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Edwin L. Blake, commissioned September 10, 1862; promoted to major February 10, 1864.
Quartermasters :
George B. Wilson, commissioned September 10, 1862; mustered out with regiment.
Franklin J. Fellows, commissioned May 10, 1865; not mustered (see second lieu- - tenants).
Surgeons :
James M. Leet, commissioned September 10, 1862: resigned October 24, 1863. Alonzo Churchill, commissioned November. 1863: mustered out with regiment.
.Assistant Surgeons :
Henry C. Hill, commissioned September 10, 1862, discharged December 3. 1862. Charles H. Pegy, commissioned March 19, 1863; discharged November 28, 1864. Julius A. Freeman, commissioned January 31, 1865; not mustered.
Simon G. Place, commissioned March 22. 1865: mustered out with regiment.
Richmond S. Hayes, commissioned September 10, 1862; resigned June 2, 1863. John W. Freeman, commissioned June 24, 1863; discharged February 23, 1864. William A. Wiser, commissioned February 23, 1864: discharged May 7, 1864. Francis P. Casey, commissioned May 11, 1561; mustered out with regiment.
Chaplains :
Gilbert De La Matyr, commissioned September 10, 1862; discharged January 9, 1$65.
Joshua Cooke, commissioned April 6, 1865; transferred to Tenth N. Y. Infantry. Captains :
Erastus M. Spaulding, commissioned September 10, 1862; promoted to major Feb- ruary 22, 1864.
Henry M. Starr, commissioned February 23, 1864; promoted to major December 23, 1864.
. Samuel K. Green, commissioned December 22, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
Joel B. Baker, commissioned September 10, 1862; promoted to major June 17, 1864.
James Low, jr., commissioned August 22, 1864; promoted to major January 30. 1865.
David L. Pitcher, commissioned January 30, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
Riley M. Tinkham, commissioned September 10, 1862; resigned July 8, 1863.
George A. Hoyt, commissioned August 17, 1863; died July 5, 1864, of wounds re- ceived in action.
George D. Church, commissioned July 27, 1864; discharged December 2, 1864.
George II. Robertson, commissioned March 30, 1865; transferred to 10th N. Y. Infantry.
James Maginnis, commissioned September 10, 1862; killed in action at Ream's Station, Va., August 25, 1864.
Morris R. Blodgett, commissioned October 31, 1864; not mustered (see first lieu tenants).
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Joseph W. Holmes, commissioned September 10, 1862; promoted to major Sep- tember 14, 1864.
Roderick Baldwin, commissioned September 16, 1864; not mustered (see first lieu- tenants).
Stephen R. Stafford, (brevet major U. S. V.), commissioned December 22, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
William J. Hawkins, commissioned September 10, 1862; died June 24, 1864, of wounds received in action.
Samuel Sully, commissioned July 16, 1864; not mustered (see first lieutenants).
Eli S. Nichols, commissioned November 30, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
Elbridge T. Sherwin, commissioned September 10, 1862; died July 30, 1864, of disease, at City Point, Va.
John R. Cooper, commissioned August 12, 1864; transferred to 10th N. Y. Infantry. Stephen Connor, commissioned September 10, 1862; discharged October 17, 1864. George Wiard, commissioned October 31, 1864; not mustered (see first lieutenant). Archibald Winne, commissioned March 25, 1865; not mustered (see first lieutenant).
Samuel B. Dinsmore, commissioned May 10, 1865; transferred to 10th N. Y. In- fantry.
Alexander Gardner, commissioned September 10, 1862; killed in action at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864.
Marshall N. Cook, commissioned June 21, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
James B. Pratt, commissioned September 10, 1562; discharged October 20, 1864.
Simon P. Webster, commissioned October 31, 1864; mistered out with regiment.
S. Dexter Ludden, commissioned February 23, 1864; promoted to major January 17, 1865.
Thomas Low, commissioned January 26, 1865; died April 25, 1865, of wounds re- ceived in action.
George B. Wilson, commissioned May 10, 1865; not mustered (see first lieutenants).
Hazard A. Sheldon, commissioned March 15, 1864; discharged October 28, 1864.
Orrin C. Parker, commissioned November 30, 1864; mustered out with regiment. First Lieutenants :
Henry M. Starr, commissioned September 10, 1862; promoted to captain February 23, 1864.
