New York in the war of the rebellion, 1861 to 1865, Part 49

Author: Phisterer, Frederick, 1836-1909, comp
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Albany : J.B. Lyon Co., State Printers
Number of Pages: 938


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STEWART, JAMES H., age 26 years; en- rolled at Albany to serve three years, and mustered in as Sergeant, Company B, Oc- tober 23, 1861 ; as Second Lieutenant, De- cember 5, 1861 ; promoted First Lieuten- ant, July 21, 1862; mustered in as Captain, Company D, December 7, 1864; trans- ferred to Company B, March 1, 1865; dis- charged, to date July 3, 1865; Major, N. Y. Volunteers, by brevet ; commissioned Sec- ond Lieutenant, December 20, 1861, with rank from December 5, 1861, original; First Lieutenant, September 20, 1862, with rank from July 21, 1862, vice S. P. Frost, resigned; Captain, November 30, 1864, with rank from November 17, 1864, vice S. Hamburger, discharged.


TARBELL, JONATHAN, late Major, 24th Infantry; mustered in as Lieutenant-Col- onel, this regiment, December 16, 1861, some question arose in this case, and again mustered in as Lieutenant-Colonel, to date April 16, 1862; muster-in revoked, March 5, 1863; again mustered in as Lieutenant- Colonel, June 16, 1863; as Colonel, February 2, 1865; mustered out with regiment, July 3, 1865, near Washing- ton, D. C .; Brigadier-General, U. S. Vol- unteers, by brevet, from March 31, 1865; commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel, Decem- ber 20, 1861, with rank from December 16, 1861, original; recommissioned as such, December 23, 1862, with rank from April 16, 1862; commissioned Colonel, February 9, 1865, with rank from February 2, 1865, vice Jacob Van Zandt, dismissed.


TARRY, FREDERICK, age 22 years; en- rolled September 2, 1861, at Albany to serve three years; mustered in as First Sergeant, Company A, September 12, 1861 ; as Second Lieutenant, April 3, 1863; died, August 24, 1863, at St. James Hospital, New Orleans, La .; commissioned Second Lieutenant, February 25. 1863, with rank from December 19, 1862, vice G. W. Hobbs, Jr., promoted; First Lieutenant, not mustered, September 12, 1863, with rank from June 29, 1863, vice S. Brownell, resigned.


THORBURN, ALEXANDER McA., age 28 years ; enrolled at Baltimore, Md., to serve three years, and mustered in as Chaplain, September 9, 1864; discharged, June 23, 1865, at Ball's Cross Roads, Va .; commis-


sioned Chaplain, July 28, 1864, with rank of same date, vice E. Barker, resigned.


TISSOTT, MAX, late Assistant Surgeon, 103d Infantry; commissioned, not mus- tered, Assistant Surgeon. this regiment, February 28, 1865, with rank from Feb- ruary 27, 1865, vice J. P. Bidwell, not mustered; see 112th Infantry.


VAN ARNAM, HOWLAND, age 35 years ; enrolled at Albany to serve three years, and mustered in as Private, Company K, December 10, 1861 ; promoted Commissary- Sergeant, December 16, 1861; mustered in as Second Lieutenant, Company E, De- cember 13, 1862; mustered out with com- pany, July 3, 1865, near Washington, D. C .; commissioned Second Lieutenant, December 27, 1862, with rank from De- cember 13, 1862, vice J. E. Colville, pro- moted.


VAN ZANDT, JACOB, late Adjutant, 25th Militia ; mustered in as Colonel, this regi- ment, December 16, 1861 ; dismissed, Feb- ruary 2, 1865; commissioned Colonel, De- cember 20, 1861, with rank from Decem- ber 16, 1861, original.


WAGSTAFF, JR., ALFRED, late Lieuten- ant-Colonel, 15th Militia; mustered in as First Lieutenant, Company I, this regi- ment, November 12, 1864; as Major, Feb- ruary 25, 1865; mustered out with regi- ment, July 3, 1865, near Washington, D. C .; Lieutenant-Colonel, N. Y. Volun- teers, by brevet ; commissioned First Lieu- tenant, November 5, 1864, with rank of same date, vice J. Hulburt, Jr., not mus- tered; Major, February 24, 1865, with rank from February 2, 1865, vice W. J. Dens- low, promoted.


