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The report of the Adjutant-General for 1868 makes the fol- lowing summary statement :
This regiment (originally the One Hundred and Thirty- eighth New York Volunteer Infantry) was organized at New York to serve for three years. It was mustered into the service as such Sept. 8, 1862. A new company was afterwards organized and attached to this regiment and the Twenty-second New York Independent Battery was trans- ferred thereto in 1863 as companies L and M. The organi- zation was raised in the counties of Cayuga and Wayne (Twenty-Fifth Senate district) except Company M which was raised in the county of Niagara. The regiment was consolidated into four companies and transferred to the Sec_ ond Regiment New York Artillery as companies I, K, L and M, June 27, 1865. The officers rendered supernumerary were mustered out of service. The same report specifies the battles which the regiment was entitled to have inscribed upon its banners as : Cold Harbor ; Petersburg ; Monocacy ; Opequan, and Cedar Creek; but as usual the rules by which official reports seem to be made, omit a large number of engagements and skirmishes in which the regiment shared.
The following complete official roster of all the commis- sioned officers is furnished as a matter of general informa- tion in a condensed form, although it repeats names appear- ing elsewhere in separate town lists and also includes others. from Cayuga county and Niagara :
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MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY.
OFFICIAL ROSTER.
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S REPORT, 1868.
NINTH HEAVY ARTILLERY.
NAME.
Date of Commission.
Date of Rank.
Remarks.
Colonels :
Joseph Welling
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 27,'62 Resigned May 21, '64.
William H. Seward, Jr.
May 31,'64 May 21,'64
Promoted to Brig .- Gen. Oct. 4, '64.
Edwin P. Taft
Sept. 15,'64 Sept. 15,'64 Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
J. W. Snyder
Dec. 27,'64 Nov. 28,'64 Not mustered as Col.
Lieutenant-Colonels :
William H. Seward, Jr.
Edwin P. Taft.
James W. Snyder
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 22,'62 June 23,'64 May 21,'64 Sept. 15,'64 Sept. 15,'64
Promoted to Col. May 31, '64. Promoted to Col. Sept. 15, '64. Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65. (Rrev .- Col. U. S. V.)
William Wood
Dec. 27,'64 Nov. 28,'64 Not mustered as Lieut .- Col.
Majors : Edwin P. Taft.
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 24,'62 Promoted to Lieut .- Col. June 23, '64.
Truman Gregory
June 10,'64
May 21,'64 Not mustered, deceased.
William Wood,.
June 28,'64 June 28,'64
Discharged by reason of consol- idation, June 27, '65.
(Brev. Lieut. - Col. U. S. V.)
Anson S. Wood
Jan. 13,'65 Nov. 28,'64 Resigned May 16, '65.
(Brev. Lieut .- Col. U. S. V.)
William R. Wasson
Dec. 31,'62 Dec. 30,'62 Discharged June 12, '63.
Charles Burgess
Jan. II,'64 Jan. 8,'64
Sullivan B. Lamoreaux
Feb. 28,'65 Feb.
3,'65 Transferred to Second N. Y. Artillery, June 27, '65. (Brev. Lieut .- Col. U. S. V.)
James Snyder
Dec. 31,'62 Dec. 30,'62 Promoted to Lieut .- Col. Sept.
Irwin Squyer
Nov. 19,'64 Sept. 15,'64 Discharged May 17, '65.
Adjutant :
William R. Wasson
Sept. 10,'62 Sept. 3,'62 Promoted to Major Dec. 31,'62.
Quartermasters :
Henry P. Knowles.
Lewis Barton.
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 19,'62 Feb. 18,'65 Feb. 3,'65
Promoted to C. S. Sept. 20, '64. Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27'65.
Surgeons :
Samuel A. Sabin.
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 23,'62 Discharged Jan. II, '65.
Dwight S. Chamberlain.
Jan. 21,'65 Jan. 20,'65
Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
15, '64.
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MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY.
NINTH HEAVY ARTILLERY-(Continued. )
NAME.
Date of Commission.
Date of Rank.
Remarks.
ยท
Assistant Surgeons :
Byron De Witt.
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 28,'62 Resigned Aug. 19, '63.
Byron L. Flower.
Sept. II,'63 Sept. 7,'63
Died Oct. 24, '63, of disease.
John W. Brant.
Nov. 20,'63 Nov. 12,'63 Discharged Dec. 15, '64.
