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Charles H. Wales, died July 27, 1864.
Edwin J. Wilber, killed June 27, 1864.
THE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT.
This regiment was raised in the 24th Senatorial Distriet in the summer and fall of 1862. It was organized at Binghamton, and mustered into the United States service Sept. 25, 1862, with the following officers: Colonel, David Ireland; Lieutenant-Colonel, Kaert S. Van Voorhees ; Major, Westel Willoughby; Quartermaster, Edward B. Stevens ; Adjutant, C. B. Barto ; Surgeon, John M. Far- rington ; Assistant Surgeon, S. Milton Hand; Sergeant- Major, J. B. Abbott; Quartermaster-Sergeant, Fred'k W. Burton ; Hospital Steward, Hiram W. Bishop; Com- missary-Sergeant. John J. Cantine.
Company A .- Captain, Fred. A. Stoddard ; First Lieu- tenant, George C. Owen; Second Lieutenant, Fred. M. Halleek.
Company B .- Captain, Henry H. Davis ; First Lieu- tenant, A. C. Gale ; Second Lieutenant, Owen J. Street.
Company C .- Captain, Watson L. Hoskins; First Lieutenant, David R. Russell ; Second Lieutenant, Am- brose Thompson.
Company D .- Captain, John C. Terry; First Lieu- tenant, James E. Mix ; Second Lieutenant, Frank Whit- more.
Company E .- Captain, Milo B. Eldridge ; First Lieu- tenant, Cornelius E. Dunn ; Second Lieutenant, George J. Spencer.
Company F .- Captain, Henry W. Shipman ; First Lieutenant, William N. Sage ; Second Lieutenant, Marshall Corbett.
Company G .- Captain, Oscar C. Williams ; First Lieu- tenant, A. H. Beecher ; Second Lieutenant, W. Abbey.
Company H .- Captain, Eli F. Roberts ; First Lieu- tenant, Charles F. Baragur ; Second Lieutenant, Edgar Ellis.
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Company I .- Captain, J. H. Gregg ; First Lieutenant, Henry Slawson ; Second Lieutenant, John E. Wheelock. Company K .- Captain, Silas Pierson ; First Lieutenant, Eugene A. Marsh ; Second Lieutenant, William H. Taft.
On the 27th of September the regiment left Bingham- ton en route to the front. It arrived in Washington on the 30th, and was immediately forwarded to Harper's Ferry, Va., via Fredericksburg, Md., reaching their desti- mation October 8. Here they went into camp, and re- mained until December 10, having, in the mean time, par- ticipated in two important reconnaissances under General Gregg, one to Charleston and the other to Winchester, Va.
December 10, the 12th Army Corps, to which the 137th Regiment had been attached, left Harper's Ferry at the time of Burnside's unsuccessful attack on Fredericksburg, and having marched to Dumfries, Va., were, in conse- quence of Burnside's repulse, marehed back to Fairfax Station, where they remained until Jan. 17, 1863, when they were again ordered forward, Burnside intending to make another attack on Fredericksburg, but failed on account of the mud. Burnside's " mud march" will ever be re- membered by those who participated in it, and the facetious enemy, not without cause, placed a sign-board where our troops might see, bearing the inscription, "BURNSIDE STUCK IN THE MUD !"
Up to this time the 137th had participated in no engage- ment ; but now, secing the force of the enciny, and the occasional shot and shell that came from the rebel works, it required no prophetic vision to see that the morrow must be a day of carnage.
Ah, how terribly was that prophecy realized ! The battle of Chaneellorsville, fought May 1, 2, and 3, 1863, was one of the severest contests of the war. The 137th was hotly engaged, holding its position in the trenches during a holo- eaust of shot and shell, until the right flank of the army was forced back, when, the order being given to retreat, they retired in good order. This was the regiment's baptism of fire, and nobly did it pass through the contest.
After the battle the 137th returned to Aquia Creek, where it remained until June 13, when it moved north- ward with the army to repel Lee's invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania.