WALKER, GEORGE C., age 23 years; en- rolled October 23, 1861, at Albany to serve three years; mustered in as Sergeant, Company I, October 25, 1861 ; promoted First Sergeant, no date; mustered in as Second Lieutenant, Company K, March 8, 1863; as First Lieutenant, Company I, July 22, 1863; discharged, October 19, 1864; Captain, N. Y. Volunteers, by brevet ; com- missioned Second Lieutenant, March 17, 1863, with rank from March 7, 1863, vice J. Hulburt, Jr., promoted: First Lieuten- ant, October 15, 1863, with rank from July 22, 1863, vice J. F. Chatterton, re- signed.


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WEIDMAN, GEORGE D., age 19 years ; enrolled September 18, 1861, at Al- bany to serve three years; mustered in as First Sergeant, Company H, Sep- tember 28, 1861; as Second Lieuten- ant, Company F, October 18, 1863; dis-


charged for disability, November 18, 1864; Major, N. Y. Volunteers, by brevet; commissioned Second Lieuten- ant, September :2, 1863, with rank from June 29, 1863, vice F. Tarry, promoted.


NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.


Second St. Lawrence County Regiment; New York Excelsior Rifle Legion; Excelsior Rifle Blues; Potsdam Regiment.


The organization of this regiment was authorized September 18, 1861 ; it was organized at Potsdam, under Col. Jonah Sanford, December 12, 1861, and there mustered in the service of the United States for three years January 1, 1862. The companies were recruited principally in the counties of Franklin and St. Lawrence. December 1, 1864, the men not entitled to be mustered out with the regiment were transferred to the 96th Infantry.


The regiment left the State March 5, 1862; served in Palmer's, 3d, Brigade, Casey's, 3d, Division, 4th Corps, Army of the Potomac, from March:, 1862; in 2d Brigade, 2d Division. 4th Corps, Army of the Potomac, from Junc. : 862; at Camp Hamilton, Va., in 3d Brigade, 2d Division, 4th Corps, from August, 1862; in Wessell's Brigade, 4th Corps, at Suffolk, Va., from November, 1862; in Hunt's, Ist, Brigade, Wessell's, Ist, Division, Department of North Carolina, from December, 1862; in Ist Brigade, 4th Division, 18th Corps, from January, 1863; in Lee's Independent Brigade. Palmer's Division, 18th Corps, from May, 1863; at Fort Anderson, N. C., 18th Corps, in July, 1863; in defenses of New Berne, N. C., in August, 1863; in Palmer's Brigade, Peck's Division, 18th Corps, from January, 1864; in 3d Brigade, Ist Division, 18th Corps, Army of the James, from April, 1864; in 2d Brigade, Ist Division, 18th Corps, from October, 1864; in New York harbor, in November, 1864; back again November 17, 1864 It was honorably discharged and mustered out Jan- uary 7, 1865, at Albany, N. Y.


During its service the regiment lost by death, killed in action, I officer, 46 enlisted men; of wounds received in action, 23 enlisted men; of disease and other causes, 2 officers, 130 enlisted men ; total, 3 officers, 199 enlisted men; aggregate, 202; of whom II enlisted men died in the hands of the enemy; and it took part in the following engagements, etc. :


Killed.


Wounded.


Missing.


Died.


| Recov'd.


PLACE.


Date.


Officers.


Enlisted


men.


Officers.


Enlisted


men.


Officers.


Enlisted


Officers.


Enlisted


men.


Aggregate.


Siege of Yorktown, Va


April 17-


Williamsburg, Va.


May


S


Bottom's Bridge, Va


21-22


Fair Oaks, Va.


30


Fair Oaks, Va.


May 30-


June 1


8


8


4


57


28


IOS


New Market Road, Va.


June


8


Fair Oaks, Va.


24-25


Seven Days' Battle, Va


June 25-


Malvern Hill.


July


1


Carter's Hill.


Franklin, Va.


Oct.


3 1


Franklin, Va.


Nov.


1 8


Dec. 11-20


Expedition from New Berne to Goldsboro, N. C .. Kinston ..


14


3


2


I


13


19


Whitehall Bridge.


16


Goldsboro Bridge.


1 7


July 2


I


I


1 2


14


2


men.


1862.


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Killed.


Wounded.


Missing.


Died.


Recov'd.