Otto Schultze
Mar. 22,'65 Mar. 16,'65 Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
A. P. Crafts. . Dwight S. Chamberlain.
Sept. 25,'62 Not mustered, declined. Nov. 7,'62 Nov. 5,'62
Promoted to Surgeon Jan. 21, '65.
Edward Malone
Feb. 18,'65 Feb. 18,'65 Not mustered.
Chaplains : Warham Mudge
Stephen T. Devoe
Sept. 10,'62 Sept. 9,'62 Resigned Sept. 28, '64. Nov. 28,'64 Nov. 17,'64 Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
Captains :
James W. Snyder.
James H. Hyde
George W. Brinkerhoff
Truman Gregory
Sullivan B. Lamoreaux
Joseph W. Jewhurst
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 9,'62 Promoted to Major Dec. 31,'62. Jan. 22,'63 Dec. 30,'62 Discharged Dec. 27, '64. Feb. 18,'65 Dec. 27,'64 Discharged by reason of consol- Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 14,'62 idation. (Brev .- Maj. U.S.V.) Died June 23, '64, of wounds. June 23,'64 May 21,'64 Feb. 28,'65 Feb. 3,'65 Promoted to Major Feb. 28,'65. Discharged by reason of consol- idation, June 27, '65.
Loyal W. Alden
Harvey W. Follett
Marshall B. Burke
Charles L. Lyon.
Nelson F. Strickland
Chauncey Fish.
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 14,'62 Resigned Feb. 14, '63. Feb. 17,'63 Feb. 10,'63 Discharged Sept. 14, '64. Nov. 30,'64 Sept. 12,'64 Discharged by reason of consol- Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 22,'62 May 16,'64 Feb. 16,'64 Dec. 24,'64 idation June 27, '65. Discharged Feb. 17, '64. Discharged Nov. 28, '64. Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65. (Brev .- Major U. S. V.)
Selah Cornwell Henry Roesselle
William Hawley.
Orson Howard.
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 24,'65 Died Nov. I, '62, of disease. Nov. 29,'62 Nov. 28,'62 Promoted to Major Fifteenth N. Y. Cavalry Mar. 17, '64. May 16,'64 Mar. 17,'62 Discharged Sept. 14, '64. Sept. 28,'64 Sept. 28,'64 Killed in action at Cedar Creek,
Va., Oct. 19,'64.
John Tifft.
Nov. 30,'64 Nov. 14,'64 Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
Charles Burgess Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 24,'62 Promoted to Major Jan. II,'64. George W. Bacon Jan. 16,'64 Jan. Lewis D. Williams 8,'64 Discharged Aug. 18, '64. Aug. 15,'64 Aug. 15,'64 Not mustered as Capt. John F. Stewart Feb. 18,'65 Feb. 3,'65 Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65. Promoted to Major June 28,'64. William Wood. Sept. 16,'62 Aug. 24,'62 Daniel B. Harmon .. Sept. 28,'64 June 28,'64 Henry J. Rhodes Feb. 18,'65 Nov. 12,'64 Discharged Nov. 16, '64. Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65. (Brev .- Major U. S. V.)
John L. Crane. William J. Parish
Hugh Hughes.
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 25,'62 Discharged Nov. 29, '64. Dec. 24,'64 Nov. 29,'64 Discharged by reason of consol- i idation June 27, '65. Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 25,'62 Resigned Nov. 12, '64.
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MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY. NINTH HEAVY ARTILLERY-(Continued. )
NAME.
Date of Commission.
Date of Rank.
Remarks.
Philip R. Freeoff.
Feb. 18,'65 Nov. 12,'64
Discharged May 15, '65.
Irvin Squyer.
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 27,'62 Promoted to Major Nov. 19,'64.
Dennis E. Flynn.
Nov. 30,'64 Sept. 15,'64 Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
John D. Human.
Oct. 24,'62 Sept. 4,'62
Discharged Apr. 15, '63.
Anson S. Wood
May 21,'63 Apr. 14,'63
Promoted to Major Jan. 13, '65.
John S. McMaster
Feb. 18,'65 Nov. 28,'64 Not mustered as Capt.
Frank A. Sinclair.
Feb. 28,'64 Feb. 15,'64
Discharged Nov. 28, '64.
S. Augustus Howe.
Dec. 24,'64 Nov. 28,'64 Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
First Lieutenants :
James H. Hyde ..
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 9,'62 Promoted to Capt. Jan. 22, '63.
