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1861, at Brooklyn, N. Y .; enrolled Sep- tember II, 1861, at Brooklyn to serve three ycars; mustered in as Second Lieutenant, Company K, this regiment, September 28, 1861; promoted First Lieutenant, Decem- ber 14, 1861; discharged, September 6, 1862; not commissioned Second Lieuten- ant; commissioned First Lieutenant, Dc- cember 30, 1861, with rank from Decem- ber 14, 1861, vice M. M. Jackson, pro- moted.
SCHULER, JOHN D., age 22 years; en- rolled April 23, 1861, at Brooklyn to serve three months; mustered in as Private, Company H, 13th Militia, May 17, 1861 ; mustered out with company, August 6, 1861, at Brooklyn, N. Y .; enrolled at New York city to serve three years, and mus- tered in as Second Lieutenant, Company I, this regiment, November 15, 1861; as First Lieutenant, April 19, 1862; captured in action at Manassas Junction, Septem- ber 5, 1862; paroled, September 13, 1862; mustered out with detachment, to date September 16, 1862, at Washington, D. C .; Captain, N. Y. Volunteers, by brevet ; commissioned Second Lieutenant, January 10, 1862, with rank from November 15, 1861, original; First Lieutenant, May 19, 1862, with rank from April 19, 1862, vice C. W. Courtwright, promoted.
SELVAGE, HENRY CLAY, age 21 years ; Lieutenant, Mcclellan Infantry ; accepted, October II, 1861; discharged, November 15, 1861, by consolidation with this regi- ment ; mustered in as Second Lieutenant, Company G, this regiment, February 19, 1862; wounded in action, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va .; mustered out, to date September 6, 1862; First Lieutenant, N. Y. Volunteers, by brevet; not commis- sioned.
SEYMOUR, THOMAS H., age 26 years ; enrolled September 1, 1861, at New York city, as Captain, Company E, Mcclellan Infantry, to serve three years; mustered in as First Lieutenant, Company E, this regiment, November 29, 1861 ; discharged, May 12, 1862; commissioned First Lieu- tenant, January 10, 1862, with rank from October 11, 1861, original.
SKILTON, JULIUS A., Assistant Surgeon, 30th Infantry; mustered in as Surgeon, this regiment, January 17, 1862; mustercd out, to date September 6, 1862; subsequent
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service in 14th Cavalry ; see Ist Artillery ; commissioned Surgeon, February 15, 1862, with rank from January 16, 1862, vice W. Cleveland, resigned.
STONE. JOHN H., late Captain, 13th Mili- tia; enrolled September 1, 1861, at Brook- lyn to serve three years; mustered in as Captain, Company F, this regiment, No- vember 15, 1861; discharged, July 17, 1862; commissioned Captain, January 10, 1862, with rank from October 30, 1861, original.
STRONG, PARMELEE D., age 25 years; enrolled April 23, 1861, at Brooklyn to serve three months; mustered in as Pri- vate, Company C, 13th Militia, May 17, 1861; mustered out with company, August 6, 1861, at Brooklyn, N. Y .; enrolled at Brooklyn to serve three years, and mus- tered in as Second Lieutenant, Company H, this regiment, November 1, 1861; as First Lieutenant, May 4, 1862; mustered out, to date September 6, 1862; commis- sioned Second Lieutenant, January 10, 1862, with rank from November 1, 1861, original; First Lieutenant, May 26, 1862, with rank from May 4, 1862, vice P. B. McLean, resigned.
VAN NESS, EDWARD, age 27 years; en- rolled April 17, 1861, at New York city to serve one inentl .; mustered in as Pri- vate, Company G, 7th Militia, April 26, 1861; mustered out with company, Jure 3, 1861, at New York city; again enrolled at New York city, October 15, IS61. to serve three years; mustered in as First Lieutenant and Adjutant. this regiment, November 20, 1861; appointed Quarter- master, July 14. 1862; mustered out, to date September 6, 1852: commissioned First Lieutenant and Adjutant, January so, 1862, with rank from November 20, 1861, original; not commissioned Quarter- Inaster.
