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Wallace, Alexander H.
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HISTORY OF THE TENTH REGIMENT OF CAVALRY.
1861
Privates.
Ayers, Arville D.
Edmonds, George,D.
Scott, William B.
Beck, Emil. Bishop, Chester.
Emery, Edward F.
Slocum, Philip.
Gage, Stephen W.
Smalling, William.
Blood, Charles F. Buffum, Daniel T.
Goodell, George W.
Southwick, Gilbert S.
Buffum, John B. Bull, Theodore. Burzette, Bela. Bush, Horace.
Hathaway, William. Hill, Jay.
Hitchcock, Theodore.
Taylor, Frank.
Hoffteling, Abel T.
Underhill, John.
Calkins, William H.
Irish, Warren.
Underhill, William.
Carpenter, William H.
Knowlton, Byron.
Vail, John.
Casey, Edwin W.
Moodie, John W.
Wade, Simeon.
Chandler, Albert F.
Morse, James L.
Wolfen, Archibald.
Clark, Edwin.
Morse, Murray L.
Walker, George.
Clark, Robert M.
Morse, Perry M.
Walsor, Eli.
Clark, William.
Nelson, Newton B.
Webb, Frederick L.
Coffien, Alpheus H.
Newell, Charles.
Webster, Warren.
Cook, Reuben. Coulson, William L. Cowles, Samuel.
Porter, John W.
Wilson, Franklin M.
Cozen, Thomas.
Roberts, Edward.
Winstead, Milo.
Drake, Orson A.
Roe, Delavan H.
Woodruff, M. R.
Drake, Oscar M.
Rogers, Sherman S.
Woodward, Allen.
Dyer, Orlando.
Sampson, John.
Worden; Herman.
COMPANY C. Captain, John Ordner.
1st Lieutenant, L. L. Barney.
2d Lieutenant, John Werick.
Sergeants.
Sidney Foster (1st). Edgar Hinckley (Q. M.)
Michael Miller.
Henry Werick.
John A. Scherer. George A. Tyrell.
Corporals.
Joshua Lautenshlager.
Abram Ritter.
Philip Neeb.
James Long.
Lewis Schafer. George Beck.
Jacob Browner. Martin Mortsolf.
Joseph X. Kunzi, Bugler. Nicholas Koerber, Bugler. Peter Schang, Farrier.
Xavier Egloff, Farrier. Anthony Margle, Saddler. John Miller, Wagoner.
Privates.
· Acreck, John. Allen, John. Amun, Laurence.
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Arnold, Christopher C. Book, John.
Beach, Charles II. Borst, Andrew. Biahr, Sebastian. Bourgeois, Gustein.
Hall, James P.
Stone, Leander. Stoing, Charles.
Storms, John W.
Wendt, Frederick.
Wightman, Henry.
Payne, Truman W.
Perham, Harlow.
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ROSTER OF COMPANIES.
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Breakman, Henry. Brown, John M. Browner, William. Busch, Edward. Cook, Henry.
Hinkley, Edward.
Kanock, Henry.
Kenney, Gaylord F.
Klock, Monroe.
Klock, Peter.
Corden, Henry.
Klock, Sanford.
Crager, Henry.
Koerber, Nicholas.
Debold, Michael.
Kratz, Christian.
Seigel, John C.
Dickerson, George.
La Francis, William II.
Shultz, Carlo O. Sipple, Henry.
Ehrman, Henry. Everett, Alvin B.
Mapes, Abraham.
Smith, Louis.
Everts, John.
Menkel, Charles.
Sottebier, Henry.
Fagel, Frederick.
Meyer, John.
Stoll, Peter. Strack, George.
Ferran, Godfrey F.
Meyer, Nicholas.
Studeman, Ernst.
Fracher, Magnus.
Miller, John B. Morris, James.
Vibbard, Elijah.
Gardner, Christian. Geison, Rudolph.
Rant, James.
Vibbard, Orrin.
Golah, Jacob.
Richer, Ferdinand.
Voser, Jacob.
Hartman, Frederick.
Rider, Joseph.
Warmuth, Joseph.
Hartsleib, John G.
Roasler, William.
Westcott, Arden.
COMPANY D. Captain, Emery Purdy.
1st Lieutenant, Aaron T. Bliss. 2d Lieutenant, Joseph A. Hatry.
Sergeants.
Sydenham Gait (1st). William J. Robb.
