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it took its first lesson in picket duty, and perfected itself in warlike discipline and defense.
The roster of the officers of the regiment at that time was as follows: Colonel, Samuel G. Hathaway, Jr .; Lieu- tenant-Colonel, James C. Beecher; Major, John W. Dininny; Adjutant, Robert M. MeDowell; Surgeon, Joseph W. Robinson ; Assistant Surgeons, O. S. Greenman, M. T. Babeock.
Company A .- Captain, Charles W. Clauharty ; First Lieutenant, William P. Ross; Second Lieutenant, John Strawbridge.
Company B .- Captain, Andrew D. Compton ; First Lieutenant, Stephen F. Griffith; Second Lieutenant, Robert F. Hedges.
Company C .- Captain, Elisha G. Baldwin ; First Lieu- tenant, James McMillan ; Seeond Lieutenant, Robert F. Stewart.
Company D .- Captain, Charles A. Fuller ; First Licu- tenant, William Merrill ; Second Lieutenant, Joseph Town- send.
Company E .- Captain, William K. Logie; First Licu- tenant, John A. Shultz ; Second Lieutenant, E. J. Belding.
Company F .- Captain, Andrew J. Russell ; First Lieu- tenant, John Barton ; Second Lieutenant, Win. L. Collins.
Company G .- Captain, Danicl N. Aldrich ; First Lieu- tenant, John W. Hammond; Second Lieutenant, John H. Rowley.
Company H .- Captain, William A. Bronson ; First Lieutenant, Stephen S. Roscoe ; Second Lieutenant, James W. Smith.
Company I .- Captain, E. L. Patrick ; First Licutenant, R. A. Hall ; Seeond Lieutenant, George Tubbs.
Company K .- Captain, Wilbur F. Tuttle; First Lieu- tenant, George E. Whiton ; Second Lieutenant, Joseph A. Frisbie.
Companies A and B were organized in Schuyler County ; Companies C, I, and K in Chemung County ; Companies D, E, F, G, and H in Steuben County.
Feb. 12, 1863, the regiment moved from Miner's Hill to Arlington Heights. At this time Colonel Hathaway and Lieutenant-Colonel Beecher resigned their respective posi- tions. Major Dininny was promoted to the colonelcy. Captain Wm. K. Logie, Company E, was advaneed to be lieutenant-colonel, and Captain E. L. Patrick, Company I, to be major. April 15 the division broke eamp, and was sent to Suffolk, Va., to the department then commanded by ex-Governor John A. Dix. That vieinity was soon re- licved of the presence of the enemy, and the regiment was not engaged in any general battle. May 3 it was ordered back, via Fortress Monroe, to West Point, up York River, at the confluence of the Mattapony and Pamunkey Rivers.
General Gordon now assumed command of the division, numbering 8000 men, consisting of infantry, cavalry, and artillery. The regiment tarried three weeks, and engaged in building rifle-pits and fortifications until the com- mand was suddenly ordered back to Yorktown. While here Colonel Dininny resigned his commission, and Lieu- tenant-Colonel Logie was promoted to the vacant place, Major Patrick to the lieutenant-colonelcy, and Captain Chas. A. Clauharty, Company A, senior eaptain, whose
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just rights had been hitherto ignored, was advaneed to the majorship. On the 9th of June the regiment took up the march to Williamsburg. The weather on this march was exceedingly hot and dry, and the men suffered extremely from excessive heat and thirst. June 11 the march was resumed, reaching Diascund Bridge June 13, where it remained, far in advance of the rest of the troops, in a low, marshy, and unhealthy loeality, and the duty was constant, onerous, and harassing. At this point the regiment had its first brush with the enemy, David McCann (Captain MeDowell's company) being the first victim to rebel bullets.