WELLS, JAMES, First Lieutenant, Com- Dany C, McClellan Infantry; accepted, September 28, 1861; discharged, Novem- ber 19. 1861, by consolidation with this regiment; not commissioned.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM H., age 38 years ; enrolled November 21, 1861, at New York city to serve three years; mustered in as Chaplain, November 25, 1861; mustered out, September 6, 1862, near Alexandria, Va .; commissioned Chaplain, January 10, 1862, with rank from November 25, 1861, original.
EIGHTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (VETERAN).
Fifth Regiment Irish Brigade; Mrs. Meagher's Own.
This regiment, Col. Henry M. Baker, originally the Fourth Regiment, Irish Brigade, was recruited under the authority of the War Department, dated August 30, 1861, by Colonel, later Brigadier-General, Meagher ; organized by the State December 11, 1861, at Fort Schuyler, by the consolidation of the men enlisted for the Second and Fourth Regiments of the Irish Brigade; mustered in the service of the United States for three years between September, 1861, and January, 1862, and recruited principally : Companies A, B, C, E, F, H and K in New York city; D and I in New York city and Brooklyn, and G in New York city and Jersey City. In June, 1863, the regiment was formed into a battalion of two companies, A being formed of Companies A, B, C, D, E and F, and B of Companies G, H, I and K; and in April, 1864, new Companies C, D and E joined the battalion. At the ex- piration of its term of service, the men entitled thereto were discharged and the regiment continued in service.
The regiment left the State December 16. 1861; served in Meagher's Irish Brigade. Sumner's Division, Army of the Potomac, from December, 1861; in same, 2d, Brigade, and Richardson's, ist, Division, 2d Corps, Army of the Potomac, from March, 1862; and it was honorably discharged and mustered out, under Lieut .- Col. Denis F. Burke, June 30, 1865, near Alexandria, Va.
During its service the regiment lost by death, killed in action, 14 officers, 95 enlisted men; of wounds received in action, I officer and 40 enlisted men; of disease and other
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causes, 3 officers, 68 enlisted men; total, 18 officers, 203 enlisted men; aggregate, 221 ; of whom 18 enlisted men died in the hands of the enemy; and the regiment took part in the following engagements, etc. :
Killed.
Wounded.
Missing.
Died.
| Recov'd.
PLACE.
Date.
Officers.
Enlisted
Officers.
Enlisted
Officers.
Enlisted
Officers.
Enlisted
men.
Aggregate.
Siege of Yorktown, Va.
April 16-
May 4
White Oak Swamp, Va.
21
5
Fair Oaks, Va.
June I
5
2
I
16
25
Fair Oaks, Va ..
June
I
3
A
Burnt Chimney, Va.
19
Fair Oaks, Va.
21
I
1
Seven Days' Battle, Va
June 25-
Gaines Mill.
June
27
Savage Station
29
3
I
50
58
129
Glendale.
30
2
I
I
5
5
65
102
Near Charlestown, W. Va
Nov.
17
Fredericksburg, Va.
4
20
4
8
85
127
1863.
Chancellorsville, Va
1-3
4
H
4 HA
16
4
28
Williamsport, Md.
14
Auburn, Va
Oct.
1 4
Bristoe, Va ..
I4
Mine Run Campaign, Va
Nov.
26-
Robertson's Tavern
Nov.
27
Wilderness, Va.
5-7
2
IO
4
34
2
5 2
Spotsylvania Court House, Va
8-21
Po River
9-10
Salient.
1 2
I
18
I
3
22-26
T
8
IO
Totopotomoy, Va.
27-31
I
Cold Harbor, Va. Second Assault.
3
I
I
Before Petersburg, Va
June 15-
Apr. 2,
Assault of Petersburg, Va
June 15-19
3 NW
3
I
I
29
55
Weldon Railroad, Va.
21-23
I
Deep Bottom, Va.
July 27-29
Strawberry Plains. Va
Aug. 14-18
II
13
Ream's Station, Va.
25
Hatcher's Run, Va ..
Dec.
8-9
1865.
Petersburg Works, Va.
March
25
1
4
5
Mar. 28-
Appomattox Campaign, Va
April 9
White Oak Ridge
Fall of Petersburg.
Deatonsville Road .
Farmville .
Appomattox Court House.
9
14
95
I
40
20
375
3
142
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OFFICERS OF THE REGIMENT.
Colonels.
HENRY M. BAKER, from September 28, 1861, to September 30, 1862.
PATRICK KELLY, from October 20, 1862, to June 16, 1864
Lieutenant-Colonels.