PLACE.


Date.


Officers.


Enlisted


Officers.


Enlisted


men.


Officers.


Enlisted


Officers.


Enlisted


mi n.


Near New Berne, N. C.


March


13


I


3


Fort Anderson, N. C ..


14


Fort Anderson, N. C ..


July


I 2


6


Operations against Petersburg and Richmond. Va


May


5-31


Port Walthall and Chester Station.


6-7


Swift Creek.


9-10


Drewry's Bluff.


14-16


Bermuda Hundred.


18-26


Cold Harbor, Va


June 1-12


3


4


First Assault


1


1


I 2


4


2


6


88


Second Assault .


3


Before Petersburg, Va.


June 15-


6


I


I


2 7


Assault of Petersburg, Va


June 15-19


I


I


9


Chaffin's Farm, Va.


Sept. 29 -.


Fair Oaks, zd, Va.


Oct. 27-29


N


3


26


31


Total loss


1


46


23


181


.


78


340


OFFICERS OF THE REGIMENT.


Colonels. JONAH SANFORD, from December 9, 1861, to May 15, 1862.


LEWIS C. HUNT, from May 24 to De- cember 22, 1862.


Lieutenant-Colonels.


LAFAYETTE, BINGHAM, from Decem- ber 14, 1861, to March 13, 1862. HIRAM J. ANDERSON, from March 11, 1862, to June 1, 1864. TRUMAN ADAMS MERRIMAN, from July 18 to December 12, 1864.


Majors.


CHARLES E. LIVINGSTON, from De- cember 20, 1861, to January 7, 1862. THOMAS S. HALL, from January 1I, 1862, to June 10, 1863. TRUMAN ADAMS MERRIMAN, from September 25, 1863, to July 18, 1864.


Adjutants.


CHARLES P. BOSWELL, from October 30, 1861, to October 30, 1862. GILES F. WARD, JR., from October I, 1862, to December -, 1863. BENJAMIN G. MINTURN, from October 31, 1863, to August 4, 1864.


Quartermaster. CYRUS O. HUBBELL, from October 10, 1861, to October 25, 1864


Surgeons. HENRY HEWITT, from January II to September 15, 1862.


ALEXANDER A. EDMESTON, from Sep- tember 25, 1862, to December 2, 1864.


Assistant Surgeons.


WILLIAM Q. MANSFIELD, from Janu- ary 17, 1862, to May 31, 1864.


WILLIAM H. CRUIKSHANKS, from September 6 to November 24, 1862. CALEB CLARKE, from January 10 to June II, 1863.


THOMAS THOMPSON, from June 24 to December 27, 1864.


Chaplains. MIAL R. PIERCE, from November 18. 1861, to September 5, 1862. CHARLES H. RICHARDSON, from March 24 to January 7, 1865.


OF COMPANY A.


Captains:


HIRAM J. ANDERSON, from October 30, 1861, to March II, 1862.


15.


6


35


Oct. I


3


I


men.


1863.


6


I864.


men.


Dec. I


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RICHARD F. CLEAREY, from March 13, 1862, to April 24, 1863.


SAXTON J. ARNOLD, from May 17, 1863, to August 29, 1864


First Lieutenants:


RICHARD F. CLEAREY, from October 30, 1861, to March 13, 1862. SAXTON J. ARNOLD, from March 13, 1862, to January -, 1863.


COURTLAND G. BABCOCK, from April 12, 1863, to December 1, 1864.


Second Lieutenants:


EDGAR L. HOBBS, from October 30, 1861, to May 28, 1862. ALONZO E. HOWARD, from July 1, 1862, to June 11, 1863.


HENRY B. SANFORD, from June 30, 1863, to January 7, 1865.


OF COMPANY B.


Captains:


TRUMAN ADAMS MERRIMAN, from October 30, 1861, to September 25, 1863. THEODORE W. SMITH, from November 13, 1863, to October 26, 1864.


First Lieutenants:


CHARLES P. BOSWELL, October 30, 1861.


VALOROUS S. HUNTLEY, from October 30, 1861, to July 12, 1852.


SYLVESTER B. PARTRIDGE, from July 12, 1862, to June 12, 1863.


Second Lieutenants:


SYLVESTER B. PARTRIDGE, from January I to July 12, 1862.


