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The other companies comprising the Eighty-fifth were recruited principally as follows ; A at Olean ; C at Friendship ; D at Little Gen- esee ; E at Granger ; F at Black Creek and Friendship ; H at Wells- ville ; I at Richburgh; and K at Hinsdale. The regiment left the State December 3, 1861, and was attached to the Army of the Potomac in the Third Brigade and Case's Division.
In March, 1863, it was attached to the departinent of the South. During the years 1862 and '63, the services of the Eighty-fifth were not specially severe, its greatest losses being at Fair Oaks in the latter part of May and the early part of June, 1862. However, on April 20, 1864, at Plymouth, N. C., the regiment lost eleven men killed, and the whole command surrendered to the enemy, together with the entire brigade. During the period of its service the Eighty-fifth lost an aggregate of 378 men, of whom 245 enlisted men died in rebel prisons. The engagements in which the regiment participated were as follows : 1862, siege of Yorktown, April 17 to May 4; Lee's Mills, April 28; Williamsburg, May 5 ; Seven Pines, May 24; Fair Oaks, May 30, May 31, and June 1 ; New Market Road, June 8; Fair Oaks, June 24-25 ; Seven Days Battle, June 25 to July 2; Malvern Hill, July 1 ; Carter's
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Mill, July 2 ; Franklin, October 31 ; Tuni, November 18; Exp. from New Berne to Goldsboro, N. C., December 11-20; Kinston, December 14; White Hall, December 16; Goldsboro, December 17; Williams- ton, December 27. 1863, New Berne, March 14; Nixouton, April 16 . Blont's Creek, April 9; Little Washington, April 19-20; Free Bridge, July 6; Williamston, July 27 ; Chowan, July 28. 1864, Harvelsville, January 20; Plymouth, April 17-20.
The Ninety- Eighth Regiment of Infantry, a veteran organization, was organized at Albany in the early part of 1862. The command was otherwise known as the " Malone and Lyons Regiment," the " Wayne County Regiment," and "Franklin's Own." Companies A, B, C and E were principally recruited at Malone ; D and G at Bangor ; H at Fort Covington, and F, K and I at Lyons. In the companies last named was a fair contingent of Ontario county men. However, the Thirty- fourth Regiment of militia formed the nucleus of the command, which contained, also, a few St. Regis Indians.
The Ninety-eighth was mustered into service from the Ist to the 6th of February, 1862, and under Col. William Dutton left for the front and was attached to Palmer's Brigade, Casey's Division, Fourth Corps of the Army of the Potomac. Its battles began with the siege of York- town in April, and closed with the fall of Petersburg, April 2, 1865. Its most serious losses were at Fair Oaks, Swift Creek, Cold Harbor, the operations before Petersburg and Richmond, the assault on Peters- burg, and the battle at Chaffin's Farm. During the period of its service the regiment lost eight officers and 230 enlisted men. It was honorably discharged and mustered out under Col. William Kreutzer, August 31, 1865, at Richmond, Va. The engagements in which the Ninety-eighth took part were as follows: 1862, siege of Yorktown, April 16-May 4 ; Lee's Mills, April 28 ; Williamsburg, May 5 ; Bottom's Bridge, May 21-22; Savage Station, May 24 ; Fair Oaks, May 31, June I, and June 24-25 ; Seven Days Battle, June 25-July 2; White Oak Swamp Bridge, June 30; Malvern Hill, July 1; Carter's Hill, July 2. 1864, operations before Petersburg and Richmond, May 5-31 ; Port Walthall and Chester Station, May 6-7; Swift Creek, May 9-10; Proctor's Creek, May 12; Drury's Bluff, May 14-16; Bermuda Hun - dred, Mayª18-26; Cold Harbor, June 1-12; (First Assault, June I ;
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Cold Harbor, June 2 ; Second Assault, June 3 ;) before Petersburg and Richmond, June 15 and April 2, 1865 ; Petersburg Assault, June 15- 19, 1865 ; Chaffin's Farm, September 29, October 1 ; Fair Oaks, October 27-29, 1864; Fall of Petersburg, April 2, 1865.
