COLONEL JAMES A. Sl ITER 
 
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 //, 1902 
 WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS 
 
 B Y 
 
 LIEUTENANT L. N. CHAPIN 
 
 " PATRIOTISM IS SUCH A LOVING SENSE OF THE UNITY AND THE VITALITY OF THE NATIONAL LIFE AS WILL LEAD ONE 
 GLADLY TO OBEY THE LAW, TO GUARD ITS DIGNITY, TO AID IN ITS ENFORCEMENT, TO EXERCISE A NOBLE SELF-RESTRAINT, TO 
 CULTIVATE CIVIC VIRTUES AND POLITICAL WISDOM, TO SACRIFICE, TO SUFFER, AND, IF NEED BE, TO DIE FOR THE COUNTRY." 
 
E 
 
 part ot tbc IRecorfc 
 
 It was during the administration of the following 
 officers of the Veteran Association of the Thirty-fourth 
 Regiment Volunteer Infantry. State of New York, and 
 between the years 1895-1002, that the Monument was 
 erected on Antietarr. Battlefield, and this History was 
 written : 
 
 PRESIDENT: 
 COL. JAMES A. SUITER. 
 
 FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT: 
 MAJ. WELLS SPONABLE. 
 
 SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT: 
 QUARTER MASTER NATHAN EASTERBROOK, JR. 
 
 THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT: 
 CAPT. IRVING D. CLARK. 
 
 SECRETARY: 
 JESSE R. FORT, 
 Little Falls, N. Y. 
 
 CORRESPONDING SECRETARY 
 
 JAMES N. GREENE, 
 
 Fairfield, N. Y. 
 
 COMMITTEE ON FRECTION OF MONUMENT ON THE 
 BATTLEFIELD OF ANIIETAM. 
 
 CHAIRMAN: 
 
 NATHAN EASTERBROOK, JR., 
 New Haven, Conn. 
 
 TREASURER: 
 WELLS SPONABLE, 
 Morris Heigh ts.N.Y. 
 
 SECRETARY: 
 
 LOUIS N. CHAPIN, 
 
 Hotel Margaret, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
WHY THIS HISTORY WAS WRITTEN 
 
 MANY times in the progress of this work I have been asked the 
 question, and, in fact, have asked it of myself, why bestow so 
 much time and labor, and even money, so long after the war, 
 in the preparation of such a narra 
 tive? What fresh contribution to 
 American history can you expect 
 to make ? What hitherto unknown 
 sources of information can you ex 
 pect to discover? Has not every 
 important fact been stated long ago, 
 and many times over? 
 
 These are formidable ques 
 tions ; but, in spite of them, some 
 thing still remains undone, unsaid 
 and unwritten. When the good 
 Queen of England wished to thank 
 a man for some noble deed done 
 for the glory of her empire, she 
 did not deem it sufficient that every 
 paper in the land had proclaimed 
 his praise ; but she called the hero 
 to her side, and took him by the 
 hand, and called him by his name, 
 and thanked him for what he had 
 done, in right good earnest. That, 
 perhaps, indicates the purpose and 
 nature of this little history. Vocif 
 erous adulations, scattered broad 
 cast, do not go home like a hand- 
 to-hand clasp, and a heart-to-heart 
 talk. Hence the design of this vol 
 ume is, to bestow an honorable 
 mention on each particular man of 
 this particular regiment. The vet 
 eran, scarred band, is summoned 
 for a final muster. Out of the 
 
 cloudy lands, in which, through forty years of human vicissitude, men 
 wander, and are lost, the comrades are summoned for a last parade, and 
 a final muster, on the heights of time ; once more we call them all by 
 name; and again recount their distinguished services, their patriotism 
 and their valor. Alas, it is a scanty muster. In vain the drum beats, 
 and the evening bugles sound. There are many who do not respond. 
 Captain, where are your men? Sir, all are present, or accounted 
 for. They have crossed the river on the swaying bridge at Fair 
 
 LIEUT. L. X. CHAPIX 
 
 M190901 
 
6 WHY THIS HISTORY WAS WRITTEN 
 
 Oaks, and they have not returned. They have passed down the 
 valley of Falmouth, and climbed the heights of Fredericksburg, 
 and thence have vanished in chariots of fire. They have never returned 
 to the old camp ground. And at the little Dunkard Church of Antie- 
 tam their eulogies have been pronounced. Their white tents glisten on 
 another shore. Alas, it is a scanty muster. 
 
 Comrades, this is your book. Your names are in it, every one. It 
 does not seek to recite the whole story of the war. But it seeks to re 
 visit the scenes where once your lives were in such deadly peril ; to 
 once more put your feet into the same tracks, and to again remind you 
 of the many scenes, incidents and hardships you ought not to forget. 
 Those old roads may now be retraveled, and those old camps and battle 
 fields revisited, without the danger of encountering any foe. 
 
 And I have not only had in mind to make praiseworthy mention 
 of all the members of the regiment, but also to give their names a sure 
 footing for all time to come. Granite will crumble ; iron will rust ; 
 wood will decay ; and nothing in this world is very stable ; but, so far 
 as lay in my power, I have tried to fix the records of these comrades in 
 an enduring form and place. 
 
 Comrades, some of you now deem your military record to have 
 been of little moment. But that is because you see so much of the dross 
 of it, atid so little of its clear shining truth. Time clears away the one, 
 and leaves the other standing strong and fair. Underneath all the dis 
 tress and vexation of your service, is the eternal truth on which you 
 fought and marched. And your children, and your children s children, 
 down through long descending lines, will see all this much more clearly 
 than you do. Each one of these, in times remote, when history shall re 
 count her noble sons, can stand and say, with a just pride : "My father, 
 too, was a soldier in the great war, and I have the volume which gives 
 his name, and tells his story." 
 
 Louis N. CHAPIN. 
 
 NEW YORK, JANUARY, 1903. 
 
 ERRATUM. Top of page 96: "Was it for this the First Minnesota was being saved up at 
 Antietam, where it scarcely lost a man " This should read "Fair Oaks," instead of Antietam. 
 Colonel Sully, of the First Minnesota, in his report of the battle of Fair Oaks, makes no mention 
 of any losses whatever; but elsewhere it is officially reported that the regiment had two enlisted 
 men killed and two wounded. At Antietam, however, it took 435 men into action; had 16 men 
 killed, 79 wounded, and 24 missing. Captain Holzborn was among the killed. 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 A Story of Beginnings 9 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 Off to the Front. Camp Kalorama. Camp Jackson 19 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 Edward s Ferry. Ball s Bluff. Winter at Camp McClellan. 25 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 Moving at Last. Opening of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 31 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 The Peninsular Campaign 35 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 The Battle of Fair Oaks : . . . 4* 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 The Seven Days Battles 48 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 Leaving the Peninsula. Harrison s Landing at Antietam . . . . 56 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 The Battle of Antietam 61 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 From Antietam to Fredericks burg 71 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 The Battle of Fredericksburg 79 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 Winter in Camp. Second Fredericksburg 85 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 Going Home 94 
 
 That Western Flotilla 98 
 
 Since the War, with Biographical Sketches 99 
 
 Post Office Addresses of Known Survivors in 
 
 Officers of the Regiment, with the Order of Their Promotion ... 113 
 
 Complete Roster of the Tlvrty-fourth Regiment 115 
 
 The Dedication 155 
 
 Official Reports 185 
 
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Colonel James A. Suiter FRONTISPIECE 
 
 Lieutenant L. N. Chapin, the Author 5 
 
 Colonel William Ladew 9 
 
 Captain Henry Baldwin 13 
 
 Captain Monroe Brundage 17 
 
 Camp McClellan 26 
 
 Captain Thomas Corcoran, 1865 28 
 
 Colonel Byron Laflin, 1863 and Late in Life 32, 33 
 
 Captain Irving D. Clark, 1862, 1903 38 
 
 Captain William S. Walton, 1863, 1900 39 
 
 Fair Oaks, The Adams House and " Our Field," The Williamsburg Road. . . 42 
 
 Tucker s Spring, and the Spring at Keedysville 45 
 
 Lieutenant Colonel John Beverly, 1863, 1900 50, 51 
 
 Captain John O. Scott, 1861, 1900 54 
 
 Captain Emerson S. Northup, 1861, 1902 55 
 
 Captain Davis J. Rich, Civilian 57 
 
 Major Wells Sponable, 1861, 1903 59 
 
 Antietam, Battlefield Morning after the Battle 61 
 
 Lieutenant William R. Wallace, 1863 62 
 
 Antietam, Bloody Lane, 1862, 1902 63 
 
 Lieutenant Henry W. Sanford, 1903 64 
 
 Antietam, View of Hagerstown Pike, South of Dunkard Church, General 
 
 View of " Our Field," from Our Monument 66 
 
 Antietam, View of Dunkard Church and Our Monument, from "Our Field." 68 
 
 Antietam, Burnside s Bridge, 1902 71 
 
 Harper s Ferry, Va., A Recent Picture 72 
 
 Quartermaster Nathan Easterbrook, Jr., 1861, 1903 74, 75 
 
 Captain Eugene B. Larrowe, 1863 76 
 
 Falmouth, Our Old Camp Ground, as it Looks at Present 77 
 
 Falmouth, Colonel Laflin s Headquarters 78 
 
 Captain William L. Oswald, 1861 79 
 
 Fair Oaks, The Adams House 81 
 
 Falmouth, The Woodman House, Looking Down the Falmouth Valley, 
 
 The Marye Mansion, Marye s Heights, Fredericksburg 81 
 
 Colonel George W. Thompson, Our First Adjutant, 1861, 1903 83 
 
 Falmouth, Lieutenant Colonel Beverly s Headquarters 87 
 
 The Colors 89 
 
 Lieutenant John Oathout, 1863 90 
 
 General Alfred Sully, 1862 91 
 
 Captain Benjamin H. Warford, 1863 93 
 
 Adjutant John Kirk, 1863 94 
 
 Surgeon, Socrates N. Sherman, 1861 95 
 
 Assistant Surgeon, Edward S. Walker, 1862, or after 102 
 
 General John B. Van Petten, Our First Chaplain 104 
 
 Captain Joy E. Johnson, 1863 106 
 
 Captain Charles Riley, 1861 108 
 
 The Antietam Monument 153 
 
 Village of Sharpsburg, Md., 1902 156 
 
 James N Greene, and Jesse R. Fort, of Committee 157 
 
 Group of Comrades and Their Families at the Dedication 160 
 
 Ladies and Comrades at the Dedication 166 
 
 Another Group at the Dedication 170 
 
 Bronze Tablets on the Monument 174 
 
 Entrance to the National Cemetery, Antietam 176 
 
 "The Bivouac of the Dead," Where Our Dead Sleep, in Unknown Graves, 
 
 at Antietam . 188 
 
HISTORY OF THE REGIMENT 
 
 CHAPTER I 
 
 A STORY OF BEGINNINGS 
 
 PRESIDENT LINCOLN S proclamation, calling for 75,000 vol 
 unteers, to serve for a period of two years, issued April 15, 1861, 
 was followed by rapid recruiting in all parts of the state. This 
 was stimulated by sermons bristling with 
 a fiery and bayonet patriotism, from nearly 
 all northern pulpits ; by rousing mass meet 
 ings, at which there was a great output of 
 Patrick Henry oratory; and by the voice 
 of the public press, which was most hearty 
 in support of a vigorous war policy. Sel 
 dom was there heard even a feeble protest. 
 The voice of the country was for war, and 
 that of the most ruddy variety. The crisis 
 was a great opportunity for able and am 
 bitious young men; and many were quick 
 to take advantage of it, by opening offices 
 for securing enlistments. A man who 
 could raise a whole company, immediately 
 became its captain. Another, who could 
 only raise part of a company, would com 
 bine with some other man, similarly fixed, 
 and so on. In Little Falls, Herkimer 
 County, where the author resided, Wells 
 Sponable, a capable and ambitious young 
 man of the town, and whom everybody in 
 stinctively recognized as a suitable spirit 
 for such an enterprise, immediately headed 
 a roll, and soon had a good number of 
 names beneath his own. Nathan Easter- 
 brook, Jr., another young man of the town, 
 then connected with the freight depart 
 ment of the New York Central Railroad, 
 in a most important capacity, also saw his 
 opportunity, headed a similar roll, and soon 
 had an enthusiastic following. At the 
 same time, as in so many thousands of 
 similar cases, it was not ambition that actu 
 ated these men, but patriotism; and the 
 bona fide article. These companies were 
 known in local annals respectively as A 
 and B. The writer of these lines "remem- COL. WILLIAM LADEW 1861 
 
io HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 bers those days very well, and the tempest of discussion which arose 
 in his own mind as to what was his particular duty in the case. In 
 his extremity he took counsel of no one but his own mother, who 
 promptly replied: "If our country demands the service of her sons 
 in this, her great extremity, I, for one, would say go." Shortly there 
 after we find his name enrolled below that of Captain Easterbrook. 
 
 The following are the very first organizations completed in these 
 Little Falls companies : 
 
 COMPANY A. 
 
 Captain, Wells Sponable. 
 
 First Lieutenant, John H. Fralick. 
 
 Ensign (Second Lieutenant), Irving D. Clark. 
 
 First Sergeant, Lewis M. Clark. First Corporal, Warren Van Allen. 
 
 Second Sergeant, Orrin W. Beach. Second Corporal, A. A. Perry. 
 
 Third Sergeant, Lawrence L. Brown. Third Corporal, Dennis Canaan. 
 Fourth Sergeant, Wallace Zuper. Fourth Corporal, Edwin Redner. 
 
 And thirty privates. 
 
 COMPANY B. 
 
 Captain, Nathan Easterbrook, Jr. 
 
 First Lieutenant, Timothy O Brien. 
 
 Ensign, O. P. Barnes. 
 
 First Sergeant, William S. Walton. First Corporal, William Burns. 
 
 Second Sergeant, James T. Hurley. Second Corporal, Henry Traver. 
 
 Third Sergeant, Benjamin J. Loucks. Third Corporal, John Johnson. 
 Fourth Sergeant, Romeyn Roof. Fourth Corporal, Charles Lasure. 
 
 And thirty-three privates, among whom were two drummers. 
 
 Before leaving home, the trustees of the village (now city), pre 
 sented each man with a bounty of five dollars. This seemed an unheard- 
 of gratuity at the time, and came wholly unexpected. But later on, 
 when men received bounties as high as fifteen hundred dollars each, this 
 original five-dollar bounty seemed a very reasonable proposition. The 
 above lists are from the Mohawk Courier of Little Falls, date of April 
 30, 1861, the day the above two companies left for Albany. 
 
 At Herkimer, in the same county, the same things were taking place. 
 Two companies were immediately started. At the head of one was the 
 name of James A. Suiter, a veteran of the Mexican war, and who had 
 clearly earned the right to stay at home, but had no such disposition ; 
 and at the head of the other the name of Byron Laflin, then engaged 
 with his brother, Addison, in running a large writing paper factory. 
 
 These companies were also known at the first as A and B, and num 
 bered about forty men each, in addition to their first officers. At the 
 home election, the commissioned officers were elected as follows : 
 
 COMPANY A. 
 
 Captain, Byron Laflin. 
 
 First Lieutenant, Charles Riley. 
 
 Ensign, S. Lepper. 
 
 COMPANY B. 
 
 Captain, James A. Suiter. 
 
 First Lieutenant, Warren Mack, Jr. 
 
 Ensign, Michael SchafFncr. 
 
 This selection of officers, however, was only tentative, as, in tjie 
 organization of the regiment, at Albany, Laflin became major and 
 
A STORY OF BEGINNINGS n 
 
 Suiter lieutenant-colonel. We then find the organization of Companies 
 A and B to be as follows : 
 
 COMPANY F (its letter in the final assignment). 
 Captain, Charles Riley. 
 First Lieutenant, Joseph R. Shoemaker. 
 Ensign, Wm. H. Helmer. 
 
 First Sergeant, William S. Van Val- First Corporal, Charles B. Taylor, 
 kenburgh. Second Corporal, John T. Booth. 
 
 Second Sergeant, Christian Wayman. Third Corporal, Thomas White. 
 Third Sergeant, James B. Crist. Fourth Corporal, Charles Pierce. 
 
 Fourth Sergeant, 
 
 COMPANY G (the permanent letter of B). 
 Captain, Charles L. Brown. 
 First Lieutenant, Warren Mack, Jr. 
 Ensign, Michael Schaffner. 
 
 First Sergeant, Joy E. Johnson. First Corporal, Jeremiah Ferrill. 
 
 Second Sergeant, Albert Arnold. Second Corporal, A. S. Rounds. 
 
 Third Sergeant, James H. Cory. Third Corporal, William Manning. 
 
 Fourth Sergeant, Richard D. Masher. Fourth Corporal, John B. Raynor. 
 
 Dr. Daniel P. Van Court, who was a Company G man, and who, 
 since the war, has resided at Mohawk, N. Y., speaks of his own com 
 pany with commendable pride. He says that it was composed, almost 
 exclusively of country boys, with good records, and nearly all of whom 
 were " dead shots." This last clause would seem to justify Quarter 
 master Easterbrook in some of the grief he says he has always felt that 
 the regiment, at the outset, was not called "the Adirondack Regiment." 
 He says : " Seven of our companies, without stretch of the imagination, 
 were from the Adirondack region, viz. : B, C, D, F, G, H and K ; and it 
 has been my boast for years that we had one hundred men, more or less, 
 that could, at a hundred yards, knock an apple off a man s head, without 
 hurting a hair." And he adds that " this was the argument that, later, 
 at Washington, brought about the change of arms from the old Spring 
 field muskets to the modern Enfield rifles." Quartermaster Easter- 
 brook is a man of most unimpeachable veracity, of the soundest judg 
 ment, and great precision of statement ; but our impression is that he 
 never lined up behind the regiment, when it was doing some of its first 
 rifle practice, down at Camp Jackson, and beheld the target, standing 
 solitary and immune, in the only absolutely safe place in western Mary 
 land. But to resume. 
 
 At Gray, in the northern part of the county, under the inspiration of 
 such men as William Ladew, a prosperous tanner of the place, and 
 colonel of the Thirty-eighth Militia, we find another company under 
 way, with Thomas Corcoran as its destined captain. This company 
 also contained between forty and fifty men, at its first organization, 
 which was as follows: 
 
 COMPANY C. 
 
 Captain, Thomas Corcoran. 
 
 First Lieutenant, Samuel P. Butler. 
 
 Ensign, William S. Burt. 
 
 First Sergeant, William R. Wallace. First Corporal, Simon Loyd. 
 Second Sergeant, Jacob Ashley. Second Corporal, Richard Manning. 
 
 Third Sergeant, S. S. Walter. * Third Corporal, Harrison L. Banks. 
 
 Fourth Sergeant, Charles B. Barton. Fourth Corporal, Joshua Sherwood. 
 
12 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 At Brockett s Bridge, now Dolgeville, in the northeastern part of 
 the county, John Beverly, a rising young man of the place, soon had a 
 company organized, which is mentioned in the papers of the county as 
 " Captain Beverly s Mountain Rangers/ It will thus be seen that all 
 parts of Herkimer County were simultaneously making contributions to 
 the war. This company, at its organization, numbered forty-five men, 
 and, before leaving home, had its election of officers, as follows : 
 
 COMPANY K. 
 
 Captain, John Beverly. 
 
 First Lieutenant, Henry B. Chamberlain. 
 
 Ensign, Emerson S. Northup. 
 
 First Sergeant, Mark Dye. First Corporal, Alonzo K. Hayes. 
 
 Second Sergeant, William De Forest. Second Corporal, H. B. Greenly. 
 Third Sergeant, James N. Greene. Third Corporal, B. F. Lewis. 
 
 Fourth Sergeant, James M. Talcott. Fourth Corporal, Egbert H. Caswell. 
 
 This company was made up from the towns of Fairfield and Salis 
 bury. Quite a number of the men were students, at the time of their 
 enlistment, at Fairfield Seminary, an institution which, throughout the 
 whole period of the Civil War, made steady contributions to the Union 
 armies of its best and brightest young men. Below is told the story of 
 how this company and that of Captain Easterbrook, were eventually 
 combined, at Albany. In the merger which took place, Captain Easter- 
 brook s company lost its commissioned officers, and Captain Beverly s 
 company lost its non-commissioned officers. First Lieutenant Timothy 
 O Brien, of Easterbrook s company, not being in the best of health, 
 returned home ; while Ensign O. P. Barnes seems to have done the 
 same, since we find no further trace of him. Among the non-commis 
 sioned officers in Captain Beverly s company, Second Sergeant, James 
 T. Hurley, dropped out, and Fourth Corporal, Charles Lasure, took 
 his place ; while John Williams took the place of Fourth Corporal. The 
 merger certainly worked to the disadvantage of the non-commissioned 
 staff in Captain Beverly s company, many of whom were splendid 
 men, and every way worthy of the rank of commissioned officers. 
 
 As early as the first week in May these Little Falls companies 
 started for Albany, the state s eastern rendezvous ; having had their 
 medical examinations, their elections of officers, and their muster into the 
 state service. And during the first days of May all the Herkimer County 
 companies arrived at the same destination. The scenes which attended 
 their departure from home were touching in the extreme. Parents 
 parted from their children, and young wives from their husbands, and 
 sweethearts from their lovers, fully realizing that they might never look 
 into their faces again. A Little Falls paper, under such brave headlines 
 as " All Hail to the Volunteers," etc., had this to say : 
 
 "Should any of them fall in battle, let the memory of their brave patriot 
 ism abide forever in the hearts of their townsmen. Should they return, let it 
 be the return of victors of conquerors to whose pride it may be said they 
 never turned their backs upon the flag of their country. May the God of 
 battle? ever attend them." 
 
 The crowd at the depot was very great. They who had to stay at 
 home hung on to their boys till the last, and every man wanted to shake 
 
A STORY OF BEGINNINGS 
 
 the hand of his friend, 
 and give him some part- 
 ing injunction. The 
 events of the years that 
 followed showed that 
 the gravity of this part 
 ing was more than justi 
 fied. 
 
 At Albany the men 
 were first quartered in 
 the old Adams House, in 
 the heart of the city. Not 
 many decent things can 
 justly be said of this 
 old rat hole, of the utter 
 disregard of sanitary 
 laws that prevailed, of 
 the food which was 
 served out to the men, 
 nor of the manner in 
 which it was served. 
 Even when the com 
 panies were shifted to 
 vacant lofts about the 
 city, they were still fed 
 at the same trough, and 
 on the same swill. Our 
 great war governor, Ed 
 win D. Morgan, had not 
 yet got on his war togs; CAPTAIN HENRY BALDWIN. LATE IN LIFE 
 
 but he did later, and then 
 
 there was less cause for complaint. For we were then moved to the 
 large Industrial School Barracks, in the suburbs of the city, where 
 there was plenty of air and room, inside and out. And here the 
 cooked rations were quite as good as any soldier had a right to expect. 
 
 It had been the expectation of these six Herkimer County companies 
 that they would be incorporated with other companies, from the same 
 county, in the formation of a distinctively Herkimer County regiment. 
 This was but natural ; but it soon became evident that such an arrange 
 ment was impossible. Though recruits were coming in almost daily 
 from the home field, no new companies were being formed at home. 
 New York State s quota, under the call, being now nearly filled. And 
 besides, not one of the six companies was anywhere near full. Captain 
 Sponable s company left Little Falls with 41 officers and men ; Captain 
 Easterbrook s with 44; and Captain Beverly s left Brockett s Bridge 
 with 45 officers and men. The other three companies were of about the 
 same strength. The law required that each company should have 77 
 officers and men. However, there was equally good material accumu 
 lating in other parts of the state. 
 
14 HISTORY or THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 Simultaneously with the formation of these six companies in Herki- 
 mer County a company was being recruited by Leland L. Doolittle, at 
 Crown Point, Essex County. The organization was completed on the 
 first day of May, and consisted of 77 officers and men. The company, 
 as our informant has it, was composed of the heartiest young men in 
 town." So much local pride did the citizens of the place take in this 
 organization, that they uniformed it throughout, and sent it off with 
 the greatest demonstrations of interest. Afterward they gave the com 
 pany a beautiful silk banner, which Chester S. Rhodes, of the company, 
 was commissioned to bear. How bravely, and nobly he fulfilled his 
 commission, even to his death, was told at the dedication of the 
 monument. 
 
 The following was the first organization of this company : 
 
 COMPANY H. 
 
 Captain, Leland L. Doolittle. 
 
 First Lieutenant, Hiram Buck, (never mustered) . 
 
 Ensign, John B. Wright. 
 
 First Sergeant, Darwin E. King. First Corporal, Selden D. Orcutt. 
 
 Second Sergeant, Oscar H. Nichols. Second Corporal, James McCormick. 
 
 Third Sergeant, Charles Haile. Third Corporal, Wm. H. Barnett. 
 
 Fourth Sergeant, Henry H. Hurd. Fourth Corporal, Simeon P. Mclntyre. 
 
 Just as early and promptly a company was being organized at Ham- 
 mondsport, in Steuben County. The first enlistments were about April 
 20, the name of William H. King being first on the roll. As usual in 
 all such cases, he was the man to be the first captain. Immediately 
 after, came the name of Monroe Brundage, destined to be the company s 
 second captain, though now but second lieutenant. On the 25th was 
 entered the name of Azariah C. Brundage, destined in later years to be 
 the Adjutant of the Soldier s Home, at Bath, in the same county, where 
 so many of the young men, then hale and strong, and hurrying to the 
 defence of their country, but later worn with the long march, and the 
 hard battle, should find a refuge. After enlistments were well started, 
 Alfred T. Atwood, with about twenty men, from the town of Pnlteney, 
 joined their ranks. Atwood was made First Lieutenant, and another 
 of his men, H. C. Lyon, was made Orderly Sergeant, and still another, 
 John Finnegan, Second Sergeant. The organization of the company 
 was completed May 15. On May 22 the company was mustered into 
 the State service, and very soon left Hammondsport for Albany, where 
 it arrived the following day, and where it was "consigned to quarters 
 in the Adams House. Here, however, as Mr. A. C. Brundage informs 
 us, it remained only for a few days, when it was transferred to the In 
 dustrial School Barracks, where it joined the other companies. 
 
A STORY OF BEGINNINGS 15 
 
 The following is the result of the first election held in this company : 
 
 COMPANY I. 
 
 Captain, William H. King. 
 
 First Lieutenant, Alfred T. At wood. 
 
 Ensign, Monroe B run d age. 
 
 First Sergeant, Henry C. Lyon. First Corporal, Jas. C. Harrington. 
 
 Second Sergeant, John Finnegan. Second Corporal, Lewellyn McCabe. 
 
 Third Sergeant, Lemuel C . Benham. Third Corporal, A. C. Brundage. 
 Fourth Sergeant, Orran Emmett. Fourth Corporal, J. W. Williams. 
 
 Fifth Sergeant, Eugene B. Larrowc. 
 
 At Addison, in this same Steuben County, on April 17, the name 
 of Henry Baldwin was enrolled. He is to become the captain of the 
 other Steuben County company. This company, as Captain San ford 
 writes, "was composed of the best and most prominent young men, of 
 the towns of Addison, Woodhull, Tuscarora, Jasper, Rathbone, and 
 Troupsbttrg." And "the officers of the company were divided among 
 the several representatives of the towns that had assisted in the form 
 ation of the company." Thus, Captain Baldwin was from Addison ; 
 First Lieutenant, James R. Carr, from Tuscarora ; Second Lieutenant, 
 Edwin F. Smith, from Woodhull ; and the same with the non-commis 
 sioned officers. The company was mustered into the state service 
 May 1 8, and left for Albany May 27. 
 
 Of this company, the following statement and roll of officers, 
 elected after its first inspection, is taken from the Addison Advertiser, of 
 May 22, 1861, now, and for over forty years, in the possession of 
 Horace D. Baldwin, a Company E man : 
 
 COMPANY E. 
 
 Captain, Henry Baldwin. 
 
 First Lieutenant, James R. Carr. 
 
 Ensign, Edwin F. Smith. 
 
 First Sergeant, Edwin M. Le Munyan. First Corporal, Horace D. Baldwin. 
 Second Sergeant, George W. Wildrick. Second Corporal, Charles Kester. 
 Third Sergeant, Henry W. Sanford. Third Corporal, Oscar D. Blanchard. 
 Fourth Sergeant, William Durand. Fourth Corporal, Benj. F. Burt. 
 
 At Champlain, in Clinton County, at this time, what was destined 
 to be Company D, of the Thirty-fourth, was taking form and order. 
 Although a certain memorial of the company, such as we were all 
 familiar with during the service, issued in gilded form, and designed to 
 be framed and hung among the archives at home, states the company 
 was mustered into the state service May i, we find that May 22 was 
 the true date. This was a splendid company, and Captain John O. 
 Scott, who early came to the front as its leader, was a most devoted 
 officer. The same scenes, with which we are now so familiar, attended 
 the departure of this company from home. 
 
 COMPANY D. 
 
 Captain, Davis Jefferson Rich. 
 
 First Lieutenant, John O. Scott. 
 
 Ensign, Brinkerhoff N. Miner. 
 
 First Sergeant, Albert W. Ransom. First Corporal, Christian Zaugg. 
 
 Second Sergeant, Lemuel C. Matthews. Second Corporal, Cyrus H. Kellogg 
 Third Sergeant, Henry J. Cooper. Third Corporal, Eli T- Deschamps. 
 
 Fourth Sergeant, William L. Hill. Fourth Corporal, Albert H. Cook. 
 
1 6 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 At West Troy, during the dates with which we are now dealing, 
 May 18-30, William L. Oswald was busy recruiting the company that, 
 in the lettering, should be known as Company A, and as stated below, 
 was to have the right of the line. 
 
 Mr. Oswald was president of the village of West Troy at the time, 
 and for the furtherance of the project of raising a company a meeting 
 was held April 25, at Union Place Hall, in the village. At this meeting 
 a number of recruits were obtained. The Hall became the rallying cen 
 ter for the movement. As Lieutenant Oathout writes us, Captain Os 
 wald, (as he was afterward elected to be), Luther A. Hill, and him 
 self, gave almost their entire time recruiting the company. They were 
 entirely successful, and on May 17 had their first inspection at the Hall ; 
 and, as our Roster shows, on the following day, May 18, were mus 
 tered into the state service. After inspection on the I7th, the company 
 .elected its commissioned officers as follows : 
 
 Captain, William L. Oswald. 
 
 First Lieutenant, Elijah R. Brown. 
 
 Ensign, Benjamin H. Warford. 
 
 On the first of June the company came down to Albany, and were 
 quartered at the Industrial School Barracks, along with the other com 
 panies, with whom their fortunes were destined to be cast for the com 
 ing two years. On June 15, as we shall see, came the muster of the 
 regiment into the United States service, and on the I7th, following, this 
 company, to be known henceforth as Company A, elected its non-com 
 missioned officers as follows : 
 
 First Sergeant, Luther A. Hill. First Corporal, Abram E. Lansing. 
 
 Second Sergeant, Geo. H. Swartwout. Second Corporal, Joseph Andrews. 
 
 Third Sergeant, John Oathout. Third Corporal, John Mclntyre. 
 
 Fourth Sergeant, Martin Gorman. Fourth Corporal, Edward Hoffman. 
 
 On July i, the company visited West Troy, prior to the departure 
 of the regiment for the south, and an enthusiastic reception was tend 
 ered by the citizens. On this occasion a flag was presented to the com- 
 panv, also articles for camp and hospital use, and a Bible to each man. 
 Speeches were made by resident clergy, and prominent citizens. Most 
 of the above facts we glean from the W T est Troy Advocate, the village 
 newspaper at the time. At the time of holding its first election of non 
 commissioned officers, in June, it numbered seventy-five privates. 
 
 Now all these additional companies had early or late, arrived in 
 Albany ; and the following statement, by an officer, who was on the 
 inside at the time, will explain how the organization of the regiment was 
 finally accomplished. The officer referred to is Captain Nathan Easter- 
 brook Jr. : 
 
 "Early in May, the six skeleton companies from Herkimer County, pro 
 ceeded to Albany, to recruit and drill. The companies were commanded by 
 William Ladew, James A. Suiter, Bvron Laflin, Wells Sponable, Nathan 
 Easterbrook, Jr., and John Beverly. For a month or more the cherished de 
 sire of the six companies to form a Herkimer County Regiment, with 
 field and staff officers to be selected from among their numbers, came danger- 
 
A STORY OF BEGINNINGS 
 
 ously near failure, by reason of assign 
 ment of one or more of the faithful six 
 to some other regiment then in course 
 of formation. The aid of influential 
 friends at Little Falls and Herkimer was 
 frequently invoked, and freely given, and 
 with the courage and pluck of the faith 
 ful, against whom the direst results of 
 disobedience of orders were intimated, our 
 column remained unbroken, notwithstand 
 ing the fact that recruiting was not pro 
 gressing as rapidly as it should have to 
 insure the desired full com 
 panies. To facilitate the com 
 pletion of the companies so far 
 as possible, Captain Easterbrook 
 was urgently advised by Messrs. 
 George A. Hardin, Oliver Ladue, 
 Horace M. Burch, Acors Rath- 
 bun, and others, to merge his 
 company into the other five 
 companies, which he did; and 
 then he recruited a full com 
 pany of men from Crown Point 
 (Company H), which had 
 reached Albany too late to be 
 accepted under the Call, with 
 the understanding that imme 
 diately on acceptance by the 
 State, under Captain Easter- 
 brook, who was duly authorized 
 as a recruiting officer to com 
 plete his company, they were 
 to hold an election for company officers of their own members, and to vote 
 the straight Herkimer County ticket for regimental field officers, which they 
 did. This piece of strategy put the six on solid ground after many tribulations. 
 The battles were bloodless, but the outcome was of vital importance to the 
 Herkimer County Regiment. Companies A, D, E, and I came to us without 
 
 Oswald, Company A, was promised the 
 
 CAPTAIN MONROE BRUNDAGE 1875 
 
 stipulation, except that Captain 
 Right of the Line, which he got. 
 
 "The bona fide membership of the regiment, on the i5th of June, 1861, 
 might have been 7 7 5, officers and men; but it was more likely less than 775. 
 We may have had 125 recruits during our tour of two years, though I do not 
 believe we had. If we had 775 bona fide members at muster in, and received 
 125 recruits, we had 900, officers and men, during our two years service. We 
 lost 03, officers and men, killed and mortally wounded, or more than ten per 
 cent, of our enrollment. Nearly one-third of Colonel Wm. F. Fox s Three 
 Hundred Fighting Regiments met with a smaller loss." 
 
 The following is the first regimental organization completed at 
 Albany : 
 
 Colonel William Ladew, 
 
 Lieut. Col. James A. Suiter, 
 
 Major Byron Laflin, 
 
 Adjutant George W. Thompson, 
 
 Quartermaster Nathan Easterbrook, Jr., 
 
 Surgeon Socrates N. Sherman, 
 
 Asst. Surgeon Edward S. Walker, 
 
 Chaplain J. B. Van Petten, 
 
 Drum Major David M. Heath. 
 
1 8 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 When mustered into the federal service, the regiment, according 
 to Colonel Suiter, numbered 786 officers and men. Adjutant-General 
 Sprague, in his early reports of 1864, gives the number as 809. At 
 the muster in, June 15, an opportunity was given to any, who didn t like 
 the prospect ahead, to back out ; and there were some faint hearts, who 
 availed themselves of the chance ; but generally speaking there was little 
 disposition to do this. The regiment was drawn up, and a company at 
 a time held up the right hands and swore to support and defend the 
 country. When any men in a company backed out, there was a uni 
 versal howl from all the others in the regiment. And when any com 
 pany stood solidly up, and took the oath to a man, there was a universal 
 cheer. Most of the cases of backing out were due to misgivings which 
 the men began to have about their pay ; for some, we must remember, 
 had already been in the service nearly two months, and as yet no pay 
 had materialized. But usually, when reassured on this point, thev 
 stepped back into the ranks. 
 
 In the General Roster, which is given farther on, will be found the 
 names of all the officers, elected at the organization, with the order 
 of their subsequent succession. On the afternoon of June 26 a stand 
 of colors* was presented to the regiment by Horace Burch, of Little 
 Falls, representing the ladies of that place. The banner was of silk, 
 and was a beautiful emblem. Here at the barracks, also, the men 
 received their arms, their uniforms, their blankets, and, in fact, their 
 whole first outfits. The guns were the old smooth-bore, Springfield 
 muskets, which even then were properly regarded as antique weapons. 
 The uniforms were good, but the blankets were small and shoddy. 
 They were the best, however, that the state could do on such short 
 notice, and very soon after reaching the field they were replaced by 
 blankets good enough for anybody. All this time there was hard drill 
 going on every day; and the citizens of yesterday, the clerks, and the 
 farmer boys were rapidly being transformed into well-seasoned soldiers. 
 At Tweddle Hall, in the city, every Sunday, the men attended divine 
 service, and the great hall echoed to many a rousing sermon, preached 
 by the ablest ministers in the city ; among whom was Rev. R. B. Strat- 
 ton, who took a deep interest in the Thirty-fourth ; for he had been a 
 Little Falls citizen himself but recently, and personally knew many of 
 the members. 
 
 *A WORD CONCERNING THE PICTURES. 
 
 Very many of the illustrations in this volume are from photographs more than forty years old . 
 They were faded and yellow, and deeply gnawed by the tooth of time; but I think the comrades 
 will agree with me that the photo-engravers have succeeded remarkably well in restoring them. 
 Many of the recent views were taken by myself. The views of the monument and group were 
 taken by Photographer W. B. King, of Hagerstown, Md., from whom comrades can obtain copies. 
 We are all deeply indebted to the comrades who have been willing to loan their old photographs, 
 now held as priceless treasures, for the purposes of this history. Whenever possible it has been my 
 plan to give two pictures of each officer, showing how he looked in the war, and how he looks now. 
 or did in later life, for many have passed away. In most cases Time has left few of the lineament", 
 with which we were familiar. The flag referred to is now preserved, along with many others, in 
 the State Capitol, at Albany. 
 
CHAPTER II 
 
 OFF TO THE FRONT. CAMP KALORAMA. CAMP JACKSON. 
 
 ON the morning of July 3, a person standing at the foot of State 
 Street, in Albany, and gazing up toward the Capitol, would 
 have seen a column of soldiers marching down. It was a 
 sight with which the citizens of the city had grown quite familiar, but 
 which still remained an inspiring spectacle. There was the rhythmic 
 wave of motion which, starting at the head of the column, nearest the 
 band, rolled up the great hill till it reached the rear of the column, 
 and every moment repeated itself as the men swung from right to 
 left, and left to right. The guns, at a right shoulder shift, flashed 
 in the bright morning sun, every one held at exactly the same angle. 
 Who are these men, who thus bear themselves so nobly, and step 
 so firm and true ? Surely they are no raw recruits ; they are more 
 like Uncle Sam s regulars ; they march as if a military step wert, 
 their natural habit, and military service their accustomed vocation. 
 But no; these are the men who, but yesterday, were in the back 
 woods of northern Herkimer County; scattered upon the farms of 
 old Steuben; along the shores of Lake Champlain; and through the 
 towns and cities of the state. Each man has heard a warning cry 
 that "freedom stood in peril of a foe," and here he is, ready for her 
 defense. Never men stepped truer to the drum-beat than these men 
 of the Thirty-fourth, who are now on their way to the front; and we 
 may be sure we shall hear a good report of them, when the time comes 
 for action. 
 
 It is July 3, and the regiment has embarked, and is on its way down 
 the river. The morning of our national holiday finds the Western 
 World at wharf, in the lower part of New York city, where it remains 
 until the morning of the 5th, when it steams across the bay, and the 
 regiment takes train for Washington. The Washington Intelligencer, 
 of Saturday, July 6, contained this among its other local news items : 
 
 "The Thirty-fourth Regiment, New York State Volunteers, arrived here at 
 nine o clock last evening. It is a fine body of men, who are mostly from 
 Herkimer County. The regiment numbers a thousand men." 
 
 Here Colonel Ladew reports to General Mansfield, and on the fol 
 lowing day, Sunday, the regiment pitches its first camp, which is on 
 Kalorama Heights, "a commanding and healthy site, with sloping side, 
 and a bountiful stream of water close at hand. Here, during our second 
 week, occurred the first real casualty in the regiment. George J. Water- 
 house, of Company K, going to the brook in the morning, to fill his 
 canteen, leaned over, his revolver slipped from his side coat pocket, the 
 hammer struck on a stone, the pistol was discharged, and the ball passed 
 directly through his heart. Waterhouse was a printer, employed in the 
 office of the Little Falls Journal, at the time of his enlistment, as was 
 also the writer of this history. His tragic death produced a profound 
 impression. 
 
2O HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 Quartermaster Easterbrook sends us the following statement in 
 regard to the exchange of our old Springfield muskets for a better arm, 
 which occurred at this time : 
 
 "I suppose you have heard Colonel Suiter relate the story of the very dis 
 couraging outlook for an efficient arming of the regiment when it reached 
 Washington ; and how, by a lucky providence, in the personal visit of Governor 
 Morgan to the city, and through the innuen je or aid of General Mansfield and 
 General Francis E. Spinner, end perhaps others, the regiment was finally, 
 though reluctantly, on the part of Governor Morgan, armed with the Enfield 
 rifle. It is an interesting incident of the service of the regiment, and is worthy 
 of preservation." 
 
 Colonel Suiter s account of this incident is briefly stated as 
 follows : 
 
 "The arms which we had, being worthless, we made application to Govern 
 or Morgan, then in Washington, for more efficient arms. We received, on the 
 morning of July 21, Enfield rifles, of 58 and 60 caliber, and sent them to the 
 men." 
 
 The battle of Bull Run was fought on Sunday, July 21 ; and a great 
 many good people thought the north was justly punished for being 
 willing to go to war on that holy day. But how about the south ? The 
 south might properly have wished that all its battles could be fought 
 on that day, that it was the best day in the week for them. We lay in 
 our camp on Kalorama, and heard the distant booming of the heavy 
 guns. The day before an order to be ready had arrived ; but not yet had 
 we made a move. It was a Sunday for deep reflection, and for thoughts 
 quite as serious as we might have had at home, listening to "sermons of 
 another kind." Along in the middle of the afternoon the order came to 
 fall in, and we thought we should surely start for the front. But we 
 didn t. Monday morning all moving orders were countermanded. On 
 that morning Colonel Ladew started for the north on recruiting service, 
 and the command devolved on Lieutenant-Colonel Suiter. 
 
 July 28, the regiment broke camp on Kalorama, and took its 
 uneventful march up the Potomac, as far as Great Falls, which is the 
 source of water-supply for the city of Washington. Here three com 
 panies, B, G, and I, are detached, under the command of Major Laflin, 
 to guard the river. The remaining seven companies proceed on to 
 Seneca Mills, where they go into camp, which is named after General 
 Jackson. 
 
 Quartermaster Easterbrook gives us the following account of the 
 trip up to Seneca Mills : 
 
 "When we left Washington for Seneca Mills, Gen. Mansfie d took lively 
 interest in our outfit. We had 42 Wagons, 6 Ambulances, a Wagonmaster 
 and three assistants. We had 190 head of horses to do our work These 190 
 horses consumed about one and a quarter tons of hay and 60 bushels of 
 oats per day. General Mansfield ordered the Asst. Q. M. (Maj. D. H. 
 Rucker, father-in-law of Gen. Sheridan,) to supply me with $2,000, to buy 
 forage. Maj. Rucker gave me too twenty dollar gold pieces. I had no place 
 to put them, so I put them in the valise attached to the saddle, which I had 
 bought in Albany. This valise, as I learned from experience, was made of 
 stiff cardboard paper, covered with cloth. The gold pieces weighed five or 
 six pounds, and every time my horse galloped the gold would bounce from one 
 end to the other of the valise, and at last knocked out the end of the same, the 
 
OFF TO THE FRONT 21 
 
 gold falling and scattering over the ground. There was a lively scramble to 
 gather it in, which I finally did, but the puzzle, what to do with it, was yet unsolved 
 I slept with it under my head for a pillow that night. Gen. Mansfield had 
 SSoo turned over to Lieut. -Col. Suiter at the same time, to buy fresh meat for 
 the regt. I never knew how the Colonel got along with his responsibility, but 
 mine made me lots of trouble." 
 
 While we were at Camp Jackson we had a good deal of trouble 
 with the matter of provisioning- the regiment. There was no regular 
 system of supplying the troops not only of our own, but of other regi 
 ments as well, that were encamped along the Potomac. All provisions 
 had to be hauled in wagons from Washington, except produce for the 
 horses, which was bought of the farmers in the vicinity. On one occa 
 sion Captain Sponable was sent to Washington for supplies by Colonel 
 Ladew. The roads were bad, the horses, four to a wagon, were green, 
 and wouldn t pull, and the Captain had a hard time getting back. He 
 made up his mind that if he was ever sent out on that duty again he 
 would devise some other means for hauling the stuff to camp. Along 
 side the river ran the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal ; which, at that time, 
 was closed to navigation, on account of the rebs, who occupied the Vir 
 ginia shore. The water was in the canal, but there was no navigation. 
 And sure enough, shortly after the Captain s first trip, he was ordered 
 to make another. He went down to Washington on horseback, and 
 proceeded to interview Captain D. H. Rucker, who was then Assist 
 ant Quartermaster, at Washington (and by the way, he was after 
 ward father-in-law to General Phil Sheridan), and made requisition 
 on him for a boat to transport supplies to Seneca Mills. The Quarter 
 master looked at the Captain out of the corner of his eye, and finally 
 said, "Captain, are you crazy? You never could get a boat to Seneca 
 Mills. The rebels would blow you out of the canal." The Captain 
 insisted, but it was of no use. Rucker would give no boat. The Cap 
 tain then left, and went to General Francis E. Spinner, then and for 
 the whole period of the war, United States Treasurer. General Spin 
 ner was a Herkimer County man, whose home was in Mohawk. He 
 knew the Captain well, and knew also that he was a practical boatman ; 
 and what s more, knew that he was a man who, when he set out to 
 do a thing, generally did it. Well, to make a long story short, 
 the Captain got his boat ; and hurried back to Rucker with his written 
 order. Rucker made no more opposition ; but promptly said that 
 the stuff should be at the wharf in Georgetown, and loaded, bv five 
 o clock. And sure enough it was ; and the Captain started for Seneca 
 Mills. That was probably one of the most remarkable trips ever made 
 by any man on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. The Captain was 
 captain, boat sun, crew and cook ; and what s more, had to do all the 
 locking on the way. The driver drove his horses, dodged the bul 
 lets, and the Captain did the rest. The rebels were early in discover 
 ing this bold attempt to reopen navigation, and thought it a lit 
 tle premature ; and that it was their duty to put some obstacles in 
 the way. But, in spite of all their opposition, the Captain succeeded, 
 brought his boat through in handsome shape, with the cargo intact, 
 and received therefor the thanks of his commanding officer. 
 
22 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 Here, as at all our other first camps, we were overrun with the 
 blacks, for whom the Suwanee River, and all other rivers of the south, 
 had no attractions at all comparable with those of the Potomac River, 
 with Massa Linkum s sojers encamped on its northern bank. General 
 Butler had not yet arrived, to give these refugees a name and a status ; 
 the government did not want to do anything to give the south reason 
 for believing that we were fighting to wipe out slavery ; and so these 
 runaways, who were not yet contrabands, were left unhoused, unfed, 
 unclothed, and almost unburied. Later on their condition was very 
 much improved, and thousands of them were employed as teamsters, 
 servants, etc. But all along, at first, the whole situation was most pa 
 thetic. 
 
 Quartermaster Easterbrook gives us a few interesting reminiscen 
 ces on this subject: 
 
 " The only points of especial interest regarding the fugitive slaves in our 
 camp, so far as I had any experience, center on Fenton Harris, who faithfully 
 served me, went to Little Falls with me when we were mustered out, came to 
 New Haven with me, and died here last October, (1901,) and lies in the Grove 
 Street Cemetery in this city, in the lot, and close by the grave of Lieut. -Governor, 
 Morris Tyler, in whose family he had been employed for thirty-four years. 
 Fenton was much more than a servant to me. I have never lost interest in him. 
 He was a noble specimen of an escaped slave. Col. Laflin had as a servant 
 Dick," who also was a superior man. I would like to tell you how I tried to 
 get Dick out of Washington, in December, 1861, with the aid of Dr. Sherman, 
 to take him home, (Pittsfield, Mass.,) for the Colonel, and how he failed. A 
 black man could not get out of Washington. Dr. Sherman invoked the power 
 of his position to get him out, but it wouldn t work. Dick had to stay. Then 
 there was Addison Phillips, and his wife, Nellie, with an infant of tender age, 
 (six weeks, I think). Nellie established a laundry at Camp Jackson, and did 
 quite a thriving business. Addison, is living at the Falls, and did own several 
 houses and lots there. Captain Riley also had a valuable man. He was as 
 black as a raven, and as good as he was black. He enlisted late in 1863, or 
 early in 64, and received a large bounty: $1,500 as I remember it. Fenton 
 Harris had been owned by a man named Turley, whose home was at Leesburg, 
 Va. There must have been twenty or twenty-five negroes in our outfit, most 
 of whom came to us at Camp Jackson. The poor fellows had a hard time of it 
 until the adoption of Butler s theory. After that they got along all right." 
 
 Major Sponable also had a servant by the name of Robert Scott, 
 who was like the others, faithful and true. He was an escaped slave, 
 who joined us at Camp McClellan. He was brought home by the Major 
 at the close of our service. He went to school in Little Falls during the 
 summer of 1863, an d the Major finally got him a position as waiter in 
 a restaurant, in Syracuse. 
 
 Captain Clark reports that on one occasion, when he was on picket 
 at Edward s Ferry, General Stone tried to send back to Virginia two 
 boat loads of these blacks that had "sought sanctuary" in our camps. 
 The Confederate picket refused to let them land. Stone still ordered 
 the men to row on, but the rebel picket threatened to shoot, and so 
 Stone gave it up. Stone was imprisoned after Ball s Bluff, and later 
 was released, and restored to the confidence of the government. Still 
 later he became a Pasha in Egypt. 
 
OFF TO THE FRONT 23 
 
 The regiment now has the custody of about seventeen miles of river 
 front, parallel to which runs the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. The 
 line runs from a point two miles east of Great Falls, to eight miles west 
 of Seneca Mills. In addition to this laborious picket duty, there was, 
 of course, the usual amount of guard duty at the home camp, which was 
 by no means light, and the regular drills and inspections. During this 
 time, the unknown land, which lay south of the river, was a region of 
 special interest and inquiry among both officers and men. The fact 
 that it was a forbidden country, made it all the more interesting. There 
 was not much evidence of the presence of soldiers on the other side, and 
 this augmented the temptation to steal over. It was on one of these 
 scouting expeditions that Oliver P. Darling, of Company B, lost his life ; 
 Bob Gracey, of Company H was shot and captured, and Captain Wells 
 Sponable of Company B, came near sharing the fate of one, or the other, 
 or both. It was a close shave for the Captain. Fortunately we have the 
 account of this adventure in Captain Sponable s own words : 
 
 "While encamped at Seneca Mills, and being this day, September 16, on 
 duty as regimental officer of the day, Colonel Wm. Ladew told me he had 
 that day heard that a rebel regiment had recently been stationed at Dranesville, 
 a small place, from four to six miles from our camp, on the Virginia side of the 
 Potomac. The Colonel relieved me from the duties of officer of the day, and 
 placed Captain John Beverly on that duty. While I was getting ready to 
 cross the river, Private Oliver P. Darling, of my company, and Bob Gracey, of 
 Company H, obtained permission from the Colonel to accompany me. My 
 instructions from the Colonel were verbal: to obtain all the information pos 
 sible, and report as soon as practicable; at the same time to use my best judg 
 ment as to my actions while on said expedition. We crossed the river about 
 sundown, passed into a large cornfield, crossed the marsh on the logs, and pro 
 ceeded on our way. A short distance behind us came eight or ten members 
 of our regiment, that were stationed at Muddy Branch, on picket, who were on 
 their way to obtain some of the rebels green corn on the island. Directly after 
 crossing the marsh, as the evening was quite light, I proceeded along the edge 
 of a woods on our right, being temporarily shielded on the left by another 
 large cornfield. I took the lead, Darling in the center, and Gracey brought up 
 the rear. The whole of the picket that were following had not crossed over the 
 logs when I heard a slight noise in the cornfield" on my left, probably not over 
 three rods distant from me. Instantly thereafter I heard the command to fire 
 given, which was followed by a volley of rifles; how many there were I cannot 
 say. I looked over my shoulder and saw both of my companions fall, and, 
 supposing them dead, as my hat had been knocked off my head by a rebel bullet, 
 I thought it time for me to rejoin my regiment, if possible so to do. In much 
 less time than it now takes to tell it, I turned to the right, passed through the 
 woods, and came out about half a mile further up the river than I had crossed 
 earlier in the evening. Upon arriving at the river, it took me but a moment to 
 decide what was best to do: swim the river at once, or remain to be captured. 
 I plunged into the river, and immediately thereafter the rebels commanded 
 me to return. Not feeling disposed to obey their order, I swam as fast as 
 possible, they at the same time accelerating my exertions by firing about 
 twenty shots at me, none of which, however, hit me, though they came in 
 rather close proximity. Upon regaining the camp, I found the regiment 
 under arms, and also learned that some of the shots fired at me had entered the 
 camp." 
 
 Captain Sponable goes on to say : 
 
 "Bob Gracey was taken prisoner, but subsequently escaped by drugging 
 his guard. On his return to the regiment he told me that, while a prisoner, he 
 paid an Irishman two dollars to bury two men, he supposing that I had also 
 been killed, as was Darling." 
 
24 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 There was a good deal of commotion in camp the night this 
 adventure was proceeding. We could plainly hear the firing. The 
 whole regiment was ordered out, for it was pretty well known that 
 there was a force of rebels, some 1,200 strong, across the river, with 
 unknown intentions, and Captain Sponable had evidently come in con 
 tact with them. The regiment was advanced to the river, and what: 
 took place there is briefly stated by an officer in Company C : 
 
 "I got Company C in a position that commanded the river for a mile 
 or two. I then learned that Captain Sponable and all his men had either been 
 killed, or taken prisoners. I started to go down to the river crosslots, when 
 whom should I meet but Sponable himself, with only one boot on, and wrapped 
 up in a big shawl. Lost one boot, leggings, and revolver in swimming the 
 river. I was overjoyed to see him, but could not help laughing at his ridicu 
 lous appearance." 
 
 There was a great sensation in camp when the Captain arrived, and 
 this was repeated some time later in the month, when Bob Gracey him 
 self appeared one morning. He looked as if he had had a hard time,, 
 and indeed he had. It appears that he had been shot through and 
 through, the bullet entering his chest, passing through one lung, and 
 out at his back. He had escaped, as stated above, by drugging his- 
 guard. "Big Bob" was surrounded by the comrades, and had to tell 
 the story of his adventures many times over during the days that fol 
 lowed. It was this experience which led to his health giving out entirely 
 the following year, and in October, 1862, he was discharged in conse 
 quence. Among the men who had followed the Major s company was 
 Corporal Zugg, of Company D (borne on the rolls as Zaugg). Zugg 
 was also wounded, but made his escape back to the Maryland shore. 
 While in hospital, suffering from his wound, he was attacked with lock 
 jaw, and for a long time lay in this condition, his jaws firmly set, and 
 just space enough between his teeth to insert a knife blade. Zugg was 
 " a swarthy little runt of a French Canadian," and had been a soldier in 
 the English army during the Crimean war, passing through all its many 
 battles unscathed. Strange behavior of fortune, to let a man go 
 unharmed through all that danger, only to be killed later in a little 
 skirmish on the Potomac. Stranger yet, that fortune should requite this 
 brave man, who had undertaken to fight the battles of freedom for his 
 adopted country, by bearing him ever since on its rolls as a deserter. 
 Another singular instance of unrequited fortune, in connection with this 
 little excursion into Virginia, was the case of Corporal Kellogg, also of 
 Company D. Kellogg was a magnificent specimen of physical man 
 hood, and as handsome as a picture. He was taken prisoner at the same 
 time, and was never able afterward to return to the regiment. But let 
 this bit of homely philosophy comfort us : they also served their coun 
 try, who served in prison walls. 
 
 October 12, occurred an event tragic and shocking in the extreme. 
 Hiram Burke stabbed and killed Lawrence Rooney, during an alterca 
 tion. Both were Company B men. Burke was taken to the Rockville, 
 Md., jail, and the regiment moving shortly after, the only record we can- 
 trace of him is that he was " dishonorably discharged " for the crime. 
 
CHAPTER III 
 
 EDWARD S FERRY. BALL S BLUFF. WINTER AT CAMP McCLELLAN. 
 
 THESE scouting expeditions across the Potomac thickened, rather 
 than thinned, as the season advanced. Finally, there was an 
 effort on the part of General McClellan, now in command oi 
 the Army of the Potomac, to determine the strength and character ot 
 the rebel forces scattered along the upper Potomac, on the Virginia side. 
 
 It was the fortune of the Thirty-fourth to play a more or less 
 important part in that little red drama, known in the annals of the great 
 rebellion, as the Battle of Ball s Bluff. Leesburg, nearly opposite us, 
 was a good sized Virginia town, and was supposed to be the head 
 quarters for quite a large body of the enemy. General Charles P. Stone 
 was in immediate command on our side ; and, on October 20, received 
 orders from McClellan to feel the ground around Leesburg. With this 
 in view, he directed Colonel Devens, of the Fifteenth Massachusetts, to 
 send out a scouting force, to determine just what there was at Leesburg. 
 The scouting party reported a small force only in sight; whereupon 
 five companies of the Fifteenth were thrown across at Harrison s 
 Island; and afterward other troops, numbering, all told, 1,900 men. 
 This force was attacked by a superior force of rebels, under General 
 Evans, and driven into the river, with great slaughter. 
 
 Our fortunes, however, lay at Edward s Ferry, some four miles 
 below, and were not so disastrous. Monday morning, October 21, we 
 broke camp at Seneca Mills, and started for Poolesville, some eight 
 miles away. We were soon halted, and our destination changed to 
 Edward s Ferry. Arriving at that place about noon, we found the 
 movement across the river already under way. Two regiments were 
 across the river, and others waiting for the ferry. Heavy cannonading 
 was kept up by our batteries on the Maryland side, on what appeared to 
 be rebel redoubts some distance back from the river ; but without draw 
 ing any fire from that direction. The means of transportation to the 
 western bank of the river were nothing to brag of. Two old scows had 
 been conscripted from the adjacent Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and 
 were poled back and forth in primitive fashion. During the afternoon 
 our turn came, and for the first time the regiment squatted on the sacred 
 soil of old Virginia. Pickets were thrown out, and the scant forces, thus 
 quite isolated, awaited events. Toward midnight, most unsavory 
 rumors began flying about. These were to the effect that Colonel 
 Baker s forces, which had crossed at Harrison s Island, above, had been 
 badly cut up ; that Colonel Baker himself, had been killed ; and that the 
 victorious enemy were now on their way to give us a dose of the same 
 medicine. Immediately began a hurried retreat back across the river. 
 This continued until another batch of rumors started flying to the 
 effect that McClellan, with a large body of troops, was on his way to 
 reinforce us, coming up the Virginia side of the river. This stopped 
 
EDWARD S FERRY 27 
 
 the retreat, and such forces as had been taken to the Maryland side were 
 brought back. All the talk now was about an immediate advance on 
 Leesburg. During the afternoon following we were suddenly thrown 
 into great excitement by hearing volley after volley of musketry dis 
 charged among the pickets, and soon after a long line of rebel troops 
 was plainly discernible, just in rear of our retreating pickets. At this 
 juncture, two pieces of artillery opened a brisk fire upon the advancing 
 enemy, and the infantry lined up for action. The rebels, however, soon 
 beat a hasty retreat, and our picket line was immediately restored. 
 Company G \vas thrown forward to support the most advanced pickets, 
 and the rest of the regiment held in reserve well toward the front. A 
 company of the First Minnesota, another regiment of the brigade, was 
 on the right of Company G, and during the brief engagement had one 
 man killed, and another wounded, the man killed receiving four bayonet 
 thrusts after he fell, mortally wounded by a shot through the hip. 
 Wednesday afternoon there was again some commotion out on the 
 front, but nothing came of it ; and Wednesday night the troops were all 
 transferred back to the Maryland side. 
 
 This whole event acquires importance by reason of what took place 
 elsewhere, rather than by what we experienced. There is no reason 
 why we should not have had a dose of the same medicine that was given 
 to the Fifteenth Massachusetts, and the other regiments that crossed at 
 Ball s Bluff. It is probable the enemy did not understand our isolated 
 position. At the time they made their appearance, as above recorded, 
 General Banks had a large force on the Maryland side, waiting to cross. 
 This acted as a first-class bluff. So far as known, Captain Wells 
 Sponable of Company B, and Private James Faville of Company K, 
 were the last persons to leave the Virginia side. Coming to the river 
 bank, they found large numbers of muskets, and a great quantity of 
 provisions, abandoned on the bank. All this stuff they threw into the 
 river before leaving. 
 
 Greeley in his "American Conflict," describing the events that 
 took place at Ball s Bluff, adds this in regard to our movement at 
 Edward s Ferry : 
 
 "Meanwhile General Stone had directed General Gorman to throw across 
 the river at Edward s Ferry, a small force, which made a cautious reconnais 
 sance for about three miles, on the road to Leesburg, when, coming suddenly 
 upon a Mississippi regiment, it exchanged volleys and returned. General 
 Gorman s entire brigade was thrown over at this point during the day; but, 
 as it did not advance, its mere presence on the Virginia side of the Potomac, so 
 far from the scene of the actual combat, subserved no purpose. After the dis 
 aster was complete, General Stone, about ten P. M., arrived on the ground, 
 opposite Ball s Bluff, from which our ill-starred advance was made, as did 
 General Banks at three next morning, and General McClellan on the evening 
 of that day. But it was now too late. No relief was sent while relief could 
 have availed. Even McCall retired from Dranesville southward (on the 
 Virginia side) on the day of the fatal fight." 
 
 On recrossing the river the regiment did not return to its old camp 
 at Seneca Mills, but proceeded to Poolville, where it went into camp, 
 and remained until the following spring. This camp was known as 
 " Camp McClellan." At this time we were brigaded with the Fifteenth 
 
28 
 
 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 Massachusetts, First Min 
 nesota, and Eighty-second 
 New York (formerly Sec 
 ond New York Militia) 
 under the command of Gen 
 eral Willis A. Gorman. 
 
 Previous to this 
 Edward s Ferry movement, 
 Colonel Ladew had re 
 turned, and resumed com 
 mand of the regiment ; but, 
 always in extremely poor 
 health, and seemingly un 
 able to endure the fatigue 
 of campaigning, he was 
 unable to accompany the 
 regiment across the river; 
 and was again compelled 
 to be absent from his com 
 mand until the 2Oth of 
 February. The winter on 
 the upper Potomac was one 
 of much severity. In spite 
 of stringent orders to the 
 contrary, there was a good 
 deal of intercourse, of the friendliest character, between the pickets on 
 the opposite sides of the river. , There were a good many meetings in 
 mid-stream, much commerce in the way of swapping of coffee for 
 tobacco ; swapping of newspapers and general exchange of news and 
 views, not considered contraband. Not infrequently our pickets would 
 cross to the other bank or the rebs to ours, for purposes of more 
 friendly intercourse. This was wholly out of order, of course, and in 
 fact, dead against orders ; and more than one officer lost his head on 
 account of it. But neither officers nor men could withstand the deadly 
 fascination of the game. It was delicious. And the officers and men 
 on the reb side couldn t abstain from it any more than we could. As 
 the winter advanced, river and canal were fast locked in icy fetters. 
 And then the northern boys wished they had brought their skates ; for 
 they could see the Johnnies, on the other side, having a good time on the 
 ice. January 10, there was a heavy fall of snow, and the weather 
 became bitterly cold. The rigors of picket, down on the river, could 
 not be abated ; but in camp the men made themselves as comfortable as 
 possible. Congenial spirits among the men, drawn together by that 
 selective affinity which sometimes makes strange bedfellows, would 
 combine, and erect little log-walled huts, with some kind of rude roof 
 ing, and so make themselves quite cosey. Then, again, some strange 
 josey, would go and live by himself, solitary like, chumming or frater 
 nizing with nobody. It was his way, and he was let alone. 
 
 CAPTAIN THOMAS CORCORAN 1865 
 
EDWARD S FERRY 29 
 
 And all the time at the camps there was drill, drill : company drill, 
 regimental drill ; and three times a week there was brigade drill. These 
 brigade drills were grand affairs, and quite worthy a long journey to 
 see. Everything was spick and span, bright and shining ; and three brass 
 bands, and several drum corps in the brigade, made up a quite over 
 powering mass of glory. Occasionally, also, there would be grand 
 reviews of all the troops in that vicinity, serenely contemplated by either 
 the great General George B. McClellan himself, or by General Charles 
 P. Stone, who, if it had not been for the red memory of Ball s Bluff, 
 and Edward s Ferry, might have counted himself, also, to have been 
 some great person. But at this time the Thirty-fourth itself had no 
 band ; that is, had not the real brass thing. And feeling the humiliat 
 ing position in which this naturally placed the regiment, there was a 
 general chipping in, the brass horns were ordered, and soon the Thirty- 
 fourth had as good a band as any. This story teaches us, that, in time 
 of war, if you can t have the real thing, in the way of glory, such 
 as battles and killings, a brass band is the first, last, and best sub 
 stitute. 
 
 To the everlasting credit of all the officers and men, be it said, that 
 there was the most determined effort, through all the hard winter, to 
 make the most and the best of the situation. Largely through the 
 exertions of Chaplain Van Petten, there was erected a commodious 
 chapel, in which there was preaching on Sunday, Bible class on Mon 
 day evening, prayer meeting on Tuesday and on Thursday evenings, 
 and a Lyceum meeting on Wednesday evening. This Lyceum was a 
 great thing. And the debates were masterful and eloquent. Some of 
 the debates were on war topics, and the state of the country, and showed 
 the true statesman-like breadth and grip of events. The following 
 were the officers : President, Lieutenant-Colonel James A. Suiter ; 
 Vice-President, Captain D. J. Rich ; Secretary, Lieutenant W. S. Wal 
 ton ; Treasurer, Adjutant George W. Thompson. 
 
 We observe the danger we encounter in this narrative of making 
 the view a little too rosy. We note with regret our constant tendency 
 to lean that way. And, lest some of our old comrades should be beguiled 
 by this narrative into believing that they must have had a very delightful 
 time that winter, after all, we will have to admonish them not to forget 
 how it rained that winter ; how it snowed ; how it froze ; how it thawed 
 and let the bottom drop out of all the roads, and of many more equally 
 interesting facts. Some men thought it rained all the time ; but this 
 view was not generally held ; for quite as many thought it snowed all 
 the time ; but all agreed that the weather was doing something all the 
 time, quite extraordinary. Hard labor was incessant ; sickness was very 
 common ; and suffering was universal. Living on the raw like that, is 
 the thing to bring out all the weak, and the strong, and the singular 
 traits in human nature. You find out all that was born in a man, and 
 all that he has since acquired. The sharp attrition of the closely 
 herded camp life grinds a man hard, and sometimes uncovers things 
 not suspected before. 
 
3 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 We must not forget to speak of a nice little event that occurred on 
 the ist of February. That was the presentation of a sword to Dr. S. 
 N. Sherman, the surgeon of the regiment. Sherman was a member of 
 Congress yet, and away a good deal at Washington. But on the occa 
 sion of one of his visits to camp he was presented with a fine sword and 
 belt. This was on account of his personal care and interest in the wel 
 fare of the men on the occasion of the crossing at Edward s Ferry, 
 October 21. The sword bore an inscription appropriate to that event. 
 The doctor was a very popular man from the beginning of his connec 
 tion with the regiment, until his retirement March 6, 1863, to accept 
 the position of Surgeon of United States Volunteers. The doctor, 
 next to Lieutenant-Colonel Suiter,, was the oldest officer in the regi 
 ment, the colonel being forty-four years old at the time of entering the 
 service. 
 
