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The Story of the Thirty-third N.Y.S. Vols, or, Two years Campaigning in Virginia and Maryland

33rd New York Infantry

The Hawkins Zouaves: (Ninth N. Y. V.) their battles and marches

9th New York Infantry Regiment

Three Years in the Sixth Corps. A concise narrative of events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the close of the rebellion, April 1865

6th Army Corps

History of the Sixth New York Cavalry (Second Ira Harris Guard) Second Brigade -- First Division -- Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, 1861-1865

6th New York Cavalry Regiment

The History of the Fighting Fourteenth, published in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the muster of the regiment into the United States service, May 23, 1861

14th Brooklyn Infantry Regiment, 84th New York Infantry Regiment

History of the Seventy-sixth Regiment New York Volunteers; what it endured and accomplished; containing descriptions of its twenty-five battles; its marches; its camp and bivouac scenes; with biographical sketches of fifty-three officers and a complete record of the enlisted men

76th New York Infantry Regiment

Chronicles of the Twenty-first Regiment New York State Volunteers, embracing a full history of the regiment from the enrolling of the first volunteer in Buffalo, April 15, 1861, to the final mustering out, May 18, 1863. Including a copy of muster out rolls of field and staff, and each company

21st New York Infantry Regiment

The Long Roll : being a journal of the civil war, as set down during the years 1861-1863

9th New York Infantry Regiment

History of Duryée's Brigade : during the campaign in Virginia under Gen. Pope, and in Maryland under Gen. McClellan, in the summer and autumn of 1862

97th New York Infantry Regiment, 104th New York Infantry Regiment, 105th New York Infantry Regiment, 107th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

The "Ulster Guard" (20th N. Y. State Militia) and the War of the Rebellion

20th N. Y. State Militia, 80th New York Infantry

Personal Recollections of the War of 1861, as private, sergeant and lieutenant in the Sixty-first Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry

61st New York Infantry Regiment

The diary of a young officer serving with the armies of the United States during the war of the rebellion

71st New York State Militia, 57th New York Infantry Regiment

History of the 27th Regiment N.Y. vols. Being a record of its more than two years of service in the war for the union, from May 21st, 1861 to May 31st, 1863. With a complete roster, and short sketches of commanding officers. Also, a record of experience and suffering of some of the comrades in Libby and other Rebel prisons

27th New York Infantry Regiment

History of the Sixtieth Regiment New York State Volunteers

60th New York Infantry Regiment

Camp and field life of the Fifth New York Volunteer Infantry (Duryee Zouaves)

5th New York Infantry Regiment

From Bull Run to Chancellorsville; the story of the Sixteenth New York Infantry together with personal reminiscences

16th New York Infantry Regiment

A Brief History of the Thirty-fourth Regiment, N. Y. S. V. : embracing a complete roster of all officers and men and a full account of the dedication of the monument on the battlefield of Antietam, September 17, 1902

34th New York Infantry Regiment

A Brief History of the Twenty-Eighth Regiment New York State Volunteers

28th New York Infantry Regiment

History of the Forty-ninth New York Volunteers

49th New York Infantry Regiment

A complete military history and record of the 108th Regiment N.Y. vols., from 1862 to 1894. Together with roster, letters, Rebel oaths of allegiance, Rebel passes, reminiscences, life sketches, photographs, etc., etc

Eastern United States

Services of the Tenth New York Volunteers (National Zouaves,) in the War of the Rebellion

Communication from the Governor transmitting a report of Mr. John Jay

In memoriam, Abner Doubleday, 1819-1893, and John Cleveland Robinson, 1817-1897

The Irish brigade and its campaigns : with some account of the Corcoran legion, and sketches of the principal officers

63rd New York Infantry Regiment 69th New York Infantry Regiment 88th New York Infantry Regiment