Judson Thomas, commissioned March 15, 1864; discharged September 23, 1864.
De Witt C. Wickham, commissioned November 30, 1864; mustered out with regi- ment.
Edwin L. Blake, commissioned September 10, 1962; appointed adjutant September 10, 1862.
Samuel K. Green, commissioned February 10, 1864; promoted to captain December 22, 1864.
Thomas Mayberry, commissioned December 22, 1864; mustered out with regiment. James Low, jr., commissioned September 10, 1862; promoted to captain August 22, 1864.
David L. Pitcher, commissioned August 22, 1864; promoted to captain January 30, 1865.
Henry A. Botsford, commissioned March 13, 1865; transferred to Tenth N. Y. In- fantry.
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Eli S. Nichols, commissioned February 10, 1864; promoted to captain November 30, 1864.
Romeo G. Burnes, commissioned November 30, 1864; mustered out with regiment. George A. Hoyt, commissioned September 10, 1862; promoted to captain August 17, 1863.
Charles H. West, jr., commissioned August 17, 1863; killed in action at Ream's Station, Va., August 25, 1864.
William B. Gardner. commissioned September 10, 1862; resigned March 14, 1861.
George W. Webster, commissioned March 30, 1861; dismissed December 12, 1864. William M. Sloan, commissioned December 30, 1864; not mustered.
Morris R. Blodgett, commissioned February 10, 1804; mustered out with regiment.
John E. Owens, commissioned October 31, 1864; dismissed December 12, 1864.
Michael Metzger, commissioned March 13, 1865; transferred to Tenth N. Y. In- fantry.
Roderick Baldwin, commissioned September 10. 1862; discharged December 5, 1864.
Joseph Willett, commissioned August 22, 1864; not mustered (see second lieuten- ants).
Henry R. Swan, commissioned February 10, 1864; died June 14, 1864, of disease, at Cold Harbor, Va.
Frank H. Boyd, commissioned July 16, 1864; dismissed October 10, 1864.
Charles H. Kugel, commissioned October 31. 1864; mustered out with regiment.
Samuel Sully, commissioned September 10, 1862; discharged November 5. 1861.
Lewis C. Hosmer, commissioned October 31, 1864; not mustered (see second lieu- tenants).
William H. Wescott, commissioned March 13, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
George W. Rector, commissioned February 10, 1864; died October 29, 1864, of wounds received in action at Hatcher's Run, Va.
William Leggett, commissioned November 30, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
John R. Cooper, commissioned September 10, 1862; promoted to captain August 12, 1864.
John Nichols, commissioned August 12, 1864; not mustered (see second lieuten- ants).
John D. Safford, jr., commissioned October 31, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
Owen C. Parker, commissioned February 10, 1864; promoted to captain November 30, 1864.
James W. Young (brevet captain U. S. A.), commissioned November 30, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
Martin W. Roberts, commissioned September 10, 1862; discharged December 2, 1862.
George Wiard, commissioned December 17, 1862; mustered out with regiment.
Joseph Clapsaddle, commissioned March 13, 1865; transferred to Tenth N. Y. In - fantry.
Joseph H. Robson, commissioned February 10, 1864; discharged October 28, 1964. on account of wounds received at Cold Harbor.
E. II. Taylor, commissioned March 13, 1865; transferred to Tenth N. Y. Infantry. Marshall N. Cook, commissioned September 10, 1862; promoted to captain June 21, 1864.
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Edwin R. Loomis, commissioned June 21, 1864; not mustered (see second lieu- tenants).
Stephen R. Stafford, commissioned February 10, 1864; promoted to captain De- cember 22, 1864.
Seth C. Hall, commissioned December 22, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
George D. Church, commissioned September 10, 1862; promoted to captain July 27, 1564.
Archibald Winne, commissioned September 16, 1864; mustered out with regiment. Le Roy Williams, commissioned March 30, 1865; transferred to the Tenth New York Infantry.
Simon P. Webster, commissioned February 10, 1861; promoted to captain October 31, 1864.
Ellis P. Wolcott, commissioned October 31, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
George H. Robertson, commissioned February 23, 1864; promoted to captain Octo- ber 31, 1804.
William H. Raymond, commissioned March 30, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
Iliram H. Van Dake, commissioned February 23, 1864; discharged September 6, 1864; recommissioned.