 From early in August, 1861, to November 12, 1862, Quartermaster 
 Nathan Easterbrook, Jr., was on detached duty on the staff of General 
 Gorman, commanding the brigade. During the interval, this depart 
 ment was administered at first by First Lieutenant Elijah R. Brown, 
 of Company A, for nearly a year; and afterward by First Lieutenant 
 Alfred T. Atwood, of Company I. Both officers served the regiment 
 with fidelity and ability. In one of the letters of Lieutenant W. S. 
 Walton we find the following neat little allusion to Quartermaster 
 Easterbrook : 
 
 "Conspicuous among General Gorman s staff, we noticed, on both occasions 
 (brigade reviews) , your friend and fellow townsman, N. Easterbrook, Jr., now 
 honored with the duties and emoluments of Captain Brigade Quartermaster and 
 aide-de-camp. Active, earnest, and kind to all, he deserves his good fortune, and 
 nothing would please us more than to have some military dignity say, Come up 
 higher." 
 
 A very cheery event during these winter months, and, in fact, 
 always, was the arrival of the paymaster. In those days we were paid 
 off in coin, and the formidable twenty-dollar gold pieces were very 
 much in evidence in the regiment after these visits. A snug bit of 
 money it took to go around ; but Paymaster King always brought 
 enough. This being paid in coin did not continue long; for soon the 
 white and yellow metals disappeared, and did not reappear as currency 
 for more than eleven vears. 
 
CHAPTER IV 
 
 MOVING AT LAST. OPENING OF THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO R.R. 
 
 AXD so the winter wore away, and it came to be the end of Febru 
 ary. After a thousand rumors had settled it otherwise, we 
 finally, on February 26, left Camp McClellan, and headed for 
 old Virginia s shore. First to Adamstown, where we took train, then to 
 Harper s Ferry, where we left the train, and crossed the Potomac on a 
 pontoon bridge. This is where the Potomac cuts through the Blue Ridge 
 Mountains, leaving the sharp cleavage of Maryland Heights on one 
 side, and London Heights on the other. While here the men took up 
 their quarters in a large brick building, that was formerly used as a cot 
 ton factory. When we went down to the dedication of our monument 
 September 17, 1902, we reached Harper s Ferry the first night; and the 
 next morning the men took a walk down to the old factory, which 
 seemed not to have changed much. 
 
 At that time, however, 1862, outside the view which nature 
 afforded, there was little of natural beauty. On the contrary, the scene 
 was one of widespread desolation. War had surely wrought havoc here. 
 Here were the ruins of the United States Armory; of the great railroad 
 bridge of the Baltimore and Ohio ; of large flouring mills, and of many 
 other important buildings ; as well as all the substantial reminiscences 
 of the John Brown episode ; and everywhere, also, the reminders of the 
 sanguinary struggles that had but recently taken place between the 
 Union and Confederate forces. The boys took it all in. 
 
 On March 4 we left Harper s Ferry, and moved to Bolivar Heights, 
 two and a half miles away. The situation here was a most command 
 ing one, and we are bound to see a good deal of it, first and last. March 
 7, at eight A. M. the brigade leaves old Bolivar, and is headed south, up 
 the Shenandoah Valley. At ten o clock it is near Charlestown, and 
 goes into camp in the edge of a woods, overlooking the beautiful valley. 
 Here till the roth. At six o clock in the morning, in the midst of a 
 pouring rain, it is off again, down through Charlestown, and headed 
 for Berryville. Now there is firing ahead, ominous sounds and sights 
 of every kind, and it looks as if our time had come, for we are on the 
 very frontier of the advancing column. But no ; the enemy offers but 
 little opposition, and soon we are in Berryville, and down comes the 
 secesh rag, and up go the stars and stripes. Still there are threatening 
 sounds ahead, until our cavalry swoops down the road, and just 
 cleans it. 
 
 On the march to Charlestown, where John Brown was hanged, the 
 regimental bands played the tune, to which is set "Battle Hymn of the 
 Republic." and the mighty host, marching in columns miles in length, 
 sang the familiar : 
 
 "John Brown s body lies a-mouldering in the grave, 
 But his soul goes marching on;" 
 
MOVING AT LAST 
 
 and when the chorus, "Glory, glory, Hallelujah, "was 
 reached the volume of the thousands of voices was 
 most impressive. As foreshadowing the final doom 
 of slavery, it was very significant. The rebel sym 
 pathizers, in return for this expression of sentiment 
 ( for we could now and then hear them, although we 
 couldn t see them), sang in reply: 
 
 Twas in Harper s Ferry section 
 They had an insurrection ; 
 John Brown thought the niggers would sustain him; 
 But old Gov nor Wise, 
 roi BY RON- i API iv i S6 3 Dropped the specs from off his eyes, 
 
 And he sent him to the happy land of Canaan." 
 
 This little town of Berryville boasted a newspaper called The Con 
 servator. Its editor was dead set against anything like progress, but 
 managed to get a move on, when the Yanks showed up ; and some of 
 our boys thought it too bad for the subscribers to be without their 
 accustomed home paper for even one day. So some of them turned in, 
 and resumed the publication. The first number issued by the new man 
 agement was a model in its way. There were short stories, poems, 
 and lots of good news, right down to date, from the seat of war. A 
 great many new subscribers were added to the list. But the manage 
 ment concluded that Winchester would be a better field for an enter 
 prise of that kind, and accordingly, on the I3th, started out, with Win 
 chester only ten miles away. 
 
 But it is monotonous always marching in one direction, and, accord 
 ingly, when within only two miles of that much desired haven, the order 
 came to about face, and night found us again back in Berryville, a little 
 the worse for wear. The publication of The Conservator is discon 
 tinued on account of a pressure of other duties. There was a good 
 deal of pressure on our columns at that time.* Hon. A. C. Brundage 
 furnishes us with the following account of a little incident which 
 occurred in Company I at this time : 
 
 "Soon after reaching camp at Berryville, on the advance southward, Com 
 pany I was detailed to go out on picket on the Millwood road. The next morn 
 ing the army, including Gorman s brigade, went on toward Winchester without 
 calling in Company I, which had provisioned only for that night and the morning. 
 After noon, Lieutenant Brundage sent the writer, with four men, back to Berry 
 ville, for provisions. Imagine our surprise, on reaching there, to find the regi 
 ment and the army gone, and no show for rations in sight. While looking over 
 the situation, and speculating on our forlorn prospects, we were relieved by 
 seeing Captain Brown, then Brigade Quartermaster, and an escort, coming from 
 the direction of Winchester, the army having been ordered to retrace its steps 
 the same day. The army and all stores were some miles away, except two or 
 three wagons that he had brought on in advance ; and from these Captain Brown 
 
 *The Fifteenth Massachusetts and the First Minnesota have each always claimed the honor 
 of having furnished the editor of The Conservator; but there is equally good evidence that the 
 editor was none other than Sanford Helmer of Co. F. We have found it impossible to get hold 
 of a copy of this paper. We suppose when this history is published, and it is everlastingly too 
 late, half a dozen comrades will send us copies. ED. 
 
COLONEL BYRON LAFLIN 1884 
 
34 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 gave us a small stock of rations, and impressed, for their transportation out to our 
 picket post, a man with a team and wagon. Captain Brown informed us that 
 the army would be back to Berry ville that night." 
 
 On Friday, March 14, we are again back at Charlestown, and on 
 the following day are on the top of old Bolivar. This most remarkable 
 excursion into eastern Virginia is known in very profane annals as 
 " The Opening of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad." The movement 
 also had another effect, that of drawing together widely separated 
 organizations that properly belonged together ; and accordingly, for the 
 first time, Sedgwick s Division was all together ; and at this time, March 
 13, according to the testimony of so good an authority as General 
 Francis A. Walker, the historian of the Second Corps, that forever to 
 be famous organization, the Second Corps, which, under a series of 
 famous generals, beginning with Sumner, and ending with Hancock, 
 the Superb, had its birth. And so the Thirty-fourth found itself in the 
 First Brigade, of the Second Division, of the Second Corps. And 
 Edwin V. Sumner was the great corps first commander. Later on 
 every one of the many corps in the army, had its distinctive badge, or 
 symbol. Thus, the symbol of the Second Corps, was a trefoil, or clover 
 leaf. And each division of this corps had a different color. Every 
 soldier and officer in the army was required to wear this badge on his 
 hat, or cap, the color corresponding to his division. Thus, meeting a 
 soldier anywhere with a white clover leaf on his hat, you would know, 
 at once that he belonged to the Second Division of the Second Corps. 
 The First Division in our corps, was Richardson s, and, of course, his 
 men all wore the red trefoil. These symbols have everywhere been 
 maintained, in veteran organizations, since the war, and are constantly 
 seen. 
 
 Another important event occurred during this brief expedition, 
 and that was the resignation of Colonel Ladew. He had returned to 
 the regiment from New York State on February 20, as stated ; but was 
 never in good health with the army ; and being again prostrated with 
 sickness, he at this time, gave up for good. His resignation was dated 
 March 20, 1862 ; and Lieutenant-Colonel James A. Suiter, who, so much 
 of the time, had been in active command of the regiment, immediately 
 succeeded to the vacancy. This sent all the under staff officers up a 
 notch ; in fact, caused an upward movement from the very bottom ; 
 Laflin becoming lieutenant-colonel, and Captain Charles L. Brown, of 
 Company G, becoming major. 
 
 Well, we left the Thirty- fourth on old Bolivar ; but not for long did 
 they remain there. Some colossal move was pending. Such a great 
 army must be doing something, and, strangely enough, our next move 
 was on Washington. On the 22d we marched to Sandy Hook, on the 
 Maryland side, where we trained, and the next morning, by three 
 o clock, we were in Washington, where we went into camp right in 
 front of the Capitol building. Some of the boys immediately went to 
 Congress. 
 
CHAPTER V 
 
 THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN 
 
 MARCH 29, 1862, finds the Thirty-fourth Regiment, with nearly 
 all the rest of the First Brigade, on board steamer R. Wil 
 liams, anchored for a little time directly in front of Mount 
 Vernon, on the Potomac River, having shipped from Alexandria same 
 day. But this stay is only brief, and incidental. Two days later the 
 same regiment finds itself on the same good ship, anchored within 
 a stone s throw of the famous Fortress Monroe, and Old Point Com 
 fort. Near by were many other ships, crowded with men, who had 
 come down the river on the same expedition as ourselves, what 
 ever that may be. Likewise you might have seen a little boat that 
 presently is to revolutionize all modern naval warfare, and all the 
 navies of the world; albeit, it was the most unpretentious object in 
 the whole aggregation. It was the little Monitor, resting after her 
 conflict with the Merrimac, March 9. The sail down the river, except 
 for a heavy snowstorm just at the start, had been uneventful, al 
 though, for a portion of the voyage, it was pretty rough sailing. 
 The next day, April I, the vessel proceeded to Hampton, where 
 the troops were landed. The condition of Hampton at this time was 
 that of a perfect ruin. By order of the Confederate authorities every 
 building in the place had been burned. The inhabitants were turned 
 out, destitute, forlorn, forsaken. This destruction was probably about 
 as wanton and cruel, and uncalled-for as any act in the whole history of 
 the rebellion. The story is told by the good Chaplain, Rev. J. J. Marks, 
 attached to Kearney s Division, and who wrote a little book on the 
 Peninsular campaign, that after the rebels had evacuated the town, a 
 detachment of soldiers was sent back to attend to this burning business ; 
 and that one of the officers stayed at night with his uncle. After he had 
 had a good visit with his uncle s family, and they had talked about old 
 times in a very tender fashion, and breakfast being over, and family 
 prayers being said, the officer informed his astonished uncle that he had 
 been sent back to burn the town, and that, as a matter of conscience, he 
 considered it his duty to begin with that house, which he did. 
 
 The morning of April 4th finds the regiment advancing toward 
 Yorktown, and that night the stop is made at Big Bethel, which had 
 been the scene of one of the earlier conflicts, when Theodore Winthrop, 
 the author of two of the brightest books ever published, fell for the 
 honor of his country, April 5 at Yorktown. The passing traveler, 
 along that " thoroughfare," would have been astonished at the magni 
 tude of the task accomplished in the construction, within so short a time, 
 of that road through the wilderness, to Yorktown. The march is over 
 miles, and miles, of corduroy road. Now a corduroy road is built by 
 laying one little log beside another, and sometimes covering them- with 
 
36 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 dirt. How many little logs in a mile? how many in ten miles? every 
 log a tree, that had to be cut down, stripped of limbs, and laid in its 
 place, making a military road, that horses could travel over safely, and 
 haul heavy loads over ; and through swamps at that. 
 
 All the way up to Yorktown there were most formidable fortifica 
 tions. At Big Bethel, and again at a place called Harrison s Mill, 
 there were works that would have withstood a long siege. Why were 
 they so quickly abandoned? The answer to this conundrum was fur 
 nished by a young lady of color, who was found, with many other 
 people of her persuasion, eagerly appropriating what the rebels had 
 abandoned : " Oh," said she, " de booms dugged em out." Now, at 
 Yorktown, we find the same formidable works ; and evidently the rebs 
 have no idea of leaving them in a hurry. " De booms " don t seem to 
 worry em, and they give back as good as we send. 
 
 The siege of Y orktown lasted just a month, and it was a period of 
 hard work. Every soldier became a digger. Picks and shovels are 
 the weapons now. Heavy details every day, to dig trenches, and throw 
 up earthworks. And dangerous picket duty, too, in front of the enemy. 
 Pickets had to be changed at night ; for no movement of that kind could 
 be made by daylight, we were so close. And the weather ! Don t 
 speak of it. Rain it could, and rain it did. Said one soldier, writing 
 home on April 9 : " We passed another terrible night last night. The 
 rain fell in torrents and we were completely soaked. To stand out 
 anywhere, last night, and hear the coughing, and the Oh dears/ which 
 told the actual suffering, was almost as bad as to pass through the hos 
 pitals after a battle. Yet," adds this philosopher, " it is not well to 
 complain of the weather." Another man, writing home at this time, 
 says he had made up his mind not to turn in at all that night, the pros 
 pect of getting any sleep was so slim. Typhoid fever, that inevitable 
 accompaniment of swamp ground, and wet weather, was quite preva 
 lent. Out on picket there was continual snipping. You mustn t show 
 your head, if you didn t want it perforated. Every day the earthworks 
 rose and rose, and presently black-throated guns began to peer over 
 them. It seemed like it was to be a siege ; while every day there was 
 talk about an assault. What that Great Procrastinator, General McClel- 
 lan, intended to do, it would be hard to say. Now balloons, in war time,, 
 are supposed to be a great help. You can see over into the enemy s 
 country, and see all he is doing. That must make him feel very uncom 
 fortable. And seeing just what he is doing, you know just what to do- 
 yourself. Of course. Now the Union balloon was up most every day, 
 and sharp-eyed men in it were peering over into the rebel lines. We 
 were not to be caught napping. If they were doing anything, we should 
 know it as soon as they did. Clearly enough, a balloon is a great thing 
 in war time. May 3, and the writer of this was out on the front line, 
 digging with the rest. Some one said, "There is the balloon." And 1 
 sure enough there it was, taking a good look, just as it had every day. 
 But there was nothing to be seen, and we kept on digging. The next 
 morning what should we hear but that the rebels had left, bag and bag- 
 
THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN 37 
 
 gage ; and they had been leaving, bag and baggage, for days before 
 hand. And we had never known a thing of what they were up to. 
 Surely a balloon, in time of war, is a great thing. It contains a great 
 deal of gas ; but not much solid information. Of course "Little Mack" 
 could have known what the rebs were up to ; but that wasn t his busi 
 ness. His business was to howl for reinforcements. One man can t 
 do everything. 
 
 The writer of this sketch wrote a series of letters to a home paper, 
 (the Mohawk Courier) during the whole period of the regiment s 
 service, letters which now have helped him out on many a name and 
 date. And we find that he wrote, at this time, Sunday morning, May 4, 
 the following: "At the time of the announcement of the evacuation, we 
 were lying on picket, scarcely half a mile from the nearest point of the 
 rebel works ; and it seemed almost incredible that these towering battle 
 ments, from which the enemy had been thundering all night long, had 
 been forsaken." But they had. 
 
 At once the news ran, like a fire, along the lines, and without a 
 moment s delay the men began to swarm over into the rebel works. 
 With what interest did they prowl about, exploring every nook. It 
 would consume a great deal of valuable space, if we should try to 
 describe the works. They were certainly very extensive. The enemy 
 had left no stone unturned. After a while we learned that the streets 
 were paved with danger. Bombs would explode under the feet of the 
 swarming soldiers. The wonder is that no more were hurt. Why 
 should the rebels abandon such formidable works ? It was a clear case. 
 It was because of the terror that the name of Little Mack inspired. 
 
 On Monday afternoon following our brigade began to move for 
 ward. But that afternoon and night were a time long to be remem 
 bered. We thought we had heard of its raining before, and all during 
 the siege; but it never rained till the night of May 5, 1862. Reader, 
 you have heard of its raining pitchforks. But this was every whit as 
 bad ; for there was a reign of terror. It was bitterly cold, blowing 
 great guns, and raining torrents. We pretended to be on the march ; 
 we were hot after the fleeing rebs ; we were threshing the ground just in 
 their rear ; but to tell the naked truth we must have advanced about ten 
 rods, all night ; we would not like to overstate the distance. There was 
 no road ; but there was a river of mud. The men built such fires as they 
 could, and sang, and joked, and told stories of people at home in com 
 fortable beds, and nagged each other, with " Soldier, will you work? " 
 " No, I ll sell my shirt first ;" and all that sort of tirade, which showed 
 the dreadful depravity of the situation. Along toward morning we 
 were ordered back to "our old camp. O, McClellan is a hustler when 
 he gets after a fleeing enemy. 
 
 But the next day, as it wore on, out came the sun, the sky became 
 blue, the noisy winds blew themselves away; and all the discomforts 
 of the past night were cheerfully forgiven. That day we took the 
 little steamer, Daniel S. Williams, and went thirty miles up the river 
 to West Point. W T e reached it just a little too late to take part in the 
 
HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 bloody battle of Wil- 
 1 i a m s b u r g. But 
 some of the men 
 went over the field, 
 and the sights they 
 saw were bloody. 
 The woods were 
 thickly strewn with 
 the dead and 
 wounded, and the 
 buildings in the 
 town were filled with 
 the same. The 
 rebels had fled so 
 precipitately that 
 they had been com 
 pelled to leave all 
 their wounded be 
 hind, and their 
 dead unburied. 
 The inhabitants of 
 the town had become 
 terror-stricken, and 
 fled from the ap 
 proach of the terrible 
 Yankees. The roads 
 leading away from 
 town were strewn 
 
 with property thrown away by the inhabitants, in their flight. And 
 farther away the roads were choked with fleeing women, and children, 
 and servants. Surely, war sweeps with a harsh broom. 
 
 The next stage in our advance brings us to New Kent Court House. 
 Here we arrive Saturday, May 10, having left West Point the day 
 before. During the march we halt for a few hours, along with the entire 
 division of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, about 11,000 men, on a splen 
 did farm, owned by a man by the name of Eltham. " There were more 
 guests at table than the host invited." And there were others. For 
 just now the army is attacked in front, rear, and flank, by armies of 
 mosquitoes. Their onslaught was sudden and vigorous, and victorious. 
 They carried the day, leaving the field covered with the bodies of their 
 victims. The weather, also, was an enemy in itself ; for it was blistering 
 hot, and the men were completely whipped out with the march. Scores 
 fell out ; but at New Kent Court House they had a chance to catch up, 
 and the whole army again got its wind. The reports at that time 
 showed that there were 15,000 sick men in the Army of the Potomac. 
 
 Thursday, the I5th, we are on the road again, and come to a little 
 place called Austin s Church. This march to Austin s Church was a 
 tough one. The mud was over shoetops ; the soil was a sticky clay, 
 
 1862 CAPTAIX IRVING D. CLARK 1903 
 
THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN 
 
 which held the feet like 
 a bootjack, or else 
 slipped and threw you 
 down. On the i8th we 
 broke camp at Austin s 
 Church, and came on to 
 a place which we called 
 Camp Cumberland, 
 where we remained until 
 the 2 1 st. That day, 
 Wednesday, May 21, 
 was also a day long to be 
 remembered. You see 
 we are getting our mem 
 ories pretty full of these 
 long-to-be remembered 
 days. We broke camp 
 at 6 o clock in the morn 
 ing, and marched four 
 teen miles. People at 
 home often read in the 
 papers about long, 
 forced marches of twen 
 ty-five or thirty-five or 
 more miles a day. 
 Stories like these are 
 generally to be dis 
 counted, the same as 
 stories about men "itch 
 ing for a fight." With 
 all a soldier has to carry, 
 and the circumstances 
 under which he does his 
 
 traveling, being usually in a crowded road, with frequent and tedious 
 halts for what, nobod y knows, we called this march of fourteen miles, 
 under a burning sun, a record breaker. All day long we were pushed 
 on unmercifully. The mud had now changed to dry sand, and the men 
 suffered greatly from thirst. As one officer wrote home : "As a gen 
 eral thing water was scarce and precious as molten gold ; while the little 
 that could be obtained after a rush and push and a general squabble, 
 was too foul to drink." Men and officers as well, fell out of the ranks 
 by the dozens. It is said three poor fellows died from heat and ex 
 haustion. But there is no doubt about the beauty of that country. We 
 passed many fine old mansions on the way,bowered in trees, overlooking 
 broad acres, and surrounded by orchards and fields of growing corn. 
 Always near these old mansions, the darkies were very much in evi 
 dence, and greatly excited at the coming of the Yanks. At one point 
 we passed Roper s Church, the place where Washington was married 
 
 IQOO CAPTAIN \VILLIAM S. WALTOX 1863 
 
4O HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 to the beautiful Mrs. Martha Custis. Late in the afternoon we arrived 
 within two miles of Bottom s Bridge, and encamped in an open field 
 near the Richmond & York River Railroad. We then learned that we 
 were fourteen miles from Richmond, and twenty-six miles from West 
 Point. The men were greatly elated to learn that the Eighty-first and 
 Ninety-second Xew York Regiments and Bates Artillery, were en 
 camped near by, and there was a great deal of visiting back and forth. 
 
 The 22d was a day of rest. On Friday, the 23d, began the issue 
 of the famous whiskey ration. Half a gill was doled out to every man 
 twice a day. There was some debate among the men in regard to the 
 propriety of this whiskey business. It wasn t very likely to keep men 
 from getting sick, and it was pretty certain to make mischief. The 
 temperance men, not wanting the stuff themselves, had compunctions 
 about giving it to others. 
 
 Monday, May 26th, found us at the Tyler House, an old-time slave 
 plantation, the home of the President Tyler family. Here we remained 
 until May 31, a date that will always stand as a marked one in Ameri 
 can history. 
 
 The following is the program prescribed for us in General Order 
 No. 4, dated August 8, 1861, at Camp Jackson and which had been 
 followed ever since, with few variations: Reveille, (all up,) 5 a. m. 
 Company Drill, (no excuses accepted,) 5.30. Surgeon s Call, (the 
 very sick ordered to the hospital,) 5.30. Breakfast, (you got your own,) 
 7. Morning Roll Call, (hurry up, and get in line,) 8. Guard Mount 
 ing, (unlucky Tommy Atkins, who has to go on,) 9. Discharge of 
 
 ion Drill, (what new knot is that blankety blank officer going to tie us 
 up in to-day?) 6. Dress Parade, (a dozen or more new orders for one 
 thing and another,) 7. Company Roll Call, (stentorian voice of Talcott, 
 "Sir, all are present, or accounted for,") 8. Retreat, (far up and down 
 the valley, and across the hills, gleam the pale lights through the white 
 tents,) 9 Tattoo, (Get Phil Will and Johnny Johnson, and come around 
 to my tent, and we ll have a game on the quiet.") 9. Lights out, (and the 
 great camp sleeps, while the faithful sentries, down at the river, and 
 hovering about the camp, pace their lonely beats, dreaming of the loved 
 ones far away, and of the comrades who will never wake to greet the 
 morning light; calling, calling, through the night: "Ten o clock, eleven 
 o clock, twelve o clock, and all is well.") 9.30. 
 
CHAPTER VI 
 
 THE BATTLE OF FAIR OAKS 
 
 OX the morning of the 3ist of May, we began to hear heavy 
 firing ahead, and knew that something serious was brewing. 
 We found out later what it was. It appears that McClellan s 
 army at this time was divided. The Chickahominy River extends 
 nearly east and west in this region, and the Third and Fourth Corps 
 of the army were on the south side; while the Second, Fifth and 
 Sixth were on the north side. Two bridges had been thrown over 
 the river by General Sumner. The Confederates were sharp enough 
 to perceive that they had a great opportunity. A severe storm, which 
 broke on Friday caused the river to overflow these bridges, and ren 
 dered the situation of the divided army perilous. A disaster might 
 befall at any time these two isolated corps of the Federal army, and 
 it did. 
 
 We are not going to undertake to describe the Battle of Fair Oaks 
 in detail, for we are chiefly concerned with the part taken in the battle 
 by the Thirty-fourth Regiment. General Johnston, of the rebel army, 
 perceived his advantage, and attacked Casey s and Couch s Divisions of 
 the Fourth Corps with disastrous results. Along in the afternoon, we 
 were pushed rapidly forward from the Tyler House toward the sound 
 of heavy firing. We reached the banks of the Chickahominy River, but 
 were halted at the river s brink.* The grapevine bridge, on which we 
 were supposed to cross, was floating on the water. After a long wait, 
 we did get over ; and the writer of these lines, now, after forty years 
 interval, does not remember that the passage was particularly hazardous. 
 But General Francis A. Walker says : " The long corduroy approaches 
 
 * In the history of the Fifth New Hampshire Regiment, Colonel Edward E. Cross commanding, 
 we find the following description of this bridge : 
 
 "Grapevine bridge was built across the Chickahominy River, some six miles above the cross 
 ing of the Williamsburg and Richmond stage-road at Bottom s Bridge, for the passage of Sedgwick s 
 Division of Sumner s Corps of the Army of the Potomac from the north to the south side. It was 
 built in two days, May 27 and 28, 1862, by the Fifth Regiment, directed by Colonel Edward E. 
 Cross, aided by a detail of two hundred and fifty men from the Sixty-fourth Regiment, New York 
 Volunteers, and one hundred and fifty men from Meagher s Irish Brigade. More than one thousand 
 men were employed in its construction, working constantly and vigorously in the water and mud. 
 It was built wholly of logs, unsawn and unhewn, cut from the forest as required, being rolled or 
 floated into position by men wading or swimming. The channels and deeper parts of the swamp 
 were bridged by felling or floating large trees across and fixing them upon piers made of logs, to 
 stumps, or to the firm earth upon either bank. Other stringers were placed upon the bottom of the 
 shallows, all being about the same level. Thus a continuous support for a roadway was laid for a 
 distance of seventy rods. Then, upon these stringers, were laid, transversely, as planks might be, 
 other logs, as long as the bridge was wide. These were arranged closely, side by side, and served as 
 flooring. Over these, upon either side of the bridge, directly over the outer stringers, were placed 
 still other logs, end to end. All were made firm by interweaving grapevines. Not a pin, dowel, 
 bolt or nail entered into its construction. It was fifteen feet wide, rising just above the surface of 
 the water through the swamp and only two or three feet above the current of the channels. It was 
 sufficiently firm and substantial to furnish safe and ready crossing to an army of men, with horses, 
 wagons and field artillery. The approach upon the north side was cut through an embankment 
 ten feet in height; upon the south side, after leaving the corduroy, the road was deplorable for half 
 a mile before reaching the higher land. The bridge withstood the greatest flood ever known upon 
 that river and swamp, served all its intended purposes, and remained after the waters had subsided. 
 On May 31 it was crossed by Sedgwick s Division at about 2 o clock p. M., which was thus enabled 
 to arrive on the battlefield "of Fair Oaks just in time to arrest the triumphant advance of the Con 
 federate army, which was pursuing the Federal troops to a disastrous rout." 
 
FAIR OAKS, THE ADAMS HOUSE AND OUR FIELD ON RIGHT IQO2 
 
 
 u 
 
 :^r 
 
 
 
 FAIR OAKS. THE WILLIAMSBURG ROAD 1902 
 
 We charged across the Field on the Left, into the Woods on the Right. 
 
THE BATTLE OF FAIR OAKS 43 
 
 through the swamp had been uplifted from the mud, and now floated 
 loosely on the shallow water, but although even Sumner feared that 
 the attempt would result in terrible disaster, Sedgwick s Division, (to 
 which the Thirty-fourth belonged,) marched upon the swaying bridge. 
 The weight of the moving column steadied it." Colonel Suiter, of the 
 Thirty- fourth, in his official report of the battle, says : " In advancing 
 to Fair Oaks, from the Tyler House, the men had, some of the way, to 
 march through water and mud waist deep." And Lieutenant-Colonel 
 John W. Kimball, commanding the Fifteenth Massachusetts, a com 
 panion regiment to the Thirty-fourth, in his official report, says : " The 
 water, in some places coming up to the waists of the men." And one 
 of the privates of the Fifteenth Massachusetts, in a letter written home 
 after the battle, says : "After leaving the bridge, we waded through mud 
 and water, nearly waist deep, before we reached hard ground, so called." 
 It therefore seems pretty well established that the Thirty-fourth did 
 some wading, in its advance to Fair Oaks. 
 
 As soon as we were over the swollen river we were rushed for 
 ward. It appears that the Third and Fourth Corps had been pretty 
 roughly handled in the fight thus far, losing heavily in men and guns. 
 But at the moment when the situation was the most desperate Sedg 
 wick s Division was coming to the front. In the center of a large, open 
 field stood the historic Adams House, facing west. To the left of this 
 house we are quickly hustled, the Eighty-second New York, of our 
 brigade in our rear, and the Fifteenth Massachusetts in the rear of that ; 
 at the right of the house is Kirby s Battery, and troops to the right of 
 that. In about the time it takes to tell it, the Fifteenth moves to our 
 right, completing the line to the house ; and the Eighty-second to the 
 right of the house, supporting the battery. To our left was the 
 Twentieth Massachusetts. At some distance in front, filling the woods, 
 are the enemy, flushed with unbroken victory. And then the fun began. 
 
 A regiment, in its first fight, knows not the sentiment of fear. The 
 dangers are all present, but the men are unconscious of them. The 
 psychic life of a man, so to speak, has never traversed this ordeal 
 before. Next time the men will be afraid ; but not this time. And so 
 it was. There was no interval of waiting. The firing runs along the 
 line, at the enemy, now clearly seen advancing out of the woods. At 
 once, the men began to drop ; but no man was afraid, though his turn 
 might come next. The firing is as hot as the men can make it. We 
 can see the men on the other side falling too. They are making a fierce 
 attempt to get possession of Kirby s Battery. They surge up toward 
 the old house, but are literally crowded back by our lines, which are 
 steadily pushing forward. We stand them off in handsome style. 
 Every officer who rides a horse, and all the officers on foot, are moving 
 back and forth, close up against our ranks, urging on the men, who need 
 no urging. Gray-haired Sumner is there, and Gorman, roaring louder 
 than ever. Finally, at what seems the supreme moment, the order is 
 given to charge, and the men respond with the greatest alacrity. The 
 field in front is swept clear ; the rebels are completely routed. It is a 
 
44 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 great victory. The rebels are driven back across the old Williamsburg 
 road, and into the woods beyond. Night closes upon the scene. 
 
 Speaking of the charge which the Thirty-fourth made on that 
 occasion, General Gorman, in his official report, says : 
 
 "Muskets were promptly brought down to a charge, and the men threw 
 themselves at double quick headlong upon the enemy, the Thirty-fourth New 
 York somewhat in advance on the left, and in perfect line, the Eighty-second 
 New York and the Fifteenth Massachusetts supporting the center. The enemy 
 on the right and center gave way, but a South Carolina regiment before the 
 Thirty-fourth New York, brought their bayonets to a charge, and stood until 
 that regiment was within ten or fifteen paces of them. I halted the Eighty- 
 second New York and Fifteenth Massachusetts a little before they entered the 
 woods; but the Thirty-fourth New York plunged into the thicket some fifty 
 paces before I could halt them. A further advance would have imperiled their 
 left and flank." 
 
 This Adams House and the sheds around it were soon filled with 
 wounded men, and the surgeons had their hands full. Colonel Suiter, 
 in his official report, says that the Thirty-fourth had 19 killed, 76 
 wounded, and 3 missing, and that 3 have since died. But in the lists 
 which we give below, are the names of 31 men killed in this battle. We 
 have tried to make the list as complete as possible. By the official 
 reports, published since, the loss of the Thirty-fourth was three times 
 that of any other regiment in the brigade. In the open field the ground 
 was literally covered with the dead and dying. We slept that night 
 among them, and many a live man snuggled up to a dead one, and didn t 
 know it until the morning broke. 
 
 That next morning, which was Sunday, and the ist of June, the 
 battle opened over on our left, and we stood in line, ready to go in, but 
 now the other division of our corps, Richardson s, and Hooker s of 
 the Third Corps, which had not been engaged heretofore, went to the 
 front, and had their innings. The battle broke out early in the morning ; 
 but it appears to have been an accident, rather than the result of any 
 deliberate purpose on either side. 
 
 While waiting in line, and expecting to go in, we wrote these 
 lines, speaking on the battle of the night before, to the home paper 
 which, after forty-one years, we have no disposition to modify : 
 
 The Thirty-fourth has won for itself a name which will long be treasured . Gen- 
 eralsSumner, Sedgwick and Gorman, were allon the field, and riding up before our 
 regiment broke out in such exclamations as, God bless the gallant Thirty-fourth, 
 You have covered yourselves all over with glory, every man of you, Noble 
 men, I hope I shall die praising you. General Sedgwick said that he had been 
 in service a great many years, but had never in his life seen such a bayonet 
 charge as we made across that open field and into those woods. Said he, If 
 money will buy it the Thirty-fourth shall have one of the handsomest banners 
 in the whole army, and upon it shall be inscribed, in letters of gold, Fair Oaks. " 
 
 Many were the touching scenes witnessed on the field and in the 
 hospitals after the fight. But none were more touching than the one 
 described by Captain Clark at the dedication of our monument. We 
 refer the reader to the account of the dedication for the incident. 
 
 The story of little Jesse Van Hagen is almost equally touching. 
 He was killed by a shot through the body. His younger brother, a 
 
TUCKER S SPRING, FAIR OAKS IOO2 
 
 SPRING AT KEEDYSVILLE, MD. IQO2 
 
4 6 
 
 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 mere lad, had enlisted in Captain Beverly s company, to go as drum 
 mer. With a tender regard for the brother William, he had himself 
 enlisted, to go along with, and care for, the young fellow. The younger 
 man was subsequently discharged for disability, not being able to stand 
 the hardships of a soldier s life. At the time of this battle, Jesse, being 
 naturally of a delicate constitution, was a very sick man ; but he would 
 let nothing keep him from his post of duty ; so he crawled from his tent, 
 joined his company, and fought till he fell, as brave as any man could 
 be. All the members of the regiment seemed animated by the same 
 spirit. Captain Sponable here received a bullet, which he carries yet, 
 and which has never since let him enjoy a moment s peace. 
 
 The following are the names of those killed in this battle of Fair 
 Oaks. For purposes of condensation we have included those who 
 died of wounds immediately after the battle as killed in the battle. For 
 further information see the General Roster. 
 
 Brewer, Milton D. 
 
 Buck, John R. E. 
 
 Ballard, Stephen Andrew B. 
 
 Carlton, Henry D. 
 
 Clark, Solomon B. I. 
 
 Corbyn, Jr., Daniel S. B. 
 
 Dillon, James D. 
 
 Gordon, James W. G. 
 
 Hill, Sergt. Major Luther A. A. 
 
 Jacobus, Jesse I. 
 
 Kellogg, Herbert I. 
 
 Kennedy, Corp. Matthew B. 
 
 Kirk, Robert G. 
 
 Lackey, Benjamin E. 
 
 Lamb, Clinton K. 
 
 Laughlin, Barney G. 
 
 Loomis, John B. 
 Me Laughlin, Corp. Robert K. 
 Middlebrook, First Sergt. Allen G. K. 
 Myers, John F. 
 Norris, Enoch G. 
 Peck, William K. 
 Petrie, Hay den J. C. 
 Sixby, Nicholas K. 
 Taft, Jesse E. 
 Terry, Corp. Albert B. 
 Terry, Victor B. 
 Thrasher, William B. C. 
 Van Hagan, Jesse K. 
 White, William C. 
 Williams, Corp. John K. 
 Total, 31. 
 
 Following the battle the Thirty-fourth occupied a camp on the 
 front line in which it almost daily received fire from the rebel batteries 
 posted on the farther side of a large wheat field on Garnet s Farm. It 
 was seldom that anybody was hurt by this fire, however. For nearly 
 a month we were on arduous picket duty. There was not a day that did 
 not have its exciting incidents. The tension was very acute. There 
 was no comity between the forces to prevent constant snipping. But 
 there was one spot between the two lines which both sides agreed should 
 be neutral and friendly ground. This was Tucker s Spring, and^the 
 picture we give of it shows how it looks at the present day. It is a 
 beautiful spot and a picnic ground for parties from Richmond. The 
 spring itself is a noble one, of the purest water, which we believe has 
 been sold in various markets. 
 
 The keeper of the National Cemetery at Fair Oaks writes that he 
 has been over all his records very carefully, but cannot find a single 
 name of a Thirty-fourth comrade buried there. All our dead sleep in 
 unknown graves. Only one of our dead could be found in the Na 
 tional Cemetery at Fredericksburg. He was a Co. D man, who died of 
 disease elsewhere. See Roster. 
 
THE BATTLE OF FAIR OAKS 
 
 47 
 
 The following are the names of those wounded at Fair Oaks. This 
 list has grown steadily since we first began to work on it, and it is very 
 probable that it is not yet complete : 
 
 Adle, Henry G. 
 
 Benchley, Willett H. G. 
 
 Brundage, Corp. Azariah C. I. 
 
 Cady, Loren E. G. 
 
 Carlton, Stephen D. 
 
 Clark, First Lieut. Irving D. B. 
 
 Deland, Lyman E. 
 
 Doud, John C. 
 
 Eastman, Gilbert L. G. 
 
 Egeler, John F. 
 
 Egleston, William I. 
 
 Ferrill, Thomas B. 
 
 Fynn, Martin K. 
 
 Franklin, Henry E. 
 
 Gorey, William F. 
 
 Guild, Winfield Scott B. 
 
 Haight, Lewis G. 
 
 Hill, Sergt. William L. D. 
 
 Hobby, George F. 
 
 Hurley, James Peter B. 
 
 King, Capt. William H. I. Twice 
 
 wounded. 
 Kirby, Edwin G. 
 Lewis, William J. F. 
 Lamphere, Warren K. 
 Loomis, Merritt B. D. 
 Loyd, Simon C. 
 Marshall, Syrall E. 
 Manning, Owen F. 
 Mills, William C. 
 Moore, John G. 
 
 McMinez, Ezra E. 
 
 Miller, George H. 
 
 Orcutt, Alvin E. 
 
 Oathout, William K. 
 
 Pabodie, George A. E. 
 
 Perry, Jacob C. B. 
 
 Porter, Joseph C. 
 
 Rathbone, Orsemus E. 
 
 Reynor, Joseph D. 
 
 Rosa, Corp. John W. K. 
 
 Rogers, Dennis K. 
 
 Scanlan, Daniel C. 
 
 Scott, First Lieut. John O. D. 
 
 Shepherd, Peter C. 
 
 Sisco, Franklin E. 
 
 Smith, Horace H. B. 
 
 Sponable, Capt. Wells B. 
 
 Stewart, John B. 
 
 Van Etten, John B. 
 
 Van Court, Daniel P. G. 
 
 Van Valkenburgh, First Sergt. Wm. S 
 
 F. 
 
 Wait, Francis H. 
 Warner, William N. C. 
 Weber, Richard I. 
 Webster, William R. D. 
 White, Thomas F. 
 Will, Philip F. 
 Walton, Second Lieut. William S. K. 
 
 Total, 58. 
 
CHAPTER VII 
 
 THE SEVEN DAYS BATTLES" 
 
 OX the 26th of June heavy cannonading off to the north indicated 
 that the fierce Seven Days Battles had begun. Mechanicsville, 
 Games Mill and Golding s Farm quickly following. In none 
 of these engagements did the Thirty-fourth take part. But the air 
 was full of ominous forebodings. We didn t worry; we knew our 
 time would come. Stonewall Jackson had struck the extended Union 
 line on the right and from his point of view was rolling it back dis 
 astrously. From the Federal point of view, however, that was not 
 exactly the case. The troops were falling back in accordance with 
 a pre-arranged plan on the part of McClellan to shift his base of 
 operation from the Pamunky to the James River. On Sunday, June 
 29, it came our time to move, and we quickly moved to Savage Sta 
 tion, some miles to the south. The rebels, however, had been on the 
 alert, and began to press us from the moment we broke camp at Fair 
 Oaks. Savage Station, ever since a historic place, is a little bit 
 of a railroad station, and nothing but a station. It has high ground 
 to the south and was skirted by forests then as now. Very soon the 
 rebels made their appearance in the edge of the woods and began 
 to shell us. One would scarcely believe that so many shells could 
 be thrown among thousands of men, and so few hurt. When this can 
 nonading had been kept up for some time, and had become tiresome, 
 the Irish Brigade, commanded ordinarily by General Thomas Francis 
 Meagher, but on this occasion by Colonel Vernon, was ordered to 
 charge and clear the woods, which it did in handsome style. In fact, 
 this charge was one of the most dramatic episodes of the war. This 
 great body of men swept over the plateau with such huzzas as only a 
 body of Irishmen can give. 
 
 From this time on we found ourselves crowded together in roads 
 and woods with marching men, cavalry, artillery, and moving trains, 
 and the progress was slow and difficult. 
 
 June 3Oth occurred what is commonly known in the annals of the 
 Thirty-fourth as the Battle of White Oa k Swamp. It would take a 
 moving picture to properly describe it ; for it extended over what was 
 known as White Oak Swamp, Nelson s Farm, Glendale, all lying along 
 the same road. The lists of our killed and wounded are mentioned in 
 the official reports as having been shot at White Oak Swamp; but 
 Colonel Suiter, who was in command of the brigade a portion of that 
 day, has thought best to call it the Battle of Glendale, and it is so men 
 tioned on our Antietam monument. The day was insufferably hot, and 
 the roads were unspeakably dusty. We were thrown back and forth 
 from one point to another as danger threatened, and it took almost 
 supreme endurance to stand it. But the men knew that sooner or later 
 we would have to fight, and no one wanted to be absent when the time 
 
THE SEVEN DAYS BATTLES 49 
 
 came. Along in the afternoon came orders from Suniner himself for 
 the men to throw off everything but guns and cartridge boxes, and the 
 orders were quickly obeyed. A soldier hates to throw away his knap 
 sack. It contains everything he cherishes ; letters from home, pictures 
 of loved ones, keepsakes that he has treasured all the way, besides all 
 that he has in the way of extra clothing, needles and thread, and all the 
 rest. It was evident that all the other regiments had been compelled to 
 do the same; for the hot ground was everywhere littered with them. 
 At one point we noticed where a brass band had thrown away all its 
 instruments in the long run, and these had subsequently been run over 
 by heavy artillery. The spectacle was not a pleasant one. Finally, 
 near the close of the day, we brought up in front of a woods, inside of 
 which terrific firing was going on ; and we knew that the great Day of 
 the Lord had come. 
 
 In reply to our request to give us some of his recollections con 
 cerning this battle, Colonel Suiter very kindly sent the writer a full 
 account, from which we make a number of extracts : 
 
 "General Richardson, commander of the first division of our corps, became 
 engaged in our rear, and the Thirty-fourth was ordered to go to his support at 
 a double quick. We executed the order and relieved Richardson, when we 
 received an order to return at a double quick to support General Sedgwick, 
 who had become engaged at the Nelson Farm. On reaching Sedgwick, we were 
 sent to the support of General Kearny, at Glendale. In this battle we lost very 
 heavily in a very short space of time. Night caught us fighting. At about 
 nine o clock in the evening the fighting ceased on both sides without an order. 
 We picked up our wounded, and carried them to a safe place, and all they required 
 was water. I sent Adjutant Thompson to find some water; and during his 
 absence it appeared that a thousand at least, of the enemy, black and white, 
 appeared upon the field in front, with torchlights, picking up their wounded. 
 My adjutant returned, after a long search, with water, which I gave to the 
 wounded, and relieved their wants. I immediately sent the adjutant back to 
 ask General Sumner or Sedgwick to send me supports. I then went to the front 
 and laid down to hear, if possible, what those torchlight fellows had to say. 
 After some time General Kearny, who had lost an arm in the Mexican war. 
 arrived. After the compliments of the night, the general said: Colonel, those 
 fellows may, under the pretext of humanity, form a line of battle across your 
 front; and if they come so near that you think they are going to attack, fire one 
 volley, and then charge. My reply was: General, I think I shall fire the volley 
 and perhaps move them on; but when I charge it will be by the rear rank. 
 After a long wait Adjutant Thompson made his appearance with an order that 
 I should as quietly and expeditiously as possible, withdraw my regiment. This 
 was done; and when I got out it was daylight, and the entire army was on the 
 move for Malvern Hill." 
 
 We can only add to what Colonel Suiter has so graphically 
 described by saying that the scene throughout the early part of the 
 night, when we lay in the edge of the woods, with the open field in our 
 front, was weird and ghastly in the extreme. Men with flaming 
 torches were wandering about this open field, calling, calling, to find 
 their wounded comrades, hoping to render them some aid. Sometimes 
 we could hear a feeble response as the names were called out, saying : 
 " Here I am, boys," but more frequently there was no response. Our 
 losses in this battle were not numerically great ; but it is a wonder that 
 
50 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 half the regiment wasn t killed by the preliminary 
 operations. Our lists show only 6 men killed 
 and ii wounded. Late in the night word was 
 passed along the line to fall back, but to make 
 no noise. Lieutenant Northup of Company K, 
 who had been severely wounded, was put on a 
 stretcher, and four of his men carried the suffer 
 ing officer along with the regiment all the way 
 to Malvern Hill and safety. In all this step- 
 by-step movement, this all-day fighting and all- 
 night running, our forces were uniformly vic 
 torious. And it is a wonder that General McClel- 
 lan did not turn and strike at his antagonist on 
 
 LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOHN some o f these occasions. Our generals hated to 
 BEVERLY 1862 gi ve U p the advantages they had won, and resume 
 
 the retreat, but General McClellan didn t seem to 
 De like-minded. McClellan was a great man on a retreat. 
 
 The following are the names of the killed in this engagement. So 
 many had been prostrated by the heat and dust and heavy marching 
 preceding the battle that the number engaged was numerically small : 
 
 Barnes, Loren I. Nichols, John W. K. 
 
 Cassily, Daniel A. Sixby, John S. K. 
 Gordon, Corp. Daniel R. E. 
 Kibbie, Eugene K. Total, 6. 
 
 The following are the names of the wounded : 
 
 Burns, First Sergt. William K. Mooers, Wolford D. 
 
 Campbell, Isaac G. G. Northup, Lieut. Emerson S. K. 
 
 Carroll, Edward F. O wins, John B. Also captured. 
 
 Degnan, Michael B. Petrie, Chauncy B. 
 
 Greenly, Hiram B. K. Walton, Lieut. William S. K. 
 
 Le Page, Lewis D. Total, n. 
 
 Tuesday, July 1st, finds us at Malvern Hill. This ground should 
 be an ideal spot for a general fighting on the defensive. It is high 
 ground, free and clear on every side. Once an army is in possession of 
 this ground, it can hardly be surprised ; for any enemy approaching 
 must emerge from the woods at a sufficient distance to make a good 
 target for cannon and rifle. General McClellan found it so, and the 
 approaching enemy found it so. Also on this occasion the Union army 
 was under protection of gunboats on the James River, and they did 
 royal service. We had no sooner got well settled on this splendid 
 ground, than the enemy with his usual alertness found us, and with 
 great daring made the assault. The Thirty-fourth was under hot fire 
 here a portion of the time, but didn t suffer severely. But here Major 
 Charles L. Brown of the regiment, and Sergeant George Morse, the 
 sharpshooter, to whom we referred in a previous chapter, met their 
 death. It appears that Morse, though he was handy with a rifle, could 
 not stand off a whole army, and the bullets found him, to his mortal 
 

 LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOHN BEVERLY IQOO 
 
52 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 hurt.* No sooner had darkness fallen, than the rearward movement 
 began again. 
 
 The death of Major Brown was a most dramatic incident of this 
 Malvern Hill battle. We give the story as told by an eye witness : 
 
 " One circumstance frequently comes hack to me over those forty years. 
 Did you witness the wounding of Major Brown at Malvern Hill? I think you 
 may not have seen the actual thing itself. I stood alongside of him. He lay 
 upon his right side, leaning on his elbow, the bridle of his horse in his left hand, 
 as it lay upon his hip. His ankles were crossed. The shell came bounding 
 over the ground, as a ball might do. It bounded over the stacked arms, 
 falling directly on his ankles, and going on its way. He fell over on his back, 
 but raised himself in a sitting position, took his leg in his hands, and lifted it up, 
 and his foot hung by the piece of boot-leg, not entirely cut off. Both feet were 
 the same. 
 
 "I have seen the expression on his pale face hundreds of times, in memory, 
 since he lifted that foot and saw his condition. He did a very careless thing. 
 We had a right to be brave, but not to thus show our indifference, especially 
 under shell fire. At least one comrade remained with the Major, as we resumed 
 our retreat, and he died in Confederate hands." 
 
 And now the rains, which had held off for a long time, began to 
 fall ; and so it happened that the march from Malvern Hill to Harrison s 
 Landing on the James was not much of a show in the way of a nicely 
 executed military movement. It wasn t a rout, but it looked like it. 
 The road was narrow, and under the falling rains it was deep; and 
 what with the passage of countless teams hauling the army wagons, the 
 passage of the artillery and the cavalry, and 90,000 men on foot, it could 
 hardly be expected that the road would be in prime condition. The 
 quartermaster-general of the Army of the Potomac says that " if the 
 enemy had known at this time the predicament in which the Army of 
 the Potomac found itself, a very small body of them could have inflicted 
 a deal of mischief." Army wagons, artillery, and cavalry were in 
 many places crowded together in inextricable confusion. There was a 
 good deal of what you might call profanity among various kinds of 
 
 *It appears that some fellow, who must have been a fraud, was admitted to the Soldier s 
 Hpme, at Bath, N. Y., September 23, 1801, giving as his name and Accord, "George Moss, alias 
 Michael Governor, formerly of Company K, Thirty-fourth Regiment." He died there November 
 16, 1897. We are informed that he was known in the Home as George Morse. Hearing of this 
 at the time of the dedication, of course an honest doubt was raised as to his identity with our 
 old comrade, whom we believed to have died of a wound received at Malvern Hill, July i, 1862; 
 and so we have had to do some investigating. There seems to be no doubt that the man who died 
 at Bath was a fraud, who traded on the names of two most deserving comrades. We appealed to 
 Quartermaster Easterbrook, who in turn appealed to an old friend of his, James H. Wild, who was a 
 member of the Walton, (Adirondack), Club, and knew Morse well. Wild replied to Easterbrook s 
 inquiry, under date of November 28, 1902, as follows: 
 
 "FRIEND EASTERBROOK: You wished to know if I was acquainted with George Morse. He 
 was one of the guides of the Walton Club, and George Dawson, and General Francis E. Spinner 
 employed him as their guide, until Morse went to tne war. He was wounded at Malvern Hill, 
 Va., July i, 1862, and sent to the hospital in Washington, and died there. The club raised $500, 
 and gave it to his widow; and tne secretary (Mr. Schoneld) af the club, got up a subscription for a 
 monument, and went to Washington to nave it put up at his grave. I do not know what cemetery 
 it was. The members of the club understood it was in Washington, as I have always told my 
 friends he was buried there. Tne club (Walton) had a membership of seventy-five, and I cannot 
 name any member that is living. I took two friends from New York with me in 65, to the camp 
 on the Third Fulton Lake, for a two- weeks trip. That was the last time I took a trip to the Wild 
 Camp. I remain yours, etc., JAMES H. WILD." 
 
 As for Comrade Michael Governor, there is really no such man. The Adjutant-General 
 spelled the name that way once; but it was a mistake. The true name is Michael McGovern, whom 
 we all remember, and who is still living in Little Falls, and prepared to defend his title against all 
 comers. Mike, shake. 
 
THE SEVEN DAYS BATTU-S 53 
 
 troops as to which had the right of way. In many cases, wagons had 
 to be abandoned, and there was a good deal of plundering on the part 
 of the soldiers. 
 
 However, the most of the army eventually reached Harrison s 
 Landing. The army by this time had lost all pretense of being an organ 
 ized body. It was little better in appearance than a mob. No enemy 
 could have more completely demoralized it ; there were scarcely a dozen 
 men of any one regiment together. But the flag of the Thirty-fourth, 
 carried by Charley Barton, was stuck up in one place, with three men 
 attending it, and along in the afternoon the men began to find it. All 
 night long they were coming in, and the wagons also, bearing the sick 
 and the wounded, began to arrive. These poor fellows had had a hard 
 time. Many of them had to be carried in the rude lumber wagons, and 
 had suffered from hunger, and thirst, and weariness, beyond all 
 description. 
 
 By the lists which we give elsewhere it will be seen that there were 
 quite a good many deaths in the regiment shortly after the arrival at 
 Harrison s Landing. These were mostly the men who had been sick at 
 the time of starting. The ride really killed them. 
 
 We shall not soon forget the case of David W. Dye, of Company K. 
 Dye had been sick almost constantly from the time the regiment went 
 south. The doctors could not tell what was the matter with him. We 
 have always thought it was a case of homesickness. The poor fellow 
 pined, and pined, and longed for home. Occasionally he would rally 
 a little, and then be down again. He had come from Argusville, 
 Schoharie County, and was a splendid man in every way. Could he 
 have gone home for a few days, we think he would have recovered his 
 health, and afterward been all right. On the afternoon of the day of 
 which we speak, Dye was taken out of one of the heavy wagons a mere 
 skeleton. The boys, having made him comfortable, proceeded to make a 
 fire and some tea ; and while they were about this the feeble voice of Dye 
 was heard, saying : " Boys, won t you please give me a little tea ? " Of 
 course, they responded, and everything was done that was possible 10 
 make him comfortable. Then he gave one of the comrades a ring he 
 had on his finger, and told him to please see that it was sent to his wife 
 at home, and to say to the wife that he felt his time had come, for he 
 was sure he was going to die. That night he was put on the hospital 
 boat Euterpe, along with men either sick or wounded, and taken down 
 the river. Lieutenant Walton, who had been wounded at White 
 Oak Swamp, and left behind at Malvern Hill, and was afterward found 
 by the rebels as they advanced, and taken to Richmond and to Libby 
 Prison, was very soon exchanged, and sent down the river to Fortress 
 Monroe, and put on board of this same boat ; and afterward had this to 
 say of poor Dye: "On being taken on board the hospital boat Euterpe, 
 at Fortress Monroe, we found many sick who were to be removed to 
 other cities. A more wretched, pitiful looking lot of beings we have 
 seldom seen. Members of our regiment, whom we left in the full en 
 joyment of health, stout and robust, we found hovering on the verge of 
 
54 
 
 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 the grave, looking far worse than death, with their sunken ghastly eyes, 
 hollow cheeks and fleshless limbs. Of all victims, however, none "de 
 serve a eulogy more than David W. Dye, who died on the Euterpe just 
 before its departure for New York. Quiet, obliging and kind-hearted, 
 he was prompt as a soldier, a friend and a man. Heaven is richer for 
 his loss." Much the same might be said of very many other members 
 of the regiment who died at this time, and after this terrible Seven 
 
 Days fight. In fact, 
 with every one of these 
 in the army. It is a little 
 to die under such circum- 
 
 there is a little story to go 
 men who died of sickness 
 different to be sick, and 
 stances, from what it is 
 to die at home, sur 
 rounded by your friends. 
 The time at Har 
 rison s Landing was de 
 voted to restoring the or 
 ganization of the army, 
 getting the menreclothed, 
 paid off, and generally recruited 
 up. There had been immense 
 destruction of stores all the 
 way along. At Savage Station, 
 on the 29th of June, a great 
 many cars loaded with ammu 
 nition, food, clothing, etc., were 
 destroyed to prevent their fall 
 ing into the hands of the 
 enemy. Portions of our bri 
 gade were detailed for this 
 work. Many wounded, and in 
 temporary hospitals, were also 
 left behind with their surgeons. 
 There were 2,500 sick arid 
 wounded left behind at this one 
 nlace. These, of course, all fell 
 into the hands of the enemy. 
 
 July 2 ist the men were 
 paid off. On the 22cl there was 
 a grand review. On Thursday 
 night, July 3ist, we were all 
 suddenly aroused by a tre 
 mendous cannonading down at the river. In a few moments we 
 were all under arms, thinking we had been attacked, and it was some 
 time before the true cause of the affair was discovered. It appears that 
 the rebels had opened fire on our camp and on the vessels in the river 
 from the opposite shore. Things were pretty lively for a while ; but 
 when our gunboats in the river opened fire on them at close range, the 
 rebel fire was quickly silenced. 
 
 IQOO CAPTAIN JOHN 
 
 ; o. SCOTT 1 86 1 
 
THE SEVEN DAYS BATTLES 
 
 55 
 
 The only important movement made at this time was a reconnais 
 sance in force back as far as Malvern Hill and White Oak Swamp. 
 The movement began Monday, August 4. The Thirty-fourth was very 
 much interested in revisiting the battlefield of June 30. Trees cut 
 down by bullets, and general desolation everywhere, attested the 
 
 Perhaps the most painful 
 hundreds of half -buried 
 Union army. Of course, 
 where they fell, and the 
 at the hands of theenemv. 
 
 severity of that conflict, 
 thing to be seen was the 
 dead, particularly of the 
 our men had been left 
 only burial they got was 
 As a general thing, an 
 enemy in warfare does 
 not make a good under 
 taker, and the rebs were 
 no exception in this case. 
 A lot of our men would 
 be piled together, and a 
 little dirt thrown over them, leav 
 ing their heads and feet stick 
 ing out. At Malvern Hill we had 
 an opportunity of seeing the fear 
 ful ordeal through which the 
 fields and woods had passed 
 during the terrible conflict of 
 July ist. 
 
 Unexploded shells, which 
 had been fired by our gunboats, 
 were also found, some of them 
 two feet long and eight inches 
 in diameter. It was extremely 
 disagreeale business marching 
 over some portions of this field, 
 on account of the horrid odor 
 from the decaying bodies. The 
 Richmond Dispatch was the 
 author of a statement, made at 
 this time, that a man who dies 
 for his country is entitled to a 
 grave beneath her soil ; but not 
 all southern people, particularly 
 
 those in the southern army, concurred in this view. On the fol 
 lowing Thursday morning we returned to Harrison s Landing. 
 
 Our next move was to be another of those masterly retreats for 
 which our commanding general was so famous. Not in many a day, 
 not until many a mile has been marched, many a battle fought, and 
 many a sacred life surrendered, shall we again be near enough to behold 
 the spires of Richmond, as we did at Fair Oaks. 
 
 I 86 I CAPTAIN EMERSON S. NORTHUP IQO2 
 
CHAPTER VIII 
 
 LEAVING THE PENINSULA. HARRISON S LANDING TO ANTIETAM 
 
 ON Saturday morning, August 16, there was great commotion in 
 camp, and great preparations for an important move. It 
 turned out to be a move down the peninsula, instead of up. 
 Two days later we crossed the Chickahominy on a pontoon bridge. 
 Why could not the army have had such a bridge at Edward s Ferry, 
 and Ball s Bluff, the preceding October, when that disastrous move 
 was made across the Potomac? On Tuesday, near night, we passed 
 through the college town of Williamsburg, the scene of that terrible 
 battle just three months before. It was now a scene of desolation. 
 Weeds and vines were rapidly obscuring the streets. If our march 
 up the peninsula had been made unpleasant by the constant rains, we 
 now had a taste of something quite different. No rain had fallen for 
 some time, and the great army, marching over the narrow roads, made 
 the dust unspeakably annoying. It was so deep it rolled over into 
 the tops of the men s army shoes. The subtle irritant penetrated 
 everywhere, even through the woolen clothing. The men were badly 
 chafed, and suffered intensely under the burning sun, and under their 
 heavy loads. Oh, now for one of those drenching showers, such as 
 we had when we were going up the peninsula over at New Kent Court 
 House, and Eltham Farm, and Tyler House. But the skies are brazen, 
 and blistering heat is all they have to give us. 
 
 Who are these men on horseback, riding by ? They all have hand 
 kerchiefs tied over their faces. Horses and men are all of a color. It 
 is the ghastly pallor of the dead. Indeed this passing cavalcade might 
 be the sheeted dead, riding to doomsday and to judgment. No word 
 comes from any one to indicate their business. The infantry falls back- 
 in equal silence to make a passage for them. Finally they have dis 
 appeared, to the infinite relief of all, for their appearance is a ghostly 
 omen, and no one likes it. It is only a detachment of the Union cavalry ; 
 but loaded with dust. The horses are barely able to keep their feet ; and 
 the men are barely able to keep their saddles. It is bad enough march 
 ing on foot at such a time ; it is worse, riding in the cavalry. Every 
 horse throws up a little cloud of dust, and the suffering is something 
 awful. At such a time you can discern a body of horsemen passing 
 over the country, though they be out of sight, and miles away, by the 
 column of dust. 
 
 In due course we are back again at Yorktown. The army has been 
 marching in three great parallel columns, and there has been no stop. 
 Leaving Yorktown behind us, we are soon at Big Bethel. But instead 
 of turning off to Hampton as we expected, we kept straight on to New 
 port News. In a letter written on the evening of that day we said : 
 "Just as we had halted for a short rest, the clouds grew black and 
 dense; the artillery of heaven began to boom; and the grateful men 
 
LEAVING THE PENINSULA 
 
 57 
 
 were drenched with the falling rain. With what delight did we hail 
 this harbinger of mercy." 
 
 Three miles further on we halt and camp. We are at Newport 
 News, the junction of the James and Elizabeth rivers. The sight of 
 the water was most refreshing. As soon as the men broke ranks, they 
 stripped, and plunged into the sea. Scores of the men were so badly 
 chafed their legs were red with blood. A great many had fallen out 
 on the march, as is always the case 
 at such a time. They could not 
 stand the pace, with the heat and 
 dust; but now they had a chance 
 to catch up, and we all had a good 
 rest. One of the great luxuries 
 at this time were the oysters. The 
 river beds abounded with them, and 
 we helped ourselves to all we could 
 eat. Men would wade out to deep 
 water, feel the oysters with their 
 toes, then dive. 
 
 W r e remained at Newport 
 News until August 25, when, aiong 
 with as many other troops as the 
 good ship Mississippi could carry, 
 we embarked for Alex 
 andria. Three days later 
 we were at that ancient 
 port, and went into camp 
 out on the Centerville 
 road. \Ve remained in 
 camp on Centerville road 
 until four o clock of the 
 following afternoon, 
 when off we started; 
 marching back through 
 Alexandria, up the Po 
 tomac, past Washington, 
 halting about 12 o clock 
 in the night. The next 
 morning we pushed on 
 
 to Chain Bridge. The modern trestle bridge does not look much like 
 the old Chain Bridge of the war time. About five o clock in the after 
 noon we started off again ; this time back toward Alexandria ; but when 
 we arrived opposite Washington our course was changed, and we 
 pushed on toward Centerville; in which direction heavy cannonading 
 had been heard throughout the entire day. After marching all night, 
 and until noon of the next day. we arrived at Centerville, to which point 
 Pope s army had fallen back after the battle of the previous day. All 
 remained quiet throughout the day, which was Sunday, and the next 
 
 CAPTAIN DAVIS J. RICH CIVILIAN 
 
5& HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 morning our division passed out on a reconnaissance, but returned, 
 without having seen anything to indicate the appearance of the enemy 
 on our right flank. Already the army, comprising now both the army 
 of Pope and the Army of the Potomac, began to fall back toward Fair 
 fax, and at twelve o clock of the same night our corps took up the rear. 
 Early the next morning we were at Fairfax Court House. 
 
 But we wish here to speak of an incident that occurred during that 
 hard night march. What with all the hard marching we had been doing 
 since we arrived from the Peninsula, we were probably the tiredest lot 
 of men that ever lived. The incident referred to occurred in the middle 
 of the night. We had halted for a moment. Immediately every man 
 sank down in his tracks, utterly beat out, and went to sleep. Officers- 
 and men alike yielded to the pleading voice of tired nature for a little 
 rest. In the roadway itself, and all along its sides, the ground was 
 covered with the sleeping men. It was in a dense woods, and the 
 moonlight, filtering through the trees, made the place look very beauti 
 ful, and very ghostly. How long we had been sleeping it is impossible 
 to state. But suddenly, as if roused by some supernatural power, every 
 man sprang to his feet, every man excitedly exclaiming " What is it? " 
 But nobody could tell, for nobody knew. We all had some idea that we 
 had suddenly been charged upon by the enemy s cavalry ; but there was 
 no enemy in sight. Even after regaining their feet, the men were half 
 asleep and utterly bewildered. The writer had some idea, as he opened 
 his eyes, of seeing a dash of men in gray on horseback. But one thing 
 is certain, no men on horseback could ever have ridden along that road 
 without trampling on a thousand sleeping men. But nobody had been 
 hurt ; and to this day the mystery of that sudden awakening has never 
 been cleared up. The historian of the Fifteenth Massachusetts has- 
 this to say of that event, quoting from Surgeon Haven, of the regiment : 
 "Surgeon Haven calls it a panic, and says it occurred about two o clock in the 
 morning. We were going on a road through a dense woods, when an over 
 turned wagon, some unruly mule or something of the sort, started a panic, and 
 some of our cavalry and other mounted men rushed through our ranks. I was 
 leading my horse at the time, but held on to her, and we were both driven 
 violently into the wood and brush, where the cavalry and some of the infantry 
 on the other side of the road, poured a volley into us. The whole affair hardly 
 lasted five minutes, but in that time perhaps between twenty and thirty were 
 killed or wounded." 
 
 Surgeon Haven is careful to add that none of the Fifteenth were 
 among the killed or wounded ; and we doubt very much if anybody saw 
 any killed or wounded. The above is the only explanation we have ever 
 seen of the occurrence, and this is an explanation that don t explain. 
 Why not call it "The Midnight Attack of the Phantom Cavalry?" 
 
 But there is now no more halting or resting. The great campaign 
 of Lee s invasion of Maryland, and which was to end at Antietam, had 
 actually begun. Onward we press through the night. Tired nature 
 shall have no time for rest. Seventeen miles of hard tramping bring 
 us to Chain Bridge, to Tenallytown, and to Rockville, Md., where we 
 hear that Lee has crossed the Potomac at Muddy Branch, with forty 
 thousand men. 
 