A brief history of the Twenty-Eighth Regiment New York State Volunteers, First Brigade, First Division, Twelfth Corps, Army of the Potomac, from the author's diary and official reports. With the muster-roll of the regiment ... and ... with the report of proceedings of the thirty-fifth annual reunion held at Albion, New York, May 22, 1896

28th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment

History of the 121st New York State Infantry

121st New York State Infantry Regiment

Memorial of Henry Sanford Gansevoort, captain Fifth artillery ... colonel Thirteenth New York state volunteer calvary

Disaster, struggle, triumph : the adventures of 1000 "boys in blue," from August, 1862, to June, 1865

126th New York Infantry Regiment

The life and services of Major-General Henry Warner Slocum

Army of the Potomac

The first New York (Lincoln) cavalry from April 19, 1861, to July 7, 1865

1st New York Cavalry Regiment

Reminiscences of the war of the rebellion 1861-1865

34th Independent Battery New York Light Artillery

Historic Records of the Fifth New York Cavalry

5th New York Cavalry Regiment

Harrison's Landing, Va. Col. Albert V. Colburn, Col. Delos B. Sacket, and Gen. John Sedgwick

Lieutenant Colonel Albert V. Colburn (1831 - 1863) Home State: Vermont Education: US Military Academy, West Point, NY, Class of 1855;Class Rank: 17th Command Billet: Assistant Adjutant General Branch of Service: Cavalry Unit: Army of the Potomac On the Campaign-He continued on General McClellan's staff on the Maryland Campaign. Colonel Delos Bennett Sacket (1822 - 1885) Home State: New York Education: US Military Academy, West Point, NY, Class of 1845;Class Rank: 32 Command Billet: Inspector-General, AoP Branch of Service: Staff Unit: Army of the Potomac Major General John Sedgwick "Uncle John" (1813 - 1864) Home State: Connecticut Education: US Military Academy, West Point, NY, Class of 1837;Class Rank: 24 Command Billet: Commanding Division Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 2nd Division, II Corps On the Campaign-He commanded the Second Division in Sumner's Second (II) Corps. He was wounded in combat and relieved by BGen Howard in command of the Division.

Brig. Gen. Albert J. Myer, Chief Signal Officer, USA, head-and-shoulders portrait, in uniform

Major Albert James Myer (1829 - 1880) Home State: New York Education: Hobart College ('47), Buffalo Medical College, Class of 1851 Command Billet: Chief Signal Officer Branch of Service: Signals Unit: Army of the Potomac

Major Joseph M. Knap of Independent Battery E, Pennsylvania Light Artillery (Knap's Light Artillery); on the reverse, his deceased baby

Captain Joseph M. Knap (1837 - 1920) Home State: New York Education: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), NY, Class of 1858 Command Billet: Battery Commander Branch of Service: Artillery Unit: Pennsylvania Light Artillery, Independent Battery E

Brigadier General Van Valkenburgh and staff officers

Colonel Robert Bruce van Valkenburgh (1821 - 1888) Home State: New York Command Billet: Commanding Regiment Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 107th New York Infantry On the Campaign-He was Commanding Officer for the Regiment's first action, at Antietam.

Van Valkenburgh, Hon. Robert Bruce of New York

Colonel Robert Bruce van Valkenburgh (1821 - 1888) Home State: New York Command Billet: Commanding Regiment Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 107th New York Infantry On the Campaign-He was Commanding Officer for the Regiment's first action, at Antietam.

Col. Thomas C. Devin

Colonel Thomas Casimer Devin (1822 - 1878) Home State: New York Command Billet: Commanding Regiment Branch of Service: Cavalry Unit: 6th New York Cavalry On the Campaign-He was in command of a detachment (8 companies) of his Regiment in the Ninth (IX) Corps Cavalry. They were at South Mountain on the 14th in support of Campbell's Battery, and crossed Antietam Creek early on the 16th to scout the Confederate line. They took artillery fire near the Lower Bridge on that mission. On the 17th they were stationed near and below the Bridge opposite the Confederate Cavalry at that end of the field.