Rufus M. Campbell.
Jan. 22,'63 Dec. 13,'62 Discharged Oct. 4, '64.
George W. Brinkerhoff
Nov. 19,'64 Oct. 25,'64
Benjamin F. Barnes
Feb. 18,'65 Dec. 27.'64
Promoted to Capt. Feb. 18,'65. Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
Jakeway R. Hoff.
Mar. 24,'64 Mar. 1,'64 Discharged Oct. 3, '64.
Emmett Stafford.
Nov. 19,'64 Oct. 3,'64
Charles W. Hough
May 16,'64 Apr. 4,'64 Transferred to Second N. Y. Artillery June 27, '65.
Nelson F. Strickland.
Asahel M. Abbey.
Philip R. Freeoff.
Samuel F. Ilarris.
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 14,'62 Promoted to Capt. May 16, '64. May 16,'64 Mar. 17,'64 Discharged Sept. 28, '64. Nov. 30,'54 Nov. 14,'64 Feb. 18,'65 Nov. 12,'64 Promoted to Capt. May 18, '65. Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65. Promoted to Capt. Feb. 17, '63. Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 14,'62 Feb. 17,'63 Feb. 10,'63 Promoted to Capt. Nov. 30,'64. Nov. 30,'64 Sept. 12, 64 Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
John W. Rice.
Anson S. Wood
Samuel C. Redgrave.
Charles D. Lent.
Apr. 9,'64 Apr. 4,'64 Discharged by reason of consol- Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 22,'62 idation June 27, '65. Promoted to Capt. May 21, '63. May 21.'63 Apr. 14,'63 May 16,'64 May 17,'64 Discharged Apr. I, '64. Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65. Discharged Nov. 28, '64.
Lewis D. Williams.
Sept. 23,'64 Apr. 4,'64
Orin B. Carpenter.
Aug. 15,'64 Aug. 15.'64 Not mustered as First Lieut. Promoted to Col. Feb 18, '65.
John F. Stewart.
Nov. 30,'64 Nov. 14,'64
Robert Finley.
Seth F. Swift.
George P. Rnapp.
Robert L. Daniells.
William J. Parish
Almond Holcomb
Feb. 18,'65 Feb. 3,'65 Transferred to Second N. Y. Sept. 10.'62 Aug. 24,'62 Artillery June 27, '65. Discharged Feb. 23,'64. May 16,'64 Mar. 17,'64 June 17,'65 Mar. 28,'65 Not mustered as First Lieut. Not mustered as First Lieut. May 16,'64 Apr. 4,'64 Dec. 24,'64 Nov. 29,'64 Promoted to Capt. Dec. 24, '64. Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65. Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 24,'62 Promoted to Capt. Jan. 16, '64.
George W. Bacon
Weston E. Allen.
Jan. 28,'64 Jan. 8,'64
Joseph S. Bixby
Feb. 18,'65
Dec. 17,'64 Not mustered.
Sullivan B. Lamoreaux
John B. Baker.
James D. Knapp.
William Hawley.
James H. Ellis.
Aug. 10,'63 July 31,'63 Promoted to Capt. June 23, '64. Nov. 3,'64 Nov. 3,'64 Discharged Jan. 31, '65. Feb. 28,'65 Feb. 17,'65 Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65. Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 24,'62 Promoted to Capt. May 16, '64. May 16,'64 Mar. 17,'64 Died July 9, '64, of wounds.
Harvey Follett.
Marshall B. Burke
William W. Sinclair
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NINTH HEAVY ARTILLERY-(Continued. )
NAME.
Date of Commission.
Date of Rank.
Remarks.
John Tift ..
July 9,'64 July 9,'64 Promoted to Capt. Nov. 30, '64. Nov. 30,'64 Nov. 14,'64 Not mustered as First Lieut.
Vincent E. Kenyon
Feb. 18,'65
Feb. 3,'65
Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
Henry J. Rhodes.
Nov. 30,'64 Nov. 14,'64
Promoted to Capt. Feb. 18, '65. Discharged May 20, '65.
Tennis Vosburgh.
Feb. 18,'65 Nov. 12,'64 Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 25,'65
Resigned Dec. 30, '62.
Daniel B. Harmon
Jan. 14,'63 Dec. 30,'62 Promoted Sept. 28, '64.
Sidney A. Colvin.
..
Sept. 28,'64 Sept. 28,'64 Not mustered as First Lieut. Dec. 24,'64 Nov. 28,'64
Discharged by reason of con- solidation.