IQ03 MAJOR WELLS SPOXABLE l86l 
 
60 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 This brings us to September 7th. As nobody knew exactly where 
 the rebels were, we really expected a big fight right here, and were in 
 line awaiting it. General Gorman rides along the line, and tells his men 
 they have got to fight ; but the real hard fight is ten days off. At 
 Tenallytown the men received their knapsacks, which had been shipped 
 from Harrison s Landing. Major Beverly, who had been absent for 
 seme time, was now with the regiment again, and in command, for 
 Colonel Suiter was on the sick list. This heavy marching, continued 
 for so many days, was about as bad as a battle, judging by the way it 
 worsted the men. Forward we go, up through Maryland ; on the loth 
 near Clarksburg; on the nth to Hyattstown. Here a small body of 
 rebel cavalry was dispersed by Kirby s Battery. On the I2th we were 
 at Urbana, and on the I3th at Frederick City; thence to South Moun 
 tain where we came in contact with the enemy, but suffered no loss. A 
 fine thing happened at Middletown on the I4th, the day of the South 
 Mountain fight. The men had been marching all day, and were badly 
 whipped, although they had not been in a fight. Toward evening we 
 halted on a beautiful farm. The country around Middletown is very 
 much like western New York : open, with rolling hills and meadows. 
 We expected to remain here for the night ; and no sooner had we 
 stacked arms than nine-tenths of the men made a dash for a cornfield a 
 mile away. Green corn in those days was a great luxury ; but we had 
 barely reached the field, and began to pluck the ripened ears, when the 
 bugle sounded to fall in, and we had to make a lively return dash. This 
 extra effort, coming on top of the heavy day s march, didn t rest the 
 men very much ; but we fell in, and never halted again until midnight. 
 We were then on South Mountain, and very softly crept up to a stone 
 wall, believing that the rebels were just on the other side. Not a man 
 was allowed to speak, or hardly breathe. The morning broke, but the 
 rebels were not on the other side of the wall, nor anywhere in sight._ 
 
 Hitherto Simmer s Corps had consisted of Sedgwick s_ and Rich 
 ardson s Divisions; but on the i6th of September, a third division was 
 added to the corps, which was under the command of General Wm. H. 
 French. We arrived at Keedysville on the 15th, having passed 
 through Turner s Gap, in the South Mountain Range. At Keedys 
 ville, which was only a little hamlet, there was a most remarkable spring 
 of water. It was near a small farmhouse and barn. It gushed out 
 from under a shelving rock, formed a deep reservoir, and then flowed 
 off down the hillside in a beautiful river of sparkling water, enough for 
 each, enough for all, enough for evermore. The thirsty men came to 
 drink as men never drank before ; hundreds of horses and mules came 
 to take long deep refreshing draughts, and to shake their bridled heads 
 in the crystal flood. How many times since have we heard old soldiers 
 speak of that wonderful spring. We have taken a little pains to give 
 a good picture of it as it appears at the present day ; but regret that the 
 picture is not more satisfactory. The shape of the ground is such that 
 it cannot be made to take in the little old farmhouse and barn ; but still 
 it shows the great reservoir, which is now filled with growing water 
 cress. 
 
CHAPTER IX 
 
 THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM 
 
 FOR some time the rebel forces had been gathering on the hills 
 around Sharpsburg, three miles to the west, and here was to be 
 our next great battle. As this is not a comprehensive military 
 history, it is entirely aside from our purpose to describe all the move 
 ments of the army at that time. On the afternoon of September i6th 
 we knew the battle had begun off to the north, and on the other side 
 of Antietam Creek, a little river in itself, which flowed between 
 the rebel army and our own. There was little sleep in the army that 
 night, but there was time to write letters home, telling the folks what 
 we expected. They were the last letters that forty-three different men 
 of the regiment ever wrote. We were astir very early on the morning 
 of the 1 7th. The heavy guns on both sides were already booming. 
 
 Discarding all roads, the whole division, in three great parallel 
 brigade columns, moved westward and northward, fording the great 
 Antietam Creek near a place called Pry s Ford ; thence climbing the 
 hills, we pushed on northward and westward, toward the booming of 
 the big guns. The official report which Colonel Suiter made of this 
 
 BATTLEFIELD OF ANTIETAM THE MORNING AFTER THE BATTLE 
 (From an old Brady Photograph.) 
 
HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 battle is so graphic, and so historically accurate, that we give it entire 
 right here, as affording the very best description of the battle of An- 
 tietam : 
 
 REPORT OF COL. JAMES A. SUITER, THIRTY-FOURTH NEW YORK 
 INFANTRY, OF THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM. 
 
 HEADQUARTERS, THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT, NE\V YORK VOLS., 
 Battlefield near Sharpsburg, Md., September 20, 1862. 
 
 SIR I would most respectfully make the following report of the battle of 
 the i yth instant. 
 
 We lay in camp near Keedysville, Md., on the i6th instant. In the evening 
 of that day I received an order to be prepared to march at daylight on the 
 morning of the iyth instant. In obedience to said order, I was under arms 
 with my command, and so remained until the order was given to move, which 
 was about 7.30 oclock A.M. We moved in a northwesterly direction. Having 
 arrived within about one and a half miles of the battlefield, where General 
 Hooker s forces had been engaged with the enemy, we were formed in line of 
 battle by brigades, Gorman s to the front, 
 First Minnesota Regiment on the right, Eighty- 
 second Regiment New York Volunteers second, 
 Fifteenth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers 
 third, and my command, Thirty-fourth Regi 
 ment New York Volunteers, on the left. 
 General Dana s brigade formed the second line, 
 and General Howard s brigade formed the 
 third line. W"e were moved at double-quick. 
 Arriving near the battlefield, we were moved 
 by the right flank through a piece of timber 
 land (the East Woods ED.) in three columns. 
 At this point we were considerably crowded, 
 the three columns occupying an extent of not 
 more than forty paces from our left to the 
 right flank of General Howard s brigade, the 
 Seventh Regiment Michigan Volunteers being 
 crowded in my ranks, causing considerable con 
 fusion. 
 
 Arriving at the open field, we were again 
 ordered in line of battle, being still at double 
 quick. We moved over this field to the pike 
 road leading to Sharpsburg. Fronting this was 
 a piece of timber land (the West Woods ED.), 
 into which I moved my command, still at 
 double-quick, arriving at about twenty yards 
 in rear of a schoolhouse (the Dunkard Church ED.), when I discovered 
 the enemy under the hill. I immediately ordered my command to fire, which 
 they did in gallant order. 
 
 From some cause to me unknown, I had become detached from my brigade, 
 the One hundred and twenty-fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers being on 
 my right. On my left and rear I was entirely unsupported by infantry or 
 artillery. The enemy were in strong force at this point, and poured a tre 
 mendous fire of musketry and artillery upon me. At this time I discovered 
 that the enemy were making a move to flank me on the left. Lieutenant Howe 
 arriving at this time, I informed him of my suspicions. He replied that he 
 thought they were our friends. Lieutenant Wallace, of Company C, proposed 
 going to the front to make what discovery he could, which I granted. He 
 returned, saying that the enemy were moving upon my left flank with a strong 
 force. I turned and discovered Lieutenant Richard Gorman, of General Gor 
 man s staff, and requested him to inform the general that the enemy were 
 
 LIEUTENANT WILLIAM R. 
 
 WALLACE 1863 
 
TEIE BATTLE OF AXTIETAM 63 
 
 flanking me. He immediately returned for that purpose. Presently General 
 Sedgwick arrived upon the ground. Moving down my line, he discovered 
 the situation of my command, and that the point could not be held by me, and 
 gave the order for me to retire, which I did. Rallying my command, I formed 
 them in line of battle, supporting a battery some 400 yards in rear of the battle 
 field. 
 
 In this engagement the casualties were as follows: viz.: 32 killed, 109 
 wounded and 9 missing. Commissioned officers: i killed, 2 wounded, i taken 
 prisoner (see revised list ED.). 
 
 In connection with this, I cannot speak in too great praise of my officers. 
 When all acted gallantly, it is impossible to single out any. I would, therefore, 
 
 l862 BLOODY LANE, ANTIETAM 1902 
 
6 4 
 
 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 say that all did well and behaved in the most gallant manner. Of Major 
 Beverly I would say that he was invaluable to me, in assisting me on the left 
 of my line in the most trying time. Of my color sergeant I cannot speak in 
 too high terms. He (Sergeant Charles Barton) had carried the banner through 
 all of the battles in which we had been engaged while on the peninsula without 
 receiving a wound. Here it was his fate to be struck five times, and when he 
 was compelled to drop his colors he called upon his comrades to seize them 
 and not to let them fall into the hands of the enemy. This was done by Cor 
 poral G. L. Haskins, who nobly bore them from the field. 
 All of which is respectfully submitted. 
 
 JAMES A. SUITER, 
 
 Colonel Commanding. 
 CAPTAIN J. W. GORMAN, 
 
 Assistant Adjutant General. 
 
 The appearance of the field after the battle is not at all exagger 
 ated by the pictures which we give of Bloody Lane, and the ground in 
 front of and all around the church. The field was thickly strewn with 
 dead bodies, which soon swelled to enormous proportions, as is usual 
 in such cases. The picture would be a ghastly one if it could be rightly 
 painted. * 
 
 * Lieutenant H. W. Sanford of Company E, has given us the following account of the bat 
 tle, as it appeared from his standpoint, from the time the regiment issued from the East Woods: 
 " Rushed forward at the top of their speed in broken order, one company in rear of the other, 
 out of breath and almost fainting, Company E was brought to the very summit of the ground, 
 to the left of the lane leading to the " Dunkard Church. From this point could be seen the 
 shining bayonets of the enemy then forming on the east of the pike and south of the church. This 
 was evidently unheeded by the officers in command, as the order, forward run, was still repeated 
 by aid and staff of the commanding general. The enemy was not in large force, protected by a 
 ledge of rocks, west of the pike and in rear of the Dunkard Church. In less than five minutes 
 
 after the regimental line had been formed, five 
 of Company E lay dead or dying, almost within 
 touch of each other. The haste with which this ad 
 vanced position was taken, opened a space of about 
 one-half mile between the left of this line and the 
 next line of Federal troops. This fatal error had no 
 sooner been committed than it was taken advantage of 
 by the Confederates, by moving through that open 
 space and to the rear of our line. Thus it was, when we 
 had altogether the worst of the position, and were en 
 gaged by those in our front at short range, we found 
 ourselves flanked and enfiladed by a vastly superior 
 force. Surrender or death seemed to be the only thing 
 in sight. To secure liberty the "cornfield" must be 
 recrossed, over the bodies of the dead and dying, not 
 in the route we had come, but by a circuitous course, 
 in the face of a destructive fire of musketry at short 
 range. It is a mystery that will never be solved, how 
 it was possible for any one to pass through such a 
 death-trap and live to record the fact. Many of the 
 men fell from exhaustion, and were swept beneath the 
 wave, like the undertow of the ocean beach. The 
 writer of this sketch fell but a rod or two in front of our 
 battery, and within about the same distance from the 
 charging foe. Our artillerymen were waiting, with 
 cannon charged with gra-pe and canister, to uncover the 
 enemy so that they might not slaughter their friends. 
 Shot after shot was fired in quick succession full in the 
 face of the foe, opening wide gaps, at every discharge, 
 and sending fragments of men into the air, in all direc 
 tions, adding rivers of gore to a field already deeply 
 dyed by the blood of both armies. Probably there was 
 never a" time known in the history of modern warfare 
 where so many men were slain as upon that con 
 secrated ground on that i?th day of September, 
 1862. Surely, the demon of death must have been 
 fullv satiated. Company E lost more than half its 
 men present for duty. While several were within 
 LIEUT. HENRY W. SANFORD 1902 thp f nemy s UneSi and were prisoners, only one 
 
 (Afterward Captain) remained and was taken to Richmond." 
 
THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM 
 
 The following is a list of those killed in this battle. For purposes 
 of condensation we have counted those who subsequently died of 
 wounds, as among the killed : 
 
 Adle, John H. C. 
 Allen, William G. 
 Armour, David C. 
 Ashley, Sergt. Jacob J. C. 
 Bailey, Henry C. ^ 
 Beardsley, John G. 
 Bramley, Henry D. 
 Buck, Martin A. 
 Bullock, Milford N. K. 
 Carey, Corp. David A. 
 Cool, Stephen B. 
 Coon, James E. 
 Coonan, Patrick D. 
 Crouch, Corp. David F. 
 Dickson, John F. 
 Donohoe, James A. 
 Easterbrook, Albert G. G. 
 Eldridge, William E. G. 
 Gadban, Lewis D. 
 Gillman, Henry A. 
 Greek, Ezra I. 
 Hartley, Robert H. A. 
 
 The following are the names 
 Ambrecht, Caesar K. 
 Andrews. Sergt. Joseph A. 
 Aunuck, James M. E. 
 Ballard, William H. B. 
 Barton, Color Sergt. Charles B. C. 
 Beers, George W. H. 
 Benchley, Willett H. G. 
 Bigelow, Orville C. H. 
 Blanchard, Zelotus D. 
 Bogardus, Sergt. Henry E. 
 Boh, Martin C. 
 Brennan, John B. 
 Cameron, Donald A. 
 Campion, Corp. John B. 
 Carey, John G. 
 Carter, Webster D. 
 Carto, Jerome M. D. 
 Chamberlain, Orlando R. E 
 Colgrove, William R. E. 
 Comstock, Orrin K. 
 Crist, First Sergt. James B. F. 
 Davison, Edward B. 
 Delaney, Franklin B. I. 
 Dugan, James A. 
 Fenn, Corp. George H. H. 
 Fort, Jesse R. B. 
 Frasher, Peter N. F. 
 Freindenthall, Henry I. 
 Gorman, Martin A. 
 Gough. Eli C. 
 Green, Charles J H. 
 
 Hawley, George A. -E. 
 Hayes, Dennis D. 
 Helmer, Sergt. Aaron G. 
 Hill, Second Lieut. Clarence E. H. 
 Hicks, Lawrence G. 
 Hubbell, Henry D. 
 Jolly, Peter D. 
 Lewis, William K. 
 Ladew, Warren C. B. 
 Lyon, First Sergt. Henry C. I. 
 Mead, Sergt. Garland W. G. 
 Murphy, John A. 
 Mycue, John D. 
 O Keef, Corp. Arthur B. 
 Orcutt, Alvin E. 
 
 Rhodes, Color Sergt. Chester S. H. 
 Rubbins, William G. 
 Salisbury, William A. C. 
 Sashagra, Anthony D. 
 Walby, Ralph B. 
 White, Daniel E. 
 Total 43 
 
 of those wounded in this battle : 
 Green, Jacob B. 
 Green, John D. 
 Hanna, Alexander A. 
 Harris, William H. I. 
 Harthouse, Augustus B. 
 Hayden, Frank A. 
 Hayden, Oscar E. C. 
 Heenan, Timothy A. 
 Heidel, Christopher C. 
 Hemmitt, Benjamin A. H. 
 Hovey, Corp. Charles W. I. 
 Hovenden, Adam H. 
 Hutton, Henry T. I. 
 Lamountain, John G. 
 Lewis, William H. F. 
 Little, Corp. Marshall C. 
 Lorman, Henry A. 
 McDonald, Michael I. 
 McLaughlin, John K. 
 Medealf, Corp. Theodore B. 
 Mills, Henry C. 
 Moore, John G. 
 Morgan, John F. 
 Morse, Corp. Amos. C. 
 Northridge,. George D. 
 Powers, Seth D. G. 
 Rathbone, Corp. Charles A. C 
 Regan, Owen B. 
 Roosevelt, Cornelius F. 
 Rounds. First Sergt. Armineas S G. 
 Ryan, Michael Butler R. 
 
VIEW OF HAGERSTOWX PIKE SOUTH FROM DUXKARD CHURCH 
 
 VIEW OF "OUR FIELD" FROM OUR MONUMENT, DUXKARU CHURCH ox RIGHT XOT IN SIGHT 
 
 (William Brashears who built the Foundation of Our Monument.) 
 
THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM 67 
 
 Sawyer, Loren H. Traver, William A. 
 
 Scott, George D. Waldron, Sergt. George W. H. 
 
 Sherwood, Corp. Joshua C. Wells, Hamilton B. 
 
 Slawson, John H. F. Willoughby, Charles A. C. 
 
 Straight, Martin F. Young, Corp. Edward E. 
 
 Taff, Labien E. 
 
 Traver, Sergt. Henry K. Total 74. 
 
 The country in this vicinity has changed very much since the great 
 battle. Fields of wheat and corn, orchards of apple and peach, have 
 taken the place of the old woods. The soil is said to be very rich, and 
 it would not be difficult to explain why. Human lives are the richest 
 of phosphates. When the farmers sought to cut down these woods, 
 they found the task well-nigh impossible, so full were the oaks of 
 bullets and shell. Every square rod of this land has yielded many relics 
 since that day, and even now one has to walk but a little way to find 
 bullets on the plowed ground. There was an effort made to gather all 
 the dead buried on these fields into the National Cemetery ; but of the 
 forty-three men from the Thirty-fourth, killed and buried here, only 
 eleven sleep in identified graves. These are : John H. Adle, Company 
 C ; Henry Bailey, Company D ; John Beardsley, Company G ; James 
 Donohoe, Company A ; Henry Oilman, Company A ; Peter Jolly, Com 
 pany D ; W. H. Lewis, Company K ; Alvin Orcutt, Company E ; Chester 
 S. Rhodes, Company H; William Rubbins, Company G; William A. 
 Salisbury, Company C. 
 
 Along the roads leading through the extensive battlefield there are 
 iron tablets erected to tell the story of Antietam. On a number of these 
 tablets are references to the Thirty-fourth. One of the many standing 
 in front of the old church contains the following inscription : 
 
 U. S. A. 
 
 SECOND ARMY CORPS. 
 MAJOR GENERAL E. V. SUMNER, COMMANDING. 
 
 (SEPTEMBER 17, 1862) 
 
 At daybreak of the iyth the three divisions of the 2d corps were east of 
 the Antietam; Sedgwick s and French s near Army Headquarters, Richardson s 
 in advance behind the bluff, overlooking the Antietam. At 7:30 A.M., Sedg 
 wick s Division moved, crossed the Antietam at Pry s Ford and, advancing 
 through the east woods and Miller s cornfield and the fields to the South, in 
 column of brigades, crossed the Hagerstown Pike about a third of a mile north 
 of this, entered the west woods, and the right and center had reached the 
 open ground beyond, when its advance was checked by Jackson s command 
 and the artillery of Stuart s Cavalry division. 
 
 Gorman s Brigade was in first line, its left regiment, the 34th New York, 
 a few yards west of the Dunkard Church and separated from the brigade by 
 an interval of 460 yards, the brigade line running in a general direction north 
 west, its right 940 yards from this and 610 yards west of the Hagerstown Pike. 
 Dana s and Howard s Brigades were in second and third lines respectively, 
 their left flanks in the ravine and on the roll of ground 200 to 250 yards north 
 west of this and 260 to 300 yards west of the Pike. In this position the left 
 flank of the division was attacked and turned by McLaws and Walker s divisions 
 and it was obliged to retreat northward to the fields and woods beyond D. JR. 
 Miller s. 
 
 The little old Dunkard Church, which, through all the battle, stood 
 exposed to the fierce fire from both armies, to-day shows few marks 
 
THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM 69 
 
 of the ordeal through which it passed. Great care has no doubt been 
 taken to preserve it. The society, we are told, now holds services in 
 the church but once a month, having another church in Sharpsburg 
 village, which is the accustomed place of worship. There is a provision 
 in the original deed of the gift from Mr. Mumma, whereby the lot re 
 verts to the original heirs, in case it is ever used for any other than re 
 ligious purposes. On the front of the building by the door, there is a 
 bronze tablet, on which is the following legend : 
 
 THE 
 
 DUNKARD CHURCH. 
 
 ERECTED A. D., 1853, BY THE GERMAN BAPTIST 
 
 BRETHREN. DURING THE BATTLE THE WOUNDED 
 
 OF BOTH ARMIES SOUGHT AND FOUND 
 
 SANCTUARY WITHIN ITS WALLS. 
 
 THE CHURCH WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED BY THE 
 
 FIRE OF THE UNION BATTERIES ON 
 
 SEPTEMBER 17, 1862. 
 
 THE BUILDING WAS REPAIRED, AND DIVINE 
 
 WORSHIP WAS RESUMED DURING THE SUMMER 
 
 OF 1864. 
 
 The following incident of the battle was related by the writer at 
 the dedication: Milford N. Bullock, of Company K, was found dead 
 on the field after the battle. The position in which he was lying indi 
 cated the painful circumstances of his death. He was lying on his back, 
 his rifle by his side. The ramrod of his gun was in his hand, the lower 
 end against the trigger of the gun, and the muzzle of the gun at his 
 head. It appeared at the time that the wound he had received had not 
 been sufficient to cause instant death ; but, being in mortal agony, he had 
 contrived to end his sufferings by taking his own life. He had placed 
 the gun by his side, the muzzle at his head, and by means of the ramrod 
 had succeeded in discharging it. The circumstances were all so pain 
 ful, that his comrades, at the suggestion of Captain Northup, agreed 
 that they would not mention them in their letters home. But now, after 
 forty years, there is no harm in referring to them. Young Bullock was 
 from Stratford, Herkimer County, and was highly esteemed by all who 
 knew him. His courage, his fidelity to duty were always unquestioned. 
 His grave is not at home among his kindred, but far away, like that of 
 so many others. He sleeps among the many unknown dead, in the 
 great National Cemetery at Antietam ; but we have never walked down 
 those beautiful shaded aisles without feeling that we were again very 
 near to our beloved comrade of those far-off days. 
 
 In all the writing of this little history, which, at times, has proved 
 to be a somewhat arduous task, nothing has given the author so much 
 encouragement and comfort as the feeling that by his labors he was 
 
70 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 calling the attention of the world to the loyalty, the courage, the devo 
 tion, and the ultimate sacrifice of their all by these, the world s "just 
 common men." Other men have had the privilege of living on, and 
 planning and completing their life work. But these men were cut off 
 in the flower of their youth. But who shall say that, in their death, they 
 did not, perhaps, accomplish more for others and more for their coun 
 try, than many who survived them? If, as we say, life is not measured 
 by years, but by deeds, surely these men by their supreme sacrifice, 
 have rendered their names worthy to be remembered by a grateful coun 
 try, for all coming time. 
 
 While the Army of the Potomac was marching in pursuit of the 
 enemy, there was great discouragement felt all through the north, 
 which had not a single victory to its credit anywhere in sight. The 
 campaign on the peninsula had proved a failure; Pope had been de 
 feated, and Lee s army was pushing north. Dr. Theodore L. Cuyler, 
 who was at that time in France, in his reminiscences just published, 
 quotes the following from our ambassador to that country, Hon. Wm. 
 L. Dayton, in regard to the state of public sentiment in that country : 
 
 Dayton said : "Our prospects are dark enough. All the monarchs and aristo 
 crats are against us; all the cotton and commercial interests are against us. 
 Emperor Louis Napoleon is a sphinx, but he would like to help to acknowledge 
 the Southern Confederacy. If he does so, Belgium and other powers will join 
 him; they will break the blockade; they will supply the Confederates with arms, 
 and then we must fight Europe as well as the Southern States. Our only real 
 friends are men like John Bright, and those who believe that we are fighting for 
 freedom, as well as for our National Union. Mr. Lincoln must declare for emanci 
 pation, and unless he does it within thirty days, I have written to Mr. Seward 
 that our cause is lost." 
 
 Dr. Cuyler adds : 
 
 "I returned to London with a heavy heart; all of our friends there with whom 
 I conversed echoed the sentiments of Mr. Dayton. One of them said to me, 
 Earl Russell has no special love for your Union, but he abominates negro slavery, 
 and is very reluctant to acknowledge a new slave-owning government. Prince 
 Albert and the Queen are friendly to you, but you must emancipate the slaves. 
 On Sunday evening, Sept. 7, after my return home, I addressed a vast crowd in 
 my own Lafayette Avenue Church, and told them frankly, that our only hope 
 was in a proclamation for freedom by President Lincoln. Henry Ward Beecher 
 invited me to repeat my address on the next Sunday evening in Plymouth 
 Church. I did so, and the house was packed clear out to the sidewalk. On the 
 Wednesday of that very week the Battle of Antietam was fought, and on the 
 Friday morning we opened our papers, and read President Lincoln s first Procla 
 mation of Emancipation. The great deed was done; the night was over; the 
 morning had dawned." 
 
 Just forty years after the events we have described, a little handful 
 of men, almost the sole survivors of the great regiment, alighted from 
 a train at the little town of Keedysville, the same little Keedysville as of 
 old, and near unto the same great spring, and proceeded by almost the 
 identical route they had taken on the morning of September 17, 1862, 
 to the same quaint old Dunkard Church, where, with loving hands, 
 they dedicated a noble monument, erected to the memory of the com 
 rades who had fallen on that historic field. 
 
S 
 
 CHAPTER X 
 
 FROM ANTIETAM TO FREDERICKSBURG 
 
 ^ EPTEMBER 22, the Thirty-fourth left the vicinity of Antietam 
 field, marched through the little town of Sharpsburg, which, 
 in all these years, seems hardly to have lost or gained a 
 single house, and took its course down the Potomac, crossed the 
 river at the famous Harper s Ferry, which it reached at three 
 o clock in the afternoon, ascended the familiar Bolivar Heights, 
 and pitched its tents once more on the same ground it had oc 
 cupied the previous spring. It was noticed that the regiment 
 required fewer tents to house it now than then. On every side were 
 the evidences of the struggle that had taken place just before. The 
 ground was thickly strewn with cannon-ball and shell, the detritus of 
 the Miles surrender. Here it was the brigade was strengthened by the 
 increment of a new regiment, the Nineteenth Maine. These new men 
 were a fine and sturdy lot of fellows ; but as yet pretty green in the ways 
 of military life. We began by calling them the Nineteenth Maniacs. 
 
 BURXSIDE S BRIDGE, AXTIETAM IOO2 
 
72 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 On the first night after their arrival some of the men collected some of 
 the scattered shells, making a little fireplace, and proceeded to cook 
 their coffee. In a little while there was a terrific explosion. Fortu 
 nately nobody was hurt. That is how and why we came to call them 
 the Nineteenth Maniacs. Afterward, however, the regiment won for 
 itself such a splendid record that no man ever dared doubt its sanity. 
 As it was likely we should remain on the Heights for some time, orders 
 were given for the erection of a bake oven. Some ingenious men in the 
 regiment had devised a sort of portable oven made of brick, which could 
 easily be taken down, and moved about. Thus, you may discover, we 
 could occasionally be treated to fresh bread, an enemy some people flee 
 from ; but not the soldiers. But alas, in this instance, no sooner had we 
 the oven erected than orders came to forward march, and we saw no 
 fresh bread. Here again, the men were paid off, receiving four-months 
 pay ; likewise the men received allowances of fresh clothing, sorely 
 needed. At this time the writer of this history wrote to his home paper, 
 September 24 : 
 
 "Captain Sponable, wounded at Fair Oaks, arrived last night with six new 
 recruits, all of whom will probably join Company K. The captain looks as if he 
 had suffered a good deal, but is in his usual good spirits. Company B, his old 
 
 HARPER S FERRY, VA. A RECENT PICTURE 
 
FROM ANTIETAM TO FREDERICKSBURG 73 
 
 company, numbers at this time but six men. Lieutenant-Colonel Laflin, Cap 
 tain Baldwin, Company E; Lieutenant Walton, and Lieutenant Clark have all 
 returned to the regiment again. Captain Riley has gone home on a short fur 
 lough to get another set of teeth, he having worn out no less than three sets during 
 the late campaign, eating hard bread, the doctor having recommended new 
 teeth as the only alternative to starvation. Persons contemplating enlisting 
 should provide themselves with several extra sets of teeth, as they are a great 
 convenience in the army, and hard to get down here." We also wrote this on 
 the same date: "The painful intelligence of the death of Major Beverly s wife 
 at home has cast a deep gloom over the spirit of the regiment, augmented by the 
 stern necessity which forbade his departure for home upon the reception of the 
 news. Trouble never comes alone; and the major has just returned from a visit 
 back to Antietam, whither he went to see a brother in the Ninety-seventh Regi 
 ment, who was wounded in the battle and has just had a limb amputated." 
 Lieutenant Clark also went along, to try and recover the remains of his brother, 
 who was killed in the battle, in which effort he was successful. On the 315! we 
 wrote: "Captain Riley has returned to the regiment again, and the familiar 
 countenance of Lieutenant Joe Shoemaker, resigned, has also been visible 
 lately." 
 
 On October 30 the army left the old camp on Bolivar, crossed the 
 Shenandoah, which empties into the Potomac at this point, on a pon 
 toon bridge, swung around the base of London Heights, and took its 
 way up the beautiful valley, which lies along the eastern side of the 
 Blue Ridge Mountains. That night we camped in a splendid wood, 
 called Hill Grove. November i we occupy Gregory s Gap in the moun 
 tains. November 3 sees us at Snicker s Gap, and November 4 we move 
 through the little town of Paris, and occupy Ashby s Gap. All this 
 time we are known to be not far from the enemy, and our progress is 
 slow. We feel our way with the fingers of the pickets. The enemy is 
 slowly receding before us, and after threatening a battle moves on, and 
 lets us have the Gap. The country seems abandoned by the male 
 inhabitants ; probably they are all in the army ; but there is poultry to 
 be had and it is not scorned ; and " there is hogs " and they are not 
 despised. We always have hogs in barrels ; but these are the real thing, 
 and we have no Hebrew prejudices. It seems no sooner had we left the 
 little dirty town of Paris, than the sutlers, who thronged the army, 
 began trading with the inhabitants, when they were gobbled up by a band 
 of rebel cavalry that swooped down upon them. November 6 we quit 
 camp at Ashby, the brigade acting as rear guard to the rest of the 
 army. Now we begin to get a touch of winter. The wind is raw and 
 gusty, and the air is full of snow. A far more northern clime could not 
 beat this for wintry weather. Toward night we halted, and would 
 have been glad to rest, but the deadly picket demand was on us. It 
 was our turn. Night of suffering. The next day the weather con 
 tinued unreformed. 
 
 The writer records with interest an incident which occurred at this 
 stage of the forward march. If his memory serves him, it was on the 
 night of the 8th. We had been marching all day, and until very late at 
 night, and were completely beat out. As soon as we came to a halt, 
 and arms were stacked, the men sank in their tracks, and in a moment 
 were asleep. The writer remembers waking after daylight the next 
 
QUARTERMASTER NATHAN EASTERBROOK, JR. IQO2 
 
FROM ANTIETAM TO FREDERICKSBURG 75 
 
 ^g*. morning , and finding himself under a heavy cover- 
 
 J ^V let of snow, fully four inches thick. He raised on 
 
 I ^ |f his elbow, and took a look around. The sight that 
 
 y^L met his eyes was very interesting. The sleeping 
 
 jB^ men were all under snow ; and as they had lain 
 
 ^^^^g^^^. down in rows, same as they marched, the appear 
 
 ance was that of a cemetery, the graves all in rows, 
 according to the fashion we are all familiar with. 
 The sight was weird enough. Soon a second grave 
 was opened, and another body arose. There was 
 QUARTERMASTER a sliout, and then a general resurrection. The 
 EASTERBROOK 1863 Fifteenth Massachusetts called this "Camp Snow 
 storm," and it was well named. 
 
 On that 8th day of November we passed through the little town of 
 Rectorsville. All this time, it must be remembered, we were constantly 
 in the presence of the enemy, and skirmishes were of daily occurrence ; 
 while the weather was of a character not fit to be mentioned in decent 
 society. W. J. Coulter of the Fifteenth Massachusetts, of our brigade, 
 put it in pretty correct style writing home at this time : " You can 
 imagine how agreeable it is to be out in a raging snowstorm night and 
 day, without any shelter more than would be afforded by a sheet spread 
 over the fence, with four corners pinned to the ground." And he 
 might have added that this sheet was always escaping its fastenings, 
 and taking to itself the wings of the wind. However, it is evident that 
 some of us at least have lived to laugh at the storms of those ancient 
 times. After a brief rest, on we go, pushing through night and storm, 
 till two o clock in the morning, when we find ourselves pretty well 
 banged up with the hard marching, the storm and exposure, but still in 
 good spirits. 
 
 Monday morning, November 10, is an important date in the his 
 tory of the Army of the Potomac. On that day the great army loses 
 its young commander, General George B. McClellan, a man this 
 country will probably never get tired debating. 
 
 The Second Corps, consisting now of three divisions, was drawn 
 up on the left side of the Centerville turnpike while General McClellan, 
 riding with General Burnside, his successor, and each attended by a 
 great staff retinue, swept along the road, amid the greatest shouting, 
 and other demonstrations from the men. Xo Fourth of July parade 
 about a great military turnout like this ; it was the real thing. Gold 
 lace, brass buttons, dangling swords, prancing steeds, salvos of ar 
 tillery, fluttering of a thousand flags, and the shoutings of a host. No 
 make believe about a show like that. McClellan was always popular 
 with the rank and file. But all the sober heads could always see how, 
 as at Fair Oaks, and Malvern Hill, and Antietam^ when a hard, quick 
 blow needed to be struck on a beaten foe it wasn t. 
 
 But now it is Burnside s day, and we shall see what we shall see. 
 It is also the day of another man. General Willis A. Gorman, com 
 mander of the brigade, takes his leave about this time, having been 
 
76 
 
 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY- FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 assigned to the command of the District of Arkansas, under General 
 Curtis. He is succeeded by Colonel Alfred Sully, until now in com 
 mand of the First Minnesota of the brigade. Gorman was a singular 
 man in some respects. When in action he never gave his commands in 
 an ordinary tone ; but roared them out, like a bull of Bashan. Before 
 the battle of Fair Oaks he was known to speak of the Thirty-fourth as 
 " that New York Mob " ; a designation that never had an atom of well- 
 founded truth in it. But after Fair Oaks he was unstinted in his praise 
 of the courage and fortitude of the regiment. On the other hand, some 
 
 undevout romancers in the regi 
 ment, in the early days, had been 
 known to speak of the brigade com 
 mander as "Old Gorman;" but, in 
 fact, each came to think better of 
 the other as time went on. Gorman 
 resigned his new command in 1864 
 on account of ill health; and died 
 in May, 1876. 
 
 At this time, singularly 
 enough, there were changes all the 
 way up the great incline. General 
 John Sedgwick, the division com-- 
 m a n d e r, had been seriously 
 wounded at Antietam, and, though 
 he recovered, did not return to his 
 old command ; but instead took the 
 command of the Sixth Corps, and 
 General O. O. Howard, "the Chris 
 tian General," took command of the 
 Second Division. Then, also, 
 Sumner, commander of the Second 
 Corps, was moved up a peg, being 
 assigned to command of the "Grand 
 
 Right Wing," a brand new designation, said right wing consisting 
 of the Second and Ninth Corps, and General Darius M. Couch suc 
 ceeding Sumner at the head of the Second Corps. Surely, with all 
 these great and good new generals, all the way up and down the 
 line we may look to see wonders done, and with a rush. 
 
 November 15, on toward Richmond. Two days later we are up 
 in the valley back of Falmouth,Va., camped in a dense oak woods, which 
 soon will vanish under the stroke of the woodman s axe. This is to be 
 a historic site. Before we leave this spot we shall change the whole 
 face of the country. Thanksgiving Day spent here was not a day of 
 bubbling ecstasy over gifts received. The soldiers might have united 
 with Fernando Wood, Mayor of New York, in saying : " While in my 
 judgment the past year presents very little for which we may 
 properly be thankful, yet it is well enough to observe the day." 
 And we did. 
 
 CAPTAIN EUGENE B. LARROWE 186 
 
FROM ANTI-ETAM TO FREDERICKSBURG 
 
 77 
 
 Down at the end of this valley lay the little decayed town of Fal- 
 mouth, snuggled close by the Rappahannock River. Below, where the 
 river bank bulged to a considerable height, was the historic Lacy House, 
 the headquarters of General Burnside, owned and kept by a widow, 
 whose husband had been killed in the rebel army, and who^ " regretted 
 that she did not have a dozen more to give to her country. ] Opposite 
 the Lacy House, stretching along the river bank, lay the quaint, old, and 
 now doubly historic town of Fredericksburg ; home of Washington at 
 one time, tomb of his mother to this day. In and about this little city 
 war was soon and long to rage, devastating its quiet streets, and making 
 one vast cemetery of all the surrounding country. Within the National 
 Cemetery at this place now are camped the sleeping soldiers of the 
 great war. This harvest was reaped from a hundred fields : sheaves 
 from the Burnside slaughter on the I3th of December, 1862; from 
 Chancellorsville, Salem Church, Marye s Heights, and the battles of 
 the Wilderness. There certainly seems a divine propriety in the plan 
 to make this comprehensive field a National Park, the same as at Gettys 
 burg and elsewhere. There is no other single tract, lying within the 
 scope of the Thirty-fourth s two-years campaign, that has so much in 
 terest for this old regiment. 
 
 OLD CAMP GROUND BACK OF FALMOUTH, VA., AS IT LOOKS AT PRESENT, 1902 
 Our Camp was high on the Left Center, along the Ridge now covered with Second Growth Timber. 
 
HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 The month that followed in this new camp was one of hard work 
 for all the men. The winter soon set in in real earnest, and the men 
 tried to make themselves as comfortable as possible, by the erection of 
 winter quarters, though no prophet knew whether we would stay here 
 a day or a month. The river was some distance away from the camp, 
 
 and its long shore had to be 
 guarded with a heavy line of 
 pickets. Six companies were 
 taken from the regiment every 
 /jjmjj^ ( l a } r f r that purpose. As there 
 
 &f~ /^ 9L* are but ten com ~ 
 
 w^^ K* panics in a regiment, 
 
 it requires no very 
 profound m a t h e- 
 matics to work out 
 the statement that 
 every other day the 
 same company 
 would have to go on 
 picket twice in suc 
 cession. But this 
 amount of arithmetic 
 was a little too much 
 for some of the men-,, 
 and there was kick 
 ing. But there was 
 one man in the regi 
 ment who under 
 stood it, and that 
 <-* f ~ man was Tim 
 
 Greene, of Company K. Jim always had a mind for clear thinking and 
 tor precise statement ; and so, when little Leander Brown of the same 
 company, which was on the right of line, and which had come in after 
 a cold, rainy night on picket, and was immediately detailed to go out 
 again, when we say little Leander couldn t understand why they should 
 take our company twice in succession, when there were ten companies 
 in the regiment and they only wanted six, Greene exclaimed : "Why,, 
 you blank fool, it s plain enough ; take the last four, and commence at 
 the head again." That settled it. For conciseness, accuracy, and com 
 prehensiveness, that statement has never been surpassed. "There was. 
 nothing more to be said. 
 
 Lafayette Ploof Cook 
 
 C. Capt. Riley. 
 
 Col. Latim. 
 J. Renieur, Orderly 
 
 Qrm. Eaeterbrook. 
 
 COLONEL LAFLIN S HEADQUARTERS NEAR FALMOUTH, 
 
 VA., WINTER 62-63 
 
CHAPTER XI 
 
 THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG 
 
 WE come to the morning of Dece mber IT. At midnight before 
 orders had arrived to be ready for a move at daybreak, and 
 we were ready. While we are eating a hasty breakfast, we 
 hear the sound of cannon from the direction of the river. We know the 
 battle is on, though only 
 
 joined 
 of our 
 
 are on the other 
 of the river. Soon 
 
 the artillery is 
 as yet, and none 
 men 
 side 
 
 we are moved down the 
 valley, and up back of the 
 hills and Lacy House. 
 The artillery is thundering 
 from all the heights. But 
 not a move until nightfall. 
 One man wrote home at 
 this time : "None of us can 
 ever forget that artillery 
 fight. It lasted for six 
 hours. Fredericksburg was 
 riddled. A pontoon bridge 
 is in course of construction 
 in front of the city on 
 which our troops may 
 cross ; but the rebs don t 
 relish the idea of seeing 
 that bridge built right 
 under their noses, and the 
 pontoon builders are hav 
 ing a red hot time. As 
 the dusk of the night 
 gathers down we are ad 
 vanced toward the river; 
 but the enemy on the 
 
 heights across espy the move, and scour the plain, over which we are 
 moving, with shot and shell. But, as has been remarked many times 
 before, it takes a pile of lead and iron to kill a man ; and so, though it 
 rained on those heights as it once rained on the cities on the plain, 
 there are few casualties, notwithstanding there are thousands of our 
 troops in plain view of the rebel batteries on the opposite side 
 of the river. Finally, the Seventh Michigan, in boats, crosses 
 to the other side, and cleans the rebs out of the houses and cellars along 
 
 CAPTAIN WILLIAM L. OSWALD l86l 
 
8o HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 the ri.ver front, and straightway the bridge is finished; and in about 
 the same time it takes to tell it, over pour the troops, horse and foot, 
 into Fredericksburg town. The rebs are still hanging on, in some parts 
 of the town, but they are soon cleaned out. 
 
 It was a weird sight which met our gaze in the streets of the city. 
 By the light of burning buildings, thousands of men, many no doubt, 
 with evil intent, made their way about. The heavy bombardment had 
 made a riddle of the place. Many houses were shattered to pieces, 
 and their contents scattered about the streets. The inhabitants had fled. 
 In one of the houses which we entered, we noticed that a shell had come 
 down through the roof into the parlor, and exploded in the piano. The 
 instrument looked as if it needed tuning. Again we quote what we 
 wrote to the Mohawk Courier immediately after the battle : 
 
 "The city was on fire in numerous places, and every building was completely 
 riddled with our shells. Piles of dead were lying on the corners, and every door 
 step was a tombstone for some poor soldier who slumbered at its base. The 
 gutters were red, and groans of wounded men stifled the very air. It was a 
 :scene which no man desires to behold but once." 
 
 We are all inclined, after forty-years interval, to take a somewhat 
 rosy view of those far-off events ; but that is what we wrote at the very 
 time ; and it isn t very rosy ; but it s true. Of course, there was a good 
 deal of looting. The term has an ugly sound, and no American soldier 
 likes to use it. But we are talking of a city whose inhabitants had fled ; 
 whose property was strewn through all the streets, the wanton waste 
 and desolation and spoil of war. Many of the houses, some of the 
 most pretentious in the city, had escaped without a scratch ; but, of 
 course, they did not escape spoliation by the victorious soldiers. 
 
 All day Friday, the I2th, our army was gathering in and about the 
 city. We were near neighbors to a watchful enemy, and we felt the 
 advance shadow of what was impending. Down the length of every 
 street frowned a dozen rebel guns. It is a queer sensation, living in a 
 city with such dangerous neighbors, and so many of them. There was 
 a second night, and it was a hot night in the old town. On Saturday 
 morning, the ball opened for sure. The story of that dreadful 
 slaughter, having been written in many purple testaments, need not be 
 repeated here. For this is only the chronicle of one little regiment, and 
 nobody will look to it for a comprehensive description of what has 
 passed into lurid history as the Battle of Fredericksburg. The planless 
 battle began just in the edge of the city, and near where we were lying. 
 About nine o clock the Thirty-fourth advanced to a position where the 
 engagement was in plain sight, and there it stayed until some time in 
 the afternoon, when the whole brigade advanced up one of the streets 
 running at right angles to the river, and filed into a field close under the 
 bluff occupied by the rebels. 
 
 Here, again, we cannot do better than to quote what we wrote to 
 the journal above referred to immediately after the retreat: 
 
 "We suppose there were seven or eight thousand men massed under that 
 bluff. Perhaps an inscrutable Providence could study out what this move was 
 for; but vour correspondent has never yet heard a decent theory stated. Scarcely 
 
I. THE ADAMS HOUSE, FAIR OAKS, TAKEN FROM IX FRONT OUR BATTLE LINE 
 2. LOOKING DOWN THE VALLEY TOWARD FALMOUTH FROM OUR CAMP GROUND. OLD 
 
 WOODMAN HOUSE IN THE VIEW 
 3. THE MAREY MANSION, MARYE HEIGHTS, BACK OF FREDERICKSBURG 
 
82 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 two hundred feet away, on this bluii , was a rebel redoubt with a cannon behind 
 it. An officer on a white horse was riding around giving orders. You may be 
 perfectly certain he had from seven to ten thousand deeply interested spectators. 
 Not a moment elapsed before there was a puff of smoke from behind that redoubt, 
 and a shell from a six-pounder went screaming over our heads. It never hit a 
 man. Another and another followed, with the same result. It was evident 
 that the piece could not be depressed sufficiently to rake us without the muzzle 
 hitting the front of the redoubt. Then this pale horse and his rider came out 
 from behind the redoubt, and surveyed our position, and went back. Then four 
 men took hold of the piece, and rolled it out from behind the earthwork. It is 
 said the judgment-day comes but once, and we all felt that it had come for us 
 right then and there. It w r as a moment to be remembered forever. Now they 
 have us for sure. The very next shot is sure to fetch us. Of all the thousand s 
 of men huddled there, every eye was fixed on that gun. The cannoneers take 
 their positions, the process of loading and priming is gone through with, and 
 then every head is bowed in silence, waiting for the awful messenger. It comes, 
 like the shriek of an incarnate demon, it plowed its way into our ranks, burying 
 us all in the dirt. Another and another followed in rapid succession, each one 
 bringing death and destruction into our ranks. The air is filled with the groans 
 and cries of mangled men. Every man of those thousands is clutching the 
 earth, and trying to make himself thinner. It is a good thing, at times, to be a 
 spare man. No one, then, wanted to be fatter. The first shot fired, after the 
 gun was moved out, passed directly over our company (K) ; the next, coming in 
 exactly the same line, fell a little short, striking just ahead of us, and doing 
 terrible execution. Then the orderly sergeant, Jim Talcott, lying by my side, 
 and trying to make himself thinner, said: Now, boys, it s our turn. And sure 
 enough, with an ugly scream, that might have been heard up in Herkimer County, 
 the next shot landed squarely in our company. Every inch of the ground was 
 covered with blue men; but this ugly auger bored a hole right through. Deep 
 into the earth it went, and then exploded. Scarcely a man in the company but 
 received some souvenir. And all this time we were compelled to remain inactive, 
 not firing a shot in return. There was not a man on all that blue field but would 
 have volunteered in an instant to dash up that height, and had there been some 
 one in high authority to authorize the movement, that one gun w r ould have been 
 silenced or captured in a moment. But, any way, the slaughter was destined 
 not to continue for long. All this time, from the north side of the river, far 
 away, our own cannon were booming, and the moment this one piece was rolled 
 out from behind the breastwork, it became the target for all our artillery. There 
 was one gun on our side, miles up the river, that we had heard booming at 
 intervals all day. It must have been a sixty-two pounder; and a moment after 
 the third shot of which I spoke had been fired, there came the boom of this great 
 gun. The great shot sped on its awful mission, over miles of river and valley, 
 and hill and meadow, and came down fair and square on the top of this mis 
 chievous little six-pounder, and that instant exploded. The gun and carriage 
 were destroyed, and all the men near it knocked out, including the white horse 
 and his rider. Then all those ten thousand men rose, and shouted with a great 
 shout." 
 
 As soon as we could pull ourselves together, we began to look about, 
 and take an account of our assets. They were a sorry lot. Poor Adam 
 Moyer; he had but just arrived from the north, a new recruit. This 
 was his first touch of fire. Both legs were torn off, hanging only by the 
 shreds. How short he looked, as we laid him on a blanket, with the 
 stumps by his side. And little Andrew A. Smith, a sweet-faced boy, 
 slender, but every inch a man ; a leg and an arm both gone. Both these 
 died in a little while. As Andrew was being carried from the field he 
 said : "Tell my mother that I died like a man." It is strange how these 
 boys alwavs think of their mothers at such a time. Like the boy that 
 
l86l COLONEL GEORGE W. THOMPSON 1903 
 
 Our First Adjutant. 
 
84 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 was wounded back at Fair Oaks, and was taken prisoner, and to Rich 
 mond. All the long days he pined and wasted to a shadow, and died at 
 last, though he had but a little wound, crying and calling "Mother, 
 mother." Poor Andrew Smith. At the battle of White Oak Swamp, 
 when he had fallen with the heat and exhaustion of the march, still he 
 would not give up, and rose, and went with the men into the fight. But 
 now his time had come, for the bone was driven up into his body. And 
 Corporal John Hurley, of Company I, dreadfully killed. And what a 
 lot of maimed men, all about us. Lieutenant Ransom, with a badly 
 shattered leg; he died a week later. And Lieutenant Finnegan is so 
 badly hurt, he has seen the last of his service with the regiment. 
 Orlando Fosket, with a leg shot off; and William DeForest, and 
 Alexander Comins, both, badly in the legs. 
 
 Other regiments around us suffered as much, if not more, than the 
 Thirty-fourth, though none were more exposed. The battle continued 
 all about us until fairly dark, and about midnight we were relieved by 
 the Fourth Regulars of Sykes brigade. The following day, Sunday, 
 matters were comparatively quiet; likewise Monday the 5th. Mon 
 day night, near eleven o clock, we were suddenly called into line, and to 
 our surprise, were marched back across the river, and two hours later 
 were in our old camp. Thus ended the battle of Fredericksburg. 
 Was it a folly, or a blunder? Any way, it was a butchery. And not 
 one good thing was ever known to come of it. 
 
 Thirty-nine years after these events, the writer of this chronicle 
 went back^ and stood on that same spot, on that same field. The distance 
 to the little redout seemed just the same, not more than two hundred 
 feet away, scarcely that. Climbing up the little bluff, and poking away 
 the briers and bushes which had overgrown the place, was the same 
 earthwork. The rains of.all the years had not seemed to lower it a foot. 
 
 The following are the names of those killed at Fredericksburg. 
 On account of the severity of the wounds, nearly all of them proved 
 fatal. 
 
 Comins, Alexander H. K. Ransom, First Lieut Albert W. D. 
 
 Fosket, Orlando F. Smith, Andrew A. K. 
 
 Hurley, John W. I. 
 Moyer, Adam K. Total, 6. 
 
 The following are the names of the wounded : 
 
 Dawson, Richard D. Smith, Horace H. K. 
 
 DeForest, William H. K. Woods, Thomas B. 
 
 Finnegan, First Sergt. John I. Young, Edward E. 
 
 Goodbread, Jerome B. Woolver Amos K. 
 
 Guile, Cornelius K. Wright, Ezra H. 
 McLean, William J.C. Total, n. 
 
CHAPTER XII 
 
 WINTER IN CAMP. SECOND FREDERICKSBURG 
 
 THE winter of 1862-63 was one of great severity in Virginia. 
 The army, of course, could not escape its rigors. While in 
 camp, the little houses, with their wooden walls and their 
 canvas roofs, and their little fireplaces within, kept the men in toler 
 able comfort. But the never-ending exactions of picket duty on the 
 river kept the men exposed to the bitter vicissitudes of the weather. 
 War bristled all along shore. When bitter was the cold, and inky 
 black the night, the lonely picket on the banks of the Rappahannock 
 paced his beat, and kept his eye peeled on the opposite shore. 
 
 January 10, 1863, was a good day. On that day the men received a 
 lot of express packages, containing goodies from the friends at home. 
 For a long time fresh butter, from the home churnings, sweetened many 
 a hard biscuit. About this time also there came an order permitting 
 furloughs to be granted for trips home. This was most acceptable; 
 and in our diary covering that period we find frequent mentions of 
 officers and privates being absent for short periods, on visits home. 
 But later there was trouble over this very thing. It was reported that 
 certain regiments, among them the Thirty-fourth, were not as scrupu 
 lously clean and orderly about camp as they ought to be; and as a 
 punishment for the same they were to be deprived of furloughs. This, 
 being reported in the home papers, caused sorrow among the friends, 
 as well as the members of the regiment. There never was a decent 
 foundation for the charge, so far as the Thirty-fourth was concerned. 
 An immediate and thorough inspection was requested and granted, with 
 the result of a full vindication for the regiment. The inspector-general 
 wrote it down that "he cheerfully recommends the regiment to the 
 restoration of all the privileges granted in general order No. 3." Thus 
 was the country saved from another war, and officers and men con 
 sidered that they were more entitled to furloughs than ever. 
 
 On January 19 Burnside made another effort to do something. 
 He got us all in motion toward United States Ford. But on the fol 
 lowing day it commenced to rain. It rained, and snowed, and froze, 
 and bio wed, and there was no such thing as getting on. The army was 
 stuck in the mud. The rebels on the other side of the river heard of 
 our predicament, and the pickets stuck up signs big enough for us to 
 read : " Burnside Stuck in the Mud." Wretched as the case really was, 
 it still was ludicrous. For some time afterward, as the troops thawed 
 out, they might be seen stealing back to their old camps. Richmond 
 still hung on the horizon, but faintly visible. " We never shall see 
 Carcasonne." On the 26th the Army of the Potomac said good-by to 
 Burnside. He had got a move on this time sure. And General Joseph 
 Hooker was announced as the new commander. 
 
86 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 On January 22 occurred the resignation of the regiment s much 
 beloved commander, Colonel James A. Suiter. This was a change that 
 touched the men much more deeply than the change in the commander of 
 the whole army. About this time, also, we find Colonel Turner G. 
 Morehead of the One Hundred and Sixth Pennsylvania in command of 
 the brigade, during the temporary absence of General Sully. Within 
 the narrow confines of this little incident, the antiquarian might search 
 successfully for the cause of Colonel Suiter s resignation. A brave and 
 competent officer, who had served his country conscientiously, was set 
 aside at a time when the compliment of a temporary command of the 
 brigade might have been handsomely bestowed, and was most thor 
 oughly deserved. The following is the text of Colonel Suiter s resig 
 nation, which was read at dress parade, and was received with genuine 
 sorrow : 
 
 HEADQUARTERS COLONEL THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT, 
 
 Near Falmouth, Va., January 26, 1863. 
 To the Officers and Soldiers of the Thirty-fourth Regiment N. Y. Vc,ls.: 
 
 The relations which have so long existed between us are now about being 
 dissolved. My resignation of the colonelcy of the Thirty-fourth was demanded 
 by a sense of honor. It has been accepted, and I am about to bid you farewell, 
 no longer having the honor to command you. Before doing so, I desire to 
 express to you the warmest regard and affection I feel for you all. The trials 
 and toils we have endured, the privations we have suffered, the weary marches 
 we have made, the terrible battles we have engaged in, have all tended to rivet 
 the bonds that unite us. Believe that my affection for you is true and lasting. 
 The Thirty-fourth has won, by deeds of heroic valor, a proud name and renown. 
 In that name and renown I rejoice with you. It is ours jointly, and will be 
 sacredly guarded. Let me, in these few parting words, urge you to guard care 
 fully the proud distinction the Thirty-fourth has so nobly won. Next to our 
 beloved country, let the unstained reputation of the Thirty- fourth be the chief 
 object of your guardian care. Be ever true to your country and its hallowed 
 nag; and present an unbroken front to those who would trample down our 
 country s blessed institutions. With the prayer for a speedy return of peace 
 to our beloved land, and the overthrow of all its enemies, I commend you to 
 the God of all battles, and bid you an affectionate farewell. I need not assure 
 you that my home shall ever be open to all who have belonged to the gallant 
 Thirty-fourth. God bless and protect you all. Farewell, 
 
 JAMES A. SUITER. 
 
 Lieutenant-Colonel Byron Laflin now succeeded to the command 
 of the regiment ; Major Beverly became lieutenant-colonel ; and Captain 
 Wells Sponable became major. And all below moved up a peg. 
 
 On February 26 we noted "the presence in camp of our old adjutant, 
 George W. Thompson, now lieutenant-colonel of the One hundred and 
 fifty-second New York." Colonel Thompson had resigned on January 
 28, to go up higher, a well-deserved promotion. Quite a number of 
 officers had resigned at various times to go up higher ; for the Thirty- 
 fourth was a sort of recruiting camp. September 20, 1862, our old 
 chaplain, Rev. J. B. Van Petten, had resigned for promotion ; and in the 
 official reports, since published, we find his record : " Subsequent service 
 as lieutenant-colonel One hundred and Sixtieth New York Volunteers, 
 and colonel One hundred and ninetv-third Volunteers." As will be seen 
 
WINTER IN CAMP 87 
 
 by the biographical sketch published elsewhere, our first colonel, Wm. 
 Ladew, had not gone home to have an easy time. But was busy at 
 ^the front," the^ front having shifted at various times to New York 
 City. We also find entries through these long winter months of visits 
 from prominent citizens at home. Hon. S. M. Richmond, of Little 
 Falls, looked in upon us ; as did also Hon. D. A. Northup, of Salisbury, 
 father of the popular young Captain Northup, of Company K. 
 
 Another item deserves reference at this time. The New York 
 Herald was probably more widely read throughout the army than any 
 other newspaper ; and yet its utterances were most vicious. In a letter, 
 dated January 10, we had this to say about that sheet : 
 
 "There is no paper so much read by the soldiers as the New York Herald, 
 and yet there is no reading that so much tends to discourage and demoralize the 
 soldiers. From it we are led to believe that in the world around us there is noth 
 ing transpiring favorable to our cause; every battle is a defeat and every general 
 a failure ; the whole body politic at Washington is nothing but a nest of traitors 
 slavery is a blessing, and Horace Greeley a curse; McClellan is a little god, and 
 General Fremont a nobody; Burnside is an imbecile, and the only way of crush 
 ing the rebellion is by starving it otit, etc. It would be a blessing to the country, 
 and set the advent of peace years ahead, could its publication be suppressed." 
 
 apt. Warford 
 
 Capt. Kiley 
 
 LIEUT. -COL. BEVERLY S HEADQUARTERS NEAR FALMOUTH, VA., APRIL 24, 1863 
 
88 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 That is what we wrote January 10, and on February 26, following,, 
 we had thankful occasion for writing this : 
 
 "The New York Herald, whose circulation, with many others of a like 
 character, has at last, thank heaven, been prohibited in this army, will probably 
 keep up a huge cry. All credit to Caesar, whoever he may be, for the suppression 
 of the New York Herald in these parts. Hereafter we shall look for something 
 accomplished, and to see victory acknowledged when it has been gloriously won. " 
 
 March 5, grand review by Hooker. This was an imposing event ; 
 but still not so overpoweringly grand as the review later on, when Mr. 
 Lincoln visited the army. March 17, heavy cannonading off to the 
 right. Supposed to be a rebel raid. On the 2ist the same thing over 
 on the left. Supposed to be another raid. We were always hearing 
 about these raids ; but, like the old darkey s trouble, " the most of it 
 never happened." Occasionally, we get a peep at the sun. It s genial 
 warmth steals along that densely-peopled height, bringing joy and glad 
 ness. No friend was ever more welcome. Homesickness vanished 
 beneath that gentle touch, and lots of other troubles. Every sort of 
 thing is resorted to by the men, when they have an idle hour, to keep 
 themselves in spirits. Strangely enough, baseball with the men of 
 the Fifteenth Massachusetts, was one of the popular pastimes. In those 
 days the game was not played as in these scientific times. The ball was 
 a soft one, and you plugged a man with it to put him out. Then, as 
 now, it was a great sport. The pickets on the opposite sides of the 
 river also relaxed their awful severity, although it was strictly 
 " against orders." Little cornstalk boats would be floated with 
 messages of friendly interest. There is no mistake about it, " visiting " 
 of this kind is the most delicious diversion in the world. It took dread 
 fully stern orders to stop it. The men would be at it every chance they 
 got. And more than one commissioned officer even lost his shoulder 
 straps because he could not resist the temptation any more than the 
 common privates, to indulge in this surreptitious pleasure. Think of 
 these men, summoned together to shoot each other down, clasping 
 friendly hands across that river every time they could do it and not get 
 caught. Here, as on the Potomac a year before, there was the swap 
 ping of commodities, coffee, tobacco, newspapers, etc. 
 
 In spite of the reform in the weather, we find recorded, March 21 : 
 " More snow ;" and on the 3ist : " Still snowing." On April I General 
 O. O. Howard leaves the division to take command of the Eleventh 
 Corps, and General John Gibbon, succeeds him. Of course, General 
 Gibbon had to have his Grand Review, like all the other generals, and so 
 he looks us over two days later. He seems to like our appearance, and 
 scatters around a number of compliments where the men can pick 
 them up. 
 
 But you should have been there to see the Grand Review, April 8, 
 when the President and his family his very own family and his 
 official family likewise, were there. Up by the Lacy House, overlook 
 ing the city of Fredericksburg, is a great plateau ; and here the review 
 was held ; "or rather, we should say, the series of reviews. One day it 
 
WINTER IN CAMP 
 
 8 9 
 
 was all the cav 
 alry, under General 
 Stoneman, and an 
 other day, perhaps 
 the artillery ; but 
 on the 8th it was 
 the infantry, our 
 corps, the grand 
 old Second, and 
 the Thirty-fourth 
 was just in it. 
 
 ^ April 5, a 
 series of resolu 
 tions was adopted 
 on the occasion of 
 the departure of 
 our much-loved 
 surgeon, Dr. S. N. 
 Sherman, who had 
 also been called to 
 come up higher. He 
 had been a p- 
 pointed Medical 
 Director at Nor 
 folk, and his new 
 duties took him to 
 the new field. Dr. 
 Bradford S. 
 Manly, who had 
 joined the regi 
 ment as assistant 
 surgeon the pre 
 vious August, now 
 became the surgeon, and we find his commission dated a month later. 
 Dr. Edward S. Walker, who had been the first assistant surgeon, had 
 resigned November 3, preceding, and gone home. He was succeeded 
 by Dr. J. Hervy Miller. Manly and Miller thus remained our surgeon 
 and assistant till the muster out. 
 
 Along about April 20 came the ever-welcome Paymaster King, 
 this time doubly welcome, for he was to bring us four months pay. 
 Another matter of importance claims attention just here. All through 
 the winter certain companies had been nursing the hope the authorities 
 would consider that their term of service expired on May i. No doubt 
 the great severity of the winter, and the arduous duties and sufferings 
 of the men, gave emphasis to this hope. It is no wonder, therefore, that 
 when the first of May came round, there should have been a little 
 trouble. Many of the men who were in the regiment at the first, 
 unlisted in April, 1861, to serve two years. So read all their enlistment 
 
 THE COLORS 1862 
 
HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 papers. The official record clearly reads that they were mustered 
 into the state service May i, i86i/to serve two years. On June 15, 
 following, they were mustered into the United States service to serve 
 two years. It is but natural that these men should think that their time 
 was out May i, 1863, for they had served the full two years. But the 
 authorities did not so regard it. June 15 was their date. A few of the 
 men stood out, claiming their time had expired. They were put under 
 guard in camp, surrounded by a detail of the Fifteenth Massachusetts. 
 A large detail from the regiment, among whom was the writer, came 
 into camp on the forenoon of May i, and were greatly surprised to find 
 things somewhat upset. During the day, however, General Gibbon, 
 in command of the division, came over and addressed the men, advising 
 them to make no resistance, but to return to duty, which they consented 
 to do, and the trouble was over. We think every candid mind must 
 admit that the men had a fairly good case. Some of these men had 
 enlisted immediately after President Lincoln s call was issued, April 15, 
 1 86 1, and as the regiment was not mustered out till June 30, 1863, they 
 were really in the service two years, two and a half months. 
 
 But this little incident proved a bothersome thing to General 
 Alfred Sully, who had returned, and was in command of the brigade. 
 He reported to General Gibbon, very foolishly, that " it was not in his 
 power to enforce discipline in his command ;" whereupon General Gib- 
 born immediately relieved him. It was shown afterward, by a court of 
 inquiry, that his order relieving General Sully was a little previous, 
 and not exactly justified by the facts ; but General Sully did not return ; 
 
 but was sent west to fight the 
 Indians. 
 
 But the spring had opened, 
 and there was a stir underground 
 and above it. As early as April 
 28, we began to notice large bodies 
 of Union troops moving to our 
 right. They were the Fifth, 
 Eleventh, and Twelfth Corps of 
 the army, making the initial 
 moves for a position on the -south 
 side of the Rappahannock. The 
 First and Third Divisions of our 
 Corps, the Second, also disap 
 peared up the river; but the 
 Second Division, in which was the 
 Thirty-fourth, did not move until 
 the night of May 2. All day on 
 the ist the air was full of the 
 thunder of artillery. It came from 
 the direction of Chancellorsville. 
 _^^^^^^^^ Late on the night of the 2d, the 
 Thirty-fourth, with the rest of the 
 LIEUTENANT JOHN OATHOUT 1863 Division, proceeded to the heights 
 
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 opposite Fredericksburg, where we had lain at 
 the time of the first crossing in December. Along 
 in the middle of the night there comes a call for 
 a lieutenant and twenty-five men, to go to the 
 river for a storming party. Now almost any 
 man with an able-bodied imagination can under 
 stand what kind of duty is expected of men 
 under such circumstances. Such a call means 
 business. And yet it did not take five minutes 
 to obtain all the men wanted. Lieutenant James 
 McCormick, of Company H, was the lieutenant. 
 Colonel Byron Laflin, of the Thirty-fourth, is 
 now in temporary command of the brigade, and 
 
 GEN. ALFRED SULLY i862Lieutenant-Colonel Beverly, of the regiment. 
 Colonel Laflin, in his official report, says: "One 
 
 hundred volunteers were wanted from the brigade, to cross the river 
 as a storming party, to dislodge the enemy in the town. The call was 
 immediately and cheerfully responded to by 25 men from each of the 
 four regiments in the brigade. Of the 25 volunteers of the Thirty- 
 fourth Regiment, 18 were among the number reported as unwilling 
 to serve longer than the first of May." 
 
 We think it is thus clearly shown that the handful of men, who,, 
 only the day before, had raised an honest point of order in regard to the 
 date of their service, were not cowards. Although they were so soon 
 to return home, they were ready for any service, however dangerous. 
 Some people would be very much surprised at the quality and kind of 
 men who will volunteer to face a danger of this kind. Who could, by 
 sight, pick out the heroes in a regiment ? Would you pick the men who 
 look the finest, bear themselves the proudest, have the most distin 
 guished relations at home? It is fair and true to say, that, if you 
 figured it in that way, you would miss it. The men who volunteered 
 on this occasion were, many of them, the very humblest men in the regi 
 ment ; men who \vere not after distinction, or commissions, or glory. 
 They were just the common men. It did not seem to them that there 
 was any special courage displayed in their action. They were wanted 
 for some important duty, and out they stepped. It is probable that the 
 whole regiment would have volunteered if there had been any call for 
 it. But fortunately, as it turned out, those who did volunteer did not 
 suffer for it. The bridge was completed without opposition, and on the 
 following morning we crossed at the same familiar point, and again 
 entered the ill-fated city. 
 