GEORGE S. THOMPSON, from May z7, 1863, to January 7, 1865.


OF COMPANY C.


Captains:


COLLINS A. BURNHAM, from October 30, 1861, to January 17, 1863.


SAXTON J. ARNOLD, from March I to May 17, 1863.


First Lieutenants:


JAMES S. BUTTOLPH, from October 30, 1861, to July 30, 1862.


BENJAMIN G. MINTURN, from Novem- ber 19, 1862, to April 13, 1863.


SAXTON J. ARNOLD, from January - to March 1, 1863.


ROYAL J. WHITNEY, from April 12, 1863, to January 7, 1865.


Second Lieutenant:


JAMES PIERCE, from November 22, 1861, to January 17, 1863.


OF COMPANY D.


Captains:


CHARLES R. KNOWLES, from October 30, 1861, to October 14, 1862.


CHARLES B. CHURCH, from January 18, 1863, to January 7, 1865.


First Lieutenants:


CYRUS O. HUBBELL, October 10, 1861. ROYAL J. WHITNEY, from November 11, 1861, to April 12, 1863.


SYLVESTER B. PARTRIDGE, from June 12 to 22, 1863.


Second Lieutenants:


CHARLES B. CHURCH, from October 30, 1861, to January 18, 1863.


JAMES S. O'NEIL, from April 8, 1863, to


HORACE LEE, from April 12, 1863, to October 10, 1863.


OF COMPANY E.


Captains: THOMAS S. HALL, from October 30, 1861, to January 11, 1862.


AUGUSTUS G. BICE, from January 8, 1862, to January 7, 1865.


First Licutenant :


CASSIUS H. ROBINSON, from October 30, 1861, to June 13, 1862.


Second Lieutenants:


SAXTON J. ARNOLD, from October 30, 1861, to March 13, 1862.


HORACE LEE, from March 13, 1862, to April 12, 1863.


OF COMPANY F.


Captains:


ORANGE NEWTON, from October 30, 1861, to May 13, 1862.


THEODORE W. SMITH, from May 13, 1862, to November 12, 1863.


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First Lieutenants:


BENJAMIN H. WEBSTER, from October 30, 1861, to October 17, 1862. COURTLAND G. BABCOCK, from Febru- ary 9 to April 12, 1863. FRANK W. HALL, from April 8 to June 10, 1863.


GILES F. WARD, JR., from December -, 1863, to October 31, 1864


Second Lieutenants:


HENRY A. MUNSON, from October 30, 1861, to May 27, 1862.


R. E. SPRAGUE, from June 1x, 1862, to February 13, 1863.


ASA BRAINARD McCHESNEY, from November 12, 1863, to January 7, 1865.


OF COMPANY G.


Captains:


ANDREW P. WALCOTT, from October 30, 1861, to May 13, 1862.


CHARLES P. BOSWELL, from October 30, 1862, to July 23, 1864


First Lieutenants:


SILAS A. SMITH, from October 30, 1861, to July 25, 1862.


D. CLINTON COLE, from June 12 to 29, 1863.


Second Lieutenants:


HENRY B. SANFORD, from October 30, 1861, to


ASA BRAINARD McCHESNEY, from April 8 to November 12, 1863.


OF COMPANY H.


Captain: HARRY C. FAY, from December 16, 1861, to January 7, 1865.


First Licutenants:


THEODORE W. SMITH, from November 4, 1861, to May 13, 1862.


BENJAMIN H. WEBSTER, October 17, 1862.


BENJAMIN G. MINTURN, from April 13 to October 31, 1863.


Second Lieutenants:


BENJAMIN F. ROLFE, from November 4, 1861, to June 21, 1862.


MORRIS C. FOOTE, from Junc 21, 1862, to December 31, 1864.


OF COMPANY I.


Captains:


WILLIAM MCKEAN, from October 23 to December 23, 186 :.


BENJAMIN H. WEBSTER, from October 10, 1862, to January 18, 1863.


First Lieutenants:


MYRON CUSHMAN, irom October 23, ISGI. to May 17, 1862.


D. CLINTON COLE, from August 1, 1862, to June 12, 1863.


Second Lieutenants:


CHARLES FOX, from December 31, 1861, to July 12, 1862. EDWARD G. STOWELL, from July 12, 1862, to January 7, 1865.


OF COMPANY K.