The battle of Gettysburg was fought July 2 and 3, 1863, and here we find the 137th in the thickest of the contest. This gallant regiment added fresh laurels to those already won on the sanguinary field at Chancellorsville.
The regiment lost four officers and forty-one men killed, and three officers and sixty-four men wounded.
After the battle, and the eseape of Lee's army across the Potomac, the army again encamped on the banks of the Rappahannock, and afterwards on the banks of the Rapi- dan, when, September 23, immediately after the battle of Chickamauga, the 11th and 12th Corps, under Hooker, were ordered to Tennessee, where they arrived in the fore- part of October.
In the latter part of October, Hooker was ordered by Grant to open communication between Bridgeport, Ala., and Chattanooga, Tenn., by the way of White Side, along the line of the Memphis and Charleston Road. The Army of the Cumberland being besieged in Chattanooga, and
destitute of provisions, it became necessary to secure a shorter line of communication or the place would have to be abandoned, with the loss of all the artillery and trains. October 28 the 11th Corps, under General Howard, and a part of Geary's Division of the 12th Corps, all under com- mand of General Hooker, debouched into Lookout Valley, and for six miles marched in plain view of the rebels, who occupied the summit and sides of the mountain, and who could almost count the men in the ranks. On encamping for the night the 11th Corps was about two and a half miles in advance of Geary's Division, which, being observed by the enemy, they determined to surprise and capture Geary's Division, and accordingly two divisions of Long- street's Corps were ordered to the attack. They came in between the 11th Corps and Geary's Division, and while one division took a position to prevent reinforcements being sent to General Geary the other advanced to the attack, which came near being a surprise, the attack being made about midnight.
General Geary had with him at the time but four regi- ments and two sections of a battery. The 111th Pennsyl- vania succeeded in getting into line, and the 137th New York were but partly in line, when the enemy opened fire upon them at less than fifty yards distance. These two regiments bore the whole brunt of the battle, which lasted over two hours; the other two regiments were placed in position to protect the right flank and rear, leaving the left exposed. Early in the action General Green, commanding the brigade, was wounded, and Colonel Ireland, of the 137th, being senior eolonel, the command of the brigade devolved upon him, leaving Lieutenant-Colonel Van Voor- hees in command of the regiment.
The enemy, finding the left unprotected, moved a part of their force to the left and came down on the left and rear of the 137th, but Colonel Van Voorhees immediately placed his three companies perpendicular to the rear, facing them to the left, and facing the rear rank of four other companies to the rear. The regiment kept up such a vig- orous and deadly fire to the front, flank, and rear that the enemy was finally driven back, but not till nearly every round of ammunition in the regiment had been fired.
It was a terrible contest, and hundreds of homes in the 24th Senatorial District were rendered desolate by that day's carnage, where so many of her brave sons were offered as a sacrifice upon the altar of country. The regi- ment lost nearly one-third of its number in killed and wounded. This gallant regiment was highly compli- mented for its coolness and courage in this engagement, and General Geary, in an address to the regiment at the the time of its muster out, said, " I have, at all times and in all places, given you the eredit of saving my division from rout or capture at Wauhatehie. As I passed down your rear and noticed the vigorous attaek that was made upon you, I exelaimed, ' My God, if the 137th gives way all is lost !' But thanks to the coolness, skill, and courage of your commanding officer, and to your own determined will, you maintained your ground nobly, and the enemy was dirven baek to his mountain den." Among the wounded was Colonel Van Voorhees, but he refused to leave the field until the action was over.
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The 137th was next with the gallant Hooker in his " fight above the clouds," and maintained its hard-earned reputation, being the first to enter the enemy's works upon Lookout Mountain.
