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From the hour when man first learned that it was possible to take the life of his brother man, the stronger has reached the goal of his ambition at the cost of blood. Nations have gone out in the smoke of battle while others have enlarged their domain, in- creased their wealth, and brightened their civilization by victo- rions armies. Many are looking for the coming of a time when reason will so far sway the human mind as to make war no longer a necessity. That such may come is earnestly to be prayed for, yet it is hardly to be expected until humanity has gone at least one round higher on the ladder of evolution, and the seeds of Christian charity, humility and forgiveness are sowed broadcast throughout man's nature.
For many years previous to 1860 strong antagonism had existed in this country between two sentiments-the South was the enemy par excellence of free labor, and the North of slave labor. Advo- cates of these principles were earnest and determined, and their respective views enlarged until the remotest corners of our terri- torial limits became more or less impregnated with the prevailing ideas. The political contest of the year 1860 was fevered and ex- citing, for never before had so much depended upon the result of the ballot. There were murmurings so significant that they could be felt, and preparations of a character that carried alarm to a
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nation that had devoted all her energies and resources to the fer- tile arts of peace. Then followed an assault upon the integrity of the ballot and the will of the majority, an innovation, which, if successful, must of necessity destroy our republican form of gov- ernment. The voice of reason was lost in the thunder of cannon. The question to solve was : "Should union and liberty no longer walk hand in hand, and, if either, which was to go out ?"
At half-past four o'clock on the morning of April 12th, 1861, a shot was fired from a confederate battery in Charleston harbor, and struck Fort Sumter, which was held by a federal garrison. Three days after this outburst of treason President Lincoln issued a proclamation calling upon the union states to send to the na- tional capital seventy-five thousand militia for its defense. On the 16th the State Military Board of New York held a meeting, and Governor Morgan at once sent a message to the secretary of war, assuring him that the quota required of this state would be immediately mustered into service. The governor also at once issued orders, acting in concert with the military board, and called upon the militia for seventeen regiments of 780 men each. The result was that in a very few days the state of New York sent 13,906 effective men to Washington ; and it is an historical fact that the opportune arrival of these troops saved the government buildings from attack and possible destruction.
Under the several calls for troops, general, special, and by draft, both in army and navy, the state of New York furnished an aggregate of 502,765 men, and of these little Tioga county pro- vided its full quota. It is to be regretted that the precise number cannot be given, as the state authorities have been so remiss that no roster of the state soldiery has ever been published. The work. however, is now being done under competent supervision, but many months must necessarily pass before it can be completed.
The outbreak of the war found the political situation in Tioga to be much the same as in other counties of similar condition, and while at times there were murmurings and dissatisfaction, they were not of such a character as to canse general alarm.
During the course of the war, Tioga county contributed men to many different regiments, in cavalry, artillery, engineer and in-
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fantry branches of the service, while a few others were enlisted in the navy. However, before entering upon this branch of the sub- ject, let us briefly note the action of the supervisors and town au- thorities in providing men and means that the county's quota might be always filled. A reference to statistical records discloses the fact that the county at large expended for "war purposes" the gross sum of $566.309, while the several towns likewise made generous appropriations in addition to those of the county. The first meeting of the supervisors, after the outbreak, was held in Owego on the 27th of April, 1861, and Watson L. Hoskins was chosen chairman, and Franklin Slosson, clerk. At this time $6,000 was appropriated for the relief of soldiers' families, and at the regular meeting in November an additional sum was appropriated for the purpose of securing volunteers.
On the 29th of July, 1862, at a special meeting of the board, a bounty fund of $3,920 was appropriated to pay 392 men at ten dollars each ; and an additional $1,500 was raised at the same time to defray the expenses of the enlistment. Again, on the 20th of August, following, $4,840 more was appropriated to pay a like bounty to 484 men. The disbursing committee of the board then comprised supervisors Pratt, of Barton, Deming, of Richford, and Thomas, of Owego. Clerk Watson L. Hoskins had enlisted and gone to the front, and Thomas C. Platt was elected in his stead. According to the report of the county treasurer for this year there was paid for the relief of soldiers' families $7,317 (of which $817 were refunded by the state) ; $7,420 for bounties ; $1,334 for ex- penses, and $298.34 interest.