Darwin L. Fellows, commissioned October 31, 1864; not mustered; killed in action.
Ilenry H. Van Dake, commissioned December 8, 1864; not mustered.
Erwin H. Ewell, commissioned January 28, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
Frederick R. Derrick. commissione 1 March 15, 1864; discharged October 27, 1564.
Walter J. Collins, commissioned November 30, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
Adelbert G. Clapp, commissioned March 15, 1864; died November 21, 1864, of wounds received in action.
"William H. Crowley, commissioned January 19, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
George B Wilson, not commissioned, but name on the records of the War De- partment ; mustered out with regiment.
Second Lieutenants:
Charles H. West jr., commissioned September 10, 1862; promoted to first lieuten- ant August 17, 1863.
George N. Webster, commissioned August 17, 1863; promoted to first lieutenant March 30, 1864.
Robert Glass, commissioned March 30, 1861; died July 15, 1864, of wounds re- ceived in action.
Joseph Clapsaddle, commissioned October 31, 1864; promoted to first lieutenant March 13, 1865.
Edgar B. Lewis, commissioned March 13, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
Judson Thomas, commissioned January 19, 1864; promoted to first lieutenant March 15, 1864.
Samuel B. Dinsmore, commissioned March 15, 1864; promoted to captain May 10, 1865.
A. J. Budlong, commissioned May 13, 1565; not mustered.
Eli S. Nichols, commissioned September 10, 1862; promoted to first lieutenant February 10, 1865.
Fayette S. Brown, commissioned February 17, 1864; killed in action at Cold Har- bor, Va., June 3, 1864.
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Romeo G. Burnes, commissioned January 21, 1864; promoted to first lieutenant November 30, 1864.
Franklin J. Fellows, commissioned December 7, 1861; mustered out with regiment.
Daniel L Pitcher, commissioned February 17, 1864; promoted to first lieutenant August 22, 1864.
William H. Crowley, commissioned August 22, 1864; promoted to first lieutenant January 19, 1865.
Eugene C. Fuller, commissioned January 16. 1865; mustered out with regiment.
Nathan J. Cornell, commissioned September 10, 1862; resigned November 6, 1862.
William D. Lord, commissioned November 24, 1862; resigned June 27, 1863.
Samuel K. Green, commissioned August 16, 1863; promoted to first lieutenant February 10, 1864.
· John Safford, jr., commissioned August 22, 1864; promoted to first lieutenant Oc- tober 31, 1864.
James Young, commissioned October 31, 1864; promoted to first lieutenant No- vember 30, 1864.
Le Roy Williams, commissioned November 30, 1864; promoted to first lieutenant March 30, 1865.
Eugene K. Sage, commissioned March 30, 1865; transferred to Tenth N. Y. In- fantry.
Walter Collins, commissioned February 24, 1864; promoted to first lieutenant No- vember 30, 1864.
Owen C. Ilibbard, commissioned November 30, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
Morris R. Blodgett, commissioned September 10, 1862; promoted to first lieutenant February 10, 1864.
John E. Owens, commissioned February 17, 1864; dismissed December 12, 1864.
William A. George, commissioned October 31, 1864; transferred to Tenth N. Y. Infantry.
Arthur L. Chase, commissioned February 13, 1864; killed in action at Cold Har- bor, Va., June 3, 1864.
Charles B. Lacker, commissioned July 18, 1864; not mustered; discharged as en- listed man.
William Grant, commissioned November 30, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
Henry R. Swan, commissioned September 10, 1862; promoted to first lieutenant ; February 10, 1864,
Francis HI. Boyd, commissioned February 17, 1864; promoted to first lieutenant July 16, 1864.
Charles H. Kugel, commissioned July 16, 1864; promoted to first lieutenant Oc- tober 31, 1864.
Edward Taylor, commissioned November 30, 1864; promoted to first lieutenant March 13. 1865.
Charles T. Behan, commissioned May 13, 1865; transferred to Tenth N. V. In- fantry.
Ellis P. Wolcott, commissioned March 21, 1864; promoted to first lieutenant Oc- tober 31, 1864.
William Wescott, commissioned October 31, 1864; promoted to first lieutenant March 13, 1865.
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Reed Pierce, commissioned March 13, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
George W. Rector, jr., commissioned September 10, 1862; promoted to first lieu- tenant February 10, 1564.