The regiment participated in the famous Atlanta cam- paign, which commenced May 2, 1864, and ended Septem- ber 2, being four months of almost continuous fighting. The first battle was that of Mill Creek Gap, May 8, in which Geary's Division drove the enemy into their works on the summit of Taylor's Ridge. The battle of Resaca followed, May 15, where the 137th lost several wounded. The next was the battle of Dallas, May 25, where Hooker's Corps lost heavily. One line of the rebel works was ear- ried just at night, and the enemy driven into a second line of works about a mile farther back, which were not carried in consequence of the darkness, but a position was taken and a line of works established within a stone's throw of the enemy's line. During eight days they occupied this posi- tion, under a constant fire, and without any shelter from the weather. June 5, the enemy having retreated, the army moved forward a few miles and went into camp.
June 15 the regiment moved forward to Pine Knob, which was held by the enemy, and after sharp skirmishing, which lasted during the following day, on the 17th the enemy evacuated their works. The 137th lost two killed and twenty wounded. The foe was pursued and a sharp engagement took place during the same day, in which the regiment lost one man killed and one wounded. From this time until July 5, when the enemy retreated across the Chattahoochie, it was one continual series of battles, skir- mishes, and changes of position.
June 22, the 137th, together with the 111th Pennsyl- vania, were highly complimented by General Hooker for their bravery in obtaining possession of a commanding position, which was strongly defended by the enemy.
The army, needing rest and clothing, remained quiet from the 7th to the 17th of July, when it moved forward and crossed the Chattahoochie river. On the 19th, the 137th was thrown out as skirmishers, and came upon the enemy's skirmishers at Peach-Tree Creek, four miles from Atlanta. Hooker's corps erossed Peach-Tree Creek on the night of the 19th, and on the 20th, while moving forward to take a position, were unexpectedly and fiercely attacked by the enemy in a thick piece of woods. Colonel Van Voorhees was ordered to move his regiment by the right flank, and take up a position on the right of another regi- ment, and in doing so came almost directly upon the enemy's line of battle. Not knowing the position of the rest of the brigade, owing to the thick underbrush, and fearing that if he fell back the right flank of the brigade would be exposed, he caused his men to maintain their position, which they did manfully nearly half an hour, when, learning that the rest of the brigade had fallen back some fifteen minutes before, and the 137th was left alone battling with the enemy, lie gave orders to fall back, and the regiment fell back from its dangerous position. Loss, 8 killed and 19 wounded. The regimeut entered Atlanta August 30, Colonel Van Voorhees in command.
The lamented Colonel Ireland died soon after the regi- ment entered Atlanta.
The Twentieth Corps remained in Atlanta until Novem- vember 15, when General Sherman commeneed his cele- brated " Marchi to the Sea." His march being unopposed, nothing worthy of note transpired until their arrival near Savannah, December 11. The 137th having been sent out to feel the enemy's position, were deployed as skir- mishers, and soon came upon the enemy's skirmishers, who were protected by the ruins of some buildings, and by a riee-field embankment. A lively fire was kept up for some tine, when it was deemed advisable to drive them from their position, in order to uncover their front. Colonel Van Voorhees gave the order to move forward, and so im- petuous was the charge that the enemy was quickly driven iuto their works, and could have been driven out and beyond them, as they were seen to leave after firing one round, but as there was no support at hand, Van Voorhees, deening it imprudent to assail tlie fort, which was defended by several heavy guns, recalled his men, after several had gained the abatis of the fort, and took up a position behind the rice-field embankment formerly held by the rebel skir- mishers, within two hundred yards of the rebel fort.
The regiment remained here until the 21st of December, assisting in the construction of works, which could only be done under cover of darkness. The rebel batteries were very active, and the nien exposed to a constant shelling. The regiment returned from working on a fort about two o'clock on the morning of December 21, and soon after it was noticed that the enemy were evacuating their works. Captain S. B. Wheelock, of the 137th, with ten men, was sent out to reconnoitre the enemy's works, which they found abandoned, with the guns still in position. The brigade was immediately ordered forward into the rebel works, and from thence moved directly into the city, arriving there at daybreak ; and to the 137th Regiment is due the honor of being the first to enter the evacuated city.
