Annual report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York, pt 1, Part 5

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$49 00


48 51


20. By cash received from Col. Van Beuren as president of 3d Brigade court martial, fines. 27 00 Commission 27


26 73


Nov. 4. By cash received from receiver of taxes for militia commu- tations collected by him 8,587 77


Commission


85 87


8,501 90


Dec. 10. By cash received from Col. Ward, 12th regiment fines __ Commission


102 90


1 02


101 SS


$10,981 64


Errors excepted.


CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 1861.


DANIEL DEVLIN, Chamberlain.


93


ADJUTANT GENERAL,


CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, NEW YORK, Dec. 16, 1861. 5


Statement of receipts and payments by the city Chamberlain on account of each of the regiments composing the first division of N. Y. S. M., from 15th December, 1860, to the 15th December, 1861 :


FIRST REGIMENT.


Receipts. Payments. Balance.


1860. CR.


Dec. 15. By balance at this date


$594 48


1861.


. Nov.


4. By commutation money, per resolution of the Division Board 325 00


$919 48


1861.


DR.


Jan. 18. Cash paid J. W. Oliver $16 00


22. do Serg't Mahnkin 34 00


Feb. 7. do Lt. Col. Devin 15 00


19. do Capt. Minton 30 00


April 4. . do J. W. Oliver


11 00


June 2.1. do Lt. Reiss


85 00


July 13. do J. W. Oliver 14 50


Aug 20. do G. L. Maxwell 29 13


20. do F. Manching S5 00


Sept. 3. do Lt. Manhkin 38 50


Dec. 3. do Lt. Reiss 50 00


$408 13 ---- $511 35


SECOND REGIMENT.


1860. Dec. 15. By balance $414 00


1861. DR.


Feb. 19. To cash paid J. Newman - - .. $414 00


94


ANNUAL REPORT OF THE


THIRD REGIMENT.


Receipts. Payments. Balance.


1861.


Nov. 4. By commutation money of 1861, per resolution of Di- vision Board $325 00


1861. DR. Nov. 9. To cash paid Lt. Col. Menck_$325 00


FOURTH REGIMENT.


1860.


Dec. 15. By balance $414 00


1861.


Nov. 4. By commutation money of 1861, per resolution of Di- vision Board 325 00


$739 00


1861. DR. Aug. 7. To cash paid F. F. Gunther, paymaster $414 00


$325 00


FIFTH REGIMENT.


1860.


Nov. 4. By commutation money of 1861, per resolution of Di- vision Board $325 00


DR


Dec. 16. To cash paid Chas. Steinway,


paymaster $325 00


SIXTH REGIMENT.


1861. Nov. 4. By commutation money of 1861, per resolution of Di- vision Board $325 00


1861.


DR.


Nov. 27. To cash paid paymaster Dixon $325 00


·


95


ADJUTANT GENERAL.


SEVENTH REGIMENT.


Receipts. Payments. Balance.


1861. Nov. 4. By commutation money of 1861, per resolution of Di- vision Board $325 00


1861. DR. Dec. 12. To cash paid A. Kemp, pay- master $325 00


EIGHTH REGIMENT.


1861.


Nov. 4. By commutation money of 1861. as distributed by Di- vision Board $325 00


------ $325 00


NINTH REGIMENT.


1860. Dec. 15. By balance $562 28


1861.


DR.


Jan. 5. To cash paid II. L, King, pay- master $148 28


Feb. 18. To cash paid H. L. King, pay- master 414 00


$562 28


ELEVENTH REGIMENT.


1861. Nov. 4. By commutation money of 1861, as distributed by reso- lution of Division Board .. $325 00


1861. DR. Nov. 6. To cash paid Col. Maidhof ___ $325 00


TWELFTH REGIMENT. 18C1. Nov. 4. By commutation money of 1861, distributed by resolu- tion of the Division Board_ $325 00


-$325 09


96


ANNUAL REPORT OF THE


TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT.


Receipts. Payments. Balances.


1SC1. Nov. 4. By commutation money of 1861, distributed by resolu- tion of the. Division Board_ $325 00


1861.


DR.


Dec. 4. To cash paid W. B. Meeker, paymaster $325 00


THIRTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT.


1861.


Nov. 4. By commutation money of 1861, distributed by resolu- tion of the Division Board_ $325 00


1861.


DR.