PATRICK KELLY, from September 14, 1861, to October 20, 1862.
JAMES QUINLAN, from September 22, 1862, to February 4, 1863.
2
I
Malvern Hili
Sept.
17
2
25
8
2
Antietam, Md.
Oct. 16-17
...
Hartwood Church, Va.
. .
May
Gettysburg, Pa.
July
1-3
I
I
2
Dec. 2
1
1
1864.
Landron House.
North Anna, Va.
June 1-12
7
11
1865
2
13
29
HH
2
15
Mar. 29-31
April
2
4
4
6
7
Total loss
1862.
May
I
4
May 31-
I
1
July 2
Dec. 11-15
6
18
19
46
16
3
25
July
men.
men.
men.
15
May
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JOHN SMITH, from February 5 to June 13, 1863.
DENIS F. BURKE, from September 9, 1864, to June 30, 1865.
Majors.
JAMES QUINLAN, from September 10, 1861, to September 22, 1862.
WILLIAM HORGAN, from September 22 to December 13, 1862. JOHN SMITH, from December 13, 1862, to February 5, 1863.
JOHN W. BYRON, from July 12, 1864, to June 30, 1865.
Adjutants.
TEMPLE EMMETT, from September 28 to December 15, 1861.
MICHAEL A. CLARK, from December 15, 1861, to August 23, 1862.
JAMES B. TURNER, from September 2, 1862, to February 6, 1863.
JOHN C. FOLEY, from to March II, 1863.
WILLIAM MCCLELLAND, from May I to July 2, 1863.
JOHN W. BYRON, from October 31, 1863, to July 12, 1864.
JAMES M. BERMINGHAM, from August 1, 1864, to June 30, 1865.
Quartermasters.
PATRICK M. HAVERTY, from Septem- ber 30, 1861, to November 16, 1864.
BENEDICT J. O'DRISCOLL, December 2, 1864. RICHARD E. DOWDELL, from April 14 to June 30, 1865.
Surgeons.
FRANCIS REYNOLDS, from September 26, 1861, to August 15, 1863.
RICHARD POWELL, from November II, 1863, to November 21, 1864.
JOHN T. STILLMAN, from January 5 to June 30, 1865.
Assistant Surgeon.
RICHARD POWELL, from September 28, 1861, to November 11, 1863.
Chaplain. WILLIAM CORBEY, from December 15, 1861, to September 27, 1864.
OF COMPANY A.
Captains :
JOHN SMITH, ircin October 2, 1861, to December 13, 1852.
MICHAEL GALLAGHER, from February I te May 19, 1863.
JOHN W. BYRON, from May I to June 12, 1863.
DENIS F. BURKE, from June 12, 1863, to September y, 1864.
RICHARD S. HARRISON, from Decem- ber 27, 1864, to June 30, 1865.
First Lieutenants:
JOHN C. HURLEY, from October 2, 1861, to August 3, 1862.
THOMAS MURPHY, from October 17 to December 13, 1862.
THOMAS H. O'BRIEN, from January 21, 1863, to January 28. 1864.
JOHN A. DESMOND, from July 10 to Sep- tember 1, 1864.
RICHARD S. HARRISON, from October 13 to December 27, 1864.
TIMOTHY J. PLUNKETT, from January 2 to June 30, 1865.
Second Lieutenants:
THOMAS MURPHY, from November 5, 1861, to October 17, 1862.
JAMES E. BYRNES, from August 3, 1862, to June 12, 1863.
PATRICK J. McCABE, from May I to September 26, 1863.
STEPHEN WALSH, from October 27, 1864, to January 11, 1865.
FRANCIS KIERNAN, from January II to June 30, 1865.
OF COMPANY B.
Captains:
JOHN McCARTAN, from October IO,
1861, to November 26, 1862.
JOHN J. BLAKE, from February I to June 12, 1863.
PATRICK RYDER, from June 12, 1863, to May 5, 1864
CHARLES M. GRAINGER, from May 6 to June 29, 1864.
BENEDICT J. O'DRISCOLL, from June 9, 1864. to January 17. 1865.
WILLIAM J. O'CONNER, from January 3 to June 30, 1865.
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First Lieutenants:
MICHAEL A. CLARK, from October 11 to December 15, 1861.
TEMPLE EMMETT, from December 15, 1861, to August 9, 1862.