On June 26 the regiment resumed its march to White House Landing, and joined General Dix's whole command, numbering some 30,000, on an expedition towards Rich- mond,-which should have been captured at that time,- while General Lee and very nearly his entire armies were invading Maryland and Southern Pennsylvania. Gordon's Division advaneed as far as Bottom Bridge, only twelve or fifteen miles from Richmond, skirmishing frequently and getting a healthy practical experience of shot and shell. Engagements were frequent between the pickets, but no general battle took place until the 8th of July, when orders were received to abandon the expedition, and the troops were transferred to the Army of the Potomae. For four or five months the bill of fare served up partook of so much sameness that the regiment suffered extremely in general health. Their staple diet, as well as luxuries, con- sisted of hard-tack, bacon, and coffee, served up ad infin- itum, with no ringing of the changes. July 8 it took up the line of march to Williamsburg. The severity of the Peninsular campaign was now apparent in the hard marehes made, which were the immediate causes of more sickness and death in the 141st than was subsequently experienced. Rain fell in torrents for days ; and in one day twenty-seven miles were gained through mud and rain, to find a watery eouch at night. The weather was so hot that the men's feet were sealded in their wet shoes and stockings. Hun- dreds went into Yorktown barefooted and feet blistering sore ; but there could be no delay,-it was laid out to cap- ture Lee in Maryland. The regiment left the place by transport, and proceeded direet to Frederick City, Md., arriving there July 14. The same night the whole Con- federate army made a safe retreat across the Potomac. Gordon's Division was now disbanded and the troops trans- ferred to the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps.
The 141st was eonsigned to the Second Brigade, Third Division, Eleventh Corps; General Howard commanding the corps, Carl Schurz the division, and Colonel Krzyzan- owski the brigade. The regiment joined the corps at Berlin, Md., after three days' march from Frederick City. July 19 it erossed the Potomac, and arrived at War- rington Junetion the 25th. It remained in this loeality for some time, marching, eountermarching, ehanging eamp, and drilling until September 24, when the order came to move. The Eleventh and Twelfth Corps, under the command of Generals Howard and Sloeum, both under the command of Major-General Joe Hooker, were transferred to the Army of the Cumberland, then in Tennessee. The regiment arrived at Bridgeport, Ala., October 2, and went into camp on the banks of the Tennessee River, having
traveled in eight days about fourteen hundred miles. Roseerans was then shut up in Chattanooga on short ra- tions,-transportation being fifty miles around by wagons, while by the railroad through Chattanooga Valley it was only twenty-eight miles,-the enemy holding the road and threat- ening beleagured Chattanooga from the heights of Lookout Mountain. The gallant Hooker took the job to open this valley, which was accomplished in just forty-eight hours, ending with the famous moonlight " Battle of Wauhatchie" on the night of October 28. This opened the railroad nearly to Chattanooga, and the Army of the Cumberland " dubbed" Hooker's men as " Cracker Boys," as it had not seen but one cracker per day for a month, until Hooker's men supplied their haversacks from their own. The 141st took part in the above action, which was fought on our side entirely by Eastern troops. .
Wauhatchie is about five miles from Chattanooga, at the base of Lookout Mountain. The regiment participated in the glorious battle of Lookout Mountain, or the " Battle above the Clouds," where Hooker and the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps won immortal glory.
