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May II. Our regiment went out on picket to the left. Sharp picket firing all day. Lost five men, wounded ; also Capt. Walpole, supposed to be taken prisoner. He had given me orders early in the morning to advance the left wing, which I had charge of, and at the same time directed the right wing to advance. We drew upon us a heavy fire, and Walpole has not been seen since He was either shot or went through the lines and was taken prisoner. (Was taken prisoner, and made his es- cape from Columbia prison, South Carolina.) The right wing of our regiment was relieved at night, Captain Clapp now assumed command and sent for me to report to him, sending Lieut. Wells to take command of the left wing. We returned to the place we had started from in the morning and remained till daylight.
May 12. Our brigade fell in at daylight and marched off to the left. Early this morning, Gen. Hancock, with his (2d) corps, made a grand charge on the enemy's lines and was successful, capturing 5,000 prisoners, including three Major Generals and about 20 cannon. In going through a piece of woods, our regiment, which was in the rear, was cut off by another column. We were exposed to a heavy musketry fire, and also to rain which lasted all day. We could find nothing of our brigade, and as we were near the front, our little band of about 100 decided to go in, and accordingly, attached our- selves to the 2d corps, and went forward into some breastworks which had been taken by Hancock this morning. Here we remained till late in the after- noon, fighting hard all day.
Just behind us was a spot so exposed to the rebel fire from their breastworks in front of us, that no soldier could live there a moment. One section of
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a battery, two guns and caisson, came down on a run to occupy this spot, with a view of shelling out the rebels about thirty rods in front of us, when they were fired upon and every man and horse killed instantly. Not one escaped. The rebels made desperate attempts to drive us out of our works and partially succeeded. We lost but few men ourselves, but the carnage around us was fearful. About 4 o'clock we were relieved, and as night set in found the rest of our brigade.
Friday, May 13. Our brigade moved and oc- cupied the same riffe-pits we had occupied the day before. The rebels during the night had fallen back, leaving their dead and wounded in our hands. Our skirmishers were sent out immediately, and soon reached the skirmish line of the enemy. Col. Dwight rejoined us this morning from the hospital and Captain Cossitt from a sick-leave. Gen. Meade published an order this morning which I read to the regiment, announcing that so far we had been suc- cessful, capturing 18 cannon, 22 colors and 8,000 prisoners.
We remained in these pits all day and until two o'clock at night, when we fell in again and marched to the left, to the support of Gen. Burnside.
Saturday, May 14. Crossing the Po River and skirmishing. No battle. After crossing the stream, threw up breastworks, and our regiment, detailed for picket duty, immediately went out. Heavy rains for three days, impeding the progress of the army.
Monday, May 16. Our regiment relieved from picket duty. May 17. A false alarm brought us all to the rifle-pits, but nothing came of it. Soon after dark we fell in quietly and took up our line of march to the extreme right of the army, where we arrived about daylight. May 18. Found that our corps formed a line of battle, column-by-divisions, appearances indicating that a charge in that form was contemplated. Our brigade was sent to the extreme right and flank, as a guard against a flank movement by the rebels. The Chasseur's and Long Island regiments are on picket and we on re- serve. So matters stand at 9 o'clock, A. M. The charge was attempted and failed, and in the after- noon we were marched back to our former position. Here we remained till daylight, May 19. Early in the morning moved to a new position still further on the left, where we were busy all day building breastworks. An attack was made near night upon our right flank and rear. the object being the cap- ture of our wagon trains. Moved about 11 o'clock, P. M., to the support of the 2d corps, which was engaged with the enemy. The battle was over be-
fore we reached the ground, and we encamped for the remainder of the night.
May 20. Engaged in building breastworks. Portions of the army engaged with the enemy.
Saturday, May 21. About 9 A. M . marched off to the extreme left. Found the entire army moving in the same direction. Halted near the position occupied on the 20th, and half our regiment sent back on picket to the rear. About dark, the rebels made an attack a little to the right of us, which was easily repulsed. Our position is strongly posted with 16 pieces of artillery. At 11 P. M, ordered to fall in, and marched again to the left, marching all night. Halted at Holladay's for breakfast, thence to Guinea's, a station of the Fredericksburg and Richmond Railroad, distant from the latter place about 45 miles. We can hear cannonading in the direction of Bowling Green, towards which our advance is making. Remained here in camp at the farm on which is the negro hut in which Stone- wall Jackson is said to have died after his wound at Chancellorsville. At 6r. M., moved again, march- ing about five miles, when we encamped, and re- mained till 9 o'clock, A. M, Monday, May 23.
