Y. Appointed Blacksmith and Farrier Dec. 18, '63. Re-enlisted 
 Dec. 20. '63. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Roburge, William, age 24. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Rouses Point, 
 N. Y. Appointed Corporal Nov. 13, '62. Reduced to ranks July 13, 
 '63. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Corporal Nov. 1, '64; to 
 Sergt. Jan. 1. '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, 
 
 / 
 Reynolds, Edward, age 18. Enlisted in Co. L Oct. 25, '61, at 
 Russell, N. Y. Appointed Bugler. Re-enlisted Jan. 1, u4. Transferred 
 to Co. M Nov. 1, '64. Mustered, out with Co. as Corporal July 17, '65, at 
 Clouds Mills. Va. Received medal of honor for capturing a flag in 
 cavalry charge at battle of Winchester Sept. 19, '64. 
 
 Rabey, Patrick, age 18. Enlisted Mar. 23, '65, at Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17; '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Roe, Hlug'h A., age 23. Enlisted Oct. 31, '61, at Geneva, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal June 10, '62; Sergt. Sept. 14, '64. Mustered out 
 Nov. 4, '64. at MidSletown. Va. 
 
 Ross, Patrick, age 36. Enlisted Nov. 9, '61, at Glenville, N. Y. 
 Appointed Corporal Jan. 16, '63. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Deserted 
 Feb. 13. ■64. at Elmira, N. Y. 
 
 Reynolds. George, age 25. Enlisted Oct. 11, *61, at N. Y. City. 
 Mustered out Oct. 27. '64. 
 
 Stewart. James J., age 24. Enlisted in Co. L Dec. 19, '62, at Buf- 
 falo, N. Y. Transferred to Co. M Nov. 1, '64. Appointed Sergt. Dec. 
 1. "64: Q. M. Sergt. May 1, '65. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at 
 Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Sheldon, Augustas, M., age 18. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at N. Y. City. 
 Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds 
 Mills. Va. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 413 
 
 Scott, James, age 20. Enlisted Feb. 14, '65, at N. Y. City. Mus- 
 tered out July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Shepherd, Henry, age 19. Enlisted Sept. 20, '64, at Rochester, 
 N. Y. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Sweet, John, age 18. Enlisted Mar. 14, '65, at Plattsburgh, N. Y. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17. '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Sweet, James, age 18. Enlisted Mar. 14, '65, at Plattsburgh, N. Y. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65. at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Sheldon, William, age 23. Enlisted Oct. 26, '61, at Rouses Point, 
 N. Y. Mustered in as Corporal Nov. 2, '61. Appointed Sergt. Nov. 
 13, '62. Discharged for disability May 29, '63, at Stafford C. H., Va. 
 
 Spealon, Barney, age 27. Enlisted in Co. L Dec. 11, '62, at Buf- 
 falo, N. Y. Missing in action at Chancellorsville, Va., May 2, '63. 
 Returned to Co. July 5, '64. Transferred to Co. M Nov. 1, '64. Killed 
 in action Dec. 23. '64. at Gordonsville, Va. 
 
 Stanton, Edmund, age 22. Enlisted Oct. 21, '62, at Rouses Point, N. 
 Y. Deserted Oct. ]9, '63. at Alexandria, Va. 
 
 Snow, Henry L., age 26. Enlisted Sept. 28, '61, at N. Y. City. 
 Appointed Sergt. date not stated. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Deserted 
 Feb. 1 4. '64. at- Elmira, N. Y. 
 
 Stanton, William H., age 25. Enlisted Nov. 6, '61, at Rouses Point, 
 N. Y. Mustered out Apr. 11, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Spurlock, Herbert J., age 21. Enlisted Dec. 1, '62, at Buffalo, N. 
 Y., for nine months. Mustered out Aug. 31, '63, at Stevensburg, Va. 
 
 Sievenplfer, Charles W., age 24. Enlisted in Co. L Aug. 12, '62, 
 at Buffalo, N. Y. Appointed Corporal July 1, '63. Transferred to Co. 
 M., Nov. 1. '64. Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Sheldon. Augustus, age 37. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at Malone, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1. '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Stebbins, John W., age 18. Enlisted Sept. 20, '64, at Salamanca, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Stebbins Francis B., age 19. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at Salamanca, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 1. '65. at Winchester. Va. 
 