In the mean time General Grant had taken command at Chattanooga. After the pursuit of the enemy for two days, the Eleventh and Fifteenth Corps were headed for Knox- ville, where Longstreet was making a threatening siege ; but upon the approach of Sherman and Howard with their brave troops, he beat a hasty retreat over the Virginia line for safety. This ended the march in that direction, and the regiment returned to its old eamp at the base of Look- out Mountain, having in twenty-four days marehed in mud and rain about three hundred miles. It remained in winter quarters until Jan. 24, 1864, when the Second Brigade was ordered to Shell Mound, twenty-two miles from Chat- tanooga and six from Bridgeport, Ala., where it remained doing the usual picket duty, drilling, ete., until the 2d day of May, when it joined the First Brigade, First Division, Twentieth Corps,-the Eleventh and Twelfth having been consolidated, forming the Twentieth,-under the command of General Hooker, and immediately in conjunction with the armies of the Cumberland, Tennessee, and Ohio, made for Ringgold to attack the enemy, under command of Joe Johnson. The battle of Resaea followed that of Ringgold, in which the regiment lost 95 men in killed and wounded. Lieutenant Barber, universally respected as a Christian, and a courteous, and brave officer, fell instantly killed ; and sev- eral officers were wounded, and a number of non-commis- sioned offieers and privates were killed and wounded. The 141st also fought gallantly at Dallas, Pine Mountain, and at Peach-Tree Creek,-the latter being the opening siege of Atlanta, where Colonel Logie and Lieutenants Warren and Babbitt were killed. Lieutenant-Colonel A. J. MeNett (who had been appointed to the position late in the Deeem- ber previous, in place of Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick, re- signed) lost his right arm. Major Clauharty, Adjutant Hazard, and Lieutenant Shapper were severely wounded ; Captain Townsend and Lieutenant Willor were slightly wounded. Half the regiment was disabled, but stood its ground nobly under Captain Baldwin, who succeeded to the immediate command of the regiment during the slaughter of its offieers and men, and vietory continued to perch on
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their banners. More fighting was at hand, and Atlanta fell September 2. The Twentieth Corps, having previously fallen back to the Chattahoochie, as a feint to the enemy and to eover the rear of the Union army, was the first to enter Atlanta.
Lieutenant-Colonel MeNett was promoted to be colonel ; Major Clauherty, lieutenant-colonel ; Captain Baldwin, major; Adjutant Hazard, captain; Lieutenant Grey, ad- jutant ; and four months previous, Captain Robert M. McDowell was appointed by General Hooker chief topo- graphical engineer of the Twentieth Corps, on his staff.
Soon after Shenuan's " march to the sea" was begun, and, after about a six weeks' campaign, entered the city of Sa- vannah, Dec. 21, 1864. Jan. 17, 1865, leaving Savannah, Sherman's resistless legions swept northward through the Carolinas towards Virginia, constantly engaged in skir- mishing with the enemy, but in no general engagements until, the 17th and 19th of March, the battles of Averys- boro' and Bentonville were fought. Here, amid swamps and under every discouragement, the noble old 141st gained its last glory in severe battles; and in its last campaign marelied over five hundred miles, at the most inclement season of the year.
After Johnson's surrender the march was taken home- ward from Raleigh, N. C., to Alexandria and Washington, and May 24 participated in the great review in Washington, and soon after was mustered out of service.
The regiment reached home June 13, 1865. It was met at the depot by the committee of arrangements, who escorted it to the William Street Hospital, where with the 137th Regiment, which arrived on the same train, they were furnished with a comfortable breakfast at the hands of a corps of ladies, who had worked assiduously all night to get the entertainment ready by the time of their arrival. After heartily discussing their meal, both regiments were marched to Camp Chemung, where permission had been previously obtained for them to pitch their tents. In a short time after reaching the ground, back of the encamp- ment of the 19th Regiment, tents were strnek and every- thing was got in readiness for a good rest after their wearisome marches and long ride.
During the day the 141st was visited by a host of friends and acquaintances who were eager to welcome back the re- maining veterans, the heroes of desperate battles and vieto- rious caurpaigns. The regiment was given a distinguished reception and dinner, and a beautiful address of welcome was delivered by Hon. Stephen McDonald, in Wisner Park.
Below we give the roster of officers. The regiment numbered 380 men wlien mustered out. From first to last the regiment had enlisted about 1200 men.
Lieutenant-Colonel, A. J. MeNett, promoted to colonel, not mustered; Major, Charles W. Clauharty, promoted to lieutenant-colonel, not mustered; Adjutant, George E. Gray; Quartermaster, E. Belding ; Surgeon, G. S. Beaks ; Assistant Surgeon, O. S. Greeman ; Assistant Surgeon, M. T. Babeoek.