The regiment remained here, doing guard-duty, until Jan. 27, 1865, when it moved with the army on the campaign through the Carolinas. The 137th arrived at Goldsboro', N. C., March 24. On the 10th of April, Sherman again moved forward in the direction of Raleigh, N. C., which place he reached on the 13th of April. Here the regiment remained until April 30, when it commenced its homeward march, arriving at Alexandria, Va., on the 19th of May.
June 9 the 137th was mustered out and ordered to Elmira, N. Y., where it was paid off and discharged on the 18th of June, 1865, having been nearly three years in active service.
The following is a list of the killed, and also those who died of disease or wounds, in the regiment, copied from the muster-out rolls in the Adjutant-General's office at Albany :
Field and Staff.
Colonel David Ireland, died Sept. 10, 1864.
Assistant-Surgeon Taylor Elmore, died May 25, 1864.
Non-commissioned Staff.
Hospital Steward Hiram W. Bishop, died Nov. 23, 1862. Company A.
First Lieutenant George C. Owen, killed Nov. 24, 1863. John J. Baker, killed July 20, 1864.
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Christian Heff, killed Dee. 11, 1864. Charles F. Fox, killed July 2, 1863. Lucian Vining, killed July 2, 1863. Dean Swift, killed July 2, 1863. Oliver English, killed July 2, 1863. Peter Hill, killed July 2, 1863. Wm. Humphrey, killed July 20, 186-4. Richard W. Rush, killed July 2, 1863. Wm. G. Reynolds, killed June 15, 1864. John Silvernail, killed Nov. 27, 1863. Sylvanis Travis, killed Nov. 23, 1863. Jacob C. Bateher, died Dee. 28, 1862. Squires S. Barrows, died Dee. 8, 1862. David Brazee, died Dee. 18, 1862. Henry H. Babcock, died Dec. 31, 1862. David Hempstead, died Jan. 2, 1863. Elias IIarden, died (no date given). Clark W. Laflin, died Dee. 27, 1862. Richard Monroe, died Feb. 27, 1863. Jacob E. Potts, died June 28, 1863. John H. Rich, died April 20, 1863. Leander M. Salisbury, died Dee. 12, 1862. Daniel Travis, died Dee. 31, 1862.
Company B.
Second Lieutenant John Van Emburgh, killed July 2, 1863.
Dudley Mersereau, killed May 3, 1863.
James II. Mullen, killed July 2, 1863.
Admiral T. Coon, killed July 2, 1863. James C. Buteher, killed Oct. 29, 1863. Austen Barney, killed Oet. 29, 1863. Lyman Wooster, killed Oet. 29, 1863. Benjamin F. Morse, killed Nov. 24, 1863. Gilbert L. Bennett, died Nov. 19, 1862. James Kells, died Nov. 22, 1862. Peter W. Hyde, died Nov. 22, 1862. Sylvester N. Bennett, died Dee. 7, 1862.
Espy C. Stuart, died Dee. 7, 1862. Elias Brink, died Feb. 19, 1863. George Phillips, died Feb. 24, 1863. Foster R. Seudder, died March 20, 1863.
Samuel A. Smith, died of wounds, July 6, 1863. James Dore, died of wounds, July 6, 1863. Wm. T. Satliff, died of wounds, July 26, 1863. Pasley Tillberry, died of wounds, July 7, 1863. Cadis V. Stevens, died of wounds, Nov. 6, 1863. Benjamin F. Newman, died Dee. 14, 1863. Ambrose W. Davidson, died Dee. 15, 1863. Charles H. Covert, died of wounds, March 9, 1864. Owen McGrinas, died Oet. 19, 1863. Charles H. Williams, died of wounds, July 21, 1864. Enos P. Howard, died of wounds, Ang. 31, 1864. Wm. M. Spoor, died of wounds, Aug. 27, 1864. Edson Hays, died Sept. 5, 1864. Isaae R. Robbins, died Nov. 25, 1864.