The One Hundredth Regiment of Infantry (Veteran) was organized during the fall and winter months of 1861 under the supervision of General G. A. Scroggs, and its companies were mustered into service by detachments as rapidly as they were recruited. James M. Brown was made colonel of the regiment, and with the command left for the front March 10, 1862. The Ontario county contingent was mainly in Company B, the recruits being from the town of Victor. The service of the One Hundredth began with the siege of Yorktown in April, 1862, and continued throughout the war, ending with the fall of Petersburg and the final surrender at Appomattox. Its severest losses were at Fair Oaks, Va., Battery Wagner, S. C., the operations against Petersburg and Richmond, the battle at Strawberry Plains, and in the final Appomattox campaign. Its total losses were thirteen officers and 384 enlisted men. The regiment was mustered out of service at Rich- mond, Va., August 28, 1865.
The One Hundred and Second Regiment, the " Van Buren Light In - fantry," a veteran organization, was organized early in 1862, at a time when the government was seriously in need of men. The Ontario county contribution to the regiment was exceedingly small, being a few recruits enlisted by Captain M. E. Cornell, and his brothers George and Stephen, and obtained in the western part of the county. The regiment was mustered into service between November, 1861, and April, 1862, and was mustered out at Alexandria, Va., July 21, 1865.
The One Hundred and Twenty-Sixth Regiment was raised by Col. Eliakim Sherrill, who received authority therefor June 15, 1862. It was to have been recruited in Ontario, Washington and Yates counties, but instead of Washington, Seneca county appears to have been utilized. The regiment was organized at Geneva and there mustered into service for three years August 22, 1862. On December 25, 1864, it was con- solidated into a battalion of five companies, A to E, and on June 2, 1865, the men not mustered out with the regiment were transferred to the Fourth New York Artillery. Glancing over the records, we dis-
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cover that companies A and B were recruited in Yates county; C and I in Seneca county; D, H and K wholly in Ontario county; E at Geneva and Rushville ; F in Ontario and Seneca counties, and G in Ontario, Seneca and Yates.
As a stimulus to hasten the raising of this regiment, a reward of $200 was offered for the first company recruited in Ontario county. D gained the prize, the money being paid by H. B. Gibson, of Canandai- gua. The first officers of this company were Philo D. Phillips, captain ; Charles A. Richardson, first lieutenant, and Spencer F. Lincoln, second lieutenant. E, the Geneva and Rushville company, was under com- mand of Captain Henry D. Kipp, and George E. Pritchett and John B. Brough, first and second lieutenants respectively. Company F, which was raised in this county and Seneca, was under Isaac Shimer, captain, Ira Munson and Ten Eyck Munson as first and second lieu- tenants. Company G was commanded by Captain John F. Aikins ; first lieutenant Frederick Stewart and second lieutenant Sanford H. Platt. The towns of Phelps and Manchester furnished the men for Company H, the first officers of which were Orin J. Herendeen, cap- tain ; George N. Redfield, first lieutenant and Alfred R. Clapp, second lieutenant. The officers of Company K were, captain, Charles M. Wheeler; first lieutenant, H. Clay Lawrence, and second lieutenant, Isaac A. Seamans. This company was raised principally in Canan- daigua and Naples.