 Shirley, Samuel C, age 24. Enlisted Sept. 17, '64, at Salamanca, 
 N. Y.. to serve one year. Mustered out with detach June 1, '65, at 
 Winchester. Va. 
 
414 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 Trombly, George, age 24. Enlisted Oct. 14. '61, at N. Y. City. 
 Captured at Haymarket, Va., Oct. 18, '62. Re-enlisted Dec. 20,, '63. 
 Deserted Feb. 14, '64. Returned to duty May 14, '65, under the Presi- 
 dent's Proclamation.' Mustered out with Co. July 17, '6o, at Clouds 
 Mills, Va. 
 
 Town, John, age 21. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at Malone, N. Y. Died 
 Feb. 23, '65, at Island Field Hospital, Harpers Ferry, Va. 
 
 Towner, Gardner C, age 21. Enlisted in Co. L, Aug. 26, '62, at 
 Russell, N. Y. Transferred to Co. M Nov. 1, '64. Mustered out June 
 
 I, '65. at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Tague, John, age 42. Enlisted Sept. 28, '61, at Rouses Point, N. Y. 
 Discharged for disability Dec. 19. '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Underbill, Samuel, age 20. Enlisted Sept. 26, '61, at Rouses Point, 
 N. Y. Mustel-ed in as Sergt. Oct. 12, '61. Appointed First Sergt. Oct. 
 12, '61. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Appointed Com. Sergt May — , '64. 
 Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, at Cloufs Mills, Va. 
 
 Vantine, Seward W., age 24. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at Rouses Point, 
 N, Y. Mustered in as Sergt. Oct. 11, '61. Reduced to ranks (no date). 
 Appointed Corporal Nov. 13, '62. Sergt. Aug. 8, '63. Mustered out 
 Oct. 19. '64, at Sarpers Ferry, Va. 
 
 Wheeler, Francis, age 24. Enlisted Oct. 8, '61, at Rouses Point, 
 N. Y. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Mustered out with Co. July 17, '65, 
 at Clouds Mills. Va. 
 
 Wooley, Joel, age 26. Enlisted in Co. L Sept. 8, '62, at Russell, 
 N. Y. Transferred to Co. M Nov. 1, '64. Mustered out with Co. July 
 17, '65, at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Webster, Nelson C, age 23. Enlisted Oct. 26, '61, at Rouses 
 Point, N. Y. Mustered in as Corporal Nov. 2, '61. Appointed Farrier 
 Dec. 5. "61. Deserted Jan. 11, '63, at Stafford C. H.. Va. 
 
 Wheeler, Lewis A., age 23. Enlisted Oct. 29, '61, at N. Y. City. 
 Appointed Corporal Aug. 1, '63. Wounded at Trevillian St., Va., June 
 
 II, '64. Died of wounds June 12. '64. 
 
 Wool, Charles, age 19. Enlisted Oct. 8, '61, at N. Y. City. Re- 
 enlisted Dec. 20, '63. Died June 12, '64. in field Hospital at Trevillian 
 St., Va., of wounds received June 11. 
 
 W^renn, Joseph, age 36. Enlisted Oct. 10, '62, at Champlain, N. 
 Y. Discharged for disability Jan. 19, '65, at Lincoln Gen'l Hospital, 
 Washington. D. C. 
 
COMPANY ROLLS. 415 
 
 Walker, William T., age 32. Enlisted Sept. 20, '64, at Sheldon, 
 N. Y. Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester Va. 
 
 Wooley, James, age 20. Enlisted Sept. 27, '64, at Ashford, N. Y. 
 Mustered out June 1. '65, at Winchester Va. 
 
 Note: — Only the names of men who joined the regiment for service 
 in the field are Included in the foregoing rolls. 
 
416 COMPANY ROLLS. 
 
 ERRATA. 
 
 Page 41, between lines 21 and 22, the following is omitted: 
 "back to an open field on the left." 
 
 Page 123. Line 11 omitted. 
 
 "Enlisted men 63. Horses unserviceable 8." 
 
 Page 291 — In relation to Medals of Honor. Such medals are 
 awarded under joint resolutions of Congress of July 12, 1862, and act 
 of March 3rd. 1863. 
 