At a special meeting held December 17, 1863, the board voted to offer a bounty of $300 to fill the quota of the county under the call of November, 1863 ; 427 men being now required of Tioga. For this purpose county bonds were authorized to be issued in the total amount of $130,000. In the following year, at a meeting held February 5th, the board voted to continue the bounty of $300 to fill the quota of mnen called for in January ; and on February 25, the bounty was voted to be paid to 286 men already enlisted and credited to the county. On July 26, of this year, the treas- urer's books showed that bounty had been paid to 702 volunteers,
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and that bonds had been issued to the total amount of $210,600. The supervisors also voted to continue the bounty of $300 for each recruit under the call for 500,000 men, and still later, by other offers, the aggregate amount of bonds for the year was $63,564.
On1 January 24, 1865, a bounty offer of $300 each was made for recruits for one year, and $600 for three years enlistments ; and on March 1st following the bounty for the one-year recruits was increased to $450. Summarizing the several amounts appropriated for all expenses and bond issues during this period of five years, the following statement will be found interesting, and will clearly show the patriotism of the people of Tioga.
Orders of 1861 for relief of volunteers and families. . . . .$ 13,079
Bonds for 702 enlistments at $300 under calls of 1863 and '64, 210, 600 Bonds for 362 enlistments in 1864 97,800
Ini 1865 128,550
Total
$450,029
Expenses .
13,978
Interest on bonds
102,302
Grand total paid by county .
$566,309
Refunded by the state under bounty law $ 49,100
Revenue 7 per cent bonds 210,000
Interest paid to county .
18,076
Total received from state 277,176
Net total paid by county . $289,133
The foregoing is a record of the expenses of the war paid by the county at large, not taking into account the bounty offers and payments made by the several towns and individuals in the towns ; but all is now wiped out and satisfied and there remains only the memories of the hardships, trials and losses of the period.
On the 15th day of April, 1861, the president issued a proclama- tion calling upon the militia of the several states to the number of 75,000 men, "to suppress treasonable combinations and to cause the laws to be duly executed." Three days later Governor Morgan
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called upon the people of New York for volunteers for seventeen regiments, and on the 21st three militia regiments were en route for Washington. Eight others soon followed, more were prepar- ing to march, and during the first days of May the government ordered that no more three months' men were desired. So rapid indeed was the enlistment that on the 22d of April, only a week after the president's proclamation, eighty-two companies had been accepted, and the State Military Board adopted a resolution "to organize the remainder of the force provided for in the act of April 16th."
On April 25th, the governor issued his proclamation for volun- teers for twenty-one additional regiments for two years' service, and in accordance with this the Third regiment of infantry was mustered into service. This command included the first company formed in Tioga county, although most of the men were enlisted on the 14th of May.
THE THIRD REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (VETERAN).
This regiment was accepted by the state April 25th, 1861, and received its numerical designation on May 7th following. It was known as the " Albany Regiment," organized at Albany, and then mustered into United States' service for two years on May 14th. In April, 1863, many of the men re-enlisted for one and two years, who, with the three-years' men of the regiment, were formed into a battalion, May 18, 1863, and retained in the service. Those whose term had expired were discharged May 21, 1863. Later, men from the Ninth and One Hundred and Twelfth regiments of New York troops were transferred to the Third.
Company H of this regiment was recruited at Owego, Halsey Valley, Richford, Spencer and Tioga, and on its organization Isaac S. Catlin was commissioned captain ; Willoughby Babcock, lieu- tenant, and Eli W. Stone, ensign. Under command of Col. Fred- erick Townsend the regiment left the state, May 31, 1861, and began its service near Fort Monroe, Va., early in June. A detailed narrative of its subsequent experiences, successes and reverses is not essential to this chapter other than as disclosed by a list of the engagements in which it participated and the names of the volun- teers who comprised the local company. However, we may state
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that during the period of its service, the Third lost, from all causes, three officers and one hundred and twenty-one enlisted men, one of whom died in the hands of the enemy. Nearly all the original members of Co. H were mustered out at Fortress Monroe, Va.
The battles of the Third regiment were as follows :
Big Bethel, Va., June 10, 1861. Cold Harbor, Va., June 1-12, 1864.
Seige of Suffolk, Va., Apr. 19-May 4, 1863. Before Petersburg and Richmond, Va., Seige of Battery Wagner, S. C., Sept. 7, 1863. June 15 to Dee., 1864. Assault of Petersburg, June 15-19.
Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Aug. 17-23, Mine explosion, July 30. 1863.
Chaffin's Farm, Va., Sept. 29-Oct. 1.
Operations in Charleston Harbor, Sept. 8- Darbytown Road, Va., Oet. 27-29.
Dee. 21, 1863.
Fort Fisher, N. C., Jan. 15, 1865.
Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Oct. 27- Cape Fear Intrenchments, N. C., Feb. 11- Nov. 9, 1863. 12, 1865.
Operations against Petersburg and Rieh- Fort Anderson, N. C., Feb. 18-20, 1865. mond, Va., May 5-30, 1864.
Swift Creek, May 9-10, 1864. Proctor's Creek, May 12, 1864.
Drewrey's Bluff, May 14-16, 1864.
Bennett House, April 26, 1865.
Bermuda Hundred, May 18-26, 1864.
MUSTER ROLL, CO. H., THIRD REGIMENT.
Isaac S. Catlin, captain ; resigned ; mustered as lieut. colonel 109th regt .; wounded and lost leg at Petersburg, July 30, 1864 ; promoted brevet brigadier-general.
Willoughby Babcock, lieutenant ; resigned ; rc-enlisted and commissioned major 75th rgt. ; promoted lieut .- col .; killed.
Eli W. Stone, ensign ; wounded at New Market Bridge, June 10, 1861.
Henry R. Wells, 1st sergeant. William W. Williamson, corporal.
Frederick Fox, 2d sergeant.
Timothy E. Royall," corporal.
Nathanicl W. Davis, 3d sergeant; pro- Byron E. Carpenter, * corporal. moted 2d lieutenant.
Eli B. Hubbard, corporal.
Albert T. L'Amoreaux, 4th sergeant. Isaiah Irvin,* musician.
David W. Avery, musician.
PRIVATES.
Oliver J. Avery .* William J. Barden .*
William C. Jacobs .* promoted sergeant.
Edward H. Kane.
John S. Bartlett .* Jeremiah Berry .*
Edward Kerr,* re-enlisted 21st cavalry ; killed. Daniel T. Lane.
George Boyce, wounded at Big Bethel.
Chester J. Lanc .*
George N. Lindsay.
Benjamin F. Mahan,* promoted corporal.
Charles A. Narsh, re-enlisted 5th cavalry. Henry Nash, * re-enlisted 21st cavalry.
Maxwell Catlin,*
Andrew J. Blanchard,*
Amos O. Brink,* promoted 1st sergeant. Edward Brown .*
Francis W. Burch.
Near Wilmington, N. C., Feb. 22, 1865. Campaign of the Carolinas, March 1-Apr. 26, 1865.
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ITorace Champlin, * promoted corporal. Alfred P. Cleveland .*
John A. Corbin. Edward H. Cain .*
Michael Cunningham.
Ernest De Valliere, * promoted corporal. Benjamin F. Dexter .*
John Dolan. Charles R. Eastman .*
Frederick H. Pinney, promoted sergt .; 2d lieut. George Perkins. Lyman Powell .* William H. Rice .* Joseph R. Shaffer.
Osear E. Farnham," taken prisoner Jan. James H. Slater. 27, 1864; escaped by jumping from Spencer E. Smith. cars, and was 34 days reaching Sher- William H. Spencer .* man's army. Richard Fenderson.
Benjamin Springsteen .*
Edward L. Fletcher .*
John D. Frear .* James E. Fiddis.
Chester M. Taylor .*
Nathan S. Truesdell.
Clark S. Green.
Luzerne A. Gates.
Charles II. Gilmer .*
James F. Gleason.
Levi Turk .*
Horace Hagadorn,* promoted 1st sergeant. Joseph L. C. Van Marter .*
George F. Hollenback*
Harvey Whitmarsh .*
Charles Herrick, * promoted corporal.
Alanson L. Vermilyea .* Henry Winfield .*
* Mustered out at Albany, May 21, 1863. Lorenzo White .* Henry L. Jewett, promoted sergeant.
RECRUITS, AUGUST 3, 1861.
Joseph HI. Albright. Alexander Ayers.
Rufus HI. Lacy.
Ilenry P. Lane.