John S. McMaster
May 16,'64 Mar. 17,'64 Discharged Mar. 25, '65. Feb. 18,'65 Nov. 28,'64 Not mustered as First Lieut.
James A. Bowles ..
Orson Howard. Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 25,'62 Promoted to Capt. Sept. 28,'64.
George R. Watson
Resigned June I, '65.
Lyman C. Comstock
Dennis E. Flynn
Sept. 28.'64 Sept. 28,'64 Feb. 13,'64 Feb. 6,'64 Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 27,'62
Discharged June 14, '65. Promoted to Capt. Nov. 30,'64.
Reuben Burton.
Nov. 30,'64 Sept. 15,'64 Not mustered as First Lieut.
George H. Pidge.
Discharged Sept. 12, '64.
Philip Sturge. ..
John W. Fitzpatrick.
Charles Cowell.
Feb. 28,'65 Feb. 17,'65
Melancthon W. Brown
Oct. 24,'62 Sept. 4,'62
Robert C. Worthington
William E. Greenwood .
May 21,'63 Apr. 16,'63 Feb. 13,'64 Jan. 29,'64 Nov. 19,'64 Sept. 12,'64
Chauncey Fish.
William H. Forth
Lendall H. Bigelow.
Dec. 24,'64 Nov. 28,'64 Mar. 10,'65 Mar. 10,'65
William D. W. Pringle Guy A. Brown .. ..
Oct. 27,'62 Sept. 4,'62 Nov. 28,'64 Oct. 28,'64 Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, 65. (Brev .- Capt. U. S. V. ) Promoted to Capt. Dec. 24, '64.
S. Augustus Howe. Benjamin J. Yard.
Joseph W. Jewhurst.
George W. Swift ..
Lewis Barton
Second Lieutenants : Rufus M. Campbell.
Jakeway R. Hoff
Henry J. Rhoades
Vincent E. Kenyon.
Oscar E. Foote.
George W. Brinkerhoff.
Dec. 10,'63 Dec. 6,'63 Dec. 27,'64 Nov. 28,'64 Discharged by reason of consol- Feb. 23,'64 Feb 15,'64 Feb. 28,'65 Feb. 3,'65 idation June 27, '65. Promoted to Capt. Feb. 28,'65. Discharged by reason of consol- Feb. 3,'65 idation June 27, '65. Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 9,'62 Promoted to First Lieut. Jan. Feb. 12,'63 Dec. 30, '62 27, '63. Promoted to First Lieut. Mar. 24, '64.
Mar. 24,'64 Mar. I,'64 Promoted to First Lieut. Nov. Nov. 30,'64 30, '64. Nov. 14,'64 Promoted to First Lieut. Feb. Feb. 18,'65 Feb. 3,'65 18, '65. Discharged by reason of consol- Mar. 24,'64 Mar. 1,'64 idation June 27, '65. Promoted to First Lieut. Nov. 19, '64.
Horace Babcock.
Josiah T. Crittenden
Philip P. Tyndall.
Apr. 13,'64 Apr. 4,'64 Nov. 19,'64 Sept. 12,'64 Feb. 18,'65 Feb. 3,'65
Not mustered as First Lieut. Transferred to Second N. Y. Artillery June 27, '65. Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65. Discharged Apr. 16, '63. Resigned Jan. 29, '64. Discharged Sept. 12, '64. Promoted to Capt. Dec. 24, '64. Not mustered as First Lieut. Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65. Discharged Oct. 28, '64.
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MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY.
NINTH HEAVY ARTILLERY-(Continued. )
NAME.
Date of Commission.
Date of Rank.
Remarks.
John W. Fitzpatrick
Nov. 19,'64 Nov. 25,'65
Promoted to First Lieut. Feb. 18, '65.
Francis J. Hoag ....
Feb. 18,'65
Feb. 3,'65
Discharged June 14, '65.
William E. Greenwood.
Sept. 10,'62
Aug. 14,'62 Promoted to First Lieut. Feb. 13, '64.
Charles W. Hough.
Mar. 30,'64
Feb. 15,'64 Promoted to First Lieut. May 16, '64.
Almond Holcomb
July 16,'64
Apr. 4,'64 Promoted to First Lieut. Dec. 24, '64. Discharged Mar. 29, '65.
James A. Bowles.