Company A .- Captain, W. P. Ross ; First Lieutenant, C. E. Coryell ; Second Lieutenant,
Company B .- Captain, W. H. Bradford ; First Lieu- tenant, J. F. Carroll ; Second Lieutenant, -
Company C .- Captain, E. G. Baldwin, promoted to major, not mustered ; First Lieutenant, Jud Griswold ; Second Lieutenant, -
Company D .- Captain, W. Merrill; First Lieutenant, C. Osmun ; Second Lieutenant, C. H. Freeman.
Company E .- Captain, Archie Baxter.
Company F .- Captain, A. J. Russell; First Lieutenant, M. V. Sherwood ; Second Lieutenant, L. B. Scott.
Company G .- Captain, P. C. Mitchell ; First Lieuten- ant, M. G. Shappee ; Second Lieutenant, -
Company II .- Captain, George Tubbs; First Lieuten- ant, F. C. Willor; Second Lieutenant, A. Stewart.
Company I .- Captain, R. M. McDowell, brevetted Major United States Volunteers ; First Lieutenant, J. B. Rathbone; Second Lieutenant, William M. Ware.
Company K .- Captain, G. L. Whiton ; First Lieuten- ant, M. J. Hogarth; Second Lieutenant, George W. Rogers; Second Lieutenant, William H. Brown, not assigned.
The following is a list of the killed, and also of those who died of disease or wounds, in the 141st Regiment, taken from its muster-out rolls in the office of the Adju- tant-General at Albany :
Company A.
Charles F. Babbit, died of wounds, July 21, 1864.
James C. Burtt, died of wounds, July 26, 1864.
William W. Koons, died of wounds, Aug. 4, 1864.
Curtis J. Chamberlin, died Nov. 23, 1863.
Hiram II. Platt, died May 9, 1864. Asa Bullard, killed July 20, 1864.
Chester K. Chapman, died Dee. G, 1863.
Delos Dimiek, died July 9, 1864.
George Dalrymple, died Nov. 14, 1863.
Jackson Dickens, died June 1, 1863.
Henry B. Griffin, killed May 15, 1864.
Oscar C. Griffin, killed May 25, 1864.
Franklin C. Grant, died of wounds, Nov. 10, 1863.
John Hager, killed May 15, 1864. Horace W. Hart, died July 14, 1863.
David MeClary, died Nov. 14, 1864.
Stephen Mead, died of wounds, July 30, 1864.
Henry Miller, killed accidentally, Dee. 5, 1863.
Daniel C. Norris, died June 6, 1863. Denet C. Prunnell, died Nov. 2, 1862.
Francis L. Royce, died June 29, 1863. William W. Sutton, died July 2, 1863.
Charles D. Van Vleit, died April 13, 1863. Irvin Wetherell, died April 13, 1863.
Company, B.
George P. McCoy, died Oct. 13, 1862.
James O. Murray, died Jan. 25, 1863.
Henry S. Wood, died Aug. 16, 1863.
Andrew Archibald, died Aug. 5, 1863. Louis Clark, died Dee. 5, 1863. Ira B. Cooper, died March 9, 1864.
Gideon Ellis, died March 3, 1864.
William Francisco, died Jan. 31, 1864. Isaiah Forrest. died Oct. 10, 1864.
Artemus F. Green, died Dec. 11, 1863.
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Eaton Jones, died Dee. 29, 1864. John Looney, died Aug. 20, 1863. Jackson MeDonald, died May 18, 1864. Henry B. Palmer, died March 13, 1863. William Powell, died March 19, 1864. Edwin Libolt, died Jan. 24, 1863. Philetus Stoll, died Nov. 4, 1863. George W. Seott, died April 20, 1864. Myron E. Triphagen, died Oet. 29, 1863. Wellington C. Hurd, died Oct. 19, 1863. Mark B. Wakeman, died July 27, 1863. Stephen Wilson, died July 15, 1864. Manley Van Gelder, died April 29, 1864. Charles Dennison, killed May 25, 1864.
Company C.