Brigadier General Edward Jardine of Co. G, 9th New York Infantry Regiment, 17th New York Infantry Regiment, and Veteran Reserve Corps, in zouave uniform

Major Edward Jardine (1828 - 1893) Home State: New York Command Billet: Commanding Regiment Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 9th New York Infantry On the Campaign-In temporary command of the 89th New York Infantry, probably due to a lack of field grade officers present in the 89th at Antietam, he was cited for excellent leadership in the combat on the Union Left on the afternoon of September 17th

Portrait of Maj. Gen. Edward Ferrero, officer of the Federal Army

Brigadier General Edward Ferrero (1831 - 1899) Home State: New York Command Billet: Brigade Commander Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, IX Corps On the Campaign-At Antietam he commanded the 2nd Brigade of the 2nd Division/Ninth (IX) Corps.

Colonel Andrew Cowan

Captain Andrew Cowan (1841 - 1919) Home State: New York Command Billet: Battery Commander Branch of Service: Artillery Unit: New York Light Artillery, 1st Battery On the Campaign-He commanded the battery on the Maryland Campaign.

Portrait of Maj. Gen. Romeyn B. Ayres, officer of the Federal Army

Captain Romeyn Beck Ayres (1825 - 1888) Home State: New York Education: US Military Academy, West Point, NY, Class of 1847;Class Rank: 22/38 Command Billet: Divisional Chief of Artillery Branch of Service: Artillery Unit: 2nd Division, VI Corps Artillery

Col. Ernest M.P. Von Vegesack, 20th New York Infantry "United Turner Regiment" (Captain in Swedish army)

Colonel Ernst Mattias Peter von Vegesack (1820 - 1903) Home State: New York Command Billet: Commanding Regiment Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 20th New York Infantry On the Campaign-At Antietam, Baron von Vegesack led his regiment in a mid-day assault to and across the high ground immediately east of the Dunkard Church. His understated post-action report described it ...Advancing through the woods the regiment came into an open field, where they attacked the enemy and drove him across the field and the adjoining heights. The regiment occupied these heights until relieved the next morning ..." The scene was later immortalized in a painting by Thulstrup. Their Brigadier, William Irwin had this to say: "The Twentieth New York Volunteers by its position was exposed to the heaviest fire in [the Brigade] line, which it bore with unyielding courage and returned at every opportunity. The firmness of this regiment deserves very great praise. Colonel Von Vegesack was under fire with his men constantly, and his calm courage gave an admirable example to them. Each of their stand of colors is rent by the balls and shells of the enemy, and their killed and wounded is 145. This regiment was under my own eye in going into action and frequently during the battle, and I take pleasure in strongly testifying to its bravery and good conduct."

Portrait of Maj. Gen. John Newton, officer of the Federal Army

Brigadier General John Newton (1822 - 1895) Home State: New York Education: US Military Academy, West Point, NY, Class of 1842;Class Rank: 2nd Command Billet: Brigade Commander Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, VI Corps On the Campaign-He led the 3rd Brigade/First Division of the Sixth (VI) Corps.

Brigadier General Joel Joshua Seaver of Co. I, 16th New York Infantry Regiment in uniform

Lieutenant Colonel Joel J Seaver (? - 1899) Home State: New York Command Billet: Commanding Regiment Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 16th New York Infantry

Joseph J. Bartlett, Col. 27th N.Y. Inf.

Colonel Joseph Jackson Bartlett (1834 - 1893) Home State: New York Command Billet: Brigade Commander Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, VI Corps On the Campaign-He was in command of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Division/Sixth (VI) Corps.

