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The first man was enlisted on the 24th of July, and the last man on the 15th of August, of that year, during which time over eleven hundred men were enlisted.
The regiment was mustered into the United States service on August 18, 1862, by Captain LEWIS O. MORRIS, First United States Artillery, its Colonel, with the following field and staff officers:
Colonel, LEWIS O. MORRIS; Major, EDWARD A. SPRINGSTEED; Adjutant, FREDERICK L. TREMAIN; Quartermaster, E. WILLARD SMITH; Surgeon, JAMES E. POMFRET; Assistant Surgeon, J. WES- LEY BLAISDELL; Assistant Surgeon, GEORGE W. NEWCOMB; Chap- lain, HUMPHREY L. CALDER.
The companies had the following officers:
Company A .- Captain, JOSEPH M. MURPHY; First Lieutenant, ABRAHAM SICKLES; Second Lieutenant, JOIIN B. READ.
Company B .- Captain, SAMUEL E. JONES; First Lieutenant, JAMES KENNEDY; Second Lieutenant, WM. E. ORR.
Company C .- Captain, JOHN A. MORRIS; First Lieutenant, HOWARD N. ROGERS; Second Lieutenant. MATTHEW BELL.
Company D .- Captain, CHARLES MCCULLOCH; First Lieuten- ant, CHRISTIAN SCHURR; Second Lieutenant, HENRY C. COULSON. Company E .- Captain, NORMAN H. MOORE; First Lieutenant, A. V. B. LOCKROW; Second Lieutenant, JOHN F. MOUNT.
Company F .- Captain, ROBERT H. BELL; First Lieutenant, NATHANIEL WRIGHT; Second Lieutenant, ROBERT MULLENS. Company G .- Captain, FRANCIS PRUYN; First Lieutenant, JOHN S. MCEWAN; Second Lieutenant, CHARLES W. HOBBS. Company H .- Captain, CAP. MCGUIRE; First Lieutenant, CHARLES DUCHARME; Second Lieutenant, FRANKLIN PETTIT.
Company I .- Captain, WILLIAM SHANNON; First Lieutenant, JOSEPH O. HAIR; Second Lieutenant, TEUNIS M. BALL.
Company K .- Captain, SAMUEL L. ANNABLE; First Lieutenant, MICHAEL H. BARCKLEY; Second Lieutenant, GEORGE KRANK. The non-commissioned staff:
Sergeant Major, GEORGE H. TREADWELL: Quartermaster Ser- geant, WILLIAM STEVENS; Commissary Sergeant, FREDERICK E. SCRIPTURE: Hospital Steward, ALFRED B. HUESTED; Principal Musician, WILLIAM WILSON.
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The order to move was received at Regimental Head Quarters at eleven o'clock A. M. on the 19th of August, 1862, and on the same evening the regiment left Albany at six o'clock.
For this promptness in moving, the regiment received the thanks of his Excellency Gov. MORGAN; and an elegant silk flag was given to it as one of the four regiments which first left the State under that call for troops. On its arrival in Washington, on the 21st of August, it was immediately placed in the defences of that city, north of the Potomac.
In December the regiment was changed from infantry to artil- lery, by order of the Secretary of War, and designated as the Seventh Regiment New York Volunteer Artillery. Two com- panies (L and M) were added in the spring of 1864, organized as follows:
Company L .- Captain, JAMES KENNEDY; First Lieutenant, FRED. W. MATHER; Second Lieutenant, CHAS. C. MCCLELLAN.
Company M .- Captain, GEORGE H. TREADWELL; First Lieu- tenant, GEORGE B. SMALLIE; Second Lieutenant, EDGAR S. MOSS.
Under the artillery organization, each company was entitled to one hundred and forty-seven enlisted men and five commis- sioned officers, and was soon recruited to the full standard.
While in the defences. the regiment was engaged in re-building, strengthening and extending the works. It garrisoned, substan- tially reconstructed and cleared the timber for three miles in advance of the following works: Forts Pennsylvania (afterwards Reno), De Russey, Kearney, Gaines, Bayard, Ripley, Franklin and Alexander; and Batteries Smead, Reno, Cameron, Vermont and Martin Scott. It also did duty on Mason's Island, on the Potomac river.