 The enemy had been a good deal fuddled over this dividing of the 
 Union army, and heavy operating on both wings ; but Lee was not to 
 be caught napping, and had a good strong force in and about Fredericks- 
 burg, ready for whatever might happen. And so all these movements 
 on our part were conducted under a heavy fire from the rebel artillerv, 
 posted on the heights back of the city. \Yhile there was some damage 
 done, none of the Thirty-fourth men were hit. Not so fortunately fared 
 
92 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 all the other bodies. As the morning dawned, fair and bright, a brass 
 band, belonging to one of the regiments, went marching gaily down 
 from the Lacy House, playing a stirring air, intending to cross at the 
 pontoon bridge, when a shell from a rebel battery exploded in their 
 midst. It broke up the band right then and there. Long years after 
 ward, an officer of the regiment to which the band belonged, told the 
 writer that the shell went right through the head of the bass drum. 
 There was a good deal of maneuvering about during the forenoon. 
 We finally drew out of the city to the west, the Thirty-fourth leading 
 the column. Our movement was along the river, with a wide plain 
 between us and the rebel lines. Across this meadow from where it tapped 
 the river above a wide hydraulic canal. As our movement was 
 perceived, a column of rebel infantry moved westward from its side, the 
 column keeping parallel with ours. The canal flowed between. It was 
 a strange sight, those men in gray, and those men in blue, in parallel 
 moving columns ; and only a little distance apart. Not a shot was fired 
 on either side. But over us, and all around us, screamed and burst the 
 rebel shells. Between those two lines, eyeing each other like cats, each 
 ready for a spring, was the grave of Washington s mother. Not now as 
 in 76, are the North and the South banded together against a common 
 foe; but facing each other as enemies, and with deadly intent. Have 
 we any quarrel with these men? None whatever. But a short time 
 ago we were fraternizing with them across the river. We thought 
 they were splendid fellows; and so they are. Why now do we thus 
 menace each other? One single note of alarm from either side would 
 set both those columns on fire in an instant ; would cause that thin, gray 
 line to melt, and this blue one, too. But that single note is never 
 sounded. Slowly the lines creep forward, each still watching every 
 movement of the other. Not a gun is fired ; only the artillery being too 
 far away to feel the suppression of the painful suspense, keeps on with 
 its booming; and men behind us, in other regiments, are falling; for 
 every shot finds a place where it can break through the ranks. Then 
 the thin lines creep back again, back, into the city, and the movement is 
 over. But now it transpires that while we are thus drawing the enemy 
 away from the center to weaken it, another portion of the army has 
 broken through the rebel lines, and is occupying all their heights. And 
 this was Sedgwick s plan. Though we did not fire a shot, we were help 
 ing in the battle just the same. Now we pass out upon the heights our 
 selves, south of the city. Through avenues of the dead and dying we 
 pass. Here are a lot of cannon that could not get away in time. Our 
 men were too quick for them. And here are a lot of prisoners. On 
 close acquaintance, a rebel looks much like any other man. Out on the 
 far heights we go, till the view north and south of the river is most 
 noble and commanding. Night comes down, and in the gathering dusk 
 we pass the One hundred and twenty-first New York, which has been 
 gathering glory at Salem Church. There is just time for a hand clasp 
 with a brother in that other regiment, and to make eager inquiries for 
 the living and the dead. Then there is a halt ; an ominous one. Then 
 about we face, and back we go, through the city; yes, and over the 
 
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 93 
 
 bridge, and up the Heights to the Lacy House ; and back of the Lacy 
 House, where we halt and stay. The army is all streaming back over 
 the river. The battle of Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Salem 
 Church, or whatever else you choose to call it, according to the place 
 
 you happened to occupy, is 
 over; and so ends the second 
 attempt of the Army of the 
 Potomac to get to Richmond 
 by this route. 
 
 There are no lists of killed 
 and wounded, or missing, nor 
 any casualties, in the Thirty- 
 fourth in this engagement. Such 
 are the fortunes of battle. A 
 regiment might be placed in a 
 most dangerous position, and 
 still have no losses ; and then, 
 in a moment, it might become 
 the focus for a most deadly 
 fire, and have enormous losses 
 in just a few moments. Every 
 regiment has to take what 
 comes. Never for a single 
 moment can it determine what 
 its fortunes will be. There is 
 no use waving a flag of glorv 
 over the great losses of one 
 regiment, and then pointing 
 with disdain to the small losses 
 of another regiment. The cour- 
 CAPTAIN BENJAMIN H. wARFORD 1863 age and stamina of the different 
 
 regiments probably averaged 
 
 about the same. Each went where it was sent, and took what came 
 when it got there. The focus of greatest danger was constantly shift 
 ing, and there was no telling where it might turn up next. 
 
 This time we do not go back to our "old camp ground;" but to 
 a new site back of, and just north of, the Lacy House. Here we are 
 to remain until our final move, which will be toward home. Only a few 
 steps from our new camp brought us in full view of the pretty little 
 city lying along the river on the opposite side; the most conspicuous 
 feature of which was always the house on Marye s Heights, with its 
 colonial, columned front. The comrades will recognize it in the pic 
 ture we give. In spite of its being so many times at the focus of the 
 fire, the present occupant told the writer, at the time he took this 
 picture, that it bore but one wound, and that a trifling one. 
 
CHAPTER XIII 
 
 GOING HOME 
 
 BUT it was written in " the purple testament of bleeding war, that 
 the righting days of the Thirty-fourth were over. While ii 
 number of officers and some privates had been home on fur 
 lough, yet, of course, sick or well, by far the greater number had not 
 
 seen home in the more 
 than two years since 
 they left it. And so now 
 all thoughts turned that 
 way with a great long 
 ing. The three-years 1 
 men, recruits in the regi 
 ment, were transferred 
 to other regiments. 
 Some of these went to 
 the Eighty-second New 
 York. Here we find the 
 two Wolvers, and Ezra 
 Wright, the former of 
 Company K, and the lat 
 ter of Company H. A 
 e^ood many men had 
 been transferred to other 
 branches of the service, 
 at different times. On 
 February 17, 1862, there 
 had been a call for volun 
 teers for the Western 
 Gunboat Flotilla ; and 
 all these men were lost 
 sight of at the final mus 
 ter out, in Albany. 
 
 But we must not be 
 too fast. We are not off 
 
 for home yet. About the first of June there was some kind of a move 
 ment perceptible among the enemy over on the heights. And still the 
 grand reviews keep up. May 23 there was a brigade review ; May 27 a 
 battalion drill ; May 28 another brigade review ; May 29, though hot and 
 dusty, a division review, by Major-General Hancock. June 5, Colonel 
 Ward, commanding the Fifteenth Massachusetts lying next to the 
 Thirty-fourth, wrote in his diary : "This morning we discovered the 
 rebel camps to be evacuated, and everything seemed to indicate that 
 they were off. This afternoon our troops commenced crossing. 
 Sedgwick s corps began crossing about dark." 
 
 ADJUTANT JOHN KIRK 186; 
 
GOING HOME 
 
 95 
 
 Finally, June 9, this same officer wrote in his diary : "This morn 
 ing the New York Thirty-fourth left for home, their term of service 
 having expired. It seemed like losing a friend, for they had been with 
 us over twenty months." And it was even so. The Thirty-fourth was 
 off for home. And even as we started, began that northward move 
 ment of the northern and southern armies, which was to terminate so 
 eventfully at Gettysburg, a month later. 
 
 But we must not drop the war part of this brief narrative without 
 at least one little glance at the future. The "Herkimer County Regi 
 ment" has struck its tents for the last march, and that march is toward 
 home. Now its arms are 
 stacked ; its flag is furled ; its 
 fighting days are over. But 
 it is suggestive to take a very 
 brief glance ahead. Within 
 three weeks from the time we 
 left our last camp occurred 
 Gettysburg. What would 
 have been our fate had our 
 term of enlistment expired a 
 month later? If you go down 
 to Gettysburg, and stand in 
 front of the great bronze 
 which indicates the 
 High Water Mark of the 
 Rebellion," you will find your 
 self standing very nearly 
 w here the Thirty-fourth 
 would have stood had it been 
 present at that engagement. 
 Just beyond, along the 
 avenue, which is now more 
 frequently thronged than any 
 other on that great historic 
 field, are the markers, which 
 indicate where the brigade 
 stood on that eventful third 
 day of the battle, when 
 
 Pickett s Division emerged from yonder woods, and made its auda 
 cious march across these level fields. How brief appear the lines 
 which mark the standing ground of whole regiments. Near the 
 Emmettsburg road, it was that Hancock, the Superb, on the second 
 day, dashed up to the line, demanding, in his imperious way, "What 
 regiment is this?" in the same instant ordering the First Min 
 nesota to assault the advancing column of the enemy, now nearing the 
 "clump of trees." And here, in no more time than it takes to write 
 these lines, the grand old regiment lost eighty-five per cent, of all its 
 men ; all our old friends and comrades in that regiment going down 
 
 SURGEOX SOCRATES X. SHERMAN 186 1 
 
96 HISTORY OF THE THITY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 with the rest. Was it for this that/the First Minnesota was being 
 saved up at the Battle of AnUctamf where it scarcely lost a man? It 
 was here, at this Battle of Gettysburg, that the Eighty-second New 
 York captured five stand of colors. It was here that the men of the 
 Nineteenth Maine, and all the other regiments of the brigade, covered 
 themselves with glory. And it is here, without a doubt, that the 
 Thirty- fourth New York would have, left the most of all that was left, 
 had its term of enlistment expired three weeks later. For, as all the 
 world knows, it was the Second Division, of the Second Corps, that re 
 ceived into its breast the heaviest blows, and the deadliest wounds in 
 flicted by the desperate enemy. Many years after, the writer of this 
 went down to Gettysburg in company with a comrade of the Twen 
 tieth Massachusetts. This comrade searched the whole field long and 
 unavailingly for some trace of his regiment. The next day he in 
 formed me sadly that he had found it at last. It was encamped 
 under the trees, in the beautiful National Cemetery. And that is where 
 the Thirty-fourth would be to-day, had it been in the service only a 
 little longer. But notwithstanding all this, we venture to say that there 
 is not a comrade of the Thirty-fourth now living who does not regret 
 that we were not in that battle. 
 
 The journey home was a. joyful, but an uneventful one. To Wash 
 ington ; thence to Philadelphia ; where we were most handsomely treated 
 by the ladies of Philadelphia in the famous Coopershop Restaurant, 
 where all the regiments passing north and south were most bountifully 
 fed ; thence to New York, and thence to Albany. Arriving at the 
 Capital city, June 12, without notable incident, we again put up at the 
 same quarters from which we had departed on the 3d of July, 1861, 
 namely the Industrial School Barracks. Here the regiment was met 
 by a delegation from Little Falls, headed by Hon. Judge Hardin, who, 
 until his very recent death, just as we were considering, at his urgent 
 instigation, our monument enterprise, had ever remained the steadfast 
 friend of the memory of the regiment. This delegation had come down 
 to tender us a grand reception at Little Falls, and to make the necessary 
 arrangements. These were soon completed. Immediately on arriving 
 in Albany, and once at liberty, the men, scorning the hard tack of the 
 government ration, proceeded to distribute themselves around among 
 the boarding houses and hotels of the city, and to provide themselves 
 with citizen s clothing. The photograph galleries were greatly over 
 worked by both men and officers. Nine-tenths of all the old portraits 
 presented in this volume were taken at the Albany galleries during 
 these first days home. 
 
 Now each of the various companies, as it returned to its native 
 county, was given an enthusiastic reception by the citizens. There 
 was as great an output of oratory as there had been two years before. 
 We should be glad enough, were we able to describe each of these re 
 ceptions in detail. We know that Colonel Laflin went up to West 
 Troy, and took part in the exercises attending the reception accorded 
 to Co. A. Captain Oswald, who had nreviouslv returned home, man- 
 
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 aged the whole affair. The following autumn the citizens of that dis 
 trict sent the Captain to the lower branch of the legislature. Later the 
 citizens of Steuben County treated Captain Brundage in the same way. 
 But it was at Little Falls that the "Herkimer County Regiment" was 
 accorded a glorious welcome home. 
 
 Saturday, the 27th of June, was a great day in the annals of Little 
 Falls, and a great day for the old regiment. People had assembled 
 from all parts of the county, and from the other counties represented in 
 the regiment, from Albany, Essex, Clinton, and Steuben. The 
 weather proved fine, and that increased the turnout. The regiment left 
 Albany by an early train, and reached Little Falls about ten o clock. 
 Eastern Park, in the old town, now a city, was the headquarters for the 
 gathering. Here the speeches were delivered, the songs sung, the wel 
 comes delivered, and the feasting done to a finish. Then there was a 
 great parade, through the principal streets on both sides of the river. 
 It could not be said to be a parade of the greatest military precision. 
 Every man, woman, and child, who had a friend in the regiment, and 
 who didn t? considered it his unspeakable privilege to march beside 
 him. It was a proud day for the youngsters, and for the best girls, 
 and they were all there, to take advantage of it. The first regiment 
 out to service, and the first regiment home, did surely have a most royal 
 welcome. Those whose engagements compelled them to be absent, and 
 there were many such, were bitter over their misfortune. 
 
 Toward evening the regiment returned to Albany, and on June 30, 
 two years and two months from the time of muster into the State ser 
 vice, the regiment was mustered out. Thus passed into honorable his 
 tory one of the noblest, bravest, and most patriotic of the volunteer regi 
 ments which the great Empire State furnished for the War of the Re 
 bellion. 
 
 Its arms are stacked, its flag is furled, 
 
 Its fighting days are over, 
 But some we never shall forget, 
 Far in the southland linger yet. 
 They come not, heed not song or shout. 
 Nor answer at the muster out; 
 
 Their days on earth are over. 
 
 Their lives are now a story told; 
 
 Their fighting days are over. 
 For them no jocund crowds shall come, 
 To celebrate the welcome home; 
 But Grief shall sit till life shall close. 
 Weeping in darkened homes for those 
 
 Whose days on earth are over. 
 
 L. N. Chaptrt. 
 
THAT WESTERN FLOTILLA 
 
 X examination of the roster will remind the comrades of the call 
 that was made in February, 1862, for volunteers for the West- 
 ern Gunboat Flotilla. We have tried to trace the history and 
 fate of the men who went from the Thirty-fourth, but have not had 
 any great success. Comrade Philo Bell, however, who went from 
 Co . H, probably knows more about that service than any other man, 
 and we have asked him to tell about it. He has furnished us with 
 quite a narrative, all of which we wish we could publish ; but are not 
 able to do so. But we give it in part : 
 
 " We left the Thirty-fourth Regiment at Camp McClellan February 1 6, 1862, 
 with nineteen besides myself, from the Thirty-fourth. There were 700 from 
 the Army of the Potomac when we left Baltimore; and probably the roughest 
 seven hundred men that were ever on one train. There were a great many 
 killed going, and I have often thought how lucky I was to reach Cairo. On 
 reaching there, I went on board the receiving-ship Moriah Denning. There I 
 suffered. I had nothing to eat for three days. On the third day, Commodore 
 Foote came on board, and picked out all the largest men for his Flagship 
 Benton, taking me with the rest. We soon got under way for Island No. Ten. 
 There I saw my first service in the navy. I volunteered to go in the night, 
 with twelve others, and spike a battery on the shore above the Island. I 
 received for my reward a rating from landsman, at twelve dollars a month, 
 to shipsman, at forty-two dollars a month." 
 
 Comrade Bell took part in all the naval engagements, sanguinary 
 in the extreme, occurring along that part of the Mississippi ; the battle 
 of Fort Pillow, the battle in front of Memphis, when Van Dorn, with 
 nine boats, met our fleet of five vessels, and got badly whipped ; eight 
 of his nine vessels being sunk ; the engagement at Fort White ; the 
 battle at Haine s Bluff, near Vicksburg, where the Union fleet stormed 
 the batteries for three days ; next chasing the rebel ram Arkansas ; but 
 bloodiest of all, the battle of Grand Gulf. He adds : 
 
 " History says that was the hardest stand-up fight during the war. We were 
 five hours and a" half, and never left until the enemy was silenced. Fifty-two 
 were killed on the Flagship Benton, and eight wounded. General Grant, in his 
 Personal Memoirs, says: When I went aboard the Flagship Benton I was 
 heart-sickened. Well he might be, for the blood was actually above the 
 scupper holes. 
 
 "John P. Johnson, of Company H, and Edmund W. Ferris, of Company I. 
 were with me on the Benton. Johnson rebelled, with some fifty more, and would 
 not run the batteries of Vicksburg. They were sent to the Rip Raps Island. 
 Ferris was discharged when I was. The rest of the boys went onto the Mortar 
 Fleet. I saw some of them occasionally. Don t know whatever became of 
 them." 
 
SINCE THE WAR 
 
 MAXV are the inquiries that have been made, in regard to 
 the whereabouts and fortunes of the old men, and particularly 
 of the officers, since the war. We have done our best to 
 answer these inquiries, with only fair success, as to the officers, and very 
 poor success as to the rank and file. We give such biographical details 
 as we have been able to obtain. 
 
 COLONEL WILLIAM LADEW . 
 
 Colonel Ladew was born in Ulster County, N. Y., on the 26th day 
 of February, 1826. His education consisted of a course at a university 
 in Saratoga, X. Y. His first venture into business transpired when he 
 entered a tannery, under his father s supervision. Next, he built a tan 
 nery for the late Geo. B. Gillman at Monticello, Sullivan County, Ne\v 
 York. Shortly after this he erected a tannery of his own in Gray, 
 Herkimer County, New York, which he conducted until the war broke 
 out. He was at this time colonel of the Thirty-eighth New York- 
 Militia. When the call came for volunteers, he was one of the first to 
 offer his services to the cause. He remained in active service until fail 
 ing health compelled him to resign his commission. Following this 
 event he took an active part in quelling the " New York Riot," which 
 occurred about this time. He later resumed business at his tannery, and 
 continued this work for several years. Later he was employed by the 
 Government as a city contractor, in Washington, D. C. Just previous 
 to his death, he was employed in carrying on contracts for the repairing 
 of the New York City streets. He died in New York City on April 26, 
 1880. 
 
 COLONEL JAMES A. SUITER. 
 
 Colonel Suiter, who succeeded Colonel Ladew in command of the 
 regiment, January 22, 1862, and was with, and in command of the regi 
 ment during the whole fighting period nearly of the regiment s history, 
 was born in Herkimer, N. Y., on the 2Qth day of April, 1816; and in 
 early life learned the trade of a saddle and harnessmaker, which busi 
 ness" he still carries on. We believe he has resided in Herkimer almost, 
 if not continuously, since his birth. He has been connected with the 
 military forces of the state nearly all his life, having joined the old 
 Lafayette Guards, under the command of General Francis E. Spinner, 
 who was a neighbor in the adjoining town of Mohawk at the time, and 
 afterward, during the whole period of the war of the rebellion, United 
 States Treasurer! The boy, Suiter, was faithful in the discharge of his 
 duties, and steadily advanced, until he became the colonel of his regi 
 ment, the Thirty-eighth New York, which was a part of the old State 
 
ioo HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 militia. We believe that Colonel Laclew was also, at a later time, the 
 colonel of the organization. At the breaking out of the war with 
 Mexico, Colonel Suiter enlisted, and was made a second lieutenant in 
 Company E, First Regiment New York Volunteers. He served until 
 the close of the war, being mustered out at Fort Hamilton, New York 
 Harbor. In April, 1861, when President Lincoln issued his first call 
 for volunteers, Colonel Suiter was the first man to enlist in a company 
 he formed, that became Company G, of the Thirty-fourth New York 
 Volunteers. He was made lieutenant-colonel of the regiment at its 
 organization in Albany, June 15, 1861, and on the resignation of Colonel 
 Ladew, in March, 1862, was made Colonel, with rank from January 22. 
 He was a brave and always popular officer in the regiment; and on 
 several occasions, as at Glendale, during the Seven Days Battles, had 
 command of the brigade. The horse he rode was three times wounded, 
 once at Fair Oaks, once at Antietam, and once at Fredericksburg. On 
 leaving the service, the colonel returned to his native town, and resumed 
 his former business. He is now (1902) eighty-six years of age, and it 
 is not likely he will ever go to war any more. 
 
 COLONEL BYRON LAFLIN. 
 
 Colonel Laflin was born in Lee, Mass., in April, 1824. He early 
 took up his residence in Herkimer, N. Y., where, with his brother Addi- 
 son, he was engaged in the business of manufacturing writing paper, 
 when the war broke out in 1861. He entered the service as captain of 
 Company F, which was a Herkimer company, was mustered in as 
 major at the organization of the regiment June 15, 1861, at Albany ; was 
 mustered in as lieutenant-colonel March 22, 1862, vice Suiter pro 
 moted to colonel, vice Colonel Ladew resigned ; was mustered in as 
 colonel January 22, 1863, vice Suiter resigned. After the war he was 
 appointed marshal of Virginia. A letter from Quartermaster Easter- 
 brook gives the following particulars in regard to his subsequent 
 
 "One day, while he was Marshal of Virginia, and located at Richmond, 
 Captain Rich, of Company D, came into his office at Richmond. Rich wanted 
 place or business. Laflin told him to go to North Carolina, and buy a planta 
 tion at a price not exceeding $20,000, and he would take half of it. Rich did so. 
 Laflin w r rote me that after President Johnson commenced to raise hell/ he 
 resigned his position, and went to the plantation with Rich. They were elected 
 to the legislature, Rich as senator, Laflin as assemblyman. Rich died while in 
 the senate, and Laflin, with a legislative committee, took his remains to Vermont. 
 Laflin continued the plantation, and got into the banking business; but recon 
 struction ruined business and Laflin too, and he got out. He went to Norfolk, 
 Va., where he found Captain Oswald, formerly of Company A, at the head of a 
 steamboat line, of large means and business, but soon after Oswald died, and 
 Laflin went north. He had been an invalid for many years, also a pensioner. 
 He had an attendant, who dressed and undressed him. I last saw him in 1897 
 at the boat landing in Hudson. I was on my way to Little Falls to attend a 
 reunion of the old Thirty-fourth. He was very desirous of going too, but his 
 physical condition and his infirmities would not admit of his going." 
 
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 Colonel Laflin died at his home in the city of Hudson, N. Y., June 
 19, 1901. In the Army and Navy Journal we find this memorandum: 
 "During" the reconstruction period he was Provisional Governor of 
 North Carolina, and afterward member of the North Carolina legisla 
 ture." (Probably an error as to his having been Provisional Gover 
 nor of North Carolina. Ed.) He is buried in the family plot at Her- 
 kimer. 
 
 LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JOHN BEVERLY. 
 
 After the war Colonel Beverly, in common with many others who 
 thought the opportunities would be great in that opening country, went 
 to the far west, where he addressed himself to the practice of the law ; 
 and in 1891 we find him elected to the office of Probate Judge of Pierce 
 County, Wash. T., by a handsome majority. The term was four years. 
 Later, on account of failing health, he came east, and for several 
 years made his home with his daughter Ada, Mrs. J. N. Bostwick, at 
 Amsterdam, N. Y. Here he died on August 18, 1900. Among his 
 three grandsons, children of Mrs. Bostwick, is one who bears his name, 
 and is said to be his faithful counterpart in looks and actions. Another 
 daughter lives near. The Colonel was a member of the Loyal Legion 
 at the time of his death, and had also taken the thirty-second degree in 
 Masonry. A letter from Mrs. Bostwick gives the following touching 
 reminiscences of the Colonel s last days and burial : 
 
 " The last few months of his life, while feeble in mind and body, he lived over 
 much of the old army life ; and the names of his old comrades came promptly to 
 his lips, when close friends of a later day were entirely forgotten. We took him 
 back to Brockett s Bridge, (now Dolgeville,) for burial by the side of my mother, 
 who died while he was in the army. (Comrades of the Thirty-fourth will recall 
 the death of the Colonel s wife while we were at Bolivar Heights, after Antietam, 
 and that he was not able to be with her at the time. Ed.) It was with a 
 mighty heartache we did this, for I said to my husband, It is so many years 
 since he left there, no one will remember such a man as John Beverly ever lived. 
 When the train drew into the station, we were met by a number of grey-haired 
 men, wearing the G. A. R. badge, who escorted us to the cemetery. As we 
 neared it, I remarked, There must be another funeral at this hour, so many 
 people are here. Such was not the case, however, and as we came to the grave, 
 a gentleman stepped to the front, and said: I will introduce Captain Frank 
 Faville, who knew our deceased brother well, and will make a few remarks. 
 When we left him there, I felt that we were leaving him with old and faithful 
 friends. Acts like these mean so much to the living, and are such a comfort." 
 
 MAJOR WELLS SPONABLE. 
 
 Major Sponable was born December 16, 1829, at Minden, Mont 
 gomery County, N. Y. Moved to Little Falls, N. Y., April i, 1847, ancl 
 commenced to learn the mason business. Afterward he carried on the 
 building business till April 19, 1861, when he recruited a company, 
 which became Company B, in the Thirty-fourth Regiment, New York 
 Volunteers. He became captain of the company, and subsequently 
 major of the regiment. On the return home of the regiment, the Major 
 
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 was not mustered out with the others, but 
 transferred to the Fifteenth United States 
 Infantry, Veteran Reserve Corps, and 
 appointed Inspector General of Prisoners ; 
 and assigned to Camp Douglas, Chicago, 
 where he remained till the close of the war. 
 While here, he was subjected to many 
 annoyances, and the story of how he re 
 sisted and exposed the machinations of 
 a lot of scamps who thought the depart 
 ment ought to be run for what there was 
 in it is one of the interesting, and widely- 
 published chapters of war history. The 
 Ala j or sends us the following account of a 
 most interesting event connected with his 
 service at Camp Douglas : 
 
 " In the spring of 1865, it was discovered 
 that Charles Walsh, who lived near the 
 camp, had made a plan to release the 
 prisoners. Walsh was arrested. We found 
 700 revolvers, a large amount of ammuni 
 tion, and three Confederate officers, in 
 Walsh s house. We turned Walsh and the 
 officers over to General Hooker. Lee sur 
 rendered soon after, and Walsh was never 
 tried. When the New York and Chicago 
 Fast Mail began to run, I was placed in charge of the east end. One morning 
 a man came to me, and presented a pass to ride in the mail car to Chicago, 
 and said he had the contract to carry the mails in Chicago. I believed 
 the man was Walsh, and said, I think the Postmaster-General does not know 
 you, I will wire him, and if he then wishes you to ride in the postal car, all right ; 
 but in my opinion you have no business in the United States. You need not 
 wire the Postmaster-General; I will ride on another train, he replied." 
 
 The Major left the military service of the United States in July, 
 1865. Was appointed a clerk in the railway mail service in 1868, and 
 remained in the service till removed by Mr. Cleveland, October 23, 
 1888; was reappointed by President Harrison, in April, 1889, and again 
 removed by President Cleveland, in October, 1893 ; was again reap 
 pointed by President McKinley, in July, 1897; and is still (1902) in 
 the same service. The Major has been informed by persons in Chicago 
 that it was through the machinations of Walsh that he was removed 
 during the administrations of Cleveland. 
 
 ASSISTANT SURGEON EDWARD S. 
 WALKER 
 
 DR. SOCRATES N. SHERMAN. 
 
 Socrates Norton Sherman was born in Barre, Yt, 1801. Gradu 
 ated at the Medical College at Castleton, Vt, in 1825. Moved to 
 Ogdensburg, N. Y., and commenced the practice of his profession with 
 Dr. Smith, whose niece, Lois Low, he married. Was representative in 
 Congress in 1861-62; entered the Thirty-fourth Regiment, New York 
 
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 State Volunteers, as surgeon, April, 1861. In 1862 was mustered into 
 the United States service, and given charge of the hospital at Grafton, 
 W. Ya. Here his wife joined him in 1864, where she suddenly died the 
 same year. He died in Ogdensburg, N. Y., February I, 1873. 
 
 ADJUTANT GEORGE W. THOMPSON. 
 
 Adjutant Thompson left us January 28, 1863, to become lieutenant- 
 colonel of the One hundred and fifty-second Regiment, New York State 
 Volunteers, a regiment composed largely of Herkimer County men. 
 December 12, following, he was commissioned colonel. He saw a good 
 deal of hard service in that regiment. He was present during what is 
 known as the Blackwater Campaign, in 1863, the Second Peninsular 
 Campaign, and also in the operations connected with the suppression of 
 the New York riots of that same year. At the battle of Spottsylvania 
 Court House, May 9, 1864, he was badly wounded, and for a long time 
 \vas not able to do dutv in the field, but was assigned to duty on Gen 
 eral Court Martial ; before which occurred the trial of many important 
 cases, the Court sitting at Washington, D. C, Carlisle, Pa., Wheeling, 
 W. Ya., and Philadelphia, Pa. He remained continuously in the 
 service until Tune 24, 1865, the close of the war. He is now a busy and 
 prosperous man, head of the Diamond Mills Paper Co., with head 
 quarters at 44 Murray street, New York. He was born at Pittsfield, 
 Mass., February 12, 1830, and is therefore now over seventy vears old; 
 but, if we are not greatly mistaken, he still has a great many busy days 
 left to his record. " We think the Colonel, and Captain Northup, judg 
 ing from the pictures we give, have changed more, in their physical 
 expression, than any other officers in the regiment. We think the 
 comrades generally will agree with us in this. 
 
 CHAPLAIN JOHN B. VAN PETTEN. 
 
 Reverend J. B. Van Petten, our first chaplain, was born at Sterling, 
 N. Y., in 1827, and at the outbreak of the rebellion, was Principal of the 
 large and prosperous seminary at Fairfiekl, in northern Herkimer 
 County. This institution contributed many men to the Union armies 
 during the Civil War, and a good number of its earliest volunteers were 
 in the Thirty-fourth. He resigned his position as principal, and went 
 with the regiment as its first chaplain. He was with the regiment con 
 tinuously until the fall of 1862, when he resigned, to accept the position 
 of lieute nant-colonel of the One hundred and sixtieth Regiment, New 
 York State Volunteers. This regiment was ordered to the Depart 
 ment of the Gulf, and took an active part in the Banks Expedition. 
 Three weeks after entering the department, the colonel of the regiment 
 went on detached service, and our old chaplain was made its permanent 
 commander. The regiment saw a good deal of hard fighting, and he 
 was with it through it all. In the summer of 1864, he was with Sheri- 
 
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 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 dan, in the Shenandoah 
 Valley, and at the battle 
 of Opequan, September 18, 
 1864, he was severely 
 wounded, but gained offi 
 cial recommendation. On 
 recovering from his 
 wounds, he accepted the 
 colonelcy of the One hun 
 dred and ninety-third Regi 
 ment, and was shortly made 
 a brevet brigadier. He re 
 mained in the military ser 
 vice until January 18, 1866. 
 Returning to civil life, he 
 again became Principal of 
 Fairfield Seminary ; and 
 while in this position was 
 elected to the State Senate 
 of 1868-69. Immediately 
 at the close of his term, he 
 went to reside in Sedalia, 
 Mo., but in 1880 he again 
 returned to the principal- 
 ship of Fairfield Seminary ; 
 from which position he 
 went to the chair of Latin 
 and history in Claverack 
 
 College, New York, where he remained sixteen years. In 1900 he went 
 to Syracuse, where he still resides, being connected with the Syracuse 
 Classical School. 
 
 CAPTAIN HENRY BALDWIN. 
 
 Henry Baldwin raised a company of volunteers, at Addison, 
 Steuben County, in the early part of May, 1861, in response to that first 
 call of President Lincoln. On May 17, he was elected its captain. He 
 was then twenty-eight years of age. Was mustered into the state ser 
 vice, with his company, May 22, and on the 2/th of the same month 
 was ordered with his company to Albany. On the I5th of June, his 
 own, with various other companies, five of which were from Herkimer 
 County, were organized into the Thirty-fourth New York Volunteers. 
 His company then became Company E. He held his position as cap 
 tain until the final muster out. When this occurred, in 1863, he re 
 turned to Steuben County. In 1867 he was breveted major, and in 
 1869 was appointed colonel of the One hundred and sixth Regiment, 
 New York State Militia. In 1885 Captain Baldwin, or, as we should 
 now speak of him, Colonel Baldwin, was elected sheriff of Steuben 
 
 GENERAL JOHN B. VAN PETTEN 
 Our First Chaplain 
 
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 County, and served a full term of three years from the first of January, 
 1886. He was a man of prominence and standing in his community, 
 was president of a bank at the time of his death, in 1895, and was uni 
 versally respected by all who knew him. 
 
 CAPTAIN MONROE BRUNDAGE. 
 
 Captain Monroe Brundage, Company I, was born in the town of 
 Bath, N. Y., October 27, 1836, and lived while a boy on the farm with 
 his parents, until his father s death, which occurred when Monroe was 
 about fifteen years of age; he continued to reside with his mother on 
 the farm, until his majority ; when he came in possession of the property, 
 which he continued to conduct until the breaking out of the rebellion ; 
 when, on April 23, 1861, he enlisted in what afterwards became Com 
 pany I, of the Thirty-fourth New York Regiment. On the comple 
 tion of the organization of his company, he was, by the unanimous vote 
 of his company, elected second lieutenant, on June 10, 1861. He served 
 in this capacity, being continuously in service, until September 17, 1862, 
 when, at the Battle of Antietam, he was wounded in the right arm, near 
 the shoulder, by a minnie ball, which shattered the arm, which was after 
 ward amputated. He was then given leave of absence, and went to his 
 home, where he remained until January following, having recovered 
 sufficiently to rejoin his company. Meanwhile, on November 10, 1862, 
 he was appointed first lieutenant, and on February 10, was made cap 
 tain of his company. He remained with his company in the field until 
 March 17, 1863, when, on the advice of Dr. Sherman, surgeon of the 
 regiment, he resigned his commission, and returned home, where lie 
 resumed the conduct of his farm, and continued it until his death, which 
 occurred May 26, 1875. At the election of 1868, he was elected a 
 member of Assembly of this State ; in which capacity he served during 
 the legislative term of 1869, serving with credit to himself, and the 
 highest satisfaction of his constituents. He was a man of sterling 
 quality, highly respected by the members of his company, and all the 
 parties with whom he came in contact. His friends were simply num 
 bered by the people who knew him. His death occurred as a direct 
 result of typhoid fever, which he contracted during the winter of 1875. 
 
 CAPTAIN IRVING D. CLARK. 
 
 Captain Irving Delos Clark, 34 Grand street, Gloversville, X. Y., 
 was born in Little Falls, January 26, 1839. He came of New England 
 stock. His great-grandfather, Daniel Clark, was a captain in the Revo 
 lutionary War, from Middletown, Conn. He has been twice married, 
 and has a son by his present wife, Dr. Frank F. Clark, a practising 
 physician in New York City. His father s family consisted of three 
 sons and three daughters. The sons and also the daughters husbands 
 were Union soldiers. A brother, Roswell Clark, of Little Falls, a ser 
 geant in the Ninety-seventh Regiment, was killed at Antietam. He has 
 
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 resided in Little Falls and St. Johnsville, and 
 for thirty-two years in Gloversville. Except 
 for typhoid fever in Virginia and a slight 
 wound at Fair Oaks, and an injury by falling 
 horse at Edward s Ferry, October 21, 1861, he 
 has never been ill a day in his life. Time has 
 been generous, and he is as fresh as a boy 
 to-day. 
 
 ^^^^^ CAPTAIN JOY E. JOHNSON. 
 
 "Captain Johnson, when he joined us, 
 was a stranger from the State of Connecticut. 
 
 CAPT.JOV E.JOHNSON 1863 When he was mustered out of the service, he 
 
 returned to his native state, became a benedict, 
 
 had a fit of sickness, became insane, was sent to an asylum, where he 
 died, as his wife wrote me. She was an applicant for a pension." Thus 
 wrote Colonel Suiter. Captain Johnson s military record is as follows : 
 "Enlisted May I, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve two years; mustered in 
 as first sergeant Company G, June 15, 1861 ; as first lieutenant, Decem 
 ber 2, 1861 ; as captain March 20, 1862; mustered out with company 
 June 30, 1863." 
 
 CAPTAIN EMERSON S. NORTHUP. 
 
 After the war, Captain Northup, in common with many others, 
 drifted to the west. We find him, in the nineties, a practising physi 
 cian, in Kansas City, Mo. Here he put in eighteen years of hard work. 
 In February, 1899, he went to southern California, to seek recovery 
 from a very serious attack of pneumonia. He decided to remain in that 
 sunny clime. In 1901, he was on crutches, caused by a painful abscess 
 on his left knee. This was not the first time the captain had been on 
 crutches ; for he was badly wounded in the leg at the battle of White Oak 
 Swamp, or Glendale, and was carried by his comrades to Malvern Hill 
 and safety. The captain had not fully recovered from his wound at the 
 Battle of Antietam, the following year, although he was back for duty ; 
 and in a private letter he wished the secretary to publicly thank private 
 George Getman, of his company, who took him on his back, and carried 
 him across Antietam Creek, on that eventful morning, when we were 
 advancing from Keedysville, toward the battlefield. The captain sent 
 a tender message to Colonel Suiter, and all his old comrades, which 
 was read at the dedication. He had fully intended to come on, and was 
 down on the program to make the dedicatory prayer ; but at the last mo 
 ment was compelled to give up coming. His daughter, Miss Ella Clare 
 Northup, also expected to be present, and sing a solo ; but was likewise 
 prevented ; both were, however, present in spirit. The captain is now 
 permanently settled in Los Angeles, Cal., and reports himself in good 
 health. Now, as always, even before the war, at his home in Salisbury 
 Center, N. Y., he is deeply immersed in church work. 
 
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 CAPTAIX HEXRY W. SAXFORD. 
 
 After being mustered out of service at Albany, X. Y., in the sum 
 mer of 1863, First Lieutenant, Henry W. Sanford, of Company E, who 
 had on several occasions been the only commissioned officer present with 
 the company, raised and organized a company of cavalry, and joined the 
 Second Xew York Veteran Cavalry, then organizing at Saratoga 
 Springs. Many of this company were old veterans, quite a number of 
 them being from Company E, of the Thirty-fourth Regiment. This com 
 pany, which became Company G, was mustered into the service with H. 
 \Y. Sanford as its captain, and Melville S. Dunn, second lieutenant in 
 Company E, of the Thirty-fourth, as its first lieutenant. The regi 
 ment served on the Red River Expedition, in Louisiana, on the Pasca- 
 goula raid in Mississippi, and participated in the taking of Mobile, 
 Ala., the last battle of the war. Company G was under fire, in battles, 
 and on the skirmish line, for thirty consecutive days, on the Red River 
 campaign. Lieutenant Dunn was killed in a cavalry charge, made on a 
 bridge near Campti, La., in May, 1864. The regiment was not mus 
 tered out of service until the last of November, 1865. 
 
 CAPTAIX JOHX O. SCOTT. 
 
 Captain John O. Scott, Company D, was born in Chazy, Clinton 
 County, X. Y. He enlisted in 1861, and was appointed first lieutenant of 
 his company, and later became its captain. After his discharge he 
 returned to his home town. In 1867, ne settled in Waupaca, Wis., and 
 practised his chosen profession of dentistry. Captain Scott was a brave, 
 competent, and conscientious officer, and was severely wounded at Fair 
 Oaks, Ya., May 31, 1862. Dr. Scott was an expert in his business ; verv 
 intellectual, and a wonderful Bible student. He was greatly respected 
 by his fellow citizens, and was elected Mayor in 1884. He was married 
 in 1868 to Miss^Mary G. Yanduzee, a highly cultured Christian lady, 
 of Waupaca. She still survives him. He was a member of the 
 G. A. R., and K. of P. He died December i, 1900. 
 
 CAPTAIX DAYIS JEFFERSOX RICH. 
 
 Captain Davis Jefferson Rich, of Company D, was born at Shore- 
 ham, Yt., January 24, 1827, and died in Raleigh, X. C, February 16. 
 1869. As fully stated elsewhere, at the outbreak of the rebellion, he 
 organized a company at Champlain, X. Y. He was never married. 
 For particulars in regard to his career after leaving the army, we refer 
 to the sketch of Colonel Laflin. 
 
 CAPTAIX \YILLIAM H. WARFORD. 
 
 Captain \Yilliam H. Warford, of Company A, after the return from 
 the war, engaged in the transportation business ; and at the time of 
 his death, which occurred in 1890, or 1892, he was running a line of 
 boats between Xew York and Staten Island. 
 
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 CAPTAIN WILLIAM S. WALTON. 
 
 Captain Walton was a native of Ohio, and 
 received his academical education at the venerable 
 Fairfield Seminary, Herkimer County, N. Y. He 
 had completed one year of his college course, at 
 Hamilton College, N. Y., when the war broke out. 
 He responded to the first call for volunteers, and 
 enlisted in Company K, of the Thirty-fourth, 
 April 18, 1861. He was made first sergeant of the 
 company, and November 22, 1861, was commis 
 sioned second lieutenant; on July i, 1862, was 
 commissioned first lieutenant ; and on November 
 CAPTAIN CHARLES j^ igfe, was commissioned captain, and trans- 
 RILEY 1861 ferred to Company H, vice S. P. Butler, resigned. 
 
 He remained in the service until the term of en 
 listment had expired. He was wounded at Fair Oaks, and again 
 at White Oak Swamp, or Glendale, as it is variously called. He fell 
 into the hands of the rebels at this time, and was sent to Libby Prison 
 Hospital, from which place he was exchanged. After his return from 
 the army, he entered the Wesleyan University, at Middletown, Conn., 
 and graduated with honor. He married Miss Anna Loyd, of Glovers- 
 ville, N. Y., November 27, 1863. In September, 1872, he purchased 
 the Wabasha Herald, Minn., which he conducted for seven years, and 
 then sold. He then became engaged in the book business, traveling ex 
 tensively, until the time of his death, which occurred December 25, 
 1900, at Vienna, 111., where he was temporarily stopping on business. 
 He had a pleasant home at Wabasha, Minn., and was the owner of a fine 
 collection of rare books and engravings. 
 
 CAPTAIN CHARLES RILEY. 
 
 Of Captain Riley, Company F, Colonel Suiter writes under date of 
 January 24, 1902 : " Captain Riley learned the trade of printer ; gave up 
 his trade, and was in the employ of the New York Central Railroad for 
 many years. At the time of entering the army was passenger conductor. 
 At the close of the rebellion he went on the railroad again, and was in 
 the employ of the New York Central when he died, some fifteen or 
 twenty years ago last September." 
 
 CAPTAIN THOMAS CORCORAN. 
 
 On the 1 7th of October, 1865, Captain Corcoran was married in 
 Newport, Herkimer County, N. Y., and in 1869 removed to Chicago, 111., 
 where the Captain had a situation with the United States Express Co. 
 He was with the Express Company for several years. After that he 
 was employed by the state as grain inspector. This position he held 
 for about fifteen years, and until his health became impaired, when he 
 
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 was obliged to give it up. He first had rheumatism, which finally 
 developed into paralysis. It is now (1902) nearly ten years since 
 he has been able to do anything. At present he is in the National Home 
 Hospital, Ward A, Milwaukee, Wis. He is in a wheel chair, cannot 
 use his limbs, cannot talk or feed himself. He has the best of care, 
 under the most favorable circumstances, better, probably, than it is 
 usually possible to give to invalids at home. The Captain and his wife 
 have had three sons, only two of whom are now living. The Captain s 
 wife resides in Chicago, and kindly furnishes us with the above par 
 ticulars. The Captain and his wife will have the sympathy of his old 
 comrades in his affliction. 
 
 Later. Since the above was written, a note from Mrs. Corcoran 
 announces the death of the Captain at the Soldiers Home, Milwaukee, 
 on the 2 ist of January, 1903. 
 
 DR. E. S. WALKER. 
 
 Dr. E. S. Walker was born May 18, 1824, at Root, Montgomery 
 Co., X. Y. He was the son of a farmer, one of a family of six (of 
 whom all were boys but one). Although reared on a farmland sharing 
 the hard work of the farm, he early evinced his ambition for an edu 
 cation, and professonal life. His first work was that of a teacher, in 
 the school wherein he had formerly been a student, and he went from 
 there to the study of medicine at Castleton, Vt. After completing his 
 medical studies at the New York University, from which he was gradu 
 ated in 1850, he located at Brockett s Bridge, N. Y. At the breaking 
 out of the war he volunteered his services, and was appointed assist 
 ant surgeon of the Thirty-fourth Regiment. In the following spring 
 he was promoted to surgeon of the One hundred and twenty-first Regi 
 ment. The terrible Peninsular campaign cost him his health, and he 
 received an honorable discharge. In 1864 he was appointed examining 
 surgeon of the Board of Enrollment, with headquarters at Watertown, 
 N. Y. At the close of the war, he located at Ilion, N. Y.,and resumed the 
 practice of his profession, which he continued with remarkable skill 
 and success until his death, on July 13, 1876. He was married to 
 Mary Grant in 1852. Three children survive, Mrs. S. G. Heacock, 
 Miss Flora W r alker, and Dr. D. E. Walker, all of Ilion, N. Y. 
 
 PRIVATE JAMES FAVILLE. 
 
 Very many of the old comrades will remember James Faville, of 
 Company K. He was a somewhat singular man in many respects ; 
 seemed to have a certain " clairvoyant " faculty for knowing what was 
 going on among the enemy. He would sometimes disappear from the 
 company for several days, nobody appearing to know where he was. It 
 was generally taken for granted that he had been off into the enemy s 
 country in search of information. He went over the river a great many 
 times while we were encamped on the upper Potomac ; and Major 
 
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 Sponable is responsible for some pretty good stories of adventure which 
 befell him and Faville on nights when they were out together; for 
 Sponable, in the days when he was captain, was a man who leaned heavily 
 toward the south side of the river, and would much rather be over on 
 the Virginia shore, scouting around, in danger of his life, than pursu 
 ing the monotonous round of camp duties. We have elsewdiere had 
 something to say about the captain s adventures. Lieutenant O. YV . 
 Beach, of Company B, adds this of one of the adventures in which Cap 
 tain Sponable and Faville took a hand : 
 
 "Previous to the ambushing (elsewhere described) , the Captain, Sergeants 
 Petrie and Shell, of Company B, and Private James Faville, of Company K, 
 crossed the Potomac one night, nearly opposite Muddy Branch, and succeeded 
 in capturing some Confederate artillery horses, that were stationed near Dranes- 
 ville, Va. On their return, they lost their way, and were out nearly the whole 
 night; they having struck the river nearly eight miles below the point where 
 they desired to recross. Notwithstanding the difficulties thev experienced, they 
 succeeded in adding eight horses to the United States corral." 
 
 Faville was nearly always engaged in some such adventure as this. 
 After the muster out, "in 63, he returned to northern Herkimer County, 
 and to the woods, which had been his home before the war. His cousin. 
 Captain Frank Faville, of Company D, of the Ninety-seventh New 
 York, which regiment was in large part a Herkimer County organiza 
 tion, and therefore regarded with a friendly eye by all of the Thirty- 
 fourth boys who were from that county, writing from Dolgeville, for 
 merly Brbckett s Bridge, which was the town in which Jim enlisted 
 under Captain Beverly, gives us many interesting reminiscences of his 
 visits to the old Thirty-fourth, at Alexandria, Falmoutn, Antietam, and 
 other places, and has this to say of the closing years of the life of this 
 somewhat singular man, with mention of other familiar names : 
 
 " On looking around, and making inquiry, I cannot find a live member of 
 the Thirtv-fourth in this section, not one. But I recall the names, John Platt, 
 Clinton Lamb, Alexander Comins, George Somers, Jim Faville and his partner, 
 McLauo-hlin, Adam Mover, Major J. Beverly, and Dr. E. S. Walker, all dead. 
 I know there were others, but their names have gone from me. Mv cousin, 
 after the war, for twenty-five years, followed the woods, as guide. About ten 
 years ago, he went to Florida, and sickened, and died." 
 
THE SURVIVORS 
 
 We feel reasonably certain that the following Post Office addresses are cor 
 rect. We have had many other names first and last; but letters addressed to 
 them have been returned, or \ve have heard that they were dead, or removed, 
 and so they are omitted from the list. There surely are many more survivors 
 than this list would indicate; and we trust that, as comrades examine this list, 
 and call others to mind, they will immediately notify the Secretary, in order 
 that the absent ones may also be notified of the publication of the History. 
 We repeat the statement hitherto made, that each surviving comrade, or his 
 widow, or one child of a deceased comrade, is entitled to a copy of the History, 
 free of all charge, except that he will have to pay the expense of getting the book 
 to him, which, by mail, is sixteen cents, which, of course, has to be paid in 
 advance. If sent by express, the charge can be paid at the other end. The Sec 
 retary s permanent P. O. Address, from now on, will be the Hotel Margaret, 
 Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 LIEUTENANT L. X. CHAPIX, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 ATWOOD, LIEUT. ALFRED T. I Moravia, Cayuga Co., X. Y. 
 
 ALLEN, RUSSELL B Herkimer, Herkimer Co. N. Y. 
 
 AUMICK, JAMES M. E Addison, Steuben Co., N. Y. 
 
 ALBEE, EMERSON W. E South Addison, Steuben Co., N. Y 
 
 BARTON, CHARLES B. C Corry, Pa. 
 
 BALDWIN, HORACE D. E Addison, N. Y. 
 
 BARNES, WILLIAM H. A Syracuse, N. Y. 
 
 BOGARDUS, HENRY E. E South Addison, N. Y. 
 
 BARTON. THEODORE T. H Bath, Clinton Co., Mich. 
 
 BOYER, ANDREW E Cowdersport, Pa. 
 
 BURD, DANIEL F. I 218 Sweeny Street, North Tonawanda, X. Y. 
 
 BURLINGAME, ORSON E 967 E. Clinton St., Elmira, X. Y. 
 
 BENHAM, L. C. I Bath, Steuben Co.. X. Y. 
 
 BROWN, LEANDER D. K Dion. Herkimer Co., X. Y. 
 
 BEACH, LIEUT. ORRIN W. B Bath, N. Y. 
 
 BELL. PHILO H.H Crown Point, Essex Co., X. Y. 
 
 BIGELOW, ORVILLE C. H Crown Point, Essex Co., X. Y. 
 
 BALDWIN, LEONARD O.H Glens Falls, X. Y. 
 
 BRUNDAGE, HON. A. C. I Adjutant Soldiers Home, Bath, X. Y. 
 
 BILLINGS, HARRISON D P. O. Box 187, Jamestown, X. Y. 
 
 BURT, LIEUT. WILLIAM S. C Colebrook, Herkimer Co., X. Y. 
 
 CRANE, DR. GEORGE E Addison, Steuben Co., X. Y. 
 
 COON, DANIEL H.E Midland City, Mich. 
 
 CHAMBERLAIN, ORLANDO R. E Hampden, Ohio. 
 
 CU.MMINGS, RICHARD E Troupsburg X. Y. 
 
 CROWL, GEORGE W. E Freeman! Steuben Co., X. Y. 
 
 CHAPIN, LIEUT L X. K Hotel Margaret, Brooklyn, X. Y. 
 
 COMSTOCK, ORRIN K Gray, Herkimer Co., X. Y. 
 
 COOK, ALBERT H. D 424 Wisconsin Ave., Madison, Wis. 
 
 CAMERON ELI D Rouse s Point, N. Y. 
 
 CURRIER. OLIVER C. H Crown Point Center, Essex Co.. X. Y. 
 
 CLARK, CAPT. IRVING D. B 34 Grand Street, Gloversville. X. Y. 
 
 DEI.ANY, FRANKLIN B. I Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho. 
 
 DAVIDSON, EDWARD B Wallingford, New Haven Co., Conn. 
 
 DOXTATER, EZRA. G Bath, X. Y. 
 
 DEAL HON. CHARLES D U. S. Consul, St. Johns, P. Q., Canada. 
 
 DEFOREST, WILLIAM K Johnstown, X. Y. 
 
 DURAND, WILLIAM E West Bay City, Mich. 
 
 EASTERBROOK, JR., QUARTERMASTER NATHAN Xew Haven, Conn. 
 
 EARLY, PATRICK H B Burrell, 195 St., Milwaukee, Wis. 
 
 EGAN, CHARLES G Mohawk, Herkimer Co., X. Y. 
 
 EMBODY, DANIEL A. C 78 Seymour Street, Auburn, X. Y. 
 
 FAIRBANKS, JOSEPH I San Francisco Cal. 
 
 FORT, JESSE R.B Little Falls, Herkimer Co., X. Y. 
 
 FLINN, CHARLES J. K Box 19, Rockwood, Fulton Co. X. Y 
 
 FOLTS. ADAM T- F Herkimer. X. Y. 
 
 Fox, JOHN E Addison, Steuben Co., X. Y. 
 
 FINCH, HIRAM L. E Box 86, Melrose, Jackson Co., Wis. 
 
 GREENLY, HIRAM B. K Brookmgs, South Dakota. 
 
 GREEN, DANIEL M. E Spencer, Iowa. 
 
 GIBSON, JUDSON I South Pulteney, Steuben Co., X. Y. 
 
 GOODBREAD, JEROME B 519 E. Jefferson Street, Little Falls X. Y. 
 
 GIBBS, ALBERT V. E Beach. Wis. 
 
 GREENE. JAMES X. K F airfield. Herkimer Co.. X. Y. 
 
 GUYER. JACOB K Paines Hollow Herkimer Co., N Y 
 
ii2 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 GOREY WILLIAM F New York Mills N. Y. 
 
 GAGE, DAVID N.F Mohawk, Herkimer Co., N. Y. 
 
 GAGE, ABRAM F Columbia, Herkimer Co., N. Y. 
 
 GRAVES, EDGAR D Chazy, Clinton Co., N. Y. 
 
 GRAHAM, WILLIAM H Box 32, Ironville, Essex Co., N. \. 
 
 HOLMES, DENNIS I Bath, Steuben Co., N. Y. 
 
 HUTTON, HENRY T. I Board of Review, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C. 
 
 HARRINGTON, JAMES C. I Wellsboro, Pa. 
 
 HURLEY, JAMES P. B Little Falls, Herkimer Co., N. Y. 
 
 HOWE, ISAAC G.K Bradford Pa. 
 
 HARTER, DANIEL M. B Ilion, Herkimer Co., N. Y. 
 
 HAYDEN, O. E. C 139 Furman Street, Syracuse, N. Y. 
 
 HAYES, MARTIN V. B.K Holland Patent, Oneida Co., N. Y. R. F. D. R. No. i. 
 
 HELMER, LIEUT. WILLIAM H. F Columbia, Herkimer Co., N. \ . 
 
 JOHNSON, JOHN K Bath, N. Y. 
 
 KELLOGG, CYRUS H. D C-o Kellogg & Johnson, St. Paul, Minn. 
 
 KIMBALL, SAMUEL J.E Bath, N. Y. 
 
 LARROWE, ASA S. I Corner Pine and Morris Streets, Bath, N. Y. 
 
 LARROWE, CAPTAIN EUGENE B. I Hammondsport, Steuben Co., N. Y. 
 
 LEDDICK, GEORGE I Pulteney, Steuben Co., N. Y. 
 
 LAWTON, LEWIS C Middleville, Herkimer Co., N. Y. 
 
 LEWIS WILLIAM H. F Frankfort, Herkimer Co., N. Y. 
 
 LYON, JOHN E Bath, Steuben Co., N. Y. 
 
 LEMUNYAN, EDWIN M. E Hornellsville, N. Y. 
 
 MILLS EDSON S. B Merriam Avenue, Syracuse, N \ . 
 
 3IcGovERN, MICHAEL K 289 William Street, Little Falls, N. Y. 
 
 .MAXWELL. JAMES G Verona, Oneida Co., N. Y. 
 
 .McLEAN, WILLIAM J. C 126 Nelson Street, Utica, N. \ . 
 
 JMcFEE, ALBERT D Alburgh Springs, Vt. 
 
 McCoRMiCK, LIEUT. JAMES HOssining, N. Y. 
 
 NORTHUP, CAPTAIN EMERSON S. K Homer Laughhn Building, Los Angeles, Ca 
 
 OATHOUT, LIEUT. JOHN A Watervliet, Albany Co., N. Y. 
 
 OPPEL, JOHN B Madison, Wis. 
 
 PERRY, ADELBERT B Little Falls, N. Y. 
 
 PERRY, WILLIAM B Little Falls, N. Y. 
 
 PATCHELL, JOHN B. E U2? Texas Avenue. St Louis, Mo. 
 
 PIERCE, WALTER B.F Herkimer, N. Y. 
 
 PABODI E, GEORGE A. E 323 Lynn Ave., Baraboo, Wi 
 ROBISON, SILAS W. I Bradford, Steuben Co., N. Y. 
 
 ROOSEVELT, CORNELIUS F 228 West Sixty-seventh Street, New York. 
 
 ROGERS, DENNIS K Stratford, Fulton Co., N. Y. 
 
 RATHBUN, CHARLES C Countryman, Herkimer Co., N. \ . 
 
 ROBERTS, WILLIAM D St. Albans, Vt. 
 
 SUITER, COLONEL JAMES A. Herkimer, N. Y. 
 
 SANFORD, CAPTAIN HENRY W.E General Land Office, Washington, D. C. 
 
 SMITH, THEODORE K Gloversville, N. Y. 
 
 SPONABLE, MAJOR WELLS Morris Heights, New York City. 
 
 SCOTT, GEORGE D Rouse s Point, N. Y. 
 
 SHAVER, FREDERICK K Fairfield, Herkimer Co., N. Y. 
 
 SMITH, HORACE H.B Little Falls . N. Y. 
 
 STAURING, MARVIN PETER B Manheim, Herkimer Co., N. Y. 
 
 STRYKER, DANIEL E East Syracuse, N. Y. 
 
 BCHMINKE. JACOB G Atkins, Benton Co., Iowa. 
 
 SURDAM, THOMAS T. E Sunderlinville, Potter Co., Pa. . 
 
 SMITH, Dr. OWEN M. I Union Springs, CayugaCo., N Y. Borne in Roster as OrrmM. Emmett. 
 
 Correction received too late to change in the Roster. 
 THAYER, ELI R. I Academy, Ontario Co., N. Y. 
 
 THOMPSON, COLONEL GEORGE W. (our first Adjutant) 44 Murray Street, New York. 
 TEN BROECK, HIRAM E Woodhull, N. Y. 
 THOMPSON, RUFUS K Stratf9rd, Fulton Co., N. Y. 
 TALCOTT JAMES M. K 916 Pine Street, Yankton, South Dakota. 
 TOWNES, HENRY H.H Crown Point Center, Essex Co., N. Y. 
 TRAVER, HERNY K Little Falls, N. Y. 
 USHER, LIEUT. F. W. F R. R. No. 5, Madison, Wis. 
 VAN SLYKE, MARTIN F 339 Gathers Avenue, Syracuse, N. Y. 
 VAN VALKENBURGH, LEWIS H.F Warren Herkimer Co., N. Y. 
 VAN VALKENBURGH, LIEUT. WILLIAM S.F Warren, Herkimer Co., N. \ . 
 V\x COURT, DR. DANIEL P. G Mohawk, Herkimer Co., N. \ . 
 VAN-ETTEN.JOHN!. B Little Falls, N. Y. 
 
 V\x PETTEN GEN JOHN B. (our first Chaplain) 665 Madison Street, Syracuse. N. Y. 
 WELSH PATRICK J. A Hotel Cross Keys, 5931 Market Street, Philadelphia. Pa. 
 WAIT, FRANCIS J.HShoreham, Vt. 
 
 WALDRON, GEORGE W. H Virgennes, Vt., R. F. D., R. No. i. 
 WALTON, LIEUT. HENRY H. K 874 Seventy-first Place, Chicago, 111. 
 WILLOUGHBY, C. A. C 1048 Park Avenue, Hannibal, Mo. 
 WOODS, THOMAS B Little Falls N. Y. 
 WILSON, JAMES E. E Addison, Steuben Co., N. Y. 
 WHEELER, JAMES B. I Oskaloqsa, Kansas 
 YOUNG, EDWARD E Addison Hill, Steuben Co., N. l . 
 
OFFICERS OF THE THIRTY- FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 OFFICERS OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT, NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS, 
 WITH THE ORDER OF THEIR PROMOTION 
 
 The officers belong to the regiment, and not to the companies. Their service in any particular 
 companies is a matter of detail by the officer commanding the regiment. Observe that I do not 
 attempt to give the detail, but only the order of promotion. 
 
 COLONEL. William Ladew, original. Resigned, 
 March 20, 1862. 
 
 James A. Suiter, from March 20, 1862. Re 
 signed, January 22, 1863. 
 
 Byron Lanin, from January 22, 1863, to mus 
 ter out, June 30, 1863. 
 
 LIEUTENANT-COLONEL. James A. Suiter, orig 
 inal, to March 20, 1862. 
 
 Byron Laflin, from March 20, 1862, to Jan 
 uary 22, 1863. 
 
 John Beverly, from January 22, 1863, to mus 
 ter out, June 30, 1863. 
 
 MAJOR. Byron Laflin, original, to March 20, 
 1862. 
 
 Charles L. Brown, from March 20, 1862; 
 killed at Malvern Hill, July i, 1862. 
 
 John Beverly, from July i, 1862, to January 
 
 22, 1863. 
 
 Wells Sponable, from January 22, 1863, to 
 muster out, June 30, 1863. 
 
 QUARTERMASTER. Nathan Easterbrook, Jr., 
 original, to muster out, June 30, 1863. 
 
 From August i, 1861, to November 12, 1862, 
 Easterbrook detached for duty on staff of 
 General Willis A. Gorman, during which 
 time his department was administered first 
 by First Lieutenant E. R. Brown, of Com 
 pany A, and second by First Lieutenant A. 
 T. Atwood, of Company I. 
 
 ADJUTANT. George W. Thompson, original. 
 Resigned for promotion to lieutenant- 
 colonel, One Hundred and Fifty-second 
 New York Volunteers, January 28, 1863. 
 
 Albert Doty, from January 28, 1863, to May 
 7, 1863. Discharged for disability. 
 
 John Kirk, from May 7, 1863, to muster out, 
 
 June 30, 1863. 
 
 CHAPLAIN. John B. Van Petten, original. 
 Resigned, September 20, 1862. Subsequent 
 service as lieutenant-colonel, One Hundred 
 and Sixtieth New York Volunteers. 
 
 Sylvester F. Schoonmaker, from February 
 
 17, 1863, to muster out, June 30, 1863. 
 SURGEON. Socrates N. Sherman, original, to 
 April 6, 1863. Resigned for promotion to 
 surgeon, United States Volunteers. 
 
 Bradford S. Manly, from May 12, 1863, to 
 
 muster out, June 30, 1863. 
 
 ASSISTANT SURGEON. Edward S. Walker, orig 
 inal. Resigned, November 3, 1862. 
 
 Brauiord L. Manly, from August 8, 1862, 
 original, to May 12, 1863. 
 
 J. Hervy Miller, from November 3, 1862, to 
 muster out, June 30, 1863. 
 
 COMPANY A. 
 
 CAPTAIN. William L. Oswald, original. Dis 
 missed, May 29, 1862. 
 Benjamin H. Warford, from May 29, 1862, 
 
 to muster out, June 30, 1863. 
 FIRST LIEUTENANT. Elijah R. Brown, original, 
 
 to muster out, June 30, 1863. 
 SECOND LIEUTENANT. Benjamin H. Warford, 
 
 original, to May 29, 1862. 
 George H. Swartwout, from May 29, 1862, 
 
 to January 22, 1863. 
 
 Armineas S. Rounds, from January 22, 1863, 
 to muster out, June 30, 1863. 
 
 COMPANY B. 
 
 CAPTAIN. Wells Sponable, original, to January 
 
 22, 1863. 
 Irving D. Clark, from January 22, 1863, to 
 
 muster out, June 30, 1863. 
 FIRST LIEUTENANT. John Fralick, original. 
 
 Resigned, December 3, 1862. 
 John Morey, from December 3, 1862, to mus 
 ter out, June 30, 1863. 
 
 SECOND LIEUTENANT. Irving D. Clark, orig 
 inal, to June 24, 1862. 
 
 William Burns, from June 24, 1862, to mus 
 ter out, June 30, 1863. 
 Michael S. O Brien, not mustered. 
 
 COMPANY C. 
 
 CAPTAIN. Thomas Corcoran, original, to mus 
 ter out, June 30, 1863. 
 
 FIRST LIEUTENANT. Samuel B. Butler, orig 
 inal, to October 18, 1861. (Transferred to 
 Company H.) 
 
 Richard L. Gorman (transferred from First 
 Minnesota), from October 18, 1861, to 
 June 24, 1862. 
 
 Irving D. Clark, from June 24, 1862, to Jan 
 uary 22, 1863. 
 
 George H. Swartwout, from January 22, 
 
 1863, to muster out, June 30, 1863. 
 SECOND LIEUTENANT. William S. Burt, orig 
 inal. Resigned, December 18, 1861. 
 
 William R. Wallace, from December 18, 
 1861, to January i, 1863. 
 
 Louis N. Chapin, from January i, 1863, to 
 muster out, June 30, 1863. 
 
 COMPANY D. 
 
 CAPTAIN. Davis J. Rich, original. Dismissed, 
 
 May 29, 1862. 
 
 John O. Scott, from May 29, 1862, to mus 
 ter out, June 30, 1863. 
 FIRST LIEUTENANT. John O. Scott, original, 
 
 to May 29, 1862. 
 Monroe Brundage, from May 29, 1862, to 
 
 January i, 1863. 
 William R. Wallace, from January i, 1863, 
 
 to muster out, June 30, 1863. 
 SECOND LIEUTENANT. Brinkerhoff, N. Miner, 
 original, to muster out, June 30, 1863. 
 
 COMPANY E. 
 
 CAPTAIN. Henry Baldwin, original, to muster 
 
 out, June 30, 1863. 
 
 FIRST LIEUTENANT. John R. Carr, original. 
 Died, October 8, 1861. 
 
 Edwin F. Smith, from October 8, 1861. Dis 
 charged for disability, October 31, 1862. 
 
 Henry W. Sanford, from October 31, 1862, 
 
 to muster out, June 30, 1863. 
 SECOND LIEUTENANT. Edwin F. Smith, orig 
 inal, to October 8, 1861. 
 
 George W. Wildrich, from October 8, 1861. 
 Resigned, April 10, 1862. 
 
 John Morey, from April 10, 1862, to Decem 
 ber 3, 1862. 
 
 John Oathout, from December 3, 1862, to 
 muster out, June 30, 1863. 
 
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 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 COMPANY F. 
 
 CAPTAIN. Charles Riley, original, to muster 
 
 out, June 30, 1863. 
 FIRST LIEUTENANT. Joseph R. Shoemaker, 
 
 original. Resigned, July 26, 1862. 
 Francis \V. Usher, from July 26, 1862. Re 
 
 signed, October 24, 1862. Recommissioncd, 
 
 and served to muster out, Tune 30, 1863. 
 SECOND LIEUTENANT. \Yilliam H. Ileimer, 
 
 original. Resigned, December 20, 1861. 
 
 On records of War Department, not com 
 
 missioned. 
 Francis W. Usher, from December 20, 1861 
 
 to July 26, 1862. 
 \\"illiam S. Van Yalkenburgh, from July 26, 
 
 1862, to January 28, 1863. 
 Simon P. Mclntyre, from January 28, 1863 
 
 to muster out, June 30, 1863. 
 
 COMPANY G. 
 
 CAPTAIN. Charles L. Brown, original, to 
 
 March 20, 1862. Promoted major. 
 Joy E. Johnson, from March 20, 1862, to 
 
 muster out, June 30, 1863. 
 FIRST LIEUTENANT. Warren Mack, Jr., orig 
 
 inal. Resigned, December 2, 1861. 
 Joy E. Johnson, from December 2, 1861, to 
 
 March 20, 1862. 
 Albert Doty, from March 20, 1862. Pro 
 
 moted adjutant, January 22, 1863. 
 \\ illiani S. Yan Yalkenburgh, from January 
 
 28, 1863, to muster out, June 30, 1863. 
 SECOND LIEUTENANT. Michael Schaffner, 
 
 original. Resigned, December u, 1861. 
 William M. Mclnnis, from December n, 
 
 1861. Dismissed, May 27, 1862. 
 Orrin W. Beach, from May 27, 1862, to mus 
 
 ter out, June 30, 1863. 
 
 COMPANY H. 
 
 CAPTAIN. Leland L. Doolittle, original. Re 
 
 signed, October 18, 1861. 
 Samuel P. Butler, from October 18, 1861. 
 
 Resigned, November n, 1862. 
 William S. Walton, from November n, 1862, 
 
 to muster out, June 30, 1863. 
 FIRST LIEUTENANT.- John B. Wright, original, 
 
 to October 18, 1861. 
 David L. Lawton, from October 18, 1861. 
 
 Resigned, December 11, 1861. 
 John Kirk, from December 11, 1861. Made 
 
 adjutant, May 7, 1863. 
 
 SECOND LIEUTENANT. David L. Lawton orig 
 inal, to October 18, 1861. 
 
 Clarence E. Hill, from October 18, 1861. 
 Killed at Antietam, September 17, 1862. 
 
 James McCormick, from September 17, 1862 
 to March 16, 1863. 
 
 William Kirk, from March 16, 1863 to 
 muster out, June 30, 1863. 
 
 CAPTAIN. William H. King, original Re 
 signed, January i, 1863. 
 
