The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-11-14
NEW roRK.s acorrEE.cooLEns."

! of the men who conquered the rebellion
come from the press of New York City.
Yet the record of the New York volunteers
| is the best refutation of these calumnies.
In all, New York sent to the field, to serve
three months, so days. 100 days. nine months,
one year, two years, three years. and during
the war, 294 regiments, 35 batteries and %
companies, in all 448, $50 men. OF these,
1905 were actually killed on the field of
battle, and q, 449 lost their lives from other
causes, making totality of 1854 deaths.
That is, of every nine men who put on the
blue, one died before he took it off. If we
could include the vast number who were
MORALLY hurt during their service and died
at home after being discharged, we should
find this proportion almost doubled.
She had scores of regiments which lost
more men on the field Of battle than was
ever known before in any war in the worlds
history.
Take, for example. the LIST n. Y. Dragons,
Doth n. Y. Cav.) 1t did not really get down
TO the business of fighting until Oct. II,
1863. Between that and the end OF the war
| il lost out of a total enrolment of ala, 100
men killed on the field and 131 died-261
in all-or about one in six.
The 9TH N. Y. II. A. had 1857 men on It's
rolls, from first to last, Of whom pol were
killed, and 37S died from other causes-669
in all-or nearly one in five.
The 9Th N. Y H. A. had 2,575 men, and
lost, in less than years fighting, 36l killed,
and 302 died.
The 9th n. Y. II. A. had 1927 men. It's
first fight was at Cold Habor, but though it
began thus late, it had 2O4 killed and 257
dead from other causes, before it was mus
| tered out
The 18th n. Y. Ell. A. lost 527 of its 250e
men by death, before it was mustered out.
The 5th N. Y. (Duryee zouaves) enrolled
| 1903 men, of whom it left 1T dead on the
field, losing but "a from other causes. At
the second Bull Run 400 men followed its
flag into action, and 1T of these were killed
there.
The 40th n. Y. (Mozart) lost, from first to
last, 142 actually killed, s07 wounded, Of
whom very many died, and 2G5 missing, of
whom great proportion were killed or
MORALLY wounded, making total loss Of
1917.
The 42d n. Y. had 1910 in its ranks, of
whom 152 were killed on the field, IS died
In rebel prisons, and 90 from disease, acct
dents, etc, making ESQ in all. II took 345
men up to the bunker Church at Antietam,
and left 161 Of them On the bloody ground
there.
Death claimed pa members Of the AID
n. Y. during its brilliant fighting career.
The 44th n. Y. began its fighting Mt York
town and ended 1t in front of Petersburg
II took into the field 1856 men, of whom
1872 fell by the bullets of the enemy, and la
from other causes, making a total Of 325-
Altogether it had 6i3 struck by the rebels
shot, or very nearly every other man. Just
where the coffee boilers were In that regi-
ment is difficult to ascertain.
A Methodist minister led the 4sth n. Y. 10
the field, and set the key of its fighting
pitch. It's muster-rolls contained the names
of 2,i73 men, of whom 23e were killed, 1873
died, and 635 were wounded, q total loss of
9s2.
The 10th n. Y. had continuous fighting
record from Yorktown, April g. 1862, to the
Shenandoah Valley, in September, 1864,
during which time it lost. of the 1919 men
on its rolls, al killed, and i79 died, or $50 in
all. 1t began the Wilderness campaign with
3S4 men, of whom it lost 63 killed, and 1853
wounded-226 in all.
The 51st N. Y. had II bloody battles In
scribed on its banners, in which IL lost 124
killed, All wounded and 352 missing-total
977.
The 52d n. Y. lost 752 killed, wounded
and missing in its 81 great battles.
The 59th n. Y. took part in Is battles, In
which IL lost 656 men. It's FIRST fight was at
Antietam, which 1t entered with 300 men
and 81 officers, of whom 224 were killed OF
wounded.
At Fair Oaks the 6lst N. Y. had 49, men
in line, of whom Ito were killed and wound
ed. By the time 1t fred its last yolleys al
FarmvilIe, in pursuit Of Lee, this had swelled
TO the fearful number of 7i3.
The 63d N Y. lost 202 Of the 34i men
whom it took into action at the Antietam
and 657 during the war.
The Gath d. Y. had become reduced 10 20t
fighting men by the time it entered Gettys
burg, and it left 80 of these stretched on
that bloody field. 1t lost 757 during iti
service.
The Goth N. Y. began fighting at Bull Run
and did not stop till Appomattox, during
, which time it lost 1873 men killed, Csc wound
ed and 204 missing total, 99s II assaulted