JOHN J. BLAKE, from August 9, 1862, to February I, 1863.
CHARLES M. GRAINGER, from Novem- ber 26, 1862, to May 6, 1864, and from December 7, 1864, to June 30, 1865.
Second Lieutenants:
JOHN J. BLAKE, from September 20, 1861, to August 9, 1862.
CHARLES M. GRAINGER, from Septem- ber 17 to November 26, 1862.
WILLIAM L. D. O'GRADY, from Decem- ber 13, 1862, to March 9, 1864.
ROBERT J. KELLY, from March 5 to 6, 1864.
TIMOTHY DOHENY, from July 20, 1864, to January 2, 1865.
OF COMPANY C.
Captains :
JOSEPH O'DONOGHUE, from September 30, 1861, to July 3, 1862. JOHN O'CONNELL JOYCE, from July 4 to September 17, 1862. DENIS F. BURKE, from September 17, 1862, to June 12, 1863.
JOHN SMITH, from April 23, 1864, to June 30, 1865.
First Lieutenants:
JOHN O'CONNELL JOYCE, from Sep- tember 30, 1861, to July 4, 1862.
DENIS F. BURKE, from July 4 to Sep- tember 17, 1862. RICHARD R. EMMETT, from September 17, 1862, to February 2, 1863.
JAMES E. BYRNES, from April 23 to June 3, 1864.
WILLIAM J. O'CONNER, from Septem- ber 12, 1864, to January 3, 1865.
STEPHEN WALSH, from January II to May 30, 1865.
Second Lieutenants:
DENIS F. BURKE, from December II, 1861, to July 4, 1862.
JOHN O'NEILL, from July 3, 1862, to June 12, 1863.
JOHN S. SPARKS, from April 23 to May 5, 1864.
BENEDICT J. O'DRISCOLL, from May 5 to June 9, 1864.
PATRICK J. HEALY, from December 10, 1864, to February 23, 1855.
THOMAS P. NUGENT, from February 23 to June 30, 1865.
OF COMPANY D.
Captains:
PATRICK K. HORGAN, from October 26, 1861, to March 5, 1863.
JOHN C. FOLEY, from March II to June 12, 1863.
ROBERT J. KELLY, from September 30 to October 11, 1864
CHARLES M. GRAINGER, from June 29 to December 7, 1864.
JOSEPH HYLAND, from December 27, 1864, to June 30, 1865.
First Lieutenants:
JOHN C. FOLEY, from October 26, 1861, to ROBERT J. KELLY, from March 6 to Sep- tember 30, 1864.
JOSEPH HYLAND, from October 18 to December 27, 1864.
PATRICK J. HEALY, from February 23 to June 30, 1865.
Second Lieutenants:
PATRICK RYDER, from October 29, 1861, to August 7, 1862.
EDMUND B. NAGLE, from December 1,3, 1862, to June 12, 1863.
JOHN SHEA, from March 5, 1864, to June 30, 1865.
RICHARD S. HARRISON, from July 10 to October 13, 1864.
ROBERT J. O'DRISCOLL, from October 13 to 27, 1864
OF COMPANY E.
Captains:
PATRICK F. CLOONEY, from October 2, 1861, to September 17, 1862.
WILLIAM McMAHON O'BRIEN, from September 17, 1862, to June 12, 1863.
JOHN A. DESMOND, from September I, 1864, to June 30, 1865.
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First Licutenants:
WILLIAM McMAHON O'BRIEN, from October 17, 1861, to September 17, 1862. JOHN W. BYRON, from October 29, 1862, to May 1, 1863.
GEORGE W. FORD, from July 13, 1864, to June 30, I865.
Second Licutenants:
JOHN W. BYRON, from October 29, 1861, to October 29, 1862. JAMES McCORMICK, from September 17, 1862, to June 12, 1863.
JOHN CONKLIN, from July 2, 1864, to June 30, 1865.
OF COMPANY F.
Captain : WILLIAM B. NAGLE, from January 2, 1862, to June 13, 1863.
First Lieutenants: JAMES B. TURNER, from January 3 to September 2, 1862.
EDWARD WHITEFORD, from December 17, 1862, to May 28, 1863.
Second Lieutenants:
IGNATIUS FOX, from January 2 to Sep- tember 13, 1862.
