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RECORDS
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24TH INDEPENDENT BATTERY,
g. J. Eight Artillery, A. S. V.
UNIV.
COMPILED BY J. W. MERRILL.
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PUBLISHED FOR THE LADIES' CEMETERY ASSOCIATION, OF PERRY, N. Y. 1870.
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CONTENTS.
PART I. INTRODUCTION.
COMPANY ROLL.
List of names of members who were killed in battle-List of names of members who died at Andersonville-List of names of members who died at Florence-List of names of members who died at Charles- ton-List of names of members who died after reaching Federal Lines -List of names of members who died of disease in United States Hos- pitals-List of names of members who died at their homes (while yet in the United States service)-Official roster of the Rocket Battalion- Official roster of the Twenty-fourth New York Battery-List of promotions of members of the Twenty-fourth New York Battery- List of volunteers from Perry attached to other army organizations.
PERSONAL SKETCHES. . 1. Members of Twenty-fourth New York Battery. 2. Other volunteer soldiers from Perry.
PART II.
CHAPTER I. THE ROCKET BATTALION,
CHAPTER II. THE ROCKET.
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CHAPTER IV. THE TWENTY-FOURTH NEW YORK INDEPENDENT BATTERY.
- CHAPTER V. NEWPORT . BARRACKS.
CHAPTER VI. KINSTON, GOLDSBORO' AND WHITEHALL.
CHAPTER VII. NEW BERNE.
- CHAPTER VIII. PLYMOUTH.
CHAPTER IX. THE BATTLE OF PLYMOUTH.
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CHAPTER X. THE CAPTURE OF PLYMOUTH.
CHAPTER XI. ANDERSONVILLE.
- CHAPTER XII. FACTS AND THEORIES.
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INTRODUCTION.
The object of publishing this work is :-
1st-To place in permanent record the experiences, adventures and sufferings of that brave band of young men, who composed the organization entitled the Twenty-fourth New York Independent Bat- tery of Light Artillery.
2d-To prompt the reader to the fact, that the services of all these patriotic men, who left their families and their firesides, to battle for their country, who pledged and offered up their lives, that you might continue life in peace, prosperity and freedom, have never been in a public manner, properly recognized.
Although the memory of those who died while engaged in suppress- ing the Great Rebellion is more particularly dear to their relatives and friends, yet, at the same time, it is cherished by all loyal people.
No County in the United States was more loyal than Wyoming County-none more enthusiastic, none more generous, when they started the boys off to the wars.
No County has better reasons for being proud of its representatives in the war.
None has had greater cause to mourn.
Is there less of that sentiment of loyalty in their hearts to-day ? Is there less of generosity ? Is there no gratitude ? Can they forget so soon ?
Let a practical answer to these questions be a strong endeavor to purchase and erect a monument, in some sightly position, at the sight of which, passers-by in our times shall say-" These people do their noble dead a deserved honor." And future generations shall learn from it of the heroic deeds and of the sufferings of the young men of this generation, who helped to fight the battles that finally won for us and for them a country freed from oppression, tyranny and wrong.
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In our families we grieve over the loss of any dear member ; it is a gratification to us to show our love and our respect by rearing marble slabs and shafts, keeping in decency and order their burial grounds, and decorating their graves with plants and flowers. Far away in sunny Southern lands, and just so far away from loving hearts and hands, lies one who is as dear to you, perhaps, as any who sleep in your own home burial ground.
A number on a whitened board is all that marks each individual resting place. Shall that remain the only remembrance of their suf- ferings, their heroism, and their death ?
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I say again, injustice is done the dead, who did these noble deeds, and who suffered these appalling tortures.
Their simple story is eloquence. Let its pathos be a power to influ- ence you to respond with heart and purse, to the call to acknowledge their heroism and their offices, by erecting to their memory a monu- ment, which, like their heroic acts, shall be perfect, be grand, be forever.
Act as enthusiastically, and give as generously, as you did when they responded to their country's call.
, I would particularly call the attention of the surviving members of the Battery to the object for which this book has been written and published, and ask them to give aid towards the accomplishment of this sacred undertaking.