May 23 and 24. Marching all day. Our divi- sion occupied on the 25th in tearing up the Gor- donsville Railroad, which was effectually destroyed for about a mile : and on the 26th marched all night and until 2 o'clock r. M. of the 27th, when we crossed the Pamunkey River at Hanoverton, less than twenty miles from Richmond.
May 29. Our division marched several miles bearing to the north, and finally halted about a mile south of Hanover Court House At this point the rear of the column was attacked by rebel cavalry. The 67th New York and four companies of the 122d were deployed as skirmishers and remained here all night undisturbed. The column counter- marched, and taking the direct road to Richmond, marched about two miles and then halted. Marched again in the afternoon taking another road towards Richmond, formed a line of battle in a dense woods and rested for the night.
May 31. A brisk skirmish fire was kept up all day and in the afternoon we were shelled. About midnight we left our station and moved to the left, marching till noon, June Ist, and arrived at Cold Harbor. Here we met our cavalry which had been engaged in a severe battle the day before, and skir- mishing was still going on. Our corps immediately formed in line of battle and relieved the cavalry, which moved to our left. We are less than ten miles from Richmond and about two miles from Savage's Station. About 2 o'clock P. M., the enemy
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opened on us with artillery, to which we replied with three batteries. The enemy had a good range and killed and wounded a large number. Captain Clapp and 20 men of our regiment were on picket duty. During the artillery duel the 6th and 18th corps were formed in line of battle four lines deep, the 122d being placed in the fourth line. The three front lines were composed of the 2d Connecticut Heavy Artillery, a regiment which never till now had been under fire, having been in the defences at Washington. It was a three-battalion regiment of fine looking men, under Col. Kellogg. At 6:30 P. M. orders came to attack the enemy. We passed over an open field a few rods, then through a pine grove about 20 rods, and the balance of the way over open fields, the entire distance being less than half a mile. As we emerged from the woods the rebels opened fire and our men commenced dropping. The enemy's fire being too severe for the 2d Con- necticut, they broke up in great confusion, retreat- ing through our lines, so that we became the front line. The loss of the 2d Connecticut was over 400, including the Colonel, who was a brave officer and fell at the head of his regiment riddled with rebel bullets. Our line continued to advance in good order until we had reached within thirty rods of the rebel works, when an order came to fall back to a small ravine in the rear, but before the order could be obeyed the rebels had discharged their heaviest fire fearfully thinning our ranks. Out of 140 men, 75 were killed and wounded. Lieutenant Wooster, of Company G, killed ; Lieut. T. L. Poole, wounded in the side and left arm and shoulder, re- sulting in the loss of his arm. The regiment returned to the ravine and threw up breastworks on the crest of a small ridge. During the night the rest of the army arrived at Cold Harbor.
Thus far Major Poole's diary. A few notes may be made of the general history of this action. Cold Harbor is on four cross roads a short distance southeast of the Chickahominy. On the 31st of May, Sheridan, with his cavalry, had seized and held the focus of these roads, on which the 6th corps, moving in the rear from our right to our left, was immediately directed, reaching it next day (June I,) just before Gen. W. F. Smith, with 10,000 men detached from Butler's army and brought around by steamboats to White House, came up and took position on the right. The two were met here by an order from Meade to advance and attack the army in their front, with a view to forcing a passage of the Chickahominy. The attempt was made, re- sulting as we have described above. Night fell with the rebels still in possession of their works, our ad-
vance holding and bivouacking on the ground it had gained at a cost of 2,000 killed and wounded. The main body of the army having arrived the day fol- lowing, and Grant and Meade being now at Cold Harbor, it was resolved that the rebel lines should be forced on the morrow. The two armies held much of the ground covered by Mcclellan's right under Fitz-John Porter, prior to Lee's bold advance, nearly two years before, Gaines's Mill being directly in the rear of the confederate center. At sunrise on June 3, the assault was made along our whole front and was repulsed by the enemy with terrible slaughter. Twenty minutes after the first shot was fired, fully 10,000 of our men were stretched writhing on the sod, or still and calm in death, while the enemy's loss was probably little more than 1,000 ; and when some hours later orders were sent by Gen. Meade to each corps com- mander to renew the assault at once, the men sim- ply and unanimously refused to obey it. They knew that success was hopeless, and the attempt to gain it murderous ; hence they refused to be sacri- ficed to no purpose. Our losses in and around Cold Harbor were 13,153, of whom 1,705 were killed, 9,042 wounded, and 2,406 missing. Among these were quite a large number of brigadier-gen- erals, colonels and field and line officers.