The One Hundred and Twenty-Sixth proceeded to the front during the latter part of August, 1862, where it served in the Middle Depart- ment of the Army of Virginia. The most notable event in connection with its whole service took place at the siege of Harper's Ferry, so called, on which occasion the entire regiment, together with 11,000 other Union troops, surrendered to the enemy. In justice, however, to the One Hundred and Twenty-Sixth it must be said that this sur- render or capture, for it amounted to the same, was in no manner at- tributable to the fault of the regiment, but rather to the weak and ill-advised action of the commanding officers of the army. Notwith- standing this the whole force was charged with cowardly conduct, a stigma which was not removed until after the men were released from their parole. By reference to the appended list of battles in which the
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regiment took part it will be seen that the men fully removed the characterization previously applied to them, and demonstrated con- clusively that they were as good and true fighters as ever faced an enemy. After being paroled the regiment was ordered to Camp Douglas, at Chicago, where it remained two months, then being ex- changed and at once proceeded to the defences of Washington, at Arl- ington Heights. Later on it formed a part of the Twenty-second, and still later of the Second Army Corps. At the expiration of the term of enlistment the regiment was honorably discharged and mustered out June 3, 1865, at Washington, D. C., then being under command of Col. J. Smith Brown.
During the period of its service the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth lost a total of seventeen officers and 259 enlisted men. The engage- ments in which it participated were as follows: 1862, siege of Harper's Ferry, September 12-15 ; Maryland Heights, September 12-13 ; Boli- var Ileights, September 15. 1863, Gettysburg, July 1-3 ; Auburn, October 14; Bristoe, October 14; Mitchell's Ford, October 15-16; Mine Run campaign, November 26-December 2 ; Robertson's Tavern, . November 27. 1864, Morton's Ford, February 6; Wilderness, May 5-7 : Spottsylvania, C. H., May 8-21 ; Po River, May 9-10; Salient, May 12; Landron House, May 18; North Anna, May 22-26; Tolo- potomoy, May 27-31 ; Cold Harbor, June 1-12; before Petersburg, June 15, April 2, 1865 ; assault of Petersburg, 15-19; Weldon R. R., June 21-23; Deep Bottom, July 27-29; Strawberry Plains, August 14-18; Reams Station, August 25. 1865, Petersburg Works, March 25 ; Appomattox campaign, March 28, April 9; White Oak Ridge, March 29-31 ; fall of Petersburg, April 2 ; Deatonsville Road, April 6; High Bridge, April 7 ; Farmville, April 7 ; New Store, April 8 ; Appo- mattox C. H., April 9. .
The One Hundred and Forty eighth Regiment .- In many respects this was one of the important of the many military organizations repre- sented by recruits from Ontario county. In fact much of its strength came from the county, while the whole regiment was raised in the im - mediate vicinity, and had its place of rendezvous at Camp Swift, Geneva. The companies were recruited principally as follows : A at Seneca Falls, Fayette, Geneva, and Canoga ; B at Dundee, Starkey, Barrington and
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Milo; C at Phelps, Hopewell and Geneva; D at Geneva, Fayette and Varick ; E in Seneca county ; F at Geneva, Rushville, Gorham, Potter Center, Penn Yan and Middlesex ; G at Geneva, Canandaigua and Naples ; H in Seneca county ; I partly in Geneva and the balance in Yates and Seneca counties, and K at Manchester, Bristol, East and West Bloomfield and Hopewell.
The regimental organization was completed and the command mus- tered into service at Geneva for three years, September 14, 1862, at which time the field and staff officers were as follows : Colonel William Johnson, Seneca Falls; lieutenant-colonel, George M. Guyon, Seneca Falls; major, John B. Murray, Seneca Falls; adjutant, Henry T. Noyes, Starkey; quartermaster, Albert Woodruff, Lodi ; surgeon, Henry Simmons, Canandaigua ; first assistant surgeon, C. H. Carpen- ter, Phelps; second assistant surgeon, Frank Seeley, Rushville.
The regiment left Camp Swift on the 22d of September, then having twelve companies with full 1,200 men. Ten companies being the re- quired number orders were received at Watkins, where the regiment had proceeded via steamer up Seneca Lake, directing two of the com- panies to return to Geneva. In October following these companies were attached to the Forty fourth Regiment of Infantry, N. Y. V. The command proceeded to Washington, thence to Portsmouth, Va., and still later to Suffolk where its actual service was begun. At first it served with the Seventh Corps, and later with the Eighteenth and finally with the Twenty fourth. Its battles began with Gwynn's Island in No- vember, 1863, from which time it was most actively employed until the fall of Petersburg and the final surrender at Appomattox in April, 1865. During its service the regiment lost, from all causes, six officers and 261 enlisted men, twenty-four of the latter dying in the hands of the enemy.