 Monroe Brundage, from January i, 1863, to 
 March 17, 1863. Resigned on account of 
 wounds received at Antietam. 
 
 Eugene B. Larrowe, from March 17, 1863, to 
 
 muster out, June 30, 1863. 
 
 FIRST LIEUTENANT. Alfred T. Atwooj, orig 
 inal, to muster out, June 30, 1863. 
 SECOND LIEUTENANT. M onroe Brundage, orig 
 inal, to May 30, 1862. 
 
 Henry W. Sanford, from May 30, 1862, to 
 October 31, 1862. 
 
 Melville S. Dunn, from October 31, 1862, to 
 muster out, June 30, 1863. 
 
 COMPANY K. 
 
 CAPTAIN. John Beverly, original, to July i, 
 
 1862. 
 Emerson S. Northup, from July i, 1862, to 
 
 muster out, June 30, 1863. 
 FIRST LIEUTENANT. Henry B. Chamberlain, 
 
 original. Resigned, November 22, 1861. 
 Emerson S. Northup, from November 22, 
 
 1861, to July i, 1862. 
 
 William S. Walton, from July i, 1862, to 
 __ November 1 1, 1862. 
 Eugene B. Larrowe, from November 11, 
 
 1862, to March 16. 1863. 
 
 James McCormick, from March 16, 1863, to 
 
 muster out, June 30, 1863. 
 SECOND LIEUTENANT. Emerson S. Northup, 
 
 original, to November 22, 1861. 
 William S. Walton, from November 22, 1861, 
 
 to July i, 1862. 
 Eugene B. Larrowe, from July i, 1862, to 
 
 December 13, 1862. 
 George B. Coates. from December 13, 1862, 
 
 to muster out, June 30, 1863. 
 
COMPLETE ROSTER OF THE THIRTY- 
 FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 THE comrades will understand that the dates of enlistment given 
 in the following" roster may not be the dates when they actually 
 enlisted. The dates of enlistment here given are the dates of 
 muster into the state service. For instance, Captain Baldwin, of Com 
 pany E, put his own name down April 17, 1861, and other men followed 
 him during each day thereafter; but not until May 18 was the company 
 mustered into the state service. This ceremony \vas performed by Col 
 onel George S. Ellas, of Bath, and all the men that day mustered would 
 rind May 18 to be the dates of their enlistment, which was officially, 
 but not technically correct. The same is true in regard to every other 
 company named in the roster. We make this statement because very 
 many of the comrades are justly proud of having been very prompt and 
 early in their enlistments, and the dates given below do not do them 
 justice. Likewise in regard to the ages given in these lists. The age 
 limit at which a soldier could be received into the service was 18 
 years. Therefore the State honors its enactments by making it appear 
 that no man was received under that age ; whereas there can be no 
 doubt that many of the Thirty-fourth boys were considerably under 
 that figure. For example, Solon S. Pickert, of Company K, was but 
 14 years old when he enlisted, as his wife writes us; and yet we find 
 the age given in the Albany records as 19. And so with many other com 
 rades, no doubt. Mrs. Pickert writes us that Solon enlisted in August, 
 1861, and yet the records state October 18, which may have been the 
 date of his muster. She adds that "she had often heard him tell how, 
 at Albany, at the time of muster, he was at the foot of the line, and 
 the mustering officer spoke to him, and said, you are a pretty soldier ; 
 you had better be at home with your mother; whereupon the Captain 
 spoke up and said, He is my boy; I will take care of him ; so the mus 
 tering officer passed on. Solon w r as very much afraid he would be sent 
 home." But the boy Solon seems not to have had enough of soldier 
 life with the Thirty- fourth, for in August, 1863, following our mus 
 ter out, he re-enlisted in the Sixteenth Artillery, and stayed in till the 
 war was over. We mention these details because the case is a typical 
 one. There were plenty of these boys in the service, and they could 
 hold a gun as steady, and fire as straight, as the older men. In fact, 
 the boys saved the country. How many times, in the course of this 
 history, we have wished we could trace" the steps of every individual 
 boy and man, and tell the simple story of his experience from the time 
 he entered the service, not simply until he vanished from our sight, 
 at the muster out, but onward until, as in so many other cases, he 
 parted from his wife, his children and his friends, at the river s brink. 
 Each individual life is a separate history ; but it can never be written. 
 
n6 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 How have they scattered over the face of the earth, these soldier boys. 
 And wherever they may be, they are still fighting the course that to 
 all of us is a battle. 
 
 Then there are the deserters; what shall we say about them? In 
 some respects their cases are the most pathetic of all. For by their 
 conduct they expatriated themselves from the country that was won, 
 and justly belongs, only to the brave and the true. Yet many of these 
 men left their regiment after they had fought in some of the battles, 
 and served in many hardships, as bravely and well as any others. And 
 what can we say when we find that some of these men re-enlisted in 
 other regiments, in which they served their country well, and to-day 
 are receiving pensions on account of honorable wounds ? Many times 
 it was homesickness drove these men away. They longed for home, 
 and for a time forgot their duty and their honor, and were recreant to 
 both. Then when they had gone away, they repented, and wanted 
 to return, but thought they would be punished if they did; and so 
 drifted to other regiments. We wish it were possible to go through 
 these lists and strike out the hated word "deserter" from the record 
 of every man who really does not deserve it. But our information 
 is too limited, and makes such a task impossible. Therefore, we shall 
 have to let the records stand as they are. We wish no part or lot in 
 perpetuating the punishment of these men. 
 
 In spite of the fact that much has been done to purify these lists, 
 we know that they still contain a great many errors. We have sub 
 mitted them to quite a number of the old officers, and have tried very 
 hard, by correspondence and otherwise, to winnow out the mistakes ; 
 but though we have removed scores of them, scores of others still 
 remain. We are sorry this is so; but it has seemed impossible to 
 remove them all. The comrades, therefore, who may find errors in 
 their records, will have to be indulgent. The department at Albany 
 spells some comrades names three and four different ways. And 
 there are other errors still more important. The lists, such as they 
 are, are respectfully submitted. 
 
 Some of the companies in the Thirty-fourth were organized first 
 under the old militia regulation, requiring but 33 men in a company. 
 This explains why, for instance, the Little Falls companies left for 
 Albany when they were still so small. But afterward, at Albany, all 
 the companies that lacked had to be recruited up to the new standard 
 of 77 men each. Afterward the new regiments used to come south 
 1010 men strong. This was because of a still later regulation requir 
 ing each company to contain 101 men. 
 
ROSTER OF THE REGIMENT 
 
 117 
 
 GENERAL ROSTER 
 
 ACKER, HORACE. Age, 34 years. Enlisted, 
 October 14, 1862, at Warren, to serve three 
 years; mustered in, unassigned, same date; 
 no further record. 
 
 ACKER, MATTHEW. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Middleville, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 X. Y. ; also borne as Matthew Ackler. 
 
 ADAMS, AMOS B. Age, 22 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861 ; transfer 
 red, October 6, 1861, to the regular army; 
 re-transferred to company, August 9, 1862; 
 mustered out. Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 ADLE, HENRY. Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Oneida, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861; wounded, 
 
 D, same date: mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, X. Y. 
 
 AMBRECHT, CEASAR. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861 ; 
 wounded, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 
 Md. ; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, X. Y.; subsequent service in Co. A, 
 Fifteenth Artillery. 
 
 AMSDEX, JOHX B. Age, 4 3 years. En 
 listed, May 1 8, 1861, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. A, June 15, 1861; 
 deserted, April 15, 1862. 
 
 AXDREWS, CHARLES F. Age, 18 years 
 Enlisted, May 10, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 X. Y. 
 
 mustered m, Co. G, June 15, i6i; wounaea, A. y. 
 
 May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va.; mustered AXDREWS, JOSEPH. Age, 27 years. En- 
 out, Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. ; sub- listed, May 18, 1861, at West Troy, to serve 
 
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 seque nt service in Co. A, Fifteenth New 
 York Cavalry. 
 
 ADLE, JOHX H. Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Oneida, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861 ; killed, 
 September 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. 
 
 ALBEE, EMERSOX W. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May 1 8, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861; 
 promoted corporal, date not stated; reduced 
 to ranks, at his own request, September 15, 
 1862; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 
 ALDERMAN, WILLIAM. Age, 27 years. 
 Enlisted, August i, 1861, at Brockett s 
 Bridge, to serve two years; mustered in, 
 Co. K, same date; discharged for disability, 
 February 27, 1863, at Xew York city. 
 
 ALDRICH, ADEX T. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May 18, 1861, at Tuscarora, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, October i, 1861; 
 since died. 
 
 ALLEN, DEXXIS. Age, 29 years. Enlisted, 
 May 14, 1861, at Albany, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. C, June 15, i86ij died, July 
 2. 1862, at Harrison s Landing, Va. 
 
 ALLEX, HEXRY. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 August 5, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve 
 three years; mustered in, Co. H, same date; 
 transferred, March i, 1862, to Co. C; died of 
 disease, August 9, 1862, at Xew York city. 
 
 ALLEX, JAMES. Age, 27 years. Enlisted, 
 Xovember 19, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. B, same date; 
 discharged, October 24, 1862, at Albany, 
 N. Y., for wounds received at Fair Oaks, 
 Va., June 28, 1862. 
 
 ALLEX", RUSSELL. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 November 19, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. B, same date; mustered out, June 30, 
 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 ALLEX, WILLIAM. Age, 35 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 
 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, X. Y. Since died. 
 
 ALLEX, WILLIAM. Age, 28 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861; 
 killed, September 17. 1862, at Antietam, Md. 
 
 ALTY, EDWARD. Age, 24 years. Enlisted, 
 October 17, 1861, at Champlain, to serve un 
 expired term of two years; mustered in, Co. 
 
 two years; mustered in, Co. A, June 15, 1861; 
 corporal, date not stated; sergeant, June 8, 
 1862; wounded, September 17, 1862, at An 
 tietam, Md. ; promoted, first sergeant, Decem 
 ber i, 1862; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, X. Y. Since died. 
 
 ARMOUR, DAVID. Age, 20 years. Enlisted, 
 June 14, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. C, June 16, 1861 ; killed, 
 September 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. 
 
 ARMSTROXG, ED\VARD. Age, 22 years. 
 Enlisted, June 30, 1861, at Albany, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. C, same date; 
 deserted, August 28, 1862, at Alexandria, 
 
 ARXOLD, ALBERT. Age, 25 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as sergeant, Co. G, 
 June 15, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 "at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 ASHLEY, JACOB J. Age, 30 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Graysville, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as sergeant, Co. C, 
 June" 15, 1861; killed, September 17, 1862, 
 at Antietam, Md. 
 
 ATWOOD, ALFRED T. Age, 26 years. En 
 rolled, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsp9rt, to 
 serve two years; mustered in as first lieuten 
 ant, Co. I, June 15, 1861; mustered out, June 
 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 AUMICK, JAMES M. Age, 26 years. En 
 listed, May 18, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged, January 10, 1863, for wounds re 
 ceived at Antietam, Md. 
 
 BACK, JOHX H. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861; dis 
 charged, for disability, July 2, 1861, as John 
 Back. 
 
 B \COX, WILLIAM. Age, 22 years. Enlisted, 
 May 10, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 X. Y. 
 
 BAKER, DELAZON S. Age, 29 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 
 1861; died of disease, Xovember 13, 1862, at 
 Harper s Ferry, Va. 
 
 B \LDWIX. HEXRY. Age, 28 years. En 
 rolled, May 1 8, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as captain, Co. fc, 
 
HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 June 15, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1861 
 at Albany, X. Y. ; died at Addison, X Y 
 
 . , 
 
 er I5 l895 See biography. 
 IN, HORACE D.-A ge ; ,22 years. 
 Enlisted, May 18, 1861, at Woodlnill, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as corporal, Co. E 
 June 15. 1861; discharged, October 31, 1861, 
 at Seneca Mills, Md. 
 
 BALDWIN, LEONARD O. Age, 20 years 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. H, Tune 
 J5. 1 86 1 ; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 
 BALLAD STEPHEN ANDREw.-A g e, is 
 
 years. Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Eittle Falls, 
 to serve two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 
 15, 1861; wounded and missing, May 11 
 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. 
 
 BALLARD, THOMAS T.-Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861 ; 
 discharged for disability, Tune 25, 1861, at 
 Albany, X. Y. 
 
 BALLARD, WILLIAM HEXRY. Age 21 
 years. Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Little Falls 
 to serve two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 
 15, 1861; wounded, September 17, i86> at 
 Antietam, Md.; mustered out. Tune 30, 186-? 
 at Albany, X. Y., as William Ballard. 
 
 \! LEV> U i VID -T Age 26 vears Enlisted, 
 May 10, 1861, at Albanv, to serve two years- 
 mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X Y 
 BAILEY, FRAXCIS R. Age, 24 years Fn- 
 hsted, May i, 1861, at Middleville, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. F, June ic, 1861- 
 corporal, date not stated; mustered out Tune 
 Albany X Y " as Francis K. 
 
 BAILEY GEORGE.- Age, 25 years. Enlisted, 
 November 3, 1861, at Herki mer, to serve two 
 
 y !2 rs; , ? , 1St r r< ^ in Co - G November 10, 
 
 T ,. I ^ I T ,;.5 l1 ^ f disease, July t, 1862. 
 
 BAILEY HENRY.-Age, 44 years. Enlisted, 
 September 28, 1861, at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. D, October 16, 
 ? 86l; A filled, September 17, 1862, at Antie 
 tam, Md. 
 
 BAILEY, ISAAC -Age, ,8 years. Enlisted, 
 -May i, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve two years- 
 mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. ; subse 
 quent service in Sixteenth Xew York Artil 
 lery, as Isaac B. Bailey 
 
 BAILEY WILLIAM R.-Age, 23 years. En- 
 hsted, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861- 
 wounded September i, 1861, at Seneca Mills, 
 
 P VTTTJ v^ d ^TT S 5 l J place not state d. 
 
 BAILEY ETT, GILBERT. A ge , 22 years. En- 
 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, Tune is, 1861- 
 corporal date not stated; wounded, at Fair 
 Oaks, \a., May 31, 1862; discharged for dis- 
 abily, October 15, -1862, at Washington, 
 
 BANGS, GEORGE X.-Age, 28 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861 ; 
 died of disease, November 5, 1862, at Har 
 per s rcrry, Va. 
 
 BANKS, HARRISON L. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Fairfield, to serve two 
 years; mustered in as corporal, Co. C, June 
 15, 1861: reduced, date not stated; dis 
 charged for disability, March 17, 186-? at 
 rulmouth, Va. 
 
 BAR t G , VALENTINE.- Age, 33 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 1861; 
 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 N . \ . ; subsequent service, Co. D, Sixteenth 
 New York Artillery. 
 
 HARKER, JOHN A. Age, 23 years. En 
 listed, May i, i86i,at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, Tune 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, June 25, 1861, at 
 Ainany, N. Y. 
 
 BARNES, LOREN. Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1 86 1, at Hammondsport, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 1861; 
 died, August 8, 1862, in hospital, Fort Mon 
 roe, Va., of wounds received at White Oak 
 Swamp, Ya. 
 
 BARNETT, WILLIAM H.-Age, 24 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to 
 serve two years; mustered in as corporal, Co. 
 H, June 15, 1861; sergeant, date not stated; 
 discharged for disability, June 25, 1861, at 
 Albany, X. Y 
 
 BARNEY, EDGAR E. Age, 24 years. En 
 listed, April i, 1862, at Lenox, to serve three 
 years; mustered in, Co. G, same date; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. ; 
 subsequent service in Co. E, Fourteenth New 
 York Artillery. 
 
 BARNEY, NELSON M. Age, 25 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Ticonderoga, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861 ; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 
 BARSALOU, GEORGE. Age, 28 years. En 
 listed, October 14, 1861, at Champlain, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. D, October 16, 1861; wounded at An 
 tietam, Md., September 17, 1862; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y . 
 
 BARTLETT, WILLIAM H. Age, 44 years. 
 Enlisted, May 18, 1861, at West Troy, to 
 serve two vears; mustered in, Co. A, June 15, 
 1861^ died, October i, 1862, at West Troy, 
 
 BARTON, CHARLES B. Age, 25 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Graysville, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as sergeant, Co. C, 
 June 15, 1861 ; wounded, September 17, 1862, 
 at Antietam, Md. ; discharged, January 24, 
 1863, at United States General Hospital, 
 Philadelphia, Pa., by reason of such wounds. 
 
 BARTOX, THEODORE T. Age, 19 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 
 15, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y., as Theodore F. Barton. 
 
 BATCHELDER, JOHN R. Age, 24 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as private, Co. F, 
 June 15, 1861; discharged for disability, No 
 vember i, 1862, at Point Lookout, Md. ; also 
 Lome as John R. Batchelder. 
 
 BATCHER, JACOB. Age, 22 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Little Falls, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 
 BATES, JAMES H. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 May 1 8, 1861, at Troupsburg, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861; 
 transferred to Gunboat Flotilla, Department 
 of the West, February 8, 1862; subsequent 
 service in Co. G, Second Xew York Veteran 
 Cavalry; since died. 
 
 BATES, G. ROSWELL. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Ticonderoga, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861 ; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 Since died. 
 
ROSTER OF THE REGIMENT 
 
 BATKY, EI)\VI\ F. Age, 24 years. Enlisted. 
 June 1 6, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. A, same date; corporal, 
 December i, 1862; mustered out, June 30, 
 1863, at Albany, X. V.. as Edward F. Beaty. 
 
 BAUDER, WEBSTER. Age. 18 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, February 19, 1863, 
 at Providence, R. 1. 
 
 BEACH, ORRIX W. Age, 31 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Little Falls, to serve two 
 years; mustered in as sergeant, Co. B, June 
 15. 1861; first sergeant, date not stated; sec 
 ond lieutenant, Co. G, May 30, 1862; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. V. 
 Subsequent service as Major. Sixteenth 
 Heavy Artillery. 
 
 BECKER, DANIEL M. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, May 18, 1861, at West Troy, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. A, June 15, 1861; 
 corporal, date not stated; quartermaster-ser 
 geant, October i, 1862; mustered out, June 
 30, 1863, at Albany, X. V. Since died. 
 
 BEARDSLEV, JOHN . Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. G. June 15, 1861 ; 
 killed. September 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. ; 
 also borne as Tobn Bardslee. 
 
 BEDUXAH, HOSEA. Age, 46 years. En 
 listed, Xovember 28, 1861, at Little Falls, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. B, same 
 date; discharged for disability, March 30, 
 
 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 BEEBE, SILAS. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, 
 May 10, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861 ; 
 discharged for disability, December 21, 1861, 
 at Poolsville, Md. 
 
 BEERS, GEORGE W. -Age, 31 years. En 
 listed, June 5, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861; 
 wounded, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 
 Md.; discharged for disability, February 10, 
 
 1863, at Philadelphia, Pa.; died January i, 
 1863. 
 
 BELL, PHILO H. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Crown Point, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861; 
 sergeant, date not stated; reduced at his own 
 request, and transferred, February 17, 1862, 
 to Western Gunboat Flotilla; served on flag 
 ship Bentoii, Miss. Squadron. 
 
 BELLFIELD, ISAIAH. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1863, at Stockbridge, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861; 
 transferred to Co. H, April i, 1862; mus 
 tered out, June 30. 1863, at Albany, X . Y. ; 
 subsequent service in Fifteenth Cavalrv. 
 
 BEXCHLEY, WILLETT H. Age, 22 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Xewport, to serve 
 two years: mustered in, Co. G.June 15, 1861 ; 
 discharged, Xovember 27, 1862, for wounds 
 received September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 
 
 BEX EDICT, LEOXARD H. Age, 18 years. 
 Enlisted, May 18, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 X. Y. ; since died. 
 
 BEXEDICT, LUTHER LAXGDOX. Age, 25 
 years. Enlisted, May i. 1861, at Little Falls, 
 to serve two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 
 15, 1861; transferred to Co. K, June 18, 
 1 86 1, and to Fifth United States Cavalry, 
 October 9, 1861. 
 
 BEXHAM, LEMUEL C. Age, 25 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve two years; mustered in as sergeant, 
 Co. I, June 15, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 
 1863. at Albany. X. Y. 
 
 L. Age, 
 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Graysville, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861 ; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 
 BEXXETT, BEXJAMIX F. Age, 23 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Graysville, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out June 30, 1863, at Albany, X Y 
 since killed on railroad. 
 
 BEXXETT, JULIUS F. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, June 25, 1861, at 
 Albany, X. Y. 
 
 BEXXETT, JASOX H. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Graysville, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861; 
 died of disease, December 18, 1861, at Camp 
 McClellan, Md. 
 
 BEXXETT, LOREXZO D. Age, 35 years. En 
 listed, December i, 1862, at Canajoharie, to 
 serve three years;; mustered in, Co. B, same 
 date; deserted, May 9, 1863, at Falmouth, 
 Ya. 
 
 BEXSOX, THOMAS. Age, years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861 ; 
 transferred to Regular Army, October 6, 
 1861. 
 
 BERGEX, PATRICK. Age, 4 3 years. En 
 listed, June 15, 1861, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, same 
 date; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany. 
 X. Y. Died in Soldiers Home, Bath, X. Y. 
 
 BEVERLY, JOHX. Age, 36 years. Enrolled, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Brockett s Bridge, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as captain, Co. K, 
 June 15, 1861; major, July i, 1862; lieutenant 
 colonel, January 22, 1863; mustered out, 
 June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 BIGALOW, ORYILLE C. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861 , 
 wounded, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 
 Md.; discharged for disability, March 3, 1863, 
 at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 BILLINGS, HARRISOX. Age, 28 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861. at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861 ; 
 corporal, date not stated; sergeant, March i, 
 1862; first sergeant, date not stated; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X T . Y. 
 
 BIRCHARD, DANIEL. Age, 32 years. En 
 listed, May 1 8, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 
 1861; discharged for disability, February 10, 
 1862. 
 
 BIRCHARD, JOHX. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May 18, 1861, at Rathbone, to servx- 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861: 
 died of disease, January 9, 1862, at Rath- 
 boneville, X. Y. 
 
 BLAXCHARD, JOHX B. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15. i8*i 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. ^ . 
 
 BLAXCHARD. OSCAR D. Age, 18 years. 
 Enlisted, May 18, 1861. at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as corporal, Co. L, 
 June 15, 1861; reduced at his own request, 
 date not stated: mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 at Albany, X. Y. ; since died. 
 
 BLAXCHARD, ZELOTUS. Age, 19 years. 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. D June 
 15 1861; wounded, September 17, 1862 at 
 \ntietam, Md. ; mustered out, June 30. 186.3, 
 at -Mbany, X. Y. ; subsequent service in 
 Co C Eighteenth Xew York Cavalry. 
 
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 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 BLONDIN, WILLIAM H. Age, 20 years. 
 Enlisted, June 15, 1861, at Albany, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. I, same date; 
 transferred to United States Cavalry, Octo 
 ber 13, 1861. 
 
 BOGARDUS, HENRY E. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May 18, 1861, at Tuscarora, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861; 
 corporal, date not stated; sergeant, May 30, 
 1862; wounded, September 17, 1862, at An 
 tietam, Md. ; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 
 BOH, MARTIN. Age, 20 years. Enlisted, 
 May 7, 1861, at Graysville, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861, 
 wounded, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 
 Md. ; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 N. Y. ; also borne as Martin Boah and Boath. 
 
 BOOTH, JOHN T. Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Paine s Hollow, to serve two 
 years; mustered in as corporal, Co. F, June 
 15, 1861; reduced at his own request, date 
 not stated; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 
 BOWEN, STEPHEN. Age, 43 years. En 
 listed, November 7, 1861, at Little Falls, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. K, same 
 date; discharged for disability, March 20, 
 1863. 
 
 BOWERS, HENRY. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 
 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. ; since died. 
 
 BOYER, ANDREW. Age, 22 years. Enlisted, 
 May 1 8, 1861, at Rathbone, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 BRADBURY, ROBERT. Age, 28 years. En 
 listed, March 3, 1862, at Lenox, to serve un- 
 expired term of two years; mustered in Co. G, 
 same date; corporal, January 22, 1863; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 BRADLEY, JOSEPH. Age, 23 years. En 
 listed, October 10, 1861, at Champlain, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. D, Octo 
 ber 1 6, 1861; transferred to the Regular 
 Army, November 23, 1862. 
 
 BRAMLEY, HENRY. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861; 
 wounded, date and place not stated; killed, 
 September 17, 1862, at Antietam, Aid. 
 
 BRENNAN, JOHN. Age, 24 years. Enlisted, 
 November 21, 1861, at Fonda, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. B, same date; 
 wounded, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 
 Md. ; discharged for such wounds, December 
 
 . 
 
 19 years. En 
 
 two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 
 1861; killed, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, 
 Va. 
 
 BREWER. SIDNEY. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Stockbridge, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861 ; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 N. Y. ; subsequent service in Co. K, Fifteenth 
 
 12, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 BREWER, MILTON. Age, 1 
 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve 
 
 FREDERICK. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 
 1861; died of disease, March 21, 1862, at 
 Bolivar, Va. 
 
 BRIGGS, GEORGE R. Age, 25 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861; 
 corporal and reduced, dates not stated; de 
 serted, August 19, 1862, at Yorktown, Va. 
 
 BRIGGS, SILAS J. Age, 22 years. Enlisted, 
 July 27, 1861, at Addison, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. E, same date; died of dis 
 ease, April 30, 1863, at Fort Monroe, Ya. 
 
 BRITTAN, JAMES A. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May 1 8, 1861, at West Troy, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. A, June 15, 1861; 
 appointed musician, date not stated; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. ; 
 subsequent service in Seventh New York. 
 Artillery. 
 
 BROAD WELL, WILLIAM H. Age, 28 years. 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861 ; 
 cornoral, reduced, dates not stated; captured 
 and paroled, dates not stated; deserted, Au 
 gust 12, 1862, at Fort Monroe, Va. 
 
 BROODER, JOSEPH. Age, 16 years. En 
 listed, June 27, 1861, at Albany, to serve un- 
 expired term of two years; mustered in as 
 drummer, Co. C, same date; mustered out, 
 June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y., as Joseph 
 Brodier; also borne as Joseph Bouder and. 
 Joseph Bruder. 
 
 BROOKS, HENRY. Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Morris, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 BROWN, CHARLES L. Age, 34 years. En 
 rolled, May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as captain, Co. G, 
 June 15, 1861 ; as major, March 20, 1862; 
 wounded, July i, 1862, at Malvern Hill, Va. ; 
 died of such wounds, July 3, 1862. 
 
 BROWN, ELIJAH R. Age, 40 years. En 
 rolled, May 18, 1861, at West Troy, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as first lieutenant, Co. 
 A, June 15, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 
 1863, at Albany, N. Y. ; dead a number of 
 years. 
 
 BROWN, GEORGE H. Age, 4 4 years. En 
 listed, November 19, 1861, at Wells, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. B, same date; 
 discharged for disability, March 30, 1862, at 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 BROWN, TAMES. Age, 27 years. Enlisted, 
 October 16, 1861, at Jersey City, N. J., to- 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. K, same date; corporal and reduced,, 
 dates not stated; mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 BROWN, LEANDER D. Age, 18 years. En- 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 BRUNDAGE, AZARIAH C Age, 24 years. 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, corporal, Co. 
 I, June 15, 1861; discharged, July 24, 1862, 
 at Philadelphia, Pa., for wounds received, 
 May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. 
 
 BRUNDAGE, MONROE. Age, 24 years. En 
 rolled, May 22, 1 86 1, at Bath, to serve two 
 years; mus tered in as second lieutenant, Co. 
 T, June 15, 1861; as first lieutenant, Co. D, 
 May 30, 1862; as captain, Co. T, January i, 
 1863; wounded at Antietam, Md., September 
 17, 1862; discharged by reason of such 
 wounds, March 17, 1863. 
 
 BRYANT, JOHN W. Age, 31 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at New Berlin, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; 
 transferred to United States Cavalry, October 
 12, 1861. 
 
 BRYANT, SCHUYLER I. Age, 24 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in. Co. F, June 15, 1861; 
 transferred to Co. C. September i, 1861, and" 
 to gunboat service, February 17, 1862; also- 
 borne as Schuyler J. Bryant. 
 
ROSTER OF THE REGIMENT 
 
 121 
 
 BUCK, JR., HIRAM. Age, years. En 
 rolled, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as first lieutenant, Co. 
 H; resigned, to date, June 30, 1861. 
 
 BUCK, JOHN R. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 May 1 8, 1861, at Addison, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861; 
 died, June 5, 1862, at New York city, of 
 wounds received at Fair Oaks, Va. 
 
 BUCK, MARTIN. Age, 20 years. Enlisted, 
 May 1 8, 1861, at West Troy, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. A, June 15, 1861; 
 killed, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. 
 
 BUCKMAN, CHARLES F. Age, 21 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 
 15, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. ; since died. 
 
 BULLOCK, CHAUNCY. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, November i, 1861, at Gray, to serve 
 two years; mustered in Co. C, same date; died 
 of disease, July 29, 1862, at Harrison s Land- 
 
 BUlfLOCk, MILFORD N. Age, 19 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Stratford, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; 
 killed, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. 
 
 BURD, DANIEL F. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 1861; 
 promoted corporal, November 23, 1862; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 BURDICK, BENEDICT A. Age, 26 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged, date and place not stated. 
 
 BURK, HIRAM (IST). Age, 45 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as musician, Co. K, 
 June 15, 1861; discharged for disability, 
 November 22. 1861. 
 
 BURK, HIRAM (20). Age, 30 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Oppenheim, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 1861 ; 
 dishonorably discharged for murder, October 
 i, 1861. 
 
 BURLINGAME, ORSON. Age, 26 years. 
 Enlisted, May 18, 1861, at Rathbone, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861 : 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 N. Y. ; subsequent service in Co. G, Second 
 New York Veteran Cavalry. 
 
 BURNAP, JOHN R. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Salisbury, to serve two years: 
 mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 BURNS, ALMERON S. Age, 28 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861; 
 corporal, November 14, 1862; mustered out, 
 Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 BURNS, GEORGE W. -Age, 42 years. En- 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Ticonderoga, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 
 1861: mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 N. Y. Since died. 
 
 BURNS, WILLIAM. Age, 20 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve two years; 
 mustered in as corporal, Co. K, June 15, 
 1861; first sergeant, June i, 1862; lost left 
 arm, June 30, 1862, at Glendale, Va. ; second 
 lieutenant, Co. B, December 23, 1862; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 BURT. BENJAMIN F. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May 1 8, 1861, at Tuscarora, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as corporal, Co. E, 
 June 15, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 at Albany, N. Y. ; since died. 
 
 KURT, WILLIAM S. Age, 29 years. En 
 rolled, May i, 1861, at Grayville, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as second lieutenant, 
 Co. C, June 15, 1861; resigned, December 18, 
 1861; subsequent service as captain in i52<! 
 
 Regt., N. Y. Volunteers. 
 
 rolled, May i, 1861, at Fairfield, to serve 
 
 Kegt., A 
 iUTLER, 
 
 SAMUEL P. Age, 26 years. En- 
 
 two years; mustered in as first lieutenant, Co. 
 C, June 13, 1861; captain, Co. H, January i, 
 1862; resigned, November 11, 1862. 
 
 CADY, LOREN E. Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Oneida, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861 ; wounded, 
 May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Ya. ; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 CAHOON, GEORGE. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed,, May i, 1 86 1, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 N. Y. ; subsequent service in Twenty-second 
 Cavalry. 
 
 CALL1HAN, JAMES. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 1861 ; 
 deserted, October 3, 1861, at Seneca Mills, 
 Md. 
 
 CAMERA, ELL Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1861, at Rouse s Point, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 CAMERON, DONALD. Age, 27 years. En 
 listed, October 7, 1861, at West Troy, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. A, same date; wounded, September 17, 
 1862, at Antietam, Md. ; discharged, date and 
 place not stated. 
 
 CAMPBELL, ISAAC G. Age, 23 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Newport, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861 ; 
 corporal, December 2, 1861; sergeant, Decem 
 ber 8, 1861; wounded, June 30, 1862, at 
 White Oak Swamp, Va. ; mustered out, June 
 
 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 ;AMPBELL, JOHN j. Age, 
 
 CAMPBELL. JOHN J. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, June 20, 1 86 1, at Addison, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. E, June 23, 1861; discharged, September 
 18, 1862, for wounds received at White 
 House, Va. ; subsequent service in Co. G, 
 Second New York Cavalry. 
 
 CAMPBELL, LEVI C. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. 
 Y. ; since died. 
 
 CAMPBELL, WILLIAM. Age, 18 years. 
 Enlisted, May 18, 1861, at West Troy, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. A, June 
 15, 1861: mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 
 CAMPION, JOHN. Age, 28 years. Enlisted, 
 June 1 6, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. B, same date; corporal, May 
 13. 1862; wounded, September 17, 1862, at 
 Antietam, Md.; mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 CANANN, DENNIS. Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Little Falls, to serve two 
 years; mustered in as corporal, Co. B, June 
 IS, 1861; reduced, May 13. 1862; captured, 
 June 30, 1862, at White Oak Swamp, Va. ; 
 naroled, date not stated; discharged for dis 
 ability, December i, 1862, at Alexandria, Va. 
 
 CANE, JAMES S. Age, 20 years. Enlisted, 
 May i 1 86 1, at Charlton, to serve two years: 
 mustered in. Co. F, June 15 1861; trans 
 ferred, October 12, 1861, to United States 
 Cavalry. 
 
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 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 CAREY, DAVID. Age, 20 years. Enlisted, 
 June 16, 1861, at Albany, to serve two years; 
 mustered in as corporal, Co. A, same date; 
 ,. k j!l^ September 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. 
 CARh\, JOHN. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 -May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861; wounded, 
 September 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. ; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 CAREY, THOMAS.- Age, 25 years. Enlisted, 
 May 1 8, 1861, at West Troy, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. A, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 Since died. 
 
 CAREY, WILLIAM (IST). Age, 28 years. 
 Enlisted, May 14, 1861, at Albany, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861 
 discharged, May 15, 1862, at New York city, 
 as \\ illiam Ceary. 
 
 CAREY, WILLIAM ( 2D )._,\ge, 18 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 
 1861; transferred, October 13, 1861, to Fifth 
 United States Cavalry. 
 
 CARLIX, JOH: X. Age, 22 years. Enlisted, 
 July 28, 1 86 1, at West Troy, to serve two 
 years; mustered in as corporal, Co. A, Au 
 gust 4, 1861; sergeant, December i, 1862; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 Since died. 
 
 CARLTOX, HEXRY. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. D, Tune 15, 1861; 
 killed, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va 
 CARLTOX, STEPHEN . Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1 86 1, at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. I), June 15, 
 1861; discharged, September 15, 1862, for 
 wounds received, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, 
 Va. 
 
 CARR, JAMES. -Age, 42 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Little Falls, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 1861; 
 died, Xovember 12, 1862, at Harper s Ferry, 
 
 CARR, JAMES R. Age, 34 years. Enrolled, 
 May 18, 1861, at Tuscarora, to serve two 
 years; mustered in as first lieutenant, Co. R, 
 June 15, 1861; died, October 4, 1861, at 
 Seneca Mills, Md. 
 
 CARR, THOMAS. Age, 43 years. Enlisted, 
 December 9, 1861, at Ilerkimer, to serve un- 
 expired term of two years; mustered in, Co. 
 F,same date; discharged for disability, March 
 20, 1863, at Falmouth, Va. Since died 
 
 CARROLL, EDWARD. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Richfield Springs, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. F, Tune 
 15. 1861; discharged, Xovember 15, 1862, at 
 Alexandria, Va., for wounds received at 
 White Oak Swamp, Ya. 
 
 CARTER, WALTER. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1 86 1, at Champlain, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861 ; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 
 CARTER. WEBSTER. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1 86 1, at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 
 1861; wounded. September 17, 1862, at An 
 tietam, Md.; discharged for disability, De 
 cember 31, 1862, at Philadelphia, Pa.; since 
 died. 
 
 CAK.LO, JEROME M. Age, 26 years. En 
 listed, October 2, 1861, at Champlain, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. D, October 16, 1861 ; wounded, S^p- 
 ttmber 17. 1862, at Antietam, Md. ; dis 
 charged for disability, February 19, 1863, at 
 Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 CASEY, JEREMIAH. Age, is years. En- 
 li-ned, May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, Tune 15, 1861 ; 
 corporal, I-ebruary 21, 1863; mustered out 
 June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 CASLER, JACOB.- Age, 28 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Little Falls, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. B, Tune 15. 1861- 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863. at Albany, 
 A. \.; subsequent sedvice in Co. F, Second 
 Mounted Rifles. 
 
 CASLER, \\-ILLfAM.-Age, 33 years. En 
 listed, October 18, 1861, at Little Falls, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in. Co. K, same date; transferred to Co. B, 
 Xovember i, 1861 ; mustered out, June 30, 
 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 CASSIDY, DAXIEL. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May 18, 1861, at West Troy, to serve 
 two .years; mustered in, Co. A, June 15 
 1861; killed, June 30, 1862, at White Oak 
 Swamp, Ya. 
 
 CASTLE, HEXRY.-Age, 20 years. Enlisted, 
 June 29. 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. C, same date; deserted, Mav 
 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. 
 
 CASWELL, EGBERT H. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, March 21, 1863. 
 Since died. 
 
 CHAMBERLIX, ORLAXDO R. Age, 18 
 years. Enlisted, May 18, 1861, at Addison, 
 to serve two years; mustered in, Co. E, Tune 
 15, 1861; discharged, April 20, 1863," for 
 wounds received, September 17, 1862, at An 
 tietam, Md. ; subsequent service in Co. K, 
 Fourteenth Artillery. 
 
 CHAMBERLIX, IIEXRY B. Age, 24 years. 
 Enrolled, May i, 1861, at Fairfield, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as first lieutenant, 
 Co. K. June 15, 1861 ; resigned, Xovember 
 22, 1861. 
 
 CHAPIX, LOUIS X. Age. 19 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; 
 as second lieutenant, December 3, 1862; mus 
 tered out, Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 CHAPPELL, JAMES. Age, 31 years. En 
 listed, May T, 1 86 1, at Poland, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out. Tune 30, 1863, at Albaiiv, X. Y. 
 
 CLARK, HARRISOX. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1 86 1, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 
 15, 1861; mustered out, Tune 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, X. Y. 
 
 CLARKE TRVIXG D. Age, 22 years. En 
 rolled, May i, 1 86 1. at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as second lieutenant, 
 Co. B, June 15, 1861 ; as first lieutenant. Co. 
 C, June 24, 1862; as captain, Co. B, January 
 22. 1863; injured by falling horse at Seneca 
 Mills, 1 86 1, and wounded at Fair Oaks, Ya., 
 May 31, 1862; mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 CLARK, LEWIS M. Age. 30 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Little Falls, to serve two 
 years; mustered in as first sergeant, Co. B, 
 June 15. 1861; reduced to sergeant. June 29, 
 1861; discharged, September 16, 1861. 
 
 CLARK, ROBERT. Age, 17 years. Enlisted, 
 September 7, 1861. a.t Seneca Falls, to serve 
 unexnired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. B, same date; discharged for disability, 
 Xovember 21. 1861, at Poolsville, Md. 
 
 CLARK, SAMUEL S. Age, 27 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; 
 
ROSTER OF THE REGIMENT 
 
 12 
 
 corporal, November i, 1861; sergeant, July 
 24, 1862; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, X. V. 
 
 CLARK; SOLOMON B. Age, 26 years. En 
 , at Hammondsport, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 
 
 listed, May 22, 1861, 
 
 5, 1861; died. June i, 1862, of wounds re 
 ceived at Fair Oaks, Ya. 
 
 COAKES, JOHN. Age, 23 years. Enlisted, , 
 October, 21, 1861, at Fairport, to serve un- 
 expired term of two years; mustered in, Co. 
 
 C, October 31, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 
 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 COATES, GEORGE B. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Ticonderoga, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861; 
 corporal, date not stated; sergeant, May 30, 
 1862; commissary sergeant, May 31, 1862; 
 mustered in as second lieutenant, Co. I, De 
 cember 13, 1862; mustered out, June 30, 
 1863, at Albany, N. Y. Since died. 
 
 COLE, GEORGE. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 October 19, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve un- 
 expired term of two years; mustered in, Co. 
 K, same date; mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 at Albany, N. Y., as George E. Cool. 
 
 COLE, HENRY. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 October 19, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve un- 
 expired term of two years; mustered in, Co. 
 K, same date; mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 at Albanv, N. Y., as George Cool. 
 
 COLGROYE. WILLIAM R. Age, 20 years. 
 Enlisted, May 18, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861; 
 wounded, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 
 Md. ; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 N. Y. ; since died. 
 
 COLONEY, CHARLES. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Brockett s Bridge, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 
 15, 1861: died, August 27, 1862, at Phila 
 delphia, Pa. 
 
 COMIX S, ALEXANDER H. Age. 24 years. 
 Enlisted, September 2, 1862, at Manheim, to 
 serve three years; mustered in, Co. K, same 
 date; died, J anuary 25, 1863, at Washington, 
 
 D. C., of wounds received December 13, 
 
 1862, at Fredericksburg, Ya. 
 COMSTOCK, ELTSHA P. Age, 19 years. 
 
 Enlisted, October 21, 1861, at Albany, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. K, same date; transferred to Co. C, 
 Xovember 4, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 
 
 1863, at Albany, X. Y. ; also borne as Elisba 
 
 B. Comstock. 
 
 COMSTOCK, HEXRY. Age, 42 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Graysville, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861^; 
 mustered out. Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 COMSTOCK, ORIX. Age, 27 years. En 
 listed, October, 21, 1861, at Gray, to serve 
 unexnired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. K, same date; wounded, September 17, 
 
 1862, at Antietam, Md.; transferred to Co. 
 
 C, October 30, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 
 
 1863, at Albany. N. Y. 
 
 COMSTOCK. THOMAS. Age, .77 years. En 
 listed, October 7, 1861, at West Troy, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. A. same date: mustered out. Tune 30, 
 1863, at Albany, N. Y. Since died. 
 
 CONCH, GEORGE. Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1861, at Wheeler, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. I, Tune 15. 1861 ; deserted, 
 August 20, 1 86 1, at Seneca Mills, Md. 
 
 CONDOX, THOMAS. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Newport, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, November 22, 1862. 
 
 CONLY, PATRICK. Age, 24 years. Enlisted. 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Ticonderoga, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. H, June i, 1861; 
 corporal, date not stated; sergeant, February 
 28, 1863; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 banv. N. Y. ; subsequent service in Co. E, 
 Eighteenth Cavalry, as Patrick Connelly. 
 
 COXROY, THOMAS. Age, 35 years. En 
 listed, June i, 1861, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861 ; 
 transferred to United States Cavalry, Octo 
 ber 10, 1861. 
 
 COXWAY, JOHX D. Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve two 
 years; mustered in. Co. D, June 15, 1861: 
 corporal, date not stated; mustered out, June 
 ?o, 1863, at Albany, X*. Y. 
 
 COOK, ALBERT H. Age, 18 years. Enlisted. 
 May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861; 
 corporal, date not stated; detached on signal 
 service for a time; mustered out, June 30, 
 186^, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 COOK, AMBROSE J. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May 10, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; 
 sergeant, date not stated; mustered out, June 
 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 COOK, JUDSOX E. Age, 22 years. Enlisted. 
 May i, 1861, at Moriah, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861 ; sergeant. 
 February 28, 1863; mustered out, June 30, 
 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 COOL, STEPHEX. Age, t8 years. Enlisted. 
 Xovember 19, 1861, at Stratford, to serve 
 unexmred term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. B, same date; killed, September 17, 1862. 
 at Antietam, Md. ; also borne as Stephen A. 
 Cool. 
 
 COOX, DAXIEL H. Age, 21 years. Enlisted. 
 May 1 8, 1861, at Addison, to serve two years: 
 mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861; corporal. 
 Tanuary i, 1863; mustered out, June 30. 
 "1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 COOX, JAMES. -Age, 23 years. Enlisted. 
 May 1 8, 1861, at Tuscarora. to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15. 1861; 
 died, October 17, 1862, at Philadelphia, Pa., 
 of wounds received at Antietam. Md. 
 
 COOXAX. PATRICK. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, October 15, 1861, at Champlain. to 
 serve unexnired term of two years; mus 
 tered in. Co. D, October 16, i8M: killed. 
 September 17, 1862. at Antietam, Md. 
 
 COOXAX. THOMAS. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1 86 1. at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861 : 
 discharged for disability, Xovember 12, 1861. 
 at Washington. D. C. 
 
 COOXRAD. JOHX. Age, 22 years. Enlisted. 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Postville, to serve two years: 
 mustered in, Co. C, June 15. 1861^; died, Au 
 gust 2. 1862. in hospital at X ew \ork city, as 
 John Conradt. 
 
 COOPER. HEXRY T.--Age. 18 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861. at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as sergeant. Co. D. 
 June"i5, 1861: discharged for disability. May 
 24, 1862, at Yorktown. Ya. 
 
 COOPER, TASOX. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 October 14, 1861. at Champlain, to serve un 
 expired term of two years: mustered in, Co. 
 D.October 16, 1861; corporal, date not st-ited: 
 mustered out. Tune 30, 1863, at Albany. X. \ .. 
 as Jason W. Cooper. 
 
 CORBTX, DAXIEL SPEXCER. Aee 37 
 years. Enlisted, May i. 1861. at Little Falls, 
 to serve two years; mustered in, Co. B. June 
 
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 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 15, 1861 ; discharged for disability, October 
 i, 1861, at Washington, D. C., as Daniel S. 
 Corbyn. 
 
 CORBYN, JR., DANIEL S. Age, 22 years. 
 Enlisted, July 3, 1861, at Albany, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. B, same date; killed, May 31, 1862, at 
 Fair Oaks, Va. 
 
 CORCORAN, MARTIN. Age, 27 years. En 
 listed, November 20, 1861, at Little Falls, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. C, November 20, 1861; first sergeant, 
 January 28, 1863; second lieutenant, May 7, 
 1863; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. 
 
 CORCORAN, PATRICK. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, December, 31, 1861, at Albany, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. C, January i, 1862; corporal, July 30, 
 1862; sergeant, September 17, 1862; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. ; 
 subsequent service in Co. G, Second New 
 York Cavalry. 
 
 CORCORAN, THOMAS. Age, 23 years. En 
 rolled, May i, 1 86 1, at Graysville, to servo 
 two years; mustered in as captain, Co. C, 
 June 15, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 at Albany, N. Y. Since died. See biog 
 raphy. 
 
 CORNELIUS, GEORGE B. Age, 25 years. 
 Enlisted, June 15, 1861, at Albany, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. I, same date; 
 mustered out. Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 CORP, WILLIAM H. Age, 27 years. En 
 listed, May 7, 1861, at Norway, to serve two 
 years; mustered in as musician, Co. C, June 
 15, 1861; died of disease, November 18, 
 
 1862, in United States General Hospital, 
 Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 CORRIGAN, TERRANCE. Age, 26 years. 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 
 15, 1861; transferred, October 10, 1861, to 
 United States Cavalry. 
 
 CORY, JAMES H. Age, 30 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve two years; 
 mustered in as sergeant, Co. G, June 15, 
 1861; reduced, August 13, 1861; corporal, 
 December 2, 1861; sergeant, September 17, 
 1862; first sergeant, January 22, 1863; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. ; 
 subsequent service in Co. C, Eighteenth New 
 York Cavalry. 
 
 CRANDALL, LOVELL D. Age, 36 years. 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 
 15, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1861, at 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 
 CRANE, GEORGE. Age, 22 years. Enlisted, 
 May 18, 1861, at Addison, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861; sergeant, 
 October 31, 1862; mustered out, June 30, 
 
 1863, at Albany, N. Y. ; subsequent service in 
 Co. G, Second New York Cavalry. 
 
 CREGO, ALBERT. Age, 25 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861 ; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 CREWELL, JOHN H. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Dennisons, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861 ; 
 died of disease, August 22, 1862, at Phila 
 delphia, Pa. 
 
 CREWELL, PHILIP. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Columbia, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861 ; 
 corporal, date not stated; mustered out, 
 June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 CRIST, JAMES B. Age, 24 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve two 
 years; mustered in as sergeant, Co. F, June 
 15, 1861; wounded, September 17, 1862, at 
 Antietam, Md. ; promoted first sergeant, date 
 not stated; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. ; commissioned second lieu 
 tenant, June 19, 1863; not mustered. Since 
 died. 
 
 CROFOOT, ORLANDO M. Age, 24 years. 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, 
 to serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, 
 June 15, 1861; wounded from accidental 
 discharge of his gun while on picket, June 22, 
 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. ; discharged, August 
 15, 1862, at New York; commissioned 
 second lieutenant, with rank from May 18^ 
 
 1 86 1, original: not mustered. 
 
 CROSS, WILLIAM T. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, August i, 1 86 1, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mus 
 tered in, Co. I, same date; mustered out, 
 June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 CROSSMAN, FOSTER B. Age, 21 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 
 15, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863; at 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 
 CROUCH, CHARLES S. Age, 34 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861 ; 
 corporal and sergeant, dates not stated; dis 
 charged December 18, 1862, at Washing- 
 
 CROUCH, DAVID. Age, 23 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Columbia, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; corporal, 
 date not stated; killed, September 17, 1862, 
 at Antietam, Md. 
 
 CROWL, GEORGE W. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, June 20, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. E, June 23, 1861; deserted, July 10, 
 
 1862, at Harrison s Landing, Va. 
 CUMMINGS, RICHARDSON, Age, 22 years. 
 
 Enlisted, June 20, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. E, June 23, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 
 
 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 CUMMINS, JAMES. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at South Pulteney, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 
 1861; died of disease, August 20, 1861, at 
 Seneca Mills, Md. 
 
 CUNNINGHAM, JOHN. Age 39 years. En 
 listed, May 18, 1861, at West Troy, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. A, June 15, 
 1861; discharged for disability, May 22, 
 1862, at Georgetown, Md. Since died. 
 
 CURRIER, OLIVER C. Age, 23 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 
 15, 1861; sergeant and reduced, dates not 
 stated; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 
 CURTIS, LEWIS A. Age, 25 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Mohawk, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 
 1861; quartermaster-sergeant, May 30, 1862; 
 reduced to the ranks, October i, 1862; pro 
 moted commissary-sergeant, December 13, 
 1862; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. Since died. 
 
 CUYLER, JOHN. Age, 44 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, July i, 1861, at 
 Albany, N. Y., as John Cuilar. 
 
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 DAILY, JAMES. Age, 20 years. Enlisted, 
 October 19, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. K, same date; mustered out, June 30, 
 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 DAILY, JOHN. Age, 32 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, a Albany, 
 N. Y. ; subsequent service in Thirteenth 
 Artillery. 
 
 DALEY, JOHN. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, 
 May 1 8, 1861, at West Troy, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. A, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 N. Y. Since died. 
 
 DANIELS, WILLIAM H. Age, 19 years. 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, 
 to serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 
 15, 1861; sergeant, March 16, 1863; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 Since died. 
 
 DARLING, LUTHER. Age, 3 7 years. En 
 listed, May 15, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 
 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. ; also borne as Luther Darland. 
 
 DARLING, OLIVER PERRY. Age, 30 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 
 1861; kille d, September 16, 1861, at Seneca 
 Mills, Md. 
 
 DART, HENRY. Age, 23 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1861, at South Poulteney, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 1861 ; 
 transferred, October 13, 1861, to United 
 States Cavalry, at Seneca Mills, Md. Since 
 died at Pulteney, N. Y. 
 
 DAVIS, GEORGE. Age, 25 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 
 DAVIS, JEREMIAH M. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, "May 10, 1861, at HerkimeV, to serve 
 two years; mxistered in, Co. F, June 15, 
 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. 
 
 DAVIDSON, EDWARD. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 1861; 
 wounded, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 
 Md. ; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 
 DAWSON, RICHARD. Age, 3 5 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 
 1861; corporal and sergeant, dates not stated; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 N. Y. ; wounded, December 13, 1862, at 
 Fredericksburg, Va. ; since died. 
 
 DEAL, CHARLES. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 September 30, 1861, at Champlain, to serve un 
 expired term of two years; mustered in, Co. 
 D, October 16, 1861 ; corporal, date not stated; 
 sergeant, April 20, 1863; mustered out, June 
 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. ; now United 
 States Consul at St. Johns, P. O. 
 
 DE FOREST, WILLIAM H. Age, 21 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861 ; 
 corporal, November i, 1861; wounded, Decem 
 ber 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg, Va. ; mus 
 tered out, Tune 30, 1863. at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 DEGNAN, MICHAEL. Age, 30 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 
 1861; wounded. June 30, 1862, at White Oak 
 Swamp, Va. ; discharged, December 12. 1862, 
 by reason of such wounds, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 DELAND, LYMAN. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, May 1 8, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as musician, Co. E, 
 June i, 1861; reduced, date not stated; dis 
 charged, September 27, 1862, for wounds re 
 ceived at Fair Oaks, Va. 
 
 DELANEY, FRANKLIN B. Age, 18 years. 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 
 1861; wounded, September 17, 1862, at An 
 tietam, Md. ; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 
 DUMOULIN, PHILIP. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, October 12, 1861, at Champlain, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. D, October 16, 1861; corporal, date 
 not stated; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 
 DES CHAMPS, ELI J. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as corporal, Co. D, 
 Tune 15, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 "at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 DEVENESE, JOHN B. Age, 44 years. En 
 listed, May 10, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, March 27, 1862, at 
 Alexandria, Va. 
 
 DIXON, JOHN. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 
 1861; killed, September 17, 1862, at Antie 
 tam, Md. ; also borne as John Dickson. 
 
 DILLON, JAMES. Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861; 
 killed, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. 
 
 DIXON, ROBERT. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, 
 June 16, 1861, at Albany, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. B, same date; corporal, De 
 cember 3, 1862; mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 DOCKSTADER. EZRA. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as musician, Co. G, 
 Tune 15, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 at Albanv, N. Y. 
 
 DODDS, GEORGE. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 October 14, 1861, at Champlain, to serve un 
 expired term of two years; mustered in, Co. 
 D, October 16, 1861: transferred, November 
 23, 1862, to United States Cavalry. 
 
 DODGE, DANIEL O. Age, 35 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 Since died. 
 
 DOLING, JOHN. Age, 24 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15. 1861; 
 mustered out, Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 N. Y., as John Dorling. Since died. 
 
 DONNELLY, JAMES. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, September 15, 1861, at Seneca Mills, 
 Md., to serve unexpired term of two years; 
 mustered in, Co. I, same date; mustered out. 
 Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. ; subsequent 
 service in Co. G, Twenty-second Cavalry. 
 Since died at Kanona, N. Y. 
 
 DONOHOE, EDWARD. Age, 23 years. En 
 listed, June 1 6, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. A, same date: mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany. N. Y. : 
 subsequent service in Co. I, Seventh Artil 
 lery, as Edward Dunham. Since died. 
 
 DONOHOE, JAMES. Age, 28 years. En 
 listed, June 1 6. 1861, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. A, same date; killed, 
 September 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. 
 
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 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 DOXOHOE, JOHN. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, 
 July 28, 1861, at West Troy, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. A, August 4, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 DOXOHUE, PATRICK. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 1861; 
 corporal, September 17, 1862; mustered out, 
 June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. ; subsequent 
 service in Co. G, Second Artillery. 
 
 DOOLITTLE, LELAXD L. Age, 34 years. 
 Enrolled, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to 
 serve two years; mustered in as captain, Co. 
 H, June 15, 1861; resigned, October 18, 1861. 
 
 DORX, CHARLES. Age, 28 years. Enlisted, 
 June 1 6, 1861, at Albany, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. A, same date; transferred, 
 February 17, 1862, to Xavy Department; 
 subsequent service in Co. C, Eighteenth Cav 
 alry, as Charles Van Dorn. 
 
 DOTY, ALBERT. Age, 20 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861 ; first ser 
 geant, December 2, 1861; mustered in as first 
 lieutenant, March 20, 1862; adjutant, Jan 
 uary 28, 1863; discharged for disability, May 
 7, 1863. 
 
 DOUD, JOHN. Age, 26 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Salisbury, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861; 
 wounded, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. ; 
 mustered out, Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 DOUGHERTY, MICHAEL O. Age, 29 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 
 1861; corporal, March 20, 1862; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 DOXTATER, HARRY H. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years: mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861, 
 discharged, date and place not stated. 
 
 DOXTATER, JACOB F. Age, 26 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Fairfield, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861; 
 transferred, October 13, 1861, to the Cav- 
 
 DUIVLEY, JOHX. Age, 24 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 
 1861; captured at Savage Station, Va., date 
 not stated; returned to regiment, August i, 
 1862; absent, sick, since August 15, 1862, 
 and at muster-out of company. Since died. 
 
 DUGAX, JAMES. Age, 20 years. Enlisted. 
 May, 18, 1861, at West Troy, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. A. June 15, 1861 ; 
 wounded, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 
 Md. : mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 
 DUXX, MELVILLE S. Age, 24 years. En 
 listed, May 1 8, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as corporal, Co. E, 
 June 15, 1861; sergeant, date not stated; 
 mustered in as second lieutenant, October 31. 
 1862; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany. 
 X. Y. ; subsequent service as first lieutenant 
 in Second Xew York Veteran Cavalry; killed, 
 in cavalrv charge on a bridge near Campti, 
 La., in May, 1864. 
 
 DURAXD. WILLIAM. Age, 27 years. En 
 listed, May 1 8, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as sergeant, Co. E, 
 Tune 15, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 DU RELA, HEXRY. Age, 38 years. Enlisted, 
 June 15, 1861, at Albany, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. F, same date; died of dis 
 ease, Xovember 16, 1862, at Harper s Ferry, 
 Va. 
 
 DURRIX, GEORGE. Age, 22 years. Enlisted, 
 August i, 1 86 1, at Brockets Bridge, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. K, same date; mustered out, June 30, 
 1863, at Albany, X. Y.; subsequent service 
 in Co. B, Sixteenth Artillery. 
 
 DYE, DAVID W. Age, 27 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; died of 
 disease, July 21, 1862, near Fort Monroe, 
 Va. 
 
 DYE, MARK H. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 861, at Salisbury, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 EARL, JAMES. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, May 
 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve two years: 
 mustered in, Co. I), June 15, 1861; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. ; since 
 died. 
 
 EARLY, PATRICK. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Jordansville, to serve two 
 .years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 EASTERBROOK, ALBERT G. Age, 19 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Oneida, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861; 
 killed, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. 
 
 EASTERBROOK, JR., XATHAX. Age, 25 
 years. Enrolled, May 30, 1861, at Little 
 Falls, to serve two years; mustered in as 
 quartermaster, June 15, 1861; mustered out 
 with regiment, Tune 30, 1863, at Albany. 
 X. Y. 
 
 EASTMAN, GILBERT L. Age, 18 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Stockbridge, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. G, June 
 is,, 1861; wounded, May 31, 1862, at Fair 
 Oaks, Va. ; discharged by reason of such 
 wounds, Xovember 22, 1862. 
 
 ECKERSOX. HEXRY M. Age, 22 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 EDSALL, SAMUEL A. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 
 
 1861* discharged, December i, 1861, at Pools- 
 ville, Md. 
 
 EDWARDS, STEPHEX. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May 18, 1861, at Addison, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861 : 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863; subsequent 
 service in Co. C, Sixteenth Xew York Artil 
 lery; since died. 
 
 EGAX, CHARLES. Age, 27 years. Enlisted. 
 Xovember 10, 1861, at Camp McClellan, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. G. same 
 date; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 N. Y. 
 
 EGELER, TOHX. Age. 24 years. Enlisted. 
 October 20, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. F, October 29, 1861: 
 wounded, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, \ a. ; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany. 
 X. Y. 
 
 EGLESTOX, WILLIAM. Age, 24 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at South Poulteney, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15. 
 1861; discharged, July 25, 1862, at Xew York 
 city, for wounds received at Fair Oaks, \ a. 
 
 ELDRIDGE, CYRUS. Age, 24 years. En 
 listed. May i, 1861, at Graysville, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863. at Albany, X. \. 
 
 ELDRIDGE, WILLIAM E. Age, 28 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861. at Williamstown, to 
 
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 127 
 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. G, June 
 
 15, 1861; killed, September 17, 1862, at An 
 tic-tain, Md. 
 
 ELLIS, JAMES.- Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; 
 absent, sick, in General Hospital, at Newark, 
 X. J., at muster-out of company. 
 
 EMBODY, DANIEL A. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed May i, 1 86 1, at Norway, to serve t,\a 
 years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861; 
 corporal, November 24, 1862; mustered out, 
 June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. V. 
 
 EMMETT, ORRIX M. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve two years; mustered in as sergeant, 
 Co. I, June 15, 1861 ; sergeant-major, March 
 
 1 6, 1863; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. ; subsequent service in Co. G, 
 Twenty-second Cavalry. 
 
 ERWIX. EDWARD. Age, 22 years. Enlisted, 
 May 1 8, 1861, at Erwin, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861; dis 
 charged for disability, August 30, 1861; since 
 died. 
 
 EVANS, RICHARD. Age, 23 years. Enlisted, 
 June 15, 1861. at Albany, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. I, same date; deserted, Au 
 gust 20, 1861, at Seneca Mills, Md. ; supposed 
 to be identical with Norman Evans. 
 
 FAGAN, MICHAEL. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Salisbury, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; corporal 
 and returned to ranks, no dates; discharged 
 for disability, July 3, 1862. 
 
 FAIRBANKS", JOSEPH. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, June 15, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; "mustered in, Co. I, same date; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 FAIRFIELD, WALTER S. Age, 34 years. 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861. at South Foulteney, 
 to serve two years: mustered in, Co. I, June 
 15, 1861; died of disease, February 20, 1863, 
 at Stanton Hospital, Washington, D. C. 
 
 FAVILLE. JAMES. Age, 39 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Salisbury, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. ; since 
 died. See biography. 
 
 FAY, JAMES. Age," 18 years. Enlisted, May 
 
 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 1861 ; 
 corporal, December 13, 1862; mustered out. 
 Tune 30. 1863. at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 FAY, PAUL. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, May 
 i. 1 86 1, at Salisbury, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863. at Albany, N. Y. ; subse- 
 nuent service in Co. E, Sixteenth Artillerv. 
 
 FENN, GEORGE H. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861; 
 corporal and returned to ranks, no dates; 
 wounded, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 
 Md. ; mustered out. Tune 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany. N. Y. 
 
 FENTON, EZRA. Age, 20 years. Enlisted, 
 June 20, 1861, at Addison, to serve two years; 
 term of two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 
 
 23, 1861: deserted, September 20, 1861, at 
 Senega Mills. MH. 
 
 FKRRILL. JEREMIAH. Age, 28 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1. at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as corporal, Co. G, 
 June 15. 1861: reduced, July 18, 1862: de 
 serted. December 13, 1862, at Fredericks- 
 burg, Va. 
 
 FFRRTLL. THOMAS. Age. 10 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1. at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years: mustered in, Co. B. June 15, 1861 ; 
 
 wounded, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. ; 
 mustered out. Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 FERRIS, EDMUND \V. Age, 34 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1 86 1, at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861; 
 sergeant, and returned to ranks, no dates; 
 detached to gunboat service, February 17, 
 1862; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. 
 
 FETTERLY, AUBERLY. Age, 19 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Fairfield, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861; 
 transferred, October 13, 1861, to Cavalry. 
 
 FINCH, HIRAM L. Age, 22 years. Enlisted, 
 June 20, 1861, at Addison, to serve unex- 
 pired term of two years; mustered in, Co. E, 
 June 23, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 at Albany, N. Y . 
 
 FINEGAN, PATRICK H. Age, 21 years. 
 Enlisted, June 16, 1861, at Albany, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. C, same date; 
 corporal, January 6, 1863; mustered out, 
 June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 FINNEGAN, DAVID. Age, 26 years. En 
 listed, June 15, 1861, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. I, same date; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 Since died at Himrods, N. Y. 
 
 FINNEGAN, JOHN. Age, 27 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1861, at South Poulteney, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as sergeant, Co. 1, 
 same date; first sergeant, date not stated; 
 discharged, April 9, 1863, at Falmouth, Va., 
 for wounds received December 13, 1862, at 
 Fredericksburg, Ya. Since died at Bluff 
 Point, N. Y. 
 
 FISHER, JOHN. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, 
 May 10, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out. Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 FITCH, JOHN H. Age, 25 years. En 
 listed, May 30, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in as quartermaster-sergeant, 
 June 15, 1861; discharged, July 15, 1861: 
 also borne as Fitchet. 
 
 FITZPATRICK, CORNELIUS. Age, 25 years. 
 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 
 1861; detached to Artillery, date not stat 
 mustered out Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, N. 
 FLANSBURGH, PHILIP. Age, 25 ye; 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, 
 
 1861; detached to Artillery, date not stated^ 
 mustered out Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 FLANSBURGH, PHILIP. Age, 25_ years. 
 
 to 
 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 
 i>, 1861; corporal, January i, 1862; reduced, 
 May 13, 1862; sergeant, June 24, 1862; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. ; 
 subsequent service in Co. G, Second Artil 
 lery. Since died. 
 
 FLANIGAN, DAVID. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, June 1 6, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two 
 vears; "mustered in, Co. A, same date; mus 
 tered out, Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 FLINN, CHARLES J. Age 19 years. En 
 listed May i, 1 86 1, at Salisbury, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861: 
 mustered out, Tune 30, 1863, at Albany. 
 
 FLINT, WALLACE. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1 86 1, at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. D. June 15. 1861 ; 
 deserted, February 18, 1862, at Poolsville. 
 Md. 
 
 FLUENT, JOHN. Age, 22 years. Enlisted, 
 May 1 8, 1861, at Addison, to serve two years: 
 mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1 86 1 ^mustered 
 out. Tune 30. 1863. at Albany. N. Y. 
 
 FLYNN, ANGEYINE. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, August i, 1 86 1, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years: mustered 
 in, Co. I, same date; Clustered out. June 30. 
 1863. at Albany, N. Y. 
 
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 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 FOLTS, ADAM. Age, 43 years. Enlisted, 
 December 18, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve un- 
 expired term of two years; mustered in, Co. 
 K, same date; transferred to Co. F, January 
 6, 1862; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. ; subsequent service in Sixteenth 
 Artillery, in which he died. 
 
 FOLTS, ADAM J. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 October 20, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve un- 
 expired term of two years; mustered in, Co. 
 F, October 29, 1861 ; mustered out, June 30, 
 1863, at Albany, X. Y. ; subsequent service 
 in Sixteenth Artillery. 
 
 FOLTS, WILLIAM H. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 FORT, JESSE R. Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Richfield Springs, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 1861 ; 
 wounded, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 
 Md. ; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. ; subsequent service in Co. F, 
 Sixteenth Artillery. 
 
 FORTIN, BEXJAMIN. Age, 18 years . En 
 listed, June u, 1861, at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged on writ of habeas corpus, no date. 
 
 FOSKET, ORLAXDO. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Columbia, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; 
 died. December 31, 1862, at Washington, 
 D. C, of wounds received December 13, 
 1862, at Fredericksburg, Va. 
 
 FOX, JOHN. Age, 24 years. Enlisted, May 
 1 8, at Addison, to serve two years; mustered 
 in, Co. E, June 15, 1861; mustered out, Tune 
 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 FRALICK. JOHX H. Age, 26 years. En 
 rolled, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as first lieutenant, Co. 
 B, to date, May i, 1861 ; resigned, December 
 3, 1862. 
 