General Grant now decided to cross the Chicka- hominy far to Lee's right, and thence move across the James to attack Richmond from the south. Having established his headquarters and depot of supplies at City Point, he invested Petersburg, destroyed the Weldon railroad and gradually tight- ened his cordon of forces around the rebel defences of Richmond. Our regiment remained in the army in front of Petersburg till they were sent with the 6th corps in August, 1864, to Fort Stevens, at Wash- ington, and thence with Sheridan upon the famous Shenandoah Valley campaign. Sheridan had been sent, August 2, 1864, to take command of the Middle Department, including Washington, Mary- land, Pennsylvania and the Shenandoah Valley. The battle of Winchester, in which our regiment and the 6th corps were engaged, was fought August 19. " I saw," says Gen. Grant, in his report, "that but two words of instruction were necessary-' Go in !'" So he gave them, and Sheridan went in. The rout of the enemy was complete, our victorious army following till dark, close upon the heels of the fugitive foe, gathering up prisoners and spoils of war, as they hurried through Winchester in utter rout and disintegration. In this battle our army took 3,000 prisoners and five guns, and our loss was about 3,000, including several generals.
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Early fell back to Fisher's Hill, eight miles south of Winchester, regarded as the strongest position in the Valley. Sheridan followed sharply, allowing but two days to intervene between his first and second victory. The 6th corps led the advance on the front, and the 122d Regiment was the first in the enemy's works, where the vigorous attack broke the rebel center, and rendered the victory even more decisive than that at Winchester, or Opequan, as it is more commonly called. Here our army took 1,100 prisoners and 16 guns.
At Cedar Creek ( October 18) our regiment was at the turning-point of the battle, first turning the enemy back, as Sheridan, in his famous ride, came up behind their line. In this engagement we lost about 3,000, the rebel loss being still heavier. In fact. Early's force was virtually destroyed, so that there was no longer occasion for further fighting in the Valley. Our forces were afterwards returned to Petersburg.
It may be well here to sum up the losses of our regiment during the year. The campaign of 1864 was entered upon by the 122d Regiment with 26 officers and 400 enlisted men for duty. The casualties for the year were 26 among the officers and 318 among the enlisted men. No one day of especial disaster, but steady service all the time at the front.
March 25. 1865. They were engaged in the afternoon at the left of Squirrel Level Road, Col. Dwight being killed by a shell. On the morning of the 2d of April they were in the storming brigade which broke through Lee's lines, having been under arms all night and on the picket line ; and were afterward engaged through the day till 3 o'clock, 1. M., forcing Lee back into Petersburg, cut- ting off the South Side Railroad and compelling the immediate evacuation of Richmond. They followed in the pursuit of Lee's army to its surrender at Ap- pomattox Court House, and after two days rest, had a lively march to Burksville, where they remained a week, and then marched in four days and a half to Danville, to stop the last gap on Johnston's army, now in the clutches of Sherman. After a month in Danville, they returned to Richmond, were re- viewed through its streets by Gen. llalleck, and sent thence to Washington, where the 6th corps was reviewed by itself by the President. Receiving the orders for mustering out June 23, they started the same day for home, and were finally discharged June 27, 1865.
OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE 122D REGIMENT, WITH LIST OF PROMOTIONS.