 Page 308. third line — ^Brown, John Quincy. Captain Co. B. Wound- 
 ed at Yellow Tavern, Va., June 11, '64. 
 
 Page 318 — Peterson, Charles. Date of death '62 instead of '61. 
 
 Page 320 — Taylor, Lafayette. Ags 19 instead of 25. 
 
 Omitted from Roll of Field and Staff: 
 
 Goodrich, B. F.. age 19. Enlisted Oct. 29, 1861, in Co. L Ap- 
 pointed Hospital Steward Nov. 5, '61. Discharged May 20, '62, by 
 ■order of War Department. Commissioned Assistant Surgeon July 4, '63, 
 to rank from July 1, '63, vice Buel G. Streeter, promoted. 
 
SUPPLEMENT. 
 
 Errors in the report of the Adjutant General, Vol. 3, 1894, 
 giving a list of the men who enlisted in the 9th New York 
 Cavalry, incompleteness of the muster-out rolls, typographi- 
 cal and other errors, also information which has been ob- 
 tained since the first issue has made this supplement neces- 
 sary. Those who have procured copies of the History can 
 paste this supplement in their books following page 416. 
 
 p. 144. Company D should appear as one of the com- 
 panies that re-enlisted and retained its organization to the 
 close of the war. 
 
 p. 176. Companies D and L are erroneously mentioned 
 as the 4th squadron. They were the 3d squadron. 
 
 p. 225. The iron works in Brown's Gap were burned 
 under Gen. Sheridan's orders for burning all mills and barns 
 containing forage, grain and other supplies. 
 
 OMITTED, 
 p. 292. Capt. Edwin Goodrich, Brevet Major N. Y. Vol. 
 
418 OMISSIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 
 
 Omitted. McClenathan, Harrison. Age 38. Enrolled Sept. 7, '61, 
 at Dunkirk, N. Y., Mustered In as Liieutenant and Battalion Quarter- 
 master Oct. 7, 'Bl. Dlsctiarged as supernuinerary Jan. 30. '62. 
 
 I'age 295. Thompson, J. C. Mustered out to date Aug. 19, '62, 
 at "Washington, D. C, being in excess of organization. 
 
 COMPANY A. 
 
 Omitted. Asher, Nicholas, Jr. Age 18. Enlisted Sept. 19, '64, 
 at Sheldon, N. Y. Mustered out June 22, '65, at Baltimore, Md. 
 
 Page 304. Rodgers, John. Should be Rudgers. 
 
 Page 305. Bteadman, Isaac. Captured at Haymarket, Va., Oci. 
 18, '62. Rejoined company. 
 
 Omitted. Cormack, John. Age 40. Enlisted Liec. 22, '64, at 
 Brooklyn. Died ot disease April 5, '65, at Frederick, Md. 
 
 Omitted. Jones, Thomas. Age 28. Enlisted Feb. 13, '64, at 
 Homer, N. Y. Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, "Va. 
 
 Omitted. (Wrongly placed in Co. K) Phillips, Geo. W. Age 
 26. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at Charlottesyllle, N. Y. Died of disease 
 July ti, 'K2, at Washington, U. C. 
 
 Page 306. Sheels, should be iSkeels. 
 
 Page 306. Soul, Should be Soule. 
 
 Page 306. "Vandewater, should be "Vandeventer. 
 
 Page 306. Warren, Henry D. Captured Nov. 11. 
 
 Page 306. Watson, James. Wounded Aug. 25, '64, at Leetown, Va. 
 
 COMPANY B. 
 
 I'age 307. Brown, Capt. John Quincy. Mortally ■wounded at 
 Ye-llow Tavern, "Va., May 11, '64. Died June 18, '64, at Pt. Lookout, Md. 
 
 Omitted. Robison, Geo. H. Age 22. Enlisted July 10, '62, at 
 Batavia, N. Y. Missing since Aug. 22, '62. Oied of disease Jan. I, 
 '63, at Annapolis, Md. 
 
 Page 309. Beebe, Edwin F. Age should be 2o. Re-enlisted in 
 Co. D. 
 
 COMPANY C. 
 
 Omitted. Wilson, Russell. Age 43. Enlisted Aug. 26, '62, at 
 Kiantone, N. Y. Discharged Sept. 21, '63, at Stevensburg, "Va. 
 