Dec. 16. To cash paid Walter Roome,


paymaster $325 00


FIFTY-FIFTH REGIMENT.


1860.


Dec. 15. By balance $909 22


1861. DR. Feb. 20. To cash paid Lt. Col. Le Clerc $500 00


April 30. do do do 409 22


$909 22


SIXTY-NINTH REGIMENT.


1861.


Nov. 4. By commutation money of 1861, distributed by resolu- tion of the Division Board. $325 00


---- $325 00


SEVENTY-FIRST REGIMENT.


1 1861. Nov. 4. By commutation money of 1861, distributed by resolu- tion of the Division Board. $325 00 1801.


----


DR. Dec. 7. To cash paid to Adjutant A. II. Pride $325 00


97


ADJUTANT GENERAL,


TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT.


Receipts. Payments. Balance.


1860.


Dec. By balance


$664 97


1861. DR. Jan. 30. To cash paid A. Rutherford __ $85 00


Feb. 27.


do Br. Col. Raynor 71 00


March 6. do do 75 62


7. do Capt. Rutherford 114 06


11.


do Br. Col. Raynor 91 75


April 2. do


do 44 25


$481 68


-$183 29


E. E. CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, NEW YORK, Dec. 16th 1861. DAN'L DEVLIN, Chamberlain.


SCHEDULE C.


86


Returns of the Presidents of the Regimental Boards of Auditors of the Commutation Money and Fines received and disbursed by such boards, from the 1st day of. November, 1860, to the 1st day of November, 1861.


DISBURSEMENTS.


BRIGADES.


REGIMENTS.


To brig. general


for services.


To staff of bri-


To field officers.


To staff of regi-


non-commis-


sioned staff of


Company pay to


non -commission -


ed officers & men.


For music.


For printing.


Forlight and fuel,


and rent of ar-


For horse hire for


cannon.


Contingent


Quartermasters'


expenses at en -


campments.


For enrolling.


Total.


Int ..


1st


$72 50


$170 00


$56 50


$29 13


៛328 13


31


234 00


234 00


.71st ..


.731


2.1


.


.


.


.


.


.


624 00


98 00


$5 50


727 50


· 6th. ..


12th ..


519 73


58 63


628 36


3d .


7th ..


562 28


562 23


8th.


315 00


10 00


325 00


.37th ..


4th


1 1th. . .


..


359 78


40 00


162 50


562 23


.224 .


.19h


5th


. 13th .. .


.2sth.


.70th.


15th ..


114 50


28 25


55 00


9 00


1 97


211 72


8 h


. 16th . .


19th.


$12 00


$73 50


$8 38


3 40


113 25


63 16


12 50


197 50


9 00


215 10


107 79


7 h


. 17111 ..


luth . .


293 75


125 00 | 127 90


178 55


171 23


896 43


..


..


...


....


.


.


.


.. .


JJth ..


80 00


5280 00 $205 55


565 55


5th . .


.. .


.. .


ment.


To


regiment.


company officers,


.


ANNUAL REPORT OF THE


...


...


gade.


mory.


ex-


penses.


. ..... .


50 00


8th


.21.st.


9th


Juth. ..


1 50 1,237 10


100 00 1,562 84


10th


24th . . .


26 00


119 25


4 50


400 49


45 00


89 74 33 50


11 00


98 75


SG6 13


.29th .


.20th ..


12th


.27th ..


.


.


.


14th


. 331 . .


25 50


7 92


213 59


247 01


3 1th ..


5 00


10 50


149 25


14 42


135 79


314 96


16th


.Both.


17th


. 26th .. .


18th ..


39th ..


14 63


20 00


7 50


248 75


182 70


493 58


10th ..


8 00


10 50


25 50


24 50


149 75


13 75


4 25


31 98


268 21


19th . .


69 00


47 60


81 75


37 50


12 25


478 80


20 00


9 50


8 00


4 00


768 40


42. ..


47 00


54 00


82 00


57 50


689 22


1 25


1 00


931 97


20th . .


. 60th . . .


. 15th . . ..


. 16th . ..


. 534


23.1.


Auth .


4 00


6 00


17 00


4 50


129 75


18 25


10 75


158 63


158 42


507 30


21 th


.13th ..


.Sist .


.51th


.59th


.Grith ..


80th .


. Cith . ..