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All of you have passed many pleasant hours with these, our com- rades, whose deeds we would memorize. In earlier days, they were our playmates and schoolmates. In later days, we were in friendly contest for the honors of college, or in rivalry with them in mercantile pursuits.
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Finally, under the loved banner of our country, hand in hand we battled for the right and victory.
By the kindly interpositions of Divine Providence we live ; by the decree of the same power they were called away from us and from all that was dear to them on earth. .
Let us then, as we esteemed and honored them in life, continue so to do, in such honorable death.
The compilation of this work, neither demands nor affords oppor- tunity or place for a display of composition, words, theories, ideas,
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or of any of the properties which are considered essential to perfect and beautify a book. It resolves itself into a simple narrative of the pleas- .ant and sad experiences of one small band of men among many thou- sands such, that participated in putting down the Great Rebellion. It is collected from the records at the War Department, correspondence of local papers, private diaries and private correspondence. It conse- quently, naturally assumes a tone of familiarity.
It is of interest to but few ; but to that few, how intensely interest- ing. To them, I believe, the story will be most attractive and most satisfying in its simplest garb ; the facts that appear in these pages, need no touch of fancy's brush, to bring out a vivid scene of despair and sorrow.
Have we not all in our younger days, when the mild Spring atmos- phere has converted the crusted snow into a surface resembling thin sheets of cotton, participated in the merry sport of rolling up huge snow balls? The handful of snow, rounded by hardy little fists, dropped into the adhering mass, was pushed along, and gradually assumed larger and larger proportions, until it increased to a magni- tude satisfactory to the wishes of the juvenile laborers. Then it was wondered at and admired, and each little mind was proud of the por- tion of the work it had done towards bringing it to such perfection. But another day came, the sun poured down its rays, and the structure quickly, and almost invisibly, melted away. In tracing its history, we find such to be comparatively the beginning, the perfection and the annihilation of the organization called the Twenty-fourth New York Battery. In October, 1861, a handful of Perry boys enlisted in the service of the United States as Artillerymen. To this nucleus was gradually added recruits, until finally, in December, 1863, it was a complete Six Gun Battery, of 125 men. How it worked, and what it did during its eventful career, from its entrance to its exit, is told in the following pages.
A warm Spring day was April 20th, 1864; the enemy came in over- powering numbers, the Company was captured, and silently, gradu- ally, the members of the organization passed away, until a little rem- nant was mustered out of service, at Albany, in the Spring of 1865. As men, we had but reproduced our boyhood's play, and worked hard to roll the ball to a satisfactory shape and size, only to see it quickly and like a vapor pass away.
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COMPANY ROLL, 24th New York Battery of Light Artillery.
OFFICERS :
LEE, J. E. CADY, LESTER A.
HASTINGS, GEORGE S. GRAHAM, GEORGE W.
PRIVATES.
1 Adams, Abner
34 Calhoun, G. W.
2 Ainsworth, R. C.
3 Ainsworth, William
4 Alburty, Wm.
5 Alburty, F. M.
38 Camp, George
6 Allen, Z.
39 Canfield, S. D.
.7 Andrus, Lemuel
8 Andrews, Mark
41 Carnahan, Charles
9 Armstrong, Wm.
10 Armstrong, J. H.
11 Atwood, George S.
12 Ansbacher, Moses
45 Clark, C. A.
46 Clute, H. V.
13 Baker, John
14 Barker, Gustavus
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Barnes, Roswell H.
16 Bartley, John
17 Bartlett, Hartwell
18 Bachelder, B. F.
19 Beers, L. M.
20 Birdsall, George
21 Billingham, Ira
22 Blood, Wm.
23 Blake, W. D.
57 Culver, A. L.
24 Boies, Edwin
25 Brooks, John A.
26 Brayton, Rufus
59 Davis, Ornau
60 Dolbeer, C. H.
61 Duryea, George
29 Bulkley, W. E.
62 Duryea, Joseph
80 Bulkley, Chas.
81 Buck, Robert
32 Button, James
38 Burd, H. C.
35 Calteaux, Paul
36 Calkins, James
37 Camp, William S.
40 Carnahan, William
42 Chapman, John
43 Chadbourne, Henry
44 Chapin, William E.
47 Comstock, A. W.
48 Cook, Harlo
49 Corbin, B. F.
50 Corkwell, John
51 Cowen, James
52 Crooker, W. W.
53 Crooks, J.
54 Crosby, Morton
55 Crounce, George
56 Cusick, Hiram
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27 Brown, George 28 Bullock, Robert
63 Eastwood, Edwin
64 Farrell, Philemon
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108 Lapham, L. H.
