New-York daily tribune., 1863-07-31
REPORT OF CAPT. PUTNAM.


of those events
REPORT OF CAPT. PcTNAM.
EoRr HAMILTON, ~ Y. H., July d. 1905.
E,R: have the honor 10 u,ake the following re-
port of the OF command during the late NOS
Of The not 10 Sc III IS. .1' On tn.
plight Of r.. 10 Of Jsy t.e~ivs@ frem Gen. BICwa
toproceed with company to o. ,oans, OF smmun
tion. On my .'rivsl in hs city, proceeded to tn:
d. Nicholas Hotel and remained 10 TIA. VGn'y ~, aVy' %
ca, Ham ns,cbsS NV company do an Broadway to the
Cir, Hal. directed snd ~.s .na f'"n bars Can Wool
ordered me to proceed 80 Gen browns nssaQuasr' NO
' n S ',Sa's,ps 70 Gen Brown ordered proceed
with ay company Forty'Ith street. where the mob We
w. were panied by force Of sky policemen pader
eommsnd Capt waiiog On our arrival there We iound
CHARGED on the iotsr. With or yuc. force
both oi,sry snd police The moo f'uiht desperately ioI
nam0sr OF dad stresl Their loss 10
khed sDd wounded would not fall short Of forty
sent to The J-wi,s Ho.p,tI Several oth.r
,s ss y stone: y the sss; nSc M fS%p.ny S.
wa. only COMPANY officer beside myself with toe oom
Alter dispensing tn. mob, returned about m. to
beseqaaer,he company having msiehed duins tho day
Opsrot,oa, on Tue,ddy Night
@ MY oo1pssy Ssrsh.f m1 P1se ,Ts orcs So .,
Zion Of the city, Found everything quiet, Di'..nes msiched
shout seven %e. Returned 20 ssaSasA,ts s m
About o'clock p. received order. 70 march up the
and Id rs sSS the ss %He
sns regiment part OF regiment OF mians commanded
S..S in e,ss Iaos .. sIa were 6nos on the uti. with
both musleis ard h-uoops were rstirns before
tsnce. and also the OrO.' '.Iset. in the vciai'y
We Immediately marched by the militia when the mob
commenced hriDg ou Us ordered my skrmheu TO he on
advanced steadily the fighting bsns between the skil
Disber. and the b. when and in all di
feooD We then marched Fourth avenue but found
Az this time informed by special policeman ths,
be had ie collected in sreser numbers tsp ever oa
on that stree, uneaiaiey marched down the nearest
to Tha again; when the mob saw
then returned to hesdq with my command which
consisted NY COMPANY aud ono 6sd piece Of ar,l'
ley Doder nuaud Of Capt Rs.oIs Of Gen Browns staff
Operaf,Ons W Wssn,sdap sight
About c'cloca IN informed BY Gen. Brown that
Noe.sensb stree, by the moo leaving member killed. aud
ID. mob.
IT,. General ordered me to .t. my company, the
Bar the o: Capt snelsy sd.de snpl and Capt
teenn street s,.srs .ss mob and orins Col Jsdns snd
che ~0SSs'd OSs. and meg Of o.. s0a.sd 60 sesd9G,
tir,, inm dseiy ordered sersL Roche
with the .kirni.ers to .seh them which he o,5 Lieut.
Stacey. ian In.nty suPpol,ns him win tbs first platoon
OF Cemp.uy tmy owDl ms mob were driven back. but
dine Others Of his command We uud the Colonel In
n0a 'is % 10. s & o found m .s"h.r % wSu"S.
Officer. d.l ps iesin. They were placed in
carriage
sod eo@m.oesd hns on Capt sassy's c0mp'oy wa.sh
drove them and The moo being entif. dispersed snd
wouod,d sc.rs win u, also sscorins number Of lsde.