81 00


64 12


158 00


. . 243 34


105 00 1


€57 90


31st .


Both . .


101 00


24 50


70 37


378 11


125 00


698 98


7 1th . .


321. .


67th .. ...


35 00


23 00


57 25


25 00


452 77


.


.


1 00


32 00


31 50


657 52


20 00


0 00


68 52


2 50


428 75


36 25


7 75


83 75


81 10


1.


. No return.


99


ADJUTANT GENERAL.


.


25th


.


.


6 50


775 62


·


.


15th


.36th.


.


21st . .


.


.


25th ..


97 00 127 64


37 50


SCHEDULE D. Abstract of the Inspections for the Year 1861.


BRIGADE.


Regt.


Name of Commandant.


Brigade general.


Brigade staff.


Field officers.


Staff of regiment.


Company officers.


Sappers & miners.


Leader of band.


Musicians attached


Snare drummers.


Trumpeters.


Non-com. officers


Total present.


Total abrent.


Aggregate.


First :


Brig. Gen. C. B. Spicer ...


50


61


208


264


Whereof Maj. Robert Taylor was acting inspector :


81 ...


Cupt. J. H. Budko. ...


5


19


143


167


167


334


7 Ist . . .


Col. Henry P. Martin .... .


1


11


16


10


1


34


11


333


417


149


566


73d ... | Col. Ray Tompkins . ...


3


3


5


1


17


59


88


119


207


2d . ..


(In United States service.)


733


638


1,271


Second :


Brig. Gen. Chas. Yates


1


8


20


159


189


63


252


Whereof Maj. Robert Taylor was acting inspector.


5th . . .


Col. Louis Burger ...


1


10


22


10


1


19


14


1


286


364


190


55.4


Col. Win. G. Ward


2


3


13


1


4


145


108


216


401


12th. . . Cth. . .


(Not reported.)


721


439


1,170


Third :


Brig. Gen. Win. Hall . .... Col. Marshall Lefferts ....


2


10


26


40


19


709


866


152


1,048


8th. . . | Lieut. Col. C. Waterbury ..


2


9


19


7


8


261


306


161


470


37th. . . | Col. Chas. Roome ...


5


25


18


320


376


97


473


0th & 55th


( In United States service.)


1,548


113


1.991


Brig. Gen. John Ewon ....


...


. .


·


Ilth. . . | Col. Joachim Muidhof. ...


2 | 6 .28 | 8


5 1 350


411


116


527


.


-


ANNUAL REPORT OF THE


Fourth : ' Whereof Muj. Robert Taylor is inapector.


· ...


4th. . .


Col. Edward Hincken.


2


1


5


Whereof Maj. J. Groshon Herriot is in- spector.


7th. . .


.


100


to band.


and privates.


1st .


Muj. Robert Halt .


| 22a ...; Col. James Monroe ....


2


1


| 11


251


309 245


20.1


549


1,005


176


1,491


Fifth .


Brig. Gen. Philip S. Crooke Lient. Col. Robt. B. Clarke


3


3


10


5


145


185


363


Col. Michael Bennett ....


1


7


20


108


306


(No return.)


( In United States service.)


376


293


669


Tenth


Brig. Gen. Darins Allen ... Col. Levin Crandall.


3


10


1


16


1+1


192


245


04


339


(No return.) (No return.)


Seventeenth : Whereof Maj. John Satterly is inspector.


26th ... 35th . . .


Col. Timothy W. Miller. .. (Not reported.)


3


4


13


35


5.2


1f


114


157


39


195


Nineteenth : Whereof Maj. James L. Gilbert is inspector.


41st ... 421. . ..


Col. James Whitford ....


1


8


12


2.2 112


92


120


02


182


211


123


334


Twenty - fifth : Whereof Maj. Chas. R. Babbitt is inspector.


Brig. Gen. L. B. Swun . ... Col. H. S. Fairchild


1


5


20


15


...


281


330


147


477


2


6


19


11


8.3


157


214


305


544


235


782


'Thirty - first


65th . ... 74th . ..


Col. Jucob Kretner . ( No returu. )


1


6


19


1


18


1


191


237


70


307


1


5 6


15 .... 20 8


25 16


2


....


232


69th. .. 79th . . .


Major James Bagley .. .. (In United States service.)


...


....


...


...


...