The One Hundred and Forty-eighth participated in the following engagements : Gwynn's Island, November 18, 1863 ; operations against Petersburg and Richmond, May 5-31, 1864; Swift Creek, May 9-10, 1864 ; Proctor's Creek, May 12, 1864; Drury's Bluff, May 14-16, 1864; Bermuda Hundred, May 18-26, 1864; White House, May 31, 1864; Cold Harbor, June 1-12, 1864; Second Assault, June 3, 1864 ; before Petersburg and Richmond, June 15, 1864, and April 2, 1865 ; assault
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of Petersburg, June 15-19, 1864; Chaffin's Farm, September 29-Octo- ber 1, 1864; Fair Oaks, October 27-28, 1864; Appomattox Cam- paign, March 28-April 9, 1865 ; fall of Petersburg, April 2, 1865 ; Rice's Station, April 6, 1865 ; Burke's Station, April 7, 1865 ; Appo- mattox Court-house, April 9, 1865.
The One Hundred and Sixtieth Regiment was organized at Auburn during the fall of 1862, and was mustered into service for three years at New York city on the 21st of November. The Ontario county contri- bution to this regiment formed a part of Company E, the towns of Canandaigua, East Bloomfield, Bristol, and Geneva furnishing the re- cruits. The balance of the company was made up of men from Seneca Falls, Owasco, Auburn and Tyre. The regiment left the State Decen- ber 4, 1862, and was attached to Sherman's Division, Department of the Gulf, until about July, 1864, when it came north and joined the Army of the Shenandoah. During the period of its service the regi- ment lost, from all causes, seven officers and 212 enlisted men, seven of the latter dying in the hands of the enemy. The command was honorably discharged and mustered out at Savannah, Ga., Novem- ber 1, 1865. The battles of the One Hundred and Sixtieth were as follows : 1863: Bayou Teche, La., Jan. 13; Gunboat Cotton, La., Jan. 14; Berwick City, La., March 13; Pattersonville, La., March 28 and April 11; Fort Bisland, La., April 12-13; Jeanerette, La., April 14; Plain Store, La., May 21 ; siege of Port Hudson, La., May 23-July 8; First Assault, May 27 ; Second Assault, June 14. 1864, Red River Campaign, La., March 10-May 22 ; Sabine Cross Roads, La., April 8; Pleasant Hill, La., April 9; Cane River Crossing, La., April 23 ; Mausura, La., May 16; Snicker's Ferry, Va., July 20; Opequan, Va., September 19; Fisher's Hill, Va., September 22 ; Ce- dar Creek, Va., October 19.
The One Hundred and Seventy-ninth Regiment of Infantry was or- ganized at Elmira and mustered into service for three years during the summer and fall of 1864. Company K was recruited at Buffalo and in the towns of Hopewell and Phelps, the other companies of the regi- ment being formed by recruits generally from Western and Central New York. The command left the State in detachments, being first attached to the Twenty-second Corps, from which it was transferred to the Ninth
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Corps and so continued until mustered out June 8, 1865, near Alexan- dria, Va. Although its actual service at the front was of less than a year's duration the regiment lost, from all causes, 191 men, of whom twenty-five died in the hands of the enemy. The battles in which it participated were as follows : Cold Harbor, June 11-12, 1864 ; before Petersburg, June 16, 1864, and April 2, 1865 ; assault of Petersburg, June 16-19, 1864; Mine Explosion, June 30, 1864; Weldon Road, August 18-21, 1864; Poplar Spring Church, September 29-October 2, 1864 ; Hatcher's Run, October 27-28, 1864; Fort Stedman, March 25, 1865 ; Appomattox Campaign, March 28-April 8, 1865 ; fall of Petersburg, April 2, 1865.