10 a pi.os Of ssfsty.
forgot msnOn det.chmen, of the 3Osh militia which
were ordered BY Col NiLsow 10 accompany usud
they behaved well Col wnslOw wis ms during ,hl.
affair and bougb having command. conducted himself
- oHy good soldier caa d. not lose nan killed. and
only '" '.A'' ,S9.ss ssss 4,.,.SsS "a. .,sSAs
Ats ec,oct n. went up Tnrd sveaue Inspector Car.
Pepter Depay Superintendent OF Police accompanied
hHshea through for distance Of about tive
iss found syersthng quiet ana -'uIoed 70 hssdqaasTs
Abeut o'eloe. Gen. poass ana Col Mot. informed
Gen Bown that the tIoop S,%.5c, as s h.d marched
mob tbs, they had been driven back leaving thsr dead in
The 0.psr.l ordered to take my company and portion
Of tho 10Th and 2sth NewYOrk volonieer Batteries
Lieut., Rysr had with hila Lieut. KoO.rt r. Jocs end Lest
D NJ. Chase 18Th Nsw.Yo'i Battery. My whole
VIII "a. o.---...y "e.'r
house upon Of Col Mo'ts command. imms sdst.l
Lieut. Joes with few msn 70 arch the house Th.
then told in the boose that the artillery would
opes the house any shots bred from L. We
then marched dOwo T.sOiyecond street, between second
and Third .vonge. oood tne body Of 'srsesnt Of Davis
Csvly who bad been killed 10 the fgh, tive before
ordered lvsr,sbe keeper put his horse. To carriage
and for the purpose OF carrying the dead and
He replied that the mob would Kill him be did and th.,
be dare not 90 It, He inform Cd that be would b.
protected hs went. but he reiased he would
III. hor.e. were speedily huDss and tho body put into
the carriage Tue mob this time firing
from ths houses We at once commenced sesrchns the
housss wbs my ssmi'0ers drove the rio'es back from
every window and from the roofs The houses wsrs
seschsd from cellar 70 roof The uiobLnades dsspes,s
fsh. and snaeoiy seemed think that they could whip
Every house that used to these riotss
Cleared large number were killed, and several prisoner
ths mob great They tired on
n from Aousetos aud from Windows sso from
th. houses We .esched 10 houses Killed thos. within thai
rsnsted and took the snder prisoner Some Of
fought hhs inc.na.o ssnds, aud would not suuender AL
The soldiers csptor.d large number Of rsvovsrs Of large
The mob ct hi. place well armed nearly every one
bad some knd OF firearms and had blunGsbuss wheh
they bad cool and steady they nigh, hsv. done
gree, harm A. It they 6rod wildly. ronnips to win.
.Asr. ~oI 81 il The ssh lasted ID .beus forty aSi. :as
sosassd There were none Of my Killed
e.r Csdro, Of Company r. isth Infsntry tny swn) wu
snssty woosded In the hsnd Private arouse also
qh. moi being entirely dispersed We returned to head.
rsmsnsd .. hssdqesrtsr, ,ill Saturday when wa, or
esrsd ey Gen Csnby TO Fort Hamilton have snce been
Coumissioner' that hyh THAT Of THURSDAY night had
the sfso Of the hOte' the city that there
woud respectfully call the attention of,he General to the
nse. conduct Of 20. officers who served with different
s,me, togoh- 9th some Of the noncOmuiasiOned ofcers
e:r a..sn. lsrs:y 'S iSasai eoa%.nsns ..,
Zap. snsnn., ~ Ad-deCsmP commanding Fen Hamilton
Lieut. 8 Z Ry.. ao.h n. y Artillery
La:Ss n T. cSs.. 'ss ssa 81. \ u Is..sy; B.s:,y,
SsrgI < w. sampson, Co. r. I2th lrfsntry
ss1s. r.nel Roach, Co IsA id.ntry; had ch,rs. o,
's % e.Sse sSe 's@.i;' CO. S as Who v. .s.y
wouDd.d on Tnorsdsy night