66 Ferguson, Andrew T.
67 Filbin, John
68 Finnigan, Dennis
111 Lee, Abram
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69 Fitch, Charles W.
112 Lent, Abram
70 Fitzgerald, Thomas
113 Leonard, Francis
71 Fitzpatrick, Pierce
114 Lloyd, H. P.
72 Flynn, James
115 Loomis, Hiram
73 Foster, Henry
. 116 McClair, Jerry
117 Mccrary, Orrin S.
76 Gould, Willard
119 Mccrary, Charles
7 Grant, Murray
120 McCrink, John
121 McCrink, James
122 McDonald, Arch'd.
123 McEwen, Geo. W.
124 McGuire, Thos.
125 McGuire, James
126 McGuire, Michael
127 McNinch, Henry
128 McVey, James
129 Marean, Chas. A.
130 Marrin, Patrick
131 Marrin, Connor
88 Holman, George A.
89 Hollister, Benjamin H.
90 Homan, Chas. H.
91 Horton, Chas.
135 Miller, George
186 Miner, J. Gile
137 Mosier, Marion R.
138 Munroe, Darius
139 Murray, W. R.
140 Newcomb, L.
141 Newton, Riley J.
142 Nichols, Samuel
143 Nichols, William P.
100 Jackson, Dan'l. 101 Johnson, Geo. B.
102 Keeney, George W.
103 Keith, G. H.
104 Kellogg, Geo. W.
105 Ketchum, R. A.
106 King, Sylvanus
107 Knowlden, Henry C.
144 Otis, F. D. 145 Otis, Chas. 146 O'Dell, Thos.
147 Page, H. C. 148 Page, Wm. N.
149 Parmlee, O. G.
150 Patterson, Wm.
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78 Green, Lawrence
79 Griffith, Charles R.
80 Griffith, Albert
81 Grisewood, Thomas
82 Hart, Charles
83 Harmon, John C.
84 Harrington, M.
85 Hastings, Fred. E.
86 Hathaway, Charles
87 Hinton, W. H.
182 Martin, H. C.
133 Meade, Geo. F. H.
134 Merrill, J. W.
92 Hosford, W. F.
93 Hoyt, Wilbur M.
94 Hubbard, H.
95 Hughson, Wallace E.
96 Humphrey, Arthur
97 Humphrey, Chas.
98 Hunter, E. H.
99 Hurlburt, E. T. M.
109 Lapham, Horace 110 Lawler, E.
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74 Galusha, J. E.
75 Goodhue, D. W.
118 Mccrary, Wm. A.
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151 Perkins, Jas. W.
152 Phelan, Chas. T.
153 Piper, Geo. W.
154 Piper, A.
155 Pratt, Philander
156 Prince, William
157 Purdy, S. R.
189 Sunderland, Charles
190 Sunfield, James
158 Quinn, John
159 Rankin, Erastus
192 Tilton, Henry
160 Rathbone, Sydney 8.
161 Rawson, Porter D.
162 Raymond, Henry
195 Turner, Robt.
163 Rich, Thurmon
164 Richards, Elias
196 Van Buren, Sylvester
165 Richards, Albert
166 Richardson, Orlando
197 Wardwell, E. H.
198 Washington, George
199 Wayne, Joseph
169 Root, Hiram
200 Welch, Edward
170 Root, Stephen
201 Weller, Jacob H.
171 Rowell, Solon
172 Russell, Enoch J.
173 Russell, John A.
174 Russell, John
205 Whitbeck, Henry
206 Williams, Oliver
207 Williams, Thos.
208 Winne, B. V. L.
209 Wood, Emmett
210 Woolsey, John 211 Woolsey, Etting
212 Wright, George G.
213 Yancer, J. D.
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176 Stafford, Pembroke J.