Lewis C. Hosmer, commissioned February 17, 1864; discharged December 9, 1864.
Charles Moore, commissioned January 19, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
Archibald Winne, commissioned March 22, 1864; promoted to first lieutenant Sep- tember 16, 1864.
William M. Sloan, commissioned September 16, 1861; promoted to first lieutenant December 30, 1864.
Samuel W. Waldo, commissioned March 13, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
Orrin C. Parker, commissioned September 10, 1862; promoted to first heutenant February 10, 1864.
John Nichols, commissioned February 17, 1864; discharged September 22, 1864.
Melvin M. Kendall, commissioned August 12, 1864; not mustered.
Walter P. Wright, commissioned February 17, 1864; killed in action before Peters- burg, Va., June 16, 1864.
Thomas Mayberry, commissioned February 23, 1864; promoted to first lieutenant December 22, 1864.
Samuel B. Butler, commissioned December 29, 1861: not mustered.
John G. Lacey, commissioned March 30, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
George Wiard, commissioned September 10, 1862; promoted to first lieutenant De- cember 17, 1862.
Joseph H. Robson, commissioned December 17, 1862; promoted to first lieutenant February 10, 1864.
William H. Raymond, commissioned February 17, 1864; promoted to first lieu- tenant March 30. 1865.
William If. H. Bickford, commissioned July 16, 1864; died March 9, 1865, of dis- ease, at Camp Parole, Annapolis, Md.
Myron H. Hale, commissioned March 30, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
Joseph W. Caldwell, commissioned March 3, 1864; killed in action at Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864.
De Witt C. Wickham, commissioned June 21, 1864; promoted to first lieutenant November 30, 1861.
Henry A. Botsford, commissioned November 30, 1464; promoted to first lieutenant March 13, 1865.
Myron Sherwood, commissioned March 3. 1865; mustered out with regiment.
Stephen R. Stafford, commissioned September 10, 1862; promoted to first lieu- tenant February 10, 1964.
Edwin R. Loomis, commissioned February 17, 1864; discharged April 12, 1865. Joseph Dean, commissioned June 21, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
Edgar Gillis, commissioned February 15, 1864; discharged October 17, 1864.
Manfred Duguid. commissioned October 31, 1864; mustered out with regiment.
Simon P. Webster, commissioned September 10, 1862; promoted to first lieuten- ant February 10, 1864.
Thomas Westcott, commissioned February 17, 1864; discharged October 4, 1864.
Erwin H. Ewell commissioned January 19. 1865; promoted to first lieutenant Jan- uary 28, 1805.
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Edward T. Forman, commissioned February 10, 1805; mustered out with regiment.
Wallace B. Hard, commissioned February 17, 1864; killed in action at Cold Har- bor, Va., June 3, 1804.
Ashley P. Hawkins, commissioned June 21, 1864; discharged January 25, 1865.
James M. Cook, commissioned March 13, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
William L. Totten, commissioned February 13, 1864; discharged January 14, 1865. James M. Waite, commissioned February 13, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
Joseph M. Willett, commissioned February 23, 1864; died February 17, 1865, at Danville, Va.
William O. Bartholomew, commissioned August 22, 1861; mustered out with regi- ment.
Oliver M. Campbell, commissioned March 15, 1864; killed in action at Cold Har- bor, Va., June 3, 1864.
Michael Metzger, commissioned January 19, 1865; promoted to first lieutenant March 13, 1865.
Hosmer G. Curtiss, commissioned March 13, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
George W. Gladden, commissioned March 15, 1864; killed in action at Cold Har- bor, Va., June 3, 1864.
William H. Stearns, commissioned June 21, 1834; discharged January 20, 1863.
Augustus Riebling, commissioned March 30, 1865; mustered out with regiment. Samuel Wilson, commissioned March 30, 1865; mustered out with regiment.
In February, 1864, this regiment was recruited to the maximum number, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine. The records of the de- partment disclose the fact that the loss sustained at the battle of Cold Harbor was larger than that sustained by any other regiment in any battle of the war, with the single exception of a Maine artillery regiment. This interesting fact was published in one of the Century Magazine war articles. The "Eighth Heavy" contained far more Genesee county men than were enlisted in any other regiment, and its record is one of bravery and unflinching fidelity to duty.