Wesley Breese, died Aug. 2, 1863. Benjamin G. Thompson, killed July 20, 1864. Isaae E. Bailey, died of wounds, Oet. 5, 1864. Dwight Murphy, died April 4, 1864. Elliott M. Noyes, killed May 15, 1864. Judd Albertson, died of wounds, July 21, 1864. William II. Allington, died of wounds, June 11, 1864. James F. Benjamin, died of wounds, June 14, 1864. William C. Carnrike, killed July 20, 1864. George H. Carnrike, killed May 15, 1864. Hiram G. Colson, died of wounds, May 16, 1864.
Gabriel N. Cooley, died July 13, 1863. Henry L. Cartwright, died Dec. 23, 1864. Lorenzo D. Cartwright, died March 2, 1865.
William H. Decker, died of wounds, July 21, 1864. William Edwards, died Dee. 25, 1864. Horace G. Edwards, killed July 20, 1864. James Elyea, died Dee. 23, 1863. Corydon M. Gillett, died Feb. 17, 1865. Shoemaker Hill, died of wounds, June 6, 1864. John C. Hanmer, died June 1, 1863. James D. Huff, died Dee. 10, 1864. Eli Kennedy, died Nov. 25, 1863. Charles A. Swarthout, killed July 20, 1864.
William Stevens, died of wounds, June 19, 1864. Samuel A. Smith, died Jan. 3, 1865.
Roswell H. Sleighton, died Jan. 15, 1865. Judson Seribner, died Jan. 16, 1865. Franeis Van Wormer, died Nov. 25, 1863.
Richard Weaver, died of wounds, Sept. 1, 1863. Elisha Wright, died Aug. 12, 1863. Edwin Weed, died Aug. 11, 1863. Daniel Watts, died April 26, 1865.
Company D.
Edwin Merrill, killed May 25, 1864. John Q. Adams, died of wounds, July 27, 1864. William Cole, died March 17, 1865. Charles A. Haradon, died Oet. 25, 1863. Elisha Booth, died of wounds, May 19, 1863. Alfred Countryman, died July 19, 1863. Henry Coburn, died Sept. 18, 1864. Andrew Catsley, died Dee. 15, 1864. Lionell T. De Carr, killed June 22, 1864.
William Davis, died of wounds, Oct. 8, 1864. Israel Elliot, died Sept. 30, 1864. Frederick Gluer, died April 13, 1864. William F. Hubbard, died March 27, 1863.
Minor T. Millard, died Oet. 22, 1863.
Sylvanus W. Millard, died April 10, 1865. Nicholas Revill, died Nov. 22, 1863. George E. Stevens, died July 20, 1863. Charles L. Satterlee, died Jan. 27, 1864. Denis M. Stevens, died Aug. 24, 1863. Henry Thorp, killed July 20, 1864. Lorenzo D. Taylor, died Sept. (no date given), 1864.
Henry Williams, died Aug. 16, 1863. William J. Wilson, died April 1, 1864.
Company E.
Chester M. Wire, died Jan. 22, 1865. Joseph M. Dunton, died March 22, 1865. Andrew Benneway, killed July 20, 1864. William F. Thomson, died June 4, 1864. Hez Fox, died Nov. 13, 1862. Charles E. Hughes, died Aug. 9, 1863. William S. Allen, died Nov. 17, 1863. John K. Austin, died May 17, 1864. Abram Carpenter, died Feb. 21, 1863.
Franklin P. Carpenter, died Jan. 18, 1864. James Cook, died Dee. 16, 1863. Ira C. Dowd, died Dec. 13, 1863. John W. Evans, died June 13, 1863. David Franklin, killed May 15, 1864. Milo Gorton, killed May 15, 1864.
Albert F. Lynch, died Jan. 1, 1864. Edwin Marey, died March 2, 1863. John G. Prouty, died March 9, 1864. James E. Seares, died Dee. 8, 1863. Henry W. Squires, died Feb. 12, 1864.
William C. Youmans, died of wounds, date not known.
Company F.
Amos D. Mason, died Dee. 24, 1863.