 FRANCE, S. SPENCER. Age, 30 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Poland, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. C, Tune 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, October 14, 1862, at 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 FRANKLIN, HENRY. Age, 35 years. En 
 listed, June 20, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. E, Tune 23, 1861; wounded at Fair Oaks. 
 Va. ; discharged for disability, March 20, 
 1863: since die^V 
 
 FRAZTER, PETER N. Age, 21 years. En- 
 listed, June 25. 1861, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. C, same date; trans 
 ferred to Co. F, September i, 1861; ser 
 geant, same date; wounded, September 17, 
 1862, at Antietam, Md. ; mustered out, June 
 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 FRETDENTHALL, HENRY. Age, 26 years. 
 Enlisted, June 15, 1861, at Albany, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. I, same date; 
 wounded, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 
 Md. ; discharged, June i, 1863, at Albany, 
 X. Y. Since died at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 FREXCH, THEODORE. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1. at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years: mustered in. Co. H, June 15, 1861 ; 
 discharged for. disability, October 12, 1862, 
 at Washington, D. C. Since died. 
 
 FULLER, ERWIN G. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, June 1 8, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. G, same date; cor 
 poral, January i, 1862; died of disease, No 
 vember 22, 1862; Fuller is buried in the Na 
 tional Cemetery, at Fredericksburg, Va. ; No. 
 of his grave is 2,798; name on grave is Edwin. 
 
 FUSCHEA, JOHX. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 June n, 1 86 1, at Champlain, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861 ; 
 discharged, on writ of habeas corpus, date not 
 stated. 
 
 FYE, GEORGE. Age, 43 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 1861 ; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 FYNN, MARTIN. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; wounded, 
 May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. ; discharged 
 for disability, February 25, 1863. 
 
 FYXX, PATRICK J. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, October 18, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. K, same date; mustered out, June 30, 
 1863, at Albany, N. Y. ; subsequent service 
 in Co. B, Sixteenth Artillery. 
 
 GADBAN, LEWIS. Age, 28 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1861, at Massena to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861 ; killed, 
 September 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. 
 
 GADBAN, PETER W. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 
 1861; transferred to United States Cavalry, 
 November 23, 1862. 
 
 GAGE, ABRAM. Age, 22 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Mohawk, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 GAGE, DAVID. Age, 22 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861 ; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 GALLOP, GEORGE H. Age, 41 years. En 
 listed, November 19, 1861, at Lake Pleasant, 
 to serve unexpired term of two years; mus 
 tered in, Co. B, same date; died, December 
 i, 1862, at Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 GAVIN, THOMAS C. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 
 1861; deserted, June 20, 1861, at Poolsville, 
 Md., as Thomas C. Garvin. 
 
 GENTER, MATTHEW. Age, 36 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, Xovember 21, 1862, 
 at Washington, D. C. 
 
 GETMAN, GEORGE. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, August i, 1861, at Brockett s Bridge, 
 to serve unexpired term of two years; mus 
 tered in, Co. K, same date; mustered out, 
 June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 GIBBS, ALBERT V. Age. 21 years. En 
 listed, June 20, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. E, June 23, 1861: mustered out, June 30, 
 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 GIBSON, JUDSON H. Age, 23 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 
 15,1861; corporal, April 7, 1862; muttered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 GILLES, EDGAR. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861; 
 absent, sick, at muster-out of company, as 
 Edgar H. Giles. Since died. 
 
 GILLIGAN, THOMAS. Age, 30 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1. at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. B, Tune 15, 1861; 
 transferred to Fifth United States Cavalry, 
 October 6, 1861. 
 
ROSTER -OF THE REGIMENT 
 
 129 
 
 GILLMAN, HENRY. Age, 27 years. Enlisted, 
 June 16, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. A, same date; killed, Sep 
 tember 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. 
 
 GLEASON, JOHN. Age, 25 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861; 
 wounded at White Oak Swamp, Va., June 
 30, 1862; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, X. Y. 
 
 GLACKlX, \VILLIAM.-Age, 25 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 
 1861; discharged for disability, March 13, 
 1863, at Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 GOFF, WILLIAM H. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 
 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. ; subsequent service in Co. G, 
 Twenty-second New York Cavalry. 
 
 GOODBODY, JASPER. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 
 1861; deserted, September 21, 1861, at Seneca 
 Mills, Md. 
 
 GOODBREAD, JEROME. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 
 1861; wounded, December 14, 1862, at Fred- 
 ericksburg, Va.; mustered out, June 30, 
 1863, at Albany, N. Y. ; subsequent service in 
 Co. D, Sixteenth New York Artillery. 
 
 GOODRICH, CHARLES H. Age, 23 years. 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at South Poulteney, 
 to serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 
 15, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. Since died in the west. 
 
 GOOKEY, JOSEPH. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861 ; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 GORDON, DANIEL R. Age, 23 years. En 
 listed, May 1 8, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861; 
 
 corporal, date not stated; killed, June 30, 
 
 1862, at White Oak Swamp, Va. 
 GORDON, EDWARD. Age, 18 years. En 
 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve 
 
 two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861; 
 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 
 N. Y. ; subsequent service in Co. H, Second 
 
 Cavalry. 
 GORDON, JAMES W. Age, 25 years. En 
 
 listed, March 3, 1862, at Lenox, to serve 
 
 three years; mustered in, Co. G, same date; 
 
 died, June 22, 1862, of wound received, May 
 
 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. 
 GOREY, WILLIAM. Age, 30 years. En 
 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Middleville, to serve 
 
 two years; mustered in, Co. F. Tune 15, 1861; 
 
 wounded. May 31, 1862, at Fa ir Oaks, Va.; 
 
 discharged for disability, March 24, 1863, at 
 
 Falmouth, Va. 
 GORMAN. MARTIN. Age, 43 years. En 
 
 listed, May 1 8, 1861. at West Troy, to serve 
 
 two years; mustered in, Co. A, June 15, 1861; 
 
 wounded, September 17, 1862 at Antietam. 
 
 Md. ; sergeant, December i, 1862; mustered 
 
 out. June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. Since 
 
 GORMAN. RICHARD L. Age, 26 years. En 
 listed, April 27. 1861, at St. Paul, Minne 
 sota. to serve three years; mustered in, ns 
 private. First Minnesota; as first lieutenant, 
 Co. C. this regiment, January i, 1862; as cap 
 tain. Co. A, June 24," 1862;" resigned, March 
 2. 1863. 
 
 GOUGH. ELT. Age, 31 years. Enlisted. May 
 14, 1861. at Albany, to serve two years; mus 
 
 tered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861; discharged, 
 January i, 1863, at Convalescent Camp, near 
 Alexandria, Va., for wounds received Sep 
 tember 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. 
 
 GRACEY, JR., ROBERT. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861; 
 wounded in scouting expedition opposite 
 Seneca Mills, September 16, 1861; discharged 
 in consequence, October 10, 1862, at Harper s 
 Ferry, Va. Since died. 
 
 GRAHAM, WILLIAM. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861; 
 transferred to Fifth United States Cavalry, 
 October 13, 1861. 
 
 GRAVES, WILLlAM.-Age, 23 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in Co. D, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 
 GRAVES, NATHAN. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861; 
 corporal, December 2, 1861 ; reduced, date 
 not stated; corporal, April 20, 1862; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. Since 
 died. 
 
 GRAY, AARON. Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1 86 1, at WTieeler, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 1861; deserted, 
 January 22, 1862, at Poolsville, Md. 
 
 GRAY, JAMES A. Age, 31 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as musician, Co. I, 
 June 15, 1861; discharged, July 20, 1861, at 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 GREEK, EZRA. Age, 28 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1861, at Canisteo, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 1861; died, Sep 
 tember 24, 1862, at Hoffman s Hospital, of 
 wounds received September 17, 1862, at An 
 tietam, Md. 
 
 GREEN, CHARLES. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, 
 May 1 8, 1861, at Addison, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861 ; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y.; since 
 died. 
 
 GREEN, CHARLES J. Age, 26 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861; 
 wounded, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 
 Md. ; discharged for disability, January 29, 
 1863, at Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 GREEN, DANIEL M. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May 18, 1861, at Addison, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861; 
 transferred, February 8, 1862, to Gunboat 
 Flotilla, Department of the West; subsequent 
 service in Co. G, Second New York Veteran 
 Cavalry. 
 
 GREEN, JACOB. Age. 37 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. B. June 15, 1861; 
 wounded. September 17, 1862, at Antietam. 
 Md. ; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 
 GREENE, JAMES N. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Fairfield, to serve 
 two years; mustered in. Co. K, June 15. 
 1861 f mustered out, June 30. 1863, at Albany. 
 N. Y. 
 
 GREEN. JOHN. Age, 22 years. Enlisted, May 
 22, 1 86 1, at Champlain, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861; wounded, 
 September 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. ; dis 
 charged for disability, March 10, 1863, at 
 Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
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 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 GREENLY, HIRAM B. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged, January i, 1863, for wounds re 
 ceived, June 30, 1862, at Glendale, Ya. 
 
 (GREGORY, PH1LO. Age, 28 years. En 
 listed, June 21, 1861, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. G, same date; trans 
 ferred to Co. H, April i, 1862; discharged 
 for disability, June 4, 1862, at Philadelphia, 
 Pa. 
 
 -GRIFFIN, JACOB J. Age, 39 years. En- 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 
 1861; mustered out, June 30. 1863, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. 
 
 GROSS, ORSEMUS.- Age, 26 years. En 
 listed, June 20, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. E, June 23, 1861; transferred to cavalry, 
 October 8, 1861. 
 
 GUILD, WIXFIELD SCOTT. Age, 20 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to 
 .serve two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 
 15, 1861; corporal, January i, 1862; reduced, 
 May 13, 1862; wounded, May 31, 1862, at 
 Fair Oaks, Va. ; discharged, December 19, 
 
 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 tGUILE, CORNELIUS. Age, 29 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 X. Y. ; wounded, December 13, 1862, at 
 Fredericksburg, Ya. ; since died. 
 
 GUINXIP, THOMAS H. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May 18, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 
 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. ; since died. 
 
 GUYER, JACOB. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; wounded 
 at Fair Oaks, Va. ; mustered out, June 30, 
 
 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 GUYON, PETER. Age, 38 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 N. Y.; since died. 
 
 GUY, JOHN H. Age, 22 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Fairfield, to serve two years; 
 mustered in as musician, Co. C, June 15, 
 1861; discharged for disability, June 29, 
 1 86 1, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 HABBERSON, CHARLES. Age, 19 years. 
 Enlisted, October 19, 1861, at Little Falls, 
 to serve unexpired term of two years; mus 
 tered in, Co. K, October 21, 1861; corporal, 
 March i, 1863; mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 at Albany, N. Y. ; subsequent service as first 
 sergeant, Co. C, Fourteenth Artillery. 
 
 HAGGERTY, HARYEY P. Age, 26 years. 
 Enlisted, November 7, 1861, at Herkimer, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. G, same date; mustered out, June 30, 
 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 HAIGHT, LEWIS. Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 
 June 19, 1861, at Albany, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. G, same date; discharged, 
 August 1 8, 1862, for wounds received May 
 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. 
 
 HAIGHT, THOMAS T. Age, 40 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861 ; 
 mustered out, Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 HAILE, CHARLES. Age, 49 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve two 
 years; mustered in as sergeant, Co. H, June 
 15, 1861; discharged for disability, November 
 27, 1861, at Poolsville, Md. Since died. 
 
 HAMILTON, JAMES. Age, 39 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 N. Y. ; subsequent service in Co. B, Six 
 teenth Artillery. 
 
 HAMMOND, ALONZO. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Richfield Springs, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. F, June 
 15, 1861 ; mustered out. June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 
 HAND, WILLARD. Age, 24 years. Enlisted, 
 June 20, 1861, at Addison, to serve unex 
 pired term of two years; mustered in, Co. E, 
 June 23, 1861; discharged for disability, Sep 
 tember 20, 1862. 
 
 HANNA, ALEXANDER. Age, 30 years. En 
 listed, June 1 6, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. A, same date; 
 wounded, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 
 Md. ; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 
 HARPER, HUGH. Age, 33 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, July 24, 1861, at 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 HARPER, WILLIAM. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 
 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. 
 
 HARRINGTON, JAMES C Age, 21 years. 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, 
 to serve two years; mustered in as corporal, 
 Co. I, June 15, 1861; reduced, date not 
 stated; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, N. Y.; subsequent service in Co. G, 
 Twentv-second Cavalry. 
 
 HARRIS, EDWIN. Age, 39 years. Enlisted, 
 October 21, 1861, at Fairfield, to serve un 
 expired term of two years; mustered in, Co. 
 C, same date; died of disease, August 12, 
 
 1862, at Harrison s Landing, Va. 
 HARRIS, WILLIAM H. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, June 15, 1861, at Albany, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. I, same date; 
 wounded, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 
 Md.; discharged for disability, March 5, 
 
 1863, at Stanton Hospital, Washington, D. C. 
 HARSHULER, FREDERICK. Age, 38 years. 
 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, September 19, 1862, 
 at New York city. 
 
 HART, AMERICUS V. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 HART, JOHN. Age, 33 years. Enlisted, May 
 
 14, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two years; mus 
 tered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861; mustered out, 
 June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 HARTER. DANIEL M. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, December 8, 1861, at Little Falls, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mus 
 tered in, Co. B, same date; discharged for 
 disability, August 16, 1862, at Washington. 
 
 HARTER. TEREMIAH. Age, 39 years. En 
 listed Ma y i, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 
 1 86 1 ; mustered put, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 N. Y. Since died. 
 
 HARTHOUSE, AUGUSTUS. Age, 31 years 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 
 
 15, 1861; wounded, September 17, 1862, at 
 Antietam, Md.: mustered out, Tune 30, 1863. 
 at Albany, N. Y. 
 
ROSTER OF THE R EG I ME XT 
 
 HARTLEY, ROI5ERT H. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, May 1 8, 1861, at West Troy, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. A, June 15, 1861 ; 
 killed, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. 
 
 HASKALL, ELISHA F. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 
 1861; corporal, November 14, 1862; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. Since 
 died. 
 
 1 1. \SKKLL, ORRIX. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Xewport, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged as a minor, June 28, 1861, at Al 
 bany, X. Y. 
 
 HASKIXS, JOHX. Age, 24 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, January 26, 1863, 
 at Washington, D. C. 
 
 HASKIXS, LEROY G. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, May 1 8, 1861, at Addison, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861 ; 
 corporal, date not stated; transferred to Co. 
 G, September 17, 1861, and promoted ser 
 geant; reduced, date not stated; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 HAWLEY, GEORGE A. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May 18, 1861, at Addison, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861; 
 killed, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. 
 
 HAYDEX, FRANK. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 June 16, 1861, at Albany, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. A, same date; wounded, 
 September 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. : mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. ; 
 subsequent service in Sixteenth Cavalry. 
 
 HAYDEX, OSCAR E. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May 17, 1861, at Fairfield, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861 ; 
 wounded, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 
 Md. ; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, X. Y. 
 
 HAYES, DEXXIS. Age, 22 years. Enlisted, 
 September 28, 1861, at Champlain, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. D, October 16, 1861 ; killed, September 
 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. 
 
 HAYES, MICHAEL. Age, 30 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 
 1861; mustered out, May 4, 1863, at Phila 
 delphia, Pa. Since died. 
 
 HAYXER, GEORGE E. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May 18, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 
 1861; deserted, September 19, 1861, at Sen 
 eca Mills, Md. ; since died. 
 
 HAYES, ALOXZO K. Age, 33 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in Co. K, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 X. Y. ; since died, in Michigan. 
 
 HAYES, MARTI X V. B. Age, 22 years 
 Enlisted, May 5, 1861, at Graysville, to serve 
 two years; mustered in. Co. C, June 15, 1861 : 
 transferred to Co. K, October 31, 1861 ; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 HEALEY, JAMES. Age, 22 years. Enlisted, 
 October 7, 1861, at West Troy, to serve un 
 expired term of two years; mustered in, Co. 
 A. same date; deserted, July 8, 1862. 
 
 HEATH, DAVID M. Age, 40 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as musician, Co. F, 
 June 15, 1861; promoted drum-major, June 
 15, 1861 ; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, X. Y. Since died. 
 
 HECOCK, GEORGE. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, June 1 6, 1861, at Albany, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. A, same date; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 
 HEEXAX, TIMOTHY. -Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, July 28, 1861, at West Troy, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. A, August 4, 1861; wounded, September 
 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. ; mustered out, 
 June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. Since died. 
 
 HEIDEL, CHRISTOPHER. Age, 22 years 
 Enlisted, May 7, 1861, at Graysville, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. C, June 
 15, 1861; discharged for disability, March 
 26, 1863, at Philadelphia, Pa., for wounds 
 received September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 
 Md. 
 
 HELMER, AAROX. Age, 32 years. En- 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 
 1861; corporal, date not stated; sergeant, 
 April 3, 1862; killed, September 17, 1862, 
 at Antietam, Md. 
 
 HELMER, SAXFORD. Age, 38 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 X. Y. Since died. 
 
 HELMER, WILLIAM H. Age, 25 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. F, June 
 15, 1861; promoted second lieutenant, to 
 date, June 6, 1861; resigned, December 20, 
 1 86 1. 
 
 HEMMITT, BEXJAMIX A. Age, 18 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 
 15, 1861; wounded, September 17, 1862, at 
 Antietam; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, X. Y. 
 
 HEMMITT, FRAXCIS. Age, 27 years. En 
 listed, August 5, 1 86 1, at Xew York city, 
 to serve three years; mustered in Co. H, 
 same date; transferred to Eighty-second 
 Xew York Volunteer Infantry, June 8, 1863. 
 
 HETTIXGER, CHARLES. Age, 18 years. 
 Enlisted, April 5, 1862, at Lenox, to serve 
 three years; mustered in, Co. H, same date; 
 died of disease, July 6, 1862, at Harrison s 
 Landing, Va. 
 
 HEUSTIS, JOTHAM A. Age, 34 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 
 1861; corporal, Xovember 14, 1862; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 HEWES, CHARLES. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, December i, 1861, at Herkimer, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. F, December 17, 1861; discharged, 
 May 22, 1862, at Annapolis, Md. 
 
 HICKS, JOHX. Age, 29 years. Enlisted, 
 May 1 8, 1861, at West Troy, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. A, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged, June 16, 1861, at Albany, N. Y., 
 as John Hix. 
 
 HICKS, LAWREXCE. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Oneida, to serve two 
 years; mustered in. Co. G, June 15, 1861; 
 killed, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. 
 
 HILL, CLAREXCE E. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H. June 15, i86t, 
 ?econd lieutenant, October 18, 1861; killed, 
 September 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. 
 
 HILL, LUTHER A. Age, 26 years. Enlisted, 
 May 1 8, 1861, at West Troy, to serve two 
 years; mustered in as first sergeant, Co. A, 
 
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 June 15, 1861; promoted sergeant-major, Jan 
 uary i, 1862; killed, May 31, 1862, at Fair 
 Oaks, Va. 
 
 HILL, WILLIAM L. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1861, at Chazy, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861; sergeant, 
 date not stated; wounded, May 31, 1862, at 
 Fair Oaks, Va. ; discharged for disability, 
 October 30, 1862, at Philadelphia, Pa.; since 
 died. 
 
 HILLS, ALONZO. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 May 1 8, 1861, at West Troy, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. A, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June .30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 Since died. 
 
 HOBBY, GEORGE. Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 
 May 10, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861 ; 
 wounded, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. ; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 HOCKRIDGE, SIDNEY. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, June 16, 1861, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. A, same date; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 HOFFMAN, EDWARD. Age, 44 years. En 
 listed, May 18, 1861, at West Troy, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. A, June 15, 1861 ; 
 corporal, date not stated; died, November i, 
 
 1862, at West Troy, N. Y. 
 
 HOFFMAN, EUGENE. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Columbia, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged, June 23, 1861, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 HOFFMAN, LEWIS. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, June 1 6, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. A, same date; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 HOFFMAN, SPENCER. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May 1 8, 1861, at West Troy, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. A, June 15, 1861 ; 
 appointed musician, date not stated; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y.; 
 subsequent service in Seventh Artillery. 
 Since died. 
 
 HOGAN, JOHN. Age, 35 years. Enlisted, 
 May 15, 1 86 1, at Salisbury, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861 ; 
 discharged for disability, August 15, 1862, at 
 Harrison s Landing, Va. 
 
 HOLMES, DENNIS. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 August i, 1 86 1, at Hammondsport, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. I, same date; mustered out, June 30, 
 
 1863, at Albany, N. Y. ; subsequent service in 
 Co. B, Fourteenth Artillery. 
 
 HOLSCHER, FRANK A. Age, 23 years. En 
 listed, May 1 8, 1861, at Addison, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 N. Y. ; since died. 
 
 HOPCRAFT, THOMAS. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, March 29, 1862, at Lenox, to serve 
 three years; mustered in. Co. H, same date; 
 transferred, June 8, 1863, to Eighty-second 
 New York Volunteer Infantry. 
 
 HORAN, PATRICK. Age, 24 years. En 
 listed, June 16, 1861, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. A, same date; pro 
 moted sergeant, December i, 1862; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. Since 
 died. 
 
 HOVEY, CHARLES W. Age, 23 years. En 
 listed, December 13, 1861, at Poolsville, Md., 
 to serve unexpired term of two years; mus 
 tered in, Co. I, same date; corporal, January 
 i, 1862; wounded, September 17, 1862, at 
 Antietam, Md. ; mustered out, June 30. 1863, 
 at AlHanv. N. Y. ; subsequent service in Sec 
 ond Cavalry. 
 
 HORY, HENRY. Age, 25 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, March 13, 1863. 
 
 HOUGH, JOSEPH H. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 
 1861; corporal and reduced, dates not stated; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 HOUSE, ALBERT W. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May 18, 1861, at West Troy, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. A, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 Since died. 
 
 HOuSE, SQUIRE. Age, 22 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. Since 
 died. 
 
 HARENDEN, ADAM. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Ticonderoga, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 
 1861; wounded, September 17, 1862, at An 
 tietam, Md. ; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. Since died. 
 
 HOVEY, EDWARD C. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 
 1861; appointed musician, date not stated; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 HOWARD, AMOS S. Age, 33 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, March 18, 1862. 
 
 HOWARD, WILLIAM. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 
 1861; died of disease, October 9, 1862. 
 
 HOWE, ISAAC G. Age, 23 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Salisbury, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; corporal, 
 March i, 1863; mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 HOWE, JESSE W. Age, 24 years. Enlisted, 
 May 10, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, August 14, 1861, at 
 Seneca Mills, Md. 
 
 ROWLAND, GEORGE H. Age, 38 years. 
 Enlisted, November 19, 1861, at Lake Pleas 
 ant, to serve unexpired term of two years; 
 mustered in, Co. B, same date; discharged 
 for disability, March 19, 1862, at Douglas 
 Hospital, Washington, D. C. 
 
 HUBBELL, HENRY. Age, 23 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861 ; 
 killed, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. 
 
 HUDSON, SAMUEL. Age, 37 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Rouse s Point, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 
 15, 1861; corporal, date not stated; sergeant, 
 February 7, 1863; wounded at Antietam, 
 Md.; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 N. Y. 
 
 HUGHES, JAMES. Age, 23 years. Enlisted, 
 June 9, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, August 6, 1861, at 
 Seneca Mills, Md. 
 
 KURD, HENRY H. Age, 20 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Crown Point, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861; 
 promoted corporal and sergeant, dates not 
 stated; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. 
 
 HURLEY, JOHN W. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 
 
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 133 
 
 1861; corporal and reduced, dates not stated; 
 killed, December 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg, 
 Va. 
 
 HURLY, TAMES PETER. Age, 24 years. 
 Enlisted, "May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. B.June 15, 1861; 
 appointed musician, July 24, 1861 ; wounded, 
 May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va.; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 HURTERSON, WILLIAM. Age, 29 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Little tails, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 
 15, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, X. Y.; subsequent service in Co. G, 
 Second Artillery. 
 
 HUTCHIXS, SAMUEL. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, April 2, 1862, at Lenox, to serve three 
 vears; mustered in, Co. H, same date; 
 Wounded, June 30, 1862, at White Oak 
 Swamp, Va. ; discharged for disability, No 
 vember 14, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 HUTTOX, HENRY T. -Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Pulteney, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 1861; 
 wounded, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 
 Md.; discharged, Xovember 6, 1862. 
 
 HUXFORD, CHARLES. Age, 35 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 
 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 
 HUYCK, ORRIX D. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, May 10, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 
 1861; discharged for disability, May 4, 1862, 
 at Fort Monroe. Vt. 
 
 HYDE, MIAL. Age, 20 years. Enlisted, 
 December 9, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve un- 
 cxpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. F, December 17, 1861; deserted, July 21, 
 1862, at Harrison s Landing, Va. Since died. 
 
 IXGLESTOX, WILLIAM S. Age, 21 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 
 15, 1861; mxistered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, X. Y.; since died. 
 
 TACKMAN, DAVID. Age, 18 years. En- 
 
 " "listed, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861 ; 
 discharged for disability, October 4, 1862, at 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 JACKMAX. TIMOTHY. Age, 27 years En 
 listed February 24, 1862, at Camp McClel 
 land, Md., to serve three years; mustered in, 
 Co. H, February 24, 1862; corporal, no date; 
 died of disease, December 30, 1862, at Fal- 
 mouth, Va. 
 
 1 ACOBUS. HEXRY.-Age, 27 years. En- 
 
 " listed, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 
 15, 1861; corporal, January i, 1862; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 Since died at Keuka, X Y. 
 
 JACOBUS, JESSE. Age, 24 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. I.June 15, 1861; 
 wounded. May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. ; 
 died of wounds, June 4, 1862, at Fair Oaks, 
 
 JAQUAYS, EDWARD G. Age, 24 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 
 1861; deserted, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, 
 
 JOHXSOX, DANIEL C. Age, 26 years. En 
 listed, July 28, 1861, at West Troy, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. A, August 4, 1861; captured, July i, 
 1862; paroled, August 7, 1862; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 JOHXSON, DANIEL R. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, June 20, 1 86 1, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E.June 23, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, September i, 1862. 
 
 JOHXSOX, JAM ES. Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 
 July i, 1861, at Albany, to serve unexpired 
 term of two years; mustered in, Co. K, same 
 date; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 
 TOHXSOX, JOHN P. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 
 1861; transferred to Western Gunboat Flo 
 tilla, February 17, 1862. Since died. 
 
 JOHXSOX, JOHN. Age, 24 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Little Falls, to serve two 
 years; mustered in as corporal, Co. K, June 
 15, 1861; sergeant, June i, 1862; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 TOHXSOX, JOY E. Age, 23 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve two 
 years; mustered in as first sergeant, Co. G, 
 June 15, 1861; as first lieutenant, December 
 2, 1861; as captain, March 20, 1862; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. \. 
 Since died. See biography. 
 
 TOHXSOX, LESTER M. Age, 24 years. Ln- 
 listed, May 18, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E.June 15, 1861; 
 died of disease, September 12, 1861, at 
 Seneca Mills, Md. 
 
 TOHXSOX, NATHAN. Age, 25 years. Ln- 
 listed, July i, 1861, at Albany, to serve un 
 expired term of two years; mustered in, Co 
 K same date; transferred to Fifth United 
 States Cavalry, October 9, 1861. 
 
 JOHXSON, WILLIAM. Age, 24 years. En 
 listed, July i, 1861, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. K, same date; de 
 serted, October 19, 1861, at Seneca Mills, 
 
 TOIXY, PETER. Age, 25 years. Enlisted, 
 October 24, 1861, at Champlain, to serve un- 
 exnired term of two years; mustered in, Co. 
 D October 24, 1861? killed, September 17, 
 1862, at Antietam, Md. 
 
 TONES, CHARLES H. Age 18 years. En 
 
 listed June 15, 1861, * Albany, to *?. 
 
 two years; mustered in, Co. F, same date, 
 
 deserted, July 19, 1862, at Harrison s Land- 
 
 KEEXAX, HEXRY F. Age, 25 years. En- 
 listed, October 19, 1861, at Albany, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co K, same date; mustered out, June 30, 
 
 KELLEY A \XTHdXY Y -Age, 19 years. En- 
 
 K ?4ed, May 18, i86i,.at West Troy, to serve 
 
 two years; mustered in, Co. A, June I D , 1861 , 
 
 corporal. December i 1862; *** 
 
 June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. \. 
 
 KFLLFY THOMAS. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May iS, 1861 at West Troy, to serve 
 two vears; mustered in, Co. A, June i 3 , 
 1 86 1 -corporal, January i, 1862; ; mustered 
 out. June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. \. Since 
 died." 
 
 paroled, August, 1862; promoted sergeant, 
 Tune i 5, 186.1; mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 "at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 KELLOGG, HENRY N. Age, 3Q years. 
 listed, August 5. 1861, at Xew \ork city . tc 
 serve three years; mustered in. Co. H, sa 
 date; corporal, date not stated; detached to 
 
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 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 Fifth United States Cavalry prior to Febru 
 ary 28, 1862; no further record. 
 
 KELLOGG, HERBERT. Age, 17 years. En 
 listed, August i, 1 86 1, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. I, same date; killed, May 31, 1862, at 
 Fair Oaks, Va. 
 
 KELLY, JOHN. Age, 25 years. Enlisted, 
 October 2, 1861, at Champlain, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. D, October 16, 1861; 
 deserted, February i, 1862, at Poolsville, Md. 
 
 KEXEDY, MATHEW. Age, 25 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. B, Tune 15, 
 1861; corporal, January i, 1862; died, June 
 1 6, 1862, of wounds received May 31, 1862, 
 at Fair Oaks, Ya. 
 
 KENNING, THOMAS. Age, 29 years. En 
 listed, June 14, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in Co. F, June 15, 1861 ; 
 accidentally wounded at Harrison s Landing, 
 Va. ; discharged by reason of such wounds, 
 December 31. 1862, at Alexandria, Va. 
 
 KERKXER, JOHN H. Age, 24 years. Enlisted, 
 May 14, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. C, Tune 15, 1861; deserted, 
 March 16, 1862, at Harper s Ferry, Va. 
 
 KERSHAW, JOSEPH W. Age, 20 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861. at Litchfield, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. F.June 15, 1861; 
 discharged, August 6, 1861, for wounds acci 
 dentally received at Seneca Mills, Md. 
 
 KTBBIE, EUGENE. Age, 18 years. Enlisted,, 
 May i, 1861, at Stratford, to serve two years; 
 mustered in as musician, Co. K, June 15, 
 1861; missing, June 30, 1862, in action at 
 White Oak Swamp; no further record. 
 
 KIMBALL, LEVERX L. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May 18, 1861, at Osceola, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861 ; 
 discharged for disability, February n, 1862; 
 since died. 
 
 KIMBALL, SAMUEL J. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed May 18, 1861, at Addison, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861; 
 captured, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 
 Md. ; returned to company, January 14, 
 1863; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 X T . Y. ; subsequent service in Second Xew 
 York Veteran Cavalry. 
 
 KIMM, JUSTICE. Age, 22 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Cedarville, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861, 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 
 Kl NG, DARWIN E. Age, 29 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Crown Point, to serve two 
 years; mustered in as first sergeant, Co. H, 
 June 15, 1861 ; reduced to sergeant, date not 
 stated; discharged for disability, June 25, 
 1861, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 KIXG, EDWARD. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 June 11, 1861, at Champlain, to serve two 
 years; mustered in Co. D, Tune 15, 1861; died 
 of disease, date not stated, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 KIXG, JOHX. Age, 27 years. Enlisted, May 
 i, 1 86 1, at Crown Point, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861; corporal 
 and reduced, no dates; mustered out, June 
 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 KIXG, WILLIAM H. Age, 26 years. En 
 rolled, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve two years; mustered in as captain, Co. 
 I, June 15, 1861; resigned, January i, 1863, 
 at Falmouth, Va. ; twice wounded at Fair 
 Oaks. Va., Mav 31, 1862. Died i" Texas. 
 
 KIRBY, EDWIN. Age, 26 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861; 
 wounded. May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. ; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863. 
 
 KIRK, JOHX. Age, 27 years. Enlisted, May 
 1 8, 1 86 1, at West Troy, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. A, June 15, 1861; sergeant- 
 major, June 1 8, 1861"; first fieutenant, Co. H, 
 December n, 1861; captured, September 17, 
 
 1862, at Antietam, Md. ; exchanged about 
 Xovember 8, 1862; mustered in as adjutant, 
 to date May 7, 1863; mustered out, June 30, 
 
 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 KIRK, ROBERT. Age, 24 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Mohawk, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. G, Tune 15, 1861; killed, 
 May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. 
 
 KIRK, WILLIAM. Age, 30 years. Enlisted, 
 June 1 6. 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. A, same date; sergeant, 
 January i, 1862; sergeant-major, June i, 
 1862; second lieutenant, Co. H, to date March 
 16, 1863; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 
 KXIGHT, JOSEPH H. Age, 30 years. En 
 listed, September i, 1861, at Seneca Mills, 
 Md., to serve unexpired term of two years; 
 mustered in as hospital steward, same date; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X T . Y. 
 
 KXIGHT, MORRIS. Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 
 June 1 6, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. C, June 16, 1861; dis 
 charged for disability, May 22, 1862, near 
 Georgetown, D. C. 
 
 KXIGHT, SMITH. Age, 28 years. Enlisted, 
 July 28, 1 86 1, at West Troy, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. A, August 4, 1861; 
 captured, July i, 1862; paroled, August 7, 
 1862; no further record. Since died. 
 
 LACKEY, BEXJAMIX B. Age, 25 years. 
 Enlisted, May 18, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861; 
 killed, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. 
 
 LADEW, WARREX C Age, 17 years. En 
 listed, December 3, 1861, at Little Falls, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. B, same 
 date; killed, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 
 Md. 
 
 LA DEW, WILLIAM. Age, 33 years. En 
 rolled, May 30, 1861, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in as colonel, June 15, 1861; 
 resigned, March 20, 1862; since died. See 
 biography. 
 
 LAFLIX, BYROX. Age, 32 years. Enrolled, 
 May 30, 1861. at Albany, as captain, Co. F, 
 to serve two years; mustered in as major, 
 June 15, 1861; as lieutenant-colonel, March 
 20, 1862; as colonel, January 22, 1863; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. ; 
 since died. Brevetted brigadier-general. See 
 biography. 
 
 LALLY, MICHAEL. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 January 7, 1862, at Xew York city, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in as 
 musician, Co. C, same date; reduced, date 
 not stated; corporal, January 24, 1863; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 LAMB, CLIXTOX. Age, 26 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Salisbury, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. K, Tune 15, 1861; 
 killed, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. 
 
 LAMBERT, DAVID. Age, 25 years. En 
 listed, March 5, 1862, at Lenox, to serve 
 three years; mustered in, Co. G, same date; 
 deserted, December 13, 1862, at Fredericks- 
 burg, Va. 
 
 LAMOUXTAIX, JOHX. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, June 1 8, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. G, .same date; 
 wounded, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 
 Md. ; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, X . Y. 
 
ROSTKR OF TI1K REGIMENT 
 
 135 
 
 LAMPIIERE. WARREN L. Age, 22 years. 
 Enlisted. May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861 : 
 mustered out, Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 LAM PI I ERE, WILLIAM. Age, 20 years. 
 Enlisted, October 18, 1861, at Salisbury, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. K, October 
 21, 1861; died of disease, May 6, 1862, at 
 Shipping Point, Va. 
 
 LANDERS, DANIEL. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May 1 8, 1861, at West Troy, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. A, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 Since died. 
 
 LAXG, MICHAEL. Age, 37 years. Enlisted, 
 October 7, 1861, at West Troy, to serve un 
 expired term of two years; mustered in, Co. 
 A, same date; mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 at Albany, X. Y. Since died. 
 
 LAXGWELL, WILLIAM. Age, 33 years. 
 Enlisted, May 18, 1861, at West Troy, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. A, June 
 15, 1861; discharged for disability, August 
 8, 1862, at Fort Wood, X. Y. 
 
 LAXSING, ABRAM E. Age, 34 years. En 
 listed, May 1 8, 1861, at West Troy, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. A, June 15, 
 1861; sergeant, January i, 1862; reduced, 
 date not stated; promoted sergeant, Decem 
 ber i, 1862; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, X. Y. 
 
 LARROWE, ASA S. Age, 25 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1 86 1, at Xorth Urbana, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 1861; 
 corporal, April 9, 1863; mustered out, June 
 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 LARROWE. EUGENE B. Age, 25 years. 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve two years; rqustered in, Co. I, June 15, 
 1861; sergeant, October 10, 1861; as second 
 lieutenant, Co. K, July ist, 1862; as first 
 lieutenant, December 13, 1862; as captain, 
 Co. I, March 17, 1863; mustered out, June 
 o, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 SURE, CHARLES. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve two 
 years; mustered in as sergeant, Co. K, June 
 15, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, X. Y.; subsequent service in Co. C, 
 Eighteenth Cavalry. 
 
 LAUGHLIX, BARXEY. Age, 27 years. En 
 listed, June 19. 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. G, same date; killed, 
 May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. 
 
 LAWSOX, TOHX. Age, 28 years. Enlisted, 
 October 2," 1861, at Champlain, to serve un 
 expired term of two years; mustered in, Co. 
 D, October 16, 1861; transferred to the 
 
 LASTJ 
 
 Xavy, February 17, 1862; since died. 
 LAWTOX, DAVID L. Age, 33 years 
 
 En 
 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 
 1861; as second lieutenant, July 12, 1861; as 
 first lieutenant, October 15, 1861; resigned, 
 December n, 1861; also borne as David A. 
 Lawton. 
 
 LAWTOX, LEWIS. Age, 25 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Graysville, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861; 
 corporal, Xovember i, 1861 ; sergeant, Jan 
 uary 24, 1863; mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 LAJOIE, WILLTAM.--Age, 23 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1 86 1, at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as musician, Co. D, 
 June 15, 1861; discharged for disability, 
 October 25, 1862, at Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 LEDDECK, GEORGE.- Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 
 
 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 X. Y. 
 
 LEMLY, JOHN . Age, 22 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, February 20, 1862, 
 at Poolsville, Md. 
 
 LE MUXYAX, DANIEL M.- Age, 21 years. 
 Enlisted, May 18, 1861, at Tuscarpra, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 
 15, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, X. Y. ; subsequent service in Co. G, 
 Second Cavalry; since died. 
 
 LEMUXYAX, EDWIX M. Age, 20 years. 
 Enlisted, May 18, 1861, at Tuscarora, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as first sergeant, Co. 
 E, June 15, 1861; discharged for disability, 
 August 31, 1 86 1. 
 
 LA PAGE. CHARLES. Age, 4 3 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to s^ve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. I), June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 X. Y. ; since died. 
 
 LE PAGE, LEWIS. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 Xovember 4, 1861, at Champlain, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. D, same date; wounded, June 30, 1862, 
 at White Oak Swamp, Va. ; mustered out, 
 Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 LEPPER, ANDREW. Age, 19 years. Enlist 
 ed, M ay i, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve two 
 years; musteied in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; 
 appointed musician, date not stated; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y 
 
 LEWIS, AX DREW. Age, 28 years. Enlisted, 
 May 1 8, 1861, at Addison, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861; died of 
 disease, September 9, 1862, at Xew York 
 
 LEWIS, FRAXCIS. Age, 44 years. Enlisted, 
 April i. 1862, at Lenox, to serve three years; 
 mustered in, Co. G, same date; discharged for 
 disability, August 8, 1862. Since died. 
 
 LEWIS, ISAAC H.- Age, 23 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1 86 1, at Champlain, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861; 
 corporal and reduced, dates not stated; cap 
 tured, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. : 
 paroled, date not stated; deserted, May i, 
 1863, at Annapolis, Md. 
 
 LEWIS, MARK A. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, 
 May 7, 1861, at Fairfield, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861 ; dis 
 charged for disability, October 14, 1862, at 
 Warrenton, Va. 
 
 LEWIS, SOLOMAX. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May 18, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 
 1861; discharged for disability, February 21, 
 1863, at Falmouth, Va. ; since died. 
 
 LEWIS, WILLIAM. Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 
 August i, 1 86 1, at Brockett s Bridge, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. K, August 4, 1861; killed, September 17, 
 1862, at Antietam, Md. 
 
 LEWIS, WILLIAM H. Age, 23 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 
 1861; discharged, March 27, 1863, at Albany, 
 N. Y., for wounds received September 17, 
 1862, at Antietam, Md. 
 
 LEWIS, WILLIAM J. Age, 25 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Paine s Hollow, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 
 1861; wounded. May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, 
 Va. ; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 X. Y. Re-enlisted, and died in Anderson- 
 ville prison. 
 
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 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 LIFE, OLIVER W. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1861, at Batli, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 1861; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 LITTLE, MARSHAL. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, June 16, 1861, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. C, same date; pro 
 moted corporal, May 10, 1862; wounded, Sep 
 tember 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. ; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 LLOYD, WILLIAM. Age, 29 years. En 
 listed, May 14, 1861, at South Trenton, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. C, June 
 
 15, 1861; transferred to Co. H, March 3, 
 1862; promoted sergeant, April i, 1863; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 LOAN, JOHN. Age, 26 years. Enlisted, June 
 
 1 6, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two years; mus 
 tered in, Co. A, same date; mustered out, 
 June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. Since died. 
 
 LOCK, WILLIAM H. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, June 2, 1861, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 LOOMIS, JOHN. Age, 20 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Little Falls, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 1861; 
 killed, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. 
 
 LOOMIS, MERRITT B. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861; 
 wounded, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. ; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 X. Y. ; subsequent service in Co. H, Second 
 Cavalry; since died. 
 
 LORMAN, EDGAR. Age, 36 years. En 
 listed, May 1 8, 1861, at \Vest Troy, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. A, June 15, 
 1861; discharged for disability, March 25, 
 1863, at Philadelphia, Pa. Since died. 
 
 LORMAN, HENRY. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, May 1 8, 1861, at West Troy, to serve 
 two years; mustered in Co. A, June 15, 1861 ; 
 wounded, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 
 Md. ; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al- 
 banv, N. Y. Since died. 
 
 LOTTLE, JOHN. Age, 38 years. Enlisted, 
 June 1 6, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. A, same date; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. Since 
 
 LOUCKS, BENJAMIN J. Age, 24 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to 
 serve two years; mustered in as sergeant, Co. 
 K, June 15, 1861 ; reduced, March 25, 1862; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 LOURAN, JAMES. Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 
 June 1 8, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. C, same date; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 LOWE, THOMAS. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 1861 ; 
 transferred to United States Cavalry, Octo 
 ber 13, 1 86 1. 
 
 LOYI), SIMON. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Fenton, to serve two years; 
 mustered in as corporal, Co. C, June 15. 
 1861; sergeant. May 9, 1862; wounded, May 
 31, 1862. at Fair Oaks, Va. ; mustered out, 
 June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 LOYD, WILLIAM. Age, 29 years. Enlisted. 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Crown Point, to serve two 
 years; mustered in. Co. H, June 15, 1861; 
 transferred to Co. G, April 10, 1863; no fur 
 ther record. 
 
 LUCKEY. MARTIN. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, June 1 6, 1861, at Albany, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. A, same date; 
 
 corporal, June 8, 1862; reduced, date not 
 stated; promoted corporal, December i, 1862; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 Since died. 
 
 LYOX, HENRY C. Age, 24 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1861, at South Pulteney, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as first sergeant, Co. 
 I, June 15, 1861 ; died, October 5, 1862, of 
 wounds received September 17, 1862, at An 
 tietam, Md. 
 
 LYOX, JOHX. Age, 26 years. Enlisted, May 
 1 8, 1 86 1, at Addison, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. E, Jtine 15, 1861; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 MACK, CLARK E. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 May 1 8, 1861, at Tuscarora, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861; 
 died of disease, September 8, 1862, at Xew 
 York city. 
 
 MACK, WARREX J. Age, 38 years. En 
 rolled, May i, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as first lieutenant, 
 Co. G, June 15, 1861; resigned, December 2, 
 1861. Since died. 
 
 MADDOCK, EDWARD. Age, 30 years. En 
 listed, October 7, 1861, at West Troy, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. A, October 7, 1861; captured, July i, 
 1862; paroled, August 7, 1862; mustered out, 
 Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, X 1 . Y. Since died. 
 
 MANGAN. DAXIEL. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Middleville, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, i86n 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 MAXLEY, LUTHER B. Age, 27 years. En 
 listed, May 18, 1861, at Tuscarora, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 
 1861; died of disease, July 3, 1862, at Har 
 rison s Landing, Va. 
 
 MAXLY, BRADFORD S. Age, 31 years. En 
 rolled, August 5, 1862, at Falmouth, Va., to 
 serve two years; mustered in as assistant 
 surgeon, same date: as surgeon, May 12, 
 1863; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 
 MANNING, OWEX. Age, 23 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Paine s Hollow, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. F, June 
 15, 1861; wounded, May 31, 1862, at Fair 
 Oaks, Va. ; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 
 MANNING, RICHARD. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Poland, to serve two 
 years; mustered in as corporal, Co. C, June 
 !=;. 1861: mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 
 M \XXIXG, WILLIAM. Age, 24 years. En 
 listed, May 10, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as corporal, Co. G, 
 Tune 15, 1861; sergeant, January 22, 1863^: 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X*. \. 
 Since died. 
 
 MAXSFIELD, JOHN. Age, 35 years. En 
 listed, May i," 1 86 1, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 1861 ; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 N. Y. ; subsequent service in Co. D, Six 
 teenth Artillery. 
 
 MARSHALL, SYRALL. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May 18, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, April 18, 1863: 
 subsequent service in Co. B, Fourteenth Ar 
 tillery. 
 
 MARTIX, HEXRY. Age, 35 years. Enlisted. 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. G, June 15, i86lj missing 
 in action, Tulv i. 1862; no further record. 
 
ROSTER OF THE REGIMENT 
 
 37 
 
 MARTIN, JOHN. Age, 28 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Newport, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861; deserted, 
 October 23, 1861, at Poolsville, Md. 
 
 MATHEWS, MANLEY T. Age, 21 years. 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, 
 to serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 
 15, 1861; promoted sergeant, October 5, 
 1862; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. Since died in Arkansaw. 
 
 MATTHEWS, LEMUEL C Age, 19 years. 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to 
 serve two years; mustered in as sergeant, 
 Co. D, June 15, 1861 ; discharged for dis 
 ability, February 7, 1863, at Convalescent 
 Camp, Va. 
 
 MATTISON, WILLIAM. Age, 37 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co.H, June 15, 1861 ; 
 sent to hospital, November 4, 1862; no fur 
 ther record. 
 
 MAXFIELD, DANIEL E. Age, 19 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 18.61, at Portville, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 
 1861; discharged, June 28, 1861, at Albany, 
 
 MAXWELL, JAMES. Age, years. En 
 listed, March 3, 1862, at Lenox, to serve 
 three years; mustered in, Co. G, same date; 
 missing in action, July i, 1862, at Malvern 
 Hill, Va.; wounded and discharged for such 
 wounds . 
 
 MAY, JOHN B. Age, 22 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Middleville, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 MAYO, THOMAS. Age, 22 years. Enlisted, 
 June 20, 1861, at Addison, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. E, June 23, 1861; 
 corporal, January i, 1863; mustered out, 
 June 30, 1863. at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 MCALLISTER, JULIUS S. Age, 19 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 
 15, 1861; discharged for disability, April 20, 
 
 1862, at Washington. D. C. 
 
 McCABE, LEWELLYN. Age, 23 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1 86 1, at Wayne, to serve two 
 years; mustered in as corporal, Co. I, June 
 15, 1861; died of disease, May 17, 1862, in 
 hospital at Alexandria, Va 
 
 McCAFFRY, JAMES. Age, 32 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 
 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. 
 
 McCARRICK, JAMES R. Age, 18 years. 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 
 15, 1861; discharged for disability, April 26, 
 
 1863, at Falmouth, Va. 
 
 McCASHTN, HUGH. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed. June 18, 1861, at Albany, to serve 
 two years; mustered in. Co. G. same date; 
 
 Ar m VTv d T u S T V e l863> at Alban y. N- Y. 
 
 McCOLLUM, JACOB. Age. 27 years. En 
 listed, June 20, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in. Co. E, June 23, 1861; 
 transferred to United States Cavalry, Octo 
 ber 8, 1861; subsequent service in Co. G, 
 Second New York Veteran Cavalrv. 
 
 McCORMICK, JAMES. Aee, 23 vears. En 
 listed, May 18, 1861, at West troy, to serve 
 wo years: mustered in. Co. A, June 15, 1861- 
 
 M ?CORMT r CK: JAMES nC H.- e Age, 18 vears 
 Enlisted. May i, 1861, at Crown Point tr 
 serve two years; mustered in as corporal, Co 
 
 H, June 15, 1861; first sergeant, August i, 
 1862; as second lieutenant, September 29, 
 1862; as first lieutenant, Co. K, to date, 
 March 16, 1863; mustered out, June 30, 
 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 MCDONALD, WILLIAM. Age, 27 years. En. 
 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to servt 
 two years; mustered in as musician, Co. H, 
 June 15, 1861; reduced, no date; mustered 
 out, Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 MCDONALD, DUNCAN. Age, 25 years. 
 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 
 1861; discharged for disability, October 25, 
 1861, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 MCDONALD, MICHAEL. Age, is years. 
 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, 
 to serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 
 15, 1861; wounded, September 17, 1862, at 
 Antietam, Md. ; discharged for disability, 
 January 19, 1863, at Philadelphia, Pa.; sub 
 sequent service in Co. B, Fourteenth Artil 
 lery. 
 
 McDONALD, ROBERT. Age, 43 years. En 
 listed, September 30, 1861, at Champlain, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. D, same date; corporal and sergeant, 
 dates not stated; reduced to the ranks, June 
 15, 1863; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. ; died since the war. 
 
 McDOUGAL, JOHN. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, October 16, 1861, at Stratford, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. K, same date; mustered out, June 30, 
 1863, at Albany, N. Y. ; subsequent service 
 in Co. C, Sixteenth Artillery. 
 
 McFEE, ALBERT. Age, 20 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 McGAUVIX, JAMES. Age. 37 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; 
 tnustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany. X. 
 Y. ; also borne as McGanvire. 
 
 McGEE, PETER. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, 
 October 10, 1861, at Champlain, to serve un 
 expired term of two years; mustered in, Co. 
 D, October 16, 1861; transferred to cavalry, 
 October 13, 1862. 
 
 McGINXIS, MARTIN. Age. 25 years. En 
 listed. May i, 1 86 1, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15. 1861: 
 detached. October 9, 1861, to Fifth United 
 States Cavalry. 
 
 McGOVERN. MICHAEL. Age, 23 years. 
 Enlisted, September i, 1861, at Little Falls, 
 to serve unexpired term of two years; mus 
 tered in, Co. K, same date; mustered out, 
 Tune 70. 186-?. at Albanv. N. Y. 
 
 McGUTRE. PATRICK. Age, 29 years. En 
 listed, May 14, 1861, at Albany, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. C.June 15. 1861; 
 sent to hospital, August 20, 1862; no further 
 record. 
 
 McINNIS, WILLIAM M. Age, 25 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to 
 serve two years: mustered in, Co. H. June 
 15, 1861; as second lieutenant, Co. G. De 
 cember n, 1861 : dismissed. May 27, 1862. 
 
 McINTYRE, SIMON P. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as corporal, Co. H, 
 June 15, 1861: sergeant and first sergeant, 
 dates not stated: as second lieutenant, Co. C, 
 January 28, 1863; mustered out, June 30, 
 186-?. at Albanv. X. Y. : since died. 
 
 McINTYRE. JOHN. Aee. 25 years. En 
 listed, May 1 8, 1861, at West Troy, to serve 
 
HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 t\vo years; mustered in, Co. A, June 15, 1861; 
 corporal, December i, 1862; mustered out, 
 June 30, 1863, at Albany, A. Y. Since died. 
 
 McKIXEY, SAMUEL. Age, 29 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861; 
 deserted, September 29, 1861, at Seneca 
 Mills, Md. 
 
 McLAUGHLIX, JOHX. Age, 27 years. En- 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; 
 wounded, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 
 Md. ; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 
 McLAUGHLIX, ROBERT. Age, 23 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; 
 corporal, March 25, 1862; killed, May 31, 
 
 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. 
 
 McLEAX, WILLIAM J. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Fairfield, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861; 
 wounded, December 13, 1862, at Fredericks- 
 burg, Ya. ; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, X. Y. 
 
 McMAXUS, BRAIXARD. Age, 42 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1 86 1, at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861; 
 died of disease, 1861, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 McMASTER, DOXALD. Age, 28 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. D, Tune 15, 
 1861; wounded at Antietam, Md. ; mustered 
 out, Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 McMIXDES, EZRA. Age, 22 years. Enlisted, 
 May 1 8, 1861, at Tasper, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861; wounded 
 at Fair Oaks, Va. ; died of disease, October 
 20, 1862, at Annapolis, Md. 
 
 McMULLEX, JOHX. Age, 26 years. En 
 listed, May 18, j86i, at West Troy, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. A, June 15, 1861 : 
 discharged for disability, December 5, 1862, 
 at Frederick. Md. 
 
 McXULTY, MICHAEL. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1 86 1, at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 
 1861; corporal and sergeant, and reduced, 
 dates not stated; mustered out, June 30, 
 
 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 McPHE, GEORGE. Age, 28 years. Enlisted, 
 May 1 8, 1861, at Tuscarora, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861; 
 sergeant, January i, 1862; mustered out, 
 June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 MEAD, GARLAXD W. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 
 1861; corporal, date not stated; sergeant, May 
 i. 1862; killed, September 17, 1862, at An 
 tietam, Md. 
 
 MEAD, GEORGE. Age, 20 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Cedarville, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861; trans 
 ferred to regular army, October 6, 1861, as 
 George G. Mead. 
 
 MEAD, JOSEPH S.--.\ge. 22 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 r, at Middleville, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 
 1861; corporal, Mav i, 1862; mustered out, 
 Tune 30. 1867. at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 MECHAM, OSCAR. Age, 27 years. Enlisted. 
 May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve two 
 years; mustered in. Co. H, June 15. 1861; 
 discharged for disability, June 20, 1862, at 
 Washineton. D. C. 
 
 METCALF, THEODORE G. Age, 3* years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to 
 serve two years; mustered in. Co. B, June 
 
 15, 1861; corporal, May 13, 1862; wounded, 
 September 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. ; dis 
 charged by reason of such wounds, 1862, at 
 Fairfax Seminary, Va. 
 
 MERCER, CHARLES W. Age, 20 years. 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 
 15, 1861; discharged for disability, April 26, 
 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 MERCHAXT, MIXARD. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, June 1 8, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. C, same date; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 MEURSCHAL, JOHX.Age, 40 years. En 
 listed, July i, 1861, at Albany, to serve un- 
 expired term of two years; mustered in, Co. 
 G, same date; discharged for disability, May 
 8, 1862. 
 
 MIDDLEBROOK, ALLEX G. Age, 18 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 
 15, 1861; sergeant, Xovember 18, 1861; first 
 sergeant, Xovember 22, 1861; killed, May 31, 
 
 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. 
 
 MILLER, CHARLES C. Age, 28 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 
 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, X. Y. Since died. 
 
 MILLER, GEORGE. Age, 43 years. Enlisted, 
 March 14, 1862, at Lenox, to serve three 
 years; mustered in, Co. H, same date; 
 wounded at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862; 
 discharged for disability, June 20, 1862, at 
 Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 MILLER, J. HERVEY. Age, 34 years. En 
 rolled at Washington, D. C., to serve two 
 years; mustered in as assistant surgeon De 
 cember 1 6, 1862; mustered out, June 30, 
 
 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 MILLER, JOHX.Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 
 August i, 1 86 1, at Brockett s Bridge, to >erve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. K, August 4, 1861; discharged, Decem 
 ber 29, 1861. 
 
 MILLER, MYROX. Age, 20 years. Enlisted, 
 May 1 8, 1861, at Woodhull, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861; 
 died of disease, February 4, 1863, in hos 
 pital near Falmouth, Ya. 
 
 MILLIS, JAMES H. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, July 28, 1861, at West Troy, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. A, August 4, 1861; transferred, October 
 n, 1861, to United States Cavalry. 
 
 MILLS, EDSOX D. Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 
 October 18, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve un 
 expired term of two years; mustered in, Co. 
 K. same date; transferred to Co. C, April 
 13, 1863; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, X. Y. 
 
 MILLS, IIEXRY. Age, 18 years. Enlisted. 
 May 7. 1861, at Graysville, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861; 
 wounded, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 
 Md.; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 X Y 
 
 MILLS, WILLIAM. Age, 20 years. Enlisted. 
 May 7, 1861, at Graysville, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861; 
 wounded, June 8. 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. ; 
 promoted corporal, Xovember 22, 1862; mus 
 tered out. Tune 30, 1863. at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 MIXER, BRIXKERHOFF X. Age, 26 years. 
 Enrolled, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to 
 serve two years; mustered in as second lieu 
 tenant, Co" D, Tune 1=;, 1861; detailed on 
 signal servic"; mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 at Albany, X. Y. 
 
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 MINER, GEORGE \V. Age, 25 years. En 
 listed, May 14, 1801, at saiisoury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 
 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1862, at Al 
 bany, X. V.; subsequent service, Co. C, Six 
 teenth Artillery. 
 
 MINER, HENRV J. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1801, at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as musician, Co. D,. 
 June 15, 1861; corporal, date not stated; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 MOXETT, MOSES. Age, 28 years. Enlisted, 
 October i, 1861, at Cnamplain, to serve un- 
 expired term of two years; mustered in, Co. 
 D, October 16, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 
 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 MOXETT, PLINY. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 October 2, 1861, at Champlain, to serve un- 
 expired term of two years; mustered in, Co. 
 U, October 16, 1861; died of disease, March 
 
 29, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 MOXK, ISAAC. Age, 45 years. Enlisted, 
 Xovember 19, 1861, at Lake Pleasant, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. B, same date; discharged for dis 
 ability, October 8, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 MOXK, PHILO. Age, 26 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; dis 
 charged, date and place not stated. 
 
 MOOERS, WOLFORD. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, September 20, 1861, at Champlain, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. D, October 16, 1861; wounded, June 
 
 30, 1862, at White Oak Swamp, Va. ; dis 
 charged for disability, March i, 1862, at 
 Philadelphia, Pa.; since died. 
 
 MOORE, HENRY. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Crown Point, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861; 
 died of disease, July 20, 1862, at Harrison s 
 Landing, Va. 
 
 MOORE, JOHN. Age, 23 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve two 
 years; mustered in. Co. G, June 15, 1861; 
 wounded, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va., 
 and Septembe r 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. ; 
 mustered out, June 10, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 MOORE, GEORGE Y. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 
 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 X*. Y. Since died. 
 
 MOREY, JOHN. Age, 36 years. Enlisted, 
 May 1 8, 1861, at West Troy, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. A, June 15, 1861; 
 first sergeant, January i, 1862; as second 
 lieutenant, Co. E, April 12, 1862; as first 
 lieutenant, Co. G, December 3, 1862; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y.; 
 
 MORGAN, JOHN. Age, 23 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; wounded 
 September 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. ; dis 
 charged by reason of such wounds, February 
 15, 1863, at Alexandria, Va. ; subsequent 
 service in Fourteenth Artillery. 
 
 MORSE, AMOS. Age, 22 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Graysville, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861; 
 corporal, January 28, 1862; wounded, Sep 
 tember 17, 1862. at Antietam, Md.; mustered 
 out, June 30. 1863, at Albany, X T . Y. 
 
 MORSE, GEORGE. Age, 31 years. Enlisted, 
 August i. 1 86 1, at Brockett s Bridge, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. K, same date; sergeant, date not stated; 
 detached to Andrews Sharpshooters; 
 
 wounded, July i, 1862, at Malvern Hill, 
 Va. ; died, of such wounds, July 8, 1862, 
 MOSHER, RICHARD D. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as sergeant, Co. G, 
 June 15, 1861; reduced to the ranks, August 
 13, 1861; killed, June 16, 1862, at \Vhite 
 House, Va. 
 
 MOSS, WILLIAM. Age, 33 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Stockbridge, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, July 25, 1862. 
 MO VERY, THOMAS. Age, 27 years. En 
 listed, October 7, 1861, at West Troy, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. A, same date; mustered out, June 30, 
 1863, at Albany, X. Y. Since died. 
 MOYER, ADAM. Age, 39 years. Enlisted, 
 September 2, 1861, at Manheim, to serve un 
 expired term of two years; mustered in, Co. 
 K, same date; killed, December 13, 1862, at 
 Fredericksburg, Va. 
 
 MUDGET, DAVID. Age, 26 years. Enlisted, 
 June 20, 1 86 1, at Addison, to serve unex 
 pired term of two years; mustered in, Co. E, 
 June 23, 1861; corporal and reduced, dates 
 not stated; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, X. Y. 
 
 MULHOLLAX, WILLIAM. Age, 27 years. 
 Enlisted, May 18, 1861, at Jasper, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 
 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 X. Y. : since died. 
 
 MURPHY, ABRAM R. Age, 4 5 years. En 
 listed, October 7, 1861, at West Troy, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. A, same date; mustered out, June 30, 
 1863, at Albanv, X. Y. ; subsequent service. 
 Sixteenth Artillery. Since died. 
 MURPHY, JOHX. Age, 25 years. Enlisted, 
 October 7, 1861, at West Troy, to serve un 
 expired term of two years; mustered in, Co. 
 A, same date; killed, September 17, 1862, at 
 Antietam, Md. 
 
 MURRY, JAMES. Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Fairfield, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. C, Tune 15, 1861; mustered 
 out, Tune 30, 1863. at Albany, X. Y. 
 MURRY, THOMAS. Age, 44 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Russia, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, July 28, 1861, at 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 MYCUE, JOHX. Age, 44 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861; 
 killed, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. 
 MYERS, HEXRY. Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1 86 1, at Champlain, to serve two 
 years: mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861; 
 transferred to United States Cavalry, Xo 
 vember 23, 1861. 
 
 MYERS, JOHX. Age. 19 years. Enlisted. 
 October 28, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve un 
 expired term of two years; mustered in, Co. 
 F, same date; wounded. May 31, 1862, at 
 Fair Oaks, Va. ; died of such wounds, June 
 28, 1862, at Portsmouth, Va. 
 X\SH, CHARLES. Age, 20 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve two 
 vears: mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861; 
 transferred to Co. C. March i, 1862; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. i. 
 XASH, DAXIEL. Age, 31 years. Enlisted, 
 December 21, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve 
 unexnired term of two years; mustered in. 
 Co B same date; died X ovember 30, 1862, 
 at Little Falls X. Y. 
 
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 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 NELLIS, FERDINAND. Age, 24 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1 86 1, at Bath, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 1861 ; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 N. Y. ; subsequent service, Second Cavalry; 
 subsequent service, Co. L, First Cavalry. 
 
 NELSON, CHARLES. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, July 28, 1861, at West Troy, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. A, August 4, 
 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. ; subsequent service in Co. D, 
 Twenty-first Cavalry. Since died. 
 
 NELSON, WILLIAM. Age, 25 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Graysville, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 N. Y. ; subsequent service in Co. H, Four 
 teenth Artillery. 
 
 NEYLAN, GEORGE. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, July 28, 1 86 1, at West Troy, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. A, August 4, 1861; mustered out, June 
 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. Since died. 
 
 NICHOLS, JOHN W. Age, 34 years. En 
 listed, August i, 1861, at Stratford, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. K, August 4 1861; killed, June 30, 1862, 
 at Glendale, Va. 
 
 NICHOLS, MOSES. Age, 27 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 
 1861; accidentally wounded, May 24, 1862, 
 at Tyler House, Va. ; died of wounds, date 
 and place not stated. 
 
 NICHOLS, OSCAR H. Age, 23 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as sergeant,, Co. H, 
 June 15, 1861; discharged, date and place 
 not stated. 
 
 NOBLE, WHEELER W. Age, 21 years. 
 Enlisted, May 18, 1861, at Addison, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 
 15, 1861; died of disease, July 12, 1861, at 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 NORRIS, ENOCH. Age, 26 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Mohawk, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861; killed, 
 May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. 
 
 NORTHRIDGE, GEORGE. Age, 30 years. 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 
 15, 1861; wounded, September 17, 1862, at 
 Antietam, Md. ; discharged for disability, Jan 
 uary 27, 1863, at Philadelphia, Pa.; since 
 
 NORT HUP, EMERSON s. Age, 19 years. 
 
 Enrolled, May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as second lieutenant, 
 Co. K, June 15, 1861; as first lieutenant, No 
 vember 22, 1861; wounded, June 30, 1862, at 
 White Oak Swamp, Va. ; mustered in as cap 
 tain, August 30, 1862; mustered out, June 
 30, 1 86s. at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 NORTHRUP, JAMES E. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May 22. 1861, at South Pulteney, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 
 15, 1861; discharged for disability, February 
 15, 1863. at Alexandria, Va. 
 
 NORTON. GEORGE. Age, 36 years. En 
 listed, June 25, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. G, same date; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863. at Albany, 
 N. Y. ; subsequent service, Co. E, Fourteenth 
 Artillery. 
 
 NOYS, CHARLES. Age, 26 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15. 1861; 
 deserted, March 28, 1862, at Alexandria, Va.; 
 also borne as Nays. 
 
 OAKES, NELSON. Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 N. Y. ; subsequent service, Co. H, Fifth Cav 
 alry. 
 
 OATHOUT, JOHN. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, 
 May 1 8, 1861, at West Troy, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. A, June 15, 1861; 
 sergeant, January i, 1862; first sergeant, 
 October 18, 1862; appointed second lieutenant 
 on field at Antietam, in command of Co. A- 
 mustered in as second lieutenant, December 3 
 1862; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 
 OATHOUT, WILLIAM. Age, 30 years. En 
 listed, October 18, 1861, at Stratford, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. K, same date; wounded, May 31, 
 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. ; mustered out, June 
 30 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 O BRIEN, MICHAEL STEPHEN. Age, 21 
 years. Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Little 
 Falls, to serve two years; mustered in, Co. 
 B, June 15, 1861; sergeant, May 13, 1862; 
 first sergeant, May 30, 1862; mustered out, 
 June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. ; commis 
 sioned second lieutenant, not mustered, June 
 17. 1863. 
 
 O BRIEN, TIMOTHY. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; elected first lieutenant at organi 
 zation of company raised by Easterbrook, but 
 not mustered; discharged for disability, July 
 i, 1 86 1, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 O CONNOR, ALBERT A. Age, 19 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 
 15, 1861; corporal and reduced, dates not 
 stated; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. 
 
 O KEEF, ARTHUR. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, June 19, 1861, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. B, same date; cor 
 poral, May 13, 1862; killed, September 17, 
 1862, at Antietam, Md. 
 
 OLMSTEAD, HENRY M. Age, 25 years. 
 Enlisted, May 18, 1861, at Troupsburg, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 
 15, 1861; died of disease, June 23, 1862, at 
 Fair Oaks, Va. 
 
 OPPLE, JOHN. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve two 
 years; mustered in as musician, Co. B, June 
 
 15, 1861; private, July 14, 1861; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 ORCUTT, ALVIN. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 May 1 8, 1861, at Rathbone, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861; 
 wounded at Fair Oaks, Va. ; killed, Septem 
 ber 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. 
 
 ORCUTT, SELDEN D. Age, 24 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as corporal, Co. H, 
 June 15, 1861; discharged for disability, 
 July 28, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 ORCUTT, WILLIAM H. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 
 1861; died of disease, July 4, 1862, at Har 
 rison s Landing, Va. 
 
 OST, PETER. Age, 22 years. Enlisted, June 
 
 1 6, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two years; mus 
 tered in, Co. A, same date; mustered out, 
 Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 OSTERHOUT, ABRAM. Age, 38 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to 
 
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 141 
 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 
 15, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 
 OSTRAXDER, CLIXTOX. Age, - - years. 
 Enlisted, July 25, 1861, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mus 
 tered in, Co. I, August i, 1861; discharged, 
 September 2, 1862. 
 