Charles P. Sawtelle, died of wounds, July 7, 1864. Charles W. Kipp, died of wounds, Nov. 7, 1864. Albert Halstead, died of wounds, Nov. 16, 1864. 8
Company C.
Jacob W. Brockham, killed July 3, 1863. Wallace Foster, killed July 3, 1863. James C. Newton, killed Oet. 29, 1863. John Lamont, killed July 3, 1863. Frederick Archibald, killed July 3, 1863. Charles Manning, killed July 3, 1863. Frederick M. Phelps, killed July 3, 1863. Timothy Travis, killed July 3, 1863. Alexander Stanton, killed July 3, 1863. William Degroat, killed June 17, 1864.
Andrew J. Williams, killed July 20, 1864. Martin Kelner, died Oct. 26, 1862. John J. King, died Nov. 18, 1862. William Morton, died March 26, 1863.
Freeman MeArthur, died Mareh 28, 1863. Harvey L. Smith, died April 9, 1863. John H. Perine, died July 11, 1863.
John P. Brundage, died of wounds, July 23, 1863. Elisha Loomis, died of wounds, July 26, 1863.
Luke S. Brant, died of wounds, Oct. 31, 1863.
Charles Wonzer, died Dee. 22, 1863. Peter W. IIollister, died Feb. 10, 1864.
James Webster, died July (date not known), 1864.
Company D.
William Besemer, killed July 2, 1863.
David Clark, killed July 3, 1863.
Willis Hance, killed Oct. 29, 1863.
John King, killed July 20, 1864. George Mabcc, killed July 3, 1863.
Charles True, killed Oct. 29, 1863. Venable Wesley, killed July 2, 1863.
Martin L. Beers, died Dee. 1, 1862.
Rufus II. Green, died Jan. 8, 1865.
Eugene M. Horton, died Feb. 27, 1863.
Charles A. Bloom, died of wounds, Feb. 8, 1864.
Henry F. Bennett, died June 8, 1863.
Charles HI. Gifford, died of wounds, Nov. 4, 1863.
William Glass, died Feb. 12, 1863.
William Lawson, died Dee. 20, 1862.
Simeon Oatman, died Dee. 18, 1862.
Eugene Pranee, died Dee. 1, 1862. Jerome Riker, died Dee. 1, 1862.
William II. Riker, died Nov. 25, 1862. Alonzo D. Snow, died Jan. 31, 1863.
John J. Swain, died Feb. 18, 1862.
Henry J. Simpson, died of wounds, July 18, 1864.
Company E.
Seeond Lieutenant IIenry G. Hallett, killed July 2, 1863.
Henry Johnson, killed July 3, 1863. John Carmine, killed July 2, 1863. William II. Warner, killed Oet. 29, 1863. Frederick T. Twining, killed Nov. 24, 1863. William S. Brown, killed June 15, 1864.
Francis J. Bolster, killed June 16, 1864. Eugene L. Edminster, died Dee. 4, 1862. Van Ness MeNeill, died of wounds, July 19, 1864.
James L. Perce, died of wounds, July 4, 1861.
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James Cram, died Nov. 6, 1862. Francis E. English, died June 14, 1863. Francis Monroe, died Dec. 13, 1862. George Mathewson, died Sept. 19, 1864. Isa B. Preston, died Jan. 1, 1863. Gersham G. Randall, died of wounds, Nov. 26, 1863. Nelson Simmons, died Dec. 30, 1862. James S. Hyde, died Aug. 17, 1864. Philo Kelsey, died of wounds, Aug. 15, 1864. Phineas Wooster, died Feb. 10, 1863. Junius E. Washburn, died Nov. 7, 1864.
Company F.