Silas Titus, Col., rank from Aug. 31, 1862, dis-
charged Jan. 23, '65 ; Augustus W. Dwight, Lieut. Col., rank from Aug. 28, '62, promoted to Col. Feb. 28, '65, killed in action near Petersburg, Va., Mar. 25. ' 65: Horace H. Walpole, Capt., rank from Aug. 15, '62, promoted to Lieut. Col. Feb. 28, '65, mustered out June 23, '65 ; James M. Gere, Capt., rank from Aug. 15, '62, promoted to Lieut. Col. April 22, '65, with rank from March 25, '65, ( Brevet Col. N. Y. Vols.,, mustered out June 23. '65 ; Joshua B. Davis, Major, rank from Aug. 28, '62, (Brevet Lieut. Col N. Y. Vols., discharged Jan. 15, '64; Jabez M. Brower, Capt., rank from Aug. 6, '62, promoted to Major Feb. 2, '64, killed in action Oct. 19. '64 ; Alonzo 11. Clapp, Ist Lieut., rank from Aug. 6, '62, promoted to Capt. Nov. 13, '63, promoted to Major Dec. 2, '64, died June 23, '65 ; Morton L. Marks, Ist Lieut., rank from Aug. 15, 62, promoted to Capt. Feb. 10, '64. to Major, Aug. 2, 65 ; Andrew J. Smith, Adjutant, rank from July 26, '62, promoted to Capt. Nov. 10, '62, Brevet Major and Col. of U. S. V.,) discharged June 6, '65 ; Morris H. Church, Adjutant, rank from Oct. S, '62, promoted to Capt. Mar. 5, '63, discharged Jan. 15, '64 ; Osgood V. Tracy, 2d Lieut., rank from Dec. 3. '62, promoted to Adjutant Mar. 1, '63, to Capt., Oct. 15, '64, mustered out June 23, '65 ; Robert H. Moses, Adjutant, rank from Sept. 17, 64, mustered out June 23, '65 ; Frank Lester, Quartermaster, rank from July 24, '62, promoted to Capt. Jan. 14. '63, discharged Dec. 23, '64; John S. Cornue, Quartermaster, rank from Dec. 3, '62, (Brevet Capt. and Major U. S V.,) mustered out June 23, '65 ; Nathan R. Tefft, Surgeon, rank from July 24, '62, resigned April 8, '64; Edwin A. Knapp, Assistant-Surgeon, rank from Aug. 19. '62, promoted to Surgeon May 27. '64, mustered out June 23, '65 : John O. Slocum. Assistant-Surgeon, rank from Aug. 14, '62, promoted to Surgeon 121st N. Y. Vols., July 1, '63 ; Charles B. Fry, Assistant . Surgeon, rank from July 30. '63, not mustered ; James Sanders, Jr., Assistant-Surgeon, rank from Sept. 30, '64, mustered out June 23, '65 ; L. M. Nickerson, Chaplain, rank from Aug. 28, '62, mus- tered out June 23, '65 ; Lucius A. Dillingham, 2d Lieut., rank from Aug. 16, '62, promoted to Ist Lieut .. Nov. 10, '62, to Capt. Feb. 10, '64, mus- tered out June 23, '65 ; Herbert S. Wells, 2d Lieut., rank from Aug. 6. '62, promoted to tst Lieut, Jan. 14, '64, to Capt. Sept. 30, '64, (Brevet Major N. Y. V., mustered out June 23, '64; Webster R. Chamberlain, Capt., rank from Aug. 14. '62, resigned Feb. 24. '63, 1 Brevet Major N. Y. V.) David A. Munro, Ist Lieut., rank from Dec. 15, '64, promoted to Capt., Aug. 2, '65 ; Alfred Nims, Capt., rank from Aug. 14, '62, resigned Dec. 23, '62 ; Stewart McDonald, 2d Lieut., rank from Aug. 1, '64, promoted to ist Lieut. Nov. 19, '64, to Capt, Sept. 15, '65 ; Cornell Chrysler, Capt., rank from Aug. 14, '62, discharged Feb. 28, '63 ; Davis Cossitt. ist Lieut., rank from Aug. 14, '62, pro- moted to Capt. Mar, 5, '63, ( Brevet Major N. Y. V.) discharged Dec. 15, '64; Dudley G. Shirley, 2d Lieut., rank from Oct. 3,'63, promoted to ist Lieut. July 6, '64, discharged Nov. 26, '64; Francis Cala- han, ed Lieut., rank from Aug. 1, '64, promoted to
