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CHAPTER IX.
SUMMER CAMPAIGN, 1864 .- FROM HAWES'S SHOP TO CROSSING JAMES RIVER.
Off for the left of the army .- A night march .- South of the Pamunkey again .- A severe engagement at Hawes's Shop .- Custer on the enemy's flank .- A hospital episode .- March to Old Church Tavern .- Fighting at Cold Harbor .- Relieved by the infantry .- Sumner's Upper Bridge, or Barker's Mills .- Under a heavy artillery fire .- Bottom's Bridge .- More shelling .- Crossing the Pamunkey at New
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Castle .- Another raid .- A hot and dusty march .- Foraging incident .- Battle of Trevillian Station .- The Tenth with Colonel Gregg's Brigade .- A brilliant charge. -Accounts by Adjutant Kennedy, Captain Vanderbilt, of Company L, Licu- tenant J. M. Reynolds, of Company G .- Experience of Commissary Preston .- Death of a young Confederate officer who had " filled so many lives with happi- ness, so many hearts with pride."-Incidents of personal gallantry .- Custer's ar- tillery in the early part of the engagement .- Chaplain's reminiscences .- Relative strength of the forces engaged .- The return march to the York River .- Part of the brigade band bagged .- Foragers wounded and captured .- Arrival at White House .- Skirmishing .- Engagement at St. Mary's Church .- The Second Division saves the army trains .- Accounts of the battle by Captain George Vanderbilt, of Company L, E. M. Tuton, of Company E, Lieutenant James Matthews, of Com- pany M, Lieutenant David Pletcher, of Company F, and Sergeant J. A. Edson, of Company D .- Arrival of the trains and troops at the James River .- Crossed to the south side . 188
CHAPTER X.
FALL CAMPAIGN, 1864 .- FROM PRINCE GEORGE COURT-HOUSE TO RETURN FROM RAID TO WELDON RAILROAD.
In camp near Fort Powhatan .- Prince George Court-House .- Skirmish at Lee's Mills. -Movement to the north side of the James River .- On the Charles City Road .- Engagement at Strawberry Plains, or Deep Bottom .- Back to the south side of the James .- Fight at Lee's Mills .- General Sheridan takes the First and Third Cavalry Divisions to the Shenandoah Valley .- Second movement north of the James .- Engagement at Deep Bottom .- Action of Captain Vanderbilt's squad- ron .- Good fighting all around .- Colonel Gregg wounded .- Death of General J. R. Chambliss, Confederate .- Letter from General Gregg .- Extract from Cap- tain Vanderbilt's diary .- Captain Vanderbilt in command of the Regiment .- Return to south side of the James .- Jerusalem Plank Road, or Ream's Station .- Skir- mishing .- With Colonel Spear's Brigade, of Kautz's Division .- Return to Da- vies's Brigade .- More fighting at Ream's Station .- Colonel Avery in command again .- Companies B, C, D, and G on detached service .- Movement to Stony Creek .- Lieutenant Charley Pratt's squadron attacked by flying artillery .- De- tail for recruiting serviec .- Captain Vanderbilt in command again .- Skirmish at Ream's Station .- Captain Snyder in command .- Hard fighting at Poplar Springs Church, or Vaughn Road .- Accounts by Captain J. M. Reynolds, of Company G, Captain W. R. Perry, of Company A, and Lieutenant David Pletcher, of Com- pany F .- The Twenty-fourth New York Cavalry assigned to the First Brigade .- Action on the Boydton Plank Road .- Stony Creek again .- Return of Colonel Avery with recruiting detail .- Reconnaissances .- Engagement at Stony Creek Station .- Accounts by Corporal Hlieks, of Company L, and Captain J. J. Van Tuyl, of Company K .- The Weldon Railroad raid .- Engagement at Three Creeks .- A sharp fight .- Account of the raid by C. W. Wiles. 222
CHAPTER XI.
CLOSING CAMPAIGN OF THE WAR .- FROM DINWIDDIE COURT-HOUSE TO MUSTER OUT OF SERVICE.