Captain:


LEVI MILLER, from October 30, 1861, to June 12, 1862, and from October 14, 1862, to June 16, 1863.


First Lieutenants:


JOEL E. SEARS, from October 30, 1861, to Alay 17, 1862.


GILES F. WARD, JR., from May 30 to October 1, 1862.


COURTLAND G. BABCOCK, from No- vember 24, 1862, to February 9, 1863.


JAMES H. HITCHCOCK, from April 13 to June 10, 1863.


D. CLINTON COLE, from June 29, 1853, to November 21, 1864


Second Lieutenants:


JOHN PEACOCK, from November 8, 1861, to January 18. 1863. ELIAS NICHOLS, from to January 19, 1863.


HENRY B. SANFORD, from - to June 30, 1863.


JAMES S. O'NEIL, from to March I, 1865.


UNASSIGNED.


JOSEPH E. WILKINS, from May 29 to June 15, IS63.


OFFICERS WHO WERE COMMISSIONED OR APPOINTED, BUT DID NOT SERVE IN THE GRADES NAMED.


HALL, THOMAS S., as Colonel. HAWKINS, NELSON, as First Lieutenant.


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MEDAL OF HONOR GRANTED BY TIIE PRESI- DENT TO


SHEA, JOSEPH H., Private, Company K, for gallantry in bringing wounded from the field at Chaffin's Farm, Va., Septem- ber 29, 1864.


BREVET COMMISSION OF NEW YORK VOL- UNTEERS GRANTED BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE TO AN ENLISTED MAN AS FOLLOWS:


EDMESTON, DAVID, Private, Company A, First Lieutenant.


Record of the Officers.


ANDERSON, HIRAM J., age 34 years; enrolled October 10, 1861, at Potsdam to serve three years; mustered in as Captain, Company A, October 30, 1861; as Lieu- tenant-Colonel, March 11, 1862; killed in action, June 1, 1864, at Cold Harbor, Va. ; commissioned Captain, January 13, 1862, with rank from October 10, 1861, original ; Lieutenant-Colonel, April 14, 1862, with rank from March 13, 1862, vice L. Bing- ham, resigned.


ARNOLD, SAXTON J., age 36 years ; en- rolled October 10, 1861, at Potsdam to serve three years; mustered in as Second Lieutenant, Company E, October 30, 1861 ; promoted First Lieutenant, Company A, March 13, 1862; mustered in as such, No- vember 24, 1862; transferred to Company C, January -, 1863; mustered in as Cap- tain, March 1, 1863; transferred to Com- pany A, May 17, 1863; discharged, Au- gust 29, 1864; commissioned Second Lieu- tenant, January 13, 1862, with rank from October 30, 1861, original; First Lieuten- ant, November 24. 1862, with rank from March 13, 1862, vice R. F. Clearey, pro- moted; Captain, March 17, 1863, with rank from January 17, 1863, vice C. A. Burn- ham, resigned.


BABCOCK, COURTLAND G., age - years; enrolled to serve three years, and appointed First Lieutenant, Company K, November 24, 1862; transferred to Com- pany F, February 9, 1863: to Company A, April 12, 1863; to 96th Infantry, Decem- ber 1, 1864; see 20th Battery; commis- sioned First Lieutenant, November 24, 1862, with rank from November 15, 1862, vice G. F. Ward, Jr., appointed Adjutant.


BICE, AUGUSTUS G., Second Lieutenant, 14th Infantry; mustered in as Captain, Company E, this regiment, January 8, 1862; mustered out with company, Janu- ary 7, 1865, at Albany, N. Y .; commis- sioned Captain, January 13, 1862, with rank from January 8, 1862, vice Thomas S. Hall, promoted.


BINGHAM, LAFAYETTE, age 33 years ; enrolled December 12, 1861, at Potsdam to serve three years; mustered in as Lieu- tenant-Colonel, December 14, 1861 ; dis- charged, March 13, 1862; commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel, January 13, 1862, with rank from December 12, 1861, original.


BOSWELL, CHARLES P., age 22 years; enrolled October 10, 1861, at Potsdam to serve three years; mustered in as First Lieutenant, Company B, October 30, 1861 ; detailed as Adjutant, same date; mustered in as such, January II, 1862; as Captain, Company G, October 30, 1862; discharged, July 23, 1864; not commissioned First Lieutenant : commissioned Adjutant, Jan- uary 13, 1862, with rank from October 10, 1861, original; Captain, October 31, 1862, with rank from May 13, 1862, vice A. P. Walcott, resigned.