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Ist Lieut. Dec. 7, '64, to Capt. Jan. 17, '65, dis- charged May 15, '65 ; Joseph S. Smith, 2d Lieut,, rank from Sept. 19, '64, promoted to Ist Lieut. Jan. 15, '65, to Capt. June 16, '65 ; Samuel P. Car- rington, 2d Lieut., rank from Aug. I, '64, pro- moted to Ist Lieut. Dec. 7, '64, to Capt. May II, '65, mustered out June 23, '65 ; Lucius Moses, Capt., rank from Aug. 15, '62, discharged Feb. 24, '63 ; George W. Platt, Ist Lieut., rank from Aug. 15, '62, promoted to Capt. March 5, '63, discharged Oct. 25, '64 ; Edward P. Luther, 2d Lieut., rank from Aug. 14, '62, promoted to Ist Lieut. Mar. 5, '63, to Capt. Dec. 7, '64, (Brevet Major, N. Y. V.) discharged Feb. 6, '65 ; Theodore L. Poole, 2d Lieut., rank from Mar. 1, '63, promoted to Ist Lieut. Feb. 10,'64, to Capt. Feb. 15,'65, with rank from Feb. 6, '65, (Brevet Major, N. Y. V.) dis- charged May 15, '65 ; Charles B. Clark, 2d Lieut., rank from July 28, '63, promoted to Ist Lieut. July 8, '64, to Capt. March 8, '65, mustered out June 23, '65 ; Harrison H. Jilson, Capt., rank from Aug, 15, '62, died at Relay House, Md., Oct. 8, '62 ; Robert H. Moses, Ist Lieut., rank from May 23, '64, pro- moted to Capt. Aug. 2, '65 ; Martin Ryan, Ist Lieut., rank from Dec. 17, '64, promoted to Capt. March 25, '65, mustered out June 23, '65 ; John M. Dwight, Capt., rank from Aug. 16, '62, (Brevet Major, N. Y. V.) discharged Sept. 17, '64 ; Noah B. Kent, Capt., rank from Aug. 19, '62, discharged Oct. 2, '63 ; Andrew W. Wilkin, 2d Lieut., rank from Dec. 3, '62, promoted to Ist Lieut. Nov. 13, '63, to Capt. Dec. 24, '64, (Brevet Major, N. Y. V.) mustered out June 23, '65 ; James B. Hall, 2d Lieut., rank from Mar. 6, '63, promoted to Ist Lieut., July 4, '63, Capt. Sept. 17, '64, discharged Jan. 8, '65 ; George H. Gilbert, 2d Lieut., rank from Feb. 9, '63, promoted to Ist Lieut. Oct. 24, '63, (Brevet Capt., N. Y. V.) discharged May 24, '64; Francis M. Potter, 2d Lieut., rank from Aug. I, '64, promoted to Ist Lieut. Sept 19, '64, muster revoked Feb. 9, '65; Samuel C. Trowbridge, 2d Lieut., rank from Aug. 1, '64, promoted to Ist Lieut., Feb. 28, '65, (Brevet Capt., N. Y. V.) mustered out June 23, '65 ; Charles G. Nye, Ist Lieut., rank from Aug. 14, '62, resigned Feb. 10, '63; William Webb, 2d Lieut., rank from Aug. 14, '62, promoted to Ist Lieut. Feb. 25, '63 ; Francis M. Wooster, 2d Lieut., rank from Aug. 19, '62, promoted to Ist Lieut. Mar. 5, 1863, killed in action at Cold Harbor, Va., June I, '64 ; Amasa Chase, 2d Lieut., rank from Sept. 19, '62, promoted to Ist Lieut. Mar. 6, '65, mustered out June 23, '65 ; Joseph E. Cameron, Ist Lieut., rank from Aug. 14, '62, resigned Dec. 3, '62 ; James Burton, 2d Lieut., rank from Aug. 15, '62, promoted to Ist Lieut. Jan. 14,'63, discharged Sept. 19, '63 ; Martin L. Wilson, 2d Lieut., rank from Dec. 3, '62, promoted to Ist Lieut. Nov. 13, '63, died of wounds received in battle of the Wilderness, June 19, '64 ; John V. Simms, 2d Lieut., rank from Oct. 9, '63, promoted to 1st Lieut. July 8, '64, killed in action near Winchester, Va., Sept. 19,'64 ; Curtis L. Rich, 2d Lieut., rank from Dec. 31, '64, promoted to Ist Lieut. June 16, '65, mustered out as Ist Sergt., Co. F, June 23, '65 ; Alexander Tome, 2d Lieut., rank from Mar. 25,