On the 14th of May, 1864, the regiment was ordered to join the Army of the Potomac. It left on the 16th, passing through Bell Plain and Fredericksburg, and on the night of the 17th it joined the army near Spottsylvania Court House, Va. With other artillery regiments, it constituted the Fourth Division of the Second Army Corps. On the 19th, it fought its first battle on the Po river, defending the army trains from an attempt to capture them by the enemy. It lost thirteen killed, sixty-two wounded, and nine missing. Moving with the Second Corps through Guiness Station and Bowling Green, it reached the North Anna, and on the 23d was again engaged, losing four killed, twenty-four wounded, and four missing. Leaving the North Anna, it passed through Chesterfield, crossed the Pamunkey river at Newcastle, and reached Tolopotomy creek, when the Fourth Division of the Second Corps was broken up, and the regiment joined the Fourth Brigade of the First Division of the Second Corps. On the evening of the 29th, it made a charge
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against the enemy's works, which were carried at the cost of twenty-four killed, seventy-one wounded, and twelve missing. Moving to the left from Tolopotomy creek, it reached the enemy's works at Coal Harbor, and on the 3d of June made its gallant charge, carrying the first line of the enemy's works, capturing a battle flag, three hundred prisoners, and getting possession of several guns of the enemy. The losses of the regiment were very heavy, there being no less than seventy-six men killed, two hundred and forty-eight wounded, and one hundred and sixteen missing; most of the missing being killed inside of the enemy's works.
On the 4th of June, while examining the enemy's works, in company with Gen. BARLOW, Col. MORRIS was shot by a sharp- shooter, of which wound he died in the First Division Hospital on the same day.
Swinging round from Coal Harbor, the regiment crossed the Chickahominy at Long Bridge, thence to the James river, which it crossed at Windmill Point on transports, and passing through Prince George Court House and City Point, it reached the south- east of Petersburg on the night of the 15th. On the evening of the 16th it participated in the unsuccessful charge against the works of that eity, losing in the charge thirty-five killed, one hundred and five wounded, and three hundred and four taken prisoners. Of these prisoners, few survived the lingering tortures of Andersonville.
The regiment remained on duty near Petersburg during the fall and winter of '64. It participated in the expeditions to Deep Bottom on July 27 and August 22, from which place it had just returned, when it was ordered on to the Weldon railroad, to destroy it, which was done for several miles. It participated also in the disastrous fight of Ream's Station, in which it suffered greatly, losing a large proportion of officers, among whom were Lieut. Col. SPRINGSTEED, Capt. NATHANIEL WRIGHT and Capt. JAMES KENNEDY.
This was its last fight. It entered the Army of the Potomac on the 19th of May, with sixty-six officers and seventeen hundred and seventy-four men fit for duty; and on the morning of the 28th of August, exchisive of the medical staff, it had six officers and one hundred and sixty-eight men fit for duty.
On the 22d of February, 1865, a small artillery regiment being required for duty in Baltimore, the Seventh was ordered to that point, where it remained until mustered out in June and August, 1865.
The following officers were killed in battle:
Col. L. O. MORRIS, at Coal Harbor, Va., June 4; Lieut. Col. E. A. SPRINGSTEED, at Ream's Station, August 25; Capt. CHAS.
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McCULLOCK, at River Po, May 19; Capt. JOHN A. MORRIS, at River Po, May 19: Capt. N. WRIGHT, at Ream's Station, August 25; Lieut. J. B. READ, at Coal Harbor, June 3; Lieut. T. J. MCCLURE, at Coal Harbor, June 3; Lieut. C. S. EVANS, at Coal Harbor, June 4; Lieut. C. L. YEARSLEY, at Petersburg, June 16.