Henry E. Bayless, killed Oct. 28, 1863. John L. Burk, killed July 20, 1864. George W. Doolittle, killed Oct. 28, 1863. William W. Whceler, killed July 2, 1863. Horaee W. Nichols, killed July 2, 1863. Malone J. Pardee, killed July 2, 1863. William N. Dodge, died of wounds, July 13, 1863. James L. Cresson, died of wounds, Nov. 1, 1863.
James C. Burgdroff, died Dec. 27, 1862. Cornelius Crandel, died Nov. 24, 1862. Luther Frink, died Dce. 18, 1862. Thomas Fowly, died of wounds, June 28, 1864. Smith Howe, died Dec. 20, 1862. Riley W. Hines, died Dec. 31, 1862.
Newton Hunt, died of wounds, Dee. 15, 1863.
George W. Kilburn, died of wounds, Nov. 15, 1863. David H. Monroe, dicd Dec. 20, 1862. George L. Mackey, dicd Sept. 14, 1863. Zerah Spaulding, died Dec. 8, 1862. Wilsey Spaulding, dicd Jan. 31, 1863. William J. Smith, died of wounds, July 4, 1864. Colby Wells, died Feb. 1, 1864. Perry M. Winans, died Sept. 14, 1864. Robert H. Winans, died Nov. 17, 1864.
Company G.
Captain Oscar C. Williams, killed July 3, 1863. Henry Biber, killed Oet. 29, 1863. Eugene C. Belden, killed July 20, 1864. William C. Cole, killed July 2, 1863. Ira Lipe, killed July 3, 1863. William H. Van Valkenburg, killed July 2, 1863. Ezra S. Williams, killed Oct. 29, 1863. John Cooper, died Oct. 25, 1862. Edward Chamberlain, died Dec. 18, 1862. William H. Church, died May 11, 1863.
Henry L. Collins, died of wounds, Nov. 3, 1863. Maurice B. Baird, died of wounds, Dec. 2, 1863. Fayette Butterfield, died of wounds, June 18, 1864. Daniel Farrell, died Dec. 4, 1862. Theodore Guion, died April 19, 1864. Josephus Gec, died of wounds, July 28, 1863. Myron T. Hutchinson, died Jan. 6, 1863. Jerome Hall, dicd Feb. 24, 1863. George Harvey, died July 21, 1864. Jonathan B. Holcomb, died Nov. 9, 1864. Pharcelus Johnson, died Dec. 9, 1862.
Prescott Jackson, dicd of wounds, Nov. 23, 1863. Sampson Janson, died Feb. 6, 1864. Stephen J. Lovelace, died Dec. 27, 1862. William H. Loyd, died March 15, 1863. William Maher, died of wounds, June 23, 1864. Alanson Pcet, died Jan. 21, 1865. Edwin F. Richardson, died Dec. 15, 1862. Edward B. Scovill, died Nov. 22, 1862. George W. Strong, died of wounds, July 29, 1863. Ambrose J. Strong, died Feb. 28, 1864. David Saddlemire, died of wounds, May 6, 1864. Jay Wanzer, died of wounds, Nov. 1, 1863. Alonzo Whiting, dicd of wounds, Nov. 24, 1863. Oliver H. Wetmore, died Nov. 26, 1862. William Youngs, died Jan. 15, 1863.
Company H.
William N. Coleman, killed May 3, 1863. Charles Concy, killed July 20, 1864. Leonard White, killed Oct. 29, 1863. John Butlar, dicd Jan. 20, 1863. William M. Barto, died of wounds, Nov. 8, 1863. Miles Buckley, dicd July 21, 1864. Abram Coursen, dicd of wounds, July 26, 1864.
George Drum, died Jan. 16, 1863. John C. Elmendorf, dicd Fcb. 22, 1863. Robert Evlin, died of wounds, July 23, 1864.
John R. Gary, died June 1, 1863. Mordecai Hills, died Oet. 11, 1863. Hiram A. Scott, died Fcb. 23, 1863. Alfred Stillson, dicd Feb. 15, 1863.