 Omitted. Decatur, Ansil. Age 23. Enlisted Sept. 6, '64, at 
 Waddington. Discharged for disability May 22, ',65, at Balti- 
 more, Md. 
 
OMISSIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 419 
 
 Pagfe 319. Read, Henry. Appointed Corporal. 
 
 Page 319. Rhodes, Scott. Died Nov. 23, '64, in prison at Salis- 
 bury, N. C. 
 
 Page 320. Taylor, Fayette. Age should be 19. 
 COMPANY D. 
 
 Page 323. Weld, Capt. Joseph G. Captured at Brandy Station, 
 Va., Oct. 11, '63. 
 
 Page 323. Spragrue, Luther A. Wounded at Five Forks, Va., 
 April 1, '65, not March 8. 
 
 Page 323. Austin, Mathew J. JShould be Austin, Nathan J. 
 
 Page 324. Bullock;, John W. Age 18 instead of 28. 
 
 Page 326. Cowing, John W. Should be Cowen. 
 
 Page 326. Ducoll, should be Driscoli, Jeremiah. Age 41. Kn- 
 listed Sept. 23, '61, at Dunkirk. Discharged for disability Feb. 'A, 
 '63, at Point Lookout, Md. 
 
 Page 329. Horton, Edward. Should be Edmond. 
 
 Page 330. Leavltt, Franklin J. Age 19. Enlisted in Co. L Nov. 
 4, '61, at Russell, N. Y. Discharged April 9, '62, at Washington, D. 
 C. Again enlisted m Co. D Sept. 2, '64. Captured at Middleton, 
 Va., Nov. 11, '64. Mustered out June 21, '65, from hospital at 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 
 Page 330. Lillie, Geo. W. Age 34. Enlisted in Co. L Aug. 31), 
 '62. at Olean, N. Y., translerred to Co. D. as saddler INov. 1, '64. 
 Mustered out June 6, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Page 330. Lidel, Peter S. Should be Lindal. 
 
 Page 330. McRoy, Robt. Should be McCoy, Robt. 
 
 Page 332. Thompson, Horace. Died Sapt. 18, 1834, at Ander- 
 sonville, Ga. Adjt. General's report. 
 
 Page 333. Tallman, Wm. J. Should be Wm. H. 
 
 Page 333. Young. John G. Should be Youngs, John W. 
 
 Omitted. Hiller, William C. Age 21. Enlisted Sept. 23, '61, 
 at Smith Mills, N. Y. Captured at Haymarket, Va., Oct. 18, '62. 
 Eeturned to Duly Feb. 8, '63. Appointed Corporal March 10, '63. Re- 
 enlisted Dec. 28, '63. Appointed Commissary Sergeant May 28, '64. 
 Mustered oiit with company July 17, '65, at Cloud's Mills, Va. 
 
 Omitted. Horton, Edmund. Age 19. Enlisted in Company B 
 Jen. 16, '64, at Ellicottville, N. Y. Trarsferred to Company D Oct. 
 28, '64. Discharged for disability June 26, '65, at Buffalo, N. Y. 
 
 Omitted. Oyer, Robert. Age 42. Enl'sted Sept. 5, '64. at 
 Avon. N. Y. Mustered out from Island Hospital, Harpers Ferry, Va., 
 June 23, '65. 
 
420 OMISSIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 
 
 (COMPANY B. 
 
 Omitted. Barton, Alonzo J. Age 25. Enlisted Oct. 9, '61, at 
 South Valley, N. Y. Appointed Corporal June 16, '62; Sergeant 
 Sept. 6, '62; Sergt. Major Aug. 7, '63. Captured at Brandy Station 
 Oct. 11. '63. Paroled. Mustered out at Elmira, N. Y., Nov. 10, '64. 
 
 Omitted. Damon, Lyman E. Age 30. EJnlisted Aug. 29, '62, at 
 Napoi;, N. Y. Wounded at Chancellorsvllle, Va., May 2, '63. Trans- 
 ferred Aug. 9, '63, to Veteran Reserve Corps. 
 
 Page 336. Elwell, Michael T. Captured at Brandy Station, Va., 
 Oct. 11, '63. 
 