177 Sanford, L. J.
178 Secor, A. J.
179 Shank, Laban H.
180 Shell, John
181 Sheppard, Nelson
182 Shirley, Phares
183 Shockensey, Timothy F.
184 Smith, Mason C.
185 Smith, J. W.
186 Stevens, Geo. W.
187 Stoddard, Samuel
188 Storms, Thomas S.
191 Thayer, Lewis P.
193 Tirrell, Samuel
194 Truair, O. M.
167 Roach, Wm. 168 Rood, Le Grand D.
202 Wetmore, Chauncey
203 Whitney, Hamilton S.
204 Whitney, W. A.
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LIST OF DEATHS.
List of Names of Members who were killed in Battle ..
Fitzpatrick, Pierce Hoyt, Wilbur M.
Meade, Geo. F. H. Turner, Robert
List of Names of Members who died at Andersonville Prison.
Alburty, Wm.
Hathaway, Chas.
Armstrong, Wm.
Hosford, W. F.
Atwood, George S.
. Hunter, E. H. Johnson, Geo. B.
Barnes, Roswell
Keeney, Geo. W.
Bartlett, Hartwell
King, Sylvanus
Bachelder, B. F.
Blake, W. D.
Lapham, L. H. Lee, Abram Lent, Abram
Button, James
Calteaux, Paul
McCrink, John McDonald, Arch'd
Calkins, James
Marean, Chas. A.
Chadbourne, Henry
Martin, H. C.
Clute, H. V. Comstock, A. W. Corbin, B. F.
Newton, Riley J.
Pratt, Philander
Crosby, Morton
Rich, Thurmon
Crounce, George
Rood, Le Grand D.
Culver, A. L.
Safford, Pembroke J.
Eastwood, Edwin Filbin, John Fitch, Chas. W. Fitzgerald, Thos.
Shirley, Phares Shockensey, Timothy F.
Smith, Mason C.
Flynn, James Griffith, Chas. R. Griffith, Albert
Tilton, Henry Welch, Edward Williams, Oliver
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Carnahan, Chas.
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LIST OF DEATHS.
List of Names of Members who died at Florence Prison.
Bartley, John
Blood, William
Brooks, John Mccrary, Orrin S. McCrink, James
McNinch, Henry
Piper, Geo. W. Piper, A.
Root, Stephen
Stevens, Geo. W.
Tirrell, Samuel
Wetmore, Chauncey
List of Names of Members who died at Charleston Prison.
Ainsworth, William Rawson, Porter D.
List of Names of Members who died after reaching the Federal Lines.
Galusha, J. E.
Nichols, Samuel
Nichols, William P.
List of Names of Members who died in United States Ser- vice, of Disease.
Andrus, Lemuel Beers, L. M. Brayton, Rufus Grant, Murray
Mccrary, Wm. A. McGuire, Michael
Munroe, Darius
Otis, F. D.
Keith, G. H.
Truair, O. M.
List of Names of Members who died at their Homes (while yet in the United States Service). ·
Billingham, Ira
McVey, James
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ROCKET BATTALION.
(From Official report of the Adjutant-General of the State of New York, 1868.)
Rocket Battalion .*
This battalion was raised and organized at Albany, N. Y., to serve three years. It was mustered into the service of the United States, December 6, 1861, and changed to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Inde- pendent Batteries New York Artillery, February 11, 1863.
NAME.
Date of Com- mission.
Date of Rank.
Remarks.
Major : Thomas M. Lyon
Dec. 9, 1861
Dec. 7, 1861
Discharged June 28, 1862.
Captains: Alfred Ransom
Dec. 9, 1861
Nov. 12, 1861
Jay E. Lee
Dec. 9, 1861
Oct. 26, 1861
Transferred to 23d Indepen- dent Battery Feb. 11. 1863. Transferred to 24th Indepen- dent Battery Feb. 11, 1863.