3


12


8


11


5.4 213


32


91


61


152


Brig. Gen. Thos. F. Pelzie. Col. Chester Card. ...


1


7


ADJUTANT GENERAL.


101


. Burs.


t Fifes.


.


1


161


178 198


13th. .. 28th . . . 70th . . . 14th . ..


24th ... 29th ... 30th ...


Brig. Gen. A. HI. Prescott. .


.


..


...


.


1 . 1;


405


......


54th ... 66th . . . 59th . . .


Col. E. D. Shuler ... (No return.)


-------


ABSTRACT E. Designating the companies organized during the year 1861.


ORDER OF ORGANIZATION.


Arm of service.


Letter of company.


Regiment.


Commandant.


Number.


Date.


2


January 10


Rifles


L


53d


Willard H. Healy.


4


26


Infantry


E


45th


Henry D. Jones.


5.


do 26


do


B


35th


Newton B. Lord.


do


26


do


14th


Jacob Weber.


February 2


D


24th


John W. Armitage.


8


do


7 .-


do


B


71st


Benjamin L. Trafford.


9.


do


11


Rifles


D


28th


Charles Brandenburg


16


April


. 25


Artillery


G


9th


William Atterbury


19


do


26


Infantry


E


20th


William Lent,


20


do


26


do


C


20th


J. Rudolph Tappen.


21


do


26


do


13th


John II. Stone.


22


do


27


Artillery


9th


Francis G. Young.


23


do


28


Infantry.


G


14th


Garwood Plass.


24


Artillery


I


5th.


John F. Droge.


25


do


30


do


R


25th


Hale Kingsley.


29


May


2


Infantry


G


74th


John H. Canfield.


30


do


2.


do


B


14th


George Mallery.


31


do


2


do


F


14th


Albert G. A. Harneckel.


35


do


8.


Rifles


4


15th


Thomas Welch.


102


ANNUAL REPORT OF THE


29


6


·


36


8


do


37


do do do


8


42


18.


43


do


18


do


18


Artillery


44 46


do


20


Infantry


0


10th


47 48


do 30


Artillery


H


13th


49


do


31


50


June


1


54


do


8.


55


do


9


56


do


12


Lt. Artillery


I.


6th


William Baker.


57


do


19


Rifles


34tl


58


do


20


60


dlo


26


do


C


61


do


26


Artillery


G


70th


62


do


26


63


do


27


64


do


28


do


H


54th


J. George Cramer.


67


do


29


68


July


1


do


G


66th


69


do


73


do


15


do do


C


68th


7.4


do


16


Rifles


R


50th


75


do


16


Lt. Artillery


G K G E I


15th 12th 79th 79th 79th


Herman Worthington. Ralph H. Olmstead. Joseph Laing. David Morrison. Robert T. Shillinglaw.


Peter Putnam. James Campbell. Thomas Betts. Jacob Leoboldti.


Henry A. Ellis.


Seneca B. Smith.


Infantry do


E


544th


35th


Jackson Tamblin.


William A. Short.


Charles C. Barrett.


J. Hunt Smith. Charles C. Doherty. Warner Westcott. John McMahon.


A. Van Horne Ellis. Henry P. Roche. Guy C. Bridgman. James Dodds. Justin G. Thompson. Edwin R. Patten. Peter 1 Classen.


103


ADJUTANT GENERAL.


35th 42d


Infantry -


do


54th


do


28


Artillery


71st


Infantry -


45th


10th.


9th


do


27


Rifles


0


28th


Rifles


K K


6th


do


79th


Infantry


54th


do Infantry do


ABSTRACT E .- Continued.


ORDER OF ORGANIZATION.


Arm of service.


Letter of company.


Regiment.


Commandant.


Number.


Dato.


76


July


26


Infantry _


G


67th


James A. Claghorn. Jas. McFarlane.


79


Angust


1


do


10th


80


do


5


do


26th


Gottleib B. Beringer.


83


do


10


do


60th_


William C. Pratt.


83


do


10


do


G


60th


William E. Palmer.


8.4


do


11


do


C


66th


Joseph W. Holmes.


84


do


11


do


66th_


Charles HI. Moss.


85


do


12


do


51st


Earl Chapin.


01


do


27


do


96


September7


do


A


37th


Theodore W. Parmele.


96


7


do


B


37th


Albert M. Smith.


96


do


7


do


C


37th


W. Edward Vermilye.


96


do


7


do


D


37th


William HI. Farrar.