Major General Henry Warner Slocum, 27th New York Infantry Regiment and U.S. Volunteers Infantry Regiment in uniform

Major General Henry Warner Slocum (1827 - 1894) Home State: New York Education: US Military Academy, West Point, NY, Class of 1852;Class Rank: 11/43 Command Billet: Commanding Division Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 1st Division, VI Corps On the Campaign-After his promotion to Major General in July of 1862, he led his men into the Battle of Crampton's Gap on South Mountain on September 14. His Division was on the march from Crampton's on the morning of the 17th, and arrived on the battlefield at about noon in support of what was left of Gen Geene's Division of the II Corps. Although under Confederate artillery fire for most of the rest of the day, the Division was not actively engaged.

Colonel Cleveland Winslow of Co. K, 5th New York Infantry Regiment and 5th New York Veterans Infantry Regiment in uniform with sword in front of backdrop showing window

Captain Cleveland Winslow (1836 - 1864) Home State: New York Command Billet: Commanding Regiment Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 5th New York Infantry On the Campaign-Captain Winslow and his Zouves were held in reserve at Antietam, and were not actively engaged.

Major General Gouverneur Kemble Warren of General Staff U.S. Volunteers Infantry Regiment in uniform

Colonel Gouverneur Kemble Warren (1830 - 1882) Home State: New York Education: US Military Academy, West Point, NY, Class of 1850 Command Billet: Brigade Commander Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, V Corps On the Campaign-He commanded the Third Brigade in the Second Division of the Fifth (V) Army Corps.

Colonel Nelson B. Bartram of Co. B, 17th New York Infantry Regiment and USCT 8th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment, 20th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment, and 55th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment, in uniform

Lieutenant Colonel Nelson B Bartram (1832 - 1886) Home State: New York Command Billet: Commanding Regiment Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 17th New York Infantry

James McQuade

Colonel James McQuade (1829 - 1885) Home State: New York Command Billet: Commanding Regiment Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 14th New York Infantry On the Campaign-He commanded the regiment in Maryland.

Gen. Elisha G. Marshall, 14th N.Y.H. Art.

Colonel Elisha Gaylord Marshall (1829 - 1883) Home State: New York Education: US Military Academy, West Point, NY, Class of 1850;Class Rank: 25 Command Billet: Commanding Regiment Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 13th New York Infantry On the Campaign-He commanded the Regiment on the Maryland Campaign, though they saw little action, being in Morell's Division in the Reserve of the Army of the Potomac on the 17th.

Julius W. Adams

Colonel Julius Walker Adams (1812 - 1899) Home State: New York Command Billet: Commanding Regiment Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 67th New York Infantry On the Campaign-It's not clear that Colonel Adams was with the Regiment on the Maryland Campaign, or whether he was disabled by his wounding.

Major General Alexander Shaler of General Staff U.S. Volunteers Infantry Regiment, 7th New York Infantry Regiment, and 65th New York Infantry Regiment in uniform with haversack, canteen and sword

Colonel Alexander Shaler (1827 - 1911) Home State: New York Command Billet: Commanding Regiment Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 65th New York Infantry On the Campaign-He commanded the regiment in Maryland. They were in Pleasant Valley on 16 September, marched nearly to Harpers Ferry and back to Keedysville on the 17th, and arrived on the battlefield of Antietam about 11 a.m. on 18 September 1862.

John Cochrane

Brigadier General John Cochrane (1813 - 1898) Home State: New York Command Billet: Brigade Commander Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 3rd Brigade,1st Division, IV Corps On the Campaign-He was in command of the 3rd Brigade of the First Division/Fourth (IV) Corps (attached to VI Corps). The Division was not in the battle on the 17th but was marching between Sharpsburg and Harpers Ferry looking for Confederates

Lt. Rufus King, Lt. Alonzo Cushing, Lt. Evan Thomas and three other artillery officers in front of tent, Antietam, Md.