Dec. 24,'64 Nov. 29,'64
Gilbert Conklin
Feb. 18,'65 Nov. 28,'64 Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
Reuben Burton.
Apr. '64 Apr. 5,'64 Transferred to Second N. Y. Artillery June 27, '65.
David H. Stone
Nov. 30,'64 Sept. 15,'64 Killed in action at Petersburg,
Va., Jan. 14, '64.
George E. Clows
Jan. 21,'65 Jan. 20,'65
Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
Marshall B. Burke
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 14,'62 Promoted to First Lieut. Feb. 17, '63.
Lyman C. Comstock
Feb. 17,'63 Feb. 10,'63 Promoted to First Lieut. Feb. 13, '64.
James H. Ellis .
Mar. 30,'64 Feb. 15,'64 Promoted to First Lieut. May
Edward Nash
May 23,'64 Apr. 4,'64
16, '64. Not mustered.
John M. Allen.
May 17,'64 Mar. 24,'64 Discharged Mar. 6, '65.
Truman S. Harvey.
Mar. 30,'65 Feb. 28,'65 Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 22,'62
Discharged April 1, '64.
Orrin B. Carpenter.
May 21,'63 Apr. 14,'63
Killed in action Oct. 19, '64.
John Oldswager.
Sept. 28,'64 Aug. 15,'64 Killed in action Oct. 19, '64. Nov. 30,'64 Nov. 14,'64 Not mustered.
Samuel Lape.
William J. Hitchcock
Feb. 17,'64 Feb. 17,'64 Nov. 30,'64 Sept. 12,'64 Transferred to Second N. Y.
Artillery June 27, '65.
George Stoyell. John Tifft.
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 24,'62 Died Jan. 21, '63, of disease. Jan. 29,'63 Jan. 21,'63 Promoted to First Lieut. July
William H. Forth.
9, '64. Discharged Feb. 19, '65. Not mustered.
Cyrus Acker.
Horace B. Babcock.
Samuel F. Harris
David Becker
Feb. 18,'65 Nov. 12,'64 Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
Sullivan B. Lamoreaux
Weston E. Allen.
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 24,'62 Promoted to First Lieut. Aug. Aug. 10,'63 July 31,'63 IO, '63. Promoted to First Lieut. Jan. 28, '64. Discharged Mar. 12, '64. Discharged Feb. 2, '65.
Philip Sturge
Michael McNulty.
Discharged Mar. 6, '65.
Charles Robinson.
Jan. 28,'64 Jan. 8,764 Mar. 30,'64 Mar. 14,'64 Nov. 19,'64 Sept. 12,'64 Mar. 30,'65 Feb. 28,'65
Emmett Stafford .. Aug. '63 Aug. 1,'63
Transferred to Second N. Y. Artillery June 27. '65. Promoted to First Lieut. Nov. 19, '64.
Resigned June 14, '65.
Samuel C. Redgrave
William E. Jaqueth.
Dismissed Oct. 8, '64.
July 9,'64 July 9,'64 Dec. 24,'64 Nov. 28,'64 Feb. 29,'64 Feb. 25,'64 Discharged Dec. 21, '64. Nov. 30,'64 Nov. 14,'64 Promoted to First Lieut. Feb. 18. '65.
Albert B. Norton
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NINTH HEAVY ARTILLERY-(Continued.)
NAME.
Date of Commission.
Date of Rank.
Remarks.
Robert L. Daniels
Dec. 30,'64
Dec. 30,'64
Transferred to Second N. Y. Artillery June 27, '65.
Seymour Woodward.
Sept. 10,'62
Aug. 24,'62 Resigned Feb. 25, '64.
James W. Tift ..
Mar. 5,'64 Mar. TO,'64 Discharged Nov. 28, '64.
Ezra H. Calkins.
Dec. 22,'64 Nov. 28,'64
Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
Charles W. Squires
George B. Voorhies
Feb. 28,'64 Feb. 15,'65 Jan. 17,'65 Jan. 4,'65
Discharged Jan. 4, '65. Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
Daniel B. Harmon.
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 25,'62 Promoted to First Lieut. Jan. Dec. 30,'62 14, '63. Not mustered, deceased.
Vincent Agnet ..
Feb. II,'63
Theodore D. Quick
Dec. 24,'64 Dec. 24,'64 Discharged by reason of consol- June 19,'63 June 10,'63 idation June 27, '65. Promoted to First Lieut. May 16, '64.
Benson Conklin.