The following from Genesee county were members of the Fifteenth N. Y. Cavalry Regiment :
Company E. - Quartermaster-sergeant, Noah B. Lincoln; sergeants, Thomas Gormley, William Hawkins: corporals, Franklin H. Wells, William Lake, John James, Thomas H. Scott, George W. Sherwood; saddler, William Cooper: privates, William Boughton, Franklin Busbee, Charles II. Butler, Melvin C. Dodge, Charles Duffner, Civilian Halbert, John Hayes, William Heal, Alonzo Heath, George Lear- man, Richmond Lilley, John Metzler, John P. Michels, Peter Michlian, Richard Oothoudt, Max Pagefall, Sylvester Primmer, Peter Sabel, William Smith, Frank Whitney.
The Fifteenth Regiment was organized at Syracuse to serve three years. The companies of which it was composed were raised in the counties of Genesee, Onondaga, Erie, Ontario, Orange, Oneida, Chau-
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tauqua, Cattaraugus. and Tompkins. It was mustered into the service of the United States from August 8, 1863, to January 14, 1864. It was consolidated with the Sixth New York Cavalry, June 17, 1865, the consolidated force being designated the Second New York Pro- visional Cavalry, which was mustered out of service August 9, 1865. The latter organization was in command of Colonel Charles L. Fitz- hugh and Lieutenant-Colonel Harrison White.
Following is a list of the officers from Genesee county who served with the Fifteenth Cavalry, with the dates of their commissions, and their promotion, discharge, dismissal, transfer or death. The list is as nearly complete as can be gleaned from the existing records:
Lieutenant-Colonel. - Augustus I. Root, commissioned November 20, 1863; killed in action April 8, 1865.
Major .-- George M. Ellicott, commissioned June 17, 1865: not mustered as major. Adjutant .-- Sidney Tuttle, commissioned November 20, 1863; resigned May 22, 1864.
Captain .-- George M. Ellicott, commissioned November 20, 1862; discharged at consolidation.
First Lieutenants. - Ralph D. Short, commissioned November 20, 1863; died Jan- uary 20, 1865. Edson Griffis, commissioned January 6, 1564, resigned January 7, 1865. Heman H. Griswold, commissioned August 26, 1864; not mustered ; declined,
The Twenty-second New York Independent Battery was organized in Genesee connty by Captain John D. Newman of Niagara county and mustered into the service of the State of New York at Lockport Sep- tember 4, 1862. October 28 following it was mustered into the service of the United States at Elmira by Major A. T. Lee, and soon after- ward all but seven members of the command were transferred to the Ninth New York Heavy Artillery, commanded by Colonel Joseph Well- ing and William H. Seward, jr. The officers and men when mustered into the United States services were:
Captain, John D. Newman ; senior first lieutenant, Melanethon D. Brown, of Alex- ander; junior first lieutenant, D. D. W. Pringle, of Batavia; senior second lieuten- ant, Robert C. Worthington, of Bethany; junior second lieutenant, Edwin F. Clark ; sergeants, James M. Waite, Francis N. Parrish, Asahel M. Abby, Daniel E. Waite, William I. Parrish, William E. Wright, John Okswager and Josiah T. Crittenden ; corporals, Hugh T. Peters, Edward F. Moulton, William II. Maltby, Thomas Walsh, Eugene B. Wing, Robert Fowles, Henry Nulty, Orville Thompson, John Connor, John I). Bartlett, George Brown and James G. Hatch; musicians, Charles Foster and Edson H. Pond; artificers, Levi T. Garrett, Henry Wood ; guidon, William MI. Moulton; stable sergeant, Edwin Lock: company clerk, George Avery: privates, Hezekiah Brown, William T. Barrett, E. J. Benton. John Bower, Seymour S. Brown, Thomas C. Barnard, C. W. Brown, Charles W. Bradley. Truman Bailey, jr., Miles