 OSWALD, WILLIAM L. Age, 29 years. 
 Enrolled, May 18, 1861, at West Troy, to 
 serve two years; mustered in as captain, Co. 
 A, June 15, 1861; discharged, May 29, 1862. 
 Since died. 
 
 OWENS, SHERMAN W. Age, 30 years. En 
 listed, June 20, 1 86 1, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 23, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, October i, 1861, at 
 Seneca Mills, Md. 
 
 OWINS, JOHN. Age, 30 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Little Falls, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 1861; 
 wounded and captured, June 30, 1862, at 
 White Oak Swamp, Va. ; paroled, date and 
 place not stated; discharged, March 4, 1863, 
 at Alexandria, Va. 
 
 PABODIE, GEORGE A. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May 1 8, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 
 1861; sergeant, July 31, 1862; first sergeant, 
 date not stated; wounded, May 31, 1862, at 
 Fair Oaks, Va. ; mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 PATCH ELL, JOHN B. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May 1 8, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 
 1861; wounded, date and place not stated; 
 mustered out, Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 PAGE, WARREN. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Graysville, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861; 
 detached, October 13, 1861, to Cavalry. 
 
 PAIGE, WILLIAM. Age, 44 years. Enlisted, 
 September 12, 1861, at Simcoe, Md., to serve 
 unexpired terms of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. C, same date; mustered out, June 30, 
 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 PALMER. GEORGE. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 
 15, 1861: deserted, July 30, 1861, at Great 
 Falls, Md. 
 
 PEEK, WILLIAM. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 December 18, 1861, at Stratford, to serve un 
 expired term of two years; mustered in, Co. 
 K, same date; died, June 5. 1862, of wounds 
 received. May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. 
 
 PELTON, WESLEY. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at South Pulteney, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 
 1861; died of disease, July 22, 1862, in hos 
 pital at Harrison s Landing, Va. 
 
 PERKINS, ASAPH W. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Champlam, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861; 
 corporal and reduced, dates not stated; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 PERKINS, CHARLES O. Age, 23 years. En 
 listed, May 18, 1861, at Addison, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861; 
 died of disease, October 20, 1862, at New 
 York city. 
 
 PERRY, ADELBERT. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as corporal, Co. B, 
 June 15, 1861; sergeant, November 6, 1861; 
 reduced, May 13, 1862; promoted corporal, 
 June 27, 1862; mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 PERRY, JACOB C Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, November 21, 1861, at Little Falls, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. B, same date; mustered out, June 30, 
 1863, at Albany, N. Y. Since died. 
 
 PERRY, WILLIAM HENRY. Age, 18 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 
 1861; discharged for disability, November 
 15, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 PETERS, JAMES W. Age, 31 years. En 
 listed, October 20, 1861, at Herkimer, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. F, October 29, 1861; deserted, Sep 
 tember 8, 1862, at Tenleytown, Md. Since 
 died. 
 
 PETRIE, CHAUXCY. Age, 30 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as sergeant, Co. B, 
 June 15, 1861; reduced to ranks, May 13, 
 1862; wounded, June 30, 1862, at White 
 Oak Swamp, Va., and July i, 1862, at Xel- 
 son Farms, Va. ; discharged for wounds, Xo- 
 vember 4, 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 PETRIE, HAYDEN J. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, May, i, 1 86 1, at Graysville, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 
 1861; died, June i, 1862, of wounds received, 
 May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. 
 
 PICKERT, SOLON S. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, October 18, 1861, at Stratford, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, Co 
 K, same date; mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 at Albany, N. Y. ; subsequent service in Co. 
 B, Sixteenth Artillery, as Solon S. Pickett; 
 
 PI S RCE, ie CHARLES. Age, 24 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as corporal, Co. F, 
 June 15, 1861; reduced, at his own request, 
 date not stated; mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 PIERCE, WALTER B. Age 18 years. En 
 listed, December 9, 1861, at Herkimer, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. F, December 17, 1861; mustered out, 
 June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 PIPER, FRANCIS. Age, 25 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Frankfort, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; 
 promoted corporal and reduced, dates not 
 stated; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, X. Y. 
 
 PLATT, JOHN. Age, 35 years. Enlisted. 
 September 2, 1862, at Manheim, to serve 
 three years; mustered in, Co. K, same date; 
 discharged for disability, January i, 1863. 
 
 POLLARD, FREDERICK H. Age, 43 years. 
 Enlisted, October 24, 1861, at Champlam, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. D, same date; discharged for dis 
 ability, May 27, 1862, at Poolsville, Md.; 
 since died. 
 
 PORTER. GEORGE. Age. 26 years. En 
 listed, May 18, 1861, at West Troy, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. A, June 15, 
 1861; deserted, September 10. 1861, at Sen 
 eca Mills, Md. 
 
 PORTER, GEORGE S. Age, 26 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two 
 vears; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, ifoij 
 discharged for disability, October 29, 1862, 
 at Washington, D. C. 
 
 PORTER, HENRY. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861 ; 
 died of disease, November 16, 1862, at Salis 
 bury, N. Y. 
 
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 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 I ORTER, JOHX H. Age, 20 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Crown Point, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, July 30, 1862, at 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 I ORTER, JOSEPH. Age, 24 years. En 
 listed, June 22, 1861, at Albany, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. C, same date; 
 discharged for disability, October 7, 1862, at 
 Washington, D. C., for wounds received, 
 May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. 
 
 PORTER, STILLMAX H. Age, 21 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 
 15, 1861; discharged for disability, July 30, 
 1862, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 PORTER, STEPHEN 1). Age, 4 4 years 
 Enlisted, November 10, 1861, at Herkimer, 
 to serve unexpired term of two years; mus 
 tered in, Co. G, same date; discharged for 
 disability, February 8, 1862. 
 
 POWERS, CHARLES L. Age, 29 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Russia, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, i86y 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 POWERS, SETH D. Age, 27 years. En 
 listed, November 10, 1861, at Herkimer, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. G, same date; wounded, September 17, 
 
 1862, at Antietam, Md. ; discharged for dis 
 ability, December n, 1862. 
 
 PRESLEY, ASHBAL G. H. Age, 22 years. 
 Enlisted, June 10, 1861, at Albany, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 
 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. ; subsequent service in Co. D, 
 Thirteenth Artillery, and Sixth Artillery. 
 
 PREVOST, SAMUEL B. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, October 24, 1861, at Champlain, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. D, same date; mustered out, June 30, 
 
 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 PRICE, HENRY W. Age, 31 years. Enlisted, 
 June 16, 1861, at Albany, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. A, same date; transferred, 
 October n, 1861, to Cavalry. 
 
 PURCHASE, GEORGE. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, April 2, 1862, at Lenox, to serve three 
 years; mustered in, Co. H, same date; de 
 serted, June 4, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. 
 
 QUACKENBUSH, ABRAM. Age, 18 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 
 1861; deserted, September 21, 1861, at Sen 
 eca Mills, Md. 
 
 QUIN, JOHN. Age, 23 years. Enlisted, De 
 cember 8, 1862, at Canajoharie, to serve 
 three years; mustered in, Co. B, same date; 
 transferred, June 6, 1863, to Eighty-second 
 New York \ olunteer Infantry. 
 
 RANAHAN, PATRICK. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 
 1861 ; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al- 
 banv, N. Y. 
 
 RANDOLPH, JOHN.- Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May 2.2. 1861, at Hammondsnort, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 
 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. 
 
 RANK, JOHN E. Age, 20 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Graysville, to serve two 
 years: mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out. Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 RANSOM, ALBERT W. Age, 23 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1 86 1, at Chazy, to serve two 
 years; mustered in as first sergeant, Co. D, 
 Tune 15, 1861; wounded at Fredericksburg, 
 Va., December 13, 1862, and died from such 
 
 wounds, December 22, 1862, at Falmouth, 
 Va. ; commissioned first lieutenant, not mus 
 tered, December 7, 1862. 
 
 RANSOM, ERASTUS. Age, 28 years. En 
 listed, September 23, 1861, at Champlain, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mus 
 tered in as musician, Co. D, October 16, 
 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. ; subsequent service in Co. G, 
 Fourteenth Artillery. 
 
 RAPPS, RICHARD. Age, 20 years. Enlisted, 
 May 1 8, 1861, at West Troy, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. A, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 N. Y., as Richard Rabbson; also borne as 
 Richard Rappson. 
 
 RARRICK, DAVID. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1 86 1, at Wayne, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, July i, 1861, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. 
 
 RATHBONE, CHARLES A. Age, 23 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Norway, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861 ; 
 corporal, date not stated; discharged, January 
 25, 1863, at United States General Hospital, 
 Philadelphia, Pa., for wounds received, Sep 
 tember 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. 
 RATHBONE, ORSEMUS. Age, 29 years. 
 Enlisted, May 18, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 
 1861; discharged, September 27, 1862, for 
 wounds received, May 31, 1862, at Fair 
 Oaks, Va. ; subsequent service in Co. G, 
 Second New York Veteran Cavalry; since 
 died. 
 
 RAYNOR, JOHN B. Age, 23 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as corporal, Co. G, 
 June 15, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 at Albany, N. Y., as John H. Raynor. 
 READE, JAMES. Age, 47 years. Enlisted, 
 June 20, 1861, at Addison, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. E, June 23, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. 
 Y. ; since died. 
 
 REDDEN, JAMES. Age, 24 years. Enlisted, 
 June 16, 1861, at Albany, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. A, same date; transferred, 
 no date, to Battery B, First Rhode Island 
 Artillery. Since died. 
 
 REDNER, EDWARD. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Fort Plain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as corporal, Co. B, 
 June 15, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 at Albany, N. Y. ; subsequent service in Co. 
 G, Second Mounted Rifles. 
 
 REGAN, OWEN. Age, 24 years. Enlisted, 
 November 19, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. B, same date; wounded, September 17, 
 1862, at Antietam, Md. ; mustered out, June 
 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. ; subsequent serv 
 ice in Co. C, Sixteenth Artillery. 
 RENEUR, JOSEPH. Age, 33 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 
 1861; corporal, date not stated; wounded. 
 May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. ; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. ; also 
 borne as Reynor. 
 
 RHINEVAULT, NEWTON S. Age, 19 years. 
 Enlisted, May 18, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 
 1861; got substitute, and then enlisted in 
 Eighty-sixth New York Infantry; substitute 
 deserted. 
 
ROSTER OF THE REGIMENT 
 
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 RHODES, CHESTER S. Age, 27 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 
 15, 1861; color bearer; killed, September 17, 
 1862, at Antietam, Md. See anecdote. 
 
 RICH, DAVIS J. Age, 32 years. Enrolled, 
 May 22, 1861, at Champlam, to serve two 
 years; mustered in as captain, Co. D, June 
 15, 1861; dismissed, May 29, 1862; died in 
 Raleigh, X. C., February 16, 1869. 
 
 RICHES, JAMES H. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, February 15, 1863, 
 at Alexandria, Ya. Since died. 
 
 RITCHIE, MICHAEL. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 
 1861; captured, June 30, 1862, at White 
 Oak Swamp, Ya. ; paroled, date not stated; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N, Y. 
 
 RICKARD, ARCHIBALD DE WITT. Age, 
 27 years. Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Fort 
 Plain, to serve two years; mustered in, Co. 
 B, June 15, 1861; died, February 8, 1863, at 
 Windmill Point, Va. 
 
 RIDER, CHARLES. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 
 1861 ; died of disease, July 9, 1862, at Har 
 rison s Landing, Va. 
 
 RIDER, ELIAS. Age, 24 years. Enlisted, 
 June 20, 1 86 1, at Addison, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. E, June 23, 1861; 
 died of disease, July 2, 1862, at Harrison s 
 Landing, Va. 
 
 RTLEY, CHARLES. Age, 31 years. En 
 rolled, May i, 1 86 1, as first lieutenant, Co. 
 F, at Herkimer, to serve two years; mus 
 tered in as captain, Co. F, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 RIPLEY, EUGENE. Age, 19 ears. En 
 listed, May 10, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 
 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 
 ROBBINS, ADAM. Age, 30 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 
 1861; mustered out, June 30, "1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 
 ROBBINS, DAVID. Age, 23 years. En 
 listed, May i. 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 
 1861 ; discharged, June 26, 1861, at Albany, 
 
 ROBBINS, GEORGE. Age, 31 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 
 1861: discharged for disability, July i, 1861, 
 at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 ROBBINS, JOHN. Age, 25 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Middleville, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 
 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 
 ROBBINS, JOHN. Age, 32 years. Enlisted, 
 May 1 8, 1861, at Addison, to serve two 
 years; mustered in as private, Co. E, June 
 15, 1861; died of disease, February 6, 1863, 
 at Falmouth, Va. 
 
 ROBERTS, WILLIAM. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, October 15, 1861, at Champlain, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mus 
 tered in, Co. D, October 16, 1861; appointed 
 musician, date not stated; mustered out, 
 June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 ROBISON, SILAS W. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May i-2, 1861, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. 1, June 
 15, 1861; sergeant, July i, 1862; first ser 
 geant, April 9, 1863; mustered out, June 30, 
 1863, at Albany, N. Y. Subsequent service 
 as Captain Co. C, iSgth Regiment, N. Y. \ . 
 
 ROBINSON, WILLIAM F. Age, 18 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Mohawk, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 
 1861; discharged for disability, July 2, 1861. 
 
 ROCK, THOMAS. Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 
 July 28, 1 86 1, at West Troy, to serve unex 
 pired term of two years; mustered in, Co. A, 
 August 4, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 
 1863, at Albany, N. Y. Since died. 
 
 ROCKWELL, JOHN. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 
 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 
 ROCKWOOD, TAMES H. Age, 22 years. 
 Enlisted, October 21, 1861, at Fairfield, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mus 
 tered in, Co. C, same date; transferred to 
 Co. H, March 3, 1862; promoted sergeant, 
 date not stated; died of disease, May 25, 
 1862, at Fort Monroe, Va. 
 
 ROGERS, DENNIS. Age, 20 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Salisbury, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged, January 12, 1863, for wounds 
 received May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. 
 
 ROOF, ROMEYN. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve two 
 years; mustered in as sergeant, Co. K, June 
 15, 1861; discharged, November 18, 1861, for 
 promotion to first lieutenant, Ninety-seventh 
 New York Volunteer Infantry. 
 
 ROONEY, LAWRENCE. Age, 30 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 
 1861; died, October 13, 1861, at Seneca Mills, 
 Md. ; assassinated by Hiram Burke. 
 
 ROONEY, PATRICK J. Age, 27 years. En 
 listed, May 1 8, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 
 1861^ mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 
 ROSA, JOHN W. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, 
 August i, 1 86 1, at Brockett s Bridge, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. K, August 4, 1861; promoted corporal, 
 November i, 1861 ; wounded at Fair Oaks, 
 Va. ; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. ; subsequent service, but in what 
 regiment is not known; lost an arm in this 
 subsequent service. 
 
 ROSEVELT, CORNELIUS. Age, 24 years. 
 Enlisted, May 9, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; 
 wounded, September 17, 1862, at Antietam. 
 Md. ; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. 
 
 ROSEVELT, GEORGE. Age, 29 years. En 
 listed, June 17, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. G. same date; de 
 serted, August i, 1861, at Tenleytown, Md. 
 
 ROSS, GEORGE L. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 Since died. 
 
 ROSS, PENN. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, May 
 22, 1 86 1, at Reading Centre, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15. 1861: 
 discharged for disability, January i, 1862, at 
 Poolsville, Md. 
 
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 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 ROST, BENJAMIN. Age, 37 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 
 ROUNDS, ARMINEAS S. Age, 25 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as corporal, Co. G, 
 June 15, 1861; sergeant, date not stated; 
 first sergeant, Mayi, 1862; wounded, Septem 
 ber 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. ; mustered in 
 as second lieutenant, Co. E, January 22, 
 1863; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 N. Y. Since died. 
 
 ROUNDS, THOMAS M. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve 
 t>vo years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 ROWAN, GEORGE P. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861; 
 corporal and reduced, dates not stated; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. ; 
 subsequent service in Thirteenth Artillery. 
 
 PvUBBINS, FOSTER. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, March 5, 1862, at Lenox, to serve 
 three years; mustered in, Co. G, same date; 
 deserted, December 13, 1862, at Fredericks- 
 
 RUBBINS, WILLIAM. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 
 1861; killed, September 17, 1862, at Antie 
 tam, Md. 
 
 RUDDICK, JOHN. Age, 42 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, March 16, 1862, at 
 Philadelphia, Pa. ; since died. 
 
 RYAN, MICHAEL BUTLER. Age, 20 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 
 1861; wounded, September 17, 1862, at An 
 tietam, Md.; discharged, March 31, 1863, at 
 Baltimore, Md. 
 
 SALISBURY, WILLIAM A. Age, 19 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Norway, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 
 1861; killed, September 17, 1862, at Antie 
 tam, Md. 
 
 SANFORD, HENRY W. Age, 25 years. En- 
 listed, May 18, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as sergeant, Co. E, 
 June 15, 1861; first sergeant, date not stated; 
 as second lieutenant, May 31, 1862; as first 
 lieutenant, October 31, 1862; mustered out, 
 June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. ; subsequent 
 service as captain, Co. G, in Second New 
 York Veteran Cavalry. 
 
 SANFORD, HOSIAS. Age, 24 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 
 1861; discharged, date and place not stated. 
 
 SANFORD, ROBERT F. Age, 26 years. En 
 listed, November 12, 1861, at Newport, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. C, same date; mustered out, June 30, 
 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 SANFORD, THOMAS R. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 
 15, 1861: mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 
 SARTWELL, GEORGE E. Age, 23 .years. 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at Champlain. to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 
 15, 1861; deserted, October 27, 1862, at Har 
 per s Ferry, Va. 
 
 SASHAGRA, AXTHONEY. Age, 22 years. 
 Enlisted, October 24, 1861, at Champlain, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in Co. D, same date; killed, September 17, 
 
 1862, at Antietam, Md. 
 
 SASHAGRA, EDWARD. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, October 24, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. D, same date; died of disease, date 
 not stated, at Potomac Creek, Va. 
 
 SATTERLY, GEORGE. Age, 25 years. En 
 titled, May i, 1 86 1, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 
 1861; died of disease, January 14, 1863, at 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 SAUiNDERS, NICHOLAS. Age, 33 years. 
 Enlisted, July 28, 1861, at West Troy, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. A, August 4, 1861; sick in hospital, 
 August 14, 1862. Since died. 
 
 SAWYER, LORIN. Age, 24 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Crown Point, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861; 
 wounded, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 
 Md. ; sent to hospital; no further record. 
 
 SCANLAN, DANIEL. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May 7, 1861, at Fairfield, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861; 
 wounded, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. ; 
 discharged for such wounds, March 27, 1863. 
 
 SCHAFFNER, MICHAEL. Age, 43 years. 
 Enrolled, May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as second lieutenant, 
 Co. G, June 15, 1861; resigned, December n, 
 1861. Since died. 
 
 SCHERMERHORN, JOHN. Age, 18 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Albany, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as musician, Co. B, 
 June 15, 1861; reduced, July 14, 1861; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 SCHMINKE", JACOB. Age, 23 years. Enlist 
 ed, May i, 1861, at Cedarville, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 N. Y., as Jacob Sminke. 
 
 SCHOONMAKER, SYLVESTER F. Age, 
 :C years. Enrolled, February 17, 1863, at 
 Albany, to serve two years; mustered in as 
 chaplain, same date; mustered out, June 30, 
 
 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 SCOTT, GEORGE. Age, 36 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1 86 1, at Champlain, to serve two 
 years: mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861; 
 wounded, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 
 Md. ; discharged for such wounds, December 
 19, 1862, at Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 SCOTT, JOHN O. Age, 26 years. Enrolled, 
 May 22, 1 86 1, at Champlain, to serve two 
 years; mustered in as first lieutenant, Co. D, 
 June 15, 1861; as captain, May 30, 1862; 
 wounded at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31, 1862; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. 
 Y. ; since died. See biography. 
 
 SCOTT, JOSEPH. Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 SEAMAN, JACOB M. Age, 25 years. En 
 listed, May 18, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. F June 15, 1861; 
 died of disease, August 18, 1861, at To- 
 wonda. Pa. 
 
 SEDGEWICK. WILLIAM WAKE. Age, 
 23 years. Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Little 
 Falls, to serve two years; mustered in, Co. 
 B, June 15, 1861; sergeant, date not stated; 
 discharged for disability, June 27, 1862, at 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
ROSTER OF THE REGIMENT 
 
 .SEECOM, JOHN. Age, 3* years. Enlisted, 
 June 9, 1861, at Albany, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; dis 
 charged for disability, June 25, 1861, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. 
 
 .SHA\ ER, ABIJAU U. Age, 32 years. En 
 listed, October 18, 1861, at Stratford, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. i\, same date; discharged for disability, 
 August 19, 1862. 
 
 .SI1A\ER, FREDERICK. -Age, 26 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Frankfort, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 
 i&6i; corporal, February 21, 1863; mustered 
 out, June 39, 1863, at Albany, X. Y.; sub 
 sequent service in Co. F, Sixteenth Artillery. 
 
 SHELL, SAMUEL. Age, 25 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Little Falls, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 1861; 
 promoted sergeant, June 29, 1861; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 .SHEPHERD, PETER. Age, 24 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Graysville, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. C.June 15, 1861; 
 wounded, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. ; 
 discharged for such wounds, March 31, 1863, 
 at Hartford, Conn. 
 
 SHERMAN, JAMES. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Mohawk, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 SHERMAX, SOCRATES X. Age, 43 years. 
 Enrolled, May 30, 1861, at Albany, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as surgeon, June 15, 
 1861; mustered out, March 6, 1863, for pro 
 motion to surgeon, United States Volunteers. 
 
 SHERWOOD, JOSHUA. Age, 25 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Fairfield, to serve two 
 years; mustered in as corporal, Co. C, June 
 15, 1861; reduced, date not stated; wounded, 
 
 September 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. ; mus 
 tered out, Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 SHOEMAKER, ANDREW. Age, 4 4 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Mohawk, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 
 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, X. Y. Since died. 
 
 SHOEMAKER, JAMES X. Age, 22 years. 
 Enlisted, May 18, 1861, at West Troy, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. A, June 
 15, 1861; discharged for disability, Xovember 
 28, 1862, at West Point, Va., as Henry N. 
 Shoemaker. 
 
 SHOEMAKER, JOSEPH. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861 ; 
 sergeant, date not stated; discharged for dis 
 ability, August 22, 1 86 1, at Seneca Mills, 
 Md. Died in Andersonville prison. 
 
 SHOEMAKER, JOSEPH R. Age, 28 years.. 
 Enrolled, May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in a first lieutenant, 
 Co. F, June 15, 1861; resigned, July 26, 
 1862. 
 
 SIMMONS, ABRAM. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, August i, 1 86 1, at Oneida, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. G, same date; deserted, October 29, 
 1862, at Poolsville, Md. 
 
 SIMMONS, GEORGE. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 
 1861; corporal, June i, 1862; sergeant, Jan 
 uary 15, 1863; mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 at Albanv, N. Y. 
 
 SISCO, FRANKLIN. Age, 25 years. En 
 listed, June 20, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 23, 1861; 
 wounded. May 31, 1862. at Fair Oaks. Va.; 
 mustered out. Tune 30, 1863. at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 SIXliV, JOHX S. Age, 25 years. Enlisted, 
 October 18, 1801, at Brockett s Bridge, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. K, October 21, 1861; killed, June 30, 
 
 1862, at Glendale, Va. 
 
 SIX BY, XICHOLAS. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 
 1861; killed, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, 
 
 SKILLY, WILLIAM. Age, 30 years. En 
 listed, October 18, 1861, at Philadelphia, Pa.; 
 to serve unexpired term of two years; mus 
 tered in, Co. K, same date; deserted, Feb 
 ruary 9, 1862, at Poolsville, Md. 
 
 SKINNER, JOSEPH. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May 10, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged, March 10, 1862, at Charlestown. 
 Va. 
 
 SLAWSOX, JOHX H. Age, 23 years. En 
 listed, June 15, 1861, at Albany, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. F. same date; 
 wounded, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 
 Md. ; discharged for such wounds, May i, 
 
 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 SMITH, ANDREW A. Age, 29 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 
 1861; killed, r December 13, 1862, at Fred- 
 ericksbursr, Va. 
 
 SMITH, AXDREW J. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May 18, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 
 1861; deserted, December 30, 1861, at Pools 
 ville, Md.: since died. 
 
 SMITH, CHARLES D. Age, 26 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1 86 1, at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861; 
 deserted, February i, 1862, at Poolsville, 
 Md. 
 
 SMITH, CHARLES E. Age, 39 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Chamnlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, January 3, 1863, at 
 Falmouth, Va., as George C. Smith. 
 
 SMITH, DANIEL C. Age, 30 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years"; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 
 1861; discharged for disability. January 2, 
 1862, at Polsville, Md. Since died. 
 
 SMITH, DAVID. Age, 23 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 
 SMITH, EDWIX F. Age, 25 years. En 
 rolled, May 18, 1861, at Woodhull, to serve 
 two years;* mustered in as second lieutenant, 
 Co. E, June 15, 1861; as first lieutenant, 
 October 9, 1861; discharged for disability. 
 October 31, 1862; died at his home in Wood- 
 hull, X. Y., October 12, 1894- 
 
 SMITH, EMERSON. Age. 19 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to serve 
 two years"; mustered in, Co. D. June 15, 
 1 86 1 ; transferred to Regular Army, October 
 9, 1862. 
 
 SMITH, FAIRFIELD J. Age. 18 years. En 
 listed, May 1 8, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 
 1 86 if absent sick since October, 1861; no 
 further army record; since died. 
 
 SMITH, HENRY. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Ohio, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861; died of 
 disease. September 17, 1862, at Point Look 
 out, Md. 
 
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 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 SMITH, HORACE H. Age, 23 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; 
 transferred to Co. B, June 18, 1861; 
 wounded, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks; 
 wounded, December 13, 1862, at Fredericks- 
 burg, Ya. ; mustered out, June 30, 1863, Ht 
 Albany, N. Y. ; subsequent service in Co. A, 
 Second Mounted Rifles. 
 
 SMITH, JOHN. Age, 23 years. Enlisted, 
 September i, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. K, same date; mustered out. June 30, 
 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 SMITH, JOHN S. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, 
 June 1 6, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. C, same date; promoted 
 corporal, July 25, 1862; mustered out, June 
 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. ; subsequent ser 
 vice in Co. H, Seventh Artillery. 
 SMITH, THEODORE. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 
 1861; corporal, March i, 1863; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. ; sub 
 sequent service in Co. B, Sixteenth Artillery. 
 SMITH, THOMAS. Age, 22 years. Enlisted, 
 March i, 1862, at Washington, D. C., to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. D, same date; mustered out, June 30, 
 1863, at Albany, N. Y. ; subsequent service 
 in Co. I, Thirteenth Artillery. 
 SMITH, WILLIAM E. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, July 21, 1861. 
 SMITH, WILLIAM P. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Schroon, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 SNOW, JAMES GAGE. Age, 27 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 
 1861; first sergeant, date not stated; dis 
 charged for disability, December 9, 1861, at 
 Poolsville, Md. 
 
 SXYDER, EDWIN. Age, 34 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Norway, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. Since 
 died. 
 
 SPEERS, JACOB. Age, 29 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1 86 1, at Hammondsport, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, March 7, 1863, at 
 Falmouth, Va. 
 
 SPENCER. FRANCIS M. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, January 6, 1862; 
 subsequent service, Sixteenth Artillery. 
 SPENCER, ROBERT H. Age, 39 years. 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 
 15, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. ; subsequent service in Co t A, 
 Fourteenth Artillery. 
 
 SPONABLE, WELLS. Age, 31 years. En 
 rolled, May i, 1 86 1, at Little Falls, to serve- 
 two years; mustered in as captain, Co. B, 
 June 15, 1861 ; wounded, May 31, 1862, at 
 Fair Oaks, Va. ; mustered in as major, Jan 
 uary 22, 1863; not mustered out with regi 
 ment, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. ; sub 
 sequent service in Fifteenth United States 
 Infantry, Veteran Reserve Corps, at Camp 
 Douglas, Chicago, 111., under General Ord; 
 mustered out, July, 1865. 
 
 SPRAGUE, SAMUEL. Age, 23 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 
 1 86 1, died of disease, June 25, 1861, in hos 
 pital at Albanv, N. Y. 
 
 STEVENS, AN SON. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, December 21, 1861, at Little Falls, 
 to serve unexpired term of two years; mus 
 tered in, Co. K, January i, 1862; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 STEWART, CORNELIUS. Age, 31 years. 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 
 15, 1861; wounded, date and place not stated; 
 deserted, June 13, 1862, at Philadelphia, Pa. 
 STEWART, THOMAS. Age, 32 years. En 
 listed, August i, 1 86 1, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. I, same date; mustered out, June 30, 
 1863, at Albany, N. Y.; subsequent service 
 in Co. G, Twenty-second Cavalry. 
 ST. JOHN, FREDERICK B. Age, 25 years. 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, 
 to serve to years; mustered in, Co. I, Tune 
 15, 1861; deserted, August i, 1861, at Great 
 Falls, Md. 
 
 STONE, JAMES M. Age, 23 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as musician, Co. I, 
 June 15, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 STOREY, BENJAMIN. Age, 44 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 
 15, 1861; discharged for disability, July 12, 
 1862, at Harrison s Landing, Va., as Benja 
 min Stoney. 
 
 STACKING, MARVIN PETER. Age, 22 
 years. Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Manheim, 
 to serve two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 
 15, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 
 STOWELL, HENRY C. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 STRAIGHT, MARTIN. -Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May 10, 1861, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in Co. F, June 15, 1861; 
 corooral, date not stated; wounded, Septem 
 ber 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. ; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 STRANG, FRANCIS A. W. Age, 25 years. 
 Jbnlisted, June 20, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 23, 
 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. 
 
 STRATTON, CALVIN J. Age, 24 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 N. Y. ; since died. 
 
 STRAUSSMAN, ERNEST. Age, 40 years. 
 Enlisted, November 21, 1861, at Little Falls, 
 to serve unexpired term of two years; mus 
 tered in, Co. B, same date; mustered out, 
 June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 STRIKER, DANIEL. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May 18, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out. June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 STUART, JOHN. Age, 28 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Little Falls, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 STURTEVANT, DARIUS. Age, 37 years. 
 Enlisted, May 18, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as musician, Co. E, 
 
ROSTER OF THE REGIMENT 
 
 June 15, 1861- reduced, date not stated; dis 
 charged for disability, September 21, 1862; 
 since died. 
 
 SUITER, JAMES A. Age, 4 4 years. En 
 rolled, May 30, 1861, at Albany, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as lieutenant-colonel, 
 June 15, 1861; as colonel, March 20, 1862; 
 resigned, January 22, 1863. 
 
 SULLIVAN, JOHN. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, October 20, 1861, at Herkimer, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. V, October 29, 1861 ; deserted, July 
 19, 1862, at Harrison s Landing, Va. 
 
 SOMERS, GEORGE. Age, 35 years. En 
 listed, September 2, 1862, at Manheim, to 
 serve three years; mustered in, Co. K, same 
 date; transferred to the Eighty-second New 
 York Infantry, June 8, 1863. 
 
 SURDAM, THOMAS J. Age, 24 years. En 
 listed, June 20, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 23, 1861 ; 
 mustered out, Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 SWARTWOUT, GEORGE. Age, 26 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Albany, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as quartermaster- 
 sergeant, June 15, 1861 ; commissary sergeant, 
 March 30, 1862; as second lieutenant, Co. A, 
 May 30, 1862; as first lieutenant, Co. C, Jan 
 uary 22, 1863; mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 at Albany, X. Y. ; subsequent service as can- 
 tain and commissary of subsistance, U. S. 
 V. ; since died. 
 
 SWEENEY, JAMES. Age, 30 years. En 
 listed, Mav 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 
 15, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 
 TAFF, LABIEX. Age, 35 years. Enlisted, 
 June 20, 1861, at Addison, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. E, June 23, 1861; 
 discharged, January 7, 1863, for wounds re 
 ceived September 17, 1862, at Aiitietam, Md. 
 
 TAFT, JESSE. Age, 30 years. Enlisted, 
 June 20, 1 86 1, at Addison, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. E, June 23, 1861; 
 killed, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. 
 
 TALCOTT. JAMES M. Age, 25 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861 ; 
 corporal, November 22, 1861 ; sergeant, July 
 8, 1862; first sergeant, July 24, 1862; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y.; 
 subsequent service, in Co. L, Second New 
 York Heavy Artillery; was shot through the 
 lung at Cold Harbor, Va. See P. O. ad 
 dresses. 
 
 TARBEL, LEWIS. Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Norway, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861 ; mustered 
 out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 TAYLOR, CHARLES. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, November 10, 1861, at Herkimer, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. G, same date; corporal, April i, 1863; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 Since died. 
 
 TAYLOR, CHARLES B. Age, 23 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as corporal, Co. F, 
 June 15, 1861; reduced to ranks at his own 
 request; absent, sick in hospital, at David s 
 Island, N. Y. ; no further record; subsequent 
 service in Second Artillery. 
 
 TAYLOR, GEORGE. Age, 30 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 
 15, 1861; deserted, March 10, 1862, at Bol 
 ivar, Va. 
 
 TAYLOR, HENRY. Age, 25 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861; dis 
 charged for disability, February n, 1863. 
 
 TAYLOR, JOHN. Age, 32 years. Enlisted, 
 November 19, 1861, at Wells, to serve un 
 expired term of two years; mustered in, Co. 
 B, same date; deserted, March 28, 1862, at 
 Alexandria, Va. 
 
 TEMPLAR, CHESTER. Age, years. En- 
 listed, February i, 1862, at Hammondsport, 
 to serve unexpired term of two years; mus 
 tered in, Co. I, February 5, 1862; deserted 
 from hospital, July 20, 1862. 
 
 TEN BROECK, HIRAM. Age, 24 years. En 
 listed, May 1 8, 1861, at Troupsourg. to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 
 15, 1861; corporal, September 17, 1862; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 TERRY, ALBERT. Age, 24 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Little Falls, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 1861 ; 
 corporal, date not stated; died, June i, 1862, 
 of wounds received, May 31, 1862, at Fair 
 Oaks, Va. 
 
 TERRY, JOSEPH N. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, November 28, 1861, at Little Falls, 
 to serve unexpired term of two years; mus 
 tered in, Co. B, same date; corporal, May 31, 
 1862; sergeant, to date from May 30, 1862; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 N. Y. ; subsequent service in Co. F, Six 
 teenth Artillery. 
 
 TERRY, VICTOR. Age, 22 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Little Falls, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 1861; 
 died June i, 1862, of wounds received, May 
 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. See incident of 
 Terrv Brothers, at dedication. 
 
 THAYER, ELI R. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 
 1861; corporal, July i, 1862; mustered out, 
 Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 THOMPSON, EDWARD. Age, 43 years. 
 Enlisted, June 16, 1861, at Albany, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. A, same date; 
 died, December 13, 1862, at Falmouth, Va. 
 
 THOMPSON, FRANK E. Age, 17 years. 
 Enlisted, October 7, 1861, at West Troy, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. A, October 14, 1861; mustered out, 
 Tune 30, 1863. at Albany. N. Y. ; since died. 
 
 THOMPSON. GEORGE W. Age. 30 years. 
 Enrolled, May 30, 1861, at Albany, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as adjutant, June 15, 
 1861; resigned to become lieut. -colonel, and 
 afterward colonel in One Hundred and Fiftv- 
 second New York Volunteers, January 28, 
 1863. 
 
 THOMPSON, JOHN. Age, 43 years. En 
 listed, June 16, 1861, at Albany, to serve 
 two years; mustered in. Co. A, same date; 
 mustered out, July 8, 1863. Since died. 
 
 THOMPSON, JOHN. Age, 45 years. En 
 listed May 12. 1861. at Champlam, to serve 
 two years: mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861 ; 
 discharged, no date. 
 
 THOMPSON. RL Fl S. Aee, 2<; years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Stratford, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; 
 corporal and reduced, dates not stated; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 THOMPSON, SILAS. Age, 24 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15. 1861; 
 died of disease, November i, 1862, in General 
 Hospital. 
 
HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 THOMPSON, THEODORE. Age, 20 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Strattord, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K.June 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, July 29, 1861. 
 
 THRASHER, AUGUSTUS. Age, 22 years. 
 Enlisted, May 7, 1861, at Ohio, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 THRASHER, WILLIAM D. Age, 24 years. 
 Enlisted, May 7, 1861, at Ohio, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861 ; 
 killed, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. 
 
 TIMMONS, CHARLES. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, July 28, 1861, at West Troy, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. A, August 4, 1861; mustered out, June 
 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. Since died. 
 
 TODD, JAMES H. Age, 23 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Fairfield, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861; sergeant, 
 November i, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 
 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 TUNMCLIFF, WILLIAM B. Age, 19 years. 
 Enusted, May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 
 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. Since died. 
 
 TOMLINSON, WILBUR F. Age, 29 years. 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at North Urbana, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 
 15, 1861: captured, August 8, 1862, at Alal- 
 vern Hill, Va. ; exchanged, September 13, 
 1862; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. ; subsequent service in Co. M, 
 Twenty-second Cavalry. Since died. 
 
 TOWNES, HENRY H. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 
 1861; discharged for disability, November 
 27, 1861, at Poolsville, Md. 
 
 TOWNER. CHARLES C. Age, 23 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861; 
 detached, October 13, 1861, to Fifth United 
 States Cavalry. 
 
 TOWNSEND, WILLIAM. Age, 26 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Fairfield, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 TRAVER, CHARLES. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, June 1 6, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. A, same date; cor 
 poral, December i, 1862; mustered out, June 
 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 TRAVER, HENRY. Age, 20 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Salisbury, to serve two 
 years; mustered in as corporal, Co. K, June 
 15, 1861; sergeant, March 25, 1862; dis 
 charged, January 15, 1863, for wounds re 
 ceived, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 
 Md. 
 
 TRAVER, WILLIAM. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, June 1 6, 1861, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. A, same date; 
 wounded, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 
 Md. ; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. 
 
 TRIM, GEORGE. Age, 25 years. Enlisted, 
 June 20, 1861, at Addison, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. E.June 23, 1861; 
 mustered out, Junue 30, 1863, at Albany, N. 
 Y. : since died. 
 
 TROMBLY, WILLIAM H. Age, 21 years. 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to 
 serve two years: mustered in, Co. D, June 
 15, 1861; died of disease, date not stated, at 
 Harper s Ferry. Va. 
 
 TROY, MARTIN. Age, 23 years. Enlisted, 
 June 1 6, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two years; 
 
 mustered in, Co. A, same date; dishonorably 
 discharged, June 16, 1863, by sentence of 
 general court-martial. Since died. 
 
 TUCKER, SAMUEL. Age, 23 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 1861; 
 corporal, June 27, 1862; mustered out, June 
 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 USHER, FRANCIS W. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May 10, 1 86 1, at Potsdam, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 
 1861; mustered in as second lieutenant, De 
 cember 11, 1861; as first lieutenant, July 26, 
 1862; resigned, October 24, 1862; recommis- 
 sioned as first lieutenant, Co. B, Decem 
 ber 30, 1862; mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 VAN ALLEN, CHARLES H. Age, 19 years. 
 Enlisted, July 28, 1861, at Herkimer, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. F, August 4, 1861; captured and 
 paroled, dates not stated; mustered out, June 
 
 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 VAN ALLEN, WARREN. Age, 24 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to 
 serve two years; mustered in as corporal, 
 Co. B, June 15, 1861; sergeant, May 13, 
 1862; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. 
 
 VAN ETTEN, JOHN. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 
 1861; discharged, December i, 1862, at 
 Alexandria, Va., for wounds received, May 
 
 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. 
 
 VAN COURT, DANIEL P. Age, 24 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Schuyler s Lake, 
 to serve two years; mustered in, Co. G, June 
 15, 1861; discharged, March 18, 1863, for 
 wounds received, May 31, 1862, at Fair 
 Oaks, Va. 
 
 VANDERWACKER, LORENZO. Age, 30 
 years. Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, 
 to serve two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 
 15, 1861 ; died, September n, 1862, at Phila 
 delphia, Pa. 
 
 VAN HAGAN, JESSE. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; 
 killed, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. 
 
 VAN HAGAN, WILLIAM. Age, 18 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged, date and place not stated. 
 
 VAN NESS, IRA. Age, 44 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, July 12, 1862, at 
 Harrison s Landing, Va. Subsequent ser 
 vice in Veteran Corps. 
 
 VAN PATTEN. PETER. Age, 19 years. En- 
 -listed, May 18, 1861, at West Troy, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. A, June 15, 1861 ; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 Since died. 
 
 VAN PETTEN, JOHN B. Age, 40 years. En 
 rolled, June 15, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in as chaplain, June 15, 
 1861; resigned, September 20, 1862, for pro 
 motion; subsequent service. lieutenant- 
 colonel. One Hundred and Sixtieth New 
 York Volunteers, and colonel, One Hundred 
 and Ninety-third New York Volunteers, and 
 brevet-bt-itrpriier. 
 
 VAN SLYKE, MARTIN. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, June 15, 1861, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. F, same date: mus 
 tered out. June 30, 1863, at Albany^ N. Y.; 
 subsequent service in Thirteenth Artillery. 
 
ROSTER OF THE REGIMENT 
 
 149 
 
 VAN VALKENBURGH, LEWIS. Age, 21 
 years. Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Paine s 
 Hollow, to serve two years; mustered in, 
 Co. F, June 15, 1861; corporal, date not 
 stated; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, X. Y. 
 
 VAX VALKEXBURGH, WILLIAM S. Age, 
 28 years. Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Paine s 
 Hollow, to serve two years; mustered in, 
 as hrst sergeant, Co. 1- , June 15. 1861; 
 wounded, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va.; 
 mustered in as second lieutenant, July 26, 
 1862; as first lieutenant, January 28, 1863; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, X. Y. 
 
 VAX ZILE, GEORGE. Age, 27 years. En 
 listed, June 20, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 23, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 X. Y. ; also borne as John; since died. 
 
 V1BBER, EUGENE. Age, 25 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Mohawk, to servo 
 two years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 
 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, X. Y. 
 
 VOSBURGH, DANIEL. Age, 23 years. En 
 listed, October 18, 1861, at Little Falls, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. K, same date; transferred to Co. F, 
 October 30, 1861; discharged for disability, 
 Tuly 14, 1862, at Fort Monroe, Va. 
 
 WADE, CHARLES. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1 86 1, at Wheeler, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 1861 ; 
 discharged for disability, July 15, 1861, at 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 WAIT, FRAXCIS J. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 
 1861; wounded, June, i, 1862, at Fair Oaks, 
 Va. ; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, X. Y., as Franklin Wait. 
 
 WALBY, RALPH. Age, 27 years. Enlisted, 
 December 6, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two vears; mustered in, Co. B, same date; 
 killed, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. ; 
 also borne as Waldbv. 
 
 WALDRON. GEORGE W. Age. 23 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861; 
 corporal and sergeant, dates not stated; 
 wounded. September 17, 1862, at Antietam, 
 Md. ; discharged for disability, February 15, 
 1863, at Washington, D. C. 
 
 WALKER, EDWARD S. Age, 37 years. 
 Enrolled, May 30, 1861, at Albany, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as assistant surgeon, 
 Tune 15, 1861; resigned, November 3, 1862. 
 
 WALLACE. WILLIAM R. Rge. 23 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Graysville, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as first sergeant, Co. 
 C, June 15, 1861; as second lieutenant, De 
 cember 25, 1861; as first lieutenant. Co. D, 
 January i, 1863; mustered out, June 30, 
 "1863, at Albany, X. Y. ; subsequent service 
 in Co. G, Second Veteran Cavalry, and a 
 still later infantry regiment; died at Ohio, 
 X. V . Auenst. 1865. 
 
 WALSH, JAMES. Age, 19 years. Enlisted, 
 June 1 6," 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. A, same date; captured, 
 July i, 1862, place not stated; paroled, date 
 and place not stated; discharged for dis 
 ability, Xovembe.r 27, 1862, at Alexandria, 
 Va. 
 
 WALTON, HENRY H. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, October 18. 1861. at Little Falls, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years: mustered 
 in. Co. K, same date; corporal. February 7, 
 1863; mustered out, Tune 30, 1863, at Al 
 
 bany, X. Y. ; subsequent service, Co. H, Six 
 teenth Xew York Artillery. 
 
 WALTOX, WILLIAM S. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Fairfield, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; 
 as second lieutenant, Xovember 22, 1861; 
 wounded and captured, June 30, 1862, at 
 Glendale, Va. ; mustered in as first lieuten 
 ant, July i, 1862; as captain, Co. H, Novem 
 ber ii, 1862; mustered out, June 30, 1863, 
 at Albany, X. Y. See biography. 
 
 WARDOX, CHARLES. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 
 1861; deserted, November 24, 1862, at Alex 
 andria, Va. 
 
 \\ARFORD, BEXJAMIX H. Age, 30 years. 
 Enrolled, May 18, 1861, at West Troy, to 
 serve two years; mustered in as second lieu 
 tenant, Co. A, June 15, 1861; captain, May 
 30, 1862; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, X T . Y. ; not commissioned as second 
 lieutenant; commissioned first lieutenant, 
 July 4, 1861, with rank from May 18, 1861, 
 original; captain, June 5, 1862, with rank from 
 May 30, 1862. vice W. L. Oswald, discharged; 
 since died. See biography. 
 
 WARNER, ANDREW. Age, 31 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Poland, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 WARNER, WILLIAM X. Age, 25 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Graysville, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; 
 wounded, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. ; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 WATERHOUSE, GEORGE J. Age, 20 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Albany, to serve 
 two years: mustered in, Co. K, June 15, 1861; 
 accidentally killed, July 20, 1861, at Wash 
 ington, D. C. 
 
 WATSOX, HEXRY H. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, October 18, 1861, at Little Falls, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mus 
 tered in, Co. K, same date; transferred to 
 Co. C, X T ovember 4, 1861; no further record. 
 
 WATSOX, JAMES A. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 1861 ; 
 corporal, date not stated; sergeant, February 
 28, 1863; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. 
 
 WAYMAN, CHRISTIAN. Age, 23 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as first sergeant, 
 Co. F, June 15, 1861; reduced, October 20, 
 1862; discharged for disability, February 15, 
 1863, at Washington, D. C. ; also borne as 
 Weyman. 
 
 WEBB, GEORGE. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 July 28, 1 86 1, at West Troy, to serve un 
 expired term of two years; mustered in, Co. 
 A, August 4, 1861; transferred to Navy, 
 February 17, 1862; subsequent service in 
 Twenty-fourth Cavalry. 
 
 WEBER, RICHARD. Age, 21 years. En 
 listed, June 15, 1861, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. I, same date; 
 wounded, May 31, 1862. at Fair Oaks, Va. ; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 Since died. 
 
 WEBER, WILLIAM. Age. 19 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30. 1863, at Albany, 
 X. Y. ; subsequent service in Second Artil 
 lery. 
 
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 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 WEBSTER, WILLIAM R. Age, 44 years. 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at Champlain, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 
 15, 1861; wounded, May 31, 1862, at Fair 
 Oaks, Ya. ; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, X. Y. 
 
 WELLS, EDWARD J. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as musician, Co. H, 
 June 15, 1861; discharged, September 10, 
 
 1 86 1, at Seneca Mills, Md., as Edgar Wells 
 WELLS, HAMILTON. Age, 45 years. En 
 listed, November 19, 1861, at Wells, to serve 
 unexpired term of two years; mustered in, 
 Co. B, same date; wounded, September 17, 
 
 1862, at Antietam, Md. ; discharged for dis 
 ability, December 15, 1862, at Philadelphia, 
 
 WELSH, PATRICK. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, June 1 6, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. A, same date; mus 
 tered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 \VH EATON, WELLINGTON. Age, 18 years. 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at Bath, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. I.June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 WHEELER, FRANKLIN E. Age, 21 years. 
 Enlisted, June 20, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 23, 1861 ; 
 wounded, date and place not stated; de 
 serted, June 8, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. 
 WHEELER, JAMES B. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, September 27, 1861, at Hammonds- 
 port, to serve unexpired term of two years; 
 mustered in, Co. I, same date; corporal, Jan 
 uary i, 1862, and sergeant, April 9, 1863; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 N. Y. ; subsequent service in Co. F, Sixteenth 
 Artillery. 
 
 WHEELER, PETER. Age, 23 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 Subsequent service in Second N. Y. Artil 
 lery, in which he died. 
 
 WHITBECK, HENRY L. Age, 22 years. 
 Enlisted, May 18, 1861, at West Troy, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. A, June 
 15, 1861; corporal and reduced, dates not 
 stated; discharged for disability, January 18, 
 1863, at Frederick, Md. Since died. 
 
 WHITE, DANIEL. Age, 22 years. Enlisted, 
 June 20, 1861, at Addison, to serve two 
 vears; mustered in, Co. E, June 23, 1861; 
 killed, September 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. 
 
 WHITE, EDWARD. Age, 30 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Herkimer, as musician, Co. 
 F, to serve two years; mustered in as fife 
 major, June 15, 1861; transferred to Co. F, 
 September i, 1862, and reduced to musician; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 N. Y. ; also borne as Edwin White. Since 
 died. 
 
 WHITE, HENRY. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, 
 June 1 6, 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. A, same date; transferred 
 to Cavalry, October n, 1861. 
 
 WHITE, ISAAC. Age, 26 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Mohawk, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; ser 
 geant, date not stated; mustered out, June 
 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. Since died. 
 
 WHITE, JOHN. Age, 31 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1861, at Paine s Hollow, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 WHITE, THOMAS. Age. 22 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 
 two years; mustered in as corporal, Co. F, 
 June 15, 1861; sergeant, date not stated; 
 wounded, May 31 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va.; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 - KITE, WILLIAM. Age, 3 5 years. En- 
 
 WHITE 
 listed, May 
 
 -Age, 35 years. 
 1 86 1, at Albany, to serve two 
 
 years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861; 
 killed, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. 
 WHITEHEAD, SAMUEL. Age, 18 years. 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, 
 to serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 
 15, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 
 WHITLOCK, ROBERT. Age, 23 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. B.June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 WHITMAN, RICHARD. Age, 26 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861; 
 transferred to Co. H, April i, 1862; absent, 
 sick in General Hospital, August 15, 1862; 
 no further record; subsequent service in Co. 
 H, Fourteenth Artillery. 
 
 WHITMARSH, RILEY C. Age, 21 years. 
 Enlisted, May 18, 1861, at West Troy, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. A, June 
 15, 1861; discharged for disability, Septem 
 ber 1 8, 1862, at Falmouth, Va. (Probably 
 error, as the regiment was then at Antietam. 
 Ed.) 
 
 WHITTLETON, THOMAS. Age, 25 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Norway, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. C, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 WIGHT, ELERSON. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Ilion, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; 
 corporal, date not stated; mustered out, June 
 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 WILCOTT, WILFORD. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, December i, 1861, at Herkimer, to 
 serve unexpired term of two years; mustered 
 in, Co. F, December 17, 1861; died of dis 
 ease, August 31, 1862, in hospital at Fort 
 Monroe, Va. 
 
 WILDRICK, GEORGE W. Age, 28 years. 
 Enlisted, May 18, 1861, at Woodhull, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as sergeant, Co. E, 
 June 15, 1861; as second lieutenant, October 
 8, 1861; discharged, April 10, 1862; died at 
 Addison, N. Y., August 3, 1886. 
 WILEY, DAVID. Age, 24 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve two years; 
 mustered in, Co. G, June 15, 1861; corporal, 
 October 8, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 
 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 WILL, PHILIP. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, 
 May i, 1 86 1, at Herkimer, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 1861; 
 wounded, May 31, 1862, at Fair Oaks, Va. ; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 Since died. 
 
 WILLIAMS, ARTHUR. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1 86 1, at Rouse s Point, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 
 15, 1861; discharged for disability, May 14, 
 
 1862, at Yorktown, Va. ; since died. 
 WILLIAMS, GEORGE W. Age, 29 years. 
 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, 
 to serve two years; mustered in as corporal, 
 Co. I, June 15, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 
 
 1863, at Albany. N. Y. Since died. 
 WILLIAMS, JOHN. Age, 26 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Salisbury, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as corporal, Co. K, 
 Tune is, 1861; killed, May 31, 1862, at Fair 
 Oaks, Va. 
 
ROSTER OF THE REGIMENT 
 
 WILLOUGHBY, CHARLES A. Age, 18 
 years. Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Norway, 
 to serve two years; mustered in, Co. C, June 
 15, 1861; discharged, March 18, 1863, from 
 hospital, at Baltimore, Md., for wounds re 
 ceived September 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md. 
 
 WILSON, ELIHU. Age, 21 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1 86 1, at Champlain, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 1861; 
 mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Albany, 
 N. Y. ; subsequent service in Co. I, Sixteenth 
 Artillery; since died. 
 
 WILSON, HARVEY J. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1 86 1, at Champlain, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. D, June 15, 
 1861; died of disease, October 26, 1862, at 
 Harper s Ferry, Va. 
 
 WILSON, JAMES E. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May 18, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 
 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 
 WILSON, JOHN L. Age, 19 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. F, June 15, 
 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. ; also borne as John L. 
 Wheeler. 
 
 WITHERSTINE, ABRAM D. Age, 30 
 years. Enlisted, March 3, 1862, at Lenox, 
 to serve three years; mustered in, Co. H, 
 same date; died of disease, August 12, 1862, 
 in General Hospital. 
 
 WOMBAUGH, CHARLES H. Age, 22 years 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. E, June 15, 
 1861; discharged, June 15, 1861, for promo 
 tion to paymaster; commissioned paymaster, 
 not mustered, July 4, 1861, with rank from 
 May 30, 1861, original; since died. 
 
 WOODRUFF, DARIUS A. Age, 19 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Herkimer, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. F.June 15, 1861; 
 discharged for disability, March 24, 1863, at 
 Falmouth, Va., as Darius J. Woodruff. 
 
 WOODRUFF, GEORGE W. Age, 21 years. 
 Enlisted, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, 
 to serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 
 15, 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 
 WOODRUFF, VOLNEY. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1861, at Hammondsport, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 
 1861; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. ; subsequent service, Co. B, 
 Fourteenth Artillery. 
 
 WOODS, THOMAS. Age, 18 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 1861; 
 wounded, December 13. i8 = >2. at Fredericks- 
 burg, Va. ; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at 
 Albany, N. Y. 
 
 WOOLYER, AMOS N. Age, 32 years. En 
 listed, September 2, 1862, at Manheim, to 
 serve three years; mustered in, Co. K, same 
 date; transferred to Eighty-second New York 
 Infantry, June 8, 1863. 
 
 WOOLVER, OLIVER A. Age, 30 years. En 
 listed, September 2, 1861, at Manheim, to 
 serve three years; mustered in, Co. K, same 
 date ; transferred to Eighty-second New York 
 Infantry, June 8, 1863. 
 
 WRIGHT, EZRA. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 March, 1861, at Lenox, to serve three years; 
 mustered in, Co. H, same date; wounded at 
 Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862; 
 transferred to Eighty-second New York In 
 fantry, June 8, 1863. 
 
 WRIGHT, JAMES O. Age, 22 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1861, at Ticonderoga, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. H, June 15, 
 1861; corporal, date not stated; sergeant, 
 July i, 1862; first sergeant, January 28, 
 1863; mustered out, June 30, 1863, at Al 
 bany, N. Y. 
 
 WRIGHT, JOHN. Age, 18 years. Enlisted, 
 May 22, 1 86 1, at Hammondsport, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. I, June 15, 
 1861; died of disease, May 19, 1862, in hos 
 pital at Fortress Monroe, Va. 
 
 WRIGHT. JOHN B. Age, 27 years. En 
 rolled, May i, 1 86 1, at Crown Point, to serve 
 two years; mustered in as second lieutenant, 
 Co. H, June 15, 1861; as first lieutenant, 
 October 20, 1861; as captain, June 15, 1862; 
 resigned, Tune 18, 1862. 
 
 WRAUGHT, HOMER. A<re. 18 years. En 
 listed, May i, 1 86 1, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 1861 ; 
 died, October 29, 1861, at Poolsville, Md. 
 
 YOUNG, EDW r ARD. Age, 20 years. En 
 listed, May 20, 1861, at Addison, to serve 
 two years: mustered in, Co. E, Tune 15, 1861- 
 corporal. May 31, 1862; wounded, September 
 17, 1862, at Antietam, Md., and December 
 13, 1862, at Fredericksburg, Va. ; mustered 
 out, Tune 30, 1863, at Albany, N. Y. 
 
 YOUNGS, VAN BUREN. Age, 21 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to 
 serve two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 
 15, 1861; deserted, August 15, 1861, at Great 
 Falls. Md. 
 
 ZIMMERMAN, MARTIN. Age, 18 years. 
 Enlisted, May i, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve 
 two years; mustered in, Co. B, June 15, 1861; 
 appointed musician, date not stated: deserted, 
 September 21, 1861, at Seneca Mills. Md. 
 
 ZIPPERLY, EZRA. Aee. 28 vears. Enlisted 
 June 29, 1861, at Little Falls, to serve two 
 years; mustered in, Co. B, same date; dis 
 charged for disability, October i, 1861, at 
 Washington. D. C. 
 
 ZAUGG, CHRISTIAN. Age, 3 4 years. En 
 listed, May 22, 1 86 1, at Champlain. to serve 
 two years; mustered in as corporal, Co. D, 
 June 15, 1861; deserted, February 21, 1862, 
 pt Poolsville. Md. (The statement of his 
 desertion is nrobably an error. We think be 
 died as resuK of wounds received at Seneca 
 Mills, Md., September 16. 1861. See anec 
 dote. Ed. 
 
 ZUFELT, DAVID. Age, n years. Enlisted. 
 October 7, 1861. at West Troy, to serve un- 
 expired term of two years; mustered in, Co. 
 A, same date; mustered out, June 30. 1863, 
 at Albany. N. Y. 
 
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 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 STATISTICS. 
 
 Total Number on These Lists, by Actual Count 1008 
 
 Number of men in regiment at time of muster in, June 15, 1861, by report of" 
 Adjutant General was: 
 
 Staff Officers I0 
 
 Company Officers. . ^o 
 
 Enlisted Men 766 
 
 Number of recruits received during service, therefore, was, 
 
 officers and enlisted men 202 
 
 Total number on these lists - 1008- 
 
 What became of these men is attested by the following: 
 
 Killed at Antietam 43 
 
 Fair Oaks 31 
 
 Glendale 6 
 
 " Fredericksburg 6 
 
 " Seneca Mills . . ". 3 
 
 MalvernHill 2 
 
 White House i 
 
 Tyler House i 
 
 Washington, accidentally i 
 
 Missing at Malvern Hill 2 
 
 Died of disease 65 
 
 Discharged for disabilities, chiefly wounds 194 
 
 cause and date not stated 30 
 
 Officers resigned, staff 6 
 
 company 15 
 
 Dismissed, officers 2 
 
 enlisted men 2 
 
 Discharged on habeas corpus 2 
 
 as a minor i 
 
 Transferred to other branches of service 48 
 
 Deserted, captured and otherwise unaccounted for 42 
 
 Absent sick at muster out 9 
 
 Mustered out, June 30,1 863 . staff officers 12 
 
 Mustered out, June 30, 1863, company officers 30 
 
 Mustered out, June 30, 1863, enlisted men 454 
 
 Total 1008- 
 
 All men who did not go south with us July 3, 1861, and there were a great- 
 many such, have been omitted from the above count. 
 
THE ANTIETAM MONUMENT 
 Erected on the Extreme Right of our Most Advanced Position. 
 
program of Exercises 
 ot tbc abtrtE*jfourtb "Regiment /Monument 
 
 On Antietam Battle-field, September 17, IQOZ 
 
 1. BUSINESS MEETING AT THE DUNKARD CHURCH, 
 
 2. THE ASSEMBLY n O CLOCK, AT MONUMENT, .... Bugle 
 
 3. DEDICATORY PRAYER, . . CAPT. IRVING D. CLARK, GLOVERSVILLE 
 
 4. INTRODUCTORY, WITH HISTORY OF MONUMENT ENTERPRISE, 
 
 NATHAN EASTERBROOK, JR., NEW HAVEN, CONN., 
 CHAIRMAN OF MONUMENT COMMITTEE. 
 
 5. UNVEILING, ACCOMPANIED WITH Music BY THE BAND, . 
 
 JAMES A. SUITER, JR., HERKIMER. 
 
 6. CALLING THE ROLL OF HONOR OUR HEROIC DEAD, . 
 
 LIEUTENANT L. N. CHAPIN, NEW YORK, 
 SECRETARY MONUMENT COMMITTEE. 
 
 7. Music, Band 
 
 8. ORATION HON. J. D. HENDERSON, HERKIMER 
 
 ^. ADDRESS, MRS. DONALD MCLEAN, NEW YORK 
 
 10. IMPROMPTU ADDRESSES FIELD STAFF, AND COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES, 
 MAJOR WELLS SPONABLE, NEW YORK, 
 
 TREASURER MONUMENT COMMITTEE. 
 CAPT. IRVING D. CLARK, GLOVERSVILLE, 
 CAPT. HENRY W. SANFORD, WASHINGTON, 
 COMRADE PHILO H. BELL, CROWN POINT. 
 
 u. Music, Band 
 
 12. FORMAL TRANSFER SITE AND MONUMENT TO UNITED STATES, . 
 
 QUARTERMASTER NATHAN EASTERBROOK, JR., 
 CHAIRMAN MONUMENT COMMITTEE. 
 
 13. ACCEPTANCE OF SAME, 
 
 GEN. E. A. CARMAN, OF WASHINGTON, 
 REPRESENTING THE SECRETARY OF WAR, UNITED STATES. 
 
 14. SINGING "AMERICA," Assemblage 
 
 15. BENEDICTION, .... REV. B. R. CARNAHAN, KEEDYSVILLE 
 
 16. LIGHTS OUT (TAPS), Bugle 
 
THE DEDICATION 
 
 THE dedication of our monument on the old battlefield of An- 
 tietam brought to a close a labor that had extended over a 
 period of seven years ; a labor whose magnitude no one, at 
 the outset, could foresee ; or, if he could have foreseen, would never 
 have had the hardihood to propose. There was the labor, the in 
 finite labor, of finding out where the old comrades were, who, 
 since they broke ranks, for the last time, forty years before, had 
 scattered over the face of the earth, or were buried beneath its 
 surface. It was necessary to find the living, that their hearty co 
 operation might be secured ; and necessary to find the dead, that 
 their names might properly be recorded, and their memories appro 
 priately honored. There was the task of raising several thousand 
 dollars, from what sources, or by what means, few had any adequate 
 conception. There was the task of journeying to Herkimer to seek aid 
 and comfort from the Board of Supervisors; the task of journeying to 
 Albany, to seek similar solace from a legislature, some of whose mem 
 bers had always to ask the question of political expediency, and what 
 was to be gained by it. And when, at last, after years of delay, the 
 means had been provided, there was the task of journeying to Antietam, 
 to dicker for a site ; the task of selecting a design from among many, 
 that would fully satisfy the artistic sense, and fully embody the sacred 
 memorial idea which we were seeking to express and perpetuate. And 
 when the monument had been provided with its proper literature, which, 
 in enduring bronze, should tell its story to all coming time ; when the 
 monument, itself, had been fully completed, and fully erected on the 
 chosen site, there still remained the task of providing suitable dedi 
 catory exercises, and for the transportation of the comrades, in com 
 fort and security, over the long journey that was necessary from 
 their far distant homes, to the ancient battle ground. And even 
 when all this had been accomplished, the success of the whole enter 
 prise the dedicatory part was jeopardized by the announcement of 
 two other excursions of civil war veterans to nearby destinations ; the 
 reunion of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, at Gettysburg, two 
 days after our dedication, and the Annual Encampment of the Grand 
 Army of the Republic, at Washington, two weeks later. Still, always 
 undaunted, the committee pressed forward, to final victory, and the com 
 pletion of its labors, to the absolute satisfaction of everybody interested. 
 But in the laborious process, thousands of miles had been traveled ; 
 thousands of dollars had been honestly raised, and every cent of the 
 amount honestly spent ; thousands of letters had been written ; thou 
 sands of worries had been lived through ; thousands of hard words 
 stifled before they were uttered, all for the sake of the pure and holy 
 purpose that lay at the bottom of all our labors. But when, at last, the 
 last thing had been done, and the last word had been said, and we stood 
 
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 HISTORY 
 
 THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 under the beautiful blue sky of a perfect autumn day, listening- to the 
 fall of the benediction, from the lips of the holy man, with the old 
 familiar voices calling to us, out of the unseen, and the old familiar 
 hands reaching down, out of the infinite spaces, to clasp our own, then, 
 indeed, we could feel paid and repaid, a thousand times over, for all 
 that we had done, and all that we had wanted to do, and tried so 
 ineffectually to do. The long day s work was ended." 
 
 On the morning of September 16, 1902, after all our groundless 
 fears as to the success of the excursion, a goodly number of comrades 
 and friends, from points all along the Mohawk Valley, boarded the east 
 bound train of the West Shore Railroad, with through tickets for the 
 dedication. At various points along- the valley, other comrades and 
 friends boarded the train. By evening of the same day, it had reached 
 New York, where other comrades caught on ; and during the night that 
 followed, the train of the Baltimore and Ohio, by a none too comfortable 
 journey, was side-tracked at Harper s Ferry, where it waited for the 
 morning. This history records how some of these same people, by this 
 self -same railroad, had arrived at this self -same place, on a morning, 
 forty years before, to find the granite doorway of the Shenandoah 
 locked and barred against their further progress southward; and how 
 
 
 VILLAGE OF SHARPSBURG, MD. 1903 
 
FHE DEDICATION 
 
 JAMES X. GREENE 
 
 thev had then labored to unbar the door, 
 and reopen the great railroad to the 
 commerce of the world. The morning 
 of September 17 was passed in 
 revisiting the scenes of their 
 former labors. Early in the 
 forenoon of that day, the 
 train bearing the com- 
 rades, who now fully real- 
 ized that they were again 
 u amid hills and valleys 
 .IkS of the long ago, and 
 w hose memories 
 were thronging with 
 reached the little 
 long-vanished scenes, 
 town of Keedysville, 
 Md. On the 
 towered 
 South 
 
 157 
 
 Mountain 
 range, down 
 through 
 w h i c h the 
 regiment had 
 defiled, at 
 Turner s 
 Gap, on that 
 morning after 
 the bloody 
 battle of September 
 14, 1862. To the 
 south was plainly 
 seen the break of 
 Crampton s Pass, 
 with its stony re 
 minders of the hosts 
 that had once 
 swarmed through it. 
 
 AND JESSE R. FORT, OF COMMITTEE. 
 
158 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 Here was the great spring where the men had filled their canteens; 
 and this, was the same Boonsboro road they had once traveled. To 
 the westward flowed Antietam Creek, which they had forded on a 
 distant morning, when every man s heart was in his throat ; and further 
 on the heights and plains, from which on that same morning, had 
 thundered a thousand guns, dealing out death and destruction with a 
 lavish hand. 
 
 Here the party were met by the teams, which were to bear them to 
 the old battlefield, by substantially the same route they had taken just 
 forty years before. Arriving at the same little old Dunkard Church, 
 which did not seem to have changed much in all the long interval, the 
 veterans looked around them on scenes vastly different from those 
 with which they had once been familiar. Then all this vast tract was 
 covered with dead men, and dead horses, and all the dreadful detritus 
 of a great battle ; while the air was rank with villainous odors. Now 
 there were "orchard lawns, and bowery hollows, crowned with summer 
 sea." The faces of many of the comrades were bathed in tears, as it all 
 came back. 
 