THOMAS H. O'BRIEN, from September 13, 1862, to January 21, 1863.
OF COMPANY G.
Captains:
WILLIAM C. HAWKSWORTH, from Oc- tober II, 1861, to February 28, 1862, and from April I to September 22, 1862. MICHAEL EAGAN, from September 22, 1862, to June 12, 1863.
First Lieutenants:
MICHAEL EAGAN, from October 11, 1861, to September 22, 1862. MICHAEL GALLAGHER, from September . 22, 1862, to February 1, 1863. WILLIAM McCOY, from December 13, 1862, to June 12, 1863.
Second Lieutenants: MICHAEL GALLAGHER. from October II, 1861, to September 22, 1862.
WILLIAM McCOY, from September 22 to December 13, 1862.
WILLIAM MCCLELLAND, from Novem- ber 26, 1862, to May 1, 1863.
OF COMPANY H.
Captains: WILLIAM HORGAN, from September 20, 1861, to September 22, 1862.
MAURICE W. WALL, from September 22, 1862, to June 12, 1853.
First Lieutenant:
MICHAEL F. HACKETT, from September 20, 1861, to November 28, 1862.
Second Lieutenants:
FRANCIS J. HACKETT, from September 20, 1861, to July 1, 1862.
DANIEL MCCARTHY, from September I to December 13, 1862.
OF COMPANY I.
Captains:
MAXWELL O'SULLIVAN, from October I, 1861, to April 13, 1862.
CHARLES J. CLARKE, from April 13, 1862, to March 10, 1863.
PATRICK RYDER, from May I to June 12, 1853.
First Licutenants:
CHARLES J. CLARKE, from October I, 1861, to April 13, 1862.
MICHAEL J. HOLLAHAN, from April 13 to October 20, 1862. PATRICK RYDER, from August 7, 1862, to May 1, 1863.
Second Lieutenants:
MICHAEL J. HOLLAHAN, from October I, 1861, to April 13, 1862.
PATRICK EDWARD O'CONNOR, from April 13 to September 16, 1862. JAMES MCGRATH, from September 17, 1862, to March 25, 1863.
OF COMPANY K.
Captain :
WILLIAM G. HART, from October 22, 1861, to June 12, 1863.
First Lieutenant:
MAURICE W. WALL, from October 24, ISSI, to September 22, 1862.
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Second Lieutenants:
TIMOTHY KING, from October 25, 1861, to June 1, 1862.
JOHN R. YOUNG, from June 3 to Decem- ber 13, 1862.
JOHN MADDIGAN, from December 13, 1862, to June 12, 1863.
UNASSIGNED.
RICHARD C. RAY, from October 17, 1862, to January 21, 1863.
CONDITIONALLY MUSTERED IN.
BENEDICT J. O'DRISCOLL, 2D, First
Lieutenant, from March 5, 1864, to -.
J. O'MALLEY, Second Lieutenant, from . March 25, 1864, to
OFFICERS WHO WERE COMMISSIONED OR APPOINTED, BUT DID NOT SERVE IN THE GRADES NAMED.
BURKE, DENIS F., as Colonel.
BYRON, JOHN W., as Lieutenant-Colonel.
SMITH, JOHN, as Lieutenant-Colonel (2d).
HART, WILLIAM G., as Major.
O'HANLON, JR., PHILIP, as Assistant Surgeon.
FORD, GEORGE W., as Captain.
BURKE, ROBERT, as First Lieutenant.
DOHENY, TIMOTHY, as First Lieuten- ant.
NUGENT, THOMAS P., as First Lieuten- ant.
SHEA, JOHN, as First Lieutenant.
GARDNER, JOSEPH, as Second Lieuten- ant.
HEALY, PATRICK J., as Second Lieu- tenant (Ist).
JOYCE, CHARLES, as Second Lieutenant. O'MALLEY, FRANCIS, as Second Lieu- tenant.
WHALEN, JAMES, as Second Lieutenant.
MEDALS OF HONOR GRANTED BY THE PRESIDENT TO
FORD, GEORGE W., First Lieutenant, Company E, for capture of a flag at Sailor's Creek, Va., April 6, 1865.
QUINLAN, JAMES, Major, for most dis- . tinguished gallantry and bravery at the battle of Savage Station, Va., June 29, 1862.
Record of the Officers.