Grant tightening his grip on the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia .- Sheridan's success in the Shenandoah .- Surprise of the enemy at Dinwiddie Court-House .- Rowanty Creek .- Hatcher's Run .- Fighting the Confederate infantry .- General
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Davies wounded .- Wounding of Lieutenant-Colonel Tremain .- Account by Cap- tain J. J. Van Tuyl, of Company K .- Ineidents .- A night of suffering .- Death of Captain Fobes, C. S., and Lieutenant-Colonel Tremain .- Resignation and departure of General D. M. M. Gregg .- Colonel Gregg in command of the division .- Colonel Avery aecompanies the remains of Lieutenant-Colonel Tre- main to Albany .- General Davies in command of the division .- Death of Captain George L. Brinkerhoff, of Company B .- Return of General Sheridan with the First and Third Cavalry Divisions .- He immediately proceeds to business .- Dinwiddie Court-House again .- Hard fighting .- Account by Captain John P. White, of Company L .- Experience of Sergeant L. A. Colburn, of Company A .- A brave act by a devoted comrade .- Experience of Albert Engle, of Company I. -The dissolution of the house of Davis near at hand .- Five Forks .- A hard fight. -Prisoners in plenty, the broken pieces of the crumbling Confederacy .- Jeff Davis in church and trouble .- Petersburg and Richmond evacuated .- Marching and countermarehing .- Davies's Brigade strikes and captures Lee's wagon train. -Paine's Cross Roads .- Burning wagons .- Captures of prisoners, artillery, and flags .- Gallantry of the Union cavalry .- Account by Captain J. J. Van Tuyl, of Company K .- Battle of Sailor's Creek .- A sanguinary and successful engagement. -Accounts by Captain J. J. Van Tuyl, of Company K, Captain W. R. Perry, of Company A, Captain David Pleteher, of Company F, Captain John P. White, of Company L, and Charles H. (Ilugo) Mulertt, of Company C .- Incidents of the battle .- General Sheridan's estimate of it .- "Let the thing be pressed." -- En- gagement at Farmville .- General J. Irvin Gregg a prisoner .- Accounts by Cap- tain David Pletcher, of Company F, and Lieutenant N. A. Reynolds, of Com- pany A .- Incidents .- The 9th of April, 1865 .- Scenes and incidents .- Capture of Captain J. J. Van Tuyl, of Company K .- His account of it .- Closing seenes of the surrender .- Number of men surrendered by General Lee .- Losses in the Army of the Potomac in the closing campaign .- Relative losses in the cavalry .- The mareh back to Prince Edward Court-House .- News of the as- sassination of President Lineoln .- March to Petersburg .- Off to join Sher- man's army .- Return to Petersburg .- General Sheridan leaves for Washing- ton .- The brigade ordered to Washington .- General Sheridan leaves for New Orleans .- His disappointment .- In Camp at Bladensburg .- The Grand Review. -March to Cloud's Mills, Va .- General Davies asks to be relieved .- Con- solidation of the Tenth and Twenty-fourth Regiments, New York Cavalry .- To be known as the First New York Provisional Cavalry .- Close of the record of the Tenth .- Report of Lieutenant-Colonel Sceva, of the First New York Provisional. -Special Order No. 32 .- Roster of officers .- Officers rendered supernumerary .- Off for Syracuse, N. Y .- Final pay and muster out .- Working off the surplus combativeness .- Final farewells 239
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REGIMENTAL ROSTER.
Roster of the Field, Staff, Non-Commissioned Staff, Band, and Companies, with recapitu- lations of the samc .- About the regimental band and its transfer to a brigade band .- The honored dead of the Regiment .- Biographical sketches of many of the members. 269
LOSSES IN ACTION.
List of engagements in which the Regiment participated, with names of the killed,
wounded, and prisoners .- Losses by companies . 507
DIED IN SOUTHIERN PRISONS.