96


do


do


37th


96


do


do


37th


96


do


7


do


G


37th


96


do


7


HI


37th


98


do


12


Light Infantry


B


20th


100


do


20


Infantry


10th


101


do


20


do


46th


101


do


20


16th


Edwin Strevell. A. S. Edgett. Jas. W. Norcross, Je.


104


-


George W. Lyon. Albert Davidson.


George D. Waring.


Walter A. Van Rensselaer.


ANNUAL REPORT OF THE


John H. Quackenbush.


66th.


Aram Beebe.


103.


do


2.4


do


A


22d


103.


do


24


do


-


103


do


24


do


103


do


2.4


do


103


do


24


do


103


do


2.1


do


H


22d


104


October 2.


do


A.


60th


105


do


7


do


60th


108


19


Light Infantry


20th


109


do


21


Infantry


B


18th.


James Otis. George B. Post. A. Foster Higgins. John N. Wilsey. B. F. Butler. John E. Parsons. E. Van Tuyl. Asahel Buck. Pelatiah Ward. Leonidas Y. Kinch.


ADJUTANT GENERAL.


105


-


C D E


22d


22d 22d 22d


-


106


ABSTRACT F. The return of the clerks of the board of supervisors, showing the number of persons liable to military duty.


COUNTIES.


Number of per- gons enrolled belonging to military com- panics.


Number of per- sons enrolled belonging to fire compati - nies.


Number of per- sons liable to perform mili- tary duty not belonging to military or fire companies.


Total number enrolled.


Remarks.


Albany *-


56


35


2,285


2,376


29 towns returned.


Broome


31


265


2,474


2,770


15 do


do


Cattaraugus


25


12


2,261


2,298


30


do


do


Cayuga"


134


24


2,560


2,718


26


do


do


1,137


1,137


10


do


do


Chenango


120


182


2,427


2,729


21


do


do


Clinton


1


1,416


1,417


14


do


do


Columbia


2,769


2,769


Cortland


1,004


1,004


15


do


do


Delaware


178


95


2,880 .


3,153


18


do


do


Dutchess


261


284


3,018


3,563


20


do


do


Erie


25


1,956


1,981


25


do


do


Essex


13


1,114


1,127


18


do


do


Franklin


3


1


1,016


1,050


16


do


do


Fulton


18


985


1,003


10


do


do


Genesee


1,684


1,684


13


do


do


1


Allegany -


Chautauqua


Chemung


ANNUAL REPORT OF THE


.


-- 4


Greene


1,451


1,451


14 do


do


Hamilton


189


189


7 do


do


Herkimer*


Jefferson*


Kings*


Lewis_


1,292


1,292


17


do


do


Livingston


32


92


2,174


2,298


17


do


do


Madison


94


77


1,150


1,321


13


do


do


Monroe*


Montgomery


1,633


1,633


10


do


do


Niagarat


7


21


3,131


3,159


27


do


do


Onondaga


29


203


1,929


2,161


15


do


do


Orange-


196


279


4,015


4,490


17


do


do


Orleans


1,147


1,147


9


do


do


Oswego


2,736


2,736


4 wards and 21 towns returned.


Otsego


204


229


2,688


3,121


24 towns returned.


Putnam


9


2


612


623


6 do


do


Queens


54


56


2,979


3,089


6 do


do


Rensselaer*


Richmondt


55


279


750


1,084


4


do


do


St. Lawrence


213


3,055


3,268


29


do


do


Saratoga


27


101


1,891


2,022


20


do


do


Schenectady


13


33


926


972


5 wards and 5 towns returned.


. No return received.


| No return to the clerk by the assessors.


.


107


ADJUTANT GENERAL.


Oneida


Ontario .


Rockland


ABSTRACT F-Continued.


COUNTIES.


Number of per- rong enrolled belonging to military com- panics. .


Number of per- sons enrolled belonging to compa - firo nies.


Number of per- sons liable to perform mili- tary duty not belonging to military or fire companies.


Total number enrolled.


Remarks.


Schoharie


373


35


1,729


2,139


16 towns returned.