First Lieutenants : Henry W. Dodge .. Samuel Kittinger, Jr ..
Dec. 9, 1861 May 13, 1862
Dec. 7, 1861 Apr. 27, 1862
Resigned April 27, 1862.
Transferred to 23d Indepen- dent Battery Feb. 11, 1863.
George S. Hastings ...
Sept. 13, 1862
Aug. 30, 1862
Lester A. Cady
Dec. 9, 1861
Oct. 26, 1861
Transferred to 24th Indepen- dent Battery Feb. 11, 1863. Transferred to 24th Indepen- dent Battery Feb. 11, 1863.
Second Lieutenants: Samuel Kittinger, Jr ..
Dec. · 9, 1861
Nov. 12, 1861
Promoted to First Lieuten- ant May 13, 1862.
Thomas Law
May 13, 1862
Apr. 27, 1862
Charles C. T. Keith ..
Mar. 10, 1862
Jan. 2, 1862
Transferred to 23d Indepen- dent Battery Feb. 11, 1863. Transferred to 23d Indepen- dent Battery Feb. 11, 1863.
George M. Graham ..
Dec. 9, 1861
Dec. 7,1861
.Frederick E. Hastings
June 17, 1862
June 2, 1862
Transferred to 24th Indepen- dent Battery Feb. 11, 1863. Transferred to 24th Indepen- dent Battery Feb. 11, 1863.
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TWENTY-FOURTH BATTERY LIGHT ARTILLERY.
(From Official report of the Adjutant-General of the State of New York, 1868.)
Twenty-fourth Battery Light Artillery.
This Battery (formerly Company B, Rocket Battalion) was organized at Albany, N. Y., to serve three years. It was raised, principally, in the counties of Monroe and Wyoming. Mustered into the service of the United States, December 6, 1861. On the expiration of its term of service the original members (except veterans) were mustered out, and the veterans and recruits transferred to the Third Regiment New York Artillery, March 8, 1865.
KINSTON ; WHITEHALL ; GOLDSBORO'; NEW BERNE; PLYMOUTH.
NAME.
Date of Com- Date of Rank. mission.
Remarks.
Captains : Jay E. Lee. (Brevet Lt .- Col. N. Y. V. @ Brevet Lt .- Col. U.S. V.) Lester A. Cady.
Dec. 9, 1861
Oct. 26, 1861
Resigned June 13, 1863.
William W. Crooker.
June 23, 1868 Jan, 28, 1865
June 18, 1863 Jan. 10, 1865
Discharged Dec. 29, '64. Not mustered.
First Lieutenants :
George S. Hastings.
Sept. 13, 1862
Aug. 80, 1862
Discharged Jan. 4, 1865.
(Brevet Colonel N. Y. V.)
William S. Camp. .
Jan. 28, 1865 Dec. 9, 1861
Dec. 28, 1864 Oct. 26, 1861
Discharged March 8, '65. Promoted Captain June 23, 1863. Discharged Jan. 22, '65.
Frederick E. Hastings. (Brevet Captain N. Y. V. & Brevet Major U. S. V.
June 23, 1868
June 13, 1868
Second Lieutenants : George W. Graham.
Dec. 9, 1861
Dec. 7, 1861
Edward H. Wardwell.
Lucius S. Newcomb.
Frederick E. Hastings ...
Apr. 24, 1868 Jan. 28, 1865 June 17, 1862
Apr. 15, 1868 Jan. 10, 1865 June 2, 1862
Charles H. Dolbeer. *Chas. F.W. F. De Werner
June 28, 1863
June 13, 1868
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Transferred to 8d N. Y. Cavalry, Dec. 24, 1863. Resigned Ang. 30, 1864. Not mustered. Promoted to First Lieu- tenant June 28, 1868. Discharged Jan. 22, '65. Resigned May 31, 1862.
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LIST. OF PROMOTIONS.
List of Promotions to Commissions.
NAME.
Date of Commission.
Remarks.
Major: · Lloyd, H. P.
Jan. 24, 1865
Twenty-second New York Cavalry.