Names of those who died in Andersonville, Richmond, and Salisbury Prisons . 527
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RECAPITULATION TABLES
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OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Reports of General D. MeM. Gregg, Colonel Judson Kilpatrick, Major M. H. Avery, Major Theodore HI. Weed, Captain B. B. Porter, General P. H. Sheridan, and General H. E. Davies, Jr. . 530
APPENDIX.
PRISON AND ESCAPE EXPERIENCE of Captain B. B. Porter .- Prison life of W. A. Orser .- Prison, escape, and recapture of Sergeant B. W. Bounell .- Prison experience of Erie O. Van Brocklin .- Prison and escape by Captain A. T. Bliss .- Prison life of Captain B. F. Lownsbery .- Prison and escape experience of R. H. Ferguson . 543 OFFICIAL REPORT of Major-General P. H. Sheridan, covering the operations of the Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, from April 6 to August 4, 1864 663
GENERAL INDEX 67
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INDEX TO PORTRAITS.
Adams, Capt ..
232
·
Crook, Gen. George
.
256
Adams, John T.
·
456
Custer, Gen. George A. 256
Ansley, Heaton
.
354
Averill, Gen. W. W.
. 268
Daniels, H. B.
310
Davies, Gen. Henry E. . * 82, 240
Davis, William E. 142 .
Barney, Capt. L. L.
192
Barry, Thomas
16
Battle Monument . 106
Bayard, Gen. George D.
82
Douglas, M. E. 54, 292
Beardslee, Bronson
456
Dow, E. G.
·
456
Beardsley, Addison
456
Duffie, Gen. Alfred N. .
268
Bingham, G. W.
406
Bishop, Chester
310
Eldridge, A. L.
.
348
Bliss, Alonzo O.
476
Engel, Albert
.
496
Bliss, Capt. A. T. .
38
Farnsworth, Capt. H. E. 126, 186
180 Farnsworth, Gen. E. J. 268
Fisk, George L.
.
456
Bonnell, B. W.
406
Fitts, Lieut. James F.
. 180
Booth, George C. .
· 456
Fobes, Capt. Edward
.
232
Boyd, Lieut. Horatio II. Bradley, Capt. Joseph II. Brooks, S. A ..
180
Forsyth, Lieut .- Col.
20
Freer, John A.
96
Gait, Lieut. Sydenham . 132
Gallagher, John
.
394
·
Getman, Capt. David
48
Gettysburg Monument .
·
106
Buffum, D. T.
. 310
Graves, Lieut. William E.
.
204
Gregg, Gen. D. McMI. . 58, 82, 232, 240, 256
Gregg, Gen. D. McM. and Staff, . 232
Gregg, Gen. J. Irvin
82
Gregg, Lieut. Thomas .
232
Griffin, Joseph T.
16
Hall, Morgan .
54
Harper, Capt., Provost-Marshal
232
Harrison, William N. .
·
142
Cowles, Lieut. John E.
.
-126
.
Hartwell, Capt. Elijah .
180
Crandall, C. L.
406 Hawes, Lieut. Ed. S.
· 180
.
Brown, James B.
Brownell, Frank
302
Brownell, Mark
288, 302 .
Bruce, Alfred 54, 300
Buford, Gen. John
268
Bull, Theodore
310
Burzette, Bela 126
Cameron, W. W. . 186
Cavalry generals .
240, 256, 268
Clarke, Dr. Henry K.
. 208
Cole, Addison
16
Corwin, Gillespie B.
302
Avery, Col. M. H. .
284
Devin, Gen. Charles
·
268
Dickinson, Frank . . 16
Dolan, James. 456
Bliss, Surg. Lyman W. Blynn, Maj. Martin HI. . Bolton, William J.
132
296
208
456 484
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Haxton, B.
·
456
Morse, S. P. .
.
456
Hayes, Albert W. .
·
302
Mulertt, Hugo
90
Hayes, Henry E ..
16, 148, 402
Henry, James P. .
. 496
Newbury, Col. Walter C. 268
Non-Commissioned Staff 16
Norton, L. P. .