Thomas J. Chaddock.
May 17,'64 Mar. 17,'64 Discharged Dec. 24, '64. Feb. 18,'65 Dec. 23,'64 Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
Sidney T. Colvin John F. Stewart
Jan. 25,'64 Jan. 25,'64 Discharged Dec. 19, '64. Sept. 28,'64 Sept. 28,'64 Promoted to First Lieut. Nov. 30, '64.
Lewis Barton
Nov. 30,'64 Nov. 14,'64 Promoted to First Lieut. Feb. 30, '65.
John C. Elmendorf.
Feb. 18,'65 Feb. 3,'65 Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
Philip R. Freeoff
Sept. 10,'62 Aug. 25,'62 Promoted to First Lieut. Nov. 30, '64.
Robert Finley ..
Nov. 30,'64 Nov. 14,'64 Promoted to First Lieut. Feb. 18, '65.
H. Hill Wheeler, Jr
Feb. 18,'65 Feb. 3,'65 Transferred to Second N. Y. Artillery June 27, '65.
Charles P. Patterson
Philip P. Tindall
Henry Rowland
Feb. 17,'64 Feb. 6,'64 Discharged Sept. 24, '64. Nov. Iy,'64 Sept. 15,'64 Promoted to First Lieut. Dec. 24, '64. Dec. 24,'64 Dec. 1,'64 Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65. (Brev .- Capt. N. Y. V.)
George Preston Knapp George E. Chappel.
George W. Swift.
William H. McIntyre.
Feb. 28,'65 Feb. 3,'65 Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
Chauncey Fish.
Edmond Young
..
Mar. 16,'64 Feb. 6,'64 Promoted to First Lieut. Nov. 19, '64. Nov. 19,'64 Sept. 12,'64 Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
Robert Worthington
Asahel M. Abbey.
George C. Monroe
Mar. 17,'64 Not mustered.
John Robinson.
Sept. 10,'62 May II,'64 Aug. 27,'62 Discharged Mar. 28, '65. Mar. 17,'64 Feb. 18,'65 Feb. 4,'65 Discharged Feb. 4, '65. Promoted to First Lieut. Feb. 28, '65.
Oct. 24,'62 Sept. 4,'62 Promoted to First Lieut. May 2I, '63. May 21,'63 Apr. 16,'63 Promoted to First Lieut. May 16, '64.
May 23,'64 Feb. 18,'65 Feb. 3,'65 Transferred to Second N. Y. Artillery June 27, '65.
Charles D. Lent.
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MILITARY HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY.
NINTH HEAVY ARTILLERY-(Continued.)
NAME.
Date of Commission.
Date of Rank.
Remarks.
Edwin P. Clark
Oct. II,'62 Sept. 4,'62 Discharged Sept. 4, '62.
William J. Parish.
May 21,'63 Sept.
4,'62 Promoted to First Lieut. May 16, '64.
Stillwell J. Grandy.
May 28,'64
Apr.
4,'64
Discharged Nov. 16, '64.
Henry C. Stern
Dec. 7,'64
Dec.
6,'64
Discharged Mar. 30, '65.
Stephen V. R. Cole.
Feb. 17,'64
Feb. 17,'64
Discharged May 6, '64.
Benjamin J. Yard
May 16,'64
Apr. 4,'64
Promoted to First Lieut. Dec. 24, '64.
Josiah T. Crittenden
Dec. 24,'64 Nov. 28,'64 Promoted to First Lieut. Feb.
18, '65.
Benjamin F. Hoffman
Feb. 18,'65 Feb.
3,'65
Discharged by reason of consol- idation June 27, '65.
William W. Sinclair
Feb. 23,'64
Feb. 15,'64
Promoted to First Lieut. Nov. 30,''64.
Arthur W. Marshall.
Nov. 30,'64 Nov. 14,'64 Discharged by reason of consol-
idation June 27, '65.
THE TWENTY-SECOND CAVALRY.