Daniel W. Belton.
William G. Himrod (Q. M.). Wesley Tackabury.
Norman R. Gifford.
Corporals.
Alfred J. Edson.
Wellington Stone.
Richard II. Oliver.
James Mathews.
Mortimer Spring. Everett C. Updike.
Jay Crocker. Richard L. Tuke.
Herbert E. Farnsworth, Bugler. John W. Fletcher, Bugler. Joseph Spielman, Farrier.
Ichabod Beardsley, Farrier. Joseph Metzler, Saddler. Caleb J. Randle, Wagoner.
Privates.
Adkins, Burton F. Ainsley, Heaton. Anthony, Edward.
Ashtenaw, Joseph F. Avery, Amos D. Bainbridge, Michael.
Bell, Walter.
Brooks, Alonzo D.
Benjamin, Marvin II.
Brown, Reuben S. Burlew, John.
Biggs, Charles F. Briggs, Charles.
Buton, William.
Briggs, William.
Crowell, Everett W.
Brodock, Jacob R.
Davis, David R.
Raquet, Martin. Rutschman, Albert. Saller, Frederic.
Saulsbury, Frederick. Sauvain, Peter. Schorpp, Leabold. Seiblich, Charles.
Mager, Wedlin.
Fogelsonger, Elias.
Portongsein, Emile.
Vibbard, James.
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HISTORY OF THE TENTH REGIMENT OF CAVALRY.
1861
Davy, Albert. Eastman, Charles. Edmonds, Lewis. Edwards, Josiah. Eldridge, Augustus. Evans, Elias D. Evans, Robert. Finn, William.
Lounsbery, John. Mabbett, Joseph I. Manchester, William.
Sexton, Loren. Shepherd, John A.
Sherman, Ledra B.
Slea, George. Spencer, Silas R. Stevens, Calvin.
Swartwout, Alexander H.
Swartwout, Robert B.
Griffin, James.
Tallmadge, More.
Hadden, Hiram.
Mosher, Philip J.
Telyea, Marsena.
Hannawald, Leonard. Hempstead, Nathaniel. Hibbard, Enos.
Myers, Charles.
Trotter, Robert.
Huson, Leander J. Laird, Eli.
Read, Stephen.
Whaley, William D.
Leek, John D. Lenox, William S.
Rogers, Jerome B.
White, Truman C.
Williams, William W.
· COMPANY E.
Captain, Norris Morey.
1st Lieutenant, Layton S. Baldwin.
2d Lieutenant, William A. Snyder.
Horace Morey (1st). Samuel Baker (Q. M.).
Abram Tucker.
Henry H. Pennoyer. Jonas Hambleton.
William Doan, Bugler. Nelson Dimon, Bugler. John Phlegar, Farrier.
Edward H. Starkey, Farrier. James Hussey, Saddler. Peter Gorgan, Wagoner.
Privates.
Brooks, William. Dimon, Abraham.
Bull, Edward A.
Drown, Napoleon B.
Butler, Abram. Carr, George W.
Ells, Charles.
Carrier, William S.
Entwistle, John.
Charlesworth, John. Chilcott, Gilbert.
Fields. Lucius.
Clifford, Charles W.
Gloris, Henry.
Davis, William C.
Gould, Joseph.
Baker, Andrew I. Barr, Moses.
Benedict, George. Bentzel, Daniel. Bentzel, Philip. Blinebry, George. Bohl, Herman. Bower, Peter. Bowman, Byron B.
Thomas W. Johnson.
Nelson P. Layton.
Hiram W. Layton.
George W. Sprague.
Corporals.
Harvey B. Snyder. . Henry H. Hambleton. Judson H. Dowd.
Franklin C. Holcomb. William W. Vanderhoff.
White, Ebenezer S.
Lewis, Lorenzo.
McElligott, Thomas. McElroy, Henry. McKeagan, Joseph. McQuien, John H. Miles, John. Miller, Gurdon H. Morgan, Charles.
Telyea, Eli.
Phipps, Ezra. Pratt, George B.
Van Alen, James.
Washburn, Liba Z.
Robinson, Walter.
Ryan, William.
Sergeants.
Eldridge, William.
Farnsworth, William K.
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ROSTER OF COMPANIES.
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COMPANY F.
Captain, Wilkinson W. Paige.
2d Lieutenant, William H. Whiting.
Sergeants.