Alfred W. Bush, died Feb. 3, 1864. John Corbett, died March -, 1864. Orin Conderman, killed May 25, 1864. Russell B. Carrington, died ; no date given. John Gray, died ; no date given. Samuel D. Lovelace, died Sept. - , 1864. Alexander Maynard, died Aug. - , 1863. George Owston, died Sept. 1, 1864. Leander Partridge, died of wounds, Aug. 7, 1864. Thomas Robinson, died July -, 1863. Samuel E. Ryder, drowned June 16, 1862. Nelson B. Root, died Aug. - , 1863. Lyman Wellington, died Dee. 29, 1863. Daniel O'Day, died Aug. - , 1863.
Company G.
Captain Daniel N. Aldrich, died Aug. 11, 1863. First Lieutenant Alfred E. Barber, killed May 15, 1864. William S. MeCrea, died Sept. 21, 1864. Andrew T. Grant, died of wounds, July 21, 1864.
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Charles Kester, died July 2, 1864. M. T. Aldrich, died Sept. 15, 1863.
Henry Blaekman, died Oet. 1, 1863. Edson L. Burr, died Jan. 6, 1864. Jaeob H. Cole, died June 16, 1864. Burrows Cole, died June 9, 1864. James V. Fairchild, died June 3, 1863. Henry W. Gernon, killed July 20, 1864.
James H. Hurd, died June 3, 1863. Byron Hurd, died of wounds, June 2, 1864. Ira Kinney, died Nov. 3, 1863. Osear R. Leonger, died of wounds, Aug. 12, 1864. John R. Miller, died May 15, 1864.
Jolın L. Carnegie, died Jan. 25, 1865.
Martin S. Prentiee, died Dee. 3, 1863.
Amos C. Stewart, died ; date not known.
George Simons, died Nov. 7, 1863. Henry Stewart, died June 12, 1863.
Thomas Sehoonover, killed July 20, 1864.
Hiram J. Whitehead, died of wounds, July 20, 1864. Lyman Wright, killed May 15, 1864.
Company H.
First Lieutenant Theodore M. Warren, killed July 20, 1864.
Dewitt C. Hamilton, killed May 15, 1864.
George P. Burnham, died Jan. 12, 1864,
Samuel T. Stewart, died May 24, 1863.
James W. Stewart, died Nov. 7, 1863.
Henry Abbe, died Nov. 19, 1863. Albert E. Butler, died Aug. 6, 1864.
Thomas Crusen, died April -, 1864.
John Campbell, died May 11, 1863.
Alfred Downs, died Aug. 30, 1863. Jacob Gress, died July 15, 1863. Benjamin F. Greeley, died March 19, 1865.
Cassius M. Hadley, died Jan. 6, 1865. Joseph Howland, died Mareh -, 1864.
Oliver P. Jenks, died of wounds, Nov. 28, 1863. George W. Jeffers, died of wounds, May 18, 1864. Daniel Kelly, died Feb. 21, 1864. Palmer G. Linsay, died Aug. 21, 1864. Jacob Norton, killed July 20, 1864. William H. Olmsted, died Feb. - , 1865.
Erastus L. Preston, died Feb. 28, 1864. Albert Peiree, died of wounds, July 24, 1864. Clark Stewart, died Nov. 29, 1863. William Vaughn, died Dee. 14, 1864. Benjamin S. Weleh, died Dee. 10, 1864.
Company I.
William T. Cary, died of wounds, May 31, 1864. Cornelius Doolittle, died Feb. 17, 1864. George Brees, killed July 20, 1864. Ezra G. Mallory, died Nov. 24, 1863. Levi G. Ellis, died Jan. 31, 1865.
George W. Griffin, died Mareh 16, 1865.
George Haxton, died Sept. 27, 1864.
George Hinehes, died April 3, 1865.
John J. Jenkins, died Dec. 29, 1863.
Daniel Luther, died of wounds, Aug. 19, 1864. Stephen Morris, died Mareh 5, 1864.