The following officers died from the immediate effects of wounds:
Capt. R. H. BELL, wounded at Po river, May 19; died at Georgetown, D. C., June. Capt. C. MAGUIRE, wounded, captured at Petersburg June 22; died at Petersburg July 4. Capt. JAS. KENNEDY, wounded, captured at Ream's Station August 25; died at Libby September 9. Lient. M. H. BARKLEY, wounded at Coal Harbor, June 4; died in Washington, June 29. Lieut. W. E. ORR, wounded at North Anna, May 25; died in Washington, June 1. Lieut. MATTHEW BELL, died of consumption, at Fort Reno, D. C. Lieut. E. S. Moss, captured at Petersburg, June 16; died of yellow fever, at Charleston, S. C., October 6. Lieut. C. S. WHITE, died of typhoid fever, at the Smith House, July 15.
THERE were other Regiments organized in this eity, but com- posed mainly of recruits from other counties.
The Twenty-eighth Regiment N. Y. S. V. was organized at Albany, on the 18th of May, 1861. It was composed of compa- nies, recruited and accepted, from Lockport, Medina, Canandai- gua, Batavia, Albion, Monticello, and Niagara Falls.
The Thirty-fourth Regiment Infantry N. Y. S. V. was organ- ized at Albany, and left for Washington on the 3d of July, 1861, via New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, where it arrived on the 5th.
The Sixteenth Regiment Infantry N. Y. S. V., or " First North- ern New York Regiment," was organized at Albany on the 10th of May, 1861, from companies recruited in the northern counties of the State.
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ALPHABETICAL INDEX
OF THE
NAMES OF THE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS NOTICED IN THIS VOLUME.
A. Page.
Page.
Albraight, James. 832
Canull, William H. 89
Allen, Henry H. 837
Carhart, Abram M. 787
Augus, Sergt. Walter H. 601
Carknard, Andrew B. 833
B.
Carknard, John E 833
Bailey, George R. . 832
Bailey, Corpl. John E. 669
Carroll, Capt. Edward B.
433
Baker, Charles C. 842
Carroll, Col. Howard.
236
Ball, Lucius E. 829
Carter, John B
843
Barker, Capt. Augustus I. 414
Caverly, John C ..
758
Barckley, Lient. Michael II . 545
Chandler, Corpl. David W 8:23
Barker, Thomas W. 841
Chandler, Samuel W
743
Barton, David. 838
838
Christopher, John A.
Barlow, William H.
842
Clark, Lieut. William P
570
Bell, Edmund 830
Conley, John H.
678
Bell, Lieut. Matthew 565
Corliss, Roswell B.
717
Bell, Capt. Robert H. 451
617
Crandall, Edwin . 828
Benedict, Bvt Brig. Gen. Lewis 88
Cranston, William H 836
Bogardus, Charles B. 8:29
829
Bogart, Maj. James H.
343
Bouch, Peter G.
830
Bowie, John.
841
Breche, Joseph.
832
D.
Darling, Corpl. Robert B. 652
Dawson, Maj. George S. 318
DeLacey, James. 844
Brower, Lieut. Henry D
499
Dempsey, Lient. James L. 514
Brown, George W
831
Dempsey, Lieut. John M. 521
Bronk, Eugene . 833
Dennison, Jesse 841
Bryan, Col. Michael K 195
Douw, Capt John DeP. 384
Burhans, Capt. David
453 | Dudley, Orange 725
Burriskill, Samuel. 842
Dunham, Josiah. 756
Burns. Christopher G.
842 Dunkin, Dennis. 824
C.
Cady, William C. 684
Elder, George 824
Cadwell, Robert A 755
Engle, John. . 831
Campbell, Adam 824
Evans, Lieut. Charles S. 549
Campion, William F. 842
Everett, Capt. Robert B. 450
Cameron, Corpl. Robert II. 641
Everling, John A. 831
842
Becker, William E. 834
Comstock, Franklin
836
Craft. John B .. 842
Crawford, David H .. 841
Crounse, Sergt. William 620
Crounse, John Q. A. 798
Briggs, John H.
842
Briggs, William M.
745
Brice, Charles.
842
Brower, Charles M.
715
Cornwell, Leonard.
828
Bell, Sergt. William H
Bogardus, William H.
Chapman, Charles B. 843
Barton, Charles F.
Cary, Thomas E. 843
Bandy Joseph N. 837
Carknard, Joel 833
Carknard, William H. 833
Canull, John I. 829
E.