James Harrison (1st). Hiram Frazer.
Edward S. Hawes (Q. M.). John Hopkins.
Henry L. Barker.
David Pletcher.
Corporals.'
David Binkley.
Henry James.
John Barr.
James M. Miller.
Ezra McMirick.
John Robinson.
Thomas Fleming.
Alfred Owen.
Mathew Donnely, Bugler. Christian Whitener, Bugler. James Kearns, Farrier.
James.Cobb, Farrier. Eailie Collins, Saddler. John M. Kilpatrick, Wagoner.
Privates.
Arkins, Thomas.
Clarke, William H.
Astill, Anthony.
Collins, Eleazar W.
Bichel, Anthony.
Conrad, John.
Hopkins, Robert.
Blyle, Jacob.
Cooper, Charles.
Howe, Arron.
Bartlam, Charles.
Dagman, Michael.
Hubell, George W. Jacobs, James.
Bradley, Edward.
Day, Lawrence.
Bringle, Andrew.
Day, Nelson V.
Burgess, William P.
Devereux, Daniel T.
Burgher, Ralph. Burns, Robert.
Donner, Henry. Doyle, John.
Finn, Charles. Fitts, James Franklin. Gallagher, John.
Sprague, Horace W. Stanclift, Edwin J. Strite, Gootlip.
Tabor, George H. Taylor, Thomas B. Thomas, Edelbert. Thompson, Reuben S.
Kenyon, Hiram.
Stedwell, Isaac E.
Larock, Charles.
Silver, Benjamin C.
Larock, Joseph.
Silver, John.
Leach, Stephen H.
Leonards, Owen.
McDougal, James H.
Smith, Richard.
Otto, James.
Snyder, William A.
Parker, Smith.
Sours, Franklin.
Williamson, Alexander S.
Patterson, George.
Phillips, George. Plumb, Harvey N. Prentice, George S.
Prentice, William M. Reeves, Samuel. Robinson, Charles A.
Skut, Ira. Smith, Marcus.
Tripp, Edward M. Uhls, Frank. Welsh, Addison G. Wester, Benjamin C. Whittem, James H.
Williams, John.
Sourwine, William B.
Wood, Francis.
Gressman, Theodore H. Hicks, Alfred. Hills, Lucius. Hogaboom, Henry H. Hummel, Julius. Johnson, Robert.
Calvin, Andrew. Chesbrough, S.
Claflin, Lafayette.
Griswold, Chester M. Handen, John.
: Kennedy, Thomas. Kuhner, Frederick. Lettice, James. Limberg, Herman. Lutler, Henry. McDonald, Charles. McDonald, Dennis.
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1861
McIntire, Peter.
McKnight, George M. Mclaughlin, Owen M. McLelland, William A. Minotte, Charles. Mumford, Charles. Myers, James M.
Newmeyer, Clemence. Orser, Albert W.
Patterson, William.
Peterson, William R.
Pierce, Edward.
Pletcher, Henry.
Vinter, Thomas.
Volmer, George.
Volmer, Michael.
Whitehead, Oliver C.
Wick, John.
Spicer, Franklin.
Wright, Dennison.
Young, Jacob.
Youngs, William.
COMPANY G.
Captain, Delos Carpenter.
1st Lieutenant, Alvah D. Waters. 2d Lieutenant, John G. Pierce.
Sergeants.
John J. Van Tuyl (1st). Wallace S. Springstein. Seymour A. Hosford. James M. Reynolds.
Corporals.
Ira Cooper, Jr.
Delos E. Landers.
Hiram Reynolds.
George Schenck. John R. Bennett. Luke Allen.
William W. Cameron.
John T. Pratt.
Aaron K. Clark, Bugler. Isaac Bradley, Bugler. James Morrison, Farrier.
William Welch, Farrier. Frederick Lewis, Saddler. Pulaski J. Vincent, Wagoner.
Privates.
Adams, William, Jr. Albro, Arvin N.
Compston, Charles P. Cornish, James M.
Jimerson, Isaac, Jr.
Austin, Manning.
Cronan, Timothy. King, Omera L.
Bailey, Joseph M.
Cutting, Charles S. Kilts, Charles W.
Bailey, Lewis C.
Deniston, Harvey.
Kilts, Daniel.
Barber, Henry C.
De Wolf, Moses. Downs, Sanford.
King, John B.
Barnes, William S.
