The National tribune., 1896-11-19
The S5th n. 7.

The 8Jth n. 4.
The regiment was organized at Elmirs,
N. Y, in December, 1861, for the three years
service, and veteranizing on the expiration
of its term, it remained in service until June
81, 1866, when it was mustered out, with
Lieut-Col. Will w. Clarke in command. On
leaving the State, Dec. 3, 1861, the regiment
was assigned to the Third Brigade, Casey's
Division, Army of the Potomac; March IL,
1862, it was transferred to the Third Bril-
gade, Second Division, Fourth Corps; In
June, 1862, to the Second Brigade, Second
Division, Fourth Corps. 1t was at Newport
News, Va, from August, 1862 in WesselPs
Brigade ut Suffolk, Va, from Nov. 1, 1862; in
First Brigade, First Division, at New Berne,
Department OF North Carolina, from Deem
Der, 1862; in First Brigade, Fourth Divis-
ion, Eighteenth Corps from January, 1868 !;
in the Department of the South. from March,
1868; in the District of Albemarle, Depart
ment of North Carolina, from May, 1868; at
Plymouth, N. c.. in the Third Brigade, First
Division, Eighteenth Corps, from January,
1864 in Carriers Division, Provisional Corps,
from March, 1866, and with the Twenty
third Corps, from April 2, 1865. Col. Uriah
L. Davis, who first commanded the regiment,
resigned Feb. II, 1862 Jonathan S. Bel
KNAPP was the next Colonel, but he also re-
signed June -, 1863. Col Enrico Fardello
was then made Colonel. Col. Fardello was
brevetted Brigadier- General March Is, 1865.
May Is, 1865, he was discharged from the
service on account of expiration of his term.
Lieut.-Col. Clarke then took command. Its
total loss was one officer and 81 men killed
or died of wounds received in action, and two
officers and 324 men died from other causes.
The unusually heavy loss was caused by
confinement in rebel prisons, 222 of the
men having died in Andersonville, where
they WERE taken after the capture of the
regiment at Plymouth, N. c., April 20, 1864.
The seth NJ. Y.
The regiment was organized at Elmira, N.
Y, Nov. %, 1861, for the three-years' 'serv-
ice, with Col. BENJAMIN p. Bailey in COM
mand. June 81, 1854, the men of the 10th
N. Y. not mustered out with their regiment
were transferred to this. The Seth veteran
lied on the expiration of it's term and was
retained in service until June 81, 1865. The
regiment left the State Nov. %, 1861. In
December, 1861, it was assigned to the Sec
ond Brigade, Casey's Division, Army of the
Potomac; Jan. Is, 1862, it was transferred
to the Third Brigade, Smiths Division In
February, 1862, to the Second Brigade, Ca
sey's Division; in March it became part Of
Gen. Wadsworth's Military District of Wash
ington, D. c.; in August, 1862, to Piatt's Bril-
Brigade, Reserve Corps, Army of Virginia
in October, 1862, to Whipple's Division,
Twelfth Corps, Army of the Potomac; in
November, 1862, to First Brigade, Third
Division, Third Corps; in June, 1863, to
First Division, Third Corps; in April, 1864,
to First Brigade, Third Division, Second
Corps. Col. Bailey was discharged June II,
1863. He was succeeded by Col. Benjamin
Higgins, who remained in command until
June %, 1864, when he also was discharged.
Lieut.-Col. Jacob Lansing next commanded.
He was discharged in November, 1854, and
when mustered out the regiment was under
command of Lieut.. Col. Nathan II. Vincent.
The War Department credits the command
with the following battles: Second Bull
Run, first Fredericksburg, Charlottesville
Gettysburg, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spott-
sylvania, North Anna, TolOpotomy, Cold
Harbor, Petersburg, Deep Bottom, and Boyd
ton Road. At Bull run the regiment suf
fered severely. At Charlottesville the gal
liant Lieut.-Col. Chaplin was killed and Maj
Higgins severely wounded. The loss in
killed and wounded was very heavy. Al
Gettysburg II were killed and 81 wounded
During the first three weeks of the Wilder.
ness campaign, according to Col. Fox, the
regiment lost over 200 men. At Peters
| burg its loss was heavy, among the killed
being Lieut.. Col. Michael 3. Stafford. Col
Fox gives the total loss Of the regiment a.
Is officers and 159 men killed, and two Off
GERS and 129 men died of disease, of acct
dents, in prison, etc. The total enrollmen
was 1913, which makes the loss in action o.
died Of wounds 13 per cent, giving it a place
in the list of fighting regiments.