90
Hills, L. P. 348 .
Hinckley, Lieut. Edgar
. 310
" Old Van " and " Black Dan " 160
Huey, Col. Pennock
268
Huson, L. J. .
·
354
Ordner, Capt. John
132
Hutchings, William
142
Orton, D. S. .
496
Ingersoll, T. G. 456
Ingraham, Austin
.
456
Irvine, Col. William
2
Johnson, Capt. Thomas W. .
180
Kemper, Maj. John HI. .
186
.
Kempster, Lieut. Walter
16, 342
Kilpatrick, Gen. Judson 82 Pleasanton, Gen. Alfred 268 ·
King, Lieut. John B. . 16, 90
Pletcher, Capt. David W.
. 382
Porter, Capt. B. B.
. 406
Potter, William H.
. 142
Pratt, Capt. Charles E ..
. 180
Pratt, Capt. Henry S.
.
284
Preston, Capt. N. D.
viii, 16, 208
Ray, C. A.
·
456
Raymond, A. G.
·
456
Reynolds, A. E.
. 484
Reynolds, Lieut. N. A. . . 292
Reynolds, Maj. J. M. 26 ·
Robb, Lieut. William J.
. 180
Rockwell, Morris .
54, 300 · 354
Rogers, Jacob C.
· 54
Rogers, S. S. .
· 354
Rose, Henry A.
·
394
Rosenburg, C. I. K.
· 496
·
394
Maybury, John R. . 484
MeIntosh, Gen. John B.
268
·
MeKevitt, Lieut. John T. . 180
Mc Wethey, J. P. .
54, 292
Mc Wethey, Rowland S.
. 292
Merritt, Gen. Wesley 240, 256
Miles, W. A. . 456
Mitchell, Nelson 54, 300
130
Sheridan, Gen. Philip Frontispiece, 240, 256 Sheridan, Gen. Philip, and Staff . . 222
. 310 Sherman, L. B. . 354
Smith, Col. Charles II. . 268
Morey, Lieut. Horace
· 66
Spencer, Charles II.
.
208
Morse, E. D. . · 456 Stark, E. W. .
· 54, 292
· 494 Perry, Capt. W. A.
· 204
Pettis, T. C. .
. 456
Phillips, Edgar D.
· 504
Pierce, Capt. John G.
400
Place, Frank . 66
Kinney, William B.
54
Kuhn, Jacob .
·
394
Lemmon, Col. John C. . ·
1
Lenox, William 96, 354
Lewis, John W.
.
394
Loomis, Capt. W. . . 456
Loomis, W. II.
· 456
Lownsbury, Capt. B. F. . 456
· Mahaney, Michael
500
Map of Gettysburg
.
116
Map of Culpeper to Gettysburg 100
Map of Campaigns of 1864
.
186
Map of Dinwiddie C. H. to Appomattox
252
Marsh, Asst. Surgeon . 232 ·
Matthews, Lieut. James Matthews, Milford E. .
·
496
Sargent, A. D. 456
Sargent, T. A.
·
456
Sceva, Lieut .- Col. B. F.
· 180
Seacord, William B.
.
496
Seaman, William D.
·
456
Shaver, Adj't. Frank J.
248
·
Monument, dedieation of Moodie, J. W.
Morey, Capt. Norris 66
Hibbard, Enos S. .
354, 406
Hicks, II. G. .
. 484
Oreutt, Lieut. George II.
488
Paige, Capt. Wilkinson W. . . 376
Pease, Surgeon R. W 22
Peck, Melvin D. .
Rogers, J. B. .
INDEX TO PORTRAITS.
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Stevens, Adjt. George II.
180
Waters, Maj. Alvah D .. 10, 180
Stoneman, Gen. George
268 Wegtherell, James S. . 406
Strack, George
16 Webb, Sergt. Maj. Frederick L. 16
Webster, J. S.
. 506
Tackabury, W. W ..
126 ·
Weed, Maj. Theodore II. 132, 284
Talman, A. C.