King, Smith D.
Bennett, Jesse D. .
Dye, Edmund.
La Grange, Casper.
Blakesley, Hubert. Bliss, James. Bloser, George. Bowers, Joseph L.
Fink, Edwin A.
Locke, Charles A.
Loomis, Vinson. Main, Milo A. MeGuyer, Samuel.
Brown, William P.
Burk, John.
MeLaughlin, Thomas.
Cary, James L. Cavanaugh, Martin.
Hogoboom, Ebenezer B.
Meagher, Daniel.
Hopkins, Charles.
Menter, William.
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Riddle, Stewart.
Roundy, Charles.
Schreoder, Christian. Shay, John A.
Staley, John.
Stottle, Franklin.
Stuttleberg, James.
Townley, Thomas L. Troutman, Joseph.
Jessup, Winslow.
Fairfield, John M.
Livingston, Gardiner,
Griswold, George M. Hable, Casper. Hawkins, Theodore. Heseldon, George.
Burton B. Porter (Q. M.). John T. McKevitt.
MAJOR ALVAH D. WATERS.
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COMPANY H.
Captain, William Peck. 1st Lieutenant, Francis G. Wynkoop. 2d Lieutenant, Ira W. Allen.
Sergeants.
Charles E. Pratt (1st).
Benjamin W. Bonnell.
Austin Ellsworth. John C. Reynolds.
George Vanderbilt (Q. M.). Guy Wynkoop.
Corporals.
Ephraim D. Warner.
Jonas Erway.
Henry W. Kelly.
Albert S. Whittaker.
Gideon C. Dudley.
Edward H. Hayden.
Hiel Lockwood.
John H. Watkins.
James P. Cowles, Bugler. William P. Lindsay, Bugler. Stephen Ellis, Farrier.
Chester G. Wilcox, Farrier. William Weygint, Saddler. Thomas Molineaux, Wagoner.
Privates.
Allen, Lorenzo.
Hicks, John C.
Middaugh, John W.
Barber, Elemuel.
Hines, Edward J.
Miner, William.
Bingham, George W.
Howland, George W.
Bishop, Moses D.
Hubbell, David C.
Bonnell, Lansing.
Hubbell, Harlow.
Mix, Jasper. Newton, George W. Norton, Billins.
Brearley, Joseph H. Collins, Edward K.
Hutchings, William.
Piatt, Daniel N.
Potter, Amzah.
Potter, William H.
Reynolds, James S. Rose, Edward. Shedd, James B. Shelp, Myron H. Shipman, Rufus T.
Shortt, Stacey.
Hammond, Edwin. Harrison, William N.
Jacobson, Henry S. Keiley, John. Kellogg, James. Kenyon, Wilkinson P. Kennedy, George M. Lee, Samuel. Lockwood, Emmet. Lowe, John F. Mallory, Silas.
McCreary, Julius.
Wade, Rowland D.
Stearns, Charles H.
Walker, Hiram P.
Steel, Cornelius.
Walker, Willard.
Stewart, John G.
Whedon, Oscar P.
Story, Asa J.
Whipple, Charles E.
Sykes, Warren F.
Williams, Jesse G.
Thompson, John.
Wilson, George.
Turk, Martin V. B.
ROSTER OF COMPANIES.
1861
Oothoudt, Philo G. Palmer, James.
Pendleton, George S. Pier, Edwin. Pierce, Gideon B. Pullum, John R. Rice, Franklin. Robinson, Erastus B.
Schenck, Amasa D.
Hunter, Henry T. Hunter, James D.
Hutchings, James A.
Odell, George W.
Munn, Theodore L. Minnick, Isaac H.
Borland, Charles HI. Borland, William.
Cotton, Thomas B. Davis, William E. Earley, Samuel. Ellis, Willis S. Embree, Henry. Goldon, Charles D. Grimes, John H.
Guthrie, William.
Skinner, James. Smith, Mahlon K.
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Smith, Stephen.
Townsend, Alvin.
Weller, William S.
Stebbins, Edmund. Van Wormer, Leman.
Welton, Michael.
Swain, Lewis.
Vincent, Clayton,
Wetherall, James S.
Thompson, Abram J.
Warner, Elias.
Woodruff, Oscar.
Tittsworth, Simeon.,
Weaver, Francis.
Wright, George.
At a meeting of the line officers held in the parlors of the Che- mung House, in Elmira, on the 29th of November, the following field officers were elected :
Colonel .