BAKER, HENRY M., age 41 years; en- rolled at New York city to serve three years, and mustered in as Colonel, Sep- tember 28, 1861; discharged, September 30, 1862; commissioned Colonel, December 31, 1861, with rank from September 28, 1861, original.
BERMINGHAM, JAMES M., age 21 years ; enrolled at New York city to serve three years, and mustered in as Private, Com- · pany G, March 10, 1862; wounded in action, December 13, 1862, at Fredericks- burg, Va .; promoted Sergeant, April 1, 1863; transferred to Company B, June 12, 1863; re-enlisted as a veteran, December 30, 1863; mustered in as First Lieutenant and Adjutant, August 1, 1864; mustered out with regiment, June 30, 1865, at Alex- andria, Va .; Major, N. Y. Volunteers, by brevet ; commissioned First Lieutenant and Adjutant, July 20, 1864, with rank from July 13, 1864, vice J. W. Byron, promoted. BLAKE, JOHN J., age 21 years; enrolled September 14, 1861, at New York city to serve three years; mustered in as Second Lieutenant, Company B, September 20, 1861; as First Lieutenant, August 9, 1862; as Captain, February 1, 1863; mustered out, June 12, 1863; subsequent service in 69th Infantry ; commissioned Second Lieu- tenant, December 31, 1861, with rank from September 20, 1861, original; First Lieu- tenant, October 17, 1862, with rank from September 17, 1862, vice T. Emmett, de- ceased; Captain, February 5, 1863, with rank from November 26, 1862, vice J. McCartan, resigned.
BURKE, DENIS F., age 22 years ; enrolled September 10, 1861, at New York city to serve three years; mustered in as Second Lieutenant, Company C, December 11, 1861 ; as First Lieutenant, July 4, 1862; as Captain, September 17, 1862; transferred to Company A, June 12, 1863; mustered in as Licutenant-Colonel, September 9, 1864; mustered out with regiment, June 30, 1865. at Alexandria, Va .; Licutenant-Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, from April 9, 1865; commissioned Second Lieutenant, December 31, 1861, with rank from Sep- tember 30, 1861, original; First Lieutenant, August 28, 1862, with rank from July 3, 1862, vice J. O'C. Joyce, promoted ; Cap-
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tain, October 17, 1862, with rank from September 17, 1862, vice J. O'C. Joyce, killed in action; Lieutenant-Colonel, July 20, 1864, with rank from July 13, 1864, vice John Smith, mustered out; Colonel, not mustered, November 15, 1864, with rank of same date, vice P. Kelly, killed in action.
BURKE, ROBERT, Sergeant, 2d U. S. Artillery; commissioned, not mustered, declined, First Lieutenant, this regiment, December 7, 1864, with rank from De- cember 2, 1864, vice Richard S. Harri- son, promoted.
BYRNES, JAMES E., age 23 years; en- rolled at New York city to serve three years, and mustered in as Private, Com- pany A, December 15, 1861; promoted Sergeant, March 19, 1862; wounded on picket, June 15, 1862; promoted Second Lieutenant, August 3, 1862; mustered out, June 12, 1863; again enrolled and mustered in as First Lieutenant, Com- pany C, April 23, 1864; killed in action, June 3, 1864, at Cold Harbor, Va .; com- missioned Second Lieutenant, October 17, 1862, with rank from August 3, 1862, vice T. Murphy, promoted; First Lieu- tenant, September 16, 1864, with rank from April 23, 1864, original.
BYRON, JOHN W., age 21 years; en- rolled September 16, 1861, at New York city to serve three years; mustered in as Second Lieutenant, Company E, October 29, 1861; as First Lieutenant, to date October 29, 1862; as Captain, Company A, May 1, 1863; mustered out, June 12, 1863; again enrolled and mustered in as First Lieutenant and Adjutant, Octo- ber 31, 1863; as Major, July 12, 1864; captured in action, August 25, 1864, at Reams Station, Va .; paroled, no date; mustered out with regiment, June 30, 1865, at Alexandria, Va .; Colonel, N. Y. Volunteers, by brevet; Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, from March 13, 1865; commissioned Second Lieutenant, December 31, 1861, with rank from Oc- tober 29, 1861, original; First Lieuten- ant, October 17, 1862, with rank from September 17, 1862, vice William McM. O'Brien, promoted; Captain, May 13, 1863, with rank from February 4. 1863, vice W. G. Hart, promoted; First Lieu-
tenant and Adjutant, September 14, 1863, with rank of same date, vice W. McClel- land, killed in action; Major, June 30, 1864, with rank from June 12, 1864, vice W. G. Hart, mustered out; Lieutenant- Colonel, not mustered, March 14, 1865, with rank from January 1, 1865, vice John Smith, mustered out.