Lewis A. Beers.
Angelo McCallum.
Charles A. Boyce.
Herschell A. Padgett.
Frederick W. Brister.
Edward Pertle. Sanford M. Powell.
Franklin Howard.
Alanson R. Hubbard.
John W. Warner. Nicholas Washburn.
Francis H. Johnson. Warren Kimball.
John W. Wilcox.
RECRUITS, SEPTEMBER 16, 1861.
Thomas Lacy. Alfred Lacy. Smith Murray. Lemuel Polley.
Alonzo Rice. Benjamin F. Truesdell. Stephen Ulrich. Lorenzo Waterman,
Abel R. Newman. Francis Palmatier, died Fortress Monroe. William A. Peck .*
Edward J. Stout. George Stratton.
Lewis W. Truesdell,* promoted 1st lieut. Co. B, 21st N. Y. Cav .; promoted capt. Co. C .; promoted brevet-major.
Sylvester N. Hess .*
William M. Ferguson.
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RECRUITS, OCTOBER 22, 1861.
James H. Bakeman. Albert Bassford. Franklin Cafferty. Nathaniel W. Green.
Joseph Lane. James Scrafford. Alfred Springstead.
Oscar T. Warner.
Alfred Hark.
THE NINETEENTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.
This command was commonly known as the "Cayuga County Regiment," and also as the "Seward Infantry." It was accepted by the state and organized as an infantry regiment for two years service, and as such served until December 11, 1861, when it was converted into an artillery regiment and designated the "Third Regiment Light Artillery." The Forty-ninth regiment of militia was the nucleus of the Third, and was recruited chiefly in the counties of Cayuga, Seneca and Wayne, although a few men from Tioga county were found in its ranks. Their names are not known, hence no muster roll of the local contingent can be given with any degree of accuracy. The service of the regiment began near Martinsburg, Va., on July 11th, 1861, and continued until the fall of Petersburg, in the spring of 1865, with an aggregate loss of 189 men.
THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.
The famous Twenty-Third, the "Southern Tier Rifles," was the first regiment recruited and organized in the 27th congressional district of the state, and to its composition the town of Barton and Waverly village contributed parts of companies C and E, and Owego a part of company C. The latter was recruited at Owego. The regiment was accepted by the state, May 16th, 1861, organized at Elmira, and there mustered into service for two years on the 2d of July, 1861. The three years' men were transferred to the Eightieth N. Y. Vols., May 29, 1863, and on the 22d of the same month, at Elmira, the men whose term had expired were dis- charged and mustered out of service.
The regiment left the state July 5, 1861, and served at and near Washington until early in August, when it was attached to the Potomac division. But the story of its service is best told by the battles in which it took part, in all of which the total loss was
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seventy-two men, five of whom died in the hands of the enemy.
The battles of the Twenty-Third were as follows : Near Fall's Church, Va., August 14, 1861. Sulphur Springs, Va., Aug. 26, 1862. Ball's Cross Roads, Va., August 27, 1861. Gainesville, Va., Aug. 28, 1862. Munson's Hill, Va., August 31, 1861. Groveton, Va., Aug., 29, 1862.
Ball's Cross Roads, Va., September 14, 1861. Bull Run, Va., Aug. 30, 1862. Bowling Green Road, Va., May 18, 1862. Orange Court House, Va., July 26, 1862.
Fairfax Court Ilouse, Aug. 31, 1862.
South Mountain. Md., Sept. 14, 1862. Gen Pope's Campaign, Va., Aug. 16-Sept. Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862. 2, 1862.
Fredericksburg, Va., Dee. 11-15, 1862.
Rappahannock River, Va., Aug. 21, 1862.
MUSTER ROLL, CO. C, TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT
Samuel Barstow, captain : wounded at Seeond Bull Run. Moses M. Van Bensehoten, first lieut .; promoted captain. Charles O. Durland, second lieut .; promoted first lieut. William V. Bailey, 1st sergeant ; promoted 2d lieut .; re-enlisted Co. G, 5th cavalry; captured at Wilson's raid. George Warwiek, sergeant. David Bailey, sergeant ; re-enlisted Co. G, 5th cavalry; captured near Spottsylvania. Harrison Camp, sergeant ; re-enlisted Co. G, 5th cavalry. Nelson J. Wright, corporal ; died at Arlington Heights, 1861. Andrew J. Towner, musician.