Schuyler


25


112


850


987


8 do


do


Seneca


414


1,486


1,900


10 do


do


Steuben


29


55


3,694


3,778


29


do


do


Suffolk


2,190


2,190


9


do


do


Sullivan


1,436


1,436


13


do


do


Tioga*


78


320


1,239


1,637


9


do


do


Ulster _


3,238


3,238


19


do


do


Warren


896


896


11


do


do


Washington


8


53


1,722


1,783


17


do


do


Wayne


12


30


1,795


1,837


15


do


do


Westchester


208


1,171


3,887


5,266


24


do


do


Wyoming


11


1,746


1,757


16


do


do


Yates


792


792


7


de


do


Total


2,331


4,676


91,464


98,471


. No return received.


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ADJUTANT GENERAL.


SCHEDULE G. HEAD-QUARTERS, FIRST DIVISION, N. Y. S. M. NEW YORK, December 30th, 1861. 1 Brig. Gen. HILLHOUSE, Adj't General N. Y. S. M. :


General .- I have the honor to report that I have held two parades of this division only, during the present year, in the city of New York, one on the 22d of February last, at which the Commander-in-chief and the general staff of the State were pres- ent, and the other upon the 25th of November last. An officers' meeting, for military improvement, was held on the 22d of Janu- ary last, and two other meetings ordered for the 24th and 30th instant, were necessarily countermanded in consequence of the occupation of the drill rooms by munitions of war, and the large amount of extra duty performed by the division.


During the present year, a number of regiments of this divi- sion have been engaged in actual service by the authority of the Commander-in-chief, under requisitions from the President of the United States, viz. : On the 17th of April, 1861, I issued orders for the Seventh regiment, N. Y. S. M., to embark for Washington ; on the 19th of April, I issued orders for the 6th, 12th and 71st regiments, to embark for the same place; on the 20th of April, for the Sth and 69th regiments to embark for Annapolis; on the 24th, the 79th regiment was directed to hold themselves in readi- ness, and were subsequently embarked for Washington; on the 27th, the 5th regiment was ordered to embark for Annapolis, and the 2d and 55th to go into camp and prepare for embarkation. The 2d regiment went into camp upon the Battery, and subse- quently embarked without orders.


All these regiments, except the 7th and 2d, were mustered into the service of the United States for three months, and served creditably for that period.


The 7th regiment served at Washington and in Virginia for one month, and was honorably discharged, and the 2d regiment was mustered into the United States' service for three years or during the war.


The 9th and 79th regiments, N. Y. S. M., have also been mus- tered into the United States' service for three years or during the war.


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This division has, therefore, furnished ten full regiments for the service of the United States, six of which were embarked within three days after the receipt of the requisition from Washington.


On the 21st of May, I reported in person, with my staff, to the the President and Lt. General Scott at Washington, and was by General Orders of the 22d of May, placed in command of the militia and volunteer regiments from the State of New York.


On the 24th of May, under orders of Lieut. Gen. Scott, I took command of a detachment which crossed the Potomac, and took possession of Arlington Heights, Alexandria, and the adjacent country.


This detachment consisted of the 5th, 7th, 8th, 12th, 25th, 28th and 69th N. Y. S. M., the 11th New York Volunteers, the 1st Michigan and three New Jersey regiments, three companies of cavalry, one battery of light artillery, and one company of sappers and miners; and the movement was eminently success- ful. The whole force was immediately engaged in throwing up entrenchments on the Virginia side of the Potomac, which have ever since been in possession of our forces.


· On the 25th, I issued a proclamation to the people of Virginia, which was first submitted to and approved by the President and his Cabinet.


On the 28th of May, General McDowell having been appointed, by the War Department, to the command of the Department of Virginia, I was relieved and returned to my command in the city of Washington.


This command was now from time to time increased by the arrival of the New York Volunteers, until, on the 4th of July, I paraded 23,000 : n of the New York Volunteers and Militia, before the President and General Scott.


On the 6th of July, at the request of Lieut. Gen. Scott and the Cabinet, who were impatient at the delays of Major General Paterson, I consented to waive rank to that officer, and take com- mand of a division under him, on the Upper Potomac. I sent off that evening, the 19th and 28th regiments N. Y. V., and left the next day with the 5th and 12th N. Y. S. M., for Hagerstown, Maryland. via. Harrisburgh, crossed the Potomac at Williams- port at sundown on the 9th of July, and after marching all night, arrived at Martinsburgh, Virginia, at daylight on the 10th of July. I here reported to General Paterson, and took command of a division of 8,000 men, principally of New York regiments.