·
456
Weir, Capt. H. C. .
232
Taylor, Maj. C.
.
232
Wells, George W. .
Thompson, Lieut. Harlan P. .
90, 300
.
456
Werrick, Lieut. Henry .
96
Torbert, Gen. A. T. A.
240, 256 .
Wetherby, David . Whaley, W. D.
348
Treichel, Capt. Charles. 232 Whedon, Osear P ..
16
Tremaine, Lieut .- Col. Frederick L. 12
Wheeler, William.
456
Tuft, Ass't. Surgeon
232
White, Capt. John P.
202
Tuton, Hon. E. M ..
216
White, Lieut. Truman C. Wiles, Clifton W. .
.
478
Vail, John W.
126 ·
Williams, W. W. .
348
Wilson, Gen. James H .. 240, 256
Woodruff, Lieut. Marshall R. 16, 484
Woodruff, Oscar .
.
126
Van Tassell, William .
456
Van Tuyl, Capt. J. J. . · · 450
Wyndham, Col. Percy
· 268
·
-
Van Broeklin, E. O.
472
Vanderbilt, Capt. George
32, 160
Van Tassell, L.
. 456
Van Tassell, Uri .
456
66
54, 292
Torrey, Capt. N. W. 170, 456
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REVEILLE.
COLONEL JOHN C. LEMMON.
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HISTORY OF THE TENTH REGIMENT OF CAVALRY,
NEW YORK STATE VOLUNTEERS.
CHAPTER I.
ORGANIZATION AT ELMIRA-IN WINTER QUARTERS AT GETTYSBURG.
AJOR JOHN C. LEMMON, of Buffalo, re- ceived authority from the War Department, under date of August 3, 1861, to raise a regiment of infantry in the State of New York, to be ready for service by the 2d of September-one month from the time authority was granted for recruit- ing it. About the expiration of the prescribed time, General Orders, War Depart- ment, No. 71, dated A. G. O., September 5, 1861, were issued, of which the following is an extract :
All persons having received authority to raise volunteer regiments, batteries, and companies in the State of New York will immediately report to his Excel- lency Governor Morgan, at Albany, the present state of their respective organi- zations. They and their commands are placed under the orders of Governor Morgan, who will recognize them and prepare them for service in the manner he may judge most advantageous for the interests of the General Government.
As no report appears on the files of the Adjutant-General at Al- bany from Major Lemmon, he presumably reported in person, and that, too, prior to September 27th, at which time a letter was received from him relating to transportation. The designation of "infantry " in the order was no doubt a clerical error, or authority may have been given afterward to change it to cavalry. The first year's service of the regiment would seem to have justified the wording, however, in its original form. :
It would appear that application for authority to recruit a regi-
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ment in the State had been made by Major Lemmon as early as the 10th of June, but for some reason, the privilege had been withheld for nearly two months. The disastrous result to the Union arms at Bull Run, in July, probably hastened the granting of authority.
The time for recruiting a regiment of cavalry in the State of New York was most inauspicious. Cavalry was not regarded with favor by General McClellan, the new and popular commander of the Army of the Potomac, nor had there been anything done by it in the field to justify the confidence of the people in its utility. But, notwith- standing the discouragements of the undertaking, which grew apace with the times and finally culminated in the regiment being sent out as a two-battalion organization, recruiting was begun and zealously prosecuted in various places in western New York. The regiment was to be called the Porter Guard Cavalry, in honor of Colonel Peter B. Porter, of Niagara Falls, who had been a distinguished officer in the War of 1812, and who afterward served as Secretary of War under President John Quincy Adams.