JOHN C. LEMMON.
Lieutenant-Colonel
WILLIAM IRVINE.
Major First Battalion .
M. HENRY AVERY.
Major Second Battalion
JOHN H. KEMPER.
Chaplain
REV. ROBERT DAY.
Dr. R. W. Pease, of Syracuse, had already been appointed surgeon of the regiment by the Governor of the State.
Clothing for the men arrived and was issued on the 30th of No- vember. The suits were mostly of a generous size. Had the cloth been judiciously used there would have been sufficient in the suits to have clothed the entire regiment, but, as it was, some of the smaller fellows got suits so large that they rattled around in them, to the great amusement of their comrades. However, the uniforms, like everything else, finally became adjusted.
A retired Prussian officer, named Bernstein, was employed by the officers to drill the regiment. He was a vain old fellow, displaying a profusion of gold lace and temper-vanity and profanity. He had a large, subterranean voice, of considerable 'compass. He also had a conspicuous corporosity, and a gum-elastic step, that gave him quite a distinguished appearance, but as a drill-master he was a dismal failure.
Had the regiment been under the command and instruction of a regular army officer from the beginning-a good tactician and dis- ciplinarian-it would have been of great advantage. The material of which the regiment was composed was excellent. A large propor- tion of the men came from the rural sections in western and central New York, and were robust and intelligent, well read and well bred. The average age of the enlisted men was below twenty-five years,* and more than forty per cent were twenty-one years and under. An
* The average age of all the troops furnished by the State of New York dur- ing the war, as given by Captain Phisterer. in "New York in the War of the Re- bellion," was twenty-five years, seven months, and twenty-six days.
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL FREDERICK L. TREMAIN, Died of Wounds received in Action at Hatcher's Run, l'a., February 6, 1865.
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THE MORGAN CAVALRY DISBANDED.
1861
efficient and energetic young man with a thorough military education might have placed the regiment, in the front of the mounted regi- ments in the service in a short time. Although all were from civil life, the officers of the regiment made rapid strides in the knowledge necessary to lead and command men, and, with few exceptions, would compare favorably with any in the service.
Life in the barracks was somewhat monotonous, with its daily re- curring guard-mounts, drills, and saber-exercise, but there was an occasional relief in some little incident like the following :
It was on a cold, raw day-just such a day as a company could be exercised in the double-quick without starting the perspiration. The water in the canal basin bore a thin film of ice on its surface. Order- ly Sergeant Mitchell felt proud that his company were thoroughly disciplined. He had them out drilling, and had given the command to " double quick," with the column headed toward the basin, when his attention was suddenly attracted in the opposite direction; the edge of the basin was reached, and no command came for a change of direction or halt. "Ker-plunk ! ker-plunk ! ker-plunk !" went one after another of the men into the cold water, which was from two to three feet deep. The splashing attracted the sergeant's atten- tion, who, when excited, stuttered badly. " H-a-a-lt ! y-o-u f-e-l- lows in t-he di-ditch, c-c-coun-ter-march! D-n it, b-o-ys, take h-hold and he-lp 'em o-out !" Mitchell was always afterward attentive to duty when drilling his company.
General Alexander S. Diven received authority from the War De- partment on the 3d of October to raise a regiment of cavalry in the State of New York. This regiment was to be called the Morgan Cavalry, in honor of the Governor of the State. A recruiting office was opened in Elmira by Captain A. J. McWilliams. About thirty men, among the number Oscar Woodruff and Jonas Erway, had en- listed with one Captain Up de Graff, prior to this time. This com- pany having been disbanded-by General Van Valkenburg, many of the men enlisted with Captain McWilliams, of the Morgan Cavalry. George Vanderbilt, L. L. Barney, Jonas Erway, Oscar Woodruff, James Wetherell, James S. Reynolds, and John C. Reynolds, "all good men and true," as their subsequent records proved, were mem- bers of this latter company, which was soon filled up. As it became evident, however, that another regiment of cavalry could be raised only through the most extraordinary efforts at that time, the enter- prise was abandoned, and the company of Captain McWilliams was disbanded on the 18th of November. These men were nearly all
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transferred to Company H, of the Porter Guards. Luther L. Barney, who was lieutenant in Captain McWilliams's company, was trans- ferred in the same grade to Company C; while George Vanderbilt, who was to have been second lieutenant, was made quartermaster- sergeant of Company H.