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T. Brown, Isaac Bruett, Charles J. Cleveland, George T. Chase, Rowland Champion, John Carmel, John Cox, Alva N. Colt, James W. Case, Michael Carney, James Car- ney, Thomas Cook, Henry Connelly, Benjamin Cox, Zina W. Carter, Oran H. Conant, William B. Cole, Jerome Canfield, Dioclesian Covey, William H. Chappie, George D. Dodson, James Dunn, Earl A. Dodson, Sylvester Demary, Dennis Dibble, George Edwards, William R. Eddy, Elias Eastwood, James Emory, Orson J. Forbes, Robert Finley, Charles Fairfield, William Faber, Harmon Fitch, Ansel Ford, John E. Field, John Griffis, George Gann, Cyrus A. Gowing, Charles R. Griffin, Paul Glor, Amos Humphrey, John Harmon, Ira E. Haight, Edward J. Hollenbeck, Archie Hollenbeck, John Hassett, David Hill, Henry Johnson, John L. Kingdon, Albert Knapp, Patrick Keating, Stephen R. King, James Kidder, Silas Knapp, John Kell- ner, Libbeus King, Henry L. Kieatzer, George B. Lawrence, Henry Lapp, Samuel Lathrop, Benjamin Lewis, Henry Leverington, James M. Lapp, Elias Lyons, Charles Loplow. Thomas MeManis, Marion F. Meredith, Jacob Moore, Elias Martin, David Milles, Albert H. Moulton, Archie McMillen, John Munt, Alexander Mc- Donald, Angus McIntosh, Lucius A. Munger, Joseph Marsh, Moses Nichols, Michael O'Donnell, Robert Plant, Thomas W. Paden, James Porter, John J. Peard, Norman M. Putnam, George Rogers, Frederick Reichert, Mortimer Rich, Alonzo Rich, Ambrose Rich, Nathan E. Rumsey, Charles E. Smead, Henry Shafer, Gilbert Shader, David S. Spring. Edwin Shadbolt, John D. Shiller, Edsil Shaw, Charles .1. Smith, Wallace M. Smith, Edward B. Smith, Stephen Thompson, Frederick Tanger, Homer L. Tisdale, Stephen Taylor, Henry Vishon. Charles Van Kuren, Frederick Vickens, Gilbert Wade, Jonah C. Wicker, John J. Warren, Edwin Ward, John Worthington, Warren West, Stephen T. Wing, William Welch, John W. Williams, Walter S. Wright and Christian Zwetsch.
The original company numbered one hundred and sixty-eight, seven of whom were transferred to the Billinghurst Battery. By reason of his mismanagement, Captain Newman was discharged April 18, 1863. Lieutenant Brown was discharged April 16, 1863, and Lieutenant Pringle October 28, 1864. Lieutenant Worthington resigned January 29, 1862. Lieutenant Clark was discharged September 4, 1862, never having reported for duty. The company served with the Ninth New York Heavy Artillery, as Company M, until June 25, 1865, when it was consolidated with the Second New York Artillery. After the discharge of Captain Newman the company was commanded by Captain Anson S. Wood, until the latter was promoted to major, when Captain William I. Parrish assumed command. Captain Parrish entered the company as a sergeant, and was promoted from one rank to another until April 4, 1864, when he received a commission as a captain. He remained in command of Company M until it was discharged from the service Sep- tember 20, 1865. He was also brevet major of New York Volunteers.
This company fought in the following engagements: Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Monocacy, Charlestown, Second Winchester, Cedar Creek,
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Second Petersburg, Sailor's Creek and Lee's surrender. During these battles the regiment was attached to the Second Brigade, Third Divis- ion and Sixth Army Corps. After the battle of Petersburg, June 22, 1864, the command was the color company of the regiment, remaining in this post of honor until the close of the war. At the battle of Cedar Creek Lieutenant John Oldswager was killed by a shell. He was a resident of the town of Alexander, and was the only officer in the com pany killed during the war. The number of men in the company who were killed was small, compared with the losses sustained by other companies; but the loss in wounded and prisoners was as large as that sustained by any other company in the regiment. Of the one hundred and sixty-eight men who left for the front but sixty-five were left in the command to be discharged at the close of the war.
The Twenty-fifth Independent Battery of Light Artillery was re- cruited in the counties of Genesee, Orleans and Niagara. It was mus- tered in at Lockport in September, 1862, went to New York the follow- ing December, and joined the forces of General Banks. The company sailed thence to Fortress Monroe, and from there to Ship Island, but was wrecked on the coast of Florida The men were picked up by a Union gunboat and landed at Key West, and in January, 1863, sailed to New Orleans. The company participated in the siege of Port Hud- son, the battle of Lafourche, and in the Red River campaign. In the spring of 1865 they went on the expedition to Mobile, and August 5 of that year were mustered out at Rochester. The Genesee county members of the battery were as follows:
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