Early in August recruiting offices were opened in Buffalo, Syra- cuse, and other points. Company A, Captain M. Henry Avery, of Syracuse, was the first to complete its rolls and present itself for muster into the United States service. The first enlistments in this company, and the earliest, therefore, in the regiment, were Hiram B. Dodge, Addison Realls, and William B. Kinney, who enrolled them- selves with the commissioned officers of the company on the 14th of August. The men composing this company came from Syracuse, Jordan, Jamesville, and Tully, in Onondaga County ; McGrawville, Cortland, Cincinnatus, and Freetown, in Cortland County ; Red Creek and Victory, in Wayne County ; Fulton,, in Oswego County ; Chittenango, in Madison County ; Buffalo, in Erie County ; and Elmira, in Chemung County-Cortland County contributing most liberally in its make-up. It was mustered into the United States service in the old State Arsenal at Syracuse, on the 27th of Septem- ber, and the next day left for Elmira, where the regiment was ordered to rendezvous, going via Cortland and Binghamton. The Cortland contingent received a rousing ovation on the arrival of the train in that beautiful village. The company arrived in Elmira late in the night of the same day, and was assigned to one of the barracks in a long row, located near the canal basin, known as Barracks No. 2. A mattress filled with straw, a tin plate, cup, knife, fork, and spoon constituted the outfit issued to each man, taking which they floun- dered through the mud and water, and took possession of their quar-
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ters, the first company of the new regiment in rendezvous. The initial night was one of boisterous sociability. The acoustic proper- ties of the palace were thoroughly tested. Every form of entertain- ment, from song and dance to high tragedy, was indulged in-" three in a bed and room to spare, full of fun and free from care." Cor- poral John P. White, who could imitate the utterances of almost everything in the animal kingdom, crowed, gobbled, and cackled, · with a realism that awakened responses from the sleepy roosters of the neighborhood. The temporary home was dedicated in a happy manner. The drill-grounds, barracks, and mess-room resounded with the merry laughter and chatter of the boys, as they looked anx- iously forward to the coming of those who were to share with them the joys and the sorrows, the pleasures and the hardships of the com- ing years.
The first guard-mount took place the morning after the arrival. Camp orders and regulations and instructions were read from Gen- eral Van Valkenburg, commandant of the rendezvous, and the guard was marched off to perform their first duty as soldiers-guarding the camp. Orderly Sergeant Nelson Mitchell was an excellent drill-mas- ter, and he improved the time and the fine parade-grounds for putting Company A in an efficient condition.
On the 5th of October-one week after the arrival of Company A -Captain Paige arrived with sixty-eight men; Captain Needham with seventy-seven, and Captain West with fifty-eight, all from Buf- falo. The last two detachments formed the nucleus of Companies B and D. Many of the men had supposed, when they enrolled them- selves, that they were to serve together in the same company. When the regiment finally entered upon active service, Companies B and D were usually squadroned, much to the satisfaction of the men of both, who were nearly all from the same section.
At a " war meeting " held in Colden, Erie County, on the 1st of October, Albert F. Chandler, Edward Clark, John B. Buffum, Daniel T. Buffum, Chester Bishop, Oscar M. Drake, Orson A. Drake, Orlando D. Dyer, Perry M. Morse, James L. Morse, Murray L. Morse, Charles Newell, Harlow Perham, John P. Underhill, William Underhill, John T. Sampson, and Warren Irish enlisted under Marshall R. Woodruff, who it was understood would receive a commission, but in the final adjustment of the regimental affairs he was left out. He, however, accepted a subaltern position, and cheerfully served with the boys until a year later, when the addition of a third battalion to the regiment gave him the position he was entitled to at the beginning.
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Company C, Captain Ordner, arrived on the 9th of the same month, followed soon after by Companies G, Captain Carpenter; D, Captain Purdy; and E, Captain Morey. These companies were re- cruited mainly in Erie, Niagara, and Chemung Counties. Company C, composed almost wholly of Germans, was from Buffalo. Company F, although appearing on the muster-in roll as from Buffalo and Elmira, were nearly all enlisted at Niagara Falls and vicinity. Be- fore leaving their native village this company was addressed by Col- onel Peter A. Porter, who was afterward commissioned as colonel of a New York regiment, and was killed in the battle of Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864. He was a son of General Peter B. Porter, already mentioned, in honor of whom the regiment was named. With these additions the camp presented an animated appearance and began to assume a martial aspect.