By the advancement of Captain Avery, First Lieutenant Pratt was promoted to captain of Company A, and William C. Potter, of Buffalo, was commissioned first lieutenant, and assigned as regimental adjutant on the 25th of November.
Fears were entertained that the regiment would be mustered out, or an attempt made to transfer it to another branch of the service, as the outcry against the further enrollment of men for the cavalry was quite pronounced. Every effort, therefore, was directed to the completion of the two battalions already organized, rather than jeop- ardize the life of the regiment by attempting to raise the third bat- talion. Drills, reviews, and parades were kept up, and the regiment was in a good state of efficiency and discipline before leaving the State. Its knowledge in the line of "picket skirmishing " was de- rived from actual experience, as will be seen by the following extract from the Elmira Advertiser of October 18, 1861 :
For the gratification and exercise of the men and for the entertainment of the citizens, Colonel Sheppard has arranged with Colonel Lemmon to detail three companies of the Porter Guard Cavalry for work, picket skirmishing on the hills east of the village during the forenoon. This will be a foretaste of active exer- cise different from anything heretofore ordered at the depot. They will be armed and equipped as infantry, and not mounted.
The " picket skirmishing " came off according to programme, Company C being one of those participating, led in person by the gallant Captain Ordner, of rotund form, who puffed and wheezed like a porpoise as he urged the men up the steep and rugged hillside. They presented a fine spectacle as, in unbroken line, they swept to the assault of an imaginary fort on the crest of the hill. But, in the supreme moment of his glory, the valiant captain of Company C fell! As he rolled down the hillside he scattered the leaves and choice bits of broken English, to the dismay of his company and the amusement of his brother officers.
The regiment participated in a grand review and parade of all the troops at the Elmira depot, which occurred on the 28th of October. Its marching was superior to that of any other organization in the line.
The numerical designation of the regiment as the "Tenth New
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York Cavalry " was announced by the Adjutant-General of the State on the 12th of December. As the year was drawing to a close, the men began to exhibit signs of uneasiness. They longed for the change which was near at hand. " Running the guard " and dodging the patrol was about the only excitement or adventure to relieve the off-duty hours. The welcome news came, the latter part of December, that the regiment was ordered to Gettysburg. No one appeared to know or care much where Gettysburg was. Some of the Company A boys insisted that the village of Geddes, near Syracuse, was the place. Meantime the men, while speculating on the probable location, com- menced active preparations for a move. Trunks and valises were packed for a long journey. Letters were dispatched to the loved ones at home, announcing the intended invasion of Gettysburg. The little Bibles were carefully deposited in the inside vest-pockets as pro- tection against rebel bullets, pocket-knives were sharpened, and every preparation made for actual war. Meantime the location of Gettys- burg had been discovered. It was a relief to know that it was in loyal old Pennsylvania. The men felt quite brave, and began clamor- ing for an advance. They had been drilled for months, dismounted, and they welcomed a mounted movement-even if it was to be on freight-cars-as an agreeable change !
Companies B, C, D, E, F, G, and II were mustered into service on the 23d of December (Company A had been mustered in on the 27th of September), and the regiment was in readiness to leave the rendez- vous. The next evening, Tuesday, the 24th of December, they were marched through the mud to the depot, where the seven hundred and thirty-five enlisted men and thirty officers were squeezed into two long trains of freight-cars. The arrival or departure of a regi- ment of soldiers had ceased to be a novelty to the citizens, and there were no demonstrations, and but few were in attendance to " see the boys off." The amount of personal baggage with which the men struggled would have made a corps of newly-arrived Italian emigrants envious. But it was all taken care of at the cost of a few hours' delay and some highly-perfumed language, and the column moved out on the raid to Gettysburg. The night was damp and gloomy without, but all was cheerful within. Singing and shouting drowned any sigh that might have escaped from those who thought of distant homes and friends. It was Christmas-eve. But little sleep was enjoyed. Every extravagance that ingenuity could conjure up was indulged in, to keep the fun going. But before the objective point was reached, the high tension to which the nerves of the boys had been
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strung yielded to Nature's demands, and they were in nearly as played- out a condition as when, on the.return from the Stoneman raid, in after-days, some of these same men fell from their horses from sheer exhaustion.