Lieutenant Rufus King, Jr. (1838 - 1900) Home State: New York Command Billet: Battery Officer Branch of Service: Artillery Unit: 4th United States Artillery, Batteries A and C On the Campaign-He served again with the combined Batteries A and C in Maryland. Lieutenant Alonzo Hereford Cushing "Lon" (1841 - 1863) Home State: New York Education: US Military Academy, West Point, NY, Class of 1861;Class Rank: 12th Command Billet: Aide to General Commanding Branch of Service: Artillery Unit: Army of the Potomac On the Campaign-He was serving on Gen. McClellan's AoP staff as aide at Antietam, and accompanied II Corps Artillery to the West Woods on the 17th. Lieutenant Evan Thomas (1843 - 1873) Home State: District Of Columbia Command Billet: Battery Commander Branch of Service: Artillery Unit: 4th United States Artillery, Batteries A and C On the Campaign-He commanded the combined Batteries A and C, 4th United States Artillery in Maryland, Captain G. W. Hazzard having been mortally wounded in action at White Oak Swamp on 30 June 1862.

Alford B. Chapman, 57th N.Y.

Major Alford B Chapman (1835 - 1864) Home State: New York Command Billet: Commanding Regiment Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 57th New York Infantry

Thomas Francis Meagher, full length portrait, standing

Major General Thomas Francis Meagher (1823 - 1867) Home State: New York Command Billet: Brigade Commander Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, II Corps On the Campaign-He continued in command of the the 2nd ("Irish") Brigade in the First Division of Richardson's Second (II) Corps. During the assault of his Brigade on the Sunken Road, he roported that his horse was shot out from under him and he was stunned in the fall. Army and newspaper rumors suggested that whiskey caused the fall. Whichever it was, he was relieved in Brigade command by Col J. Burke of the 63rd New York.

Maj. Gen. Francis Channing Barlow

Colonel Francis Channing Barlow (1834 - 1896) Home State: New York Education: Harvard University Command Billet: Commanding Regiment Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 61st New York Infantry On the Campaign-He was in command of the 61st New York (and jointly the 64th), part of Caldwell's 1st Brigade of the 1st Division/Second (II) Corps. His was the flanking attack and enfilading fire that finally drove the last of the Confederates from the Sunken Road at about noon on the 17th. His Regiment took some 300 prisoners there. He later helped meet and break the counterattack of Col. Cooke from north of the road). At that time he was wounded in the groin by a ball from a case-shot artillery round, and relieved in command by LCol Miles.

Fortress Monroe, Col. Duryea [i.e. Duryée] & staff

Brigadier General Abram Duryée (1815 - 1890) Home State: New York Command Billet: Brigade Commander Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, I Corps On the Campaign-He commanded the 1st Brigade/2nd Division/First Corps at South Mountain on 14 September and at Antietam on the 17th, where he was again wounded, in the early morning fighting in the Miller Cornfield. For a time at Antietam led the Division when General Ricketts relieved General Hooker in command of the Corps.

Theodore B. Gates 80th N.Y. Inf.

Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Burr Gates (1825 - 1911) Home State: New York Command Billet: Commanding Regiment Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 80th New York Infantry (20th Militia) On the Campaign-He commanded the regiment in Maryland as senior officer present; leading them in action at Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862 and at Antietam on the 17th.

Bv't Major General M.R. Patrick, full-length portrait, on horseback, facing left

Brigadier General Marsena Rudolph Patrick (1811 - 1888) Home State: New York Education: US Military Academy, West Point, NY, Class of 1835 Command Billet: Brigade Commander Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, I Corps On the Campaign-He led the 3rd Brigade/First Division of the First (I) Corps.

Brigadier General William Pratt Wainwright of 29th New York Infantry Regiment and 76th New York Infantry Regiment in uniform with sword

Colonel William Pratt Wainwright (1818 - ?) Home State: New York Education: U of the City of New York Command Billet: Commanding Regiment Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 76th New York Infantry On the Campaign-Initially in command of the 76th New York Infantry, he relieved BGen Abner Doubleday as CO, 2nd Brigade of the 1st Division, I Corps when Doubleday took over the Division on September 14th. Doubleday had been called up to replace BGen Hatch, wounded at South Mountain. Col Wainwright was himself wounded in the arm later on September 14th, and was replaced by LCol Hoffman, of the 56th PA. The Brigade was held in reserve north of the Poffenberger farm to protect Hooker's I Corps artillery.