868
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
F. Page.
Fee, Capt. John A. 427
Felay. John. 831
Fellows. Addison J 742
Fish, Nathan 839
Finch, Isaac E 839
Flagel, John . 831
Fletcher, Leonard G. 836
Fredenrich, Sergt. Charles HI. 596
Frink, John R. 830
Frisby, Col. Edward 119
G.
Gates. Corpl. George T. 628
Gerling, Sergt. James S 606
Gladding, Joseph. 770
Goewey, Lient. John T. B 559
Goldwait, Thomas 737
Goold, James E. 719
Greason, Edward. 836
Green, Charles 839
H.
HIaight, Jasper 831
Haines. Adam M. 837
Haines, Amos G 838
Hammill, Hugh 746
Hammond, James II. 830
Hane, Elias . 838
Harvey, Levi I. 727
Harrigan, Michael 813
Hartness, Thomas L. 843
Haswell, Arthur
812
Haskell, Charles 843
Havens, William 793
Hayes. Azor T .. 797
Heald, Lieut. Charles W 454
Heermance, Charles S. 749
Herring, James. . 831
Higham, Edward A. 733
Hill, Lient. Edward B 586
Hill, Lient. Luther HI. 567
Hoffman, Alanson F
802
Hollenbeck, Uriah 837
Holmes, Edmund. 764
Holmes, Corpl. Erastus H. 671
Holmes, James 842
Hotaling, Sergt. Andrew T. 615
Huntley, Justin R. 698
Hurd, F. S.
843
Hurlburt, Capt. Henry S. 821
J.
Jackson, Col. William A. 129
Jaques, Sergt. Maj. I. P 591
Judge. Sergt. Michael. 823
K.
Kellogg, Andrew W.
838
Kelly, Samuel W. .
767
Page.
Kennedy, Capt. James 420
Kilbourn, George W. 815
Kimmer, Joseph 832
King, Robert H 688
Kirkland, Theodore. 831
L.
Lamorceaux, Corpl. William H 823
Latham, Corpl. Charles G. 633
Lawson, Peter. 833
Lawpaugh. Alfred 811
Leddy, William G .. 826
Lembrocht, Corpl. Alfred 824
Lewis. Corpl. Alonzo E. 646
Lisk, Charles B 833
Lockley. John A 738
Lockwood, Marcus D. 811
Lodge, Capt. Douglass 435
Loomis, Samuel G. 728
Long, Jolin 832
Ludden, Corpl. Alonzo G. 672
Lyon, John .
828
M.
Madden, Fergus. 759
Maher, Lient. Patrick. 575
Mann, Simeon II .. 313
Marshall, William D. 826
Martin George. 8-13
Mattoon. W. V. R. 785
McCarty. Timothy 830
McCulloch, David. 806
MeCulloch, Stephen. 808
MeConnel, Lieut. Henry . 564
MeDonald, John. 843
McDonald, Maj. Miles 355
MeGaffin, John 834
McGuire, Capt. John. 443
McMahon, Col. James P 225
Merihew, Orville 829
Merriman, Capt. H. N
Miller, Addison B. 423
794
Mitchel, Gen. Ormsby M. 53
Montraville, Henry 843
Morgan, Licut. James 11 542
Morris, Capt. John A. 440
Morris, Col. Lewis O. 21-4
Moore, Corpl. W. H.
649
Murry, Corpl. William 624
N.
830
Northrop, Joseph P.
.
Noxon, Lieut. Robert G.
......
577
O.
O'Brien, William T.
844
Orr, Lieut. William E
539
Osterhont, Henry O.
836
Ostrom, Cyrus B ..
830
869
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
P. Page.
Parks, Stephen P. 751
Pearse, Sebastian 810
Pease, Minot H. 765
Percy, Sergt. Gustavus A. 623
Perkins, John G. 771
Phillips, Lieut. John P. 571
Pierson, Lieut. Charles B 822
Pitts, Joel B 811
Platto, Edward C. 839
Pohlman, Lient. William H. 464
Post, William 829
Pratt. Col. George W. 210
Pringle. James 825
Pruyn, Maj. Charles E. 280
Q
Quay, Corpl. Lewis W
664
Quay, Sergt. Paul 618
R.