 Soon we began to meet other comrades, who had come by one route 
 and another, for a final roll-call at the monument. The little church 
 was thrown open to visitors, and every inch of the old familiar ground 
 was carefully surveyed. Then there was a business meeting, at which 
 every man s heart was full, and everybody wanted to thank everybody 
 who had had the least part in bringing about the enterprise, and this 
 dearest and sweetest of all the reunions, a reunion which could never, 
 by any possibility, be repeated. The following is the resolution, offered 
 by Captain Irving D. Clark, of Company B, which he has several times 
 since written us to amplify, fearing it didn t thank anybody half 
 enough : 
 
 "We wish, first of all, to thank our Monument Committee, Chairman, 
 Quartermaster Nathan Easterbrook, Jr., Treasurer, Major Wells Sponable; 
 Secretary, Lieutenant Louis N. Chapin; also pur Regimental Association Secre 
 taries, Secretary Jesse R. Fort; Corresponding Secretary, James N. Greene; 
 for their self denial, and extraordinary efforts, and unremitting labors, for 
 the success of our noble enterprise; and we wish the veterans, and their child 
 ren, and children s children, to know that these comrades did their duty well, 
 and labored not in vain." 
 
 After the business meeting, there was an adjournment to the monu 
 ment, on Confederate Avenue, near by, and the old veterans, led by the 
 band, found that they had not forgotten how to keep step, touching 
 elbows, and guiding right. 
 
 The following is the program that was carried out at the monu 
 ment, where a large crowd of people from the country round, and even 
 from distant towns, were interested spectators, and listeners. The un 
 veiling proper of the beautiful monument, was performed by Mr. James 
 A. Suiter, Jr., son of the veteran Colonel, who, though still hale, at 86, 
 wisely thought it not prudent to hazard the long journey. It had been 
 announced that Captain Emerson S. Northup, of Company K, would be 
 
THE DEDICATION 159 
 
 present, to make the dedicatory prayer; but the Captain lives in far 
 away Los Angeles, Cal., and found it not possible to be present. Ac 
 cordingly his place was taken by Captain Clark. It was also hoped 
 that Captain Northup s daughter would be present, to sing a solo ; but 
 she, also, was compelled to be absent. But Captain Xorthup sent a 
 message, which was read by the- Secretary, Lieutenant Chapin, who 
 also read a message, full of noble words, from the aged Colonel, whom 
 everybody missed. This sentiment of regret was embodied in a reso 
 lution, which was offered by Mrs. Donald McLean, one of the speakers. 
 All the features of the program, the oration, by Hon. J. D. Henderson, 
 the paper read by the President, giving the history of the monument en 
 terprise, and transferring the title of lot and monument to the United 
 States Government, which was so worthily responded to by General E. 
 A. Carman, on behalf of the Government, the address by Mrs. McLean, 
 and all the voluntary addresses ; the reading of the Roll of Honor, by 
 Secretary Chapin, which gave the names of all the comrades who died 
 or were killed during the whole period of the regiment s service ; in 
 short, everything said and done, at the unveiling, was so worthy, and 
 in such good spirit, that there was nothing left to regret. 
 
 After the exercises were finished, and the photographs taken, the 
 comrades and their friends were taken to the little village of Sharps- 
 burg, only a mile or so away, where a most bountiful dinner was spread. 
 The afternoon was spent in riding over the old battlefield. Every cor 
 ner was explored, and many relics were gathered. Toward night the 
 people all found their way, by one road or another, back to Keedys- 
 ville, where they took train for Washington. From this point they 
 scattered, and excursioned in all directions. Many have written since 
 that the week of the dedication was the happiest, the sweetest, and the 
 most sacred, of all their lives. 
 
 CHAIRMAN EASTERBROOK S INTRODUCTION 
 
 Comrades, Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 
 We are assembled here this beautiful autumn day, made more 
 charming by the tints imparted to the foliage in this Eden of entranc 
 ing landscape. 
 
 These tints indicate to the husbandman that harvest time is here, 
 and that it is time to gather in the fruits of his labors. 
 
 Time has touched you with the frost of age ; and you are ad 
 monished that the seed of death sowed here forty years ago to-day is 
 ready for the reaper, and that your harvest time is here, and that 
 account shall be taken of the fruits of your work. We little realized 
 what our harvest would be when that seed was sowed here in blood and 
 sweat. We did not know that on the result of this battle depended the 
 proclamation that shattered the shackles that bound five million in slav 
 ery, and we are here to rejoice that we were instruments in determin 
 ing the event that gave liberty to every bonded human being in our 
 
THE DEDICATION 161 
 
 country. We did not then consider the rapid rush of the stream ot 
 blessings following the restoration of the Union, a reunited people, a 
 country prosperous beyond the dreams of the enthusiast; we made no 
 estimate of the grandeur to which our country should attain and its 
 power in shaping and determining in a large measure the happiness and 
 the well being of the whole human race ; but, my comrades, all these are 
 in large measure closely related to what we may justly claim as part 
 of the harvest from the seed of your sowing, in your capacity of ear 
 nest, honest, effective citizen soldiers. 
 
 Our heroic comrades, whose life blood was shed on this and other 
 fields, have left us a legacy of imperishable honor. 
 
 We are here to dedicate this beautiful and enduring monument 
 in honor of them. They risked all, and lost all, and what they lost we 
 gained." As a visible memorial, prompted by high appreciation of 
 their devotion to country, for which they gave up their lives, surviving 
 comrades, appreciative friends, and a grateful people, have erected this 
 monument, and celebrate the 4Oth anniversary of their sacrifice. 
 
 We cordially welcome the friends who honor the occasion with 
 their presence. We especially welcome distinguished ladies and gen 
 tlemen, friends, who in eloquent words will address you. We welcome 
 the representative of the United States to whose care and custody our 
 monument will be committed, and under whose fostering care it will 
 stand as a sentinel for a thousand years, guarding the sleeping patriots 
 beneath its shadow. In the name of the Veteran Association of the 
 Thirty-fourth Regiment, I welcome you all. 
 
 HISTORY MONUMENT ENTERPRISE 
 
 The project for the erection of a Monument in honor of the Thirty- 
 fourth Regiment on the battlefield of Antietam, had its inception at 
 the business meeting of the reunion of the Association, at Little Falls, 
 September the I7th. 1895. The following resolution was introduced, 
 and received the unanimous approval of the Association : 
 
 Resolved, First, That a committee of three members of this association 
 be appointed by the colonel to collect information and other data, and to 
 make arrangements for the erection of a monument on the battlefield of 
 Antietam. 
 
 Resolved, Second, That the committee so appointed shall have power 
 to add to their number, in order to accomplish the erection of said monument. 
 
 In pursuance of the above resolution, Nathan Easterbrook, Jr., \Vells 
 Sponable, and Louis N. Chapin were appointed by Colonel James A. Suiter, 
 President, as the committee, and the committee so appointed by Colonel 
 Suiter shall be, and they hereby are, empowered, to do all things, and to per 
 form all acts, either by themselves or in conjunction with the persons they 
 may add to their numbers, for the purpose of the erection and dedication of 
 said monument on the Battlefield of Antietam. 
 
 The committee immediately took active and vigorous steps toward 
 the forming of a fund as a nucleus for more extended operations. It 
 seemed necessary to first secure a site and dedicate the same by proper 
 
162 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 dedicatory exercises, before introducing a bill for an appropriation by 
 the Legislature. In order to accomplish this an appeal was made to the 
 Board of Supervisors at their session in December, 1895. The grounds 
 for our petition set forth so forcibly and so briefly some of the consid 
 erations that prompted us to appeal directly to the representative local 
 legislature of the County, that I doubt not that it will be of interest to 
 you, and I therefore read : 
 
 The Honorable The Board of Supervisors of Herkimer County, N. Y.: 
 
 At a meeting of the Veteran Association of the Survivors of the Thirty- 
 fourth Regiment Volunteer Infantry, State of New York, held in the City of 
 Little Falls, Herkimer County, September 17, 1895, the undersigned, Nathan 
 Easterbrook, Jr. of New Haven, Conn., Wells Sponable, of Morris Heights, 
 New York City, Louis N. Chapin, of 30 Rose Street, New York City, were 
 appointed a Committee of said Association, to procure the erection of a monu 
 ment on the battlefield of Antietam, Maryland, in honor of the men of the said 
 Thirty-fourth Regiment who lost their lives on that battlefield, while performing 
 the highest duty of American citizenship. The attack on Fort Sumter, April 
 1 2th, 1 86 1, was a sufficient incentive to insure their prompt response to march 
 to the front in support of the Union. That they conscientiously, intelligently 
 and effectively performed their duty, the records of many battles bear witness, 
 and the graves of many soldiers of the Thirty-fourth Regiment, silently pro 
 claim. They honored the county, state and nation by unfaltering patriotism 
 at a most critical period, and their example stimulated others to do likewise. 
 Distinctly representing Herkimer County as no other organization did, at all 
 times commanded by a citizen of the county, its field officers exclusively 
 citizens of the county, during its entire service, its staff and line, rank and file 
 so largely composed of citizens of the county, seem to give it a claim to your 
 consideration that no contemporary organization can have. In considering the 
 facts recited, we feel that it is fitting and appropriate, and that we may with 
 great reliance ask you, and through you, the people of the county, to take 
 the initiative in the erection of a monument for the purpose indicated, which, at 
 the same time will perpetuate the patriotic zeal of Herkimer County, in upholding 
 the Union. And we desire most respectfully to assure you that the surviving 
 members of the Thirty-fourth Regiment, will deeply feel the honor of such 
 recognition as may result from your compliance with our request. We there 
 fore respectfully ask, that you appropriate, and pay over to the committee 
 heretofore named, in behalf of the Veteran Association of the survivors of the 
 Thirty-fourth Regiment Volunteer Infantry, the sum of twenty-five hundred 
 dollars, for the following purposes, viz. : 
 
 i st. The purchase of a suitable plot of ground on which to erect a monu 
 ment, at Antietam. 
 
 2nd. For clearing, leveling and excavating. 
 
 3rd. The building of foundations for walls (inclosures) . 
 
 4th. For building inclosing walls and gate posts. 
 
 5th. For building foundations for steps. 
 
 6th. Proper dedication. 
 
 yth. For such other legitimate expenditures as may be deemed necessary 
 by said committee. 
 
 Our petition failed. The Supervisors made no response, and they 
 appropriated no money. In the meantime your committee were endeav 
 oring to form sub-committees of influential citizens and friends in the 
 towns of the county. All these efforts proved fruitless. We next con 
 sidered and laboriously and lengthily discussed, through the medium 
 of letters, a plan for raising funds by popular subscription, and after 
 months of futile effort we had to abandon it. 
 
TIIK DEDICATION 163 
 
 We formulated a bill, with the aid of our loyal and generous friend, 
 the late distinguished Judge George A. Hardin, of Little Falls, and 
 handed our bill to Senator Feeter (an honored honorary member of 
 our Association ), who gave it his unqualified approval, and his earnest, 
 active advocacy and support. Senator Feeter had it promptly referred 
 to the Finance Committee of the Senate, and arranged a hearing by the 
 Finance Committee at the earliest practicable day. Your committee 
 went to Albany, and remained January 27, 28, 29 and 3Oth, 1901, and 
 worked in conjunction with Senator Feeter in personal solicitation of 
 Senators, members of the Finance Committee and with other Senators, 
 not members of the Finance Committee. Our friends Hon. A. M. 
 Mills, Hon. Timothy Dasey, and Postmaster Ransom, of Little Falls, 
 came to Albany, to lend their influence and voices in our favor. L nfor- 
 tunately the Finance Committee deferred the hearing on our bill to 
 such a late hour, that Messrs. Mills, Dasey and Ransom could not 
 remain to be heard, as other important engagements at distant points 
 demanded their presence, and we were thus deprived of their wise coun 
 sel and valuable assistance. Our bill asked an appropriation of 
 $5,000.00. The Finance Committee, after deliberate consideration, 
 reported the bill to the Senate with the recommendation that an appro 
 priation of $2,500.00 be made. The cutting of our request in two was 
 a sore disappointment. To erect a $5,000 monument with $2,500 was 
 a problem with which we w^ere not familiar. 
 
 In the meantime the Board of Supervisors, at the solicitation of a 
 loyal and zealous member of our association, backed by influential citi 
 zens, had appropriated $500.00 to assist in the erection of our monu 
 ment.* It is with a sense of grateful pride that we refer to this act on 
 the part of the Supervisors. We felt that it was in some degree a 
 recognition of the appeal made to the Board in December, 1895. We 
 felt encouraged to make still further efforts. Our bill appropriating 
 $2,500, passed both the Senate and Assembly and became a law May 
 3rd, 1901, by the approval of Gov. Odell. 
 
 To accomplish the purpose your committee had started out to ac 
 complish, more funds were needed : we therefore determined to intro 
 duce a bill at the session of the Legislature of 1901-1902, for an addi 
 tional appropriation. We did so with the aid and effort of Senator 
 Feeter, but the additional appropriation was not granted. But our 
 loyal generous friends came to the rescue and supplied us with addi 
 tional money, to purchase a site, and to erect this noble tribute to the 
 men who laid down their lives here, and to honor the living members of 
 the Thirty-fourth Regiment. 
 
 *The following is the resolution passed by the Board of Supsrvisors of Herkimer Count- 
 inursday, Dec. 13, IQOO: 
 
 Resolved, That the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) is hereby appropriated to the 
 veteran Association of the Tmrty-fourth Regiment Volunteer Infantry, State of Xe\v York towards 
 a fund for the erection of a monument on the field of Antietam in the State of Maryland to com 
 memorate the valor and participation of the Thirty-fourth Regiment, X Y S "Volunteers in 
 the memorable battle of September, 1862. That the said amount be placed in the budget and 
 an order therefor drawn in favor of said Veteran Association, to be paid over at such time as in 
 the judgment and discretion of the Cnairman of this Board shall seem proper. 
 
164 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 You are familiar with the literature emanating from our committee, 
 and with the work they have done ; it is therefore unnecessary to go 
 into the detail of the same. I wish to say, however, that with the dili 
 gent, unfailing effort and assistance, of our Comrades Jesse R. Fort, 
 and James N. Greene, your committee have spent years of unremitting 
 effort, to accomplish the duty with which they were charged, and they 
 are now prepared to present your Monument to the United States, 
 whose special representative, General Carman, is here, by direction of 
 the Secretary of War, to accept it. 
 
 After careful investigation and consideration of plans, specifica 
 tions and prices of different firms of monument builders, the contract 
 was awarded to Stephen Maslen, of Hartford, Conn., who was the 
 lowest bidder. 
 
 The cost, including site, foundation, grading, lawyers services per 
 fecting deed, etc., expense of committee in coming here to select site, 
 and arrange for this dedication, etc., is about $3,000.00. In addition, 
 the enterprise has involved many other necessary and heavy expenses. 
 
 The dimensions of the parts, and of the complete monument, are 
 as follows, viz. : 
 
 Base 10. xio. xi. 4 
 
 Second Base 7.8x7.8x1.2 
 
 Plinth 6 .4 x 6 .4 X2 . 10 
 
 Section 4-7 x 4 . 7 xi . oo 
 
 Lower Die 4 - x 4 . x; . 9 
 
 Cap 4.9x4.9x1.8 
 
 Upper Die 3.2x3.2x2.6 
 
 Cap 3 . i ox 3 . 10x2 2 
 
 Height from foundation to apex, 20 feet, five inches. The monu 
 ment is of the best Ouincy granite. The plot of ground on which the 
 monument is erected was bought of George F. Poffenberger and wife, 
 arid, by the direction of your committee, was deeded by them to the 
 United States. It is 60x60 feet in extent and cost $160,000. 
 
 ORATION OF HON. JOHN D. HENDERSON 
 
 Mr. Chairman, Comrades, Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 
 Taller and richer grows the corn where fell Antietam s dead." 
 
 We have come here to-day to dedicate a monument. Ever since 
 man came upon the earth, he has been erecting and dedicating monu 
 ments. 
 
 It is fairly well established, that those large, unshaped, or partly 
 shaped stones, now known as Megalithic monuments, were set up in 
 prehistoric times as memorials of mighty warriors, or of important 
 events. 
 
 Such stones are found in all the countries of Northern, and West 
 ern Europe, in India, in Africa, and in South America. Mexico and 
 Central America abounded in pyramids, and monuments, erected to 
 
THE DEDICATION 165 
 
 the memory of their great men, and to their gods, and it may be also, 
 that the curious mounds of earth, scattered over our own country are 
 monuments, and were built for a like purpose. 
 
 But coming down to the times of authentic history ; the Patriarch 
 Jacob set up a pillar at Bethel and another at Galeed. The story of 
 the erection of a monument is not an unusual thing in the Hebrew 
 record. True, it more often took the form of an altar, as we might 
 expect among a people whose government was a Theocracy, but pillars, 
 and stones, and monuments, were not uncommon. The pyramids, the 
 Sphynx, and hundreds of monoliths testify to the glories of ancient 
 Egypt, and the mighty events which have taken place on the shores of 
 the Mediterranean, are commemorated by monuments. 
 
 The Greeks and the Romans built a great many of them. Some 
 have decayed, crumbled and disappeared, but others remain, and are 
 still admired for their finish and their beauty. The Campaigns of the 
 Emperor Trajan are sculptured in long panoramic display, on the spiral 
 band which crowns his shaft, and this idea was copied without improve 
 ment on the design, upon the column of Antonine erected in the second 
 century of our era, and later upon the splendid monuments of Napoleon. 
 The accidental discovery of the Rosetta stone furnished a key to the 
 inscriptions on the Tombs, and Obelisks of Egypt, and we are able to 
 decipher those curious characters, and to read some of the stories writ 
 ten there. From them we have learned much about the men of past 
 ages who struggled, as we do now, for life, for glory, for supremacy 
 ever fellow men. 
 
 In our times, the building of monuments has often taken the 
 form of hospitals, libraries, colleges, and asylums, erected to the 
 memory of their founders ; men who have accumulated wealth and 
 wish to do some good in the world as they leave it ; these foundations 
 are no less monuments than are the stones in our cemeteries, or the 
 memorial windows in our churches. A splendid building, an art col 
 lection, a library, a fountain, a great institution of learning, a fund 
 preserved and devoted to a particular purpose, which bears the name 
 of its founder, is a very useful monument, and a worthy memorial of 
 the giver, but it is not desirable that every memorial should be of such 
 a nature. 
 
 Usefulness in itself is good, but not essential, or requisite. A 
 monument stands as a witness of something. It is the embodiment of 
 an idea. Set up in stone to-day, it voices our sentiments, and speaks 
 to future generations. 
 
 The printed page will tell, in more or less detail, of those whose 
 deeds we commemorate. 
 
 Men, however, are not all readers of books, and the world gener 
 ally is too busy with the activities of the present, to give much thought 
 or time to the doings and stories of the past, but as the child in the 
 kindergarten is taught by the blocks and objects which he sees, so men 
 are taught lessons of history, from sculptured marble, from statues of 
 bronze, from shafts which stand as silent witnesses for those who can 
 no longer speak for themselves. 
 
THE DEDICATION 167 
 
 A victory lasts as long as the result can be seen and felt. A man 
 lives among men, so long as he is not forgotten. But how long can a 
 man live ? There have been men whose deeds shall keep their memory 
 green, and their names upon the lips of their fellow men, so long as 
 the earth shall last. 
 
 To be known to-day, to-morrow, and forever, is the mainspring 
 of ambition, and too often the chief incentive for human effort. But 
 no one wishes to sleep in an unknown grave. All desire to be remem 
 bered. Is such desire, implanted in every human breast an evidence 
 of the immortality of man? It certainly is, and it is a proper and 
 noble sentiment. 
 
 It is also proper that we should pay suitable tribute to those who 
 have gone before, and perpetuate, in so far as we are able, the memory 
 of the worthy dead of ou/ own times. 
 
 But, "There is nothing new under the sun." A stone marks the 
 place where a battle was fought, a hero buried, a treaty signed, a life 
 given for one s country, or it is set up as a memorial of a series of 
 events, important in the history of a nation. When men see such a 
 stone, the event to which it testifies is remembered, and talked about, 
 as long as the stone stands. 
 
 We do nothing new ourselves. Forty years have passed since 
 armies met upon this field, and contested for the mastery. We see all 
 around us memorials of that day. Others have been here before us, 
 upon a similar errand, but we have come to erect a monument to the 
 memory of as brave men, as ever fell on any field, or struggled for any 
 cause. 
 
 You surviving comrades ; you brothers, sons, neighbors, friends, 
 acquaintances, of these men ; you who have heard and are familiar 
 with the story of the gallant Thirty-fourth Regiment; you lovers of 
 your country, patriots, spectators on this occasion ; you all honor your 
 selves when you honor them, 
 
 It took nearly a hundred years to decide the "irrepressible con 
 flict" between freedom and slavery in this country. Everything which 
 led up to the battle of Antietam culminated here. It was not alone a 
 mighty conflict between two armies of brave men, it was a great crisis, 
 and the result of the fight upon this field saved Maryland to the Union, 
 and furnished the opportunity, and occasion, for President Lincoln s 
 first emancipation proclamation. It was the adoption of a new policy. 
 Thereafter there was no question about the abolition of slavery ; there 
 would be no more compromises. The excuse for conflict would be 
 removed, and removed for ever. It was an epoch-marking time, in 
 the history of the world. It was an event, the influence "of which, 
 shall be felt during the entire life of this nation. Freed from the pas 
 sions, and prejudices of that hour, we can look calmly back, and dis 
 cuss the whole matter, without bitterness of thought, or speech. First. 
 we must recognize that those who took part in the great civil war were 
 actuated by similar motives, and were terribly in earnest. The men in 
 both armies, were trying to do their "duty to the state" but "the state" 
 
168 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 had two different meanings. On one side it meant that individual 
 local government, whose domestic institutions were in danger, whose 
 honor was at stake, whose soil had been invaded. On the other side 
 it meant that great Union of States, which had a common history, a 
 common interest, a common heritage of liberty, a common territory 
 which could not be divided, and a flag which must not be dishonored. 
 
 The perpetuation, or the abolition of negro slavery which fur 
 nished the occasion for the contest was a mere incident. Wrong in 
 itself, an indefensible violation of human rights, those who made the 
 "peculiar institution" the chief corner stone of their governmental 
 structure, were from the beginning of the contest, doomed to destruc 
 tion. But there were thousands in the armies of the confederacy who 
 cared nothing for slavery. They did care for the freedom, and the 
 sovereignty of their native State. Misled and misinformed, they 
 regarded the men of the North as enemies, and oppressors, and they 
 could not see that a Union of States formed upon the idea that any 
 one of them could secede, at its own sweet will, was a "rope of sand" 
 unworthy of respect, unworthy to be called a nation. If it had been 
 possible for the confederate states to have succeeded they could not 
 have lasted ten years ; even in their brief history, there were several 
 threatened secessions from their number. Defeat was a blessing to 
 them. Success would have been a misfortune. It would have 
 retarded their own progress, and the progress of the world. 
 
 The Triumph of the National Idea, was perhaps a revolution, but 
 it was a revolution in the interest of good government, a revolution 
 which tended to the advancement of individual liberty, a revolution 
 which proved the strength, the power, and the permanency of the 
 Republic, and which brought progress, and prosperity to the whole 
 people. Things move fast in our country. It took centuries in Eng 
 land to wear away the animosities engendered by the wars of the 
 Roses. The house of Stuart had loyal supporters for more than a 
 hundred years after its fall, and Ireland, conquered, and subdued by 
 Cromwell, still refuses to be pacified ; but here we see a loyal and 
 united people. The questions settled by the war of 61 have been set 
 tled forever. The lines which divided the people of this country at 
 that time can never divide us again. A prosperous North, and a 
 resurrected South joined with the great and mighty West, present to 
 the world a nation of unlimited resources, and of marvelous power. 
 
 Friend and foe alike sleep here in eternal peace, no contention 
 disturbs the quiet of their repose, and "No sound can awake them to 
 glory again." So among the living, who visit here, hatred has given 
 place to love, enmity to friendship, rancor to brotherly kindness. We 
 can come here and dedicate this monument to our friends and at the 
 same time pay suitable tribute to the zeal, the spirit, and the courage 
 of their foes. In doing this, there is no disparagement of those who 
 triumphed in that conflict, it rather adds to their glory to admit that 
 they had foeman worthy of their steel. Those who fought here, were 
 all Americans, gallant descendants of the mighty stock from which 
 
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 they sprang, and in that contest were working out the destiny of the 
 race. 
 
 But "duty to the State" means something for us to-day, and if we 
 would be worthy successors of the brave men of the Thirty-fourth 
 Regiment who fell upon this field, we must have as noble a conception 
 of "our duty to the State" as they had, when they gave up their lives 
 for their country. 
 
 There is no duty that calls for the immediate sacrifice of human 
 life. No duty that requires the abandonment of our usual occupa 
 tions, no duty that greatly interferes with our daily business. 
 
 But there is duty, which may conflict with our personal comfort, 
 duty, which demands our interest and attention, duty to be done every 
 day of our lives, if we would be good citizens of a free republic. 
 Vigilance is to-day as much the price of liberty as it ever was, and it 
 is the vigilance of patriots, uninfluenced by selfishness, or hope of 
 present reward. 
 
 Our "duty to the State" consists in having an intelligent opinion 
 on all political issues ; a knowledge" of the policy and practice of the 
 government ; a place, and a standing, in a political party, and in always 
 making an honest effort on all occasions, to support those men and 
 measures only, which we believe to be nearest right. Corrupt prac 
 tices should have no countenance from any of us. That man is not 
 a good citizen or patriot, who would be influenced himself, or would 
 influence others by corrupt motives. A stream can rise no higher than 
 its source. You stand as citizens, at the fountain head of all power 
 in this country. 
 
 Bribery in one form or another is the greatest danger which 
 threatens the Republic ; set your faces against it. Condemn it on all 
 occasions. Support no men who favor or practice it; and make hon 
 esty the chief qualification for public office. 
 
 Flatter not yourselves that you will have sufficient virtue to pre 
 serve the republic in perilous times, if you neglect your present duty 
 as citizens. 
 
 Do not think that your sons and daughters will love their country 
 or perform their civic duties any better than you do ; your example 
 will be their model of conduct. 
 
 We shall not have come here in vain, if we make this occasion a 
 noble incentive to better citizenship. 
 
 MRS. MCLEAN S ADDRESS 
 
 We had fully expected to be able to give the address delivered 
 by Mrs. McLean ; but the address was delivered without manuscript, 
 or even notes ; and there was no stenographer present to take it down. 
 Still, the lady, desiring to accommodate the many who wanted to read 
 the address, promised to try and reproduce it. But the drafts on her 
 time have been many, and we are, therefore, obliged, though very 
 reluctantly, to proceed without it. Mrs. McLean is Regent of the New 
 
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 York City Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, a very 
 busy woman, and at the moment of our writing this notice is deep 
 in a public function up at Sherry s, this January 6th, being the anni 
 versary of Washington s wedding day. The Thirty-fourth had the 
 honor of being present, though a little late for the ceremony, at the 
 little Roper s Church, where the Father of his Country and the beauti 
 ful Martha Custis were joined for life; and it must be gratifying" 
 to that august, first great patriot of his time, to know that we 
 not only honor all the other great days of his life, but also the great 
 day when he took to himself a lady who, ever afterward, justly divided 
 with him all the glory which properly belonged to his name. 
 
 Following these regular addresses, Chairman Easterbrook called 
 on a number of the old officers present for addresses. We are able 
 to give a number of them. 
 
 REMARKS OF MAJOR WELLS SPONABLE 
 
 Mr. Chairman, Comrades, Ladies and Gentlemen : 
 
 In behalf of our venerable and beloved Colonel, I will say that 
 we are thankful for the privilege of meeting on this famous field, and 
 congratulating one another, after an absence of forty years ; or more 
 than an ordinary lifetime. 
 
 Forty years work marked changes in nations, and especially in 
 republics. It will be remembered by those who visited this place forty 
 years ago that they were more hospitably received to-day than forty 
 years ago, and that the atmosphere is also very much changed. It is 
 not so hot as forty years ago. 
 
 There is not so much noise, bustle and confusion, as forty years 
 ago. The people we meet are not so excited as forty years ago. The 
 hotel accommodations are much improved. 
 
 The facilities for getting from one point to another are also much 
 improved. 
 
 On the whole, I venture to say that to-day will end in a much 
 more enjoyable one than forty years ago. 
 
 We meet here to-day for the purpose of doing honor to those of 
 our regiment who were killed on this spot of ground, in one of the 
 great battles of the war between the States. We believe we are doing 
 our duty to the past, present and the future, in erecting a monument to 
 our comrades who \vere killed in defence of our country s flag. 
 
 " On Fame s eternal camping ground 
 
 Their silent tents are spread, 
 And glory guards, with solemn round, 
 The bivouac of the dead." 
 
 Greeley, the historian, in closing his account of this battle, says : 
 "And thus ended the bloodiest day America ever saw." General Alex 
 ander, Chief of Artillery in Longstreet s corps, who directed the Con 
 federate fire, in the celebrated artillery duel at Gettysburg, in his 
 
172 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 speech made at West Point June Qth last in speaking of Antietam, 
 said : "Dolorous and bootless Antietam is conspicuous as the bloodiest 
 single day in the annals of this continent." So comrades you see it 
 may be truly said that the American people have been tried in both 
 fire and water, and found not wanting, but equal to every emergency. 
 
 Every emergency thus far has been successfully met. 
 
 In the beginning, we had our Washington, who laid the foundation 
 of the republic absolutely on the granite rocks. Later we had our Lin 
 coln. Still later we had our McKinley. And now we have Colonel 
 Roosevelt, in whom we have the utmost confidence, believing him 
 equal to any emergency that may arise. It will be remembered that 
 our greatest Presidents were veterans. A hint to the wise is sufficient. 
 Do not accept an uncertainty for a certainty. There is no use borrow 
 ing trouble about the future. An American always turns up equal to 
 the occasion. 
 
 The time and money spent in building monuments on the battle 
 fields of the war between the States, by either the Union or Confeder 
 ate veterans, is well invested. 
 
 There are no better teachers for those who come after us than the 
 silent monuments on the battlefields, marking the places where men 
 died for a principle they believed right, whether they wore the blue 
 or the gray uniform. 
 
 The monuments erected by the veterans of the war between the 
 States, whether north or south of the compromise line, will teach 
 those who come after us lessons that can be learned in no other way. 
 
 History fails to impress on the mind what this nation experienced 
 during the war between the States as do those silent sentinels, con 
 stantly on duty, reminding the youth that is to conduct the republic in 
 the future, of the events that occasioned and occurred in the civil war. 
 Therefore I say to the veterans of the blue and the gray, continue to 
 build monuments ; they virtually cost nothing. In this country the peo 
 ple are the government, and the government is the people. The people 
 who are the government build the monuments and they have both 
 monument and money. So you see the people (the government), are 
 just a monument ahead. We are thankful to all who assisted in the 
 erection of that pile of stone which will be a page in our nation s his 
 tory for all time. 
 
 I hope all may live to meet one year from to-day, in the beautiful 
 Vallev of the Mohawk. 
 
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 REMARKS OF CAPTAIN IRVING D. CLARK 
 
 Captain Clark of Company B, was the next speaker, and in the 
 course of his remarks related the following touching incident concern 
 ing the Terry brothers. We. might add that Captain Clark had a 
 brother killed at the Battle of Antietam : 
 
 Mr. Chairman, Comrades, Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 
 At the Pan-American Exposition, I saw, at the entrance to the 
 Art Building, a soldiers group or statue, representing a scene in Cuba 
 (or the Philippines). A dead soldier lay upon the ground, another 
 stood beside him looking away in the distance, seeming to wonder what 
 the folks at home would think when they heard of his comrade s death. 
 The boy soldiers of 1861-65, tne same as now, with radiant faces, car 
 ried their lives lightly in their hands, thinking only of the old flag and 
 the future united country. Only when they found themselves beside a 
 dead comrade, and thought of the loved ones at home, did they stop to 
 realize what a soldier s death really meant. In the war for the Union 
 there were many thrilling scenes, with no snap-shot camera to record 
 them as now. Some of the most touching situations were never per 
 petuated, save in the memory of a few who were interested from some 
 cause possibly a relative or a friend. In the contest between the 
 North and South, many tragic scenes, were in the aggregate, but com 
 monplaces to the officers and soldiers of those two contending armies. 
 On Antietam battlefield our lamented McKinley carried water to the 
 wounded and dying soldiers of the two armies. Who knows but that 
 he put the cup of cold water to my brother s lips before he died. It is 
 a grand thing to be a soldier, and wear a uniform of the United States 
 Army. 
 
 At the Battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia, May 3ist, 1862, Major 
 (then Captain) Wells Sponable, of Company B, was severely wounded, 
 when the command fell upon me, then a lieutenant. There were in 
 our Company, three brothers, Joseph, Victor and Albert Terry. Vic 
 tor and Albert were both wounded in the leg at the battle. Amputa 
 tion was necessary, after which they were placed in separate ambu 
 lances and started for the General Hospital, in the rear. On the way 
 to the Hospital, both young men died. They were placed in one ambu 
 lance, and returned to the battlefield. On the next morning, June 1st, 
 during a continuation of the battle, while the regiment was standing 
 as support to the troops fighting in our front, Joseph Terry, the older 
 brother, was excused from the ranks to bury his two brothers, whose 
 remains he had placed side by side under a tree, a short distance behind 
 our line. Setting his Enfield rifle against a tree, he began digging 
 that grave. When the battle raged too near, and the spent balls were 
 falling about us, he would put his spade aside, take his rifle and 
 resume his place in the company. When the roar of musketry and the 
 Union cheers would show the enemy were being driven, he again would 
 take up his spade. When the battle would again sway toward our 
 
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 line, he would return to the ranks, thus alternating between the ranks 
 and the grave, until the sad task was done. Think you Joseph Terry 
 did not also wonder what the folks at home would think when they 
 heard that those two young brothers were dead ? 
 
 So many memories press upon us, we cannot mention them here, 
 but feel that this word picture is worthy a place beside the Pan- 
 American group we have mentioned. 
 
 REMARKS OF CAPTAIN SANFORD 
 
 President of the Monument Association, Comrades, Ladies and Gen 
 tlemen : 
 
 It is probably fitting that I, the only surviving officer of Co. "E," 
 of the Thirty-fourth Regiment, New York Volunteers, and the only 
 one present on this occasion to represent either of the Steuben County 
 Companies, should say a few words in commemoration of their acts 
 on this field. 
 
 Personally I have met with a great disappointment to-day, in not 
 meeting our gallant old commander, Col. James A. Suiter, whose old 
 gray locks, like the plume of Henry of Xavarre, always waved where 
 the battle waged thickest. The truest and grandest tribute that I can 
 give to the memory of him whom I have not seen for nearly forty 
 years, is that he was a true friend, an honorable man, and a brave 
 soldier. 
 
 After the lapse of forty years memory may play false with us. 
 She is a fickle jade at best. But the principal transactions of the past 
 become indelibly fixed upon the tablets of memory. That there was 
 one of the most gigantic, battles of modern times fought upon this 
 field, cannot be successfully disputed. 
 
 Speaking for and of the company I had the honor to command, 
 and which participated here on that day ; I will say that in all my ex 
 perience of more than four years of bloody strife, I never saw men look 
 and act more determined to do, and to die, if need be, to accomplish a 
 victory. When we formed line for the advance that morning, every 
 one strove to be first and foremost. A look of determination was 
 stamped upon each countenance. Every eye was kindled with the fire 
 of battle, and battle to the death. With anything like a fair or equal 
 show, they would have recorded a chapter in history that would have 
 broken all former records, and set the pace for future generations. As 
 it was, they were halted in the most exposed position possible, confront 
 ing an enemy protected by a breastwork of solid earth and rock, expos 
 ing only their heads at the instant of firing. At the same time our left 
 flank was unprotected, and no Federal soldier interposed any barrier 
 to a column of Confederates who marched in our rear, and enfiladed us. 
 
 Never can I efface from my memory the dreadful revulsion of 
 feeling which came over me, when I discovered our position, and 
 realized that death, retreat or capture, was inevitable. It was a sud 
 den change from the belief that the crisis had arrived, and that victory 
 
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 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 was at hand, that would decide the fate of battle, and restore the 
 Union in honor and glory, to that of a consciousness of defeat, and 
 another retreat. I believe that the hour which succeeded disaster upon 
 this line of battle was the darkest of my entire life. I felt for a time 
 that all was lost. 
 
 As a tribute to the men who fell on this field, I can confidently 
 say that truer, braver, or more loyal men never trod American soil, 
 or breathed the pure air of heaven. 
 
 As an illustration of the heroism and spirit which actuated them, I 
 will only take time to relate a short sketch of one of Co. "E." 
 
 Orlando Chamberlain who, when enlisted, was a youth, small in 
 stature, and with cheeks rosy like those of a girl, had borne all of the 
 long marches and privations without a murmur, was wounded by a 
 large leaden bullet, which passed lengthwise through his foot, mang 
 ling the flesh, and fracturing several bones. 
 
 The next day when I visited him in the hospital I found that the 
 surgeons had decided that an amputation was necessary. I said to 
 him, "Orlando, I am sorry that you have been so badly wounded." 
 With a cheerful smile, he turned his face up to me and said, "No, this 
 is nothing; I am glad they did not shoot me in the head. If the doc 
 tors will let me alone, I will be on duty again soon." 
 
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 While his prediction was not literally true, it was practically so, 
 for although he was never able to return to duty in the Thirty-fourth 
 Regiment, and was a cripple for life, he made a successful fight against 
 the surgeons, and finally got back to service in another regiment, was 
 in the charge at the explosion of the mine in front of Petersburg, Va., 
 and was there taken prisoner, because of his crippled condition, and 
 being unable to make the retreat with his comrades who did escape. 
 But he saw that the flag was rescued, and delivered to a comrade, who 
 got away with it safely. 
 
 This monument, beautiful as it is, is but a trifling tribute to such 
 valor. All glory to the noble heroes who sacrificed their lives upon 
 their country s altar. No shaft can be erected too high to testify 
 to the glory of those who fell upon this field. If moulded from pure 
 gold, and if every letter of the inscription had been constructed of dia 
 monds and precious stones, it could no more than express the rever 
 ence and honor I have for those fallen comrades. It is very fitting 
 that we, the survivors, who knew their worth, should erect a tribute 
 to their memory. While it does not fully express our feelings, it is 
 an evidence that their deeds, sacrifices and sufferings are not forgotten. 
 
 Comrades, there are very many other incidents that I would call 
 to your minds, if time would permit ; but I am aware of the lateness 
 of the hour, and that most of you feel the need of food more than senti 
 ment, so I will not further presume upon your good nature. 
 
 Comrade Philo H. Bell, of Company H, was the next speaker 
 called on, and in the course of his remarks gave the following account 
 of the life and death of Chester S. Rhodes, Color Bearer, of whom we 
 speak in the history of the organization of Company H. In this con 
 nection, it would be well to read the account which Colonel Suiter gives 
 in his official report of the battle of Antietam, of Charles B. Barton, 
 of Company C, another Color Bearer of the regiment: 
 
 THE STORY OF CHESTER S. RHODES 
 
 Mr. Chairman, Comrades, Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 
 Chester Rhodes was born in Crown Point, from old revolutionary 
 stock. His father was Judge Levi Rhodes, and he was in the battle 
 of Plattsburg. His grandfather was a revolutionary soldier, and his 
 mother s maiden name was Lois Rogers. She had two brothers in 
 the battle of Plattsburg. Her father was also a revolutionary soldier. 
 Chester Rhodes had four brothers, three of them served in the war of 
 the rebellion. 
 
 When the ladies of Crown Point made that flag they put it in the 
 hands of Chester Rhodes as the bearer. His mother stepped up to 
 him, threw her arms around his neck, and while the tears were rolling 
 down her cheeks, said : "Chester, the ladies of Crown Point have put 
 great confidence in you ; they have placed that banner in your hands. 
 Go to the front, bear it aloft, and never turn from the enemy." On 
 the bloody battle-field of Antietam he obeyed the last command of a 
 
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 loving mother ; turned, and faced a whole rebel army, with these words : 
 "I will run no farther," and was pierced with seven bullets. His 
 remains lie in the National Cemetery at Antietam. The number of 
 his marker is seven hundred and seventy-eight. 
 
 The formal transfer of the monument and site to the United 
 States, by Chairman Easterbrook, of the Monument Committee, and 
 the acceptance of the same by General E. A. Carman, who had been 
 designated by the War Department for that duty, then occurred. 
 General Carman is a member of the Antietam Battle-field Board ; has 
 made a special study of the Antietam battle-field, and is the author of 
 the inscriptions on the many iron tablets which everywhere tell to the 
 traveler the story of that great battle. 
 
 CHAIRMAN EASTERBROOK S REMARKS, FORMALLY TRANS 
 FERRING MONUMENT AND SITE TO THE UNITED 
 STATES GOVERNMENT 
 
 General Carman: 
 
 The Veteran Association of the Thirty-fourth Regiment Volunteer 
 Infantry, State of New York, desire to donate to the United States this 
 site and this monument, in order that they may be assured of perpetual 
 care. 
 
 As the official representative of the Association, it becomes my 
 pleasing duty to present to you, the official representative of the United 
 States, by appointment of the Secretary of War, this site and this 
 monument. 
 
 The site as located, marks the extreme advance of the right of 
 the Thirty-fourth Regiment on that eventful I7th of September, 1862. 
 The blood of our heroic comrades, who went down in death that day, 
 and the blood of crippled and maimed patriots who for forty years 
 have suffered the excruciating tortures of incurable wounds, hallows 
 this spot beyond the power of language to express. The monument 
 also represents many another contest, sealed with the lives of our 
 comrades of the Thirty-fourth, whose sacred ashes lie in unknown, 
 unsung graves Ball s Bluff, Harper s Ferry, Bolivar Heights, Charles- 
 town, Berryville, Winchester, Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, 
 Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, Glendale, Nelson s Farm, Charles 
 City Cross Roads, Malvern Hill, Manassas, South Mountain, Antietam, 
 Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, all these are indelibly impressed on 
 the memory of every living member of the Thirty-fourth Regiment, 
 by reason of the loss of those whose ties with us had been welded in 
 the fire of battle. The mystic chord of memory .reaches out to 
 unmarked graves on a score of fields, and the hearts of living comrades 
 soften and their eyes grow dim with emotion when at their firesides 
 they recall, and repeat to their children and children s children, the 
 thrilling incidents and tender memories of the days of 6i- 65- 
 
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 General, this monument symbolizes, is the epitome of all, and much 
 more than I have expressed. Take it. Guard it. Keep it fresh and 
 green, that it may be preserved for a thousand years, to certify the 
 patriotic sacrifice of the men whose memories we to-day honor. 
 
 To you a distinguished veteran of this historic field, we entrust it 
 in that spirit you so well appreciate. 
 
 GENERAL CARMAN S RESPONSE, ACCEPTING THE GIFT, ON 
 BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT 
 
 Mr. Chairman, Comrades of the Thirty-fourth New York, Ladies and 
 Gentlemen: 
 
 "After the pleasant and interesting exercises in which we have 
 participated, the eloquent address of your orator, and that touching 
 and inspiring one of the estimable and patriotic lady (Mrs. Donald 
 McLean ), who has just preceded us, it is expected that our remarks 
 shall be brief, and we shall detain you but a few minutes. 
 
 "We stand upon one of the great battlefields of the civil war; in 
 some respects the greatest and most momentous one. Gettysburg only 
 exceeded it in the number killed and wounded, but that was a three 
 days fight. Antietam was but one day, and on this one day as many 
 men were killed and wounded as were killed and wounded in any two 
 of the three days at Gettysburg. Chickamauga, the greatest battle of 
 the west, does not show the loss, killed and wounded, for its two days 
 fighting that Antietam does for one. The true test of the severity of 
 a battle is the percentage of loss of those engaged. The percentage of 
 loss here for one day, on the Union side, was 20 64-100, or nearly 21 
 for every 100 engaged; Chickamauga 19 60-100 for two days, and Get 
 tysburg 21 20-100 per cent, for three days. Reducing the equation to 
 one day, we have 20 64-100 per cent, for Antietam, 9 8-10 per cent, 
 for Chickamauga, and 7 7-100 per cent, for Gettysburg. This shows 
 the relative or comparative severity of the fighting, that it was more 
 than twice as desperate as it was at Chickamauga, and three times as 
 desperate as it was at Gettysburg. The Confederate loss, killed and 
 wounded, was 24 65-100 per cent, of those engaged. 
 
 "There were more men killed and wounded on the Union side in 
 the one day at Antietam, than in the two days battles of Shiloh, Cor 
 inth, Stone River and Chickamauga, more than in the three days battles 
 of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Cold Harbor; more than in 
 the five days of Groveton, Second Manassas, and Chantilly ; more than 
 in the seven days on the peninsula ; more than in the 1 1 days campaign, 
 ending at Appomattox ; more than in all the battles around Atlanta ; 
 and more than in all the operations around Vicksburg, including the 
 siege from May I to July 4, 1863. 
 
 "Between daybreak and the setting sun of September 17, 1862, 
 40 years ago this day, over 93,000 men of kindred blood (56,300 Union 
 and 37,300 Confederate) and 520 cannon, engaged on this field in a 
 
180 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 desperate struggle, and when the sun went down and mercifully put 
 an end to the strife 3,634 were dead and 17,222 wounded, an aggregate 
 of 20,856; Union 11,648; Confederate 9,208. About 1,770 were miss 
 ing, some of whom were dead, but most of whom were carried as pris 
 oners from the field. It was the bloodiest day of American history. 
 Every State from the great lakes, on the north, to the Gulf of Mexico, 
 on the south, from the Atlantic to the Mississippi, and, with the excep 
 tion of Iowa and Missouri, every State watered by the Mississippi, con 
 tributed to this carnival of death and suffering. 
 
 "The most desperate fighting and the great part of the loss were in 
 this vicinity. Here, within 1,200 yards of the Dunkard Church, 55,728 
 infantry (Union and Confederate) were engaged with a loss of 2,854 
 killed and 13,661 wounded, an aggregate of 16,515, or nearly 30 per 
 cent, of the number engaged. All this loss occurred before I p. m., 
 more than three-fourths of it in the little over four hours from 6 o clock 
 to half-past 10, and on a field not over 1,500 yards from north to south, 
 with an average width, east and west, of 900 yards, an area of about 
 300 acres. No other equal area on the American continent has been 
 so drenched in human blood. 
 
 "And of this precious blood of the young manhood of America, 
 you, comrades of the Thirty-fourth New York, contributed your full 
 and generous share. You came upon the field at this point, at a most 
 critical moment, and attested your manhood and courage by holding 
 a most exposed position, until, struck in front and on both flanks, you 
 were compelled to fall back, leaving 33 dead on the field and having 
 in wounded, over 40 per cent, of the 311 engaged; about double the 
 average on the whole field and 10 per cent, more than the average on 
 this part of the field. (The loss of your regiment we take from the 
 official records as published by the War Department. We observe that 
 the inscription on your monument reads 43 killed and 74 wounded). 
 
 "The issues of the battle were momentous, far reaching and endur 
 ing. The three months preceding were the darkest in the history of 
 the country. The Peninsula campaign had ended in failure; Buell s 
 army in the west was on the retreat from Tennessee and Kentucky to 
 the Ohio river ; Pope s army was defeated in front of Washington, and 
 nowhere was there a ray of hope. France and our English kin 
 beyond the sea had long desired a pretext for recognizing the Southern 
 Confederacy and intervening in its behalf, and had assured the Southern 
 leaders that recognition depended upon Southern victories, and Gen. 
 Lee declared that one of the objects of his Maryland campaign was to 
 gain recognition of the Confederacy and achieve its independence, and 
 when he crossed the Potomac he was playing for this great stake, and 
 every man in his army, from general to drummer boy, knew it. 
 
 "The Confederate victories in June, July and August appeared 
 so conclusive of the ability of the South to maintain itself that, Septem 
 ber 14, the day of South Mountain, when Lord Palmerston, prime min 
 ister of England, read in the Observer the accounts of Lee s victories 
 at Second Manassas he wrote Lord John Russell, secretary for foreign 
 
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 affairs, that the Federals had got a very complete smashing, and it 
 seems not altogether unlikely that still greater disasters await them, 
 and that even Washington or Baltimore may fall into the hands of the 
 Confederates, and suggested that in this state of affairs the time had 
 come for mediation between the North and South upon the basis of 
 separation. 
 
 "Lord Russell replied on September 17, while the battle of Antie- 
 tam was in progress, that he agreed that the time is come for offering 
 mediation to the United States government, with a view to the recog 
 nition of the independence of the Confederates, and he further agreed 
 that in case of failure of mediation we ought ourselves to recognize 
 the Confederate states as an independent state, and suggested a meet 
 ing of the cabinet on September 23 or 30 to consider the matter. 
 Appreciating that this would be a hostile act, he concluded by saying 
 we ought to make ourselves safe in Canada. 
 
 Then followed an exchange of views among the leading mem 
 bers of the cabinet, resulting in an informal agreement to move in the 
 matter, and September 23, the day after Mr. Lincoln s proclama 
 tion of emancipation, Lord Palmerston wrote to Lord Russell that he 
 agreed with him in his plan of proceedings about mediation, and that 
 the offer should be made before the middle of October. It was evident 
 that a great conflict was taking place northwest of Washington, which 
 must have a great effect on the state of affairs, and if the Federals 
 sustained a great defeat they might be at once ready for mediation, 
 and the iron should be struck while it is hot. On the other hand, 
 should the Federals have the best of it we may wait awhile, says Pal 
 merston, and see what may follow. 
 
 "What followed is known to history. Lee was driven from Mary 
 land, the proclamation of emancipation was given to the world, and 
 October 2 Palmerston suggested that the matter of mediation and 
 recognition be deferred, and it was deferred forever. This was one 
 great result of the battle, and there was another of much greater 
 moment. 
 
 "From the beginning of the war earnest and patriotic men and 
 women, recognizing that slavery was a curse to the country and the 
 cause of the war, prayed and urged that the institution be destroyed. 
 P"or a time that great and good man, Abraham Lincoln, the greatest 
 statesman of his day, the greatest commander and the ablest strategist 
 of the civil war, and the greatest leader of a free people, resisted the 
 pressure, believing that the time had not yet come, but knowing that 
 it would come, and when Lee crossed the Potomac into Maryland, he 
 registered a vow that should he be driven back he would free the slave. 
 Lee was driven back and, on September 22, came that immortal paper, 
 the preliminary proclamation of emancipation. To use Mr. Lincoln s 
 words When Lee recrossed the Potomac I threw the proclamation 
 after him. 
 
 "Here was made history, here was rolled back the first Confed 
 erate invasion of the North ; on this field was arrested the recognition 
 
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 of the Southern Confederacy and foreign intervention; on this field 
 died human slavery. 
 
 "It is eminently proper, men of the Thirty-fourth New York, that 
 on this ground, hallowed and consecrated by the blood of your com 
 rades, you should perpetuate in enduring stone what you suffered and 
 did here that our beloved country should live. 
 
 "You come here to perform this gracious duty when all is at peace. 
 The scene is different from that of 40 years ago. You see the same 
 blue mountains beyond the Potomac, the same blue hills of Maryland 
 are here, enclosing entrancing valleys, the same rippling Antietam 
 carries its sparkling waters to the Potomac, and the Potomac still runs 
 to the sea, and there is the same blue sky above us, looking down upon 
 this smiling valley, with its orchards, fields of corn and luxuriant grass, 
 but the ground is not now plowed with shot and shell and harrowed 
 with bullets ; no more is it moistened and crimsoned with human blood ; 
 battle-death and suffering have disappeared. 
 
 There are domes of flowers where stood the white tent 
 There are plows in the tracks where the war wagons went; 
 There are songs where only was Rachel s lament. 
 
 "Mr. Chairman, I congratulate you, your committee, and your 
 comrades upon the beauty and appropriate character of your monu 
 ment; it is an ornament to the field. In behalf of the United States, 
 and under instructions from the Secretary of War, I accept its perpetual 
 custody. A grateful government will give it the same tender care 
 that it gives your comrades who fell here, and who now repose in yon 
 der peaceful cemetery that crowns with beauty the ridge that looks 
 down upon the Antietam." 
 
 LETTER FROM CAPTAIN NORTHUP 
 
 Los Angeles, Cal., September 10, 1902. 
 
 Dear Colonel Suiter, and Comrades of the Thirty-fourth N. Y. Vols., 
 Battle-field, Antietam, Md. 
 
 It will be a great disappointment to me not to be present with you 
 at the unveiling of your beautiful monument Sept. I7th, just forty years 
 from the time we fought so heroically on that sacred spot made so 
 with the life blood of many of our noble boys from Herkimer County 
 and New York. But I am reminded that I must be brief, for you will 
 hear from other comrades, and from those who will address you as 
 speakers of the occasion. I would gladly write at length and give a 
 thrilling report of scenes witnessed that day, did time permit. I wrote 
 a personal letter to Lieut. Chapin, and he will perhaps mention in his 
 remarks some messages that I asked him to deliver to several of the 
 comrades who were so very kind to me after I was wounded, and state 
 how I was permitted to cross Antietam, or Sharpsburg Creek, before 
 going into battle ; also tell how the flag was carried from the field, and 
 how many rallied after we had fallen back. 
 
THE DEDICATION 183 
 
 No one can ever know how I earnestly long to meet you, my dear 
 Colonel and Comrades, once more before answering to the final roll- 
 call, and talk over again the scenes we passed through together in our 
 army life, but in all human probability 1 shall never have that privilege. 
 In any event, may we each resolve to do our very best, and to follow 
 the noble example and teachings of the Captain of our Salvation, and 
 at last hear the welcome plaudit "Well done thou good and faithful 
 servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord." 
 
 Fraternally, 
 
 E. S. NORTHUP. 
 
 LETTER FROM COLONEL SUITER 
 
 Herkimer, N. Y., September i6th, 1902. 
 
 To the Officers and Members of the Thirty-fourth Regiment N. Y. Vol. 
 Association. My Dear Comrades: 
 
 It is with feelings of the deepest regret that the infirmities of old 
 age, I being now past eighty-six years, prevent my being present with 
 you this memorial day, and to clasp your hands on this field where 
 forty years ago to-day we participated in the hard fought battle of 
 Antietam. 
 
 September I7th, 1895, seven years ago, our Association passed a 
 resolution that I appoint a committee of three members of the Associa 
 tion to procure information, and make arrangements for the erection 
 of a suitable monument to our memory on this field. The beautiful 
 monument before you testifies more than I can express to you, how well 
 and faithfully they have performed the work assigned to them. 
 
 As each year rolls by and we gather at our annual reunions, we 
 look in vain for some familiar faces, but they are missing. The num 
 ber each succeeding year grows smaller. Soon we will all be gathered 
 to our permanent camping ground, but this monument, the testimonial 
 of an appreciative state and liberal county, will ever stand as a memorial 
 to the memory of the gallant old Thirty- fourth Regiment. 
 
 Permit me again to say how sincerely I regret my being compelled 
 by my old age and enfeebled condition from being present at this our 
 annual reunion, and the dedication of our monument, and to thank the 
 comrades of the monument committee for the able manner in which 
 they have carried out the resolution, passed by you September I7th, 
 
 1895. 
 
 May God bless and preserve you all. 
 
 Respectfully yours, 
 
 JAMES A.. SUITER, Pres t. 
 
184 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 No. 30. 
 REPORT OF COL. SUITER ON THE BATTLE OF FAIR OAKS 
 
 FAIR OAKS, IN FRONT OF RICHMOND, VA., June 3, 1862. 
 In pursuance of orders I beg leave to submit the following report : 
 I left camp, near Tyler s house, on the north side of Chickahominy, at about 
 2 o clock P.M. on Saturday, the 3ist day of May, 1862, preceded by the First 
 Minnesota Regiment and followed by the Eighty-second New York (Second 
 New York Militia) .Regiment, Gorman s Brigade. We passed up the river 
 about i miles, when we crossed, encountering great difficulties in passing the 
 low Ian <is adjacent to the south bank of the river, occasioned by an overflow of 
 the banks of the stream, the men having some of the way to march through the 
 water and mud waist deep. We arrived on this field about 5.30 P.M. I imme 
 diately formed my command in line, its right near the house on the high ground 
 and extending thence easterly along a post-and-rail fence toward the wood in 
 that direction, two pieces of artillery (a portion of Rickett s Battery,) being 
 posted on the opposite side of said house, the First Minnesota Regiment filing 
 off and forming in line of battle on the right, their line extending along and 
 past a piece of woods situated on the westerly side of said house and about 150 
 yards distant from it, the Eighty-second New York forming in our rear, their 
 line parallel with ours. 
 
 About this time we heard volleys of musketry on the westerly side of the 
 house. I was ordered to forward in line over the fence, and then formed on the 
 right into line. While I was executing the last-mentioned movement the right 
 of my line received heavy volleys of musketry from the direction of the woods 
 on the west side of the house, which was returned by my command as it arrived 
 on the line. The Eighty-second New York wheeled into line on my right, 
 its right resting upon and supporting the battery, its left on my right. The 
 firing became general along the whole line and continued so for some time, the \ 
 enemy several times emerging from the woods, evidently with the intention 
 of charging upon and capturing the guns above mentioned, but were as often 
 repulsed and driven back. 
 
 About 7.30 o clock the enemy were seen to file out of the woods on the west, 
 evidently with the intention of outflanking and turning our left. About this time 
 the Twentieth Massachusetts Regiment wheeled into line in continuation of ours 
 and on our left. A few well-directed volleys repulsed the enemy at this point 
 and drove them back under cover of the woods. About a quarter of 8 o clock I 
 was ordered to charge the enemy with the bayonet in the woods, which we did 
 in good order, pouring into them a withering and deadly fire as we charged, 
 the enemy standing their ground till my command mounted the fence on the 
 skirt of the woods, when they broke and ran in great confusion. We followed 
 them about 20 rods, when we lost sight of them in the darkness. I was ordered 
 to withdraw my command, which I did, and formed it in the field just outside 
 of the wood, when we rested for the night. 
 
 My loss during the engagement was 19 killed, 76 wounded, and 3 missing.* 
 Three of the wounded have since died. 
 
 The officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of my command manifested 
 the utmost degree of courage and bravery during the whole engagement. 
 
 I was assisted in the field by Lieutenant-Colonel Byron Laflin, Major Charles 
 L. Brown, and Adjutant George W. Thompson, all of whom rendered invaluable 
 services. Their conduct, as well as that of my entire command, throughout 
 the engagement, cannot be too highly commended. 
 
 All of which is most respectfully submitted. 
 
 JAMES A. SUITER, 
 
 Colonel, commanding Thirty-fourth New York Volunteers. 
 Brigadier-General WILLIS A. GORMAN, Commanding. 
 
OFFICIAL REPORTS. 
 
 No. 85. 
 COLONEL SUITER S REPORT ON FIRST FREDERICKSBURG 
 
 NEAR FALMOUTH, VA., December iyth, 1862. 
 
 SIR: In obedience to orders from brigade headquarters, I would submit the 
 following report of the part taken by my command in the movements from the 
 nth to 1 6th instant. 
 
 I received orders to march at 6.30 A.M. on the nth. We marched to within 
 about three-quarters of a mile of Fredericksburg, where we halted in rear of a 
 high point of land until about 5 P.M. ; were then moved forward to the river, and 
 immediately crossed over under a severe fire of shell from rebel batteries on the 
 heights beyond the city, and from musketry from rebel troops in the city. 
 Having gained the opposite side, my regiment was moved to the right of the 
 road on the river, protected by a high bank, the men lying down. Three of my 
 companies were sent to picket the street at my right, with orders to closely 
 watch the movements of the enemy. 
 
 At daylight I moved my regiment on the first street running parallel with 
 the river; was halted here for a few hours; was then moved to a position on 
 Princess Anne street, sending one company to picket at or near the house on the 
 bluff at the extreme right of the city, the enemy occasionally shelling us from 
 their position on the heights beyond the city. 
 
 On the morning of the i3th I was ordered to the front to support the troops 
 then engaged with the enemy. I was ordered to put my regiment in position 
 near the graveyard, on the outskirts of the city. We lay in this position but a 
 few minutes, when I was ordered to leave for another position. This was 
 accomplished with the loss of but one man, Lieutenant Ransom, mortally 
 wounded by the explosion of a shell. We moved to the left until we gained the 
 street leading to the battle-field. In moving down this street I lost one man, 
 killed. 
 
 Having gained a point, we moved by the right flank over the field on the 
 right of the road, until we gained, the hill, and took a position at the base at 
 about 4 P.M., my line being the third; the fighting at this time becoming severe 
 in front and to the left of my line. 
 
 About 5 P.M. General Tyler s Brigade came upon the field with loud cheers. 
 This attracting the attention of the enemy, they opened upon my line with 
 shell, killing and wounding many of my command. General Sully coming upon 
 the field at this time, caused this brigade to again move off, which they did, in 
 great confusion. By command of General Sully I now moved my regiment to a 
 position in rear of the brick tannery, my right resting near the plank road. 
 When it became dark, I threw one of my companies on the right of the road, 
 forming a line of pickets in front of the rifle-pits of the enemy. At about 3 A.M. 
 I was relieved by the Fourth Regular Infantry. I returned to the city and took 
 a position on Princess Anne street at about 4 A.M., lying in this position until 
 
 9 A.M. 
 
 On the morning of the i4th, by order, I again moved my command to near 
 the railroad; lay here until about i P.M., when I was ordered to Farquhar 
 street, and took position upon the west side of the street; lay here until about 
 5 P.M., when I was ordered to my former position, near the railroad. 
 
 At 7 P.M. detailed 75 men for fatigue duty to throw up earthworks. Being 
 absent about one hour, they returned to the regiment, the work having been 
 abandoned. At about 10 P.M. received an order to again fall in and return to 
 this camp, which was accomplished, arriving at about 2 A.M. on the i6th. My 
 loss during this time was 3 killed, 12 wounded, and 18 missing. 
 
 I take great pleasure in stating that my command behaved most gallantly 
 during the whole time they were under the terrific fire from the enemy s batteries, 
 not a man leaving the ranks. 
 
i86 HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT 
 
 I would also state that some cowardly members of a regiment (unknown) 
 abandoned their colors, which were recovered by Captain Northup, of my 
 regiment, and saved the disgrace of falling into the hands of the enemy. 
 All of which is respectfully submitted. 
 Your obedient servant, 
 
 JAMES A. SUITER, 
 
 Colonel, Commanding. 
 Captain J. H. PELL, Assistant Adjutant General. 
 
 REPORT OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL BEVERLY ON "SECOND 
 FREDERICKSBURG" 
 
 CAMP NEAR FALMOUTH, VA., May 8, 1863. 
 Lieutenant: 
 
 I have the honor to report that, in compliance with orders received from 
 headquarters, this command left camp at or about 12 o clock on the night 
 of the ad instant. On arriving at the Lacy house, opposite Fredericksburg, 
 we halted, and remained resting on arms until sunrise. While here Colonel 
 Byron Laflin was called to the command of the brigade, and I assumed com 
 mand of the regiment. The call for one lieutenant and 25 men as volunteers 
 for special services was answered with promptness, and it is gratifying to know 
 that 1 8 of the number were of those who claimed their discharge from the service 
 the day before. At 6 o clock or thereabouts, the regiment, left in front, crossed 
 the bridge and entered the city. 
 
 After filing into Princess Anne street, arms were stacked and the men 
 allowed to rest. Not long after, orders came to move to the right. Our 
 course lay over an open field, in full view of the enemy, and, as a consequence, 
 we were greatly exposed to the fire of his batteries. Shell and solid shot 
 burst among or passed through the ranks, but I am happy to state that but 
 4 men were wounded, and no one seriously. During this trying time every 
 man, as far as I could discern, was in his place, and as cool and collected as it 
 is possible for men to be in like circumstances. Reaching the right, a canal 
 stopped our advance, and we halted near the river awaiting orders. Between 
 ii and 12 o clock, General Sedgwick having captured the heights, I returned 
 to the city with my command, passed through and went up on to the heights, 
 resting at noon upon the second crest. While here I received orders to return. 
 I again passed through the city, recrossed the river, and went into camp on the 
 heights opposite. 
 
 The command has remained here since that time. As before intimated, 
 the loss is slight, numbering 2 slightly wounded, i severely, and i missing. 
 
 I am happy to state that I have no complaint to make of the conduct of 
 the men, either on the march or while exposed to the enemy s fire. With 
 the exception of the wounded and i man missing, all the command is present 
 and ready for duty. I would state that I was most ably assisted throughout 
 the day by Major Sponable and Adjutant Kirk. 
 
 I would also make mention of Lieutenant James McCormick, of Company H, 
 the volunteer officer for special service. Though not under my special super 
 vision, I learn that he bore himself most nobly and bravely during the entire day. 
 
 I have the honor to be, your obedient servant, 
 
 JOHN BEVERLY, 
 Lieutenant Colonel, Commanding Thirty-fourth Regiment , 
 
 New York Volunteers. 
 Lieutenant ANDREW LEVERING, Acting Assistant Adjutant General. 
 
OFFICIAL REPORTS 187 
 
 THIS COMPLETES THE RECORD 
 
 The following correspondence explains itself: 
 
 HOTEL MARGARET, BROOKLYN, N. Y., April 18, 1902. 
 Hon. ELIHU ROOT, 
 
 Secretary of War, 
 
 Washington, D. C., 
 
 DEAR SIR: I enclose you herewith the deed of a plot of ground, which the 
 above regimental organization, the Veteran Association of the Thirty-fourth 
 Regiment of Volunteer Infantry, has lately acquired on the old battle-field of 
 Antietam, at Sharpsburg, Md. We have taken the liberty to have this deed 
 made out directly to the Government of the United States. We trust that 
 the Government will see fit to accept the deed, and to give the plot such care 
 and attention as may be necessary in the future. We are now having a splendid 
 granite monument erected on the plot, and the same will be dedicated on the 
 coming anniversary of the battle, September 17 next. We have conferred 
 with your representative at Antietam, Mr. Charles W. Adams, and he has 
 advised us that we should send the deed directly to you. 
 
 We consider that our monument will be one of the finest contributions thus 
 far made to that historic field, and we are hoping that the Government will see 
 its way clear to accepting the gift, and through its representatives, giving the 
 monument and plot all needful care and attention in the future. 
 
 I have the honor to remain, 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 L. N. CHAPIN, 
 
 Secretary Monument Com. 
 
 WAR DEPARTMENT, 
 
 WASHINGTON, June 18, 1902. 
 
 DEAR SIR: Referring to your letter of April i8th last transmitting, on 
 behalf of the Veteran Association, Thirty-fourth Regiment, Volunteer Infantry, 
 State of New York, deed of a plot of ground on the battle-field of Antietam, and 
 replying to your further communication of nth instant, on the subject, I beg 
 to inform you that under authority of the Act of Congress approved August 
 30, 1890 (26th Stats. 401), "authorizing the Secretary of War to acquire land 
 by purchase or gift, for the purpose of marking the lines at Antietam," I hereby 
 accept the conveyance above referred to, on behalf of the United States. 
 
 The delay incident to the acknowledgment and acceptance of the conveyance 
 was occasioned by the necessity of having the deed duly recorded, as the laws 
 of Maryland provide that 
 
 " No deed of real property shall be valid for the purpose of passing title unless acknowledged 
 and recorded as herein directed. (Public General Laws of Maryland, Vol. i, Article 21, Section 15, 
 page 255-) 
 
 Very respectfully, 
 
 ELIHU ROOT, 
 
 Secretary of War. 
 Mr. L. N. CHAPIN, Secretary, 
 
 Veteran Association, &c., &c., 
 Hotel Margaret, 
 
 Brooklvn, N. Y. 
 
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