 Page 336. Emery, William. Wounded while carrying the 12th 
 Corps flag with Gen. Slocum's headquarters at Chancellorsvills, Va. 
 
 Page 337. Hoard, Nathan. Should be Nathaniel. 
 
 Omitted. Kapple, John L. Age 40. Enlisted Sept. 28, '61, at 
 'Harmony, N. Y. Mustered in as Sergeant Oct. 8, '61. Appointed 
 Quartermaster Sergeant June 23, '62. Discharged for disability Aug. 
 *29, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Omitted. Youker, David L. Age 39. Enlisted Aug. 31, '62, at 
 Persia. Trarsf erred July 20, '63, to Co. C, Thirteenth Regiment, 
 Veteran Reserve Corps, from which discharged Aug. 9, '65, at Gallup's 
 Island. Boston Harbor, Mass. 
 
 Page 339. Peck, Daniel E. Wounded in action at Todd's Tavern, 
 Va., May 8, '64. 
 
 COMPANY F. 
 
 Omitted. Baker, William W. Age 22. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, 
 •a.1 Busti. Mustered in as Corporal Oct. 2, '61. Re-enlisted Dec. 
 'M, '63. at Culpepper, Va. Wounded at Morton's Ford, Va., Oct. 11, 
 '63. Appointed Sergeant June 4. '64. Wourded at Port Republic, Va., 
 Sept. 26, '64. Mustered out with Company July 17, '65, at Cloud's 
 Ifiills, Va. 
 
 Omitted. Brown, Isaac, Age 44. Enlisted Nov. 19, '61, at 
 Albany. Mustered out April 19, '62, at Washington. 
 
 Page 344. Cox, Marvin. Should be Mervin. 
 
 Page 344. Crane, Thomas. Should be Crowe, Thomas. 
 
 Page 345. Covill, Chas M. Should be Corell. 
 
 Pase 348. Latin, Chas. Served in 37th N. Y. In^. from May 13, 
 '61, to June 22. '63. 
 
 Omitted. Otty, Thomas. Age — . Enlisted Nov. '61, at Albany. 
 Appointed Corporal May 1. '63. Wounded July 8, '63, at Boonsboro, 
 Md. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63. at Culpepper, Va. Mustered out with 
 Company July 17, '65, at Cloud's Mills. Va. 
 
 Page 351. Saxton, Chas. H. "Mustered out with Company July 
 17, '65, at Cloud's Mills, Va.," is an error of the printer. 
 
 Page 352. Way, William D. Enlisted at Busti, N. Y., not 
 Orangeville. 
 
OMISSIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 421 
 
 COMPANY G. 
 
 Omitted. Babcock, Henry. Age 18. Enlisted Oct. 17, '61, at 
 Dunkirk. Re-enlisted I>gc. 20, '63. Killed at Port Republic, Va., 
 Sept. 26, '64. 
 
 Brown, Isaac. Age 25, instead of 44. 
 
 Omitted. Catlin, Jiames, age 21. Enlisted Nov. 6, '61, at North 
 Java, N. Y. Discharged for disability Nov. 25, '62, from hospital 
 Ne-w York City. 
 
 Omitted. Calkins, Veranus. Age 24. Enlisted Oct. 11, '61, at 
 Bennington. Appointed Farrier. Mustered out Oct. 26, '64, at 
 Middleton, Va. 
 
 Page 356. Deleorn should be Delevan. , 
 
 Omitted. Dennison, Robert. Age 18. Enllcted in Co. B Oct. 
 
 10, '61, at Sugar Grove, Pa. Re-enlisted as 'Sergt. Pel). 16, '64. 
 Wounded at Sheperdstown, Va., Aug. 25, 64. Transferred to Go. X) 
 Oct. 28, '64. Mustered in as First Lieut. Co. G Nov. 2, '64. Mus- 
 tered out May 3, '65. 
 
 COMPANY H. 
 
 Page 364. Butcher, John. Should be Britcher. 
 
 Page 365. Bernard, James. Age 18. Enlisted Oct. 5, '61, at 
 Warsaw. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63, at Culpepper, Va. Discharged 
 June 10, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Page 370. Ogle, William J. Age 20. Enlisted Sept. 13, '61, at 
 Westfleld, N. Y. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, 63, at Culpei«per, Va. Wound- 
 ed at Beverly Ford June 9th, '63, and at Trevillian Station June 
 
 11, '64. 
 