BURNHAM, COLLINS A., age 22 years ; enrolled October 10, 1861. at Potsdam to serve three years; mustered in as Cap- tain, Company C, October 30, 1861 ; dis- charged, January 17, 1863; commissioned Captain, January 13, 1862, with rank from October 10, 1861, original.


BUTTOLPH, JAMES S., age 23 years; enrolled October 10, 1861, at Potsdam to serve three years; mustered in as First Lieutenant, Company C, October 30, 1861 ; discharged, July 30, 1862; commissioned First Lieutenant, January 13, 1862, with rank from October 10, 1861, original.


CHURCH, CHARLES B., age 31 years ; enrolled October 10, 1861, at Potsdam to serve three years; mustered in as Second Lieutenant, Company D, October 30, ISó1 ; wounded in action, December 14, 1862, at Kinston, N. C .; mustered in as Captain, January 18, 1863; mustered out with company, January 7, 1865, at Albany, N. Y .; commissioned Second Lieutenant, January 13, 1862, with rank from October 30, 1861, original; Captain, March 17. 1863, with rank from January 18, 1863, vice B. H. Webster, resigned.


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CLARKE, CALEB, age 29 years; enrolled at Albany to serve three years, and mus- tered in as Assistant Surgeon, January 10, 1863; mustered out, June 11, 1863, at New Berne, N. C .; commissioned Assistant Surgeon, January 9, 1863, with rank from January 5, 1863, vice W. H. Cruikshanks, resigned.


CLEAREY, RICHARD F., age 36 years ; enrolled October 10, 1861, at Potsdam to serve three years; mustered in as First Lieutenant, Company A, October 30, 1861 ; as Captain, March 13, 1862; discharged, April 24, 1863; commissioned First Lieu- tenant, January 13, 1862, with rank from October 10, 1861, original; Captain, May 22, 1862, with rank from March 13, 1862, vice H. J. Anderson, promoted.


COLE, D. CLINTON, age - years; en- rolled at Suffolk, Va., to serve three years, and mustered in as First Lieutenant, Com- pany I, August 1, 1862; transferred to Company G, June 12, 1863; to Company K, June 29, 1863; discharged, November 21, 1864; commissioned First Lieutenant, October 4, 1862, with rank from August I, 1862, vice Myron Cushman, resigned.


CRUIKSHANKS, WILLIAM H., age 33 years; enrolled at Albany to serve three .years, and mustered in as Assistant Sur- geon, September 6, 1862; discharged, No- vember 24, 1862; commissioned Assistant Surgeon, August 29, 1862, with rank from August 20, 1862, original.


CUSHMAN, MYRON, age 43 years; en- rolled at Potsdam to serve three years, and mustered in as First Lieutenant, Com- pany I, October 23, 1861 ; discharged, May 17, 1862; commissioned First Lieutenant, January 13, 1862, with rank from October 28, 1861, original.


EDMESTON, ALEXANDER A., Assistant Surgeon, ISth Infantry; mustered in as Surgeon, this regiment, September 25, 1862; discharged, December 2, 1864; Lieu- tenant-Colonel, N. Y. Volunteers, by brevet ; commissioned Surgeon, October 17, 1862, with rank from September 27, 1862, vice Henry Hewitt, resigned.


FAY, HARRY C., age 30 years; enrolled October 15, 1861, at Potsdam to serve three years ; mustered in as Captain, Com- pany H, December 16, 1861 ; mustered out with company, January 7, 1865, at Albany,


N. Y .; commissioned Captain, January 13, 1862, with rank from October 15, 1861, original.


FOOTE, MORRIS COOPER, age 18 years ; enrolled September 3. 1861, at Albany to serve three years ; mustered in as Private, Company C, 44th Infantry, October 5, 1861; as Second Lieutenant, Company H, this regiment, June 21. 1862; captured, April 20, 1864, at Plymouth, N. C .; dis- charged, December 31, 1864; subsequent service in 121st Infantry; commissioned Second Lieutenant, August 20, 1862, with rank from June 20, 1862, vice B. F. Rolfe, resigned.