PRIVATES-(OWEGO CONTINGENT.)
Jolın W. Camp, died in hosp., Sept. 1, Fayette Truesdell. 1862.
William H. Catlin.
George W. Truesdell, re-enlisted 21st cav- alry, commissary sergeant.
Lewis Manning, re-enlisted 1st N. Y. vet- Albert G. Wright, re-enlisted Co. B, 21st eran eavalry, 1863. eavalry. 1863.
Israel Marquart, died Upton's Hill, Va., Vineent DeGroat. 1861. Lewis DeGroat.
Charles E. Moran, re-enlisted Co. G. 5th Charles F. DeGroat, re-enlisted 21st cavalry;
cavalry.
missing in action at Lynchburg, Va., June 19, 1864.
John Monihan, re-enlisted Co. B, 21st veteran eavalry.
Ira A. Gould. Daniel Ogden.
George K. MeNiell, crippled in hospital.
John Zelir, re-enlisted Co. B, 21st eavalry, 1863.
George W. Probasco.
Alfred Rhinevault. re-enlisted Co. B, 21st Charles H. Young.
eavalry ; prisoner ; died at Andersonville.
FROM BARTON. William H. Sliter, re-enlisted cavalry regi-
Hiram R. Smith.
Philander F. Burlingame, wounded at South Mountain.
ment. Charles H. Barden.
William MeCutehin.
Henry J. Miller, appointed corporal June, 1862.
Robert N. Manners, appointed corporal June, 1862.
George B, Morgan,
Seely Brink, appointed corporal August 1, 1861. William N. Ball, appointed corporal Aug. 1, 1861 ; promoted sergeant.
William D. Crans, appointed corporal Feb. 15, 1862,
Hiram Morse.
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William H. Overton.
James Curran.
Stephen W. Olmsted, appointed corporal Thompson Delaney. June 15, 1862.
Chauncey Farley.
Hiram Payne, appointed sergeant Aug. 1, William A. Galloway. 1861. James Green:
George Parker, wounded at Rappahannock. Eugene Goetchius.
Sta., Aug. 21, 1862 ; re-enlisted 10th N. Phillip Hedges, appointed corporal Sept. Y. cavalry. 28, 1863. William Howitt. George Strauss.
Orlando Elwell.
Charles G. Howitt.
LeRoy Edgcomb, wounded in hand.
Edward M. Jackson.
John Strauss.
Henry Mead.
Jonas Swain.
COMPANY E.
George H. Powers, captain ; commissioned May 6, 1861. John H. Pieree, first lieut ; commissioned May 6, 1861. Hugh J. Baldwin, second lieut ; commissioned May 6, 1861. Daniel H. Sharp, 1st sergeant. Samuel W. Kelly, sergeant ; promoted 1st sergeant June 1, 1862; wounded at Petersburg, Va., Dee. 13, 1872 ; died Jan. 15, 1863. Charles W. Brown, sergeant ; promoted 1st sergeant Jan. 15, 1863. Forrest II. Paine, sergeant. Alfred B. Hicks, corporal. Charles Monroe, corporal ; died Sept. 29, 1861, of fever.
PRIVATES.
Richard Andrews. Harrison C. Brown.
George W. Brown. Joseph V. Bogart.
Charles Whittlesey. Joseph S. Wright, drummer. Joseph Lyons, prisoner at Bull Run, Aug. 30, 1862. Joseph W. Knapp, fifer.
James W. Bogart.
Warren W. Tannery. Henry K. Woodward.
Theodore Morgan. Thaddeus Woodward.
THE TWENTY-SIXTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY.
In the service the Twenty-Sixth was variously known as the "Second Oneida Regiment," the "Central New York Battalion," and also as the "Utica Regiment," and was recruited chiefly in Madison, Monroe and Oneida counties, while a few men were from Tioga, Chenango, Seneca and Herkimer. The volunteers from Tioga county were in Co. K, which was recruited in Candor and Spencer to the number of about forty. The officers of the com- pany were also mainly from that town.
Colonel William H. Christian was the regimental commander, and the organization was effected at Elmira. The regiment was accepted May 17, 1861, and mustered into service on May 21st. In May, 1863, its three years' men were transferred to the 97th N. Y.
