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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.)
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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
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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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