Raferty, Peter. 839
Ranna, John . 831
Read, Lient. John B .. 562
Reehl, Orderly Sergt. Lonis 822
Reid, Lieut. James 822
Rice, Gen. James C. 65
Rice, Sergt. Alexander D. 609
Rice. James . 82,
Rider, John 841
Riter, George 837
Roach, Corpl. Isaac J. 665
Rowland, John G. .
833
Russell, Adjt. John H. 381
S.
Sanders, Sergt. George. 611
Sanders, Sergt. Henry B. 822
Sayre, Henry . 752
Scahall, Jolın 826
Scheidler, Christian 844
Schermerhorn, George W. 760
Schindler, Max. 832
Scofield, James W 834
Scrafford, James A
788
Secor, Gabriel.
837
Settle, Madison 837
Shaffer. John 844
Shepard, Lient. Sylvester B. 573
Shoness, William 840
Shillford, Matthew 832
Sickler, Christopher J. 834
Sitterly, Corpl. Martin 661
Slater, Corpl. Jacob H. 823
Slawson, Alexander S,. 734
Smith, Corpl. Albert C. 639
837
Smith, Levi .. 840
Smith, Thomas, Jr 844
Snell, William 763
Spanberg, William 833
Springer, Aaron P. 778
Springsteed, Maj. Edward A. 336
Sprinks, William D. 825
Stackhouse, Maj. George W. 361
Stafford, Lient. Col. M. B ... 277
Stalker, Orderly Sergt. P. M.
589
Stalker. William H 830
Stephens, Clarence II. 844
Stevens, George 740
Stevens, James K. 835
Stevens, Peter H .. 837
Stewart, Corpl. James 8:23
Striner, Chauncey 830
Strong, Adjt. Richard M. 362
Stultz, John 832
Sullivan, Capt. John. 447
Swartwont, Alexander 839
Swartwout, George 840
T.
Taylor, Jacob 836
Taylor, John 829
Taylor, Peter 832
Teal, Isaac.
834
Temple. Capt. William J 410
Thornton. Abraham S ... 844
Tremain, Lient. Col. F. S. 243
Turner, Adam.
835
Tuthill, Daniel L. 835
V.
Van Allen, Charles 817
Van Allen, Jacob. 816
Van Bueren, John 766
Van Deusen, Daniel 829
Van Denburg, Gerrit H. 774
Van Denburg, Corpl. Philip 656
Van Denburg, William H. 826
Vanderhoof, Sergt. Joseph C. 613
Vanderlip, Wotkyns 827
Vanderpoel, Garret H. 831
Van Gaasbeek, William A. 707
Van Hagen, Jesse D. 744
Van Rensselaer, Col. Henry 207
Van Santvoord, Capt. Engene 402
Van Vliet, George E. 835
Van Wie, George. 790
Visscher, Harmon. Jr. 739
Visscher, Col. James D. 231
W.
Wagner, Michael 789
Walker, Stephen,. 822
Wallace, Maj. William 349
Wallay, John G 831
Wardrobe, Thomas 825
Warner, Peter W. 829
Warren, George H.
829
Southwick, Lieut. James McA. 578 Waters, Joel 831
Smith, Joh
Page.
870
ALPHABETICAL INDEX.
Page.
Page.
Webb, James
840
Wood. Hiram D.
831
White Stephen R. .
718
Wood, James E
828
White Silas
840
Wood. Jesse D ... 830
Whyte, William J.
748
Wooley, William I
827
Williamson, Lieut. James
457
Wooley, George C. 841
Wildday, Hiram. 830
Wright, John
841
Willsey, David B
842
Wright, Capt. Nathaniel
445
Wilson, James
809
Wilson, Joel
796
Wise, Daniel W.
834
Yearsley, Lieut. Charles L. 554
Wolcott, George B.
696
Young, Corpl. James 645
Y.
Wright, Carpenter N 829
Wilson, Col. John 141
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