The journey ended when the trains pulled into the little depot at Gettysburg on Christmas-night, having been more than twenty-four hours on the road, the distance of which should have been covered in eight or ten hours.
The following is a complete roster of the Field, Staff and Non- Commissioned Staff, and Band, on leaving Elmira :
FIELD AND STAFF.
Colonel, John C. Lemmon. Lieutenant-Colonel, William Irvine.
Major, M. Henry Avery (1st Bat.). Major, John H. Kemper (2d Bat.).
William C. Potter, Acting Regt. Adj. Benj. F. Sceva, Acting Q. M. 1st Bat.
James F. Fitts, Adjutant 1st Bat. Luther L. Barney, Acting Q. M. 2d Bat,
Wm. L. Lemmon, Adjutant 2d Bat. Roger W. Pease, Surgeon.
Henry Field, Acting Regt. Q. M. George D. Whedon, Asst. Surgeon.
Rev. Robert Day, Chaplain.
· NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF.
Noble D. Preston, Sergt .- Major 1st Bat. M. R. Woodruff, Com. Sergt. 1st Bat. Fred'k L. Webb, Sergt .- Major 2d Bat. Oscar P. Whedon, Com. Sergt. 2d Bat. Walter Kempster, Hosp. St'd 1st Bat. Jos. T. Griffin, Saddler Sergt. 1st Bat. Bonville Fuller, Hosp. St'd 2d Bat. Thomas Barry, Saddler Sergt. 2d Bat.
John B. King, Q. M .- Sergt. 1st Bat. Jas. F. Dickinson, Vet. Sergt. 1st Bat.
Henry E. Hayes, Q. M .- Sergt. 2d Bat. Alvain Butler, Vet. Sergt. 2d Bat.
The following constituted the band :
Edwin Pier, Company G, leader. Chester M. Griswold, Company F, 2d Eb cornet. Isaac Jimerson, Jr., Company G, Bb cornet. Aaron K. Clark, Company G, 1st Eb tenor. J. B. Shedd, Company H, 2d Eb tenor. W. H. Clark, Company F, 1st Bb tenor. Thomas L. Townley, Company F, Eb tuba. Albert W. Orser, Company F, snare-drum. Oscar W. Drake, Company B, bass-drum. Smith D. King, Company G, cymbals.
NOBLE D. PRESTON, Sergeant-Major.
FRED'K. L. WEBB, Sergeant-Major.
JOHN B. KING, Q. M. Sergeant.
HENRY E. HAYES, Q. M. Sergeant.
MARSHALL R. WOODRUFF, Com'y. Sergeant.
OSCAR P. WHEDON, Com'y. Sergeant.
JOSEPH T. GRIFFIN, Saddler Sergeant.
THOMAS BARRY, Saddler Sergeant.
ADDISON COLE, Chief Bugler.
CHONTE STRASS, Chief Bugler,
WALTER KEMPSTEN. Hospital Steward.
FRANK DICKINSON, Veterinary Sergeant.
NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF-1861-2.
17
FIRST DRESS-PARADE.
1861
A few determined citizens of the town remained to welcome the Regiment as the train pulled into the depot at Gettysburg that Christmas-night, 1861. There was but little enthusiasm or noise ; the boys were too tired and hungry, on their part, and the good peo- ple were too conservative, for anything of the kind. But their quiet demeanor and modest ways, served to bring out in strong contrast a generosity and hospitality which have always remained a pleasant theme with the men of the Regiment who were quartered among them during the winter of 1861-'62. The ladies had provided refreshments for the men, and had awaited their arrival with puddings, pies, and patience, until the lateness of the hour-far beyond the time of their usual retiring-induced them to return to their homes, taking the provisions with them. This was the regiment's first "provision re- turn." It was found necessary to keep the boys in the cars all night, as no quarters had been provided, and the lateness of the hour pre- vented their being obtained. It was difficult sleeping on empty stomachs and car-seats, but the boys managed to worry through the long-drawn-out hours and came forth with the rising sun, showing a remarkable degree of freshness. Many of them had managed to elude the guards the night before, and found comfort and welcome in the homes of the citizens. The morning roll-call disclosed a great many " absent without leave." As soon as it was light enough the men started out on the morning of the 26th to discover the town. Squads of them could be seen in every direction, surveying the buildings with all the deliberation of assessors, and many of them evinced a desire to take a view of the interiors. The borough had been pretty well sized up before the inhabitants had left their beds.
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