 Page 371. Richards, Chas. M. Should be Richards, Chester M. 
 
 Page 373. Wilson, Lewis. Should be Wilson, Myron L. 
 
 Omitted. Cudmore, James. Age 34. Enlisted Nov. 21, '61, at 
 Albany, N. Y. Appointed Battalion Veterinary Surgeon March 19, 
 62. Mustered out Sept. 29, '62, at Washingilon, D. C. 
 
 Omitted. McGregor, Daniel. Age 22. Enlisted Oct. 24, '61, at 
 Leroy, N. Y. Appointed Corporal; Appointed Sergt. Sept. 1, '62. 
 Wounded at Beverly Ford June 9, '63. Died of wounds Nov. 3, '63, 
 at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Omitted. Randall, David H. Age 31. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at 
 Portland, N. Y. Mustered in as Bugler Oct. 5, '61. Discharged for 
 disability May 28, '62, at Alexandria, Va. 
 
 Omitted. Rolph, John A. Age 22. Enlisted Oot. 23, '61, at Irv- 
 ing, N. Y. Appointed Corporal Nov. 1, '62. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, 
 '63. Transferred June 27, '65, to Veteran Reserve Corps. 
 
422 OMISSIONS AND COREECTIONS. 
 
 COMPANY I. 
 
 Page 374. Mason, Henry W. Commissioned Major to rank from 
 Jan. 27, '65. Not mustered. 
 
 Omitted. Allen, Sylvester G. Age 19. Enlisted Sept. 4, '61. 
 Mustered in as Sergeant Oct. 10, '61, at Westfleld. N. Y. (Commis- 
 sioned Second Lieutenant July 4, '63, with rank from June 26, '63.) 
 •Discharged Aug. 26, '63, for promotion to Second Lieutenant Com- 
 pany H. Not mustered. 
 
 Page 376. Cross, William H. Enlisted at Villenova instead of 
 Mina. 
 
 Omitted. Fitch, Chas. T. Age 22. Enlisted Sept. 18, '61, at 
 Harbor Creek, Pa. Appointed Bugler June 1, '62. Captured Jan. 
 23, '63. Rejoined company May 17, '63. Re-enlistsd Jan. 24, '64. 
 Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps. 
 
 Omitted. Lee, E^Jwin M. Age 23. Enlisted Sept. 20, '61, at 
 Westfield, N. Y. Re-enlisted Feb. 16, '64. Transferred Aug. 2, '64, 
 to Veteran Reserve Corps. , 
 
 Omitted. Ross, Dennis. Age 37. Elnlisted Sept. 6, '64, at 
 
 Dunkirk, N. Y. Moistered out June 26, '65, at U. S. Hospital, Phila- 
 delphia, Pa. 
 
 Page 385. Wadsworth, Robt. B. Wounded at Five Forks, Va., 
 
 April 1, '65. 
 
 COMPANY K. 
 
 Page 387. Rolph, Wm. H. Enlisted and served in Co. D until 
 commissioned. 
 
 Omitted. Kern, John. Age 21. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, at 
 iLaona, N. Y. Appointed Corporal Oct. 4, '61. Discharged for dis- 
 ability April 5, '62, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 Page 396. Squires, Dewitt F. Age 24. Enlisted at Gerry, not 
 Buffalo. 
 
 Omitted. Tarrant, George. Age 29. Enlisted March 1, '65, at 
 'Leon, N. Y. Mustered out -with company. July 17, '65, at Clouds 
 Mills, Va. 
 
 Omitted. Williams, Jackson. Age 18. Enlisted Sept. 11, '61, 
 at Falconer, N. Y. Deserted June 11, '62, at Washington, D. C. Re- 
 enllsied Dec. 20, '63, at Culpepper, Va. Deserted from Hospital, 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
OMISSIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 423 
 
 COMPANY L. 
 
 Page 401. Rowley, Julian S. Should be in Company M. 
 
 Onjitted. Warner, Reuben. Age 34. Enlisted Oct: 16, '62. at 
 North Collins, N. Y. Appointed Corporal July 1, '63. Discharged 
 Apr:i 21, '64, to enlist in XJ. S. Navy. 
 