This was formed in the fall of 1863, and quite a number of veterans were enrolled in its ranks. Men who had served two years and been discharged early in the summer of 1863, displayed a patriotism highly commendable in being willing again to enter the service. The companies of which the Twenty-second was composed were raised in Monroe, Erie, Chautauqua, Livingston, Steuben, Onondaga, Orleans, Wayne, Chenango, Delaware and Otsego. James C. Van- Marter was the most active promoter of enlistments in Wayne Co., and he became captain of Company H, in the ranks of which our men were enrolled. The regiment ren- dezvoused at Rochester and completed its organization there It was mustered into service February, 1864, and out August 1, 1865. Its record, though brief, is brilliant. Sam- uel J. Crooks was commissioned Colonel, May 4, 1864. June 13th the regiment was engaged across the Chickahominy for several hours as the advance of the brigade. Line was formed and the fire of the enemy promptly returned till his withdrawal. The loss was thirty killed and wounded. While upon a raid the Twenty-second was encamped at Ford's Station ; its four squadrons were placed two on each side of the road. at an interval. The position had scarcely been
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taken, when a body of the enemy charged upon the advance squadrons. When within easy carbine range, the men fired and checked the onset. When taking the road, they fell back to the rear of the other squadrons and showed the same front as previously. The enemy regarding themselves as victors, charged again, were roughly handled, and with- drew. The Twenty-second was brigaded with the Eighth and Fifteenth New York and Third Indiana, as the First Brigade, Third Cavalry Division. An order issued April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Court House, by General G. A. Custar, commanding, outlines the action of the Twenty-sec- ond, in common with their gallant comrades of the division :
" During the past six months, although in most instances confronted with superior numbers, you have captured from the enemy, in open battle, one hundred and eleven pieces of field artillery, sixty-five battle flags, and upwards of ten thousand prisoners of war, including seven general officers. You have never lost a gun, never lost a color, and have never been defeated; and notwithstanding numerous engagements in which you have borne a prominent part, including those memorable battles of the Shenandoah, you have captured every piece of artillery which the enemy has dared to open upon you.
" And now speaking for myself alone, when the war is ended and the work of the historian begins, when those deeds of daring, which have rendered the name and fame of the Third Cavalry Division imperishable, are inscribed upon the bright pages of our country's history, I only ask that my name may be written as that of the commander of the Third Cavalry Division."
FIRST REGIMENT VETERAN CAVALRY.
The time for which the two-years' men were to serve hav- ing expired in May and June 1863, they returned home ; but many of themn very soon after began to re-enlist forming regiments specially designated as " veteran." Among these was the First Regiment of Veteran Cavalry in which quite a number of Wayne county men enlisted.
This regiment was organized at Geneva, New York, to serve three years, and was composed of men from Ontario, Seneca, Wayne, Monroe, Erie and Chemung. By the last of September, 1863, eight hundred men had rendezvoused at Camp Sherrill. Of these, about three hundred were of the 42
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Seventeenth New York Cavalry consolidated with Taylor's Veterans, and with them about one hundred men recruited at Rochester for the Fourteenth Heavy Artillery, but trans- ferred to this command. The regiment was mustered into the service of the United States from July 25 to November 19, 1863, and contained ten full companies and one thousand one hundred and forty men. The list of regimental officers gives the following: Robert Taylor, former colonel of the Thirty-third, colonel; John S. Platner, who was major in the Thirty-third, lieutenant-colonel; Charles A. Wells and James E. Williams, majors; De Estaing, surgeon ; Albert H. Nash, adjutant; and Henry W. Alexander, quartermaster. J. S. Platner was promoted colonel, and breveted brigadier- general for gallant and meritorious service, and remained with the regiment till it was mustered out.
The regiment was sent to Virginia, and rode over ground familiar to many of them as places to and from which they had marched during service as infantry. Their first encounter was with a band of Mosby's guerrillas, in the val- ley of the Shenandoah. A post held by about forty men from Companies L and M was surprised on the morning of July 10, 1864, by an attack from about one hundred and fifty of the guerrillas ; a lively skirmish ensued; reinforcements speedily arrived, and the enemy was driven off. On the 8th of April the First Veteran Cavalry was transferred to the command of General Averill, and set out in the midst of a heavy storm for Martinsburg. Ten days later, three hun- dred picked men joined Averill's command for a raid through western Virginia. April 28th, the army of the Shenandoah advanced up the valley. May 9th, the First Veteran Cavalry reached Cedar creek, the scene of Bank's earlier discomfiture. The veterans advanced upon Wood- stock, then held by the enemy, and drove them from the town. They pursued, and by the 13th had possession of Mount Jackson. A force led by John C. Breckenridge began to move down the valley, and General Sigel, who desired to prevent his junction with the commands of Imbo- den and Gilmore, made an effort to attack and rout the latter before the former could come up. The attempt was not
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