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ADJUTANT GENERAL.


On the 15th of July, the army advanced from Martinsburg to Bunker's Hill, a village about ten miles from Winchester, where the rebels, about 20,000 men, under General Johnson, were there encamped; our whole force being about 22,000.


Preparations were here made for an advance on Winchester, and pickets were thrown forward, and a road opened by my orders, so as to flank the enemy's camp at Winchester, and interpose our army between the enemy and the Shenandoah river. But after midnight, on the morning of the 17th of July, I received orders from General Paterson to march at 3 A. M. upon Charlestown, 22 miles from Winchester, covering the march of the residue of his army to that point.


This movement was effected, and on the same day, at one o'clock P. M., General Johnson, with 8,000 men, left his camp at Win- chester, forded the Shenandoah river, and arrived at Manassas on the 19th of July; and the residue of his army (except the sick and wounded) left the next day and arrived on Sunday during the battle of Bull Run.


From Charlestown, General Paterson retreated, on the 21st of July, to Harper's Ferry, and on the 25th of July (being honora- bly discharged) took leave of the army, and was succeeded in the command of the department by Major General Banks, who, on the 28th of July, retreated into Maryland.


On the 29th of July, I was relieved from duty in this depart- ment at my own request, and proceeded to my command at Wash- ington, where I continued until my term of service expired on the 15th of August, when I returned to New York, and resumed the command of the First Division.


I have been since engaged in re-organizing my division which if supplied with arms and equipments could now parade 6.000 effective men exclusive of the regiments still in the field.


All which is respectfully submitted.


CHAS. W. SANDFORD, Major General Ist Div. M. V. S. M.


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HEAD QUARTERS, 5TH DIVISION N. Y. S. M., ONEONTA, Nov. 9th, 1861.


To Brig. Gen. THOMAS HILLHOUSE, Adju't. Gen. N. Y. S. M. :


SIR-I hereby report that on the 9th and 10th days of May last, at Cooperstown, I caused to be held the meeting of general officers, field officers, division, staff, and brigade inspectors of this division, as required by the regulations, and thereat ex- amined the system of tactics directed to be pursued in this State, making illustrations of the movement, and explaining the applica- tion of such movements to the evolutions of the line.


At said meeting the officers caused a circular to be printed, directed to the assessors of the several towns in said division, reminding them of their duty in regard to the enrolment, and the result is, that a far better enrolment has been made by them than during any previous year.


And I also report that I ordered a brigade drill of the officers, and non-commissioned officers, and musicians under the command of Brig. Gen. Bassett, at Oneonta, on the 19th and 20th days of September last, and superintended the instruction of the same.


Capt. Atwood of the United States engineers generously con- sented to act as instructor, and rendered us very valuable service.


The brigade improved in the exercise in a decided manner, and I reviewed the said 12th brigade accompanied by my staff, armed, equipped and mounted.


Also, that I have attended the parades of the regiments in the 18th brigade, under the command of Brig. Gen. Danforth, at Middleburgh and Cherry Valley, superintended the instruction in the 39th and 40th regiments, and reviewed the same accompanied by my staff.


I also report that I have attended the annual parade of the 19th brigade, under the command of Gen. Petrie, with the divi- sion staff at Berwick, Chenango county, on the first days of Octo- ber last past, and that I reviewed that brigade.


And, I also add, that at the close of the review in the 39th regiment, the regiment at the request of Col. Shaul unanimously agreed to volunteer their services during the present war, and are now in camp at Cherry Valley.


Also, the 19th brigado voted to enlist during the war. and petitioned the Commander-in-chief to establish a branch depot within the limits of said division, so that said brigade by regi- ments could be mustered into the service of the United States.


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ADJUTANT GENERAL.


Although our ranks have been thinned by enlistment into the service of the Government, and it is not beyond dispute that the organization of the militia has furnished more and better re- cruits for the service than from any other source, still our organization in this division is complete, and all are ready and anxious to obey the order of the Government, and rally to the support of the Constitution and laws, and to crush out the most wicked and outrageous rebellion that ever existed in any country.


I am General, with great respect, Your obedient servant,


S. S. BURNSIDE, Major General, 5th Division N. Y. S. M.


HEAD QUARTERS, SECOND BRIGADE, NEW YORK, Dec. 28th, 1861.




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