FOX, CHARLES, age 38 years; enrolled December 7, 1861, at Potsdam to serve three years; mustered in as Second Lieu- tenant, Company I, December 31, 1861; died of disease, July 12, 1862, at Har- rison's Landing, Va .; commissioned Sec- ond Lieutenant, January 13, 1862, with rank from December 31, 1861, original.


HALL, FRANK W., age 18 years; enrolled October 10, 1861, at Potsdam to serve three years; mustered in as Private, Com- pany E, October 30, 1861 ; promoted Ser- geant-Major, May 15, 1862; returned to Sergeant, Company E, October 1, 1862; mustered in as First Lieutenant, Company F, April 8, 1863; mustered out, June 10, 1863, at New Berne, N. C .; commissioned First Lieutenant, March 17, 1863, with rank from January 13, 1863, vice S. J. Arnold, promoted.


HALL, THOMAS S., age 34 years ; enrolled October 10, 1861, at Potsdam to serve three years ; mustered in as Captain, Com- pany E, October 30, 1861 ; as Major, Janu- ary II, 1862; mustered out, June 10, 1863, at New Berne, N. C .; commissioned Cap- tain, January 13, 1862, with rank from October 10, 1861, original; Major, Janu- ary 29, 1862, with rank from January 8, 1862, original; Colonel, not mustered, Au- gust 8, 1863, with rank from December 27, 1862, vice L. C. Hunt, promoted Brigadier-General, U. S. Volunteers.


HAWKINS, NELSON, age 33 years; en- rolled August 30, 1862. at Bellport to serve three years ; mustered in as Private, Com- pany D, September 10, 1862; promoted Quartermaster-Sergeant, June 9. 1863 ; transferred to 96th Infantry, December 1, 1864; mustered out, June 18, 1865, at


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Manchester, Va .; commissioned, not :nus- tered, First Lieutenant, November 30, 1864, with rank from September 15, 1864, vice F. W. Hall, mustered out.


HEWITT, HENRY, age - years; enrolled December 13, 1861, to serve three years ; mustered in as Surgeon, January 11. 1862; discharged, September 15, 1862; commis- sioned Surgeon, January 13, 1862, with rank from December 13, 1861, original.


HITCHCOCK, JAMES H., age 26 years; enrolled at Colton to serve three years, and mustered in as Private, Company K, August 30, 1862; promoted First Sergeant, January 1, 1863; mustered in as First Lieutenant, April 13, 1863; mustered out, June 10, 1863, at New Berne, N. C .; sub- sequent service in 193d Infantry ; commis- sioned First Lieutenant, March 17, 1865, with rank from July 25, 1862, vice Siias A. Smith, resigned.


HOBBS, EDGAR L., age 24 years; enrolled October 10, 1861, at Potsdam to serve three years; mustered in as Second Lieu- tenant, Company A, October 30, 1861 ; discharged, May 28, 1862; commissioned Second Lieutenant, January 13, 1862, with rank from October 30, 1861, original.


HOWARD, ALONZO E., age 23 years ; en- rolled October 10, 1861, at Potsdam to serve three years; mustered in as Ser- geant, Company A, October 30, 1861; as Second Lieutenant, July 1, 1862; dis- charged, June 11, 1863; enrolled as Pri- vate, same company, January 1. 1864; transferred to Company G, 96th Infantry, December 1, 1864; commissioned Second Lieutenant, November 24, 1862, with rank from May 28, 1862, vice Edgar L. Hobbs, resigned.


HUBBELL, CYRUS O., age 38 years ; en- rolled at Potsdam to serve three years, and mustered in as First Lieutenant, Company D, October 10, 1861 ; appointed Quartermaster, same date; mustered in as such, January 11, 1862; mustered out, Oc- tober 25, 1864; not commissioned First Lieutenant ; commissioned Quartermaster, January 13, 1862, with rank from October 10, 1861, original.


HUNT, LEWIS C., Captain, 4th U. S. In- fantry ; mustered in as Colonel, this regi- ment, May 24, 1862; wounded in action, May 31, 1862. at Fair Oaks, Va .; dis- charged, December 22, 1862, for promo-


tion to Brigadier-General, U. S. Volun- teers; commissioned Colonel, May 13, x862, with rank from May 10, 1862, vice Jonah Sanford, resigned.




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