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Vols., and the two years' men were honorably discharged and mus- tered out, under Col. Richard H. Richardson, at Utica, May 28, 1863. The volunteers from Candor were nearly all two years' men. The aggregate losses of the 26th during the period of its service were one hundred and fifty men. The battles in which it partici- pated were as follows :
Pohick Church, Va., Oct. 4, 1861. Hall's Hill and Falls Church, Va., Sept. 4, 1862.
Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, 1862.
Rappahannock River, Va., Aug. 21, 1862. South Mountain, Md., Sept. 14, 1862.
Rappahannock Station, Va., Aug. 23, 1862. Antietam, Md., Sept 17, 1862.
Thoroughfare Gap, Va., Aug. 28, 1862. Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 11-15, 1862.
Bull Run, Va., Aug. 30, 1862.
Pollock's Mill Cr., Va., Apr. 29-May 2, 1863.
Little River Turnpike, Va., Sept. 1, 1862. Chancellorsville, Va., May 2-3, 1863.
MUSTER ROLL, COMPANY K, DATE 1863.
James B. Caryll, captain ; enlisted May 14, 1861. Charles F. Barager, first lieutenant ; resigned and re-cnlisted. Emmott Harder, second lieutenant ; enlisted May 14, 1861; promoted 1st lieut. Aug. 7, 1861 ; promoted captain March 1, 1863. Wakefield Booth, corporal ; enlisted May 14, 1861. Charles W. Lamphir, corporal ; enlisted May 14, 1861. Samuel Rightmire, corporal ; enlisted May 14, 1861; wounded at 2d Bull Run ; buricd on the field.
PRIVATES.
Alonzo Hoover.
James W. Winchell.
Peter Cinnamon, re-cnlisted Dcc., 1863, 5th Eleazer Valentine.
cavalry.
Amzi W. Wright.
Charles I. Stewart, re-enlisted in 1863.
Andrew G. Walker.
John H. Wheeler. Mieron Spies, died in hospital.
Nathan C. Cowan.
Augustus Cortright.
Robert C. Fuller.
James R. Barrett, wounded at Bull Run.
Leander Lynch, killed at Fredericksburg, Nelson H. DeGroat.
Md., Dec., 1862.
Edwin A. Johnson, killed at Bull Run. Amos Mullen, killed at Bull Run.
Charles Whitmarsh, killed at Wilderness, Byron Pitney. May, 1864.
Franklin N. Manlcy.
Thomas J. Matteson, killed at Bull Run, Charles Wheat. Aug. 30, 1862.
Cornelius Rightmire.
Henry Dennis. William Delong. Alonzo Bunnell.
From Spencer. Isaac W. Higgs. John D. Howell. George A, Sabin,
Aaron Adams, second lieutenant. Robert Dougherty, first sergeant. Robert T. Dearborn. Oscar Dearborn,
Elijah Smith. John Vandermark.
Uriah Lynch.
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SIXTY-FOURTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY (VETERAN).
This regiment was recruited during the fall of 1861, and was organized at Elmira on the 13th of November, with Col. Thomas J. Parker, commander, It was known as the "First Cattaraugus Regiment," yet some of the counties in the Southern Tier contrib- uted to its strength. Volunteers from Tioga county were in com- panies H and K to the number of about twenty. The command left the state on December 10th, 1861, and during the winter months served in Casey's division, Army of the Potomac. At the expiration of the term of enlistment many of the men were dis- charged (September and October, 1864,) while the veterans, and others not original members, were consolidated into a battalion of six companies. The service of the 64th was indeed severe, and during the period its losses amounted to the aggregate of 301 men, 32 of whom died in the hands of the enemy. The towns of Owego, Tioga, Nichols and Spencer furnished recruits (with a few others, scattering) for the companies mentioned. The battles in which the regiment took part were as follows :
Siege of Yorktown, April 16-May 4, 1862. Spottsylvania C. H., May 8-21.
Fair Oaks, May 31-Junc 1, 1862.
Seven Days' Battle, June 25-July 2, 1862. Gaines Mills, June 27, 1862.
Peach Orchard, June 29, 1862.
Savage Station, June 29, 1862.
White Oak Swamp Br., June 30, 1862.
Glendale, June 30, 1862.
Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862. Centerville, Sept. 3, 1862. Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862.
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