History of the Tenth regiment of cavalry New York state volunteers, August, 1861, to August, 1865, pt 1, Part 2

Author: Preston, Noble D
Publication date: 1892
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and co.
Number of Pages: 750


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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


PAGE . 528


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.


-


xix


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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COLONEL WILLIAM IRVINE, Brevet Brigadier General U. S. l'ols. Adjutant General State of New York, 1866.


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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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COLONEL MATTHEW H. AVERY.


1861


ROSTER OF COMPANIES.


5


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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