Captains : Cady, Lester A .. Canfield, S. D ...
June 29, 1863
Twenty-fourth New York Battery.
Crooker, W. W. Graham, George W.
Jan. 28, 1865 Dec. 9, 1861 Dec. 9, 1861
Twenty-fourth New York Battery. Third New York Cavalry. Twenty-fourth New York Battery.
(Brevet Lt .- Col. N. Y. V. & Brevet Lt .- Col. U. S. V.) Lloyd, H. P ..
July 18, 1864
Twenty-second New York Cavalry.
First Lieutenants:
Andrews, Mark .. Camp, William S. Canfield, S. D. Clark, C. A ...
Sept. 10, 1863 Jan. 28, 1865
Twentieth New York Battery. Twenty-fourth New York Battery.
Cady, Lester A .. Hastings, George S .. (Brevet Colonel N. Y. V.) Hastings, Fred. E .... -
June 23, 1863
Twenty-fourth New York Battery.
(Brevet Captain N. Y. V. & Brevet Major U. S. V.)
Kellogg, George W.
Lloyd, H. P .. McVey, James
Newcomb, Lucius S. .
Wardwell, E. H.
Second Lieutenants : Adams, Abner
Clark, C. A.
Twentieth New York Battery.
Twenty-fourth New York Battery.
Dolbeer, C. H .. Graham, George W Hastings, Fred. E. Kellogg, George W. McClair, Jerry ..
Dec. 9, 1861 June 17, 1862 Jan. 8, 1864
Twenty-fourth New York Battery. Twenty-fourth New York Battery. Third New York Battery.
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McVey, James S.
Merrill, J. W ..
Newcomb, Lucius S.
Page, Wm. N.
Wardwell, E. H.
April 24, 1863
Third New York Artillery. Second New York Artillery. Twenty-fourth New York Battery. Fourth Artillery. Twenty-fourth New York Battery.
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Twentieth New York Battery. Twenty-fourth New York Battery. Twenty-fourth New York Battery.
Oct. 81, 1864 July 12, 1864 Aug. 31, 1863 July 5, 1865
Third New York Battery, Twenty-second New York Cavalry. Third New York Artillery. Third New York Artillery.
Feb. 20, 1863 S Mar. 29, 1864 1 Feb. 1, 1865 June 28, 1863
First N. C. U. V. Sixteenth New York Artillery.
Ang. 31, 1863 April 20, 1864 Jan. 28, 1865
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PERSONAL SKETCHES.
After the compilation of this work was deemed advis- able by the writer and his friends, the following Circular was sent to every member of the Battery whose address could be ascertained :
NEW YORK, January 21st, 1869.
MY DEAR SIR :
For some time I have been employing my leisure hours in searching for matters and documents relating to the " TWENTY-FOURTH NEW YORK BATTERY."
I want to possess a complete record of its entire pro- gress from its organization up to the time it was dis- banded, and the further personal history of each indi- vidual member to the present time.
I find I have undertaken a difficult task, and I am obliged to ask your assistance. Will you not oblige me, therefore, by answering the following questions :-
When and where did you enlist ?
When and where were you mustered in ?
When and where were you mustered out ?
* Did you re-enlist as a Veteran ?
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PERSONAL SKETCHES.
Were you in any Skirmishes or Battles ? If yes, when and where ?
Were you in any Southern Prisons? If yes, what Prisons ? Give particulars of imprisonment.
Do you positively know of any of your Comrades dying? If yes, give name, date and place.
When and where were you paroled and exchanged ?
What did you do after you were paroled until you were mustered out ?
Were you promoted while in the army ? If yes, when and to what positions ?
Give Non-commissioned and Commissioned Appoint- ments, with full particulars.
Were you on any detailed duty ? If yes, where, when, and in what position ?
Give residence and occupation, since your retirement from the army.
Relate any incident in the army about yourself, or your friends, which you think of interest.
Have you married since your enlistment? If yes, when, and to whom ?
What is your present address ?
Should fortune favor, I shall publish a record of the doings of our Battery. I hope you will render me this assistance.
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