CLARK, MICHAEL A., late Lieutenant, 64th Militia; enrolled October 10, 1861, at New York city to serve three years; mustered in as First Lieutenant, Com- pany B, this regiment, October 11, 186t ; promoted Adjutant, December 15, 1861 : dismissed, August 23, 1862; commissioned First Lieutenant, December 31, 1861, with rank from October 11, 1861, original ; Adjutant, December 31, 1861, with rank to date from October 10, 1861, original.
CLARKE, CHARLES J., age 26 years ; enrolled September 12, 1861, at New York city to serve three years; mustered in as First Lieutenant, Company I, Oc- tober 1, 1861; as Captain, April 13, 1862; wounded in action, December 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg, Va .; discharged, March 10, 1863; subsequent service in 69th Infantry; commissioned First Lieu- tenant, December 31, 1861, with rank from October 1, 1861, original; Captain, May 26, 1862, with rank from April 13, 1862, vice M. O'Sullivan, deceased.
CLOONEY, PATRICK F., age 23 years; enrolled September 16, 1861, at New York city to serve three years; mustered in as Captain, Company E, October 2, 1861 ; killed in action, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md .; commissioned Captain, December 31, 1861, with rank from Oc- tober 2, 1861, original.
CONKLIN, JOHN, age 24 years; enrolled near Petersburg, Va., to serve three years, and appointed Second Lieutenant, Company E, April 9, 1864; mustered in as such, July 2, 1864; captured in action, August 25, 1864, at Reams Station, Va .; paroled, no date; mustered out with company, June 30, 1865, at Alexandria, Va .; commissioned Second Lieutenant, September 16, 1864, with rank from July 2, 1864, original.
CORBEY, WILLIAM, age 30 years; en- rolled at New York city to serve three years, and mustered in as Chaplain, De- cember 15, 1861; discharged, September
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27, 1864; commissioned Chaplain, Septem- ber 14, 1863, with rank from December 15, 1861, original.
DESMOND, JOHN A., age 20 years; en- rolled at New York city to serve three years, and mustered in as .Private, Com- pany C, October 2, 1861 ; promoted Ser- geant, no date; First Sergeant, Company A, June 12, 1863; re-enlisted as a veteran, December 30, 1863; mustered in as First Lieutenant, July 10, 1864; as Captain, Company E, September 1, 1864; mustered out with company, June 30, 1865, at Alexandria, Va .; commissioned First Lieutenant, June 29, 1864, with rank from January 28, 1864, vice T. H. O'Brien, re- signed; Captain, July 20, 1864, with rank from July 13, 1864, vice D. F. Burke, promoted.
DOHENY, TIMOTHY, age 25 years; en- rolled at New York city to serve three years, and mustered in as Private, Com- pany K, November 30, 1861; transferred to Company B, June 12, 1863; promoted Corporal and Sergeant, no dates; re-en- listed as a veteran, December 30, 1863; wounded in action, May 5, 1864, at the Wilderness, Va .; mustered in as Second Lieutenant, July 20, 1864; discharged, January 2, 1865; commissioned Second Lieutenant, July 20, 1864, with rank from July 13, 1864, vice E. B. Nagle, mustered out; First Lieutenant, not mustered, De- cember 7, 1864, with rank from Septem- ber 15, 1864, vice W. J. O'Connor, pro- moted.
DOWDELL, RICHARD E., age 20 years; enrolled October 14, 1861, at New York city to serve three years; mustered in as Private, Company H, December 28, 1861 ; promoted Hospital Steward, May 1862; re-enlisted as a veteran, December 30, 1863; mustered in as First Lieutenant and Quartermaster, April 14, 1865; mus- tered out with regiment, June 30, 1865, at Alexandria, Va .; commissioned First Lieutenant and Quartermaster, February 28, 1865, with rank from January 19, 1865, vice B. J. O'Driscoll, promoted.
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