'65, promoted to Ist Lieut. June 23, '65, mustered out June 23, '65 ; Michael Donovan, 2d Lieut., rank from Mar. 1, '65, mustered out June 23, '65 ; Jacob Brand, Ist Lieut., rank from Aug. 15, '62, resigned Feb. 1, '64 ; Henry H. Hoyt, 2d Lieut., rank from Aug. 15, '62, promoted to Ist Lieut. May II,'63, killed near Petersburg, Va., June 21, '64 ; George G. Gilson, 2d Lieut., rank from June 21, '64, promoted to Ist Lieut. Dec. 30, '64, mustered out June 23, '65 ; Guy J. Gotchis, 2d Lieut., rank from Dec. 3, '62, promoted to Ist Lieut. Mar. 5, '63, discharged May 26, '64; Drayton Eno, Ist Lieut., rank from Aug. 15, '62, resigned Dec. 3, '62 ; Adolph Wilman, 2d Lieut., rank from Mar. I, '63, promoted to Ist Lieut. Sept. 3, '63, discharged July 7, '64: Hiram A. Britton, 2d Lieut., rank from Sept. 9, '64, promoted to Ist Lieut. Feb. 15, '65, mustered out June 23, '65 ; Ruell P. Buzzell, 2d Lieut., rank from Sept. 3, '64, promoted to Ist Lieut. Feb. 15, '65, mustered out June 23, '65 ; Otto W. Parrisen, Ist Lieut., rank from Jan. 15, '64. discharged Sept, 22, '64 : Justin Howard, Ist Lieut., rank from Aug. 19, '62, discharged Oct. 4, '63 ; Dennis Murphy, 2d Lieut., rank from Feb. 6, '65, promoted to Ist Lieut. Mar. 25, '65, mustered out June 23, '65 ; Merrick C. Smith, 2d Lieut., rank from May 15, '65, mustered out June 23, '65 : George A. Wait, 2d Lieut , rank from Oct 24, '63, not mustered ; Arthur J. Mead. 2d Lieut., rank from Aug. 14, '62, discharged Sept. 29, '63 : Wil- liam H. La Rue, 2d Lieut., rank from Dec. 29, '62, discharged Sept. 29, '63; John W. Taylor, 2d Lieut., rank from Mar. I, '63 ; discharged Oct. 11, '63 ; Charles W. Ostrander, 2d Lieut., rank from May 25, '63, (Brevet Ist Lieut., N. Y. V.,) dis- charged Mar. 10,'65 ; Charles A. Eaton, 2d Lieut., rank from Mar. 10. '65, mustered out June 23, '65 ; George E. Fisher, 2d Lieut., rank from June 20, '65; mustered out June 23, '65; Geo. H. Devoe, 2d Lieut., rank from Feb. 6,'65, musteredout June 23,'65 ; Thos. H. Scott, 2d Lieut., rank from Feb. 6, '65, mus- tered out June 23, '65 ; Charles H. Eldridge, 2d Lieut., rank from March 6, '65, mustered out June 23, '65 ; Gates D. Parish, 2d Lieut., rank from Dec. 31, '64, mustered out June 23, '65 : Robert Ealdon, 2d Lieut., rank from June 20, '65, mustered out June 23, '65 ; Peter A. Blossom, 2d Lieut., rank from Aug. 15, '62, resigned Dec. 3, '62 ; Mor- ris E. Wright 2d Lieut., rank from Mar. I, '63, dis- charged Sept. 28, '63 ; Oscar F. Swift, 2d Lieut., rank from Aug. 15, '62, resigned Dec. 3, '62 ; Wil- liam G, Tracy, 2d Lieut., rank from Nov. 3, '62, discharged July 28, '63 ; Daniel F. Hammell, 2d Lieut., rank from Aug. 1, '64, discharged May 31, '65 ; George H. Casler, 2d Lieut., rank from Feb. 6, '65, mustered out June 23, '65.
THE FIFTEENTH CAVALRY.
The 15th New York Cavalry was organized at Syracuse, to serve three years. The companies of which it was composed were raised in the coun- ties of Onondaga, Ontario, Orange, Oneida, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Genesee, Erie and Tomp- kins. It was mustered into the service of the
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United States from August 8, 1863, to January 14, 1864. It was consolidated with the 6th New York Cavalry. June 17, 1865, and the consolidated force designated the 2d New York Provisional Cavalry. The following are the dates of the mustering in of the respective companies :
Co. A-Michael Auer, Capt., Aug. 8, 1863 Co. B-Thomas G. Putnam, Capt., Aug. 8, 1863. Co. C Jetterson C. Bigelow, Capt., Aug. 8, 1863. Co. 1)-Orson R. Colgrove, Capt., Aug. 26, 1863. Co. E-George M. Ellicott. Capt., Aug. 15, 1863. Co. F-1 .. F. Hathaway, Capt , Aug. 26, 1863. Co. G Wallis M. Boyer, Capt., Aug. 26, 1863. Co. If-John F. Moshell, Capt., Sept. 5, 1863. Co. 1-Seth J. Steve, Capt , Nov. 30, 1863.
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