The One Hundred and Eighty-eighth Regiment of Infantry was re- cruited by Colonel John E. McMahon, with headquarters at Rochester, where it was organized and mustered in service during the early part of October, 1864, to serve for one year. Company B was composed of men from Rochester, Avon, Phelps, Victor, Italy, Penn Yan, Naples and Geneseo. A few men in Company E were from Richmond, Farm- ington and Seneca. Company F had a sprinkling of Canandaigua men as also did Company G. In Company I were a few recruits from Phelps. The regiment, under command of Major C. C. Davis, left the State October 13, 1864, and served in the Second Brigade of the Fifth Corps until finally mustered out and discharged July 1, 1865, near Washington, D. C. Although less than a year in service the One Hun- dred and Eighty- eighth lost ninety men from all causes. Its battles were as follows: Before Petersburg, October 20, 1864, and April 2, 1865 ; Hatcher's Run, October 27-28, 1864 ; Hicksford Raid, December 6-11, 1864; Hatcher's Run February 5-7, 1865 ; Appomattox Cam- paign, March 28-April 9, 1865 ; White Oak Ridge, March 29, 1865 ; Gravelly Run, March 31, 1865; Five Forks, April 1, 1865 ; fall of Petersburg, April 2, 1865 ; Appomattox C. H., April 9, 1865.
The One Hundred and Ninety-fourth Regiment of Infantry was re- cruited during the early part of 1865 by Colonel Joseph W. Corning, and was mustered into service for one and three years. In Company C were a few recruits from Canandaigua; in Company D (Ninth Inde- pendent Company) were men from Victor, Seneca and Naples ; in Com- pany I (Seventeenth Independent Company) were a few recruits from
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Canandaigua. The regiment was organized at Elmira, and at the same place was mustered out after about four months' service, having lost by death and disease seven enlisted men.
The Eighth Regiment of Cavalry, the first organization of its kind in which was any noticeable contingent of men from Ontario county, was organized in 1861, under authority given to Colonel Samuel J. Crooks. This command became a veteran organization, and was always known as a Rochester regiment, although many of its men were from other counties than Monroe. Glancing over the records, we find men from Canandaigua in Co. A ; men from Phelps in Co. D; from Rush- field in Co. G; from Canandaigua in third Co. K, and from the same town in second Cos. L and M.
In the latter part of November, 1861, the Eighth left the rendezvous and served during the following winter in the defences of Washington. In March, 1862, it was attached to the Department of the Shenandoah, and in June following was annexed to the Eighth Corps, in the Middle Department. Its later service was with Pleasanton's Division of Cavalry. the First Division Cav. Corps, the Third Division of the Army of the Potomac, the Army of the Shenandoah, and with the Army of the Po- tomac. In the numerous operations in which the cavalry participated in Virginia and Maryland, the Eighth was present, and at least a part of the regiment took part in one hundred and forty-two battles, raids or skirmishes. Beginning with the operations in the Shenandoah Valley, May 23, 1862, and from that time on to the surrender of Lee's army at Appomattox, April 9, 1865, the Eighth was constantly engaged. In the Shenondoah Valley in May, 1862, its losses amounted to thirty-one men ; at Harper's Ferry, ninety-two; at Beverly's Ford, fifty; at Gettysburg, forty ; Chester Gap, twenty-five ; Brandy Sta., eighteen ; on the raid to South Side and Danville R. R., 117 ; in the Appomattox campaign, thirty-one.
At the expiration of the term of enlistment, the men entitled thereto were ordered to Rochester and there discharged and mustered out of service, the remaining men being consoldated into a battalion of eight companies. The regiment, commanded by Colonel Edmund M. Pope, was finally mustered out June 27, 1865, at Alexandria, Va., having lost, during its entire service, 19 officers and 305 enlisted men, of whom 3 officers and 70 men died as prisoners in the hands of the enemy.