David McCann, killed June 16, 1863. George Owens, died April 20, 1864. James E. Proetor, died May 15, 1864. Alfred W. Phillips, died Feb. 21, 1865. Thomas Simon, killed May 15, 1864. Theodore Vanee, died April 19, 1863. James Wheeler, died Aug. 10, 1863. Joseph Wheat, died Aug. 28, 1863.
Company K.
First Lieutenant Eugene Egbert, died Dee. (no date given), 1864.
Edwin Branch, died Nov. 16, 1863.
John L. Burt, killed June 22, 1864.
Frank Bloss, killed July 20, 1864. Lemuel O. Chamberlin, killed May 15, 1864.
Hiram H. Cummings, killed May 15, 1864. John Fisher, killed May 25, 1864. Richard Gay, killed July 20, 1864.
Erastus E Haskill, died June 19, 1864.
John W. Hapeman, died Aug. 2, 1863. Godfrey Lenhart, killed May 15, 1864.
Andrew J. McCann, died (time and place not known).
Ephraim Miller, died of wounds, Dec. 16, 1864.
John Marslı, died of wounds, Dec. 7, 1864.
Michael McMann, died Feb. 6, 1865.
Daniel R. Olty, died August 7, 1863. William Steinlein, killed May 15, 1864.
THE ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIRST REGIMENT.
The raising of this regiment was authorized by Governor E. D. Morgan, in the summer of 1862, and on the 15th of August, 1862, reeruiting eommeneed. October 25 the regi- ment was reported full, and on the 27th of the same month was organized and mustered into the United States service at Elmira, N. Y., by Major A. T. Lee, as the 161st Regi- ment.
The following were the regimental and line offieers : Colonel, G. T. Harrower ; Lieutenant-Colonel, Marvin D. Stillwell ; Major, Chas. Straun ; Adjutant, Wm. B. Kinsey ; Quartermaster, Mareus E. Brown ; Surgeon, Lewis Darling ; First Assistant Surgeon, Joseph S. Dolson ; Seeond Assist- ant Surgeon, Chas. M. Pieree; Chaplain, Thos. J. O. Wooden ; Sergeant-Major, Philip L. Beach ; Quarter- master-Sergeant, J. C. Beeman ; Commissary-Sergeant, Rufus S. Alderman ; Hospital Steward, George M. Beard.
Company A .- Captain, B. F. Van Tuyl; First Lieu- tenant, John Gibson ; Second Lieutenant, S. S. Fairchild.
Company B .- Captain, Horaee B. Brown ; First Lieu- tenant, George R. White; Second Lieutenant, Win. II. Clark.
Company C .- Captain, Robert R. R. Dumars; First Lieutenant, Orlando N. Smith ; Seeond Lieutenant, D. D. Kniffin.
Company D .- Captain, George E. Biles; First Lieu- tenant, James M. Cadmus; Second Lieutenant, T. Scott De Wolf.
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Company E .- Captain, Peter H. Durland; First Lieu- tenant, Robt. J. Burnham ; Seeond Lieutenant, George O. Howell.
Company F .- Captain, John Sloeum ; First Lieutenant, John F. Little; Seeond Lieutenant, James Faueett.
Company G .- Captain, Edmund Fitz-Patriek ; First Lientenant, John P. Worthing.
Company H .- Captain, Willis E. Craig; First Lieu- tenant, Nelson P. Weldrick ; Seeond Lieutenant, Geo. B. Herrick.
Company I .- Captain, Samuel A. Walling; First Lieu- tenant, Myron Powers; Second Lieutenant, Edwin A. Draper.
Company K .- Captain, Geo. M. Tillson ; First Lieuten- ant, Mathew B. Luddington ; Second Lieutenant, Henry O. Jewell.
The regiment left Elmira Nov. 17, and proceeded to New York, and eneamped at Union Course, where they re- mained until Dee. 4, when, having received orders to join the expedition of General Banks, the regiment, now 539 strong, embarked on the steamer " Northern Light," and, with the fleet, sailed under sealed orders. Their destina- tion proved to be New Orleans, at which place they landed Dee. 17.
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