 Omitted. Wentworth, Thos. D. Age 24. Enlisted Aug. 26, 
 '62, at Buffalo, N. Y. Killed June 11, '64, at Trevillian Station, Va. 
 
 Omitted. Willier, WIll:am W. Age 18. Enlisted Nov. 2, '61, 
 at.RuEsell, N. Y. Appointed Corporal Oct. 25, '62. Sergeant March 
 1, '64. Mustered out with company Nov. 3, '64. 
 
 Page 403. Willey, Geo. Should be Wooley. 
 
 Omitted. Wonderlist, Carl. Age 21. Enlisted Oct. 14, '61, at 
 New York. Discharged Oct. 15, '64, at Middl«ton, Va. 
 
 Omitted. Woods, Charles. Age 18. Enlisted July 20, '64, at 
 PoUghkeepsie, N. Y. Missing Oct. 5, '64. Believed to have been 
 killed. 
 
 Omitted. Wooley, Alfred A. Age 32. Enlisted Sept. 8, '62. at 
 \T^UEEell, N. Y. Deserted July 16, '63, from Petersville, Md. 
 
 Omitted. Wortz, Ephraim. Age 23. Enlisted March 18. 
 "63, .at New York. Wounded and captured at Trevillian Station 
 Jure 11, '64. Died in hands of the enemy. 
 
 COMPANY M. 
 
 • Omitted. Baker, John. Ag.e 22. Enlisted Sept. 12, '61, at New 
 York. Re-enlisted Dec. 20, '63, at Culpepper, Va. Wounded May 7, 
 '64, at Todd's Tavern, Va. Appointed Corporal Nov. 1, '64. Mus- 
 tered o\it with Company July 17, '65 at Clouds Mills, Va. 
 
 Omitted. Cassidy, James. Age 21. Enlisted Sept. 2, '64, at 
 Malone, N. Y. Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Page 406. Charbot. Should be Chabot. 
 
 Omitted. Gillespie, Felix. Age 30. Enlisted Sept. 19, '64, at 
 Java, N. Y. Mustered out June 1, '65, at Winchester, Va. 
 
 Omitted. Gorman, James. Enlisted Nov. 11, '64. Musterd out 
 with Company July 17, '65. 
 
 Page 412. Reynolds, George. Received medal of honor for 
 ■capturing a flag in cavalry charge at battle of Winchester, Sept. 
 19, '64. 
 
 Page 412. Reynolds, Edward. Flag captured by George 
 Reynolds, not Edward. 
 
MEDALS OF HONOR 
 
 Awarded by the President to 
 
 Goodrich, Edwin, captain Co. D., for most distinguished gal- 
 lantry in action near Cedar Creek, Va., in 
 November, 1864. 
 
 Hills, William G., private Co. E., for distinguished gallantry 
 at the battle of North Fork, Va., September, 26, 
 1864. 
 
 Lyman, Joel H., quartermaster sergeant Co. E, for gallantry 
 in action at Winchester. Va., September 19, 1864. 
 
 Parks, Jeremiah, private Co. A, for the capture of a flag at 
 Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864. 
 
 Putnam, Edgar P., captain Co. I, for distinguished conduct 
 in action at Crump's Creek, Va., May 27, 1864. 
 
 Reynolds, George, private Co. M, for the capture of a Vir- 
 ginia state flag at Winchester, Va., September 19, 
 1864. 
 
 Rutherford, John T., captain Co. B., for gallant conduct in 
 action at Yellow Tavern, Va., May 11, 1864, and 
 at Hanovertown, Va., May 27, 1864. 
 
 ORGANIZATION OF THE NINTH NEW YORK 
 CAVALRY VETERAN ASSOCIATION. 
 
 A. C. Robertson, President, Ashville, N. Y. 
 E. A. Holcomb, Vice President, Attica, N. Y. 
 W. T. Bradshaw, Secretary, Jamestown, N. Y. 
 Alex Williams, Treasurer, Dunkirk, N. Y. 
 Newel Cheney, Historian, Poland Centei, N. Y. 
 Committee on the History — Newel Cheney, A. C. Rob- 
 ertson, W. T. Bradshaw.