John P. Hatch, Bv't.-Maj. General

Brigadier General John Porter Hatch (1822 - 1901) Home State: New York Education: US Military Academy, West Point, NY, Class of 1845 Command Billet: Commanding Division Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 1st Division, I Corps On the Campaign-He was then assigned to the Infantry and for a week was in command of General Joseph Hooker's I Corps until he was wounded at South Mountain, Maryland, on September 14. He said it was a "painful, though not dangerous, wound".

Major General Abner Doubleday of General Staff U.S. Volunteers Infantry Regiment, in uniform with his wife, Mary Hewitt Doubleday

Brigadier General Abner Doubleday (1819 - 1893) Home State: New York Education: US Military Academy, West Point, NY, Class of 1842 Command Billet: Commanding Division Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 1st Division, I Corps On the Campaign-He was in command of the 1st Division of I Corps and saw heavy action with his Division in the Cornfield and West Woods early on the 17th. He had assumed command of the Division after Brig. Gen. Hatch was wounded at South Mountain.

Major General Abner Doubleday of 17th Regular Army Infantry Regiment, in uniform

Notation on recto: "Doubleday. Who fired the first gun, with the determination, that traitors to the Stars & Stripes - must & shall be put down, trodden, if need be into dust." Brigadier General Abner Doubleday (1819 - 1893) Home State: New York Education: US Military Academy, West Point, NY, Class of 1842 Command Billet: Commanding Division Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 1st Division, I Corps On the Campaign-He was in command of the 1st Division of I Corps and saw heavy action with his Division in the Cornfield and West Woods early on the 17th. He had assumed command of the Division after Brig. Gen. Hatch was wounded at South Mountain.

General Abner Doubleday

Brigadier General Abner Doubleday (1819 - 1893) Home State: New York Education: US Military Academy, West Point, NY, Class of 1842 Command Billet: Commanding Division Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 1st Division, I Corps On the Campaign-He was in command of the 1st Division of I Corps and saw heavy action with his Division in the Cornfield and West Woods early on the 17th. He had assumed command of the Division after Brig. Gen. Hatch was wounded at South Mountain.

General James B. Ricketts in Union uniform and his wife, Frances Lawrence Ricketts

Brigadier General James Brewerton Ricketts (1817 - 1887) Home State: New York Education: US Military Academy, West Point, NY, Class of 1839;Class Rank: 16/31 Command Billet: Commanding Division Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 2nd Division, I Corps On the Campaign-He commanded the Second Division of the First Army Corps in Maryland. He was injured when a horse fell on him at Antietam on 17 September 1862, but remained on the field.

Brigadier General James B. Ricketts of General Staff U.S. Volunteers Infantry Regiment in uniform

Brigadier General James Brewerton Ricketts (1817 - 1887) Home State: New York Education: US Military Academy, West Point, NY, Class of 1839;Class Rank: 16/31 Command Billet: Commanding Division Branch of Service: Infantry Unit: 2nd Division, I Corps On the Campaign-He commanded the Second Division of the First Army Corps in Maryland. He was injured when a horse fell on him at Antietam on 17 September 1862, but remained on the field.

Personal reminiscences of James A. Scrymser, in times of peace and war

12th New York Infantry Regiment

Personal recollections of the war of 1861, as private, sergeant and lieutenant in the Sixty-first Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry

61st New York Infantry Regiment

History of Duryée's brigade, during the campaign in Virginia under Gen. Pope, and in Maryland under Gen. McClellan, in the summer and autumn of 1862

History of Duryée's brigade 97th Regt. New York Infantry. 104th Regt. New York Infantry. 105th Regt. New York Infantry 107th Regt. Pennsylvania Infantry.