Milo B. Towner, died Dec. 16, 1862. William E. Terwilligar, died March 1, 1863. Abram Winfield, dicd Dec. 16, 1862. Amza C. Wolverton, died July 20, 1864. Scwell White, died Nov. 27, 1862.
Company I.
Captain Joseph H. Gragg, killed July 3, 1863. Theodore D. Hagaman, killed July 20, 1864. James C. Wilson, killed Nov. 24, 1863. Lyman Rorick, killed July 3, 1863. George J. Sirine, killed July 3, 1863. Jacob A. Cosad, killed July 3, 1863. William Runsey, died Dec. 5, 1862. Daniel B. Cornish, died Dee. 7, 1862. Elmore Edsell, died Dec. 21, 1862. Arad Boyer, dicd Dec. 29, 1862. Gideon Holmes, died April 26, 1863. Charles Robinson, died of wounds, Nov. 6, 1863. John Tompkins, died of wounds, Nov. 25, 1863. Miles D. Carpenter, died Dec. 22, 1863. Andrew J. Harrington, died Oct. 22, 1863. John Rosling, died of wounds, Jan. 18, 1864.
Company K.
Alexander B. Hunts, killed Oct. 29, 1863. Michael Morris, killed Oct. 29, 1863. Franklin W. Boice, killed July 3, 1863. Warren L. Davison, killed Oct. 29, 1863.
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Edwin R. Turk, killed Oct. 29, 1863. Ira Martin, Jr., killed July 2, 1863. Benjamin Clark, killed July 2, 1863. Charles K. Swartout, killed May 2, 1863.
Andrew H. Gale, killed June 22, 1864. William H. Taft, died Oct. 31, 1862. Hudson Jennings, died of wounds Nov. 27, 1863.
Nelson Janson, died Oct. 22, 1862.
Isaae D. Head, dicd Nov. 2, 1862. Ephraim Dunham, dicd Nov. 18, 1862.
Jolın J. Humphrey, died Dec. 7, 1862.
William E. Patch, died Dee. 1, 1862. Thomas D. Smith, died Dee. 10, 1862. Charles F. Stoddart, died Dee. 23, 1862.
Elijah Ryan, died of wounds, July 17, 1863.
William H. Griffin, died of wounds, Nov. 1, 1863.
Eugene Pateh, killed aeeidentally, March 27, 1865.
Company L.
Gilbert Bemont, died Dec. 20, 1864. Alonzo D. Broat, died Jan. 29, 1865. Birney Gurnsey, died Dee. 6, 1864. Theodore F. Jones, died Nov. 26, 1864. Charles J. Leonard, died Nov. 28, 1864.
Henry P. Thompson, died April 5, 1865. Clark Tubbs, died Dec. 28, 1864.
Roderick B. Whitney, died Jan. 12, 1865. Silas B. West, died of wounds, Jan. 23, 1865.
CHAPTER XII.
MILITARY HISTORY-(Continued).
The One Hundred and Forty-First-The One Hundred and Sixty- First.
THE ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIRST.
THE 141st Regiment New York Volunteers was organ- ized at Elmira during August, 1862. At the time, by the disasters of the Peninsula, it became needful to raise addi- tional troops to beat back the defiant legions of the South, who were bent, on account of their sueccsses, upon a gen- eral invasion of the North. The want of troops was so imminent that two full regiments were raised in a short time from this congressional district. The 107th was the first to perfect its organization, and the 141st soon followed suit. Colonel S. G. Hathaway was selected from the first to be its colonel, and he added his powerful and efficient influence to hasten its organization. The maximum number of men were recruited before the last day of August, but the regiment was not ordered to the front until Sept. 15, 1862. After reaching Washington, D. C., it went into eamp at Laurel, Md., to do guard duty on the railroad between Baltimore and Washington, and construct military fortifications in the vicinity of Laurel. It was relieved November 24 of the same year and ordered to Miner's Hill, Va., and joined General Cowden's Brigade, of Aber- erombie's Division, in the defenses of Washington. Here
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