Although those under whose charge the various companies and detachments arrived were designated as captains or lieutenants, none were commissioned until after the regiment had been filled up as a two-battalion organization and received its numerical designation. Some of them never received commissions in the regiment.
On the 7th of October, while awaiting the filling up and organi- zation of the regiment, General Van Valkenburg assigned Captain Avery to the command of all the troops in Barracks No. 2. As fast as the men arrived they were assigned quarters and at once put on duty-drilling, doing guard duty, etc. A spirit of friendly rivalry soon manifested itself among the companies to excel in the move- ments, manual of arms, and saber - exercise. The men were all anxious for active service, and zealously entered into the labor of fitting themselves for it.
ROSTER OF COMPANIES.
COMPANY A.
Captain, M. Henry Avery.
1st Lieutenant, Henry S. Pratt. 2d Lieutenant, Theodore H. Weed.
Sergeants.
Nelson Mitchell (1st). Hiram B. Dodge (Q. M.).
Charles H. Spencer. Henry E. Hayes.
James F. Dickinson. Lyman Higley.
Corporals.
George W. Conwell. Noble D. Preston. Mark Brownell.
Rowland S. McWethey.
John E. Cowles.
George Watson. David Wallace.
John J. Joyner.
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ROSTER OF COMPANIES.
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Addison Cole, Bugler. James H. Cook, Bugler.
Andrew J. Smith, Saddler. Frederick Youngs, Wagoner.
Privates.
Austin, William.
Freeman, Henry.
Page, Edwin M.
Baker, William A.
Gunn, Burrill.
Perry, Walter R.
Beckhorn, Thompson B.
Hall, Alonzo.
Phillips, John.
Bird, Theodore.
Hall, Morgan.
Pierce, James.
Bishop, William N.
Hammond, Duane.
Realls, Addison.
Brownell, Benjamin F. Bruce, Alfred.
Harsh, Jacob.
Rice, Horatio H.
Carder, Henry.
Hayes, Albert W.
Carrington, Welles H.
Hicks, Luther F. P.
Rockwell, Morris P.
Clark, Charles.
Hines, George.
Rogers, Jacob W.
Clark, James P.
King, John T.
Root, John H. Sanders, Robert H.
Colburn, Lewis A.
Kinney, William B.
Schenck, John.
Congdon, John.
Knight, Charles A.
Senter, Lyman.
Coon, Boyington.
Kreiger, Frederick.
Sherman, John G.
Corwin, Gillespie B.
Lanninger, Gustave.
Smith, James E. Stark, Edward W.
Decker, George.
Leslie, Carroll. Marlin, George.
Thompson, Harlan P.
Douglas, M. E. Duvall, William.
Mayyou, Alonzo.
Waggoner, Andrew.
Eastman, James.
Mc Wethey, John P.
Wetherby, David.
Fish, James E.
Miller, Van Ness.
White, John P.
Ford, John.
Moffitt, Joseph.
Wilbur, William.
Ford, Reuben.
Morgan, William A.
Woodward, George.
Myers, John.
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COMPANY B. Captain, Albert H. Jarvis.
1st Lieutenant, Henry Field. Ød Lieutenant, John C. Hart.
Sergeants.
Thomas Jones (1st).
James M. Ocarr.
Wm. H. Moody (Q. M.).
Isaac W. Draper.
Elijah Hartwell. Frank Place.
Corporals.
David T. Goodell.
Marion Smith.
Silas Metcalf.
Reuben Metcalf.
Saul Leigh. John Shaw.
Thomas Taylor.
Joseph Cross.
Jarvis A. Chapin, Bugler. Francis Irvine, Bugler. Thomas Barry, Saddler.
Henry Richards, Farrier. Joseph Saunders, Farrier. James R. Hobbs, Wagoner.
Hammond, James S.
Reynolds, Norman A.
Roberts, William H.
Colburn, Erastus.
King, Ransom G.
Deyo, Franklin.
Mckenzie, George D.
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