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The Ninth Regiment of Cavalry (Veteran) otherwise known as Stone- man's Cavalry and the "Westfield Cavalry " was recruited by Colonel John Beardsly under authority from the State. Its organization began at Westfield and was completed at Albany. The companies compris- ing the regiment were mustered into service between September 9 and December 13, 1861. The records show that Ontario county was rep- resented by a few recruits in this regiment, but the number was so small that no extended mention of its services is necessary in this chapter. In Company F were a few men from Farmington, and in Company M was a small contingent of recruits from Geneva. The services of the Ninth began at Yorktown, Va., in the early part of April, 1862, and closed with the surrender at Appomattox, three years later. However, the regiment served in and about Washington from the latter part of November, 1861, until the beginning of the campaign of the next year. The Fifteenth Regiment of Cavalry was organized at Syracuse and mustered into service by companies during the summer and fall of 1863. A portion of Company C which was mustered in August 8, was from Canandaigua and Geneva, the representation, however, from this county being exceedingly small. The services in the field began with the battle at Hillsboro', Va., in January, 1864, and closed with Appomattox C. H., April 9, 1865.
The Twenty-fourth Regiment of Cavalry was organized by Colonel William C. Raulston during the latter part of 1863, and its companies were mustered into service in December of that year, and in January, 1864. Portions of Companies H and L were recruited at Canandaigua prominent in connection with which were Captain F. T. Brown, Lieu- tenant William F. Jessup and Byron F. Crain. The command left the State in February, 1864, and served for a time, dismounted in the de- fences of Washington. It afterward served for a brief time in the Twenty-second Corps, but later and more prominently in the Ninth Corps in connection with the Army of the Potomac. Colonel Raulston was captured September 29, 1864, and in attempting to escape was shot and died of wounds in December following. He was succeeded by Colonel Walter C. Newberry, under whom the regiment was con- solidated with the Tenth N. Y. Cavalry July 10, 1865, the new organ- ization receiving the designation " First Provisional Regiment, N. Y Vol. Cav."
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The battles in which the Twenty-fourth participated began with the Wilderness, May 5-7, 1864, and closed with Appomattox C. H., in April, 1865.
The First Regiment of Mounted Rifles. In the summer of 1862, Ma- jor Dodge was authorized to organize several companies of cavalry in order to complete a regiment, a battalion having previously been or- ganized by permission of the war department. The result was the for- mation of the First Mounted Rifles, to which the towns of Richmond and Victor contributed recruits, the men being enlisted in Company K. On July 21, 1865, the regiment was consolidated into a battalion of seven companies. Company K, in which were the Ontario county men, was mustered into service in August, 1862.
The First Regiment of Veteran Cavalry was organized by Colonel Robert F. Taylor, under authority granted July 20, 1863. According to the original design, this command was to have been designated the Seventeenth Regiment of Cavalry, but the plan was changed before the organization was completed. The regiment was organized at Geneva, where, September 17, 1863, the recruits intended for the Seventeenth Cavalry were transferred to it. The companies mustered at Geneva were C, D, E, F, G, H, I and K, and the date October 10. Companies L and M were mustered in November 17 and 19, at the same place. In October, 1864, Company M was consolidated with A, and the for- mer replaced by a new Company M. It would be difficult indeed to determine accurately the number of Ontario county men which were members of this command, as the recruits were scattered through sev- eral of its companies. Men from Geneva were in Companies C, D, E, G, H, I, L and M. Canandaigua was also represented in Company E, and Seneca in Company L. The regiment left the State by companies and served in the Department of Washington until February, 1864, and was then attached to the Army of West Virginia. In October follow- ing it formed a part of the Army of the Shenandoah, but in March, 1865, returned to the Army of West Virgina. On July 20, 1865, then under command of Colonel John S. Platner, the First Veteran Cavalry was honorably discharged and mustered out of service at Camp Piatt, W. Va.
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